The Free Kick

This Saturday is The Philadelphia Union's biggest game of the season against Toronto FC (10/3)! Todd breaks down what went right for Toronto v Columbus in their 3-1 victory, Toronto's temporary home, Greg Vanney's play style, and overall predictions!   Toronto v Columbus:  [1:30-5:15] Toronto's "home":  [5:16-7:16] Greg Vanney:  [7:17-10:23] Predictions:  [10:24-18:40]   Social Media:  Twitter: @...

Still undefeated at Subaru Park!! Even with the superstar line-up Inter Miami possess, they were no match for the homegrown talent of The Philadelphia Union! Todd gives the latest MLS news that includes, Seattle trading for Roman Torres, Matt Polster and Herber injury concerns for New England and NYCFC, MLS players refusing to go on international duty, Gerhard Struber named new coach of New York R...

An episode unlike any other! With MLS's crazy schedule why not knock out two birds with one stone? The first half of the episode is Todd speaking about the latest Union news that includes Anthony Fontana and Mark McKenzie's earning MLS team of the week honors because of their performance against New England, Brenden Aaronson linked with RB Salzburg, and Kacper Przybyłko earning MLS team of the wee...

What is with Anthony Fontana scoring goals against New England? Todd gives his thoughts on this past Saturdays (9/12) Philadelphia Union v New England Revolution game and discusses what went right and wrong on the night for The Union, including his thoughts on Ale Bedoya's post game conference. Todd has you covered with this weeks MLS news that includes, Gonzalo Higuain to Inter Miami, Blanco out...

To help Todd preview the upcoming Philadelphia Union v New England Revolution game (9/12), he was joined by long time New England Revolution play-by-by voice, Brad Feldman! The 2020 season is Brad's 20th year working for The Revs in which his roles include, executive producer for all Revolution telecasts, heading content, operations, and production. Brad shares his story how he first got into play...

Well, that victory over New York Red Bull marks the first win for The Philadelphia Union at Red Bull Arena since 2015. Todd is joined by Justin Friedburg to discuss the latest news circling around MLS that includes Sergio Santos's injury vs New York Red Bulls, Jacob Glesnes and Jim Curtin win MLS 'Team of The Week' honors, Michael Bradley out for a "few" weeks with MCL injury, and Atlanta United a...

It's Red Bull week yet again! After both the Philadelphia Union and New York Red Bulls are coming off midweek loses, will either team be able to rebound this Sunday on September 6th? Todd is joined by Matt Cia, who is one of the host of the podcast "Post and Pints". Matt discusses how he first got into New York Red Bulls, what went wrong against DC United, not feeling confident in their striking o...

How are we feeling Union fans? Well hopefully not as bad as people on Union Twitter... Todd is joined by Ricky Zellefrow, who hit up Todd because he wanted to discuss why Anthony Fontana is used so little by Jim Curtin. Along with that, Todd and Ricky give their thoughts on the latest MLS news that includes Pity Martinez sold by Atlanta United, Gonzalo Higuain on the move to Inter Miami, Kacper Pr...

It's been far too long since a guest has been on the podcast to help Todd preview The Philadelphia Union's upcoming game. Joining Todd to preview The Columbus Crew v Philadelphia Union (9/2) is a guy you might have heard call college soccer games on the BIG TEN Network, or maybe you've heard him call CONCACAF and UEFA Championship games. He is The Columbus Crew Radio play-play announcer, Chris Dor...

8 games into the regular season for The Philadelphia Union and we've yet to see a complete game by them! Well I suppose that doesn't matter if The Union keep getting results, and that's exactly what they did against DC United this Saturday (8/29). Todd, discusses news from around MLS that includes, former Philadelphia Union striker, Veljko Paunović, appointed new Reading FC manager, Reggie Cannon...

Well, after The Philadelphia Union's 1-0 victory over The New York Red Bulls, that puts The Union on a 4 game win streak against the Pink Cows at home! Todd gives his thoughts on what stood out to him against The Red Bulls and what The Union should work on when they face DC United this Saturday. Todd also discusses - Jim Curtin talking about Matej Oravec going back to Slovakia to be with their u21...

Well, after The Philadelphia Union's 0-0 draw against New England to resume the regular season, this was a tough game to try and discuss. Even in the most boring games you can still find positives and negatives, and that's exactly what Todd, tried to do. Todd, breaks down the latest Union news that involves Jack McGlynn and Paxten Aaronson signing as homegrown players, Brenden, Mark and Andre name...

Well it has finally happened, Todd has FINALLY found another Union fan in Harford County other than himself and a few of his friends. Jordan Wiegand, of The Stoppage Time Soccer Show podcast discuss how he first got into The Union, playing soccer in Harford County, Maryland and his thoughts on The Union's MLS is Back tournament. Also discussed, is was our predictions for The Union in the regular s...

As The Union have a week and a couple days before they take on The New England Revs on August 21st, why not continue with our series that started the podcast? Todd was joined by longtime Union fan, Jon Marks, to discuss how he first got into the team and some amazing backstories from back in the day. Jon, also gives his thoughts on how The Union did in the MLS is Back tournament and what players s...

Unfortunately The Union's run in the MLS is Back tournament was put to an end by Portland Timbers. But even with the disappointing result against The Timbers, you can still find positives from this game and from this tournament as a whole. Todd discusses, Union II firing manager Sven Gartung after 4 games, MLS updating their playoff teams from 9 teams per conference, to 8. Todd also talks about th...

Well if The Union wanted to squish their old demons against Sporting KC, then they did just that in their quarter finals victory in the MLS is Back tournament. Joining Todd for the first time this season to review a game were friends of the pod, Ed Fagan and Rich Lori. The guys discuss, Celtic's low-ball offer for Mark McKenzie, thoughts on the huge game Brenden Aaronson, Sergio Santos, Jose "El B...

We've made it to match number 5 for The Union, which is their quarter finals match up against Sporting KC in the MLS is Back Tournament. Joining Todd to preview the match is Andy Edwards of Talkin' Touches, which is a Sporting KC based podcast, and when Andy isn't talking soccer, he can be caught streaming Football Manager! Andy breaks down Sporting KC's first 4 games of the MLS is Back tournament...

1 Down and 3 more to go for The Union! Todd dives into the latest news this week around MLS that includes, Atlanta United firing manager Frank De Boer after a poor showing at the MLS is Back tournament, Charlotte going with the most surprising name in MLS, MLS's tentative plan for the regular season after MLS is Back tournament, and Hoffenheim, SC Freiburg, Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Monchen...

After a long 2 weeks, The Philadelphia Union have finally ended the group stage of the MLS is back tournament; with their last match ending in a 1-1 draw verse Orlando City. Todd breaks down the latest bit of news going around MLS that includes, The Union trading for Nathan Harriel's MLS rights, Inaugural seasons for Charlotte, St. Louis and Sacramento pushed back and St. Louis name announcement A...

In this very, very special episode Todd is joined by Philadelphia Union Center Back, Aurelien Collin. Aurelien speaks on being apart of last seasons record breaking Union team and what it was like facing off against his old team, The New York Pink Cows. Aurelien gives his opinion on who he believes is his best dressed Union teammate, what life has been like in the MLS is Back "bubble", along with...

In this very special episode, Jordan Florit joins the podcast once again to discuss his upcoming book, 'Red Wine & Arepas: How Football is Becoming Venezuela's Religion'. Now if you listened to the podcast back in August of 2019, you'd remember Jordan came onto the podcast to discuss his Kickstarter campaign in hopes of getting backing so he could publish his book. Well I'm proud to announce that...

To help break down The Union's second opponents in the MLS is Back tournament, Todd is joined by Jay Kington of Inter Miami Podcast. Jay breaks down what exactly went wrong for Miami against Orlando City in their opening game, and whether or not star man Rodolfo Pizarro will be fit enough to start against The Union. Jay also discusses how we can expect Inter Miami to line up Tuesday night, what ta...

After a long 4 months we finally got to witness Union soccer! The Union spring back into action with a 1-0 victory over NYCFC in their first MLS is Back game. Todd breaks down the latest MLS news from the leagues plans on resuming the regular season in mid/late August, Charlotte set to announce MLS name come late July, Nashville SC withdrawing from the MLS is Back Tournament and The Union's new sc...

Well welcome back to "normalcy", where Todd interviews a quest of the opposing team that The Union are facing to review that upcoming game. Joining this week is Andrés Emilio Soto who is the owner of NYCFC Nation. Andrés has been covering NYCFC since the beginning, whether that's through blogging or podcast, you can beat that he'll be covering the team. We dive into how Andrés acquired NYCFC and h...

Well, it's not every day that you get the pleasure speaking with someone who has played in a World Cup! Todd was joined by the Founder and CEO of Kings Pro, Oscar Reyes. Oscar shares what his experiences were like playing college soccer at UCLA. What it was like to play with former Union players, Kyle Nakazawa, Amobi Okugo, and Chandler Hoffman while all of them attended UCLA. Oscar also opens up...