Episode 128: A deep dive on the U20 player pool

Matt Hartman and I recorded almost 80 minutes on the U20 player pool. The bad news is we had this conversation in early March. The good news? It’s up to date, since almost no soccer has been played since then.0:30 preamble, etc.4:10 Hartman on how this U20 age group stacks up to its predecessors8:00 the last U20 roster, from January13:55 goalkeepers (David Ochoa, Chituru Odunze, Damian Las, Patrick Schulte, John Pulskamp)18:12 right backs (Julian Araujo, Ian Hoffmann, Nathan Harriel and Mauricio Cuevas, Joe Scally, Kevin Bonilla)25:25 centerbacks (Owen Otasowie, Leo Sepulveda, Jacob Akanyirge and George Campbell, Tayvon Gray, Nico Benalcazar, Nico Slonina, Blake Malone, Kurowskybob Pierre)36:58 left backs (Kobe Hernandez-Foster, Travian Sousa and Jonathan Gomez, Stuart Ritchie, John Tolkin, Adam Armour)42:30 central midfield (Taylor Booth, Tanner Tessmann, Jose Gallegos, Cole Bassett, Johnny Cardoso, Matteo Ritaccio, Leon Flach, Thomas Roberts and Gianluca Busio, Marcelo Palomino, Aiden Morris, Chris Hegardt, Moses Nyeman, Danny Leyva, Bryang Kayo)1:05:00 wingers (Konrad de la Fuente, Uly Llanez, Cameron Harper, Cameron Dunbar, Cade Cowell, Matko Miljevic, Dante Sealy, Giovanni Reyna)1:10:16 strikers (Ricardo Pepi, Indiana Vassilev, Matthew Hoppe, Charlie Kelman, Johan Gomez)1:16:30 a quick recap of our respective preferred lineups 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.