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What's up Internet! This week on Last Word SC Radio, the Boyz are back together. Matt leads us through a double game week edition of MLS Red Light, Green Light, Yellow Light. Jamie's feeling better about the New England Revolution. Matt thinks NYCFC are back in form for good. Dan's concerned about Portland. And Harvey tries to make sense of Charlotte. 

Then we go over the U.S. Open Cup Round of 16, giving games to watch and predicting a winner and Cupsets. In the Round Table, we analyze the USMNT roster and Leeds United potentially becoming Leeds USA.

What's up, Internet? On this women's soccer episode of Last Word Soccer Club Radio, Rachael Kriger and Trebor Tracy are back at the microphones and talking all things NWSL, U.S. Soccer and preview the upcoming UWCL Final between Barcelona and Lyon.

The two break down four teams in two categories: contenders and pretenders. Be sure to like, subscribe and review our show and the podcast!

What's up, Internet? This week, it's Rachael Kriger, Harvey Cruz and Jamie Rooke giving you all your MLS news and chatter.

The trio talks about the rumors of Lionel Messi to MLS that were almost instantly shot down by his agent. Also, in more legitimate transfer news, the three talk about Giorgio Chiellini and if we could see the Italian in an LAFC shirt in the near future.

We then move on to Red Light, Yellow Light and Green Light. Rachael and Harvey argue about D.C. United and what it will take Harvey to get on the hype train. We talk chaos with our picks and then move into last words.

Alex and Chace are back with a lot to discuss this week as the first round of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs has wrapped up. Now, they look to preview round two of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. The site already has lots of coverage, but Alex and Chace are breaking down each matchup. Starting with what happened in their first-round series. Breaking down all eight series and what happened. Did it go as they predicted? Did it go wildly different? Why?

After that, they quickly look at the losing team and ask where do they go from here? For some, the future is bright and this was just a good experience. For others, this felt like the last kick at the can. And one team, the guys aren't even sure what to even say about it. They then preview the second-round matchups and what to expect from each team.

Finally, they quickly look at two NHL Head Coach firings that happened this past week. As well as a player retirement and a management position that is now open.

Ghana made it through their qualifying campaign thanks to an away goal from Thomas Partey and now find themselves in Group H with Portugal, Uruguay, and South Korea. 

 

This is Know Your Teams where history, the route to the tournament (in this case the 2022 FIFA World Cup), coaching, players, and opponents are detailed and discussed in how it could all make a difference in how far they could go. So be sure to subscribe as this weekly team preview series continues. 

 

You can watch this in video format here:  https://youtu.be/XKSLZgftaEI

 

Also, since Ghana has so many rumored players that may wind up making a decision to play for the team prior to the World Cup, this is discussed as well before making a final decision on a best-case scenario for the tournament too, which is the main reason why this is episode goes over the hour mark.  

 

* This was recorded on the same day Eddie Nketiah and Callum Hudson-Odoi had confirmed they would play for Ghana. At that time the other players mentioned at the end of the video including Tariq Lamptey had not been confirmed yet. I will be giving updates to any teams that are covered in this series in later podcasts. *

Episode 43 of the Last Word on Senators Podcast is here! Today, Alex has the one and only Jamie McLennan join him to discuss the Ottawa Senators roster, season, and offseason coming up. First, Alex discusses the Pierre McGuire firing that happened this week. A pretty surprising piece of news from the Senators, Alex looks at McGuire's time here and why the Sens made the right choice fixing a mistake instead of compounding a sunk cost.

With McLennan, Alex gets into players seasons such as Shane Pinto, Connor Brown, Tim Stutzle, and more. Looking at who or what the team can add alongside those guys to make this roster a competing one next year. Additionally, they look at the goaltending situation and what to expect from Anton Forsberg next season. With Matt Murray and his health a question, will the Sens use a three-goalie rotation? All of this and more, with the Last Word on Sens Podcast!

After a long break, Alex is finally back! The season has finally come to an end, and although the Ottawa Senators season didn't go quite as some hoped or expected, it still left lots to talk about. Today, Alex is joined once again by Kevin Lee! The two will give their Ottawa Senator season grades. Going through each player, and describing their season vs expectations and how they did. 

Much like last season, Kevin based his grades on what the players did vs his own expectations heading into the season. Alex tries to balance that and the actual output of the player. For example, they discuss if and how Colin White should be affected by his contract. As well, does someone like Matt Murray who now has a history of injuries, get docked for not staying healthy? Finally, the two also take a look at coaching and management and discuss why it's not a good thing the narrative is almost the exact same as the last offseason.

On the fifth time of asking a Major League Soccer club has finally won the CONCACAF Champions League. Seattle Sounders FC came in as favorites and came through some adversity with injuries early on, but in the end, their depth and quality shone through with a 3-0 win on the night and 5-2 on aggregate, the gold standard of MLS become the first US side to win the CCL. Erik and Sean discuss how big the moment really is, the players that made it happen, and what it means to be going to the FIFA Club World Cup as well.

 

Also, the UEFA Champions League has an England vs Spain final as Liverpool dispatched Villarreal 5-2 on aggregate after a nervy first half that saw the Yellow Submarine make a comeback. However, this pales in comparison to the comeback the Spanish champions Real Madrid pulled off against Manchester City. After a quiet game, they exploded at the last minutes to force Extra Time and win it, in the end, to compete for their potentially 14th Champions League crown.

 

Russia receives further bans from UEFA removing the Women's team from this summer's Women's EURO 2022, relegating the Russian Men's side to the third tier of the Nations League, and even banning them from UEFA Youth competitions too.

 

You can also watch the show on video here:  https://youtu.be/e6_iK4IK_nQ

The Islamic Republic of Iran qualified not only at the top of their group in the 2022 Asian Football Confederation World Cup Qualifying but also as the overall best team in said qualifying, and they are the top-ranked Asian side as well.

 

Drawn in Group B with England, USA, and TBA team of either Scotland, Wales, or Ukraine, Team Melli looks to make it to the Round of 16 for the first time ever. This is Know Your Teams, a weekly series on each team competing at the FIFA World Cup 2022.

 

Sean and Erik go through each team's World Cup history, the road to the FIFA World Cup 2022, discuss the coach, some of the major and perhaps lesser-known players, formations, style of play, and of course also do their best to predict a best-case scenario for each team as well.

 

You can watch this show on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/dxtMrwLqwdg

What's up Internet? This week on Last Word SC Radio, the boys are back to preview the CCL Final second leg on Wednesday. Matt, Dan, and Harvey are joined with Jamie Rooke, our New England Revolution beat writer. 

We do MLS Red Light, Green Light, Yellow Light with a quarter of the 2022 season done. We then talk all things CCL and predict if Seattle Sounders will be the first team to win it when they play Wednesday. Then we discuss recent news in the Round Table. You can find that article here.