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Soccertes Podcast Let's Talk About Manchester United (Already??)Top 2 teams in the league looking good: Manchester City and Brighton. Some unexpected results as well. Is the PL as strong as we thought? Time will tell. One thing for sure is that Manchester United are struggling already. Can Ten Hag right the ship again? What are some tactical adjustments I think they can make? All this and more on this episode of The Soccertes Podcast.

2023-08-2329 min

Campfire Football Episode 126 - World Cup Recap with Soccer's PodcastJake Marchesani from the Soccertes Podcast and I go over the World Cup so far. We talk USA advancing from the group and their upcoming match against the Netherlands. We touch on other key games in the final round of group stage matches. And some of our best memories of the tournament so far.

2022-11-301h 16

Campfire Football Episode 115 - Premier League Review with The Soccertes PodcastJake Marchesani of the Soccertes Podcast and I teamed up to break down the matches from this past weekend in the English Premier League.Follow the Soccertes Podcast for an analytical and intellectual point of view on the world of football.

2022-08-301h 22

My Brother, My Brother And Me MBMBaM 583: SoccertesWe thought everyone was agreed that all of October is time for dressing in costume and eating scary donuts that are not actually that scary. But it turns out there are differing opinions about this. Good thing we’ve got Mr. Halloween himself, Joseph Fink to advise us. The King of Horror. The Duke of Doom. The Sultan of Scares.Suggested talking points: Mr. Zucker’s Cooltime Internet, Iconic Eric Pervert Mustache, Spike this Ball, The Shared Finkoverse, Mr. Bone Clown Scare GobblersSupport AAPI communities and those affected by anti-Asian violence: https://www.gofundme.com...

2021-10-251h 05

Footylosopher Is it Ethical to Attend World Cup 2022?With future travel back on everyone's mind, we take a look toward the next most important global destination event--The FIFA World Cup 2022. This one was controversially awarded to Qatar back in 2010. Since then FIFA itself has been decimated in an FBI corruption bust and the nation of Qatar has been carefully scrutinized. We're even seeing some countries begin the discussion of boycotting the games all together. As fans, we ask the question: Is it ethical to travel to Qatar for World Cup 2022? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/footylosopher/support

2020-12-2444 min

Footylosopher Soccer Based TravelWe all like to travel with a purpose. For some it's to immerse themselves in a new culture. Some want to see history first hand. Others want to leave their stressors behind for a relaxing vista and a modicum of peace from responsibility. Whatever your passion is, experiencing it in a foreign land is an unforgettable thing. So why wouldn't these podcasters plan travel around soccer games? Footylosopher.com @Footylosopher --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/footylosopher/support

2020-12-1620 min

Footylosopher Waking Diego MaradonaThe world has lost some of it's color. The passing of Diego Maradona doesn't just affect the soccering world, but the world at large. He was a larger than life personality that had a global spotlight both on and off the pitch. Part of what drove him to become one of the player he was drove his life straight toward the grave. Join us to reflect on the man, the myth, and the legend that was, and will always be, Diego Maradona. https://footylosopher.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/footylosopher...

2020-12-0236 min

Footylosopher Musings: Diego MaradonaDiego Maradona was a larger than life figure, but he was as much a cautionary tale as he was an inspiration. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/footylosopher/support

2020-11-2805 min

Footylosopher Why Do Nations Compete? The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete. -Charles Pierre de Fredy, Baron de Coubertin International competition seems to be a relatively new endeavor. The idea that one nation would assert it's dominance over another through sport seems as natural as breathing. In fact, when one looks at the timeline of human existence competition on behalf of a country happened just as soon as it possibly could. All the ingredients were there: defined borders became more of a reality just as advancements in transportation shrunk the globe exponentially. The first modern era Olympics were design to be an international affair, even though the anci...

2020-11-2026 min

Footylosopher Queen's Park FC and The Scotch ScientistsYou can't begin to discuss the first International Football Match without first establishing the first Non English Football Club. Glasgow's Queen's Park Football Club was established in 1867 in a most unceremonious manner. It did however go on to shape the game of football for most of the world in the last part of the 19th Century. The team established a style of collaboration and teamwork heretofore unknown to the beautiful game. It was this combination method of play that would be given the moniker "Scientific Football" for the very thoughtful and deliberate distribution of the ball. This scientific style...

2020-03-0234 min

Footylosopher Kobe Bryant and Celebrity Soccer FansKobe Bryant spent an important part of his childhood in Italy where he grew a love of the game of soccer. A natural talent in basketball, his destiny was set. He did, however, apply tactics and strategies of soccer to his basketball game and in so doing, elevated his game, and the game of his opposing teams, perhaps forever. He remained an influential ally to the growth of US Soccer and helped bring fandom of the beautiful game into the American mainstream. We also look at other celebrity soccer fans and how their visibility can t...

2020-02-1647 min

Footylosopher Charles Alcock and the FA CupCharles William Alcock was a major player in the formation of the structure of English Football we know today. A Harrow boy, and avid Cricketer, he needed a sport to play during the winter months when Cricket was on hiatus. He, like many others, turned to the pitch to play football; or what passed as football in the 1850's. After school, Alcock co founded his own team (Forest Football Club) but struggled to find opponents that played by the same set of rules his club had adopted. While history can't seem to agree on whether or not...

2020-01-2743 min

Footylosopher Early Codification Part 3: The FAFive years after the Sheffield Rules were first written down a solicitor from West London became "the first person to write down the rules of soccer". Popular opinion seems to favor Barnes founder Ebeneezer Cobb Morley as the father of modern football. Though he never lived in or very near to Sheffield, it is unlikely he was not aware of the rules set forth by William Prest and Nathaniel Creswick. We examine his rules up against the Sheffield Rules and it's really hard to deny that they are simil --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/footylosopher/s...

2018-10-2449 min

Footylosopher Early Codification, Part 2: Sheffield RulesThe two men that had more to do with football codification than anyone else were Nathaniel Creswick and William Prest; or as I lovingly call them: Pres-Wick. These all around athletes competed in everything from pedestrianism to potato sack races. From jumping competitions to fencing. It's possible that their sport of choice was cricket, or maybe Sheffield just didn't have enough organized sports to quench their thirst for competition. To while away the winter season, that dreary time after cricket --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/footylosopher/support

2018-10-0953 min

Footylosopher Early Codification, Part 1: The Public School GameBetween the Mob Football of medieval Europe and the the game of football that we know today, there was a rather turbulent period of codification. Starting from the 14th Century, schools would play their own variation of football. These games would differ greatly from campus to campus; so much so that intercollegiate play was virtually impossible. Eton College became the first school to write down a list of basic laws of the game in 1815, but Cambridge and Sheffield had the greatest impact on the moder --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/footylosopher/support

2018-09-231h 03

Footylosopher Cortes and the Aztec InfluenceWhen Spanish Conquistador Hernan Cortes arrived in present day Mexico he encountered the Aztecs; a massive civilization with a dynamic and thriving culture In his pursuit of power, fame and a fortune of gold Cortes decimated a welcoming civilization with war and pestilence. Mistaken for the god Quetzalcoatl, Cortes was given access to the Aztec Ruler Montezuma (Monctezuma) II and took full advantage of his instant status among the upper echelons of society. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/footylosopher/support

2018-09-1751 min

Footylosopher Shrovetide Part 1Keywords: Shrovetide, Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, Lent, Ash Wednesday, Ashbourne, England, Medieval Football, Soccer, Hug Ball, Mob Football, Hugball, Henmore Brook, Derby, Derbyshire, United Kingdom, Tom Boulton Lear, Tom Boulton-Lear, Plasters --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/footylosopher/support

2018-09-091h 05

Footylosopher Soccer Takes BallsThe evolution of soccer has been dependent on the evolution of the ball used to play it. Charles Goodyear was one of history's greatest innovators. Sadly, he was also one of history's most tragic figures. His pursuit of vulcanizing rubber did not cease even thru unimaginable hardship. He lost his fortune and his family to give us the world we know today, and perhaps the most important thing he gave us was the leather soccer ball. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/footylosopher/support

2018-08-231h 06

Footylosopher PrehistoryThere's a lot of people out there that claim their country or region...or even empire, invented soccer. They might not be wrong. Soccer is that unique universal game that saw it's origins evolve independently across the globe. It seems there's nary a culture that's ever trod the earth that hasn't been filled with the uncontrollable urge to kick stuff. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/footylosopher/support

2018-08-1745 min

Footylosopher The Growth of Footy in AmericaIt's been about 23 years since the proclamation that soccer has arrived in America and twenty one years since the birth of Major League Soccer. This episode we talk to Shakara Robinson, a non soccer fan, about her awareness of soccer in America and how it's grown over the last couple of decades. Has soccer reached the level of pervading the everyday lives of the gridiron fans? We know soccer has more action than the more popular American games, so what would it take to get a new fan interested? Join us as we di...

2017-04-251h 07

Footylosopher Camus and the Absurdism of GoalkeepingCamus said "Everything I know about morality and the obligations of men, I owe it to football". With guest Juan Fernandez we discuss the formative years of Albert Camus, philosopher, journalist, Author and Nobel Laureate. Camus spent his formative years playing what he considered to be the most isolated of positions; goalkeeper. The dichotomy of absenteeism and sole blame that a keeper endures is what Camus credits with his ideas of Absurdism. Sidelined by illness, Camus was able to pursue philosophy full time. And we all may be the better for it. ...

2017-04-1056 min

Footylosopher Niyakko RushIn our inaugural episode we talk with Jason Hicks, founder of Niyakko Rush Soccer Club, and Goshen Carmel, Filmmaker and Niyakko Alum. Niyakko Rush was started when Jason found a group of refugee children playing soccer in a dirt lot at their apartment complex. The kids didn't have proper grass or footwear, but the soccer would not be stopped. Conflict in their native countries brought them to Colorado but football brought these kids together. Not speaking the same language or sharing the same culture, they found a common bond in soccer and they found a te...

2017-03-271h 00

Footylosopher What's Footylosophy? Footylosopher It’s a clumsy portmanteau but I couldn’t imagine anything more appropriate. Philosophy is the love of wisdom. And a philosopher is one who pursues wisdom. The inherent fault in our pursuit is the assumption that there is a universal truth to all things. That cultural variances and personal experiences don’t shape our every opinion and color our world view. But the lucky ones of us love soccer. It gives us something in common with people in every corner of the world. No matter how different our daily lives are; no matter the chasm between our experiences. If a bad d...

2017-03-2002 min