#327: Who is on the bubble for Qatar and who is going

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

Adam Belz

Men's National Team, Youth National Teams, Yanks Abroad, Sports, U17 National Team, Us Soccer, Mls, Usmnt, American Soccer, U20 National Team, Soccer

4.7 • 922 Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Greg and Belz talk through the USMNT roster for the World Cup, which begins in exactly one month, and the decisions that still need to be made. Striker and centerback remain deeply intriguing.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Scuff Podcast where we talk about US soccer. Hello everybody I'm Adam Bells. I'm Adam Bells. Got Greg Velazquez himself with me.
0:24.0	Hey Greg.
0:25.0	Bells, welcome to Thunderdome.
0:27.0	Thunderdome, explain that joke to me.
0:28.8	Oh, I'm literally just talking about the bubble watch we're about to do
0:31.1	and how there's a bit of the zero sums to it.
0:35.2	There is.
0:36.2	Many things are not zero sum, right?
0:38.6	Many things in life, many things in society, not zero sum.
0:41.7	But the World Cup roster. It is. it is a little bit of the zero sum yeah so there we go so
0:47.5	That's what we're talking about today. We're talking about the the players on the fringe
0:51.5	and how in some positions people really seem to be trying to get
0:56.2	into the World Cup roster and how in other positions people are really trying to default their way
1:00.4	into the World Cup roster by virtue of other players playing poorly.
1:05.0	Yeah, some people aren't trying very hard to get in either.
1:08.0	Maybe that's what you meant by defaulting in.
1:11.2	Just quick reminder, the opening group stage game against Wales is a month from today.
1:19.2	Tis upon us folks and the roster itself which what else are we going to talk about except the roster at this
1:24.9	point will be announced with some fanfare on November 9th in New York City is it possible to
1:31.5	even incorporate new information at this point?
1:34.0	I'm honestly not sure if Berhalter will. I think you could.
1:38.0	I'm not even going to like go too far to say it's right or wrong.
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