- - - - WARNING: I noted 3 f-bombs as we recorded this but could only find 2 to bleep when I edited. Then I found it at 1:53 but only after the original file was corrupted, so live with it. - - - - Pat and Pete head straight back to the office after a crushing 3-2 collapse against the grossest franchise in soccer, then talk about cycling trainers and do a preview of what is sure to be a glorious victory over Minnesota in our home opener. Pat's back on Twitter @morrisonicpod, and you can email us to get more info on Zwift (or anything else) at morrisonicpod@gmail.com. Hail Hydra.
الحمد لله ! Pete is back in town so we can finally pod in the same room, and we use the time to review a tie on the road, go around MLS (19:45) and preview a game against Orlando, our new least favorite team in MLS (30:00). Email us at morrisonicpod@gmail.com or tweet into a Pete-managed void @morrisonicpod.
Pete skypes in from Spain to recap a game against Dallas (5:05) that he claimed he didn't remember and then does about 20 minutes off the top of his head with no help from Pat before previewing Saturday's game at Chicago (29:00). Don't bother tweeting @morrisonicpod because Pete won't check it. Proof of life available via email at morrisonicpod@gmail.com
Pat and Pete close the office window to try to find something nice to say about that game, then talk about both kids of cats, Black Metal and Bodega, then talk a little Thorns and MLS before previewing the game against Dallas in two weeks. Email us at morrisonic@gmail.com or look at cats @morrisonicpod.
Pete and Pat try to find the bright side in a 2-1 loss in LA, go around MLS and finish with a preview on NYRB, who didn't play an MLS game this week and have 10 new players, so are essentially unknowable. Fitch's paradox, people! Eat at Mekong Bistro at 82nd and Siskiyou!!! Email morrisonicpod@gmail.com or tweet @morrisonicpod.
Pat and Pete stay late to wrap up preseason, review every stupid jersey in the stupid league (21:35) and preview our season opener against the Galaxy (48:45)! Tweet @morrisonicpod or email morrisonicpod@gmail.com
Pat and Pete talk about a meaningless preseason loss to Dallas and a very very very meaningful 4-1 stomping of the Red Bulls (5:00), then talk about preseason expectations for Savarese (21:30), then Pat gives a completely garbled explanation of GAM/TAM/TAM2 (Electric Boogaloo) (31:30) and Pete gives a less garbled review of offseason TAM usage (38:00), then some hair talk and finally a rushed review of US Soccer financials (50:30). Email morrisonicpod@gmail.com or tweet @morrisonicpod.
Pete gives 30 minutes (30 MINUTES!!!) of analysis on an utterly meaningless preseason game against Houston. I know! I didn't even watch it! I had trouble even thinking of questions to ask him. Email morrisonicpod@gmail.com or tweet @morrisonicpod if you want in on a replica Greek-American club Savarese jersey.
Pete ane Pat try to get through their various maladies to recap the preseason test against the Stupid Sounders, then talk a little about the latest USSF clickbait, talk about the new jerseys in Vancouver and Seattle and then Pat ruins the podcast by sharing terrible things about the state of podcasting. Listen to this interview with Kaniela Ing. Email us at morrisonicpod@gmail.com, tweet @morrisonicpod.
Appled pod data: https://www.wired.com/story/apple-podcast-analytics-first-month/
WNYC is run by jerks: https://www.thecut.com/2018/02/at-wnyc-an-uncertain-path-out-of-scandal.html
Kaniela Ing is a good dude: https://overcast.fm/+GUIq3uPVA
Pat and Pete cap off a very busy soccer week by once again half heartedly going through a list of things they wrote down on the whiteboard as they happened and now don't exactly remember the details of! Email morrisonicpod@gmail.com or tweet @morrisonicpod, and buy an issue of StreetRoots.
Pat and Pete brave the rain to do, let's be honest, not the tightest 45 minutes you've ever heard. Email morrisonicpod@gmail.com or tweet @morrisonicpod. Watch Baskets, you filthy animals.
Sick Pat and formerly sick Pete get together to discuss the fact that nothing has happened yet. Watch Anne with an E. @morrisonicpod morrisonicpod@gmail.com
Pat and Pete celebrate the new year by going over individual player performances from a 2017 season that already feels like it was years ago. Sorry. Tweet at @morrisonicpod or email us at morrisonicpod@gmail.com.
Dan from Timbros stops by to defend an utterly terrible Star Wars movie while Pat points out the obvious huge flaw that Kylo Ren's potential redemption arc serves no believable purpose other than pointing out why we as a society are all doomed. Merry Christmas. Skip this episode if you haven't seen Star Wars The Last Jedi or you don't like swearing or yelling.
Pete is finally willing to do a podcast and suddenly it's a news bonanza! Darlington to ATL! Diego is MVP! Giovanni is (probably?) our new coach! Plus there's a crazy influx of TAM to talk about. Email us at morrisonicpod@gmail.com. Don't bother with Twitter, I'm quitting any day now . . . .
Pete and Pat get back together in the same room for the first time in a while to basically ramble about nonsense. This week's episode is brought to you by Portland Community Football Club, which mist assuredly is not nonsense. Email us at morrisonicpod@gmail.com or bother Pat on Twitter @morrisonicpod.
Caleb Porter is no longer the coach of the Portland Timbers? In what for world we live? What is this world twisted? Tweet at us @morrisonicpod.
Pete and Pat come together to unpack a grim loss to Houston that ended our season, then try to turn it around with 3 Things that made us happy this season (40:00). Email us at morrisonicpod@gmail.com or tweet @morrisonicpod.
Pat and Pete try to make sense of a world without Diego Chara while rationalizing a 0-0 tie and trying to be optimistic about a game in Portland in which fans may be pulled from the stands to play in the midfield. Email us at morrisonicpod@gmail.com or tweet at Pat at @morrisonicpod.
Pete and Pat discuss the first 4 knock out games (and offer a primer on the playoff structure) and then preview a 2-game playoff series against the Houston Dynamo (30:30). This episode brought to you by Scottie's Pizza. Email us at morrisonicpod@gmail.com or talk to Pat on Twitter @morrisonicpod.
Pat and Pete talk about a 2-1 victory over Vancouver, go around MLS with particular focus on THE MASSIVE INJUSTICE BEING DONE TO THE PEOPLE OF COLUMBUS and preview the next game of the playoffs to the extent that is possible. Email us at morrisonicpod@gmail.com or talk to Pat on twitter @morrisonicpod.
Pat and Pete cover THE THORNS WINNING THE NWSL!!!!, touch briefly on Grandpa Bruce's legacy (9:00), encourage y'all to visit the Gorge (12:40), discuss the Timbers skinning DC United (16:15) and preview a game for all the marbles against Vancouver (36:30). Email us at morrisonicpod@gmail.com or tweet us @morrisonicpod.
Pat is back in the country and misery loves company! Pete joins in a recap of USMNT laying a big egg in Trinidad (or was it Tobago?), then a discussion of equal pay (22:45), then some Thorns playoff talk (33:30) and finally a rushed preview of Sunday's game against DC United (40:00). Tweet @morrisonicpod or email morrisonicpod@gmail.com.
Pat calls Pete from Brazil on a terrible connection with lousy headphones to recap San Jose (1:30), talk some MLS (21:15), give praise to the Thorns (30:55) and then Pete answers some listener mail by picking a Best 11 with weird rules. @morrisonicpod morrisonicpod@gmail.com.
Pete and Pat re-record a pod that they already did and lost the night before, but it doesn't matter after a convincing 3-0 win over Orlando City at home (2:20), talk playoffs (15:10) then talk MLS (21:15) and NWSL (33:40), do an ad for @that1polly (43:40) then preview San Jose (44:30) and finally answer some listener questions (52:55)! Tweet us more questions @morrisonicpod or email us morrisonicpod@gmail.com.