Over The Ball with Kevin Flynn and Dave Gallego

This week on OTB Kevin, Grayle and Sam discuss the USWNT's 3–0 opening Olympic loss to Sweden, the USMNT's 1–0 Gold Cup victory over Canada and some MLS news before welcoming Gianluca Bottoni—Director of Admissions for the Soccer Management Institute in Rome—to the pod to hear about the various programs they offer for American players in Italy as well as his own experience as an Italian playing college soccer in the US.

This week on OTB Kevin, Grayle and Sam discuss the culmination of both the EURO and Copa America and the massive TV numbers for both tournaments, as well as some MLS news before welcoming Soccer America executive editor Mike Woitalla back to the pod to break down the two USMNT Gold Cup performances so far and look ahead to this weekend's showdown with Canada, plus talk USWNT and where things stand heading into the Olympics.

This week on OTB Kevin, Grayle and Sam discuss and preview both the EURO and Copa America finals, as well as the Gold Cup and USMNT before being joined by huge Azzurri fan Frank Isola of ESPN to hear about his love of the game and talk even more EUROs, covering soccer on PTI and Around the Horn, why Serie A hasn't caught on in the U.S., the level of the NCAA game and who he likes in both this weekend's epic finals.

This week on OTB Kevin, Grayle and Sam run through some of the underlying numbers of EURO 2020 in quiz form, discuss FIFA's punishment of Mexico for homophobic chants and Konrad de la Fuente's move to Marseille before welcoming back multi Emmy winner, and former EURO and World Cup studio host for ESPN Bob Ley to talk about this year's tournament coverage, how the international game has changed over the years and why sports broadcasting will—thanks to COVID—never be the same.

This week on OTB Kevin, Grayle and Sam give their take on the EURO to date before being joined once again by UCLA Professor and sports law expert Steven Bank to help us make sense of the ongoing legal battle between the USWNT and US Soccer, MLS' newly-announced development league, how NCAA rule changes with impact college soccer, Olivia Moultrie's lawsuit against the NWSL and fallout from the Super League.

On OTB this week Kevin, Grayle and Sam discuss the EURO so far including the harrowing scenes in Copenhagen involving Christian Eriksen, the officiating and level of play in the tournament, and the USMNT friendly vs. Costa Rica before being joined again by Fox Soccer Analyst Alexi Lalas to hear his take on the Nations League victory and a summer full of soccer, growing up playing both soccer and hockey and how the two overlap, and of course the recent on-air exchange with Heather O'Reilly that went viral.

This week on OTB Kevin, Grayle and Sam share their thoughts on a wild CONCACAF Nations League win for the USMNT and briefly look ahead to the EURO before being joined by MLSsoccer.com Senior Writer Matt Doyle to hear his takeaways on the match including which players impressed or regressed, and how Gregg Berhalter altered his team's tactical approach at the outset and made in-game adjustments even if, in the end, this one was more about emotion and desire than strategy.

This week on OTB Kevin, Grayle and Sam break down the Champions League final both on and off the field along with Inter Miami's recent legal issues before being joined by Soccer America executive editor Mike Woitalla to discuss the USMNT friendly defeat to Switzerland and preview tonight's CONCACAF Nations League semi-final against Honduras as well as look ahead to the Gold Cup in a summer filled with soccer.

This week on OTB Kevin, Grayle and Sam discuss the Europa League final and shootout in general, Catarina Macario and where she fits with the Olympic squad, and look ahead to the Champions League final and USMNT friendly vs. Switzerland before welcoming ESPN Columnist Jeff Carlisle to dissect his recent MLS Power Rankings, get his thoughts on the USMNT and the split between the USSF and SUM, and discuss his story on the Black Players for Change organization and what progress has been made over the past year.

This week on OTB Kevin, Grayle and Sam discuss men's and women's College Cup action and both the presence and impact of foreign players, whether it's fair for fans to criticize someone who seems happy after a loss, and the Crew's name change reversal before welcoming Clemson Head Men's Coach Mike Noonan back to the pod to get his thoughts on the College Cup and playing in the Spring, what this year as a whole has been like for his program and why more foreign players are gravitating towards NCAA soccer.