Empire Strykers defender Ben Suddeth (3/19/26)

World Cup Group Stage Crunch Time (6/25/26)

After we dive deep into the World Cup group stage finales and preview the Americans’ clash with “wounded animal” Türkiye, our creative director pushes back against overly positive coverage of the tournament, calling out FIFA’s “disgusting” ticketing policy. As always, we also check in on LAFC, the LA Galaxy, Angel City, the Empire Strykers, and Orange County SC. Photo credit: Bryan Berlin (Ream) and Hossein Zohrevand (Messi) via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Edited.

World Cup week 1 snapshot (6/18/26)

In addition to dissecting Angel City's seismic decision to fire its head coach, we take stock of the World Cup one week into the tournament, review the most intriguing games thus far, and preview USA vS. Türkiye along with other huge week two matchups. As always, we also check in on LAFC, the LA Galaxy, the Empire Strykers and Orange County SC. Photos: Bryan Berlin (McKennie) and Khoa Nguyen (Kane) via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 and CC BY 2.0, respectively. Edited.

World Cup week 1 previews (6/11/26)

On this episode of the show, we preview our selection of the most intriguing games of the World Cup’s opening week, including USA vs. Paraguay, Canada vs. Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil vs. Morocco, and England vs. Croatia. As always, we also check in on LAFC, the LA Galaxy, Angel City, the Empire Strykers, and Orange County SC. Photo credits: Bryan Berlin (Robinson) and Chris McPhee (Davies) via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 and CC BY 2.0, respectively. Edited.

LA Galaxy GM Will Kuntz, Julio Ramos (on Mexico) & Randy Hernandez (on TST) — (6/4/26)

LA Galaxy GM Will Kuntz shares how he thinks the team and his big offseason signings have done so far in 2026, what has led to greater pragmatism on the field, and whether there will more signings over the summer. In addition to checking in on the U.S and Canada, we preview Mexico’s World Cup opener with Julio Ramos of LatiNation FC and talk Empire Strykers in TST with Randy Hernandez of Fútbol Rapido Insider. As always, we also cover LAFC, Angel City, and Orange County SC. Ochoa Photo: Svetlana Beketova via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Edited.

World Cup coverage kickoff (5/28/26)

We kick off our World Cup coverage by assessing the final U.S. roster and looking at some of the most intriguing question marks ahead of Canada and Mexico’s reveals. Of course, we also check in on the Empire Strykers battling for $1 million at TST (with the help of Fútbol Rapido Insider's Randy Hernandez) and talk all things LAFC, LA Galaxy, Angel City and Orange County SC.