Beyond the 90 Podcast

We talk about all of the topics listed on the graphic in addition to discussing the need to properly staff clubs with ticket and sponsorship sales people.

Sorry for the delay this week - life happens. But we got around to recording on Monday afternoon and covered all the Loudoun United situation news and analysis as well as digging into the weekend’s USL Championship action.

The Third Half Podcast is available via the Beyond the 90 stream on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever you get podcasts

While, the financial arguments do deserve more critiques (next video in this series) the player development benefit around promotion and relegation are painfully obvious. But for those still unconvinced we dive into it here.

When we launched Beyond the 90’, we made a commitment to avoid political discussions as political polarization is tearing apart much of the citizenry in western democracies. Football/Soccer should be release from this.

But times unfortunately require us to pivot and the subscriber mailbag is filled with questions which relate to politics and public policy- questions which I hear being talked about every single day by my sources in the world of American soccer.

The reality is football/soccer is a business like any other business and it’s a multi-billion dollar international business at that. So current events are impacting investors confidence and effecting how front offices build rosters and even acquire kits and training gear.

So the questions that have been asked are all valid questions which are beginning to creep into every high-level discussion about the sport in this country. We didn’t want to have to talk about these things, but we have no choice but to do so.

This is the Day Two review of the third round in the 2025 US Open Cup. We had plenty of thrills, chills, and excitement galore as we had six of the eight matches head into extra time, and four of them finished in a penalty kick shootout.

While the majority of the club had USL Championship sides from the second division advancing, the Chattanooga Red Wolves gave us another cupset by knocking off the Las Vegas Lights in the penalty shootout winning all three rounds via the shootout.

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Billy Corben whose production credits include Cocaine Cowboys, Dawg Fight, The U, and The U Part 2 needs no introduction to most of you. For those who don’t know, he’s a relentless advocate for government efficiency in southeast Florida and regularly discusses these topics on the Dan LeBetard Show.

Today he joins us to discuss the soccer stadium hustle in southeast Florida and why Inter Miami CF was given land in BOTH Miami and Fort Lauderdale, why they did not build on land they already owned in Miami as well as discussing the current hustle where tens of millions in taxpayer money is going to support FIFA’s World Cup efforts in Miami- as well as the relocation of some of FIFA’s most important jobs from Switzerland to south Florida.

Even at a time of great political polarization in Florida and the USA, the one clear thing that seems to unite Democrats and Republicans is their desire to scam taxpayers to profit off of sports venues while enabling oligarch owners of sports entities.

This is a MUST-LISTEN to anyone concerned about taxpayer funds being wasted on vanity projects and real estate scams.

Robbie Nelson Sacking Does No Good, Does in Birmingham, Entertaining Monterey Bay/Colorado Springs Match, Charleston Righting Ship and More.

On this Friday Edition of The Third Half:

We look in depth at the departure of Tom Soehn at Birmingham Legion FC.

Detroit City announces friendly with Santos Laguna. welcome Santos Laguna for friendly (June 25th)

The Tampa Bay Rowdies bring in familiar face Yann Ekra as assistant coach.

Rhode Island FC announces The stadium at Tidewater Landing officially has a name.

We also look at the recent signings, community initiatives and take a look at the weekend to come.

As always, thank you for your support of Beyond the 90.

In this video, I will be discussing the Quarterfinals of the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup. Inter Miami defeated LAFC, Tigres defeated LA Galaxy, Cruz Azul defeating club America & the surprise win on away goals by the Vancouver Whitecaps at Pumas