Soccer Touchdown

The boys sit down with Timbers Team Executive Chef, Rich Myer chatting about a cornucopia of topics including Timbers dietary restrictions, being a fan even before working for the club, and soup! It's all about soup! In the end, Rich leaves your eardrums tastebuds watering.

As well, the latest installment of UCOA, and discussion of where the Soccer Touchdown watch party should take place this year.

Episode Notes:

Intro Jam: Arrested Development - Mr. Wendal

2:00 - Mr. Wendal / MTV talk

5:30 - Trumors, Re-signings, New Signings, Departures and the Like

15:00 - Does Zarek know about the MOST stuffed Oreos!?

18:30 - MLS selling players to Europe

21:00 - Zippy & JP are doing Cincinnati away!

22:00 - New Timbers kit

24:30 - JP retells the tale of his father going to the ’79 Soccerbowl in which Vancouver upset Tampa Bay

30:00 - Thorns chatter

33:30 - Sky Blue is on the brink of existing due to their garbage management and owner

37:00 - Intermission

38:00 - Interview with Timbers Executive Chef, Rich Myer

1:26 - Soccer Touchdown Merit Badge

1:27:30 - United Cats of Ameowica

1:31 - Cover Your Hearts @ the Doug, Feb 9th

1:34 - Soccer Touchdown Viewing Party Venue \

Outro Jam: The Cure - In Between Days

JP & Zippy sit down for an entire episode with Ghost of Jeanderson. Aside from the Timbers & Thorns seasons, the boys chat what they each hope Santa will bring each the Timbers & Thorns for Christmas, GOJ's Christmas movie bracket, the new MLS Playoff format, the newly minted names for MLS stadiums, and they review Irn Bru, the Scottish pop.

For the first time, United Cats Of Emeowica is read live by GOJ.

Intro Jam: Sha La Das - Christmas Time

3:00 Christmas List Talk

10:00 - What should Santa bring the Timbers / Thorns for Christmas?

15:00 - Previewing the Road To France Women’s World Cup Groups

18:00 - The GOJ Christmas Movies Bracket

21:00 - Feelings on MLS Cup

24:30 - New MLS Playoff Format

27:30 - Atlanta United take MLS cup to a strip club.

30:00 - Keeping Up With Every League Around the World, with GOJ.

32:00 - Timbers Departures / Kinda Arrivals

34:30 - Moves around MLS

47:30 - Grabavoy New Technical Director, and JP’s Head Has Exploded

56:00 - New Stadium Names

110:30 - The Irn Bru Review

116:00 - United Cats Of Ameowica

Outro Jam: Aretha Franklin - Kissin’ By The Mistletoe

In which JP & Zippy are joined by old friends Back Office Gavin & John McGuire, in a very special episode wherein MLS Cup 2018 is previewed (sort of), the 2018 Timbers season is reviewed (power rankings style), and we try to let some confused listeners in on a backlog of in-jokes. Analogy Talk, Deep Statz, and a Big Kev Voicemail. We also discuss a little bit of general news including FIFA U-17 WWC, 2019 FIFA WWC, Ada Hegerberg winning the Ballon D’Or, Gregg Berhalter named USMNT coach, and the retirement of David Horst. We close things out with the most epic edition of United Cats of Ameowica yet! Brought to you by GOJ it’s Oregon!

Zippy & JP are joined again by friend of the show, Zarek Valentin. Chatting about Thanksgiving, who's the most disliked player in MLS, and what Zarek has accomplished since last being on the show, the boys keep the Valentin tradition of accidentally deleting a portion of the show. But don't worry, we made sure we kept the good stuff.... maybe.

It’s a 2 hour extravaganza in which JP and Zippy discuss the Timbers recent playoff run, Östersund’s season in the Allsvenskan, discuss philosophy of soccer, and take a look at USWNT and W-League. Part 2 of the Mana Shim interview is featured in the second half of the show. And we close things out with the usual United Cats of Ameowica, voicemails, and talk about the upcoming playoff match vs SKC. Hope you enjoy it. As always, feel free to reach out to use on twitter, insta, facebook @soccertouchdown, or via e-mail [email protected], or via our hotline 503-660-FANZ.

Intro: This Orient by The Foals

1-4’: Chatter

4-7’: Östersund FK season review

7-16': Discussion of possession vs counterattacking soccer

16-33’ Timbers Playoff run, in which Zippy calls into question Gio Savarese’s coaching, while JP contends everything Gio touches turns to gold.

36-37': Blue Suit

38-39': USWNT

40-45': W-League, NWSL players abroad

46’: Mana Shim Part 2, featuring Erin Jean O'Regan

53’: Mana embarrasses the competition in Barcelona

57’: Stupid questions about Hawaii

1:14’: The status of NWSL, player salaries, and the future of the women’s game

1:41: Zippy is scared of Sporting Kansas City

1:47’: Thanks to Marmosett (and Dairon Asprilla)

1:50': New Review!

1:53': Root beer review

1:55': Other Zippy McZipperson voicemail

1:58': United Cats of Ameowica: Ohio!

Outro: Cachaito Lopez, Tumbao No 5 Para Charlie Mingus

Erin Jean joins Zippy & JP they chat with former Portland Thorn Mana Shim about an cornucopia of topics.

Show Notes:

Intro Jam: Hyim - Evolution

5:00 - Mana’s unknown cousin

8:00 - Traded to Houston & back to Thorns in one week

15:30 - Mana moves to Arizona at 15

17:30 - Opera’s book club home school

21:00 - Missing most about PDX

23:30 - Oregon coast surfing

24:30 - Sporting atmosphere in Houston

26:30 - Women's game in the USA

29:00 - Ninja Town

32: 00 - Leaving Thorns for Sweden

37:00 - Papa Paulson

39:00 - Non-rostered for Thorns matches

45:00 - USWNT World Cup qualification

49:30 - Analogy talk

57:30 - Amelia-ing Foster Langsdorf

1:00 - San Jose new Samurai Coach

1:05 - Memphis FC

1:07 - Super League

1:09 - Email from Elizabeth

1:12 - United Cats of Emeowica

1:14:3- New PDX FC kits look fly as F&$K, being released Nov 23rd

1:17:30 - JP never checks his Insta

Outro Jam: Spinto Band - Trust Vs. Mistrust

JP & Zippy sit down with Timbers striker Foster Langsdorf to chat about his time at Stanford, being a home grown player, his book club, and that time he didn't make the all star baseball team in grade 5.

As well Erin Jean shares her Thorns Championship recap, and Ghost of Jeanderson gives us the latest installment of ECOE.

Show Notes:

Intro Jam: Mary Onettes - Lost

4:00 - Gio drops the F bomb on broadcast

5:00 - Foster Introduction

8:00 - How many horse heads has Foster sent Jordan Morris? 

13:30 - Foster LOVES the carpool lane.

16:00 - Grandma Book Club

21:00 - The Vytas Prank

25:30 - GOJ, the Magic Password, and Sam the Kitman is Low on “L”s.

28:00 - Settlers of Catan

30:30 - Favorite Away Places to Play

32:00 - Playing at Merlo

34:30 - Timbers Academy thoughts

48:00 - What’s up with Battleground? 

51:00 - Foster skips school to try out for the U23’s

57:30 - Zippy & Foster share solidarity in pooping their pants as adults

1:08 - Life After Football

1:11 - Foster’s Football Heroes

1:12:30 - Football Philosophy

1:20 - Other Favorite Sports 

1:23 - Trying to get some Thorns on the pod

1:26 - JP & Zip chat Thorns vs. Courage final

1:29 - Erin Jean’s Thorns Report

1:35 - New Issue of Howeler

1:37 - Robinson Out in Vancouver

1:46 - Email From Cody Jones

1:49 - United Cats of Emeowica (North Carolina)

Outro Jam: Pindys - See the Future

Zippy's back, and muses about Portland Burgerweek, JP has got a bad feeling about it. The boys chat Thorns playoff predictions, Raso's broken back, and the Timbers reacquiring 2015 team-members Villafaña and Melano. JP is relocating and Zippy is BUMMED, and old friend PJ Skyler stops by and he and JP's World Cup predictions are revealed. JP still has a bad feeling about it.

Show Notes:

Intro Jam: Wild Nothing - Chinatown

2:00 - Burgerweek Chatter

5:30 - Thorns on verge of playoffs

11:30 - GOJ appears on Midge Purse’s Insta with some advice

12:30 - Raso broke her back

20:00 - Hope Solo comments on race in the USWNT

26:00 - How Out Of Touch Is FIFA Best Women’s Player Award

33:00 - Timbers musings

36:30 - Why aren’t we playing with the blood?

52:00 - At least we’re not Chicago who is “fucking suffering”.

53:30 - Dreams of having Petke on the show

55:30 - JP is relocating, Zip is bummed

1:03:30 - World Cup predictions revealed with PJ Skyler

1:18 - No VAR for Women’s World Cup

1:20 - The Quagliarella Goal / JP has a new way to score matches

1:27 - The SIAFISTDMLSFL Update

1:33:30 - United Cats Of Emeowica

Outro Jam: Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers - Little Dinosaur

Zippy is MIA, as JP & Dan meet up with shopkeep, novelist, and magazine editor, Dennie Wendt. It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood of Goose Hollow around Civic Stadium, as we discuss among many things, a new soccer store called Possession, the future of soccer magazine Howler, and the potential for a soccer clubhouse to hear readings by authors, watch soccer matches, play FIFA, and master subbuteo.

Please do visit possessionfc.com to learn more about Portland’s newest soccer shop. Pay a visit to whatahowler.com to learn more about Howler magazine and how to subscribe. Dennie Wendt’s novel, Hooper’s Revolution, can be found at Possession, Powell’s, or other online book retailers. You can hear the interview with Tommy Smyth on the podcast Howler Radio, well worth sticking that in the ol’ onion bag.

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Special Guest: Jeremy Ebobisse

Intro & Outro music:

Traumhaft by Klaus Johann Grobe

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(Background music: Oscillating fan, cause it was hot!)