Total Soccer Show: USMNT, Champions League, EPL, and more ...

Joe Lowery has a detailed conversation with Luchi Gonzalez about  the FC Dallas head coach's football philosophy and tactics, his approach to developing and promoting talented young players, and how he's risen through the ranks so quickly.

If you're interested in the future of American soccer, don't miss this episode.

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TSS has partnered with Grant Wahl to launch a  new interview podcast, Fútbol with Grant Wahl.

The first episode of FwGW, in which Grant interviews Tyler Adams about experiencing the Bundesliga's coronavirus protocols, is now available.

We're cross-publishing the first half of that interview here to promote Grant's new show. To hear the full episode, and future episodes every Monday and Thursday, please support our new project and subscribe to Fútbol with Grant Wahl. 

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Daryl talks to Grant Wahl about his career in soccer journalism and his new project, the Fútbol with Grant Wahl podcast, which the TSS is helping produce.

Topics discussed include advice for aspiring soccer writers, the 1998 World Cup Final, the 99ers, The Beckham Experiment, the awesomeness of Alan Gordon, and how to get a player like Mohamed Salah to commit to an interview.

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Daryl and Taylor go deep on Borussia Dortmund vs Schalke. No spoilers in the show notes, but analyze the tactical setup of both teams and break down what happened on every goal.

We also get into RB Leipzig vs Freiburg, and touch on Eintracht Frankfurt vs Borussia Monchengladbach and Augsburg vs Wolfsburg.

USMNT players in today's conversation: Weston McKennie, Gio Reyna (briefly), Tyler Adams, John Brooks.

Referenced at the end of today's show, we're teaming with Grant Wahl to bring you a new podcast: Fútbol with Grant Wahl — click here to subscribe via Apple Podcasts 

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The 2020 MLS season had only just got going when it was brought to an abrupt halt by the coronavirus pandemic. MLS has a plan to replace the regular 2020 season with a televised tournament in Orlando. But how realistic is that plan? And will the players agree to play? Sam Stejskal and Paul Tenorio discuss Major League Soccer's proposal from all angles.

Here are Sam's two stories for The Athletic:

Revealed: Details, dates of MLS’s proposal to return to play in Orlando

More details emerge on MLS’s Orlando plan, players’ concerns about a return

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The Bundesliga is back in action this weekend! Daryl and Taylor discuss the teams, players, tactics and narratives to keep an eye on this weekend, as well as in the remainder of the season to come.

What position will Weston McKennie play? Who will hit the ground running and who might struggle? Will Daryl ever stop being excited to talk about Tyler Adams? The answer to that last one is pretty clearly no, but you'll have to listen to the show to find out our answers to the first two questions, as well as many others.

Josh Sargent, Giovanni Reyna, John Brooks, and Uly Llanez are all in there, as are catch-ups on Bayern Munich, RB Leipzig, and Borussia Dortmund. 

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The Champions Champions Cup of History continues with two more matchups.

First we have the famous 1954 Honved team that conscripted its way to being maybe the greatest club team in the world before the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 put an end to Puskas and co playing together.

Their opponent is Pep Guardiola's Manchester City team that won the Premier League in 2017-18 by putting 100 points on the board.

The second game features Johan Cruyff's 1992 Barcelona team, with Hristo Stoichkov and Michael Laudrup in attack, Ronald Koeman in defense, and  a young Catalan man named Josep Guardiola playing the passes in midfield.

Barcelona face the 1977 New York Cosmos, featuring the star wattage of Pele, Beckenbauer and Carlos Alberto. Will that triumvirate of legends be able to carry their less famous teammates to glory against Cruyff's men? The answer is, obviously, no. But it's a fun conversation nonetheless.

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It's a listener question extravaganza! 

3:35 - How similar is FC Dallas’ system to the one used by Gregg Berhalter? 

12:57 - Would similar systems at club level help the USMNT at international level?

16:27 - Is there an ideal position for set piece taking? Is having a defender take it an advantage?

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22:55 - Can any tactical system work if the coach is given unlimited time and the right players? Are some systems better than others, or is implementation the key?

29:13 - Favorite and least favorite formations?

34:10 - Today's show is sponsored by Podiumwear.com, where you can buy facemasks and soccer team uniforms.

35:43 - What is the basic strategy behind substitutions?

42:51 - What tactical differences might we see if/when the MLS season resumes in an abbreviated timeframe?

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A 2020 debutant. A pre-bald brace for a French midfielder. A bombastic hat trick at the Camp Nou. They all feature on today's show in which we leave no stone unturned in history of soccer (starting in the Premier League era) to discuss the eleven greatest debut performances (by an attacker who scored in the game) in soccer history.

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Sam, Matt and Paul take turns drafting players into their respective USMNT squads. Here are the rules: "We got to choose our own formations and points of emphasis. Each player was presumed to be at his personal peak from 2002 forward, and had to have lined up at his chosen position at some point in his career."

Who gets rattled, who draft's Freddy Adu and which former USMNT coach isn't really enjoying this concept? All that and more!

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And for you Athletic subscribers out there, here's a link to the article: https://theathletic.com/1802215/2020/05/08/mock-draft-building-three-u-s-national-teams-with-players-from-2002-present/

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