Watke, Vince and Belz take turns teaching each other what we learned from the tournament. Send a question for Tom Byer if you'd like! Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScAuZvwwUJZlf_3l6ADl5NiZafcnsLnfM4G0cFPhdadNQO5BA/viewform?usp=header You can also send us a voicemail: www.speakpipe.com/ScuffedPodcast Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on the public feed, plus the Monday Review every week with Watke and Vince. Patrons a...
Jul 10, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 610
The USMNT played in a 4-4-2 block and mostly denied Mexico the big chances despite getting totally dominated, but a key mistake got us on the first one, and then we just couldn't keep it level after that. We also did very little with the ball, and one player in particular comes under the microscope for that. Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on the public feed, plus the Monday Review every week with Watke and Vince. Patrons also get ...
Jul 08, 2025•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 609
We get a satisfying brace from Diego Luna, and then we turtle up. Greg and Belz talk it through. Greg mostly blames the midfield for not getting control of the game after the opening 15 minutes. Full timeline. On to Mexico in Houston on Sunday. Clip notes for patrons coming later tonight. Send us a voicemail: www.speakpipe.com/ScuffedPodcast Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on the public feed, plus the Monday Review every week with ...
Jul 03, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 608
Greg and Belz talk through the win in penalties last night in Minneapolis. Lots on the new look with both fullbacks high, Tillman, Arfsten, how Richards' protagonism helped create chances, a little cackling about Jesse Marsch's fate at the GC, and much more. Clip notes coming soon for patrons at $5 and higher level: patreon.com/scuffed Send us a voicemail: www.speakpipe.com/ScuffedPodcast Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on the publ...
Jun 30, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 607
Greg and Belz talk through ALL the details on the 2-1 win over Haiti. Malik and Chris continue to be a cut above. Big Pat is a phenomenon, in both negative and positive ways. Everybody else is pretty much failing to distinguish himself. Clip Notes for $5 patrons: https://www.patreon.com/posts/132197415?pr=true Send us a voicemail: www.speakpipe.com/ScuffedPodcast Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on the public feed, plus the Monday R...
Jun 24, 2025•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 606
Vince and Belz react to and recap the 1-0 win over Saudi Arabia basically immediately after the final whistle. Richards comes up big. Tillman keeps building his NT chops. Most everybody else had a forgettable night and the Saudi opponents treated Arfsten like Shaq at the top of the key. Send us a voicemail: www.speakpipe.com/ScuffedPodcast Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on the public feed, plus the Monday Review every week with Wa...
Jun 20, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 605
Charles Boehm helps us once again, joining Belz and Vince to recap the 5-0 win over the Soca Warriors. We do a full timeline and several takeaways, bearing in mind the opponent "wasn't at the races," as Dwight Yorke put it post-match. Malik getting blooded as a goal-scorer and foul-sufferer in Concacaf was big. Poch still has a lot to prove. Freese does himself favors. Etc. etc. Send us a voicemail www.speakpipe.com/ScuffedPodcast Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free fe...
Jun 16, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 604
Not great! But Greg is typically even-keeled and there's plenty to talk through. Send us a voicemail: www.speakpipe.com/ScuffedPodcast Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on the public feed, plus the Monday Review every week with Watke and Vince. Patrons also get access to some video of clips we discuss on the show, our private Discord server, live call-in shows, and the full catalog of historic recaps we've made: https://www.patreon.c...
Jun 13, 2025•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 603
The USMNT and Nashville SC centerback joins Belz and Sanjay Sujanthakumar to discuss how he practices attacking set pieces, aerial prowess in general, the differences in how centerbacks are instructed to operate under Poch compared to Berhalter, his mindset coming off the bench against Iran in 2022, that goal-line clearance, that penalty against Wales, his Christian faith, and much more. Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on the publi...
Jun 09, 2025•33 min•Ep. 602
Belz and Vince walk through the timeline and some takeaways from a loss in Hartford, but easily the best loss of the past three, and there are some positive things to take away from it. Sanjay and I are going to interview Walker Zimmerman tomorrow. I will put a form in the shownotes, at which you can submit a question if you like. We will try to ask as many as we can: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfq64C36Wv0zAUTBSPV_zgjB2BPG-p5i810Cq2EVC0fm06Exw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=11409333...
Jun 09, 2025•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 601
Greg joins Belz to talk about who they're excited to see play over the next month, why Josh Sargent was left off, and respond to several listener questions as the USMNT embarks on the Gold Cup and the final 12 months before World Cup 2026. As usual, Greg zigs while most everyone else zags. He's not panicking. send us a voicemail we can play and respond to on the show: www.speakpipe.com/ScuffedPodcast Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out...
Jun 04, 2025•51 min•Ep. 600
Schaerlaeckens, who writes for the Guardian and will soon publish a book titled "The Long Game" on the modern USMNT, joins Watke and Belz. We talk about what's happening with the USMNT these days, his access to Berhalter while he was working on his book, the ways the current generation is different from previous national team generations, and much, much more. Really good, lively conversation. There will be no official Monday Review this week, and for several of the weeks ahead, since there will ...
Jun 02, 2025•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 599
Jack, one of the hosts of the Five Year Plan, a Crystal Palace podcast, joins Belz and Vince for to talk about Crystal Palace winning its first-ever major trophy, with Chris Richards as one of its best players on the day. It's a celebration pod! FYP podcast on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fyp-podcast/id373306875 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QGuFDpOw2fUBrnAhcTZKt Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on the p...
Jun 01, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 598
A bunch of our best players will be missing, and Sean Zawadzki will be there. We talk through the call-ups, the omissions, and what the hell is going on. Watke has some positive interpretations. See you in Nashville! Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on the public feed, plus the Monday Review every week with Watke and Vince. Patrons also get access to some video of clips we discuss on the show, our private Discord server, live call-i...
May 26, 2025•54 min•Ep. 597
Vince, Watke and Belz reconvene after the trip to Rome. Lots of celebrations from the weekend to recap, plus we talk about Rome and the football we saw there a bit, Milan's struggles, and the USMNT roster coming out tomorrow. Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on the public feed, plus the Monday Review every week with Watke and Vince. Patrons also get access to some video of clips we discuss on the show, our private Discord server, li...
May 21, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 596
Belz and Vince (and Goerge Quraishi) record their second episode from Rome, the morning after Bologna's 1-0 win over Milan in the Coppa Italia final, which we miraculously were able to attend. Quraishi, the founder of Howler magazine and the guy helping us navigate Rome, joins in. Pulisic had a night to forget, but we did not. Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on the public feed, plus the Monday Review every week with Watke and Vince...
May 15, 2025•52 min•Ep. 595
Coming to you from a 4th-floor apartment next to the Tiber River, Belz and Vince talk through their takeaways from the Stadio Olimpico on Saturday -- the intensity of the match, the scene outside, Wes's assist, a theory of what supporters groups are doing when they chant, what it's like in Rome right now, and much more. We take a handful of questions from some of the fine people traveling with us, and also run quickly through some news from the past week. Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons...
May 12, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 594
Polis was at the scene for Paul Caligiuri's shot heard round the world, he was also (for Umbro) the English language press liaison for the Brazilian national team (Romario, Bebeto, Dunga) in 1994. Polis joined Belz for a 75 minute conversation. He was prepared and he has a good memory and he brings a lot to the table, including a more relaxed perspective about the USMNT heading toward next summer than Belz has. Good medicine. Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed fo...
May 08, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 593
Charlie Boehm joins Vince and Belz to talk through the weekend action, he lends his MLS expertise to the discussion. Balogun starts and scores for the first time since October. Good game from him. Dike's back on the scoresheet too. Wrexham is headed to the Champo, Leeds is headed out of the Champo and Brendo is looking for a home. Vince and Belz are headed to Rome on Friday. Send us a voicemail www.speakpipe.com/ScuffedPodcast Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed f...
May 05, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 592
The guy behind Sounder at Heart and SB Nation's soccer coverage is running an independent shop in Seattle now. He joins to talk about that, about the real Brian Schmetzer, how pro/rel might play out in the Pacific Northwest, his grandmother's high school career in South Dakota, and much more. Send us a voicemail: www.speakpipe.com/ScuffedPodcast Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on the public feed, plus the Monday Review every week w...
May 02, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 591
We start off with MLS because it feels more interesting right now. But also Pulisic makes scoring look easy vs Venezia, Malik’s teammate says “one man’s death is another man’s bread” after he’s late to something and has to sit, Tyler gets away with an orange-ish challenge, and much more. Send us a voicemail www.speakpipe.com/ScuffedPodcast Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on the public feed, plus the Monday Review every week with Wa...
Apr 28, 2025•53 min•Ep. 590
Wiebe's a feature and sideline reporter for Major League Soccer, talks about learning the art of sideline reporting which is fascinating. Also discusses Extra Time Radio, the show that got inexplicably binned by the league earlier this year. Good young MLS players, the Sullivan bros, meeting Luca de la Torre's parents, buying boots with Brandon Vazquez and going to a rodeo with Jack McGlynn. Plus lots more. Voicemail www.speakpipe.com/ScuffedPodcast Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a...
Apr 24, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 589
Vince, Watke and Belz work their way through the news of the weekend. Red cards for Chris, Mark and Diego. Big win for Utrecht and a goal for Paxten. Leeds wins promotion. Lots more. Send us a voicemail: www.speakpipe.com/ScuffedPodcast Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on the public feed, plus the Monday Review every week with Watke and Vince. Patrons also get access to some video of clips we discuss on the show, our private Discord...
Apr 22, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 588
El Paso-based Dan Vaughn, the founder of Protagonist Soccer and one of the most knowledgeable people in the country when it comes to lower-league American soccer, joins Watke and Belz for a wide-ranging conversation that often circles back to the CFC-Red Wolves rivalry, geography, and Ricardo Pepi. Relevant links... Protagonist Soccer: https://www.patreon.com/protagonistsoccer Protagonist podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2VCcvJK493KwhKwDPNt8Cl Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! P...
Apr 17, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 587
Larsen, a former NASL Sounders ballboy and co-chair of the Congressional Soccer Caucus, sat down to talk about border challenges, drone defenses, getting visas and some of the other work that's ongoing in preparation for World Cup 2026. Vince and Belz and George Quraishi are definitely taking a group to Rome from May 10-18, here's some detail, including a rough itinerary: https://earthlydelights.notion.site/Italia-25-with-Scuffed-1a3f3f1e0145804793e8e83e982168fd And here's where you can still si...
Apr 14, 2025•30 min•Ep. 586
Ley ran the PA system for the Cosmos in the late 1970s, was one of the earliest anchors for Sportscenter, hosted several World Cups on television and has been one of American soccer's great advocates. He sat down with Belz and talked about what he tells college kids about the future of sports journalism, the state of the USMNT, the potential impact of the 2026 World Cup, what pro/rel might mean for USL, and much more. Here's where you can send us a voice message for future episodes: https://www....
Apr 10, 2025•39 min•Ep. 585
Vince and Belz wrestle with the implications of that last window, weigh whether USL's pro/rel gambit will move the needle, recap the weekend action and answer voicemails from listeners in Forth Worth and Chicago. Here's where you can send us a voice message for future episodes: https://www.speakpipe.com/ScuffedPodcast Vince and Belz and George Quraishi are definitely taking a group to Rome from May 10-18, here's some detail, including a rough itinerary: https://earthlydelights.notion.site/Italia...
Apr 07, 2025•55 min•Ep. 584
CCV sits down with Sanjay in SoCal to talk about the respite of national team camps, building racecars with Legos, jumping on the field at the 2022 World Cup, and much more. As usual, good rapport in the conversation. Here's where you can send us a voice message for future episodes: https://www.speakpipe.com/ScuffedPodcast Vince and Belz and George Quraishi are definitely taking a group to Rome from May 10-18, here's some detail, including a rough itinerary: https://earthlydelights.notion.site/I...
Apr 03, 2025•22 min•Ep. 583
Belz and Vince with a lengthy "what's up with Poch" opening segment, Johnny shines for Betis, Malik back and fresh in Eindhoven, West starts under new coach, Josh scores, we're definitely going to Rome. A great question from Mike in the Buffalo area. Here's where you can send us a voice message for future episodes: https://www.speakpipe.com/ScuffedPodcast Vince and Belz and George Quraishi are definitely taking a group to Rome from May 10-18, here's some detail, including a rough itinerary: http...
Mar 31, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 582
Those and lots of other questions came through in voicemail (thank you very much to everyone who sent one!), and Charlie Boehm joins Watke and Belz to respond to them. Others include which two players from the XI vs Panama that we’d cut from this roster, and which two we’d bench, what percentage of blame to assign Poch and the players and Panama, and much more. Here's where you can send us a voice message for future episodes: https://www.speakpipe.com/ScuffedPodcast And here's where you can sign...
Mar 27, 2025•57 min•Ep. 581
