Meet the Soccers: Recent Episodes
Meet the Soccers
Meet the Soccers is a new podcast about two friends catching up on life through soccer/football/fußball/calcio etc. Jeff (in Vienna) and Schuyler (in Los Angeles) begin each episode with the latest football chat before quickly devolving into whatever else they feel like talking about.
Jeff and Schuyler finally get their act together for the 2024/25 Premier League season. Have United arrested their wobbly start? Are Arsenal still in contention this season? The lads also have a long chat about new USMNT manager hire Mauricio Pochettino.
Schuyler and Jeff catch up on the Euros, Copa America, USMNT Manager debacle, EPL summer transfer window so far, and a bit of catching up between the two BFFs.
Jeff and Schuyler meet for the last pod of the 23/24 EPL season. Jeff laments and appreciates Arsenal's season. Schuyler complains. More of what you all have come to love and expect.
Jeff and Schuyler finally do the overdue London episode. Schuyler apologizes for some of the weird editing!
Jeff and Schuyler chat about a three-horse Premier League title race. United aren't great, what's new? But Jeff and Schuyler are still thrilled to catch up for old-time's sake. Also, Jeff needed to talk about beating some team by six goals.
Jeff and Schuyler recap Arsenal's thrilling win over a Salah-less Liverpool and United's drubbing of West Ham. Schuyler is ruining his fingernails worrying about the state of Lisandro Martinez's knee. Oh! And MTS is returning to London!
Jeff and Schuyler react to the breaking news regarding Jurgen Klopp stepping down, United's new CEO, and general bits and bobs. Schuyler is high.
Schuyler and Jeff chat United's unpredictable form, Arsenal's opportunity to move up the league table, and the impact of multiple midseason international tournaments. Also, they spend 10 minutes determining if Schuyler's microphone is on. Typical.
Jeff and Schuyler regroup after Arsenal's drubbing of RC Lens and United's Onana-fueled implosion at Galatasaray. Also, they chat Garnacho's wondergoal, City charges, and Squid Game The Competition.
Jeff and Schuyler celebrate their 50th episode despite the fact that Schuyler is very much on post-surgery painkillers. Arsenal are mostly getting it done while United are having weekly fire alarms. Pretty typical for our 50th episode!
Schuyler and Jeff chat with Nostalgia FC's star attacking midfielder James, yet another Arsenal fan guest. First we cover Arsenal's mixed bag of a week before getting into United's staggering decline. James provides some key Arsenal insight and Jeff is thrilled.
Schuyler and Jeff break down what's going right and wrong for Manchester United before Jeff runs through Arsenal's recent run of fixtures. The lads start off going down a weird rabbit hole of James Bond and Maryland nonsense. If you're listening to the podcast at this point, you know what to expect.
Jeff and Schuyler sneak in a fast pod to catch up on the North London Derby and everyone's favorite cup (obviously the Carabao Cup).
Jeff and Schuyler chat about Arsenals win over Everton, United's continued slump against a surging Brighton, and why Schuyler be so sad all the time. The gang also chats the future of MTS.
Jeff and Schuyler recap the fifth ever El Meet the Soccericos derby between Manchester United and Arsenal. They also recap Schuyler's visit to the UK and the duo's visit to Scotland.
Jeff and Schuyler are joined by friends Julio (the pod's first Liverpool fan) and Hector (the pod's 900th Arsenal fan) to chat about the new 2023-24 Premier League Season. Your usual MTS mix of laughing at stupid shit before suddenly pivoting into serious issues. We're the only podcast that promises you emotional whiplash.
Schuyler and Jeff play the ultimate off-season filler game: The MTS Game of Games! They also chat transfers, Qatar, and Schuyler's UK visit!
Jeff and Schuyler wrap up the season and look to the future. A few moments of optimism drenched in pettiness! Also the first ever MTS Awards, aka "The Meeties!"
Jeff and Schuyler reflect on shit. The lads talk Jeff making peace with Arsenal's second-place finish, United's questionable summer transfer window, and who should take the USMNT job.
Jeff and Schuyler are back. Sorry about how bad that last episode was. It was Schuyler's fault. United suck again, Arsenal have a glimmer of hope, and Schuyler is still pissed about fixture density.
Jeff describes the Game of Thronesian Arsenal loss at City, and immediately begins to process the title race (this is healthy!). Schuyler shares pre-Spurs nerves before the lads chat about Sir Jim's unsavory offer to the Glazers. Schuyler and Jeff get hyped for Schuyler's next visit to London.
Jeff and Schuyler are joined by Neil, this podcast's first diehard United supporter guest. Neil has forgotten more about football than Jeff and Schuyler will ever know. The lads also review results against Brentford and Leeds before previewing the weekend's fixtures.
MTS welcomes Kieran Carr (@a_small_comedian on IG) to chat Spurs and the pain of following them. Jeff's team lost in the Europa League and Schuyler savors the moment.
Jeff jumps at the opportunity to make Schuyler feel bad in the wake of United's 7-0 humbling at Anfield. To make matters worse, he also gets to bask in the afterglow of a 97' come from behind Arsenal victory. 2023 is just 2020 with different branding.
Jeff and Schuyler talk about United winning the Sippy Cup, a media-blacked-out Arsenal trouncing Everton, United's comeback win against West Ham, and some discussion around the idea of a British Football Regulator.
Jeff and Schuyler talk about Arsenal's slip up against City, City's slip up against Forest, and United slipping up the table. I didn't have a good third "slip" thing. Deal with it.
Jeff and Schuyler speculate about Manchester City's financial doping punishment, recap Arsenal losing to Dyche's Everton, and complain about Casemiro getting sniped by VAR.
After Jeff takes an unnecessary vacation, the lads are finally ready to discuss the results of United's trip to Arsenal, the transfer window, and other assorted nonsense. Oh and Jeff has another game for Schuyler!
Jeff and Schuyler relive both of the relevant derbies and look ahead to the 4th ever El Meetthesoccerico derby. Jeff and Schuyler were both in a good mood -- so the podcast might sound different than it usually does.
Jeff and Schuyler talk about the holidays, the football, and the year-in-review. Jeff doesn't yet see the tidal wave of hubris heading for both he and Arsenal in the second half of the season.
Jeff and Schuyler talk World Cup Quarterfinals, what's ahead for the return of the EPL, and play a gambling game to publicly embarrass Schuyler's lack of gambling knowledge.
Schuyler and Jeff talk about the USA's nervy win over Iran, and not much else. Maybe a tiny bit of sports washing, but that's it!
Jeff and Schuyler do one last pre-World Cup check-in, dissect Ronaldo's latest tantrum, and play a USMNT game!
Jeff and Schuyler chat post-London, catch up on Europa League, and get their World Cup group stage picks in. ALSO: a new game!!
Jeff and Schuyler are in London LIVE. They recap their disappointing visit to Manchester as Newcastle steal a point, they chat Arsenal's win over Leeds, and general London tomfoolery. Also, Schuyler got a United tattoo and this is a great time to give him shit about it.
Jeff tries to take away Schuyler's derby pain while gloating about his own derby success. Then the gang plans the October London reunion trip!
We prepare for the 3rd ever El Meet the Soccericos Derby Match. United v Arsenal...for a fraction of all the marbles! Jeff and Schuyler place some bets, and are joined by friend/Arsenal diehard Ben Majoy!
Jeff and Schuyler chat shit about how Liverpool got banged 2-1 at Old Trafford, as well as hearing about Arsenal's latest easy victory.
Jeff and Schuyler bury Schuyler's hopes for the 2022/23 season in week two. Now all that's left is try to pick up the pieces, talk about Jeff's ecstacy and squeeze in some video game chat.
On our first episode of the 2022/23 season, Jeff moves to jolly old London, Schuyler's United agony continues, and we get into summer transfer misery.
Jeff and Schuyler do their season post-mortem and predict some big transfer moves for the summer. Then they get into a needlessly heated debate about the recent USWNT pay equity announcement.
In Episode 18, Jeff and I arbitrarily grade all the players on our teams. Jeff is super generous with his grades, and Schuyler wants a lot of players to become coal miners.
In episode 17 of Meet the Soccers, we go through the death and destruction of the second-ever Meet the El Soccerico derby. Jeff also gets into what kinda music he liked in middle school.
Jeff and Schuyler chat US World Cup group draw, Manchester United's tragic failure against Liverpool, and Arsenal's ascension. Also, a new feature where we talk about whatever nonsense we feel like bringing up.
Episode 15 could have felt like a milestone episode, showing how far we've come in such a short amount of time. Instead Schuyler makes it shit and Jeff tries to provide cover. Jeff is the Raphael Varane to Schuyler's Harry Maguire/Luke Shaw.
In this episode of Meet the Soccers, we touch upon how the invasion of Ukraine has been felt in the football world, some Arsenal Golazos, and a Manchester Derby that makes Schuyler take personal inventory of his own existence.
In this episode of MTS, Schuyler and Jeff are live on Twitch! We also catch up on a weekend of late drama, bullshit refereeing decisions, and why Arsenal fans are obsessed with Scott McTominay.
In the latest episode of MTS, Jeff and Schuyler chat Transfer Deadline Day weirdness, USMNT matches against El Salvador and Canada, and the horrifying case of Mason Greenwood.
In this episode of MTS, Jeff and Schuyler chat Newcastle spending spree and other assorted EPL and AFCON BS.
In this long-overdue episode of MTS, we get not a whole lot done while going on for way too long. Schuyler rambles, Jeff talks AFCON
In episode 9, MTS welcomes Harding Royster on as a guest to chat about Everton, USMNT, NYC, and getting politely obliterated at noon on a work day.
In this episode, Jeff is excited for the first ever "El Meet The Soccerico." Schuyler is less than excited. We also touch on Ralf Rangnick, African Cup of Nations, and REAL FIFA ratings.
In episode 7 of MTS, we cover the USMNT WCQ fixtures against Mexico and Jamaica, Romain Molina's Twitter revelations, Arsenal's thumping by Liverpool, and United's flaccid capitulation against Watford. Who will manage United next?
In this episode, we barely discuss United for obvious reasons, Jeff's excited about Arsenal beating lowly Watford, we discuss Wenger's wishes, and a tiny bit of USMNT hype train.
Jeff and Schuyler welcome their first-ever guest: Chris the Arsenal fan. We declined to reveal his last name because he's in the witness protection program. But no Arsenal fan can resist a chance to do a podcast. It's so much Arsenal that Schuyler spent most of the podcast getting in some much needed yoga.
Episode 4 warning: Schuyler was woozy from his Covid booster. United's loss to Leicester, Arsenal's comeback draw against Palace, player mental health, and a new Super League are all on the agenda.
In episode 3, Jeff and Schuyler try to squeeze in a quickie. As per usual, we achieve almost nothing.
For future reference, this episode witnessed the birth of the Mikel Arteta voice.
In the second episode of Meet the Soccers, Jeff tries to bring order to the chaos that is this podcast. Schuyler is entirely unhelpful. Amongst the weekend's results, we accidentally find ourselves discussing player mental health and the unfair metaphor for life that is "VAR."
For the first-ever episode of Meet the Soccers (a conversation podcast about soccer and whatever else we feel like talking about), Jeff & Schuyler immediately deviate from the show's comedic premise to talk about the controversy surrounding Cristiano Ronaldo's return to Manchester.