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Total Soccer Show: USMNT, Champions League, EPL, and more ...

Is Thomas Muller underrated, what are the benefits of relegation, why are there so few pro teams in Southern Italy, and many more listener questions!

Total Soccer Show: USMNT, Champions League, EPL, and more ...

TSS

Soccer, Sports, News, Sports News

4.83.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

On today's episode, your four co-hosts tackle a whole bunch of listener questions, including...

1) What soccer hybrid sport would the USMNT have the best chance of winning at the respective world cup? Footgolf, kickball, etc

2) Ryan listened to "Three Lions" before every England game last summer, and that begs the question: during USMNT World Cup Qualifying, what would your pre-game song be?

3) What are the benefits to having relegation as part of the soccer ecosystem?

4) Is Thomas Muller the most underrated player of his generation?

5) Why are there so few Serie A teams in Southern Italy? Are there any other regions in Europe with very little top flight soccer?

6) Which member of the Concacaf Caribbean Football Union would make the USMNT if they were annexed by, I assume, US Soccer?

7) What shirt sponsors have aesthetically ruined the kit they sponsor?

8) Graham's recommendations for how to enjoy a match (and overall holiday) in Scotland.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Total Soccero!

0:07.0

Welcome to the Total Soccer Show. Hey, you, what's that sound? It's listening to Questions for another round. My name is Ryan Bailey.

0:29.0

Joining me today to help answer your questions that you've submitted is a man who loves Man United, but hopefully that doesn't mean he'll capitulate in the second half of this show. Taylor Rockwell, hello.

0:38.2

Hello. I was really struggling to figure which song you were parodying. Is it just what's that

0:44.1

sound? Is that what you've gone with, Ryan? Hey, you? What's that sound? Everybody look, let's go

0:48.0

weird down. All right. That's a good way to begin. I always appreciate that. Always going to be here, Ryan.

0:55.7

Anyway, fun of being United fat at a moment.

0:58.1

Let's turn the attention away from my singing to you.

1:01.3

You know, United on Tuesday drawing with the team at the bottom of the league.

1:06.8

Ralph Ragnick putting some ill words on Ronaldo saying to date require a lot of sprinting, chasing balls, a lot of fight for second balls. This best fits the profile for Edinson Cavani, which is why he starts today. Woo, Taylor. Yeah, let's keep talking about music instead, shall we? So I don't have to talk about Manchester United and how frustrating they are. Yeah, it's not great times. It's not my favorite.

1:28.9

Felt like things were going well and then felt like things were not going well in the second half of that game. I still feel like it's Ralph Ragnick trying to turn things around and trying to figure out how best to make this team function so that someone else can take over. but I also have to believe that that was not the goal at the beginning of the season,

1:26.5

and I have to believe that that was also maybe the hope was that he would turn them around fairly quickly and get things going. That does not seem to be the case, and I, a person who long thought Ralph Ragnick would be the one to make a difference, sort of uncertain about how things are going at Man United. If it's any consolation, Taylor, I'm finding it very funny. Oh, that's good. That's good. Excellent. Also here... I think it's great how good M.K. Don's are doing this season. Maybe a minute in. Also here is the podcast equivalent of a Kear and Trippia free kick, Galato. Arizona, Joe Lowry. No M.K. Don Kdon's mentions, Joe. Okay. I got you, Ryan.

2:18.4

I will just mention, you seem very pleased about this whole man United catastrophe. And I agree,

2:23.0

it is pretty darn entertaining. But I can say that as someone who placed exactly $0 on their title

2:27.8

chances. I don't know that you can say that. But either way, I respect you taking a backseat and

2:33.9

just letting the narrative

2:35.1

really carry us all here. Just flying all over the place on this episode so far. Goodness me.

2:40.1

Yes, I sometimes do bad bets. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Oh, I also just, I can't get over. Taylor.

2:47.5

I think you said like, all right. After Ryan sang his song, I don't know.

2:51.7

Listeners just heard it like 12 seconds ago. I already forgot. But that was so funny. Oh, my gosh.

2:57.7

Well, speaking of so funny, let's complete our roundup with a man who can't wait to visit

3:02.6

the redeveloped Spotify Camp News. Is that right, Graham Rutman? Yeah. I mean, you know, Barcelona, they needed some more bad PR, I guess, and so deal with Spotify, given everything that's happening with that company. At the moment, it seems apt. And by the way, Joe, I just have to mention, I've never been prouder, buddy. Like, That was just magnificent. I feel like I'm teaching you the ways.

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