The Designated Players

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week it's a special one! We're talking all things CF Montreal with Patrick, also known as P_dubs13 on twitter. If you've looked at any of our CF Montreal tweets on twitter, you've probably seen Patrick in the comments, so we figured who better to bring on to talk about CF Montreal. We talk about everything from MVP Djordje Mihailovic, to the link with Bologna, so make sure to tune in and let us know what you think! ...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to continue the series where we talk about some of the biggest headlines in MLS/USMNT in the news recently. This week we've got a full USMNT episode, with a sprinkle of MLS news. We recap the recent friendlies for the USMNT and give our picks for who is headed to Qatar. Next we talk Wales qualifying for the World Cup and joining group B to face the US. Lastly we discuss Adam Buksa's rumored move to Ligue 1 side RC Lens (we g...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to continue the series where we talk about some of the biggest headlines in MLS/USMNT in the news recently. This week we talk the shocking sacking of Miguel Angel Ramirez at Charlotte FC, Ezequiel Barco's recent comments on MLS, MLS potentially being involved in Copa Libertadores, and where MLS ranks amongst other leagues in the world. Lots of fun topics, so please let us know your thoughts! Recorded on: 5/31/2022 &n...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to continue the series where we talk about some of the biggest headlines in MLS/USMNT in the news recently. This week we give our thoughts on the recent USMNT roster drop for the upcoming friendlies and Nations League, we try to figure out why LAFC are rumored to get Giorgio Chiellini, and Leeds surviving relegation and now rumored to bring in Brendan Aaronson and Tyler Adams. Lots of fun topics, so please let us know your t...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to continue the series where we talk about some of the biggest headlines in MLS/USMNT in the news recently. This week, as if the topic couldn't be more obvious, Messi has been rumored to be joining MLS soon (again)! We talk about what his joining MLS would mean for the league and for Inter Miami. Would this garner the league more respect and attention? Listen in to find out what we think. We also talk MLS player salaries thi...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week they're coming with a quarter season recap on MLS action thus far. Please note that we recorded this on 5/2/2022 and therefore didn't include the results from week 10. As we are just about at the quarter mark for most teams, we wanted to take a look at each team and answer a few "simple" questions. We ask, 1) is the team under or over performing, 2) who has been the best player, and 3) what has been the team's ...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to continue the series where we talk about some of the biggest headlines in MLS/USMNT in the news recently. This week we talk about the Seattle Sounders resounding victory to become the first ever MLS winners of the CONCACAF Champions League, Zlatan's recent comments about him being the greatest MLS player of all time (and more), and wrapping things up with a question of the day surrounding the new soccer specific stadium fr...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week they're coming with a quarter season recap on MLS action thus far. As we are just about at the quarter mark for most teams, we wanted to take a look at each team and answer a few "simple" questions. We ask, 1) is the team under or over performing, 2) who has been the best player, and 3) what has been the team's biggest surprise this year. Some teams were so easy it only took about a minute to answer, others how...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back for episode 100! Thank you to those that have joined us so far along the journey, whether that was since day 1 or only for 5 minutes, we are forever grateful. To celebrate our 100th episode we have done a Q&A with questions coming from our former interview guests, some of our fellow MLS podcast friends, and more. We cover questions from MLS, USMNT, and some just on our podcasting journey so far. Oh and one last thing, AD...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to continue the series where we talk about some of the biggest headlines in MLS/USMNT in the news recently. This week we are covering the recent coach firings, the US Open Cup upsets, and the Zardes trade to the Colorado Rapids. We start things off picking up from a small bit we discussed last episode on Matias Almeyda, except now there's another coach in that boat, Hernan Losada for DC United. We talk Losada's time in DC an...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to continue our series where we recap the MLS action from the previous week. This week we are recapping week 7! In our recap we will be diving into players whose stock went up this week, players whose stock went down this week, star of the week, flop of the week, best and worst team, and wrapping up with Hype Train or Dumpster Fire, where we discuss if a statement related to the season thus far is fair or a stretch. Topics i...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to continue the series where we talk about some of the biggest headlines in MLS/USMNT in the news recently. This week we are covering the continuing injury issues for the USMNT and Atlanta United, and also the El Trafico controversy. For the USMNT, we talk the recent Gio Reyna injury as well as the injury bug that has been plaguing our star players so far in their careers. We talk about the next man up and if this team can s...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back with something new this week! This week we are joined by Cory from the Rams Review Podcast to talk all things Derby County and MLS/Americans abroad. As an MLS based podcast, we did center this episode around the league and American players more so than around Derby, meaning you will get to hear Cory's take on things like how MLS is viewed overseas, how Americans are viewed compared to European players, and the inside scoop o...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to continue our series where we recap the MLS action from the previous week. This week we are recapping weeks 5 & 6! In our recap we will be diving into players whose stock went up this week, players whose stock went down this week, star of the week, flop of the week, best and worst team, and wrapping up with Hype Train or Dumpster Fire, where we discuss if a statement related to the season thus far is fair or a stretch....

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to continue the series where we talk about some of the biggest headlines in MLS/USMNT in the news recently. This week we are covering World Cup draw, the continued league struggles for teams in CCL, and Inter Miami's horrible start to the season. The USA are back in the World Cup! And with that comes the draw to see what teams we are playing in the group stage, and boy did we get some fun matchups, with the big matchup being...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to talk USMNT during this international break. As of the recording, and the time this episode is released, the USMNT have played their first 2 games of the qualifying window against Mexico and Panama, while one last game against Costa Rica remains. We will recap the good, the bad, and the CONCACAF of the first 2 games played, and finish off the episode with our predictions for the last game of qualifiers. Did Gregg get it ri...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to continue their series where they recap the MLS action from the previous week. This week they are recapping week 4! In their recap they will be diving into players whose stock went up this week, players whose stock went down this week, star of the week, flop of the week, best and worst team, and wrapping up with Hype Train or Dumperster Fire, where we discuss if a statement related to the season thus far is fair or a stret...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to continue the series where we talk about some of the biggest headlines in MLS/USMNT in the news recently. In week 4 we are covering the New England Revolutions disastrous Concacaf Champions League performance in leg 2, the USMNT Roster Release for the final window of World Cup qualifying, and finally we talk St Louis City SC's first few signings. The Revs have been on an absolute awful run of form the last few games, but g...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to continue their series where they recap the MLS action from the previous week. This week they are recapping week 3! In their recap they will be diving into players whose stock went up this week, players whose stock went down this week, star of the week, flop of the week, best and worst team, and finally a new segment, formally called Hype Train or Dumperster Fire, where we discuss if a statement related to the season thus ...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to continue the series where we talk about some of the biggest headlines in MLS/USMNT in the news recently. In week 3 we are covering all things Charlotte FC! We are talking Charlotte’s Coach (Miguel Angel Ramirez) whining about the build-up of the club, Charlotte’s astronomical ticket prices, and Charlotte’s new DP signing of Kamil Jozwiak. We’ve touched on Ramirez’s comments before regarding the roster, but now more has co...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to continue their series where they recap the MLS action from the previous week. This week they are recapping week 2! In their recap they will be diving into players whose stock went up this week, players whose stock went down this week, star of the week, flop of the week, best and worst team, and finally a new segment, tentatively called Fact or Cap where we discuss if a statement about a team's season thus far is truth or ...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to continue the series where we talk about some of the biggest headlines in MLS/USMNT in the news recently. In week 2 we are covering NYCFC signing a 14 year old, Hector Herrera's move to Houston Dynamo, Djordje Mihailovic interest in Europe, coaches call out the owners, and Fabian Herbers calls out Gonzalo Higuain. Some interesting transfer news with Mihailovic getting interest from teams like Dortmund, Bologna, and Newcast...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back with the start of a new series where we recap the MLS action from the previous week. This week we are recapping week 1! In our recap we will be diving into players whose stock went up this week, players whose stock went down this week, coaches on the waaaaaaay too early hot seat, star of the week, flop of the week, and best and worst team. Some super exciting games this past week (some absolute lullabies) so listen in ...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back with the start of a new series where we talk about some of the biggest headlines in MLS/USMNT in the new recently. In our first week we are covering the departure of Kevin Thelwell from RBNY, Jesse Marsch's move to Leeds, and Don Garber's comments on Neymar. We talk Marsch's move to Leeds and what this means for his chances with USMNT and what it means for American coaches abroad. Then we talk Don Garber's thoughts on Neymar...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back with their highly anticipated standings predictions ahead of the 2022 MLS season! As we all know, we never get any predictions wrong ever, so SPOILER ALERT if you are worried about finding out who finishes where. We will check back in at the end of the season to see how each of our predictions have performed. We will be covering both the eastern and western conferences in this episode, so tune in to hear where we think your ...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back with their award and bold predictions ahead of the 2022 MLS season! As we all know, we never get any predictions wrong ever, so SPOILER ALERT if you are worried about finding out who wins what. We will check back in at the end of the season to see how each of our predictions have performed. We have selected a few players that we believe will be finalists for each award as well as our ultimate winner. Awards include young pla...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we jump into part 4, the finale, of our not so deep dives into each MLS team ahead of the 2022 season. We say not so deep dive as there are too many teams to cover and not enough time. In this episode we are covering NYCFC, Charlotte, Austin, Orlando, Philadelphia, Real Salt Lake, and Miami. We will be looking into the transfer activity, where are the holes, who to watch, and much more for each team in the episode. Don't worry if your team is...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we jump into part 3 of our not so deep dives into each MLS team ahead of the 2022 season. We say not so deep dive as there are too many teams to cover and not enough time. In this episode we are covering Montreal, Atlanta, Dallas, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Toronto, and Houston. We will be looking into the transfer activity, where are the holes, who to watch, and much more for each team in the episode. Don't worry if your team is not in this ep...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we jump into part 2 of our not so deep dives into each MLS team ahead of the 2022 season. We say not so deep dive as there are too many teams to cover and not enough time. In this episode we are covering Chicago, San Jose, Vancouver, Colorado, LA Galaxy, Minnesota, and New England. We will be looking into the transfer activity, where are the holes, who to watch, and much more for each team in the episode. Don't worry if your team is not in th...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we begin our not so deep dives into each MLS team ahead of the 2022 season. We say not so deep dive as there are too many teams to cover and not enough time. In this episode we are covering RBNY, Seattle, Portland, DCU, LAFC, Nashville, and Columbus. We will be looking into the transfer activity, where are the holes, who to watch, and much more for each team in the episode. Don't worry if your team is not in this episode as we are going to co...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we are back and we are talking our top 5 players at each position for this upcoming MLS season. One quick thing to note before jumping in, we have left out all new players for this season, meaning no Insigne on the list, as well as leaving off some players that are not going to be in the league this season, such as Matt Turner. Other than that, everyone else is up for grabs for our top 5 spots. As always, whatever we have mentioned absolutely...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, THE GUYS ARE BACK WITH SEASON 3, GET HYPE! If you couldn't tell we're super excited to be back. This episode we're recapping the USMNT window thus far, and previewing the rest. We talk roster, El Salvador game, and preview Canada and Honduras games, although Canada game will be over when listening to this (sorry). After that, we talk MLS offseason, or MLS Silly Season as we like to call it. There have been many more amazing moves since we las...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week we're diving into the silliest of seasons! Yes, it's the MLS offseason and we're diving into all of the confirmed trades and transfers, while also discussing all the rumors we could find. There are some really awesome names on this list, aka Lorenzo Insigne, and we were super excited to talk about it. As there are a lot of transfers to go over and a lot of teams in the league (thanks Donny boy), we are going to...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week we're diving into the silliest of seasons! Yes, it's the MLS offseason and we're diving into all of the confirmed trades and transfers, while also discussing all the rumors we could find. There are some really awesome names on this list, aka Lorenzo Insigne, and we were super excited to talk about it. As there are a lot of transfers to go over and a lot of teams in the league (thanks Donny boy), we are going to...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week it's the big MLS quiz of 2021!! The moment we have all been waiting for is here, and it is time for the second annual big MLS quiz. We're bringing all sorts of questions this year to recap the MLS season, with the categories being stats, awards, transfers, miscellaneous, and finally a question specifically for each team. Not to spoil anything but no surprise we got every question right, just trust me. Make sure...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week they're giving their reactions to the MLS Cup Final between NYCFC and Portland, or if you ask Andrew, between NYCFC, Portland, and RBNY. Capping off the 2021 MLS season was NYCFC taking home the cup and being crowned as first time champions. Listen in to find out how a die-hard RBNY fan thinks of this occurrence. In addition, the guys talk MLS best XI snubs. As the season came to a close, so did the decisions f...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week we continue on our trend of reacting to our preseason predictions! This week we are looking at our standings predictions and our top 5 players at each position going into the season. It is safe to say we clearly never get any predictions wrong and got 100% of our predictions right, and the only way to disprove this is to listen to the episode. When it comes to the top 5 players, we compared our list with the li...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week we are diving into the MLS end of season awards. As some of you may remember, we made predictions at the start of the year for who we believed would be the winners for each of the MLS awards, and now we are going to be reacting to our predictions. Since some of the awards have been officially announced already we will also give our thoughts on the winners of those awards, however if the award is not announced t...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back with part 2 of who stay, who goes! With the season wrapping up for many teams, roster decisions will be made very soon and we wanted to get in our predictions as to who stays on the team and who goes. We take a look at both players who are on loan at the team as well as players that are coming up on end of contract. We did our best to make an accurate list, however we know our list of players to discuss is not 100% accurate....

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week they are beginning their discussion on the MLS offseason! With the season wrapping up for many teams, roster decisions will be made very soon and we wanted to get in our predictions as to who stays on the team and who goes. We take a look at both players who are on loan at the team as well as players that are coming up on end of contract. We did our best to make an accurate list, however we know our list of pla...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back with a quick episode here to give you our predictions for the upcoming MLS Cup playoffs! We just had our longest livestream ever last Sunday to find out which teams would be participating in the playoffs this season and now we're here to tell you who we think will take home the cup. Will we have a first time champion? Will we see a former champion return to glory? Only one way to find out and that's to listen in to our picks...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week we're talking HG players. As the league transitions to a new era of youth selling, the HG academy will become ever so important. Already it has shown the fruits of its labor in players like Jordan Morris and Alphonso Davies. While some teams thrive in the HG system, others don't seem like they know where to start. We've come up with a list of maybe all of the HG players for each team, which we will use to make ...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are finally back to a normal schedule... for now! This time we're back to playing predictor as we play out how the rest of the season will go. If you're a betting man takes notes, because as all 10's of our listeners know, we are never wrong. We take a look at the playoff chase for both the East and the West and breakdown the schedule for each team in the playoff hunt and make our prediction for who will make the playoffs at the end ...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are finally back! This time we're bring you our take on the MLS 22 under 22... on episode 22, I swear you can't write this stuff. We each make up a list of our choice of the 22 best MLS players under the age of 22. After we go through all of our picks we compare with the list from MLS, as well as the list the other host has made. If you like to listen to Andrew complain and yell then make sure you tune it because it's the first time ...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back after a long hiatus to bring you some more MLS content! This week we talk about everybody's favorite soccer game, FIFA. Now FIFA is definitely not just everyone's favorite because it's the only option, but definitely a favorite for the riveting scripted gameplay, realistic physics, and spot on player ratings! Yeah if you couldn't tell neither of the hosts are fans of this game, HOWEVER, as we are experts in predictions we ar...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to discuss each MLS team's most impressive, least impressive, and best player (part 2). Since the league is a never ending expansion, this will be split into 2 parts as we do not want to subdue you to 3 straight hours of hearing us talk. We will be focusing solely on the player's performances thus far in the MLS season, and when the season is done at the end of the year, we will likely revisit and make our picks again. For n...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to discuss each MLS team's most impressive, least impressive, and best player. Since the league is a never ending expansion, this will be split into 2 parts as we do not want to subdue you to 3 straight hours of hearing us talk. We will be focusing solely on the player's performances thus far in the MLS season, and when the season is done at the end of the year, we will likely revisit and make our picks again. For now though...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to discuss the MLS All-Star game and the recent flurry of MLS transfers before the close of the transfer window. We will be giving our player-by-player takes on who should be there, who was left out, and who is there only because there Dad is the coach. Then afterwards we will be going team by team and looking at all of the summer transfer window moves that recently happened and giving our grade for how they did. This was a ...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to just chat, see what's going on in the world of US Soccer. We start off the conversation discussing Chris Mueller's move to Scotland, and also relationship with Scotland and MLS players. Next we bring back the always popular conversation on this podcast, pro/rel, but this time it's about USL and not MLS. To wrap it up, the guys give their choice for who has been the most positively and negatively impacted by the Gold Cup t...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to perform the long awaited best xi tournament! Quick disclaimer before jumping into this episode, we had some technical difficulties while recording so we apologize if any of the audio came out weird, but we tried to clean it up as best as we could. The tournament of all tournaments to determine the best team of all time. We could only figure out a way to perform the tournament on FIFA, and as we all know, FIFA comes with 1...