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We catch up Guy Abend as he recovers from injury and launches his individual and small group coaching career. We also get into the development of soccer players in the U.S. and his jump from Israel to the U.S. We experienced a lot of technical issues and lost a good portion of the interview, but wanted to get out the little we did still have. Hope you enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/louboyzsc/message

Mujeeb shares how he's adjusting to life as a professional, reflects on his time at SLU, and reveals his goals for the upcoming season. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/louboyzsc/message

No guest this week. We recap the Kevin Kalish interview and where the local players signed as free agents or where they were selected in the SuperDraft. Also, we discuss the STL City SC 2's MLS Next Pro roster and preseason schedule. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/louboyzsc/message

Coach Kalish talks MLS SuperDraft, SLU's incredible season, looks ahead to next season, and shares some of his coaching influences. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/louboyzsc/message

We discuss the busy week that was in St. Louis soccer news with St. Louis City SC naming their first-ever manager and SLU looking to dominate the MLS SuperDraft headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/louboyzsc/message

Current Memphis 901 FC keeper, John Berner discusses his top moments from the 2020 season with Saint Louis FC, coming back from injury, playing with and for Tim Howard, and being selected in the MLS Superdraft. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/louboyzsc/message

Oscar shares about his new gig with the WashU men's soccer program, his time with Saint Louis FC, his battles with Kenardo Forbes, his favorite players Patrick Vieira and Yaya Touré, and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/louboyzsc/message

The guys are not joined by a player this week and instead discuss the latest St. Louis CITY SC news, Patrick Weah leaving SLU for MLS, Daryl Dike's rapid ascension, and which USMNT player will contribute the most over the next decade. This discussion occurred before the European Soccer League news dominated headlines. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/louboyzsc/message

Tobi talks about signing with Phoenix Rising FC, reflects on his time in Saint Louis, shares his passions off the field in music and photography, and reveals who is the greatest athlete in his family. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/louboyzsc/message

Joaquin reveals why he chose to return to FC Tulsa, what it was like getting called up to the El Salvador National Team, scoring the game-winning goal in Saint Louis FC's only ever playoff win, and how he invested in himself during the pause in the 2020 season. We experienced some minor technical difficulties while recording, apologies if that comes across while listening. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/louboyzsc/message

Former Saint Louis FC dynamic attacking player, Russell Cicerone chats with us about why he chose to sign with the Riverhounds, how he thinks he'll fit into the squad, the different styles of head coaches he had in Saint Louis, how hockey helps him on the pitch, growing up in an athletic family, teammate with the best hair, and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/louboyzsc/message

USL veteran and former Saint Louis FC legend, Kyle Greig joins the show to talk about the 2020 season, his three years with Saint Louis FC and his career as a whole. He shares how he and his family balanced the birth of his second child while playing soccer during a global pandemic. We also get into the challenges involved with raising a family while playing professional soccer. Kyle also shares some of his career accolades and his incredible story of not being recruited, to ultimately making it to Major League Soccer (MLS). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/louboyzsc/message

In this episode we are joined by former Saint Louis FC goalkeeper, Kyle Morton, as he discusses making the jump to MLS and the lengths he took to get noticed. Other topics include: dislocating his finger in warmups and then playing in the match, other goalkeepers he admires, his golf game, and which STLFC teammate had the best hair. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/louboyzsc/message

Former Saint Louis FC midfielder/defender Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé reminisces upon the crazy 2020 USL season that was. We find out which show he and his roommate binge watched, his favorite pregame meal, his current favorite soccer player to watch, and much more. Hope you enjoy this as much as we did. Go, HFX Wanderers! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/louboyzsc/message

Former Saint Louis FC defender and captain Phanuel Kavita discusses a wide range of topics. We learn about his life growing up, how he stayed active during the pause in the 2020 season, what attracted him to Birmingham Legion, and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/louboyzsc/message

The guys put on their USL General Manager caps and conduct a mock expansion draft of the Saint Louis FC roster. There were a handful of surprises in the order players were selected. Listen to find out when your favorite players gets selected! We apologize for some technical issues, as there's a delay on the part of one host's microphone. Hope you enjoy this as much as we did! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/louboyzsc/message

With the USMNT scheduled to play upcoming friendlies against Wales and Panama, the guys give their initial impressions of the roster Coach Berhalter has chosen. It's a very young and inexperienced group, and the LouBoyz are pumped we finally have USMNT action to watch after a 9 month layoff. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/louboyzsc/message

The guys break down Saint Louis FC's 2-0 playoff loss to Louisville City FC. Despite the result, the guys take great pride in the final performance of STLFC. What now? How are they going to get their soccer fix? Will there be more LouBoyz episodes? Listen to find out. Apologies for the background noise, one host decided to record at a local high school soccer match. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/louboyzsc/message

We recap Saint Louis FC's first ever playoff win against Hartford Athletic. After recapping the win we discuss potential lineup changes. Should Rivas start after his game-winning and season-saving goal? We experience technical issues around the 17th minute and do our best to pick up the conversation. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/louboyzsc/message

The LouBoyz are live from Soccer Park providing analysis on Saint Louis FC's last ever regular season match. STLFC defies the odds by upsetting early season front runner, Indy Eleven, to clinch the last remaining playoff spot in Group E, the group of death. They're going to the playoffs! Hope you enjoy! Please rate and review the podcast, we greatly appreciate it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/louboyzsc/message

The LouBoyz are live at Soccer Park to breakdown the last ever Kings Cup match. Saint Louis FC fails to captures their first ever Kings Cup with a 1-0 loss, while perhaps playing their strongest all around match of the season. STLFC's fate is now out of their hands, needing some help from Sporting KC II to have a chance to make the playoffs with a win in potentially their last ever match this coming Saturday. We're not done yet! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/louboyzsc/message

In a must win scenario for STLFC, Andrew, John, & Jon discuss the events that go on in the must win vs SKII. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/louboyzsc/message

We recap our road trip to watch Saint Louis FC play Louisville City. First, we give praise to the beautiful Lynn Family Stadium and the atmosphere at the match. Then, we break down the unfortunate 3-0 loss and look ahead to the match against Sporting KC II. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/louboyzsc/message

In this bonus episode of the podcast, we tape live from Soccer Park as Saint Louis FC hosts Sporting Kansas City II. No fans are allowed at the match, so we put on our objective media member hats to give you in-person analysis. We break down how the team looks at halftime and immediately following the 3-2 win. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/louboyzsc/message

This week we discuss St. Louis City SC's two new hires, we revisit talk about players we'd like the team to target, how does MLS keep the excitement level high in St. Louis between now and kickoff in 2023, and wrap up by discussing the Saint Louis FC's upcoming match versus Sporting KC II and the roadmap to the playoffs with roughly one month of games remaining. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/louboyzsc/message

In the inaugural episode, we cover Saint Louis FC's decision to fold, along with their tough schedule ahead, early impressions of St. Louis CITY SC's Sporting Director, potential star player targets, and some US Men's National Team discussion. Hope you enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/louboyzsc/message