Shoulder 2 Shoulder: LAFC Podcast

The season opener at the Rose Bowl is rained out, but the first week of MLS is in the books. Carlos Aguirre of Global Diplomatic joins as our guest. We cover their charitable effort in LA and abroad, highlighting the upcoming trip to Costa Rica. Old friend Sam Svilar of Stumptown Footy returns to help us preview Portland.

The 2023 season is about to kickoff with a massive derby at the Rose bowl. A historic crowd will be on hand to witness the first Apple TV broadcast of the LA Classica. Chris and Jonathan are here to preview the oddly timed season opener.

The new Assistant Technical Director & Ambassador for LAFC2 in MLS Next Pro and familiar face Jordan Harvey swings by to catch us up on all things 2nd team. We unpack a busy preseason, recent news and roster moves ahead of the final preseason tuneup this weekend.

The past week has been action packed for the Black and Gold community! Join the boys as we unpack all the news and notes from a very busy week across the LAFC landscape. From Gareth Bale‘s retirement, to front office extensions & departures, and a press conference debuting our new players… So much to talk about this week!

The boys return after a winter hiatus to recap a busy offseason for the Black & Gold. The roster is turning over, with a flurry of new signings. We say goodbye to a LAFC Original as the Latif Blessing Saga comes to a sad closure. But plenty of new players coming in to peak our interest and stir the pot. Join us as we break down a wild two months of news.

The Mac Daddy himself graces S2S with an appearance this week. We talk to the LAFC GK and MLS Finals MVP about his historic performance and career. From championship tours to penalty tactics to ruining a certain Italian icons suit, we dive into the story behind the legend. LAFC have a CCL draw and a slew of cup runs to prepare for at the top of the show and a surprise special guest joins to talk all the cups. Check it out!

LAFC are your 2022 MLS CHAMPIONS!!! We take this episode to break down every glorious, heart-wrenching, despondent and jubilant moment of the Cup Final. From the big moments to the seemingly insignificant, we dive into the greatest MLS game ever played. Check it out!

On the precipice of the glory we call on the LAFC Podfam to prepare us for the Cup Final. LAFC pods Counter Press, Defenders of the Banc, FCFC, Heart of LAFC, LGBTFC, Season Pass (Pod Save the World’s World Corrupt), Somos LAFC, and Voices of the Black & Gold all collab to make pod happen. El Parcero Philly from DOOP by the River reps the Union as our OpCor. A truly epic pod for an epic game.

Join us as we take a look at back at the Western Conference semi final victory versus the Galaxy and relive a glorious victory! Landon Cotham of Moontower soccer joins us as our opponent correspondent to preview the upcoming Western Conference finals versus Austin

LAFC lose a meaningless game in auspicious circumstances as the season draws to a close. We run through the debacle that was Nashville, deep dive into shield celebrations and look to the playoffs on this weeks episode.