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James Rodríguez shines again for Minnesota United before a possible summer exit, while Sporting Kansas City hit a new low after a brutal loss in Portland. David Gass, Tom Bogert, and Matt Doyle break down another chaotic MLS weekend, including Vancouver’s rise in the Western Conference, Nashville’s comeback draw, and the latest USMNT discussion ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
00:00 Intro
06:40 James Rodríguez & Minnesota United Future
19:36 FC Dallas, Sam Sarver & Petar Musa
26:30 Sporting Kansas City Disaster
36:28 What Do We Make of Portland?
40:03 Evander, Cincinnati & Charlotte Talk
47:00 Nashville’s Comeback Draw
50:53 New England Revolution Discussion
58:25 Vancouver vs. San Jose Breakdown
1:04:00 Midweek MLS Preview
1:08:34 Gio Reyna & USMNT Discussion

David Gass, Tom Bogert and Joe Lowery of Backheeled and Total Soccer Show dive into Concacaf Champions Cup, sprinkle in some MLS chatter. Then Gass welcomes Matt Doyle for the latest on the USMNT, player form and Paraguay, the Americans’ first World Cup opponent.
0:00 Intro
4:20 Mexico Camp Controversy
10:05 LAFC-Toluca Leg 2
18:26 Tigres Past Nashville
22:25 Does MLS Care About Concacaf?
27:35 Toronto FC & Inter Miami
35:03 Clash at the Top West
39:25 Save the Caps Latest
42:55 Yapi, D.C. United & Nashville
47:00 USMNT with Doyle
1:02:40 Talkin’ Paraguay

David Gass and Jordan Angeli met IRL then talked about the Boston Legacy getting their first NWSL win in the Expansion Derby and a high-scoring affair down in Florida between the Orlando Pride and Washington Spirit. The pair took a look at the power rankings and discussed who's at the top and who's bringing up the rear before looking ahead to this week's slate of games.
0:45 Gass and Jordan met IRL and follow us on our new Instagram @soccerwise.woso
7:30 Boston Legacy with their first win of the season
16:40 Denver Summit with two great goals, but still some wobbles
22:59 Washington and Orlando wildness
31:25 Top 4 in the power rankings, who’s #1?
37:45 The other end of the power rankings, Chicago and Louisville struggles
43:05 Utah, Houston, midweek and more games this weekend
47:35 SoCal Derby, Washington vs. Washington (Seattle Reign), Sofia Cantore
50:32 Olivia Moultrie youngest to 100 games played

Back chatting all things MLS are your favorite friends Tom Bogert, Matt Doyle, David Gass and Andrew Wiebe. The group looks back on the action in MLS from Week 11, talking Austin, St. Louis and the epic Orlando City comeback in Miami as well as LAFC, San Diego and NYCFC with an eye to the big Concacacf Champions Cup second leg games. Then they wrap things up with a Save the Caps! update and chat U.S. Men’s National Team players.
2:15 Gass enjoyed some USL League One action between FC Naples and One Knox
9:45 Brandon Vazquez, Owen Wolff are back for Austin, Christian Ramirez love
12:55 St. Louis in rebuild mode
21:10 Orlando with a wild comeback win against Miami
33:30 Doyle talks about his favorite new nerdy soccer website
35:50 LAFC getting results in both league play and Concacaf
43:28 Liga MX and MLS player movement and the U22 mechanism
46:38 San Diego and the Chucky Lozano Conundrum
57:35 Three game week was rough Vancouver, San Jose, Nashville
1:02:00 NYCFC keeps dropping points after a fast start
1:07:22 Vancouver Whitecaps update
1:15:40 Big second leg games in Concacaf Tuesday and Wednesday
1:27:10 USMNT players - Weekend in review

Michele Giannone, reporter for MLS on Apple TV, joins David for the first half of the show to talk a busy week already with Concacaf Champions Cup, U.S. Open Cup and more. Then Matt is back to talk about the USMNT, and Christian Pulisic’s performance heading into the World Cup.
7:30 LAFC downs Toluca in Leg 1 and Schedule Talk
25:48 Surridge-less Nashville battles Tigres in 1st Leg loss
32:20 No Cupsets in the U.S. Open Cup, Quarterfinals Matchups
42:35 James Rodriguez Conundrum, Minnesota-Columbus Preview
48:40 The State of Christian Pulisic, Santiago Giménez, Eredivise
1:07:32 Polish FA hanging out with Julian Hall’s mom, USMNT GK chatter