Messi Chases MLS Cup & Brian Schmetzer's Toughest Loss of His Career

Vancouver head to Miami for the MLS Cup Final! On Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard, our hosts break down the MLS Conference Finals from the weekend, and preview the MLS Cup Final. Will Messi finally lead his team to the trophy, or are Thomas Müller, Sebastian Berhalter and Brian White going to stop the Miami soccer machine?  Legendary Head Coach of the Seattle Sounders Brian Schmetzer joins Tim and Landon to give his thoughts on the MLS playoffs this year, the worst loss of his career, and the rise of Cristian Roldan.  In the AT&T Mailbag, Tim and Landon are covering it all – World Cup team captains, swapping positions on the field, changing the clock in soccer, and the 1999 Pan Am Games in Winnipeg.  New episodes of Unfiltered Soccer with Landon and Tim drop every Tuesday. Subscribe to the show on YouTube and follow on all your favorite podcast platforms. For bonus content and to send your mailbag questions in to the show, follow on all social media platforms @UnfilteredSoccer. (https://www.unfilteredsoccer.com).    Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard is presented by Volkswagen. Learn more at https://bit.ly/4g8bZG3.   Thank you to our additional sponsors:  AT&T. Connecting Changes Everything. Visit https://att.com/guarantee to learn more.  Coors Light. Choose Chill. Get Coors Light delivered. Go to CoorsLight.com/USLNT  FanDuel. Secure your chance to score $150 BUCKS in bonus bets today. Download the FanDuel App to check out today's Soccer Daily Specials betting odds.  Try new Café Bustelo roasts today at cafebustelo.com.    This episode of Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard was edited and mastered by Andrew Hartley, Adam Braunstein, Jeremy Steinkamp, Carlos Sepulveda, and Sammy Strittmatter, with engineering support from Eric Newell. Our producers are Andrew Gundling and Jordan Rizzieri. Our social media lead is Dan Armelli and our social editor is Kyle Curley.  00:00 Intro   2:07 Miami advance to MLS Cup   9:07 Vancouver meet Miami   14:34 Coors Light Unfiltered Refresh   16:56 MLS Cup predictions   18:51 FanDuel Stoppage Time   23:42 Brian Schmetzer joins the show!   30:08 How to defend Messi   35:40 Seattle's loss to Minnesota   42:22 Cristian Roldan's status   49:35 MLS calendar change and MLS Cup   58:43 AT&T Fan Connection  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices