Welcome to the scuffed podcast. I'm Adam Bells in Minneapolis. With me is Greg Velazquez and

Des Moines. We talk about US men's soccer. Thanks for downloading this episode of Scuff. The most active domestic

league right now is the United Soccer League, the USL, and there are several exciting prospects playing in small

stadiums around the country right now in front of small crowds.

This past weekend was particularly interesting for me because we saw starts and strong performances from several of these

young Americans. I have Matt Hartman on the phone. I don't know anybody who covers the waterfront

of American prospects in USL as thoroughly he watches a lot of the games all the way through

Matt how you doing man? I'm doing well Bells it's always a pleasure to be on the scuff podcast

Yeah, thank you for your service.

Appreciate it.

So just before we get into the players and I think we're going to do nine.

So nine young Americans worth watching in USL right now.

A couple questions I thought we should take a swing at

or more precisely you should take a swing at.

Sure.

Is USL a good place for our prospects?

For the most part, yeah.

I think so.

For like the 16 to 18 year old prospects that we're talking about here.

I think the most important thing is that they're playing

challenging competitive games.

And for all but our very best prospects,

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