Rooster and the Villain: An American Soccer Podcast

The Old Bae Brigade talks about The MLS, El Paso Locomotive, and of course a heavy dose of our beloved Maryland Bobcats. Specifically; 3 points, aggressive, better possession. All around a better performance.

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We're happy to have Jay Saba, President and Co-Owner of the Maryland Bobcats on the show. We talk about Jay's history with soccer, the history of the club, the future of the club, and more. We also sneak a tiny bit of Prem talk in there as well

The Old Bae Brigade is back in the house with Knights Who Say NISA's Dan Creel. We discuss Dan's involvement with Knights and lower league soccer, break down the Syracuse game, and look ahead to the back-to-back against the big old bodies of Michigan.

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It's here! We're dropping weekly episodes of the Maryland Bobcast for a while featuring members of the Maryland Bobcats FC Supporters Group, the Old Bae Brigade.

This week's episode introduces the podcast to you all, gives some history of the Supporter's Group, and then breaks down the current state of the Maryland Bobcats. Hope you enjoy it!

Title race. Top 4. Everton safety. Relegation teams. A little Maryland Bobcats. And trees.

Jimmy and Mike catch up after a few beers on a Saturday night to discuss the latest in English soccer. 

Jimmy and Mike meet up via Skype until Jimmy abandons the pod because of a dead iPad. We also were giving a private show to one listener when we posted our Skype link on twitter. This person stayed on the whole time but didn't say a damn word. Either way, hope you like it!

Josh Hakala has been covering the US Open Cup since 2003. 

At that time, he started USOpenCup.com (now thecup.us because USSF did a USSF thing) and provided coverage to a competition that has been in existence since 1914. A competition that has never truly peaked. A competition which Josh believes will continue to grow in popularity as US soccer becomes more prevalent in the world football landscape.

Josh speaks with us about how he became interested in the cup, more about TheCup.Us and its coverage of the Open Cup, some of his favorite moments from the past tournaments, and what he's looking forward to for this year's tournament.

It's a great primer for anyone interested in the tournament this year! If you, like me, have only begun to become interested in the tournament, this is a great place to start.

Dan Vaughn and the rest of the Protagonist Soccer crew are one of driving forces behind growing support in the lower leagues of the United States. They offer a voice for the under-covered and a platform for supporters of local soccer to gather information that is scarcely available elsewhere. 

Dan started the site in 2018 and focuses Protagonist's attention towards covering 3rd Division and lower soccer leagues here in the US. Which, of course, includes the league where our beloved Maryland Bobcats FC play (NISA). Personally, I love the Knights Who Say NISA (an homage to Monty Python and the Holy Grail, of course!) podcast and see it as the only outside source of information and news coming out of NISA. 

During our conversation, we talk about some of the deep history of soccer in this country (shoutout Inocentes FC and the American Soccer league), NISA and its current affairs, the USMNT and their qualifying hopes, and more! I also find it fascinating that we have found another American soccer fan who was brought into the sport through FIFA. Happens more than you'd think!

Jimmy and Mike bring back an old school episode for the diehard Rooster and the Villain fans out there. We do our usual boozin' and chatting. We take a deep dive on Aston Villa and Tottenham, and then skirt around the Prem a bit. Hope you enjoy it Heldy baby.