Rooster and the Villain: An American Soccer Podcast

The Devil was missing so the two Spurs fans swing their cockerals around wildly as they smack into Man City's creative accounting problems, a passionate look back at the Ajax game, Clint Dempsey and Chicharito comparisons, and try to grasp the truths that were revealed this season. As you would expect, without the Devil leading the way, the boys were wildly off topic at times. Enjoy.

The season is over. It's over. That's so sad. But! The boys will stick around for the Summer and have filled up the calendar with a bunch of experts so get excited. Jim and Brad sing our EPL swan song in this episode. They recap the season. Talk about the English Football Championship playoffs. Some major proposed changes to Champions League. Salford City. And a whole bunch of other good stuff. 

Oh Lord, it's a miracle! Just when you thought the Champions League couldn't get any crazier (after the Tottenham/City game), we go and see something like this. What a comeback. Absolute scenes. That's why we grabbed a Liverpool friend to jump on talk about this season. Jimmy actually admits to liking Liverpool too. We also talk USMNT since Joel is on the national team wagon too. Fun episode. We m...

Brad regales us with stories about his quick trip to London to see Spurs vs. West Ham last weekend. Then we dive into last week's games. We also take a look at Norwich City and Sheffield United, who we'll become a lot more familiar with next year since they are being promoted to the Premier League. Then of course we talk about Champions League on our way to some tasty rants.

We present to you an in-depth interview with Jordan Gardner (@mrjordangardner), Chairman & Co-Owner of FC Helsingør (@fchelsingor). Earlier this year, Jordan and group of American investors bought a club that plays in Denmark's 1st Division, which is the second highest football league in Denmark. Part of why they bought the club is to act upon a vision to develop American youth talent while ge...

Jim slips us down his mad hatter rabbit hole to discuss the future of Man United. He also offends us with his language. Then we jump to the greatest game ever played (an opinion, of course) in the Champions League. We pop around the premier league and rant about MLS and other topics on the way to the ending. Thanks for tuning in.

The boys are missing the devil so they go balls deep into Spurs. But; we also cover the relegation fight, top 4 battle, Champions League (duh), praise Ajax, mourn(inho) Man United, and look forward to shitting ourselves today with Tottenham's Champions League matchups.  We missed our devil man, though. 

Such a beefy conversation with three beefy men. Champions League Day 1 Breakdown, Day 2 Lookahead, Premier League Top 6 everything, Goodbye Cardiff (?), Troy Deeney Suckfest, and let's stop the racism. For real.

The boys gear up for the new Spurs Stadium debut. Then lament about our places in the EPL, and hope for the best in Champions League. We dive into relegation. And then we talk with Travis Grimes (@who_dey_tgrimes) about MLS, Spurs, USMNT, and a fun little story about Gareth Bale (among other things). It's a long one. Travis' interview isn't until approximately 52 minutes in.

The boys lose Mike-o to sickness but carried on as a fearsome two-some. They talk about #USMNT, Tim Ream Watch, and take a deep dive to show their respects to "The Galloping Horse", Gareth Bale. Also, Brad becomes audibly erect during the Tottenham stadium discussion. Jump on it.

The boys chat briefly about the English Premier League and Champions League for the first 22 minutes but get into a meaty discussion (22:28) with the young, bright, soccer aficionado Sammy Friedrich (D-1 soccer at Wofford) about the #USMNT, the outlook of US Soccer moving forward, and a bunch of random and fun stuff. Cool guy with a bright future.    

The boys are back together again to briefly complain about USMNT (more on that next week), bemoan a few Premier League losses, celebrate a few Champions League wins, debate a topic no one has ever debated in the history of the game (Ronaldo vs. Messi), and talk about how cool soccer bars are in the United States (shoutout SpeakEZ Lounge in Grand Rapids). 

Scheduling conflicts forced the boys into an unconventional episode that split them up a little bit. First, Brad and Mike discuss Tottenham, Champions League, and some Premier League and then, Mike and Jimmy talk about Manchester United, Ajax, and a tiny bit of MLS.  But the treat of the episode is an interview (@31:50) with long time Wolverhampton Wanderers fan, and co-founder of Wolves USA (@WWF...

The boys needed three attempts to record this episode. Our first take was probably best so you are left with our scraps; of which you WILL enjoy. Or else. We still manage to cover Tottenham, ManU, Newcastle, Almiron, Arsenal, and Champions League in this abbreviated episode. Please drop us a line on Twitter if you are getting any enjoyment out of this at all.

The boys bring on good friend Bryan Helder to talk about Liverpool. Bryan is new to the game, just like Mike, and gives us a unique perspective about a different team in the Premiere League. The boys wander through Championship League match-ups desperately pine for EPL games to start again.

Things get feisty on the poddy when the boys discuss Pochettino. We also dive into Champions League and play a little word association. Dig in fellas.

Welcome to the third episode of Rooster and the Devil. We talk Weah, top six in the EPL, MLS transgressions, relegation fight, and a lot more. Thanks for following along.

What's up soccer peoples? The audio quality has vastly improved on our podcast and will continue to do so. We discuss the current week in English Premier League, the USMNT January Camp, US players abroad, and other crap. Hope you like it. 

In the very first episode of Rooster and the Devil, we talk about how we fell into our love of English Premier League football even though we're from the soccer starved nation of the United States. Then we get into the problems of the United States Men's National Team, wander towards the post-Mourinho Man United, the injury depleted Spurs, and finish with some nice ranting. Is anybody listening?