Holy cow was it a big week in FC Dallas land and your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick are here to break it down for you.  Jesus Ferreira gone, Paul Arriola almost gone, Alan Velasco maybe gone, Petar Musa maybe gone, Asier Illarramendi maybe back, Bernard Kamungo extended, FCD has a couple roster holes, and camp opens monday. Then six new homegrowns were signed in one day! One day! What does it all mean?!?

Plus a little on The Trinity for you too.

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Welcome to Season Seven of 3rd Degree the Podcast. This week, your hosts - Peter Welpton & Buzz Carrick - welcome in a special guest, modern MLS stats guru Arman Kafai, as they navigate the suddenly churning waters surrounding FC Dallas. Are Jesus Ferreira and Paul Arriola going to Seattle and who wins if they do?  Anderson Julio and Shaq Moore to FCD deals are already done. Alvan Velasco sale rumors are back and they brought Petar Musa sale rumors with them. Andre Zanotta says one more center back is coming. Why do we suddenly think it might be Maya Yoshida? Plus FCD drafted three guys and signed a hybrid homegrown. What a holiday break. 

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This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick (Dan Crooke is out for the holidays) - are overwhelmed with soccer news.  FC Dallas re-upped Alan Velasco and signed three players.  Jesus Ferreira and Paul Arriola are reportedly up for trade with Seattle. Jimmy Maurer signed with Houston. The 2025 schedule dropped. Buzz put out an Academy signing list. John Gall returned to North Texas SC.  Two more teams were confirmed for Dallas Cup Super Group. The Texoma FC schedule dropped. Two Trinity players made Team of the Month. Plus Buzz went to Italy. 

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This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick (Dan Crooke is under the weather) - dissect the Eric Quill press conference. Was it just coach and owner platitudes or is there real meat to chew on like staff announcements? Buzz also tells a Quill story from three years back. Next week should bring the beginning of the winter moves for FC Dallas with the one-day trade window and expansion draft. 

Plus, The Trinity had three players make Team of the Month, including Sam Meza as Player of the Month. 

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This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, it's time for Eric Quill talk. Your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - talk about Eric Quill, then Eric Quill some more, plus they throw in a little Eric Quill, and finally they wrap it up with some more Eric Quill. 

Also, The Trinity played and USL Dallas was announced for a 2027 launch in Garland. 

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This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick, Dan Crooke is on assignment - celebrate the triumphant comeback MLS Next Pro Championship win by North Texas SC and the comeback road win by Dallas Trinity. Plus a USL Championship team is coming to Garland.  Then it's on the FC Dallas talk for the sickos. Why the delay in a coach announcement? Any surprises in the end-of-season moves?  Is anyone coming up from North Texas SC? What do you mean the 2025 roster is pretty much done already? 

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This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - answer fan questions from 3rd Degree's discord. But first, there's a lot of talk about FC Dallas' next coach, Jim Curtin, Eric Quill, Peter Luccin, Bruce Arena, Dallas Trinity, and North Texas SC. 

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This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - don't have any concrete FCD news to drop so they dig into some more macro topics.  How long will we wait for a coach? Does the potential window schedule shift help Dallas become more attractive? Is Dallas a good market at all? What are the biggest impact moves FCD could make? How did Nico Estevez end up at Austin FC? Dallas Trinity goes again this weekend and they have multiple players with the US U17s. North Texas SC is in the MLS Next Pro West Final. All that and more on 3rd Degree the Podcast. 

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This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - begin the offseason gasification with a blow-by-blow on the high and low points from the FC Dallas End of Season Press Conference with Dan Hunt and Andre Zanotta. To be frank, Jerry, or Steve, your hosts were left with more questions than answers. Plus North Texas SC continues their playoff run, Trinity plays on Friday, and there's another shoutout to a local making good on the international stage. 

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This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - play the world-famous game of "Dump or Keep" with the FCD roster after Buzz explains a new roster problem he's discovered. The FC Dallas season final is this weekend against Sporting KC but the Burn are already eliminated. Dallas Trinity got another road point. North Texas SC has a playoff game this weekend. You'll find out who the Dallas Fury are. And Buzz has a shoutout for a local signing in the NWSL. 

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