#574: Paul McGlynn joins, talks Jack, Tim Weah as a 9-yr-old, MLS academy chaos

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

🗓️ 10 March 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Paul McGlynn, the father of Jack McGlynn, has been developing soccer talent in New York City (and now western Connecticut) since the beginning of the century. Not only does he have the perspective of a parent of a pro player, he coached Tim Weah from ages 9 to 12, he's in the trenches of the ongoing chaos between MLS academies and youth clubs, and he watches soccer all the time. Great conversation. Highly recommend.

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0:00.0	Okay, quick note from me, Bells, the Monday review is behind the paywall this week.
0:04.0	Should come out later today. Dest is back and getting serenated by the crowd in Eindhoven.
0:09.0	Pulisic got a brace and a game winner at Leche.
0:11.5	Sargent continues to perform for Norwich.
0:14.0	Join the Patreon to guarantee that you get every Monday review with Waki, Vince, and me.
0:18.6	The links in the show notes. For the public Monday episode today,
0:21.9	we have an interview, and I think it's fantastic, is with Jack McGlynn's dad, Paul McGlynn,
0:27.4	who, in addition to bringing the candid perspective of a parent of a high-level pro player
0:31.7	is a veteran of youth soccer development at the legendary New York City Club, BW. Gatchie.
0:37.3	We talked about what it was like
0:38.4	coaching Tim Wea when he was a child, the time Eric Cantona overstepped his bounds on the
0:44.2	sideline of a youth soccer game. The hundreds of thousands of dollars paid to NYCFC and New York
0:49.6	Red Bulls for the McGlynn transferred to Houston, even though he never played a minute in either of those academies,
0:55.6	how to engage a disengaged five-year-old in practice,
0:59.1	and much, much more.
1:00.5	We really got rolling and went long.
1:02.8	Enjoy.
1:06.8	Welcome to the Scuff podcast, where we talk about U.S. soccer.
1:19.9	Our guest today is a soccer coach who played a part in the development of at least two players with national team caps in the past year.
1:26.3	He used to be the Academy Director at BW.
1:28.1	Gatchi, an iconic club in New York.
1:31.0	Now he's the technical director at Beechside, an MLS Next Club in Connecticut,
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