Episode 98: USA v Uruguay, the friendliest of friendlies

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 September 2019

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

It was a hot, sleepy night in St. Louis, but by golly we learned stuff. Different challenge, different lineup. We break down the big moments of the game and assess individual performances.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the scuffed podcast. I'm Adam Bells in Minneapolis. With me is Greg Velasquez and
0:06.1	Des Moines. We talk about U.S. men's soccer. The USA Drew Uruguay 1 1 1 roughly one-third full Bush Stadium.
0:25.0	At a game that was played at roughly one-third speed.
0:29.0	Yes, it was. It was such a different match from the one against Mexico on Friday, not just in terms of the opponent,
0:35.3	because Mexico pressed high while Uruguay defended and countered, but also in terms of the setting
0:41.2	on a baseball field. Yeah, baseball field
0:43.0	yeah baseball field in 90 degree heat
0:45.0	Yeah the whole thing
0:47.0	felt kind of sleepy didn't it?
0:50.0	Yeah very much felt like the second game of an international window.
0:53.8	Nobody wanted to get hurt.
0:55.5	And it was, it looked like the field was slippery,
0:58.7	especially where the shortstop and second baseman generally set themselves up.
1:04.8	People were going into challenges gingerly.
1:08.4	Definitely a friendly. Definitely a friendly.
1:10.3	Bush Stadium was a friend zone, if you know what I mean.
1:14.2	100% a friend zone.
1:15.8	Uh, it felt like a cooperative effort where both teams sort of knew the
1:20.7	score and were working together to not have any collisions of
1:24.6	shingards. Yeah it's like you know sometimes when you're in the friend zone you
1:29.3	don't want to be I mean the other person you know one person wants to love you and the other person wants
1:35.1	to be in the one's you to be in the friend zone in this case it was a mutual friend
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