The Designated Players | An MLS Podcast

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to continue the series where we talk about some of the biggest headlines in MLS/USMNT in the news recently. This week we are covering World Cup draw, the continued league struggles for teams in CCL, and Inter Miami's horrible start to the season. The USA are back in the World Cup! And with that comes the draw to see what tea...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to talk USMNT during this international break. As of the recording, and the time this episode is released, the USMNT have played their first 2 games of the qualifying window against Mexico and Panama, while one last game against Costa Rica remains. We will recap the good, the bad, and the CONCACAF of the first 2 games played, and...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to continue their series where they recap the MLS action from the previous week. This week they are recapping week 4! In their recap they will be diving into players whose stock went up this week, players whose stock went down this week, star of the week, flop of the week, best and worst team, and wrapping up with Hype Train or D...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to continue the series where we talk about some of the biggest headlines in MLS/USMNT in the news recently. In week 4 we are covering the New England Revolutions disastrous Concacaf Champions League performance in leg 2, the USMNT Roster Release for the final window of World Cup qualifying, and finally we talk St Louis City SC&ap...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to continue their series where they recap the MLS action from the previous week. This week they are recapping week 3! In their recap they will be diving into players whose stock went up this week, players whose stock went down this week, star of the week, flop of the week, best and worst team, and finally a new segment, formally...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to continue the series where we talk about some of the biggest headlines in MLS/USMNT in the news recently. In week 3 we are covering all things Charlotte FC! We are talking Charlotte’s Coach (Miguel Angel Ramirez) whining about the build-up of the club, Charlotte’s astronomical ticket prices, and Charlotte’s new DP signing of Ka...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to continue their series where they recap the MLS action from the previous week. This week they are recapping week 2! In their recap they will be diving into players whose stock went up this week, players whose stock went down this week, star of the week, flop of the week, best and worst team, and finally a new segment, tentative...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back to continue the series where we talk about some of the biggest headlines in MLS/USMNT in the news recently. In week 2 we are covering NYCFC signing a 14 year old, Hector Herrera's move to Houston Dynamo, Djordje Mihailovic interest in Europe, coaches call out the owners, and Fabian Herbers calls out Gonzalo Higuain. Some int...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back with the start of a new series where we recap the MLS action from the previous week. This week we are recapping week 1! In our recap we will be diving into players whose stock went up this week, players whose stock went down this week, coaches on the  waaaaaaay too early hot seat, star of the week, flop of the week, and best and...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back with the start of a new series where we talk about some of the biggest headlines in MLS/USMNT in the new recently. In our first week we are covering the departure of Kevin Thelwell from RBNY, Jesse Marsch's move to Leeds, and Don Garber's comments on Neymar. We talk Marsch's move to Leeds and what this means for hi...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back with their highly anticipated standings predictions ahead of the 2022 MLS season! As we all know, we never get any predictions wrong ever, so SPOILER ALERT if you are worried about finding out who finishes where. We will check back in at the end of the season to see how each of our predictions have performed. We will be covering...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back with their award and bold predictions ahead of the 2022 MLS season! As we all know, we never get any predictions wrong ever, so SPOILER ALERT if you are worried about finding out who wins what. We will check back in at the end of the season to see how each of our predictions have performed. We have selected a few players that we...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we jump into part 4, the finale, of our not so deep dives into each MLS team ahead of the 2022 season. We say not so deep dive as there are too many teams to cover and not enough time. In this episode we are covering NYCFC, Charlotte, Austin, Orlando, Philadelphia, Real Salt Lake, and Miami. We will be looking into the transfer activity, where are...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we jump into part 3 of our not so deep dives into each MLS team ahead of the 2022 season. We say not so deep dive as there are too many teams to cover and not enough time. In this episode we are covering Montreal, Atlanta, Dallas, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Toronto, and Houston. We will be looking into the transfer activity, where are the holes, who...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we jump into part 2 of our not so deep dives into each MLS team ahead of the 2022 season. We say not so deep dive as there are too many teams to cover and not enough time. In this episode we are covering Chicago, San Jose, Vancouver, Colorado, LA Galaxy, Minnesota, and New England. We will be looking into the transfer activity, where are the holes...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we begin our not so deep dives into each MLS team ahead of the 2022 season. We say not so deep dive as there are too many teams to cover and not enough time. In this episode we are covering RBNY, Seattle, Portland, DCU, LAFC, Nashville, and Columbus. We will be looking into the transfer activity, where are the holes, who to watch, and much more fo...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we are back and we are talking our top 5 players at each position for this upcoming MLS season. One quick thing to note before jumping in, we have left out all new players for this season, meaning no Insigne on the list, as well as leaving off some players that are not going to be in the league this season, such as Matt Turner. Other than that, ev...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, THE GUYS ARE BACK WITH SEASON 3, GET HYPE! If you couldn't tell we're super excited to be back. This episode we're recapping the USMNT window thus far, and previewing the rest. We talk roster, El Salvador game, and preview Canada and Honduras games, although Canada game will be over when listening to this (sorry). After that, we tal...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week we're diving into the silliest of seasons! Yes, it's the MLS offseason and we're diving into all of the confirmed trades and transfers, while also discussing all the rumors we could find. There are some really awesome names on this list, aka Lorenzo Insigne, and we were super excited to talk about it....

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week we're diving into the silliest of seasons! Yes, it's the MLS offseason and we're diving into all of the confirmed trades and transfers, while also discussing all the rumors we could find. There are some really awesome names on this list, aka Lorenzo Insigne, and we were super excited to talk about it....

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week it's the big MLS quiz of 2021!! The moment we have all been waiting for is here, and it is time for the second annual big MLS quiz. We're bringing all sorts of questions this year to recap the MLS season, with the categories being stats, awards, transfers, miscellaneous, and finally a question specifically...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week they're giving their reactions to the MLS Cup Final between NYCFC and Portland, or if you ask Andrew, between NYCFC, Portland, and RBNY. Capping off the 2021 MLS season was NYCFC taking home the cup and being crowned as first time champions. Listen in to find out how a die-hard RBNY fan thinks of this occurrenc...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week we continue on our trend of reacting to our preseason predictions! This week we are looking at our standings predictions and our top 5 players at each position going into the season. It is safe to say we clearly never get any predictions wrong and got 100% of our predictions right, and the only way to disprove this...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week we are diving into the MLS end of season awards. As some of you may remember, we made predictions at the start of the year for who we believed would be the winners for each of the MLS awards, and now we are going to be reacting to our predictions. Since some of the awards have been officially announced already we wi...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back with part 2 of who stay, who goes! With the season wrapping up for many teams, roster decisions will be made very soon and we wanted to get in our predictions as to who stays on the team and who goes. We take a look at both players who are on loan at the team as well as players that are coming up on end of contract. We did our be...