The Blazing Musket Podcast

Sebastian Bush maintains an excellent set of BlueSky accounts that puts together a visual data package after every MLS, NWSL and USL game that gives you everything you need to dive deeper into the underlying performances of both teams. They also have season long and historical data on league and team goal creation, xG figures, shot charts and shot types.It's an impressive and useful array of data and visuals to go with them and Sebastian joined the show to walk us through it all and let you know how best to utilize it all!You can follow them on BlueSky at the below links:MLS AnalyticsNWSL AnalyticsUSL AnalyticsAnd for the season and historical data, check out Stateside Stats on SubStackLastly, if you like what you're seeing, please consider buying Sebastian a cup of coffee on Ko-FiIf you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from!To keep up with all the soccer in New England, head over to The Blazing Musket!

The Blazing Musket Podcast's first roundtable show!Our crew of writers and podcasters got together to talk about how each of New England's pro teams and it's most beloved amateur team are doing so far this season.We discussed: The US Open Cup, Jägermeister Cup, Maple CupHow the teams are meeting or not meeting early season expectationsWhat's to come this spring and summerLocal enthusiasm, ticket sales, vibesHow the presence of the Revs effects the rest of New England soccerIt was a great, humorous, wide ranging discussion of all that's going on with the Vermont Green, Portland Hearts of Pine, Rhode Island FC and Hartford AthleticOur guests this month:Mike from United in Green a podcast covering the Vermont GreenShawn from The Blazing Musket and From the Forest to the Tide podcast covering Portland Hearts of PineMatt from Raising Anchor a podcast covering Rhode Island FCNathan from The Blazing Musket covering Hartford AthleticYou can find all these podcasts on The Blazing Musket as part of our podcast network along with Revolution RecapWe hope you like this episode and be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review if you do wherever you get your podcasts from.

Sam Minton, fearless leader of The Blazing Musket is in this week to get you caught up with all soccer news in New England.We talked about Hartford and RIFC's early season struggles, the Revs first win, Portland Hearts of Pine early success, Open Cup predictions, Boston's NWSL team has a new name and a banner that popped up in Foxboro this past weekend.It's all New England, all soccer and all here with Sam this week!If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from!To keep up with the Revs and all the soccer in New England, head over to The Blazing Musket!

It may only be five weeks into the 2025 MLS season but a lot has happened in the Eastern Conference already! We've had our first coach firing of the season, three teams still in search of their first win and several teams off to impressive starts. Matt joins us to break it all down and tell us what trends will continue and what might change in the weeks ahead.Matt also weighed in on what the USMNT needs to do to bounce back from the Nations League disaster.Matt covers MLS for MLSsoccer.com and his SubStack, The Tactics Free Zone.If you're enjoying the show be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts from!To keep up with the Revs, the USMNT and all the soccer in New England, head over to The Blazing Musket!

Sam Spencer joined the show to share the history of AFC Wimbledon, a supporter owned Club in London that rose up through the English football pyramid after a Club was taken from them and moved to a new town. Sam tells us the whole tale, the progress the Club has made and what it's like to be a part of the ownership group as a supporter.Sam also covers soccer all over the Charlotte, North Carolina area for his SubStack, Soccer Sheet. He catches us up on how Charlotte FC's looking for this season, how the local fanbase has embraced the team and just how good could Wilfried Zaha could be. We also touched on the Charlotte Independence in USL League One and Carolina Ascent FC, the newly formed women's team competing in the USL Super League.Be sure to give it a listen!Keep up with Sam's AFC Wimbledon experience and soccer in Charlotte on his Substack, Soccer Sheet.If your enjoying the show, be sure to like, subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts from!

This week's show welcomes John Morrissey from Backheeled.com, The USL Show and USL Tactics for a preview of the USL Championship and League One. We'll also take a close look at what to expect from Rhode Island FC, Hartford Athletic and the Portland Hearts of Pine in 2025.John also touched on how the USL Super League is doing, potential expansion across the USL's many leagues, division one sanctioning and offered some thoughts on USL's stated goal of bringing promotion and relegation to the US.Thomas tries to work in as many references as possible to Vermont Green but we'll get a preview of their season later in the spring.You can find John's extensive, insightful and excellent coverage of the USL at Backheeled.com, The USL Show on YouTube and USL Tactics on BlueSky and SubstackIf you're a paid subscriber to The Blazing Musket, don't forget you have access to all the content on Backheeled.com thanks to our partnership with them. And if you're not a paid subscriber, please considering it. Your $5 a month gets you the best coverage of New England soccer there is, access to exclusive content and helps supports this new podcast venture.Be sure to like and subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts from and we hope to have you join us for our next episode!

Our second episode is all about the ever changing situation with White Stadium, a venue owned by the City of Boston that is facing public pushback, lawsuits and is becoming a wedge issue in the Boston Mayoral race as well. The issues all stem around the planned use of White Stadium by BOS Nation for its NWSL team which is set to have its first ever season in 2026.Jackie Contreras is with us to get you caught up on everything, what Mayor Wu, challenger for Mayor, Josh Kraft, and everyone else thinks should or shouldn't be happening with the renovation of the aging stadium in Franklin Park.We also get Jackie's timeline for completion, speculation on alternate venues if the stadium isn't ready on time and if we will get the most sought after name change in Boston sports history.Here's a few recent articles on White Stadium from Jackie at The Blazing Musket:White Stadium Demolition BeginsResolution to Pause White Stadium ConstructionFollow Jackie on BlueSky and us at The Blazing Musket as well!If you're enjoying the show, please like and review it wherever you get your podcasts from!

Jason Davis joined Thomas Pinzone to talk about all the latest developments in both MLS and USL as both leagues are approaching the kickoff of their 2025 seasonsWith USL proposing to go D1, MLS discovering cash, a revamped MLS Eastern Conference, Bruce’s revenge tour and USL’s continued growth, Jason and Thomas covered it allIf you enjoyed listening to Jason, you can also find him on Morning Kickaround on YouTube, The Best Soccer Show podcast on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts from and on SiriusXM SC, channel 157Be sure to check out The Blazing Musket coverage of all New England soccer including Vermont Green, Portland Hearts of Pine, RIFC, Hartford Athletic, BOS Nation and the New England Revolution at www.theblazingmusket.comSubscribe to The Blazing Musket Podcast wherever you get your podcasts from and please, like and review the show!