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Soccer Speakeasy — 104 episodes

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1

World Cup preview

2

Crew at the break

3

Crew change coaches

4

Crew streaking and NWSL backstory

5

It’s official! Columbus lands NWSL team

6

Crew’s small win and bigger loss

7

Can Columbus land an NWSL team? What we know about the city’s bid

8

A new Crew era

9

Hell is Real is here again

10

The Crew are back?

11

The Crew at midseason (meh)

12

Do the Crew need to buy a striker? Who’s next to be enshrined into the Circle of Honor?

13

Upcoming: Congestion

14

Get Messi

15

Home and away in Cleveland

16

Unbeaten through 6

17

Scorelessness

18

Hard go in San Diego. Onward

19

Good MLS start, goodbye CONCACAF Champions Cup

20

Goodbye GOAT. What’s next?

21

A quiet offseason

22

Season recap: 51 minutes on 50 games

23

Wilfried Nancy talks about facing playoff elimination

24

Recapping the Crew’s 3-2 victory over the New York Reds Bulls

25

Crew clench second in the East

26

From the second gentleman to the GOAT

27

Lucho vs Cucho: Hell is Real

28

Trophy secured, Crew look to home stretch

29

Home field? Leagues Cup rolls on

30

The Cleveland Crew

31

Summer of soccer

32

Bye bye Bez

33

From Monterrey to hell

34

From Montreal to Monterrey

35

A lot of penalty kicks

36

61 minutes in Charlotte

37

Rumors, Champions Cup, back to MLS play

38

2 goals?

39

On training camp and beyond

40

MLS has no offseason

41

CHAMPIONS!

42

MLS Cup clash of titans, with Neil Sika

43

The biggest game in the world

44

Conference Semifinal: Columbus Crew at Orlando City

45

It’s win at home or go home

46

Decision Day: Atlanta is playoff opponent

47

A war of ego awaits in Atlanta

48

On Cucho and clinching

49

Down the stretch they come

50

On the road with Bez and the striker

51

Messi visits Cincinnati Wednesday

52

Inside the transfer window and Wil Trapp drops by the podcast

53

Julian Gressel drops by

54

Red cards fly

55

Sean Zawadzki drops by

56

A visit with Bezbatchenko

57

Crew snap four-game winless streak, look ahead to tomorrow against FC Cincinnati

58

10 matches in

59

Catching up on a busy week

60

A point in the 98th minute

61

Big news for Aidan Morris and the Crew buzzing around MLS

62

Crew on fire

63

Return of the counselor

64

Crew trying to find the right balance

65

Discussing Crew’s 1-1 record after two games into the season

66

Merry Crewsmas! Crew back at LDC for Saturday’s home opener against D.C. United

67

The dawn of the Nancy era

68

Breaking down the Crew’s trade of captain Jonathan Mensah

69

Updates from Crew’s training camp, discussing new assistant coaches and acquisitions

70

News conference: Columbus Crew introduce Wilfried Nancy as new head coach

71

Crew’s coaching search continues, MLS Cup match set, and other soccer news and notes

72

Farewell Caleb Porter, what’s next for the Crew

73

Frustration mounts for Crew with final four games left and playoff spot looming

74

Crew approaching biggest game in FC Cincinnati history

75

Crew take down Cincinnati and look like a playoff team

76

Cucho leading the Crew into Hell

77

Bienvenidos, Cucho Hernandez

78

Crew narrow gap in the East, and search for new striker

79

Is the Crew's season turning around?

80

Goal-less and Zardes-less

81

Back to back 1-0 losses, how can the Crew score more?

82

Would trading Gyasi Zardes make sense right now?

83

Wingers, Berry and Zelarayan, oh my!

84

It’s that time again! Analyzing the Crew ahead of 2022 season

85

How the Columbus Crew missed the playoffs, how much is Caleb Porter to blame?

86

Crew's Jekyll-and-Hyde performances vs. Red Bulls, Orlando; outlook for playoffs still bleak

87

Higuain returns, so does the Crew offense with five games to go

88

Crew lay dud after winning Campeones Cup. Is this it for playoff hopes?

89

Crew relieve pressure with win against Red Bulls. Can Crew carry momentum?

90

Losing streak ends, looking at Crew's final 12 games

91

Seven circles of hell?

92

Crew gets hammered, defense in a funk

93

USMNT coming to Columbus, Cincy gets Mexico match

94

Unbeaten in five, Crew staying up in the East

95

Crew opens Lower.com Field, Gold Cup affects roster

96

Three straight wins, final game at historic Crew Stadium

97

Two wins in a row, a final game at Crew Stadium awaits (with former Dispatch writer Shawn Mitchell)

98

It’s the Columbus Crew again, with Morgan Hughes

99

Discussing where the Crew rebrand went wrong

100

Postgame reaction: Columbus Crew exits CONCACAF Champions League

101

What to make of Columbus Crew heading into leg two at CF Monterrey

102

Postgame reaction: Columbus Crew draw CF Monterrey 2-2 in CONCACAF Champions League

103

Postgame reaction: Columbus Crew draws Philadelphia Union in 2021 MLS season opener

104

A 4-0 beatdown in Managua, Crew beats Real Esteli in first leg of CONCACAF Champions League round of 16