S3E10: Why are MLS and NWSL Backup Goalkeepers So Good?

What this episode covers

After catching up a little bit and looking back on the summer, Stan Anderson (Camp Shutout, FC United) and I open up with Reggie Cannon and the response certain fans made with seeing players kneel during the national anthem, which included booing and throwing things on the field. Cannon would later come out to say how disgusted he was and while this isn’t directly tied to goalkeeping, the fracturedness of the issue is something I’ve found in every facet of life in America. It’s obviously a difficult topic to navigate but I picked Stan because I know he’s willing to be upfront about what he thinks but not in a way that shuts down the conversation. We don’t solve anything there but there was a good conversation about trying to “keep people at the table” instead of having fractures push people away. Stan and I continue on to talk about backup goalkeepers and why they’re not trusted with the keys to the car more often, citing many MLS and NWSL examples, how coaches should/shouldn’t approach their goalkeeping cores, a contrast and comparison of Neuer and ter Stegen, and then finally Stan Anderson gives us a Jon Busch story to cap it off.