Do Europe's big soccer leagues need a salary cap? Why do Bundesliga teams sign young Americans? Plus: Man Utd v Southampton review
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🗓️ 15 July 2020
⏱️ 80 minutes
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We open by telling you you're missing out on MLS Assist. Good news is you can listen here, for free.
Then, timestamps:
1:00 — We give you the CBS All-Access update, featuring NWSL, Star Trek: Picard, and the UEFA Champions League. We also get into Peacock, which is where you'll find all of Wednesday's Premier League games.
9:40 — Man Utd vs Southampton
27:45 — Today's show is sponsored by Artifact. Listen to the TSS origin story at HeyArtifact.com/tss, where you'll also find a very nice photo of the two of us. Also, use code TSS to create your own Artifact via HeyArtifact.com
31:08 — Why is the Bundesliga so interested in young Americans?
38:15 — Would the big football leagues in Europe be better with a salary cap and revenue sharing?
49:10 — Today's show is sponsored by Hawthorne! Go to Hawthorne.co and use code TSS for 10% off
51:45 — How many orphan kittens would Gyasi Zardes have to save from a burning building to make USMNT fans like him?
1:00:55 — Why is there more stoppage at the end of the game than at half time?
1:01:57 — How will UEFA handle FFP with coronavirus crisis impacting revenues
1:04:11 — Today's show is sponsored by Away. Go to Awaytravel.com/tss for a 100-day trial
1:06:32 — Son Heung-Min would improve quite a few top, Champions league-qualifying soccer teams. Why don’t teams in for him?
1:14:40 — What's happening with Zack Steffen these days?
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is Daryl with a quick reminder if you're a major league soccer fan and you're not |
| 0:08.5 | listening to MLS assist, you're doing it wrong. Fix it now. Go and find MLS assist, click |
| 0:14.4 | subscribe and you will get daily shows covering every game at the MLS is back tournament. |
| 0:20.9 | It's part of the Athletic Podcast Network. |
| 0:22.9 | It's produced by the Total Soccer Show. |
| 0:24.7 | It's 100% free to listen to. |
| 0:26.9 | And every time someone else listens, |
| 0:28.8 | they know more about soccer than you do. |
| 0:30.6 | So you've got to listen just to catch up, |
| 0:32.1 | just to keep up with the conversation. |
| 0:34.2 | So it's MLS Assist. |
| 0:35.5 | Find it, subscribe to it, enjoy it and thank me later. |
| 0:58.6 | Hello and welcome to the Total Soccer Show. |
| 1:05.1 | My name is Daryl Grove, and I'm joined by a man who's exclusive broadcast rights and not held by CBS. |
| 1:06.4 | At least not yet anyway. |
| 1:09.0 | His name is Taylor Rockwell. |
| 1:09.3 | Hello. |
| 1:10.0 | Not yet. |
| 1:27.8 | The development deal is in the works, though, and then we'll see what happens. Is that right? No. Hi, buddy. How you doing? It better not be a solo project. Did I not mention that to you? I am watching a solo spinoff show. It's called The Comprehensive Soccer Show. The Comprehensive Soccer Show show. Oh no. |
| 1:49.3 | You're going to leave me like Lewin Davis, wandering around on my own. Yeah, it is awkward that I'm doing it with an English man named Gary as well, who I am legally requiring to change his name to garyl, though. That's going to be awkward. Garyl. Garl. Garl is a great name. Great name. All right. Lots to talk about today's show. We have listener questions to answer from all kinds of subjects, including should there be a salary cap in the big European leagues? |
| 1:51.9 | I'm thinking of putting that one in the title, Taylor. |
| 1:54.0 | Oh, I can't wait. |
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