Sam's Army
Barstool Sports
The wild and wonderful world of soccer from an American perspective. Samuel Army and a rotating cast of fans, athletes and athlete fans discuss all the relevant goings-on from both sides of the pond. Headlines and a weekly recap plus previews and predictions with an emphasis on the Premier League and Champions League, along with the US men’s and women’s national teams, and just enough from the rest of Europe, MLS and NWSL to be dangerous. Episodes also typically feature candid interviews with players, coaches and other people of interest from in and around the sport. We aim to keep things light and entertaining but with enough analysis to appeal to fans new and old. Many people are calling Sam’s Army Podcast the best podcast they have ever listened to – not me, but many people. Note: true believers in #b2bwcw are eligible for a 22% to 26% discount at checkout. Holler!
Location:
United States
Genres:
Sports & Recreation Podcasts
Networks:
Barstool Sports
Description:
The wild and wonderful world of soccer from an American perspective. Samuel Army and a rotating cast of fans, athletes and athlete fans discuss all the relevant goings-on from both sides of the pond. Headlines and a weekly recap plus previews and predictions with an emphasis on the Premier League and Champions League, along with the US men’s and women’s national teams, and just enough from the rest of Europe, MLS and NWSL to be dangerous. Episodes also typically feature candid interviews with players, coaches and other people of interest from in and around the sport. We aim to keep things light and entertaining but with enough analysis to appeal to fans new and old. Many people are calling Sam’s Army Podcast the best podcast they have ever listened to – not me, but many people. Note: true believers in #b2bwcw are eligible for a 22% to 26% discount at checkout. Holler!
Language:
English
Episodes
Sesko's Dilemma. Leagues Cup Pros/Cons. Turner and Son to MLS. (Summer #11)
8/5/2025
ROUND THE WORLD: honest assessment of the new version of Leagues Cup; thoughts on Heung-Min Son to LAFC and Matt Turner to NE Revs
HALFTIME: What If you played on Inter Miami, how many goals would you score simply being fed by Leo Messi?
TRANSFER TALK: Tottenham may have taken the lead over Newcastle in battle for league's worst summer plus which Big 7 suitor Ben Sesko should choose this window
STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs
Duration:00:47:24
Bad Business: Spurs vs Newcastle. 25/26 Handicap Champs. FCC Holding Müller Hostage.
7/30/2025
PREMIER LEAGUE: are Tottenham or Newcastle having a worse summer; the one position Manchester United need to upgrade most; Xhaka to Sunderland; updated transfer grade for Arsenal (post-Gyokeres) and way-too-early predictions for 2025/26 PL Handicap Champs
HALFTIME: Tyler Terens-related Weekly What If
ROUND THE WORLD: thoughts on preseason North London Daerby in... Hong Kong plus MLS hit-it-n-quit-it minute
STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs
Duration:00:53:39
EPL Transfer Winners & Losers. USMNT's Reyna/Turner Make-Or-Break Moves. (Summer #9)
7/21/2025
PREMIER LEAGUE: *preliminary* winners and losers of the 2025 summer transfer window plus best and worst individual deals thus far, and whether Liverpool is bowing to pressure to become a big spender (like City or Chelsea)
HALFTIME: What If you were a player on a Big 6 club, where would you want to go on summer tour?
ROUND THE WORLD: which USMNT transfers do we like and dislike, notably those involving Matt Turner and Gio Reyna, along with the MLS hit-it-n-quit-it minute
STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs
Duration:01:21:02
Cole Palmer vs Donald Trump, Lamine Yamal's 18th Bday Bash & WC26 in doubt for Gio Reyna?
7/16/2025
CLUB WORLD CUP: what Chelsea's shocking win in the CWC final says about their title chances, making sense of PSG's ridiculous reaction to losing and the trophy lift heard round the world featuring Cole Palmer vs Donald Trump
HALFTIME: What If you could choose where Gio Reyna goes when he leaves Dortmund this summer... where's he landing (and impact on his chance of making WC26)?
ROUND THE WORLD: transfer talk f/t "Not My Tottenham Hotspur" (in a good way) plus Liverpool and Newcastle tet-a-tet over Isak and Ekitike
STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs
Duration:01:00:03
USMNT 1-2 Mexico. Luna & Tillman Criticism - Fair? Who Is Going to WC26? (f/t RBNY's Tim Parker)
7/7/2025
USMNT: Takeaways from the 1-2 "home" loss to Mexico in the Gold Cup final, and thoughts on the team and Poch's performance at the tournament more generally. Who is pushing for starting roles at WC26? Who helped their case to make the roster? Who did not? And where the team goes from here (starting with September friendlies).
STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs
Duration:00:54:47
USMNT 2-1 Guatemala - Luna & Tillman may start at World Cup 2026
7/2/2025
Rapid reaction to the USMNT's (unnecessarily?) hard fought 2-1 win over Guatemala in front of a hostile crowd in... St Louis?!?!?! Diego Luna and Malik Tillman continue to make a case for punching their tickets to World Cup 2026, and not just to round out the roster. Also, chatter about Pochettino having no choice in how to handle the Pulisic situation.
Duration:00:34:13
USMNT vs Costa Rica Gold Cup QF Reaction (+Guatemala SF Preview)
6/29/2025
USMNT: Rapid reaction to nervy win on penalties over Costa Rica in the Gold Cup quarterfinal. Some individual shoutouts, thoughts on Max Arfsten's highly "eventful" performance and a preview of what to expect from Guatemala.
STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs
Duration:00:39:04
Sam's Archives: San Diego FC's Milan Iloski on Cooking, Pranks, Fashion & Scoring Goals (from 2023)
6/27/2025
INTERVIEW: San Diego FC's 4-goal hero Milan Iloski chatted with teammate/roommate Tommy McGunner and Sam in 2023 about his path to Orange County, his cooking "skills", some truly impressive pranks and big plans for the future in Denmark (now MLS)
Duration:00:29:15
USMNT vs CRC Preview. Bad Boy Jesse Marsch. CWC Fanbase Power Rankings. (Summer Ep #4)
6/24/2025
USMNT: what we have learned about this team and individual players so far this tournament plus what to expect from Costa Rica and (unbiased) predictions
GOLD CUP: the pluses and minuses of Jesse Marsch proactively painting himself as the bad boy of CONCACAF as well as whether Saudi Arabia give Mexico problems in other quarterfinal
ROUND THE WORLD: thoughts on the Club World Cup so far, games to watch from the last matchday of group stage games and power rankings of both teams and fanbases
STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets (#OverTrain is NOT cooking) and GOAWs
Duration:01:10:46
USMNT: Takeaways (If Any) From 5-0 vs T&T + Saudi Arabia Preview
6/17/2025
USMNT: takeaways from comfortable win over Trinidad & Tobago plus a look ahead to Thursday's tougher game against Saudi Arabia, including starting XI and predictions (plus some broader thoughts on the first round of games and what to watch for in the Gold Cup)
HALFTIME: What If... Jesse Marsch had been hired as USMNT coach and Compliment Corner for Mr. (Manufactured?) Controversy himself, Alexi Lalas
ROUND THE WORLD: early thoughts on Infantino's beloved Club World Cup and an extra abbreviated Hit-It-N-Quit-It MLS Minute
STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs
Duration:00:49:15
Good, Bad & Ugly from USMNT Losses to Türkiye & Switzerland
6/11/2025
Highlights and WAY more lowlights from Saturday's 1-2 loss to Türkiye and Tuesday's 0-4 shellacking by Switzerland. We scour the wreckage of another catastrophic international window for silver linings. How much of this is on Pochettino? Who from this USMNT roster is in the mix for World Cup 2026? Where even Sam is willing to criticize Pulisic? Fans are in a tough spot right now. Time to circle the wagons. Gotta have faith. Especially because that may be all we got right now.
Duration:00:42:20
Villa's Painful Summer. Spurs European Champions. Pulisic's USMNT Absence.
5/28/2025
PREMIER LEAGUE: Top 5 battle ends appropriately with a damp fart as Newcastle backs into UCL while Aston Villa backs out (albeit somewhat controversially) and Nottingham Forest can't get it done. Long summer ahead for some teams, notably Villa. Also, flowers are festooned on deserving FPL winners... and one loser.
HALFTIME: What If you could choose where Ronaldo plays next - where's he going?
ROUND THE WORLD: the lads try their best to tear down Tottenham's European Championship, plus a preview of the Champions and Conference League finals, highlights from around the rest of Europe, MLS hit-it-n-quit-it minute and some quick thoughts on Poch's USMNT roster (notably the absence of Christian Pulisic).
STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs
Duration:01:00:10
Arminia Bielefeld's Maël Corboz & Isaiah Young on Magical German Cup Run (Bonus Ep. #8)
5/23/2025
Maël Corboz and Isaiah Young -- two Americans from Jersey -- discuss Arminia Bielefeld's insane run beating three Bundesliga teams - including Bayer Leverkusen in the semis - to reach the DFB Pokal Cup final, plus how two kids from New Jersey ended up on the same German 3rd division club (albeit one with 2nd or even 1st tier history and fan support). Plus, a preview of Saturday's massive DFB Pokal Cup final versus Stuttgart.
Duration:00:36:45
Palace's Beautiful Win. Spurs vs United Europa Preview. MLS Hot Takes. (MW #38)
5/20/2025
PREMIER LEAGUE: Palace beating City (and fans' reaction) is everything great about soccer. Teams mostly hold serve in MW #37 setting up an interesting battle for Champions League spots on Decision Day - especially if Bournemouth can pull a midweek upset vs City.
HALFTIME: What If you could own any one relic in history -- anything at all -- from your favorite club?
ROUND THE WORLD: preview of one of the weirdest Europa League finals in history as 17th place Tottenham and 16th place Man United fight it out to avoid one of the more embarrassing seasons in recent memory, plus Tyler spits some hot fire in this week's MLS Hit-It-N-Quit-It Minute
STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs
Duration:01:12:57
Marinakis Crashout. Zero F's Given Brigade (Spurs/Utd). David Beckham is Human. (MW #37)
5/13/2025
PREMIER LEAGUE: in defense of Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis, explaining City's inexplicable Southampton setback, Tommy questions the importance of the top 5 battle and LOLing at the Zero F's Given Brigade (Tottenham and United)
HALFTIME: Pop Quiz on the latest Sportico report listing the top 50 "biggest" clubs in the world
ROUND THE WORLD: MLS hit-it-n-quit-it minute
STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs
Duration:01:04:12
Arsenal Back in Top 5 Battle? Chelsea Perseverance. Lamine Yamal. (MW #36)
5/6/2025
PREMIER LEAGUE: Arsenal's recent slide risks transforming five-team race for three top 5 slots into six-team race for four slots. The emasculating Guard of Honor tradition may have saved Chelsea's season. Aston Villa's tightrope walk (without a safety net) deserves more attention.
HALFTIME: What If you attempted 10 penalties on Gianluigi Donnarumma - how many you making?
ROUND THE WORLD: Champions and (abbreviated) Europa League previews of semifinal second legs plus the MLS Minute Man spits one of his best segments in a while
STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs
Duration:01:02:38
Can Liverpool Catch United? Pep's Secret Weapon. UCL/UEL Semis Preview. (MW35)
4/28/2025
PREMIER LEAGUE: Liverpool get some just rewards for being worthy champs. Brutal week for Unai's Aston Villa. Secret to Pep's success with City (hint: #TeamLove). FA Cup semifinal recap. FPL updates.
HALFTIME: based on disclosure that Darvin Ham (ex-Laker coach and current Bucks asst) had his Los Angeles storage locker sold at auction... What If you could bid on the storage locker of ANY current or former player - who you going with?
ROUND THE WORLD: preview plus predictions for Champions and Europa League semifinals leg 1
STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs
Duration:01:05:57
Spurs/United Check Out. Villa's Big Bet. Chelsea Gut Check. (MW #34)
4/22/2025
PREMIER LEAGUE: Aston Villa put on one of the performances of the season against Newcastle. Chelsea stare death (of their season) in the face but bounce back against Fulham. Tottenham and Manchester United officially wave the white flag on the 2024-25 PL season.
HALFTIME: What If you could only watch one game show for the rest of your life?
ROUND THE WORLD: important announcement about Champions/Europa Leagues, MLS Hit-It-N-Quit-It Minute and breaking news on the Championship front (with big ramifications for some long-time friends of the program)
STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs
Duration:01:03:09
Forest Stumble. D-Days for Arsenal/Spurs/United. Open Cup: Portland & a Burrito Truck. (MW #33)
4/15/2025
PREMIER LEAGUE: Nottingham Forest suffer a (potentially) costly defeat, Tottenham and Manchester United continue to stink out loud plus a look ahead at one of the low-key bigger games of the season as (tired) Villa host Newcastle.
HALFTIME: What If the unthinkable happens and USMNT lose in the semifinals *but* you get to handpick two teams to play in the World Cup 2026 final - who you going with?
ROUND THE WORLD: preview of the three "live" Champions League ties, including Real Madrid's chances of overturning a 0-3 deficit against Arsenal, plus Tottenham and United peaking at the right time (LOL) for their dates with Europa League destiny.
STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs.
Duration:01:14:36
Vigorous Villa. Do or Die for Spurs & United. UCL vs WC final? (MW #32)
4/8/2025
PREMIER LEAGUE: theories on why top 5 teams in the table amassed zero wins this weekend, juice-less Manchester Daerby and Aston Villa peaking at the right time
HALFTIME: what if you were given the choice of attending three straight Champions League finals or one World Cup final?
ROUND THE WORLD: MLS Hit-It-N-Quit-It Minute plus preview of huge midweek slate f/t Champions League and make-or-break Europa League for Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur
STOPPAGE TIME: Ivan Toney's Best Bets and GOAWs
Duration:01:22:43