#84 Everything you need to know about MLS Cup
Soccer 101
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4.9 • 853 Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2021
⏱️ 31 minutes
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On this episode of Soccer 101, Ryan Bailey, Taylor Rockwell, Graham Ruthven and Joe Lowery take a look at the showpiece event of the Major League Soccer season: MLS Cup. We delve into its format, its history, its popularity, and much more!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Soccer 101, the podcast where we lay down the facts on the biggest topics within the beautiful game. |
| 0:18.0 | On this edition, we're focusing on the annual championship game |
| 0:21.8 | at the pinnacle of US soccer, MLS Cup. |
| 0:25.0 | What is it? |
| 0:25.7 | How does it work? |
| 0:26.6 | Woo, indeed. |
| 0:27.3 | What are its origins? |
| 0:28.4 | And why are teams from the Pacific Northwest so good at getting into it? |
| 0:32.6 | My name is Ryan Bailey. |
| 0:34.1 | Also here today, you heard in Wu, Graham Rutman. |
| 0:36.7 | USA and Canada. USA and Canada. |
| 0:36.2 | U.S.A. and Canada. Excellent addendum. Taylor Rockwell. Hello, sir. That was outstanding. I will never be able to beat that introduction, so I will just be quiet. Very well. Joe Lowry. Hello. Yeah, Graham. That was brilliant, Graham. I like that a lot. Yeah, I'm trying to figure out what the time signature was on that one, and whether we can make it stick. |
| 0:37.4 | But we'll... Lowry. Hello. Yeah, Graham, that was brilliant, Graham. I like that a lot. Yeah, I'm trying to figure out what the time signature was on that one and whether we can make |
| 0:57.0 | it stick. |
| 0:57.5 | But we'll work on that, Graham. |
| 1:00.6 | How are you guys feeling about MLS Cup as we record? |
| 1:03.7 | It is on the Near Horizon. |
| 1:06.1 | Taylor, have you got your Roblo-MLS baseball cap on, a little tiny triangle flag that says MLS cup on it? |
| 1:14.6 | Oh, that hat will forever be hilarious to me. Yeah, I'm going to go to Target. I'm going to get my |
| 1:19.7 | generic MLS gear to be ready for this game. But even before I do that, I am excited about this one. |
| 1:26.1 | I think talking with Joe and Jordan has made me feel prepared for the game, but also really enthusiastic to see how it plays out. I think it's going to be an incredible atmosphere. I'm excited for Joe to get to be there in person to see the Portland Faithful be loud from start to finish. I've heard a couple different players talk about how intimidating that |
| 1:44.3 | stadium can be in very specific ways that makes me think they're not just BSing. They actually mean it. |
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