Gold Standard
1. Scuffed Podcast: Adam and Greg cover exclusively American soccer. I look forward to this pod an unhealthy amount. Adam gets good guests and asks better questions than the mainstream media. Awesome.
1A. Total Soccer Show: Still great, but without Daryl (R.I.P. 😥) now it’s a bittersweet listen for me.
Tier 2
Touchlines and Touchdowns – This is a soccer/American football combo podcast and it’s legitimately good. (Full disclosure: I’m usually one of the guys involved in the soccer talk😉)
Orange Slices – hosted by Heath Pearce and Mark McKenzie. They get some really good current and former players as guests. Fun conversations and some good stories.
The Underdog Soccer Podcast – I enjoy these guys. There’s 3 or 4 that rotate in, but they generally have interesting takes on the USMNT. It’s gotten more professional and they’ve done a couple nice interviews now. The CJ Dos Santos interview was great.
Futbol with Grant Wahl – Grant uses his connections to get guests that no other American soccer podcast has the clout to get. It’s more metropolitan than some of the others on this list, but he still covers the American scene pretty well. I like this pod better than his old SI podcast.
The 3four3 Podcast – hosted by John Pranjic this pod has an eclectic mix of guests. I tend to pick and choose the episodes I listen to based on who he is interviewing. Solid listen. (Also: John was my first ever podcast appearance. I can be bought. 😂)
The 3rd Degree – This is an FC Dallas podcast, but they (Buzz especially) do a great job and there’s so many Dallas players on the national team and youth teams that a lot of it is relevant for USMNT fans.
Extra Time Radio – Sort of like listening to N. Korean state sponsored radio in that it’s MLS employees talking about MLS most of the time, but their USMNT coverage is pretty good.
Jonesing for Some Soccer Talk
Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast – Lalas is kind of your usual Fox Sports “personality,” but if you like him you’ll like this…if you don’t you won’t.