Jeremiah is doing this week's mailbag episode solo. He talked a lot about the future of Nicolas Lodeiro and his assessment of Héber's performance. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here . You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo. ...
The Sounders’ scoring woes extended into another game, as they settled for yet another scoreless draw, this time at home to Orlando City. The Sounders have now gone scoreless in three straight home game and have been shut out in 4 of 5 overall. The Sounders are still somehow in third place and only three points out of first, but this is becoming increasingly brutal to watch. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found he...
To help us preview this weekend's Sounders-Orlando City match we enlisted the help of Michael Citro, who runs The Mane Land . Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here . You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo. ...
LAFC is near the tail end of a brutal stretch in which they'll play 16 matches in about two months and 22 matches in about three months. To get a better sense of how that has taken its toll we talked to LAFC podcaster Travis Helwig . In addition to hosting Happy Foot Sad Foot , he's also a member of the currently striking Writer's Guild. We talked to him about that and how to support them. He suggested donating to the Entertainment Community Fund which supports other parts of the industry. Spons...
Should Albert Rusnak replace Nico Lodeiro? What about Cody Bake for Nouhou? How much off-season change should we expect? Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here . You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo. ...
Give the Sounders this: At least they made it entertaining. The Sounders finally broke out of their scoring doldrums by putting three past Charlotte FC, including a brace from Raul Ruidiaz and another from Cristian Roldan in both of their first starts in about two months. The only problem? The Sounders also gave up three goals, albeit all pretty well taken. Each of Charlotte’s goals erased a Sounders lead, meaning the Sounders blew more leads in this game than they had in their previous 17 combi...
Obed Vargas is back from the U20 World Cup and to get a better idea of how he did and what kind of impression he made, we asked Adam Belz the Scuffed podcast to give us some insight. Scuffed, for those of you don't know, is one of the top US Soccer podcasts and they are fully listener supported. There's also a second-half to this interview where we talk about Jordan Morris and Cristian Roldan's place in the national team and some of the broader issues surrounding the program. To listen to ...
Jorge Gonzalez of Top Bin 90 joined us to give some insight on Charlotte's injury situation and a lowdown on soccer culture in the South. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here . You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo. ...
This is a pretty short one but we do touch on Albert Rusnák's potential move to the No. 10, Obed Vargas' performance at the U20s and how happy we were to see LAFC lose in the CCL final. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here . You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo. ...
That was not much fun. While the Sounders managed to stop their losing streak against the Timbers and picked up their ninth shutout of the season, the match itself was a pretty massive letdown. Not only did it end in this rivalries first scorless tie of the MLS era, but there simply wasn’t much action. The Sounders only took five shots and the two teams combined for just .6 expected goals. It was ugly. As someone who has suggested the Sounders’ performances have mostly been better than the score...
Believe it or not, we've made it to Episode 400. It's been quite a journey and taken us about 12 years to get here. Mostly coincidentally, we're marking the occasion with a joint podcast with our friends at Coffee and Valkyries to preview the Seattle-Portland doubleheader. Thanks for listening! Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here . You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every pas...
Jamon Moore of Quakes Epicenter joined us to preview Wednesday's match against the San Jose Earthquakes and explain how Luchi Gonzalez has managed to improve the woebegone franchise. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here . You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo. ...
Ben Cork of View From 202 (and formerly Once a Metro) joined us to share insight on Saturday's opponent, the New York Red Bulls. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here . You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo. ...
This isn't the most uplifting mailbag episode but we do give our thoughts on a possible formation change, the seeming inability to find late goals and how much a problem the lack of lineup consistency is. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here . You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo. ...
After a few weeks of disappointing results but some play that was at least decent at times, the bottom kinda fell out in Vancouver. The Sounders started slow and never really got on track in losing to the Whitecaps 2-0, their fourth straight loss against Cascadia Cup opponents. This one was among the most depressing, not necessarily because of the scoreline but because of how bad the Sounders looked throughout. The fight that has at least always been there was nowhere to be found, there were slo...
The Sounders seem to have a really annoying knack for losing to teams in really bad form. They actually played reasonably well in this one and created a ton of chances, but is there reason to be worried? Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here . You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo. ...
A chat with OL Reign defender Sam Hiatt on the team's strong start, her growth as a player, and her representation as a Filipina-American athlete.
With the Sounders hosting Austin FC on Wednesday, we convinced friend of the show Will Bruin to join us for a special episode of Bear With Us. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here . You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo. ...
Dustyn Richardson of BayouCitySoccer.net (formerly Dynamo Theory) joined us to share insight on Saturday's opponent, the Houston Dynamo. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here . You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo. ...
These questions were taken before the Open Cup loss to the Galaxy on Wednesday but are still relevant as they're mostly about the larger MLS campaign. We talk about the Sounders' penchant for "playing down" to opponents; what we think of the Léo Chú-Jordan Morris partnership; and how much patience we should have with Raúl Ruidíaz among other things. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here . You can also support the sh...
The Sounders came into Sunday’s game facing an opponent that looked all but dead in the water. Sporting KC had gone winless in 10, had only even managed three goals scored and looked fragile enough that an early goal could have completely knocked them out. Instead, the Sounders conceded a goal in the 4th minute -- the first they allowed at home since last season -- and then another in the 31st minute. That was more goals than KC had scored in any game this season and more than they’d scored in t...
We caught up with Jimmy Mack of No Other Pod a Sporting Kansas City Podcast to get a better understanding of what's going on with this weekend's opponent. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here .
This is the mailbag episode for Week 11 of the MLS season. We mostly focus on how the Sounders will handle the situation at left back, but also get into potential plans for the summer transfer window and discuss the possible return of YachtCon. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here . We also have a line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo. ...
It wasn’t exactly the result the Sounders were looking for, but considering they had only even claimed a point at RSL once in the past 12 trips to Utah a 0-0 shutout might not be such a bad thing. Utah has been a rather horrific place for the sounders to play and anything that can go wrong usually does. This time, however, it was more of a mundane road draw. That the Sounders also managed to keep a shutout should probably be seen as a bit of a bonus as well. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Cou...
Matt Montgomery of Wasatch Soccer Sentinel joined us to share his thoughts on Real Salt Lake, to explain why they call pop 'soda' and to talk badly about Pablo Mastroeni's tactics. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here .
Coming out of a week that was pretty darn depressing and only seem to get worse as it wore on, the Sounders put together a workmanlike win that should calm any lingering concerns that this season was poised to go off the rails. A quick recap: First they lost 4-1 to the Timbers, collapsing in a way we’ve never really seen. Then on Wednesday, Raul Ruidiaz goes down with yet another hamstring injury, that night Jordan Morris plays 88 minutes for the USMNT in an ultimately meaningless friendly that ...
We caught up with Andy Greder, the Minnesota United beat writer for the St. Paul Pioneer Press to get a better understanding of what's going on with this weekend's opponent. Greder tells us the latest news surrounding Emanuel Reynoso's absence, gives us the lowdown on Kemar Lawrence's potential availability and gives us some insight on how Minnesota has managed to go claim 9 of 12 points on the road so far. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Sub...
It's our weekly mailbag episode. We try to figure out if the Sounders have completely lost any edge in the rivalry, try to determine which players were most missed, explain what's going on with Xavier Arreaga, and try to help a St. Louis City fan figure out how to avoid becoming an asshole. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here . All background music used is royalty-free content licensed via pixabay....
So, uh, that happened. For the better part of 70 minutes, the Sounders basically controlled the match against the Portland Timbers and looked likely to end their three-game losing streak. But then Dairon Asprilla scored an admittedly impressive bicycle kick, revived the crowd and sent a bolt of energy into the Timbers. 20 minutes later, they were 4-1 winners. It was the fourth straight time the Sounders had lost to the Timbers, the first time that’s ever happened in the rivalry’s history; the Ti...
Stumptown Footy is dead, long live Stumptown Footy. As you probably know by now, Vox decided to stop funding most of their MLS sites a couple months ago. Most of them are moving forward in new formats. Stumptown Footy is one such site. We caught up with Sam Svilar to get the lowdown on their new life as a newsletter (currently parked at StumptownFooty.Substack.com until the URL license switches over) but more relevantly about the state of the Timbers. Things are not so good in the Rose Cit...
