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PREMIER LEAGUE: better result for Arsenal but better performance from United at Old Trafford. Is Liverpool offense good enough to compensate for their defense? Chelsea look leggy. Sunderland and Leeds get started with a bang.

HALFTIME: What If you got to choose a walkout song?

ROUND THE WORLD: Leagues Cup quarterfinals preview

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

PREMIER LEAGUE: Who is finishing top 4 and in what order? Which non-Big 6 club could grab a Champions League spot? Will any newly-promoteds survive? Golden Boot and POTY winners? First manager sacked?

HALFTIME: pop quiz on players with most goals +from assists in Europe's top five leagues

ROUND THE WORLD: MLS hit-it-n-quit-it minute

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

ROUND THE WORLD: honest assessment of the new version of Leagues Cup; thoughts on Heung-Min Son to LAFC and Matt Turner to NE Revs

HALFTIME: What If you played on Inter Miami, how many goals would you score simply being fed by Leo Messi?

TRANSFER TALK: Tottenham may have taken the lead over Newcastle in battle for league's worst summer plus which Big 7 suitor Ben Sesko should choose this window

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

PREMIER LEAGUE: are Tottenham or Newcastle having a worse summer; the one position Manchester United need to upgrade most; Xhaka to Sunderland; updated transfer grade for Arsenal (post-Gyokeres) and way-too-early predictions for 2025/26 PL Handicap Champs

HALFTIME: Tyler Terens-related Weekly What If

ROUND THE WORLD: thoughts on preseason North London Daerby in... Hong Kong plus MLS hit-it-n-quit-it minute

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

PREMIER LEAGUE: *preliminary* winners and losers of the 2025 summer transfer window plus best and worst individual deals thus far, and whether Liverpool is bowing to pressure to become a big spender (like City or Chelsea)

HALFTIME: What If you were a player on a Big 6 club, where would you want to go on summer tour?

ROUND THE WORLD: which USMNT transfers do we like and dislike, notably those involving Matt Turner and Gio Reyna, along with the MLS hit-it-n-quit-it minute

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

CLUB WORLD CUP: what Chelsea's shocking win in the CWC final says about their title chances, making sense of PSG's ridiculous reaction to losing and  the trophy lift heard round the world featuring Cole Palmer vs Donald Trump

HALFTIME: What If you could choose where Gio Reyna goes when he leaves Dortmund this summer... where's he landing (and impact on his chance of making WC26)?

ROUND THE WORLD: transfer talk f/t "Not My Tottenham Hotspur" (in a good way) plus Liverpool and Newcastle tet-a-tet over Isak and Ekitike

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

USMNT: Takeaways from the 1-2 "home" loss to Mexico in the Gold Cup final, and thoughts on the team and Poch's performance at the tournament more generally. Who is pushing for starting roles at WC26? Who helped their case to make the roster? Who did not? And where the team goes from here (starting with September friendlies).

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

Rapid reaction to the USMNT's (unnecessarily?) hard fought 2-1 win over Guatemala in front of a hostile crowd in... St Louis?!?!?! Diego Luna and Malik Tillman continue to make a case for punching their tickets to World Cup 2026, and not just to round out the roster. Also, chatter about Pochettino having no choice in how to handle the Pulisic situation.

USMNT: Rapid reaction to nervy win on penalties over Costa Rica in the Gold Cup quarterfinal. Some individual shoutouts, thoughts on Max Arfsten's highly "eventful" performance and a preview of what to expect from Guatemala.

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

INTERVIEW: San Diego FC's 4-goal hero Milan Iloski chatted with teammate/roommate Tommy McGunner and Sam in 2023 about his path to Orange County, his cooking "skills", some truly impressive pranks and big plans for the future in Denmark (now MLS)