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Podcast: Scuffed | USMNT, World Cup, Yanks Abroad, futbol in America
Episode: #226: The dual national dilemma with political scientist José Marichal
Description: Marichal, a Cuban-American professor of political science at California Lutheran University, joins to talk about recognition, mis-recognition, identity, and some of the deeper themes underneath the Mexican-American dual national's choice about which national soccer team to play for. No hard conclusions drawn, just some new (for me, Belz) ways to think about the issue.Reading list:David Ochoa’s path to Mexico:https://www.theplayerstribune.com/posts/david-ochoa-mexico-national-team-soccerAraujo QA with the Athletic: https://theathletic.com/2869439/2021/10/05/qa-julian-araujo-on-why-he-chose-to-represent-mexico-instead-of-the-usmnt/Charles Taylor, “The Politics of Recognition”:https://www.amherst.edu/system/files/media...