#351: A draft of USMNT prospects and late-bloomers for 2026

Matt Hartman, Marcus Chairez, Alex Calabrese and Belz pick XIs of players who were not on the World Cup roster and have fewer than 5 caps. Some surprises. Some surprising omissions. We call it the Future Draft. Hopefully it introduces you to some names to keep track of over the next three years.----Scuffed is an ad-free podcast. Support that and get exclusive episodes (more than 50 this year), plus access to the Discord including live call-in shows and round-the-clock access to other reasonable USMNT and USWNT fans online, by signing up for our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scuffed----Here's the draft order...Player selectedPick #Slonina1Balogun2Paredes3Trusty4Tillman5Booth6Gutierrez7Wynder8Cardoso9Brady10Tomkinson11Wiley*12Tsakiris13A. Morris14Craig15Gomez16Aaronson17Reynolds18Vazquez19Luna*20Cuevas*21Richardson22Akinmboni23Zendejas24Medina25Tolkin26Okoh27Soma28Mendez29Konrad30Kalesho31Hawkins32Che33Vargas34Baker-Whiting35Yapi36Hall37Kochen38Cremaschi39Alvarado40Perez41Burton42McFarlane43Odunze44 Skip the ads! Subscribe to Scuffed on Patreon and get all episodes ad-free, plus bonus episodes. Patrons at $5 a month or more also get access to Clip Notes, a video of key moments on the field we discuss on the show: https://www.patreon.com/scuffedCheck out our store, where you can get Scuffed hats and sweatshirts and other stuff: scuffedpodcast.com/storeAlso, check out Boots on the Ground, our USWNT-focused spinoff podcast headed up by Tara and Vince. They are cooking over there, you can listen here: https://boots-on-the-ground.simplecast.comAnd check out our MERCH, baby. We have better stuff than you might think: https://www.scuffedpodcast.com/store  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.