On this week's episode of Chelsea Mike'd Up, Michael Ryan Ruiz and Chris Wittyngham recap 2 games in 3 days for Chelsea against Aston Villa and Arsenal that see the Blues only take 1 point. Along with UCL on CBS reporter Jenny Chiu, we break down the struggles for the young Germans, where Chelsea can improve, and some of the brighter individual performances including the attacking flair of Christian Pulisic.
On this week's episode of Chelsea Mike'd Up, Michael Ryan Ruiz and Chris Wittyngham break down Chelsea's 3-0 win over West Ham in the Premier League and get you ready for the busy Boxing Day period. This week's guest is Sam Page, coach of the under 12s in the Chelsea FC Academy. He tells us about how they develop players, how current first teamers like Mason Mount and Reece James grew to be the players they are now, and how the Chelsea Perfect Play app allows kids to get academy level coaching f...
On this week's episode of Chelsea Mike'd Up, Chelsea goalkeeper Willy Caballero joins Michael Ryan Ruiz and Chris Wittyngham to discuss his craft, how he's still going strong at 39, and winning a bet for a car with Cesc Fabregas. The guys also break down the week's defeats to Wolves and Everton in the Premier League, victories for Chelsea Women over Brighton and Benfica, the return of Petr Cech to competitive football, and answer your listener questions.
On this week's episode of Chelsea Mike'd Up, Michael Ryan Ruiz and Chris Wittyngham hit on all the major talking points from Chelsea's win over Leeds and draw against Krasnodar including another Olivier Giroud goal, Christian Pulisic's first 20-21 Premier League goal, and Billy Gilmour's return from injury in the Champions League. The guys are joined this week by defender Maren Mjelde of Chelsea's women's team. Among other things, Mjelde tells the story of the socially distanced celebration of C...
On this episode of Chelsea Mike'd Up, Michael Ryan Ruiz and Chris Wittyngham celebrate the Handsome Man™️, as Olivier Giroud's 4 goals against Sevilla in a 4-0 win seal a victory of Chelsea's UEFA Champions League group. This week's guest is Olivia Buzaglo of Premier League TV. She breaks down the Sevilla match, plus Chelsea's 0-0 draw with Spurs and look ahead to their next Premier League game against Leeds United this weekend.
On this episode of Chelsea Mike'd Up, Michael Ryan Ruiz and Chris Wittyngham break down a pair of victories for Chelsea over 4 days. A 2-0 win over Newcastle in the Premier League and a 2-1 over Rennes in the Champions League, with a late goal from Olivier Giroud securing progression through to the knockout stages. Ahead of Chelsea's big match with Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, the guys are joined by ESPN's Mina Kimes and her mom Sun Min, who are both massive Spurs fans and the latter of which ha...
On this episode of Chelsea Mike'd Up, Michael Ryan Ruiz and Chris Wittyngham get you ready for Chelsea's return from the international break and discuss the Women's 1-1 draw with Arsenal in the Women's Super League. Our guest is Luis Miguel Echegaray, who covers the Champions League for CBS Sports and hosts the Que Golazo podcast. We dig into detail on Tammy Abraham's emergence, Mason Mount's role with Chelsea and England, and Christian Pulisic's recent injury struggles.
On this episode of Chelsea Mike'd Up, Michael Ryan Ruiz and Chris Wittyngham recap another Chelsea win, this time a 4-1 over Sheffield United in the Premier League. The guys are then joined (16:00) by Zac, Joe, and Abbie from Match Day Live, which you can see on the 5th Stand App and the Chelsea FC Youtube and Facebook pages before and after every match. They're also joined for the first time (32:25) by Jenny Chiu, contributor to @ChelseaFCinUSA and correspondent for CBS' coverage of the UEFA Ch...
On this week's episode of Chelsea Mike'd Up, Michael Ryan Ruiz and Chris Wittyngham react to a pair of 3-0 wins for Chelsea over Burnley in the Premier League and 10 man Rennes in the UEFA Champions League. Our guest this week is Beth Mowins, ESPN and CBS American football broadcaster and huge Chelsea supporter. We also answer your listener questions, discuss Chelsea U18s in another FA Youth Cup final, and look ahead to the weekend's match against Sheffield United. To tell the story of your offi...
On this week's episode of Chelsea Mike'd Up, Michael Ryan Ruiz and Chris Wittyngham react to Chelsea's 4-0 Champions League win in Russia over Krasnodar. We break down Christian Pulisic's impact substitution that saw him win a penalty and score a goal, Hakim Ziyech's first start, and another clean sheet. Speaking of clean sheets, we also discuss the Blues' 0-0 draw against Manchester United and the impact Eduoard Mendy is having on this side. Plus we answer your listener questions and make our P...
On this week's episode of Chelsea Mike'd Up, Michael Ryan Ruiz and Chris Wittyngham break down a pair of draws for Chelsea against Southampton in the Premier League and Sevilla in their opening game of the UEFA Champions League. The guys are then joined by ESPN's lead college football broadcaster and Chelsea supporter Chris Fowler (14:50) to talk about the games and his journey as a Chelsea fan. We also look back on a wild Premier League weekend and how the injury to Virgil Van Dijk changes the ...
On this week's episode of Chelsea Mike'd Up, Michael Ryan Ruiz and Chris Wittyngham are joined for an interview by Chelsea center back Fikayo Tomori (11:45). We discuss his decision to stay with the club, his ties to Canada, and the time he broke Diego Costa's nose on accident in a training session. The guys also discuss Chelsea Women's win over Manchester City, how CFC players fared in the international break, and look ahead to their return to action against Southampton and Sevilla.
On this week's episode of Chelsea Mike'd Up, Michael Ryan Ruiz and Chris Wittyngham break down Chelsea's 4-0 win over Crystal Palace, the closing of the transfer window, and the Blues' draw in the UEFA Champions League. This week's guest is Emma Hayes (26:30), the manager of Chelsea Women, to preview their big match with Manchester City this weekend, discuss the group of USWNT players moving to England, and her own very high standards for the club. To tell the story of your supporters club, foll...
On this week's episode of Chelsea Mike'd Up, the guys react to Chelsea's last two matches, a come from behind 3-3 draw against West Brom and a defeat on penalties to Tottenham in the Carabao Cup. Rebecca Lowe, host of NBC Sports' Premier League coverage, joins us to talk about the start of Chelsea's season and why she picked Chelsea to win the Premier League. And we close breaking down news and notes from around the Premier League including the huge increase in penalties this season and the late...
On this week's episode of Chelsea Mike'd Up, Michael Ryan Ruiz and Chris Wittyngham react to Chelsea's 2-0 defeat to Liverpool on Sunday, 6-0 win over Barnsley in the Carabao Cup, and are joined by American soccer journalist Grant Wahl to talk about Christian Pulisic and Chelsea's outlook for this season. We also make our Play Predictor predictions for the West Brom match on Saturday and tell the origin story of the New York Blues. To tell the origin story of your Chelsea Supporters Club, click ...
On this week's episode of Chelsea Mike'd Up, Michael Ryan Ruiz and Chris Wittyngham break down Chelsea's performance in their 3-1 win over Brighton, look ahead to their Sunday match with Liverpool, take your listener questions, and speak to Lee Parker, Chelsea TV reporter and voice of Stamford Bridge Stadium Announcer. Chelsea Supporters Clubs origin stories: http://bit.ly/CMU_Supporters Chelsea Play Predictor: https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2020/09/11/compete-and-win-with-play-predictor...
On this week's episode of Chelsea Mike'd Up, Michael Ryan Ruiz and Chris Wittyngham look ahead to Chelsea kicking off their Premier League season on Monday against Brighton. The guys discuss Christian Pulisic's new number 10 and improved health status for the first game, how Kai Havertz will fit in from day 1, and offer full predictions for the upcoming season. ESPN and EA Sports FIFA commentator Derek Rae joins to break down Chelsea's signings from the Bundesliga and offer his perspective on th...
On this emergency episode of Chelsea Mike'd Up, Michael Ryan Ruiz and Chris Wittyngham discuss the completed transfer of Bayer Leverkusen attacker Kai Havertz to Chelsea.
On this week's episode, Michael Ryan Ruiz and Chris Wittyngham return to break down Chelsea's newest confirmed signings of Ben Chilwell and Thiago Silva. We also react to Chelsea's 1-1 draw in their first preseason draw against Brighton, Chelsea Women's win in the Community Shield over Man City, and take a look at some transfer movement around the Premier League and how it might affect the upcoming season.
We'll have reaction to Chelsea signing Ben Chilwell (among others?) on next week's episode. Until then, enjoy a best of episode while we continue our minibreak featuring interviews with club legends Ashley Cole and Petr Cech, plus an interview with Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck.
During this mini-break between seasons, we wanted to bring you some of our best interviews from the past year of Chelsea Mike'd Up. So we wanted to start with some of the players for Chelsea we've had the good fortune of speaking with this season. Christian Pulisic, Tammy Abraham, and Billy Gilmour joined us from the men's team and Millie Bright joined from the WSL Champion women's team.
On this episode of Chelsea Mike'd Up, Michael Ryan Ruiz and Chris Wittyngham look back on the marathon 2019-20 season now that it's ended after Chelsea's defeat at the hands of Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League. We discuss the Bayern match, hand out our end of season awards, look back on Christian Pulisic's journey through the season, and look ahead to next year with some new transfer rumors.
On this episode of Chelsea Mike'd Up, Michael Ryan Ruiz and Chris Wittyngham discuss all the major talking points from Chelsea's 2-1 defeat to Arsenal in the Heads Up FA Cup Final. We discuss the major refereeing decisions from Anthony Taylor, Christian Pulisic's incredible opening goal, Pulisic's worrying injury later in the game, and so much more. We close the show looking ahead to next weekend's Champions League tilt with Bayern Munich and discuss some of the latest movement in the Transfer m...
On this episode of Chelsea Mike'd Up, Mike Ryan Ruiz and Chris Wittyngham look ahead to Chelsea's FA Cup Final match with Arsenal on Saturday (12:30 PM on ESPN+). Blues supporter Larry Nance Jr. of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers joins to offer his thoughts on the game and look ahead to Chelsea's Cup Final Fan Fest on Saturday at 10 AM ET on the official club Facebook and Youtube channels.
On this episode of Chelsea Mike’d Up, Michael Ryan Ruiz and Chris Wittyngham react after the final whistle to Chelsea’s Premier League final day win over Wolves. The win, along with a Man United win over Leicester, confirms Chelsea’s place in next year’s UEFA Champions League. We talk about what it means, Mason Mount’s game changing performance, and look back at some key moments from the season that helped the Blues get here.
On this episode of Chelsea Mike'd Up, Michael Ryan Ruiz and Chris Wittyngham react to Chelsea's 5-3 defeat at the hands of Liverpool in their penultimate game of the Premier League season. We discuss Christian Pulisic's incredible substitute cameo, the key moments from the game, the Top 4 race coming down to the final day, and the Kai Havertz transfer rumors. Today's guest is Katie Nolan. The host of Always Late on ESPN and Liverpool fan discusses the game from her perspective, gives her thought...
On this episode of Chelsea Mike'd Up, Michael Ryan Ruiz and Chris Wittyngham praise Chelsea's performance, in singing and spoken fashion, that got them a 3-1 win over Manchester United in the FA Cup semifinal at Wembley. We discuss the star performers, Frank Lampard winning the tactical battle, and Christian Pulisic's getting a rest. Later in the pod, Claude Makelele joins to discuss his time at Chelsea and we look ahead to Wednesday's tilt with Liverpool in the Premier League.
On this week's episode of Chelsea Mike'd Up, Michael Ryan Ruiz and Chris Wittyngham break down another Christian Pulisic man of the match performance in Chelsea's 1-0 win over Norwich. The guys also assess the state of the Champions League race, what Man City's European ban being over turned means for Chelsea, and look ahead to this weekend's FA Cup semifinal against Manchester United. For the interview, we're joined by ESPN's Mike Golic Jr., who recently with the aid of a free jersey became a C...
On this episode of Chelsea Mike'd Up, Michael Ryan Ruiz and Chris Wittyngham break down all the major talking points in Chelsea's 3-2 win over Crystal Palace. The guys break down another Christian Pulisic goal and quality performance, the incredible final minute of the game, and some of Frank Lampard's lineup decisions ahead of this one.
On this episode of Chelsea Mike'd Up, Michael Ryan Ruiz and Chris Wittyngham break down Chelsea's 3-0 win over Watford. They dig into another sensational Christian Pulisic performance, a needed clean sheet, and take a look at the state of the top 4 race. This week's guest is Irv Smalls, executive director of FC Harlem. FC Harlem have a partnership with Chelsea FC to develop the sport in New York City and in urban communities. Irv discusses how the relationship came about, how the game can grow i...
