Latest Football(soccer) Podcast Episodes
Episode 9: S10E9: DC Gets Benteke-n Down A Peg
Blue Balls NYCFC - April 24, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsWonder of wonders, is NYCFC good now? A 2-0 victory against DC United would seem to press the question as Nick Cushing extends his lossless streak and Santi Rodriguez and Julian Fernandez both expand their accounts. We talk both goals, of course, plus effective team play, a broken-heart...
Episode 8: S10E8: The Goose Is Worth The Squeeze
Blue Balls NYCFC - April 17, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsINCOMING! Something different on the pod this week? Jake & Trey wake up to find they have a WIN to celebrate and deconstruct, and some actual NYCFC momentum to analyze and ballyhoo. Your boys in blue talk Agustin Ojeda's nasty little account opener, a deepening defensive fight, Big Bird...
Episode 7: S10E7: Uno Point From Draw 2
Blue Balls NYCFC - April 10, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsDraw 2, back in the habit, and Jake and Trey are here to make it sacreligious with a savvy and incisive recap of a 1-1 draw against a threatening Atlanta at home. We talk stretched midfields, Katy Perrys, whiffs of goals and wiffs at goals, and so much more. Plus: tales from the press b...
Episode 6: S10E6: Stone Island of Misfit Toys
Blue Balls NYCFC - April 04, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsBlue Ballers, this one's for you. New York City FC returns this week having stolen a point from the big pink menace in Miami, featuring a first MLS goal and first MLS start for Alonso Martinez and some more-or-less remarkable performances elsewhere. Jake & Trey break down how the team s...
Episode 5: S10E5: The Acosta' Living
Blue Balls NYCFC - March 27, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsBlue ballers, we won't lie to you — there's no lipstick available for this pig! A mighty but ultimately outmatched effort from New York City FC left us with zero points away at a highly dominant Cincinnati. Jake and Trey break down the conflicted feelings following this match — was it g...
Episode 4: S10E4: A Toole-Won Victory
Blue Balls NYCFC - March 20, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsAfter a gratifying 2-1 victory against visiting Toronto, your Blue Ballers are feeling Hot N' Ready to breakdown some good news, for once. Jake and Trey slice up the first victory of the season, including Santi's centrality, Bakrar's hunger and panic for goal, stud Keaton Parks' studs-u...
Episode 3: S10E3: Home Woes Sapiens
Blue Balls NYCFC - March 14, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsBack in the saddle and twice as pissed, your boys in blue are back to recap the degradation kink demo that was New York City FC’s first ever home opener loss to the very Portland Timbers. One goal from Santi Rodriguez was not enough for the boys to bask in, and scared coaching left us s...
Episode 2: S10E2: Da Rude Sands' Storm
Blue Balls NYCFC - March 05, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsWelcome back Blue Ballers. You're not gonna like the way we looked — I guarantee it. Our second match of the season yielded no points and no goals, continuing an abysmal streak away and resetting a sense of dread that will surely remain until at least one ball finds the back of the net....
Episode 1: S10E1: As If We Never Said Goodbye (Derogatory)
Blue Balls NYCFC - February 27, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsWelcome to the end of the blue decade, Blue Ballers, and the beginning of SEASON TEN of NYCFC madness, brought to you by your own Boys in Blue. A special salute to the ballers who've been with us since the Obama Era, through thick and thin, from Kreis to Cup -- this one's for you. But t...
Episode 23: S9.5E2: Coachello Shots
Blue Balls NYCFC - February 20, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsShake off those blue suede shoes and get ready for action -- because it's very nearly Season Ten and Blue Balls is BACK! Jake & Trey tie a bow onto a banner preseason featuring some of the most exciting new blues in YEARS. We chat J's three ways, with Jovan, Ojeda, and Jones all getting...
Episode 22: S9.5E1: Who-o-o are you? New Blues! New Blues!
Blue Balls NYCFC - January 18, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsJust when you thought we were out, they pull us back in again! The season is hot incoming and at long last there's some NYCFC news to report on, piece apart, celebrate, and bitch about -- so you know your Boys in Blue are hunting down the scoops as transfer rumors become transfer realit...
Episode 21: S9E21: Over/Under-dome
Blue Balls NYCFC - November 08, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratings(alt. title: Madame B-Over-y & One H-Under-ed Years Of Solitude) We made it, folks. We staggered our way through this rocky season, careening from road loss to road loss, searching always for some sliver of hope. And in doing so, we saw a lot. Trades, sales, ups, downs, debuts and depa...
Episode 20: S9E20: Sports Talk Right Who? (With Max Reinhardsen)
Blue Balls NYCFC - October 18, 2023 00:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsBlue Ballers, we've been in better moods. We're staring down the end of an ignominious season and wondering where it all went wrong. SO we called in the experts. The Sports Expert, in fact! Max Reinhardsen joins the podcast to unpack the season and give his wisdom and perspective on the...
Episode 19: S9E19: Capitol Punishment
Blue Balls NYCFC - October 16, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsA brutal return to unfortunate form has Jake and Trey in their cups unpacking what went wrong, what stayed right, and who’s to blame for a lackluster and largely toothless performance against a DC United that should have easily been untied. Plus, to get us out of the doldrums, some USMN...
Episode 18: S9E19: Mess'd Opportunities
Blue Balls NYCFC - October 05, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsYour blue-balled fellas are back at it again, taking you down the green mile to playoff ignominy. Jake and Trey talk about a trying evening of soccer, from the wizardry of DP Santi Rodriguez to the unfinished business of Mounsef Bakrar, to the head-scratching header that cost NYCFC both...
Episode 17: S9E17: (Above The) Line Through Your Teeth
Blue Balls NYCFC - September 27, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsWe're not foolin' around. After a brutal summer, NYCFC is officially above the playoff line and your Boys in Blue are here to break down exactly how it happened. Jake and Trey do another three-prong thriller covering an anodyne Hudson River derby, and two shock blitz wins totaling five ...
Episode 16: S9E16: Maxed Out On "Max"es Out
Blue Balls NYCFC - September 07, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratings(or: Wake me up, before Chanot Go) Blue Ballers, we know it can be painful to listen to this podcast when things are going so wrong, but your boys in blue pulled it together to sit down and recap the last three matches and all associated dramas, and so you can do your part and give us ...
Episode 15: S9E15: The Epic of Still-Depresh
Blue Balls NYCFC - August 25, 2023 00:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsThis is a temporary episode blurb while jake writes the real one, farts farts farts and such and such but MINNESOTA, WWC, CINCY, MORE
Episode 14: S9E14: Chronic Roster-Baiting
Blue Balls NYCFC - August 02, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsThe heat's broken, Blue Ballers, and so has the news: your FO has been busy after all and NYCFC is adding a slate of new talent. Will it be enough to rescue the 2023 season? Only time will tell -- but in the meantime, Jake and Trey break down the Leagues Cup play so far, including a 5-0...
Episode 13: S9E13: The Invisible Mango
Blue Balls NYCFC - July 21, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsBlue Ballers, something stinks! And it's not just the stench of the dead mouse Jake stepped on while going to record. No folks, it's the VIBES. They stink to high heaven and Jake and Trey are digging through the odor trying to figure out why. What's happening on and off the bench? Where...
Episode 12: S9E12: More like Won'tfried
Blue Balls NYCFC - July 13, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsShabbat shalom, Blue Ballers! Two draws and a win to recap is still significantly better than could have been anticipated -- and yet, we're far from out of the Mad Forest of Midseason. Jake and Trey break it all down for you, taking the hot points from Montreal, Charlotte, and Columbus....
Episode 11: S9E11: Naught Stove
Blue Balls NYCFC - June 30, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsIt’s more or less the same in Blue Balls land as Jake and Trey recap — what else — another streak of draws. We talk Freese’s pieces, unlikely CB successes, and the various b teams we squeezed points from this week. Plus USMNT and USWNT check-ins, vibe checks on the culture, and the casu...
Episode 10: S9E10: It Rhymes With "Shmushing Shmout"
Blue Balls NYCFC - June 16, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsFolks, we won't lie to you. It's a rough week. Okay show though. Trey and Jake kill some time so that you can kill some time with us and dream of better days on the horizon. We talk what to do with the time we're slowly burning until the transfer window opens, the surprise bright spots ...
Episode 9: S9E9: The Toxic Air-ing of Grievances
Blue Balls NYCFC - June 08, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsJake & Trey barrel through the smog to give YOU a non-hazardous level of Blue Balls this morning. And what's on the docket? Frustrating scorelines! Testy supporters section exchanges! Mystery slurs! Knee surgeries! Major deals in the league, and the lack thereof at NYCFC! The vibes, fri...
Episode 8: S9E8: (Losing) On The Road Again
Blue Balls NYCFC - May 12, 2023 00:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsBlue Boys got you covered this week to break down three straight NYCFC road losses -- including an early-stage crash out of the Open Cup, and some groan-worthy losses to both Toronto and Charlotte. It's not a good week, blue ballers -- but Trey and Jake get into it anyway, discussing wh...
Episode 7: S9E7: The San-Chy Clause
Blue Balls NYCFC - April 26, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsYour boys in blue break down a massive win at home against FC Dallas and the rise of the Santi Rodriguez False Nine in what feels like a paradigm-shifting mid-season match. Jake and Trey take to the booth to break down this 3-1 victory, Ledezma on the push and the press, and how NYCFC f...
Episode 6: S9E6: Five Butthole Stadium (feat. Dan Avidan!)
Blue Balls NYCFC - April 19, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsYour boys in blue have a treat for you this week — Jake and Trey are joined by the illustrious DAN AVIDAN (Game Grumps, Ninja Sex Party) who flexes his bonafides as an OG fan of NYNJ soccer and a stalwart NYCFC supporter from season one. Your starstruck hosts cannot help but get into fu...
Episode 5: S9E5: Tangled Up In Blue
Blue Balls NYCFC - April 13, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsA 1-1 draw has our boys feeling more chafed than chuffed, reflecting on a point at home against Atlanta that by all rights should have been a cakewalk. Jake and Trey break down the morale morass that might have kept us from glory, then chat Cushing coordinative creativity and consequenc...
Episode 4: S9E4: Perchance Perchance Revolution
Blue Balls NYCFC - April 06, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsHey blue ballers Jake didn't get around to writing a blurb on this one so I'll blah blah blee blah my way through it hmm let's see we talk Houston, New England, ThiaGone, NWSL, NYCFC II, Atlanta, GOLF for some reason, blah blah blah. YOU GET IT, YOU KNOW US BY NOW. WE LOVE YOU. Chag Sam...
Episode 3: S9E3: Parks Can Wreck Department
Blue Balls NYCFC - March 23, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsGorgeous work from the Pigeons this week has your boys in blue BUZZING after the 3-2 victory at home over DC United. Jake & Trey tackle absolute darts from Keaton Parks, Santi Rodriguez' true homecoming, and the eternal agony of foolish set piece goals in a short and sweet recap of a ga...
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