Despite Aaron’s valiant attempts to talk about the recent two matches, Peter and Jon immediately turn their focus to the run-in and next year(?!). Doubts about the quality of the Western Conference are aired. (We do not discuss a certain player’s social media posts because the episode was recorded before we were aware of them.)

La Union causes Tower Bridge Batallion to crumble from the inside. Roots get less than they deserved for their performance against Sacramento. National Republicans develop an odd sense of pride in how scared they are of other people.

We talk about the new signings, and whether things will ever get better.

Peter and Jon make sure to reference their recent vacations within the first 10 minutes. A recent cup loss is mostly ignored. We talk about where we’d like to see improvement, or a potential change to the roster, and agree it is either in attack or defense. But all agree things are looking up.

Things look good! Maybe its an illusion! Who cares?! Also, we discuss Romanian soccer and Alabaman ska.

We talk about what differences we’re seeing in the Roots under Benny Feilhaber, and whether we expect anything from the cup tie with Monterey Bay.

Optimism over some steps in the right direction for the Roots. Anger over some leaps in the wrong direction for the country.

Well, we talk about it. Soccer has happened, but who cares? We’ve got a new coach. We wonder why this move happened, and how we’re measuring success going forward. Then we complain about penalty kicks.

Was the North Carolina result a step back, or consistent with Roots’ recent performances? How is it that every team seems to score bangers against Oakland? How long has Peter had a Reddit account? We discuss.

Jon and Peter talk through their feelings about the Roots before eventually realizing things are ok right now. Peter makes another good Jagermeister Cup joke, but we can’t use all of them as episode titles. Concerts are discussed.