3rd Degree the Podcast

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - dig into the entertaining 2-2 draw at Portland, a quality point on the road. Jackson & Musa led the way, and there was plenty of good and a little not as great, but an overall good game. A Galaxy double is next before the Burn finish at Vancouver. So, will FC Dallas make the playoffs or no...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, FC Dallas is on fire!  Your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick (Dan Crooke is on an excused absence and not injured) - enjoy the current form of the Burn.  Musa, Farrington, Urhoghide, Ramiro, Moore, Kamungo, Cappis... so many dudes are showing up, and Los Toros are 3-0-3 over the last 6. Don't look now, but your local MLS side is in the final pla...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - enjoy the best FC Dallas performance of the season with the complete two-way win over Austin FC. Petar Musa, Logan Farrington, Bernie Kaumungo, Christian Cappis, and the whole collective defense played well. Heck, seemed like not a single player performed poorly. Now it's a massive game agains...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - celebrate two record-setting individuals. Dallas Trinity's Rhea Moore (the youngest pro women's goal scorer in US history) and Jacob Jackson (FC Dallas record 12 saves in a game). Two fantastic performances.

First, FC Dallas got a tie at StLou after Collodi's red card, thanks to the standout r...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - don't have an FC Dallas game to dissect, but they do have one coming up. And they keep making moves, Tsiki Ntsabeleng being the latest. Plus Deedson, Garcia, and Norris got call-ups. And Geovane pumped faked everyone (ok, just Buzz) on his return. Jesus Ferreira is winning things. 

Dallas Trin...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, the Son rises on FC Dallas for the first time with a beautiful free kick. Your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - break down the action from FC Dallas vs LAFC. Delgado, Cappis, Farrington, tactical changes, defense holds up, and Musa and Oz missing... so many talking points. 7 games left, can they get it done?

Dallas Trinity had a ni...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrik - kick things off with a Dallas Trinity FC primer as their season starts this weekend. Key returning players, important issues, and how we expect them to play.  Also, what's with the top secret, super-duper private preseason thing?

Then it's on to FC Dallas and the draw in Austin. What went right...

It's a victory pod on this week's episode of 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Buzz Carrick, and Dan Crooke (Dan's back!!) - dig into the post-Acosta era and a FC Dallas home win over Portland. Kamungo at wingback? The best Ramiro game of the year?  Delgado disaster? Solid center back play! The Collodi Kid to the rescue! 

FCD also sold Marco Farfan and Lucho Acosta, two ...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, there was no FC Dallas game for your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick, Dan Crooke was missing in action - to talk about, but there is a game this weekend to look ahead to against the Portland Timbers. Plus, FC Dallas is in the middle of the summer window. So are they done? What do they need? Will they make a move after Marco Farfan exits? Your h...

Last week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, it was looking so rosy for FCD. This week? Not so much as the Burn crashed back to earth with a series of mental switch-offs against NYCFC. You hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick, Dan Crooke's computer is down - Get the not-so-fun task of digging into the errors and asking who is to blame; players, coach, or both?  10 games are left in the season,...

What a fun time your 3rd Degree the Podcast hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - had this week in FCD land. A tie and a win amid some of the better play we've seen in a while and the release of one of the best kits in club history... the Burn Throwback Archive kit. But before digging into the games, it's the current status of Luchio Acosta that needs explaining, as well ...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - try to dig deep to find a positive ray of sunshine for FC Dallas against LAFC. Your trio explains why Lucho Acosta was dropped, why the yellow card may be a big deal, and wonders what is next. Hopefully, Urhoghide will be back soon, but after that, is there much joy in sight?  Maybe the new wi...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick (Dan Crooke is on assignment) - welcome back guest Arman Kafai to talk all things FC Dallas.  The Loons' game was bad, but was it any worse than the other two home games they lost in the last couple of weeks? Is this team and staff starting to look defeated? And what do they do with LAFC up next?  Plus, Arma...

This episode of 3rd Degree the Podcast is dedicated to Christine Gardner. Rest in peace.

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - have the biggest pile of DFW soccer news to talk about, ever. 

Starting with two FC Dallas losses at home of different stripes and pain. Questions have to be asked about where this thing is headed. FCD also...

No FC Dallas results to talk about on this week's 3rd Degree the Podcast, but your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - have two FC Dallas games to look forward to. There was a lot of other DFW soccer stuff to talk about, too.

Like some images of the Farrington Field reno involving the forthcoming Fort Worth USL team leaked on YouTube.

Dallas Trinity is playing Club Amer...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick (Dan Crooke is on hiatus) - get to enjoy a victory pod. The disparity between FC Dallas at home and on the road is incomprehensible. Alvaro was surprisingly good, and Lletget was just as impactful as usual. Delgado and Acosta got their shine on. Pretty much everyone had a good game. 

Atletico Dallas, Dallas T...

Sure, this week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - will look ahead to the FC Dallas game at Sporting KC. With Urhoghide and Abubakar out, Coach Quill will have to duct tape together a defense. 

But the real meat of the episode is the Atletico Dallas, Cotton Bowl, and MoneyGram Complex news. Your hosts talk about the overall impact and wh...

This weekend on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - dig into a double week of FC Dallas ties and tell you why both games were total and complete stinkers and also displays of hearts and guts.  Yes, this team isn't great and is tough to watch. It has roster issues magnified by the Urhoghide injury and Abubakar red card. Plus, Endeley was reca...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - have an FC Dallas 2-fer of losses to kick it off. The losses in the Open Cup in New York and league play in Seattle.  But was it bad?  Who exactly are FC Dallas? The games were so different. Do they even know? Up next, FC Cincinnati. What will we see there? Is it time for a Paxton Pomykal star...