Extratime

In this episode, Andrew Wiebe, David Gass, Matt Doyle and Calen Carr marvel at the wonder that is Zlatan Ibrahimovic. For on-field exploits, how about a hat-trick to take his season total to 26 goals? For off-field headlines, how about claiming he’s the “best ever” player in MLS history? Well, is Zlatan right? The guys tackle that question and the Galaxy’s ever increasing playoff chances. And for those with Zlatan fatigue, we’ve got plenty more…

Also in the episode … New Chicago Fire owner Joe Mansueto calls in to share his vision for the club, ideal Designated Player profile and what a move to Soldier Field in 2020 will do for the fanbase. Plus, what is Minnesota United’s 2019 narrative and should the Loons re-sign Darwin Quintero? Might it be better if Portland DON’T have a home playoff game? Which teams around the East playoff line will stay above it? Mario Mandzukic to LAFC?

2:50 – Zlatan says he’s MLS’s “best ever” player. Is he right?

15:25 – What is the Minnesota United narrative for 2019?

18:23 – Should the Loons re-sign Darwin Quintero?

25:09 – Where was Brian Fernandez? Timbers on the road in the playoffs?

34:04 – INTERVIEW: New Fire owner Joe Mansueto on Solider Field, rebrand, Chicharito

45:49 – What was the worst result of the weekend?

48:55 – Digging in on the Eastern Conference: playoff line, NYCFC, PHI-LAFC

58:52 – Are Toronto FC actually MLS Cup contenders?

In this episode, Andrew Wiebe, David Gass, Bobby Warshaw and Susannah Collins get hyped about David Beckham’s reported Inter Miami pitch to Lionel Messi. Messi can reportedly get out of his contract (for free!) in June. So will he? And what would Messi in MLS look like? Plus, a suspended Matias Almeyda sneaks around the stadium, Andre Shinyashiki goes hypebeast Guy Fawkes with the dye job and USMNT glass half full/empty with SB Nation’s Kim McCauley.

Also in the episode … Who is the MLS Rookie of the Year leader? Which non-playoff team is best equipped for 2020? Are the playoffs slipping away from Zlatan and the Galaxy … again? Is Orlando City’s future bright after improved 2019? Do the Union have anything to prove against LAFC? Is MLS sending its best to Concacaf Champions League? How many players would you take from 2014 USMNT on 2019 version?

3:32 – Get hyped about Beckham’s reported Inter Miami pitch to Leonel Messi!

8:29 – Riffing on MLS midweek: Toronto FC, Almeyda, Superman celebration

13:31 – Who is the MLS Rookie of the Year leader?

15:48 – Which non-playoff team is best equipped for 2020?

21:08 – Are the playoffs slipping away from Zlatan and the Galaxy … again?

26:30 – Is Orlando City’s future bright after improved 2019? Or is 2020 too soon?

29:46 – Do the Union have anything to prove against LAFC?

32:26 – LAFC to CCL! Can they win it? Who else does the crew want to see in?

36:17 – If the playoffs started today, here’s what Susannah would want to see

38:43 – Why is watching/following the USMNT such a downer?

43:45 – INTERVIEW: Kim McCauley (SB Nation) on USMNT present & future

57:22 – Canada’s ideal international window! Two wins and some Hex help

1:02:17 – How many players would you take from 2014 USMNT on 2019 version?

Mailbag episode! Andrew Wiebe, Matt Doyle and Bobby Warshaw answer a flood of listener questions following the US national team’s 3-0 loss to Mexico. What’s the narrative around the team? Can it be spun as anything but a disaster? What is progress? Is Gregg Berhalter an Ideologue? Why are Wil Trapp and Gyasi Zardes starting? Is it too late for players to pick up the system? How might Tyler Adams change things? Can we count on John Brooks? Is there a Plan B? Is Mexico just better?

Also in the episode … Duane Rollins calls in to talk Canada and the Nations League. Could an MLS team beat Mexico? How will NYCFC do without Heber? Is Dome Torrent a Coach of the Year candidate? Who should D.C. United sign to replace Rooney and Lucho? What is Jonathan Lewis’ ceiling? Who deserves the blame if the Galaxy miss the playoffs? Will Sporting KC sign a big-time No. 9?

3:40 – USA lose to Mexico … is the sky falling? What is the narrative?

8:30 – What progress did Doyle and Warshaw see against Mexico?

15:34 – Is Gregg Berhalter an ideologue? Should Trapp start?

23:30 – Should Sargent, Pomykal and the other young guns start?

27:10 – Can USA rely on John Brooks? How has Weston McKennie done with USA?

35:43 – Is Extratime too “buddy buddy” with Berhalter?

38:31 – The Tata Counterfactual: What would USA look like with Martino in charge?

41:24 – Duane Rollins (Host of Soccer Today) takes ETR to task on Canada

50:08 – MLS Mailbag: NYCFC, Dome Torrent, LuchoRoo replacements in D.C., Jonathan Lewis’ ceiling

57:47 – Who takes the heat if the Galaxy miss the playoffs? Will Sporting KC sign a big-time No. 9?

In this episode, Andrew Wiebe, David Gass and Bobby Warshaw have a long conversation about Sergino Dest, emerging Ajax fullback, US U-20 star and US national team starter against Mexico. Only … we didn’t know that when we recorded! So the guys ponder whether Gregg Berhalter will start the 19-year-old dual national, who just got a call from the Dutch U-23s and what the push and pull says about the program. Plus, Bobby builds his ideal “play proactively” XI against El Tri.

>Also in the episode … Nations League begins and Canada know they’ve got to be perfect! The guys heap praise on the underrated Maxi Moralez, NYCFC’s diminutive playmaker. Are LAFC vulnerable without Carlos Vela? Yeah, probably. Top expansion draft picks and most disappointing MLS team of the last decade.

3:40 – Sergino Dest … Should he start vs. Mexico (he will, says Berhalter) and what’s his future with USMNT?

23:12 – How should the US play against Mexico?

32:38 – Goal.com’s Jon Arnold gives the Mexico perspective

39:36 – Why Concacaf Nations League matters and is very fun

43:37 – Why Canada has to be perfect to get into the Hex … and that’s fair

48:05 – Maxi Moralez is the most underrated attacker in MLS

52:48 – Are LAFC just a little bit vulnerable? What if Vela is out come playoffs?

55:10 – MAIL: Best expansion draft pick of all-time? Most disappointing team in the last decade?

In this special Labor Day episode, Andrew Wiebe and David Gass bring you interviews with four fascinating (but wildly different) North American soccer personalities. First up, Ike Opara, who arrived in Minnesota this offseason to help turn the Loons’ fortunes around. In his spare time, he grills opponents, friends and follow professional players on the BS Podcast.

Also in the episode … DaMarcus Beasley on his final season, why he doesn’t get showered in gifts like Landon Donovan and the embarrassing accessory his running mate refused to part with back in the day. Plus, Earthquakes midfielder and US national team prospect Jackson Yueill sits down with David in Los Angeles, and Austin da Luz talks life in the second division as as he prepares to hang up his boots.

2:08 – Ike Opara on Minnesota United, marking Zlatan and podcasting 101

26:40 – DaMarcus Beasley is walking away, but he’s still got stories to share

37:01 – Jackson Yueill explains what Matias Almeyda is like behind the scenes

45:37 – North Carolina FC’s Austin da Luz on Playing for Pride, the second division

In this episode, Andrew Wiebe, David Gass and Bobby Warshaw chat with US men’s national team head coach Gregg Berhalter for nearly half an hour. You’ll hear from Berhalter on Christian Pulisic’s best position, Paxton Pomykal and Miles Robinson’s development, what he learned from the Gold Cup, why positions are just one way to look at the game and how he and his staff monitor, scout, evaluate and communicate with the player pool.

Also in this show: Atlanta United outlast Minnesota United in the US Open Cup final … Nashville SC general manager Mike Jacobs on the club’s first-ever Designated Player, Hany Mukhtar … Playoff dates released, what does it mean? … Biggest games of the weekend are __________

1:35 – Atlanta United lift another trophy! US Open Cup final recap

12:03  – Playoff schedule is out … so who has an advantage?

14:30 – INTERVIEW: Gregg Berhalter goes deep on USMNT (Pulisic, Pomykal, Dest, tactics, dual nationals)

40:35 – USMNT roster takeaways from Warshaw, Wiebe and Gass

43:01 – Biggest matches of MLS Week 26

47:30 – INTERVIEW: Mike Jacobs on Nashville SC’s new DP, Hany Mukhtar

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In this episode, Andrew Wiebe, David Gass, Matt Doyle and Bobby Warshaw sit down to recap all the action from Heineken Rivalry Week. First up, El Trafico, the most bonkers rivalry in MLS (on the field, at least). That’s in large part thanks to Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who is living rent-free in LAFC’s own building. Doyle and Warshaw break down the tactics and Gass shares his experience inside Banc of California Stadium.

Also in this show … Hell is Real lives up to the billing (and the guys eulogize FC Cincinnati), FC Dallas make a point in the Texas Derby, 2nd place in the West is up for grabs, NYCFC might just be the best team in the East, Philadelphia’s quest for a successful season, US Open Cup preview and an interview with new Colorado Rapids head coach Robin Fraser.

3:00 – LAFC can’t get over El Trafico hump

18:50  – Hell is Real! Zardes’ redemption and FC Cincy’s eulogy

28:45 – Second best team in the West? Who knows!

35:06 – Why Bobby has come around on Dome Torrent, NYCFC

39:01 – What does a successful season for the Union look like?

41:19 – Atlanta United vs. Minnesota United in the US Open Cup preview

45:30 – INTERVIEW: Robin Fraser, new head coach of the Colorado Rapids

56:47 – Mailbag: Top 10 central defenders in MLS

Heineken Rivalry Week is here! Andrew Wiebe and Bobby Warshaw celebrate by eulogizing the San Jose backline (RIP, Vela was here) then hitting the phones. First up, Max Bretos in Los Angeles to talk about LAFC’s historic success and a looming El Trafico. Mike Conti is next up from Atlanta, talking to a couple “idiots” about Josef Martinez’s troll game and the Orlando City rivalry. Then it’s Patrice Bernier, now an Impact assistant coach, to dissect Montreal’s 24-hour coaching carousel and the Canadian Classique.

Also in this show … The USL Show and St. Louis native Phill Grooms on supporter culture and buzz as MLS team No. 28 goes official!

• 3:23 – What more can you say about LAFC? Bobby gives it a try
• 6:55 – “Overall cool dude” Max Bretos on historic LAFC, El Trafico
• 21:46 – Mike Conti drops Atlanta United knowledge on a couple “idiots”
• 34:13 – Remi Garde out, Wilmer Cabrera in … Patrice Bernier explains
• 46:15 – What is #MLS4TheLou going to look like? St. Louis native Phill Grooms explains
• 56:43 – You get to score one MLS goal and then you gotta retire … What’s it gonna be?

With Andrew in transit purgatory David is joined by Bobby, Doyle, and Calen to decide which of them is the biggest “idiot”. Then they try to solve the unsolvable questions. Who is the second best team in MLS? Is Carlos Vela the most entertaining player in league history? And of course who will make the 2019 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs?

Plus Bobby rallies the LA Galaxy ahead of the Leagues Cup Semifinal, a Heineken Rivalry Week preview and big news coming out of St. Louis. 

5:50 - Who's the 2nd Best team in the league

12:10 - Carlos Vela & LAFC Conversation

20:18 - The current playoff situation in MLS

29:35 - How good are the Revs?

35:27 - Whitecaps make a big move, what's the plan for the future?

40:07 - MLS in St. Louis?

51:39 - Mailbag

In this episode, Andrew Wiebe, David Gass, Charlie Davies and Susannah Collins celebrate and dissect a Major League Soccer’s first final triumph over Liga MX in more than 20 years! Atlanta United knocked off Club America, 3-2, to win the second-ever Campeones Cup. David was there – it was electric at Mercedes Benz Stadium – to witness the magic of Piojo Herrera in person, Charlie says Darlington Nagbe needs another look from the USMNT and the whole crew tries to put the win in perspective.  

Also in this show … Houston Dynamo GM Matt Jordan on Wilmer Cabrera’ dismissal and the future of the club, Ike Opara vs. the field for Defender of the Year, analyzing the ailing Sounders, celebrating the reported expansion to St. Louis and trying to imagine MLS’s future structure and hypothetical celebrity owners in MLS.

3:03 – MLS, ATL top Liga MX, Club America in Campeones Cup

8:01 – Why Darlington Nagbe should get another look with US

18:40 – INTERVIEW: Dynamo GM Matt Jordan on future of the club

39:13 – Charlie Davies says playoff hopes are dead for these teams…

43:58 – Ike Opara for Defender of the Year? Who else has a shot?

50:49 – #MLS4TheLou: Reported expansion to St. Louis!

55:01 – How might MLS work with 28 teams? Wiebe’s plan

57:55 – Which hypothetical celebrity owners would make MLS more fun?