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We're joined by Oliver Scholes and Sam Lattof to dive into Division 1 men's college soccer shifting to a split fall/spring schedule, along with ongoing stability concerns in USL League 1 following reports of additional club closures. We also break down Hartford Athletic's playoff qualification, MLS Next Pro's strategic expansion into Des Moines, and the launch of the Maine Wilderness in the USL W League. You can follow Sam on BlueSky and keep up with him and Oliver's The Average Fan Podcast covering the Hartford Athletic, right here. You can follow Thomas on BlueSky. Let us know what you think about the show, send us your suggestions and anything else at [email protected]. If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris Lee is the author of three books about soccer, the newest of which is Shades of Green focusing on Irish soccer. He also hosts a podcast with a wide range of topics on soccer and has plenty of ground hopping journeys to stadiums around Europe to share with us. You can follow Chris on BlueSky, check out his Substack and get his podcast, Outside Write, wherever you get your podcast from. You can follow Thomas on BlueSky. Let us know what you think about the show, send us your suggestions and anything else at [email protected]. If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back with another highlight show from our excellent podcast network covering individual teams all across New England soccer. We've got a special interview from the Average Fan Podcast, a verbal take down of Landon Donovan from Revolution Recap and more from Raising Anchor and The Friggin Soccer Show.. Our full podcast lineup: Revolution Recap covering the New England Revolution United in Green podcast covering the Vermont Green The Friggin Soccer Show podcast covering Portland Hearts of Pine Raising Anchor a podcast covering Rhode Island FC The Average Fan Podcast that covers Hartford Athletic The Swan Dive covering the Boston Legacy You can find all these podcasts on The Blazing Musket website and wherever you get your podcasts from. We hope you like this episode and be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review if you do wherever you get your podcasts from! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The on and off field developments keep coming at an almost relentless pace. This week we have Oliver Scholes and Sam Latoff in to preview the USL Cup final between Hartford and Louisville. It's a chance for Hartford to win a trophy for the second year in a row. We also discussed the Seattle TImes dropping soccer coverage and how independent soccer coverage can fill the gap. And we talk about our friends in solidarity against genocide, the Irish National team standing up for Gaza in their games against Israel. You can follow Sam on BlueSky and keep up with him and Oliver's The Average Fan Podcast covering the Hartford Athletic, right here. You can follow Thomas on BlueSky. Let us know what you think about the show, send us your suggestions and anything else at [email protected]. If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The usual crew shuffled in to talk about the USL's new revenue sharing deal as their new league and pro/rel looms on the horizon. In the aftermath of New England Revolution owner, Robert Kraft, allegedly kicking Macklemore off Ed Sheeran's tour, we talked about the excessive control owners have over the teams we follow and stadiums they play in. We also touched base on how RIFC, Hartford and Portland are doing and what's left to play for this season. Our guests join from: United in Green podcast covering the Vermont Green The Friggin Soccer Show podcast covering Portland Hearts of Pine Raising Anchor a podcast covering Rhode Island FC The Average Fan Podcast that covers Hartford Athletic You can find all these podcasts on The Blazing Musket as part of our podcast network along with Revolution Recap and The Swan Dive. We hope you like this episode and be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review if you do wherever you get your podcasts from! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We welcome Jackie Contreras back this week to catch us up on how the summer went for the Boston Legacy in their first NWSL season. They've won two in a row, been scoring goals in droves lately but are the playoffs in reach? We also talked about which players to look forward to the rest of the way and into 2027 and who might be looking to bounce back with the Legacy next year. And lastly, the last stadium updates and where the Legacy will spend the 2027 season. You can keep up with the Legacy here on The Blazing Musket and follow Jackie on BlueSky. You can follow Thomas on BlueSky. Let us know what you think about the show, send us your suggestions and anything else at [email protected]. If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam Latoff is in this week to go over what is and what is not in the USL's new CBA. We also discussed the huge wave of new players to join MLS in the recently closed transfer window and the future of MLS player additions with the calendar change. We also looked at who the top contenders are in MLS, the USL Championship and USL League 1 to get an idea of who our New England teams may face in the playoffs. You can follow Sam on BlueSky and keep up with him and Oliver's The Average Fan Podcast covering the Hartford Athletic, right here. You can follow Thomas on BlueSky. Let us know what you think about the show, send us your suggestions and anything else at [email protected]. If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hayden Bird is back this week to discuss MLS' new rumored playoff format, MLS Next Pro's schedule change, its overall future and the news that MLS will fully return to the US Open Cup in 2027. What could be better than 20 playoff teams and double elimination? Is MLS Next Pro stuck as the Double A level for MLS? And what to make of the US Open Cup finally having all MLS US based teams involved again. Hayden Bird from the Boston Globe and Boston.com is here to go over it all with us! You can follow Hayden on BlueSky and check out his soccer coverage on Boston.com. You can follow Thomas on BlueSky. Let us know what you think about the show, send us your suggestions and anything else at [email protected]. If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We've brought in two new quests to the show from the ranks of The Blazing Musket to tackle everything there is to know about xG, key passes, match ratings and all the other stats we throw around after each game. Andy Judd is the Musket's resident stats chief and Seth Macomber covers the New England Revolution, they both stopped in to dive into the complicated and often debated role of stats in soccer. You can follow Andy and Seth on BlueSky and at The Blazing Musket website. You can follow Thomas on BlueSky. Let us know what you think about the show, send us your suggestions and anything else at [email protected]. If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam Lattof and Oliver Scholes are in this week to catch up on how New England's three USL pro teams are doing. We dived into if all three teams are playoff bound and if not, what needs to change to make it happen. We also looked at how do USL fans feel about their Club taking loans from MLS teams and should they embrace when their players move up to higher levels of play. You can follow Sam on BlueSky and keep up with him and Oliver's The Average Fan Podcast covering the Hartford Athletic, right here. You can follow Thomas on BlueSky. Let us know what you think about the show, send us your suggestions and anything else at [email protected]. If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

FIFA and Gianni Infantino weren't out of the headlines for long! A proposed private investment in the World Cup looks headed nowhere but has it caused an opening to oust Infantino? Meanwhile, FIFA is moving ahead with an immediate push for 64 teams at the 2030 World Cup. And MLS will welcome a new commissioner in 2027 as Don Garber's reign over the league comes to an end. We discuss if anything will change and is MLS headed in the right direction. Finally, we'll catch up the Revs who will soon be onto their third playing surface of the season at Gillette. Hayden Bird from the Boston Globe and Boston.com is here to go over it all with us! You can follow Hayden on BlueSky and check out his soccer coverage on Boston.com. You can follow Thomas on BlueSky. Let us know what you think about the show, send us your suggestions and anything else at [email protected]. If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The roundtable returns to discuss RIFC's celeb owner Kawhi Leonard and celebrity sports team ownership in general. But first we discussed the big news about Portland Hearts of Pine's new stadium plan and if Vermont Green will/can/should follow with a stadium of their own. Our guests join from: United in Green podcast covering the Vermont Green The Friggin Soccer Show podcast covering Portland Hearts of Pine Raising Anchor a podcast covering Rhode Island FC The Average Fan Podcast that covers Hartford Athletic You can find all these podcasts on The Blazing Musket as part of our podcast network along with Revolution Recap and The Swan Dive. We hope you like this episode and be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review if you do wherever you get your podcasts from! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Danny Navarro, better known as TravelFutbolFan, is back again to tell us all about his World Cup experience and those of the people he helped travel and attend games. It was a culmination of years long project and Danny let us know all about it. We also talked about who wasn't able to travel to the World Cup here in the States and what comes next for him and his project helping people attend the biggest soccer games in the world. You can keep up with Danny on BlueSky, right here. You can follow Thomas on BlueSky as well. Let us know what you think about the show, send us your suggestions and anything else at [email protected]. If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're joined once again by author, professor and former professional soccer player, Jules Boykoff. Jules is back to review everything that went down around the games of the World Cup. Could things have gone better, could they have gone worse? How much more greed and corruption can we take and what can we do about it? Jules is here to go over it all. If you're interested in Jules' work please consider picking up a copy of one of his upcoming books at the links below: Red Card: The 2026 World Cup, Sportswashing, and the FIFA Greed Machine Kicking Also consider adding your name to the Reboot FIFA campaign right here. You find all of Jules' work here and follow him on BlueSky. You can follow Thomas on BlueSky. Let us know what you think about the show, send us your suggestions and anything else at [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The World Cup final is upon us, the semi finals are over and North America's summer of soccer has reached it's peak. We've got Hayden Bird of the Boston Globe and Sam Lattof in to recap the semi finals and get ready for the final. You can follow Hayden on BlueSky and check out his soccer coverage on Boston.com. You can follow Thomas on BlueSky and Sam as well. Let us know what you think about the show, send us your suggestions and anything else at [email protected]. If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.