Jason is joined by old friend of the show Jonathan Tannenwald to talk about the big news in American soccer.

J&J and talk through the failed transfer of Folarin Balogun to Everton. Why did Balogun walk away from a deal at the last minute? What does it mean for his USMNT future?

Then Jason and Jon hit on the story that MLS is putting all 27 of its American teams back in the US Open Cup. The guys talk through what this means for the Open Cup and how its tied to the Leagues Cup and other MLS interests.

Then the subject is the MLS transfer window and what teams did what things to make themselves down the stretch of the season.

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This week Jeremiah Oshan joins Jason to talk:

* The Sounders' big move for Dejan Jovelic

* The state of the club in the ever-changing MLS landscape

* League Cup, the MLS failures in it, and the future of the competition

* How MLS is addicted to change

* What MLS success looks like

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With the news from Pablo Maurer that Major League Soccer is once again planning to change its playoff format, Jason is joined by Arman Kafai of Footy Analytics Musings to break down the weird, complicated format under consideration.

Near the end of the show, Jason and Arman talk about the outlook for a handful of the most exciting/interesting names in the USMNT player pool with the European seasons kicking off.

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Jason is back with a new episode of The Best Soccer Show featuring two very different, but equally important, topics in American soccer.

First, Jason hits on the news that a deal to bring back Mauricio Pochettino as head coach of the USMNT is almost across the line. Is bringing back Poch a good idea? Can he turn the switch and win the trophies that American soccer fans expect the USMNT to win? CAN HE RECRUIT DUAL NATIONALS???

Then, Arman Kafai of Footy Analytic Musings joins the show to dive into the possible changes coming to the MLS salary budget rules. We get really detailed here, including talking about how the salary budget changes might impact American players and the homegrown talent coming through MLS academies. And what about parity?

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Jason is joined by Jonathan Tannenwald to talk about Major League Soccer's attempts to capture new soccer fans after the explosion of soccer interest around the World Cup, Sebastian Berhalter's move to the Middlesbrough of the English Championship, and the USMNT head coaching job—as in whether Pochettino coming back is a good idea, how the people who paid Poch's salary are impacted the decisions at US Soccer, and who might be a decent replacement for the Argentine if he doesn't come back.

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The end came and it hurt. The USMNT failed to show up for one of the biggest games in US men's soccer history and fell 4-1 to Belgium in the Round of 16 on Monday night.

Jason grabbed Alex Shephard from the Golden Goal World Cup magazine (among other things) to try to figure out how to feel.

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The USMNT is on to the Round of 16 after beating Bosnia & Herzegovina on Wednesday night in Santa Clara. After a week off jammed packed with World Cup, Jason is back to dive into the US win and what's next for the Americans. Ryan Rosenblatt returns.

Ryan and Jason talk:

The USMNT win over Bosnia

Folarin Balogun's red card and VAR's impact on the game

Looking ahead to the Belgium game and a massive moment for American soccer

The issue of supporting the USMNT during a dark time in America

Mexico and England at the Azteca

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Jason grabbed Ryan Rosenblatt of many soccer media endeavors past and present to talk about the USMNT, the World Cup narrative, and much, much more.

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With just days left until the USMNT kicks off its World Cup campaign in Los Angeles against Paraguay, Jason went live to take stock of the team. TBSS Chief Correspondent Jonathan Taylor Tannenwald (support Jon's work by subscribing to the Philadelphia Inquirer) joins the show from Irvine, where he's covering the USMNT camp ahead of World Cup kickoff.

Jonathan gives some insight into key US defender Chris Richards' status for the World Cup opener before he and Jason open a discussion about a few of Mauricio Pochettino's pending choices for his World Cup lineup.

Then the Rodius arrives to give some national team thoughts and his DEFCON for the tournament outlook. Jared didn't just come for USMNT analysis, though: he brought a game.

The Gamemaster puts Jason and Jonathan through two rounds of a "closest total" game you'll have to hear to understand.

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