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Get ready for the MLS weekend with the crew! Andrew, David and Calen dig into the insanity of the US Open Cup and Canadian Championship. After some laughs and wide eyes, it's on to Matchday 12, starting with a requested deep dive on Orlando City and their stop-start season.

6:33 - Our favorite USOC moments (from Tuesday night)

22:14 - Orlando City Deep Dive

43:01 - Rivalry Week Preview! Montréal v Toronto

53:10 - NYCFC v RBNY

1:01:30 - LA Galaxy v San Jose

1:06:57 - Charlotte v Atlanta Preview

1:08:50 - Sporting KC v Minnesota

1:15:13 - Michael Vang Interview

1:32:45 - U20 World Cup Roster Review

Carrie White has had a unique career. Injured as a gymnast in college, she migrated into working with collegiate athletes after completing her degree. Carrie then joined AthLife where she worked with both collegiate and major professional athletes. Now starting on a new adventure with the USOPC, her perspectives on athlete development are beneficial to any new or long-serving professional.

The guys go to the proverbial phones for an episode for the listeners and by the listeners. First up, the highlights from David's trip to Austin and Q2 Stadium, then US Open Cup insanity, Sounders bid for Club World Cup allocation and Zlatan's claims that he's MLS's best ever player. Plus, Week 11 preview!

0:55 - David Gass’ Austin FC experience

7:05 - Soccer for All Week kicks off

8:46 - History made in the Canadian Championship

13:12 - Recapping a WILD USOC Round of 32

41:46 - Which team will win USOC?

45:53 - Would Giorgio Chiellini make sense for LAFC?

1:00:35 - Are the Revs waking up?

1:09:58 - Should Seattle get extra allocation money for winning CCL?

1:15:18 - ESPN+ Games of the Week

1:18:03 - Mailbag - is Zlatan the best player to ever play in MLS?

If you're an Olympics buff, you likely have some souvenirs lying around, but Teri Hedgpeth gets to work with one amazing Olympic collection. Teri's the first Archivist for the U.S. Olympic Committee, and she talks with us about what she walked into when she started the job (it has to do with basement storage), some of the unique items in the collection (including a Marshall Islands $75 coin) and how she gets donations.

If you're on LinkedIn, follow Teri - she regularly posts pictures of interesting artifacts from the collection.

Do you have a favorite Olympic souvenir? Share it with us on our Facebook Group - or tag us on Insta and Twitter. We'll also share some of our favorite artifacts this week.

Tomorrow's the beginning of the month, which means our Patreon patrons get their bonus material--check us out and join the club! Your donation goes a long way into keeping the show going, especially as we prepare for Tokyo 2020.

Photo courtesy of Teri Hedgpeth.

DISCLAIMER: OLYMPIC® is a trademark of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (“USOPC”). Any use of OLYMPIC® in the Olympic Fever podcast is strictly for informational and commentary purposes. The Olympic Fever podcast is not an official podcast of the USOPC. The Olympic Fever podcast is not a sponsor of the USOPC, nor is Olympic Fever associated with or endorsed by USOPC in any way. The content of Olympic Fever podcast does not reflect the opinions, standards, views, or policies of the USOPC, and the USOPC in no way warrants that content featured in Olympic Fever is accurate.

"Scouting Camp: The Next Olympic Hopeful" came back for another season, and we've got another winner on the show! Lindsey Mayo, winner and Olympic hopeful in rugby, joins us to talk about her experiences on the show. We also check in with season 1 winner Josh Williamson, who appeared on this season. Plus, a lot of TOFU--and a most inspired Christmas gift.

You can follow Lindsey on Twitter.

Our friend Josh is on social at:

• Insta
• Twitter

Also, we've been making our own appearances! Listen to us on Ask Win (Win has a great Olympic story of her own) and Podcast Business Journal.

Thanks for listening, and until next week, keep the flame alive!

Photo courtesy of the U.S. Olympic Committee.

DISCLAIMER: OLYMPIC® is a trademark of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (“USOPC”). Any use of OLYMPIC® in the Olympic Fever podcast is strictly for informational and commentary purposes. The Olympic Fever podcast is not an official podcast of the USOPC. The Olympic Fever podcast is not a sponsor of the USOPC, nor is Olympic Fever associated with or endorsed by USOPC in any way. The content of Olympic Fever podcast does not reflect the opinions, standards, views, or policies of the USOPC, and the USOPC in no way warrants that content featured in Olympic Fever is accurate.

Scott Riewald, the U.S. Olympic Committee's Director of High Performance, talks to us about bringing back its reality/documentary show "Scouting Camp: The Next Olympic Hopeful" and what's new for season 2.

If you want to try out for the show, check out their website. Show partner 24 Hour Fitness is hosting tryouts all over the country on June 2 -- you still have time to get in on this opportunity! The test includes a 30-meter sprint, pull ups and a vertical jump.

Also on this episode, we realize we're getting close to Olympic Day, so we start preparing for our first Olympic Day celebration. You too can get in on the fun --learn something about the Olympics or try a new sport, post the results on social media with #OFOD! Olympic Day takes place on June 20, but we're celebrating through June 24. We look forward to seeing what you do!

DISCLAIMER: OLYMPIC® is a trademark of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (“USOPC”). Any use of OLYMPIC® in the Olympic Fever podcast is strictly for informational and commentary purposes. The Olympic Fever podcast is not an official podcast of the USOPC. The Olympic Fever podcast is not a sponsor of the USOPC, nor is Olympic Fever associated with or endorsed by USOPC in any way. The content of Olympic Fever podcast does not reflect the opinions, standards, views, or policies of the USOPC, and the USOPC in no way warrants that content featured in Olympic Fever is accurate.

Gerry and Jim address the skills needed to successfully swim and race in the open water environment.  Working these skills into training in the pool is vital to race day success.  Gerry covers how to incorporate it all so that you can be RACE READY!

After the topic of the episode is covered the Workout of the Episode is given, the athlete questions are answered, and the topic for the next episode is revealed.

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Thanks to Tom Hiel for the Intro/Outro music.

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Dean and John enable Sean by making encouraging noises as he descends the rest of the way into madness and/or roster analysis.

We finish up the DCFC roster discussion, talk a bit about the Bucks match and the Sharta and Dayton matches later in the weekend and note that there's some really amazing deals available should you ever want to go watch an AFC Cl*veland match.

This week's interviews are short post-match discussions with George Chomakov, CAPTAIN Dave Edwardson and Coach Ben Pirmann.

This is also the first DCFC Fancast episode that is part of the Just Can't Get Enough collective, a new effort to provide a welcoming home to as many creative people as possible who love Detroit City FC and want to share their creativity with the world.