Welcome to the Total Soccer Show and our latest batch of listener questions.

Today, we're looking at which coaches would pick themselves for their own teams,

whether France will clear the World Cup group stage and the roster construction at St. Louis and much, much, much more.

My name is Ryan Bailey.

Joining me today, we have a man who wasn't sure whether I was coming on today's show, so he drew up an alternate slate of listener questions today. Taylor Rockwell, you put together an alternate slate of questions. You're trying to decertify the listener questions process. This is our stop the steel, isn't it? What are you doing? I mean, yeah, first of all, this is me attempting to take up the list or questions document,

except it's not because mine were all serious. I feel like I chose just serious questions, Ryan. You're as much more fun. I like it when you pick the questions. Let's keep that going. Oh, thank you, Taye, Taye. Or is that what I would say if I were trying to leave the coup from within quietly? You don't know. You don't know.

Knives are out.

Listen, knives are out.

We shall see where this goes.

Joining us, Taylor, a man, who is... if I were trying to lead the coup from within quietly. You don't know. You don't know. Knives are out.

Listen, knives are out.

We shall see where this goes. Joining us, Taylor, a man, who is maybe being burned as an effigy. Joe, Larry, what did you do? I think I said something at some point about Austin, and at that point, me and a couple other folks were burned as effigies. Now, apparently that didn't really happen according to a source of mind that has a source in Austin.

I think that's how journalism works.

That's exactly how we're supposed to attribute those things. But either way, the MLS playoffs are breathing right down our necks at this point, and Austin should be ready. It seems like, given the crowd they pulled out for whatever that event was last night, that they are pretty ready yeah no um effigies burning in charlotte for whatever you said about them for the past season by the way joe just

so you know shocker they're still trying to scrub those panthers lines off the field to get ready so

very good also they're trying to scrub the lines off the field and then david tepper is just trying to scrub the

actual carolina panthers off the field they just fired David Tepper is just trying to scrub the actual Carolina Panthers off the field.

They just fired their head coach the other day. Ryan, I don't know if you saw that. So hopefully better times ahead for your Panthers, right?

Sure. Yeah. Everything's going great. Everything's going wonderful in Charlotte right now. Joining us, Jets, a man who doesn't want me to sing Sweet Caroline and our upcoming live show in Brooklyn.

Graham Rutherford, is this true?

I mean, that is always true.

Live show or not, I never want you to sing Sweet Caroline.

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