In the final installment of this World Cup Podcast, Sam and Josh recap the World Cup final, the Messi dilemma, the downfall of the Brazilian National team, our best 11's of the tournament, and what comes next for the soccer world and for this podcast.
The Sam Franco World Cup Podcast and Blog
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Episode 5 of The Sam Franco World Cup Podcast
Well, our hearts have been broken. The United States' run in the 2014 World Cup is over. On this edition, Sam and Josh talk about the loss to Belgium, the future of US Soccer, a potential lineup for team USA at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, and we break down the quarterfinal matchups coming up this weekend.
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Episode 4 of the Sam Franco World Cup Podcast
After Sam's triumphant return from the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic, we're back with episode 4 of the podcast. Sam and Josh talk about the Luis Suarez bite heard round the world, the USA v Portugal match, Michael Bradley's struggles, and what the US must do against Germany.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Episode 3 of the Sam Franco World Cup Podcast
The World Cup is now in full swing, and we present to you Episode 3 of the Sam Franco World Cup Podcast. In this episode, Josh and I break down the USA's dramatic win over Ghana in Group G. We also talk about the rest of the first wave of group matches including Germany/Portugal, Netherlands/Spain, Italy/England, and more!
Monday, June 9, 2014
Episode 2 of the Sam Franco World Cup Podcast
We're back with episode 2 of the podcast. This episode, Josh and I talk about: the US National Team's performance against Nigeria (including the timely return to form of Jozy Altidore), what formation the team should use in Brazil, and we also take a look at an article from fivethirtyeight.com that gives each nation a percent chance of winning the World Cup. Enjoy and thanks for listening!
Monday, June 2, 2014
Episode 1 of the Sam Franco World Cup Podcast
And here we have it ladies and gentlemen, the first episode of the rebirth of the Sam Franco World Cup Podcast. In this semi-inaugural episode, Josh Bagriansky and I talk about how the US Men's National team has looked so far in their preparations for the World Cup. We also talk about the giant gorilla in the room: the exclusion of Landon Donovan from the World Cup roster. We also give a quick breakdown of each group. We end the episode by giving our dark horse and favorite teams to win it all down in Brazil. This first episode is a hair under an hour long, just because there was SO MUCH stuff to get to. We promise it's worth listening to the whole thing though and we'll try to shorten things up in the future. Play beautiful my brothers.
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Please allow me to reintroduce myself...

Fast forward to four years ago. Thanks to the great strides in technology, and my Apple MobileMe account, myself and my longtime friend from high school Josh Bagriansky were able to channel our love for the world's most popular sport into a podcast. Four years later, Apple has decided that they are no longer in the business of giving their customers a free website (they're too busy giving Dr. Dre $3 billion for some crappy headphones), so we have taken our talents to the Blogger network and YouTube and we are proud to announce the reformation of the Sam Franco World Cup Podcast. We promise to offer some of the finest International football analysis and criticism on the web. For a couple of Yanks, we know our footy, and vow to adhere to the highest standards of covering The Beautiful Game. We will be writing blog posts multiple times per week and probably podcasting once or twice a week during the World Cup. We will also record a preview podcast that will be published on here on June 2nd. We hope that you will give us a read and a listen, because this is our passion project and our goal is to, even if it's only a little bit, share our love of this truly great game with the masses. For now, I leave you with my favorite World Cup memory. It is one that had me balling like a little baby thanks to the poetry of Ian Darke and the wizardry of Landon Donovan:
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