Josh Duder asks the question on this show and wants to know if college should be in the talent pipeline at all. He also asks if the draft is a necessary part of American soccer. Our answer guys respond.

This week on OLUTC, Dan and Josh go over the scores and highlights of the week which was - discuss the window of playoff opportunity closing on some of the teams at the bottom of the standings but that nobody is technically out of it yet! Then preview the upcoming fixtures and chat briefly about who might be a good fit to join the league from the west coast in a couple of years.

On this week's Scores Report, Josh gives you the scores and league winners from UWS, WPSL, USLW; cupdates for NPSL and UPSL; plus a romp around the regional leagues with a special report on NISA from Dan Vaughn.

The boys break down the matches from NISA week 19, then dig into this week's matchups. Then the close down the show with some rumor talk.

Simon Kuper, the author of Ajax, The Dutch, The War: Football in Europe During the Second World War, sits down with the book club to talk about his work. It's a fantastic discussion with the author of an important book for both historians and soccer fans.

This conversation took place in late May, 2023.

Mitch James, technical director for the Cascadia Premier League, joins the show to talk all things Northwest soccer.

This week on OLUTC, Dan and Josh record later in the week than usual and have to jog their memories to recall the highlights (and in some cases, lowlights) of the USL League One games played. We cover the news of Spokane's announcement and cast no aspersions upon the branding. Lastly, we give our predictions for this week's games.

The guys break down the two matches from Week 17, then look at the results from Independent Cup weekend.

Matt Lewis from USL Championship club Detroit City FC asks which lower league players fell through the cracks. The guys offer their picks, then dig into why this happens and how the player pathway could be improved to prevent it from happening in the future.

This week on OLUTC, Dan and Josh try to catch up with the league results which are coming thick and fast! The league is now past the halfway mark and the stratospheres are emerging - we try to figure out who's grinding wins and who's grinding to a halt.