The Designated Players | An MLS Podcast

In this episode, we are joined by Sydney from Scarves N Spikes to chat about what went wrong with Atlanta United's 2026 season to cause them to miss the playoffs! 0:00 - Scarf of the Week 2:54 - Inconsistency in the attack 5:48 - Commitment to Poor GKs 10:27 - Tata Martino 19:38 - Unserious Front Office 24:26 - Who Stays Who Goes Recorded on: 11/6/26 #MLS #MLSCup #mlscupplayoffs #ATLUTD #atlantaunited #austinfc #charlottefc #forthecrown #cf97 #chicagofire #fccincinnati #fcc #allforcincy #c...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we've hit 500 episodes! Not sure who let us do that but we're extremely grateful for all of those that have listened whether from episode 1 or episode 499. We are going to go through some of our favorite moments over the years and give you some behind the scenes of how we got to where we are. We also got a few questions from friends of the pod that we will be answering throughout the episode as well. Thank you again for all your amazing suppo...

In this episode, we take on one of YouTube's most viral soccer challenges with an MLS twist, AGAIN! Pick two teams, a take one player for each position in a combined XI! Can you make a better team than us? 0:00 - Scarf of the Week 2:01 - 2023 STL vs 2025 SD 27:48 - 2024 SJ vs 2025 DC 45:32 - 2021 NER vs 2024 MIA Recorded on: 10/24/26 #MLS #MLSCup #mlscupplayoffs #ATLUTD #atlantaunited #austinfc #charlottefc #forthecrown #cf97 #chicagofire #fccincinnati #fcc #allforcincy #coloradorapi...

In this episode, we are joined by Chad from For The Glory KC to chat about what went wrong with Sporting KC's 2026 season to cause them to miss the playoffs! 0:00 - Scarf of the Week 2:13 - Roster Build and Head Coach 4:54 - Underperforming Contracts 7:21 - New Owners Spending 8:52 - Poor On Both Sides Of The Ball 13:41 - Instability at the Back 18:17 - Who Stays Who Goes Recorded on: 10/29/26 #MLS #MLSCup #mlscupplayoffs #ATLUTD #atlantaunited #austinfc #charlottefc #forthecrown #cf97 #ch...

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we continue our series where we retell the stories of MLS history. We've gone through all the team's subreddits and asked for different stories they remember about their teams, and we've got a list of almost all of them. We are going to do our research and then come together to retell everyone about those stories and give them the spotlight they deserve. This week we're talking about Fortgate between the New England Revolution and some of the...