HEADLINES: Folarin Balogun is coming home; Ivan Toney's best bets cost dearly; clubs in hot water all over the place including Man City, Portugal and Juventus; USL decides to go head-to-head with NWSL; senseless tragedy in El Salvador; WC26 logo and BIG announcement from TST7v7 tournament

WHAT IF: how would things change if the penalty spot was moved back two yards?

PREMIER LEAGUE: we crown the champs and give Forest their flowers; discuss if United's season is more successful than Arsenal (Tommy gets upset); Tyler charts a course for Liverpool to finish top 4 and we make final predictions on Everton vs Lester vs Leeds relegation battle

REST OF WORLD: MLS hit-it-n-quit-it minute is BACK, whether Inter have a snowball's chance in hell in Champions League final; Championship playoff final check up; WSL title race plus some stern words for La Liga and Valencia after yet another embarrassing bout of racism

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

HEADLINES: massive match-fixing scandal is erupting in Brazil; AC Milan bow to their ultra overlords and thots on Pochettino to Chelsea

WHAT IF: how long would it take world class soccer players to beat a D1 football team at football (and what players would play where)?

PREMIER LEAGUE: Arsenal's dream dies a long, slow, sudden death; where would City fit in the all-time pantheon if they win the treble; Brighton's De Zerbi earning deserved plaudits; Power Predictions and games to watch this week

REST OF WORLD: USMNT U20 World Cup roster (who is missing and why); Champions League preview + predictions and Championship playoff checkup

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

HEADLINES: What does PSG's decision to suspend Messi for two weeks mean for his plans next season; Barcelona's director of football leaving for... Aston Villa(?); MLS to San Diego; Don Garber takes poop on US Open Cup; USL picks guy fresh off being suspended by MLS to be league's new president - and why it may make sense; and winners/losers from the TST 7v7 group stage draw

WHAT IF: along the lines of Spurs players offering fans a refund after getting stomped by Newcastle, what if this type of thing -- getting a refund if your team gets spanked or getting charged extra if your team blows the doors off an opponent -- became codified in the fan experience?

PREMIER LEAGUE: an implausible-but-not-impossible path for Arsenal to win the league; how would this Arsenal team stack up against that recent Liverpool squad; where will Harry Kane be playing next season; Power Picks (predictions for top 4 and bottom 3) plus what games to watch this week/end

REST OF WORLD: bonkers final day in the Championship plus we pick a team to root for in the playoffs; Champions League preview + predictions and finally Blood Monday in MLS as managerial heads have begun rolling

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

HEADLINES: UEFA proposes hosting Champions League finals in the US, Weston McKennie catching strays from his friend and Tottenham players try to put a well-intentioned bandaid on fans' gaping emotional wound

WHAT IF: you had to go back and choose another team to root for...

PREMIER LEAGUE: City take Arsenal behind the woodshed; Tottenham find new ways to disappoint by erasing a massive lead but conceding a buzzer beater vs Liverpool; final table predictions and preview of the week to come

REST OF WORLD: Bundesliga title race gets nuts and Championship check-up featuring Burnley, Luton Town and Sunderland

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

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INTERVIEW: Christian Ramirez discusses making the jump from NASL to MLS with Minnesota Utd, playing with Vela/Rossi in LA, how a random Instagram DM led him to Scotland, the good/bad/ugly sides of passionate Aberdeen fans, what led him back to MLS and which Crew teammates are most obsessed with social media

HEADLINES: US Soccer reportedly naming Southampton's Matt Crocker as sporting director and making surprise bid to host Women's World Cup in 2027; plus Barcelona and Real Madrid's wild twitter beef

WHAT IF [24:30]: Tottenham or Wrexham to win Premier League first

PREMIER LEAGUE [28:00]: Arsenal ruin St Tot's Day; Tottenham ruin Arsenal ruining St Tot's Day; FA Cup bringing Manchester together again; Top 4 & Bottom 3 final predictions; and preview + picks for Man City vs Arsenal

REST OF WORLD [1:03:00]: Hit-It-N-Quit-It MLS Minute; US Open Cup shoutouts; Champions League updates

STOPPAGE TIME [1:13:00]: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

HEADLINES: Glazers may pull a(nother) fast one on United fans; Leroy Sane headbutts Sadio Mane's fist; Achraf Hakimi's "interesting" divorce machinations and the official launch of SNEAKY FOX FC

WHAT IF: which Premier League manager would you want to be your dad?

PREMIER LEAGUE: Arsenal's title hopes after coughing up another 2-0 lead; why Tottenham's fanbase has never been more toxic; reaction to Boehly unloading on Chelsea; Leeds' do-or-die week and flowers for Unai's Villa

REST OF WORLD: Hit-It-N-Quit-It MLS minute; Champions League preview f/t major upset alert and thoughts on Wednesday's USMNT vs Mexico game

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets (hint: Sam's global over train keeps cooking) and GOAWs

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INTERVIEW: Marc White (founder/owner/chairman/manager) and Kyle Shestack (new American investor) discuss Dorking Wanderers' fairytale story skyrocketing up the English pyramid from pub league to 5th tier Nation League in 23 years; the wild story of how Kyle (and his dad) got involved; the time Marc wooed a church-load of Karens; competing against while also rooting for the Wrexham phenomenon; and how many years until Dorking reaches the Premier League

HEADLINES: close but no cigar for Jesse Marsch on yet another Premier League coaching gig, racism rears its ugly head again (and again) plus a rumored sex scandal so salacious that the internet would collapse in on itself if -- however far-fetched-- proven credible

WHAT IF: most ruthless celebratory taunting strategies

PREMIER LEAGUE: Arsenal's wild and woolly trip to Anfield (Xhaka, Salah pen, VVD, Ramsdale, Arteta subs and of course linesman's elbow); Brighton gets jobbed at Tottenham; Super Frank's non-super second debut at Chelsea; flowers for Unai's Villa; Power Rankings and what to watch this week

REST OF WORLD: Champions League preview; USMNT abroad updates plus roster thoughts for Mexico game; terrible news out of USWNT camp and winner of NCAA bracket pool

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

HEADLINES: FIFA strip Indonesia of u20 World Cup and Argentina's big brain reaction; bad Tyler Adams news and who Spurs, Lester and Chelsea should turn to in wake of sacking Conte, Rodgers and Potter (respectively)

POP QUIZ [15:00]: Champions League odds

PREMIER LEAGUE [18:15]: City toys with Liverpool, putting the "ick" in Mudryk and Mikey makes some bold claims if Arsenal can find a way to win at Anfield this weekend

REST OF WORLD [42:30]: MLS Hit-It-N-Quit-It Minute, thoughts on one of the last pre-WWC rosters for USWNT and who has one hand on the Sam's Army NCAA pool trophy

STOPPAGE TIME [52:30]: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

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INTERVIEW [1:02:00]: Distinguished GSU member Kei Kamara on differences between his former teammate Ezra and his current Coach Hendrickson (plus stories from their Columbus playing days); what needs to go right for the Chicago Fire to make a 2023 playoff run; his thoughts on Leagues Cup; most/least favorite MLS goals, wins, losses and rivals; incredible highs and lows from representing Sierra Leone and if he and Federico Higuain exchange Christmas cards

HEADLINES: Barcelona got 99 problems but Gavi may not be one for long, the coaching carousel is spinning extra fast with Conte and Nagelsmann sent packing plus the confusing Sebastian Lletget and Becky G situation

WEEKLY WHAT IF [24:00]: where would Tottenham finish this season if Jesse Marsch took over as manager right now?

REST OF WORLD [26:00]: Rapid reaction to USMNT games vs Grenada and El Salvador, MLS Hit-It-N-Quit-It Minute plus NCAA pool update

MAILBAG [51:15]: unpopular opinion on Folarin Balogun, new twist to the "Messi to MLS" story, where do Spurs and Harry Kane go now, plus some tasty St Louis City SC locker room talk

PREMIER LEAGUE [1:20:45]: what to watch weekend including an emotionally charged breakdown of Liverpool at Man City

STOPPAGE TIME [1:27:30]: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

HEADLINES: pluses/minuses of FIFA's new 48-team format starting with World Cup 2026; is the Allstate Continental Cup a good thing for USMNT; and MLS announces opponent for 2023 all-star game

WEEKLY WHAT IF: in a hypothetical universe where the current owner never bought your club, how would things be different?

PREMIER LEAGUE: Antonio Conte goes scorched earth after Tottenham piss away points (again); Chelsea get Dyched and Arsenal keep on keeping on

REST OF WORLD: MLS Hit-It-N-Quit-It Minute and hard truth about Falcons FC; preview of USMNT window with games against Grenada and El Salvador plus NCAA bracket pool status update

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs