Welcome to the scuff podcast where we talk about U.S. soccer.

Hey, everybody. We've got a U-20 episode coming your way today. I'm joined by Matt Hartman

and Marcus Chares, two guys who have joined us several times in the past. Thanks for being everybody we got a you 20 episode coming your way today i'm joined by matt hartman and marcus

sherez two guys who have joined us several times in the past thanks for being here fellas

matt how you doing i'm doing well bells happy to be here happy to be back it's been a little while

yeah we're re committing ourselves i would say you know coming back to the altar of youth national team soccer.

Marcus, how are you doing?

Good. Welcome back to youth soccer.

Doing well. I'm out in Hamburg, Germany, and excited to be here.

You're going to run up to Kel and check things out for John Tolkien?

Well, it's not too far away. It's one of the few northern clubs up here.

Funny enough, in a similar note, just before this recording, I was getting my haircut.

I realize I'm wearing a beanie right now, which is not an indictment on the haircut.

It's just cold outside.

But it's the second time I've gone to this barber.

It's a two-minute walk from San Paoli Stadium.

And I started to talk to the barber a little bit about football.

He's like, oh, I just had an American in here who just joined the team a couple of days ago.

I was like, well, I think I know who that is. James Sands. He's like, yeah, he was just in here who just joined the team a couple of days ago. I was like, well, I think I know

who that is. James Sands. He's like, yeah, he was just in here. I gave like 12, 12 of the guys on

the team haircut. So he came in, he said a super nice guy. So a fun little soccer, American soccer

story here in the northern parts of Germany.

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