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Hosted by Andrew Barnikel, Connor Wright · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 485 episodes
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We are The Designated Players | An MLS Podcast! Your home for all things MLS, Past Present and Future! Hosted by Andrew Barnikel and Connor Wright
Andrew Barnikel, Connor Wright hosts The Designated Players | An MLS Podcast, a sports show with 485 episodes published.
In this episode, we give our thoughts on the best ways to improve Leagues Cup for the future, plus give our previews and predictions for the upcoming Quarter Finals! 0:00 - Scarf of the Week 1:12 - Leagues Cup Improvemen
In this episode, we take on a YouTube favorite, Keep 4 Cut 4! How would you have handled this insane challenge?! #MLS #MLSCup #mlscupplayoffs #ATLUTD #atlantaunited #austinfc #charlottefc #forthecrown #cf97 #chicagofire
In this episode, we give our thoughts on the biggest news stories of the week! Gianni Infantino's failed FIFA experiment, Big changes coming to MLS' front office and roster rules, and Middlesbrough signing tons of MLS pl
In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we continue our series where we retell the stories of MLS history. We've gone through all the team's subreddits and asked for different stories they remember about their
In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week we're catching up on some recent MLS and World soccer news. We start off by covering FIFA's disastrous FFE idea. Next we talk about the f
In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we're preparing for the Leagues Cup, which for those unfamiliar, is a cup competition involving teams from both MLS and Liga MX! In this episode we will be making predic
In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we're preparing for the Leagues Cup, which for those unfamiliar, is a cup competition involving teams from both MLS and Liga MX! In this episode we will be making predic
In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week we're back to covering MLS again! This week we're catching you up on all of the big transfers that have happened during the World Cup, in
In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week we reacting to the World Cup final! We will be giving our breakdown of all the major moments of the game and what ultimately lead to Spai
In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week we continue our coverage of the World Cup! This week we are recapping the semifinals games, which has set us up for the 2026 World Cup Fi
In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week we're back to covering MLS again! This week we're catching you up on all of the coaching changes that have happened during the World Cup,
In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week we continue our coverage of the World Cup! This week we are recapping the quarterfinals games, which include plenty of ref controversy an
In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week we continue our coverage of the World Cup! This week we are recapping the round of 16 games, including the dreadful US performance! Lastl
In this episode, we give our predictions for the Round of 32 at the 2026 World Cup Group Stages! 0:00 - Scarf of the Week 1:18 - RSAvCAN 2:24 - BRAvJPN 5:12 - GERvPAR 7:34 - NEDvMAR 11:29 - CIVvNOR 14:51 - FRAvSWE 16:56
In this episode, we recap round 2 of the 2026 World Cup Group Stages! 0:00 - Scarf of the Week 1:47 - Group A 5:55 - Group B 10:10 - Group C 13:12 - Group D 20:54 - Group E 25:29 - Group F 28:18 - Group G 32:35 - Group H
In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week we continue our coverage of the World Cup! This week we are recapping all of the first matchday games for every team and giving our thoug
In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week we continue our coverage of the World Cup! This week we are making our predictions for the 2026 World Cup! We give our picks as well as h
In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week we continue our coverage of the World Cup! This week we will continue our previews of all the groups in the 2026 World Cup by taking a lo
In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, the guys are back and this week we continue our coverage of the World Cup! This week we will be beginning our previews of all the groups in the 2026 World Cup by taking
In this episode of the Designated Players Podcast, we continue our series where we retell the stories of MLS history. We've gone through all the team's subreddits and asked for different stories they remember about their
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The Designated Players | An MLS Podcast is hosted by Andrew Barnikel, Connor Wright. The show is categorised under sports (soccer) and has published 485 episodes.
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