FCFC Podcast | LAFC | It Never Rains LA

The backyard of Budlong West, was the hollowed ground of FCFC's birthplace, pan dulce and Black & Gold lore. Against all odds, Budlong East — in Kamakura Japan — is slowly, surely, stilly making its own forays into the Black & Gold universe. Stars align to put Pat, Walter, and Ippei into Dweez's home in Japan's shogun capital. Slim and Josh are missed as this impromptu crew has a watch party and t...

Have you ever dreamed of visiting Los Angeles for an Away Day? Are your friends suffering elsewhere asking you what to do when they come to town for a match? Do you live in Los Angeles and are looking for the best way to spend a 72-hour football-heavy weekend? Today is your day. Slim, Spice & Dweez are back at it with another Transpacific pod. This time, we go "oops-all-recos" on the mic and delve...

What happens when Black Army member & LAFC supporter Q sees that FCFC has a host stationed in Kamakura? He reaches out with an idea to hit up the Yokohama Derby when he's in town. This episode retraces their experience of a J League Derby on a rainy April evening in Yokohama, Japan. We get into how he got into LAFC, how he got into the J League and some advice for those interested in visiting Japa...

A classic FCFC shotgun/travel/soundscape pod experience, brought to you by the good city of Seoul. Dweez visits capital of Korea for the first time and takes in the K League opening weekend courtesy of good friend and frequent guest of the pod Ben Chi. They visit the incomparable World Cup Spa Land at the stadium following the match and let the salt room take the mic. There is food, tea, coffee, s...

Slim, Spice & Dweez beam themselves up to the digital backyard where they discuss the run up to LAFC's 6th season, Kamakura International FC, and debate Super Bowl halftime dance requirements. Essentially, it's all you've come to love from the FCFC gang albeit with a little grainy audio on the part of the Japan based member of the trio. Come one, come all, come have a laugh at our expense. **Here...

Gather around one and all, the FCFC family bids adieu to the birthplace of the pod, a slab of land steeped in Black & Gold lore, a place with more memories than we can pack into a single episode: the backyard in Exposition Park's Budlong Avenue. Recorded in December before the World Cup Final, we reflect on our varied Qatar experiences, and say goodbye to a place that gave us so much.

In the midst of LAFC's MLS Cup playoff run—the one that resulted in the club's first MLS Cup championship in extraordinarily dramatic fashion—Josh, Slim, and Dweez welcome Debo of Expo Originals and Tailgate Churrasco fame to the backyard. We talk Brazilian football, the kinds of things that get allegedly passed around the North End, and the forthcoming World Cup hosted in Qatar. There are numerou...

Join the FCFC family on an agave tour. This is an adventure through the history of tequila from the fields of Jalisco to the Backyard. Drink and talk all things booze with us and the North End's spirit shaman, Jonathan Reimer on our second installment with the Boozologist himself. Cheers: help our Mo's Futsal Court and some other good causes by picking up a bottle of any three of the limited editi...

Raised in East Hollywood, multitalented musician, artist, and entrepreneur Shavarsh "Shavo" Odadjian describes his experiences growing up on North Kingsley Drive. We get into his experiences growing up Armenian-American in 80s and 90s Los Angeles, his long-distance skateboarding commutes to Venice, and, of course, his path to becoming the bassist and songwriter for iconic LA band System of a Down....

Yahoo Sportswriter Andy Deossa joins us in the backyard to give us insight on covering the LA sports scene as a Colombian American journalist. Andy mostly waxes poetic about his true love for Independiente Medellín and his unfortunate affections for Boston-area sports teams.

AC wanted this one bad. Over digital screens the young king from the valley walks us through a local POV of North Hollywood: restaurants, parks, kickbacks. Hosts go round table after that to detail journeys from cities on both coasts.

Doug of the District of Columbia joins us for a special "Supporters Across the Country" pod. We talk his independent supporter group for both the Washington Spirit and DC United ala the Rose Room Collective. Also discussed: Wazza's time in DC Juan Soto, and the advent of go-go.

To celebrate the launch of King Kendrick's new album (Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers), Slim, Spice, Dweez talk through their earliest Kendrick memories. Dweez flexes the fingers and the knowledge on the boards all night, so get ready for a look into Pg Lang on a music-heavy episode.

Battling jetlag and butter overconsumption, Spice returns from the city of love with stories of seeing Messi and eating croissants. Dweez also recounts a story where he ran alongside a tour bus for many miles because some French women waved at him.

Christian Lau joins us in the backyard to talk about the future of the stadium experience for LAFC and beyond.

@Rastagari brings the vinyl to the backyard to talk about DJing, growing up Belizean, and how he got his start with the 213 Tribe, Expo Originals, and the Black and Gold Viny Club. Also discussed: fit checks, adidas collabs, and the education sector in Los Angeles.

Designer, runner, cousin ,@thedirtyboy joins us in the backyard to discuss creating a race for LA, never paying for a marathon bib, and solutions for chaffing.

German from LAFC Bonestorm joins us in the backyard to talk about memes, his roots in Boyle Heights, and the role of politics in sports.

Atlanta holds a special place in our hearts as do the supporters we met there. Greggo of FTCUTD and Skye join us on virtual screens to talk through soccer in the South and how Black culture is shaping the beautiful game in both MLS and the NWSL.

Danny Chediak, founder of Third Rail NJ, joins us on the pod to regale us through drowning in champagne dreams in Portland after his beloved NYCFC won the MLS Cup. He also takes us through what support looks like without a stadium.

Long time listener, first time guest, Tetlo of the Krew, drops by the backyard and educates FCFC on the dark underworlds of professional running and LA real estate.

In this FCFC time capsule, our younger 2020 unvaccinated selves discuss what may lay ahead for this year and beyond. Tune in for an hour of wild, confusing, and downright irresponsible predictions on everything from the winner of Euro 2020 winner to if Frank Ocean would have no music by now.

Dr. Midnight (Ryan Wallerson) joins us via digital screen to take us back through his jaunt of the Europine continent while covering the Euros 2020/21 in Copenhagen. Welcome to study abroad with FCFC.

Dweez spent the summer away from his beloved cohosts Spice and Slim in Japan. Halfway through his trip he spent a week in Hiroshima, enjoying all the city had to offer from history to sports to culinary delights. Take a ride with Dweez and his host Ippei as they uncover what makes Hiroshima such a singular place and why you should pencil it in as a footballing destination to visit when you take yo...

Mike Ramirez aka Deejaymike91 (@MichaelRamirezPhoto) brought his entourage to the backyard to discuss deejaying during the pandemic and what it’s like being the tallest photographer in the North End.