FiftyFive.One Podcast

It's a special interview! Matt Privratsky has been covering the Gophers soccer team all season and he brings you a special one on one with head coach Stefanie Golan.

Wes and Alex go through the good, the bad, and the weird of soccer news. Then they preview the US Men's World Cup Qualifiers this weekend. Minnesota played Houston last weekend, so they'll try to give it its due and probably fail at that task, but looking ahead there are some opportunities to get revenge on Atlanta and Kansas City.

Wes is joined by outgoing president of the Dark Clouds, Jim Oliver. They talk about building and growing supporters culture in Minnesota. They also talk about the thorough beating Minnesota put on Dallas. Jim, a lover of metal, talk about which metal bands can be paired with particular players. So it's that kind of show.

Wes is joined by Rodrigo Sanchez-Chavarria and Alex Schiefferdecker to talk about the NASL's lawsuit against US Soccer, to not talk about Minnesota versus Vancouver, and then to beatify Danladi's game-winner against Montreal. Also, twitter questions went culinary this week, so Rodrigo gives you Peruvian restaurant advice.

Wes and Alex are joined by Tap-in Guide's Curt Baker, who created the brand new soccer app. They all talk about the Minnesota United draw against Philadelphia Union, how dumb VAR is, and whether there are any U-13 Loons who play on the left. Then the pod comes up with the best soccer BBoy crew possible. You'll just have to listen to the end.

Almost five years after he watched his first professional soccer match, Dr. Bill McGuire is finishing his first season as managing partner of Minnesota United FC in MLS. Dr. McGuire joins Wes in the studio to talk about that time. He reflects back on the decisions that led them to MLS and assesses the team's debut in the top league.

Minnesota United got their first road win in MLS (and their first as a team in 503 days), so we're going to celebrate that. Not before Wes gets angry about the team's inability to not just, you know, pass the ball directly at the opposition.

Matt Privratsky joins the pod to talk about the University of Minnesota Gophers soccer team. He has been covering them for FiftyFive.One and they are undefeated in the first four matches of the season.

To celebrate the end of Groundhog's Day the musical, Minnesota United lost twice to Seattle. We sure do love Bill Murray.

Alex joins Wes as the two try to dig through a much better performance from Minnesota that ended in a loss regardless.

After a 4-0 drubbing of DC United, Minnesota turns around and gets a thorough spanking from Seattle. It's like that crappy Kevin Spacey movie, Pay It Forward. Alex joins Wes a the two of them lament the team's inability to keep a basic defensive shape. They sigh deeply and talk about other things.

Back in October, Sport Illustrated's Grant Wahl made an offhand prediction that Minnesota United would not get more than 5 wins in 2017. We have not let him forget that and so to celebrate Minnesota United's 6th win of the season, we have Grant Wahl as a guest. Bill Stenross joins Wes to talk about the rest of the week in soccer.