FTCUTD - The For The Culture Soccer Show

This past week was one to watch for Atlanta Soccer and The Culture of Atlanta as ATLUTD announces the return of Tata Martino and the NWSL welcomed Atlanta as the 17th team to enter the league as a 2028 Expansion Team!

To discuss Tata's return Greggo and Mean Marc are joined by Resurgence SG Board member Max Ramos, and in the 2nd half of the show to go into NWSL Atlanta, we are joined by our sis Skye from Shea Butter FC!

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Coach Tony links up with Greggo to get in over the end of the European Transfer Window, and how many players were Man United able to get rid of towards the end of the window, and if their new keeper signing will make waves quickly. We then go into the largest transfer in English history in Aleksander Isak finally clinching his long sought move to Liverpool, and Eberechi Eze coming home to Arsenal and if the team can hold it togethe...

Devin and Greggo tag up this week to discuss the massive upset by English League Two side over Manchester United in the EFL Cup, and where does this leave United following a slow start to the season.

Turning stateside we discuss the NWSL controversy where the extreme heat caused an extended delay for a nationally televised match between Orlando and Kansas City, and the necessity to televise the match, led to an expedited restart and...

The For The Culture Soccer Show has returned!

Back to discuss things going on in the game of soccer crossing over into Black and Pop Culture, we launch our first episode of 2025! In this episode our hosts- Greggo, Devin The Dude, and Mean Marc go into the first UEFA Champions League semifinal leg between Arsenal and PSG, and recap our favorite EPL clubs' season up to now, and what can be done to make for a successful finish to t...

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In this episode, Greggo and Mean Marc recap the 2024 MLS Cup and focus on the viewership issues as fans are split between watching on Fox or watching on Apple TV and how the overall coverageof MLS is affecting the ambitions of the league. We also go into the proposed calendar change for MLS and if it can actually be of any help and perhaps even save the Leagues Cup.

We then move on to the recent rigging vote of ...

MLS Playoff Recap and MLS Cup predictions

NWSL Championship recap

Man United moves on from Ten Hag and into the Amorim Era

Liverpool dominates City and Europe- is the league locked up?

What's eating Kylian Mbappe and Real?

USNT talk- The Korbin Albert talk and how has Pochettino looked so far with the US?

A special dedication to Macaroni Tony and more in 2UP/2Down

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Catching up on current and past events while we've been away, Devin, Greggo, Marc, and TK cover the Arsenal-Man City and the fallout, we explain the new UEFA Champions League format, and we dip back and give our thoughts on US Soccer (finally) hiring Mauricio Pochettino to be coach of the USMNT.

We discuss the future of FTCUTD and more in 2UP/2Down and more on this episode of FTCUTD!!

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Greggo, Dev, Mean Marc, and Sylvs chop up the first week of the Olympics in Episode 195. We hit on the "controversy" of the opening ceremony, the successes of both the US Men's and Women's soccer teams, as well as other performances we've peeped during week 1.

Following up on our last episode we recap the firing of Gregg Berhalter from the USMNT and debate on who amongst the likely choices will be tapped for the head gig.

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In Episode 194, Greggo is joined on Henny Derby Day by Sylvs from Shea Butter FC and Yogi of Can I Kick It to have the big discussion on the fallout of the US Men's National Team crash out of Copa America, and what's next for the team and for head coach Gregg Berhalter.

We also go into a quick review of the Euros so far and Jude Bellingham's emergence as England's leader.

In 2UP/2Down, we prepare for the Henny Derby, we go into the...

Back for April, and FTC comes with gifts! Thanks to our crazy Black History League Draft, in today's episode we spin the block with a true US soccer legend- We have US Soccer Hall of Famer, DC United icon, and Carolina Core FC Chief Sporting Officer Eddie Pope on the show for a special interview! We tap in and discuss the Carolina Core project, the soccer movement in the South, inserting Black Culture in the game, and more!

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Getting in gear for our sixth year of serving the intersection of Black Culture and Soccer!

In the first show of 2024, Greggo, Coach, and Devin link up with the Vice President of DEI with USL, Dr. Chris Busey to discuss the progress with bringing racial equity into USL Lower League soccer, his journey into the game, and how the recent news of the University of Florida's decision to eliminate their DEI positions (of which Dr. Busey...

Reunited for the holiday Friendsgiving episode is Greggo and TK and at long last the ladies of Shea Butter FC, coming back a trip down the road to San Diego for the NWSL Championship which saw Gotham claim their first NWSL chip over a fallen Megan Rapinoe and OL Reign. We recap their Championship Week experience and coming to glances with famous beefs, and the re-emergence of Midge Purce on the big stage.

We also come off the big an...

Coach Tony, Greggo, and TK hit the studio for a special interview with Jackson State soccer assistant coach THEE Kevin Larry. We chop it over his departure from Alcorn State and heading back to Jackson, the impact of NIL on the game, and perhaps the most well known JSU Soccer alum, Brittney Renner!

Before the interview, the team gets into the announcement of the first transatlantic World Cup coming in 2030 and if this idea can work ...

Greggo and Cali U from the Dreaming of Freedom Pod link up to talk about the mire of uncertainty in Miami where the GOAT has been largely absent for the past month and the more stunning news of a massive price hike in season tickets for Miami, which resulted in one person in particular dropping his season tickets.

Also in the show we go into Liverpool's tough result against Spurs in which VAR played a heavy hand in the result, and ...

Greggo, Marc, and TK recap the Round of 16 in the Women's World Cup, where the colonizers had their way with their former territories and the US Women suffer their earliest ever elimination by the absolute slimmest of margins- we go over how did we get here, who's the blame and hopefully what's next to come for the US, and how programs are persevering despite the lack of support and pay from their federations. Also in Leagues Cup a...

The group stage of the Women's World Cup is done and dusted and TK, Devin & Marc recap some shock eliminations, some Colonizer knockout picks, and what's happening the US Women's performance amid critiques from all sides! We also go into Leagues Cup action where Atlanta United crashes out, and the Saudi transfer train hits MLS, with Marta, Red Bulls, and MORE in 2UP/2Down!!

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