Player Pool

In this week’s episode, Claire takes a look at the larger USWNT player pool and compiles her way too early World Cup qualifying roster. She talks hopeful returns, new names that have played themselves into the mix, and positional battles that are resolving themselves faster than expected.

Fresh off of a plane from New Zealand, USWNT legend Carli Lloyd joins Alexi Lalas and David Mosse to talk about expectations for the back-to-back champions heading into 2023. Has Europe caught up to the US and will they three-peat?We also continue our deep dive into the USMNT player pool ahead of the 26-man roster reveal on November 9th. Who will Gregg Berhalter bring in the midfield past the formidable trio of Tyler Adams, Weston McKennie, and Yunus Musah?Alexi and Mosse also preview the Eastern and Western MLS Conference Finals which include Philadelphia vs NYCFC and LAFC vs Austin going down on Sunday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Greg and Belz talk about the Nigeria friendlies and the USWNT player pool. Greg on the high floor and the "stupidly high ceiling" of this group, the lack of rhythm and patience in the final third, and how Vlatko needs to "manage the ambition" of his players to hit the hopeful home run ball.

The Scuffed Top 40 makes its August debut, as we run through a (highly debatable) list of the top 40 players in the USMNT pool if we were to start a World Cup qualifying campaign tomorrow. Then we take listener questions ranging from "what does Earnie Stewart do all day?" to "who is the most overrated player in the pool?" and "what is the point of the U18 men's national team?"

Seriously, if you love learning about the US Men's National Team and its player pool, make sure you subscribe to the One Goal newsletter: https://www.onegoal.us/ Felix and Rohan from OneGoal give us an honest opinion of the US's Gold Cup campaign. We then get hoodwinked by a secret Arsenal fan (Rohan) and he gives us his opinions on a bunch of Arse topics. We finish out the episode by getting hot and bothered over Tottenham's signings and Jimmy leaves us cliffhung (not a word) with the Wan-Bissaka signing for Man United. Although every single Rooster and the Devil episode ends with a mostly original song, I'm particularly happy with this one about Tottenham and the Premier League coming back soon. Hugs and Kisses XOXO