I’ll admit, I was not quite ready for the 2023 season to end. A season that had once been virtually left for dead had come roaring back to life over the last couple months and I had sorta talked myself into the belief that this season was destined to end at MLS Cup. Maybe not actually lifting, but at least making a valiant charge, maybe even with Nicolas Lodeiro and Raúl Ruidiaz putting in a couple notable performances along the way. Nothing I saw against LAFC totally dissuaded me from believing...
Dec 01, 2023•48 min•Ep 449•Transcript available on Metacast It's probably still too early to say this season has been an unmitigated success, but by beating FC Dallas in the first round of the MLS Playoffs they showed that this season at least has some positives to take away. Jeremiah and Aaron give a bigger picture view on what this series told us about the Sounders and what they think could happen in the next round against LAFC. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter Nos Audietis is the flagship podcast for Sounder at Heart, which became a reader-su...
Nov 17, 2023•38 min•Ep 447•Transcript available on Metacast Much to our chagrin, the Seattle Sounders will be playing a Game 3 of their best-of-3 series after falling to FC Dallas 3-1 on Saturday. The match started off pretty much disastrously, with Dallas getting two goals inside 20 minutes. To their credit the Sounders played much better over the next 70ish minutes until a Jackson Ragen giveaway allowed Dallas to score an ultimately meaningless insurance goal. During those 70 minutes, though, Jordan Morris looked about as good as he’s ever looked, scor...
Nov 08, 2023•51 min•Ep 446•Transcript available on Metacast Drew Epperley of Big D Soccer joins us to preview Saturday's Game 2. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter Nos Audietis is the flagship podcast for Sounder at Heart, which became a reader-supported website on Aug. 21. You can support us by becoming a paid subscriber, learn more: https://www.sounderatheart.com/about/ 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....
Nov 03, 2023•26 min•Ep 445•Transcript available on Metacast The Sounders ran their unbeaten streak to 10 games and took a 1-0 series lead over FC Dallas in the first round playoff series. They got goals from Albert Runsak and Jordan Morris, a 12th career playoff shutout from Stefan Frei and generally looked about as good as they’ve looked all year. I still don’t quite know how to feel about this three-game series, but I know winning your first game is a lot better than losing it! Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter Nos Audietis is the flagship podc...
Nov 02, 2023•33 min•Ep 443•Transcript available on Metacast The Sounders will play familiar-playoff foe FC Dallas in a best-of-3 series that starts on Monday. To help us get some insight on the Sounders' opponent is Jon Arnold, who is part of the FC Dallas radio team as well as the guy who runs the Substack Getting Concacaf'd . Arnold says he think Dallas matches up reasonably well with the Sounders and tells us about the story of Bernard Kamungo, who went from a Tanzania refugee camp to U.S. youth national team player. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's ...
Oct 27, 2023•23 min•Ep 442•Transcript available on Metacast A few weeks ago, we were asked by a listener to project how well the Sounders would finish. We were thrilled to discover that we probably underestimated how good this team was still capable of being. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter Nos Audietis is the flagship podcast for Sounder at Heart, which became a reader-supported website on Aug. 21. You can support us by becoming a paid subscriber, learn more: https://www.sounderatheart.com/about/ You can also support the show by checking out o...
Oct 26, 2023•50 min•Ep 441•Transcript available on Metacast Matt Baker of the podcast Flyover Footy joined us on the show to help preview Saturday's regular-season finale against St. Louis City. He explains how the expansion team recovered from a midseason slump to blow away everyone's expectations. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter Nos Audietis is the flagship podcast for Sounder at Heart, which became a reader-supported website on Aug. 21. You can support us by becoming a paid subscriber, learn more: https://www.sounderatheart.com/about/ You ca...
Oct 19, 2023•33 min•Ep 440•Transcript available on Metacast The Sounders closed out their regular-season home schedule with a 0-0 tie with the Vancouver Whitecaps. I think we can fairly say the Sounders had the better chances and certainly had more of them, but it would probably be a stretch to suggest they deserved much more than they got. Defensively, they were stout and limited a very dangerous Whitecaps opponents to just four shots, and only one each from Brian White and Ryan Gauld. Offensively, though, it was a lot of half-chances without too many c...
Oct 13, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep 439•Transcript available on Metacast The Sounders got a massive win on Wednesday, beating the LA Galaxy on a 96th minute goal from Cristian Roldan that punched their ticket back to the playoffs. Jeremiah and Mark talk about how this win has helped revive their belief that this team might be capable of making a run. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter Nos Audietis is the flagship podcast for Sounder at Heart, which became a reader-supported website on Aug. 21. You can support us by becoming a paid subscriber, learn more: https...
Oct 06, 2023•45 min•Ep 438•Transcript available on Metacast Alex Ruiz (@ AlxRuiz15 ) of Galactic Tribune joins us on the show to give us a scouting report on the LA Galaxy, a team that both scores and allows goals in bunches. He says Riqui Puig is about "99%" out and explains how injuries have piled up this year. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter Nos Audietis is the flagship podcast for Sounder at Heart, which became a reader-supported website on Aug. 21. You can support us by becoming a paid subscriber, learn more: https://www.sounderatheart.com...
Oct 04, 2023•18 min•Ep 437•Transcript available on Metacast Ben Wright from Broadway Sports Media joined us to talk about Nashville SC, who is hosting the Sounders on Saturday. He says, among other things, that he expects Nashville to use a full-strength lineup and gives some insight into the organization's struggles to find a suitable partner for Hany Mukhtar. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter Nos Audietis is the flagship podcast for Sounder at Heart, which became a reader-supported website on Aug. 21. You can support us by becoming a paid subsc...
Sep 28, 2023•29 min•Ep 436•Transcript available on Metacast When Hugh Weber was officially announced as the Seattle Sounders’ new President of Business operations there was an awful lot going on. The team was deep into the process of updating their visual identity; preparing to open a new training facility that would also house the business side; and had just unveiled their new shirt sponsor Providence Health. Things have settled down a bit since then, but are getting ready to ramp back up. On Tuesday, the Sounders will unveil that new visual identity an...
Sep 25, 2023•36 min•Ep 436•Transcript available on Metacast Ok, let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. The Seattle Sounders are in the midst of a five-game unbeaten streak, but a lot of those results are against pretty bad teams. Still, they've been struggling for months against just about everyone so allow us to dream a little, yeah? Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter Nos Audietis is the flagship podcast for Sounder at Heart, which became a reader-supported website on Aug. 21. You can support us by becoming a paid subscriber, learn more: https...
Sep 22, 2023•42 min•Ep 435•Transcript available on Metacast The Colorado Rapids have been mostly very bad this season but there are a few notable Sounders connections. The biggest is that Chris Little is now the interim head coach, he had previously been the Tacoma Defiance head coach from 2018-2020. We talked to Little about what's gone wrong, what went right last week and got an update on Danny Leyva. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter Nos Audietis is the flagship podcast for Sounder at Heart, which became a reader-supported website on Aug. 21. ...
Sep 20, 2023•20 min•Ep 434•Transcript available on Metacast The Sounders travel to Frisco, Texas to play FC Dallas with a chance to solidify their place in the Western Conference standings. We talked to Buzz Carrick of 3rd Degree to get the lowdown. He thinks Alan Velasco is more likely to play than the injury report suggests, shares some insight on Seattle U's Nkosi Tafari and let's us know how Dallas has dramatically improved their attendance. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter Nos Audietis is the flagship podcast for Sounder at Heart, which bec...
Sep 15, 2023•26 min•Ep 433•Transcript available on Metacast One of the most interesting people in the Seattle soccer scene is undeniably Wade Webber. The Tacoma Defiance head coach is from Federal Way, helped the Sounders win two A-League titles, played several years in MLS, became a high school history teacher and helped run Washington Premier before joining the Sounders as an academy coach. For the last three seasons, he’s headed Defiance, overseeing easily their most successful stretch during their nine seasons of existence. The Defiance have now won ...
Sep 12, 2023•31 min•Ep 432•Transcript available on Metacast For a half, all was seemed good in the Sounders world. They were flying around the field, scoring goals and beating the Timbers at home. They took a 2-0 lead into halftime that easily could have been 3-0, but just as importantly were making the plays they needed to make to keep the Timbers off the scoreboard. We all know what happened next. Léo Chu picked up what I still insist was a pretty soft second yellow card, the Sounders went down a man and the Timbers came roaring back to tie the game an...
Sep 07, 2023•35 min•Ep 431•Transcript available on Metacast The Ride of the Valkyries team -- including Jacob Cristobal, June Eden, Steve Voght, Sylvia Bullock, and Susie Rantz -- discuss OL Reign's undefeated group-stage run to the NWSL Challenge Cup semifinals and preview the semifinal matchup between OL Reign and Racing Louisville. Coffee & Valkyries - a podcast by the Ride of the Valkyries team. Part of the Nos Audietis family of podcasts and is brought to you by Sounder at Heart which became a reader-supported website on Aug. 21, 2023. You can suppo...
Sep 05, 2023•24 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast This is the final week of the mailbag episode being available on our public feed. After this week, we're going to make this available only to paid subscribers on our private podcast feed. If you'd like to become one of them, we have plans starting as low as $19/year. This week's episode serves as a preview of sorts for the Portland Timbers' match on Saturday. We answer some questions about the game; about the upcoming brand refresh; how Raúl Ruidíaz and Jordan Morris differ; an update on Danny L...
Sep 02, 2023•57 min•Ep 430•Transcript available on Metacast It has been far too long since we have recorded after a win. In fact, it’s been nearly two months since the sounders last won a game, a streak they finally ended on Wednesday in very satisfying faction when they beat Austin FC 2-1 on a 90th minute Albert Rusnak. In fairness, the Sounders were the beneficiaries of some fortunate VAR decisions, but give them credit for putting themselves in position to take advantage. Both goals they had were well taken and they did a good job of limiting Austin’s...
Sep 01, 2023•40 min•Ep 429•Transcript available on Metacast There's been a lot of talk about what's going on behind the scenes with the Seattle Sounders. To help us get to the bottom of that, we asked Niko Moreno to join us. As you might imagine, it's not all rainbows and unicorns but possibly not as messy as you might fear. It's also becoming apparent that the players are aware that change is on the way and how some of them are positioning themselves for their next moves. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter Nos Audietis is the flagship podcast for...
Aug 29, 2023•52 min•Ep 427•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the first episode of a still-unnamed show. It’s envisioned as a minipodcast by Sounder at Heart. Today is Monday, Aug. 28 and I am Jeremiah Oshan. My hope is to do this podcast every Monday and every morning of a gameday with the intention of sort of seting the table for what just happened or what we expect to happen. For today’s episode, I’ll be doing a quick breakdown of the Minnesota United match, giving a quick preview of the Austin FC match on Wednesday and looking back on my sto...
Aug 28, 2023•26 min•Ep 426•Transcript available on Metacast We tried something new with the mailbag episode: Rather than soliciting questions from Twitter, we sourced them from our new Discord server. We were really pleased with the quality of questions and talked a lot about roster building, who might succeed Brian Schmetzer eventually as well as talked a bit about the new minority owners. It went so well, that we think we'll keep doing it this way for at least the next few weeks. This is also a good chance to promote the Discord server, access to which...
Aug 24, 2023•44 min•Ep 425•Transcript available on Metacast Coming out of a three-week break in which they presumably worked on tactics, got rejuvenated were hoping to start the stretch run off strong, the Sounders instead turned in one of their worst performances of the season, a 2-0 loss at home to Atlanta United. The first half was especially bad with the Sounders surrendering 70% of possession and getting run off the pitch at times. Jeremiah and Aaron discuss where we go from here. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter Nos Audietis is the flagshi...
Aug 23, 2023•24 min•Ep 424•Transcript available on Metacast Garth Lagerwey spent eight mostly very successful season with the Seattle Sounders. On Sunday, he makes his return as the President and CEO of Atlanta United. As he did regularly when he was with the Sounders, Lagerwey was very gracious with his time when he met with us on Wednesday. We talked about his transition to Atlanta, what he has liked about Leagues Cup and what he thinks of the roster he left the Sounders and Craig Waibel. Producer's note : Jeremiah had some audio difficulties and as a ...
Aug 17, 2023•31 min•Ep 423•Transcript available on Metacast With more than half the Sounders' salary cap potentially freed up this off-season there should be some big changes ahead. We discuss the possibilities. 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....
Aug 10, 2023•49 min•Ep 422•Transcript available on Metacast Jeremiah is on vacation so Aaron fills in to host with guest and friend of the show, Mark Kastner. They discuss the Leagues Cup aftermath, their outlook on the rest of this regular season and give their takes on how they feel about this current group of players. 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 ...
Aug 02, 2023•58 min•Ep 421•Transcript available on Metacast We had planned to do a "normal" episode this week to talk about the Leagues Cup loss to RSL, but our scheduling got a bit complicated this week. So, rather than listen to Jeremiah and Aaron bemoan one of the worst performances in recent memory, you'll have to suffice with this interview we did with Jordan Morris earlier in the week. Hope you enjoy it. 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 ...
Jul 27, 2023•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast To help us preview Real Salt Lake and give us insight into their recent surge, we enlisted friend of the show Matt Montgomery of Wasatch Soccer Sentinel . 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....
Jul 21, 2023•32 min•Ep 419•Transcript available on Metacast 
