The Overlap

As Rheon so desperately calls it, Hopium. The thing that keeps football fans going. This week on the pod, we go over all the big results in England, Spain, and abroad, including a surprising Messi & PSG fall out. With Liverpool narrowly squeaking out a win (with some help from Spurs, of course) and Barcelona with one hand on the La Liga title for the first time in 4 years, there's a lot to...

On this week's mid-week episode of the pod, we go over the BIG game of the weekend: Arsenal vs Manchester City. Are Arsenal out of the title race? Is it really City's to lose? Also, we cover trends across football, Seville going on step further in the Europa League, and the relegation battle in England!

On this week's episode of the pod, we shift our focus mainly to the Champions League quarterfinal results and predictions for the semifinals (hint: we're polarized on Real Madrid, but not in the way you'd expect). We briefly touch on the relegation battle happening in the Premier League. Rheon seems to think Chelsea have a shot of going down (not really though). Cheer him up by listeni...

This week, we recorded on a Tuesday night so we've only gotten through half of the Champions League quarterfinal ties scheduled this week. However, we focus our efforts on the big game in England this past weekend (Arsenal vs Liverpool), briefly touch on City's ridiculous win over Bayern, and drop some fun facts from this weekend's Villarreal vs Real Madrid matchup. SPOILER ALERT: Succ...

We're celebrating 3.5 years of The Overlap and 200+ episodes, so what better way to do that then by expanding the pod this week to talk about ALL of Europe's Top 5 leagues! We start off in the Premier League, go over the big City vs Liverpool clash, go through the Top 4 battle, and also review the Bayern v Dortmund and PSG vs Lyon matches. Enjoy!

200 episodes. 3.5 years. Insane. This episode is dedicated to all of you that have supported us and this podcast over the years! This week, with the international break in full swing, we go over all four of the Champions League quarterfinal ties along with some news around Europe (read: Why on Earth did Nagelsmann get sacked?) Also, what's next for Conte?

The title says it all. With a Barcelona win in El Clasico this past weekend, the La Liga title edges ever so close to returning to Catalonia! Outside of Spain, we take a look at the continued "title race" in the Premier League, who might be candidate for Player of the Year, and which teams truly have the best (worst?) chance of going down at the end of the season.

Between the Champions League, the Prem, and La Liga all in action over the last few days, we had to divvy things up. No league talk on this week's episode, but we go over all of the Ro16 matches in the Champions League and who the favorites to go one step further might be!

What did we witness on Sunday? Was it real? Was it a simulation? After a day of processing, we've come to the conclusion that it REALLY DID HAPPEN! From the North West derby, Arsenal's late dramatics, and a thumping win for Atletico Madrid over Sevilla, there was almost too much to go over this week. But, really, there's never too much footy.

While European competition waits in the wake, this past weekend still featured a multitude of big games. From United's first trophy win in over 5 years to what was actually a somewhat boring (and not uncommonly boring) Madrid Derby, we go over it all! Stay tuned until the end for an Elyas-induced Barcelona rant! P.S. Enjoy the uncut intro :)

SO much happened this week in European competition for Spanish teams, both big and small! On this week's La Liga specific episode, we cover the historic win for Real Madrid at Anfield, Barcelona getting knocked out of Europe for the 4th time in a little over a year, and some of the ups and downs going on at Sevilla and Valencia.

This week, we go over all the fun events in the Premier League including United looking like a team under Sir Alex Ferguson, Liverpool picking up points for what feels like the first time in forever, Chelsea's continued woes, and some big title race implications! BONUS: A separate La Liga episode will be out later this week after the Champions League/Europa League games!

Look, we're still reeling from the SuperBowl loss, but we found enough energy to get together and record. Just for all of you. Just to name a few topics this week, we touch on the title race in the Premier League between Arsenal and Manchester City (including a preview of Wednesday's match), Spurs disappointing showing against Leicester, a fantastic match up in Celta Vigo vs Atletico, a surprising...

With the January transfer window wrapping up today, we thought, what more fitting episode to do than a transfer round up one (of course, we sprinkled in some analysis from this past weekend's set of league and cup games). From Cancelo to Bryan Gil, we go over all the real and possibly real news. By the time you're listening to this, deadline day may be wrapped up, but the crazy rumors are guarante...

With league games, cup games, and even a USMNT international friendly, we go through a LOT on this week's episode! Unfortunately, we both spent time watching Liverpool play Chelsea last weekend, but were at least redeemed by watching high quality football as Arsenal went on to beat United. Over in La Liga, the Copa Del Rey games took precedence for most of the top teams in Spain and there are a LO...

The title might not be self-explanatory, but I promise if you get through the first few minutes, you'll understand. We're BACK this week talking all the big games across England and Spain from the NLD Derby, the Manchester Derby, El Clasico, and much, much more! Of course, we have to highlight the teams on the up and the down, from Sevilla, Chelsea, Atletico, and Liverpool. So. Much. Football.

Last week was weeeeeeeird with so many games, different competitions, and what felt like at least 2 games a day for the whole weekday. BUT, we go over it all on this week's episode covering everything from last weekend's 0-0 draw between Arsenal and Newcastle, a few very disappointing teams now (sorry Chelsea fans, Rheon is hurting with you), and a look ahead towards the Manchester Derby and North...

The title really says it all. We're still getting over the World Cup fever, so bare with us as we adjust back to "normal life". BUT, this week we talk all about the Boxing Day games, why Newcastle are Champions League bound next season, whether Arsenal can continue their incredible run this season (yes), and why Darwin Núñez is a top, top talent! 

The 2022 Qatar World Cup has wrapped up and, in some ways, it feels like football itself has come to a fitting end. After possibly the best match of soccer EVER played, Lionel Messi is now a World Cup winner, his country flooded with emotion, and Mbappe continued to cement his legacy as one of the world's best. We go through all of the massive moments from this edition of the World Cup and the leg...

With the Quarterfinals upon us, a lot of people are going to make their predictions and bets. But, what we've realized is that knockout football can make absolutely ZERO sense sometimes. Nonetheless, we do our best to make sense of each of the Quarterfinal ties, who's likely to get to the Semifinals, and who could really win it all (hint: it might not be Brazil).

Well, we needed a few days to process the US getting knocked out of the World Cup, but here come are unfiltered thoughts. On this episode, we go over the high-level of how these teams approached the knockout tie, our thoughts behind the details of the game itself, and the implications for the USMNT going forward. 

Today we went a little long on the podcast talking about the USMNT's massive win over Iran as well as everything else going on in the group stages, so we split it into two episodes - Part 1 and Part 2! In this section of the pod, we go over the other results on the final matchday of the group stages in all but two groups, some shock results and confusing math, plus our favorites headed into the fi...

Today we went a little long on the podcast talking about the USMNT's massive win over Iran as well as everything else going on in the group stages, so we split it into two episodes - Part 1 and Part 2! In this section of the pod, we go over the intricacies of what led up to US's win, our thoughts on the goal itself, and what this win means for a team headed to the Round of 16 of the tournament. Pl...

The World Cup group stages are in full flight with the USMNT having played 2 out of their guaranteed 3 games so far and a win-or-go-home scenario on the final match day for them! With so much happening in the last few days, we start off with the US and talk about each Group in the second half of this episode. We go over Argentina's bounce back, France's continued success, Spain, Germany, Belgium,...

(Apologies for the audio quality in the first 5 minutes, blame spotty internet) On the first of many World Cup episodes, we go into detail around the first USMNT World Cup match in 8 years, a review of the opener which saw some...interesting decisions being taken. Additionally, we go over the other matches so far plus what to expect the rest of this week in the group stages. And, yes, Elyas did wa...