Moisés Chiullán and Phil West got an audience with Austin FC head coach Nico Estévez, with the topics ranging from "formations aren't real" to the role of fullbacks to his work with his assistant coaches and what the transition's been like going from FC Dallas to the U.S. Men's National Team to Austin FC in less than a year. 

Moisés Chiullán and Phil West — they built this podcast! They built this podcast on ridiculous kit leaks! (cue the synths) ... and another one befell Austin FC this week. They discuss a certain Austin influencer who released the Electric Watermelon Kit into the wild, plus the Myrto Uzuni and Besard Sabovic signings, the apparent strategy to [eschew] a true No. 10 in favor of a boatload of 6s and 8s, photos from preseason, and exciting new developments about Verde All Day, plus the usual array of suspect pop culture references. 

This week, Moisés Chiullán and Phil West give you a brief glimpse behind the curtain, and then dive into all the news, including Sebastián Driussi's move to River Plate, the Nicolás Dubersarsky signing, the all-but-official Myrto Uzuni signing, plus "an exclusive interview with Austin FC sporting director Rodolfo Borrell," some formation contemplation and musings on the new home kit leak and why it might be better than that one photo has led you to believe. 

Moisés Chiullán and Phil West record their first podcast of 2025, delving into the Brandon Vàzquez rumor, the Ilie Sánchez signing, the Besard Šabović rumor (including a fun fact about his reality TV past), discussion of outgoing VerDos players, and a little bit of discussion about what the new home kit might include in its design. 

In this episode, Moisés Chiullán and Phil West look at Austin FC's 2025 schedule and discuss what immediately jumps out to them, including seven league matches in the month of May alone. They also talk about Verde's three new assistant coaches who are all 30somethings, Spanish, and attractive, and talk about about the league just casually dropping each team's GAM totals as if to mock all the hard-working nerds that had been calculating their favorite club's GAM themselves. They also talk about a possible new VerDos signing named Vlad. (Also, there's news of a survey to come and a possible change with the start of the new year; look to Verde All Day for that survey soon.) 

Moisés Chuillán and Phil West, recently back on land after a boat ride on Lady Bird Lake with Austin FC fans, talk about possible free agent pickups for Verde, MLS Cup and the regrettable Riqui Puig injury, the upcoming San Diego FC expansion draft (including brief mourning of Austin FC's expansion draft choices), and what MLS Commissioner Don Garber recently said about changes that may or may not come to the league, Leagues Cup, and scheduling in the upcoming World Cup year. They also give music recommendations hatched on that boat ride. 

Moisés Chuillán and Phil West were thrilled with your mailbag questions and answered a number of them (with others answered in a written format you'll see Thanksgiving morning). They also discussed some transfer rumors that probably won't come to fruition, a fun MLS Playoffs that is now featuring one of the four teams you expected to still be in it, and then, if your heart can take it, the cutest seven-year-old on the planet dunking on what deserves to be dunked on. (It runs in the family!) 

Moisés Chiullán and Phil West check back in after several weeks away, discussing the roster moves that Austin FC has made, and what's left to be done to finish the project of making the 2025 roster. Also, Verde probably needs a striker, so they entertain the Marvin Ducksch rumor and weigh whether German Budget Chicho Arango is the move. Also, one of us does some impressions you may or may not enjoy. Only one way to find out. 

This week, Moisés Chiullán and Phil West are back and discussing Austin FC's new coach, the Berhalter-adjacent Spaniard who was most recently at FC Dallas. After pondering that, including Phil recalling a weird interview experience from 2022, they get into the four player renewals that also dominated the week's Austin FC news, and what might be next from the offseason advent calendar. 

For Austin FC fans, as Moisés Chiullán and Phil West discuss, life after Josh Wolff meant a Rodolfo Borrell press conference where he touched on the new coaching search, who will serve as interim, what will happen with some current players, and other miscellaneous ponderings about the future. For Emergency Podcast, we're looking for now outro cue ideas now that we've retired the "Where's Phil?" clip.