The National Curriculum

Recovery day back in Oakland after the #Socceroos played out a 1-1 draw with Switzerland in their final preparation game! Hatzi and Joey discuss life in the Australia camp, and pivot towards their fellow #AFC contenders #Japan after their rocky start to camp down in Mexico. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

GAME DAY POD! Australia draw with Switzerland and ESPN's Alex Hatzikostas and Joey Lynch were there to see it all! The boys breakdown the game and what coach Tony Popovic had to say. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A VOLPATO INTERVIEW ALERT! Cristian Volpato has his first interview since joining the Socceroos! Plus, Hatzi runs through the Matchday-1 press conferences with Tony Popovic and Connor Metcalfe! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WE HAVE A GUEST! Ben Smith from the West Australian joins Hatzi and Joey as we dive into our midfield maestros and the block the runs the Socceroos engine! We hear from Paul Okon-Engstler and Ajdin Hrustic and then we play a game of teammates with Cameron Devlin and Cameron Burgess! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's community day at the Socceroos training base where all of Oakland and Alameda came out to support THEIR team in Green and Gold! Hatzi and Joey speak to Lucas Herrington and Jason Geria and then ponder all things defensive lineups ahead of the big tournament! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tim Payne is taking the football world by storm, or rather the social media world... and it looks like he has an Aussie star for company now. Hatzi and Joey dive into the curious case of Payne's new found stardom. PLUS, Joey provides updates on the Socceroos as their Group D opponents ahead of the tournament starting proper! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to Oakland! Where the Socceroos will be based for the group stage of this World Cup! Hatzi and Joey headed down to the Oakland Roots and Soul training facility to watch the Socceroos train and see Tete Yengi and Cristian Volpato on the track! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tony Popovic names his World Cup squad! Who makes it? And who misses out? ESPN's Alex Hatzikostas and Joey Lynch dive into the 26-man squad and look at how Popovic came to his decisions. Plus Joey gives an early preview of HIS (HIS OPINION) Starting XI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Socceroos fall 1-0 to Mexico in front of a packed house at the Rose Bowl. But was it all that bad? ESPN's Alex Hatzikostas and Joey Lynch talk through the game just after it happened and we hear from the Socceroos themselves about their performance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cristian Volpato is a Socceroo! Joey Lynch break down everything you need to know about Volpato's stunning change of heart, what the talented Sassuolo attacker brings to the Socceroos, and whether there are any risks in selecting a player who had previously knocked back the Green and Gold. PLUS: What does his arrival mean for the rest of the squad? With 30 players currently in camp and only 26 spo...

AHOY FROM BURBANK! But wait.... Where is Joey Lynch??? Hatzi and Joey got split up on different flights across to Burbank today so we have a Q and A show for you today! PLUS we play Joey's interview with Socceroos midfielder Connor Metcalfe! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

That's all she wrote from Sarasota for the #Socceroos as Australia now head to Hollywood to prepare for Mexico at the Rose Bowl, in their final practice match before Tony Popovic names his 26 man squad! Hatzi and Joey talk through the second last training session for the boys in the Sarasota Sun and the dynamics that are playing out within the squad. PLUS, Joey reveals his chat with Socceroos boss...

29 does not go into 26. As the June 1st date gets closer all eyes are on Tony Popovic and the decision he has to make for the #Socceroos World Cup Squad. ESPN's Alex Hatzikostas and Joey Lynch discuss the different positional battles that are likely to break out over the coming days, as players look to fight for their spot on the biggest stage of them all. PLUS! Joey sits down with returning Socce...

A jolt has been sent through the Socceroos after Riley McGree limped off in Middlesbrough’s playoff final loss, with staff still awaiting the results of scans before they can determine next steps. The 27-year-old had shaped as a near-certain starter at the World Cup if fit, so, on the ground in Florida, ESPN’s Alex Hatzikostas and Joey Lynch discuss what his injury could mean. Nicholas D’Agostino’...

Australia has been dealt a major blow on the eve of the FIFA World Cup after confirming that attacker Riley McGree will miss the tournament through injury. ESPN's Alex Hatzikostas and Joey Lynch discuss who his replacements could be and what direction #socceroos boss Tony Popovic could go in order to fill the hole left by McGree's injury. Plus further squad news as more players are called into tra...

Welcome to ESPN's Socceroos Cup Diaries with Hatzi and Joey! In this episode the boys discuss the first Socceroos training session they saw in person and the fallout of Nick D'agostino's leg injury. Also they talk all things travel to the USA and Hatzi makes a passionate plea to you the audience! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to ESPN's Socceroos Cup Diaries with Hatzi and Joey! Join ESPN Australia's Alex Hatzikostas and Joey Lynch on the ground as they follow the Socceroos across North America at the biggest tournament of them all! News, views, laughs, and much more! Let's go win the World Cup! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Socceroos quest to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is set to begin this week, so we’re bringing back a special episode of the International Curriculum – Joey Lynch sitting down one-on-one with Australia coach Graham Arnold.  With games against Bangladesh and Palestine looming, Arnie talks about his squad selection for this window and how his squad will adjust to being the ball-dominant, pr...

One normal day of Isuzu Ute A-Liga Hombres. All I ask. Will never happen. After a bonkers week of Aussie sokkah, Joey Lynch is joined by Jason Pine, the voice of New Zealand football on Sky Sport NZ and the host of Weekend Sport on Newstalk ZB, to try to make sense of it all. Rado Vidosic is out at Melbourne City after just two games, the last of which was a 6-0 thrashing at the hands of Adelaide....

The A-Leagues are in full swing, Danny Townsend is off to Saudi Arabia, someone might (finally) buy the Jets, Silver Lake might want their money back, and there are new NSD rumours! Bit happening. Joey Lynch is joined by ESPN contributor and all-around superstar Stephanie Brantz and Fagiano Okayama midfielder and one-haff of the Football Friends with Ben & Stef podcast Stefan Mauk to look at yet a...

The Grand Final deal is dead! Long live the Unite Round! Joey Lynch is joined by AAP and the Far Post Podcast's Anna Harrington and rising star Lani Johnson to look at a huge ten days in Aussie sokkah. The A-Liga's scrapping the grand final deal is front and centre but there's also Auckland expansion, Perth's new owners, the Sokkahroos in action against England and New Zealand and the return of #V...

The National Curriculum is back for 2023-24! No nonsense here? No, nonsense here! Joey Lynch is joined by AAP's George Clarke, The West Australian's Ben Smith, and ESPN superstar Steph Brantz to look at all the big stories in Australian sokkah and preview the A-League Women and Socceroos. What's the go with the A-Liga Blokes and VAR? And what about expansion, the Grand Final deal, Stephen Conroy,...

In the A-Liga justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups. The PFA who investigate crime and the Independent Judiciary Committees who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories. DUN DUN When the week is highlighted by claims that a coach punched one of their players and the PFA are investigating, you know it's a weird one. Stoll and Joey are joined...

Riding a six-game winning streak, the vibes are good around the Matildas. Surely nothing to complain about, right? Don't worry; Joey Lynch, Nick Stoll, Josh Parish and special guest Taryn Heddo found some stuff to gripe about. Then after subbing out Taryn for Nick D'Urbano, the pod breaks down the latest iteration of the Melb Derby (are the Vuck back?), Warren Moon's ouster from Brisbane Roar, the...

Sydney is Sky Blue once again after the latest iteration of the Sydney Derby! Is Max Burgess the GOAT? Should coach's consult the latest socioeconomic data before they talk to the press? Is the Sydney Derby just a case of the first goal wins? Joey, Stoll, D'Urbano, Josh, and Smith are here to break it all down. In more ALM chat, there's the future of Macarthur under Mile Sterjovski, Melbourne City...