Beyond The Pitch

Chicago Fire and USMNT midfielder Dax McCarty joins Otis & Scott on BTPMLS to talk about the Chicago Fire's season so far, how they'll continue their early season form, what it's like playing alongside Bastian Schweinsteiger and how that has translated into his play for the US Men's National Team, PLUS... where is his favourite Chicago Pizza joint?

USMNT and FC Dallas' KELLYN ACOSTA joins Otis and Scott on Beyond the Pitch's MLS Show. The boys talk to the MLS All Star ao about Kellyn's career coming through every level of FC Dallas & USMNT, his positional change post knee injury, how it feels to represent USMNT and FC Dallas' recent form.

Phil and Martin are joined by Dave Murphy from the superb 'United in Focus' website whilst also discussing the weekend game v Swansea

Miami FC CEO Sean Flynn joins @ScottNicholls on Beyond the Pitch's MLS Show to talk about how he got involved with Miami FC, Riccardo Silva's vision for soccer in the United States, the $4 BILLION TV rights deal that Major League Soccer rejected and why they made the decision to take the fight for Promotion and Relegation to the Court for the Arbitration of Sport.

A clip from the Original Beyond The Pitch show were Danny Higginbotham gives a superb analysis of Manchester United's performance v West Ham, the difference between Lukaku and Ibra along with what who United still need to sign

Hot off the heels of submitting a claim with Miami FC to the Court for the Arbitration of Sport -- Foursquare and Kingston Stockade Founder/Chairman Dennis Crowley joins Scott on BTPMLS to chat about Kingston Stockade: How it all began, what his vision for soccer in America is, and goals for the NPSL moving forward before moving onto the big issue of the day -- Promotion and Relegation, plus some CAS discussion.

In this weeks Original BTP Phil, Martin and Danny Higginbotham take a look back at the weekends Premier League action, they look at Liverpool's defensive frailties, the issues at Chelsea, they preview Tottenham v Chelsea whilst also looking at Manchester United's performance.

In this special episode of Beyond The Pitch, Juan takes a more gastronomical route to football. He had the pleasure to speak

to José Sánchez León and Sergio Camargo of Centerplate.

Both of these individuals took the time to talk about the huge project that they have on their hands this coming football season

in La Liga. José and Sergio will be overseeing the food service

at he new Estadio Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid as Atlético Madrid will move into their new state-of-the-art stadium in just a few days.

José Sánchez León has been one of the top executive chefs in all

of Spain as he has worked with some of the top restaurants and clients in the entertainment industry in the continent. Meanwhile Sergio Camargo is the head of hospitality for this endeavor as Atleti will look to bring a more family oriented feel to each one of their home matches this coming season. Both took the time off

to talk about the experiences they had in the United States

studying what is done there and how that could better be implemented during a gameday experience using food and outside the pitch entertainment as the major vehicle to have fans further engaged. Both talk about the obstacles there will

be but also the innovation behind a project that promises to be a true game-changer in the sports scene in European football.

The interview is in Spanish, so we will look to have some shownotes with quotes and links to offer greater support content. For more information on this topic you can follow Centerplate on their Twitter account @Centerplate

In the first of the new season, Phil and Martin sit down to review Utd's win v West Ham, they take a look ahead to the Swansea game and discuss everything else that's making the news related to United.

On this special episode of Beyond The Pitch, Juan is joined by former FIFA referee Howard Webb.Heis currently the VAR manager of operations for PRO Referees in the United States.In this interview he talks about how this system will work not just in the US but also throughout various leagues and how they all have to follow IFAB regulations tobeon board. He also talks about referees and the current state of the game.Howard also talks about "that blind ref that reffed the 2010 World Cup final". He also talks about gut instinct and how that helped out in the World Cup in Brazil as well as his experience in the Championship and League One that helped him perfect himselfas a referee.To get a better idea of what VAR is and how it will be implemented check out this link: https://youtu.be/Fu_YJJXpqfA You can follow Howard on Twitter @HowardMWebb