{"id":1758,"date":"2016-10-26T01:13:07","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T05:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsoccer.com\/?p=1758"},"modified":"2016-11-22T01:52:54","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T06:52:54","slug":"last-word-sc-mls-cup-playoffs-wild-card-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2016\/10\/26\/last-word-sc-mls-cup-playoffs-wild-card-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Word SC: MLS Cup Playoffs Wild Card Preview with Mitchell Tierney and Chris Kamrani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>(October 26, 2016)<\/strong> &#8211; Happy Hump Day MLS Fam! Today on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsoccer.com\/search\/Last+Word+SC+Radio\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word SC Radio<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LWOSMattPollard\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Pollard<\/a> has a full <strong>MLS Cup Playoff<\/strong> Wild Card preview. It&#8217;s jam packed with contents in guest.<\/p>\n<h2>Last Word SC: MLS Cup Playoffs Wild Card Preview with Mitchell Tierney and Chris Kamrani<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/r6s6v-63ef1d?from=yiiadmin\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/r6s6v-63ef1d?from=yiiadmin\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In segment one, we bring back our good friend from Waking the Red, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mitchelltierney\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitchell Tierney<\/a>. They talk all things <strong>Toronto FC<\/strong> and <strong>Philadelphia Union<\/strong>. Mitch talks about <strong>Giovinco<\/strong> coming back and how big <strong>Jozy Altidore<\/strong> has been. The two also discuss what Toronto needs to do at the back to shut down Philly and what a job <strong>Greg Vanney<\/strong> has done this season.<\/p>\n<p>In segment two, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/riffbw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blayne Riffle<\/a> joins the desk to talk all things <strong>Montreal Impact<\/strong>. The two discuss the Impact attack and how they&#8217;ll play against stingy <strong>D.C. United<\/strong>. Yes, we talk about <em>#DrogbaGate<\/em>. Matt and Blayne also talk about the problems the Impact have had at the back.<\/p>\n<p>Moving west, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chriskamrani\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Kamrani<\/a> of the Salt Lake Tribune comes on to talk <strong>Real Salt Lake<\/strong> vs. <strong>LA Galaxy<\/strong>. Chris gives us an update on <strong>Yura Movsisyan<\/strong>. He gives his take on how RSL will try to survive the opening 15 minutes and what the wide players need to do. Matt and Chris also discuss what could happen should this game head to penalties.<\/p>\n<p>In the final segment, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sperrydaniel94\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel Sperry<\/a> hops on to talk about <strong>Sporting KC<\/strong>. Unlike years past, Sporting might actually be peaking going into the playoffs. <strong>Matt Besler<\/strong> and <strong>Graham Zusi<\/strong> are back and looking like their vintage selves. Dan gives a full break down of the epic <strong>Benny Feilhaber<\/strong> and <strong>Ozzie Alonso<\/strong> duel we could see. Dan also talks about what KC need to do to defend against <strong>Jordan Morris<\/strong> and <strong>Nicolas Lodiero<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This episode is full of content with lots of opinions from lots of people. Send it to your season ticket buddies to get them hyped for this week&#8217;s action. Or troll your friend from Portland cause he&#8217;s not getting a second star above his crest this year.<\/p>\n<p>You can listen to <strong>Last Word SC Radio<\/strong> LIVE every Thursday night at 9 PM EST at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/lwsc\" target=\"_self\">lastwordonsports.com\/lwsc<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow our wonderful hosts (read: motley crew) on Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/LWOSMattPollard\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@LWOSMattPollard<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsDeskJoe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@SportsDeskJoe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsoccer.com\/author\/matt-pollard-featured-columnist\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Pollard<\/a><\/strong> is a Featured Columnist at Last Word on Soccer and Environmental Engineer. When he\u2019s not saving pipelines and cleaning up messes, he\u2019s getting his butt kicked by Insanity, falling down the Rocky Mountains, or watching sports. His first sports love was the LA Kings, though MLS didn\u2019t exist at the time. Once called the Shakespeare of LWOS, he covers the LA Galaxy, Colorado Rapids, and Saint Louis FC. Like the Galaxy, he too was handcrafted in LA.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsoccer.com\/author\/joe-hojnacki\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joe Hojnacki<\/a><\/strong> is managing editor of Last Word on Soccer. A lifelong resident of the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, he supports Detroit City FC locally, Portland Timbers nationally, and Arsenal globally. He&#8217;s also a homebrewer, amatuer astrontomer, pathetic Detroit Lions fan and baseball nerd. 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