Emergency Podcast! (An Austin FC Podcast‪)‬ Phil West

This week, Phil West and Moisés Chiullán talk about the Osman Bukari welcome party, how to correctly pronounce Osman Bukari, Austin nightclubs that Austin FC could use for future welcome parties, some secrets that Rodolfo Borrell divulged about acquiring the trio of new players, Josh Wolff's first rule of coaching, whether Peter Vermes might someday be coaching 11 cockroaches in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, and which VerDos players might be called up now that Alonso Ramirez can't be. 

This week, Phil West and Moisés Chiullán discuss the wisdom of going to five in the back to close out matches, Matthew McConaughey's "bottle it" tweet, Josh Wolff's need for "firepower," and share some early impressions about how Copa America might shape up. 

In a special bonus mailbag edition, Phil West and Moisés Chiullán cover the Bukari and Desler signings in some detail, revisit the fun Miguel Borja rumors from this past January, predict how Rodolfo Borrell will celebrate once the roster's been scrubbed of Claudio Reyna contracts, and get into the feelings of being a soccer fan. (Note: This was recorded on Monday afternoon, and finally polished to a fine podcast gem on Wednesday morning.) 

In an international break in which you may have already forgotten about the heady rush of the official green smoke-aided Mikkel Desler announcement (which you already all knew about), Phil West is joined by Zac Graham of the North End Podcast to talk about how to execute a "three-beer half," Jock Jams, the Austin FC season so far, and the 9+2 theory that could lead you to some spirited starter vs. bench depth debates to keep you sated until the next episode of Denverde restarts the season on June 15. (Somehow, they didn't bring up their mutual love for Victor Wembenyama, but they did manage a bit of Best Ball talk.) 

Phil West is joined by Michelle Sanchez for an Andrew Wiebe fashion report, thoughts on Austin FC's signing of Osman Bukari, the current woes of Sebastián Driussi (with three distinctly bummer-making words, "chronic groin injury"), further thoughts on Emiliano Rigoni's departure, and what Owen Wolff should do at this phase of his career. 

This week, Phil West and Moisés Chiullán discuss the sudden departure of designated player Emiliano Rigoni, the differing accounts of how said departure unfolded, the transfer rumors involving Osman Bukari and (hold on, let me cut and paste for these accents; there's no way I'm finding these on my keyboard otherwise) Marius Ștefănescu, and the actual emergency of just 16 healthy field players shortly before three matches in eight days.