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

Adam Belz and Greg Velasquez

An in-depth show about the U.S. men's national soccer team, the players who could one day make it better, and American soccer in general.

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  • 20 episodes
  • Updated Tuesday

Episodes20

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  • Tuesday · 54 min

    #715: Poch will stay, European preseason underway

    Vince talks Belz into being excited about the decision. Sanjay wants him to play the kids. Cavan seems to have hit a bright patch. MLS gets a new commissioner who understands books. Gio to Strasbourg.

  • July 29 · 1 hr 19 min

    #713: Brooklyn FC coach Marlon LeBlanc joins the pod

    He was head coach at West Virginia University for 14 seasons, coached the Philadelphia Union II from its 2022 debut in MLS Next Pro through 2024, coached the U18 USMNT for a year, his son is a legitimate prospect who was signed by Philly, and now LeBlanc’s navigating Brooklyn FC through its expansion season in USL. He talked about his impressions from the World Cup, Spain’s dominance AGAINST the ball, only having 13 players on his USL roster days ahead of the season, and lots more, including the

  • July 20 · 1 hr 23 min

    #711: Spain wins, USMNT starts new chapter

    Some exploration of what Spain's triumph means, who the US should emulate, rumination on by far the most-attended World Cup ever, Balogun to Klutch Sports, and a rundown of what's coming for the USMNT. Vince, Sanjay and Belz on the mics.

  • July 11 · 1 hr 36 min

    #709: World Cup postmortem with Vince & Sanjay

    How much is Belgium flat-out superior to us, and how much did we wilt? How much is this World Cup gonna grow the game in America Did the overturned Balo suspension actually hurt us? How are we gonna develop players who can win a men's World Cup some day?

  • July 8 · 1 hr 32 min

    #708: USA v Belgium recap

    We wilted in the first truly difficult match of our World Cup, and now we're out. Greg doesn't think this was inevitable, but also doesn't think it's down to tactics. The team turtled immediately against Belgium's quality, everyone got spooked and we were lucky to go to the half down only a goal. We found a little footing early in the 2nd half, and then Matt Freese sealed our fate.

  • July 6 · 51 min

    #707: Balogun IN!!! Our pre-Belgium gameday show

    Folarin Balogun gets an 11th-hour reprieve from FIFA's vaunted judicial system, he'll play against Belgium. Vince, Sanjay and Belz talk through that bombshell news, its impact on the game, and how we might stop Doku.

  • July 3 · 1 hr 28 min

    #706: USA v Bosnia & Herzegovina recap

    Belz, Sanjay and Charlie Boehm recap the big win from Wednesday night. Full timeline, Malik and Wes once again shine bright, everybody's bought in, the TV audiences are massive. Now we look to Monday.

  • June 29 · 55 min

    #705: A casual fan's take on the impact of the World Cup

    Mike Guardabascio in southern California, of the Jenkins and Jonez podcast and one of the founders of of 562.org, joins Vince and Belz to talk about how the USMNT is hitting in Long Beach during this home-soil World Cup, what stands in the way of soccer becoming America's "thing," and other matters of that nature.

  • June 27 · 1 hr 50 min

    #704: USA v Türkiye recap

    Vince and Belz recap the dead rubber, buzzer beater loss to Türkiye, and Sanjay comes on for the last 20 minutes to talk about what Poch said after the game.

  • June 24 · 18 min

    #703: Sergiño Dest joins the pod

    World Cup standout Sergiño Dest joins Sanjay and Charlie from USMNT camp in Orange County, Calif., for a brief chat.

  • June 22 · 1 hr 29 min

    #702: USA v Australia recap

    Velasquez and Belz recap the 2-0 win in Seattle. A vibesy, workmanlike victory. Without Pulisic, and with an off night from Balo, we still got a comfortable win, a "Country Roads" serenade, and thanks to Turkiye's loss to Paraguay, we've won the group.

  • June 16 · 1 hr 1 min

    #701: Long-time freelance USMNT beat reporter Andrew Jones

    Vince and Belz are joined by Andrew Jones, the New York-based sports reporter who writes for several outlets and covers the USMNT (and USWNT) faithfully, often providing the best moments in press conferences with his questions. We talk about the cultural impact of the World Cup, the songs, his approach to asking players questions, how people are feeling about the USMNT, things like that.

  • June 15 · 1 hr 32 min

    #700: USA v Paraguay recap

    We have a squad! Full recap and timeline of the 4-1 drubbing we dished out against Paraguay, a quite solid Conmebol team. Belz and Velasquez revel in it all and look ahead to Australia.

  • June 13 · 40 min

    #699: Quick reaction, Paraguay post-game call-in

    Hard to see anybody beating us, just real difficult to see that happening right now. What a night. This is the first part of our coast-to-coast call-in show after the 4-1 win over Paraguay. For the full episode, join the Patreon. We will record a proper recap on Monday.

  • June 9 · 1 hr 27 min

    #698: USA v Germany recap

    Sure, we lost. But what should we worry about headed into the World Cup? And what should give us confidence? Greg V joins to break it all down.

  • June 1 · 1 hr 37 min

    #696: USA v Senegal recap

    Vince and Belz go for 90+ minutes on the cathartic victory in Charlotte. Brilliance in the attack from us, some of our centerback candidates were less than brilliant, Dest is a winger, Pepi integral in both first half goals, Tillman provides a moment of transcendence, it's on to Germany.