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The Designated Players | An MLS Podcast

Andrew Barnikel, Adam Tamburello, Connor Wright

We are The Designated Players | An MLS Podcast! Your home for all things MLS, Past Present and Future! Hosted by Andrew Barnikel and Connor Wright

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Episode 313: A Not So Deep Dive Into LA Galaxy's 2025...

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2025/02/07

In this episode, we sit down with Ananda from La Cuna Galaxiana to preview the 2025 LA Galaxy season! Recorded on: 2/4/25 #MLS #MLSCup #mlscupplayoffs #LAGalaxy #losangeles #interview 0:00 - Scarf of the Week 5:37 - LAG's 2024 8:32 - Best Addition 15:24 - Biggest Loss 22:27 - Player To Watch 28:45 - One Question 31:43 - Predicted Finish Send any emails with questions or comments to: thedppod@gmail.com Follow the Pod on Social Media! Website: https://thedppod.buzzsprout.com/ ...

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Episode 312: A Not So Deep Dive Into Orlando City's...

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2025/02/07

In this episode, we sit down with Michael from AFTN Canada to preview the 2025 Vancouver Whitecaps season! Recorded on: 2/3/25 #MLS #MLSCup #mlscupplayoffs #vancouverwhitecaps #vancouver #vwfc #interview 0:00 - Scarf of the Week 3:44 - ORL's 2024 8:24 - Best Addition 15:22 - Biggest Loss 20:00 - Player To Watch 26:19 - One Question 34:55 - Predicted Finish Send any emails with questions or comments to: thedppod@gmail.com Follow the Pod on Social Media! Website: https://...

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Episode 311: A Not So Deep Dive Into Colorado Rapids'...

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2025/02/06

In this episode, we sit down with Juan from Box State Footy to preview the 2025 Colorado Rapids season! Recorded on: 2/2/25 #MLS #MLSCup #mlscupplayoffs #vancouverwhitecaps #vancouver #vwfc #interview 0:00 - Scarf of the Week 3:21 - COL's 2024 8:43 - Best Addition 10:56 - Biggest Loss 13:44 - Player To Watch 19:53 - One Question 22:42 - Predicted Finish Send any emails with questions or comments to: thedppod@gmail.com Follow the Pod on Social Media! Website: https://the...

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30:36

Episode 310: A Not So Deep Dive Into Sporting KC's...

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2025/02/06

In this episode, we sit down with Chad from For The Glory KC Podcast to preview the 2025 Sporting KC season! Recorded on: 2/2/25 #MLS #MLSCup #mlscupplayoffs #sportingkc #SKC #kansascity #interview 0:00 - Scarf of the Week 4:09 - SKC's 2024 6:24 - Best Addition 10:14 - Biggest Loss 12:17 - Player To Watch 17:21 - One Question 22:26 - Predicted Finish Send any emails with questions or comments to: thedppod@gmail.com Follow the Pod on Social Media! Website: https://thedppod.buz...

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45:06

Episode 309: A Not So Deep Dive Into Vancouver...

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2025/02/05

In this episode, we sit down with Michael from AFTN Canada to preview the 2025 Vancouver Whitecaps season! Recorded on: 2/1/25 #MLS #MLSCup #mlscupplayoffs #vancouverwhitecaps #vancouver #vwfc #interview 0:00 - Scarf of the Week 5:32 - The future of footy in Vancouver 13:21 - VAN's 2024 22:17 - Best Addition 26:19 - Biggest Loss 31:50 - Player To Watch 36:15 - One Question 39:07 - Predicted Finish Send any emails with questions or comments to: thedppod@gmail.com Follow the Po...

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26:54

Episode 308: A Not So Deep Dive Into FC Cincinnati's...

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2025/02/05

In this episode, we sit down with Ryan and Sam from The Flyin Lion Podcast to preview the 2025 FC Cincinnati season! Recorded on: 2/2/25 #MLS #MLSCup #mlscupplayoffs #fcc #fccincinnati #allforcincy #cincinnati #interview 0:00 - Scarf of the Week 2:31 - FCC's 2024 5:42 - Best Addition 8:16 - Biggest Loss 11:38 - Player To Watch 16:47 - One Question 22:13 - Predicted Finish Send any emails with questions or comments to: thedppod@gmail.com Follow the Pod on Social Media! ...

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Episode 307 A Not So Deep Dive Into LAFC's 2025...

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2025/02/04

In this episode, we sit down with Dave Gomez aka LAFC Dutch Dave to preview the 2025 LAFC season! Recorded on: 2/1/25 #MLS #MLSCup #mlscupplayoffs #LAFC #losangeles #interview Send any emails with questions or comments to: thedppod@gmail.com Follow the Pod on Social Media! Website: https://thedppod.buzzsprout.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDPPod1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/designated_players_podcast_/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDPPod TikTok: https://...

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31:29

Episode 306: A Not So Deep Dive Into The Columbus...

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2025/02/04

In this episode, we sit down with Ty Fisher from Wise Men Say Podcast to chat all things Columbus Crew for the 2025 Season! Recorded on: 2/1/25 #MLS #MLSCup #mlscupplayoffs #columbusCrew #Crew96 #interview 0:00 - Scarf of the Week 3:28 - CLB's 2024 6:18 - Best Addition 12:11 - Biggest Loss 19:07 - Player To Watch 23:48 - One Question 27:08 - Predicted Finish Send any emails with questions or comments to: thedppod@gmail.com Follow the Pod on Social Media! Website: https:...

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62:42

Episode 305: The State Of MLS 30 Years Later ft MLS...

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2025/01/28

In this episode, we sit down with Mike from MLS Box2Box to chat about the state of MLS as we head into our 30th season! From Roster Rules to Salary Caps To Schedule Changes and more, hear our takes on where the league is today and how we can grow into the future!Recorded on: 1/19/25#MLS #MLSCup #mlscupplayoffs #coloradorapids #rapids96 #yearofomir 0:00 - Scarf Of The Week1:55 - Cash for Players Rule8:24 - Salary Cap Limitations16:40 - Roster Mechanisms22:10 - Transfer Window Shift25:13 -...

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51:30

Episode 304: The Colorado Rapids season recap and...

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2025/01/21

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week we're joined by a super special guest, Colorado Rapids #11, Omir Fernandez! In this episode we talk about Colorado's resurgent season last year, followed by a look into the upcoming preseason with the Rapids, and ending with some rapid fire (pun intended) questions. Let us know your thoughts!Recorded on: 1/5/2025 Let us know your thoughts and if we got it right or right! Send any emails wi...

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38:50

Episode 303: Reacting to our MLS awards predictions...

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2024/12/24

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week we're reacting to our beginning of the season awards and bold predictions! If you haven't checked out our predictions, no worries, we go over our picks here, but if you want to hear more of our thought process, we suggest you take a listen to our earlier episodes on this topic. Some of predictions were spot on... some not so much. Let us know what you think, and also how your predictions panned out!Recorded on:...

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Episode 302: Ranking The Best Moments From The 2024...

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2024/12/19

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we're back making more tierlists! What better way to make the return to this series than with making a tierlist ranking the top moments from the 2024 season. There have been so many amazing and hilarious moments this season, some becoming local lore while others became mainstream. Let us know what you think and what your tierlist would be!Recorded on: 12/15/2024 Let us know your thoughts and if we got it right or right! ...

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Episode 301: Top 10 Goals From The 2024 MLS Season!

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2024/12/17

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we continue our series covering all things top 10. As previous listeners will know, there is nothing we like more than yelling at each other and being yelled at by you, so what better way to entice that then by rating top 10s. This week, we will be giving our picks for the top 10 goals from the 2024 season, from bicycle kicks to goals from the halfway line, there are some bangers in this list.. Let us know your top 10 and what you think of ou...

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Episode 300: Our thoughts on Don Garber's State of...

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2024/12/12

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we're talking about the hottest topics in MLS in recent news with this episode covering Don Garber's full state of the league press conference, which covered topics such as US Open Cup, Leagues Cup, roster rules, and more. We'll give our take on some of the more noteworthy points of the press conference. Let us know your thoughts!#adRecorded on: 12/8/2024 Let us know your thoughts and if we got it right or right! Send any emails wit...

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39:29

Episode 299: THE LA GALAXY ARE THE 2024 MLS CUP...

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2024/12/10

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we're recapping the recent MLS Cup Final. The LA Galaxy are your 2024 MLS Cup Champions, which means we have one sad cohost and another ready to rub it in. We go over how the game planned out, what went wrong for RBNY, and what does the future look like for RBNY. Let us know your thoughts!#adRecorded on: 12/7/2024 Let us know your thoughts and if we got it right or right! Send any emails with questions or comments to: thedppod@gmail...

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Episode 298: MLS Cup Final Preview

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2024/12/05

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we're recapping all of the action from the MLS Cup Playoffs Conference finals and then giving an in depth preview of the MLS Cup Final! We'll start out by recapping the latest round of matchups in the playoffs which set us up for the teams to face off in the final. After that we will be going into a deep dive into the MLS Cup Final between the LA Galaxy and New York Red Bulls. Let us know your picks and your thoughts!#adRecorded on: 12/1/2024...

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Episode 297: What is the real reason Herdman resigned...

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2024/12/03

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we're talking about the hottest topics in MLS in recent news with this episode talking about even more coaching changes including the departure of John Herdman from Toronto FC, Nick Cushing from NYCFC, and Vanni Sartini from the Vancouver Whitecaps. Let us know your thoughts!#adRecorded on: 12/1/2024 Let us know your thoughts and if we got it right or right! Send any emails with questions or comments to: thedppod@gmail.comFollow the...

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Episode 296: MLS Cup Conference Semi-Finals Review...

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2024/11/28

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we're recapping all of the action from the MLS Cup Playoffs Conference semi-finals and then talking about our favorite podcast topic... predictions! We'll start out by recapping the latest round of matchups in the playoffs which featured a few more upsets and an 8 goal thriller. After that we will be making our MLS Cup Conference finals predictions. Potentially more upsets to come in next round? Listen in to find out. Let us know your picks a...

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Episode 295: FC Cincinnati break the MLS transfer record

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2024/11/26

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we're talking about the hottest topics in MLS in recent news with this episode talking about a slew of new coach hires including the rumored arrival of Javier Mascherano coming into Inter Miami for the recently departed Tata Martino, Eric Quill in at FC Dallas, and Olof Mellberg joining St Louis City. Lastly we cover the record breaking signing of striker Kevin Denkey by FC Cincinnati. Let us know your thoughts!Recorded on: 11/23/2024 Le...

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Episode 294: MLS Cup Conference Semifinals Predictions

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2024/11/21

In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we're talking about our favorite podcast topic... predictions! This time by we're making our MLS Cup Conference Semifinals predictions for both the east and the west. A couple of really exciting matchups and even some upset picks from the hosts. Let us know your picks and your thoughts!Recorded on: 11/17/2024 Let us know your thoughts and if we got it right or right! Send any emails with questions or comments to: thedppod@gmail.comF...

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