The Final Third Soccer Podcast

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A new Premier League season is upon us! We sit down and talk about every EPL team's summer transfer window, their strengths and weaknesses, their key players, and where they'll finish at the end of the season.

The teams: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Brentford, Brighton & Hove Albion, Burnley, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Everton, Leeds United, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, Watford, West Ham United, Wolverhampton Wanderers

Things covered for each team:

1. Major Transfers In and Out
2. Major Strengths and Weaknesses
3. Key Players
4. Prediction on where the team will finish

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Jack and Reed join forces to talk about ALL the transfers going on in Europe, Messi and Kane transfer drama, Olympic finals, and more!

Topics Covered:

1. Fofana's horrific pre-season injury
2. Transfer Hot-Or-Not: Kane, Grealish, Messi, Ings, Sargent, Luiz Araujo
3. Is Harry Kane forcing his way out of Tottenham?
4. Who's to blame for Messi leaving Barcelona? Is it La Liga, Barcelona's front office, or Messi himself?
5. Brazil and Canada win Gold at the Tokyo Summer Olympics!
6. Denton Diablos win the 2021 NPSL Title
7. EFL Championship. League 1, and League 2 Weekend Round-up
8. Last Week's Predictions: USWNT v Canada  (Olympics (W), 8/2), Australia v Sweden (Olympics (W), 8/2), Mexico U23 v Brazil U23  (Olympics (M), 8/3), Japan U23 v Spain U23 (Olympics (M), 8/3), Leicester City v Manchester City (Community Shield, 8/7)
9. Next Week's Predictions: Chelsea v Villareal (UEFA Super Cup, 8/11), America v Philadelphia Union (CONCACAF Champions League, 8/12), Brentford v Arsenal (Premier League, 8/13), MNUFC v LA Galaxy (MLS, 8/14), Borussia Dortmund v Eintracht Frankfurt (Bundesliga, 8/14)
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Matt VanBenschoten, head coach of NPSL club Minneapolis City SC joins us to talk about how the team's season went, what it's like coaching at the lower league level in America, and what the future holds for NPSL, Minneapolis City, and lower division soccer as a whole.

Topics Covered:

1. Matt's history in soccer
2. How the Minneapolis City SC season went
3. Recap of their NPSL Midwest Final loss to Cleveland SC
4. What is the team's style of play?
5. The reasons why they dominated NPSL North
6. Matt's coaching philosophy
7. Minneapolis City's goals for next season
8. Where is MPLS City in 5 years?
9. Where will Matt be in 5 years?

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WHAT A NIGHT! We talk about the USMNT winning the Gold Cup, the impressive teams at the Gold Cups, the USWNT losing the Olympic Semi-Final against Canada, and some of the hottest transfers in Europe.

Topics Covered:

1. USMNT WIN The 2021 Gold Cup in a 1-0 win over Mexico
2. Impressive teams at the CONCACAF Gold Cup
3. Transfer Hot-Or-Not: (Kounde, Romero, Grealish, Locatelli, Malen)
4. Lille win Trophée Des Champions over PSG
5. Jack’s Lower League Lowdown
6. NPSL Final Preview (Tulsa Athletic v Denton Diablos)
7. Des Moines Menace win USL League 2
8. EFL Championship Previews
9. The USWNT lose to Canada for the first time since 2001
10. Last Week's Predictions: USWNT v Australia (Olympics (W), 7/27), Canada v Great Britain (Olympics (W), 7/27), Spain U23 v Argentina U23 (Olympics (M), 7/28), LAFC v MNUFC (MLS, 7/28), Orlando City v Atlanta United (MLS, 7/30)
11. Next Week's Predictions: USWNT v Canada (Olympics (W), 8/2), Australia v Sweden (Olympics (W), 8/2), Mexico U23 v Brazil U23 (Olympics (M), 8/3), Japan U23 v Spain U23 (Olympics (M), 8/3), Leicester City v Manchester City (Community Shield, 8/7)

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The Olympic Football Tournament has finished the group stage for both the men and the women. Teams have impressed, teams have had huge let-downs. Let's talk about how each group finished and how the quarterfinals are going to go!

1. Group-by-Group reactions
2. Most Impressive teams (Sweden, The Netherlands, Spain, Japan, Brazil)
3. Most Disappointing Teams (USWNT, Germany, France, Argentina, Australia)
4. Quarterfinal Predictions (Men: Japan v New Zealand, Spain v Ivory Coast, South Korea v Mexico, Brazil v Egypt) (Women: Great Britain v Australia, Sweden v Japan, The Netherlands v USWNT, Canada v Brazil)

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USMNT Corner begins at 45:30.

The Summer of Soccer rolls on with the Olympics, Gold Cup, transfer rumors, and more! Hear us talk about promotion and relegation being voted on by the USL, the most impressive and least impressive teams at the Olympics, how the USMNT and USWNT are doing and other great things.

Topics Covered:

1. Transfer Hot-or-Not (Louis Van Gaal, Lamela / Bryan Gil, Ruben Neves, Pierluigi Gollini)
2. Impressive / Unimpressive Teams at the Tokyo Olympics Football Tournament (both Men and Women's) and the CONCACAF Gold Cup
3. Thomas Tuchel wins German Manager of the Year
4. USL to discuss and introduce promotion and relegation, a European Fall-Spring Calendar, and a inter-league Cup for its two professional leagues (USL Championship and USL League One)
5. Minneapolis City lose against Cleveland SC
6. NPSL and USL League 2 Playoff Preview
7. USMNT Corner: USMNT beat Jamaica 1-0 at The Gold Cup
8. USWNT Corner: USWNT lose to Sweden 3-0 and beat New Zealand 6-1 at the Olympics
9. Last Week's Predictions: Costa Rica v Jamaica (Gold Cup, 7/20), Sweden (W) v USWNT (Tokyo Olympics (W), 7/21), Orlando City v Philadelphia Union (MLS/Stateside Derby, 7/22), Brazil U23 v Germany U23 (Tokyo Olympics (M), 7/22), Mexico U23 v France U23 (Tokyo Olympics (M), 7/23)
10. Next Week's Predictions: USWNT v Australia (Olympics (W), 7/27), Canada v Great Britain (Olympics (W), 7/27), Spain U23 v Argentina U23 (Olympics (M), 7/28), LAFC v MNUFC (MLS, 7/28), Orlando City v Atlanta United (MLS, 7/30)

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Atlanta United is in complete disarray, Heinze is out, Josef is still in, Bocanegra (sadly) is still in. What went wrong for Atlanta United? And how do they move on from here?

Topics Covered:

1. Why did get Heinze get fired?
2. How did Atlanta United fall apart? What role did Carlos Bocanegra play in this? Can they still be MLS Cup Contenders?
3. What does ATLUTD need to do to succeed again? Fire Bocanegra? Get rid of dead weight like Barco? Get a new coach as soon as possible?
4. Should Atlanta fans be optimistic?

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USMNT Corner Begins: 1:03:00 (1 hour and 3 minutes in)

Jack is back! We talk MLS, European Transfers, NPSL, USMNT, and Olympics! Check it out!

Topics Covered:

1. MLS Mid-season Review, which teams have impressed, let us down, and who are the MVP candidates so far? (NE Revs, Toronto FC, Atlanta United)
2. European Transfers - which transfers have been great and which are doomed to fail? (Camavinga, Messi, Griezmann, Giroud, Hakimi)
3. Jack's Lower League Lowdown: NPSL Playoff Preview, Jonathan Gomez to Real Sociedad
4. USMNT Corner: USMNT Beat Canada and win Group B in the Gold Cup - unconvincingly: takeaways and knockout round preview
5. Last Week's Predictions: Mexico v Guatemala (Gold Cup, 7/14), Atlanta United v New England (MLS, 7/17), MNUFC v Seattle Sounders (MLS, 7/17), Portland Thorns v Orlando Pride (NWSL, 7/18), USMNT v CanMNT (Gold Cup, 7/18)
6. Next Week's Predictions: Costa Rica v Jamaica (Gold Cup, 7/20), Sweden (W) v USWNT (Tokyo Olympics (W), 7/21), Orlando City v Philadelphia Union (MLS/Stateside Derby, 7/22), Brazil U23 v Germany U23 (Tokyo Olympics (M), 7/22), Mexico U23 v France U23 (Tokyo Olympics (M), 7/23)

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It's Olympics Time! We're not talking about Simone Biles or Katie Ledecky, we're talking about the men's and women's Olympic football tournament! Which teams are going to get a medal? Who are the key players for each team? Let's talk about it.

Groups (Men's - A-D, Women's E-G):

• A: Japan, South Africa, Mexico, France
• B: New Zealand, South Korea, Honduras, Romania
• C: Egypt, Spain, Argentina, Australia
• D: Brazil, Germany, Ivory Coast, Saudi Arabia
• E: Japan, Canada, Great Britain, Chile
• F: China, Brazil, Zambia, The Netherlands
• G: Sweden, USWNT, Australia, New Zealand

Topics Covered:

1. Group-by-Group previews (Predictions how the group plays out, how each team will fare, the 3 overage playersand the key players/tactics for each team)
2. Our Predicted Medalists
3. Dark Horse teams

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AJ is joined by special guest host, Reed, to talk about Italy winning the EURO 2020 final over England, Messi and Argentina beating Brazil to win the Copa America, and make some predictions of the week's biggest games!

Topics Covered:

1. Italy wins EURO 2020
2. What did Mancini and Italy do to get the win?
3. Who are Italy's MVPs?
4. Why did Southgate make Saka, Sancho, and Rashford take penalties?
5. Racism against Saka, Sancho, and Rashford.
6. Argentina and Messi wins Copa America 2021
7. What does this mean for Messi's Legacy? Is he the undisputed greatest player of all time?
8. USMNT Corner - Transfer Hot our Not: Tessmann to Venezia, Soto to Porto, Horvath to Fulham, Sargent to Bayer Leverkusen, Antonee Robinson to Manchester City or Wolves
9. Last Week's Predictions: Brazil v Peru (Copa America, 7/5), Argentina v Colombia (Copa America, 7/6), Italy v Spain (European Championship, 7/6), England v Denmark (European Championship, 7/7), FC Cincinnati v Columbus Crew (MLS, 7/9)
10. Next Week's Predictions: Mexico v Guatemala (Gold Cup, 7/14), Atlanta United v New England (MLS, 7/17), MNUFC v Seattle Sounders (MLS, 7/17), Portland Thorns v Orlando Pride (NWSL, 7/18), USMNT v CanMNT (Gold Cup, 7/18)

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