The Designated Players | An MLS Podcast Andrew Barnikel, Adam Tamburello, Connor Wright

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we continue our series where we retell the stories of MLS history. We've gone through all the team's subreddits and asked for different stories they remember about their teams, and we've got a list of almost all of them. We are going to do our research and then come together to retell everyone about those stories and give them the spotlight they deserve. This week we're talking about the NE Revolution carrying around a $5K stuffed animal bunny around with them, followed by a meaningless game between the NE Revolution and Toronto FC which saw a goal from beyond the halfway line and a stoppage time equalizer.

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Recorded on: 4/20/2024
 
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In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we're talking about the hottest topics in MLS in recent news with the proposed "icon rule", San Diego FC implementing a school as part of their academy, and European teams being allowed to play games in the US. We start off with MLS looking to implement another roster rule in the icon rule, allowing teams to take less of a cap hit for signing players 33 and older. Is this a good idea, or is this making things more complicated? Next we talk about San Diego FC announcing their decision to implement a 6th-12th grade school as part of their academy and discussing if this will force other teams to upgrade their academy as well. Lastly, we wrap things up with the recent decision to allow European teams in leagues like La Liga and the Premier League to come play games in the US. Will this hurt MLS? Will it hurt lower leagues like USL and NISA more?

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Recorded on: 4/20/2024
 
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In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we continue our series where we retell the stories of MLS history. We've gone through all the team's subreddits and asked for different stories they remember about their teams, and we've got a list of almost all of them. We are going to do our research and then come together to retell everyone about those stories and give them the spotlight they deserve. This week we're talking about David Beckham's first game in MLS which was a 9 goal thriller vs RBNY, followed by Ricardo Clark's stomp on Carlos Ruiz when the Texas Derby kicked off in September 2007.

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Recorded on: 4/13/2024
 
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In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we're talking about the hottest topics in MLS in recent news with the new roster rule changes to be implemented in summer 2024, Emanuel Reynoso disappearing from Minnesota AGAIN, and MLS nearly being fully knocked out of CCC already. We start with the the big one, new roster rules dropped for summer 2024 and we go over what the new changes are, and whether or not it is a good move for the league. Next we talk about Minnesota's starboy Emanuel Reynoso disappearing off to Argentina again without the team knowing, meaning he missed games again in the season. Is it time to move on from him? Lastly, we wrap things up with MLS' continued poor performance in CCC and if their poor performance is holding the league back from being more successful.

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Recorded on: 4/13/2024
 
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In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we're talking about the hottest topics in MLS in recent news with the Cucho suspension, renderings of NE's potential new soccer specific stadium, and lastly covering recent comments made about MLS Next Pro and their performance in US Open Cup. We start with the suspension of Cucho, specifically the lack of transparency when it came to the reason for it. Next we talk about the rumor of a potential new soccer specific stadium for the NE revolution. Lastly, we talk about recent comments claiming that MLS Next Pro is trying to kill lower league soccer, specifically USL, followed by comments about MLS Next Pros recent performances, or lack thereof, in the US Open Cup. Few topics here, some fairly controversial for people, so let us know what you think!

Recorded on: 4/8/2024
 
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In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we continue our series where we retell the stories of MLS history. We've gone through all the team's subreddits and asked for different stories they remember about their teams, and we've got a list of almost all of them. We are going to do our research and then come together to retell everyone about those stories and give them the spotlight they deserve. This week we're talking about Club America legend Cuauhtémoc Blanco joining the Chicago Fire, followed by the early days rivalry between the Pachuca and the Houston Dynamo.

Recorded on: 3/29/2024
 
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