Sam Lattof pops into the show this week as the playoffs are on the horizon for three of New England's five pro teams. What's in store for RIFC, Portland and Hartford as they wrap up their regular seasons with playoffs expected to follow. And what of the New England Revs, who are officially out of the playoffs for the third year in the last four, what's left for them in 2025? And finally, the Boston Legacy continue to step closer to taking the field in 2026, apparently on grass at Gillette!

We'll go through it and get Sam's thoughts on everything to get you ready for the year's most consequential season.

You can follow Sam on BlueSky here.

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The New England Revolution finally parted ways with head coach, Caleb Porter, after nearly two full seasons of little to no success. It's a momentous occasion that has us breaking new ground once again!

Listen in to a special Revolution Recap/Blazing Musket Podcast crossover episode as we discuss Porter's tenure, the fallout and the future of the New England Revolution.

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The USL Championship and League 1 are headed towards the playoffs, Hartford Athletic are in a Cup final, RIFC and Portland Hearts of Pine are chasing the playoffs and USL expansion is set to continue in 2026. It's all happening and John Morissey of The USL Show and Backheeled.com is here to give us the lowdown on all of it.

You can follow John on BlueSky, checkout Backheeled.com and get The USL Show on YouTube.

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With John Morissey, co-host of The USL Show and writer for Backheeled.com, having one of the busiest schedules of anyone covering the USL, we're putting the main show out on Friday morning this week. And recording it live on YouTube on Thursday night!

Today's show is a quick one from Thomas, taking some time to share appreciation to all of you loyal listeners and our great guests, highlight some shows you may have missed this summer, a super quick preview of the USL Cup semi-finals tonight and some other general rumblings.

Enjoy Thomas' one and only monologue since the show started (thank goodness for that!) and make sure to catch us live on The Blazing Musket YouTube channel Thursday night at 6:30.

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The Summer of 2025 may just be ending but the USMNT only has a handful of games remaining between now and next summer's World Cup. Only friendlies await the team between now and then and everyone following the team seems to have a different opinion on how everything should be going. Donald stops by to give us his takes on the importance of the fall friendlies, a review of 2025's results so far and all the narratives surrounding the team being fueled by past and present players.

You can keep up with Donald as the World Cup approaches on BlueSky and be sure to checkout Stars and Stripes FC's site for more on the USMNT as well.

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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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