Men in Blazers 05/29/15: U-20 World Cup Pod Special With Tab Ramos

Men In Blazers

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🗓️ 29 May 2015

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Rog speaks with U.S. U-20 head coach and USMNT legend Tab Ramos about the World Cup in New Zealand, youth development in this country, and where the next Clint Dempsey will come from. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:38.0	It's unbelievable!
0:44.0	The under-20 World Cup kicks off in New Zealand this Saturday.
0:48.0	2014's including the United States will battle it out over the course of the next three weeks.
0:55.0	There's more than just a trophy on offer. The under-20 World Cup has a special magic.
1:00.0	It's the stage where the next generation of world-class stars announce themselves.
1:06.0	In this under-20 World Cup pod special, I spoke to US Coach Tabremos about his team, the players to watch out for and what counts as success for our nation.
1:19.0	But we also talked at length about transforming youth development in the US, the state of the talent pipeline, the search for the next London Donovan,
1:29.0	and the gap between young American players developed domestically and those learning their craft at Arsenal, Spurs and even Bokers juniors.
1:39.0	Our guest today is a man who's played a massive part in ushering US soccer into its modern era.
1:46.0	As a player, he went to three World Cups and 81 Caps and scored eight goals for the US team.
1:52.0	He currently serves a multitude of roles. He's assistant coach on the Full Men's National team alongside Jürgen Klinzman, his US Soccer's youth technical director, and he's also head coach of the under-20 team.
2:06.0	The latter is busy preparing for its opening match of the World Cup in New Zealand, ladies and gentlemen.
2:13.0	We welcome to the pod, the first player ever signed to MLS, Montevideo Uruguay-born, New Jersey raised.
2:21.0	From his hotel in New Zealand, we welcome to the pod, Mr. Tabremos.
2:26.0	Hi, thank you for having me on.
2:28.0	Oh, Tab, we could not be more excited about you, about the under-20 World Cup team and about the under-20 World Cup in general.
2:38.0	I want to start by talking about you as a player, because when I first came to America, you were the star on the US team.
2:46.0	A lot of our listeners are too young to have seen you kick a ball.
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