EPB Podcast

  Topics: Paul Pogba fails doping test, faces 3 year ban. Ballon D'or - is this clear for Messi? Neymar passing Pele's scoring record and where that leaves his legacy.

Sports fan and soccer dad, Eugene Kirk (@sekirkii) joins us in the studio for us to indoctrinate him into the soccer fanaticism we share.  We have help him pick a team and player to support, make some good basketball comparisons and talk to Gene about why he put his 4 year old son into soccer.  Tap in.

Welcoming @_Brandon_Bell in the studio for the first time as he describes to us his nomadic upbringing and its influence on developing his passion for soccer. He, @jorgioblamo and I also discuss feeding into the various sports systems in America as high schoolers and dealing with the politics that surround it, and parlay that discussion into the coaches and players at the professional level and the personalities that need to be managed.

Back with our first podcast of 2022 and we are back scrutinizing one of my favorite players, Neymar. Fresh off the new release of his 3 part docu-series, Neymar: The Perfect Chaos @jnogueradevers, @gianinni and I review the series and compare what we saw to our expectations. Make sure to subscribe to never miss an episode of EPB.

It's the last international break of the year and Jorge (@Vincentiasfilho), Dale (@daleelliotjr) and I discuss the countries and players that have the best chance of winning the next European and World Cup competitions. Between Jorge and Dale's obsession with Ricardo Quaresma or the search for the next great German number 9, there are a lot of fun questions to unpack this week. But the biggest question of them all is if any Brazilian stars can maintain their greatness after the age of 28? We couldn't prove Dale wrong in this episode but maybe you can. Check it out and hit us on the Eat Pray Ball social handles to let us know what you think!

On tonight's episode we welcome our newest guest, @don_masaki, an AC Milan fan who has been patiently waiting the Italian giants' return to glory. Together with @ash_aust1n, @vincentiasfilho, @iamthomaspierce & @daleeliottjr we are talking strikers - true number 9's - Lukaku vs. Zlatan! Touching on all of the games from the past week and giving predictions for the upcoming Champions League fixtures. Tap in!

Back for the first episode of this crazy year and it might be the last day of sports in America.  Linked up with my partners, @iamthomaspierce, @vincentiasfilho and @ash_aust1n to discuss our continued exhaustion from the relentless displays of Police Brutality and Racism in America and its ripple effect into world sports.  BLACK LIVES MATTER FOREVER  

Should the MLS have playoffs?  Tonight we open with Wayne Rooney's complaints about MLS and Jarred's good idea for what the MLS should do with playoffs.  We also talk about the international break, Neymar's comeback and give predictions on the best teams to win the Euros.  Oh and the Prem is back this weekend! Check us out! Open Episode in New Window

La Liga and Serie A start today and Jarred is still yammering on our podcast about how great Toni Kroos is  🙄 🙈 Special guest @sc_sharif11 joins us for a fun episode where we discuss his top 5 greatest soccer clubs of all time. Other Highlights include: • Top young prospects who never lived up to the hype • Ballon D'or Nominees announced, CR7, Messi & Van Dijk; who should win? • Where to for Neymar; Madrid or Barcelona? • Fifa 20 Looks Amazing

Matthijs De Ligt Finally Signs for Juventus, but he could've actually gone anywhere, was this a good choice? Today we are talking all things soccer transfers leading up to the start of the season. Highlights Include: • Antione Griezmann       - Is he a headline player?       - Does he start over Suarez • Barça offer $100mil + 2 player to PSG for Neymar - Which players would you pick? • Athletico Madrid Transfers       - Kieran Trippier for £20mil; strange move or makes sense? - Expectations for young Portuguese star Jao Felix at Athletico? • Predictions for Lampard's Chelsea side this season. • Who are the best young English prospects - are they getting paid too much? • Takefusa Kubo - Madrid's new wonder kid signing, is he the real deal or all cap? • Squads most likely to win the Prem & Champions League? Ep. 46 (Full Audio) Here

Hop out that Rari poppin' them perks... We are casting to you fresh off of the intense semi-final matchup between the United States versus England in the World Cup and the Copa America grudge match between Brazil and Argentina.  Joined today by our friend @ash_aust1n, we're discussing what to expect next year from the top European clubs. Other Highlights include: • Summer Signings & Renewed Contracts - Is Marcus Rashford worth   €200k a week? - Which teams need new coaches? - Which is a better team for Mbappe, Juventus or Real Madrid? • Kit Drip - We name some Godfathers of on field Drip •  What's Next for Neymar?   - His career could deteriorate in Paris but if he returns to Barça he proves he can't do it on his own, what's worse? •  Copa America, World Cup & Gold Cup Reactions

Reactions from today's 2019 Europa League Final (mainly from our host Jarred, a pissed off Arsenal fan  😂 ) Other highlights include: - Transfer talk; the fate of Neymar, Pogba and other top players. - Ranking the top 5 clubs in the world and the top trophies in Europe. - Special guest call in from @Gianinni  - Champions League predictions Episode 43 (Full Audio) Here

Have you seen that series on Netflix called You? If not, you should watch it but for now, you'll be lost for the first 10 minutes of this podcast.  Go watch that shit! Other Highlights include: • Heavy midweek games; dropped points in Manchester • Poch's Comments about making the top 4, is he kind of right? • Notable January transfers, good moves or confused *ahem*Boateng Episode 40 Here (Full Audio)

Back in 2019 like we never left with one big question; are American's good at soccer? We discuss whether Christian Pulisic's $73 mil Transfer to Chelsea makes sense and whether or not him being from the States has anything to do with it. Other Highlights include: • Where to watch your favorite games • City v Liverpool:    - Game Reaction    - Jordan Henderson v Fabinho; Who would you start?    - Which team is more likely to drop points to low table teams? • Spending habits of the top 6 Clubs • Man United post Mourihno • KPMG's most valuable players list - Do you agree? • New Year's Resolutions Episode 38 (Full Audio) Here

Mourinho sacked, Pogba's back! Will Man United become the all-star video game team we expected them to be two years ago?  We dive into that immediately after the first ten minutes of discussing Travis Scott's recent inclusion in the next Superbowl half time show.  Other Highlights include champions league draw predictions, balon d'or reactions and, my favorite, "A Decade of Ronnie" a segment examining the different stages of Cristiano Ronaldo's playing style and prowess at multiple clubs over the years.  Check us out here  

Back from a long Hiatus with a very thick episode for you.  We're talking MLS Playoffs, Champions League, who's ballin and who's playing trash, and our latest segment - "Kit Drip" which players look like they got swag on the field, does that affect their playing ability?  Come kick it with us! Episode 36 Here KIT DRIP

The title of this episode is admittedly misleading.  We touch on soccer news around the world for 95% of this cast.  That said we do have a few thoughts on Kanye at the top of the show and, unfortunately, that person who elevated my love of music with his Late Registration album in 2005 can no longer garner my attention.  In fact, I'm resolved to never listen to this man's music again. (and that's before I heard Drake's comments on the latest episode of HBO's The Shop). Other Highlights include: • Anthony Martial's €10 million Come up • US Men's Soccer's Progress...? • International Break-Down... See what I did there? Ep. 35 Here

The world cup best XI is as follows:     Hugo Lloris Kieran Trippier          Rapha Verane       Dejan Lovren      Ashley Young Paulinho              Luka Modric Eden Hazard             Antione  Griezmann                Neymar  Kylian Mbappe Do you agree? We're talking world cup, soccer transfers and basketball trades check us out.  Ep. 29

Welcome Back!! Left 2017 in the dust and we are all the way here for 2018! Fresh off a great holiday of games we already have the best game of the year (so far) Chelsea v. Arsenal, go figure.  Come hang out with The Noho Bros and listen  HERE! Chelsea vs. Arsenal proved to be everything we expected but it wasn't Morata or Lacazette who stole the show. Jack Wilshire was a bright spark for Arsenal & Thibaut Courtios continued his brilliance in the back.

Not joking, we really talk about Mans Not Hot for the first 10 mins.  Then we get into real madrid woes, world cup draws and our opinion on the best game as yet in the EPL. Listen  here