Fish and Fries: An American Soccer Podcast

The boys embark on their backpacking journey around the continent as they make stops in England, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain to talk about all the big stories and take a look at soccer in some different leagues. They even take a second to chat with "Fabrizio Romano" as they "run into him" along the way! After that culture fest, they "fly" back home and unpack the disaster that currently is US Soccer and air out theor frustrations with the embarassing situation it finds itself within. 

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In today's episode, the boys dive into some of the clubs in the Premier League that are either panicking or singing the praises of their results thus far. We rank our optimism or our levels of concern for these squads, and debate their prospects going forward. Also, we chat Ronaldo cashing in on some sweet, sweet oil money, plus round out the pod discussing the latest USMNT drama with Gregg Berhalter. 

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The Premier League is back and the Boxing Day fixtures played out exactly as we would have expected. The good teams are still good, the bad teams are still bad and nothing has changed despite the six week hiatus. That said, we have plenty more context to explain why these things are as such, and the boys dive deep into what the hell is going on across the league. Plus, with January only a few days away, we look ahead to some transfer rumors, plus look back and reflect on the year that was.

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As we turn the page on the World Cup, we move back into club football with the Premier League kicking off on Monday! We group all 20 teams into 4 neat holiday groups, and tell you what to look for as they get their seasons back underway. Who's lifting the trophy? Who's going down? Who's staying up? And who's super mid? We answer it all, and (nut)crack a few puns along the way in this holiday special pod!

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Argentina are World Cup champions! The boys get together to break down one of the greatest games ever and dive into the fallout surrounding it as Mbappe and Messi put on a show. We also dive into a game of "Fab or Fiction" looking into some potential transfer moves that may come for players out of this tournament. We wrap things up by giving our final thoughts on this World Cup and put the tournamnet to bed, before looking ahead at what's to come. 

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The boys get together to chat about the semifinal matchups at the World Cup. We talk about why France and Argentina came out on top in their fixtures, and also preview their upcoming matchup for championship! Additionally, we give our thoughts on Morocco and Croatia as their title aspirations come to an end. Also, we dive back into the USMNT drama between Berhalter and Gio Reyna, and give more thoughts on how that situation has unfolded. 

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The quarterfinals are in the books and boy is there no lack of storylines coming out of it! Brazil are out, as Croatia keep doing their thing. Morocco continue to shock the world. Messi beefing with old dutch men, and football isn't coming home. We dive into all of it, plus so much more including a quick look ahead to the semifinals, and a few USMNT based stories to round things out. The boys also end with a discussion about the tragic passing of journalist Grant Wahl, and what he has meant to them as US based soccer fans. 

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The round of 16 has come to an end at the World Cup, and the boys take a quick look back at the standout fixtures. Plus, we look at each of our remaining "elite eight" teams and draft them in order of who we think wins this whole damn thing. Finally, we wrap by taking a(nother) deep dive into the state of American soccer after the USMNT were knocked out by the Dutch a few days ago. 

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The boys get together for a reaction pod to the USMNT's loss in the round of 16 versus the Netherlands. We go through the game, tell you what went wrong and what's to blame for this result. We also do some deep refelecting on the tournament as a whole, along with the state of US soceer as we move forward and look ahead to this team's future on the international stage. 

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The boys adjourn to look back at a wild group stage at the World Cup and discuss the biggest surpises of the initial round of play. From Japanese jubilance to Danish despair, we cover all the big shocks from group play! Plus, a quick peek ahead to the first round of knockout fixtures including the USA vs Netherlands. We tell you what we like about the teams, along with who we expect to progress from the round of 16.

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