• The Future of Manchester City, The NEW Super League, and The Final Third Derby!

    Manchester City are getting charged, the Super League is back, and Chelsea still can't win games. Today, we take a look at the biggest stories in the footballing world! First, we discuss The Final Third Derby (West Ham vs Chelsea) and the VAR mistakes that occurred in this game and during the Arsenal game. Manchester City have been charged with over 100 breaches in financial conduct by the Premier League, and may face fines, a points deduction, or even expulsion from the Premier League. What does the future of Manchester City look like and what does proper justice look like? The European Super League's new format is under consideration with potentially 60-80 teams, no permanent members, and at least 14 games for each team. Is the idea still as dumb as their first attempt in April 2021? Will it actually solve the very real financial issues of European Football? Finally, we give our predictions for the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 and the SheBelieves Cup featuring the USWNT.

    Topics Covered:

    1. The Final Third Derby - West Ham vs Chelsea
    2. Manchester City's Uncertain Future
    3. Premier League x NFL Trivia
    4. The European Super League's New Format
    5. UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Predictions
    6. SheBelieves Cup Predictions

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    1h 37m | Feb 13, 2023
  • Who Won the January Transfer Window?

    It's been a wild month for transfers, manager switching, and more. Let's talk about questions that need answering. Everton upset Arsenal after firing manager Frank Lampard and signing on Sean Dyche. Does this appointment mean Everton are staying up? Does Cancelo leaving City and their subsquent loss to Tottenham Hotspur spell doom for their season? Liverpool added Gakpo, but does it matter if they didn't sign a midfielder to solve their biggest hole? Chelsea drew with Fulham, but do new signings Mudryk and Enzo Fernandez need more time? What does the future of Chelsea look like?

    Topics Covered:

    • Everton beat Arsenal 1-0, Sean Dyche masterclass
    • Harry Kane and Spurs beat an overthinking Guardiola and Manchester City
    • Liverpool flounder against Wolves and show why they need a competent midfield
    • Chelsea spend 600m euros and still can't score against Fulham
    • FA Cup/Premier League Grid Trivia
    • Transfer round-up: Cancelo to Bayern Munich, Keylor Navas to Nottingham Forest, Sabitzer to Manchester United, Ziyech to not PSG, Jorginho to Arsenal, Enzo Fernandez to Chelsea
    • Winners/Losers of January Transfer Window

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    1h 24m | Feb 6, 2023
  • Everton's Collapse, USA to host 2024 Copa America, and Club World Cup Preview

    Everton's time in the Premier League may come to an end with every passing game a further beating into the relegation zone. In 19th place, Everton have now fired their manager Lampard, are bringing Sean Dyche in, Moshiri may be selling Everton FC, all while the financial doom of the Championship and stadium debts threaten the club. Can Dyche lead them out of the relegation zone? Just how bad is Everton's situation?

    Club World Cup Preview! Morrocco is set to host the Club World Cup featuring all the winners of the continental Champion's League. From giants such as Real Madrid and Flamengo, to underdogs such as the Seattle Sounders and Casablanca, it'll be a fun time!

    The Copa America is coming to the USA in 2024. After Ecuador's surrendering of their hosting rights, CONMEBOL has partnered with CONCACAF to not only bring the South American championship to the USA, but start a true partnership between the two sides. Copa America will be hosted by the USA, with 6 CONCACAF sides joining the tournament. 4 CONMEBOL teams will join the 2024 Women's Gold Cup. And a new club competition between the two continents will begin eventually too. What does this mean for the USMNT, USWNT, and the CONCACAF region as a whole?

    Topics Covered:

    • Everton FC's competitive and economic demise
    • 2022 Club World Cup Preview
    • 3x3 grid trivia!
    • 2024 Copa America/2024 W Gold Cup news and updates
    • Transfer Hot-Or-Not: Mckennie to Leeds, Anthony Gordon to Newcastle, Moises Caicedo to not Brighton, Danjuma to Tottenham

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    1h 30m | Jan 30, 2023
  • The Juventus Financial Crisis and January Transfer Window Review

    Last Friday, the Italian Football Association announced that Juventus, who sat in 3rd place in Serie A, would receive a 15 point penalty, taking them all the way down to 10th. Transfer irregularities, financial misreporting, and FFP nonsense has caused Juve to be subject to some of the largest financial investigations into European club football in recent memory. How does amortization work and how did Juventus and Agnelli abuse it to their advantage? What is the outcome of the Prisma investigation and how will this affect Juventus and Serie A? And is a 15 point deduction the worst of it, or the beginning of the end for Juventus and Serie A?

    PLUS! Jack and I go through the January transfer window to decide the best and worst transfers. Will Mudryk and Trossard flop? Will Gakpo come good for Liverpool? Is Sommer to Bayern good?

    Topics Covered:

    1. Juventus' 15 point Penalty - What Happened?
    2. What does the Prisma investigation mean for their future?
    3. Top 4 League Trivia
    4. Transfer Hot-Or-Not (including: Mudryk to Chelsea, Madueke to Chelsea, Trossard to Arsenal, Gakpo to Liverpool, Sommer to Bayern Munich


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    1h 24m | Jan 23, 2023
  • Ronaldo's Legacy, The USMNT's Reyna Problem, and Chelsea's decline

    Today we discuss Cristiano Ronaldo's legacy after his move to Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia, the USMNT drama between Gregg Berhalter and the Reyna family, and why Chelsea have been struggling so hard recently.

    On December 30th, 2022, Saudi Pro League club Al-Nassr signed Cristiano Ronaldo for two and half years on 200 million euros a year, the highest salary for a football player. This came about a month after his contract with Manchester United was terminated. How does this move affect Ronaldo's legacy? Is he officially washed?

    Gio Reyna didn't get a lot of minutes for the USMNT during the World Cup. Berhalter afterwards stated that it was because of behavioral issues. As a retaliation, Gio Reyna's parents, Claudio and Danielle Reyna announced without anyone's consent that Gregg Berhalter abused his now wife in 1991. Now, US Soccer, the Berhalter's, and the Reyna's must deal with the fall out. Who is to blame and how does US Soccer move forward?

    Chelsea FC… are struggling. They find themselves in 10th place, just as close to relegation as they are to the top 4. One Premier League win in the last 3 months. Are injuries to blame, or can we assign some blame to manager Graham Potter and owner Todd Boehly?

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    1h 37m | Jan 9, 2023
  • Every Premier League Team's 2023 New Year's Resolution (w/ Jordan of Stateside Soccer Show)

    A new year is upon us and the second half of the Premier League season has arrived! This means that everyone will be writing New Year's Resolutions. Today, with the Premier League back and fresh, Jordan from the Stateside Soccer Show joins the podcast as we give all 20 Premier League teams their New Year’s resolutions. Maybe they need a new player or a new coach, or maybe they just need to figure their gameplan out and win a few games. From Chelsea needing to stay healthy, Arsenal finding a Gabriel Jesus replacement and winning the PL, to Everton finding new owners and Nottingham Forest accepting their fate - we talk about it all!

    Premier League Teams covered, in order of appearance:

    1. Wolverhampton Wanderers
    2. West Ham United
    3. Manchester United
    4. Manchester City
    5. Leeds United
    6. Everton
    7. Chelsea
    8. Liverpool
    9. Leicester City
    10. Arsenal
    11. Nottingham Forest
    12. Fulham
    13. Newcastle United
    14. AFC Bournemouth
    15. Tottenham Hotspur
    16. Brentford
    17. Aston Villa
    18. Southampton
    19. Crystal Palace
    20. Brighton & Hove Albion


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    1h 42m | Jan 2, 2023
  • The Legacy of the 2022 World Cup

    The dust has settled on the 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup in Qatar. With Messi and Argentina winning the prestigious soccer tournament, it's time that we recap the World Cup and talk about the legacy it leaves both on and of the field. To do, we discuss what happened on the field, giving our FIFA World Cup team of the tournament, highlighting players like Emiliano Martinez, Kylian Mbappe, and Lionel Messi who deserve recognition as the stars of the World Cup. We spoke about the legacy that Messi left with his World Cup win, if he is now the undisputed GOAT player, and how he has inspired a generation of footballers. Finally, we spoke about the legacy of the 2022 Qatar World Cup as a whole, the upsets and amazing deep runs that Morocco and Croatia made, as well as the off the field controversies that put a stain on this tournament.

    Topics Covered:

    1. 2022 Qatar World Cup Best XI
    2. World Cup Trivia
    3. Messi's Legacy - is he officially better than Ronaldo?
    4. The World Cup's Legacy - what does this tournament mean for people worldwide and in the USA? What does this mean for the USMNT? And how do the atrocities committed to make this World Cup a possibility play into its legacy.
    5. National Team Head Coach - Keep Or Sack?


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    1h 37m | Dec 26, 2022
  • #87 - England Get Relegated, USMNT Suck Against Japan, and UEFA Nations League Recap!

    It's the International Break and there's been quite a lot. Teams finishing up their World Cup Prep, UEFA Nations League, and a bunch more!

    Topics Covered:

    1. Hot Take: Sidemen's Charity Match was fun and better than regular All-Star Games
    2. Hot Take: Giroud is France's savior
    3. UEFA Nations League Group-by-Group Recap
    4. Should France be worried going into the World Cup?
    5. Will Portugal or Spain top Group A3?
    6. What does England getting relegated mean for their future?
    7. Why did the USMNT flounder against Japan and what needs to change?

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    1h 44m | Sep 26, 2022
  • #86 - USMNT September Roster Reactions, EPL All-Star Game, and Serie A Insanity!

    What a long week of incredible soccer news! From USMNT Roster Snubs, to Boehly doing his best to make as many British people mad, and incredible games, so much to talk about!

    Topics Covered:

    1. Hot Take: Chelsea's new Sporting Director is great
    2. Hot Take: David Moyes Out
    3. USMNT September Roster Release - who got snubbed, who's out injured, and where the heck is Jordan Pefok?
    4. USMNT Trivia
    5. Boehly suggests Premier League All Star Game, good idea?
    6. Bayern Munich lose against Augsburg
    7. Spurs flounder against Sporting and crush Leicester
    8. Haaland destroys everything
    9. Serie A title race heats up, Atalanta and Napoli lead

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    1h 52m | Sep 19, 2022
  • #85 - Tuchel Gets Fired, Premier League Games Get Cancelled, and Liverpool Struggle In Europe!

    Jack's back for an extended episode! We debate the merits of cancelling the Premier League Gameweek for Queen Elizabeth II's death, Tuchel getting canned by Boehly, and Liverpool's struggles in the Champions League!

    Topics Covered:

    1. Premier League Games canceled this weekend and presumably next weekend for the death of Queen Elizabeth. Is that the right move?
    2. Tuchel gets sacked by Chelsea for Graham Potter. What happened, was it justified, and what does this mean for Chelsea long term/this season?
    3. US Open Cup Final Review
    4. PSG beat Juve 2-1 (Mckennie goal)
    5. Shakhtar Donetsk batter RB Leipzig 1-4
    6. Salzburg draw Milan 1-1
    7. Liverpool get smacked by Napoli 4-1
    8. Inter fall to Bayern 0-2
    9. Bayern v Barcelona Preview

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    1h 47m | Sep 12, 2022
  • #84 - West Ham get ROBBED by VAR, Transfer Deadline Reactions, and Milan/Merseyside Derby Review!

    AJ is not amused. Let's talk about referees in the Premier League, the biggest transfer deadline day stories, and the biggest games of this week on this AJ solo episode!

    Topics Covered:

    1. The Final Third Derby - Why refereeing in the Premier League has been so bad even with VAR
    2. Transfer Hot-Or-Not: Transfer Deadline Day Edition (feat. Chelsea, Barcelona, Liverpool, Juventus)
    3. Game Reviews: Manchester United v Arsenal, Manchester City v Nottingham Forest, Everton v Liverpool, Inter Milan v AC Milan, Union Berlin v Bayern Munich

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    1h 12m | Sep 5, 2022
  • #83 - UEFA Champions League Group Stage Hot Takes and Predictions!

    What a weekend of soccer! From the Champions League draw, crazy transfers, and bad runs of form. Let's talk about it!

    Topics Covered:

    1. Hot Take: Minnesota United need to sign John Brooks
    2. Hot Take: Atalanta are good again
    3. Hot Take: Newcastle will get top 7
    4. UEFA Champions League Group Stage Draw Reaction

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    1h 43m | Aug 30, 2022
  • #82 - Leeds outclass Chelsea, Casemiro joins Manchester United, and USMNT players can't stop scoring!

    A lot of great tactical showdowns this weekend from Chelsea, Arsenal, Werder Bremen, and more! AJ is solo on this episode once more!

    Topics Covered:

    1. Casemiro to Manchester United - will he fix their problems?
    2. Leeds outclass Chelsea 3-0, how did it happen?
    3. Fulham beat Brentford thanks to Mitrovic
    4. Arsenal and Gabriel Jesus are ready to take it to the next level
    5. West Ham suck and Moyes needs to do better
    6. USMNT players are scoring so much
    7. Borussia Dortmund choke a 2-0 lead against Bremen, what does this mean for the title race?

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    1h 15m | Aug 22, 2022
  • #81 - Manchester United are in a Meltdown, Anthony Taylor Owns Chelsea, and FC Barcelona is... weird.

    What a great week to be a soccer neutral. Teams falling apart, goals getting scored, and coaches screaming at each other. Jack is gone for a few weeks so it's an AJ solo episode!

    Topics Covered:

    1. Hot Take: Atalanta will be good this season
    2. Hot Take: Brandon Vazquez should go to the World Cup with the USMNT
    3. Manchester United lose 4-0 to Brentford, who is to blame? Are MUFC screwed?
    4. Brighton v Newcastle recap
    5. MLS All-Star Week Recap
    6. Real Madrid Win the UEFA Super Cup
    7. Chelsea draw 2-2 with Tottenham thanks to referee, Anthony Taylor
    8. FC Barcelona manage to register all their players, are still broke, and still owe Frenkie De Jong money.
    9. Arsenal/Inter Milan/AC Milan/Timo Werner look good
    10. West Ham suck
    11. MLS Quick Season Review so far

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    1h 25m | Aug 15, 2022
  • #80 - Who will finish Top 4 in the Prem, Haaland is unstoppable, and who is winning Serie A?

    Now that the European season is in full effect, we have a lot to talk about! Fulham, Manchester United, Haaland, Tottenham, Bundesliga, Serie A, and more!

    Topics Covered:

    1. Hot Take: MLS has too much parity
    2. Hot Take: Pefok is a lock for the USMNT at the World Cup
    3. Fulham/Mitrovic boss Liverpool
    4. People protest Partey during Crystal Palace vs Arsenal
    5. Manchester United still suck and lose to Brighton
    6. USMNT players Aaronson/Adams do well against Wolves
    7. Haaland destroys West Ham
    8. Messi still is Messi and leads PSG to a 5-0 win
    9. Bayern demolish Frankfurt 6-1
    10. Trivia: First gameweek
    11. Premier League Top 4: Are Spurs better than Chelsea?
    12. Premier League Relegation Predictions
    13. Top 4 Predictions of Bundesliga, La Liga, Ligue 1, and Serie A

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    1h 36m | Aug 8, 2022
  • #79 - England win Euro 2022, Liverpool's Community Shield Triumph, and Chelsea are frauds!?

    Euro 2022 Finals, Community Shield, and our trip to Chicago. It's a fun time.

    Topics Covered:

    1. We go to Chicago to watch the Chicago Fire and Chicago Red Stars
    2. England beat Germany 2-1 in the Women's Euro 2022 Final
    3. Liverpool win the FA Community Shield
    4. German, French, and Dutch Super Cup Review
    5. US Open Cup Final Preview
    6. Werner to RB Leipzig/Newcastle United

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    1h 27m | Aug 1, 2022
  • Euro 2022 Final Preview and More w/ Gianna of Women's Sports Matter

    Gianna joins Jack once again to talk about the Euro 2022 finals between Germany and England as well as previewing the Chicago double header that we're going to see featuring the Chicago Fire and Chicago Red Stars. Fun times!

    Topics Covered:

    1. Euro 2022 Final - England v Germany. How'd we get here and who is winning?
    2. Chicago Fire v Atlanta United
    3. Chicago Red Stars v San Diego Wave

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    1h 3m | Jul 28, 2022
  • #78 - USWNT and South Africa win, England are unbeatable, and Jesse Lingard moves to Nottingham!

    Big week in soccer! Women's international soccer, transfer sagas coming to an end, and World Cup trivia!

    Topics Covered:

    • South Georgia Tormenta win USL W League Final over Minnesota Aurora
    • Why MNUFC are MLS Cup Contenders
    • Why Kane will outscore Haaland
    • USWNT win W Championship, are they finally back?
    • South Africa win WAFCON
    • Euro 2022 Semi-Final Predictions (England v Sweden / Germany v France)
    • Transfer Hot-Or-Not: Zinchenko to Arsenal, Jesse Lingard to Nottingham Forest, Taty Castellanos to Girona FC, Kounde to Barcelona, Dybala to Roma, Scamacca to West Ham

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    1h 31m | Jul 24, 2022
  • #77 - Lewandowski will transform Barcelona, USWNT v Canada Preview, and who will win Euro 2022?

    Lewandowski's transfer saga has come to a close as Barcelona continue to pull their economic levers. We talk about that, Manchester United, USWNT, Euro 2022, and more on this week's episode!

    Topics Covered:

    1. Why Koulibaly will be a good transfer for Chelsea
    2. Manchester United won't be good just because they beat Liverpool in a friendly
    3. Lewandowski to Barcelona, will it make them contenders?
    4. Frenkie De Jong to Manchester United - will it happen?
    5. Where should Ronaldo go?
    6. USWNT v Canada preview
    7. Euro 2022 R16 Preview

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    1h 22m | Jul 18, 2022
  • #76 - The USWNT Qualify for the World Cup, Wayne Rooney to DC United, and where will Frenkie De Jong go?

    Transfers and Women's International Soccer! Let's talk about some of the latest news from on and off the field in this past week.

    Topics Covered:

    1. Wayne Rooney to DC United
    2. Bernadeschi to Toronto FC
    3. Mark Anthony Kaye to Toronto FC
    4. Suarez to MLS
    5. Jesse Lingard to LAFC/MLS
    6. Di Maria to Juve
    7. Sinisterra to Leeds
    8. Frenkie De Jong to Chelsea FC
    9. Lisandro Martinez to Manchester United
    10. Steven Bergwijn to Ajax
    11. Luca De La Torre to Celta de Vigo 
    12. USWNT qualify for World Cup
    13. CONCACAF W Championship Recap thus far
    14. Women Euros Recap

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    46m | Jul 12, 2022
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