#690: Gio scores, plays well, let's GO

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

🗓️ 11 May 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Sanjay joins Belz and Vince. Gio scored and was influential in a late-season loss for Gladbach. Not much to play for for the Foals but this was an excellent World Cup audition from the dark prince. Pepi scores again, assisted by Dest, who looks "uninhibited," says Sanjay. Johnny likely to miss the World Cup, a news break that arrived as we were wrapping up the recording.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the scuff podcast where we talk about U.S. soccer.
0:16.7	Hello, everybody. It's one month, one month until the World Cup.
0:21.8	Got Sanjay joining Vince and me today. Sanjay, how are you?
0:26.3	I'm doing great. Interesting weekend, a lot to talk about, but it's starting to feel real, really real now.
0:36.1	And it's crazy. I was thinking about it. Like, this is something
0:40.4	that's been anticipated for more than like half of my life, right? Because we thought,
0:45.3	ever since the 2010 World Cup, which is like the first one, I can really remember that well,
0:49.8	we were expecting to host a World Cup. And that's like 16 years, you know, since we thought we were getting a World Cup again.
0:59.1	So for it to actually be happening soon is like kind of surreal.
1:02.8	So I'm pumped.
1:03.7	Yeah.
1:04.7	Can you believe it's been 16 years since 2010?
1:07.8	Holy smokes.
1:09.0	It's crazy.
1:10.2	Life is flying by. But we're going any further. It's crazy. Life is flying by.
1:13.2	But we're going any further.
1:14.6	It's when I graduated high school, number one.
1:17.3	Number two, the car I drive, release in 2010.
1:21.2	So, it has been a long time.
1:24.6	My Honda pilot is still kicking.
1:27.2	It's good as new
1:28.0	you know what I'm saying
	...

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