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3:26 - Updates from the Premier League, including clubs finding themselves in hot water, players angry with government criticism, Kyle Walker being a naughty boy, and much more!

22:11 - Our favorite conspiracy theories from soccer history, including Lasagna-gate, Syrian battle plans, pregnant players at the 1978 World Cup, Klinsmann getting his revenge, and much much more!

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Here are today's timestamps:

1:20 — Reviewing Sunderland 'Til I Die season two, episode one. It's like The Office, but football.

26:45 Who would be the best and worst US National Team players to be quarantined with?

33:58 — Does the Olympics being pushed back to July 2021 help the USWNT? If so, how?

38:05 — Did Olivier Giroud really have a bad World Cup?

44:11 — What style of play would be most exciting to watch in empty stadiums?

47:47 — Given we're all at home with no new soccer and NBC Gold is now free through April. What are the top 5 games of the EPL 2019-2020 season that are worth re watching and why?

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53:40 — Who are Daryl and Taylor’s favorite cult players for Wolves and Man Utd?

John De Wolf story in The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/1295595/2019/10/17/strikers-want-a-football-player-to-play-against-not-a-butcher-like-me/

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1:04:22 — How do you nutmeg a dog?

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On today's episode...

0:00 - Possible MLS season restart dates and potential league structure if/when play resumes.

20:35 - Impact of the Coronavirus on the transfer market, how certain teams (in the Premier League) will handle it better than others, and how MLS is uniquely suited to handle the situation.

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Breaking down of every scene of episode four of The English Game, a show which almost certainly does not deserve this much attention.

In our defense, we do add some good historical footnotes, including what really happened to Jimmy Love after he played for Darwen FC.

Coming soon: The TSS Book Club. Our first book will be "The Age of Football: Soccer in 21st Century" by David Goldblatt. Link to buy the book, below:

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After learning that Joe is solid on piano and Jordan is working on literature, the duo take a tactical look the very first and very last games of the inaugural 1996 MLS season. Up first is San Jose's opening-day winner over DC United, featuring mullets, tight camera angles, and league legends. After that, they get into DC's dramatic, come-from-behind victory in the 1996 MLS Cup.

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England were functional at the 2018 World Cup, but now they're exciting. And maybe even good. Daryl is joined by B/R Football Ranks co-hosts Sam Tighe to discuss the current England set-up and to pick an ideal starting XI.

There's some coronavirus, Messi v Ronaldo, and Marvel Cinematic Universe chat up front. If you have no times for pleasantries and want to get straight to the football, skip to 8:25

Also, as you'll learn in you listen, Sam is celebrating his 30th birthday and can't go out! If you see this on March 31, please tweet a happy birthday message to @stighefootball

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0:00 - Ryan and Taylor start off by discussing the recent news that the Premier League is considering (with government backing) putting on a Mega Event to ensure the remainder of the season gets played. Ryan proposes taking to the high seas while Taylor wants to see high school pitches being put to good use!

8:20 - After that, they take turns giving their combined nominations for the 10 worst transfers of all time (or at least, in modern times). I'd list the nominees here, but that feels like a bit of a spoiler...

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On this week's show...

0:00 - Sam gets mad at some MLS owners who could be doing a lot more to help out their local communities.

8:13 - Telling tales from covering Major League Soccer for many, many years. More good stories coming from a variety of folks on next week's show.

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Taylor talks to US men's national team "world class role player" Tony Sanneh about the working being done by The Sanneh Foundation, as well as Tony's experiences of playing very minute of every game for the USMNT at the 2002 World Cup. They also get into the current state of the US Soccer Federation and what needs to be done to improve soccer (across the board) in this country.

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In episode three, we meet Fergus Suter's dad in Scotland's narrowest bedroom, see our hero say yes to that Blackburn move, and also yes to entire bottle of whisky the night before a  game.

We discuss what it's like to play with a hangover and get into the historical details of some of Arthur Kinnaird's Old Etonians teammates.

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