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#567: State of the U17 player pool with Hartman and Chairez

Episode Summary

Marcus Chairez and Matt Hartman join Belz to discuss the U17s. We start with the roster for U17 World Cup qualifying, but really the conversation is much more expansive than that. Who's the best XI in this age group? How does it stack up with past classes? How is MLS doing at running elite youth development in America since US Soccer abdicated responsibility? How good are Cavan Sullivan and Mathis Albert, really? Those questions and many more discussed at length.

Episode Notes

Marcus Chairez and Matt Hartman join Belz to discuss the U17s. We start with the roster for U17 World Cup qualifying, but really the conversation is much more expansive than that. Who's the best XI in this age group? How does it stack up with past classes? How is MLS doing at running elite youth development in America since US Soccer abdicated responsibility? How good are Cavan Sullivan and Mathis Albert, really? Those questions and many more discussed at length.

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

Twitter: https://x.com/USSoccerColl
Website: https://www.ussoccercollective.com/

And here's Matt's Twitter: https://x.com/MattSHartman