Guest Kaylor Hodges of The USL Show and The Hammering Down Pod joins Josh for a reaction to Week Two of the USL Championship and to put the hammer down on all things Birmingham Legion. 

On Episode 83, we are joined by long-time friend of the show and occasional contributor, Steven Ramiriz to whip though the USL Championship's opening weekend results; talk a little more in depth about Orange County SC, and to give away a few Smash & Grab Bags.

Dan and Josh take a final walk through preseason fixtures and results clean up the shop before the season starts in earnest. Its a pod of two halves and we are joined in the second half by Elliot Bar, AKA, Yogi of the Can I Kick It Podcast, River City 93, and the Walkin' 90 pod to get the RVA revved up and the Kickers season kicked off correct. 

Josh Duder & Ryan Stalling for the inaugural episode of The 2how's second season. Recent Tucson transplant Elijah Newsome joins the hosts to talk Tucson's recent "self relegation" from League One, league expansion, and preview some exciting matchups in the newly formed Southwest Division.

With Lis out, Dan gives listeners two big USLW interviews. First, he sits down with Jim Robbins, Tormenta FC Head Coach, to discuss his team rebuild for 2023. Then Matt Privratsky, cofounder of Minnesota Aurora FC, talks about coming in second in 2022 and how the club plans to shine even brighter this year.

Dan and Josh welcome one of the founders of the One Knoxville SC supporters group, The Scruffs, to the pod to discuss the process of starting a new supporters group, the jump up from USL League Two, what are the expectations, and how has the preseason gone so far. In the second half they go over the most recent results and provide the dates of the final preseason run outs for each side.

Dan comes back and gets a full NISA update from Dan and John. Plus a discussion of what the Rochester market could be this season

This week, on the Protagonist Podcast, Josh is joined by friend of the pod and co-host of the San Antonio FC Fancast, Harry Austin. We discuss new kits, the preseason, players in & out, and try to look into a crystal ball as we talk about balancing a schedule which includes the US Open Cup, Copa Tejas, the regular season, and a big English friendly.

Head Coach Sam Stockley, of expansion side Lexington Sporting Club, joins the pod to allow Josh to guffaw over his footballing career and review a veritable who's-who of English manager's he's had he privilege to learn from. A calmer Dan gets to the bottom of how that translates to a solid soccer philosophy and we all talk about what to expect from Lexington SC as they head into their inaugural season.

On our latest episode of the Protagonist Podcast, we catch up with Jonathan Comeaux of the Oakland Roots Blog and discuss the brand new W-League team, Oakland Soul; chat a little USL League Two and the Five-One-Ohhh; then pull up some info on the Roots as they get ready for the 2023 USL Championship Season.