Caught Offside: Chelsea Confusion & James Horncastle Joins the Show

Caught Offside

Premier League, Sports, Uswnt, Soccer, Usmnt, Mls, World Cup, Champions League

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

On the latest edition of Caught Offside, James Horncastle of The Athletic joins the show to talk about his new book, "The Soccer 100: The Story of the Greatest Players in History." We'll explore the process behind compiling a list as extensive as this one and we'll dive into the debates that a list like this stirs up amongst fans. We'll also pick James' brain on how it's possible that Italy could be staring down the barrel of missing a third consecutive World Cup. And we'll close out by hearing James' analysis of Christian Pulisic and his rise to stardom at AC Milan.

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0:00.0	Caught Offside with Andrew Gunling and J.J. Devani.
0:07.1	Oh, yes. Caught Offside from just outside of New York City from an apartment in Brooklyn, New York, Andrew Gunling, J.J. Devani. What's up, brother?
0:17.0	Andrew, I want you to play some audio to start the podcast. I've sent it to you.
0:22.1	This is basically an Everton supporters,
0:25.9	well, a few Everton supporters singing a song,
0:29.2	an ode to Jordan Pickford.
0:33.9	And it just kind of sums up supporting football teams.
0:39.3	Maybe not, not specifically Everton but any football team
0:42.7	you can be in the the moment of joy
0:45.4	and then it turns really really quickly
0:48.1	this is from the weekend against Newcastle
0:49.7	he's a macon he's a bloom he's a trophy
0:56.2	brunper he hates to gasol he hates the
0:59.9	shorn and bigburn dynamite
1:03.4	oh fuck off
1:05.2	it's so good it's so good.
1:14.5	It's really, really good.
1:15.9	And a lot of those, like, whenever you get those chant videos or whatever, it's never clear.
1:21.3	This one is pristine audio.
1:23.7	You can hear exactly what they're saying and then the ball just ends up in the net.
1:28.0	I should say it's been a crazy run for Everton.
1:30.6	This is the busiest time of the season and there's so much happening.
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