3rd Degree the Podcast

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast it's a double loss episode. Your hosts - Peter Welpton, Buzz Carrick, and (for some of the time) Dan Crooke - break down the two losses in LA looking for common elements. The trio talks about the club's current surprise 10 Patrickson Delgado, the amazing Maarten Paes, the Sam Junqua quandary, burning up midfielders, the solid play of Omar Gonzalez, and the offen...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - have the painful responsibility of breaking down the first three-goal collapse in club history.  There are some good things to take away but man is there loads of bad.  Coach Nico subs, late-game mistakes, defensive 10s, starting 8 defenders, FCD prototype offense, Norris' yellow card problem, and Illar...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - get the joy of an MLS road tie and a Cup win.  Maarten Paes is flying high and keeping the club in games while the injuries keep piling up - 8 starters were missing for the Cup game.  But a win is a win even if the draw for the next round wasn't great.  FCD also tied in Houston and it felt like a win wi...

It's a winning episode this week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, as your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - try to tackle the good and the bad of the Austin game.  A win is a win and there are some positives to take away. FC Dallas also has an ever-expanding injury list, with two more names going on this week the midfield is getting pretty short.  Plus Dallas Trinity FC - the new USL...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - discuss the current state of FC Dallas and why  The Big Lebowski has something to do with it. FCD got smocked in Toronto then rebounded in the US Open Cup. Then your hosts throw Coach Nico vs TD Zanotta into the ring for the "at fault" battle royal. And the new DFW SuperLeague team brand is being announ...

It's an FC Dallas winning podcast!  Peter and Dan are here and Buzz calls in from Key West!  Look, your club should win when up a man for 85 minutes. But they still have to take care of business and FCD did. There are some positives to build on: Jesus returns, Farfan excels, Illarramendi is great.  FCD now turns to Toronto FC in the League and then Memphis 901 in the Cup. Plus the Hall of Fame con...

These are dark times indeed my friends.  On this week's episode of 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - still seek the way through. They try to bring some light to the tunnel of shame that is the current FCD season. Yes, "worst season ever" watch continues. Were there any bright spots against the Rapids? How is the health of the team? Is "The Jesus" ba...

This episode of 3rd Degree the Podcast is dedicated to Jim Feldman. Rest in Peace, my friend. - Buzz This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - try their best to break down one of the most boring games in memory, the 0-0 draw against Seattle Sounders.  Is there much good to talk about other than Asier Illarramendi?  Sure, defense... but does any...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Buzz Carrick and Peter Weltpon (that wiley Dan Crooke got away again) - are forced to dissect the game at St Louis including the Nkosi Tafari benching.  There are a couple of positives and negatives to chew on from that game. Then it's on to today's Nico Estevez press conference, the latest on injuries (Illarra!!), looking ahead to Seattle, and dig...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - do indeed want to chat about the Austin FC game (just a little) and they want to look ahead to St Louis City (just a little). But mostly they want to talk about how FC Dallas got here. What has gone so wrong this year and, honestly, all the way back to the middle of last year?  How did FCD end up with,...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick (Dan is MIA) - discuss the elephant in the room, Paxton Pomykal.  What's the surgery for, what's the prognosis, what's the expected future for Pomykal, what's next for FC Dallas, and how does this affect the club's summer plans? Plus Buzz has a training report, a Coach Nico chat, and the latest on all the other injuri...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - are back together but the angst is real. FCD got smoked by Vancouver and there are lots of talking points. Musa, Ferreira, poor connections, shifting tactics, defensive frailty. But then there are macro season concerns too as this is the 3rd worst start in club history. Missing pieces, poor roster build...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, Dan Crooke is off doing Crooke things but Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick persevere against all odds to bring you, the FC Dallas Curious, a banger podcast.  FCD didn't do so hot in New York, but was it so bad it's time to panic?  The 2024 project is teetering on the edge and your hosts will dig deep for their "panic or no?" verdict.  Either way, there are for su...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, the Moose is loose!  Your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - dissect the debut of Petar Musa and all things FC Dallas.  By which we mean all things wrong with FC Dallas.  Wingbacks, center backs, injuries (yes again), declining talents, developing profiles, players forced into the shape, lack of patience, failure to deal with a mid-block.  Pl...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, it's the Dante Sealy show!  Your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - dig deep on the opening game against San Jose and the topic de jour is the performance of one Dante Sealy.  Sure, there were other talking points like Tafari, the success of the 3-4-3, the greatness of Illarramendi, the Kamungo struggle, and the Endeley struggle. But Sealy is...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - are here to get you hyped for the season.  Final DC tuneup. The 3-4-3 again? What's the point and is it risky?  Best FCD XI for 2024? How about an XI prediction vs San Jose? Training report, injury updates, and who's missing, plus Enes Sali and Logan Farrington hot takes.  2024 season prediction: FCD fi...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, both Peter Welpton and Dan Crooke are out, so Buzz Carrick has to go solo. Without someone to converse with, the pod is a little shorter than normal but there's still plenty of news.  FC Dallas announced a new stadium deal in Mansfield (it's just not for them), the Super League is still coming to Dallas, There are some new MLS rules in 2024, FCD signed a new de...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick (Dan Crooke is out on family business) start to wind down spring camp talk as FC Dallas finished up in Spain. You got questions, we got answers. The club parted with Jesús Jiménez? Is Dante Sealy awakening? Who else is good?  Is it still a 3-4-3? (oh sorry, 5-2-2-1) When is the stadium reno starting? What's the deal w...

The FC Dallas preseason continues on this week's edition of 3rd Degree the Podcast and your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - have boatloads to talk about.  A brand new 9 is on the way, FC Dallas knocked off New Mexico, training in Spain, Antonio Carrera is going on loan, Nolan Norris is a 6, Leagues Cup, the 3-4-3, and last - but certainly not least - Dan Crooke has nailed the...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast... Finally some game action!  Your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - have the FC Dallas vs Messi's Miami game to talk about. Then, so much new happened that the Messi game - THE freakin' MESSI GAME - fell to 4th in the show rundown.  So what led the show you ask? Was it the newest FCD signing? Nope. The newest 9-target linked to FCD? Nope. A...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick, Dan Crooke is away on family business - have a boatload of Huntsmen Dumps to talk about as Buzz went to his first day of training in the 27th season of 3rd Degree coverage of FC Dallas.  Jesus Jimenez, Jose Mulato, Divock Origi, two or three signings to come (soon?), Enes Sali 99, Logan Farrington, center backs, beep...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - have plenty to discuss as the FC Dallas news is picking up before next week's camp opening. The preseason schedule, January call-ups for Bernie and Nkosi, Paes goes for Indonesian citizenship, signs of life in the DFW USL Super League team, Korca and Maurer are flying to Dallas, Velasco linked to Boca/R...

With FC Dallas still in "Stealth Mode '24," this week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - have to go into speculation mode.  They answer the tough questions.  Will FCD sign anything more than a center back? How many goals for Logan Farrington? Does an FCD player get a January camp call? Next Homegrown? Does Jimmy Maurer return? Next player sold and...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, Buzz Carrick is flying solo due to the holiday season. Off the top, Buzz has some news items to discuss as FC Dallas has drawn Tigres in Leagues Cup, been linked to Santiago Castro of Vélez Sarsfield, and probably isn't among the 5 teams reportedly getting a 3rd kit for MLS 2024.  Then Buzz goes through the current roster build, position by position, gauging ho...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Weltpon, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - enjoy the holiday gift of FC Dallas news.  There was a regular season schedule drop to peruse, three SuperDraft picks to break down, a new Homegrown to evaluate, and even a juicy US Open Cup controversy. Plus the FCD roster is almost complete and there's some Julian Eyestone news. So what's the next mov...