EPB Podcast

  Just ahead of a finals filled weekend with both the Copa America, featuring a Neymar led Brazil team playing at home against Messi's Argentina, and the European Championship seeing hosts, England, face off against Italy @jorgioblamo, @gianinni, @ash_aust1n, @iamthomaspierce and I chat about whether this weekend means anything to most Americans.  We also give predictions on the upcoming games and discuss the huge role race plays in our support of teams and players.  Tap in, this is a fun one.

  Back after a month hiatus ahead of the coldest soccer summer since 2016!  We got the gang in the studio (@jorgioblamo, @gianinni, @jay_jay_210 and @chanogram_) talking European Championship and Copa America predictions as well as whats next for the USA in world cup qualifying and the importance of Oliver Giroud's French legacy. Tap in with us!  

With a crazy announcement on Sunday regarding 12 top European teams signing on to a plan to create their own midweek competition that would rival the UEFA Champions League I sit down with @bennettwolin, @jorgioblamo & @ash_aust1n to get reactions and clarification on what this European Super League would mean in the world of Soccer.

On this episode I sit down with two young players with professional aspirations who are currently members of the LAFC Academy team. @lafc10justinprada, @lucabombino and I chat about their upbringing, their journey and how they stay focused as Covid protocols have kept them away from competition for over a year. Before that chat though, in the first 35 minutes I catch up with the usual suspects, @don_ohanian, @jay_jay_210, @jorgioblamo and a new comer to the podcast, @el_mateo as we analyze the current handball rule, and Zlatan's latest comments about athletes in politics. This episode is a fun one, make sure you SUBSCRIBE to catch all these conversations the moment they drop!!

Champions League is Back!  Apologies for this episode title's misdirect but there was a brief moment tonight where we came to the mutual conclusion that Serena Williams is the GOAT of all sports goats and thought it necessary to stamp in the the title of the show.  Highlights of tonights episode are as follows: Top games of the week: Tottenham vs Everton Klopp conceding the Prem with 13 games left? Everton have city midweek then Liverpool this weekend, can they stay top 8? Players to highlight: Aubamayang (first hattrick this weekend) Bryan Reynolds (FC Dallas defender transferred for record fee) Neymar (injured at the wrong time again🤦🏽‍♂️ Top UCL games to watch out for: PSGxBARÇA (TOMORROW) Athletico x Chelsea (next week) Atalanta  x Real Madrid (next week) Rb Leipzig x Liverpool (all Liverpool has to play for) Sevilla x Dortmund (probably a good underrated game) Porto x Juve Lazio x Bayern City x Monchengladbach  

Back in 2021 like we never left and with a brand new guest; @doctorJayWest, a Chelsea fan living in San Francisco joins us and gives great insight as we discuss the following topics: Top games of the week:   Tottenham vs Liverpool Leeds vs Leicester   Milan vs Inter Teams making/losing progress: ManU (starting to play well) Chelsea? (New coach/playing style) PSG (New coach) Liverpool (looking dominant again) Players to highlight: N'dombele (been balling) Garreth Bale (time for an MLS move?) Thiago Alcantara (how important is he?) Hot topic:     S hould social platforms do something about racist comments? If so then what? This after Martial, Tuanzebe, Romaine Sawyer and Reece James shared screen shots of monkey emojis and racial abuse this week. Kit Drip Wars: PSGs New Jordan 4th kit vs Club America's new 3rd kit.

  For our last episode of 2020 we are joined by a new guest, @yoheyzooo, a Japanese Real Madrid fan who has been living in Los Angeles for the last 9 years.  He joins @chanogram_, @ash_aust1n, @jorgioblamo and I in discussing the best players and teams of 2020.  Make sure you stick around for the last 20 minutes for a lightning round of trivia.  This is a fun one, we hope you enjoy and look forward to jumping back on the mics mid January of next year!

  Here's a question for you; Should Lionel Messi continue to be apart of the G.O.A.T. conversation?  @don_ohanian, @jorgioblamo and I give our brief and very unanimous take on that question while also discussing the state the teams we support respectively, what players we would take from Arsenal (if any) and a couple trips down soccer memory lane.  Also, during the second half of tonight's pod, I give my thoughts on the PSG vs Basaksehir situation and the state of racism in the sport of soccer. 

We're back fresh off a 2 week hiatus @iamthomaspierce, @ash_aust1n, @chanogram and I talk premier league for the first half hour - you know the usual; what's wrong with Arsenal, the unsung greatness of Olivier Giroud and the proliferation of Jose Mourinho's Tottenham.  The second half of tonight's podcast focuses on a conversation around the realities of Covid-19.  Thomas and Juan both share personal stories about their own battles with the virus.  Check it out! 

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!