3rd Degree the Podcast

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcasts, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - fight through the technical challenges of Buzz being 1500 miles from home in the middle of nowhere to talk all things FCD.  The team is on a roll with wins over LA Galaxy and Austin FC.  Some key talent may be back soon. Are playoffs really possible?  Does the schedule even give them a chance?  The banged up Revs are...

Dan Crooke is back on this week's edition of 3rd Degree the Podcast, he re-joins your other two hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick - to get the trio back together just in time to have loads of FC Dallas to talk about.  Three games this week, vs Portland, at Sporting KC, and then a Cup game at Sporting KC (during the rain delay of which the bulk of the pod was recorded). There are both good and bad things happening with FCD...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, Dan Crooke is still missing so your remaining hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick - soldier on through the miserable 2024 season without him. First, it's a look back at the FC Cincinnati game, including the once again amazing Asier Illarramendi. Plus, oh yeah, play the kids. Second, the summer window is coming, what kind of players will FCD seek and what kind of player would come to a team in...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick (Dan Crooke lost his voice) - have plenty to talk about as the wheels came off on the steamrolling Peter Luccin bandwagon that was FC Dallas.  Seattle remains a trip into hell for this club.  There's also plenty to talk about with the reports of FC Cinci trying to bring Weston McKennie to MLS. Then the duo dives into the tactics Luccin has be...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - get all the joys of a double win as FCD rides the wave of the coaching change. Big wins over St Louis and Minnesota have both good and bad moments. Thankfully the offense is showing up but the defense remains as problematic as your trio's attempts to pronounce the new coach's name. Has Luccin managed to unlock Musa?  Now Dallas head...

Oh man, there is change afoot at FC Dallas this week! Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick get to break down the massive news, the firing of Coach Nico Estevez and the naming of Peter Luccin as interim coach. Why now? What's next? What's Luccin's style? Will this make anything better? Play the kids? Nice. Play quality football? Sure. Play good defense and get some chance... wait, isn't that Nico ball? You just fired that guy...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast it's a double loss episode. Your hosts - Peter Welpton, Buzz Carrick, and (for some of the time) Dan Crooke - break down the two losses in LA looking for common elements. The trio talks about the club's current surprise 10 Patrickson Delgado, the amazing Maarten Paes, the Sam Junqua quandary, burning up midfielders, the solid play of Omar Gonzalez, and the offense brought by Paul Arriola. There's...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - have the painful responsibility of breaking down the first three-goal collapse in club history.  There are some good things to take away but man is there loads of bad.  Coach Nico subs, late-game mistakes, defensive 10s, starting 8 defenders, FCD prototype offense, Norris' yellow card problem, and Illarra greatness and frustrat...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - get the joy of an MLS road tie and a Cup win.  Maarten Paes is flying high and keeping the club in games while the injuries keep piling up - 8 starters were missing for the Cup game.  But a win is a win even if the draw for the next round wasn't great.  FCD also tied in Houston and it felt like a win with standout performa...

It's a winning episode this week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, as your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - try to tackle the good and the bad of the Austin game.  A win is a win and there are some positives to take away. FC Dallas also has an ever-expanding injury list, with two more names going on this week the midfield is getting pretty short.  Plus Dallas Trinity FC - the new USL Super League DFW team - ...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - discuss the current state of FC Dallas and why The Big Lebowski has something to do with it. FCD got smocked in Toronto then rebounded in the US Open Cup. Then your hosts throw Coach Nico vs TD Zanotta into the ring for the "at fault" battle royal. And the new DFW SuperLeague team brand is being announced on Thursday. How will they ...

It's an FC Dallas winning podcast!  Peter and Dan are here and Buzz calls in from Key West!  Look, your club should win when up a man for 85 minutes. But they still have to take care of business and FCD did. There are some positives to build on: Jesus returns, Farfan excels, Illarramendi is great.  FCD now turns to Toronto FC in the League and then Memphis 901 in the Cup. Plus the Hall of Fame continues to disrespect...

These are dark times indeed my friends.  On this week's episode of 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - still seek the way through. They try to bring some light to the tunnel of shame that is the current FCD season. Yes, "worst season ever" watch continues. Were there any bright spots against the Rapids? How is the health of the team? Is "The Jesus" back? Any good signs in training...

This episode of 3rd Degree the Podcast is dedicated to Jim Feldman. Rest in Peace, my friend. - Buzz

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - try their best to break down one of the most boring games in memory, the 0-0 draw against Seattle Sounders.  Is there much good to talk about other than Asier Illarramendi?  Sure, defense... but does anyone on this team have a cl...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Buzz Carrick and Peter Weltpon (that wiley Dan Crooke got away again) - are forced to dissect the game at St Louis including the Nkosi Tafari benching.  There are a couple of positives and negatives to chew on from that game. Then it's on to today's Nico Estevez press conference, the latest on injuries (Illarra!!), looking ahead to Seattle, and digging into the coming MLS roste...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - do indeed want to chat about the Austin FC game (just a little) and they want to look ahead to St Louis City (just a little). But mostly they want to talk about how FC Dallas got here. What has gone so wrong this year and, honestly, all the way back to the middle of last year?  How did FCD end up with, just about, the worst team in ...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick (Dan is MIA) - discuss the elephant in the room, Paxton Pomykal.  What's the surgery for, what's the prognosis, what's the expected future for Pomykal, what's next for FC Dallas, and how does this affect the club's summer plans?

Plus Buzz has a training report, a Coach Nico chat, and the latest on all the other injuries. Plus the fellas look ahead...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - are back together but the angst is real. FCD got smoked by Vancouver and there are lots of talking points. Musa, Ferreira, poor connections, shifting tactics, defensive frailty. But then there are macro season concerns too as this is the 3rd worst start in club history. Missing pieces, poor roster build, long-term injuries... and there m...

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, Dan Crooke is off doing Crooke things but Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick persevere against all odds to bring you, the FC Dallas Curious, a banger podcast.  FCD didn't do so hot in New York, but was it so bad it's time to panic?  The 2024 project is teetering on the edge and your hosts will dig deep for their "panic or no?" verdict.  Either way, there are for sure issues.  The...