Juan Guzman reffed MLS matches, helped roll out video assistant refereeing in the league, and now is the state referee administrator for the California State Soccer Association-South, one of the nation's richest soccer regions. We talked about getting young people into reffing, why Juan did it, how ARs stay on the invisible off side line, how parents aren't as bad as they might appear in isolated social media videos and how referees prepare for pro games. Fun conversation.

#456: Former pro referee & California refs administrator Juan Guzman

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David Ziemba and Kyle Jeanor, the president and secretary of the Indy Eleven supporters group the Brickyard Battalion, join Belz to catch us up on the latest from Indianapolis, where the USL team's stadium plans are on hold after the mayor and Major League Soccer started discussing bringing in a new franchise with new ownership and a different stadium plan. Very much an evolving situation, but Ziemba and Jeanor help sort it all out. Progress has been made.

#491: The Brickyard Battalion on the future of pro soccer in Indianapolis

A quick chat with Otis Lyons, a young guy from the Bay Area who has been traveling in Europe and North Africa, watching USMNT players at their home clubs, for the past two months. He visited Gaga Slonina's home club for a home game, saw Balogun at Monaco, Juve-Milan in Turin, Johnny at Osasuna in Pamplona and many more games in various places. Meanwhile he ran a marathon in Tunisia and ran into a snag in Belgium. We met him on the Scuffed Italy trip and thought it'd be fun to catch up a couple weeks later.

#490: An American soccer fan backpacking in Europe

Vince, Tara and Belz recap the NWSL action from the weekend, Tara gives her list of centerbacks who she'd like to see called up for June, Cat getting a lot of assists in England in a short period of time, Claire Hutton balling out for the Current in Kansas City, and much more.

#489: WoSo — Centerback injuries, Hutton shines, and much more

Tara and Vince captain the ship in Belz's absence. Full rundown of the action that matters for the U.S. Women's National Team.

#488: WoSo — Chelsea & PSG fall, no '27 WC, full NWSL rundown

Vince, Watke and Belz on the Monday Review, which is available on the public feed because it's the last Monday of the month.  Belz reports from Turin, where a Scuffed-hosted trip to Italy started on Saturday just in time for the Juventus-Milan match. Plus lots of other stuff to discuss: Johnny looking good again, Venezia in a promotion push, Paxten Aaronson's brace, Vince has some choice words about Mark McKenzie's outing, etc.

#456: Former pro referee & California refs administrator Juan Guzman

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