With nine matches left in Austin FC’s season, we check in with Austin FC head coach Nico Estévez. Hear about his experience in Austin so far, how he’s managed various injuries this season, including a season-ending knee injury to star striker Brandon Vázquez, and what’s ahead for the remainder of the season.

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Austin area high schools won 5 UIL State Championships in soccer last school year, and others made deep runs in the playoffs. In honor of back-to-school season, Jimmy chats with three of the championship winning coaches about their title winning seasons. You’ll hear from Greta Kwedar, Head Boy’s Varsity Soccer Coach at Austin Achieve Polar Bears, Stefano Salerno, Head Men’s Soccer Coach for the Liberty Hill High School Panthers, and Winston Pool, Heads Women’s Soccer Coach for the Cedar Park High School Timberwolves. 

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Jimmy Maas and Juan Garcia talk with Phil West of Verde All Day and Eric Goodman of the Austin Chronicle about the Major League Soccer All-Star Game and Austin FC’s prospects after Brandon Vazquez’s injury. Plus Q2’s resident luchador Verdisimo takes on the Bayou Breeze. And the grudge match on the pitch is decided between supporter groups Los Verdes and Pollo FC.

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Austin will host its first major league all-star game this month. Goalkeeper Brad Stuver talks about representing his squad at Q2 Stadium. Team president Andy Loughnane talks about what will be available for fans to do during MLS All-Star week and his brief career as a hockey referee. The team had to absorb some heavy news this week with striker Brandon Vázquez now out for the season due to a knee injury. In anticipation of his second All-Star game, he sat down with hosts Jimmy Maas and Juan Garcia before his injury. They chatted about his journey to the team, including many crossings of the border to train from his home in Southern California.

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Austin FC’s captain Ilie Sanchez talks about his departure from Barcelona’s bubble, his relationship with then-Barça B manager Luis Enrique, and the decisions that led him to Major League Soccer and Austin.

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Defensive midfielder Ilie Sanchez’s career includes an MLS Cup and an All-Star Game appearance. But his start in professional soccer came with his hometown club, a little neighborhood club called F.C. Barcelona. In the first episode of a two-part interview, the Austin FC captain talks about his many sides, gives little life lessons he has picked up, and espouses the importance of “context.”

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Austin FC continued its revamp of its offense with the acquisition of Finnish winger Robert Taylor from Inter Miami in April. Taylor made some memorable moments in Miami, playing with Lionel Messi, Jordi Alba, and Sergio Busquets. The 30-year-old spent nearly a decade climbing his way up from some of the lowest divisions of English soccer, through Scandinavian leagues, to trophies and give-and-gos with the GOAT. Austin FC is betting his career will continue to blossom at Q2 Stadium.

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Brothers Michael Canales and Brian Hensley have been by each other’s side for their highest highs and lowest lows. When the South End of Q2 stadium got a bit too rowdy for them, they crossed the pitch to the North End. They started leading family friendly chants and antagonizing opposing goalkeepers in a slightly mellower (and drier) side of the pitch. Hear how they got christened “The North End Pirates” and what it does for their relationship.

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Austin FC is looking to the future with the signing 20-year-old Nicolás Dubersarsky from Argentine top flight club Instituto ACC. Hear how the young midfielder made his professional debut in one of soccer’s most historic venues, how he prepares for game day, and the romance and bromance that have helped him adapt to his new surroundings in Austin.
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This week, we bring you an episode from Moontower Soccer. Hosts Landon Cotham and Jeremiah Bentley are joined by Long Cao to explain MLS roster rules. Was it a mistake to attempt this? Probably, but Moontower tries to make some of the most complicated rules in the world of soccer as accessible as possible. 

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