#645: The Albert & Sullivan Show at the U17 World Cup

Scuffed | USMNT, World Cup, Yanks Abroad, futbol in America

Adam Belz

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

4.7 • 921 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Matt Hartman joins Belz to talk about our two blue chip 16-year-olds and their eye-catching performances at the U17 World Cup after the USA beat Czechia on Tuesday to round out a 9-point window. We do a timeline of the game and then look briefly ahead to Morocco on Friday, mostly talk about Cavan Sullivan and Mathis Albert.

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0:00.0	A nine point window
0:02.0	It's time to lock this down
0:04.0	Oh we want a nine point window
0:08.0	A nine point window
0:10.0	Sing with me now
0:12.0	Oh we want a nine point window
0:15.0	A nine point window
0:18.0	Oh we want a nine point window
0:20.0	Oh we want a nine point window It want a nine point window.
0:23.6	Nine point window.
0:26.6	Oh, we want a nine point window.
0:30.6	A nine point window.
0:31.6	Hey, everybody, our U-17s just put up a nine-point window, as you may have figured out from the intro music.
0:39.3	Joining me is the original U.S. youth national team guru on scuffed at least, long-time friend
0:45.0	of the pod. Matt Hartman. Matt, how are you? Nine point window bells, never been better.
0:51.9	Everything's good. Everything's good in U.S. soccer again.
0:54.6	Let's ride.
0:55.3	Yeah.
1:04.0	Maybe you can talk me down from my high here, but it feels like this is the most exciting youth national team team, at least in a couple of cycles for both age groups because
1:10.2	of these two young stars.
1:13.4	And it is just so fun to see Albert and Sullivan justify the hype with the way they're playing.
1:20.6	They both still have a lot to prove.
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