Soccer Neophytes

Chris takes the lead on this one and gets MOTM! Scary Mancester United is Back. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. City. Liverpool is Liverpool again. Arsenal is uh, not even Arsenal. Wolves with mixed results but a new American on the scene! Owen Otesowie is a beast: https://twitter.com/usmntonly/status/1293753424002068485 Kyle's Focus: Southampton Concept of the Week: NONE Music is 'We Back Baby' by DJ DENZ The...

Derbys galore: good result for Manchester United, piss poor result for Wolves. Some great and not-so-great goalkeeping. Arsenal's lack of discipline. A swift kick in the ass. Two NEW segments: Pulisic's Pronunciation Practice & Over/Under Kyle's Focus: Everton Concept of the Week: Park the Bus El Neni's flop: https://streamable.com/gk3si5 Music is 'We Back Baby' by DJ DENZ The Rooster

Fans are back at the stadiums, but is that a good thing? Wolves with a brutal loss to the champs. MUFC with a great half of football, but not enough to make Pogba happy. SUFC with the worst start in PL history, but do the stats match up? Kane-Son: A match made in heaven. Macho Man always says, “The cream always rises to the top!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=1wYoWdprfD0 Kyl...

We discuss the devastating injury to Raul Jimenez and how Wolves responded admirably in the Hughes Derby, Manchester United playing well and scoring 3(!) goals NOT by PK, Leeds impressive run of back-to-back clean sheets (are they the new Burnley?), the London Derby snoozer, and Fulham finally converts a Penalty. Kyle helps us understand what the hell an Albion is and hands out a few Golden Boots...

It's nearly the quarter mark of the season and Kyle releases his first Golden Boot Tiers…all named after American football “legends”. Get the first inside glimpse into how he’s thinking. The most surprising nil-nil draw, a whole Jota love, Burnley gets on the board, mid-table blah, and who is the real deal at the top of the table? Oh, and a controversy regarding Hotspurs? Kyle's Focus: Tottenham F...

The most American podcast yet! We use all our American sports knowledge to fix all the problems of the Premier League: handballs, offsides, and subs.  We also talk Wolves and Manchester United per usual, Kane's 150th, Spectacular Eze and Bruno & a short American watch. Kyle's Focus: Crystal Palace Term of the Week: Derby Music is 'We Back Baby' by DJ DENZ The Rooster

Everton drops, Wolves rise and Manchester United stays towards the bottom.  Teams are starting to show their true colors as we get through week 7.  We talk Southampton's nice form, but how will they fare if Ings misses time, is Chelsea a legit contender with Mendy in goal, and speaking of keepers, is this the first sign that Pickford will soon be out? And as always we talk Red Cards, a (...

We think Kyle slept through the recording, so its just Chris and Nate back for old times sake! We talk Wolves heartbreaking draw and Man U's boring draw, celebrate Marcus Rashford's great work, talk about Bamford's hat-trick, and much more! Term of the Week: N/A Music is 'We Back Baby' by DJ DENZ The Rooster

The boys are back after the international break...but the Premier League crazy didn't miss a beat.  Lots of Red Card (or lack there of) talk, another Niners Sunday night football game, the a Spurs epic collapse, a goal of the year candidate and (ugh) are Aston Villa actually good?  Kyle focuses on Chelsea with some not-so-surprising low golden boot marks, but one very surprising one! Ter...

The boys are scattered all over the US, but manage to check in and chat about another crazy weekend that leaves us with only two unbeaten teams in Everton and Aston Villa.  Leeds draw with City seems a distant memory compared to Manchester United and Liverpool's thumpings they took on Sunday.   Term of the Week: Brace Music is 'We Back Baby' by DJ DENZ The Rooster

Goals, goals, goals! Another crazy weekend with City getting crushed by LCFC, Wolves embarrassing loss, MUFC get an undeserved 3 points, Leeds making their home in the Premier League, a very silent American Watch and Kyle gives us a recap of his match of the week: West Brom-Chelsea.   Term of the Week: Draw/Tie Music is 'We Back Baby' by DJ DENZ The Rooster

We talk Wolves big transfer news, MUFC's horrible match and why Chris is ready to see Ole leave, and we talk the lack of American's featured this weekend.  Fulham and West Brom continue to look abysmal, Everton and Arsenal near the top of the table! We also bring back a fan favorite segment: Which team is real? Chris and Kyle try their best to not get too embarassed. Term of the Week: Transfe...

Chris and Nate, two babies, begin rearing their newborn football neophyte, Kyle. Kyle shares his thoughts on Liverpool-Leeds, clearly the game of the weekend while Nate focuses on Arsenal-Fulham.  We talk about American performances, the big news around Christian Pulisic getting the #10, and of course the new hairstyles that stood out! Music is 'We Back Baby' by DJ DENZ The Rooster

Football Neophytes Podcast is back for season 3! This season, Kyle Smith, a true football neophyte, joins Chris and Nate.  They will help him navigate the Premier League in hopes of discovering a team for him to support. In this season preview, Kyle gets introduced to the Premier League, Chris and Nate make their Top 7 and relegation predictions and all three talk through the new kits. Music...

We're already into the first week of December, but we look back at November! Wolves are up to 5th and Man U sits 2 points behind in 6th.  But we do talk other things: a broken leg, lots of manager turnover, TWO Americans scoring in the Premier League, and much more. We also introduce a couple of new segments: What We've Learned and (the highly anticipated) Is This a Real Team?, where Chris ha...

Chris and Nate are back! After a 6 week hiatus, Chris talked Nate into re-emerging for a monthly podcast!  We take a look at all that took place since we last recorded including the resurgence of both Man U and Wolves, an impressive win by Wolves over Man City, Christian Pulisic's perfect hat trick, as well as red cards, cups, and lots more. We're glad to be back!

Chris and Nate record via phone this week as Chris skips out on an in-person recording to attend the Mumford and Sons concert.   Despite being under the weather and his beard continually scratching the mic throughout the recording, Nate laments over his hapless Wolves while Chris rejoices in his scrappy Red Devils.  Of course we talk about the biggest upset in recent Premier League histo...

Wolves endure their first loss of the season at Everton while Man U draws against Southampton.  Both Nate and Chris complain about their teams performances, talk the North London Derby, beautiful flowing locks of hair, and an Adam Sandler reference. Theme song is Born Ready by Flex Vector (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Flex_Vector/20190131191544588/Flex_Vector_-_Born_Ready_1591)

A disastrous weekend is averted for Nate as Raul scores in the 97th minute to keep Wolves out of the relegation zone, but a 2-1 loss at home to Crystal Palace has Chris sour.  A red card and Christian Pulisic's best Premier League performance so far highlight week 3. Theme song is Born Ready by Flex Vector ( http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Flex_Vector/20190131191544588/Flex_Vector_-_Born_Re...

Nate and Chris record immediately following the Football Neophytes Derby from The Harp Pub in Gilbert, AZ.   You'll get instant, post-match reactions, Pulisic's mediocre first start, more Pukki love, and keeper hats?! Plus lots of other shenanigans from the boys. Theme song is Born Ready by Flex Vector ( http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Flex_Vector/20190131191544588/Flex_Vector_-_Born_Ready_...

The 2019-20 Premier League is here!  Pulisic debut... Man U throttles Chelsea! Man City and Liverpool pick up where they left off...but is the Allison injuring going to cost LFC crucial points? Will the Wolves ever score? VAR sucks! And other ramblings from Nate and Chris. Theme song is Born Ready by Flex Vector ( http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Flex_Vector/20190131191544588/Flex_Vector_-_B...

Nate and Chris share about how season two is going to look as well as make some bold predictions for the upcoming season.  Chris mispronounces multiple names, Nate shares some hair envy, and as always we dis Newcastle beer. Theme song is Born Ready by Flex Vector ( http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Flex_Vector/20190131191544588/Flex_Vector_-_Born_Ready_1591 )

Nate and Chris make their decisions! (Nate's kids too!) But before that we give our "Best ofs" including, best goal, best hair, favorite interview, favorite term, and much more! Music is Something Elated by Broke for Free. freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_Fo…e/Something_EP

The penultimate episode and our final interview is James Boyman, co-host of The American Toffee Podcast (@USAToffeePod). He gives it one final goal to sway us before we make out decision. We talk candy, how Roger Bennett dissed us, definite articles, that horrible Angry Birds patch, and of course Dixie Dean. Music is Something Elated by Broke for Free. freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_Fo…e/Somethi...

Our one and only fan, Nick Johnson, joins us for a drink on Nate's patio to talk about his club, Leicester City. Off the heels of a 3-0 victory over Arsenal, we talk about afros, the roller coaster of winning the league a few years ago and then the tragedy of the death of their chairman mid-season, and of course fox hunting! Music is Something Elated by Broke for Free. freemusicarchive.org/music/B...