Scuffed | USMNT, World Cup, Yanks Abroad, futbol in America

Fecklessness in Panama City. Full timeline and then Greg goes in on Gregg in the final 15 minutes. You won't want to miss that. support Scuffed on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scuffed join the Discord: https://discord.gg/X6tfzkM8XU buy our merch: https://my-store-11446477.creator-spring.com/ Skip the ads! Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon and get all episodes ad-free, plus bonus episodes. Patron...

A pleasant night in Austin, even without Pulisic and Reyna. Ricardo Pepi season is in full swing. Musah is a huge asset. Dest and Robinson playing well. Here's a video version of "Oh Gianluca" if you want to watch it: https://twitter.com/scuffedpod/status/1446160074154684417?s=20 support Scuffed on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scuffed join the Discord: https://discord.gg/X6tfzkM8XU buy our mer...

Almost too much to summarize. Edgar Moreno and Watke join Belz for a sprawling conversation and the release of a new song about Busio. https://twitter.com/watke _ https://twitter.com/ConcacafEdgar contact: scuffedpod@gmail.com drop us a question at this link and we’ll try to answer it: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdJdevo3myfLQuaH5LwZRmahNTSimCwP3VQLLXu5I_yxZWfvg/viewform?usp=sf_link s...

Why was Michael Antonio invisible vs Panama in Kingston? Is Panama for real without Andrade and Carrasquilla? When is geriatric Costa Rica gonna give youth a chance? Lots to dig into from Jon Arnold, the journalist who writes Getting CONCACAF'd newsletter, on his second visit of the qualifying cycle to the Scuffed Podcast. 0:30 intro 4:00 Jamaica 25:00 Panama 34:00 Costa Rica Here's how to subscri...

Who should play in which of the three upcoming games? Who shouldn't? We sketch out a very malleable plan for that. Meg Linehan piece on sexual exploitation in the NWSL: https://theathletic.com/2857633/2021/09/30/this-guy-has-a-pattern-amid-institutional-failure-former-nwsl-players-accuse-prominent-coach-of-sexual-coercion/ Support Scuffed on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scuffed Join the Discor...

Chris Russell (aka @watke_) joins for a live roster reaction on the Discord, a dive into the philosophy of little brothers, a look at the first ever pirate and the ballad mongers who made him famous, several listener questions, several soccer-adjacent topics dealt with. Pretty good episode. contact: scuffedpod@gmail.com drop us a question at this link and we’ll try to answer it: https://docs.googl...

We talk about who we'd like to see called up, and try to project who actually will be called up. Greg goes for a lean roster, Belz goes for the full 30-man roster. Berhalter's roster will come out mid-week. support Scuffed on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scuffed join the Discord: https://discord.gg/X6tfzkM8XU buy our merch: https://my-store-11446477.creator-spring.com/ Skip the ads! Subscribe...

This is the second part of a more than two-hour collaboration with Joe Lowery and Taylor Rockwell. Part 1 is in the Total Soccer Show feed. For this episode we just kept that conversation going and answered a ton of listener questions about the USMNT, everything from "How concerned are you about Weston McKennie's dad's deleted tweets?" to "How do each of you attempt to evaluate and attribute indiv...

The founder of 3rddegree.net, Buzz Carrick, who knows more about FC Dallas than anyone, joins to talk about Pepi, Pomykal, Ferreira, Che, the academy pipeline, the connection with Bayern Munich and the top young players coming up through the ranks. Lots of worthwhile insight. 0:30 Pepi 13:25 Pomykal 19:40 Ferreira 23:35 Che 29:20 the FC Dallas academy in general 49:25 academy up-and-comers 1:04:35...

Wahl has launched a new Substack and he's cranking out podcasts, and short and long pieces, as he covers all 14 of the USMNT's World Cup qualifiers in person. He joins to talk about San Salvador, Nashville and San Pedro Sula, and going it as an independent after decades at the top of the soccer reporting pyramid. Subscribe to Grant's Substack: https://grantwahl.substack.com/subscribe?utm_source=su...

Jordan (our esteemed Discord moderator) joins Belz for a quick rundown of the club action in the player pool. These have typically been available only to patrons, but I might start putting them on the public podcast feed. We'll see. Consider this a trial balloon. The show was recorded live on Discord, where patrons are able to join in the broadcast in various ways. Support Scuffed on Patreon: http...

Berhalter disasterclass in the first half, followed by three good changes at the half and a rout of Honduras in San Pedro Sula. What a crazy night, with an 18-year-old Mexican-American from El Paso as the hero. 0:30 preamble and the first half 45:00 the second half Support Scuffed on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scuffed Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/X6tfzkM8XU Buy our merch: https://my-...

First home qualifier of the cycle, in Nashville, Tenn. Trouble in Music City. Support Scuffed on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scuffed Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/ayz9QekfeR Buy our merch: https://my-store-11446477.creator-spring.com/ Skip the ads! Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon and get all episodes ad-free, plus bonus episodes. Patrons at $5 a month or more also get access to Clip No...

The USA men opened their World Cup qualifying campaign in San Salvador on Thursday night. Full look at the meta-interpretations, full timeline, and an assessment of the team under Berhalter now. Support Scuffed on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scuffed Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/ayz9QekfeR Buy our merch: https://my-store-11446477.creator-spring.com/ Skip the ads! Subscribe to Scuffed o...

Michael Lewis, the editor of Front Row Soccer and a reporting veteran of eight World Cups and seven Olympics, joins to talk about the USMNT playing away in Honduras, and other parts of Central America. He also discusses what it's like to cover these games, having done so himself in San Pedro Sula in 2001 and 2009. Michael Lewis on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Soccerwriter Lewis’s latest piece on W...

Berhalter called up 26 players for the first three World Cup qualifiers of the 2022 cycle. The time has come! We discuss the selections (mostly pleased) and spend quite a bit of time trying to figure out how to rotate for three games in seven days. There will be lots of tough choices and on-the-fly conundrums but from the comfort of our desks in Middle America we have sketched out some possibiliti...

Who is Berhalter likely to select, who could be his cute selection, and who do we wish he'd select that he probably won't. The overlap between Berhalter's choices and ours is much heavier than it was in the past, because, as Greg puts it, the pool is increasingly "cute-proof." Skip the ads! Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon and get all episodes ad-free, plus bonus episodes. Patrons at $5 a month or...

The US faces El Salvador, Canada and Honduras in the first window of the Ocho, the first week of September. Jon Arnold, arguably the leading expert on Concacaf as a region, joins to help us understand these opponents before we try to get back to the World Cup, the moment we’ve all been waiting for. Recording this early to give folks plenty of time to consume the episode before Sept. 2. 0:30 intro...

The latest news on the dual national front is that David Ochoa, the promising young Mexican-American goalkeeper who’s played for the US youth national teams since he was an adolescent and was the starter on the Olympic qualifying roster, is likely to switch and play for Mexico. Joining the pod to talk about the dual national dilemma is Herculez Gomez. Here's how to support the podcast... Patreon:...

The US men faced Mexico in the second tournament final in less than two months, with a B squad and frankly nothing to lose.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scuffed Discord: https://discord.gg/ayz9QekfeR Merch: https://my-store-11446477.creator-spring.com/ Skip the ads! Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon and get all episodes ad-free, plus bonus episodes. Patrons at $5 a month or more also get access...

The US faced the Asian champs in the semifinals of the Gold Cup. A well-organized opponent with ways to score goals. We came out with the same lineup that battled its way to a 1-0 win over Jamaica. Full breakdown, takeaways, timeline. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scuffed Discord: https://discord.gg/HSUGJZhbzt Merch: https://my-store-11446477.creator-spring.com/ Skip the ads! Subscribe to Scuff...

Back to the 4-3-3 with Sands, Busio, Hoppe and Dike getting the nod in a knockout quarterfinal in the Gold Cup. Full chronology and more.  Scuffed merch available at https://my-store-11446477.creator-spring.com/ Support the podcast by becoming a patron and getting access to the Discord, where people are nice and the discussion is generally thoughtful: patreon.com/scuffed Skip the ads! Subscribe to...

A two-striker setup for the first time in the Berhalter era! Yay! Plus we talk about injury replacements, and then suggest fantastical non-injury-related roster changes. Here’s the link to Half-space Merchantdeiss, the Scuffed store: https://my-store-11446477.creator-spring.com/ Skip the ads! Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon and get all episodes ad-free, plus bonus episodes. Patrons at $5 a month o...

Classic Gold Cup group stage contest, with a fun lineup in a 3-4-3 of sorts.  Check out the Scuffed store, aka Half-space Merchantdeiss: https://my-store-11446477.creator-spring.com/ Skip the ads! Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon and get all episodes ad-free, plus bonus episodes. Patrons at $5 a month or more also get access to Clip Notes, a video of key moments on the field we discuss on the show:...

Yueill and Lewis start, Busio makes his NT debut, Shaq Moore comes back into the picture, and the Gold Cup is underway. Skip the ads! Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon and get all episodes ad-free, plus bonus episodes. Patrons at $5 a month or more also get access to Clip Notes, a video of key moments on the field we discuss on the show: https://www.patreon.com/scuffed Check out our store, where you...