¡Vamos Verde!

¡Vamos Verde!

¡Vamos Verde! is a podcast about Austin FC and the community that has grown up around the team. From player interviews to looks behind the curtain at what makes the team and the community thrive – it’s a soccer podcast for everyone. Hosted by Jimmy Maas and Juan Garcia and produced by KUT & KUTX Studios in collaboration with Austin FC.

Episodes

October 29, 2026 • 51 mins
Jimmy Maas and Juan Diego Garcia talk with perhaps the most accomplished Austinite in the world of soccer, Ismail Elfath.
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Hosts Jimmy Maas and Juan Diego Garcia cover a lot of ground as Austin FC runs out of do-overs if they want to see the playoffs. Also, supporters voice their displeasure by going quiet, Myrto Uzuni gets a trophy, we meet "Texas Ben" - the soccer podcast version of KUT's Morning Edition host Ben Philpott, plus "Superman" Brandon Vázquez is heating up with goals in three straight games. We revisit our interview with him taped last su...
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October 1, 2026 • 39 mins
Austin FC II head coach Jason Shackell joins Juan Diego Garcia and Jimmy Maas for the pod. The former center back spent 17 years in the EFL Chanpionship and Premier League. After retirement, he decided to call Austin home. They talk about the second team's MLS Next Pro playoff push, his playing career, his coaching influences, and whay the move to Texas.
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September 17, 2026 • 45 mins
A lot of changes happened over the summer for Austin FC. Jimmy Maas and Juan Diego Garcia check in with season ticket holders and the co-hosts of Moontower Soccer, the longest continuous running podcast devoted to Austin FC, Landon Cotham and Jeremiah Bentley. The team has not lost an MLS game in a month despite the makeover of the squad and the front office. They talk about what's happened and their expectations for the team as A...
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September 3, 2026 • 43 mins
Jorge Alastuey has worked his way through the professional ranks, from Napoli's Primavera (or under-20 squad), Poland's second-division pro league, and finally up to Austin FC. But his football foundation was set when he entered Barcelona's La Masia at age 13. And even though he was recruited to Austin by fellow Spaniards Rodolfo Borrell and Nico Estévez, he's seeing many more playing opportunities now that they're gone. He's also ...
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August 20, 2026 • 35 mins
It has been a journey this season for Austin FC. Familiar faces leaving. League play disappointments. But once again, hope springs from the team's performance in intra-season tournament play. Jimmy Maas and Juan Diego Garcia talk with the Austin Chronicle's Eric Goodman and Austin American-Statesman's Colby Gordon, Austin FC beat writers, about the turnaround the team has pulled off in the Leagues Cup and what it could mean for the...
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August 6, 2026 • 33 mins
Polish winger Przemysław Płacheta joined the club on a free transfer this summer, having spent the last six years plying his trade in the English leagues. “Plachy” coaches hosts Jimmy Maas and Juan Diego Garcia through some basic Polish, discusses the most uncomfortable climates to play soccer in, and reveals his unique relationship with teammate Myrto Uzuni.
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July 23, 2026 • 43 mins
Hosts Juan Diego Garcia and Jimmy Maas chat with Austin FC captain Ilie Sánchez about Spain winning the World Cup, the Barcelona way and how that's transferred to the national team. We also talk about Austin FC's prospects for the season with an interim coach, little pressure, and even still some team goals within reach.
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July 9, 2026 • 44 mins
Some Austin FC fans noticed something interesting when watching Mexico play in the World Cup. The stadium announcer at Estadio Azteca, the largest stadium in Latin America, sounded a lot like the stadium announcer at Q2 stadium during Austin FC games. That's because they are the same guy: Jeremiah Gallegos. From boxing to basketball, softball to soccer, Gallegos has two decades of stadium announcements under his belt. He sits down ...
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June 25, 2026 • 40 mins
Former Austin F.C. and U.S. Men's National Team member Gyasi Zardes talks about World Cup chances after the second round of the group stage. Zardes joined hosts Jimmy Maas and Juan Diego Garcia at Casa Verde, Austin FC's pop-up World Cup party at Inn Cahoots in East Austin. they also chat about the USMNT coaches he's played under and the calculus of how national teams are put together.
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June 11, 2026 • 27 mins
The FIFA World Cup kicks off today, hosted by three countries for the first time in the tournament's history. Hosts Juan Diego Garcia and Jimmy Maas share their predictions for how the biggest World Cup yet will play out, and they enlist the help of professional commentator and soccer sage Adrian Healey to separate the contenders from the also-rans.
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May 28, 2026 • 39 mins
Jimmy Maas and Juan Diego Garcia discuss the departures of head coach Nico Estévez and sporting director Rodolfo Borrell with two local journalists. Eric Goodman has covered Austin FC for the Austin Chronicle since season one. While Jessica Luther has been a season ticket holder for all six seasons. Hear their reactions as the team plots a way forward during the two-month World Cup break.
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May 14, 2026 • 63 mins
Mama Duke is a rapper-singer-multi-hyphenate-artist who's performed around Austin for more than a decade. In 2025 she charmed her way into the hearts of the audience and the judges on NBC's America's Got Talent, making her way to finals. Mama Duke collaborates often with Austin FC, recording a hype song and video, and hosting the All-Star Game and U.S. Open Cup pregame festivites in the stadium. She talks with Jimmy Maas and Juan ...
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April 30, 2026 • 37 mins
Austin FC defender Jon Bell talks Maryland, family, and making his way through Major League Soccer with hosts Jimmy Maas and Juan Diego Garcia. Bell has added depth to the defense and, perhaps surprisingly, some scoring punch for the offense. His two goals tie him for second on the team stat list early in the season.
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April 16, 2026 • 42 mins
After years of raising its profile, Austin Rise is taking steps to become a professional women's soccer team by next spring. As their current 2026 season kicks off, Jimmy Maas and Juan Garcia talk with team co-founder Bethany Cyrtmus-Davaul, head coach Mykell Bates, and ex-Texas and McCallum High School player Katie Gernsbacher about taking the next step in the evolution of women's soccer in Austin.
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April 2, 2026 • 41 mins
Jimmy Maas and Juan Diego Garcia talk with Christian Ramirez about his first minutes of action with Austin FC, with his game-winning goal in week two against DC United. Ramirez, a prolific goal scorer, was once known as "Superman" with Minnesota and won the 2023 MLS Cup with Columbus. He talks about what it's like to be waived in Major League Soccer, his surprise call from Austin FC, and what he sees his role on the team will be.
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March 19, 2026 • 54 mins
Jimmy Maas and Juan Diego Garcia dive into one of the biggest questions for many North American soccer fans' this spring: Can I actually go to the World Cup? We start with memories of the care-free days of 1994, when the last World Cup held in the U.S. The arts editor for KUT News, Stephanie Federico, takes us down sorta-memory lane. Then we get the perspective a current college student hoping somehow to get to see Mexico play in M...
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March 5, 2026 • 48 mins
Facundo Torres achieved more in the first year of his career than many professional soccer players achieve across their whole career. Austin FC’s new designated player tells us about his early success in Uruguay, making the hard choice to move to MLS (twice), and how becoming a girldad has changed his life.
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February 19, 2026 • 39 mins
Songwriter Lindsey Mackin, frontwoman of Austin band Annabelle Chairlegs talks with Jimmy Maas and Juan Diego Garcia about the group's new album, her roots in "Soccer Town USA" (Kearny, NJ), and the power of the cowbell. Also, we talk what's new for Austin FC with team president Andy Loughnane. The kickoff episode of the 2026 season for Austin FC and ¡Vamos Verde!
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Jimmy Maas and Juan Diego Garcia will get to know some new faces on and off the pitch as Austin FC looks to build on a year that featured a return to the MLS Cup Playoffs and an appearance in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final.
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