This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick (Dan Crooke is on assignment) - welcome back guest Arman Kafai to talk all things FC Dallas. The Loons' game was bad, but was it any worse than the other two home games they lost in the last couple of weeks? Is this team and staff starting to look defeated? And what do they do with LAFC up next? Plus, Arman has a TED Talk about rebuilding in MLS and why it's a bad idea. North Texas SC won, and Sam Sarver got the cal...
Jul 08, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Season 7Ep. 319
This episode of 3rd Degree the Podcast is dedicated to Christine Gardner. Rest in peace. This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast , your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - have the biggest pile of DFW soccer news to talk about, ever. Starting with two FC Dallas losses at home of different stripes and pain. Questions have to be asked about where this thing is headed. FCD also sold Antonio Carrera and let Show Cafumana walk. And on top of that, the MLSPA salary drop happened. Now, Lo...
Jul 01, 2025•1 hr 25 min•Season 7Ep. 318
No FC Dallas results to talk about on this week's 3rd Degree the Podcast, but your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - have two FC Dallas games to look forward to. There was a lot of other DFW soccer stuff to talk about, too. Like some images of the Farrington Field reno involving the forthcoming Fort Worth USL team leaked on YouTube. Dallas Trinity is playing Club America, and the Super League second season kicks off in two months. Don't look now, but Texoma FC is unbeaten in ...
Jun 24, 2025•54 min•Season 7Ep. 317
This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick (Dan Crooke is on hiatus) - get to enjoy a victory pod. The disparity between FC Dallas at home and on the road is incomprehensible. Alvaro was surprisingly good, and Lletget was just as impactful as usual. Delgado and Acosta got their shine on. Pretty much everyone had a good game. Atletico Dallas, Dallas Trinity, and FC Dallas were all in the news with the Dallas City Council. AD got a Cotton Bowl lease and picked...
Jun 17, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 7Ep. 316
Sure, this week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - will look ahead to the FC Dallas game at Sporting KC. With Urhoghide and Abubakar out, Coach Quill will have to duct tape together a defense. But the real meat of the episode is the Atletico Dallas, Cotton Bowl, and MoneyGram Complex news. Your hosts talk about the overall impact and what that means for Atletico, both short and long-term. Plus, what might it mean for the other Fair Park tenant, ...
Jun 10, 2025•1 hr 24 min•Season 7Ep. 315
This weekend on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - dig into a double week of FC Dallas ties and tell you why both games were total and complete stinkers and also displays of hearts and guts. Yes, this team isn't great and is tough to watch. It has roster issues magnified by the Urhoghide injury and Abubakar red card. Plus, Endeley was recalled, and we're all worried about Pomykal. Dallas Trinity took care of business and grabbed a playoff spot. Tho...
Jun 03, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Season 7Ep. 314
This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - have an FC Dallas 2-fer of losses to kick it off. The losses in the Open Cup in New York and league play in Seattle. But was it bad? Who exactly are FC Dallas? The games were so different. Do they even know? Up next, FC Cincinnati. What will we see there? Is it time for a Paxton Pomykal start? Dallas Trinity lost but still has a good shot at the playoffs. North Texas SC has won 4 straight! Texoma FC h...
May 27, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Season 7Ep. 313
This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - get the oh so fun chance to break down the Houston Dynamo loss. Ok, look. This is getting boring talking about the same problems over and over. Is there anything to build on? What's the way forward? The schedule is about to get nuts. How does Coach Quill go after the open cup at New York, then Seattle, FC Cincinnati, and Union all in a row? Trinity has 2 games left. Can they get it done? Texoma got a ...
May 20, 2025•54 min•Season 7Ep. 312
This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, Paxton's back!! Your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick are hyped for FCD to get its heart back. But that's not all, there was an Open Cup win and an RSL tie that felt like a loss up a man at home. The Acosta problem continues, Ramiro played right back, Garcia debuted, Kamungo struggled, the formation changed (again), Musa came back, and Abubakar played right back. What a week. The Houston Dynamo are next. Dallas Trinity fell again and is in ...
May 13, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Season 7Ep. 311
This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - were distracted from one of the epic meltdowns in FCD history with a massive new brand launch for pro soccer in the MetroPlex, Atlético Dallas. Don't worry, you don't get out of FCD meltdown talk completely, as the trio breaks it down. Plus, FCD has two home games this week to try and turn things around, when you include the Burn's 2025 US Open Cup debut. Dallas Trinity fell in Tampa, North Texas SC w...
May 06, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Season 7Ep. 310
This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - get the joy of breaking down one of the best comebacks in club history. A feat that has only happened five times before. Triggered by Coach Eric Quill's subs and the formation change, Osaze Urhoghide led his team to an epic comeback. There was so much good in this game, but it underlined the Lucho Acosta problem. Plus, Dallas Trinity rolls (and has just 1 home game left), Texoma FC fell in the Jägerme...
Apr 29, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Season 7Ep. 309
This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - take apart the FC Dallas game at Minnesota and try to answer the most important question: Is this team fun to watch? Coach Quill rotated a bit against the Loons. How did that go? And will we see something similar at Miami? Will Messi even play? Will the national media ever notice the great and powerful Oz? Plus, Dallas Trinity got a tie after losing Missimo for the year. Texoma finally for a point. An...
Apr 22, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 7Ep. 308
This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - try and slog through the analysis of the most boring game of the season. Don't kid yourself, this was a bad loss by FC Dallas. FCD was bad in almost every phase, except perhaps for a couple of defensive pieces. Delgado was a disaster, Julio was invisible, but at least everyone got to see Kaick start. Now Petar Musa is hurt, and FCD is about to begin a brutal three-game road stretch. On the bright side...
Apr 15, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Season 7Ep. 307
This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick (Dan Crooke is doing something with foodstuffs) - have a road tie podcast, which, while excellent, isn't as good as a road win podcast. Peter opens the discussion with an Oz HSO, the duo breaks down the good and bad against Atlanta, gush over Nolan Norris and Lucho Acosta, take a quick look at the poor start of Seattle and Jesus Fereira, plus Buzz talks tactics and how the FCD side might change in the next couple of...
Apr 08, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 7Ep. 306
This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - kick off a home win podcast breaking down the end of the Peter Vermes era game against Sporting KC. Norris started, Acosta joined the 75/75 club, Oz excelled, Chu disappointed, and FCD bunkered. And won! Dallas Trinity played and tried to make Buzz puke, North Texas SC blew a 3-1 lead, and Texoma FC couldn't get their first win. Plus - and this will amaze you - there was more kit talk and this time it...
Apr 01, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Season 7Ep. 305
Any road win is a good win, and this week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - have a good old road win to talk about. Yes, a red card and a physical game where there could have been a few more. Everyone played pretty well, but that happens when a team is a man-up. Still, there are plenty of takeaways to ponder. And the red hat was back. Sporting KC is next, will Anderson Julio be available? Plus Trinity stomped Brooklyn, again. North Texas SC got...
Mar 25, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Season 7Ep. 304
This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick - are joined by special guest Arman Kafai to talk all things DFW soccer. First up is FC Dallas with a poor home display against the Vancouver Whitecaps. FCD has now lost their first two at home for the first time since 2009. Wherein lies the problem? Is it fixable? How does Coach Eric Quill right the ship? Real Salt Lake is next for FCD without Maarten Paes. Ouch. Next on the show Dallas Trinity travels to New York ...
Mar 18, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Season 7Ep. 303
This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, oh lordy did it not go well for FC Dallas. Your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - dig into all that went bad (and the little that went good). Eric Quill gave us one of the most remarkable post-game press conferences in years. Now FCD must look ahead to red-hot Vancouver this weekend. Plus Dallas Trinity smashed Brooklyn, North Texas SC stumbled hard out of the gate, and Foro SC won the Texas Cup. Music Pappy Check.
Mar 11, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Season 7Ep. 302
This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, it's moving day! Your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick have moved the pod to Tuesday. And what a fun Tuesday it is as FC Dallas remains undefeated with 4 points in two road games. Moose and Squirrel up top are looking good, the great and powerful Oz continues to deliver, Lletget remains too legit, and even Pedrinho shined. Ramiro on the other hand, is getting bypassed. Now it's time for the home opener and the Brimstone Cup against the Chic...
Mar 04, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Season 7Ep. 301
This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, it's Episode 300!!!! Your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick break down the debut of the great and powerful Oz, digest a rare road win, enjoy the play of Anderson Julio, dissect the somewhat invisible Ramiro, and discuss the Bernie Kamungo troubles, all before they preview the Rapids. Oh yeah, FCD might also be signing a 6 from Gremio. Plus The Trinity lost, there's a new club in town (FC Revolution), North Texas SC has a new keeper, and anot...
Feb 28, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Season 7Ep. 300
This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - dig into the final preseason tuneup for FC Dallas against Atlanta as FCD prepares for the season opener in Houston. No Musa in the last one and just 30 minutes for Acosta and Ramiro. Is the team ready? Urhoghide has his visa so could he, or should he, start? What's the XI look like today? Plus your trio makes FCD and MLS season predictions, Missimo scored in her Trinity debut, and then it's all the jo...
Feb 21, 2025•1 hr 45 min•Season 7Ep. 299
Buzz Carrick from 3rd Degree got invited to the Soccerwise podcast for their FC Dallas preview. Enjoy.
Feb 18, 2025•37 min•Season 7Ep. 298
Oh my was it a big week for FC Dallas, one of the biggest in a long while, and your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - are here to tell you all about it. There's a new MVP in town and his name's Luciano Acosta. But no, that's not all! Two center backs were finally added, Osaze Urhoghide and Álvaro Augusto. So the great debate begins? Is this team now better than last year? Plus the new FCD kits are now official, North Texas SC dropped the best kit of them all, Dallas Trinity m...
Feb 14, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Season 7Ep. 298
This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - didn't have a preseason game to digest but there was still plenty to talk about. Enes Sali got loaned as the most recent clear-the-deck move but where are the replacements? Where is the CB1? Or 4 or 5? Where is a left back. How about a replacement DP 10? U22s? Are we really looking at a budget reduction of a season? What about the Evander/Acosta chase? Plus updates on Ramiro and Show, "Things That Bug...
Feb 07, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 7Ep. 297
This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick, have plenty to chew on as FC Dallas had two games in Portugal. The roster still has lots of holes, most importantly at center back and the 10. Where are Enes Sali and Show Cafumana? Enzo Newman signed and Tsiki Ntsabeleng was extended. There is Open Cup news and Asier Illarramendi... probably isn't coming back. Plus Buzz breaks down all the roster battles. But the big news of the week was probably Dall...
Jan 31, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Season 7Ep. 296
This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - discuss the biggest FCD departure of the week, Nkosi Tafari. And Alan Velasco. Ok, the two biggest departures of the week. Plus, there is so much more, the big Andre Zanotta interview, Logan Farrington re-signed, Friendlies in Portugal announced, kit leaks, and no Asier Illarramendi update. And that's just the FCD Part of the show. Trinity has a big signing coming, Denton Diablos changed leagues, Texo...
Jan 24, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Season 7Ep. 295
This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, Dan Crooke is MIA again so Arman Kafai comes in from the bullpen to join your hosts Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick to talk all things FC Dallas. The Arriola trade is official but the Velasco sale isn't. How will FCD look to replace their Argentine winger? New rules mean you can buy a player inside MLS like Evander, Luciano Acosta, or... *checks notes* Diego Luna? Camp opened, who's there and who's not? Also, numbers matter. Wait, "Neymar to MLS" has a Dallas ...
Jan 17, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Season 7Ep. 294
Holy cow was it a big week in FC Dallas land and your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick are here to break it down for you. Jesus Ferreira gone, Paul Arriola almost gone, Alan Velasco maybe gone, Petar Musa maybe gone, Asier Illarramendi maybe back, Bernard Kamungo extended, FCD has a couple roster holes, and camp opens monday. Then six new homegrowns were signed in one day! One day! What does it all mean?!? Plus a little on The Trinity for you too. Music Pappy Check....
Jan 10, 2025•1 hr 34 min•Season 7Ep. 293
Welcome to Season Seven of 3rd Degree the Podcast. This week, your hosts - Peter Welpton & Buzz Carrick - welcome in a special guest, modern MLS stats guru Arman Kafai, as they navigate the suddenly churning waters surrounding FC Dallas. Are Jesus Ferreira and Paul Arriola going to Seattle and who wins if they do? Anderson Julio and Shaq Moore to FCD deals are already done. Alvan Velasco sale rumors are back and they brought Petar Musa sale rumors with them. Andre Zanotta says one more cente...
Jan 03, 2025•1 hr 27 min•Season 7Ep. 292
This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick (Dan Crooke is out for the holidays) - are overwhelmed with soccer news. FC Dallas re-upped Alan Velasco and signed three players. Jesus Ferreira and Paul Arriola are reportedly up for trade with Seattle. Jimmy Maurer signed with Houston. The 2025 schedule dropped. Buzz put out an Academy signing list. John Gall returned to North Texas SC. Two more teams were confirmed for Dallas Cup Super Group. The Texoma FC sched...
Dec 20, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Season 6Ep. 291
