JD and The Rod

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It's the last show before the first show: The final JD & The Rod before we pick up shop and resurrect The Best Soccer Show. This show went off-the-rails in the best way possible. After talking about the Portland Timbers win over the Union, Jason and Jared get into a debate about Jared's idea for an annual #MLSIsBack tourney that ties in the Open Cup somehow? Check out Cincinnati Soccer Talk, Nicky Soup-and-Sausage's FC Cincinnati podcast. We have a Patreon page where you can support the...

THIS IS THE PENULTIMATE JD & THE ROD. But don't worry. The boys will explain everything, including when the launch of the resurrected Best Soccer Show will happen (#BSSIsBack). CONCACAF has settled on a qualifying format (THE OCTAGONAL) and Jason and Jared have some nickname suggestions. There's a breakdown of the #MLSIsBack quarterfinal matchups, with some thoughts on the teams and their performances so far. Join the Cult of Almeyda today! The boys also hit on the NWSL Challenge Cup...

THE BOYS GOT MLS IS BACK FEVER. There's a lot of talk of handsome men in this one, then some breakdown of the proceedings in Orlando (there's...a lot of soccer at MLS Is Back) and Jason goes wild and unveils a new character, "Bane Bradley". Then they boys discuss the differences between the 'augmented reality' of Fox versus the 'brunch vibe' of ESPN, before breaking down the latest Christian Pulisic performance for Chelsea. Finally, Jason tries to figure out why Austin FC is trolling...

The boys went live during the first game of #MLSIsBack and it was...weird? Jason and Jared talked about the logos everywhere and the poor play and how Dom Dwyer is a maniac. Then it was time to talk about Christian Pulisic and his incredible run at Chelsea. Our friend Eddie From Brooklyn called to argue about the Best Player In Concacaf and it got spicy. Check out Cincinnati Soccer Talk, Nicky Soup-and-Sausage's FC Cincinnati podcast. We have a Patreon page where you can support the show,...

Jason and Jason dive into the Fyre Festival-like food situation at MLS Is Back before discussing the problem of FC Dallas's six positive test. Pick Your Poison time. The boys then get into the transfer market (it's soft), take a call from Eddie in Brooklyn on whether he should make the commitment to Inter Miami, and give some love to the very much in-form Christian Pulisic. Then, it's MLS Is Back group stage picks. Shoutout Nick Seuberling for his production work. Check out Cincinnati...

Jared is off on his beach vaca, so Jason and Nicky Soup & Sausage open up the show talking about the MLS Is Back schedule that just dropped. Then we reminisce about Landon Donovan's goal against Algeria at the 2010 World Cup, with some Besties getting in on the act with their own memories. Then Jared calls in from the key party...er, family vacation, to share his own 2010 memories. Check out Cincinnati Soccer Talk, Nick's FC Cincinnati podcast. We have a Patreon page where you can...

Here's a taste of The Best Bonus Show for everyone that might have heard about our MLS head coach five-a-side draft last week. The boys go round-by-round picking five players each for teams of MLS head coaches to play in an imaginary five-a-side tournament at MLS Is Back in Orlando. If you like this episode of The Best Bonus Show, make sure you sign up for the Patreon and get access to every episode at patreon.com/jdandtherod Give us a rating and a review on Apple Podcasts and help the...

This week on JD & The Rod, a show that contains multitudes, the boys start with some talk about MLS players inside the MLS Is Back bubble and how their urges could be a problem. Then Jason and Jared hit on the breaking news that Eric Wynalda is out at the Las Vegas Lights. There's some talk about the Americans in the Bundesliga (shouts to Weston and Tyler) before we move onto the important issue of MLS coach fashion in Orlando. There's a USMNT hypothetical and a rant about the striker pool...

The boys are back. This week, we start with some explanation and examination of our choice to step aside last week and pass the baton to For The Culture. You can subscribe to For The Culture here. Then we talk about The MLS Is Back Tournament (It's a small league after all), the USMNT "situation", and CONCACAF's World Cup qualifying plan. Shoutout Nick Seuberling for his production work. Check out Cincinnati Soccer Talk, Nick's FC Cincinnati podcast. We have a Patreon page where you can...

Jason and Jared decided that this was a good week to step aside and elevate some other voices in soccer, particularly ones that can speak from experience about the systemic racism our country is struggling to confront right now. JD & The Rod presents For The Culture, a podcast by some of our soccer friends out of Atlanta. Go subscribe to For The Culture and Jason and Jared will be back next week. https://linktr.ee/ftcutd

The Bundesliga has fake crowd noise, MLS has leaks and Don Garber is mad about it, and the NWSL has enacted the Utah Plan. Plus, Timmy Chandler has an amazing nickname we just learned about. It's the best. Shoutout Nick Seuberling for his production work. Check out Cincinnati Soccer Talk, Nick's FC Cincinnati podcast. We have a Patreon page where you can support the show, join our JD&TR community, and get access to bonus content--we put out a second show every week just for Patrons. Check...

What is this? We don't know. It's a show about American soccer...but also about hair grooming and conspiracy theories and much more. The boys got into watching the Bundesliga...or not, the plan to play MLS and NWSL in a one place, Weston McKennie and whether he's good, how leagues should create atmosphere in empty stadiums (with sex dolls?), and soccer conspiracy theory (shoutout to Alex Jermaine Jones). Shoutout Nick Seuberling for his production work. Check out Cincinnati Soccer Talk,...

A full show for the Besties. Jason and Jared talk about choosing a Bundesliga team, debate the plan to play MLS games in Orlando, riff out an Emilio Estevez career mixtape in honor of a soccer player named Emilio Estevez, and attempt to cast the announced Netflix project on the 1999 USWNT. Shoutout Nick Seuberling for his production work. Check out Cincinnati Soccer Talk, Nick's FC Cincinnati podcast. We have a Patreon page where you can support the show, join our JD&TR community, and get...

This is a JD & The Rod special presentation. The boys got together with Daryl Grove and Taylor Rockwell from The Total Soccer Show to make a career mixtape for two American legends: Tom Cruise and Landon Donovan. This is the first part of the show and features our choices for a Tom Cruise mixtape. Does anyone choose Eyes Wide Shut for the sexy times? Listen and find out. The Landon Donovan mixtape part of the show can be found on the Total Soccer Show feed, so make sure you get over there...

This super-sized edition of the best soccer show (THE BEST SOCCER SHOW) covers a ton of soccer stories currently dropping in on our quarantined heads. We get into the news of the Bundesliga's return and wonder who we should root for (we like a good Yank), hit on the USWNT lawsuit with an assist from Jonathan Tannenwald, ponder what the hell "individual training" is going to look like for MLS, and dish about the possibility CONCACAF is going to cancel the Hex. There's also Netflix recs and...

On this show we unveil our new feature: The Career Mixtape. Jason and Jared get into the concept of the career mixtape (after first explaining the mixtape...) and then outline our choices for the three games we're including for Clinton Drew Dempsey—Deuce. We also touch on the big alien news, talk about five substitutes, and wonder how Zack Steffen goes and gets injured on his day off. Shoutout Nick Seuberling for his production work. Check out Cincinnati Soccer Talk, Nick's FC Cincinnati...

The day drinking of soccer podcasts (thanks, @FutbolFan05!) is back with a brand new edition. In this episode we discuss the crazy possibility of a combined MLS and Liga MX competition, get into the news and rumors around the return of soccer post-COVID, and remember our favorite old soccer content (think 101 Great Goals, Big Soccer, blogs of the past). Double extra shoutout Nick Seuberling for his production work. Check out Cincinnati Soccer Talk, Nick's FC Cincinnati podcast. We have a...

We have an important question on today's show: What was your first concert? We also talk about soccer—specifically the news that MLS's return is likely getting pushed back to June, a house-cleaning at US Soccer, the shutdown of the Development Academy, and Sepp Blatter's comments about the 2022 World Cup. Double extra shoutout Nick Seuberling for his production work. Check out Cincinnati Soccer Talk, Nick's FC Cincinnati podcast. We have a Patreon page where you can support the show, join...

Still no soccer, but your boys are thriving. This week we talk about the economic choices of MLS owners during the Coronavirus shutdown before getting into the fun stuff: Coming up with the best era in American soccer history for a Netflix "The English Game"-style TV show and casting a FIFA bribery scandal movie featuring CONCACAF Jack Warner, Chuck Blazer, Sepp Blatter, and Loretta Lynch. Double extra shoutout Nick Seuberling for his production work. Check out Cincinnati Soccer Talk,...