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Episode 50: Sergino Dest joins the pod, and then a few spring predictions

Episode Summary

Ajax and U.S. U20 right back Sergino Dest joins the podcast from the Netherlands for a chat. And then Greg and Belz gin up predictions mostly to honor this coming weekend's return of the Bundesliga.

Episode Notes

Ajax and U.S. U20 right back Sergino Dest joins the podcast from the Netherlands for nice little chat. And then Greg and Belz gin up predictions mostly to honor this coming weekend's return of the Bundesliga.

• 0:30 Sergiño Dest, the 18-year-old attacking fullback who's a standout for one of the world's best academies and a U.S. youth international, talked about the upcoming U20 World Cup, where he needs to improve (in surprising detail), his ambitions, and going up against Diego Lainez.
• 28:45 spring predictions on Sargent, Pulisic, the USMNT centerback loan army, Soto and Mendez, other players attaining “Weston McKennie status,” Tim Weah, another Tyler Adams coming out of MLS, and finally Concacaf Champions League.