{"id":2280,"date":"2016-11-18T11:51:15","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T16:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsoccer.com\/?p=2280"},"modified":"2016-11-22T01:49:16","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T06:49:16","slug":"last-word-sc-mls-conference-finals-dave-clark-charlie-clarke-mls2stl-klinsmannout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2016\/11\/18\/last-word-sc-mls-conference-finals-dave-clark-charlie-clarke-mls2stl-klinsmannout\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Word SC: MLS Conference Finals with Dave Clark and Charlie Clarke, #MLS2STL, and #KlinsmannOut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>MLS Conference Finals<\/strong> are upon us, so to help with that,\u00a0<strong>Joe Hojnacki<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Matt Pollard<\/strong> bring in <strong>Dave Clark<\/strong> from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sounderatheart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sounder at Heart<\/strong><\/a> to discuss Seattle Sounders and their upcoming <strong>Western Conference Final<\/strong> against <strong>Colorado Rapids<\/strong>. In the second segment, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wakingthered.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Waking the Red&#8217;s<\/a> Charlie Clarke<\/strong> joins Matt to talk about <strong>Toronto FC<\/strong> and how they might fair against <strong>Montreal Impact<\/strong> in the <strong>Eastern Conference Final<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Last Word SC: MLS Conference Finals with Dave Clark and Charlie Clarke, #MLS2STL, and #KlinsmannOut<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/p6eyr-64b3a3?from=yiiadmin\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/p6eyr-64b3a3?from=yiiadmin\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the roundtable, Joe and Matt talk about <strong>Saint Louis FC<\/strong> gaining conditional approval as an <strong>MLS<\/strong> expansion team. A stadium deal is all that stands in the way. Then they banter about <strong>Jurgen Klinsmann&#8217;s<\/strong> job status and where the <strong>United States Men&#8217;s National Team<\/strong> sits in World Cup Qualifying after their rough start against <strong>Mexico<\/strong> and <strong>Costa Rica<\/strong>.<\/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, amateur astronomer, pathetic Detroit Lions fan and baseball nerd. 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