#581: Mailbag — Are we bad? Was Poch an upgrade? Should we give up on Gio?

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

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🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Those and lots of other questions came through in voicemail (thank you very much to everyone who sent one!), and Charlie Boehm joins Watke and Belz to respond to them. Others include which two players from the XI vs Panama that we’d cut from this roster, and which two we’d bench, what percentage of blame to assign Poch and the players and Panama, and much more.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the scuff podcast where we talk about U.S. Soccer.
0:16.9	We have a special guest today.
0:18.9	He writes for MLS Soccer, has written for Pro Soccerwire,, U.S.S. Soccer Players.com and SoccerNet, among others. He's also, in the press core, a standout, actual player of the game of soccer. Put on a bit of a show when we played pickup in Orlando a couple years back. Charles Bome, welcome to Scuffed.
0:39.2	How are you?
0:40.7	I'm well.
0:41.4	It's an honor to finally get the call, guys.
0:44.0	This is the Biggs.
0:45.0	I'm finally in the Biggs.
0:46.2	This is the Biggs.
0:48.1	That's right.
0:48.7	You've made it.
0:49.9	Charles, I wasn't there to get to see you play.
0:51.9	What's your kind of play style?
0:53.8	Or if you don't feel comfortable bragging, Adam, can answer.
0:57.9	He's gassing me up a tad bit.
1:01.9	I mean, I'm just, I'm strictly a capable player.
1:05.8	Well, but I'm a lefty and I work hard.
1:08.6	That's about it.
1:10.1	You have a little bit of, I think you have a little bit of sauce.
1:12.5	And I will say that it's kind of, in the press court, it's kind of a low bar to be a standout.
1:16.8	Yeah.
1:17.6	Yeah.
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