Sam's Army

Time to put the disappointment and frustration of USMNT behind us (for the moment anyway), and help get everyone up to speed on World Cup 2022, featuring:

• Moment of the tournament so far [7:30]
• Quarterfinals preview + predictions [15:00]
• Tyler (channeling Mikey) dies on a Croatian hill [22:15]
• Mitch drops Morocco/Portugal hot takes [40:15]
• Has WC22 changed the Mbappe vs Haaland debate [1:00:15]
• Sam's take on Berhalter's fate with USMNT [1:19:00]
• Best Bets [1:29:45]
• GOAWs [1:32:15]

Reaction to the USMNT's 1-3 loss to the Netherlands in the R16, including:

• what we could/should have done differently
• did LVG really coach circles around Berhalter?
• was WC22 a success?
• Berhalter's fate and possible successors

Also: a quick rundown of the rest of the R16 plus Stoppage Time f/t Best Bets & GOAWs.

Tyler Terens, Mike Podcast and Jeff Attinella join Sam to discuss the "famous" 1-0 win over E-ron and breakdown Satursday's massive Round of 16 game against the big bad Netherlands. Episode features:

• what Gregg got right and wrong vs Iran
• if The Babyjesus' testicle died so we could live
• latest thoughts on the Gio Reyna situation
• preferred XI vs Netherlands (ft CCV vz Zim and striker)
• mortal lock predictions

Also: a quick breakdown of some of the highlights and lowlights from the rest of the tournament, including LLL Triste's unfortunate flameout, and finally STOPPAGE TIME with Best Bets and (everyone's favorite segment) GOAWs.

Tommy McGunner, Tyler Terens and Antoine Hoppenot join Sam to discuss England's 0-0 win over USMNT and breakdown Tuesday's massive Round of 32 "knockout" game against Iran. Episode features:

• on-location vibes check from Qatar (and truth about beer situation)
• relevance of US performance vs England
• wtf is going on with the Gio Reyna situation
• preferred XI vs Iran
• mortal lock predictions

Also: a quick breakdown of some of the highlights and lowlights from the rest of the tournament, including a top 4 tournament power rankings.

Sam sits down with a pair of gingers - one English (Nottingham Dan) and one American (Tim Parker) - to discuss the upcoming USA/England match. We work through our preferred XIs, if/when Gio Reyna should see on the field, what matchups will prove crucial and of course mortal lock [extremely unbiased] predictions.

Kneejerk reaction to USA's 1-1 loss to Wales featuring thoughts on starting XI, performance in first 45', reffing, Gregg's subs, where things went wrong, MOTM and the thorny Gio Reyna situation

Also: Best Bets and GOAWs

Sam is joined by Tyler Terens, Overtime Mitch, Alex Bono and Antonie Hoppenot on a mission to prepare fans new and old for World Cup 2022. Including in this episode are:

GROUP PREVIEWS

Group A (2:00) - Netherlands, Senegal, Ecuador & Qatar

Group B (14:00) - England, USA, Wales & Iran

Group C (31:30) - Argentina, Mexico, Poland & Saudi Arabia

Group D (43:45) - France, Denmark, Tunisia & Australia

Group E (52:00) - Spain, Germany, Japan & Costa Rica

Group F (58:30) - Belgium, Croatia, Morocco & Canada

Group G (1:09:10) - Brazil, Switzerland, Serbia & Cameroon

Group H (1:20:15) - Portugal, Uruguay, Good Korea & Ghana

PREDICTIONS

Who is winning this thing (1:33:10)

Darkhorses & Sleepers (1:42:30)

Favorites who are DOA (1:48:30)

Individual awards (1:54:45)

HEADLINES - Ronaldo goes scorched earth on Manchester United and a big dub for Team Love in the Icardashian saga

WEEKLY WHAT IF (16:50) - club versus country

PREMIER LEAGUE (22:15) - Newcastle stays rolling, wtf happened with City vs Brentford, "Tottenham can't keep getting away with this!" and which managers are most likely to get fired over the WC break

REST OF WORLD (36:00) - biggest surprises of Gregg's 26-man USMNT roster and talking points ft Steffen, Pepi, Pefok and America's #ReamTeam

STOPPAGE TIME (52:30) - GOAWs

HEADLINES - thoughts on FSG (reportedly) selling Liverpool and who we do/don't expect to see when Berhalter reveals his 26-man roster on Wednesday for Qatar... let the Tim Ream hot takes commence

WWI (18:30) - what if Freddy Adu had turned out to be America's first true global soccer superstar?

PREMIER LEAGUE (23:30) - takeaways from Chelsea/Arsenal and Spurs/Liverpool, where do Leeds and Jesse Marsch go from here, Power Rankings and if Chelsea have a shot at Newcastle this weekend

REST OF WORLD (46:00) - ranking MLS Cup in pantheon of finals over the last decade, Canadian soccer no good very bad day and preview of Champions League R16 matchups

STOPPAGE TIME (1:01:30) - Best Bets and GOAWs

HEADLINES - ex-CIA agent spying for Qatar's WC22 bid; if/when is Messi to Miami happening; pluses and minuses of new (rumored) MLS playoff format as well as a wholehearted rebuttal to haters saying the Icardashians and therefore love is on life support

WWI [27:00] - if Ronny and Messi did not exist, who would be considered the best player of the last 15 years?

PREMIER LEAGUE [37:45] - what drugs Graham Potter was on last weekend; Sam tries to push Tyler's buttons about Liverpool then dabbles in a little United ball-washing; and we preview this week's big Chelsea/Arsenal and Spurs/Liverpool games

REST OF WORLD [1:10:45] - USMNT injury situation; MLS/NWSL/USL playoff results and what to watch in Champions League this week

STOPPAGE TIME [1:22:30] - Best Bets and GOAWs