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
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).
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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
Thursday Mar 16, 2023
Thursday Mar 16, 2023
The boys are back at the NEWSDESK to chat about Concacaf's competition format changes to Nations League, the qualification to Copa America, the road to the 2026 World Cup and the new Concacaf W Gold Cup on the women's side. Of course, we also talk some CCL action because a dog ran on the field and a Haitian team knocked out an MLS side.
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
This CONCACAF LASER FOCUS special is dedicated to The Benna Boys & The Benna Girls, as the group looks at Antigua & Barbuda. Donald talks the nation and about his visit there (2:29) and then Jonathan is the contestant on REAL TEAM OR FAKE TEAM (26:10).
Recorded at The Russell in Nashville, Tennessee.
Wednesday Feb 08, 2023
Wednesday Feb 08, 2023
The boys are back with another CONCACAF LASER FOCUS episode, this time diving deep into the Emerald Isle of the Caribbean, Montserrat. Discussions include volcano eruptions, Love Island and those ballin' kits before we have an all-timer on REAL TEAM OR FAKE TEAM (33:49) as Donald gets thrown some heat.
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Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
The crew gets together to recap another wild year in the world's most interesting soccer confederation. First, we take some time to remember our friend Grant Wahl, a man who meant so much to soccer coverage in our region. Then Donald, Eric and Jonathan chat about the year's tournaments, favorite Concacaf moments, and award the Ronnie Brunswijk Memorial Concacaf Man of the Year award for 2022.
Thank you to everyone who listened in 2022!