The KickAround

February 15, 2025 - Andy Swift and Peter Welpton wonder if the title race is back on with Arsenal's late win and Liverpool's wobble, and the rest of the day's action. Plus what does it mean that USL is launching a "Div 1" league and The Burn get their man and change the mood. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

February 8, 2025 - Andy Swift and Peter Welpton enjoy an FA Cup weekend by talking to the owner of the little London club that tried to kill off Man City - Kent Teague calls in to give P1's a behind-the-scenes look at their big day. Plus, "? from a P1", MLS hits 30 and Daniel Robertson on SerieA See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

February 1, 2025 - Andy Swift and Peter Welpton celebrate a Premier League "scoring a touchdown", preview the massive Arsenal/City match, take a moment to reflect on another time in American soccer culture and meet Lexi Missimo and Amber Brooks from Dallas Trinity. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

January 25, 2025 - Andy Swift and Peter Welpton get right to the controversy of the red cards in the Arsenal/Wolves game, if the Bournemouth/Forest game lived up to the hype and did Pep have to throw that poor kid into the fire like that. Plus UCL knock-out bracket confusion and Camp Cupcake review. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

January 18, 2025 - Lars Sivertsen fills in with Peter while Arsenal lose a two goal lead to Villa, marvel at Bournemouth's fantastic run of form and Lars (as a Spurs fan) speaks to Tottenham's current woes. Plus, Jeff Carlisle from ESPN on USMNT January camp. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

January 11, 2024 - Andy Swift and Peter Welpton switch things up for a FA Cup weekend and talk to several of their soccer friends - Tyler with his B'Liga update, Daniel fills everyone in on Serie A and Buzz tries to explain why FC Dallas appear to be blowing up its roster. Plus a good P1 tells his story of what he has in common with Salah and Rooney. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

January 4, 2024 - It's the return of Andy Swift!  He and Peter Welpton dig into the closet competitors to Liverpool drop points, while it lines up for a Sunday punt of United. Plus City are winning again, Newcastle is quietly making its own case, Dallas trading away a big piece and Super Cup idiocracy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

December 27, 2024 - Master Tes and Steve Davis join Peter to talk thru all of the games that happened over Premier League Boxing Day.  Plus a recap on the good and bad of the year in soccer of 2024. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

December 24, 2024 - Peter Welpton & Lars Sivertsen get together to the eventful weekend in the Premier League, discuss Pep's self-harming ways, Saka's injury, Spurs getting tonked by Liverpool, Bournemouth's outstanding form, a debate on what day Jesus was born and quaint Norwegian football stories.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

December 14, 2024 - Peter Welpton is joined by Steve Davis to discuss the surprising turn of events with both Arsenal and Liverpool only managing ties, Villa dropping points to an excellent Forest and previewing Sunday's janky Manchester Derby.  Plus some Swiss Model, Winter schedule and FCD roster rebuild discussion.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

December 7, 2024 - Tyler Kern joins Peter Welpton as Andy Swift calls in live as he continues his streak of being in attendance of every MLS Cup Final. After a review of the weird week of Premier League results, Sam Estrada and Cyera Hintzen from Dallas Trinity sit in-studio and discuss being 1st time professional footballers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

December 3, 2024 - Lars Sivertsen and Peter Welpton dive into Liverpool's significant win over reeling Man City, the why, how and what it all means in the scheme of things. Also a run thru the other weekend games we didn't get to on Saturday's show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

November 30, 2024 - Andy Swift and Peter Welpton preview the big Liverpool/Man City game by asking a question about Arne Slot, and sorting through all the records set during City's weird winless streak. Also, Andy gets ready for his 29th consecutive MLS Cup and Emma Hayes shows off her new toy to the folks back home. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

November 26, 2024 - Lars Sivertsen hangs out with Peter Welpton to chat about City's remarkable tailspin, losing five consecutive games with Spurs getting the better of the again over the weekend. Plus a run thru the rest of the weekend's results in the Premier League. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Novemeber 16, 2024 - Andy Swift and Peter Welpton are joined by the great Steve Davis to first talk about the USMNT win over Jamaica, thoughts on how the Potchettino era has started, is DFW about to have too much soccer and all about Steve's amazing Pleasant Grove soccer project. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

November 9, 2024 - Andy Swift and Peter Welpton pull a truncated episode, but enough time to discuss Brentford's exciting win, City's 4th loss in a row and ask Lars Sivertsen for his perspective of Edu's departure from ArsenalSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

November 2, 2024 - Andy Swift and Peter Welpton recap the day in the Premier League when Arsenal dropped more points, as did City, while Liverpool continue to float to the top. Plus, reaction to United's hiring of "The Hot Young Manager of the Moment"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

October 26, 2024 - It turned out to be a far more exciting day in the Prem than the schedule hinted, so Andy Swift & Peter Welpton recap all the added time goals, preview Sunday's big ARSLIV game, talk Champions League, USMNT and even, "college soccer" (or the future of thereof).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

October 22, 2024 - With the show getting bumped this past weekend, and way too many good things to discuss, Lars Sivertsen joins Peter Welpton to recap the weekend in the Premier League and also get Lars' opinions on recent headlines releated to Klopp and Tuchel.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

October 12, 2024 - Peter Welpton is joined by Master Tes to maximize the international break to catch up and take a look at how each of the four big European leagues are shaping up. ESPN's Jeff Carlisle checks in from ATX, w/ the USMNT and the debut of Pochettino. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

September 28, 2024 - Andy and Peter come to terms with the idea that maybe Chelsea has figured it out, and marvel over the 4-goal-first-half by its star player. Also a tight Arsneal win mixed w/ City dropping points at Newcastle and Liverpool win means its tight at the top. Plus Pulisic is on Italian Fire. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

September 21, 2024 - Lars Sivertsen joins Peter to talk through the day in the Premier League, discuss just how real this idea of a player strike really is, and take a temperature of the 1st week of this new Champions League format. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sept 14, 2024 - Andy Swift and Peter Welpton deep dive into the Pochetino hire as the USMNT manager. Lars Sivertsen joins to talk about Haaland's freakish goalscoring streak, Forest's shocking win, and more. We also learn a new way to say "MLS". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

August 31, 2024 - Andy and Peter do the show from a station event and react to Haaland's 2nd hattrick in a week, Arsenal dropping points to Brighton and previewing Sunday's United/Liverpool game. Plus they discuss the outcome of the Champions League draw and the resulting schedule. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

August 24, 2024 - Andy Swift & Peter Welpton recap big wins from Brighton, Arsenal, Spurs and another HaalandHatTrick. Plus Prof. Andy helps educate on the forthcoming Champions Leauge format change, and Julian Eyestone - Dallas kid now playing for Brentford. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

August 17, 2024 - Andy Swift and Peter Welpton kick of their 11th Premier League season of coverage w/ big Arsenal, Villa and Liverpool wins while enjoying Ipswich's return and fine effort. Plus USMNT hire Pochettino, what it means and what to expect.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

August 10, 2024 - Andy Swift and Peter Welpton celebrate and recap the USWNT winning their 5th Gold Medal with the 1-0 win over Brazil. Plus it's our annual Preview Show, w/ Lars Sivertsen on the Premier League, Tyler Kern on the Bundesliga and Master Tes on La Liga. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

August 3, 2024 - Andy Swift & Peter Welpton, with great insight and wit, discuss the Olympic USWNT win over Japan and the USMNT loss to Morocco. Plus, they make a new soccer friend in Trip Neal, owner of Dallas Trinity FC, the new women's pro team launching this month. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

July 27, 2024 - Andy Swift and Peter Welpton react to the USMNT 4-1 win over New Zealand, how the team is looking and what's next. Plus, the Women's team had a big opening win and how do they look under Emma, and League's Cup is here - does anyone care? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

July 20, 2024 - Look who's back, Andy, who finally gets to give his HSO's on the USMNT manager gig and tell us where exactly he's been for the last two months. Plus Meg Swanick previews the USWNT Olympic team and Joe Lowery shares his expert insight on the Men's side. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

July 13, 2024 - The good Tyler Kern joins Peter Welpton to hash through the firing of Greg Berhalter and who might be the next USMNT manager and ESPN's Jeff Carlisle calls in w/ his reporting on all of it. Plus previes of the Euro and Copa Finals.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

July 6, 2024 - Master Tesfatsion and Peter Welpton sift through the endless amount of soccer happening these days. Lars Siversten checks in to recap England's squeaker vs the Swiss and of course, a LOT of USMNT managerial discussion and debate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

July 1, 2024 - Master Tesfatsion and Peter Welpton, recorded just moments after the completion of the game, give real-time reactions and observations about the USMNT falling out of the Copa, at the group stage, in a 1-0 loss to Uruguay. Like the result, a messy, all-over-the-place discussion and honest reaction of the moment and what happens next. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

June 29, 2024 - Tyler Kern joins Peter Welpton to fight thru all of the drama and angst that is the US Men's National Team. Jeff Carlise checks in w/ the team in KC. Can Berhalter save his gig, or does anyone really want him to? Also, the Euros have been a blast & a weather delay, in Germany?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

June 27, 2024 - Master Tesfatsion and Peter Welpton wallow in the anguish of the USMNT 2-1 loss to Panama, break down the major issues and what it means for the rest of their Copa and Berhalter's future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

June 23, 2024 - Master Tes and Peter convene to discuss and reflect on the USA's 2-0 win over Bolivia in the Copa America. What went right and wrong, who played well, or not so well - and looking forward to Panama on Thursday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

June 22, 2024 - Master Tesfatsion returns w/ Peter Welpton to help "eat the elephant" that is The Summer of Soccer 2024. Dives into how great these Euros have been, and now the Copa America is here. ESPN's Jeff Carlisle joins to provide his coverage and insight into the USMNT.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

June 15, 2024 - Peter Welpton is joined by Master Tesfatsion (@MasterTes) and the good Lars Sivertsen to talk all about Euro2024, Germany's start, that Spain/Croatia game, the upcoming Copa America, USMNT, and pending fun of SoccerSummer24 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

June 1, 2024 - Andy Swift and Tyler Kern are on location, hosting a watching party for the UCL Final. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 25, 2024 - Andy Swift has to put up with overly celebratory Peter Welpton as United stun the world by stopping the City juggernaut and win the FA Cup. Plus the guy review their PL predictions and talk to Dan Friel from "TST 7v7" tournament to explain the hype and why you should watch.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 18, 2024 - Andy Swift and Peter Welpton call up Tyler Kern to talk about the entertaining final day of the Bundesliga, while also lamenting the likely limp one in the Premier League. Plus, is VAR getting the boot? Jesse got a new job and the "Million Dollar Napkin".See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 11, 2024 - Andy Swift is back with Peter Welpton, and now we know who are "getting the drop" in the Premier League, all of that mid-week Champions League drama and Dallas is getting a new team. Also, finally, a La Liga correspondent, Master Tasfatstion debuts to talk about Real, Barca and..uh, Girona? theKickAround.com @theKickAround See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 4, 2024 - Lars Sivertsen returns to fill in for Andy, joining Peter to discuss both Arsenal and Man City's wins and the race to the PL finish line. Also a recap of the Champions League semi-final 1st legs and Daniel Robertson ties a bow on another Serie A season. website: theKickAround.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

April 20, 2024 - Andy Swift and Peter Welpton are on the road at a local CBD shop to talk all about City's FA Cup Win over Chelsea, Luton's losing ways and the week's drama in Europe. Plus, is America soccer's new "Global Soccer Town?" and why this season for the Burn is, uh not good, Bob. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

April 13, 2024, Andy Swift and Peter Welpton are on location for this episode which looks at the UCL drama, "The co-efficient", results of the day and Steve Bank (@ProfBank) UCLA lw professor and soccer nerd, calls in to help explain the USSF anti-trust lawsuit(s). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

April 9, 2024 - Lars Sivertsen joins Peter to review the results of the Premier League weekend, but also dig into the topics of the ARS/LIV/MCI race, fans preferring chaos, and the frustration over Everton's new points deduction while City remains unscathed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

March 30, 2024 - The good Lars Sivertsen is back home, but returns to the show to recap his US trip, discuss and review the Premier League day, and preview Arsenal/City. Jeff Carlisle calls in to talk USMNT Copa America expectations and Adam Belz from Scuffed, w/ his observations from the Death Star edition of Dos a Cero. And Andy from Dallas Cup, the best week in DFW. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

March 25, 2024 - The good Tyler Kern grabs the opportunity to talk about his 1st love, "The Yanks" with Peter Welpton as they review, discuss, debate the USMNT three-peat as Nations League Champions - the lows and highs, Gio, Greg, the Chant - all of it here for the soccer lovin' P1See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

March 17, 2024 - Lars Sivertsen watched United's FA Cup win over Liverpool at Peter's house and the two were so captivated by the endless list of insane talking points, an emergency pod was produced - here ya go. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

March 16, 2024 - Live from Soccer Spectrum, Andy Swift & Peter Welpton host the in-person Lars Sivertsen. A double-length episode with Premier League, FA Cup, & Champions League talk. Plus we visit w/ our friends who happen to own English clubs, Buzz Carrick on FCD and an EatAround. theKickAround.com @theKickAround See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.