Puro SAFC

It’s time for the season opener! We preview the SAFC season, make some predictions, and preview this Saturday’s home game vs. Loudon United. Come find us at the tailgate and make sure to get your Puro Pick Four teams in! Enjoy!

We’re back, talking SAFC’s 2-0 win over Guatemalan side Antigua in last Saturday’s preseason scrimmage. Did I just see a back pass? Indeed. A new strategy was in full display as SAFC dominated. We discuss the night, the new players, and what we saw. Then we make our Puro SAFC Pod Pick Four selections. Don’t forget to send your in before the season starts! Finally: Athenians going pro and SAFC alum...

SAFC has reported for preseason training, and we are back to kick off the Puro Preseason. First, a 3 Things Review of the USA-Slovenia game. Next, we deep dive into the team’s roster, as it stands. Is it time for panic stations? Excitement? Who’s new, who’s gone, and why? Puro Preseason will continue all month with special episodes, events, and guests as we prepare for the SAFC open scrimmage on F...

We’re back with a special HYPE pod to get you ready for this Saturday’s USA vs Slovenia game in San Antonio. It’s the USA’s second-ever game in SA! In the pod, first we recap the Becker Vineyards Puro Pod Celebration on Sunday, spitoodle-drinking and all. Then, a quick recap of SAFC’s offseason moves. At 15:00, we discuss the USA game: What To Look For, favorite team USA moments, and Players to Wa...

Happy Boxing Day! There’s been a lot of news, and we cover as much as we can in an hour! We say hello to some new players, teams, and competitions and goodbye to others. We also give each other presents, and give away some symbolic presents to soccer characters around the landscape. Enjoy!

One of our favorite episodes of the year! It’s Thanksgiving week, and what better time to give thanks to another year of SAFC soccer. First, we revisit our predictions for 2023. Then, we name our top players, top storylines, best and worst acquisitions, and more! We also welcome a new Sporting Director, cheers to our Puro Pick Four Winner, and then talk free kicks. Recorded live in the Shadpad dur...

Ride like the wind… into the off-season. We’re back to discuss SAFC’s season ending 3-1 playoff loss at Sacramento Republic. What went wrong? What happened? Was the season a success? We discuss all that and more. We also look at playoff result around the league leading up to this Sunday’s USL Cup championship match. The Puro Pick Four has also been decided, we announce the winner. Finally, a pleth...

A State of Texas intro… and then we talk SAFC’s 1-0 win over Colorado Switchbacks. A Vintage Performance, a throwback to last year’s 2022 title team. We talk tailgates (pre- and post-game), lineups, performances, and what stood out. Then, we go around the league to talk playoff results and the Puro Pick Four standings. Finally, a preview of FRIDAY’s road playoff game at Sacramento. Is this the rea...

It’s playoff time! We review the last two SAFC games, a 1-0 loss at the OC and a wild 3-3 tie at home with Indy XI. That leaves us in fourth place and hosting Colorado Springs this Saturday night. What do we expect? Listen to find out. See you at the tailgates! Also, it’s crunch time in the Becker Vineyards Puro Pick Four, and a free kick of the USA’s Deutschland friendly. Enjoy!

SAFC (and Shaddock) traveled to Oakland last weekend for the exciting 2-2 tie at the CSU East Bay stadium. It was a pop-up party atmosphere, like a high school game with wild soccer, rowdy fans and $16 beers. We take you behind the scenes of the Oakland stadium scene and analyze the bizarre tie. Mentality Monsters, indeed. A quick free kick and we’re out. Enjoy!

A special interview on the ground in Oakland: Shaddock visited the Bay Area for the weekend’s SAFC game. I interviewed my hosts, a group of Roots fans (and owners): Izzy, River, Vivian, and Lord Grantham himself. It’s a before and after of the experience of visiting Oakland for a Roots game. A real roller coaster of a game: a disaster for SAFC at 2-0 to a comeback 2-2 tie. The Roots fans learned w...

We talk SAFC’s last two home games: a wild 3-3 tie against Tampa Bay and a dominant 4-0 win over the OC. We ask and answer questions about goalkeeper, the formation, and Nathan. Then we preview the game Saturday at Oakland (spoiler: one of us will be at the game) and even start speculating about playoff opponents and scenarios. As always, free kicks about US Open Cup and the AHFSH Inferno. Enjoy!

Amidst Fall Trips, Fall Sports, and Fall Weather, we take a break to talk SAFC’s 1-1 tie at Colorado Springs. Missed Opportunity? Entertainment on Turf? Listen to find out. Then we preview the weekend’s tough home game vs Tampa Bay. Free Kicks: Oakland Roots and the Donuts. Finally: a special 10 minute segment with James K from the Tampa Bay podcast RBLR Sports to preview the visiting Rowdies. Enj...

For our very special 150th episode: We’re back from a busy start to the school year to review SAFC’s recent results. A run of 0-0 ties followed by a disappointing 2-1 loss at Tulsa. What’s wrong? We discuss. Then, we get into our summer reading book: Soccer Against the Enemy by Simon Kuper. How was it? What holds up well? What doesn’t? Does soccer really prop up dictators around the world? Plus, w...

School’s back in session and SAFC is back in town. We review the 2-1 win over RGV and a rather uneventful 0-0 tie with Monterrey Bay. Next, we preview this weekend’s game with Pittsburgh. Then, we talk former SAFC players, Puro Pick Four Fantasy, and Messi’s Miami in US Open Cup. Enjoy!

Momentum Is Building! First, we talk Puro Pick four fantasy standings. Then, we talk SAFC’s big 3-0 win at New Mexico. Three wonderful goals for the good guys in a comprehensive victory. Then, we preview the coming home stand. Finally: Free Kicks about soccer book club and the business of soccer. Shout out to our youngest listener and birthday boy Charlie!

We’re back and it’s impossible to ignore Leagues Cup starring Leo Messi in Miami. After that, we talk SAFC’s big 5-2 win at home vs Hartford and comeback 2-1 win on the road against 10 man Phoenix. Next up: we preview Saturdays opponent, New Mexico United at the Isotopes Park out in Oppenheimer-land. Finally, a quick thought on the Women’s World Cup. Enjoy!

We’re back in person in SA, and it’s hot in the city. It was also hot at SAFC’s dirty, gritty 1-0 loss to The Miami FC on Saturday night. We talk that disappointment in detail, drama in the Bunker, and preview Hartford. We also review scores Around the League, what’s happened in Women’s World Cup with Team USA, and also that other Miami team, the one with Messi on it. Enjoy!

Live from the Cottage, we are joined by special guests Caroline Stefko of N17 Women podcast and James Hope of the Crocketeers. First, we talk SAFC’s game against Sunderland last weekend: a great crowd, great goals, and a Men In Blazers approved PC banger. Then, at 20:00, we get into a special preview of the Women’s Wold Cup, kicking off Thursday morning and in earnest Friday night at 8:00pm with U...

It’s two of our favorite things: Mid-Season Review of SAFC, and Sunderland coming to town! First, we discuss the first half of SAFC’s season, with a team grade, our Top 3 Players, and one disappointing player. Next, at 33:00, we preview Sunderland, the English Championship team coming to town for an exhibition this Saturday night. A Love Supreme, a Sunderland fan websites sent us some great questi...

After a discussion of Hulk Hogan, soccer, nationalism, communism, and immigration… we talk SAFC’s 3-1 win over Birmingham Legion. Fireworks! Also: bye bye Cristian Parano, and also hello Jorge H. We give you our preferences for SAFC’s Starting XI, along with listener suggestions. Next, it’s off to Memphis on a Friday night. We end with a Pick Four update, USL around the league, and USA free kicks...

Back from our Summer Break, we talk SAFC’s road trip: a 2-2 tie with San Diego and a 3-1 loss to first place Sacramento. Disorganized defense, lots of changes in player personnel, a Jordan Farr howler, Big Sam loan over… Is the sky falling? Are the Bad Old Days back? Listen to find out. Finally, we preview Saturdays home game vs Birmingham, talk USA national team, and also a Puro Pick Four Fantasy...

After an aside about la cerveza Superior, we talk SAFC’s 2-2 tie at home last week vs El Paso: “Another Tie that Felt Like A Loss.” We dive into the small crowd, the officiating, the team’s bad habit of giving up leads at home, Jordan Farr’s error, and Luis Solignac’s goal after escaping punishment. This week the team plays on WEDNESDAY away to San Diego; note that there is no game Saturday night....

SAFC is back home, and it was Almost Too Easy: a 2-1 win over New Mexico United. We talk tailgates, atmosphere, the Wave, Man of the Match Zouhir aka Z, the Scoring Play, and the Real Scoring Play. We also give an homage to departing GM Tim Holt for his fantastic job with SAFC. Then we talk this week’s game, tailgate, 8:00pm kickoff, and opponent San Diego. Finally: a fantasy update, scores around...

We review SAFC’s disappointing 1-0 loss on the road at Detroit City FC by giving Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down to all kinds of things: Stroh’s beer, Keyworth Stadium, short goalkeepers, Astroturf, row housing, and more. We then talk results around the league and Puro Pick four fantasy before a free kick about the USA in the Under-20 World Cup. Enjoy! Somehow we forgot to talk about the departure of Tim Ho...