In our final installment from the Monday Night Live event we did at Hopsquad 11 days ago — it seems like it was farther back in the past than that — Phil West interviews Zac Graham from The North End Podcast and Paul Fletes from The Verdependent about the work they're doing to cover Austin FC, their takes on the season so far, and then their hot takes, with the winner taking on Eli Lesser for (one of the) Hot Take Challenge Cup titles. 

(We'll resume our regular schedule ahead of the Copa Tejas match Aug. 9 against Houston. Go enjoy some Leagues Cup matches! They've actually been enjoyable so far ...) 

We continue with our Monday Night Live series of panels, as Phil West interviews Hernan Gonzalez of We Are Austin TV, Scott Specht of We Are Austin TV and the Suffering From Joy podcast, and L.A.-based soccer content creator Eli Lesser. They discuss the MLS season so far, what it's like to create content for soccer fans, and of couse, some hot takes for the Western Conference Content Creator Hot Take Challenge. 

Our tour through last week's Monday Night Live event continues as Moisés Chiullán and Phil West interview Tom Bogert about transfer rumors involving Austin FC, a bad situation for D.C. United that's gotten worse, Soccerwise becoming part of the Kickback family, observations about (and projections for the rest of) the 2025 MLS Season, how Austin FC winning one more game will get him and David Gass to Austin, and he finishes with a roster rules hot take. 

Our series of Monday Night Live recordings continues with Phil West interviewing three excellent national soccer reporters: MLSSoccer.com's Charles Boehm, Backheeled's Joe Lowery, and The Athletic's John Muller (now readying the Futi app for release). They talk about what they've gotten right and wrong about the MLS season so far this year, how the World Cup might impact MLS (or not), and finish out the lively conversation by participating in a Hot Take Challenge Cup. 

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In this episode, recorded live at the Monday Night Live event at Hopsquad Brewing on July 21, the Swoontower Soccer co-hosts and half of the Moontower Soccer team take the stage to share their first Austin FC memories, shoot down a player acquisition rumor before it's allowed to happen, talk of their favorite non-Brad Stuver Austin FC players, and finish by kicking off the Hot Take Challenge Cup. 

In this episode, Moisés Chiullán and Phil West share some thoughts about the All-Star Game and the no-show of a certain pair of Inter Miami players, take a brief look at a D.C. United team that Austin FC should beat handily, get a bit into new signing Mateja Đorđević, and finish up with the learning experience that Austin FC II goalkeepers had getting shot on by All-Stars. 

In this episode, Phil West talks to Max Bretos about announcing the All-Star Game for Sirius XM FC, his work with Apple TV and how this season has been from his perspective, which All-Stars from both leagues excite him the most, what he thinks of Austin this season, what barbecue he's enjoyed and should try next, and where he's planning to get a cowboy hat in Austin. (Also, this is unique among Emergency Podcasts in not having even a brief cold open or a hearty hello.) 

In this episode, Moisés Chiullán and Phil West talk about all the pre-All-Star Game events around Austin, including a very big ball (and two people you know quite well) at the Domain, share a preview of a Max Bretos interview which will go up on this feed on Sunday, talk about the most recent two Austin FC matches (including some very spicy comments about refereeing), and touch on the current 8-8-6 record and that's eerily identical to last year's record after 22 matches. 

In this episode, Moisés Chiullán talks to MLS/MexTour PR tour de force Gabe Gabor about the upcoming Soccer Celebration in Austin this weekend, leading into the 2025 All-Star Game — starting with Verde All Day being snubbed for the media Goalie Wars competition but also getting into the fun things you get to do. 

In this episode, Moisés Chiullán and Phil West wonder whether they're personally responsible for cursing Austin FC, get into the amazing U.S. Open Cup triumph over San Jose, discuss how many points Verde should get from their next three matches, talk about how interesting Owen Wolff has become, and dip a bit into All-Star talk (which includes annoucement of a fun Monday night event).