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Lobbing Scorchers

Ari Liljenwall & Noah Riffe

Lobbing Scorchers is a Seattle Sounders and MLS focused show brought to you by Sounder at Heart. Hosted by Major League Soccer"s Ari Liljenwall and Noah Riffe. Join us as we lob our scorching takes on the American soccer landscape, Seattle Sounders, Major League Soccer, USMNT and more. Lobbing Scorchers is produced and owned by Just Once Media.https://lobbingscorchers.com

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68:43

Seattle Sounders Soccer is About to be Electric - Ep. 83

Lobbing Scorchers ·

2025/02/13

The Seattle Sounders’ preseason is officially a wrap after a pair of scrimmages against Louisville City FC. With just one week left until the real games start, we hit one last preseason game review and dive into our broader takeaways from an impressive training camp that saw the Sounders score 19 goals.Elsewhere in MLS, we have an exciting blockbuster trade as the Lucho Acosta-Evander saga has officially been resolved, giving FC Dallas a new superstar and leaving the Portland Timbers in a tough

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81:31

Should the Seattle Sounders be playing in US Open...

Lobbing Scorchers ·

2025/02/02

After a brief hiatus, Ari is back from Mexico and we are back with some more coverage of the Seattle Sounders and MLS offseason. The Seattle Sounders are in Spain and have played a couple of preseason matches and Pedro de la Vega is cooking, giving us a chance to do our first unofficial game reviews of 2025.Later on, we discuss whether the Sounders should be playing in the US Open Cup and dive into some juicy headlines from around MLS.SPONSORSHaxan Ferments - Specializing in unique, small-batch

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71:53

Grading the Seattle Sounders' Offseason - Ep. 81

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2025/01/15

We are back with another offseason episode as the beginning of the 2025 season draws nearer. With the Jesús Ferreira and Paul Arriola trades now official, we grade Seattle’s offseason thus far based on all their moves to date. We also have a handful of headlines from around the league, including more transfer movement, a couple of new coaching hires, and chaos and turmoil engulfing Austin FC.Donate to LA Fire Relief:

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43:34

Have The Sounders Backed Themselves Into a Corner? -...

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2025/01/07

We are back with another offseason episode as the 2025 season draws nearer. Have the Seattle Sounders painted themselves into a corner with their recent roster decisions? We discuss that topic, along with some thoughts on the future of Obed Vargas and a silly season rumor linking the Seattle Sounders to Marcus Rashford.SPONSORS Full Pull Wines. Become a paid subscriber to Sounder at Heart.Follow Lobbing Scorchers: YouTube Instagram TikTok Ari Liljenwall Noah RiffeLobbing Scorchers is a

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50:52

Are The Seattle Sounders Ambitious Enough? - Ep. 79

Lobbing Scorchers ·

2024/12/19

We are back with an offseason episode with some headlines around MLS to cover, including a new sporting director for Atlanta United with Seattle Sounders ties. We also update the Seattle Sounders’ ongoing pursuit of an FC Dallas duo and give our thoughts on the team’s offseason to date.With the release of the 2025 MLS schedule, be sure to tune in to the Lobbing Scorchers YouTube on Friday at 7:30 pm ET for our live reaction show!**JOIN US FOR OUR YOUTUBE LIVE STREAM ON FRIDAY**SPONSORS Full Pull

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25:56

Jordan Morris Opens Up About Club World Cup Ambition...

Lobbing Scorchers ·

2024/12/15

Seattle Sounders forward Jordan Morris joins Noah for this special episode to talk about his work off the field with the Jordan Morris Foundation and his mission to support and inspire kids living with Type 1 diabetes. Then we chat about the 2024 season, the emergence of a new persona, and his 2025 ambitions with the Sounders set to participate in the Club World Cup.SPONSORS Full Pull Wines. Become a paid subscriber to Sounder at Heart.Follow Lobbing Scorchers: YouTube Instagram TikTok Ari

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54:24

We Won MLS Cup? - Ep. 77

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2024/12/10

MLS Cup 2024 is a wrap and we’re back with our first offseason episode. Lobbing Scorchers was on the ground in Los Angeles for the title match, and returns with some tales from the New York Red Bulls beat and postgame locker room.We do our game review and give the LA Galaxy their due, then hit some of the early offseason items as the focus shifts to 2025!SPONSORS Full Pull Wines. Become a paid subscriber to Sounder at Heart.Follow Lobbing Scorchers: YouTube Instagram TikTok Ari Liljenwall

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60:40

Season of Almost (Feat. Jeremiah Oshan) - Ep. 76

Lobbing Scorchers ·

2024/12/01

The Seattle Sounders season is over after their 1-0 loss to the LA Galaxy at Dignity Health Sports Park in the Western Conference Final. We lay down one last L Pod of the season with Sounder at Heart overlord Jeremiah Oshan from Los Angeles as he joins us for our game review, Agenda Check and your questions.In another exciting development, we also successfully fired up our first-ever Lobbing Scorchers postgame live stream! Stay tuned for more of those this offseason and in 2025.SPONSORS Full Pull

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92:42

Jordan Morris Magnum Opus - Ep. 75

Lobbing Scorchers ·

2024/11/27

After weathering some technical challenges, we are back with the biggest Dub Pod yet as the Seattle Sounders have eliminated LAFC in the Western Conference Semifinals on an own goal for the ages and an instantly iconic Jordan Morris game-winner. Where does this one rank in the pantheon of all-time best wins in club history? That’s one of the topics we tackle after recapping another epic upset of the Black & Gold.We also hit our Agenda Check, take your questions and preview a Western Conference

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72:19

Messi Can't Make it in MLS (feat. Jordan Morris &...

Lobbing Scorchers ·

2024/11/21

After a bit of downtime during the international break, we are back at it in a big way with a jam-packed episode. A lot has happened since our last show, including the demise of Inter Miami, Lionel Messi and Tata Martino as part of a Round One that saw all three of the top three seeds in the East eliminated.Meanwhile the Seattle Sounders are training ahead of this Saturday’s Semifinals matchup against LAFC who they will play for the approximately 27th time across all competitions this season. We

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59:45

Houston DyNoMore - Ep. 73

Lobbing Scorchers ·

2024/11/09

With Noah out of commission for the week, Ari wins yet another battle for technology and lays down the Solo Dub Pod coming off the Seattle Sounders’ Round One Best-of-3 Series victory over the Houston Dynamo. As always, he hits our Agenda Check and takes your questions, before reacting to a wild slate of results from the start of the playoffs, including a highly comedic defeat for our friends the Columbus Crew.SPONSORS This podcast was made possible through the support of Full Pull Wines. Become a

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59:08

Is Pedro De La Vega a Bust? - Ep. 72

Lobbing Scorchers ·

2024/10/31

It’s a Playoff Dub Pod as the Seattle Sounders won a riveting, high-octane Round One Best-of-3 series opener against the Houston Dynamo at Lumen Field on Monday night. That gives the Sounders a 1-0 lead ahead of Game 2 in Houston on Sunday. We break it down in our game review, take your questions, hit our agenda check and react to the other results that have taken place around the league so far in the playoffsSPONSORS This podcast was made possible through the support of Full Pull Wines. Become a

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92:41

God Hates The Portland Timbers - Ep. 71

Lobbing Scorchers ·

2024/10/27

It’s not every day your arch-rival has one of the most catastrophic meltdowns in MLS history, but the Portland Timbies did exactly that in the Wild Card round of the MLS Cup Playoffs. We break down the fine points of their 5-0 defeat to the Vancouver Whitecaps, Evander’s postgame tweets and Phil Neville and Ned Grabavoy’s blazing hot press conference.After that we go through our playoff brackets and make our picks on who we think will make it to MLS Cup.SPONSORS This podcast was made possible

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98:55

Could Podcasters Referee an MLS Match? (Feat. Max...

Lobbing Scorchers ·

2024/10/22

It’s a Draw Pod as the Seattle Sounders closed their 2024 regular season with a 1-1 Decision Day draw against the Portland Timbers. We’ll break that down in our game review, hit our final regular-season agenda check and bring on special guest Max Bretos voice of LAFC and Apple TV announcer for a playoff preview.Follow Max: YouTube Twitter Soccer OG PodcastSPONSORS This podcast was made possible through the support of Full Pull Wines. Become a subscriber to Sounder at Heart.---Follow Lobbing

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93:54

Leaking our Major League Soccer Awards Ballot - Ep. 69

Lobbing Scorchers ·

2024/10/18

The Seattle Sounders but we still threw together an arguably-too-long pod, starting with going over this year’s 22U22 rankings. We then tackle the end-of-season awards discourse, with Ari realizing mid-pod that he was going to change multiple of his votes. Those two things took up pretty much the whole thing, but we briefly preview some Decision Day action and shoutout Obed Vargas for his first senior El Tri cap.Paul Rothrock Story: https://sounderathe.art/kShzLR This podcast was made possible

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79:02

Should Brian Schmetzer Win Coach of the Year? - Ep. 68

Lobbing Scorchers ·

2024/10/09

It’s another Dub Pod as the surging Seattle Sounders went to the thriving metropolis of Commerce City, Colorado and came back with a solid 1-0 victory. Albert Rusnák scored the game-winner, the Sounders moved to third in the West. Are they getting hot at just the right time? We’ll break it all down in our game review, hit our agenda check, take your questions, and jump around the league for our news headlines and winners and losers.We also have a head coach firing, which gave us our Blazing Hot

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63:59

Maple Syrup Massacre - Ep. 67

Lobbing Scorchers ·

2024/10/05

We’re back with one of the best Dub Pods of the season as the Seattle Sounders obliterated the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-0 at BC Place in Matchday 36. Georgi scored his first MLS goal. Albert Rusnak has 15 assists. And Paul Rothrock continues his ascent into the Major Leagues Soccer elite. We break it all down in our game review, hit our Agenda Check, take your questions and discuss Inter Miami clinching the Supporters’ Shield. Support the show by subscribing to Sounder at Heart and get 1 FREE month!

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55:17

Paul Rothrock owns the Houston Dynamo - Ep. 66

Lobbing Scorchers ·

2024/09/30

We’re back with a good, solid Dub Pod as the Seattle Sounders took on the Houston Dynamo at Lumen Field and emerged with a 1-0 victory. The Sounders are officially headed to the playoffs and Paul Rothrock got a game-winner, which we break down in our game review.After that we hit our Agenda Check, take your questions and close out with some takes on the other results from Matchday 35. Support the show by subscribing to Sounder at Heart and get 1 FREE month! This podcast was made possible through

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58:57

Missed Opportunity - Ep. 65

Lobbing Scorchers ·

2024/09/21

It’s an unfortunate Draw Pod this week as the Seattle Sounders relinquished a last-minute lead in Wednesday evening’s 2-2 result against the mighty San Jose Earthquakes. We break down the defensive lapses that led to the pair of unfortunate concessions in our game review but also celebrate some more red-hot form from Jordan Morris.Later on in the show we also hit our Agenda Check, take your questions, highlight our Blazing Hot Coach Press Conference of the Week and talk winners and losers from

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76:54

From The Top Ropes - Ep. 64

Lobbing Scorchers ·

2024/09/17

The Seattle Sounders have vanquished the Club of Professional Wrestling Enthusiasts, so you know what that means: It’s another Dub Pod as we recap Seattle’s 2-0 win over Sporting KC, which saw the dynamic duo of Jackson Ragen and Paul Rothrock find the scoresheet as part of an excellent attacking performance.Later on in the show we hit our Agenda Check, take your questions, hop around and MLS and debut a new segment inspired by Wilfried Nancy’s blazing hot press conference of last week. Support the

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