Play By Players

This week on Play by Players Bobby is joined by his old friend, and teammate, Chris Rolfe. Chris and Bobby take a trip down memory lane and look back on Chris' playing career, the time they spent on the field together and what Chris is up to now.

Since entering the league in 2010, Justin Morrow has always had a passion for using his platform as an athlete for good. In June, Justin and more than 70 MLS players organized to create Black Players for Change. Since then, he has stepped into a leadership role and now serves as their Executive Director. Justin joined Play by Players to share his journey in MLS, how he balances his on and off field responsibilities and why we all need to do our part in making sure the conversations around race and equality continue past this year.

Now in his 10th MLS season, Will Bruin stops by to chat with Bobby Boswell about making his return from an injury in the middle of a very unique season. The former teammates also cover Will's time in Houston and what it's like to play against your old club. Plus, Will makes a prediction about when he'll score again that (spoiler alert) already came true.

Two-time MLS Cup Champion Tony Sanneh joins Bobby Boswell on the podcast to discuss his decorated MLS career and his dedication to giving back. In 2003, Tony started the Sanneh Foundation with the mission of empowering kids, improving lives and uniting communities in Minnesota.

Harry Shipp joins the podcast this week to talk about his recent decision to hang up his cleats, his time with the PA and what comes next in his life off the field.

Philadelphia Union Homegrown Mark McKenzie hops on Zoom with Bobby in the latest episode of Play by Players and earns the title of youngest podcast guest to date! Bobby chats with Mark about his path from college to MLS, his time with the USMNT and his dancing skills.

On the latest episode of Play by Players, Bobby chats with former teammate Julian Gressel. Fresh off a trade to DC United, the midfielder joins Bobby on Zoom to talk about his transition to a new city and team and fill us in on what he's been up to off the field during the suspension of play.

On another Zoom edition of Play by Players, Bobby is joined by former MLS player Steven Lenhart. Lenhart, who is better known for being one half of the infamous "Bash Brothers," talks all things life after soccer and the journey his career took him on.

Walker Zimmerman, or "big beautiful man" as Bobby likes to call him, joins us for Play by Players this week. Walker chats with Bobby about the journey his career has taken him on so far, including how he found out about the trade to Nashville just as he was settling in to watch The Bachelor.

Bobby Boswell is joined by Tommy Thompson via Zoom this week as the two practice responsible social distancing. Tommy lets us know more about how he was inspired to start his skills challenge to bring joy to kids during the COVID-19 emergency and why it's so important to be more than "just a soccer player."