Matt Hartman and Marcus Chairez, both close observers of the youth national teams and youth U.S. player pool, join Belz to break down the full U20 age group. The news hook is the ongoing camp in Florida but we talk about the actual best XI ahead of this fall's U20 World Cup (many of whom were not released for this camp) and the probable XI at the W…

Belz, Vince and Watke go deep on 18-year-old Noahkai Banks' debut for Augsburg, and Tessmann's big chance for Lyon with Matic on the transfer block. Then Pochettino's latest comments, the rest of the action from the weekend, transfer rumors, etc. Patrons can watch a 4-minute video of several of the clips we discuss, put together by Vince: https://w…

MLS senior writer and veteran podcaster Matt Doyle graciously joins us and we each pick 7 players (one goalkeeper, five field players and a sub) from Mauricio Pochettino's January Camp roster for a make-believe 5-a-side round robin. Who got the best team? Patrons can vote on who has the best team here. We may open it up for a vote on Twitter in a f…

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents another awesome show featuring two more great interviews from Monstermania (www.monstermania.net)! BTB's own Chachi McFly talks to actor Courtney Gains best known for his roles on Can't Buy Me Love and Children of the Corn. Chachi talks to Courtney about his role in the iconic Back To The Futu…

Milan v Juve, Pulisic's new coach, McKennie excelling at left back, Richards v Chelsea, Adams back from injury, transfer rumors, injury reports, and much more. Watke, Vince and Belz get back at it for the first Monday Review of 2025. Explanation of pivot to USMNT: https://www.patreon.com/posts/119034509 Survey to help us plan Italy trip: https://do…

Greg, Vince and Belz (with Tara contributing in absentia) give a series of awards for what was obviously a very successful 2024 for the U.S. Women. Player of the Year, Breakthrough Player of the Year, Retirement of the Year, Most Patriotic, and much more. Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go o…

Greg, Belz and Vince talk through the events of 2024 for the U.S. Men's National Team, and give traditional awards like Player of the Year and Goal of the Year, voted on by Scuffed listeners, but also less traditional awards like "Most Inscrutable Player" and "The Kingslayer." Join us to look back, celebrate, mourn, etc. Survey to gauge interest fo…

Vince and Belz talk through the action from the weekend, including Celtic's Cup triumph over Rangers, Jedi's big performane at Anfield, Gio's nice goal and otherwise forgettable performance, Cardoso back in the XI (but not very good), Alex Zendejas's clutch Liguilla showing, and much more. Sanjay Sujanthakumar interviewed Zendejas for Scuffed last …

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents an exclusive interview with Director and Writer Carter Ward and stars Reilly Walters and Carmen Berkeley from the independent feature film “Step Back, Doors Closing.” The romantic drama film is an official selection of the prestigious “Dances With Films” Festival (https://danceswithfilms.com) …

Greg and Belz roll the recaps/catchup episode into one. Whose stock is up after this last window of 2024? Whose stock is down? Thank you Alyssa Naeher. 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 t…

Vince, Tara and Belz get back in the WoSo saddle, long overdue. Triple Espresso gets a much-needed break, Lily in, Phallon gotta work on rounding out her game, who starts at the 9, starting XIs for the England match at Wembley, Vince pours more honey over Michele Kang, and much more. Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free fe…

Greg and Belz talk through a very fun-to-watch match in St. Louis. 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…

The Club America and USMNT winger met up with Sanjay Sujanthakumar in St. Louis to talk about that scuffle with Edson, the Poch experience, who's better at golf between him and Wes, his choice to play for the U.S., life in Mexico City vs Guadalajara, and much more. Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes…

We get an away win in Concacaf! Greg and Belz talk through the performance. 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…

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents another awesome show featuring two great interviews from Monstermania (www.monstermania.net)! BTB's own Al Sotto talks to actress Patricia Velasquez best known for The Mummy and The Mummy Returns. Patricia talks about working with Brendan Fraser and Dwayne "The Rock Johnson" in The Mummy films…

Greg and Belz talk through the roster Pochettino called up for the Nations League matches against Jamaica. Greg calls for a "mean" performance from us down in Kingston on Thursday. Plus Lily Yohannes committed to play for the US Women's National Team! -- https://www.desmoinessoccerclub.org/ https://www.chattanoogafcfdn.org/forge Subscribe to Scuffe…

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents another awesome show featuring the rest of our interviews from Awesome Con (www.awesomecon.com) in Washington DC. Our featured guest is comic book writer and screenwriter legend, Jeph Loeb! BTB's own Mike "The General" talks to the prolific writer about how his works including Batman The Long …

Greg and Belz do a more general and less timeliney discussion of the last two games. Timeline items on the goals, then ~10 (mostly positive) takeaways from the window. 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…

Tim Weah scores and Wes gets two assists in an epic edition of the Derby D'Italia. Pepi gets a brace, Tillman scores and continues to deputize at the 6, while Vince believes Cardoso's performance was the most moving by an American in club play in at least two years. Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episode…

Thompson and Shaw show out, Smith does too. We only grow stronger each day. Greg and Belz recap the action from Austin on Thursday. 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 clip…

Watke, Tara, Salerno and Belz blaze through some of the midweek action. 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 c…

Who will partner with Girma in the back? Who’s gonna be the Dunn replacement? Will Sanchez make a mark in this window? Who’s gonna shine in the midfield? Lots to mull over ahead of a two-pack of friendlies with Iceland and then Argentina in Louisville on Wednesday. Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes…

Gotta show for the ball with energy and intelligence if you want to beat a good or even committed pressing team. We didn't do it. Soccer 101 eludes several of our national team players when they get a chance to impress the new coach in a game against our biggest rival. Greg and Belz ruefully recap a barren evening in Guadalajara. Subscribe to Scuff…

Below The Belt Show (www.belowthebeltshow.com) presents another awesome show featuring more interviews from Awesome Con (www.awesomecon.com) in Washington DC. Our featured interview is with actor RJ Mitte, Walter White Jr. from AMC's Breaking Bad. In an exclusive interview RJ talks to BTB's own Al Sotto about his Awesome Con experience with his fel…

The Pochettino era begins in Austin, Texas, with our new coach leading a largely second-choice squad into battle with Panama. Greg and Belz recap it and try to suss out the differences in the way the team played. 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 Revi…

Tara and Belz talk in some detail about the European contingent's action as Champions League draws near, Emma Hayes' recent comments on "futures," an NWSL run-down and general lookahead to the next two international windows. Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon! Patrons get a private ad-free feed for all episodes that go out on the public feed, plus the…

Greg joins Watke and Belz for the Monday Review. Rundown of the key action from the weekend, plus each panelist offers a surprise inclusion and a surprise exclusion in Poch's first roster, likely out later this week. 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 …

Journalist Evan Ratliff joins Belz to talk about his fascinating new podcast, Shell Game, which has some poignant USMNT-related moments in it. He also expresses his affinity for 2011 Brek Shea, talks about going incognito to a WC qualifier in Salt Lake City when he was doing the famous WIRED vanishing act, and explains how he thinks the USMNT is in…