The For The Culture Soccer Show has returned!

Back to discuss things going on in the game of soccer crossing over into Black and Pop Culture, we launch our first episode of 2025! In this episode our hosts- Greggo, Devin The Dude, and Mean Marc go into the first UEFA Champions League semifinal leg between Arsenal and PSG, and recap our favorite EPL clubs' season up to now, and what can be done to make for a successful finish to their seasons, we preview the 2nd semifinal between Inter Milan and Barcelona.

In the 2nd half we discussed a major story that dropped while we were away, the proposal of MLS switching to a traditional fall-spring calendar and if that would be the best move for MLS, and why.

In our 2UP/2Down wrap up, we go into Wolves Women missing out on promotion, WrestleMania, the draft saga of Shedeur Sanders, and MORE!

2 more to 200!

In this episode, Greggo and Mean Marc recap the 2024 MLS Cup and focus on the viewership issues as fans are split between watching on Fox or watching on Apple TV and how the overall coverageof MLS is affecting the ambitions of the league. We also go into the proposed calendar change for MLS and if it can actually be of any help and perhaps even save the Leagues Cup.

We then move on to the recent rigging vote of the 2030 and 2034 Men's World Cups and if this will set a new precedent for hosting bids going forward, we touch on WSL and Bill Belichick in North Carolina and more in 2UP/2Down!

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MLS Playoff Recap and MLS Cup predictions

NWSL Championship recap

Man United moves on from Ten Hag and into the Amorim Era

Liverpool dominates City and Europe- is the league locked up?

What's eating Kylian Mbappe and Real?

USNT talk- The Korbin Albert talk and how has Pochettino looked so far with the US?

A special dedication to Macaroni Tony and more in 2UP/2Down

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Catching up on current and past events while we've been away, Devin, Greggo, Marc, and TK cover the Arsenal-Man City and the fallout, we explain the new UEFA Champions League format, and we dip back and give our thoughts on US Soccer (finally) hiring Mauricio Pochettino to be coach of the USMNT.

We discuss the future of FTCUTD and more in 2UP/2Down and more on this episode of FTCUTD!!

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Greggo, Dev, Mean Marc, and Sylvs chop up the first week of the Olympics in Episode 195. We hit on the "controversy" of the opening ceremony, the successes of both the US Men's and Women's soccer teams, as well as other performances we've peeped during week 1.

Following up on our last episode we recap the firing of Gregg Berhalter from the USMNT and debate on who amongst the likely choices will be tapped for the head gig.

We also go into the bare number of fans showing up for the first weekend of Leagues Cup and what this means for MLS and why they seem determined to make this a thing.

In 2UP/2Down we get back to our highlights from Paris, the homeless crisis in LA, and have a discussion on the rise of Kamala Harris as the new presumptive Democratic Party nominee for President and what this could mean for the country and The Culture.

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In Episode 194, Greggo is joined on Henny Derby Day by Sylvs from Shea Butter FC and Yogi of Can I Kick It to have the big discussion on the fallout of the US Men's National Team crash out of Copa America, and what's next for the team and for head coach Gregg Berhalter.

We also go into a quick review of the Euros so far and Jude Bellingham's emergence as England's leader.

In 2UP/2Down, we prepare for the Henny Derby, we go into the breaking news of continued stories of abuse in the NWSL and the San Diego Wave specifically, and pay tribute to a fallen brother of the FTCUTD family.

The fireworks and tiki torches go off in this episode of FTCUTD!

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Back for April, and FTC comes with gifts! Thanks to our crazy Black History League Draft, in today's episode we spin the block with a true US soccer legend- We have US Soccer Hall of Famer, DC United icon, and Carolina Core FC Chief Sporting Officer Eddie Pope on the show for a special interview! We tap in and discuss the Carolina Core project, the soccer movement in the South, inserting Black Culture in the game, and more!

Wrapping around the interview, we go into a learning experience when the fam came through for the SheBelieves Cup in Atlanta and in 2UP/2Down we go into the Korbin Albert incident, the women's Final Four, a tribute to the late Rico Wade, AND MORE!!

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