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Episode 39: Assessing the U20s in World Cup qualifying, and Alex Mendez joins the pod

Episode Summary

We talk about the soccer being played by our U20s in the Concacaf Championship, assess individual performances in some detail, give the new USMNT roster a once-over and welcome Alex Mendez to the podcast.

Episode Notes

We talk about quality of the soccer being played by our U20s in the Concacaf Championship, assess individual performances in some detail, give the new USMNT roster a once-over and welcome Alex Mendez to the podcast.

• 0:30 how the U20s have looked (not great despite the 26-2 margin of victory)
• 11:50 the good performers (Mendez, Servania, Llanez, Pomykal, Rennicks, Araujo)
• 26:00 the ok performers (Lindsey, Gloster, Scott)
• 29:00 the show-me-more performers (Angking, Real, Fontana, McKenzie, Ochoa, Amaya, Perez, Rogers, Torres)
• 32:35 the go homes after the group stage (Akinola, Dorsey)
• 34:50 who might be added to the roster when Ramos makes his changes
• 36:35 Sarachan’s roster for the USMNT friendlies with England and Italy
• 46:10 Interview with Alex Mendez, 18-year-old CM for the U.S. U20s and S.C. Freiburg