#610: The lessons we learned from the Gold Cup

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 July 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Watke, Vince and Belz take turns teaching each other what we learned from the tournament.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the scuff podcast where we talk about U.S. soccer.
0:11.8	Hey everybody. We're going to talk about some things we learned in the Gold Cup, a tournament that had an odd roster and a fairly predictable result.
0:24.6	We won a bunch of games against lesser competition,
0:27.7	and then we got out classed by Mexico in the final.
0:31.4	I mean, you could have predicted that, I think.
0:34.4	Got Chris and Vince here with me.
0:36.3	What a pleasure.
0:37.4	Hello, gentlemen.
0:38.9	How you doing, man?
0:39.5	It's been too long.
0:41.3	Doing well.
0:43.6	Focus, just been focused on, you know, seeing what I could learn these past months from watching this team.
0:51.7	I think the first thing we learned, or I learned, is sometimes it's a good idea to lower your expectations.
0:59.9	Because I was ready for total disaster.
1:04.2	It went great.
1:07.6	Okay.
1:08.1	Because I've lowered expectations.
1:10.0	That was an outstanding performance by everyone.
1:13.7	How much did the Friendlies play into that?
1:18.3	Well, here's the key.
1:20.1	I couldn't watch the Friendly's live.
1:22.5	And then I go and check the score in it.
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