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Brighton Burst Arsenal's Bubble

The ESPN FC Crew react to Arsenal's shocking 3-0 loss to Brighton as their perfect start to the Premier League season comes to an end, but is it worth overreacting to? Th

Sep 19
53 min

Chelsea Stung by The Bees!

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The ESPN FC Crew reacts to Chelsea's 3-0 loss at Brentford as their defense continues to let in goals with far too much ease, but is Xabi Alonso to blame or the players?

Sep 18
1 h 04 min

Futbol Americas: USMNT Roster Reveal + Madrid Derby Preview + Americans at Boro + Messi Beef

Futbol Americas is here on a Thursday to react to the USMNT roster reveal ahead of the September and October camp. Cavan Sullivan is in, and Christian Pulisic is out. Nex

Sep 18
1 h 02 min

Carrick on the Hot Seat?

The FC crew continue to react to Manchester United's poor start to the season and argue if Michael Carrick should be worried about his job going forward. Plus, the guys a

Sep 17
47 min

Barcelona Blast Seven Past Racing

The FC crew react to Barcelona's 7-2 win over Racing Santander and argue if Hansi Flick's side can keep up this insane scoring pace. Plus, the guys break down Manchester

Sep 16
1 h 15 min

Futbol W: NWSL Roundup + Player of the Week Picks + Bad News for Catarina + Top 10

Futbol W is live on a Tuesday night. We head to the NWSL to catch up on the action before teams head on to the final stretch of the regular season. Then, the panel makes

Sep 16
54 min

Espi Rescues Real Madrid Again

The FC crew react to Real Madrid's late win against Elche and question why Jose Mourinho's side struggled against one of the worst teams in the league. Plus, the guys bre

Sep 15
1 h 00 min

Futbol Americas: A Call Up for Cavan? + Raphinha Stays Hot + Miami's Bad Form + Liga MX Check-In

Futbol Americas is live on a Monday to react to Cavan Sullivan's hot run of form. Has he done enough to warrant a call-up for the USMNT's upcoming fall friendlies? Over i

Sep 15
58 min

Manchester Mishaps

The FC crew react to Leeds dominant victory over Newcastle and break down why the club have been so good this season. Plus, the guys revisit yesterday's Manchester Derby

Sep 14
1 h 11 min

Controversy & Errors in Manchester

The FC crew react to Manchester City's 1-0 win over Manchester United. The guys question why Erling Haaland's goal wasn't disallowed and criticize the referees for failin

Sep 13
55 min

Arsenal Pass Latest Test

The FC crew react to Arsenal's 2-0 win over Sunderland and explain how they were impressed with Mikel Arteta's side for overcoming the physicality of the game. Plus, the

Sep 12
1 h 05 min

Mourinho Defends Mbappe

The FC crew react to Jose Mourinho's comments defending Kylian Mbappe for his lack of defensive contribution and explain why they think the Frenchman is definitely worth

Sep 11
1 h 01 min

Futbol Americas: Barcelona & Raphinha Flying+Poch Could Leave Before 2030+Messi or Quiñones for Ballon d'Or+MLS Action

The Futbol Americas panel is back & take a a look at Barcelona's blistering form led by Raphinha. Plus, the crew look at Pochettino's quotes on the situation of him leavi

Sep 11
1 h 12 min

Bayern Go Big in UCL

The ESPN FC Crew react to Bayern's 5-0 victory over Bodø/Glimt in their opening UEFA Champions League match this season. Then, Jurgen Klinsmann offers his opinion on why

Sep 10
52 min

Liverpool Strong Statement in UCL

The ESPN FC crew break down Wednesday's matches in the UEFA Champions League starting the Liverpool's win over Atletico Madrid as Alexis Mac Allister grabs the winner and

Sep 9
54 min

Futbol W: NWSL Game of the Week+NWSL Player of the Week+Vlatko Andonovski sacked+Ballon d'Or nominees announced+Top 10 Goals

The Futbol W panel breaks down an action packed week of NWSL action including Gotham's unbeaten run coming to an end & Vlatko Andonovski parting ways with KC Current. Plu

Sep 9
1 h 19 min

Real Madrid Get Back on Track

The FC crew react to Real Madrid's 2-1 win over Inter and explain how two early mistakes from the Italian side crushed their opening momentum. Plus, the guys praise Erlin

Sep 8
55 min

Is Kai Havertz Arsenal's Striker Solution?

The FC crew continue to break down Arsenal's 2-1 win over Chelsea and question why Mikel Arteta was looking to bring in a striker after Kai Havertz's recent performance.

Sep 7
57 min

Arsenal Flex Title Credentials

The FC crew react to Arsenal's 2-1 win over Chelsea and praise the Gunners for their composure after going behind just minutes into the game. Plus, the guys marvel at Bar

Sep 6
55 min

Haaland Hits 300 Club Goals

The FC crew react to Manchester City's 1-0 win over Coventry City and praise Erling Haaland for reaching 300 career club goals. Plus, the guys criticize Spurs after an im

Sep 5
55 min

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What listeners say

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Appreciate the show, and the very knowledgeable hosts. This said, they use a fairly narrow prism, probably due to the need to pick for a US audience - a bit obsessed with just a few teams, a little too opinionated and the hosts tend to pile on on the poorly performing team of the day, and are a bit too chummy with a nostalgic 1990s old player vibe. Would love to see more voices and a more diverse set of themes

JLRMI · Jan 2025

I don’t understand how a show from such a big company like ESPN can have such poor sound mixing. At least once a month (including June 27th’s episode), the sound only comes out of the left speaker (except commercials, which are at least mono). Commercials are often way louder than the show’s content and distorted. Been a daily listener since the 2018 World Cup but sad how amateurish the production of the show is sometimes.

mmmattyd · Jun 2024

I enjoy listening to this podcast, daily!…I enjoy it most when there are varying at times opposing views on the topic under discussion. I highly recommend this podcast to soccer/football fans all over the world!

Roba B. · Aug 2022

Easily the best show on espn… the guys keep it real and I laugh daily at all the joke. Great chemistry.

Eric Arbo · Aug 2022

Great topics, great guests. I listened to three episodes before I was too annoyed by the intermittent music and crowd noise tracks that were played during key conversation moments. Just let the guest speak—we don’t need loud and distracting music or crowd chants that have nothing to do with the answers. It’s so disrespectful to the guests that you don’t just give them that space. The noise was only ever put behind the guests, never the host. Who asked for that??

Docisin247 · Aug 2023

I used to like this show, but it has sort of evolved into Grumpy men complaining about players and coaches they don’t like. Recently, host Dan Thomas and one of the other guests Stuart Robson literally asked Jurgen Klinsmann at what point “he wanted to punch Mikel Arteta in the face?” are you kidding me? And then Robson adds that he would have followed through on a tackle to take out the manager if he was a player. The general media bias and hate towards Arsenal has been a go-to narrative, but inciting violence on a manager is disgraceful and unacceptable, especially from a respectful company like ESPN. I’ve unfollowed the podcast and will find another podcast for football punditry. Cheers.

Shannrockk · May 2026

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