Puty's World Cup Podcast

PREMIER LEAGUE: City being held to a draw by Newcastle while Arsenal pulls out a last second win has Sam feeling a little queasy, Tottenham's (WEAK) red card-aided mollywhopping of United and Everton finally stumbles upon the key to winning HALFTIME: what if... Sir Radcliffe handed you the keys to United, what changes would you make top to bottom to pull the club out of the doldrums? ROUND THE WORLD: what games to watch in Champions League, Hit-It-N-Quit-It MLS minute and this week's USMNT winners and losers STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

PREMIER LEAGUE: Tweedles have some thots on Michael Oliver's performance in this weekend's shockingly fun Arsenal/City game plus what losing Rodri means for the title race, along with Everton's commitment to badness and what game gets Mitch's official stamp of must-watch approval this weekend HALFTIME: if you were Tommy McGunner's agent and he had to go play overseas TOMORROW, what club would you (realistically) be calling to get him a tryout? ROUND THE WORLD: Hit-It-N-Quit-It MLS Minute and four USMNT stars of the week STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

PREMIER LEAGUE: Arsenal's defense controlled the North London Daerby, Forest cracks the ArneBall code, the ceaseless sadness that is Everton and preview of the upcoming table-topper as Arsenal visit City... plus FPL updates and shoutouts HALFTIME: What If someone from the UK asked for advice on what MLS team they should support... who would you recommend, and why? ROUND THE WORLD: pluses/minuses of the new and "improved" Champions League format and what games to watch this week, along with the Hit-It-N-Quit-It MLS minute STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

PREMIER LEAGUE: who needs to win the North London Dærby more, is Ten Hag coaching for his job against Southampton this weekend and whether City is on upset alert vs Brentford HALFTIME: "fixing" the annoying international window(s) format STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

We discuss the Canada disaster and the New Zealand clownshow, argue about who boosted and hurt their stock this window (f/t a sad farewell to a long-time soldier), and reminisce about the Mikey Varas era. But most importantly we focus on where USMNT goes from here now that Mauricio Pochettino has officially signed on the dotted line.

HOT TOPIC: someone not named Mauricio Pochettino dropped USMNT's roster for Canada/NZ friendlies, the surprises/snubs and best XI of which we discuss along with the situation surrounding or continues coach-lessness PREMIER LEAGUE [18:30]: Everton collapse in epic fashion, Declan Rice's game- and potentially season-changing red card in Arsenal vs Brighton, Mo Salah leads another Liverpool sh*t-kicking of United and whether Erling Haaland will be the greatest striker in Premier League history when all is said and done HALFTIME [49:20]: "Weekly What If" you were a holding mid who has played for the world's biggest clubs and won the most prestigious trophies but you are on the wrong side of 30yo and just got WORKED for the first 45 minutes against your hated arch-rival... would it be more embarrassing to get yanked at halftime or for the coach to let you go back out there just to potentially get worked some more? ROUND THE WORLD [50:00]: hit-it-n-quit-it MLS minute STOPPAGE TIME [54:00]: Ivan Toney's Best Bets an

HOT TOPIC: La Liga bails Barcelona out of a serious predicament and allows them to register Dani Olmo... but something doesn't smell quite right PREMIER LEAGUE [7:45]: Noni Madueke cooks Wolverhampton on Friday and Wolves on Saturday, Arsenal exorcises some Villa demons, United exorcises zero Brighton demons and Mikey ruins Tottenham's game vs Newcastle (no matter the result) HALFTIME [41:30]: NWSL announces bold changes with new CBA with free agency for all and no-trade clauses... What If: MLS followed suit and eliminated the draft? ROUND THE WORLD [49:00]: MLS hit-it-n-quit-it minute, a brewing crisis involving US Open Cup and Concacaf Champions League and USMNT chatter f/t Aaronson, Pulisic, McKennie and Gio Reyna STOPPAGE TIME [1:00:30]: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

HOT TOPIC: reasons to get excited about Mauricio Pochettino as the next USMNT manager/savior PREMIER LEAGUE: knee-jerk reactions to the first weekend of games f/t Brighton still Brighton-ing, United avoid nightmare scenario, Tyler saying some nice things about Bruno Fernandes (srsly), Tottenham is so back and preview of next week's massive "London" Daerby between Arsenal and Aston Villa HALFTIME: Weekly What If... the Premier League followed through on disclosing what club each referee supports? Net positive or negative? (And same question for commentators) ROUND THE WORLD: USMNT chatter including who our starting 9 is at the moment plus wild stabs at what becomes of Weston McKennie and Matt Turner this window STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets (Over Train is officially back) and GOAWs

PREMIER LEAGUE: We got the whole gang back together (again!) to lay out our predictions for how the 2024-25 season plays out, including who is winning this time around, who finishes top 4, what to expect from wild cards like Chelsea and Palace, which traditional midtable teams could make a splash, if any newly promoted clubs survive, Player of the Year and first manager sacked STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs INTERVIEW: BFF of the program Timothy Parker gets some things off his chest about this month's shock trade from St Louis to New England, including details about how contract negotiations played out with the front office, what he will miss most about The Lou, expectations for this season with the Revs (and beyond?) and who wins a cage match between him and Henry Kessler

HOT TOPICS: Mbappe's long-term plan to exact revenge on PSG PREMIER LEAGUE: best/worst transfer moves; who is this season's Villa; Spurs or United will finish higher; Chelsea's top 4 hopes and if Everton is relegation fodder ROUND THE WORLD: where does Weston McKennie go after being told he's not in Juve plans; what needs to change as US fed to get top manager; implications of Jim Beam/Tim Ream's move to Charlotte; did Galaxy just out-sexy LAFC and thoughts on Emma Hays' performance as USWNT manager thus far STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

HOT TOPICS: Canada got caught red-handed and admits cheating has been a systemic problem FOR YEARS - but is it even a big deal(?), Argentina and France declare all out soccer war on one another and MLS hollering at NWSL PREMIER LEAGUE: early thots on where things stand heading into 2024-25 f/t what it would mean for City if this is Pep's last season, Ange's bold defense-free strategy and whose got a higher season between Chelsea vs West Ham ROUND THE WORLD: Hit-It-N-Quit-It Minute and Olympics soccer updates for USMNT and USWNT STOPPAGE TIME: GOAWs

COPA AMERICA: Who to blame for catastrophic crowd control at Copa final and what the fallout is likely to be, credit to Argentina for doing what they do USMNT: Gregg Berhalter's legacy and who should replace him as manager for all-important World Cup 2026 EUROS: Extra big ups to Spain for defeating the terrorist(ballers) and being worthy champs, plus breakout stars and what to make of guys like Xherdan Shaqiri who always bring it for NTs but not for club STOPPAGE TIME: GOAWs

The lads are down bad after USMNT succumbed lifelessly to Uruguay (0-1) to crash out of Copa America 2024, but we did our best to offer honest opinions about the state of the team, the USMNT program and Gregg Berhalter's future.

Immediate reaction to our 10-man loss to Panama, featuring thots on Tim Weah's red card, Gregg Berhalter mentality and subs, Ivan Barton's reffing and predictions for Monday's must-win game against Uruguay.

HOUSEKEEPING: we are launching an officially search for the first-ever Sam's Army intern EURO 2024: Instant reaction to Italy's last gasp equalizer (and Croatian heartbreak), we debate whether Spain are frauds, Tommy makes an impassioned defense of Romelu Lukaku and an unexpected [and controversial] Ivan Toney's Best Bet  COPA AMERICA: thots on USMNT's 2-0 win over Bolivia, what (if any) changes are needed in the midfield and up top for Thursday's game vs Panama, and who else has impressed at the tournament STOPPAGE TIME: GOAWs

EURO 2024: best game so far, top 3 (tentative) power rankings, Roberto Martinez vs Gareth Southgate, updates predictions plus most interesting game from Round 2 of the group stage COPA AMERICA: predicted winners of all four groups, thoughts on Jamaica's dark horse potential and preview of Sunday's USMNT vs Bolivia game STOPPAGE TIME: GOAWs

HOUSEKEEPING: explanation for recent pause and plans for bigger, better, faster, stronger Sam's Army USMNT: postmortem of Colombia (1-5) loss and Brazil (1-1) "win" plus a look ahead at what our expectations should be for Copa America EURO 2024: preview of the six groups and predictions for teams we see as champion, darkhorse and flaming out

HEADLINES: Wolves submit proposal for Premier League to scrap VAR; FIFA forms working committee to explore playing domestic games abroad and Barcelona doing Barcelona things PREMIER LEAGUE: whether City's dominance is bad for the league; what trolls and dumdums don't grasp about the "Ange vs Spurs fans" narrative; is Jurgen Klopp a Premier League "legend" and shoutouts for FPL winners ROUND THE WORLD: MLS top 3 power rankings; what is different about DC United this season and how the team game-planned for Messi; and an outsider's perspective on Toronto FC vs NYCFC fisticuffs STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs

HEADLINES: players rebel against FIFA's Club World Cup; Bayern's managerial search starting to get downright silly and Canada hires Jesse Marsch as new NT coach WHAT IF: you could pick two teams from any time in history to play one another... who you picking -- and who wins? PREMIER LEAGUE: games went mostly as expected last weekend so all eyes turn to Tottenham vs City on Tuesday, where Spurs have the chance to do the funniest thing in the history of Spursiness... so, depending on how things go down, we walk through the various permutations of what happens next ROUND THE WORLD: the punch heard (but not seen) around MLS and Championship playoff updates STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets, Maupay's Standout Shithouser and GOAWs

HEADLINES: 777 Partners' bid for Everton may fall apart before it even becomes official; playing Premier League matches in the US; PGMOL follows MLS's lead on VAR communication and Sweden tells VAR to take a hike WHAT IF: you could win promotion from the Championship either by winning the league or going through the playoff and winning the richest game in world soccer... which you choosing? PREMIER LEAGUE: Spurs run out of gas, United's wild gambit to stop stinking, Chelsea getting things together and who is more on upset alert this weekend between City (at Fulham) or Arsenal (at United) ROUND THE WORLD: preview of the Champions League semifinals 2nd leg and Championship playoff STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets, Neal Maupay's Shithouse of the Week and GOAWs