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We’re down to the Final 8 (Croatia v. Brazil : Netherlands v. Argentina : Morocco v. Portugal : England v. France) and Kevin and Chris assess the fallout from the US Men’s loss, discuss the future of the team and Berhalter, share their picks for the final rounds, and share their choice for where they would send their child to learn the game of futbal.

Solutions for Racism on Social Media (3' - 14')

Every Two Year World Cup? (14' - 20')

Weston Makonnen in Trouble (20' - End)

The guys are back and it’s a somber start for Joe as he breaks down his feelings on the news of Coach K retiring and what that means for Duke going forward.  Joe talks about his love and admiration for the legend and what it will take for him to attend a game in K’s final season. The guys move on to the huge victory for the USMNT over Mexico and how excited this has got them for the future of all the young guys in the coming years. Paul gives a shout out to Derrick Rose getting a M.V.P. vote, they discuss the failure of the Depleted Lakers and Mike revels in the Milwaukee Bucks losses in the second round. The guys give their love and shoutout to the FSU softball team and close with FSU-ND trash talk and look ahead to the Labor Day Showdown.

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In this episode of the "NESN Soccer Podcast," Marc DiBenedetto and Marcus O'Mard examine why the U.S. U-23 men's national team failed to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. Next they discuss Sergio Aguero's impending departure from Manchester City. 

Bobby Ciccarelli and Mancuso discuss the passing of Diego Maradona, and discuss whether he is the greatest soccer player of all time.  The two also discuss the passing of Paolo Rossi, star of the 1982 World Cup.  Weston McKennie is thriving in the Serie A for Juventus.  Could he be the best American to play soccer abroad? 

Finally, Bobby goes camping and  gets Covid!

In this episode of the "NESN Soccer Podcast," Marc DiBenedetto and Marcus O'Mard take a deep dive into the youthful, star-studded U.S. men's national team squad for their upcoming games against Wales and Panama. O'Mard also shares why Ole Gunnar Solskjaer might be running out of time at Manchester United. Finally, DiBenedetto and O'Mard bring you the Zlatan Quote Of The Week and preview their "Games of the Weekend."

In this episode of the "NESN Soccer Podcast," Marc DiBenedetto interviews veteran soccer journalist Grant Wahl. Wahl goes in depth on what to expect from the various young American stars in Europe and how it can translate to success on the U.S. Men's National Team.

In this episode of the "NESN Soccer Podcast,"  CBS soccer analyst Ian Joy joins Marc DiBenedetto and Marcus O'Mard to discuss the UEFA Champions League Group Stage Draw. They also discuss Landon Donovan's leadership as San Diego Loyal manager after the USL club left the field after receiving racist and homophobic abuse in back-to-back games. 

In this episode of the "NESN Soccer Podcast," old friend David Amoyal joins Marc DiBenedetto and Marcus O'Mard to preview the 2020-21 Serie A season. Marc and Marcus also break down Gareth Bale's loan move from Real Madrid to Tottenham and discuss why Thiago Alcantara reportedly will leave Bayern Munich for Liverpool FC.

Follow David Amoyal's Serie A coverage on gianlucadimarzio.com, The CalcioLand Podcast and on Twitter at @DavidAmoyal.

Con el fracaso en Champions League ante Lyon, Juventus cambió de DT y buscó nuevos jugadores. Inter de Milán que fue subcampeón de la Europa League mantiene a Antonio Conte, en tanto que Milán buscará regresar al protagonismo.

Tantos la Juve, como los equipos de la capital lombarda, son analizados por Enrique Borja, Francisco 'Kikín' Fonseca y Diego Peña.

In this episode of the "NESN Soccer Podcast," Marc DiBenedetto and Marcus O'Mard discuss the Premier League's and Europe's top transfer news and rumors. They explain why Chelsea has won the summer 2020 transfer window and offer the latest update on Lionel Messi's request for a transfer from Barcelona. Finally, the duo break down Weston McKennie's transfer to Juventus and what role he might play with the Italian power.

There’s enough in here for everyone to find a few things to disagree with. Enjoy! (And yes, Gio Reyna made the cut.)

We'd prefer that you listen so I won't post the whole list but here are a few rankings to give you a taste.

8. Jozy Altidore
21. Timmy Chandler
32. Mark McKenzie
38. Niko Gioacchini
 

This wacky summer tournament schedule is about to come to a close, which means the Wankers wanted to give a preview episode ramping up for Sunday, July 7th. Listen in for all that spilled tea (2:55) between Phil Neville, Alex Morgan, and all the things he found disgraceful, enjoy some semi final recaps for the Women's World Cup (12:20), the Gold Cup (19:40), and Copa America (24:20) before Andrea and Steven give their finals day predictions. And as always, you've got subs if you need 'em. 

Greg lays out his best rationale for the roster decisions that had us scratching our heads last week. I nod along. We try to predict Berhalter's starting XI vs Ecuador (we recorded before it was reported that Adams will play right back, but generally anticipated it). Then we go over the U20 roster with an eye to the World Cup in May.

• 0:25 "How Berhalter might have thought about constructing this roster," by Greg Velasquez
• 14:05 lineups vs Ecuador
• 21:50 U20 roster discussion

This week, Gregg Berhalter announced and explained his 24-man roster for friendlies later this month against Ecuador and Chile. First big chance for him to have the full squad at his disposal and he left off Sargent and Weah, called Baird and Lewis back up. We get into all that, and also clipped a bunch of Berhalter quotes from the press conference.

• 0:30 Roster reaction
• 27:20 How we might lineup

Belz goes under the knife for his garbage predictions about Miazga and Weah, and then the hosts discuss three key questions about the USMNT after January Camp.

• Will we see the inverted fullback system with a dedicated holding mid and dual 8/10s in March?
• Who will Berhalter play in the central midfield?
• What's going to happen with DeAndre Yedlin?

We run down the action in Europe over the weekend, mostly in the Bundesliga. Greg explains what worried him about the USWNT’s 3-1 loss to France. Then we talk about the upcoming Panama friendly, who the 6 is going to be, and we give our (half-hearted) starting XIs. Mostly we're just curious about the game.

It was a pretty bad performance from the Americans at Wembley, but hiring a coach should help.

• an abysmal opening 13 minutes
• why this happened (a bad job by Sarachan and not the players' faults)
• a roster rundown and a few other things
• bright spots