The first installment in a new feature: Irrational Soccer Opinions! These are those deeply held opinions that every soccer fan has that they just won’t change. You can use reason and logic, but it doesn’t work. You can offer bribes, but the world is not enough. It’s a return to the bar room chatter that […]

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Scott’s Irrational Soccer Opinions

It’s April’s edition of hot gossip, but this time it’s served with a side of banter. Scott and Taher continue their Twitter beef and Scott roasts Taher’s average Manchester United team like a s’more. This is a return to proper footy chatter, as they say. As always, follow us on Twitter @scottomer13, @altimus_prime_, and @taher_sadr.

Hot Gossip with a Side of Banter

We tackle the big question right now: Should the European leagues finish their seasons? Scott and Alton might have some bias, as their teams have a shot at winning their respective leagues. However, even the lowly Manchester United have something still to play for. In the end, we make our arguments and, surprisingly, they have […]

Finishing the Leagues in Europe

Liverpool were woeful away from home in the Champion’s League this year. But not at Bayern Munich last week!Jurgen Klopp pulled out the stops and Liverpool scored all 4 goals in the tie to advance past Bayern. Yeah, 1 of those was an own goal. But a 3 to 1 victory feels pretty good when […]

Liverpool with the BEATDOWN on Bayern

We started our recording session talking about the UEFA Champion’s League, which the snob in each of us says is the pinnacle (or very close to it) of competitive men’s soccer. It was only fitting that we finished with a brief discussion about Major League Soccer, our humble local game.Now, to be fair, we quite […]

The Rising Level of MLS

Our resident Real Madrid fan, Alton, chose a great week to join the pod. His team went out in a shock loss to a young and talented Ajax team. But this conversation isn’t about that. Because, somehow, a depleted Manchester United went to Paris and overcame a 2-0 deficit to knock PSG out of the […]

United did a thing? PSG is OUT of the Champion’s League… again.

The U.S. Women’s National Team was in action against Japan last night. The U.S. was able to go ahead twice, but disappointingly wasn’t able to keep Japan from equalizing after each goal. It’s a lackluster result from a team widely expected to be the best in the world. As I watched, it felt like the […]

She Believes: USWNT vs Japan Breakdown

In just a few weeks, FIFA will announce the location of the World Cup for 2026. There are only 2 contenders: Morocco and a joint bid from the Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The general consensus is that it would be nice for the U.S. to host a World Cup again and that the […]

The 2026 World Cup Bid, Why it’s crucial to U.S. Soccer.

Real Salt Lake is the hometown team for T and I. Unfortunately, they’re struggling so far this year. We take a look at some of their early season form and what we would like to see from the team going forward. As a bonus, we get on a way-too-early MLS Cup tangent and T gets […]

Real Salt Lake’s Early Season Struggles

We’re nearly at the end of the season for the English Premier League and it’s a good time for us to tackle a tough question: Is Jose Mourinho really that good for Manchester United? They’re finishing 2nd in the league, so there’s that, but what about all the drama around him and the team? What […]

Jose Mourinho: Is he good for Manchester United?

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