This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick (Dan Crooke is still MIA with technical problems) - have two FC Dallas games to mull over.  Both were very similar in style and quality, unsurprising given all the missing pieces, but one had a much better result than the other.  And the transfer window is upon us!  Eugene Ansah and Dante Sealy are in, but Justin Che is out. Could Jose Martinez be done?  What else does FCD need?  And why is Jesus Ferreira the Elephant in the room?  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 - fight through some technical difficulties (more so for Dan but not just him) to bring you all things DTID.   Jesus Ferreira is an All-Star, let's compare him with Brandon Vazquez.  FCD can make some moves this summer. Dante Sealy is back but Justin Che isn't. FCD gets two key players back this week but injuries are still a massive weight on the team. And there's talk of Lionel Messi's hypothetical Leagues Cup in Dallas and the resulting ticket kerfuffle. All that and more on this week's episode. 

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It's pretty doomy and gloomy around FC Dallas these days, so on this week's edition of 3rd Degree the Podcast your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - after a brief talk of the troubles try and move past it with some positive ideas.  Plus FCD signed a striker and may have another on the way, the U19s are in the Semis, Dan gives us an FCD injury breakdown, Buzz talks possible Academy signings, and a few other bits are thrown in.  It's a chock-full episode! 

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This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, Daft Punk is lending a hand to mix the episode. Ok, not really, it just sounds like that because Buzz is just in a hotel with terrible internet.  Still, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and the aforementioned Buzz Carrick - will carry on, fight through the difficulties, and talk FC Dallas.

Not that they really want to with the craptastic game at Portland Timbers.  Velasco was on the wrong side, nothing was created, dumb late-game shifts were made, and little positive happened beyond Maarten Paes saving FCD's bacon over and over.  Austin FC is up next and the list of missing players is epically disastrous.  Plus your trio discusses the possibility Jesus Ferreira has played his last game for FCD and asks the question "Could Jozy Altidore be his replacement?"

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This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - have 1.4 FC Dallas games to break down. First, we celebrate Luton's success and talk up the Messi get, but then it's a dig into the Nashville SC loss and the St Louis City win.  Tactics, mentality, formations, youth and vets... They all factor in. Then it's injuries, the Timbers, Coach Nico downplays Justin Che's return, and a couple of "kids" got international call-ups.  Finally, it's a dive into the Apple TV impact of the GOAT's arrival.

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As the injuries mount, your 3rd Degree the Podcast hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick (Dan Crooke had to work) - take on breaking down the tie in San Jose and loss in Kansas City. The list of injuries is crazy after Tsiki got hurt in the Bay.  FCD played some Luchi Ball at the Quakes, recalled Collin Smith from loan, and started two Homegrowns in their MLS debut at Sporting.  What a mess.  Jesus Ferreira continues to do too much but is bar far the team's best player despite not getting a USMNT call for Nations League. 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 - have the Texas Derby to dig into.  Peter talks love/hate with Hector Herrera, Jader Obrian excels, FCD denies midfield, plus there were some problems with subs and tactics.  After the look ahead to San Jose, it's big-picture question time.  Is the 4-2-3-1 the way forward? What is the most significant need for this next window? How many moves can the team afford?  Who could be sold to bring in money?  Are teams looking hard at Ferreira and if he goes where should he land?  All that and more on 3rd Degree the Podcast. 

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It's a double FC Dallas win week on this edition of 3rd Degree the Podcast so your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - are in a pretty good mood.  Facu and Obrian were great, Tsiki played lights out, and Jesus Ferreira continues to carry the team.  The dirty Dynamo are up next.  Justin Che and Dante Sealy look to be back soon.  The MLSPA did their salary dump and... oh man.  MLS is putting a team in San Diego.  Apple TV is doing a free month. And my goodness is that World Cup 26 logo straight trash or what?

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This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick - are both excited and bummed.  Excited because the third amigo Dan Crooke is back. Bummed because FC Dallas continues to play some boring and mediocre soccer. Yes, still in 5th place but the St. Louis City game was pretty ugly before the rain out. And the US Open Cup game, wait, sorry... the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup game was a mess from the minute the lineup card was filled out.  This leads to some big-picture harsh truths about the 2023 season. Plus there's a little Academy talk and some North Texas SC stuff.  And good lunch Luton in the promotion playoffs. 

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This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts Buzz Carrick and Peter Welpton - Dan Crooke will be back next week - have plenty to discuss.  Jesus Ferreira and Alan Velasco were both linked abroad in silly season chatter.  FC Dallas took on Minnesota and looked meh, but this team sure knows how to get points.  Then it's big picture FCD talk, an explanation of Dallas' power ranking love, a St. Louis City preview, injury updates, Jose Martinez's cup problem, attendance feels, Peter rants about media, Buzz talks the Nico W that appears throughout the organization, Academy tagging, a little kit talk, and even some Tanner Tessmann vibe.

May the 4th be with you, everybody. 

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