PODCAST – What’s up Internet? This week on Last Word SC Radio, the Boys get together to reprise one of our favorite games: MLS Cup Playoffs DEFCON ratings. We go through 15 teams and rank them 1-5 on the DEFCON system. Are things better for Nashville SC? Is it panic time for LA Galaxy and FC Cincinnati? Is Inter Miami actually getting it done? We discuss.
Last Word SC Radio: MLS Cup Playoffs DEFCON Warnings
In the Round Table, we discuss the battles for home playoff games in both conferences, LAFC making moves, and do Weekend Pick ‘Ems.
Lastly, we give our condolences to podcast host and Last Word Managing Editor Rachael Kriger and her family. If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction, call 1-800-662-4357 in the United States and 1-877-254-3348 in Canada.
Last Word SC Radio is American Soccer podcast, covering mostly MLS, as well as the USL, NWSL, and U.S. Soccer. We are a part of Last Word on Sports Media and an affiliate member of the Beautiful Game Network. You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and many other podcatchers, along with lots of other great content from other Last Word on Sports outlets.
Follow our wonderful hosts (read: motley crew) on Twitter: @LWOSMattPollard, @RachaelKriger, @sperrydaniel94, and @SirHarveyCruz.
About the Hosts:
Matt Pollard is the Managing Editor of Last Word on Soccer and an engineer. When he’s not watching soccer or at work, the Colorado transplant enjoys skiing and hiking all over the state. The LA Kings will always be his first sports love, though MLS didn’t exist at the time. Once called the Shakespeare of LWOS, he covers the LA Galaxy and Colorado Rapids. Like the Galaxy, he too was handcrafted in LA.
Rachael Kriger is a Senior Editor at Last Word on Soccer. She is the lead writer for the Seattle Sounders, U.S. Women’s National Team and NWSL. Hailing from Moscow, Russia, she resides in Ocala, Florida, where she is a youth minister. Rachael is a big fan of her home country’s national teams and cried when Russia beat Spain in the World Cup Round of 16. However, Rachael has to admit that basketball was her first love and still keeps in contact with that sport through coaching.
Daniel Sperry is an Editor at Last Word on Soccer. He covers mainly Sporting KC and U.S. Soccer for LWOS and discusses San Francisco Giants baseball elsewhere. He was born and raised in Northern California, hence his love for Bay Area teams. He currently resides in the KC Suburbs with his incredible wife and energetic puppy. Outside of sports and writing, he loves a good stout and nature, whether that is hiking, camping, canoeing, birding, or some activity with all four.
Harvey Cruz is a staff writer at Last Word. He covers the New York Red Bulls. Born in New Jersey, where all the fun weather is at. Taylor ham or pork roll, he doesn’t care because it’s Bacon-Egg & Cheese for life. Your playoff heartbreaks don’t compare. But it’s okay, because you’ll likely never meet another Harvey in your life. Unique.
