Welcome to the Scuffed Podcast. I'm Adam Bells in Minneapolis. With me is Greg Velasquez and

Des Moines. We talk about U.S. men's soccer. We've had time to digest the Brazil and Mexico friendlies and I will start off today by putting a bow on the

national team camp and what we learn from it. It'll be a little more positive than

our initial reactions to the games and then we've got Mark Nichols, the

Academy director for the Seattle

Sounders as a guest. He joined for a Skype call last week and then we'll come

back. Greg and I will come back with short corners at the end. That's the game

plan. Let's call it a 4 two three one how about that how are you

Greg I'm good bells I'm very ready for the for the 4 two three one of the future

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We're going to give our wrap up thoughts on the camp.

There was kind of a lot to pick over the more I think about it.

So I'll just jump right in with my first thought from the camp.

I don't like us with three at the back because our full backs aren't quite good enough in the attack for it.

This is piggybacking a bit on what you said last

week Greg that one of our big weaknesses in World Cup qualifying was a lack of

bite from our fullbacks. I agree that that is improved, but I don't think it's so improved that it's worth

the trade-off of losing somebody up the field to get Robinson and Yedlin bombing regularly

up the flank.

As international wingbacks go, they'd be pretty average.

So I guess this is me just saying,

I'm kind of glad that Serrakin didn't run out a three at the back

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