The Crown Cast

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The Crown Cast episodes

July 03, 2025 Diagnosis
Charlotte FC is feeling a little bad lately so its time to go the good ol' (not really) doctors of the Crown Cast.
1 hr 4 min
June 26, 2025 Transfer Time!
Its that time of year again and our old buddies Fabrizio Romano and Tom Bogart have given us the tweets we didn't know we needed.
52 min
June 18, 2025 Player by Player
Philadelphia Union played Charlotte FC with an organization that reminds us sometimes our opponents tell us about ourselves.
1 hr 5 min
June 12, 2025Know Your Bias
Football has never been a simple equation and while the team takes a much needed break the cast comes together to talk about how our bias affects our analysis of the team we love. On the docket today:
How history shapes what we see on the pitch

Questions from the Patreon

Its... not a cult?
1 hr 10 min
June 05, 2025Tinker Too Much?
In 2025 Charlotte FC has put up some odd results. Difficult games against mediocre teams, masterclasses against the best of the best. With the two ends and everything in between the Crown Cast is forced to ask the question, are we tinkering too much? On the docket today:
NYRB and Toronto by the numbers

The Khalina situation

What other teams are teaching us about ourselves.
52 min
May 29, 2025A Foothold in the Bank
Charlotte put points on the board against a very good team in Columbus Crew. The flashes of the early season form return but is this the turnaround in CLT's fate? On the docket today:
Why Columbus was the perfect get right game

The effect of Kerwin Vargas

Player positions and shapes that matter
1 hr 17 min
May 22, 2025Time to Panic?
As results continue to fall to the wayside for Charlotte FC the Crown Cast tries to take a step back and evaluate as fairly as a clearly biased fan podcast can. On the docket today:
The good and the bad of the 3-4-3

Updating our priors

Answering the question for ourselves
59 min
May 14, 2025The Effect of Talent
Nashville pull a heist in the bank but its their key players that make a full meal out of a morsal. On the docket today:
Should big players be evaluated differently?

The creation and the execution.

Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty making a mark.
58 min
May 08, 2025Depth Check
A pair of losses in the league can come at any time, but the manor in which they happen leave fans worried about the depth of the squad. With the cup game against NCFC we got a chance to look at some of that depth. On the docket today:
Shooting ourselves in the foot against Columbus.

Surprising statistics around Liel Abada

Nashville look ahead
50 min
May 01, 2025The Ups and Downs
The stats tell an odd story when Charlotte FC takes their first loss in the bank. Top points today:
Is Charlotte missing a piece of their attacking toolkit?

The weight on Ashley Westwood and Brandt Bronico

Zaha speaks out to his critics
56 min