Blue City Radio Podcast

Episode 480: The final Blue City Radio episode of 2024 is here. There’s schedule talk, MLS Superdraft talk, and Ronny Delia to Atlanta talk. We want to also take a moment to thank the listeners. Whether you tune in every week or once a season or even once every three years when your team faces … Continue reading Tying a Big Blue Bow On 2024 For NYCFC / Ep 480 / Blue City Radio →

Episode 479: There really is never a good time to try and take a break when you are covering a sports team. Even though a season might come to an end and some decisions are pending, there is no way to know when those choices will be made and communicated. This week Mike Anderer, J.R. … Continue reading Closing the Door on Cushing’s Era and the End of the 2024 MLS Season / Ep 479 / Blue City Radio →

Episode 478: It is hard to imagine a worse ending to the season than losing at home to your cross-river rival and not really make the game look close. CitiField only had a capacity of 25,000 on a cold windy Saturday night in late November. As the game wore on the Red Bull fans that … Continue reading Worst-Case Scenario As NYCFC Lose The Playoff Hudson River Derby / Ep 478 / Blue City Radio →

Episode 477: This week the guys bring you a special preview episode because on Saturday NYCFC hosts Red Bull in what is their most important MLS matchup to date and most important derby game since Thiago Andrade lost his temper in the 2022 US Open Cup Quarterfinals. Mike Anderer, J.R. diBart and Mike Allen welcome … Continue reading Playoff Derby Preview With Calen Carr / Ep 477 Blue City Radio →

Episode 476: NYCFC traveled to Cincinnati for game three of the opening round of the MLS Cup Playoffs and kept the number three seed in the east to a nil-nil draw. The game was decided by penalty kicks and Matt Freese proved to be just as important in the moment as he has been all … Continue reading Just Like the Coach Drew It Up / Ep 476 / Blue City Radio →

Episode 475: NYCFC hosted FC Cincinnati in CitiField on Saturday for the second leg of the first round of MLS Playoffs and the Boys In Blue solidly defeated the higher seed opponent. This week Mike Anderer, J.R. deBart and Mike Allen discuss the game from last week. There is plenty of post game audio as … Continue reading NYCFC Lives On For Another Day / Ep 475 / Blue City Radio →

Episode 474: In hindsight maybe the guys from Post90 Podcast and The City Boys have been right all along? To be fair, there was a show called City Post Game Live in 2016-2017 that had a little traction, but I digress. This week Mike Anderer and Mike Allen turn on the mics during the last … Continue reading The MLS Cup Playoffs Game One Reaction Episode / Ep 474 / Blue City Radio →

Episode 473: In the ten season history of NYCFC, the team had only lost to Montreal twice. Once was in 2020 during the “Covid” season that will forever be tainted by the impact the pandemic had on rosters, venues, and fan support. The second time was in NYCFC’s inaugural season under head coach, Jason Kreis. … Continue reading The Kreis NYCFC Deserve / Ep 473 / Blue City Radio →

Episode 472: After a statement win in Harrison NJ last week, NYCFC had to host two games as the home team in the same arena. Both games the boys in blue were victorious setting up some great momentum going into the international break and then the return to Decision Day in Montreal on October 19. … Continue reading Let’s Call It New York City FC Arena / Ep 472 / Blue City Radio →

Episode 471: Historic moments often come completely by surprise. NYCFC’s first MLS Cup Championship was the pinnacle moment for fans, but it was a cup final. Expectations were high, but the outcome was plausible. The team had earned a chance to have that special moment. This past week NYCFC traveled to their home away from … Continue reading Total Eluberation / Ep 471 / Blue City Radio →

Episode 470: For a club and organization that talks so much about identity and focusing on their own style of play NYCFC’s performances are the furthest thing from consistent. It has been a theme and talking point about this young group of players all season long and this week was a perfect example of the … Continue reading Will the Real NYCFC Please Stand Up? / Ep 470 / Blue City Radio →

Episode 469: Let’s face facts. After 28 games it is becoming clear that NYCFC under Nick Cushing is a mediocre team. Occasional flashes of brilliance, long stretches of possession without purpose, but worst of all a commitment to underperforming talent. Last year in 2023 the team suffered through the extended Barraza experiment and in a … Continue reading Mediocrity FC / Ep 469 / Blue City Radio →

Episode 468: Not much goes smooth and simple with NYCFC. Their first-ever signing is now scorned by half of the fanbase, their second biggest signing arrived months later than anticipated, heck, even Jason Kreis misspoke during the expansion draft that gave Orlando the first pick in that year’s superdraft. Since day one there has been … Continue reading Crest-Fallen New York City FC / Ep 468 / Blue City Radio →

Episode 467: Each week the goal is to find a whimsical title for the episodes but this week required brazen honesty. NYCFC flew to Columbus and played the reigning MLS Champions to a hard fought 2-2 draw for 90 minutes. The final score would be 4-2 after the home side notched two goals in stoppage … Continue reading Ted Unkel Is Not the Reason Why NYCFC Lost In Columbus / Ep 467 / Blue City Radio →

Episode 466: MLS regular season returns and there are only nine games remaining. NYCFC dropped points in a crucial match-up against a struggling Chicago Fire side on Saturday night in Flushing. This week the two Mikes (Anderer and Allen) are joined by Justin Egan and Chris Campbell of The Outfield to talk about Leagues Cup, … Continue reading The Outfield Take Over / Ep 466 / Blue City Radio →

Episode 465: After shocking Tigres in Red Bull Arena last Tuesday night, NYCFC took reigning MLS champions, Columbus Crew, to PK’s in a tense quarterfinal match on Saturday night. NYCFC returns to MLS league play this coming Saturday at home, in CitiField against the Chicago Fire. The big question is which team will show up … Continue reading Was Leagues Cup a Confidence Builder for NYCFC? / Ep 465 / Blue City Radio →

Episode 464: Talles Magno’s time with NYCFC will never be clearly defined in a single term or word. His arrival was met with high praise and fanfare. He was a key to the NYCFC offense often drawing double team defense that created space for others to operate. He was a magician with the ball at … Continue reading Square Peg Departs After Not Fitting Into Round Hole / Ep 464 / Blue City Radio →

Episode 463: Nick Cushing and NYCFC can only face the team in front of them. Whether it be an MLS squad weakened by injury and suspension or a struggling Liga MX side the Boys In Blue have to compete against their opponent and win the points. This past Sunday Queretero, a team that has failed … Continue reading Garber’s Cash-Grab Cup Recap / Ep 463 / Blue City Radio →

Episode 462: NYCFC wrapped up their four game road trip with a pair of exciting draws. The pigeons in back to back games would have to earn points after conceding the opening goal. Justin Haak, Matt Freese and Talles Magno would all have impacts on the games this week. Mike Anderer, J.R. deBart, and Mike … Continue reading Magno-ficent Draws / Ep 462 / Blue City Radio →

Episode 461: This weekend hosted a magnificent Euro 2024 Final, a chaotic and scary Copa America Final, and a snoozefest of an NYCFC match between an injury-riddled away side and simply a poor home side in Chicago. This week JR Dibart takes the hosting duties and talks about all the week’s topics with Mike Allen … Continue reading Summer Of Soccer Rolls On With Scott Churchson / Ep 461 / Blue City Radio →