The dean of the USMNT player pool joined Sanjay Sujanthakumar in the lobby of a hotel in Fort Lauderdale on Friday to discuss centerback development in America, how he got to be so comfortable on the ball, Poch's mentality campaign, whether he wants to coach after his playing career ends, watching his national team teammates grow up before his eyes, and much more. By the way, he says Joe Scally is the most underrated USMNT teammate he's ever had.

Follow Sanjay on Twitter: https://x.com/tha_Real_Kumar

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Matt Hartman and Marcus Chairez, both close observers of the youth national teams and youth U.S. player pool, join Belz to break down the full U20 age group. The news hook is the ongoing camp in Florida but we talk about the actual best XI ahead of this fall's U20 World Cup (many of whom were not released for this camp) and the probable XI at the World Cup, considering who will be released by then.

Check out Marcus's work at the U.S. Soccer Collective, which has become an indispensable source on soccer prospects from the USA.

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Website: https://www.ussoccercollective.com/

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Belz, Vince and Watke go deep on 18-year-old Noahkai Banks' debut for Augsburg, and Tessmann's big chance for Lyon with Matic on the transfer block. Then Pochettino's latest comments, the rest of the action from the weekend, transfer rumors, etc.

Wes smashing a piece of pizza at Moise Kean's record release party: https://x.com/calcionocontext/status/1868747195014692877?s=46

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5-a-side draft episode with Matt Doyle that Vince asked Watke to defend: https://www.patreon.com/posts/557-italian-as-v-119438345?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

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