The Cooligans

Happy New Year from The Cooligans! We hope you had a good holiday season and we're sure you're thrilled to be back to work. We're not back to work until next week, but for now we have a new Cooligans Best-Of episode for you! If you have friends who like soccer and never heard of The Cooligans, share this episode with them. Get them on board with the gulliest movement in soccer! (00:00) Is Diego Ma...

We want to wish you a happy holiday! Hopefully you have the day off and you're not even reading this, or maybe you have to work during the holiday and today's episode can help make the day feel a little bit shorter. No days off for The Cooligans either! On today's show we recap the racist incident at Tottenham, rebranding regrets, and The Cooligans Clasico. We also include our interview with Quinc...

Troopz joins us in studio all the way from London to talk about all things Arsenal. If you don't know Troopz, first off, where have you been? Fan-led media has become huge all over the world, and Troopz and AFTV has had a hand in that, after being part of several viral videos discussing his frustrations with the Gunners. Segment 1: Zlatan to Everton? & MLS to Charlotte! Segment 2: (47:00) Inte...

Action packed show today! We are joined by two guests. Ike Opara of Minnesota United and Ives Galarcep of SBI Soccer! A veteran player and a veteran journalist of American soccer. We turn the tables and interrogate Ike and we chop it up with Ives about our trip to Germany. A very fun one! Segment 1: Podperson of the Year (Ike Opara Interview - 23:00) Segment 2: Liga MX is Littty (Ives Galarcep Int...

We hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving. We are back and just a little heavier than ever. Today we are joined by NYCFC in-stadium announcer for NYCFC, Mark Fratto. Mark has become a staple of the club, but he's relatively new to soccer. He also works in basketball, and boxing, and has a wealth of cool experiences from working in broadcasting.  Segment 1: Chicago  Segment 2: (Starts at 48:12) Intervi...

It's a holiday week so we thought we would look back on some of the great moments we've had ever since The Cooligans became a TV show. The fuboTV staff put together a best-of episode of some of their favorite moments and we laughed all over again when they showed us the final product.  Also, we include a special interview we did with the Hannover and USMNT legend, Steve Cherundolo that has never a...

Today we are joined by Haitian National Team Player Derrick Etienne Jr. of the New York Red Bulls, who just ended his recent loan with FC Cincinnati. We have an authentic Cooligans-brand convo with the Paterson native, where we discuss hip-hop, grime, his soccer future, and we recall the Red Bull Wedding in Yankee Stadium.  We also talk about a host of other news such as Mauricio Pochettino gettin...

We are back from the MLS Cup Final in Seattle to regale you with stories from the PNW! Seattle threw a huge party to celebrate their second MLS Cup win. Lotta love for The Cooligans out in Seattle. A little bit of hate, but mostly love though! We had an incredible time.  [47:00] We are also joined today by Pablo Maurer (@MLSist) of The Athletic to discuss a few of his recent hard-hitting articles...

We are back from Germany to regale you with hilarious stories and delicious schnitzel! We really had an incredible time in Frankfurt and Düsseldorf watching two Bundesliga matches and eating pork knuckles! Also, today we are joined by Luke Moore of The Football Ramble Daily. A huge and hilarious podcast from England. We talk to him about the craziness that is the Premier League, get his thoughts o...

We were in Germany with our homies of Total Soccer Show. As is tradition, we sat down in our hotel room and recorded a crossover episode. We took some listener questions + Gully Squad questions!  If you'd like to support the show, you can do that by joining Gully Squad at soccercooligans.com and click on the menu to join.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Subsc...

Today's episode contains perhaps Alexis' grandest poop story in all of Cooligans history. A new legendary tale that includes braces AND deuces. We also discuss all the stuff you expect from a soccer podcast. Our time at the NWSL Championship, MLS Cup Playoffs recap, and a fun interview with Ramses Sandoval of TUDN! Segment 1: Sergiño Dest swipes right on USA. Segment 2: Interview w/ TUDN announcer...

This week in MLS and NWSL was wild. We discuss all the playoff matches of the weekend and preview the upcoming matches, including the NWSL Championship between the North Carolina Courage and the Chicago Red Stars.  We also include a short interview we did with Nelson Johnston of the Cuban National team. He's the goalkeeper that gave up 7 goals against the USMNT. He was gracious enough to talk to u...

As is becoming tradition, whenever The Cooligans and Total Soccer Show are in the same location, we must pod ASAP. We take your listener questions and answer some seriously, but most very not seriously. Enjoy this episode, but make sure to listen to part one which is also very fun! Part 1: https://www.totalsoccershow.com/total-soccer-show-podcasts Sign up for Gully Squad if you'd like to support t...

If you need something to cheer you up after the USMNT loss to Canada, this episode will be it. If you are Canadian, and need something to lift your spirits even higher than they are now, today's show will also do that. Today we are joined by Sean Johnson of NYCFC, where we play our interview from the media day the team had at the Adidas store in NYC. And in studio we are joined by New York Cosmos...

Packed show today. First we play an interview with NYCFC Left Back, Ben Sweat. Then we use some very top-shelf vocabulary when we talk to author Gloria Averbuch and her daughter, NWSL Player's Union Executive Director, Yael Averbuch West. We also discuss some big time players hanging up the boots. Segment 1: Decision Day Update Segment 2: Interview w/ Yael & Gloria Averbuch. If you'd like to s...

Christian is back all the way from Japan and Alexis has returned from his extravagant adventures in Grand Rapids, Michigan! We are both in studio and joined by Max Bretos all the way from Los Angeles. Max was on ESPN for years, fighting the good fight in getting soccer coverage on the network and now he's working for LAFC putting out some great content for the club.  Segment 1: The French Abductio...

Christian is in Japan and Alexis is fresh off his trip to Montreal and yet they put together another amazing episode! Segment 1: MLS updates & Peameal bacon review Segment 2: Doolsta (eMLS eSports Professional Player for Philadelphia Union) plus Megan Rapinoe and Gianni Infantino talk Today the show is brought to you by On The Volley Apparel, go to onthevolleyapparel.com/cooligans and use COOL...

Action packed show today as we are joined by so many guests! First we talk to Troopz and Robbie of Arsenal Fan TV and then we discuss Atlanta United with Felipe Cárdenas of The Athletic!  Segment 1: Zlatan is a Jedi? + Tings get mad with @aftvmedia Segment 2: Interview w/ @felipecar of The Athletic Today's Sponsor SeatGeek // Download the Seatgeek app and use the promo code COOLIGANS for $10 off y...

Our debut television show on fuboTV is live! Go watch on fuboTV or at fubosportsnetwork.com for free! We'll be airing every Tuesday and Thursday at 8pm! If you hate seeing our dumb faces, you can always listen to the podcast as usual. And today's show is still a banger as we are joined by author and journalist Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated. Grant has been covering American soccer for nearly 30...

We are absolutely stoked to be joined by Tommy Thompson of the San Jose Earthquakes. Tommy has gotten a lot of praise this year, not just for what he's doing on the pitch, but what language he's speaking off of it. After the Argentine Matias Almeyda joined the club as head coach, Tommy took it upon himself to learn Spanish on the Duolingo app and now he is even doing interviews in Spanish as well....

First off, we have to say thank you for all the kind messages we've received about the announcement of our new tv show on fuboTV. The outpouring of support has been overwhelming. Thank you especially to the Gully Squad members who help support the show and help us get to a place to even get such an incredible opportunity. Today we'll recap the US Open Final won by Atlanta United, paparazzi stalkin...

We got a special delivery today. The unboxing of all unboxings. We reveal the big news we've been teasing the last few weeks. Listen ASAP.  We're also joined by Chelsea Cabarcas who just returned from Colombia where she was playing for Fortaleza CEIF FC in the Liga Profesional Femenina Colombia. Chelsea made her return after a serious knee injury, and has been TV hosting and modeling while rehabbi...

Today's episode involves a lot more foot talk than anyone could possibly want, but we make the most of it! We discuss our first NWSL match, do some MLS weekend recap, and then we catch up with Benny Feilhaber of Sporting Kansas City about making a playoff push, and his experience in El Trafico while at LAFC. Segment 1: Backheeling Crystals + Gully Development Academy Segment 2: (01:32:32) Intervie...

The big news this week is that coach Mike Petke of RSL has been let go from Real Salt Lake and we are worried that we are partly responsible. Do we have that kind of influence? We might! And that's the scary part.  We're also joined by goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan of Sky Blue FC & the Canadian Women's National Team on the heels of a big match against the Seattle Reign. The match outsold their ho...

We got an extra episode this week because we have so many incredible interviews we recorded at #MLSAllStar and we have to start letting you hear them! We also cover a few subjects we missed from this week's earlier episode, like Jermaine Jones' spicy comments on equal pay.  Segment 1: The Plaguesico + Gully Squad Questions Segment 2: Interview with RSL announcer & SiriusXM Host Brian Dunseth ...