Welcome to the scuff podcast where we talk about U.S. soccer.

Hey, everybody, it's Thanksgiving Week.

Lots to be thankful for.

We just had a very successful international window.

A good weekend for the boys in Europe.

Vince is back. And we've got Leander Sherlockins gracing us today. He is, as you all know, a long-time soccer reporter writes for now for The Guardian, among others. And he's got a book about the history of the

USMNT, the long game coming out soon.

You can pre-order the book, and we'll put that link in the show notes.

We'll talk about some of that shortly, but first, Leander, thanks for being here.

How are you?

I'm really well, guys.

Thanks for having me.

I love this podcast.

Vince, how are, thank you.

And Vince, how are you doing?

I'm doing great, man.

I'm back two weeks off.

You know, I had to, I got to work about four weeks a year.

You know what I'm saying?

And, you know, this past two weeks were two of those four weeks, you know, hard days, hard days.

I'm working seven days a week at that time because i'm a

perpetual procrastinator you know ever since my uh but this time i'm doing it you know back in my

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