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Travis talks to Mark Carr, head coach of the US U17 Women's National Team. They discuss the unexpected challenges of having to change countries in the middle of a qualifying tournament, the decision making process behind assembling a roster, how Concacaf as a whole has improved when it comes to women's youth national teams, and the steps Carr is taking to prepare for the U17 Women's World Cup this November.

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Liviu Bird talks to Travis Clark about being the 28-year-old head coach of NPSL team Kitsap Pumas. This episode features lots of great insights into how coaching really works. If you enjoy, please share with a friend.

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Taylor talks to John Roach, the CEO of Prep4Pro, a program that features top training and continual evaluation from FIFA Pro-licensed coaches. The organization puts on residential camps aimed at developing and preparing players for turning pro.

Also on the call are a whole host of names, including...

Jim Leighton: former Scotland and Manchester United goalkeeper

Stuart Taylor: former player who most recently was a goalkeeper coach at Stoke City

Alan Rankin: former head of sports medicine at Hamilton Academical

Adrian Clewlow: Richmond Kickers goalkeeper coach

Richard Forka: participant at the program who's earned a move to Europe

Greg Gordon: scout for Raith Rovers

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Travis Clark and Henry Bushnell discuss the current youthful US Men's National Team setup, focusing on players like Weston McKennie and Keaton Parks, and pondering Earnie Stewart's appointment as USMNT General Manager.

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Taylor and Travis take turns picking their most exciting/interesting young players who will be participating in the 2018 World Cup. I won't spoil the list here, because there are some good ones, but our guiding principles were 1) each player had to have been born in 1995 or later and 2) they couldn't be those massive names you already know (Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele, Leroy Sane, etc).

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Daryl and Travis discuss the rumored appointment of Earnie Stewart to the new US Men's National Team General Manager position. What does Stewart's time at Philadelphia Union tell us about him?

We also talk the new, youthful USMNT roster, with a focus on Matt Olosunde and how much experience a player needs before representing the men's senior national team.

Also up for discussion: Olympic 2020 qualifying — who should be in charge and who could the US realistically select?

Two listener questions:

—Why don't all Division I colleges/universities have a men's soccer program?

—What makes a successful midfielder?

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Taylor and Travis review the seasons that were for 10 young Americans currently playing in Europe:

1) Haji Wright

2) Cameron Carter-Vickers

3) Matt Miazga

4) Christian Pulisic

5) Weston McKennie

6) Tim Weah

7) Antonee Robinson

8) Shaq Moore

9) Keaton Parks

10) Jonathan Amon

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Daryl talks to Adam Belz of Scuffed, newsletter, podcast and Twitter feed focused on the progress of future USMNT players.

Adam has been watching Andrew Carleton, Gianluca Busio, Richie Ledezma, Ulysses Llanez, George Bello play in the USL this season, and so gives his take on how the players are being shaped by their experience. We also discuss USL "graduates" to MLS, like Chris Durkin, Justen Glad, Tyler Adams.

For more from Mr. Belz, listen to the "Scuffed" podcast. Also:

Twitter: @zlebdama https://twitter.com/zlebmada (Highly recommended, lost of highlights)

Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/adambelz (Also highly recommended, for long, thoughtful takes)

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Travis talks to Chris Madden, the Director of Competition & Development for the Premier Development League about the creation of individual PDL teams, the role the league plays in developing players in order to further their careers, the league's goals for the coming season, the top organizations and players for 2018, and much much more.

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Daryl talks to James Bunce, US Soccer's High Performance Director, to get an explanation of bio-banding and other innovative youth soccer initiatives.

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