HEADLINES: bad boys Barça are so back, United plan to "reintegrate" Antony despite outstanding assault allegations, Inter Miami double season ticket prices and Scunthorpe Utd in danger of being Bury 2.0

WHAT IF: your precocious 13yo son/daughter was good enough to earn a pro contract... would you want them out there playing against grown-ass men/women??

PREMIER LEAGUE: Tyler and Sam butt heads on Tottenham/Liverpool controversies, we try to make sense of Villa stomping Brighton and City losing for their first league game in forever to... Wolves(?!), plus we look ahead to the weekend featuring Arsenal hosting City and Liverpool visiting Brighton

ROUND THE WORLD: MLS Hit-It-N-Quit-It Minute and Champions League preview + picks

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets (Overs Train stays COOKING) and GOAWs

HEADLINES: Gregg and Gio bury the hatchet, is Julian Nagelsmann's Germany among the favorites for Euro24 and a battle of soccer's good guys as Stan Kroenke and Gianni Infantino square up

WHAT IF: if Norway had qualified for WC23, how far would they have needed to go in the tournament and how many goals would Haaland have needed to score in order to win the Balon d'Or over Messi?

PREMIER LEAGUE: what we learned about Spurs and Arsenal in the latest North London Daerby; where Chelsea fit among the pantheon of clubs that neutrals love to see struggle; is Newcastle's decimation of Sheffield Utd a symptom of a larger trend and a look at games coming up this weekend featuring a unanimous(!) prediction about Liverpool at Spurs on Saturday

ROUND THE WORLD: MLS Hit-It-N-Quit-It Minute is so back including an unexpectedly detailed discussion of what is driving Orlando City's silent-but-deadly late season push, a massssssive hot take about Houston vs Miami in this week's US Open Cup final and observations from Champions League's matchday 1

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

HEADLINES: the Richie Williams era lasts about 5 minutes as Revolution players call shenanigans on Bruce Arena's long-time assistant whose complaints forced the legendary coach out; US Soccer heading to Atlanta; anonymous English manager admits to gambling more than $1M but avoids suspension and finally some good news for Everton

WHAT IF: Man City versus Argentina NT - who ya got?

PREMIER LEAGUE: Sam pops a chub over Spurs; how much of United's woes can be blamed on Erik Ten Hag; Power Rankings and weekend preview featuring North London Daerby (time to find out of Tottenham are really all about) and United/Chelsea trainwrecks

ROUND THE WORLD: time to get your mind right for the Champions League group stage

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

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INTERVIEW: Orange County striker Milan Iloski talks about winning last year's USL-Championship golden boot; comes clean on the best prank ex-roommate Tommy McGunner ever pulled on him and discusses his pending transfer to Denmark's Nordsjaelland

HEADLINES: breakdown of Balon d'Or "short" list, response to response to every word that comes out of Gregg Berhalter's mouth, Spanish federation clownshow reaches inevitable conclusion, extremely strange Bruce Arena situation and Hansi Flick breaks an incredible streak

WHAT IF: you were Liverpool's sporting director and a Saudi club offered you $215 MILLION for 31yo Mo Salah... you selling or nah?

USMNT: recap of lackluster Uzbekistan win and thoughts on Tuesday's game vs Oman

PREMIER LEAGUE: weekend preview featuring Manchester United (out of the frying pan into the fire), Chelsea's must-win, chances Tottenham remembers they are Tottenham this week and an upset alert so ridiculous it just might happen

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

HEADLINES: tryong to make sense of Gregg Berhalter not yet contacting Gio Reyna and breaking news on Antony being dropped by Brazil

WHAT IF: the LAFC fan had actually domed Messi with that drink... how would that have played out?

PREMIER LEAGUE: Arsenal/United postmortem, Chelsea stays crumbling, Spurs are sexy but are they good(?) and Power Rankings

ROUND THE WORLD: USMNT roster thots plus preview of Uzbekistan and Oman games, reaction to Carlos Vela's comments on Messi and Alex Bono's MLS power rankings

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

HEADLINES: Luis Rubiales making a strong push for soccer's scumbag of the year with his handling of Spain's WC celebrations and aftermath and an ode to San Diego Loyal

WHAT IF: Messi tried to recruit you to make a one-time switch to represent Argentina -- would you?

PREMIER LEAGUE: Liverpool and Tottenham are high on life right now, Arsenal's title hopes in tatters, Brighton bad vs West Ham good and Everton... oh poor sweet Everton.

ROUND THE WORLD: historically rapid USMNT update session

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

HEADLINES: Lucas Paquetá's recent rollercoaster seeing links to a BIG money move with Man City go silent when he is implicated in an(other) illegal gambling scheme; United's handling of the Mason Greenwood situation; and thoughts on recent overtures between North and South America involving a mooted Inter-Americana Cup and Inter Miami's invite to Copa Libertadores

WHAT IF: in light of KDB's injury (and Kane's departure), who is the player a Premier League club could least afford to do without at the moment?

PREMIER LEAGUE: thots on West Ham/Chelsea, Spurs/United and City/Newcastle (et al) plus reaction to Tyler Adams heading to Bournemouth and what games we are most intrigued by heading into this weekend

ROUND THE WORLD: Leagues Cup may actually have been scripted; Open Cup preview and Women's World Cup recap

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

HEADLINES: would whispered changes to MLS's salary cap and roster rules go far enough and what Neymar's massive money move to Saudi Arabia means for his legacy

WWI: pop quiz on 2023-24 UCL odds

PREMIER LEAGUE: Chelsea and Liverpool battling on and off the field, reaction to Kane's official departure to Bayern Munich, Mikey pulls a 180 on a club after 90 minutes of soccer and the inaugural Power Rankings

ROUND THE WORLD: are complaints about Leagues Cup valid and what changes would be useful and Women's World Cup update

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

HEADLINES: Messi exceeding lofty expectations so far; PSG may be crumbling at the seems; USL's pro/rel dreams may be dying on the vine and weird Bruce Arena situation

WOMEN'S WORLD CUP: lack of goals end of USWNT's quest to be b2b2bwcw so we play the blame game and discuss if this flame out is a harbinger of future disappointments

WHAT IF: Jill Ellis had been the coach of USWNT, would things have turned out any differently?

PREMIER LEAGUE: way way way too premature season preview f/t best and worst summer transfer windows plus predictions for champs, top 4, bottom 3, who is poised to over/underperform and first manager sacked

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

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INTERVIEW [1:21:15]: Phillip Goodrum discusses one of the strangest draft stories in history, his breakout season with Memphis 901 last year, falling out with the FO after they rejected offers from MLS and Europe in the offseason, getting traded to FC Tulsa (and teaming up with Tommy McGunner), what he would be doing if not getting paid to kick a ball and his respect for Memphis fans for booing him mercilessly on his first game back as an opponent

HEADLINES: Tottenham owner Joe Lewis is charged with insider trading and the Saudi league has gone too far (for someone) by buying Lucas Zelarayan from Columbus

WHAT IF: MBS announces the Saudi league will host an all-star game in your hometown -- you buying a ticket?

WORLD CUP: USWNT eeks out a 1-1 draw vs Netherlands without getting out of second gear setting up a lot of permutations depending on what happens against Portugal (very) early on Tuesday morning; plus which others teams have impressed thus far

ROUND THE WORLD: plenty of praise and one notable criticism about Leagues Cup

STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

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INTERVIEW [52:00]: Drake Callender discusses focusing on establishing himself as Inter Miami's GK1 (and hoping for additional USMNT call-ups) while simultaneously dealing with Messi Mania... plus what life has been like the last few weeks, connecting with Sergio Busquets over basketball and what the team's ambitions are this season under Tata Martino