#567: State of the U17 player pool with Hartman and Chairez

Scuffed | U.S. soccer, World Cup, Yanks Abroad, futbol in America

Adam Belz

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

4.8 • 893 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2025

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Marcus Chairez and Matt Hartman join Belz to discuss the U17s. We start with the roster for U17 World Cup qualifying, but really the conversation is much more expansive than that. Who's the best XI in this age group? How does it stack up with past classes? How is MLS doing at running elite youth development in America since US Soccer abdicated responsibility? How good are Cavan Sullivan and Mathis Albert, really? Those questions and many more discussed at length.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the scuff podcast where we talk about U.S. soccer.
0:15.8	Hey everybody, we got Marcus and Matt back again.
0:18.6	Really grateful for that.
0:20.2	That is Marcus Chures and Matt Hartman. Check out the U.S. Soccer Collective, Marks. everybody we got marcus and matt back again really grateful for that that is marcus sherez and
0:21.8	matt hartman check out the u.s soccer collective marcus's website for extensive rankings of
0:27.5	prospects by birth year i'll put the link in the show notes and i'll put both of their
0:31.9	twitter accounts there as well how are you fellas marcus how are you doing i'm And, you know, Hartman posts maybe once or twice a year, but when he does, it's gold.
0:43.4	So I would still recommend the follow, because when you do see it come through, it's usually right on the money.
0:50.8	Yeah. Truly a man who just does it for the love of the game, you know?
0:56.5	Yes, I should probably jump back on Twitter a little bit more often, I think.
1:02.2	There's reason to.
1:03.3	We've got exciting youth players again.
1:05.6	Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:06.8	So today we're going to talk about the U-17s.
1:09.3	Starting next week, the boys are going to try to qualify for the U-17 World Cup,
1:13.9	which happens in November in Qatar.
1:17.6	They're in a qualifying group with Cuba, St. Kitts and Nevis,
1:21.6	and the U.S. Virgin Islands, which, I mean, should be light work.
1:25.7	And if they win their group, they qualify for the World Cup.
1:29.0	That's it for the tournament, though, right?
1:30.6	I mean, there's no knockouts or anything.
1:33.8	Yeah, it's a new format, I think, because the U-17 World Cup is going to be an annual event starting this year,
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