Happy Foot Sad Foot: An LAFC Podcast

David Martinez: THIS IS YOUR CITY. Travis and Darren break down that BARN BURNER of a draw between LAFC and a depleted Austin roster. We talk Giroud's slow start with the team, Dolo's tactical changes, and of course, Carlos Vela being trotted out seconds before kickoff. Then we give an 18 year old car buying advice (IT WAS SATIRICAL ADVICE) because that's the type of game it was. Also a dog called...

YEEE HAWWWW! HOWDY PARTNER! Darren, Vince, and Travis break down our Texas-sized week by covering everything you need to know. We ask all the pressing questions: Is Giroud a bust? Will Vela start? And of course, are we okay? Plus, we decide to take care of our souls with a much needed meditation to cleanse our spirits. I'M NOT CRYING YOU'RE CRYING! Join our Patreon and help us keep making this sho...

It was the best of times, and then it was the worst of times. Darren and Vince cry it out with Friends Of The Foot there to help take the edge off a HUGE El Tráfico loss a little bit. We went to Carson and put up one of the best halves of football we've played in a long time, which is always a great move as long as you don't play one of the worst halves in team history for the second half, which w...

At around 7:30pm Pacific Standard Time, Tom Bogert posted news that none of us will ever forget... CARLOS VELA IS BLACK AND GOLD. The most important player in LAFC history is returning and we talked all about it. Darren, Vince, and Travis break down every burning question, from what Carlos means to the team, where he fits in with our rotation, and whether or not he gained any weight on his year of...

Darren and Vince - Dince - preview Saturday's HUGE El Tráfico match vs. the Galaxy at Dignity Health Sports Park. Can LAFC finally convincingly return to form after Leagues Cup with a rivalry win, propelling them toward the top of the West? Can we be the first team to sweep el Tráfico in a season? Will the Galaxy want it that much more? Will this be Giroud's big breakout match??? Also, LAFC just t...

Much like LAFC, our golden boot contender in Vince was out for this show, partying for his bday (Happy Bday Vince!), and because of that we ended up matching LAFC in lack of soccer as well on this postgame show, and got our discussion of LAFC's 0-0 tie to the same team they played days ago without half their best players out of the way fairly efficiently, so we could move on to other topics equall...

As you know we have a running rule on this podcast that we don't speak of the team we are playing this week, so we don't do it! But Darren, Vince, and Travis do talk about all of the storylines around LAFC, including International Break, tired legs, and just what's going on with Atuesta. Then (TRIGGER WARNING!) we rank the worst Final losses in LAFC history and do some exposure therapy to make sur...

Wow! That game was dogshit. Travis, Vince, and Darren break down LAFC’s tired legs in a barn burner of a post-game show. We discuss a complete game from Latiff Blessing, Giroud frustrations, and just what’s going on with our midfield. Plus, a real live skeleton calls in! That’s sports baby! Join our Patreon and help us keep making this show Merch Available Now at HappyFootSadFootPod.com Twitter: @...

Okay, just for the record, we talk about piss a LOT in this episode, but THAT'S HOW YOU GROW THE GAME!!! Darren, Vince, and Travis break down everything about our 10th straight win against Seattle: Denis Bouanga's clear and obvious penalty, a pitch so beautiful you could hear it crunch, and a real fun and chaotic game after that terrible loss that was Leagues Cup Final. Plus, Noah Riffe from Lobbi...

Darren and Vince dive into LAFC's US Open Cup semifinal against the Seattle Sounders. Can we immediately shake off our Leagues Cup Final loss and avoid choking in another tournament three days later? Will we even have the same roster to do it with? Can we maintain our ownership of the Seattle Sounders and be their Columbus Crew to LAFC's... Columbus Crew? How do you do that kind of turn-of-phrase?...

All around me are familiar faces Worn-out places, worn-out faces Bright and early for their daily races Going nowhere, going nowhere And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had I find it hard to tell you 'cause I find it hard to take When people run in circles, it's a very, very Mad world (mad world, mad world) Children waiting for th...

Lumen Field? More like LOL-men Field. The Black and Gold head up to Seattle for the second time in a month and come away with the exact same 3-0 score line. Travis and Vince break down Lewis O'Brien's debut, the fact Giroud has barely touch the ball, and just how incredible our backline has looked lately. Then, they discuss walkable cities, fight about where the Semifinal match up will be played,...

A LIVE PREVIEW SHOW? NOOOO!! Travis, Vince, and Darren take the one hour of free time they have this week, go live on youtube, and break down EVERYTHING you need to know about our Leagues Cup Quarter-Final against the Seattle Sounders, and boy is it sloppy. It's long, it's wrong, and there's a live storyline song! We talk Giroud on turf, the lack of Griezmann news, and give some updates on Timothy...

Maybe the most fun post-game pod ever? LAFC are through to the quarter-finals of Leagues Cup and Darren, Vince, and Travis are here to break the whole game down. We talk Giroud's debut, the quality of the field, the quality of Giroud's thighs, and then a bunch of people send us Super-Chats and we are giddy like school boys. Olivera, Duenas, Martinez, and Bogusz all make an appearance. Welcome to S...

Field was great. Crowd was great. Game was great. No complaints! Travis, Darren, and Vince start slow but ramp right into it after a fun (but ugly) win against a team we LOVE to beat: Austin FC. A buzzing crowd of 12,000 all tuned into our livestream to hear us talk about Olivera's goal, Martinez' struggles, and Murillos time to shine. Plus we talk about ghosts and loveline with Adam and Drew. A r...

Giroud? Lloris? Griezmann? SACRE BLEU! Darren, Vince, and Travis break down everything you need to know about this whirlwind week in LAFC history. Giroud joins the squad. Griezmann is smoking cigarettes and looking at us longingly. And a guy named Lewis O'Brien shows up too! Plus we play a very fun game from TikTok to decide who is each of our favorite LAFC players of all time, and we finally get...

WELP! LAFC fields a questionable lineup, goes down 2-0, and somehow comes back with two goals in the last few minutes of the match to send it to PKs, which they were doomed to lose with Romero in goal (sorry), but it was enough to clinch a spot in the knockout stage of Leagues Cup. Crazy ending. Vince joins the postgame from Pepsi Plaza at BMO Stadium, and a lively chat with a few great call-ins m...

LAFC opens up their Leagues Cup group stage with a 3-0 win vs Club Tijuana. A sloppy match you can't be mad at when the xG is high, the goals are high, and the sheet is CLEAN. But HONESTLY? This episode is lowkey cursed. We jinxed Aaron Long's solid performance throughout the season thus far; we go down the rabbit hole of a genuinely scary head (or neck?) injury to Tijuana's Christian Rivera, and...

Good news: Travis is back! Bad news: Travis is back! Darren, Vince, and Travis break down everything you need to know about our group stage matches, fill out theirleagues cup brackets, and of course, talk about Vanni Sartini's fascination with Steve's Cherundolo. Plus, Travis lets us in on what he learned about football in Europe, and Vince explains what a Xolo is. Leagues Cup is back baby, AND IT...

LAFC pull out a 3-0 victory with a pair of Bouanga Blasts and a Bogusz Banger to boot, not to mention some fantastic end-of-match saves from Hugo Lloris to maintain the clean sheet. And with a win like that, you know Friends Of The Foot will show up and show out. This was quite the celebration with the chat bumpin all night, and visits from LAFC Luke, Heel Of The Foot Geoff Tock, Tom Bogert droppi...

LAFC looked exhausted in this one, and RSL came out with a lot of fight, and less bite than usual with no Chicho, and somehow we came out of it with a tie. We stole a tie? But also we could've stolen a win? But maybe we should have lost by a lot? Wtf was this match? We looked real good in our new kits, and looked real bad in every other way. Darren and Vince (Dince) are joined by a PLETHORA of cal...

With Travis on a football Rumspringa, Vince and Darren quickly solve all Copa America problems and get into LAFC problems, which, after a 5-1 trampling from Columbus... might not be so bad? Everyone else at the top of the table lost or tied and we are somehow left with the same Tightest of Tight Tables as before. How does the Supporter Shield race look? What will we learn from tough matches vs. Re...

With Travis fleeing just in time to miss this absolute shit show vs. Columbus, Darren and Vince break down what happened in this catastrophic loss vs. Columbus, instead of the revenge we were after. And by that I mean Vince breaks it down. Darren doesn't break things down. If anything he makes things more complex and convoluted, as a general rule. Anyway, LAFC blew it tonight, but the silver linin...

Well, we certainly grew the game (girth-wise). It's HaFoSaFo After Dark and Vince, Darren, and Travis break down the incredible (?) victory against USL's top side New Mexico United. We talk about Martinez' up and down game, the truly great fans from New Mexico, and spend way too long begging US Soccer to not hire Steve Cherundolo. Also the game took place at 11pm at night so the podcast was absolu...

Two games, one week, zero intelligent thoughts from our podcast. Darren, Vince, and Travis break down Diego Rossi's homecoming back to BMO which also just happens to be a re-match of the MLS Cup Final we all remember so fondly. Then they chat with Chris Walker, head of Black Diamonds, a BIPOC Supporter Group from New Mexico United, and he does honestly a really good job convincing them to become N...