Tales of the Irish Diaspora. We all come from somewhere else. Find out more and subscribe to us at www.plasticpodcasts.com
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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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The JPEG That Changed Everything, the True Blue Tussle Award, Dad of the Year, and much more. If you want the full version, including NT Goal of the Year, Club Goal of the Year, Breakout Player of the Year, Player of the Year, to name a few, join the Patreon. Also, the form to fill out if our Germany/Netherlands trip is somewhere in your realm of p…
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#653: JJ Devaney joins, gives us his sense of Poch's tenure, the coming World Cup
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The host of long-running former ESPN podcast Caught Offside joins Vince and Belz to discuss what Poch has been up to, whether it's working, Banner the mascot, and where several players probably stand in the depth chart. Look for Caught Offside with Andrew Gundling and JJ Devaney on any podcast platform, and here's there subscription service (kind o…
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#652: Poch's media tour & what the World Cup will mean to America with Doug McIntyre
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We talk through the quite encouraging events of the first half of the week -- Pulisic's big man on campus brace off the bench, Wes's lovely gamewinner in CL, Balo's gamewinner and Pepi's continued propensity to put the ball in the back of the net. Then we get into Poch's media tour after the World Cup draw a little bit, what will happen if we beat …
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#651: What Poch and the players said about the draw
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#650: The situation is looking pretty good!
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Vince brings back "El Loco" for Poch, but in a good way. Four players who weren't even involved in the last window had a great past week in Europe. Pepi's back in the XI for Eindhoven. The World Cup draw is coming up in four days and we talk through the options. Things are looking good, folks. Although there is some sad news from Thanksgiving dinne…
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#649: Leander Schaerlaeckens on the state of the USMNT, its chaotic history & miraculous growth since the 1980s
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Vince is back. He and Belz welcome Leander to discuss the past window, where things stand with Poch’s project, and the chaotic history of the US Men’s National Team, which is the subject of his forthcoming book.We end up covering the major action from the weekend, including Pulisic’s gamewinner in the Derby della Madonnina, McKennie’s continued ene…
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We wiped out a historically-good national team, coached by Marcelo Bielsa, in Tampa! Greg Velasquez and Belz talk it through. Gio's return, a caution against certainty, a tetchy performance from Poch in the post-game press conference, and, you guessed it, some classic Velasquez wet-blanketism.f Clip Notes on Patreon, for $5 subscribers and up, comi…
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Sanjay sits down with Joe at the team hotel in Tampa on Monday afternoon, to discuss his nearly 10,000 Bundesliga minutes of experience, how things have changed under Poch, who from the team he would trust the least to run the family business in Lake Grove, and much more. It's a fast but substantive interview. Skip the ads! Subscribe to Scuffed on …
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Charlie Boehm and Belz celebrate a credible victory in greater Philadelphia on Saturday night! Gio is back in the national team mix, emphatically. Arfsten keeps on performing. Our defense has to answer some questions about that equalizer. A fracas in stoppage time. What more could we want. Clip Notes on the Patreon, for $5 subscribers, coming Monda…
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#645: The Albert & Sullivan Show at the U17 World Cup
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Matt Hartman joins Belz to talk about our two blue chip 16-year-olds and their eye-catching performances at the U17 World Cup after the USA beat Czechia on Tuesday to round out a 9-point window. We do a timeline of the game and then look briefly ahead to Morocco on Friday, mostly talk about Cavan Sullivan and Mathis Albert. Skip the ads! Subscribe …
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#644: The roster for PAR and URU, and a rough weekend in France
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Charlie Boehm joins Belz to discuss Tyler's head injury, Tim Tillman's mysterious inclusion, a rough weekend in France for our guys, the MLS playoffs, Dest's return to camp, Big Pat's big goal, and much more. Skip the ads! Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon and get all episodes ad-free, plus any bonus episodes. Patrons at $5 a month or more also get a…
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#643: Cavan strikes at the U17 World Cup, with Marcus Chairez
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Marcus joins Belz to talk about the messy 1-0 win over Burkina Faso at the U17 World Cup, what's promising about the team (Albert, Sullivan) and where it will probably continue to struggle. We also briefly hit on the big Champions League goals from Balo and Pepi. Check out Marcus's work, and follow the link to his website, here: https://x.com/USSoc…
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#642: Roster talk, Gio contributes, Tyler balling out
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Sanjay Sujanthakumar joins Vince and Belz for the Monday Review. Sanjay rushes to Gio's defense. And we discuss who's gonna get the magic phone call with all these injuries piled up. Clip Notes for $5 patrons and up will be out soon. Skip the ads! Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon and get all episodes ad-free, plus any bonus episodes. Patrons at $5 a…
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#641: Midweek recap, MLS playoffs check-in with Charlie Boehm
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Full rundown of the action and inaction from the middle of the week, including Balo's goal and Wes's good performance against Udinese, Gio Reyna's quote to the AP, and Charlie gives us an update on where MLS playoffs stand right now. Skip the ads! Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon and get all episodes ad-free, plus any bonus episodes. Patrons at $5 a…
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#640: U20 wrap, U17 look-ahead with Marcus Chairez, Noahkai struggles, Diego shows out at ComplexCon
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Vince, Belz and Marcus on the mics. Also, is Diego Luna actually cool? Not just soccer cool but universally? An in-depth discussion of his photo with Lil Yachty, Quavo and Yeat, which MEANS SOMETHING to Vince. And then we talk about a small part of the weekend action. Skip the ads! Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon and get all episodes ad-free, plus …
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#639: World Cup roster predictions with Doug McIntyre
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The Fox Sports reporter joins the pod, again, to talk through the past window, a little about Champions League, and mostly to discuss who he thinks will be on the World Cup roster. There's a big surprise in there! And lots of good discussion of the state of the pool. Here's the Chris Richards interview: https://www.foxsports.com/stories/soccer/who-…
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#638: Post-camp wrap-up, the centerback situation, Noahkai check-in
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Belz and Vince talk through a few more things about the international window, including the Roldanaissance, Balo's supremacy at striker, Tessmann coming good and the problems at centerback, plus Banks's second start in a row for Augsburg, Gio gets minutes for a relegation-bound Gladbach, and Chris takes his struggles with him back to Palace. Skip t…
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Greg and Vince wrap up a pretty good window for the boys. Full treatment of the 2-1 win over Australia in Commerce City. Clip Notes for $5 subscribers and up: https://www.patreon.com/posts/clipnotes-usa-v-141371074 Skip the ads! Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon and get all episodes ad-free, plus any bonus episodes. Patrons at $5 a month or more also…
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Tanner Tessmann, the midfield anchor for Olympique Lyonnais who started for the USA against Ecuador on Friday, joined Sanjay Sujanthakumar for a half-hour long chat in Colorado on Monday. The Alabama native talked about, among other things, Nemanja Matic's impact on him, how long of a field goal he can kick with his left foot, his love for Venice a…
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Vince and Charlie Boehm carry the flag and get into the 1-1 draw with Ecuador. Balo and Tillman have a great night in Austin, they zapruder the Ecuador goal, lots to discuss. Skip the ads! Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon and get all episodes ad-free, plus any bonus episodes. Patrons at $5 a month or more also get access to Clip Notes, a video of ke…
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#634: Camp's underway, weekend action and the meaning of Landon's hairpiece
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Belz and McIntyre, the USMNT reporter for FOX Sports, talk through Pochettino's fascinating press conference yesterday, the fun little dust-up with Jeff Carlisle, Poch's quest to create competition and a more team-focused culture, where Musah likely stands, and a little bit of catch-up on the midweek Champions League action. Skip the ads! Subscribe…
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#632: Roster preview with Greg, plus the Monday Review
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Greg, Vince and Belz talk through the most interesting action from the past week, and then talk through who Poch called up in the last window, who he is likely to call up in the upcoming window, and who we'd like to see called up. Clip Notes, a 10-minute video of the stuff we discuss on the show and much more, available to $5 patrons here: https://…
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#631: Monday Review — Focus on Tillman, Weah, Richards, Tessmann
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Vince and Belz recap the weekend action. Tillman vs Scally & Gio. Tim scores a beauty at Real Madrid but is he thriving on the left wing for Marseille? Richards showing signs of turning into a big player. Tanner enjoying what amounts to a 12-month bar mitzvah at Lyon. And much more. Clips of all of what we talk about available to $5 and higher patr…
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#630: The U20 World Cup roster with Marcus Chairez
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Cole Campbell, Diego Kochen and Peyton Miller are present and accounted for. Marcus joins to discuss who's exciting, who could make up a good starting XI, what factors lead to translating U20 success to the senior team, and much more. Marcus on Twitter: https://x.com/ussoccercoll His website where he writes a lot about USMNT prospects: https://www.…
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