With less than three weeks to go before the season gets underway, the Filibuster gang got together to talk about the trialists in D.C. United preseason camp. We start the episode with audio from Bill Hamid, Michael Seaton, Nick DeLeon and Ben Olsen before turning our critical eyes to the likes of Marcos Sanchez, Joseph Nane, Jan Fredericksen and the like.

You've already listened to our live reactions to the very not live 1996 MLS Cup Final; now listen to Adam, Jason and Ben as they give the treatment to the 2004 Eastern Conference Final, called by some the best game in MLS history. Apologies in advance for all the "Better than Ezra" jokes, including the one in the title.

We're back with more offseason coverage. Join the guys from SB Nation's Black & Red United as they discuss the implications of the MLS Reserve League partnership with USL Pro, and in particular D.C. United's affiliation with the Richmond Kickers. We'll cover the MLS SuperDraft and Supplemental Draft and spend some time sorting out Andy Najar's situation in Belgium.

In a very special Filibuster (the Black & Red United podcast, donchaknow), we turn on KickTV's archived copy of D.C. United's first ever MLS Cup Championship, the 1996 Final. The gang got together early in January and watched the game on mute while recording their own reactions and conversation. Here's the result. If you're feeling really ambitious, you can go to KickTV's YouTube channel and watch the game while listening to the podcast. It'll be just like you were there with us.

The boys ring in 2013 with Travis Clark of Top Drawer Soccer and his take on the upcoming MLS SuperDraft. There's also some news up-rounding, and Sepp Blatter opens his big, stupid mouth.

This week, the guys from BlackAndRedUnited.com round up the latest news in MLS and go through D.C. United's roster with a fine-toothed comb to determine where the team should be focusing its player acquisition efforts this offseason.

The guys from B&RU put D.C. United's 2012 season to bed and run through news surrounding the team since the Black-and-Red were eliminated from the MLS Cup Playoffs. Steve Davis joins in for the second segment to help preview the MLS Cup Final between the Los Angeles Galaxy and Houston Dynamo, a rematch of last year's final.

It's a quickie this week; Hurricane Sandy and unrelated technical issues have forced our hand, and the focus this week is entirely on D.C. United's Eastern Conference Semifinal match-up with the New York Red Bulls, better known in the National Capital Region as the Jersey Metroscum. We talk about the teams' three regular season meetings and the upcoming home-and-home aggregate goals series. We also spend some time on the controversy surrounding Date Swap 2012. THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SOME EXPLICIT LANGUAGE.

Join the B&RU gang as we relive Lewis Neal's stoppage time goal that sent D.C. United to the playoffs for the first time since 2007, along with the rest of the Black-and-Red's win over Columbus. We also invite Chicago Fire blogger Ruben Tisch on to preview United's upcoming trip to the Windy City.

The weekly format suits us, and the BlackAndRedUnited.com team is back to review the U.S. Men's National Team's recent wins against Antigua & Barbuda and Guatemala and the path ahead through the Hexagonal final round of World Cup Qualifying to the 2014 Brazil World Cup itself. In the second half, Patrick Guldan of MassiveReport.com joins us to preview this weekend's massive (no pun intended) match-up at RFK Stadium between D.C. United and the Columbus Crew, which could lock up United's first playoff berth in five years. And, as always, we drink.