National Team Development

Recently retired Irish international Julie-Ann Russell joined Eoin Sheahan to reflect on her long career, her miraculous return to the national setup under Eileen Gleeson, the mascot that took over the nation, Baby Rosie, and how Ireland can bridge the gap with other countries in terms of professionalism. Football on Off The Ball with William Hill Ireland.

Lisa Carlin, Darian Jenkins, and Christine Cupo discuss all the latest surrounding the women's game. First up, a celebration of the Orlando Pride winning their first ever trophy as a club is officially the 2024 NWSL Shield winners. Next, the group welcome in Jen Beattie, who plays for Bay FC of the NWSL and formerly the Scotland national team. Her previous clubs include Celtic, Arsenal, Montpellier and Manchester City. Then, Sandra Herrera joins to play judge as the rest of the panel shout out who they'd like to see get called up to the USWNT's October Camp. Herrera then shines a light on the State of the Mexican National Team and who are some upcoming players we should be keeping an eye out for. And finally, the A3 crew preview the UWCL which kicks off this week with some marquee matchups. We're happy to announce that the Attacking Third Podcast has been recognized by the Football Content Awards and nominated in "The Best in Women's Football" category! And now it’s UP TO YOU, the fans to decide the winners. Click Here to vote for Attacking Third. Voting will close at 11:59pm on Sunday October 13th. Watch USWNT, NWSL and WSL games on P+" with a link to https://www.paramountplus.com/home/ Attacking Third is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow the Attacking Third team on Twitter: @AttackingThird, @LisaCarlin32, @SandHerrera_, @Darian_Jenks, and @CCupo. Visit the Attacking Third YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/attackingthird You can listen to Attacking Third on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Attacking Third podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Attacking Third podcast." To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Christian and Alexis react to the the USMNT’s newest head coach. They chat about what hiring Mauricio Pochettino means for the direction of the US soccer federation and what this hiring brings to the table. Later, they both reveal what aspect of the hire they’re most excited about and why this is an encouraing step for the USMNT.

Whitecaps win one and lose one; new MLS roster rules; Canada NTs; CPL and L1BC

Arsenal's draw with City gave Liverpool a slight advantage in the Premier League title race, but who will end up hoisting the trophy at the end of the season? It's only right that we have 2 Arsenal fans in-studio while discussing the Gunners' biggest result of the year so far! Queen of Blangola, Christine Cupo of CBS Sports, is filling in for Christian to break down the 0-0 stalemate at the top of the EPL table and give her thoughts on the title race as a whole. Alexis and Christine also start a conversation about MLS Matchweek 7 that quickly devolves into a hilarious plan to fix the US national teams, react to Thomas Tuchel's claim that Bayer Leverkusen has already won the Bundesliga, and discuss Emma Hayes' sideline bust-up with Jonas Eidevall. Exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/SoccerCooligans This is where we put everything we shouldn't say 😉 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trying to fix Canadian soccer after a bad year; Jeneva Hernandez-Gray interview; Vancouver Whitecaps and MLS chat

Our staff has had about a month to process the glory and agony of the Qatar 2022 World Cup. What started with a big dream ended with a U13 club soccer-esque daytime drama. Here’s our collective take on the USMNT’s good, bad and ugly. If you don’t speak Spanish, you have three years to learn…

The striker grab bag, the Philly and Dallas projects and the Fourth Eight race are among the national team-related storylines we're tracking in Major League Soccer. Caveats from Velasquez abound, but it's a pretty good discussion and we took a few listener questions at the end.

Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's Matt Slater as they speak with Canada Men's Football coach John Herdman. Herdman is bidding to qualify for men’s World Cup in Qatar next year for the first time since 1986, having previously seen success with Canada's women's team at the Olympics, winning two bronze medals. Listen to his story and the way that he's been able to transform a nation's prospects, whilst not always receiving the best support out there. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The international break affords Vancouver Whitecaps a bye week, but there's no rest for us as we bring you another packed episode. The break gives us a chance to look ahead at what the Whitecaps squad could and should look like next season, as the team approaches their most important offseason in the MLS era. We've got two in-depth interviews with you this week, the first is with Canadian national team captain Scott Arfield, as he chats about international life and his big move to Rangers, plus on the 39th anniversary of the Whitecaps 1979 NASL Soccer Bowl win, we chat with the man who led that team to glory, and guided Canada to the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, Tony Waiters. We also look at the Canadian national team's record-breaking win over the US Virgin Islands and how the program is moving forward under John Herdman, while also hearing from the man himself. All this, plus we look at the main Whitecaps and Canadian Premier League news stories of the week and Flyscreen are back for this week's Wavelength. Here's the full episode rundown of the main segments from the show:03.03: Whitecaps news of the week21.51: The 2019 Vancouver Whitecaps - what needs to happen48.20: Canadian men's national team chat53.37: Scott Arfield intervew66.04: John Herdman audio and chat76.29: Tony Waiters interview and Soccer Bowl anniversary chat94.32: Wavelength - Flyscreen - Charlie George On Super 899.33: Canadian Premier League chat109.55: BC Soccerweb headlines - a look at some stories from around the football world