Ep 2.236: 2024 Ballon d'Or, Current vs Past USMNTs + MLS Playoffs Deep Dive
Sam's Army
Samuel Army
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2023
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
Tyler and I are joined by Keegan Rosenberry of Colorado Rapids and DC United's Alex Bono to discuss...
HEADLINES: Messi wins Ballon d'Or but who is the favorite to win in 2024; Sandro Tonali's suspension and chatter inside MLS locker rooms about gambling; sad situation involving Luis Diaz's parents plus Timothy Weah injury news
WHAT IF: you had to pick one USMNT squad from anytime in history to face the Monstars in a soccer version of Space Jam... who you picking? (Also: we debate -- aka Sam is harassed about -- the cultural resonance of Space Jam)
PREMIER LEAGUE: takeaways from City spanking United; some love for Wolves and Everton; we critique Bono's Power Rankings and Sam makes shocking admission about this weekend's Tottenham vs Chelsea game
ROUND THE WORLD: Keegan and Bono offered their two cents on the new MLS playoff format plus thoughts on some of the most intriguing matchups, plus a brief reaction to USWNT's games versus Colombia
STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | All right, everybody. Welcome back, Sam's Army Episode 2.236. We got a lot to talk about this week. |
| 0:12.8 | We're going to start off headlines, Ballon d'Or, Tonali, Luis Diaz, and Men's National Team |
| 0:19.2 | Injury Updates. Weekly, what if? We're going to talk a little USMNT now versus then. |
| 0:25.2 | Primarily, we will, of course, start with Manchester Darby. We're going to give some love to |
| 0:31.6 | some unloved squads, and then a big week and a head. Round the world, we've got MLS playoff |
| 0:37.6 | preview featuring some actual bonafide experts here with us this week. And then, of course, |
| 0:42.5 | stopage time with Aventoni's best bets. And everyone's favorite segment. Go it's |
| 0:46.9 | now. Time to welcome in. This week's distinguished panel of beauties. And what we lack in |
| 0:53.5 | tweedles, we more than make up for in professionalism, specifically professional athletes. |
| 0:59.3 | But first, let me introduce the only other public all-star with us this week. Tyler Terens is joining us. |
| 1:08.4 | Right ahead of calling tonight's Seattle Sounders, FC Dallas Playoff Game, which everybody will |
| 1:15.0 | hopefully be watching tonight. That's Monday night at 8 p.m. Central on FS1. But for this time being |
| 1:22.8 | Tyler, your question, I know you used to get some vitriol on Twitter. You know, you had some haters |
| 1:27.6 | that would every now and again tweet at you. So now that you're doing games across the country for |
| 1:32.2 | teams all over the place, has that like, is it ramped up? Or is it like, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah. |
| 1:39.7 | Now my my mediocrity isn't just to Chicago and I'm WGN and in the Great Midwest, but it's |
| 1:45.0 | all over the country now and sometimes even to Canada. So my hate has gone international. I had |
| 1:50.4 | somebody, I had a reporter from NYCFC on one of those sort of like fake little outlets, |
| 1:54.8 | write a 500 word hit piece on me telling me to use my insolent voice in that I resemble NYCFC season, |
| 2:01.1 | young, unpolished and but eager and a little bit too eager at times. So yeah, no, it's it's been good, |
| 2:08.8 | it's been fun. But we just tune all that out and we keep grounded baby. That's all. |
| 2:12.3 | I was going to ask you what's the meanest thing that somebody's really, but I think you just |
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