Infinite Football

On the latest episode of Infinite Football, Ryan is joined by Noah Davis and Andrew Helms discuss the USMNT’s confusing start to World Cup qualifying. Have these three games changed their opinions about the state of the team? Has there been any tangible progress since Gregg Berhalter took over as manager? And, uh, why the hell do they look so different from game to game?

On the latest episode of Infinite Football, Ryan, Tom, and Franco discuss all of the major moves and trends from the summer transfer window: Has the power center of Europe officially shifted to Paris and the Premier League? How many Chelsea teams could qualify for the Champions League? What’s going on with Barcelona and Atletico Madrid and Antoine Griezmann? Why are Manchester United doing this? And plenty more.

Show notes:

-“The Woman Who Accuses Ronaldo of Rape”, Der Spiegel

On the latest episode of Infinite Football, Ryan, Tom, and Franco discuss all of the news surrounding Kylian Mbappe, Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Kane, Manchester City, Real Madrid, and PSG. Then they conclude the show by selecting a new member of the Infinite Football Starting XI. One note: the episode was recorded before Harry Kane confirmed he would be staying at Tottenham.

On the latest episode of Infinite Football, Ryan, Franco, and Tom each offer up their massive overreactions to the first week of the European domestic season. Will Arsenal get relegated? Is Barcelona better without Messi? Is Erling Haaland better than Messi? Listen to find out.

On the latest episode of Infinite Football, Ryan, Tom, and Franco are joined by the Soccer Don, Donnie Kwak, to run back a bigger and better version of this summer’s Euros goals draft. They each draft a player from each of Europe’s five biggest leagues. Come the end of the season, most combined goals wins. Domestic goals only. Let us know who has the best — and more importantly, worst — team.

On the latest episode of Infinite Football, Ryan, Franco, and Tom … preview the Premier League season. Too early? It starts next week! They looked at the betting-market projections for all 20 teams and predicted whether each club would finish over, under, or in the same spot. Note: This episode was recorded on the evening of August 3. Major transfers may or may not have occurred by the time you listen.

On the latest episode of Infinite Football, Ryan and Tom discuss Manchester United’s busy summer. With the arrivals of genuine stars Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane, have they finally figured out the transfer market? Did they really need to give OGS a new contract? And when can they realistically expect to challenge for the Premier League title?

On the latest episode of Infinite Football, Ryan, Franco, and Tom discuss Italy’s win over England in the Euro 2020 final: What did Roberto Mancini get right and what did Gareth Southgate get wrong? Then they touch on Lionel Messi and Argentina’s Copa America triumph before looking ahead to the 2021 World Cup and considering whether or not the success of aggressive soccer this summer will inspire national-team managers to start opening things up.

On the latest episode of Infinite Football, Ryan, Tom, and Franco break down Italy’s win over Spain and England’s win over Denmark before previewing Sunday’s final: Will either manager change things up? Will … anyone score? Who would start in a combined XI? Then they conclude with a discussion about Saturday’s Copa America final between Brazil and Argentina. It’s not quite Messi vs. Neymar, but well, it kind of is.

On the latest episode of Infinite Football, Ryan, Franco, and Tom discuss a wild Round of 16 and look ahead to the quarterfinals: What happened to the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, and France? Are we more or less confident in Spain and Italy after both teams went to ET? Will England ever take more than 9 shots? And: Denmark!