Episodes
Another huge win from an exhausted but determined Emma Hayes-led U.S. Women's National Team at the Olympics. Greg and Belz recap it in detail. Girma god-like, Soph delivers, Naeher comes up massive in the clutch. Next up is the gold medal match versus Brazil.
Published 08/07/24
Seattle Sounders and former USMNT forward Jordan Morris sat down late last week for a wide-ranging and easy-going conversation with Sanjay Sujanthakumar. They covered playing for coaches such as Jurgen Klinsmann, Brian Schmetzer and Gregg Berhalter, fatherhood of course, his favorite goal of his career, and why he hasn't historically used his left foot as much as people would like. Bonus cameo from Brad Evans on that subject.
Published 08/07/24
Full, detailed review of the 1-0 win over Japan from Greg and Belz. It was a real challenge of low-block unlocking that we struggled with but ultimately overcame. TRIDENT OF DEATH.
Published 08/05/24
Watke and Belz recap the humbling loss to Morocco in the Olympic quarterfinals.
Published 08/03/24
Belz, Vince and Tara recap the 2-1 win over Australia. Not as cathartic as the win over Germany, but still lots to celebrate, plenty to nitpick. The WNT and Emma Hayes have given us a nine-point window! So we had to dust off an old number for the intro to this episode.
Published 08/01/24
A very good performance against a very good team, and the first big win of the Emma Hayes era. Greg and Belz recap it in some detail.
Published 07/29/24
Belz and Watke recap the 4-1 win over New Zealand. Next up is the pivotal game against Guinea.
Published 07/28/24
A romp for 30-odd minutes against an overmatched opponent, a red card for Zambia, Soph subbed off with some kind of knock. It's on to Germany on Sunday.
Published 07/26/24
Belz and Vince recap the 3-0 loss to France, which was a little more encouraging than the scoreline would lead you to believe.
Published 07/25/24
Marcus Chairez joins Belz to ID the players on this Concacaf tourney roster who have the best chance of one day helping the national team, and the long list of age-eligible players who are NOT on this roster. U20 World Cup qualification is the prize, and the games kick off for us Friday vs Jamaica.
Published 07/18/24
A night of total dominance and thoughtful attacking intent held back by our shortage of quality ideas in the final 12 yards. Full timeline from Belz and Greg.
Published 07/18/24
Vince and Belz were astounded by the Copa final and the difficult things it says about the USMNT. Watke runs us through all the coaching search rumors (Benitez sounds plausible). And then we eulogize the Berhalter era by talking about our favorite moments from his tenure.
Published 07/15/24
Second to last tune-up before the Olympics. A bit of muted revenge for the defeat earlier this year. Greg and Belz do the full recap.
Published 07/15/24
Greg and Belz wrestle with the rumor mill ramping up on Steve Cherundolo, what Herve Renard might bring, what needs to be fixed, etc.
Published 07/12/24
How can we stop Barbra Banda? A brief primer on recent results for our group stage opponents. What's the striker depth chart in the post-Morgan era? Where will our set piece goals come from? Can Rose and Cat play at the same time? All that and much more discussed by Vince, Tara and Belz.
Published 07/10/24
Full recap of the loss to Uruguay -- a decent performance in a vacuum, but again we see the naivete of the USMNT in contrast to the focus and pragmatism of the Uruguayans. Plus discussion of potential replacements for Berhalter.
Published 07/04/24
Greg, Tara and Belz talk through the roster that Emma Hayes announced last week, plus key omissions. Friendlies coming up on July 13 and 16, and then it's off to the Olympics and a huge test of the USWNT and its new manager.
Published 06/30/24
A full recap of the 2-1 loss to Panama in Atlanta from Greg and Belz. Pretty frustrating! Lots to break down.
Published 06/28/24
Watke, Vince and Belz talk about how good Gio is, the striker controversy such as it is, what's wrong with Wes, Will Leitch's piece arguing Trump's election hurt national team fandom, and much more. Matchday minus 1. Big day tomorrow!
Published 06/26/24
Full recap of the somewhat encouraging win over Bolivia. We took care of business. They weren't very good. Our centerbacks are making too many mistakes. Strikers miss chances. Next up is basically a must-win against Panama.
Published 06/25/24
Vince, Tara and Belz talk through Emma Hayes' aura as portrayed in the latest Behind the Crest video. Also Olympic roster talk, NWSL rundown, love segment, Croix's stunner, Lily's prospects, Tobin's revelation that she ain't hanging up the boots yet. Much more.
Published 06/19/24
Jon Arnold checks in for the second time this month, this time to discuss a little about Concacaf's history in the Copa America, the USA's Jekyll & Hyde showing in the tune-up friendlies, a rundown of how things look for the other Concacaf participants with the tournament starting in two days, and how Haiti's unrest is affecting its football federation.
Published 06/18/24
A bounceback performance in Orlando against Vini and Co. We played hard! We got a draw. Greg and Belz do a full recap.
Published 06/13/24
Greg and Belz work through the shellacking in Landover. Full timeline and analysis of a fairly normal performance for 60 minutes that turned into complete slapstick for the final 30 minutes.
Published 06/10/24
Folarin Balogun, the striker for the USMNT and AS Monaco, joined Watke and Sanjay Sujanthakumar for a conversation yesterday. Outstanding stuff.
Published 06/08/24