Yank Report

Herculez Gomez joins us to discuss LigaMX vs MLS and how North American soccer culture will be defined in the short and long term.

0:00 Intro 3:34 LigaMX to Mex/AMs 6:17 Winning Fans 9:18 Can MLS Surpass LigaMX 14:23 All Star Game 16:20 Mex/American Superstar 18:54 The Chant 22:15 Queretaro 28:16 Ultras and Barras 31:16 Highs and Lows as Striker 36:37 National Team Callup 41:53 Growth of Soccer in USA 45:21 2010 World Cup 49:58 Herc vs England

Sanctions against Roman Abramovich have thrown Chelsea Football Club in turmoil and with it uncertainty for Christian Pulisic. We explore the upcoming USMNT World Cup Qualifying window with games against Mexico, Panama and Costa Rica. We look at some reasons for pessimism as well as reason for optimism.

​ @DannyTRadio  joins us to discuss the rise of MLS, the league's successes, its challenges and how far it has left to go.

0:00 Intro 1:32 Charlotte 5:07 Sustainability 8:18 Big Signings 10:45 Houston 14:04 Struggling Teams 18:09 Chicago Fire 21:06 Expansion 27:06 LigaMX 30:13 CCL 35:28 MLS Haters 43:35 European Super League 45:44 MLS Homegrowns

We predict Gregg Berhalter's roster for the March World Cup Qualifying Window that will see the USMNT up against Mexico, Panama and Costa Rica.

0:00 Intro 1:07 Keepers 3:05 Right Backs 5:23 Left Backs 7:09 Center Backs 9:22 Defensive Mids 11:07 Attacking Mids 16:08 Wingers 18:39 Strikers

We explore the system. The complexity. The successes and the failures of the USMNT under Gregg Berhalter. Scuffed Podcast: https://tinyurl.com/ypcbyzat

0:00 Intro

1:11 Gregg

2:04 Eryk Williamson

3:12 Complicated

4:54 Rotations

6:20 Best Ever

7:48 Away Games

9:38 The System

American youth prospect encyclopedia Gideon Suthernland of First Touch spaces and ChasingACup joins us to discuss MLS and Euro based youth prospects and our search for the next Pulisic.

Former USMNT player and current analyst for CBS Sports joins us to discuss the impact of toxicity on players.

0:00 Intro 1:13 Impact on Players 6:27 Scapegoating 10:14 Jonathan Bornstein 12:49 MLS Players 20:55 Tim Ream 27:48 Berhalter 36:30 Does Toxicity Help? 40:20 Growth of Soccer 44:22 Coaching 52:11 Newcastle

Adam Belz from Scuffed Podcast joins us to discuss the January window and the all important final March window.

0:00 Intro 0:55 El Salvador 7:32 Canada 16:35 Honduras 21:09 LDT vs Busio 23:16 Gio Reyna 27:44 Scuffed Lingo 30:25 Scuffed Songs 32:38 Watke

We discuss the USMNT's 3-0 victory over Honduras and analyze the impressive performance from Luca de la Torre.

The Soccer OG  @Max Bretos  joins us to discuss the USMNT's World Cup Qualifier loss against Canada and what we can expect from the rest of World Cup Qualifying.

0:00 Intro 1:09 What Happened in Canada 10:30 Gregg Berhalter 18:00 Christian Pulisic 24:55 Honduras 34:00 March Qualifiers 41:00 World Cup