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
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!
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
The squad meets at the WOC NEWSDESK to analyze the unfolding drama around the US Men's National Team as news of an alleged blackmail attempt targeting coach Gregg Berhalter from the Reyna family over son Gio's place in the squad at the FIFA World Cup makes headlines.
Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
The World Cup is effectively over already as Concacaf has completed their exploits, so the guys talk about Canada (3:40), Costa Rica (10:19), Mexico (15:40) and the only team to advance, USA (22:37). After recapping the results, the guys recount their experience in Qatar (42:09), including Eric's wild Fan Village experience and Donald's time on the cruise ship.
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RIP Grant Wahl
Friday Nov 25, 2022
Friday Nov 25, 2022
Donald and Eric stopped by the Concacafé in Doha to talk their first few days in Qatar for the 2022 FIFA World Cup
Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
Wednesday Nov 16, 2022
The world's biggest sporting event is here and the guys got together to talk through the four Concacaf representatives at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. From Canada's long awaited return (4:56), to Keylor Navas' Costa Rica (13:50) and the high expectations on Mexico to advance (21:49) we go around the region before setting our sights on the United States (29:35) and what to watch for from the USMNT in their return to the global stage in Qatar.
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Wednesday Nov 09, 2022
Wednesday Nov 09, 2022
The guys get together with a lot going on in global soccer to chat about the latest in Concacaf, including the end of Concacaf League, a JACK WARNER UPDATE and that fantastic MLS Cup Final this past weekend.
Bonus ONE MORE ROUND episode available on the Patreon at www.patreon.com/podcacaf
Friday Oct 21, 2022
Friday Oct 21, 2022
ONE MORE ROUND is a special edition bonus podcast available to our subscribers on the World of Concacaf Patreon. As a treat, enjoy a taste of what you can get by becoming a subscriber, where we chat about whatever nonsense we didn't get to in a regular episode. It's like grabbing one last round of drinks before we close out our tab. Here, Donald talks about his trip to Europe following the US Women's National Team.
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More ONE MORE ROUND episodes available on the Patreon.