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

Might not be interesting to most of the world, but it sure was interesting to us! Debuts galore, we pressed, we built out with something like a 2-3-5. As Greg says in the pod, it’s almost like we’re starting over. So much to talk about.

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It’s time for some national team soccer! Greg and Belz talk about how Berhalter might line up the boys versus Wales. The Panama lineup will flow, of course, from that. Hard to imagine a non-interesting couple of games here. Talk to you on Thursday.

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Thank you Gregg Berhalter. Greg and Belz slap out a quick and dirty reaction broadcast on Election Day 2020.

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We talk about who we prefer to be called in for what we hope will be two friendlies next month in Europe. As usual, we would be happy with lots of different possibilities. Just can’t wait for a USMNT match!

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We watched El Tri so you didn’t have to, and we have some reports. Also, a wishlist of players we would have liked to see in a domestic October camp.

0:30 Mexico vs USMNT first choice XIs

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31:30 MLS players who would have been nice to see in a USMNT camp in October, and big news from the last three weeks

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You didn’t need more reason to be hyped, but we will give it to you anyway. This unprecedented movement of U.S. players to bigger and better clubs — it appears repeatable. The Savior Committee is deepening in number at an accelerated pace, we believe thanks to the now-defunct Development Academy.

0:30 copy-paste USMNT cohorts are coming faster than we thought two years ago
22:40 Savior Committee revisitation

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Big weekends for McKennie, Adams and Reyna, and a lot of people think they should be our three-man midfield. Not so fast, says Greg Velasquez. We go deep on the midfield setup, Reyna’s and Adams’s best roles, and the knock-on lineup effects of playing them in various ways. 

0:30 intro and a big weekend in Torino, Leipzig and Dortmund

17:26 how we gonna line up this three-man midfield? Adams, McKennie, Reyna? We get in the weeds on this.

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One through forty. Pure science. From Christian Mate Pulisic to Shaquell Kwame Moore. Sprinkled with discussion of our centerback situation (an embarrassment of riches when it comes to average centerbacks), why it doesn’t make sense to play 3 at the back, Gio Reyna’s role, Jordan Morris’s role, and much, much more.

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Competitions kick off in England, Germany and Holland. France's Ligue 1 already underway. Italy next week. Did you know McKennie plays for Juventus now? Plus cargo shorts and a Dutch-Calvinist theologian.

2:30 Heath and Mewis to Manchester United
6:30 cargo shorts and England
18:00 Germany
35:05 Austria, Poland, Turkey
36:40 Netherlands
40:05 everywhere else

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A quick run through McKennie's incredible transfer news, Weah's return from injury, and the ongoing MLS youth bonanza, plus we covered some patron questions. We recorded the afternoon before Wednesday's MLS matches so didn't get to talk about those games.

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