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Episode #65 - EPL Matchday Three Review and the Hand Ball Dilemma Today was the official Kick from the Spot Derby.  Arsenal vs Liverpool.  There can be only one happy host on the podcast today. Matchday two was set up to see who are the fakes and legitimate clubs in the EPL table.  What resulted were some fantastic matches, some lucky winners, and one very disgruntled Jose.  We cover it all in the Kick from the Spot podcast! So what is a hand ball anyway?  And why are there so many conflicted opinions?  Memo dives deep into the hand ball controversy. Week two may have been amazing, but week three sets up back to back scintillating weekends!  We have the matches to watch heading into next weekend.   Thank you for finding us and listening.  We hope to build a solid soccer community together with you based on fun, respect, and love for the beautiful game. Host:   Memo Producer:  Jay Fratt Kick from the Spot Tw...

Episode #64 - EPL Matchday Two Review and USMNT Excitement Matchday two in the EPL saw a ton of goals, but can only the second week provide insight into the remainder of the season?  Memo and Jay are here to pick out the hidden story lines from the second week of action in the English Premier League. Who is excited about the USMNT?  WE ARE!  We take a look at 9 players with large roles on big European clubs, and then Memo surprises with a bonus baby that may play for Barcelona this weekend.  There is so much to be excited about if you are a United States Men's National Team fan.  - Weston McKennie Juventus  - Tyler Adams RB Leipzig  - John Brooks Wolfsburg  - Gio Reyna Dortmund  - Josh Sargent Werder Bremen  - Christian Pulisic Chelsea  - TimWeah Lille  - Sergino Dest Ajax  - DeAndre Yedlin - New Castle maybe Besiktas Thank you for finding us and listening.  We hope to build a solid soccer community together wi...

There has always been a huge flaw in VAR, just lurking under the surface waiting to show itself.  As of yet, this chasm hasn't been found in the natural course of play.  On Sunday, the referee could have covered it up for the league and VAR opponents. What would happen if a clear error was made on a penalty call, but as time passed waiting for an opportunity to stop play to review, the opposing team scores!  WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?  We were sure to find out this weekend in the biggest match thus far of the year, as Sterling of City was denied a clear goal scoring opportunity by a Liverpool hand ball.  This clear penalty hand ball in the box was missed by the referee.  No big deal, at the first stop of play, everything would be corrected.  But immediately before the match found a dead ball moment, Liverpool rushed down and scored on an unlikely swift power strike. So what now?    - Penalty!  And the latter goal is disallowed....

It's been an amazing World Cup. Who knew Russia could be so much fun! John is back in the Smokin Js podcast studio with Jay to break down each Round of 16 match-up. Stuck at work during the World Cup? There is a special training ground session in this pod just for you. We update the initial results of the Kick from the Spot Bracket Challenge after the group stage. We have one star and clear leader at this point. We have a fresh printable Round of 16 Bracket you can find here . Jay did not spank John for his birthday present. Thank you for finding us and listening.  We hope to build a solid soccer community together with you based on fun, respect, and love for the beautiful game. Jay Fratt John Gonsalves Kick from the Spot Twitter Kick from the Spot Website Email: kickfromthespot@gmail.com Sponsor: Smokin Js Moody Beats If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element

Check out the accompanying podcast here. FIFA decides based on their metrics and rankings of nations the number of berths from each continental zone. This is how 2018 will look. UEFA Europe - 14 CAF Africa- 5 AFC Asia - 4.5 CONMEBOL South America - 4.5 CONCACAF North, Central and Caribbean - 3.5 OFC - Oceana - .5 The fifth team from Asia (Australia) entered a playoff against the fourth placed team from CONCACAF (Honduras). The top team from Oceana (New Zealand) entered a playoff against the fifth place team from CONMEBOL (Peru). 32 teams entered into the 2018 World Cup. A draw determined the make-up of 8 groups of 4 nations. The draw was weighted or seeded by creating 4 pots of 8 nations starting with the host country and then from top to bottom based on FIFA rankings. Then from there a nation was selected out of each pot for a group. This artificially separated the nations at the top and bottom from eachother. Even though everything is by the numbers, FIFA ch...

Whoa, episode 10.  John and Jay are going strong and having fun in the first double digit episode. With Man City playing Arsenal and Chelsea in the same week, the guys made a bet based on the results.  The results were not pretty.  John won the bet, but who's pride was still intact? VAR is coming to the World Cup.  The guys discuss the renaming of the FA Cup to the VAR Cup after the Tottenham vs Rochdale debacle in the snow.  The Catalonia independence movement was discuss.  Political prisoners or not, the English Football Association has legitimate reasoning behind fining Pep Guardiola, despite his right to voice his support. No vocal cords were injured in the production of this podcast .... chAMpions!! Thank you for finding us and listening.  We hope to build a solid soccer community together with you based on fun, respect, and love for the beautiful game. Jay Fratt John Gonsalves Kick from the Spot Twitter Kick from the Spot Website ...