Keeper's Corner Podcast

It's the inaugural episode of our Podcast and we're taking a look back at UCFC's first season in the MASL.

Matt and Brandon recap last Friday's loss to Baltimore and the gutsy, OT win vs the East leading Tropics at home on Sunday. Attention then turns to the playoffs and what it takes for Utica to sneak in at the last minute.  

Matt & Brandon discuss the 6-game season sweep of the Heat, a big admission from Under Review, the move to Twitch, new balls, and still somehow find time to talk about the must-win games against the Blast and Tropics this weekend.

With Brandon and Michelle off, Matt is joined by the Matt Huber to recap the dominant road win vs the Heat and the best loss of the year vs SD, how the 8th seed could fall to Utica, and if Utica can finish the season undefeated vs Harrisburg. Also, Darren Toby is back. 

Matt, Brandon, and Michelle recap Utica's last minute win over Harrisburg at the ADK Bank Center, look ahead to rematches with the Heat and Sockers this weekend, and share some news on the injury front.

Matt and Brandon discuss the road games against Harrisburg and Baltimore, another soft tissue injury concern for Utica, and readjust our expectations for the remaining third of a season.

Matt and Brandon hopped on the mics quick after Wednesday night's home loss to the Blast to discuss the outcome, Utica's improving performance, and to embellish the hope for this weekend's road games. 

Matt & Brandon recap the OT win against the Ambush, discuss some calls that definitely benefitted Utica, and the upcoming Wednesday game at the Aud vs Baltimore

A 7-2 loss to the Blast ended the first half of Utica's season with an 8-game losing streak. Brandon, Michelle, and Matt are here to talk about the loss, our busted preseason predictions, and the upcoming game against St Louis.

Brandon and (mostly) Matt spend this bonus episode going on expletive laden rants about new league rules, the quality of officiating, and general problems the MASL faces. Explicit content warning provided. 

Matt & Brandon talk about the games in San Diego and Ontario, including Matt's trip to the Fury game, all the recent roster changes, and the upcoming game in Baltimore.

2 games, two losses, less than a minute of gameplay made the difference. Matt & Brandon are joined by Phil Lavanco to discuss the games against Milwaukee & Ontario plus predict the Sunday game at San Diego and the rematch next Tuesday with Ontario.

Matt, Brandon, & Michelle look back at the loss to Baltimore and ahead to the matchups with the Milwaukee Wave & Ontario Fury. Christian Filimon aka Filly, play-by-play broadcaster for the Fury and host of the Stryking Fury podcast, joins the pod to go more in depth on what makes the Fury title contenders and how Sunday's matchup could shake down.

On this episode Matt, Brandon, and Michelle cover Utica's 2nd straight loss, was it step forward, the importance of Sunday's home game against the Blast, and what Utica needs to do to get back to it's winning ways.

After two wins against Harrisburg and then a postponement for covid, Utica lost in a lackluster showing at Florida 10-3. Matt, Brandon, and Michelle dissect the game, discuss if Utica has a controversy in goal, and attempt to agree on how Utica can fix itself for the rematch this Sunday.

Matt, Brandon, and the FC Fanatic preview the upcoming game at Florida this weekend and then each give a resolution the team needs to stick to in 2022.

In this special Christmas episode Matt, Brandon, and Michelle are first joined by the FC Fanatic to talk about Utica's wins over Harrisburg this past weekend and then Coach Ryan Hall stops by to talk covid protocols and cancellations as well as talk about the season in general. This extra long, super double episode is the perfect thing to listen when travelling to visit family or to ignore that on...

An uninspiring 0-2 start has Utica fans starting to worry that something is wrong with the team. Matt, Brandon, and Michelle discuss the lows after blowing a lead against Baltimore at home and a noncompetitive half of soccer.

Join Matt & Brandon as they discuss what went wrong with Utica this past Sunday and what to expect when Baltimore comes to town this week.

Tommy Tanner brought Christmas early by trading for Slavisa Ubiparipovic. Matt hops on the mic to share his thoughts.

Utica clipped the Crunch in the 4th quarter so Brandon and Michelle fill Matt in on what he missed. We then turn our attentions to annual predictions for the league before focusing on the game coming up this Sunday.

Brandon and Michelle are off so Matt is joined by Katie McKinney & FC Fanatic Matt Huber for 5 questions facing the team and fanbase heading into the 2021-22 season. 

After the coronavirus pandemic cut short the 2019-'20 season and left the MASL with 7 viable teams in the 2021 season, UCFC is back for the upcoming '21-'22 season! That means Matt, Brandon, and Michelle are back covering everything UCFC from the perspective of die hard fans. Joined in this episode by Matt Huber, we get filled in about what went down in the fever dream that was the 2021 season, di...

Matt, Brandon, and Michelle discuss the recent signings by Utica as well as the new weekly zoom calls between Coach Hall and the players streaming on Facebook.

Brandon and Matt discuss the now passed All Star Game, the potential subscription for streaming games, and the quality of Facebook live PPV.