Sam's Army

The wild and wonderful world of soccer from an American perspective. Samuel Army and a rotating cast of fans, athletes and athlete fans discuss all the relevant goings-on from both sides of the pond. Headlines and a weekly recap plus previews and predictions with an emphasis on the Premier League and Champions League, along with the US men’s and women’s national teams, and just enough from the rest of Europe, MLS and NWSL to be dangerous. Episodes also typically feature candid interviews with players, coaches and other people of interest from in and around the sport. We aim to keep things light and entertaining but with enough analysis to appeal to fans new and old. Many people are calling Sam’s Army Podcast the best podcast they have ever listened to – not me, but many people. Note: true believers in #b2bwcw are eligible for a 22% to 26% discount at checkout. Holler!

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Episodes

Ep 2.235: San Diego FC, World Crap Cup, MLS Playoffs Primer + Manchester Daerby Preview

HEADLINES: San Diego FC's uninspired unveiling, troubling Tyler Adams news, re-remembering Michael Bradley and Caleb Williams-inspired discussion about players taking ownership stakes in their club (prediction: it is coming) WHAT IF: FIFA held a World Crap Cup for the 32 lowest ranked nations in the world - would you watch? PREMIER LEAGUE: Chelsea's optimism-tinged collapse, LiVARpool's revenge may be Everton's breaking point, Tottenham's good vibrations tour continues, least acrimonious Power R...

Oct 24, 2023•1 hr 10 min

Ep 2.234: Italian Betting Scandal, USMNT/Germany Postmortem + Premier League Preview

HEADLINES: Betting scandal rocks Italian soccer, Qatari Sheikh Jassim pulls bid for Manchester United, Inter Miami going worldwide and tragedy in Brussels WHAT IF: Gregg Berhalter and Julain Nagelsmann traded places... what would the final score of USMNT vs Germany have been? USMNT [16:20]: Seattle Sounders, MNT and Sneaky Fox FC legend Brad Evans joins to discuss takeaways from 1-3 loss to Germany, what Gregg got right and wrong, who needs to step their game up and what we would like to see in ...

Oct 17, 2023•1 hr 37 min

Ep 2.233: World Cup 2030, Fixing MLS Playoffs & Arsenal Open Up PL Title Race

HEADLINES: FIFA pulls a FIFA with news dump on World Cup 2030 and 2034 hosts, strange MLS managerial moves, MLS players start an important conversation and things may soon get even stranger in Saudi Arabia WHAT IF: MLS adopted the Next Pro playoff format where higher seeds choose their opponent -- love it or hate it? PREMIER LEAGUE: Arsenal shut down big bad City, how many teams are in the title race; honorary American Jack Harrison doing things, Liverpool fans walk away from Brighton draw feeli...

Oct 10, 2023•1 hr 36 min

Ep 2.232: Spurs/Liverpool Vent Sesh + UCL & City/Arsenal Previews

HEADLINES: bad boys Barça are so back, United plan to "reintegrate" Antony despite outstanding assault allegations, Inter Miami double season ticket prices and Scunthorpe Utd in danger of being Bury 2.0 WHAT IF: your precocious 13yo son/daughter was good enough to earn a pro contract... would you want them out there playing against grown-ass men/women?? PREMIER LEAGUE: Tyler and Sam butt heads on Tottenham/Liverpool controversies, we try to make sense of Villa stomping Brighton and City losing f...

Oct 03, 2023•1 hr 17 min

Ep 2.231: North London Postmortem, Spurs/Liverpool Preview + Orlando City's Spite-Fueled Success

HEADLINES: Gregg and Gio bury the hatchet, is Julian Nagelsmann's Germany among the favorites for Euro24 and a battle of soccer's good guys as Stan Kroenke and Gianni Infantino square up WHAT IF: if Norway had qualified for WC23, how far would they have needed to go in the tournament and how many goals would Haaland have needed to score in order to win the Balon d'Or over Messi? PREMIER LEAGUE: what we learned about Spurs and Arsenal in the latest North London Daerby; where Chelsea fit among the...

Sep 26, 2023•1 hr 3 min

Ep 2.230: Ten Hag, Richarlison, NLD & UCL Previews + Orange Cty's Milan Iloski on move to Denmark

HEADLINES : the Richie Williams era lasts about 5 minutes as Revolution players call shenanigans on Bruce Arena's long-time assistant whose complaints forced the legendary coach out; US Soccer heading to Atlanta; anonymous English manager admits to gambling more than $1M but avoids suspension and finally some good news for Everton WHAT IF : Man City versus Argentina NT - who ya got? PREMIER LEAGUE : Sam pops a chub over Spurs; how much of United's woes can be blamed on Erik Ten Hag; Power Rankin...

Sep 19, 2023•1 hr 33 min

Ep 2.229: Balon d'Or, Bruce Arena, USMNT & Premier League Primer

HEADLINES: breakdown of Balon d'Or "short" list, response to response to every word that comes out of Gregg Berhalter's mouth, Spanish federation clownshow reaches inevitable conclusion, extremely strange Bruce Arena situation and Hansi Flick breaks an incredible streak WHAT IF: you were Liverpool's sporting director and a Saudi club offered you $215 MILLION for 31yo Mo Salah... you selling or nah? USMNT: recap of lackluster Uzbekistan win and thoughts on Tuesday's game vs Oman PREMIER LEAGUE: w...

Sep 12, 2023•1 hr 26 min

Ep 2.228: Gregg & Gio, Anthony Taylor, Spurs Top 4 (??) + USMNT Preview

HEADLINES: tryong to make sense of Gregg Berhalter not yet contacting Gio Reyna and breaking news on Antony being dropped by Brazil WHAT IF: the LAFC fan had actually domed Messi with that drink... how would that have played out? PREMIER LEAGUE: Arsenal/United postmortem, Chelsea stays crumbling, Spurs are sexy but are they good(?) and Power Rankings ROUND THE WORLD: USMNT roster thots plus preview of Uzbekistan and Oman games, reaction to Carlos Vela's comments on Messi and Alex Bono's MLS powe...

Sep 05, 2023•1 hr 33 min

Ep 2.227: Spanish Scumbag, USMNT updates + Spurs & Liverpool Loving Life

HEADLINES: Luis Rubiales making a strong push for soccer's scumbag of the year with his handling of Spain's WC celebrations and aftermath and an ode to San Diego Loyal WHAT IF: Messi tried to recruit you to make a one-time switch to represent Argentina -- would you? PREMIER LEAGUE: Liverpool and Tottenham are high on life right now, Arsenal's title hopes in tatters, Brighton bad vs West Ham good and Everton... oh poor sweet Everton. ROUND THE WORLD: historically rapid USMNT update session STOPPA...

Aug 28, 2023•32 min

Ep 2.226: Paquetá's Punishment, Adams to Bournemouth + Are Spurs Good or United Bad?

HEADLINES: Lucas Paquetá's recent rollercoaster seeing links to a BIG money move with Man City go silent when he is implicated in an(other) illegal gambling scheme; United's handling of the Mason Greenwood situation; and thoughts on recent overtures between North and South America involving a mooted Inter-Americana Cup and Inter Miami's invite to Copa Libertadores WHAT IF: in light of KDB's injury (and Kane's departure), who is the player a Premier League club could least afford to do without at...

Aug 22, 2023•1 hr 2 min

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