http://podcast.theoffside.com News from around the world's football leagues Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:54:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This week we talk about what Thierry Henry does with his hands, the 32 teams that will be at World Cup 2010, and preview MLS Cup 2009. We also list the Top 5 Teams We're Excited to See at World Cup 2010, and close with an MLS Cup winner themed spelling ... http://podcast.theoffside.com/weekly-podcast/total-football-soccer-show16-henrys-handball-world-cup-2010-mls-cup-2009.html This week's show is 100% Asian football. We don't pretend to be experts. We don't pretend that we didn't do a lot of Wikipedia reading in the 24 hours before recording. But we feel like we've put together a nice little overview of Asian soccer, with a little entertainment too. We ... http://podcast.theoffside.com/weekly-podcast/total-football-soccer-show15-asian-soccer-special.html Apologies to those of you out there who subscribe to the iTunes feed. Amazingly enough, free hosting pages aren't always the most reliable websites when it comes to streaming large files. Ah well... such is life... The podcast is back up and running, and just in time too, as we're ... http://podcast.theoffside.com/weekly-podcast/soccer-and-the-silver-screen.html This week's topic: retirement. When should players retire from professional football? And what are their options after hanging up their boots? Not everyone can take up polo like Batigol did. Though maybe more should. Also, since not all players are keen to retire, we list our Top 5 Players who played ... http://podcast.theoffside.com/weekly-podcast/total-football-soccer-show-13-retirement-and-top-5-players-who-played-into-their-forties.html No professional football talk on this week's show. It's all about the amateur ranks, as Taylor and Daryl discuss adult soccer in America. Your intrepid co-hosts interview Cary Wright and Mark Tarin from the Central Virginia Soccer Association to discuss the history and inner-workings of a successful adult league. Taylor and ... http://podcast.theoffside.com/weekly-podcast/total-football-soccer-show-12-the-joys-of-amateur-soccer.html We're on a mission in this week's show. A mission to convert all non-soccer fans. We talk about where soccer stands in relation to other sports, and why the likes of Jim Rome are so hostile. If you're reading The Offside, you're probably already a footy fan. But if you ever ... http://podcast.theoffside.com/weekly-podcast/the-total-football-soccer-show-10-reasons-why-you-should-like-soccer.html Because Rio de Janeiro was awarded the 2016 Olympics last week, we thought it was a good excuse to talk about Olympic soccer. Specifically: What's wrong with it? Can it be saved? Could London 2012 and Rio 2016 be its saviour? We also preview the upcoming World Cup qualifying finale, and ... http://podcast.theoffside.com/weekly-podcast/total-football-soccer-show-10-olympics-world-cup-quals-and-julio-cesars-better-halfs-blog.html This week we focus on Major League Soccer, and ask why two US based footy fans don't follow the league as closely as they probably should. This episode was first broadcast on Thursday October 1st, 2009, on Richmond Independent Radio. To more knowledgeable MLS fans, some of the information in the ... http://podcast.theoffside.com/weekly-podcast/total-football-soccer-show-9-major-league-soccer.html This week's show is dominated by a 14 minute behemoth of a Top 5. Following the Manchester derby controversy (also discussed, inevitably, and in hindsight rather belatedly) we decided to list our top 5 "most interesting" derbies in world football, and why we find them so interesting. To fit as many in ... http://podcast.theoffside.com/weekly-podcast/the-total-football-soccer-show-episode-8-top-5-most-interesting-derbies-in-world-football.html This episode was originally broadcast Thursday, September 17th on WRIR. We discuss the return of the Champions League and why it's hard to get excited about the group stage, list our top 5 most memorable goal celebrations and address last week's spelling bee mini-controversy. Click here to listen to the show ... http://podcast.theoffside.com/weekly-podcast/total-football-soccer-show-episode-7-top-5-goal-celebrations.html