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Pro Soccer USA's Glenn Crooks interviews the Head of Women's Football for Concacaf, Karina LeBlanc.

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Among MLS hot topics are expansion, collective bargaining and a new television contract. Pro Soccer USA's Glenn Crooks spends time going over some specifics with sports business insider, Corey Leff, the founder of JohnWallStreet.

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Pro Soccer USA's Glenn Crooks has a conversation with Albert Puig, the former Academy director at La Masia and new coach of Albirex Niigata in Japan

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Pro Soccer USA's Glenn Crooks talks to New York City FC goalkeeper and MLSPA player representative Brad Stuver about current CBA negotiations and the departure of his coach, Dome Torrent.

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Pro Soccer USA's Glenn Crooks reports on the possibility that New York City FC has a primary target for a soccer specific stadium in the Bronx.

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The New York City Football Club won the Eastern Conference regular season championship for the first time in the five-year history of the club.  As the top seed, NYCFC earned a playoff bye in the opening round but were foiled in the conference semifinals by Toronto FC.

The coach who guided City to the franchise's best season may now be on his way out. In his post-game press conference, Dome Torrent intimated that the Toronto match could very well have been his final match with the club. When he was asked if he had a desire to return for the 2020 season, Torrent was not vague with his response.

“It’s not important. They are ready for another coach." 

Pro Soccer USA's Glenn Crooks is the radio voice of New York City FC and has followed the club both home, away and at their weekly training sessions. He will share Torrent's comments and welcome in the TV commentator for the team on the YES Network, Joe Tolleson.

Torrent told Tolleson after the loss to Toronto FC, "That is soccer. Good luck next year."

Crooks will also be joined by Tom Scholes, author of the new book, "Stateside Soccer" - a thorough history of the soccer origins in the states with a close-up look at both Major League Soccer and New York City FC.

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Pro Soccer USA's Glenn Crooks previews the opening round of the MLS Western Conference playoffs this weekend with a bevy of journalists and broadcasts. Matt Pentz of The Athletic and Arman Kafai from Pro Soccer USA preview Seattle Sounders-FC Dallas; TV commentators Brian Dunseth and Ross Smith give their thoughts about Real Salt Lake-Portland Timbers and Pro Soccer USA duo Kyle Eliason and Brittany Pergl give their thoughts on Minnesota United-LA Galaxy.

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Pro Soccer USA's Glenn Crooks interviews writers and broadcasters from across the country to preview the opening round matches in the MLS Cup Playoffs. In this episode, the Eastern Conference: Atlanta United-New England Revolution with Chris Fuhrmeister and Julian Cardillo; Philadelphia Union-New York Red Bulls with Joe Tansey and Dylan Butler; Toronto FC-DC United with Kristian Jack and Emily Olsen.

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Pro Soccer USA editor and co-founder Alicia DelGallo had a unique opportunity to visit the home of outgoing US Women's National Team coach, Jill Ellis and publish an exclusive interview with the two-time FIFA Coach of the Year. DelGallo joins Glenn Crooks to share the memorable moments of their wide-ranging conversation.

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Diego Maradona was an iconic, enigmatic and tragic figure all of which is captured in the documentary, "Diego Maradona."

Academy Award winning director Asif Kapadia tells Pro Soccer USA's Glenn Crooks that he discovered 500 hours of archived footage which provides the essence of the man best known for his slalom through England in the quarterfinals of the 1986 World Cup and the "Hand of God" goal in the same match.

“I can tell you that having done so much research on Diego Maradona I’ve seen him do it three or four times," Kapadia said. Half the time he gets away with it, half the time he gets caught.”

Kapadia explains that his film spends considerable time on the incredible seven years Maradona played for Napoli.

“The most expensive player in the world goes to one of the poorest cities in Europe and takes a team that’s never won anything before, was about to be relegated and within three years wins a championship. That is the less well known part of his story.”

Also in this episode, the post match thoughts of coach Dome Torrent, goalkeeper Sean Johnson and defender Sebastian Ibeagha after New York City FC clinched their first Eastern Conference Championship.

City lost their match at New England but then got a little help from their friends in Columbus.

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