Sam's Army

HOT TOPIC: reasons to get excited about Mauricio Pochettino as the next USMNT manager/savior

PREMIER LEAGUE: knee-jerk reactions to the first weekend of games f/t Brighton still Brighton-ing, United avoid nightmare scenario, Tyler saying some nice things about Bruno Fernandes (srsly), Tottenham is so back and preview of next week's massive "London" Daerby between Arsenal and Aston Villa

HALFTIME: Weekly What If... the Premier League followed through on disclosing what club each referee supports? Net positive or negative? (And same question for commentators)

ROUND THE WORLD: USMNT chatter including who our starting 9 is at the moment plus wild stabs at what becomes of Weston McKennie and Matt Turner this window

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets (Over Train is officially back) and GOAWs

PREMIER LEAGUE: We got the whole gang back together (again!) to lay out our predictions for how the 2024-25 season plays out, including who is winning this time around, who finishes top 4, what to expect from wild cards like Chelsea and Palace, which traditional midtable teams could make a splash, if any newly promoted clubs survive, Player of the Year and first manager sacked

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

INTERVIEW: BFF of the program Timothy Parker gets some things off his chest about this month's shock trade from St Louis to New England, including details about how contract negotiations played out with the front office, what he will miss most about The Lou, expectations for this season with the Revs (and beyond?) and who wins a cage match between him and Henry Kessler

HOT TOPICS: Mbappe's long-term plan to exact revenge on PSG

PREMIER LEAGUE: best/worst transfer moves; who is this season's Villa; Spurs or United will finish higher; Chelsea's top 4 hopes and if Everton is relegation fodder

ROUND THE WORLD: where does Weston McKennie go after being told he's not in Juve plans; what needs to change as US fed to get top manager; implications of Jim Beam/Tim Ream's move to Charlotte; did Galaxy just out-sexy LAFC and thoughts on Emma Hays' performance as USWNT manager thus far

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

HOT TOPICS: Canada got caught red-handed and admits cheating has been a systemic problem FOR YEARS - but is it even a big deal(?), Argentina and France declare all out soccer war on one another and MLS hollering at NWSL

PREMIER LEAGUE: early thots on where things stand heading into 2024-25 f/t what it would mean for City if this is Pep's last season, Ange's bold defense-free strategy and whose got a higher season between Chelsea vs West Ham

ROUND THE WORLD: Hit-It-N-Quit-It Minute and Olympics soccer updates for USMNT and USWNT

STOPPAGE TIME: GOAWs

COPA AMERICA: Who to blame for catastrophic crowd control at Copa final and what the fallout is likely to be, credit to Argentina for doing what they do

USMNT: Gregg Berhalter's legacy and who should replace him as manager for all-important World Cup 2026

EUROS: Extra big ups to Spain for defeating the terrorist(ballers) and being worthy champs, plus breakout stars and what to make of guys like Xherdan Shaqiri who always bring it for NTs but not for club

STOPPAGE TIME: GOAWs

The lads are down bad after USMNT succumbed lifelessly to Uruguay (0-1) to crash out of Copa America 2024, but we did our best to offer honest opinions about the state of the team, the USMNT program and Gregg Berhalter's future.

Immediate reaction to our 10-man loss to Panama, featuring thots on Tim Weah's red card, Gregg Berhalter mentality and subs, Ivan Barton's reffing and predictions for Monday's must-win game against Uruguay.

HOUSEKEEPING: we are launching an officially search for the first-ever Sam's Army intern

EURO 2024: Instant reaction to Italy's last gasp equalizer (and Croatian heartbreak), we debate whether Spain are frauds, Tommy makes an impassioned defense of Romelu Lukaku and an unexpected [and controversial] Ivan Toney's Best Bet

COPA AMERICA: thots on USMNT's 2-0 win over Bolivia, what (if any) changes are needed in the midfield and up top for Thursday's game vs Panama, and who else has impressed at the tournament

STOPPAGE TIME: GOAWs

EURO 2024: best game so far, top 3 (tentative) power rankings, Roberto Martinez vs Gareth Southgate, updates predictions plus most interesting game from Round 2 of the group stage

COPA AMERICA: predicted winners of all four groups, thoughts on Jamaica's dark horse potential and preview of Sunday's USMNT vs Bolivia game

STOPPAGE TIME: GOAWs

HOUSEKEEPING: explanation for recent pause and plans for bigger, better, faster, stronger Sam's Army

USMNT: postmortem of Colombia (1-5) loss and Brazil (1-1) "win" plus a look ahead at what our expectations should be for Copa America

EURO 2024: preview of the six groups and predictions for teams we see as champion, darkhorse and flaming out