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Sal & Rafa of Los Lucky's stop by the backyard.

VP Marketing + Branded Content LAFC Marcus drops by the backyard. He graciously gives us a peek into the inspiration, reading material and personal football history that has informed the premiere creative content in American sports. We drive through the sprawl of Marcus' outerspace brain, from fatherhood, Slick Rick and the right or wrong way to deal with a loss.

Bob Carlson, producer and host of KCRW's UnFictional, stops by the backyard. https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/how-did-la-football-club-build-such-a-huge-fanbase/flags-chants-and-beer-showers-meet-the-la-football-clubs-biggest-fans

The FCFC family is growing. Alex Cervantes (ACNOHO) & Edgar Garibay (GARIBAYPHOTO) stop by the backyard for the biggest family pod yet.

Casey Dugan of LA Gooners and LA county kickball fame stops by the backyard this week to talk anything other than tactics. Hear from the hopeless romantically-inclined founder of the Arsenal’s Los Angeles chapter, as he touches on picking up British accents in the pub, his stint in ATL and finally how soccer just might be getting too cool for him.

This week in the backyard we finally have Ben Chi, a name that's been mentioned countless times on the pod before. In addition to being LAFC's Brand + Community Merchandising Manager, Ben was highly influential in the formation of TSG. We talk logo design, Kanye West + stories of Slim going to the Playboy mansion.

Vince La Rosa, the voice for all things LAFC.com stops by the backyard to talk long hair, the LA rock scene + the tattoo that wowed Coach Bob Bradley. To hear more of Vince, checkout the podcast he co-hosts with Max Bretos "INSIDE LAFC" : https://soundcloud.com/losangelesfootballclub

The three-headed Cuervo: Gil, Christian and Oscar stop by the backyard to talk first football memories, Oscar's Jorge Campos kit and why the sound of Aztec drums can be heard ringing through the North End. For anyone who's had the pleasure of stopping by a Cuervos tailgate or watch party, you know this one is for the North End family. Enjoy the origin story of one of the truly foundational members...

Benny Thrifts, pride of the Philippines, sets up shop in the backyard and walks us thru memory lane. We talk some capo history, memorabilia and glassware from decades past and Benny's dalliance in the dramatic arts in High School. One of our favorite pods to date. Benny just kept handing out gifts. Let this be our gift to you. link in bio

Crack the whip, Su! The North End's favorite Tigerbae stops by the backyard to talk Costa Rican roots, Chelsea football club's imprint in LA and her heart for Koreatown.

2S + 1DH welcome both the Vice President and the President of the 3252 — aka the Capo Chicos — to the backyard. An exotic bobble head is gifted. Football memories are shared. Bottle rockets are involved. It's everything you've come to expect and unexpect to transpire atop the flame-throwing table where the crew poke and prod and touch on the zeitgeist of our time. Yerp. That part. Topo Chico spons...

2S + 1 DH welcome the Luis Orellana of Niky's Sports to the backyard. Topics addressed include: growing up in a football shop, getting shook when your favorite player shows up, the intersection of fashion and this beautiful game, as well as the future of the sport in the City of Angels. Josh's Knicks mentions are brief, as they must be.

2S + 1 DH welcome the big dawg Rich Orosco to the podcast. If you know the man, you'll get to know where the hype was born and what's next. If you're new to the legend of LAFC Rich, get ready for a wild ride. As always. powered by tea and mediocre banter.

The crew return to the backyard along with guests Julio & Rey — of Somos LAFC Podcast & District 9 Ultras fame — to hear great stories of football culture, passion, secret sauce, and otherwise bask in the memories of two of the 3252's most integral leaders.

Josh vanishes and Slim & Dweez head to a gymnasium in search of solace — they find it in an LAFC tifo-painting session and through conversations with the 3252's Away Day Coordinator (Rafa) & the 3252's treasurer (Myra).

We celebrate an anniversary of hanging out with an in-the-wild podcast...some future guests make appearances, some ish goes down. You know what it is. Live out of the Beer Belly back patio.

We had 1/2 of @LafcBonestorm stop by the house to talk Simpsons, cannabis product and the Season 2 Revenge List that's taken a life of its own. We recorded inside Dweez' kitchen b/c of the wind. No pan dulce truck today :/ Hosts (IG): joshspice, slimkoda, adweezy, fcfcpod

The FCFC trio chat with some of their guests, past, present, and future — Monty, Benny, Ruben, Mark, Edgar, Ben — about future culturally futbolly topics from atop The Fields LA in the midst of drumming, flag painting, and other Saturday afternoon LAFC activities.

FutbolKarla — of the north end & MLS Soccer For All fame — schools the FCFC hosts on Liga MX, Adidas, liberation theology, & proxy wars. Wine glasses are involved. Live, as usual, from the backyard in Exposition Park.

Raymond An — aka @Raynaldinho — visits the backyard to discuss his journey from Korea to the DMV to LA and how he created the illest football flag of all time and brought it around the world. Check out Raysbeachclub.com — "The one and only store of football inspired lifestyle brands" — for the latest from GUERRILLA FC and others.

This was a St. Patty's Day hangover podcast from our Away Day in NYC. Listen as the boys put on their best NYC accents and spit bars from the airbnb in Brooklyn.

Jimmy Han — beer aficionado and supplier of delicious craft beers & accompaniments — comes to the backyard bearing chicken wings, Three Weavers, Modern Times, and Hard Kombucha. We discuss the origins of his fine Beer Belly establishments in Koreatown & Long Beach as well as the latest at his stand at The Banc (he was the first vendor announced). LAFC too, you know. Always some LAFC somewhere in t...

"Let Me Put You On" is our first two hour pod with our friend, Stix as he recounts the history of Krump, Watts, and Hip Hop Greats while looking to the future of soccer in LA. One of our favorite episodes yet. Shoutout Stix!

Andrew Media — a voice behind LAFC's recent streetxstreet kit launch — is a football culture enthusiast in his own right and a major influencer with Kicks To The Pitch. He stops by the backyard to talk all things football in LA, how American culture (specifically fashion and hip-hop) appeals to some of the biggest stars in the world game, & his own stories of kicking it with some of the biggest pl...

Al Raitt, LAFC's man behind the match day mask, hangs in the backyard to discuss the world of sports stadium programming, how he got started there, why your experiences of LAFC matches feel different, & what will change in 2019 (+ that Houston rain game Dodger's on TV moment).