Schedule is out! Talking playoff size, regionalization & 2021 TV slate
Extratime
Andrew Wiebe
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2021
⏱️ 82 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
The 2021 MLS schedule is out! The guys are hyped, but there is also substance. We know the size of the playoff field, and we know most games occur between conference foes. Andrew explains why that’s not a forever thing and why it also means every single game matters more than ever before. Meanwhile, Dave is jacked for Heineken Rivalry Week, and Doyle says making MLS more easily accessible is a huge win for the game and the league.
Then it’s on to season previews! Are Inter Miami title contenders or will David Beckham and Co. have to be patient? Is there another gear to Nashville SC? Do the Whitecaps have enough to get into the playoffs? Are the Rapids ready to take the next step? Finally, we name our top five No. 10s in MLS!
3:03 - The schedule is out! Here’s what we’re excited for/matters
20:06 - Why the Supporters’ Shield shouldn’t have an asterisk
27:09 - Inter Miami Season Preview
39:21 - Nashville SC Season Preview
51:19 - Vancouver Whitecaps FC Season Preview
1:03:44 - Colorado Rapids Season Preview
1:14:57 - Top Five No. 10s in MLS
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Extra time is exactly how I find out. What's going on in the MLS? |
| 0:05.6 | Get lost. Get lost. Maybe this podcast has influenced me a bit as well. |
| 0:10.6 | Everybody up here, every single day, goes into the office, into the laboratory. |
| 0:17.4 | They're trying to cook up some great stuff for you guys. That's why he's here! |
| 0:22.6 | How from New York, New York, you are listening to Extra Time driven by Continental |
| 0:30.2 | Tire from Kansas City. I'm Andrew Webe with my partners and soccer, David Gus, Matt Doyle. |
| 0:36.4 | I don't know if you guys know, but there's some news around these parts. I have |
| 0:40.0 | crackles in my backyard. No, I'm just kidding. The 2021 MLS schedule is out. We know |
| 0:47.1 | all 459 games, the how-win, where I guess we already understood the why, but it is right there |
| 0:55.1 | free to peruse. MLSSocker.com just go through this whole thing. Start circle and date, start saying, |
| 1:02.2 | okay, we got a bubble watch party right here. All right, we're going to be vaccinated by this time, |
| 1:06.3 | so I feel comfortable going to the stadium, likely with a mask on. At least that's why I'll be doing |
| 1:10.5 | it. I'm dreaming. Jack, that's what the beginning of this show is going to be about. Just so you know |
| 1:15.2 | what the rest of the show is about. We've got team previews coming for you. Inter Miami, |
| 1:19.3 | Nashville, Vancouver, Colorado, Dave, you got the top 10 number 10s, top five. Sorry, I said |
| 1:25.8 | 10s and I wanted to say 10 and maybe 10 would be more appropriate. It actually falls off around |
| 1:30.4 | seven or eight. Really? Okay. Well, we'll talk about, we'll debate that. The number 10s, that |
| 1:35.8 | finishes up our top five overall series. If you double half Latif blessing in the top five, |
| 1:39.9 | I'm just going to viscer at you. Anyway, I'm here to piss off. It's fine. I'm already pissing off |
| 1:43.8 | 18 fan bases by naming it's up five to seven. So it's going to be a good day. That's true. |
| 1:49.6 | That's really what these have accomplished. We were trying to celebrate the best of the best |
| 1:53.6 | and majorly soccer, but it turns out we were just trolling everybody else. And that's, I guess, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Andrew Wiebe, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Andrew Wiebe and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.