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Thank you. Welcome to the total soccer show and our latest foray into the listener questions mailbag.

On today's show, we're talking about the MLS playoff format.

We're looking at the 2024 Olympic roster, and we're asking big questions about small shin guards.

My name is Ryan Bailey joining me today to listen a question with you, my friends. It's Taylor Rockwell. Hello. I didn't know where I was going with that one, Taylor. Oh no, it didn't come across at all. Hello, Ryan. Good to be here. Very good to have you here, Taylor, joining us to listen to listener questions and then allow you to listen to his thoughts on listener questions. Graham Ruffin, hello. Hello, Ryan Bailey, quite the introduction there. How are you? Did you have a good time seeing John Mayer the other night and singing along to all those big John Mayer hits that I definitely know the names of? Good time, yes. Not your mind, Graham, huh? I just don't know. I just don't know anything about him, Ryan.

I feel like in America, he's a big star.

In the UK, like, did he used to go out with someone or be married to someone or someone famous?

Many, a myriad of people, yes.

Many people in the catalogue there, Graham, right.

Little known, in fact, you dated John Mayer briefly, I believe. That is how many people he used in relationships with. He had a song called Your Body as a Wonderland. He wrote it about you, Graham. Oh, yeah. Specifically, you were wearing a kilt at the time. Well, a few people have written that song about me before, so yeah, I remember John Mayer's version. There you go. Joining us, you just heard his voice, Joe Lowry. How do you feel about John Mayer? I am about as neutral as one could be about anything about John Mayer. I'm just distracted. I guess the listener questions is a verb now, and I'm kind of into that. I'm into this, Ryan. I'm a fan. Good. And good list or question unto you, Joe. Ah, and to you, Taylor.

Ent to you, Ryan. I'm a fan. Good. And good, good listener question unto you, Joe. And to you, Taylor. And to you, sir. A merry listener questions to all and

sundry. Before we get to our listener questions, uh, Patreon.com slash total soccer show for our

bonus content. Lots of videos going up,

I say, as Joe opens up his water bottle and takes a swig on mic.

Nicely done.

Bonus episodes, bonus videos there, and our Discord.

The thing was, Ryan, I was going to edit that out.

And so no one had to know.

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