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David Burgin joins Larry Johnson and host Rick Gethin on this week's podcast.

00:60 HEADLINES

• We dig into what happened in Toronto, firings, poor results

• It will just take a couple wins for them to stay in it

• Missing Defoe

• MLS Commissioner on Promotion / Relegation

• "A very shallow pool"

• Soccer people are not "I watch all sports, people"

19:00 COLUMBUS CREW

• We all assume Crew beat Chivas (which they do)

• Berhalter's playoff goal 49 pts (via Jardy and Dispatch)

• Philly, New England key

• David talks about how much one player can impact

• Kraft swooping in to get Jones

• Organizational distractions

• Players with MLS experience

• Wil Trapp's future, "crossroads?"

• Manchester City Trailist in Columbus

• Bedell's play, one touch back to the midfield

39:20 MLS STANDINGS, NOTES

• Eastern Conference table

• NY vs Sporting KC

• Toronto is the dark horse

• Intense time of MLS calendar, competitively

• Western Conf look

• Colorado... guh

• Klopas frustration

• Player apathy

• Henry fire

54:35 QUICK HIT

• USL Pro / MLS Reserve relationship

• Spreading the money, thin

00:50 HEADLINES

• Jermaine Jones "blind draw," New England got him

• Getting that +1 or +2 home game (playoffs) critical

• Guardian piece on Jones

• Steve Goff and Bruce Arena interview, Washington Post

• (the competitive format, MLS speed bump)

15:15 COLUMBUS CREW

• "Montreal shut them down" - Rick Gethin

• Number Nine conversation (Bedell) conversation

• Crew got out possessed in the first half

• ...more Bedell conversation, giving fair shake

• Every minute is an investment in a player

• Berhalter audio, every game is like a final, comments

• Inexperience traveling, midsummer game

• "The perfect Josh Williams game"

• Berhalter audio, individual battles

• Sharpness wasn't there

39:05 HEADLINES

• Ultimate Parity, LET'S GET TO THE RESULTS!

• LA going on a rampage since Crew

• Sporting being un-sporting

• Some Toronto comments (right before Nelsen got let go)

• Relying on a system, knowing and understanding your process

• Playoff picture, if that's your thing

• Toronto falling has created a cluster

• Colorado epic collapse

• Las Vegas expansion news (link)

• Pro radio man Larry messes up audio on live radio and blames a cat

57:20 HEADLINE(s)

• Sports Business Journal, U.S. soccer growth

00:50 HEADLINES

• Jermaine Jones "blind draw," New England got him

• Getting that +1 or +2 home game (playoffs) critical

• Guardian piece on Jones

• Steve Goff and Bruce Arena interview, Washington Post

• (the competitive format, MLS speed bump)

15:15 COLUMBUS CREW

• "Montreal shut them down" - Rick Gethin

• Number Nine conversation (Bedell) conversation

• Crew got out possessed in the first half

• ...more Bedell conversation, giving fair shake

• Every minute is an investment in a player

• Berhalter audio, every game is like a final, comments

• Inexperience traveling, midsummer game

• "The perfect Josh Williams game"

• Berhalter audio, individual battles

• Sharpness wasn't there

39:05 HEADLINES

• Ultimate Parity, LET'S GET TO THE RESULTS!

• LA going on a rampage since Crew

• Sporting being un-sporting

• Some Toronto comments (right before Nelsen got let go)

• Relying on a system, knowing and understanding your process

• Playoff picture, if that's your thing

• Toronto falling has created a cluster

• Colorado epic collapse

• Las Vegas expansion news (link)

• Pro radio man Larry messes up audio on live radio and blames a cat

57:20 HEADLINE(s)

• Sports Business Journal, U.S. soccer growth

Rick Gethin and Larry Johnson sit down for an hour to talk soccer, MLS and the Columbus Crew.

00:45 HEADLINES

• Tim Howard "retired" from international play

• Batotelli news, Liverpool

• Premier League results

• Tim Leiweke leaving MLSE

• How much more could 100m spend get you in MLS

16:40 COLUMBUS CREW

• Giancarlo Gonzalez transfer to Palermo

• Impact on final nine games

• Crew gaining momentum

• New badge to look like Hanover 96

• Berhalter's way, style bearing fruit

• What does "turning the corner" mean?

• Finlay and Meram are on fire, rare thing with Crew

• More players playing well than players playing bad

• 33:33 Berhalter audio

38:10 COLUMBUS CREW

• MLS standings, Toronto sinking

• Crew have say on PHI, NE making playoffs

• The Crew are in

• Quick look at the West

• Supporters' Shield race

48:10 QUICK HIT, WRAP UP

• Intentionally Vague: The MLS Rule Book piece

• Don Garber audio ("emerging league")

• Garber "emergence of our system"

• Wacky rules brings criticism

• Garber "no insidious plan"

Rick Gethin and Larry Johnson sit down for an hour to talk soccer, MLS and the Columbus Crew.

00:45 HEADLINES

• Tim Howard "retired" from international play

• Batotelli news, Liverpool

• Premier League results

• Tim Leiweke leaving MLSE

• How much more could 100m spend get you in MLS

16:40 COLUMBUS CREW

• Giancarlo Gonzalez transfer to Palermo

• Impact on final nine games

• Crew gaining momentum

• New badge to look like Hanover 96

• Berhalter's way, style bearing fruit

• What does "turning the corner" mean?

• Finlay and Meram are on fire, rare thing with Crew

• More players playing well than players playing bad

• 33:33 Berhalter audio

38:10 COLUMBUS CREW

• MLS standings, Toronto sinking

• Crew have say on PHI, NE making playoffs

• The Crew are in

• Quick look at the West

• Supporters' Shield race

48:10 QUICK HIT, WRAP UP

• Intentionally Vague: The MLS Rule Book piece

• Don Garber audio ("emerging league")

• Garber "emergence of our system"

• Wacky rules brings criticism

• Garber "no insidious plan"

01:20 HEADLINES

• Talking Barclays Premier League

• Reviewing results

• Thoughts on big teams, structure

• Tottenham, Yedlin "MLS'd"

• We Follow Futbol Promotion and Relegation Survey

19:45 COLUMBUS CREW!

• Pride ourselves on being balanced

• Andy Loughnane hire, good

• Loughnane soundbite

• The word 'turnaround' jumps out to Rick

• "Postcourt, Precourt"

• Stadium naming rights, segregation of duties

• Going beyond fans and supports (politicians)

• Crew whup up on a LA Galaxy A-team

• Outstanding soccer, gushing over the Crew

• Finlay Amazing

• Controls in the process

45:20 MLS NEWS AND NOTES

• Heading results, Sporting KC beating up on TFC, Dallas, San Jose

• No excuse for Toronto losing by multiple goals

• Eastern conference playoff picture

53:45 QUICK HITS, WRAP UP

• FCC changing their thoughts on blackout governance

• How might it relate to the Crew

01:20 HEADLINES

• Talking Barclays Premier League

• Reviewing results

• Thoughts on big teams, structure

• Tottenham, Yedlin "MLS'd"

• We Follow Futbol Promotion and Relegation Survey

19:45 COLUMBUS CREW!

• Pride ourselves on being balanced

• Andy Loughnane hire, good

• Loughnane soundbite

• The word 'turnaround' jumps out to Rick

• "Postcourt, Precourt"

• Stadium naming rights, segregation of duties

• Going beyond fans and supports (politicians)

• Crew whup up on a LA Galaxy A-team

• Outstanding soccer, gushing over the Crew

• Finlay Amazing

• Controls in the process

45:20 MLS NEWS AND NOTES

• Heading results, Sporting KC beating up on TFC, Dallas, San Jose

• No excuse for Toronto losing by multiple goals

• Eastern conference playoff picture

53:45 QUICK HITS, WRAP UP

• FCC changing their thoughts on blackout governance

• How might it relate to the Crew

0:40 HEADLINES

• Landon Donovan retirement, thoughts from the room

• Importance to the US Soccer, MLS (overshadowed)

• Did he take it to the level(?)

• Donovan moments, best American player discussion (Justin doesn't think so)

• Jermaine Jones, MLS

16:20 COLUMBUS CREW

• Mix Diskerud, almost. We jump way in.

• Right fit? What are the needs

• "Vessels for MLS get excuses out, reasons out"

• "..we're like one leg of the table..."

• Limits of Berhalter, focus on many things

• Where is Asher Mendelsohn

• Romain Gall signed

• Toronto FC match comments

• Larry presses the wrong buttons!

• Berhalter audio (at min 30:00)

• Enertaining game

• What to do with Arrieta

39:20 MLS NEWS, NOTES

• MLS standings

• Same old story for some of the playoff bubble teams

• "don't do nothing"

• 13 min "media scrum" telling

• Did this result matter more?

• Expansion draft

• Bobby Warshaw piece, JFK's "We Choose to go to the Moon" speech.

• Stay or go, best situations

55:00 QUICK HITS, WRAP UP

• DC United, Sunderland partnership

• NYCFC and Red Bulls coexisting

0:40 HEADLINES

• Landon Donovan retirement, thoughts from the room

• Importance to the US Soccer, MLS (overshadowed)

• Did he take it to the level(?)

• Donovan moments, best American player discussion (Justin doesn't think so)

• Jermaine Jones, MLS

16:20 COLUMBUS CREW

• Mix Diskerud, almost. We jump way in.

• Right fit? What are the needs

• "Vessels for MLS get excuses out, reasons out"

• "..we're like one leg of the table..."

• Limits of Berhalter, focus on many things

• Where is Asher Mendelsohn

• Romain Gall signed

• Toronto FC match comments

• Larry presses the wrong buttons!

• Berhalter audio (at min 30:00)

• Enertaining game

• What to do with Arrieta

39:20 MLS NEWS, NOTES

• MLS standings

• Same old story for some of the playoff bubble teams

• "don't do nothing"

• 13 min "media scrum" telling

• Did this result matter more?

• Expansion draft

• Bobby Warshaw piece, JFK's "We Choose to go to the Moon" speech.

• Stay or go, best situations

55:00 QUICK HITS, WRAP UP

• DC United, Sunderland partnership

• NYCFC and Red Bulls coexisting

Rick Gethin and Larry Johnson go over the latest in soccer news here in Central Ohio.

00:34 HEADLINES

• Manchester United 7 vs LA Galaxy 0

• The other Manchester 4 vs Sporting KC 1

• Friendlies place in MLS season, Short vs Long Term

• DaMarcus Beasley to Houston Dynamo

• Summer window in the world of MLS

• Sporting KC "national training center"

• Sporting as a "club" with a mission statement!

14:10 COLUMBUS CREW NEWS

• Looking at trends, 1-2 Crew win (2nd in a row)

• Praising Ethan Finlay, in form

• Postgame Gregg Berhalter comments, notes

• Roster stability leading to results, chemistry

• The "intangibles"

• When to tinker with lineup

• Team building

• Hating on fighting for playoff spot... average

• Berhalter has the mind for tops in East

• Transfer window notes

• Jermaine Jones, back to MLS?

37:50 MLS HEADLINES

• ...more Jones

• Columbus as a destination

• Seeing a lot of good players on one team

• Crew players learning to play on there own

• Frank Lampard signing for MLS side NYCFC

51:35 QUICK HIT, WRAP UP

• Intangibles!

• Full year college soccer schedule

• Ian Thomson's piece (link)

• Aligning the schedules...