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SPA Daily Podcast: Champions League(s) Wrap, Europa League Preview

On the Thursday edition of the Set Piece Analysts’ daily podcast, Richard Farley nd Kartik Krishnaiyer talk about:

Wednesday’s results in UEFA Champions League,
previews of the Thursday Europa League, Round of 16 matches,
Brazilian teams and the Copa Libertadores, and
Wednesday’s results in the CONCACAF Champions League.

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SPA Daily Podcast: UEFA Champions League Review, Preview

On this edition of the Set Piece Analysts’ daily podcast, Richard Farley, Jeff Kassouf and Kartik Krishnaiyer talk about:

the not so marque match-ups in the English Premier League,
Tuesday’s results in UEFA Champions League,
previews of Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League matches,
Columbus’s performance in CONCACAF Champions League, and
Estudiantes’s struggles in Argentina, Copa Libertadores.

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SPA Women's Soccer Podcast: WPS Preseason Starts, UEFA Champions League

On this week’s episode of the weekly women’s soccer podcast, Set Piece Analysts’ Jeff Kassouf and Richard Farley looks forward to Women’s Professional Soccer’s second season, now that preseason preparations are underway. Also, discussion of the UEFA Champions League and the prospect of the NCAA Men’s and Women’s finals being moved to the same [...]

SPA Daily Podcast: UEFA and CONCACAF Champions League Previews

On this edition of the Set Piece Analysts’ daily podcast, Richard Farley, Jeff Kassouf and Brian Zygo talk about:

Liverpool’s disappointing performance at Wigan,
Landon Donovan’s place in the footballing world,
the start of CONCACAF Champions League,
the approach of the MLS Season,
the status of labor negotiations in the domestic league,
Arsenal’s hopes without Fabregas,
Fiorentina’s chances to turn around their [...]

SPA Daily Podcast: Weekend Review

On this edition of the Set Piece Analysts’ daily podcast, Richard Farley and Kartik Krishnaiyer talk about the weekend’s stories from the pitch:

Landon Donovan’s last match at Everton,
Changes at the top of the English and Spanish leagues,
Two undefeated teams losing their first matches,
Two important, scoreless draws in Italy,
And nothing but draws in France.

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SPA Daily Podcast: Weekend Preview

On this edition of the Set Piece Analysts’ daily podcast, Richard Farley and Kartik Krishnaiyer talk about the weekend’s major fixtures around the club footballing world, starting in England than branching-out across Europe before swooping down to South American then ending in Europe. There’s even some discussion of the J-League’s quality as Kartik and [...]

SPA Daily: USMNT Review, Overview of Key Friendlies, USWNT Wins the Algarve Cup

On this edition of the Set Piece Analysts’ daily podcast, Richard Farley and Jeff Kassouf take a detailed look at the Wednesday performance of the United States’ Mens national team in Amsterdam, where they lost 2-0 to the Netherlands. Then, the duo go through the other major international results and close the show by [...]

SPA Women's Podcast: Algarve Cup, Chastain's Salvos, and Interview with Kristine Lilly

On this week’s episode of the weekly women’s soccer podcast, Set Piece Analysts’ Jeff Kassouf and Richard Farley review the U.S. Women’s National Team’s triumph over Germany in the Algarve Cup. Then, the duo talk about recent comments from ex-Gold Pride defender Brandi Chastain. Finally, Richard interviews Boston Breakers’ midfielder Kristine Lilly.

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SPA Daily Podcast: Previewing Wednesday’s International Match Day

On this edition of the Set Piece Analysts’ daily podcast, Richard Farley and Jeff Kassouf talk about all the big matches on this, the last international match day before the end of the European club season. They start with a broad overview of the world’s top ranked teams but spend the second segment focused [...]

SPA Daily Podcast: England Financials, La Liga Talk, and USWNT Update

On this edition of the Set Piece Analysts’ daily podcast, Richard Farley and Jef Kassouf talk about the newest Deloitte’s Football Money League list and the rumored £1 billion bid being arranged for Manchester United. Then, the hosts talk about Spain before moving to Portugal to look at how the U.S. Women’s National Team [...]

SPA Daily Podcast: Weekend Review

On this edition of the Set Piece Analysts’ daily podcast, Richard Farley and Kartik Krishnaiyer review the weekend’s football action around the world, pay particular attention to England, where Manchester United won silverware, Chelsea imploded at the Bridge, and Arsenal had to overcome another unfortunate and traumatic injury in a coming-of-age victory.

That, and updates on [...]

SPA Daily Podcast: MLS Collective Non-Bargaining, U.S. Men’s National Team, and Weekend Preview

The Friday edition of the Set Piece Analysts’ daily podcast features SPAs Richard Farley and Brian Zygo spending a little extra time on domestic affairs. The February 25 deadline passed in Major League Soccer, and now the league is without a collective bargaining agreement. Let the game begin (or continue).

Brian and Richard also [...]

SPA Daily Podcast: Europa League Preview

With the Set Piece Analysts spread all over the States covering the game, the SPA Daily Pod presents a show we recorded on Tuesday: Kartik Krishnaiyer and Richard Farley fully embracing their excitement for this year’s Europa League competition by devoting an entire show to it. So, apologies to Internazionale supporters, who deserve [...]

SPA Daily Podcast: Champions League Review, Preview

On the Wednesday edition of the Set Piece Analysts’ daily podcast, SPAs Richard Farley, Kartik Krishnaiyer and Jeff Kassouf talk about Tuesday’s action in the UEFA Champions League and look forward to the Internazionale-Chelsea, CSKA-Sevilla matches on Wednesday.

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SPA Women’s Soccer Pod: WPS Scheduling, Algarve Cup

On this week’s episode of the weekly women’s soccer podcast, Set Piece Analysts’ Jeff Kassouf and Richard Farley talk about the newly released schedule in Women’s Professional Soccer, including the value of doubleheaders with Major League Soccer Clubs. Then, Jeff and Richard look to the international game, focusing on the Algarve Cup.

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SPA Daily Podcast: Champions League Preview, MLS’s Stagnant Negotiations, and the USMNT’s Wednesday Friendly

Monday’s edition of the Set Piece Analysts’ daily podcast features SPAs Richard Farley and Jeff Kassouf previewing Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League action. Then, Richard and Jeff talk about the stagnating Major League Soccer labor negotiations before looking at the roster for the men’s national team ahead of Wednesday’s friendly against El Salvador.

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SPA Daily Podcast: Weekend Review, Looking Forward to the Mid-Week Competitions

The weekend review from the Set Piece Analysts’ daily podcast features Richard Farley, Kartik Krishnaiyer and Jeff Kassouf talking about all the developments in the world’s major leagues while previewing the three major mid-week competitions: UEFA Champions League, Europa League, and the Copa Libertadores.

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SPA Daily Podcast: Europa League Rundown, Weekend Preview

On the Friday edition of the Set Piece Analysts daily podcast, SPAs Richard Farley and Kartik Krishnaiyer ease you into the club football weekend by looking back at Thursday’s action in Europe League, taking a long sojourn into South America before previewing the club football action around the world.

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SPA Daily Podcast: UEFA Champions League Review, Europa League Preview, Hiddink to Turkey

On this edition of the Set Piece Analysts’ daily podcast, SPAs Richard Farley and Johnathan Starling talk Wednesday’s action in the UEFA Champions League before giving their thoughts on Thursday’s Europa League action. Then, thoughts on Guus Hiddink in Turkey and MUN2.

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SPA Women’s Soccer Pod: Talking to Breakers’ Coach Tony Dicicco

On this episode of the Set Piece Analysts’ Women’s Soccer Pod, hosts Jeff Kassouf and Richard Farley talk to Boston coach Tony Dicicco about the Breakers’ active off-season and the team’s outlook for 2010.

That, and looking over the news around the women’s soccer world.

Set Piece Analysts’ Women’s Soccer podcast is a weekly effort from Jeff [...]