#576: Broadcaster & journalist Sebastian Salazar joins the pod

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

🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

Sebastian Salazar built Futbol Americas from scratch with Herc Gomez and now he hosts ION's NWSL studio show. He's veteran of covering soccer in America, a native of D.C., a lifelong El Tri fan. He plays the game, he's coached the game. We spoke on Thursday and he was very generous with his time. Great conversation.

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Bells. We've got a Monday review coming today on the patron feed. The public episode this Monday is an interview with Sebastian Salazar, Herc Gomez's partner with Football Americas, up until recently. Now a studio host for Ion covering the NWSL, a veteran of covering soccer in this country. We got into everything. It's one of my favorite conversations on scuff so far, so get ready for that.
0:22.4	If you want the Monday review where Waki, Vince, and I have a lovely Pulisic goal,
0:27.6	a haji hat trick, camp arrivals ahead of this big match against Panama,
0:31.2	and much more to discuss. Join the Patreon.
0:34.1	The link is in the show notes.
0:35.6	Now, here's my conversation with Mr. Salazar.
0:41.6	Welcome to the scuff podcast where we talk about U.S. soccer.
0:53.4	Very special guest today, the former host of Fupol Americas, with Hurt Gomez, been covering soccer in America for a long, long time, playing, coaching, supporting D.C. United through thick and thin.
1:05.7	Just this week, it was announced he'll be studio host for ion sports coverage of the National Women's Soccer League, which as it happens kicks off this weekend.
1:14.1	Sebastian Salazar, welcome to scuffed. Thank you for your time.
1:18.2	Adam, man. Great to be with you. Great to be with the scuffed crew here and all your listeners.
1:22.6	I appreciate things that have been built up from scratch as I story with Football America as I think attest to.
1:28.8	So super appreciative of what you guys have built up and how successful it's been.
1:33.4	It's really impressive.
1:34.1	Thanks, man.
1:34.9	So first of all, let's get right to Brass Tax.
1:37.6	You scored nine goals and recorded 12 assists as a player for the Westminster College Titans.
1:44.0	Which of these goals or assists is your
1:47.2	favorite? All right, easy, easy answer. I scored the best goal of my life against Bethany College,
1:53.6	which was one of our arch rivals. It was senior night, my senior year. I played mostly defensive positions, my first two years, and then I walked
2:02.6	into coaches office once the guy wouldn't, the number 10 had graduated. And I said, I'm going to be
2:07.4	number 10 and I'm going to be a center midfielder. And he was like, this is definitely not what's
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