France v USA - International Friendly

Episode 98: A Cold Night in Ljubljana

Ginge is back with his reactions to the latest USMNT friendlies in France and Slovenia. He also explains why he’s pleased Charlie Davis didn’t win the Comeback Player of the Year award in MLS and sounds off on Sepp Blatter’s latest nonsense and explains the only way change can possibly happen at FIFA. Music: Paradise Engineering (YACHT) …

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Episode 97: In Which Ginge Thinks Alexi Lalas Is Wrong

Ginge returns with a USMNT roster to discuss that has some US fans upset about certain names that keep appearing and some that can’t get a call-up to save their lives. Ginge also covers Alexi Lalas’ blog post on Mirror Football defending Rafa Marquez and explains why he thinks Alexi is wrong and didn’t really …

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Episode 96: Ginge’s Manifesto and Other Topics

It’s a special edition of the show, with Ginge with you to get some things off his chest about both the future of the American Soccer Show (don’t worry it’s not going anywhere) and some soccer topics. Zach responds to criticism of his comments about David Downs and offers his thoughts on MLS’ playoff system getting bombed …

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Episode 95: Sarah Palin Live from the World Cup

This week Zach is joined by Dave Clark (Sounder at Heart) to discuss our trepidation about FOX winning the American broadcast rights for the next two World Cup cycles, beginning with the 2015 Women’s World Cup. We also react to David Downs’ comments about the WPS and women’s soccer along with discussing MLS’ congested playoff …

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Episode 94: Two Gingers Talking Soccer

Proving that you can never have too much ginger and that two gingers can do a show without causing a rift in space/time, Zach is joined by Alexi Lalas to discuss all the news surrounding MLS and the Men’s National Team. We discuss Thierry Henry’s red card, the massive crowd in Seattle and Alexi shares a story …

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Episode 93: How Poor Are They That Have Not Patience!

Two shows in a week! It’s American Soccerpalooza…or there is just a lot to talk about. Zach returns, joined by Kevin McCauley to analyize the US Men’s 1-0 defeat at the hands of Ecuador. We look at the positives and negatives, stress some patience but also admit it’s alright to question some of Klinsmann’s decision…and …

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Episode 92: Jürgen Gets His Win, Now Let’s Get to Work

In the wake of the first victory of the Jürgen Klinsmann era, Zach is joined by Murph from the YSA Report to offer our reactions to the US Men’s 1-0 defeat of Honduras in Miami over the weekend. We discuss the match, heap praise on some and hope that one player in particular is shown …

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Episode 91: Falling Down

Zach is joined by Howard Megdal to discuss Klinsmann’s plan to search the globe for more dual-citizenship players and who has an opportunity to step up after the Jose Torres injury. We also cover public enemy #1 Rafa Marquez and MLS’ unwillingness to suspended Dwayne De Rosario for an obvious dive. Music: Roulette (Lorenzo’s Music) / CC …

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Episode 90: Manifest Destiny

Zach is joined by Jeremiah Oshan to discuss the big news swirling around Major League Soccer concerning expansion and a potential unbalanced schedule next season. We cover the Timothy Chandler…saga? and read listener e-mails. Music: Roulette (Lorenzo’s Music) / CC BY-SA 3.0 There’s No Hunter Here (Motorama) / CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 Mungo (Aria) / CC …

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Episode 89: We’ve Found “America’s Wembley”

Zach is joined by Dave Clark, managing editor of Sounder at Heart and all around fan of the beautiful game. We discuss Klinsmann’s first set of matches and look ahead to the next few months. We champion LIVEStrong Sporting Park to be “America’s Wembley”, defend Taylor Twellman’s concussion campaign and try to figure out what …