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We break in for a special episode recapping the breaking news of the resignation of US Soccer President Carlos Cordeiro following the fallout of the sexist remarks against the US Women's National Team in recent legal proceedings and also the widespread impact of the Coronavirus pandemic, now causing shutdowns of MLS and nearly all soccer competitions and sports worldwide. Go to ftcutd.myshopify.co...

We brave the conditions and each other's potential germs heading back to The Trap in Episode SEVENTY! While you are busy washing your hands, we go into week 2 of the MLS season with the Home Team collecting win #2 of the season and a WILD 3-3 match held super late with LAFC and Philly and if they should be holding prime time West Coast games earlier in the evening for a maximum audiences. After th...

We extend our well wishes to the people of Nashville and discuss the impact on the local community during the episode and how to contribute to the recovery efforts. #TeamNilNil takes a peek into how we view the new 2020 MLS Season in Episode SIXTY NINE, our thoughts on the Opening Weekend of the season and look at how the Home Team will recover from losing Josef Martinez for the season after the s...

In Episode SIXTY EIGHT, #TeamNilNil takes their first match of 2020 at Kennesaw State University to watch the Home Team take on Motagua in the 2nd leg of their Round of 16 Concacaf Champions League tie. We recorded several fan outtakes before during and after the match covering a lot of various topics throughout the evening! Go to ftcutd.myshopify.com , and order a new jersey nameset and grab your...

Make sure you get on Part I! In Part II of Episode SIXTY SEVEN, we go in on a lot of racism from over the weekend, and shockingly beginning Stateside in Cincy, where Ron Jans's lack of Dr. Dre Rules cost him his job with FC Cincinnati and ponder what song was playing when he blurted the N-word, the sadness of the Moussa Marega in Portugal, and a moment of positivity in Germany, and the ongoing Mex...

In this week's Two-Part Episode SIXTY SEVEN, #TeamNilNil starts Part I right into Man City's big FFP ban and what possible ramifications would come in their punishment and also their standing in World Soccer. Coach and TK then get into a heated debate over VAR and how it affected the Man United-Chelsea match. After the break we are guests along with our fam Featherstone Flamingos on an interview w...

Our 2020 MLS Kit review episode!! In Episode Sixty Six, we dig into the sudden drama in Nashville with their stadium deal and if the Mayor will renege on the deal or play his books as called and what could MLS do if the stadium deal falls through, we celebrate the League and the Players Association agreeing to a new CBA deal , and if ProRel will ever happen in the US following recent updates in re...

THE FIRST ALL FIVE, FULL NIL EPISODE!! In Episode Sixty Five, we kick off Black History Month look at a busy week for both US National Teams, the men wrapping up their January Camp with a February friendly win over Costa Rica, and the Women kicking off qualifying matches for the 2020 Olympics and the new TV deal for the NWSL and failed deliveries! We then go into our special interview with the lea...

In Part Two of Episode SIXTY THREE, we have a special interview with Kevin Larry, Assistant Coach with the Jackson State Women's Soccer Team. One of the great people Coach Tony connected with at the Coaches Convention, we discuss his unlikely journey into soccer in The 'Sip, leading him back home coaching at Jackson State. On the back side of the interview we wrap up with this week's 2UP/2Down, an...

We dedicate this episode to the memory of Kobe and Gianna Bryant and all the lives lost in the helicopter crash in Calabasas, CA on January 26th, 2020. We'll have a 8 sec. moment of silence this episode in tribute. In Episode SIXTY FOUR, #teamnilnil gets a new puppy to distract themselves from the exodus of players continuing to leave the Home Team and prepare for the upcoming MLS Fashion Show unv...

In Part One of Episode SIXTY THREE, we recap Coach Tony's trip to Baltimore for the United Soccer Coaches Convention, the connections made and the fact that people are recognizing FTCUTD in the streets. We go into the seismic trade from the Home Team, how the MLS Salary Cap prevents successful teams from sustaining that long term and a brief jog into European action before we go into our first int...

On Episode SIXTY-TWO we dive straight into MLS action with a highlight of the MLS Draft, talk transfer/loan rumors and confirmations for the current January window as well as the domino effect for MLS teams waiting on the ongoing CBA discussions to finalize.  Clubs begin releasing their third/alternate kits, shoutout to CLUB AMERICA on their new drip, and a few more MLS 2020 jersey/training kits l...

In Episode SIXTY ONE, we want to first extend our thoughts and well wishes to the people in Australia, Puerto Rico, and the military personnel heading into the impending conflict in Iran. As a result of the said conflict, we look at how that has ultimately affected the plans of the USMNT January Camp and outlook for the MNT going into 2020. Also in the first half we state our concerning worry abou...

In Part II of our 2020 Opener, we move over to the New World in Episode SIXTY and continue into the transfer talk as word spreads that Leandro Gonzalez-Pirez may be on the way South of the Border to Tijuana and discuss the impact of the now official announcement of former Rayados manager Diego Alonso being hired as Inter Miami's first manager. We also go into the potential impact of China's wage c...

Happy New Year!! We start 2020 here at FTCUTD with a two part episode! Starting off in Episode FIFTY NINE, we start off in Europe and recap the EPL matches from Boxing Day and from the past weekend and how VAR is having major impacts on matches and if its now being viewed as a detriment in club soccer and if its right to have so many matches during the Holiday period. We also rewind back on the ra...

We finish up our year in review by dedicating our Christmas Episode to discussing the 2019 campaign for the Home Team Atlanta United and assess the successes of two Cup victories but a failed MLS Cup defense, once again joined by the Atlanta United Fan TV fam and straight from the Bluff Pole, we have Santa United in the shop to talk United before the big night. We go over featured performers this...

In Ep. FIFTY SEVEN, we begin the wrap up of our 2019 campaign with AJ and Tanner of Atlanta United Fan TV and go straight in on the madness of Serie A's doomed Three Monkeys No to Racism campaign, the value of the FIFA Club World Cup, Arteta to Arsenal, and the beauty of great soccer atmosphere's on TV. After the break we go into the official announcement of Charlotte as the 30th franchise in MLS...

On episode FIFTY SIX, #teamnilnil discusses the “Manchester Derby” & what‘s on the horizon for their two managers. Has Ole done enough to stay and will Pep finally break his duck at City? Another manager is fired in the EPL and we reset the counter after racism strikes twice in the last week. Then we hop back across the Atlantic to touch on the chances of an MLS team winning the CONCACAF Champ...

In Episode FIFTY FIVE, #teamnilnil recover from Thanksgiving leftovers and discuss Leo Messi's record 6th Ballon D'Or win and if he truly was the best player of the year and the inevitable separation of Unai Emery and Arsenal and who could be next up to take the reins in North London, plus the Euro 2020 Draw and if Group F is the toughest Group of Death ever.   Following the break we go into playe...

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When adulting gets the best of #teamnilnil, Greggo is joined in Episode FIFTY TWO by past guests of the program, Daniel Palacios and TK Edmondson and go postmortem on MLS Cup 2019 and begin the wrap up of the 2019 MLS Cup season! We also go in on the departure of Zlatan Ibrahimović and the Home Team trading Darlington Nagbe to Columbus Crew SC and what might come from an uncertain MLS offseason! A...

We hit a milestone in Episode FIFTY! #TeamNilNil finally reunites, as Ringo returns to the trap and we go over a feverish start to the MLS Cup Playoffs,  how the opening results will affect the 2nd round of matches this week and give our predictions. We also go into the wrap up of the the USL Championship season as they begin their playoffs and also give some insight on the upcoming NWSL Champions...

In Episode FORTY NINE, Coach Tony returns back to the camp with Greggo and tries to make sense of the USMNT's stunning loss to Canada, their first loss to Canada in 34 years and we have a special interview with Derek Richey of The Straight Red Card to go over what happened, what went wrong, and have we really learned anything since our loss to Trinidad and Tobago almost two years ago to the date!...