Sam's Army

By Samuel Army

The wild and wonderful world of soccer from an American perspective. Samuel Army and a rotating cast of fans, athletes and athlete fans discuss all the relevant goings-on from both sides of the pond. ... more

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February 23, 2022 Ep 2.140: Equal pay, City/Spurs & 2022 MLS Preview ft Marcinkowski/Parker/Rosenberry/Rowe (Part 2/West)
HEADLINES: USSF and USWNT reach settlement on “equal pay” dispute. WHAT IF [6:30]: how much money would it take to not watch the World Cup. PREMIER LEAGUE [10:30]: Spurs vs City and title hopes fallout, Luiz Diaz love and Power Rankings. REST OF WORLD [43:20]: Serie A s/o and Champions League chatter ft USMNT injury concerns. STOPPAGE TIME [48:15]: Best Bets and GOAWs.

Next up [59:20], MLS 2022 season preview (part 2/2) as SJ’s JT Marcinkowski, Houston’s Tim Parker, Colorado’s Keegan Rosenberry and Seattle’s Kelyn Rowe break down the Western conference, including candid predictions on teams to beat and favorite dark horses. Also touch on Kroenke potentially putting Super Bowl winnings into DPs, Sounders’ biggest question mark, what to expect from Wondo-less Quakes and how dark things got for the Dynamo last season plus why fans should be excited.
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1h 50min
February 16, 2022 Ep 2.139: Bundesliga playoff, EPL Top 4 + 2022 MLS Preview ft Bono/Freese/Gressel/Richey (Part 1/East)
Larry is back along with Tyler & the Tweedles. HEADLINES: Bundesliga mulling MLS-style playoffs and FIFPro drops hammer on Infantino's biennial WC. WWI [14:45]: where would soccer be if England won the Revolutionary War? PREMIER LEAGUE [19:50]: Tottenham's laughable defense, Everton's hope cycle, prognostications for ugly battle for 4th, Power Rankings and weekend preview (lowlighted by City/Spurs). REST OF WORLD [46:30]: Champions League chatter f/t Mbappe and away goals tiebreaker plus a surprising reaction to new MLS jerseys. STOPPAGE TIME [56:30]: Best Bets and GOAWs.
Next up [1:05:20], MLS 2022 season preview (part 1/2) as Toronto's Alex Bono, Philly's Matt Freese, DC's Julian Gressel and Chicago's Spencer Richey break down the Eastern conference, including candid predictions about where one another's teams will finish and who the team to beat is, plus a surprise cameo from Christian Roldan (subtle flex by a certain guest) and which fanbase is the most brutal to go on the road and play against.
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2h 6min
February 09, 2022 Ep 2.138: USMNT postmortem, Lester's big week & Jay Demerit on WCQ status
HEADLINES: robot VAR, Tommy's distaste for pets and Marc Overmars. USMNT [12:50]: we put a bow on WCQ window f/t MOTM vs Honduras, thoughts on Pulisic, final word on Berhalter's selfie kerfuffle and nervousness (1-10) about qualifying. PREMIER LEAGUE [26:40]: Boreham Wood and Nottingham Forest shoutouts, Power Rankings and midweek + weekend preview f/t big week for Lester and Wolves. WWI [45:00]: you had to wear a jersey of someone on the team you hate the most. STOPPAGE TIME [51:45]: Best Bets and GOAWs. Next up the legend himself Jay Demerit [1:02:30] stops by to give us a quick update on Watford and NFTs before giving his thoughts on USMNT's qualifying campaign so far, what letter grade he would give Berhalter, advice to Pulisic and who our best CB pairing is.
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1h 49min
February 01, 2022 Ep 2.137: USMNT vs Canada reax & Transfer Window winners/losers
HEADLINE: disturbing Mason Greenwood situation. USMNT [8:20]: reaction to Canada game, biggest complaints and mistakes, whose stock has risen/fallen [33:15], changes and predictions for Honduras, and level of nervousness (between 1-10) about qualifying for WC22. PREMIER LEAGUE [52:00]: biggest winners and losers in January transfer window f/t questionable coaching appointments and players "manifesting" transfers to La Liga out of thin air. STOPPAGE TIME [1:10:00]: Best Bets and GOAWs.
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1h 19min
January 25, 2022 Ep 2.136: Turner to Arsenal, USMNT preview & ex-DC United GK Chris Seitz
Tyler Terens and ex-Lou City striker Antoine Hoppenot join this week. HEADLINES: Arsenal force rule change, suspicious bets involving Arsenal player and transfer talk f/t pluses and minuses of Arsenal's "big" bid for Matt Turner. PREMIER LEAGUE [22:15]: Spurs' up and down week, a rare great week for Norwich, dorks with drones changing games and farewell to Uncle Claudio. REST OF WORLD [43:00]: thoughts on USMNT roster and preview (plus predictions) for the games vs El Salvador, at Canada and vs Honduras. STOPPAGE TIME: Best Bets and GOAWs. Next up newly retired Chris Seitz [1:18:45] discusses winning everything there is to win in US soccer -- MLS Cup, Supporters Shield and US Open Cup -- during his 15 years in MLS (and an NCAA title before that), what his Olympics experience was like in 2008, putting his career on hold in 2013 to donate bone marrow to save a stranger's life and finally some first-hand thoughts from a wizened veteran on the incredibly growth of the league.
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1h 48min
January 18, 2022 Ep 2.135: Post-Benitez Everton, North London DERP-y + chat w/ Kyle Martino
Steve Ceruti of The Ringer joins Sam and the Tweedles. HEADLINES: transfer talk f/t Chris Wood and Diego Costa. WHAT IF [14:10]: does North America or Africa go further in WC22. PREMIER LEAGUE [19:00]: thots on Benitez "era" and who Everton should target as next manager, reaction to Arsenal wussing out of NLD, love to Leeds(!) and James Ward-Prowse and Power Rankings [47:30]. REST OF WORLD [1:03:40]: McKennie stays hot and player gets harpooned in Sevilla Daerby. STOPPAGE TIME [1:0815]: Best Bets and GOAWs. Next up Kyle Martino [1:20:30] explains his myriad projects and the unifying theory for changing the soccer world; we dig into his time at NBC (and relationships therein), the reason for his departure, which Robbie wins a cage match and if/when he will be back on TV; he spills the tea on what is holding the US Soccer Federation back; and we get the lowdown on his tattoos, massive tie-knots and what constitutes success for USMNT at WC22.
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2h 25min
January 11, 2022 Ep 2.134: McGregor vs Neymar, NLD preview + AFCON predictions
Tyler Terens and Houston's Tim Parker join this week. HEADLINES [6:15]: Icardashian-related plea to the soccergods, Infantino's latest skullduggery and thoughts on Coutinho to Villa. WEEKLY WHAT IF [16:15]: you had to pick one soccer player to fight Conor McGregor. PREMIER LEAGUE [23:35]: FA Cup magic ft Kidderminster and Nottingham Forest; Power Rankings and weekend preview highlighted by City/Chelsea and North London Daerby. REST OF WORLD [44:45]: quick and dirty preview of AFCON plus predictions. STOPPAGE TIME [56:40]: Best Bets and GOAWs.
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1h 10min
January 04, 2022 Ep 2.133: Pepi/Dike transfers, RIPIP title race(?) + Philly GK Matt Freese
Tyler Terens and Rudy Junda join the crew. HEADLINES [5:30]: transfer talk f/t Ricardo Pepi to Augsburg and Daryl Dike to West Brom, plus biggest needs/wants for PL clubs. PREMIER LEAGUE [31:30]: Arsenal/City and Chelsea/Liverpool postmortems, scenarios where City doesn't win league(?) and Power Rankings [58:00]. REST OF WORLD [1:10:00]: Barcelona is back baby and Rudy's undying love for Gareth Bale. STOPPAGE TIME: Best Bets [1:15:00] and GOAWs. Next up, Philadelphia Union's Matt Freese [1:30:00] offers an inside look at how news of the team's Covid-19 outbreak spread through the team and preparations for the surreal Eastern Conference final vs NYCFC, featuring the pregame speech he gave before kickoff. We also touch on his relationship with Andre Blake and plans for the future, plus what Brenden Aaronson has said about rumors of a January transfer.
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2h 4min
December 28, 2021 Ep 2.132: Pepi rumors, Tommy Tuchs the Anti-Christ(ian) + NYCFC's James Sands & Keaton Parks
HEADLINES: Icardashians, FIFA rankings and Pepi to Wolfsburg(?) rumors. PREMIER LEAGUE [19:40]: Tommy Tuchs the Anti-Christ(ian), City/Lester reax, Power Rankings [43:30] and weekly preview ft Arsenal vs City and Chelsea vs Liverpool. REST OF WORLD: yawn. HYPOTHETICALS [1:06:00]: Roman Empire, Icardashians and Bielsa to USMNT. BEST BETS [1:25:40] and GOAWs. Next up [1:34:40] James Sands and Keaton Parks discuss NYCFC's playoff run, bouncing back from Portland's soul-crushing equalizer to win MLS Cup and postgame celebrations, Ronny Deila's nudist tendencies, how close Keaton came to losing a leg and James' thoughts on moving to Europe in January.
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2h 13min
December 21, 2021 Ep 2.131: UEFA+CONMEBOL, Spurs/LFC wildness + Timber's GK Steve Clark
Scott Darling and Rudy Junda join the Tweedles this week. HEADLINES: Icardashians become (madly in love) international fugitives, UEFA and CONMEBOL join forces to screw FIFA, and FIFPro Best XII nonsense. PREMIER LEAGUE [21:05]: Spurs vs Liverpool breakdown, Harry Kane's existential crisis, luckless Leeds and Power Rankings. REST OF WORLD [51:55]: winners and losers from USMNT's 1-0 win over B-H. HYPOTHETICALS [56:15]: we start working through list of dozens of great submissions. BEST BETS and GOAWs. Next up Timber's Steve Clark [1:22:00] discusses wild MLS Cup final, penalty shootout and aftermath; his plans for free agency and we share a moment over the emotional conflict I feel when #samfam and the #GKU face off.
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1h 48min

FAQs about Sam's Army:

How many episodes does Sam's Army have?

The podcast currently has 380 episodes available.