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

Which players from 1996 would fit best in MLS today, what current players could be future MLS coaches, and many more listener questions

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

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4.83.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Joe and Jordan take turns answering your listener questions, including...

2:38 - Best MLS mullets throughout the years?

6:06 - Will fullbacks become even more important to the attack than they already are?

13:13 - Which player from MLS' early years would be best suited tactically to play today?

27:30 - What are some wild predictions for the next evolution of tactics?

35:50 - What made RSL's 4-4-2 Diamond so effective for so long?

43:59 - What are the vulnerabilities of the 4-3-3 formation?

52:30 - What current or former MLS players will be future coaches?


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0:00.0

Hello, everyone.

0:17.7

Hello, everyone, and welcome to MLS Assist, a podcast created to give insight into the tactical side of Major League Soccer.

0:25.3

I'm your host, Joe Lowry, and I'm joined by my co-host, Jordan Angelie.

0:29.6

Jordan, how are you doing today?

0:31.3

Good. I just actually snuck a picture of us in our formation here. Can we call this formation?

0:36.9

I think we should. I think we have to. So for our listeners who can't see the setup until Jordan posts this picture, which I'm sure she will before the episode drops, I'm recording sort of underneath a bed. It is a loft bed, to be fair. So I'm underneath a bed with some blankets to cushion the sound and I'm hunched over. And Jordan, you've got quite the setup on your end as well. I do. I'm in a closet in my sister's old room at my parents' house. And it's a real

1:00.6

hodgepodge of things in here from Christmas pillows to like literally right here is my old,

1:07.4

my old jersey from. Wow, look at that. The Western New York Flash. Like, it's just the weirdest things. It's a nice little trip down memory lane for you. I know. Maybe I should wear this next time just to feel like I'm really in the character. So you can wear your professional jersey and I'll go back and find one of my jerseys from high school. And I think we'll be about the same, pretty much the same thing, right?

1:27.9

I think so.

1:30.2

Yeah, I'd like to think that, but we both know that's not true. Yeah, so Jordan and I are both back home. We are both home. We are with our family. It's an interesting time to be sure there's not a lot of soccer on television, but that is not stopping us from going back through and interacting with our listeners,

1:27.7

answering questions about soccer and looking at the game. soccer on television, but that is not stopping us from going back through and interacting with our

1:44.5

listeners, answering questions about soccer and looking at the game, even in a little bit of a

1:49.1

different way in this weird downtime. So last week's show, Jordan and I put out a request for

1:53.6

listener questions. You guys came through. You delivered some great questions that I think we're

1:57.3

both pretty excited to answer. I couldn't be more thankful for your guys's

2:02.3

ability. I guess willingness. It's not really ability. Williness to like one, listen to us and to

2:08.7

interact and give us some of your thoughts and what you want to know more about. So thank you guys so

2:14.1

much. This should be an interesting podcast. We do have quite the mix of questions. We put out a call. I think on Twitter I used the phrase mullets and tactics and, you know, general terms like that. And we did get some mullet questions in addition to the standard tactical and major league soccer questions as well. So I think, Jordan, we should get right in with our first two questions, which are both mullet related. Yeah, let's do it. You go, Joe. All right. So our first question is from I'm Perry, and our second one is from Justin. Can you talk about Juan Toya and his mullet? And the second one from Justin is, where did Errolong's mullet rank among historic MLS mullets? I feel like it went under the radar, but it's worth some acknowledgement. That's from Justin. So, Jordan, what are your thoughts on these hairdos? Okay. First off, I'm going to hit up this Wantoya because I'm going to be real with you guys and say, I had to Google it. I had to get a proper introduction to Juan Toya and his mullet.

3:07.9

And I found a video that I will give all of our followers and listeners because it is so

3:14.7

worth it.

3:15.1

It actually makes my eyes like water just thinking about it because I was laughing in the way

3:21.4

of like, I actually get it now.

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