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

Welcome to the scuffed podcast.

Sanjay here, and I'm joined by San Jose Earthquakes Head Coach and Sporting Director

and a legendary figure in U.S. soccer history, Bruce Arena. Bruce, thanks for coming on the pod.

My pleasure. So everything about MLS has changed. Now we're into MLS 3.0, they say. But Bruce

Arena remains. How? I say. But Bruce Arena remains.

How?

I guess being a little bit lucky over the years, you know, and just enjoying what I do.

So at this point in my life, I still enjoy it.

So I can be useful to a club still at my age, so hopefully I can do a good job here and at the same time enjoy myself.

Yeah, a lot is happening here, and it seems pretty exciting from the outside looking in.

This team finished at last and I'm-LAS in 2024, nearly made the playoffs in your first year last year.

And now you've got three wins in a row with your big game DP looking good.

About a year ago, you talked about this being a challenging project, and you wanted to see

things moving quicker.

How about now?

Could you assess where you're at right now?

Well, we're making progress.

We're still not where we need to be, but that's, you know, all part of the challenge and the project

here at the club. And, you know, we're moving forward in the right direction. So that's a real

positive. Your thoughts on how roster has progressed going to this year?

We've made progress in a different kind of way.

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