A deep dive into international soccer around North America, Central America and the Caribbean. Get to know the nations of Concacaf and learn about the soccer, countries and cultures that make up world soccer’s most interesting confederation. Hosted by Eric Schmitz, Donald Wine and Jonathan Slape.
Live. Laugh. Concacaf.
"Concacaf is a vibes based economy."
Episodes
Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
The crew reviews the September FIFA window and all the hot Concacaf Nations League action. We talk a historic victory for British Virgin Islands in League C, big wins for our boys Vincy Heat in League B and Trinidad & Tobago's shock six points in League A, along with other nonsense from the break.
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Thursday Sep 07, 2023
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
The world's greatest sports event is back in action, as the 2023/24 edition of the Concacaf Nations League kicks off! Eric and Donald take you through the Leagues and touch on the new formats, the groups, and the things you should know, like Montserrat is losing a home game because people can't get to the island or Jamaica missing a star attacker or whether or not a hurricane might hit during the game. Then our friend Jon Arnold joins us (23:28) to dive deeper on the storylines surrounding this September window of Nations League action. We talk Trinidad & Tobago's latest drama, the most interesting group in League B and who really has a shot besides Panama to make the League A quarterfinals.
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Thursday Aug 24, 2023
Thursday Aug 24, 2023
Why are there two nations of Virgin Islands in Concacaf, you ask? Well, we go into why as we chat The Nature Boys of the British Virgin Islands on this CONCACAF LASER FOCUS. Eric is the contestant on REAL TEAM OR FAKE TEAM (21:04).
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Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
The squad sat down before the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup ended to talk about Concacaf's exploits down under, from the USWNT's underwhelming results, Jamaica's strong showing, and Canada's disastrous results. Also some talk about the Concacaf Carribbean Club Shield which recently took place in Saint Kitts and Nevis, a place one team spent more time than they wanted to.
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Sunday Jul 30, 2023
Sunday Jul 30, 2023
ONE MORE ROUND is a special edition bonus podcast available to our subscribers on the World of Concacaf Patreon.
On this long overdue chat, Donald checks in with Eric from New Zealand to talk about the start of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup for the Concacaf squads: Canada, Haiti, Costa Rica, USA, Jamaica & Panama. Donald talks about his trip so far and we discuss the stories for Concacaf and try to avoid too much USWNT talk. After that, chatter about the Leagues Cup, a made up tournament that is definitely not real, but still ridiculous.
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Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
Eric and Donald lead off by remembering our friend Ben Cowherd, a friend of the podcast and beloved member of Nashville's soccer community.
After taking time to pay tribute, it's time to talk Nations League Finals, taking place this week in Las Vegas. We look at Panama (8:35), Canada (11:48), Mexico (17:19), the USMNT (20:57) and offering our predictions before things go off the rails with live reaction as Concacaf announces that Nicaragua is booted from the 2023 Gold Cup.
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Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
The episode we've been waiting for, as Donald and Eric are joined by their friend Vishal for a CONCACAF LASER FOCUS to talk about the inspiration of this podcast: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. After sharing some background on the island and the soccer (including a wild recent competition on the island), we do our LET'S GET A BUCKET segment (16:00) about the place that basically invented the buckets. We discuss the food, the rum, the trips we've taken and Eric's favorite place on Earth before Vish gets to play REAL TEAM OR FAKE TEAM (62:39).
Join us on our Patreon for a special ONE MORE ROUND bonus episode with Vishal where we talk about our favorite food in Concacaf and why American fast food chains abroad can't be slept on.
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Wednesday May 17, 2023
Wednesday May 17, 2023
Concacaf held the draw for the third edition of Concacaf Nations League, the most important tournament in world athletics, and we had to talk about it. A run down of the Leagues, the format changes, how we don't even know how it all works, everything you need. Later, a recap of news around the region, from Folarin Balogun committing to the USMNT, Grenada's new manager, and a late change to the Road to Concacaf W Gold Cup.
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Friday Mar 31, 2023
Friday Mar 31, 2023
The Finals in Las Vegas are set as the most prestigious event in global soccer moves past the group stage! The group recaps the March window of Concacaf Nations League action, who advanced, who got promoted and then Jon Arnold of Getting CONCACAFed joins the pod to talk about the biggest stories around the region.
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Monday Mar 20, 2023
Monday Mar 20, 2023
The greatest sporting competition in the history of mankind is back for this international window, so the crew runs down the groups and the stakes from League A to League C. The standings, key games to watch, and the notes you need, from Bonaire's home debut to Curaçao's sick new kits.
Special ONE MORE ROUND bonus episode available to subscribers on the World of Concacaf Patron at http://www.patreon.com/podcacaf