World Cup News

Alexi Lalas and David Mosse dive into Messi’s continued stellar performance, recording his second hat trick in five days. Inter Miami’s win over New England secured the Supporters’ Shield and MLS record for most points in a single season. The MLS Cup Playoffs kick off Tuesday with the Wildcard round. Over in Europe, Christian Pulisic became the first player to record a goal contribution in seven consecutive league matches in the top five European leagues. Tim Weah and Tyler Adams also returned to their club team rosters this week. Finally, Emma Hayes announced the USWNT October roster as they get set to face Iceland and Argentina. (6:07) To wrap the show the guys discuss Josh Sargent’s performance in the October international window, perception of the NWSL, and more on Christian Pulisic & load management. (31:30) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we're talking about the hottest topics in MLS in recent news with more big names making moves in and out of the league. We're covering the flurry of transfer activity over the last few weeks including moves from New England, LAFC, Montreal, Columbus, and more. We give our thoughts on how the new additions will fit into the team and then we talk about what direction the teams appear to be moving based on their recent activity. Let us know what...

Hear what Columbus Crew center-back had to say about Saturday's crushing win over New England, the evolution of the team and more!

Atlanta United FC - Back to Back Home Wins - (4-1) vs New England and (2-0) Orlando. Dave shuts down the podcast, kicking the powercord, this one is full of drama, but we get back the audio folks. Join the fire, download, tell a friend.

Atlanta United draw 3-3 vs New England at home, then travel to LAFC to get a 0-0 draw, and return home to beat DC United 3-1. We are halfway through the MLS season, and we'll talk about it all. Of course, that includes the GOAT Messi coming to MLS, set to Join Inter Miami in the summer. The stadiums will be packed, and Leo might be taking this league from 4.0 to 5.0 very quickly. Vamos!

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we begin our not so deep dives into each MLS team ahead of the 2023 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 Houston, Montreal, LAFC, New England, Cincinnati, Colorado, and Austin. 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 ...

In this episode of the Designated Player's Podcast, Adam and Andrew talk about JT Marcinkowski's recent performances and his impact on San Jose's results against the Galaxy and LAFC, as well as debate who should be the starting keeper for the USMNT. Should it continue to be Zach Steffen? Or has Matt Turner performed well enough with New England to merit playing time? Does someone else entirely deserve the number 1 shirt? We end the episode with a discussion on who the current best team...

While some of our favorite teams continue to struggle, the LAFC juggernaut continues to roll (mostly over us) and San Jose, New England, and Cincinnati (?!) all begin to find their form. We also discuss what, if anything, changes now that the Women's World Cup is over.

In a not so great if you're a Canada or Whitecaps fan kind of week, we turn our attention to our beloved but still struggling Caps, some upsets in the Women's World Cup, and all the MLS matches of a busy soccer week. Most surprisingly, all of a sudden the team to beat in the league is... San Jose? We talk about the Quakes revolution as well as how teams like New England and Colorado have also been able to change their fortunes.

SEGMENT ONE: Recapping Crew SC vs. NYCFCSC, Cracking the Code, and Man Balls. SEGMENT TWO: Celebrity fan and Easy Coast Ultra Steve Abreu stops by to chat about that time when John Clem got arrested in Montreal. SEGMENT THREE: Battle for The Grand Prize, Prediction Score, Prediction Updates, Crew SC vs. New England preview, Crew SC vs. Toronto preview.