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Sam's Army

by Samuel Army

The wild and wonderful world of soccer from an American perspective. Samuel Army and a rotating cast of fans, athletes and athlete fans discuss all the relevant goings-on from both sides of the pond. Headlines and a weekly recap plus previews and predictions with an emphasis on the Premier League and Champions League, along with the US men's and women's national teams, and just enough from the rest of Europe, MLS and NWSL to be dangerous. Episodes also typically feature candid interviews with players, coaches and other people of interest from in and around the sport. We aim to keep things light and entertaining but with enough analysis to appeal to fans new and old. Many people are calling Sam's Army Podcast the best podcast they have ever listened to – not me, but many people. Note: true believers in #b2bwcw are eligible for a 22% to 26% discount at checkout. Holler!

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  1. City Stays Winning*, Lisandro Martinez DGAF + Chelsea Upset Alert? || Sam's Army

    Join our beautiful soccer community/discord and support the pod: https://www.patreon.com/c/samsarmy PREMIER LEAGUE: City stays winning*, Spurs "win" the El Sackico draw with United, fallout from Lisandro Martinez's postgame rant, why Mikey isn't stressing about Arsenal this season, Brighton are...

  2. JJ Gabriel vs Man Utd. European Cinderellas. Does Poch Hate Pulisic? || Sam's Army

    PREMIER LEAGUE: thoughts on Leeds' hot start, 10-man City holding off United, Arteta whining his balls off and HULL! MAILBAG: breaking down the ridiculous JJ Gabriel situation, first EPL manager fired, European Cinderella candidates, can Roma stay hot, Poch's USMNT roster f/t tons of exciting...

  3. Balogun Burns Everton. Transfer Winners/Losers. Arsenal vs Chelsea Preview. || Sam's Army

    Join our beautiful soccer community/discord and support the pod: https://www.patreon.com/c/samsarmy PREMIER LEAGUE: Postmortem of Flo Balogun pulling (out) a fast one on Everton. Biggest winners and losers from the summer transfer window. Extra motivation for Newcastle and Aston Villa. Will...

  4. Week 1 Over-Reactions + This Season's Floor/Ceiling for Every EPL Club || Sam's Army

    PREMIER LEAGUE: knee-jerk reactions to week 1 results plus the highest and lowest finishing position all 20 clubs could realistically finish this season STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets + GOAWs

  5. Combining Concacaf+Conmebol. Leagues Cup Likes/Dislikes. Best & Worst EPL Transfers. || Sam's Army

    Join our beautiful soccer community/discord and support the pod: https://www.patreon.com/samsarmy HOT TOPICS: Gianni Infantino caught with hand in the cookie jar, Mexican Federation embarrasses themselves, Mikey's audacious plan to combine CONCACAF and CONMEBOL (that gets less ridiculous the more...

  6. Italy NT Circus. Ballon d'Or Favorites. How MLS Should Leverage WC26. | Sam's Army

    HOT TOPICS: It's the summer silly season so, in lieu of actual soccer games, we hit some of the hot button topics and burning questions suggested by our beautiful Discord crew HALFTIME: Ballon d'Or pop quiz STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets + GOAWs

  7. World Cup 2026 - Is Spain Best Ever? Argentina After Messi. Nixing 3rd Place Game.

    WORLD CUP: The boys are back to run through the final games of the phenomenal WC26, including Spain's decimation of Argentina and what the ridiculous England/France game means for the future of the 3rd place game. HALFTIME: What If you had to guess which uncapped (or lightly capped) American will...

  8. WC26 Biggest Winners & Losers. FIFA Shenanigans. Is France Unstoppable?

    Rapid recap of the quarterfinals and preview of this week's semifinals, plus biggest winners and losers from WC26 thus far. Also: STOPPAGE TIME f/t Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs.

  9. World Cup 2026: Messi, Colombia, German Freddy + USMNT vs Bosnia-Herz

    Join our beautiful soccer community/discord and support the pod: https://www.patreon.com/c/samsarmy The band is back together to discuss the highlights (TONS!) and lowlights (a few) from the group stage of World Cup 2026, f/t biggest winners, losers, surprises and disappointments so far, plus we...

  10. World Cup 2026 Preview + Predictions: Group Winners, Darkhorses & Locker Room Cancers

    Join our beautiful soccer community/discord and support the pod: https://www.patreon.com/c/samsarmy The lads break down the entire 48-team World Cup 2026 featuring group winners, darkhorses, who crashes out early, biggest locker room cancers (Mbappe vs Ronny), golden boot contenders, a gaggle of...

  11. All Hail Arsenal's Vincibles. Pep's (Untimely?) Farewell. Xabi Alonso vs Jozay Mourinho. (MW #38)

    PREMIER LEAGUE: Arsenal get over the line in the most Arsenal-y way imaginable. Pep waves goodbye but timing strikes some as odd. Villa does Liverpool a huge favor. Spurs vs West Ham drunken dogfight for the ages goes down to the last day because of course it does. HALFTIME: What If you are EFL...

  12. VARsenal vs West Ham Controversy. Spurs/Leeds Instant Reaction. Break Up Bournemouth! (MW #37)

    Join our beautiful soccer community/discord and support the pod: https://www.patreon.com/samsarmy PREMIER LEAGUE: Arsenal take a big, albeit controversial step toward the title with VAR-marred win over West Ham. Tottenham fans have mixed emotions like you read about both that game and…

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  13. Man City Blinks. United May Be Back. Will PSG-Bayern (Round 2) Disappoint?

    PREMIER LEAGUE: Man City blow golden opportunity to go top in extremely un-Man City fashion. Everton remain an enigma. Bruno and Carrick execute another masterclass, this time on battered Liverpool. Spurs players finally give fans a shred of hope. Arsenal vs West Ham on Sunday is a real conundrum...

  14. West Ham's Bowen Factor. Bruno's Legacy. Can PSG Take Down Bayern? (MW #35)

    PREMIER LEAGUE: clutch wins for all the relegation battlers does not mean the picture has not changed (though s/o to Spurs for losing even when they win). Jarrod Bowen vying to be the difference for West Ham. Arsenal hang on against a checked-out Newcastle. Another Bruno Fernandes masterclass…

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  15. Haaland & Gabriel - BFFs? Xavi Simons' Resting Sad Face. Lazy LinkedIn Liam. (MW #34)

    PREMIER LEAGUE: City's win over Arsenal feels like a title decider and Erling Haaland + Gabriel Magalhaes = enemies or frienemies? Leeds, Forest and West Ham know they are in a relegation battle -- unlike Tottenham. Most incredible statistic of all time about LinkedIn Liam's Chelsea squad. Nobody...

  16. North London Nightmares: Arteta's Fear vs Pep's Poise + Spurs Surrender. Which UCL Underdog Could Prevail? (MW #33)

    PREMIER LEAGUE: this weekend crystallized Arsenal's great fears. City really feeling themselves. Modest vindication for Arne Slot and Mo Salah (and "Rui" Ngamoha). Relegation battle featuring three clubs and one clownshow. Preview of Sunday's all-important Arsenal at City fixture. HALFTIME:...

  17. Ripip Arsenal Quadruplet. Liverpool Manhandled. EPL Players Longing for La Liga. (MW #32)

    PREMIER LEAGUE: Arsenal's quadruple dreams up in smoke - more disappointment to come? Liverpool gets belt-to-assed by City and clock is running out for Arne Slot. Weekend preview featuring critical battles at top (City/Chelsea) and bottom (Leeds, Forest, Spurs and Hammies) of table. HALFTIME…

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  18. USMNT vs Belgium/Portugal Postmortem. De Zerbi to Spurs. Ivan Toney's Best Bets.

    ROUND THE WORLD: Breakdown of USMNT's wasted window f/t belts to ass from Belgium and Portugal. Did we answer ANY questions? Is Poch playing the long game or flailing wildly? What is our best XI right now? HALFTIME: What If the French national team played in the Premier League... where are they...

  19. City's Cupset. Arsenal Angst. Toodles Tudor. USMNT vs Belgium Preview. (MW #31)

    PREMIER LEAGUE: City sends shivers down (some) Arsenal spines with dominant League Cup final win. Tottenham fail yet another must-win test in embarrassing fashion results in massive (and impressive) win for Forest. Tyler reacts to the confirmed and rumored departures of Salah and Slot --...

  20. Chelsea Chuddles & Rosenior Roast. AFCON Debacle. Gio Reyna Returns. (MW #30)

    PREMIER LEAGUE: Chelsea's pregame chuddles and thoughts on how performative/gimmicky Rosenior (aka "Liam") is. Sam thinks Spurs are so back (yikes). Huge weekend in title race but another one still to come. Preview of Sunday's twin toilet bowls. HALFTIME: What If - you played for Morocco and were...

  21. Osula Magic. Spurs' Shot at Survival. Whitewalker Wolves. UCL Upset Alerts. (MW #29)

    PREMIER LEAGUE: Tottenham's nightmare midweek and concern that the team's head is not in it; Osula's incredible game-winner for Newcastle; Rob Edwards raises the Whitewalker Wolves... and a look ahead at Liverpool vs Tottenham and Chelsea vs Newcastle HALFTIME: Pop Quiz on favorites to win the…

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  22. Chelsea Childishness. Tottenham vs PGMOL. Burnley's Emotional Rollercoaster. (MW #28)

    PREMIER LEAGUE: Arsenal outlasts Chelsea in a wrestling match masquerading as a soccer game, thanks in part to the Blues' tendency for childish petulance (which says a lot about the club's lack of leadership). Brentford controversially pips Burnley in and unexpected thriller. Being on the wrong…

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  23. North London Demolition. Liam Rosenior's Spectacles. Spicy MLS Minute. (MW #27)

    Join our beautiful soccer community/discord and support the pod: https://www.patreon.com/samsarmy PREMIER LEAGUE: Arsenal's North London Demolition of sad sack Spurs. Hot take on Liam Rosenior's job security. LiVARpool survives. Carrick pulls the right levers for United once again. Everton's lack...

  24. Spurs & Forest Smash Panic Button. PR101 for United Haircut Guy. MLS 2026 Hot Takes.

    Join our beautiful soccer community/discord and support the pod: https://www.patreon.com/samsarmy PREMIER LEAGUE: Pressure beginning to mount on Arsenal and Arteta. Tottenham and (especially) Nottingham Forest smash the panic button, bringing in temporary stopgap managers. PR101 tips for how...

  25. Szoboszlai Giveth; Szoboszlai Taketh. Transfer Window Wins/Losses. Ronny vs Saudi League. (MW #25)

    PREMIER LEAGUE: Wild and woolly last 20 minutes of Liverpool vs City makes up for first 70' f/t good, bad and ugly from Dominick Szoboszlai. Brentford stays buzzing with exciting win over floundering Newcastle. Christian Romero buries Spurs' board and Spurs' chances all within 24 hours. West Ham...

  26. Ekitike/Wirtz Arrive. Pep's Inexplicable Krytonite. United Bonerfest Continues. (MW #24)

    Support the pod and join our beautiful soccer community/discord: https://www.patreon.com/samsarmy PREMIER LEAGUE: Coming out parties for Liverpool's Ekitike and Wirtz vs banged up Newcastle. Tottenham (belatedly) remind everyone they are Pep's inexplicable kryptonite. United arguably post most...

  27. '00s Arsenal vs United Vibe. Slot Losing Control. Dr Tottenham. (MW #23)

    Support the pod and join our beautiful soccer community/discord: https://www.patreon.com/samsarmy PREMIER LEAGUE: Dan Rapaport joins to discuss United's sudden resurgence under Michael Carrick, including Sunday's 3-2 win at champs-elect Arsenal. Palace flub chance for much-needed reset. Chelsea...

  28. Carrick Outclasses Pep. Thomas Frank's Gotta Go. Crystal Palace Crumbling. (MW #22)

    Support the pod and join our beautiful soccer community/discord: https://www.patreon.com/samsarmy PREMIER LEAGUE: Postmortem of United's dismantling of City in the Manchester Daerby and what it says about each club going forward. Arsenal and Villa stay missing opportunities. Sam has had enough of...

  29. Arsenal-Liverpool Yawner. Brentford: Certified Wagon. PR101 for Manager Dummies. (MW #21)

    PREMIER LEAGUE: Arsenal vs Liverpool pillow fight leaves nobody ecstatic. Tepid draws from other title contenders soften the blow. Semenyo storybook ending doubles as Tottenham's latest nightmare. Anatomy of Brentford's quiet ride into 5th place. PR101 for Managerial Dummies for Thomas Frank and...

  30. Managerial "Red Wedding" Week. Where Chelsea & United Go. Is Brentford Legit? (MW 19/20)

    PREMIER LEAGUE: Sudden departures of Chelsea's Maresca and United's Amorim. Did Arsenal's dismantling of Villa expose a clear gap? City may have regrets come May. Harrison Reed does Liverpool dirty. Nuno cements legend status at Wolves. HALFTIME: GKU-related weekly what if ROUND THE WORLD: AFCON...

  31. Rayan Cherki - Signing of Summer? Emery or Arteta. Amorim (Successfully) Succumbs. [MW #18]

    Support the pod and join our beautiful soccer community: https://www.patreon.com/samsarmy PREMIER LEAGUE: Aston Villa keeps playing possum and Unai Emery keeps pulling all the right levers. City's Rayan Cherki making a strong push to be signing of the summer. Ruben Amorim successfully capitulates...

  32. Pep's (Wannabe?) Clone. Morgan Rogers' Magic. Arsenal Hear Footsteps. (MW #17)

    Support the pod and join our beautiful soccer community: https://www.patreon.com/samsarmy PREMIER LEAGUE: Enzo Maresca's master plan to generate hype as Pep 2.0 is working perfectly. Aston Villa led by Morgan Rogers are a problem. #FrankOut at Tottenham? Arsenal start feeling City's heat. Leeds…

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  33. Sunderland's #PettyWars Win. Salah Strikes Back. Amorim's Amorphous Plans. (MW #16)

    PREMIER LEAGUE: Arsenal fans starting to feel a little pressure. Salah responds to Slot's massive midweek UCL win (in his absence). Villa keep on keeping on. Forest architect Spurs' latest indignity. Nobody quite knows what Amorim is trying to do with United but if it produces more 4-4 draws like...

  34. Salah vs Slot - Who's Leaving? Villa's Great Ebening. More Messi Magic. (MW 14/15)

    PREMIER LEAGUE: Mo Salah goes nuclear on Arne Slot after getting benched for third straight game. Massive week for Leeds who batter Chelsea and hold Liverpool. Moises Caicedo is great missed. Aston Villa solve the puzzle that is Arsenal and make case for league's second best team. Toffees go 7th!...

  35. Chelsea & Paquetá Seeing Red. Sitting Salah. Villa/Brighton Making Moves. (MW #13)

    Support the pod and join our beautiful soccer community: https://www.patreon.com/samsarmy PREMIER LEAGUE: Chelsea impress vs Arsenal but disciplinary remains Achilles heel. United's bounce back thanks to (legitimately) bad boys. Leeds show life vs City but it's too late for moral victories. Spurs...

  36. North London Demolition. Everton's Blue-on-Blue Crime. USL Petty Champs. (MW #12)

    Support the pod and join our beautiful soccer community: https://www.patreon.com/samsarmy PREMIER LEAGUE: Arsenal trounce scared Spurs. Everton earn one of the dumbest red cards in history but somehow it is United that goes home embarrassed. Liverpool's crisis of confidence continues. Evangelos...

  37. Mailbag: Time to Care About USMNT? Ronny + Donny. NLD Preview.

    Mailbag episode: USMNT's "successful" international window full of sound and fury but signifying what? Also, what Ronny, Donny and Musk talked about at White House gala. Mikey spews more malicious lies about Sam. Alex Bono on what to watch this week in MLS playoffs. North London Daerby preview....

  38. City/Liverpool Takeaways. Black Cats' Black Magic. USMNT Preview. (MW11-Int'l Break)

    PREMIER LEAGUE: lessons learned from City's thrashing of Liverpool, big time "prove it" week for Sunderland and Bournemouth but only one showed up, United and (especially) Tottenham both managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory HALFTIME: Pop quiz on Sunderland's title hopes ROUND THE...

  39. Tottenham's Defective Stadium. Would U Rather: West Ham or Forest? Erling Freaking Haaland. (MW #10)

    Support the pod and join our beautiful soccer community: https://www.patreon.com/samsarmy PREMIER LEAGUE: getting to the bottom of Tottenham's woeful home form. Would you rather be a fan of West Ham or Nottingham Forest right now? Erling Haaland singlehandedly keeping title race alive.…

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  40. Haway (4th Place) Lads. Amorim's... Progress?! Unwatchable Inevitables. (MW #9)

    Support the pod and join our beautiful soccer community: https://www.patreon.com/samsarmy PREMIER LEAGUE: Amorim's United finally showing signs of progress. Sunderland keep doing the damn thing. Gravenberch-less Liverpool quickly fading from title contention. Arsenal just as quickly solidifying…

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  41. MLS Playoffs Preview ft RBNY's Tim Parker + Revs' Alex Bono (Bonus #11)

    Support the pod and join our beautiful soccer community: https://www.patreon.com/samsarmy On the eve of the MLS playoffs, two of SamFam's finest -- Tim Parker of New York Red Bulls and Alex Bono of New England Revolution -- join to discuss everything that is worth knowing about this season's…

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  42. Liverpool in Shambles. Ripip Ange - Again. Pro/Rel for NCAA Soccer? (MW#8)

    Support the pod and join our beautiful soccer community: https://www.patreon.com/samsarmy PREMIER LEAGUE: Tyler admits that Liverpool's loss to United exposed serious problems at Anfield (and potentially in his wedding plans). Forest's ill-fated Ange experiment blows up even earlier than…

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  43. INTERVIEW: Strike? Lockout?? USL PA's Connor Tobin Pulls Back Curtain on Tense CBA Discussions

    Support the pod and join our beautiful soccer community: https://www.patreon.com/samsarmy Connor Tobin, head of the USL Players Association and one-time captain of Forward Madison, sits down with Tommy and Sam to discuss where things stand in the ridiculously complicated three-way negotiations in...

  44. Flo Balogun & Haji Wright Impress. USMNT Recap. Liverpool/United Hot Take. (Int'l Break/MW#7)

    Support the pod and join our beautiful soccer community: https://www.patreon.com/samsarmy ROUND THE WORLD: What did we learn from USMNT's 1-1 draw with Ecuador and 2-1 win over Australia? Whose stock is up/down? Grade for Poch? Do we have a striker controversy brewing? HALFTIME: Mikey's…

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  45. Benching Salah. Caicedo Masterclass. USMNT Preview. (MW#7/Int'l Break)

    Support the pod and join our beautiful soccer community: https://www.patreon.com/samsarmy PREMIER LEAGUE: What we learned from Chelsea's win over suddenly-luckless Liverpool and what Arne Slot needs to do to get the train back on the tracks. Thomas Frank is just what Doctor Tottenham needed.…

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  46. Palace Are Legit! Are Sunderland Legit? Villa's Season-Saving Injury. (MW #6)

    Support the pod and join our beautiful soccer community: https://www.patreon.com/samsarmy PREMIER LEAGUE: Late goals for Palace (vs Liverpool) and Arsenal (vs Newcastle) reshape title race. Sam angers the Tweedles and chat with a hot take on Arsenal and Liverpool. Legit-O-Meter: Palace…

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  47. Pep Parks Bus. Amorim Survives - Barely. Ballon d'Ont Care. (MW #5)

    Support the pod and join our beautiful soccer community: https://www.patreon.com/samsarmy PREMIER LEAGUE: people are saying Pep tacitly admitted City don't got the juice this year with his approach to Arsenal match. Amorin receives a red-carded aided stay of execution. Unai Emery may not be so...

  48. Liverpool's Late Heroics. Villa's Epic Dry Spell. Is Chelsea Do-Or-Die for Amorim? (MW #4)

    Support the pod and join our beautiful soccer community: https://www.patreon.com/samsarmy PREMIER LEAGUE: Manchester Daerby postmortem, is Liverpool good or nah, Ange's first test at Forest does not go well, which club is mashing the "Panic" button hardest, what 4 managers may be gone by…

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  49. Spurs Send Levy Packing. Ange Replaces Nuno. Manchester Daerby Prediction. (MW#3b)

    Support the pod and join our beautiful soccer community: https://www.patreon.com/samsarmy PREMIER LEAGUE: grading Daniel Levy's performance at Tottenham; Ange replaces Nuno after the latter fell out with Forest owner Marinakis and weekend preview f/t Manchester Daerby (with bonus LOCK prediction…

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  50. Instant Reaction: USMNT 2-0 Japan = WC26 TROPHY LIFT LOADING...

    Support the pod and join our beautiful soccer community: https://www.patreon.com/samsarmy USMNT: Instant reaction to "big" win over Japan (B), thoughts on the shambolic 0-2 loss to Good Korea, and where the program goes from here (starting with what to watch for from next month's…

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The wild and wonderful world of soccer from an American perspective. Samuel Army and a rotating cast of fans, athletes and athlete fans discuss all the relevant goings-on from both sides of the pond. Headlines and a weekly recap plus previews and predictions with an emphasis on the Premier League and Champions League, along with the US men's and women's national teams, and just enough from the rest of Europe, MLS and NWSL to be dangerous. Episodes also typically feature candid interviews with players, coaches and other people of interest from in and around the sport. We aim to keep things light and entertaining but with enough analysis to appeal to fans new and old. Many people are calling Sam's Army Podcast the best podcast they have ever listened to – not me, but many people. Note: true believers in #b2bwcw are eligible for a 22% to 26% discount at checkout. Holler!

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