The Backline Soccer Podcast

It's the Ian and Michael show this week! Max has gone off to a festival but will return next week! Ian and Michael give their thoughts on the 2023 Leagues Cup final, what they would change for next year, and what they liked about the tournament! They also dive into the Sounders, Timbers, AND Whitecaps losses. There was a bit of breaking news about a certain Timbers coach as well... Thank you for y...

Hello everyone, and welcome back to the Backline Soccer Podcast! We apologize for the late upload this week, we're only human, and life happens! This week, the boys talk about the transfer window and give out grades on how we think each team did. We also give out scouting reports on the signings themselves! Later, we give our thoughts on the Leagues Cup so far and our predictions for the final! Ne...

Hello everyone, and welcome back to the pod! As always, we thank you for your continued support! Don't forget to like, share, and rate us on whatever platform you listen on! After taking a week off to clear our minds, the boys discuss our Cascadia teams and their Leagues Cup campaigns. We also give our personal rating on how we think they did. Spoiler, the Sounders are very bad. Later we give out...

Welcome back to the program! This week, the boys review their thoughts on the opening matches of the 2023 Leagues Cup! The Sounders played RSL, Whitecaps hosted Leon, and the Timbers welcomed San Jose. We also give our honest opinions about the current state of the Sounders, and the absurd MLS All-Star Game. Next week it will just be Max and Michael since Ian is off to Bend for a mini vacation! As...

Hello everyone, and welcome back to the pod! We're back with another week of Cascadia matches! The Whitecaps played the Galaxy, Timbers played in the Caleb Porter Derby, and the Sounders hosted FC Dallas on a beautiful summer night. We also preview the Leagues Cup and predict how our teams will fare in the tournament. As always, we thank you for the support and ask that you follow and rate us on w...

Hello, and welcome back to the pod! We decided to take another little break for the holiday weekend, but we're back with a full squad this week! This week we go over the Whitecaps and Sounders game, where Seattle left Vancouver with a dub that no one saw coming! The Cascadia Cup race is heating up! After that, we draft and debate our first-ever all-Cascadia XI! We all had to agree on which players...

Welcome back to The Backline Soccer Podcast! We've been out for a couple of weeks with audio issues and vacations, but we are back! Thank you for bearing with us as we continue our podcast journey. And please don't hesitate to give us your thoughts as we keep this going! On to the program, Max is still in Bend at the time of recording, so it was the Ian and Michael show! This week we review all th...

For the first ten episodes, we've mainly been covering Major League Soccer as a whole. While we are all massive soccer fans and love the league, we feel it will be easier to provide a better show for you guys if we narrow our focus just a little more. So, with all that said, we will now exclusively cover the Cascadia teams going forward! They are the teams that we know the best (especially the Sou...

Hello, and welcome back to the Backline Soccer Pod! As always, thank you for supporting us, and don't forget to give us a rating on whatever platform you choose to listen to us on! Unfortunately, we will be taking next week off because of Memorial Day, but we'll be right back at it on the 4th! This was a weird week where the boys saw two matchdays in a single week! So this week, we quickly go over...

Welcome back to the Backline Soccer Pod! This week it's just Ian and Michael since Max decided to have fun in Central Oregon. Next week we will have a full squad! Ian and Michael go over Week 12 matches and do deeper dives into the Sounders/Houston, LA Galaxy/San Jose, Timbers/Whitecaps, and Colorado/PHilly matches. We also talk about the firing of two MLS coaches, Ezra Hendrickson of Chicago and...

Hello, and welcome back to The Backline Soccer Podcast! This week, the boys talk week ten results, deep dives into the Sounders/RSL and Miami/Colombus matches, CONCACAF Champions League Semifinal Second Legs, and some week 11 predictions! Just so everyone knows, this recording was done before the matches were played, so we know our predictions are off lol. As always, thank you for tuning in and ha...

Welcome back to the pod! This week Max takes off his shirt, we talk about YouTube to MP3, Week 9 results in MLS, and we each rank our three favorite stadiums in MLS!We think you'll be surprised by all of our picks! Like always, don't forget to give the pod a rating; we are always open to feedback! Thanks for listening!

We're posting this one a bit late, so we apologize! Anyway, welcome back to the Backline Soccer Podcast! This week it's just Ian and Michael at the helm since Max decided to ditch us. But don't worry, next week we'll have a full squad! Ian and Michael review all the week eight MLS matches and dive deeper into the Timbers/Sounders match and El Trafico. Thank you for listening to our nonsense; we ho...

Welcome back to the program! We've got a full squad in this episode, and we complete our first-ever fantasy draft! We picked select players we thought would actually sign with and do well in MLS. We also tossed a few others just for shits and giggles. We hope you have fun with this cause we sure as hell did!

After taking a few weeks off, we're back with another episode! Max went off to a wedding, so it was the Ian and Michael show! We dive in on some MLS matches in Week Six, our stance on Nouhou's "handball" against LA Galaxy, and just a little tidbit on the drama surrounding LA Galaxy with their supporter groups and the FO.We're also trying something different with the cover art! We'll have different...

Welcome back to the Backline Soccer Podcast! In our second episode, we talk about the Sounders' second game against RSL, go over the second week of matches in MLS, and give you guys a little history lesson on some teams in the league. We will each pick a new team every week to help educate the new and old fans of the league! Our audio got cut at the end for whatever reason, so we apologize for the...

In the first full episode of the Backline Soccer Podcast, we talk about our thoughts and reactions to the Sounders' opening win against the Colorado Rapids, grade every new MLS kit for the 2023 season, and run down the scores from the first week in MLS! It's our first episode, so bear with us! We're still working through the kinks of starting a new podcast, so any advice or feedback is always appr...