One of the persistent mysteries surrounding the Sounders’ tactics is Brian Schmetzer’s reluctance to play Pedro de la Vega on the left side. This week, we finally tried to get to the bottom of that and asked Schmetzer directly. Jeremiah and Niko discuss Brian’s answer, as well as all the other stuff that happened, on the latest episode of “What we learned this week.” Follow Niko Moreno on BlueSky and YouTube . Sponsor 🍷 Full Pull Wines : Love wine but not wine clubs? Check out the boutique wine...
Jul 11, 2025•41 min
The Seattle Sounders are coming off a 1-1 tie with the Columbus Crew. While the result was rendered almost meaningless by the way the game ended, now that it’s clear Stefan Frei is doing much better it feels like we can finally unpack what actually happened. Sponsor 🍷 Full Pull Wines : Love wine but not wine clubs? Check out the boutique wine seller who lets you browse their selections and pick whatever you want. You can join their mailing list here: https://fullpullwines.com/signup.php *** Nos...
Jul 10, 2025•1 hr 7 min
Matt Doyle returns to Nos Audietis for another episode of “How the West will be won.” The first segment focuses on the Sounders. Doyle has some really positive things to say about several Sounders’ potential national team futures as he gives full-throated support for both Cristian Roldan and Jackson Ragen to get serious looks for next summer’s World Cup. He also admits that he’s come around on Obed Vargas’ potential and thinks a lucrative move to Europe is in the cards. In the second segment, Je...
Jul 08, 2025•59 min
With the Fourth of July playing havoc with their schedules, Jeremiah did a solo podcast without Niko Moreno. There was a lot going on this week, including big injury news, a couple signing rumors, a kit leak and a preview of the Crew game. Sponsor 🍷 Full Pull Wines : Love wine but not wine clubs? Check out the boutique wine seller who lets you browse their selections and pick whatever you want. You can join their mailing list here: https://fullpullwines.com/signup.php *** Nos Audietis is the fl...
Jul 06, 2025•30 min
It’s a little late, but Jeremiah and Aaron got around to doing the mailbag for June. Among the big questions they attempt to tackle is “what are the Sounders doing with their cap space and Club World Cup money?” They also dig into the questions about getting the most out of their talented players, what is going to happen with Obed Vargas and a ton of other things that are listeners’ minds. As a reminder, all these questions came from our private Discord, which is available to all subscribers at ...
Jul 03, 2025•1 hr 30 min
The Seattle Sounders are back in league play, albeit very short-handed at centerback. Jeremiah and Niko assess how they’re going to manage that situation against Austin FC. Follow Niko Moreno on BlueSky and YouTube . Sponsor 🍷 Full Pull Wines : Love wine but not wine clubs? Check out the boutique wine seller who lets you browse their selections and pick whatever you want. You can join their mailing list here: https://fullpullwines.com/signup.php *** Nos Audietis is the flagship podcast for Soun...
Jun 28, 2025•56 min
The Seattle Sounders’ run in the Club World Cup has come to an end, which is a perfect time to take stock of what we made of it. Jeremiah and Aaron discuss the high points and the low points. They came away feeling a bit more excited about next summer’s World Cup, with a sense that the gap between Europe and the rest of the world is a bit smaller than we previously thought and believing that the Sounders’ have a roster that should be able to compete going forward. Sponsor 🍷 Full Pull Wines : Lo...
Jun 25, 2025•1 hr 13 min
The Club World Cup is about halfway through the group stage, with three of the six games scheduled in Seattle having now been played. It seems like a good opportunity to take stock of what we’ve learned about both this tournament and the Seattle Sounders’ place in it. To help give a broader picture, Jeremiah is joined by Niko Moreno and Tim Foss for another episode of “What we learned this week.” Sponsor 🏠 Marnie Oshan Homes : With 20+ years in marketing, business, and negotiation — and an MBA ...
Jun 21, 2025•1 hr 30 min
Jeremiah and Niko Moreno get together for another episode of “What we learned this week” and they’re pretty much focused on the Club World Cup. In addition to giving a preview of Botafogo and a general sense of what we expect from the Sounders, they also gave an update on the state of negotiations between the players and owners over the bonuses. The good news: Albert Rusnák says the players will play. The bad news: they aren’t happy and don’t think the fight is over. Follow Niko Moreno on BlueSk...
Jun 13, 2025•56 min
One question that continues to haunt the Club World Cup is “why does this exist?” One of the only people to really attempt to answer that question is Yahoo! Sports reporter Henry Bushnell. Jeremiah has him on the show to discuss that very issue as well as many other issues circling the next two summer’s tournaments. Follow Henry Bushnell on BlueSky and find his written work at Yahoo! Sports . Sponsor 🏠 Marnie Oshan Homes : With 20+ years in marketing, business, and negotiation — and an MBA from...
Jun 13, 2025•43 min
The Seattle Sounders turned easily their most disappointing performance of the season. What makes it sting even worse is that expectations were quite high for their game against the Vancouver Whitecaps, who were missing more than half their starters and were coming off a nearly team-wide bout of “gastrointestinal symptoms.” The Sounders responded by looking flat and almost uninterested at times. Jeremiah and Aaron dig into that performance before power-ranking the five teams they each think have...
Jun 12, 2025•1 hr 3 min
Jeremiah is joined by Richard Farley and Charles Boehm to help preview the Seattle portion of the Club World Cup. They share some insight into all seven teams who will be playing here over the next couple of weeks. Sponsor 🏠 Marnie Oshan Homes : With 20+ years in marketing, business, and negotiation — and an MBA from UW — Marnie Oshan helps home buyers and investors make smart, informed real estate decisions. From first homes to 1031 exchanges and development deals, she offers expert guidance b...
Jun 10, 2025•40 min
It was an interesting week surrounding the Sounders, giving Jeremiah and Niko plenty to talk about. First off, they give some updates on the players’ protest and some of the reasoning behind why they believe MLS should be giving them a bigger cut of the Club World Cup prize pool. They also discuss the Vancouver Whitecaps’ situation, which has put at least some doubt into whether or not Sunday’s game will happen. Follow Niko Moreno on BlueSky and YouTube . Sponsor 🍷 Full Pull Wines : Love wine b...
Jun 07, 2025•50 min
Jeremiah and Aaron are back with another mailbag episode, answering questions that were submitted in May. Before they dig into some of those questions, though, they spend quite a bit of time discussing the Sounders players’ recent protest over their share of Club World Cup bonuses and specifically owner Adrian Hanauer’s response. As a reminder, all these questions came from our private Discord, which is available to all subscribers at the Supporter ($75/year) level or above. If you’d like to upg...
Jun 04, 2025•1 hr 14 min
If you’ve spent anytime looking at various advanced analytics this year, you’ve probably noticed that the Seattle Sounders are looking an awful lot like a pressing team. Recently, Jamon Moore of American Soccer Analysis wrote about that . Jeremiah discusses what analytics are saying about the Sounders. Jamon Moore is a contributor on American Soccer Analysis . You can follow him on BlueSky here . Sponsor 🍷 Full Pull Wines : Love wine but not wine clubs? Check out the boutique wine seller who le...
Jun 03, 2025•38 min
The Seattle Sounders are coming off a massive win over San Diego FC which sets up a pretty enticing stretch to send them into the Club World Cup break. If the Sounders can win their next two games, they’ll take over first place in the Western Conference. Jeremiah and Niko discuss the San Diego game and look ahead to Minnesota and Vancovuer on the latest “What we learned this week.” Sponsor 🍷 Full Pull Wines : Love wine but not wine clubs? Check out the boutique wine seller who lets you browse t...
May 30, 2025•50 min
We are so close to the Sounders that sometimes it can be a little easy to take what we have for granted. That was probably the biggest takeaway from Charles Boehm’s stint as a guest co-host on this week’s show. Boehm, who has an upcoming feature about Ryan Kent on MLSSoccer.com, marveled at how effectively the Sounders have been able to maintain their form. He and Jeremiah also look ahead to what promises to be a very interesting stretch of games in which the Sounders will play the current Top 3...
May 28, 2025•1 hr 28 min
FC Dallas comes to Seattle in the middle of a three-game road trip that seemingly puts them at a significant disadvantage, coming a few days after they went to New York and played 120 minutes a few days before they head to FC Cincinnati. To make matters worse, they’re also missing star midfielder Luciano Acosta. It all sets up quite nicely for the Sounders in general and Jesús Ferreira in particular. Jeremiah and Niko both believe the striker is due for a big game. In the second half of the show...
May 24, 2025•54 min
Coming off a three-game road trip in which the Sounders got four points, Jeremiah and Aaron express mostly satisfaction with the overall play even if they weren’t entirely happy with the results. But one player who is harder to figure out is Jesús Ferreira, who seems to be doing a lot of things right but not performing how we thought we would. Jeremiah and Aaron try to project how he might do the rest of the year. Sponsor 🍷 Full Pull Wines : Love wine but not wine clubs? Check out the boutique ...
May 21, 2025•54 min
The Sounders are coming off a disappointing 4-0 loss to LAFC, but that doesn’t mean Jeremiah or Niko are particularly worried about the longterm ramifications. They discuss the takeaways from that match as well as look ahead to Saturday’s Cascadia Cup clash with the Portland Timbers on the latest episode of “What we learned this week.” Sponsor 🍷 Full Pull Wines : Love wine but not wine clubs? Check out the boutique wine seller who lets you browse their selections and pick whatever you want. You...
May 16, 2025•44 min
The Seattle Sounders are moving up the Western Conference table and to help give us a better sense of how they stack up, we brought back Matt Doyle for another episode of “How the West will be won.” Matt continues to be very impressed by the play of the Vancouver Whitecaps and far less impressed by the play of the Portland Timbers as he and Jeremiah dig into the other Western Conference contenders. You can read Matt Doyle every week at MLSsoccer.com , watch his tactical videos on Bluesky and sub...
May 13, 2025•55 min
It was another busy week around the Sounders with a U.S. Open Cup match and a signing. Jeremiah and Niko dig into another episode of “What we learned this week” that focuses a lot on the development of younger players who appeared in the Tacoma Defiance match against the Portland Timbers. Somewhat connected to the Defiance match was a second consecutive match where we saw the 4-2-3-1. They discuss what kind of tactical tweaks that could bring. They also give a scouting report of the Houston Dyna...
May 09, 2025•55 min
The vibes are starting to feel pretty good around these parts after the Sounders dominated St. Louis City and the Tacoma Defiance gave the Portland Timbers everything they could handle in the U.S. Open Cup. Jeremiah and Aaron break down what has fueled the Sounders’ turnaround. Sponsor 🍷 Full Pull Wines : Love wine but not wine clubs? Check out the boutique wine seller who lets you browse their selections and pick whatever you want. You can join their mailing list here: https://fullpullwines.co...
May 08, 2025•57 min
Due to the silliness surrounding MLS teams’ participation in the U.S. Open Cup, the Tacoma Defiance have taken the Sounders’ place in the tournament. They’ve won their first three games and have now earned the opportunity to become the first MLS Next Pro affiliate to face a MLS first team in actual competition. Even more silly, that team is the Portland Timbers. To help us understand the Timbers’ approach to this game, we reached out to Tyson Alger, who runs the Substack I-5 Corridor , which cov...
May 06, 2025•35 min
It was almost exactly 10 years ago that the Portland Timbers visited Starfire Stadium for what would ultimately be known as the Red Card Wedding. With the Timbers returning to Starfire on Tuesday, now seems like a good time to re-release this episode that was first recorded in 2017. Back then, Jeremiah teamed up with former SB Nation colleague Richard Farley and Soccer Made in PDX’s Chris Rifer to record and produce this episode. It features such notable voices as Brad Evans, Lamar Neagle, Andy ...
May 05, 2025•43 min
Niko and Jeremiah are back together for another installment of “What we learned this week” and they’re mostly focused on how the Sounders will cope with Jordan Morris likely being out at least six weeks. There’s no sugar-coating that the injury diagnosis was bad, but there is reason to think that it won’t be a season-killer. First and foremost, both of them like the way Danny Musovski has been playing and how he projects going forward. They also like what they’re hearing about Osaze De Rosario, ...
May 02, 2025•1 hr
The Sounders are coming off a 1-1 tie with the Colorado Rapids. That leaves them with a 3-3-4 record and sitting eighth in the West. Jeremiah and Mark give some of their big picture assessments of the season up to this point. One big point of discussion is the play of Danny Musovski, who has now scored in three straight games and seems to be doing it in repeatable fashion. Tom Biro’s GoFundMe . Sponsor 🍷 Full Pull Wines : Love wine but not wine clubs? Check out the boutique wine seller who lets...
May 01, 2025•1 hr 6 min
From all appearances, it looks like the Seattle Sounders are going to run back the same lineup they used last week despite the availability of several would-be starters. On “What we learned this week” Jeremiah and Niko Moreno discuss whether or not that’s the right call. They also give a brief preview of the upcoming game against the Colorado Rapids. Sponsors 💪BodySpec: Unlock Your Health Insights with BodySpec! Get your full-body scan for just $45 with promo code SOUNDER . Discover detailed da...
Apr 25, 2025•49 min
Jeremiah and Aaron are back together again just in time to discuss Saturday’s win over Nashville SC and answer April’s mailbag questions. Among the topics they discuss are the impact of the Apple deal on regional relevancy, Jesus Ferreira’s play and who they think will be the team’s best attacking group. Sponsors 🍷 Full Pull Wines : Love wine but not wine clubs? Check out the boutique wine seller who lets you browse their selections and pick whatever you want. You can join their mailing list he...
Apr 23, 2025•1 hr 17 min
We are back with another episode of “How the West will be won” and Backheeled’s Joe Lowery is again in the co-pilot seat. He and Jeremiah go through the most interesting stories in the Western Conference, one of which is the retribution of Zack Steffen who has been playing very well for the Rapids. Sponsors 💪BodySpec: Unlock Your Health Insights with BodySpec! Get your full-body scan for just $45 with promo code SOUNDER . Discover detailed data about your body composition. Don’t miss this exclu...
Apr 22, 2025•58 min
