Dan is absent on account of Spirit but the rest of us dutifully soldier on to present you the last pod of 2018, as we wade through a crowded fixture list in the EPL and look ahead to being sick this Thursday in what one podcaster believes is THE title decider of the season.

Mourinho is out, Liverpool is top of the league, City are in a slump, and we make up some soccer websites we wish existed.

The Thread plans their Christmas parties, discusses UCL, Europa, and Premier League. Palmer wants nothing to do with Brazilian models.

With the MLS season over, we discuss our favorite memories of 2018. Dan isn't too upset about the Timbers loss, and everyone is happy enough for Atlanta. Then we talk about the Prem for about 7 minutes.

The USMNT makes things Facebook official with Gregg Berhalter, and we do our best to round up the week in soccer without the assistance of our fearless leader. We were mostly crap though. Especially Palmer.

We give thanks for the wide world of soccer and dive in to some top top emails from our amazing listeners. Then we briefly skim over MLS, so all in all, pretty standard stuff.

Colin, Mike, and Dan do some listener emails, draft the best little oddities in soccer, and talk about the USMNT 3-nil loss to England.

The crew talks about the derbies of the Pacific North West and the English NORTH, plus a Champions League review of where we stand.

We draft a band, then cover the goings on of soccer from the grass roots to the hypothetical super leagues. All in a week's work!

Mike proves a surprisingly capable host while Palmer and Colin fear the worst for their teams in matchups vs. Manchester. We miss you Dan!