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

We review the MLS All-Star Game and answer three listener questions.

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Recording live in the basement of our hotel in Atlanta, Daryl and Taylor are joined by The Cooligans (Alexis "Papa John" Guerreros and Christian Polanco) to answer your listener questions! Apologies in advance for the mic noise... we moved around a lot.

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Daryl and Taylor are joined Alexis and Christian (aka The Cooligans) to discuss their favored candidates for next USMNT head coach.

Also mentioned: our #SaveTheCrew show in Columbus, the dramatic finale of El Trafico, and looking ahead to our Chicago and Atlanta live shows.

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Daryl is joined by temporary Taylor replacement Alexis Guerreros of The Cooligans to answer six listener questions.

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We're back in studio and we've got listener questions to answer! 

1) If you had to pick right now, who would be your favorites to win the 2019 Copa America, Euro 2020, and 2022 World Cup?

2) Why is Great Britain broken up into England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland for the World Cup but not for the Olympics?

3) Assume for a second that instead of Juventus, Ronaldo came to MLS. What would his impact be on the field? Could he improve his team anymore than say, Zlatan?

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4) For the 2026 World Cup, should Fox consider talking to NBC and ESPN and possibly BeIN and trying to "loan" better announcers or analysts?

5) What are the primary differences among the 10, 8 and false 9 roles?

6) If FIFA had implemented an "unlimited substitutions" rule for the 2018 World Cup, meaning a coach could sub in and out the same player as many times in a match as he wanted, which team would have benefited the most?

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7) What's the difference between a volley and a half-volley?

8) When a player gets injured and needs treatment why do the medical staff who come onto the field wear soccer boot/cleats?  Wouldn’t a pair of regular tennis shoes suffice?

9)  If national teams could somehow trade players, which trade would be the most impactful and beneficial for both counties?

Recorded from our hotel room in Kansas City, Taylor quizzes Daryl on all the latest transfer activity.

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We answer nine listener questions about the 2018 World Cup:

What will be the long-term legacy of Russia 2018?

Should we bring back the golden goal for the next World Cup?

What were the tactical trends?

What language do refs speak?

Is the yellow card rule fair? Or is there a better way to do it?

Which players played out of position?

Why so many World Cup winners fail at the following World Cup? Will this happen to France?

Who had the best goal celebration?

Why doe sit seem that teams have a better chance of scoring on set pieces at the World Cup?

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We answer nine World Cup-themed listener questions on today's TSS:

Who would have had the best chance against France?

Which coach under-performed? (And who over-performed)

What will be the most memorable moments from this World Cup?

Did the US do anything to "help" France?

What should Spain have done differently vs Russia?

When does Kylian Mbappe surpass Ronaldo, Messi, and Neymar?

Which player benefited the most from the World Cup?

Which player hurt his transfer chances?

What are some alternatives to penalty kicks?

LINKS!

"The Moral Clarity of Pussy Riot’s Protest" by Masha Gessen in The New Yorker --> https://www.newyorker.com/sporting-scene/replay/world-cup-2018-the-moral-clarity-of-pussy-riots-protest

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No spoilers for those of you who might not yet have seen the result, but this episode is ALLLLLL about the World Cup Final. Enjoy!

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We get deliciously deep and detailed in our France v Croatia preview. Tactics, players to watch, how we see this game going, and plenty more besides.

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