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. Hey everyone the US lost 2 one to Ukraine earlier today in the opening match of their group stage at the

U-20 World Cup joining me to break it down in all its agony is Matthew Hartman great friend of the podcast Matt how are you

I was better a few hours ago if we're being honest bells were you better a few hours ago

because I was I was like I was a nervous wreck a few hours ago and now I'm just

disappointed I guess it's better to be nervous than disappointed yeah I mean I

wasn't too optimistic coming into the game I thought that a draw was the likely result, but so, but I mean,

having a loss as the first game in a World Cup is always a bummer, you know?

Yeah, it is a bummerummer and we got a shout out

Travis Clark we did some predictions on the slack and he predicted 2-1 Ukraine

so he gets all the marbles. Congrats Travis.

Yes.

You're a winner today.

Okay, so let's talk about the lineup first.

The USA came out with Brady Scott at goalkeeper a backline from right to left of

Dest Richards Abubakar Kata and Chris Gloucester. Durkin was the holding mid with Servania, kind of ahead of him, and then Alex Mendez,

and then a front line from right to left, Conrad de la Fuente,

Woeia at Stryker and Pac-Some

on the left, although that was pretty fluid,

you know who was playing on the wing

and who was playing at the nine throughout the game.

What was your reaction to the lineup when you saw it?

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