World Cup — Final Ascent (7/9/26)

World Cup — Final Ascent (7/9/26)

In addition to diving deep into the World Cup home stretch and the drama surrounding Balogun’s rescinded suspension, we discuss what Gabriel Pec’s departure means for the LA Galaxy and whether he might be replaced by Mo Salah. As always, we also talk all things LAFC, Angel City, Empire Strykers and Orange County SC. Photos: Laloumance (Hakimi) and Biser Todorov (Yamal) via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0. Edited.

World Cup Knockout Stage Drama (7/2/26)

We continue our in-depth World Cup talk with the tournament entering its do-or-die phase, looking at the three host nations and all the drama of the first two knockout rounds. Of course, we also preview upcoming LAFC, Angel City and Orange County SC games and cover all things LA Galaxy and Empire Strykers. Photos: Bryan Berlin (Balogun) and Svetlana Beketova (Álvarez) via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 and 3.0, respectively. Edited.

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.