100 episodes
Sam's Army Samuel Army
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4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
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The wild and wonderful world of soccer from an American perspective. Samuel Army and a rotating cast of fans, athletes and athlete fans discuss all the relevant goings-on from both sides of the pond. Headlines and a weekly recap plus previews and predictions with an emphasis on the Premier League and Champions League, along with the US men’s and women’s national teams, and just enough from the rest of Europe, MLS and NWSL to be dangerous. Episodes also typically feature candid interviews with players, coaches and other people of interest from in and around the sport. We aim to keep things light and entertaining but with enough analysis to appeal to fans new and old. Many people are calling Sam’s Army Podcast the best podcast they have ever listened to – not me, but many people. Note: true believers in #b2bwcw are eligible for a 22% to 26% discount at checkout. Holler!
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Ep 2.259: Bayer's Unreal Season (Best Ever?), Arsenal/Liverpool Recriminations & UCL Preview
HEADLINES: MLS unveils yet another ultra-conservative update to roster rules and EFL has a "heartwarming" welcome home gift waiting for Sheffield Utd
WHAT IF: you had to vote for the Premier League's POY right now... who's getting your vote?
PREMIER LEAGUE: Mitch and Tyler struggle vociferously to accept the new (but not entirely unexpected) reality after Arsenal and Liverpool both stumble at home putting Pep's Petrostars in the driver's seat; plus Nuno grows a brain and plays Gio Reyna and do we have a (Cole Palmer-driven) FA Cupset brewing?
ROUND THE WORLD: MLS hit-it-n-quit-it minute; we wax semi-poetic about one of the best week's of Champions League knockouts in recent memory and look ahead to this week's return legs
STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs -
Ep 2.258: EPL Luxury Tax, MLS vs USL, United/Liverpool & UCL Previews
HEADLINES: why a Premier League (fresh off deducting two more points from not-Man City) "Luxury Tax" is problematic, more incredible Turkish Super Lig drama and Luis Rubiales is back in the news for more (alleged) bad deeds committed as president of Spain's soccer federation
WHAT IF: you were named all-powerful USL commissioners tomorrow... what changes would you implement to better compete with MLS?
PREMIER LEAGUE: big talking points from United holding Liverpool to a 2-2 draw, coming around on Luton Town and the Tweedles' anxiety levels of about Arsenal facing Villa on Sunday
ROUND THE WORLD: Tommy's take on the Korbin Albert situation and positives from USWNT beating Japan plus preview of this week's Champions League quarterfinals (1st legs)
STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs -
Ep 2.257: Fenerbahce, Korbin Albert, City/Arsenal Recriminations & Ode to Klopp
HEADLINES: Fenerbahce voting this week on whether to withdraw from Turkish Super Lig in response to postgame attack by Trabzonspor fans plus Korbin Albert finds herself at the center of USWNT drama after some ill-advised social media-ing
POP QUIZ: MLS undefeateds
PREMIER LEAGUE: blame is assigned for the City vs Arsenal shmershmortion and start missing Klopp before he is even gone; plus wildly different vibes after close saves by Tottenham and United; Power Rankings plus weekend preview f/t Liverpool visiting Old Trafford
ROUND THE WORLD: brief observations from MLS, US Open Cup and NWSL plus who is to blame for Bayern Munich's looming capitulation for Bayer Leverkusen
STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs -
Ep 2.256: Wenger's Offside Rule, City/Arsenal Preview + USMNT 2-0 Mexico Breakdown
HEADLINES: IFAB approves further testing of major change to offside rule championed by Arsene Wenger; FIFA quietly loosens restrictions on multi-club ownership groups participating in European competitions and Biden administration backs Relevant Sports' in bid to host official La Liga matches in the US
WHAT IF: an MLS Best XI competed in the Premier League... where would they finish?
ROUND THE WORLD: reaction to USMNT's rollercoaster week featuring dogcrap "win" over Jamaica's B-team followed by domination of LLL Triste's A-team (for what that's worth at the moment); MLS hit-it-n-quit-it minute
PREMIER LEAGUE: preview of Sunday's big huge massive City vs Arsenal game
STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs -
Ep 2.255: Pep's Legacy, United/Liverpool Postmortem + USMNT vs Jamaica Preview
HEADLINES: Nottingham Forest handed 4-point deduction; what to expect from MLS's midseason roster changes and NWSL valuations are skyrocketing
WHAT IF: Man City is found guilty of all/many of the more serious rule violations... how would it affect Pep's legacy (if at all)?
PREMIER LEAGUE: incredible weekend of FA Cup games featuring United's epic comeback against Liverpool (causing Tyler to say some things I did not see coming) and Coventry City stunning Wolves; plus the real reason that Fulham drank Tottenham's milkshake
ROUND THE WORLD: MLS hit-it-n-quit-it minute; LigaMX makes a statement in Concacaf Champions Cup and USMNT vs Jamaica preview including thoughts on Gregg's roster and a debate on our starting striker is
STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs -
Ep 2.254: Liverpool vs City Controversies; USWNT Takeaways & FA Cup Preview
HEADLINES: Cameroonian age fraud and Lester's painful reward if/when they return to the Premier League
POP QUIZ: League Cup winners
PREMIER LEAGUE: Liverpool vs City postmortem, Gio Reyna panic button, Power Rankings and preview of some quality FA Cup quarterfinals
ROUND THE WORLD: MLS hit-it-n-quit-it minute, takeaways from USWNT's successful Gold Cup campaign; USMNT weekend stars and preview of this week's Champions League games
STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs
Customer Reviews
Shocked that I like a podcast by a Tottenham guy
Wow!
Great overall off the cuff analysis
Overall the podcast gives a good analysis of world soccer from the Yanks perspective without spending too much time on MLS/NWSL/USMNT news. I personally prefer a once or twice a week format. One suggestion however please change the opening music intro. It is horrible. Sounds like you combined a World Cup game and a funeral.
Immature content and host
I really like the cohosts and guests on the podcast. The host, not so much. He seems uninformed and gets facts wrong when speaking on a variety of topics. I find it difficult to read his writing as well. But I suppose his style and humor are for a specific target audience and not for the general market. I also find his social media attacks which are of a personal nature on others in the media space to be disgusting and find his arguments that he’s unfairly maligned because of his association with Barstool sports not convincing.
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