Knox Soccer Podcast

Our first High School Monthly Recap episode is brought to you by Onrise Care. We’ve got a full episode for you today! First Brian and I have a chat with our high school correspondent, Carter Moore, who’s been writing weekly articles on the website about the great high school soccer happenings. Then Brian spoke with Brinley Murphy, the center-forward of the #1 team in the country - BEARDEN HIGH SCH...

One month on from the end of One Knoxville’s historic first season, we are bringing you our end-of-season review. Joining us for this special episode are gaffer Mark McKeever, skipper James Thomas, and partner Drew McKenna. Listen in to hear their standout moments, favorite memories, hilarious behind-the-scenes antics, and predict what’s next for the club. This review episode is brought to you by...

In the first episode of our new series, LEGENDS of the Local Game , brought to you by First Watch, we sit down with Emerald Force Soccer Club’s director of coaching Adelmo “Junior” Santos . A former professional soccer player for Esporte Clube Vítoria in Brazil, Junior has coached in Knoxville for more than a decade, first for Blount United, then for FC Alliance, and most recently for Emerald Forc...

A bittersweet end to the One Knoxville SC season. A 1-2 loss to North Carolina Fusion in the Southern Conference Finals. Here’s our subdued car take of the match but a bright reflection on the season and outlook on what the fans have created here in Knoxville. This playoff recap episode is also brought to you by Markman’s Diamonds & Fine Jewelry. Markman’s is a proud sponsor of the Knox Soccer Pod...

Be sure to grab the coolest podcast shirt ever! Order your Hellbender SC Shirt right here ! Get your One Knox Playoff Tickets here ! We did it, we’re one of the final EIGHT teams in USL2. AND we are hosting the Eastern & Southern Conference Championship matches on Friday. THEN the Eastern vs Southern SEMIFINALS of USL2. What a weekend of soccer! We dive deep into all eight teams, so get ready! Pre...

Be sure to grab the coolest podcast shirt ever! Order your Hellbender SC Shirt right here ! Round 2 playoffs, done & dusted - your One Knoxville Lads in Cream bested West Virginia United 2 - 0 at West High School. On this episode, Brian gives a reflective & relieved dispatch followed by interviews from the Scotsman - Coach Mark McKeever, the Swede - Lucas Sunesson, & the Dutchman - Diego Konnicks....

Be sure to grab the coolest podcast shirt ever! Order your Hellbender SC Shirt right here ! What a crazy 120mins of fútball in Tennessee last night! On this episode, Brian has a late-night dispatch followed by Coach Mark McKeever, Captain James Thomas, & concluding with Leading Goal Scorer, Steven Afrifa. Tune in, rest up, and see ya tomorrow! This episode is brought to you by Nothing Too Fancy. N...

Be sure to grab the coolest podcast shirt ever! Order your Hellbender SC Shirt right here ! To celebrate & promote our Hellbender SC shirt (new link, no minimum, plus three new styles!) we are matching up the characters of Stranger Things to where we think they’ll slot in on the pitch to take down Vecna & the demogorgons! Let us know how we did! See you tonight at PLAYOFFS! Let’s pack it out! Get...

3 days left to grab the coolest podcast shirt ever! Order your Hellbender SC Shirt right here ! Get your One Knox Playoff Tickets here ! It’s our first year in USL2 and we’re hosting playoffs! What a time to be alive! We break down each team to gear up for this weekend chocked full of footy. Don’t snooze on the non-One Knox games they’re gunna be great. Cue up this pod for a lil stats & a lil socc...

6 days left to grab the coolest podcast shirt ever! Order your Hellbender SC Shirt right here ! A bittersweet end to the regular season, 0-1 loss to East Atlanta at home after a 2+ hour rain delay. BUT we are hosting Conference Playoffs on July 22nd & 24th. We got One Knoville SC partner Drew McKenna, Team Captian James Thomas, and Head Coach Mark McKeever all on the pod today! Press play for the...

Order your Hellbender SC Shirt right here ! The boys are back in town and they’re USL2 SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION CHAMPS! First came a 7-1 victory over Southern Soccer Acamedy Kings and then with Asheville City tieing Tennessee SC, our Boys In Blue bring home their first conference silverware. This episode is jammed pack full of soccer goodness so press play, but keep your phones handy… We have plenty...

We did it! WE GOT MERCH! Get your Hellbender SC x Stranger Things mashup Tee, right here! (The order window is only open for 13 days, until July 21st, so get yours now!) Give this episode a listen for the whole t-shirt origin story and a poetic One Knox recap/preview before tomorrow’s home match against Southern Soccer Academy at Maryville College. The match starts at 7:30, get your tickets here!...

What a wonderful Saturday Night to witness a 1-0 VICTORY over Tennessee SC! This is the Car Take Reaction to One Knox besting fellow first-time USL2 side, Tennessee SC. This match was not weather delayed unlike our first meet-up earlier this season. But it was the same score. It wasn’t “sexy soccer” but it did get the job done. Patrick & Brian break it all down & grabbed some honest interviews fro...

WE ARE TOP OF THE TABLE! WE BEAT ASHEVILLE CITY! That’s really all you need to know for this episode, but if you’d like more info, we can oblige. Brian & I (as well as my wife) traveled away to downtown Asheville to cheer on our Lads in Cream. And those lads came on strong, avenging our home opener defeat with a decisive 3-1 victory! Buckle up for this Car Take, literally, for we recorded it in th...

Finally a HOME match w/ the Boys in Blue! This time around we packed out Maryville College as we hosted Peachtree City MOBA. In this Car Take get into how good it felt playing at home, how the lads did, cue up 3 player interviews + Coach Deano, & checked in with some fans on the touchline. This episode is jammed-packed. BUT before you press play - grab your AWAY tickets to Asheville City here and...

We are only halfway through One Knox’s Inaugural Season but it feels like we’ve had 3+ seasons of drama, Ups & Downs, and Wins-Ties-Loses. In this episode, we get into all of it as well as all of the away matches that have kept the Boys in Cream on the road. Dakota Booth, founding member of the Scruffs gives us his own Car Take of the match against Tri-Cities Otters. Mark McKeever sits down with B...

On social media after the announcement that One Knoxville would play the majority of its home games in Maryville, some folks questioned why the team would venture a 20-minute ride down the road in Blount County. What I (Brian) knew from my year of covering Maryville College men’s and women’s soccer in 2014 for The Daily Times was that Pepe Fernandez had been one of the sport’s familiar faces in Ea...

What a Memorial Day Weekend! SIX POINTS from a Home & Away match! We have a double feature for you in this episode: Brian’s passionate recap of the pandamonium at Tormenta & then Patrick with special guest Casey Beaman give you their Car Take reaction to “The Seba-Show” AKA One Knox vs Dalton Red Wolves. This recap episode is brought to you by Markman’s Diamonds & Fine Jewelry. Markman’s is a prou...

This past weekend, One Knoxville SC visited Tennessee SC for the away leg of the Music City vs. Scruffy City Derby. You may have noticed, that there was no LIVE stream of the game available. Instead, we got Ami Rabiei, Director of Soccer Ops for the club, live-tweeting on Twitter.  Ami hopped on a call with us to give us the backstory of the match. He addressed some of the unanswered questions you...

Second Home Game, FIRST WIN! Let’s GOOO! Patrick & Brian give their car take right after the match. Fueled by the generosity of Mario’s Pizza Cones ! Brian delivers the low down of the match & chats with Seba, the goal scorer, Finn, the “Big Red Wall”, and Mark McKeever, the gaffer. Patrick reacts to the crowd & chats with a repeat supporter. This recap episode is brought to you by Markman’s Diamo...

Brian & Patrick give you their hot take of the inaugural home match of One Knox SC. From the fan turnout, to the gameplay, to the food selection, to the reaction of Coach McKeever & Team Captain James Thomas. This recap episode is brought to you by Markman’s Diamonds & Fine Jewelry. Markman’s is a proud sponsor of the Knox Soccer Podcast and One Knoxville SC. Located at 6932 Kingston Pike, Markman...

This is the final week until the season opener of One Knoxville SC! So we thought it would be a great idea to release BONUS content EACH DAY leading up until the match. IT’S FINALLY HERE! The start of One Knoxville SC’s inaugural season. We check in on our hype levels, bask in the Gaffer’s wisdom, & discuss who we’re looking out for on the pitch. It’s game time! See ya there. Listen, enjoy, share,...

This is the final week until the season opener of One Knoxville SC! So we thought it would be a great idea to release BONUS content EACH DAY leading up until the match. 24 hours to go, so who do you call? Team Captain JAMES THOMAS! He gives us sound advice about what he & the boys in blue need from us, the fans, on match day. It might involve instruments… Cue up Episode #6 for more of James Thomas...

This is the final week until the season opener of One Knoxville SC! So we thought it would be a great idea to release BONUS content EACH DAY leading up until the match. Today we preview One Knoxville’s inaugural match against Smoky Mountain rivals Asheville City SC. In the episode, you’ll hear from head coach Mark McKeever and Jimmy Wheeler , GM of Asheville City, about the state of their clubs, t...

This is the final week until the season opener of One Knoxville SC! So we thought it would be a great idea to release BONUS content EACH DAY leading up until the match. Today we check back in with  Austin-East Roadrunners  head soccer coach Jonathan Netherland after the team’s first season in Class 2A (and  their first since making history by winning the school’s first-ever state championship  in...