{"podcast":{"title":"Scuffed | USMNT, World Cup, Yanks Abroad, futbol in America","slug":"scuffed-usmnt-world-cup-yanks-abroad-futbol-in-america-479692","podcast_index_feed_id":479692,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/PXmMg5tG","website_url":"http://scuffed.simplecast.fm","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/781df036-09af-48b5-9624-40e3a4bacf60/30431637-472d-4170-b9f0-1e47fbec2b16/3000x3000/1528497195artwork.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Adam Belz","episode_count":600,"summary":"An in-depth show about the U.S. men's national soccer team, the players who could one day make it better, and American soccer in general.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T12:18:34.619631+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scuffed-usmnt-world-cup-yanks-abroad-futbol-in-america-479692"},"episode":{"title":"#684: Chatting youth soccer with the head of Gladbach's international academy","slug":"684-chatting-youth-soccer-with-the-head-of-gladbach-s-international-academy","published_at":"2026-04-22T15:29:50+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scuffed-usmnt-world-cup-yanks-abroad-futbol-in-america-479692/684-chatting-youth-soccer-with-the-head-of-gladbach-s-international-academy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scuffed-usmnt-world-cup-yanks-abroad-futbol-in-america-479692","url":"http://scuffed.simplecast.fm","audio_url":"https://afp-600249-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/781df036-09af-48b5-9624-40e3a4bacf60/episodes/e212c21e-ef4b-4d92-9f76-c1a46f4df47a/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=781df036-09af-48b5-9624-40e3a4bacf60&awEpisodeId=e212c21e-ef4b-4d92-9f76-c1a46f4df47a&feed=PXmMg5tG","summary":"Vince and Belz sat down with Wolfgang Heilmann, who oversees Borussia Monchengladbach's \"international academy,\" in the hours before Gladbach drew 1-1 with Mainz on Sunday (we saw a Scally goal). Most of the conversation is about youth development in general: how Gladbach's U9 team plays small-sided games on the weekends vs other clubs, why academy players are expected to be humble, and much more.","meta_description":"Vince and Belz sat down with Wolfgang Heilmann, who oversees Borussia Monchengladbach's \"international academy,\" in the hours before Gladbach drew 1-1 wit…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2241,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/scuffed-usmnt-world-cup-yanks-abroad-futbol-in-america-479692/episodes/684-chatting-youth-soccer-with-the-head-of-gladbach-s-international-academy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scuffed-usmnt-world-cup-yanks-abroad-futbol-in-america-479692/684-chatting-youth-soccer-with-the-head-of-gladbach-s-international-academy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}