Dummy: Interviews With Smart People About Soccer

Bobby speaks to George about signing with the Harrisburg City Islanders of the USL and the fresh challenges of joining a new club. They are then joined by poet Rowan Ricardo Phillips, who attempts to describe the artistry of Messi’s play and personality. Finally, George and Bobby briefly Tika-Talka about Tim Howard’s exit from Everton and fantasy soccer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

George and Bobby are joined by writer Mina Kimes to discuss her piece in ESPN the Magazine about AdvoCare and other controversial Multilevel Marketing schemes in the world of sports. They then speak to author Mark Haskell Smith to talk about his favorite Number 10, Cuauhtémoc Blanco. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the spirit of Leicester City’s current Premier League run, George and Bobby are joined by Kristan Heneage to discuss the 1994–95 Blackburn Rovers championship-winning season and the state of the English game at the time and now. We then hear from Khalida Popal, who shares her inspiring story about her time with the Afghanistan women’s national team, her move to Denmark, and her efforts in releasing a national team uniform with a built-in hijab. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on DUMMY, George and Bobby discuss the everyday realities of searching for a club as an unattached player. They are then joined by renowned soccer journalist Grant Wahl, who shares what it was like to cover FIFA’s presidential election. Finally, George and Bobby speak with Aaron Gordon about ‘The Replay,’ a project that allows fans to review and re-live some fantastic games of the past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on DUMMY George, David and Bobby discuss the upcoming FIFA presidential election. Then, on The Play, Yael Averbuch joins George and Bobby to dissect Tobin Heath’s goal against Canada in the final game of the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on DUMMY, George and Bobby are joined by ESPN The Magazine Senior Writer Brett Forrest to discuss his new piece about how a few federal agents brought down the world’s biggest sport’s governing body. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s DUMMY, David Goldblatt makes a long-awaited return to discuss the 77th-minute walkout by 10,000 Liverpool fans last weekend at Anfield. They were protesting a rise in ticket prices announced for next season, a decision the club has since reversed. Next, Jen Cooper of the Mixxed Zone podcast tells George about the somewhat drastic changeover in the USWNT roster for the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament, which begins today in Houston. She also previews the group stages and projects the knockout rounds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on DUMMY, George is joined by youth soccer expert Brian Sciaretta from American Soccer Now to talk about two young players in the USMNT player pool turning heads abroad: Christian Pulisic, who just made his senior debut for Borussia Dortmund, and Matt Miazga, Chelsea’s newest center back. Amidst an unconvincing run of form for the USMNT, maybe we’re in less of a slide and more of an awkward generation shift. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on DUMMY, George and Bobby are joined by coach, scout and all around soccer savant Thomas Rongen to talk about the changing perceptions and requirements about the health and lifestyle choices of professional players. Then they’re joined by two pros, Matt Pyzdrowki from Helsinborgs IF and George John from NYCFC, to break down a key play during Everton’s game last week where Tim Howard conceded a penalty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of DUMMY, George and Bobby are joined by former US international turned soccer broadcaster Brian Dunseth to discuss Benny Fenny Feilhaber’s recent comments about Jurgen Klinsmann’s team selections. Then, Howler’s David Yaffe-Bellany joins us to discuss his recent piece about the meteoric rise -- and abrupt fall -- of Steven Cohen, and his early US soccer radio show, World Soccer Daily. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on DUMMY, we’re joined by writer James Dorsey, to discuss how Saudi Arabia is using soccer as a diplomatic tool to further isolate Iran from the rest of the world. Plus, Dermot Kavanaugh, the author of Different Class: Fashion, Football & Funk, the Story of Laurie Cunningham, about England’s first black soccer player discusses the book and the man who inspired it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices