The Blazing Musket Podcast

Our podcast network covers all of New England's most popular soccer teams, you've heard a lot of their hosts right here on The Blazing Musket Podcast. This week we're giving you highlight segments from these great podcasts, have a listen and be sure to check a few of them out after if you haven't already!Heard a great segment from one of our shows? Download some full episodes below:United in Green podcast covering the Vermont GreenThe Friggin Soccer Show podcast covering Portland Hearts of PineRaising Anchor a podcast covering Rhode Island FCThe Average Fan Podcast that covers Hartford AthleticThe Swan Dive covering the Boston LegacyYou can follow Thomas on BlueSky.Let us know what you think about the show, send us your suggestions and anything else at thebentmusketig@gmail.com.If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hayden Bird is back just as qualification for the World Cup wraps up and the Revolution and Legacy's seasons are in full swing. We got Hayden's thoughts on how the Revs are doing early days with their new coach, the Legacy's slow start and how the final rounds of World Cup qualification shaped up. We also had a little more fun at Josh Kraft's expense.You can follow Hayden on BlueSky and check out his Revs and Legacy coverage on Boston.com.You can follow Thomas on BlueSky.Let us know what you think about the show, send us your suggestions and anything else at thebentmusketig@gmail.com.If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The US Open Cup is delivering early season ups, downs and rivalries for the New England teams taking part. We discuss the first round and what to expect from the second. There's also Drumgate up in Portland and the upcoming last chance saloon to get to the World Cup later on this week.Our guests join from:United in Green podcast covering the Vermont GreenThe Friggin Soccer Show podcast covering Portland Hearts of PineRaising Anchor a podcast covering Rhode Island FCThe Average Fan Podcast that covers Hartford AthleticYou can find all these podcasts on The Blazing Musket as part of our podcast network along with Revolution Recap and The Swan Dive.We hope you like this episode and be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review if you do wherever you get your podcasts from! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Boston Legacy kicked off their Inaugural season this past weekend at Gillette Stadium with 30,000 fans in attendance. Two of those fans, Andy and Courtney, have a podcast called The Swan Dive dedicated to covering the Legacy. We've signed them up to The Blazing Musket podcast network to complete our set of podcasts covering every independent pro soccer team in New England!Andy and Courtney talked about starting the podcast, what you can expect from them and their impressions of the Legacy's preparation for 2026 and their first home game as well.Find out more about The Swan Dive Podcast here and you can find the show wherever you get your podcasts from, thanks to Acast.You can follow Thomas on BlueSky.Let us know what you think about the show, send us your suggestions and anything else at thebentmusketig@gmail.com.If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The USL Championship and League One seasons have just begun, which means it time to get John back on the show and get us ready. He's with us this week to get us caught up on what to expect across both leagues, contenders, upstarts, expansion sides, all of it. John also touched on the ongoing labor situation and give his outside perspective on how New England's pro USL stable of teams will do in 2026.John brings the knowledge like few others, be sure to check this one out!You can follow the USL along with John at USL Tactics, Backheeled and BlueSky.You can follow Thomas on BlueSky.Let us know what you think about the show, send us your suggestions and anything else at thebentmusketig@gmail.com.If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Soccer and sports are supposed to allow us time to not focus on all the rest, the things we have to think about and deal with that we'd rather not. In the last week, however, we've seen the USLPA vote to authorize a strike, a World Cup host country attack one of the teams that qualified for its tournament, an MLS partner enabling people to profit from war and death and the brave Town of Foxboro has stood up to FIFA.Heady stuff, for sure, but it must be tackled and Oliver Scholes and Thomas are ready to go in studs up!The best way to keep up with Oliver is at The Blazing Musket.You can follow Thomas on BlueSky.Let us know what you think about the show, send us your suggestions and anything else at thebentmusketig@gmail.com.If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The MLS Next Pro season kicks off this weekend and a revamped Revs II is back in action for 2026. They had a lot of turnover this past off-season and with a youth minded coach with the first team, Revs II are worth keeping an eye on this season. Literally no one follows this team like Josh Nye does for The Blazing Musket, he's here to get us all caught up and ready for the new season!Thomas opened the show with some words on Merrimack New Hampshire, South Georgia Tormenta, the blizzard of 2026 and the USLPA before Josh joined as well.The best way to follow Revs II is with Josh's coverage at The Blazing Musket and on BlueSky.If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the time of year where everyone makes their predictions for the season ahead, everyone offered up their best thought out predictions that will mostly turn out to be wildly inaccurate in a few months time.We also discussed the 1st round of the US Open Cup in New England and we tested the limits of how far off topic we can get and still get back on track.Our guests join from:United in Green podcast covering the Vermont GreenFrom the Forest to the Tide podcast covering Portland Hearts of PineRaising Anchor a podcast covering Rhode Island FCAnd contributing writers for The Blazing MusketYou can find all these podcasts on The Blazing Musket as part of our podcast network along with Revolution Recap.We hope you like this episode and be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review if you do wherever you get your podcasts from! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's almost time! The NWSL's return to New England with the Boston Legacy is drawing ever closer. Jackie is back to get you caught up on who the Legacy have got, where they're playing, when they're playing and everything to expect this season.The best way to follow the Legacy is with Jackie's coverage at The Blazing Musket and on BlueSky.If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The leader of The Blazing Musket, Sam Lattof, checks in to catch up on all the latest developments with soccer in New England. We've got preseason behind closed doors for the Revs, new players for RIFC and Hartford, the US Open Cup brings New England vs New England match-ups and Mauricio Pochettino puts his foot in his mouth. Sam's here to discuss it all!If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from!To keep up with all the soccer in New England, head over to The Blazing Musket! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With all the excitement around New England's growing USL presence in recent years, the strong presence of the UPSL may have been overlooked. The founders of one of the UPSL's newest teams, Boston Emeralds, are in this week to tell you all about their Club and why we should check them out in 2026.What goes into founding a Club, deciding on a league, name, badge and building a following, Kevin and Keegan let us know all about it!You can follow the Boston Emeralds on Instagram and checkout the UPSL at their site.If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from!To keep up with all the soccer in New England, head over to The Blazing Musket! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The biggest obstacle to the biggest year of soccer in the US that isn't the Federal government is the USL Championship labor dispute. The USL and USLPA are three weeks past the expiration of the previous deal and it's an open question as to when a new one will be reached. Connor Tobin is fully involved in the negotiation process and joins us to tell the tale of how we reached this point, what an ongoing dispute could mean and what are the key points holding up the deal.It's a critical and important situation for the future of US soccer and one to keep full up to date on!If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from!To keep up with all the soccer in New England, head over to The Blazing Musket! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back for the January 2026 Roundtable! The USL has an ongoing labor dispute, women's soccer is back in New England, new teams are joining the party in Maine, Vermont and Connecticut and the USL is going to play right through the World Cup.It's a lot discuss and we tackled all of it!Our guests join from:United in Green podcast covering the Vermont GreenFrom the Forest to the Tide podcast covering Portland Hearts of PineRaising Anchor a podcast covering Rhode Island FCAnd contributing writers for The Blazing MusketYou can find all these podcasts on The Blazing Musket as part of our podcast network along with Revolution RecapWe hope you like this episode and be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review if you do wherever you get your podcasts from! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back up and running for 2026! The much anticipated biggest year of soccer in the US is finally here. It will be a year of soccer the likes of which has never been seen in New England as well. Sam Latoff joins Thomas to preview all there is to look forward to, we've got new teams in New England, the return of women's soccer, a new coach in Foxboro and the World Cup drama looms in the distance.It's going to be a year to remember in 2026, let's kick it off together!If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from!To keep up with all the soccer in New England, head over to The Blazing Musket! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a prolonged procession and giving out of totally made up prizes to suck up to the President, FIFA managed to place all 42 qualified teams into their groups for next year's World Cup. They also determined where the remaining countries still trying to qualify will end up should they get in. The schedule came out shortly thereafter, finally letting people know who they can see next summer if they're prepared to sell vital organs to buy tickets.We're joined by Valair Shabilla from SixOneFive Soccer to talk about the draw itself, how the groups are looking and discussed if the group of death is dead, how happy should the US be with their group, does 48 teams take away from the group stage drama and more.You can checkout Valair's work at SixOneFive Soccer for their continuing coverage of the World Cup and on BlueSky.If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from!To keep up with MLS, as well as all the soccer in New England, head over to The Blazing Musket! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

MLS will be shifting to a fall-spring calendar in line with most of the world's soccer seasons starting in 2027. To make this happen, they will play a mini season in the spring of 2027, implement a winter break and stop playing regular season games in May and June. What's more, they're also bringing in a new league format, a single table of sorts with five divisions of six teams. There's also a change in access to MLS Season Pass on Apple TV to discuss.It's a massive series of changes to soccer in North America, will it work? Why is it being done? Who wins and who loses? All that and more is discussed in this week's show.If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from!To keep up with MLS, as well as all the soccer in New England, head over to The Blazing Musket! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join host Sam Lattof from the Blazing Musket as he dives into the intricate world of USL and USLPA negotiations with special guests Matt Entriken from Raising Anchor and Oliver Scholes beat writer for Hartford Athletic. In this episode, they explore the history and future of the CBA and the challenges players face.If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from!Our guests join from:Raising Anchor a podcast covering Rhode Island FCAnd contributing writers for The Blazing Musket Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The World Cup draw is on the horizon next month and this just completed round of qualifiers has the field nearly entirely settled. Who's joining the US, Canada and Mexico? Our in-house international competition reporter, Jake Catanese, is in this week to get us caught up with the entire field. Who's on their way, who's slipped up, who are the shock entrants, will Italy ever qualify again? Jake's here to cover it all.If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from!To keep up with the US prep for 2026 and Jakes's coverage, as well as all the soccer in New England, head over to The Blazing Musket! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back for the November Roundtable! The USL playoffs for both the Championship and League One are rolling on with heavy involvement from New England's USL contingent.There's all that and then off the field, North Carolina FC has stopped operating as a USL Championship team for now, with a plan to come back. Texoma FC has self regulated to USL League 2 and Tony Scholes is coming to help the USL get ready for Pro/Rel from the English Premier League.It's a lot discuss and we tackled all of it!Our guests join from:United in Green podcast covering the Vermont GreenFrom the Forest to the Tide podcast covering Portland Hearts of PineRaising Anchor a podcast covering Rhode Island FCAnd contributing writers for The Blazing MusketYou can find all these podcasts on The Blazing Musket as part of our podcast network along with Revolution RecapWe hope you like this episode and be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review if you do wherever you get your podcasts from! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The MLS playoffs are in full swing and providing some great games and drama, while those eliminated going into the dark winter of the off season. It's an interesting time for MLS, as it almost always seems like it is. The playoff format is loved by some, hated by other, the Apple TV deal continues to divide opinion, teams are spending more than ever before but is it enough?There's always so many talking points around MLS and we have Ben Wright with us this week from SixOneFive Soccer and Backheeled.com to share his thoughts and find out how you can share yours!You can find Ben's on SixOneFiveSoccer.com, Backheeled.com and on BlueSky.And don't forget to take the MLS End of Season Fan Survey!!If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from!To keep up with all the soccer in New England, head over to The Blazing Musket! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.