Along with Larry Nance Jr. and Mikey Fowler, we hit the big headlines for the week, including Corona vs Zlatan, USA buying up European soccer clubs, Megan Rapinoe, Sebastian Soto and Frank de Bore. Reactions from last weekend's Premier League scores, Power Rankings, Fantasy Roundup and preview of what is on deck this weekend (ft Arsenal/Liverpool and City/Lester) plus Best Bets. Finally, Sam's Army's official Bundesliga expert Julian Gressel (of DC United) walks us through what to expect in the German league this season, including whether anyone can hang with Bayern, who will be fighting for top 4/bottom 3 and which Americans to keep an eye on.

Sam, Larry and Mikey roll through Premier League opening weekend f/t Liverpool's defense-optional win over Leeds; discuss the significant deals/almost deals (eg Bale, Aubameyang & Thiago) and which clubs still need what; current Power Rankings (top4/bottom3); fantasy tips & tricks; and finally a weekend preview highlighted by Chelsea/Liverpool & Wolves/City plus Sam's get-money Best Bets. Next up [00:57:45] Andre Shinyashiki & Keegan Rosenberry of the Colorado Rapids join to discuss their respective upbringings in Brazil and Amish country; the absurd questions they were asked at the MLS combine; the time Tim Howard got all up in Andre's metaphorical ass and literal face; Keegan throws down golf gauntlet to Riggs; credit card roulette shenanigans; FIFA ratings; and what ridiculousness is going down in the DMs of Andre's model-heavy Instagram.

Sam sits down with Mikey Fowler, Max Bretos and Larry Nance Jr. to break down the upcoming 2020-21 Premier League season, including title/top 4/relegation predictions and early thoughts on who has done the best (and not best) business this abbreviated offseason. Also: picks for POY, golden boot, first manager out and an egregiously ballsy call on this season's Europa League winner, plus must-have fantasy tips. Finally, with La Liga also kicking off this weekend, we discuss whether anyone can dethrone Real Madrid and what to expect from Messi's beloved Barcelona.

Sam and Mikey walk through the Messi drama, which has now reached an extremely amicable resolution (HA!), run through the unfortunate situation involving RSL/Royals/Monarchs then touch on the highlights/lowlights of transfer moves in England, Spain, Italy, MLS, NWSL and the FA Women's Super Cup... plus what to watch for in the week ahead.

Sam and Mikey debate the messy Messi/Barcelona saga and offer differing opinions on where he and the club go from here and why, plus a look back at Bayern 's triumph over PSG in the Champions League final, Chelsea's spending spree and what's what in MLS. Next up Sam sits down with GK Matt Freese and MF Brenden Aaronson of the Philadelphia Union wherein we get to the bottom of what makes the club's academy so damn productive, an inside look at the Union locker room, where Brenden's head is at on moving to Europe and whether Harvard is in Matt's tinder profile, plus another Rapid Fire highlighted by shocking revelations about someone's obsession with Tiktok.

San Jose Earthquakes keepagandist JT Marcinkowski sits down with Sam to discuss the Champions and Europa League semifinals and preview the finals coming up this weekend. We also chat about the most memorable aspects of MLSisBack bubble life, JT's experiences in SJ's youth program, Georgetown and Reno 1868 (USL), as well as how Earthquakes coach Matías Almeyda broke the team down and built it back up in his own image over the last two years. Finally, another very random but highly illuminating edition of Rapid Fire.

Sam and Mikey discuss the ridiculous circumstances surrounding a twitter mob (led by cornball-in-chief Grant Wahl) coming after Sam this week. Weekly hypothetical: if you could clone one player 11 times, who would make the best team? Thoughts on CBS's coverage. Corona silver linings. Champions and Europa League previews + predictions. Thoughts on MLS is Back final.

Larry Nance Jr. & Mikey Fowler join Sam to put the finishing touches on the 2019-20 season, featuring the biggest highlights and lowlights. We also take a way-way-way-too-early look at what to expect in 2020-21 and close the segment with a preview of Arsenal vs Chelsea in this weekend's FA Cup final and MLSisBack knockouts. Next up, [[45:40]] newly minted 2020 Challenge Cup champion Bri Visalli of Houston Dash stops by to discuss drug arrests inside the NWSL bubble, NARPs, Dash’s journey from powdered eggs to avocado toast, the power of the twerk, the surprising secret about Utah’s Bud Heavy’s, taking the Challenge Cup trophy to Magic Mike, her time playing for West Ham and Birmingham City, if teams party harder in the US or UK and contemplating a name change to Brinedict Arnoldsalli (among many other topics).

Toronto FC's Alex Bono offers an update on what life is like after a month in the including 'snitch line' gossip and the inside scoop on the brewing rivalry with DC United. MLSisBack group stage recap and preview of the knockout stage. Recap of a crazy week in the Premier League and especially Championship -- Swansea! Nottingham Forest :( -- and setting the stage for the massive weekend ahead. Next, Sam chats with Watford's Daniel Bachmann [one hour mark] about his evolution from athlete (downhill skier) to GK, making jump from Austria to UK, what cold rainy nights are *really* like in Stoke, his agent "love triangle" and messy breakup, mall-hopping in Dubai with Peter Crouch, what life in the midst of Watford's relegation fight is like and whether the USA or Austria will win a World Cup first [plus Daniel's thoughts on The Babyjesus].

Sam chats with Max Bretos and Mikey Fowler to discuss the fallout from CAS decision to overturn Man City's two-year Champions League ban. Also, some thoughts on Tottenham's "historic" win in the North London Dangly Dærby and a preview (and some predictions) for the games and teams to watch this week, featuring top FOUR/relegation battles, FA Cup, Atalanta, MLS and finally the NWSL playoffs. Finally, the latest "Profiles in Bubble Courage" with Matt Freese of the Philadelphia Union [[47 minutes]] in which we come up with a plan for MLS to wrestle back the spotlight from the NBA, dig a little deeper into the newly ascendent Union and debut a new "Media Training 101" segment. (ps: Matt also comes clean on the REAL reason there was a 0.0000% chance the Union were going to lose to Inter Miami this week.)