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Episode 1  <-->  March 2, 2022

INTRO: Welcome to Detroit City Supporter Radio!

• Episode what? Point out WNGS archive just for continuity
• Name change, game change - brief discussion of Dion’s ‘retirement’
• Sean still the same weird gnome - patreon HYPETRAIN or, y’know, brief embarrassed mention
• Welcome to USL
  • JFC
  • LET’S FIRE UP A BOONDOGGLE BRO
  • But seriously, nice to not feel like the whole league is not one of those fake towns from an old Western
  • Different vibe this year, much more big-time - long travel in USL-C; Rovers will be outnumbered first time ever, really
• FOR THE CULTURE- COMING NEXT WEEK: USL Oppo scouting with JamJam, a/k/a JamJam Notes

THEM YOUTS!

• Should be hearing names for the first-ever DCFC USL Academy sides tomorrow IIRC

THE WOMEN!

• Still ridiculously early for the women - won’t start practice with the locals for a couple months yet
• Opportunity for folks who missed NPSL days to recreate that experience with the women
• Sean didn’t know j-baby adkins from j edgar hoover in 2014; get to know the players and the experience opens up SO:
• Tons of commitments early on, let’s talk through them
  • Madison Duncan
  • Kenna White
  • Shannon McCarthy
  • Elisa Baeron
  • Marlee Taylor
  • Megan Miles
  • Rachel Philpotts
  • Becca Przybylo
  • Gabby Schriver
  • Bethany Kopel
  • Margaret Berry
  • Grace Philpotts
  • Brooke Sleeva
  • Gabby Tremonti
  • Acadia Murphy
  • With weeks to go before they even start practice
• Michigan away days!
• :( Wednesday night matches :((((((

THE MEN!

• Where we’re at
  • 10 days out from opening match; 17 guys signed
  • Preseason matches - 1-1 at Indy, 4-0 vs Oakland, 2-2 at Phoenix
    • We can talk about this a bit if you’d like, very positive preseason so far
  • Talk about what lack of depth does to a roster
  • Injury scenarios and general jinxing
• Returners
  • Stevie, Connor, Matt, Maxi, Pato, Yazeed, Bosh
• New guys
  • Laye Diop
  • Brad Dunwell
  • Devon Amoo-Mensah
  • Deklan Wynne
  • Rhys Williams
  • Antoine Hoppenot
  • Michael Bryant
  • Francis Etuahene
  • Billy Forbes
    • Which is where we talk about the Billy situation, yaaaaaaay he said weakly
• OUTRO: Tune into next week’s show for up-to-the-minute info as the men’s side tries to round some of the edges off.
• FEATURING a look at our first opponent, San Antonio, both on the pitch and off,
  • with hottakes like hotcakes from the righteous and inimitable Jam Jam,
  • legit bantz and hard questions from Dion,
  • and the usual mumbling weirdness from Sean