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

Welcome to the scuffed podcast.

Sanjay here, and I'm joined by Charlotte FC and United States men's national team defender, Tim Ream.

Tim, thanks for coming on the pod.

No problem. Thanks for having me.

So you're known as a very calm player and person, but we've all heard the story about you getting pulled over and not batting an eye.

Is there anything in life that unsettles you?

Snakes, spiders, anything your kids do, what gets under your skin?

Um, uh, unsettles me? No, I wouldn't say anything that unsettles me.

I think the one thing that gets under my skin, maybe with my kids, is if they're being rude or just rude people in general, really.

But other than that, like you said, I'm pretty laid back.

I'm pretty calm, pretty relaxed, and a lot of times just let a lot of things slide.

Switching to soccer here, why do you think centerbacks take longer to develop than other

positions?

I think there's a lot of things.

I think as a young player, you're more prone to taking things in instead of being kind of a commanding vocal,

taking on a leadership role type.

It takes a lot longer for people to kind of, you know, they may have those kind of attributes

to begin with, but to develop them,

and then understand the game as a whole and completely, and what's going on around them.

I think it just takes, it takes a little bit longer to understand.

And also, the idea of not stepping on other people's toes, as much as you want to be a

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