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Long-running American soccer show covering the USMNT, Premier League, Champions League, MLS, and more. If you enjoy analysis and silliness in equal measure, we're the podcast for you.

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Allocation Disorder: discussing The Athletic's ...
Sam Stejskal and Paul Tenorio are joined by The Athletic's Matt Pentz to discuss the 14-round snake draft they conducted in order to create three separate 2002-and-beyond USMNT squads.
52 min
1352
Landon Donovan Mixtape, with Jason Davis and Ja...
Daryl and Taylor are joined by JD and The Rod to compile their Landon Donovan mixtapes — which three Landon Donovan games would you choose?
69 min
1353
Soccer in the Middle East: Regime vs Street vs ...
Daryl is joined by The Athletic's George Quraishi to review chapter two of David Goldblatt's "The Age of Football," which is focused on soccer in the Middle East.
54 min
1354
The Bundesliga is coming back! Plus, listener q...
Daryl and Taylor discuss the (incredibly massively exciting) news that the Bundesliga could soon be back on a small screen near you, and then move on to answering some Listener Questions.
63 min
1355
Riquelme's Boca Juniors, Louis van Gaal's '95 A...
What would happen if Boca Juniors of 2000 played the Ajax Amsterdam of 1995? And what would happen if Zidane's treble-Champions-League-winning Real Madrid took on the Liverpool team of the past two years?
66 min
1356
MLS Assist: Joe chats with Yoann Damet, interim...
Joe interviews FC Cincinnati interim head coach Yoann Damet about his pathway into coaching, the tactics and philosophy he hopes to bring to the team and some updates on FCC's newest players.
45 min
1357
The 20 best transfers that almost happened, but...
Discussing 20 transfers that almost came to fruition, but didn't quite get there in the end.
69 min
1358
Pele's Santos v Mourinho's Chelsea, Maradona's ...
Four teams profiles and two historical matchups simulated, as the world-conquering Santos team of the 1960s face Mourinho's Chelsea of the mid naughties, and Ancelotti's magnificent Milan take on peak Maradona and his Napoli teammates.
88 min
1359
Is the current USMNT better or worse than the 2...
Daryl and Taylor answer listener questions, featuring professionals and FIFA, Sergino Dest's best position, Vin Diesel vs James Bond, and much more!
80 min
1360
The most disappointing players of the 2019-2020...
Ryan and Taylor take turns listing their Disappointing XIs, composed entirely of players who didn't find the success we had hoped they would in the 2019-20 Premier League season.
62 min
1361
MLS Assist: Rethinking fundamental soccer assum...
Joe and Jordan talk to former MLS midfielder Bobby Warshaw
50 min
1362
Guardiola's Barcelona vs EPL-winning Leicester ...
It's the first round of the Champions' Champion Cup of History, profiling the greatest teams of all time and seeing how they would fare against each other.
77 min
1363
Allocation Disorder: MLS-Liga MX merger pros an...
Sam Stejskal and Paul Tenorio go through the who, what, where, when, and why of an MLS-Liga MX merger. And if not a merger, then how else could the leagues work together?
48 min
1364
African football in the 21st century and the un...
It's the TSS Book Club! Daryl and The Athletic Soccer's George Quraishi discuss the introduction and chapter one of David Goldblatt's book The Age of Football
60 min
1365
The 2020 TSS Draw to Settle It All: who will be...
We hold the incredibly official/formal draw to determine the first round match-ups in the TSS Champions' Champion Cup of History. Yes. That's the official title.
32 min
1366
Listener questions: Could the USMNT play a 2009...
Daryl and Taylor answer six listener questions, from co-ed world rankings to the pros and cons of letting B teams compete in domestic leagues.
60 min
1367
MLS Assist: East (Joe) vs West (Jordan) draft a...
Joe (Eastern Conference) and Jordan (Western Conference) each assembles a team composed entirely of their favorite players in MLS, including tactical instructions for how to destroy their rival/co-host. In this episode, we also learn that Joe and Bruce Arena evidently have quite a bit in common, Jordan isn't afraid to have her opponent choose their own form of destruction, and
47 min
1368
The most infamous curses in soccer history, plu...
Ryan and Taylor discuss the latest news in the proposed takeover of Newcastle, and then go deep on some of their favorite curses from soccer history.
48 min
1369
Sunderland 'Til I Die episode 6: "I hate this s...
Daryl and Taylor review episode 6 of Sunderland 'Til I Die, in which Netflix's favorite football team face a promotion playoff final, and then offer a blueprint for what they'd do if they were in charge at SAFC
67 min
1370
Allocation Disorder: The Development Academy is...
Paul and Sam are happy to be back together (via the the Internet) to talk about an unhappy topic: the shuttering of the Development Academy by the US Soccer Federation. What happened and where do we go from here?
50 min
1371
Why did US Soccer shut down the Development Aca...
72 min
1372
Sunderland 'Til I Die episode 5: Charlie gets l...
Recapping Episode 5 of Sunderland 'Til I Die, entitled "A Time for Men" because... reasons?
47 min
1373
USMNT legend Steve Cherundolo goes deep on his ...
America's right back Steve Cherundolo discusses about his 5 most memorable games for the US Men's National Team.
56 min
1374
MLS Assist: Advanced soccer metrics explained, ...
Joe Lowery talks to Eliot McKinley of American Soccer Analysis about how data is used in Major League Soccer
38 min
1375
The best January transfers of all time (but mos...
Ryan and Taylor give their 10 favorite January transfers of all-time, featuring at least one American, several Liverpool players and a prolonged anecdote about the name "Gary."
53 min