State of the Republic

Just like Coach Briggs rotated players last Saturday, we rotate Sharon & Jared on this episode (listen to find out what happened!) We talk about the two recent Republic games vs New Mexico & RGV, Roro becoming Sac Republic's all-time Assist Leader, and a MLS/USL Unsolved Mystery! THANK YOU to everyone who takes the time out of their day to listen to our podcast episodes! We really apprecia...

We've reached 100 EPISODES !! And of course, we decided to record a special episode for everyone! We have five guests chosen from our first 99 episodes that represent the soccer community in the Central Valley area! Special guest order of appearance on this episode: Abbie Faingold - 13:18 - 31:40 Villyan Bijev - 32:10 - 51:05 Todd Dunivant - 51:33 - 1:01:18 Michael Rocha - 1:02:32 - 1:19:45 Albert...

Sharon takes over hosting duties as Luis is traveling this week! Also, Tina joins us as our special guest co-host of the day! After an epic historic Open Cup semi-final game and advancing to the FINAL, our Republic had no break and traveled to Virginia to play the Battery. It was truly a goal-fest at Charleston for the guys as they beat the Battery, 4-2! Also, we talk about starting a new campaign...

WE ARE IN THE 2022 US OPEN CUP FINAL!! The dream of being able to play in the cup final that we all had the night before the game is now a REALITY! The SOTR team talks about it and is joined by Connor Sutton, Sac Republic's Director, Game Entertainment & Broadcast! THANK YOU to everyone who takes the time out of their day to listen to our podcast episodes! We really appreciate it! Visit our NE...

This week rather than having a town hall live, we've recorded it on the pod with special guest Sac Republic President, Todd Dunivant! We talk all about this Wednesday's HISTORIC Open Cup Semi-Finals game at Heart Health Park vs Sporting Kansas City! THANK YOU to everyone who takes the time out of their day to listen to our podcast episodes! We really appreciate it! Visit our NEW website at SacSocc...

Getting a tie at Phoenix wasn't easy considering a lot of our starters didn't make the trip out! Today we talk about the 0-0 game at Phoenix, Jared lets us know what the experience at the stadium was like (did IKEA burgers make a comeback?), and more! Also, WE NOW HAVE A WEBSITE! Check it out at SacSoccerPod.com ! THANK YOU to everyone who takes the time out of their day to listen to our podcast e...

If we had to lose our unbeaten home streak, this was the way it would've happened. We had more opportunities but just weren't able to score. Today the team talks all about last Saturday's match, including press conference comments by Coach Mark Briggs & The Legend Roro Lopez! They also talk about our upcoming match at Phoenix! THANK YOU to everyone who takes the time out of their day to listen...

This week we talk about a high scoring game that ended in a 3-3 tie at the LAST minute thanks to our LEGEND Rodrigo Lopez & Luis Felipe! We needed to score goals and we definitely saw plenty of them in this match. Also, WE NOW HAVE A WEBSITE! Check it out at SacSoccerPod.com ! THANK YOU to everyone who takes the time out of their day to listen to our podcast episodes! We really appreciate it!...

Unfortunately, our unbeaten streak since May ended in Colorado Springs last Friday. 3-0 seems rough but was there an external factor like over 6,000 feet of elevation at Colorado Springs? We talk about this unusual away game with special guest co-host Ryan Strange! THANK YOU to everyone who takes the time out of their day to listen to our podcast episodes! We really appreciate it! Follow State of...

Maalique Foster or Mr. Brace (2 GOALS in 3 MINUTES!) made an appearance to deliver us yet another win (and a move to 4th place). The team talks all about our 2-1 win at Monterey. Plus the SOTR Crew were reunited at Monterey & they talk about their experience in this first away trip over there! THANK YOU to everyone who takes the time out of their day to listen to our podcast episodes! We reall...

History CONTINUES to be written! Our Sac Republic ADVANCES to the SEMI-FINALS of the 2022 OPEN CUP after beating LA Galaxy in a Historic 2-1 win at LA! The SOTR team talks about this EPIC win! THANK YOU to everyone who takes the time out of their day to listen to our podcast episodes! We really appreciate it! Episode Image: SacRepublicFC.com Follow State of the Republic at: https://twitter.com/Sta...

Our UNBEATEN at home streak continues (And 3rd consecutive clean sheet streak too!) with a DOS a CERO win vs Los Dos (in the last ever game of LA Galaxy 2 at Sacramento in USL!). Our team talks all about the match & the upcoming match in the Open Cup against the "A" team of LA Galaxy! THANK YOU to everyone who takes the time out of their day to listen to our podcast episodes! We real...

In our first interview with a Republic player this season, we interview Golden Glove winner, Danny Vitiello! He talks to us about his career, nicknames, the SRFC season thusfar, & more! THANK YOU to everyone who takes the time out of their day to listen to our podcast episodes! We really appreciate it! Episode Image: SacRepublicFC.com Follow State of the Republic at: https://twitter.com/StateR...

Last Saturday we played the BEST Away game to date, beating a tough Detroit 2-0, with our Spaniard players bringing the Spanish Connection in those 2 goals! The SOTR team talks all about this great Sacramento Republic away win vs a team that hadn't lost at home in 15 games! THANK YOU to everyone who takes the time out of their day to listen to our podcast episodes! We really appreciate it! Episode...

We continue to be UNBEATEN at home (mostly wins, and just one tie this season!) and the team talks all about last Saturday's win against the former first place in the West & the upcoming Sac Republic match at Detroit City! THANK YOU to everyone who takes the time out of their day to listen to our podcast episodes! We really appreciate it! Episode Image: SacRepublicFC.com Follow State of the Re...

Guess who scored the 1-0 again vs a Bay Area team? LUIS FELIPE! And today we talk about the match at Oakland (which we should've won) and Scott Bradford is our special guest today to talk to us about how the game atmosphere was like in Oakland! THANK YOU to everyone who takes the time out of their day to listen to our podcast episodes! We really appreciate it! Episode Image: SacRepublicFC.com Foll...

May 25, 2022 - A HISTORIC day that every Republic fan will forever remember. And we talk about it today! We also invite Alex Morgan from The Quakes Epicenter who was also at the game to let us know his thoughts on it! THANK YOU to everyone who takes the time out of their day to listen to our podcast episodes! We really appreciate it! Episode Image: SacRepublicFC.com Follow State of the Republic at...

In the game before the historic cup game things didn't go our way. We talk about why we lost, what we can expect during Wednesday's cup game vs the Quakes, & more! And our special guest co-host tonight is Republic season ticket holder since 2015, Martha! THANK YOU to everyone who takes the time out of their day to listen to our podcast episodes! We really appreciate it! Episode Image: SacRepub...

It's another Open Cup game episode! We talk about Sac Republic's amazing Round of 16 game vs Handball Rising (with press conference comments from Danny V, Luis Felipe, and Coach Briggs included!) and our upcoming cup rival in the Round of 16, SJ Earthquakes! THANK YOU to everyone who takes the time out of their day to listen to our podcast episodes! We really appreciate it! Episode Image: SacRepub...

Happy Mother's Day! Today we talk about our first away win of the season at New Jersey vs NYRB2 (Welcome back Maalique! and thank you for helping us get 3 points away at NJ!)! Jared had the chance to attend the match and he tells us all about what it was like to be at the game. THANK YOU to everyone who takes the time out of their day to listen to our podcast episodes! We really appreciate it! Epi...

On the podcast is our very own Podcast Magic Villyan Bijev to talk to us about how his first couple of months with the Fuego have been like, his famous appearance on TV, and the best section to be at during Fuego Home games! (Listen early before tickets sell out!) THANK YOU to everyone who takes the time out of their day to listen to our podcast episodes! We really appreciate it! Episode Image: Tw...

Last Saturday was likely the most windy game day in Republic history (it seemed like!) Sharon is out on vacation in Europe so Jared & Luis talk about Sac's game vs RGV and preview the upcoming two games (both at home) vs Las Vegas Lights & New Mexico United! THANK YOU to everyone who takes the time out of their day to listen to our podcast episodes! We really appreciate it! Episode Image:...

Roro has given us yet another MIRACLE at our stadium! This time it happened in the Open Cup game vs Fuego! We talk all about the game (with press conference included! thank you Sharon!) and who our next USL/Open Cup opponents will be! THANK YOU to everyone who takes the time out of their day to listen to our podcast episodes! We really appreciate it! Episode Image: SacRepublicFC.com Follow State o...

The goal at OC is probably one of the earliest we've ever scored! Today we talk about how the 1-1 game vs OCSC went, our upcoming games vs Fuego/RGV, and USL W's newest soccer team, SC Stockton! THANK YOU to everyone who takes the time out of their day to listen to our podcast episodes! We really appreciate it! Episode Image: SacRepublicFC.com Follow State of the Republic at: https://twitter.com/S...

There were plenty of goal celebrations this week!! "Podcast Magic" Villyan Bijev joins us to talk about Central Valley Fuego's 4-1 win vs EL Paso, and we talk about Sac Republic's amazing 6-0 win vs Timbers U23!! There were plenty of goals in California's Open Cup games this week!! THANK YOU to everyone who takes the time out of their day to listen to our podcast episodes! We really appr...