It's the August roundtable and there's a lot to talk about! Vermont Green are USL League 2 National champions, Hartford are in a playoff position, RIFC and Hartford are in Cup semi-finals and the Portland Hearts of Pine are in search of a playoff berth. How is it all going to shake out for these teams a summer turns to fall?

We also talked about how teams must deal with the reality of being a selling team, just a cog in the global soccer market and how teams should approach building their rosters each year.

Our guests join from:

United in Green podcast covering the Vermont Green

From the Forest to the Tide podcast covering Portland Hearts of Pine

Raising Anchor a podcast covering Rhode Island FC

And contributing writers for The Blazing Musket

You can find all these podcasts on The Blazing Musket as part of our podcast network along with Revolution Recap

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Both the Boston Legacy and New England Revolution's stadium plans are impacting the Boston Mayor's race between Mayor Wu and challenger, Josh Kraft. It's made for an interesting summer in Boston as the 2026 World Cup is on the City's horizon. Hayden Bird is working and living in the center of it all and he stopped by to share his thoughts on how both stadiums are developing, the political theater around it all, how Boston is getting ready for next summer, and a bit about his work and love of soccer.

You can find Hayden's Rev coverage on Boston.com and follow him on BlueSky.

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Ben Clements has spent his summer covering USL League 2 for us here at The Blazing Musket while also doing play by play in the same league for the Boston Bolts. Before he heads off to Syracuse this fall, he joined the show to talk all about his experience, how he started down this path and why he's so excited about soccer in New England (Revs aside).

You can keep up with Ben's work on his Instagram page!

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Jackie covers the Boston Legacy for us here at The Blazing Musket and has had an incredible busy summer keeping up with all their moves for 2026. The Legacy has put a GM, coach and players in place, added an owner, changed playing venues for 2026 and more in recent months.

If you haven't been keeping up with all, we've got you covered!

You can follow Jackie on BlueSky and check out her coverage of Boston Legacy on The Blazing Musket.

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We're back for July's roundtable to catch up on how RIFC, Vermont Green, Hartford Athletic and Portland Hearts of Pine's seasons are going so far. We also talked about El Clamico heating up, supporters groups role in bringing the atmosphere to games but also keeping the peace, welcoming our Canadian brethren to the US for soccer tournaments and how the USL could show MLS how an All Star Game should be done!

Our guests this month:

Mike from United in Green a podcast covering the Vermont Green

Shawn from The Blazing Musket and From the Forest to the Tide podcast covering Portland Hearts of Pine

Matt from Raising Anchor a podcast covering Rhode Island FC

Nathan from The Blazing Musket

You can find all these podcasts on The Blazing Musket as part of our podcast network along with Revolution Recap

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Jason Davis is back! He checked in to talk about what he's been covering on his US soccer focused show, Morning Kickaround. We talked about overwhelming amount of soccer to watch this summer, continued expansion in the USL, the return of the New York Cosmos, NISA's revival and much more. Jason brought his unique perspective and insight from decades following soccer in this country and what's it like to live soccer 24/7.

You can follow Jason on BlueSky and checkout Morning Kickaround on YouTube if you haven't already.

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It's been an often challenging experience to support Hartford Athletic, a team that has rarely found success on the field in its history. Chris Behlke is the President of The Bonanza, one of Hartford's supporters groups. It's a group that's been through a lot, has voiced and protested their displeasure in recent weeks but through it all has found ways to enjoy soccer together.

We talked about the groups formation and growth over the years, what they'd like to see from Hartford, their relationship with the team and the experience on game day.

You can checkout The Bonanza's website and find them over on BlueSky.

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Victor Matheson is the sports and gambling economics professor at The College of the Holy Cross and an avid soccer fan. He's also a soccer referee who's called games at the pro and international level. He brought his wealth of knowledge and passion on the shifting landscape of college sports, the effect of gambling in sports, what's it like reffing the beautiful game and more!

It was an engaging conversation and the perfect guest to kick the show back into gear after our summer break!

You can follow Victor on BlueSky and read more about him in this feature story from Holy Cross Magazine.

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Our crew of writers and podcasters got together to talk about how New England soccer is doing as summer arrives.

We focused this month on discussing the role of the teams, leagues, their sponsors and supporters groups in the current challenging situation in our country. Should teams and leagues do more to speak out against the actions of ICE? What enables the Vermont Green to openly support climate, social and immigrant justice while the New England Revolution do nothing more than tokenism?

It was an engaging and important discussion about how what's happening outside the stadium sometimes comes inside the stadium.

Our guests this month:

Mike from United in Green a podcast covering the Vermont Green

Shawn from The Blazing Musket and From the Forest to the Tide podcast covering Portland Hearts of Pine

Matt from Raising Anchor a podcast covering Rhode Island FC

You can find all these podcasts on The Blazing Musket as part of our podcast network along with Revolution Recap

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It's hard to keep track of all the soccer tournaments, leagues and qualifiers going on this summer. In the midst of it all is CONCACAF's Gold Cup tournament featuring the top teams from North and Central America, the Caribbean and even a sportswashing entry from Asia!

Jake Catanese is more prepared than anyone we know for this tournament and he's here to walk us through the groups, the key talking points and how he thinks it'll shake down over the next month as part of his excellent work for The Blazing Musket.

You can follow Jake on X.

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