#599: Leander Schaerlaeckens on the state of the modern USMNT

Schaerlaeckens, who writes for the Guardian and will soon publish
a book titled "The Long Game" on the modern USMNT, joins Watke
and Belz. We talk about what's happening with the USMNT these
days, his access to Berhalter while he was working on his book,
the ways the current generation is different from previous
national team generations, and much, much more. Really good,
lively conversation.


There will be no official Monday Review this week, and for
several of the weeks ahead, since there will be so little club
soccer and so much international soccer to cover directly.


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