Sam's Army Samuel Army
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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 2.256: 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 -
Ep 2.253: Prison FC's Dumbest Acquisition, Ref Robs Real Madrid + Liverpool/City Preview
HEADLINES: USSF announced that eight (of 29) MLS clubs will participate in US Open Cup; FIFA pulls U-turn on blue cards; Paul Pogba's legacy in light of 4-year PED suspension and Quincy Promes makes history as Prison FC's dumbest ever acquisition
WHAT IF: Premier League clubs settled things in the streets and back alleys as hooligans rather than on the field... who are the title favorites?
PREMIER LEAGUE: rare three-team title race taking shape as City and Liverpool finagle wins while Arsenal puts a hurting on Sheffield Utd; how badly did Nottingham Forest get jobbed and weekend preview featuring the big one on Sunday as City visit Anfield
ROUND THE WORLD: MLS hit-it-n-quit-it minute; fallout from referee decision to blow final whistle just as Real Madrid was scoring a game-winner versus Valencia; Champions League preview plus thots on where the USWNT stands after shock loss to Mexico followed by solid win over Colombia
STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs -
Ep 2.252: Bundesliga Protests, MLS Hot Takes, Gio Reyna & Manchester Dærby Preview
HEADLINES: German fans force Bundesliga owners to backtrack on plans for private equity deal; Everton's unprecedented 5-point weekend and Neymar gets roped into the sad Dani Alves situation
WHAT IF: in honor of Patrick Kane returning to Chicago and beating the Blackhawks with the Detroit Red Wings, what current player on your favorite team would it hurt the most to see play for your archenemy (a la Sol Campbell moving from Tottenham to Arsenal)?
PREMIER LEAGUE: takeaways from (and butthurtedness about) Carabao Cup final; Sam's unfortunate Arsenal epiphany; whether it is too soon to call Gio Reyna's move to Forest a bust and preview of Sunday's Manchester Dærby
ROUND THE WORLD: MLS Hit-It-N-Quit-It Minute is BACK plus some 2024 season predictions and hot takes
STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs -
Ep 2.251: MLS Killing US Open Cup; Terrorist Tuchel's Troubles & Carabao Cup Final Preview
HEADLINES: making sense of MLS and US Soccer's high-profile pissing match over US Open Cup plus the best and worst of MLS's 2024 jerseys
WHAT IF: Matt Turner picks up a blue card in the 80th minute up 2-1 against Brazil in the WC26 final at MetLife... which USMNT field player are you putting in net?
PREMIER LEAGUE: thots on Chelsea holding City; what happens when you play AngeBall without AngeBall players; confusion about United continues and Carabao Cup final preview
ROUND THE WORLD: USMNT striker depth chart; singing Pulisic's praises and LOLing at the downfall of Pulisic hater-in-chief Terrorist Tommy Tuchel
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.