This was a throughly informational interview, only just released, but the most startling part was this: where Reggie Cannon claims
#FCDallas
asked him to apologize for his post game comments about the “boo’ing incident”. If true, that’s problematic.
so last night Barcelona, yes, THAT Barcelona, traveled 5K miles, a day after a league game, to play in Dallas, in a sparsely attended/poorly marketed, meaningless game and fly back today. Is THIS now the top of the list of "dumbest exhibition games" of all time? 🤨
Today’s Washington Post & Dallas Morning News / let me tell you a story of how a pro team goes about making itself so utterly irrelevant in its own market, when it finally creates and has something amazing - you get dismissed for a 100+ loss MLB team.
There’s got to be a PHD out there who’d do us all a favor and study and explain Klopp’s hilarious hand/grip/fist goal celebrations. This variant debuts a prop!
Had lunch a couple of weeks ago with
@theoldgreywolf
and asked him to tell me the background story about “The Video”. He started, and realized I needed to capture the moment. Glad I did, because there’s a part to this story, a funny part, I don’t think he’s shared elsewhere.
Fascinating -
@wfaa
story about Dallas’ World Cup bid showed a peek at the plan to fit a proper sized pitch. Due to field level suites it can currently only do <70yd. But video showed plans to ELEVATE the field, allowing full size! Two different heights shown.
#Dallas2026
perspective on WorldCup22 that was lost on me. Knew Qatar was small, but the size of DFW? 🤯 All 7 stadiums <40mi apart, some even walking distance, 6of7 fit inside Dallas. Avg distance is <10mi between stadiums. This is a WC 1st!
Full steam ahead on
#dfwWC34
😉
it’s flat out weird to give congrats for this, but regular season sell-outs here are so rare you can count them on both hands. 2nd home game in and the combination of changes, on and off the field, are working - fans there last night were genuinely hyped about FCD. Congrats.
i’d like to share an unsolicited observation as a self anointed radio-smartypants: while his talent has been obvious to all - my dry dock spell showed me a guy across the table working radio on different level. Hard to explain here, but trust me. He’s long-term legit. 👏🏻
w/ the start of another
#MLS
season, let’s celebrate
@3rdDegreeNet
(Buzz Carrick) 25th season independently covering
#FCDallas
. His love of the sport & club shine thru in his content & ask y’all show him the love as we’re lucky to have this original, unique league legend.
Getting paid to spend a month watching your favorite event, then getting to talk about it daily on your favorite radio station - is . (scientific fact)
Thnx to my wife, Andy, (not the same person) Catman & the P1’s for the last 4 weeks.
I win. 🚀
As we discussed on Saturday’s show - Dallas, dating back to last season, has now regularly sold out Toyota Stadium. After being the butt of attendance jokes for 20+ years, this is an under discussed story in our media market.
source informs the Nations League field at AT&T Stadium will again be 3" sod laid directly on top of the concrete - same as before, but NOT what '26 WC will be. Pic is from '17 Gold Cup at AT&T and yes, it's was as hard as it looks. 🫣
When Gio Reyna is bothered enough to tell you “cool your jets” and to chill out - you’ve clearly crossed a line of selfish stupidity.
I hope Ream and Musah give Dest a swirly at half time.
Yes, I’ll bravely speak up and point it out when teams refuse to take the time to cut and trim stripes over the gaps in these helmets. Lazy. cheap.
Dallas, proper.
Per this mornings’s Musers segment here are pics of the proposed structure (options) to raise the elevation so that surface can go out and over the first several rows - creating more surface area.
Hey
@corbydavidson
- been out of town but heard you may have found “Sammy”, our pet snake. House sitter told us she got out. Hope she’s ok and didn’t scare anyone. She’s sweet. Thanks neighbor.
Since I don’t expect anyone to get this, let me explain, it’s hilarious. This is Rhodri Giggs, brother of soccer legend Ryan. It turned out Ryan had been sleeping w/ Rhodri’s wife for 4 years. Knowing this, now watch. It’s stunning in its levels of awesome.
Let’s be clear - what Stroud does (you can clearly see him signal his former teammate and “close friend” to give him the ball) - is considered one of the dirtiest, BS moves in the game. He really should be ashamed of himself. I dislike ATX as much as anyone, but that’s crap.
For those interested in the retirement of
@theoldgreywolf
- this podcast the station posted earlier today will be of great interest. Lots of Tier 1 & 2 reaction and audio (Petty Theft!) not heard on the station.
Here’s the full interview, hosted by USMNT vets DaMarcus Beasley and Oguchi Onyewu. Beyond the above, this was a very good discussion about ambition, playing style and honest stuff about MLS vs Europe.
while you’re marveling at the transfer fee- I’m sitting here giggling over the fact
@3rdDegreeNet
was the original source of the “El Tren” nickname that has now stuck all the way into a Bundesliga club player announcement video.
Last observation: There was a teen w/ his dad sitting in front of me last night. Both fans of FCD and regulars at games. While watching him go thru the
#Messi
emotions of it all, it dawned on me that would be an evening he will remember and talk about the rest of his life. 🥲
It has finally happened! Chicharito to
#LAGalaxy
is a done deal. The Galaxy land their big fish and I personally think this is the biggest signing in MLS more than Beckham because of how big of a star he is in North America. He is finally coming folks!
my guy called into the show today while out scouting the FCD u16’s.
There is no one I can think of who covers & can talk in-depth on his club elsewhere in MLS.
Buzz is a MLS national treasure. Any club fan base would kill to get what
@3rdDegreeNet
has put out for 27 yrs
Did anyone else have a total stop down moment when they heard
@gordonkeith
mention, not only that he had been playing a video game, but Red Dead Redemption2!! ON PC!!! 😵💫
have I been missing that Gordo is a, gamer??
Whoa! Impressive. Big boy signing. Legit dollars for a prime-aged, pedigreed player and answers the off season question about Hunt’s level of ambition.
BREAKING: FC Dallas is nearing a club-record deal to sign Croatia int'l forward Petar Musa from Benfica, per sources.
@FabrizioRomano
1st on agreement.
Would be around $9.5m fee up front. Deal not totally done yet for the 25-year-old, but close.
More reporting on this in Europe. Not official, but the inclusion that DFW will be the home base for FIFA and the tournament is a huge addition to this news. I can’t impress how big a deal this is. 💪
Running behind, but hearing sports expert
@gordonkeith
raise the “Zeke/covid” theory, made feel less nuts - but just to stir that water a bit more, check this out: just after one of the fumbles, what is going on here? Never seen Zeke do that, have we?
Clark is an expert and successful at many things, I’m sure. But building a fan base at FCD is not one of them and the half empty stadium on opening day, in perfect weather for the 25th season kinda is my evidence.
Dear
@ulloa_victor
, you are FCD’s “greatest story, ever” and the epitome of what a young, growing American club would want to develop both on and off the field. Thank you, best wishes & sorry it took me so long to correctly pronounce your last name.
#sportshug
Well, crap in a sock. It’s now official. The iconic indoor soccer joint of Dallas is gone. This is a legit bummer as Inwood was THE place so many of us, across generations, played the game. 😥
We are so damned lucky to have this pair. There’s about five specifically smart broadcast skills/choices on display here you just don’t see often enough. I very highly admire this work.
Woke up this morning thinking about last night’s visit to Fair Park. Every time there I’m always baffled at how my city has failed to capitalize and fully realize the potential of this amazing, historic facility. For the good of the surrounding neighborhood and Dallas.
Age18. Moved from El Paso to join the
#FCDallas
Academy at 13, signed his pro deal at 16, scored a hat trick in his 1st pro game w/
@northtexasSC
(FCD 2nd team) at 16. Last month chose
#USMNT
over Mexico and in his debut wins a terribly important game. Go see him while you can.
Speculative 🧵on AT&T Stadium (ATTS) FIFA WC bid pitch expansion options on display.
#dallas2026
NFL fields are 53x120. ATTS has the surface area to allow for a full 120x80, but leaves zero room for benches, media, warm-up, corner kick, etc. A look at the suggested options:
Returns tues 10dec
Let’s go-the cars
Goodbye to you-scandal
So long-firefall
Everytime you go away-paul young
Time to move on-tom petty
Face away-todd rundgren
I’ve had enough-the who
It’s over-roy orbison
Ironically, since current Covid max capacity is 3k, this is the closest to an official sell-out since 2018.
(now THAT’S how you tell a godamned Frisco attendance joke, you hacks)
Congrats to Austin. Great scenes.
easy top 3 Dallas season I’ve ever enjoyed. so much improvement on/off the field. looking forward to what happens now.
#dtid
Yes, dissapointed (not surprised)
but let me reboot into "positive" mode... NINE World Cup games.
Five group,
two R32,
one R16
a Semi Final
it's an utterly ridiculous slate of games and June/July 2026 is going to be an unforgettable month for DFW soccer P1s.
Dear dude who, due to pea sized hail, decided to full stop in the right lane(not shoulder, lane) of the Tollway, under an overpass, and proceeded to jam traffic and almost cause a 20 car pile up and near death experience
@NotJackKemp
this is a great example of how getting insight in the personal lives of those you admire can go wrong - like finding out their tv is mounted over the fireplace.
it wasn’t until I was making today’s run sheet that it realized the
#300
milestone. 8yrs of soccer-talking on America’s Favorite Radio Station™️ is pretty rad. Big World Cup plans forthcoming. Thnx to the good P1’s,
@realswiftandy
&
@dfwticket
Here’s an idea,
@DanHuntFCD
- offer him too much money to leave. If you’re that invested and concerned about his spot on the USMNT - and 100% believe your club is the best means to that end - pay him what you pay Franco Jara + 10%.
A month into a new league, props to Spectrum Soccer for building what a teammate called, “the perfect place for Sunday beer league old dude soccer.” play a game, sit on the adjacent patio for food/drink watch next game or games on the many TVs.
Perfect, indeed. 💪
I’d forgotten I have been tracking this, and just now updated it. One of the most bizarre parts of the
#USMNT
is the reality that for the entirety of Berhalter’s time, he has NEVER had Pulisic, McKennie, Musah & Adams on the field at the same time! Not once. All healthy now. 🤔