To end 2021, we’re talking to each of the North American soccer vertical’s eight full-time staff writers about their favorite story of the year. Today, Paul Tenorio discusses his in-depth report about Inter Miami, and what happens when a team abruptly changes its front office approach midway through a season. Paul's story: https://theathletic.com/2773516/2021/08/17/inter-miami-beckham-mls/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 28, 2021•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast To end 2021 here at the athletic talking to each of the North American soccer vertical’s eight full-time staff writers about their favorite story of the year. Today, Meg Linehan discusses her story about how a meeting between Hollywood celebrities and the soccer world resulted in an NWSL expansion club: Angel City FC. Meg's story: https://theathletic.com/2430699/2021/03/08/angel-city-portman-uswnt/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 27, 2021•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast To end 2021, we’re talking to each of the Athletic’s eight full-time staff writers covering NorthAmerican soccer….about their favorite story they did this year. Today, Sam Stejskal discusses his deep dive into MLS club valuations, and his quest to figure out why very rich people are paying hundreds of millions for ownership rights. Sam's story: https://theathletic.com/2474348/2021/03/24/mls-valuations-growth-business/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 23, 2021•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast To end 2021, we’re talking to each of the North American soccer vertical’s eight full-time staff writers about their favorite story they did this year. Today, Jeff Rueter discusses his profile of Landon Donovan, in which he flew to San Diego and spent a couple days showing the American soccer icon as he embarks on a new career: a lower-division head coach. Jeff's story: https://theathletic.com/2853865/2021/09/28/landon-donovan-the-coach-is-still-learning-on-the-job-with-san-diego-loyal/ Learn mo...
Dec 22, 2021•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast To end 2021, we’re talking to each of the North American soccer vertical’s eight full-time staff writers about their favorite story of the year. Today, Felipe Cárdenas discusses his story from this year about the internal battles for power that ran in the background of Atlanta United’s first three seasons. Felipe's story: https://theathletic.com/2579808/2021/05/11/atlanta-united-martino-bocanegra-eales/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 21, 2021•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast To end 2021, we’re talking to each of the North American soccer vertical’s eight full-time staff writers about their favorite story of the year. Today, Steph Yang discusses her story about what pride and progress has meant for LGBTQ players on the U.S. women’s national team. Steph's story: https://theathletic.com/2825821/2021/09/14/uswnt-lgbtq-rapinoe-scurry/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 20, 2021•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast The candidates for U.S. men’s player of the year feature some that came into 2021 as leaders of a young U.S. national team, and a few that came in without any expectations at all. Sam Stejskal is here to break down the candidates’ cases, and takes his best guess at who will win. How Brendan Aaronson's career started flying: https://theathletic.com/2949381/2021/11/11/hes-ruthless-man-how-brenden-aaronsons-career-started-flying-with-union-salzburg-and-usmnt/ The 'Man In The Mirror' Game: https://t...
Dec 17, 2021•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast After a 2021 marked by great performances in friendlies and a disappointing Olympics, how is one to choose the player of the year in U.S. women’s soccer? Steph Yang is here to talk it out. Background reading: Steph's story about choosing a U.S. women's player of the year: https://theathletic.com/2991655/2021/12/01/the-uswnt-players-trending-toward-more-playing-time-in-2022-after-the-matches-against-australia/ Carli Lloyd on ending her lengthy pro soccer career: https://theathletic.com/2909879/20...
Dec 16, 2021•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast In a moment that went viral last week, a fan paraded around the field in the middle of a women’s champions league game, only to be shouldered to the ground by Chelsea striker Samantha Kerr. Kerr got a yellow card for her actions, but the fan….may face no criminal charge at all. Charlotte Harpur is here to explain why. Charlotte's story on the legal loophole: https://theathletic.com/3011228/2021/12/13/ornstein-legal-failure-putting-women-at-risk-spurs-to-let-dele-leave-kamara-to-go-for-free/ Lear...
Dec 15, 2021•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast New York City FC are MLS champions, and Manchester City are pushing to do the same in the Premier League. Sam Lee joins the show ahead of City’s game against Leeds United to sum up where the club stands ahead of a packed holiday fixture list. Full festive fixtures list: https://theathletic.com/news/premier-league-reveals-amendments-to-festive-fixture-list/RKLo5StvPTtn/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 14, 2021•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Champions League last 16 was drawn…..and then it was drawn again. The error that led to an unprecedented do-over is complicated, but Oliver Kay is here to help us make sense of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 13, 2021•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Matt Pentz and Sam Stejskal are on the ground in Portland to cover the 2021 MLS Cup between the Portland Timbers and NYCFC. They did a Live Room on The Athletic on Friday, where they previewed the matchups and answered some questions from subscribers…and one from me. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 10, 2021•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast On a weekend when the champions of MLS and Liga MX will be decided, there is still a ton of important action across Europe. Brooks Peck is here as usual to break down which games to watch and why, hour by hour, for the whole weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 10, 2021•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Club Leon and Atlas have made it through the Liguilla to the Liga MX final. The first of the final’s two legs happens tonight, and Felipe Cárdenas is here to tell us what to watch for – both tonight and in Sunday’s second leg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 09, 2021•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Once again, there are eight group finales in the Champions League today, with plenty of places in the last 16 at stake. Felipe Cardenas is here to break down which games are worth watching. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 08, 2021•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast There are eight group finales in the Champions League today, with plenty of places in the last 16 at stake. Felipe Cardenas is here to break down which games are worth watching. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 07, 2021•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Just four months after being hired, Jesse Marsch is no longer manager of RB Leipzig. A 2-1 loss over the weekend to Union Berlin happened while Marsch was in quarantine following a positive COVID-19 test...but it was still the final straw. Also, the Atheltic can confirm reports that another American coach with Red Bull ties, Chris Armas, is set to join Manchester United’s coaching staff under interim manager Ralf Rangnick. It’s a lot to digest, and German football expert Rafa Honigstein is here ...
Dec 06, 2021•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Big games at the top of the tables of four separate leagues! MLS playoffs! Liga MX playoffs! This weekend is jam-packed with big games, and Brooks Peck is here to help sort through it all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 03, 2021•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast The top seed in the MLS playoffs is out, and two sides remain in the Eastern Conference. Sam Stejskal is here to preview NYCFC and the Philadelphia Union, and also provide an update on MLS coaching vacancies around the league. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 02, 2021•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast The team is up for sale, their payroll is low, and their coach is interim. Still, Real Salt Lake, The lowest-ranked team in the MLS playoffs has made it to the Western Conference final. Matt Pentz is here to talk about what he’s seen from the team in their two playoff upsets, and how they’ll match up with the Portland Timbers on Saturday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 01, 2021•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast The New England Revolution got an interesting reward for winning the MLS supporters’ shield: 23 days without a game. Tonight, they take on New York City FC in the MLS playoffs with a historic season on the line. Sam Stejskal is here to break down what to watch for. How the Revs became MLS Cup favorites: https://theathletic.com/2972515/2021/11/23/how-the-new-england-revolution-went-from-checked-out-to-mls-cup-favorites/ Behind the Revs’ new crest: https://theathletic.com/2935401/2021/11/04/the-de...
Nov 30, 2021•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ralf Rangnick was hired to salvage Manchester United’s season last week, but his appointment means far more than your usual temporary hire. The Athletic’s analytics writer John Muller is here to break down 8 key statistical areas that define Ralf Rangnick’s style, and how they could apply at Man United. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 29, 2021•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast The first round of the MLS playoffs ends tonight. Jeff Rueter is here to preview Nashville vs. Orlando and Seattle vs. Real Salt Lake. Also, a look ahead at an important Champions League slate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 23, 2021•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast The English Premier League is staying on NBC. In a 2.7 billion dollar deal, the U.S. broadcast kept rights to the competition, which could mean some interesting things for their coverage, and for soccer broadcast deals in the U.S. at large. Felipe Cardenas is here to explain how. Felipe & Richard Deitsch’s discussion about the deal: https://theathletic.com/2965132/2021/11/19/the-premier-leagues-u-s-broadcast-rights-stay-with-nbc-what-will-it-mean-for-viewers/ Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...
Nov 22, 2021•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast After an important break for international soccer, players are back with their club teams and normal schedules have resumed around the world. There are important knockout games, finals, and even a few games on major US TV networks this weekend. Brooks Peck is here to choose which games to watch, out of all of them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 19, 2021•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast All three MLS teams in the Pacific Northwest have qualified for the playoffs. Matt Pentz is here to explain how each of the three represents a different archetype that you’re likely to see throughout the postseason’s opening round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 18, 2021•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast This Saturday, the NWSL Championship will pit two underdog teams with contrasting styles against each other. Today, Steph Yang joins the show to tell us what went right for the Chicago Red Stars and Washington Spirit in their semifinals, and what they’ll need to do to win the championship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 17, 2021•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast In their second World Cup Qualifiers this window, the men’s national teams of Mexico, the United States and Canada will bring to a close an important year, which has brought difficulties and challenges for each team. Paul Tenorio, Joshua Kloke, and Felipe Cardenas are here to tell you what to watch for tonight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 16, 2021•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast As countries around the world fight for World Cup qualification, the men’s national team of Afghanistan makes its return for the first time after the Taliban re-took control of the country. The Athletic’s Nick Miller is here to explain what it means for a nation where team sports were previously banned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 15, 2021•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast USA vs. Mexico in Ohio. It’s a major event on the U.S. soccer calendar every four years, and today...it’s finally here. Sam Stejskal and Felipe Cardenas are here to update us on what’s at stake for both teams. Also, Josh Kloke on Canada’s rise to the CONCACAF elite. Sam’s story on Brenden Aaronson: https://theathletic.com/2949381/ Felipe’s story on Mexico’s backline: https://theathletic.com/2943791/ Josh’s story on Alistair Johnson: https://theathletic.com/2947897/ Paul Tenorio’s story on the US...
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