Mailbag! Fake MLS trades, Matchday 2 lookahead & how we become soccer sickos
Extratime
Andrew Wiebe
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2023
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
We're dropping ETR on Thursday mornings! You're welcome, and thank you to everyone who sent in mail. Andrew and Dave are joined by Backheeled's Joe Lowery to go through all the best questions ahead of MLS Matchday 2. We talk about our soccer journeys, look ahead to the weekend's games, throw out some fake trades and much more!
4:11 - Reminiscing on the moments that got us into soccer
11:29 - Games we're most excited about in Matchday 2 (Hello, STL!)
27:45 - How James Sands’ return changes NYCFC
33:51 - Matchday 2 players to watch
43:03 - Options for Austin at centerback, in league and out
50:09 - Scheming up MLS trades that make sense for both clubs
56:33 - Takeaways from Losada’s first game with Montréal
58:55 - The best cores in the league to build around
1:03:40 - Rapid-fire mailbag
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Action time is exactly how I find out what's going on in the MLS. |
| 0:05.6 | Get lost. Get lost. |
| 0:07.4 | Maybe this podcast has influenced me a bit as well. |
| 0:10.5 | Everybody up here, every single day goes into the office, into the laboratory. |
| 0:17.7 | They're trying to cook up some great stuff for you guys. |
| 0:20.8 | That's why he's here! |
| 0:22.8 | Oh, from New York, New York, you are listening to Extra Time. |
| 0:27.8 | I am Andrew Weebie with my partner in soccer on this Thursday morning. |
| 0:32.1 | That is David Goss, and we have a new partner in soccer, |
| 0:35.3 | on the loan with a option to buy. |
| 0:38.2 | Maybe? I don't know. Joe Lowry of Backheeled and Total Soccer Show is with us. |
| 0:42.3 | Joe, it's not a tryout, but we really liked your technical ability from afar. |
| 0:47.5 | We think you can fit in with this podcast, so we're happy to have you aboard. |
| 0:50.8 | I hope these are all podcast references, because Goss has seen me play soccer. |
| 0:54.5 | He knows that my technical ability doesn't look good up close or far away. |
| 0:58.4 | Either way, I appreciate you guys having me. This is going to be fun. |
| 1:01.7 | Yes, I would like to pick a bone with you before we get to this very special |
| 1:05.3 | mailbag show. I have a quote from one, Joe Lowry. |
| 1:09.1 | That quote, which I hear twice a week now, and I heard every single day during the World Cup was, |
| 1:13.9 | just because soccer games are 90 minutes long doesn't mean that soccer podcasts have to be, |
| 1:19.7 | and you don't have to say soccer podcasts, Joe, you can just say Extra Time. |
| 1:22.6 | It's okay. |
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