The Blazing Musket Podcast

We welcome Jackie Contreras back this week to catch us up on how the summer went for the Boston Legacy in their first NWSL season. They've won two in a row, been scoring goals in droves lately but are the playoffs in reach? We also talked about which players to look forward to the rest of the way and into 2027 and who might be looking to bounce back with the Legacy next year. And lastly, the last stadium updates and where the Legacy will spend the 2027 season.You can keep up with the Legacy here on The Blazing Musket and follow Jackie on BlueSky.You can follow Thomas on BlueSky.Let us know what you think about the show, send us your suggestions and anything else at [email protected] 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.

Sam Latoff is in this week to go over what is and what is not in the USL's new CBA. We also discussed the huge wave of new players to join MLS in the recently closed transfer window and the future of MLS player additions with the calendar change. We also looked at who the top contenders are in MLS, the USL Championship and USL League 1 to get an idea of who our New England teams may face in the playoffs.You can follow Sam on BlueSky and keep up with him and Oliver's The Average Fan Podcast covering the Hartford Athletic, right here.You can follow Thomas on BlueSky.Let us know what you think about the show, send us your suggestions and anything else at [email protected] 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 this week to discuss MLS' new rumored playoff format, MLS Next Pro's schedule change, its overall future and the news that MLS will fully return to the US Open Cup in 2027.What could be better than 20 playoff teams and double elimination? Is MLS Next Pro stuck as the Double A level for MLS? And what to make of the US Open Cup finally having all MLS US based teams involved again.Hayden Bird from the Boston Globe and Boston.com is here to go over it all with us!You can follow Hayden on BlueSky and check out his soccer 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 [email protected] 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.

We've brought in two new quests to the show from the ranks of The Blazing Musket to tackle everything there is to know about xG, key passes, match ratings and all the other stats we throw around after each game. Andy Judd is the Musket's resident stats chief and Seth Macomber covers the New England Revolution, they both stopped in to dive into the complicated and often debated role of stats in soccer.You can follow Andy and Seth on BlueSky and at The Blazing Musket website.You can follow Thomas on BlueSky.Let us know what you think about the show, send us your suggestions and anything else at [email protected] 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.

Sam Lattof and Oliver Scholes are in this week to catch up on how New England's three USL pro teams are doing. We dived into if all three teams are playoff bound and if not, what needs to change to make it happen. We also looked at how do USL fans feel about their Club taking loans from MLS teams and should they embrace when their players move up to higher levels of play.You can follow Sam on BlueSky and keep up with him and Oliver's The Average Fan Podcast covering the Hartford Athletic, right here.You can follow Thomas on BlueSky.Let us know what you think about the show, send us your suggestions and anything else at [email protected] 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.