Narrowing the Angle

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Podcast covering European football with focus on the English Premier League and Champions League as well as the USMNT.

Adam Anderson

  • Sep 14, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • every other week NEW EPISODES
  • 42m AVG DURATION
  • 57 EPISODES


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Episode 57- Welcome back, Premier League

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 27:48


We take a look at the opening weekend of the 2020-2021 Premier League season and break down Arsenal vs Fulham, Liverpool vs Leeds, Leicester vs West Brom, Everton vs Tottenham, and Chelsea vs Brighton. 

Episode 56- Jonathan Bornstein Interview

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2020 100:27


USMNT and Chicago Fire defender, Jonathan Bornstein joins the show. Jonny made 38 appearances for the U.S. and was included in the 2010 World Cup squad. He began his club career in the MLS with Chivas USA where he played for five years and captained the club during his last two seasons. He then played in Mexico for 8 years before playing in Israel for one season with Maccabi Netanya. Jonathan is now back in the MLS playing for the Chicago Fire, where he recently signed a contract extension keeping him at the club until 2021. 

Episode 55- Steve Cherundolo Interview

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2020 66:31


Former USMNT defender and Hannover captain, Steve Cherundolo joins the show. Steve made 423 total appearances for Hannover, which is a record among US players with a foreign club. He also holds the Hannover record for most Bundesliga appearances with 302, earning him the nickname the "Mayor of Hannover". In terms of his international career, he made 87 appearances for the USMNT including two World Cups in 2006 and 2010. In the 2010 World Cup he played in every minute of every game and provided the assist for Landon Donovan's first goal against Slovenia, which sparked that infamous comeback. 

Episode 54- Benny Feilhaber Interview

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2020 52:41


Former USMNT midfielder Benny Feilhaber joins the show. Benny played for the U.S. for 10 years and was included in the 2010 World Cup squad in South Africa. In terms of his club career, he played for Hamburg (Germany), Derby (England), and AGF (Denmark) before playing in the MLS for the New England Revolution, Sporting KC, LAFC, and the Colorado Rapids. 

Episode 53- Matt Jarvis Interview

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2020 58:38


Former Premier League winger and England international, Matt Jarvis joins the show! Matt played in the Premiership for 16 years for Wolves, West Ham, and Norwich, and he completed more crosses than any other player in the world in back to back seasons. 

Episode 52- SPECIAL GUEST: Colorado Rapids and USMNT midfielder — Kellyn Acosta

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2020 58:07


Kellyn Acosta played for FC Dallas for 6 years before getting traded to the Rapids in 2018 where he now wears the #10 shirt. He has also made 23 appearances for the USMNT at only 24 years old. 

Episode 51- The Premier League is back

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020 28:28


We break down and analyze Man City vs Arsenal, Man United vs Tottenham, Brighton vs Arsenal, and Chelsea vs Aston Villa. 

Episode 50- SPECIAL GUEST: Former USMNT defender — Jay DeMerit

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 102:30


Jay DeMerit played for the USMNT and played his club football in England for Watford before making a move to the MLS and captaining the Vancouver Whitecaps. Most notably, DeMerit started and played in every minute of every game for the United States in the 2010 World Cup. 

Episode 49- SPECIAL GUEST: Former Premier League striker and Trinidad & Tobago international — Kenwyne Jones

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2020 96:12


Kenwyne Jones is a former professional footballer, who played for various teams in the Premiership, including Southampton, Sunderland, Stoke, and Cardiff. He also captained his country and is currently Trinidad and Tobago's second highest all time goalscorer. 

Episode 48- SPECIAL GUEST: Host of the "TurfCast Podcast" — Joe Redmond

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2020 89:01


Joe is a Burnley native and the host of a widely respected Burnley podcast.

Episode 47- SPECIAL GUEST: Former head of communications at the Scottish FA — Andy Mitchell

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2020 45:18


Andy Mitchell is an author and sports historian and has extensively researched the events that led to the creation of football. He was a consultant for the new Netflix series "The English Game" and now works as a media officer for UEFA. He is also on the selection panel for the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame and is a member of the British Society of Sports History. 

Episode 46- Man United complete the double over Man City

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2020 33:52


We cover matchweek 29 of the Premiership and analyze Liverpool vs Bournemouth, Arsenal vs West Ham, Tottenham vs Burnley, Chelsea vs Everton, and Man United vs Man City.

Episode 45- Liverpool's invincible dream comes to an end

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 39:01


We hit on matchweek 28 of the Premiership and analyze Chelsea vs Bournemouth, Watford vs Liverpool, Man United vs Everton, and Wolves vs Tottenham. 

Episode 44- Chelsea outlast a drab Tottenham

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2020 36:55


We cover matchweek 27 of the Premiership and analyze Chelsea vs Tottenham, Man City vs Leicester, Man United vs Watford, and Arsenal vs Everton. 

Episode 43- Special guest Josh Goldsmith from the "Together A BHAFC Podcast" joins the show

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2020 71:28


Narrowing the Angle's very first guest Josh Goldsmith joins me for this special episode. We cover everything Brighton, we talk about the Premier League as a whole, the Champions League, and much, much more! Enjoy!

Episode 42- Man United down Chelsea at the Bridge

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2020 14:48


We analyze the Man United vs Chelsea game and cover more VAR controversy. 

Episode 41- Man City banned from Europe

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2020 39:45


We cover Man City's recent ban from the Champions League as well as Chelsea's recent agreement to sign Hakim Ziyech in the summer. We then analyze all five games from this past weekend in the Premiership. 

Episode 40- Sheffield United making case as best ever promoted team?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2020 28:21


We analyze the matches from the Premier League this past weekend and cover Everton vs Crystal Palace, Watford vs Brighton, and Sheffield United vs Bournemouth. 

Episode 39- Tottenham closing in on top four

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2020 31:45


We cover matchweek 25 of the Premier League and analyze Chelsea vs Leicester, Liverpool vs Southampton, Man United vs Wolves, Arsenal vs Burnley, and Tottenham vs Man City. 

Episode 38- Man United finally sign Bruno Fernandes

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2020 24:26


We cover all of the big signings and transfers that have recently been completed, I answer some of your questions, then we analyze the second leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final between Man United and Man City, as well as the midweek Premier League matchup between Liverpool and West Ham. 

Episode 37- Arsenal fight back

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2020 33:48


We kick off the episode covering the football transfers and rumors swirling around at the moment then I answer some questions that you guys have asked me. After that, we dive into matchweek 24 of the Premier League and analyze Arsenal vs Chelsea, Everton vs Newcastle, Burnley vs Man United, Tottenham vs Norwich, Leicester vs West Ham, and Liverpool vs Wolves.

Episode 36- Liverpool continue to pull away

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 30:23


We hit on the games from matchweek 23 of the Premier League and analyze Arsenal vs Sheffield United, Man City vs Crystal Palace, Newcastle vs Chelsea, and Liverpool vs Man United. 

Episode 35- Man City humiliate Aston Villa

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2020 37:29


We cover the matches from matchweek 22 of the Premier League and analyze Liverpool vs Tottenham, Man United vs Norwich, Arsenal vs Crystal Palace, Chelsea vs Burnley, and Man City vs Aston Villa. 

Episode 34- Have Arsenal found their form?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2020 26:18


We cover the matches from matchweek 21 of the Premier League and analyze Arsenal vs Man United, Chelsea vs Brighton, Southampton vs Tottenham, and Man City vs Everton. 

Episode 33- Man United keep a clean sheet

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2019 43:39


We dive into the games from matchweek 20 of the Premier League and cover Man United vs Burnley, Tottenham vs Norwich, Leicester vs West Ham, Chelsea vs Arsenal, Liverpool vs Wolves, and Man City vs Sheffield United.

Episode 32- Boxing Day Analysis

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2019 21:28


Hope you all had a great Christmas! In this epi we analyze the big games from boxing day and cover Tottenham vs Brighton, Southampton vs Chelsea, Arsenal vs Bournemouth, Man United vs Newcastle, and Liverpool vs Leicester. Enjoy!

Episode 31- Awful Manchester United

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2019 35:32


We cover the big games from matchweek 18 of the Premier League. We analyze Everton vs Arsenal, Man City vs Leicester, Man United vs Watford, and Chelsea vs Tottenham. Happy holidays!

Episode 30- Premier League weekend review

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2019 40:20


We cover the big games from this past weekend in the Premiership. We hit on Liverpool vs Watford, Bournemouth vs Chelsea, Leicester vs Norwich, Man United vs Everton, Tottenham vs Wolves, and Man City vs Arsenal. Enjoy!

Episode 29- Manchester is Red

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2019 30:01


We analyze the big games from matchweek 16 of the Premier League and hit on Liverpool vs Everton, Everton vs Chelsea, Tottenham vs Burnley, and Man United vs Man City. We also talk about whether Leicester will truly challenge Liverpool for the title. 

Episode 28- Mourinho returns to Old Trafford

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2019 56:13


We break down most of the midweek games from Tuesday and Wednesday, including Man City vs Burnley, Crystal Palace vs Bournemouth, Man United vs Tottenham, Liverpool vs Everton, Leicester vs Watford, and Chelsea vs Aston Villa. 

Episode 27- Premier League Matchweek 13 Analysis continued

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2019 21:11


We continue on from the conversation in episode 26 and analyze Sheffield United vs Man United. We also slightly hit on Aston Villa vs Newcastle.

Episode 26- Premier League Matchweek 13 Analysis

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2019 39:02


We break down the majority of the games from this past Saturday, including Tottenham vs West Ham, Arsenal vs Southampton, Liverpool vs Crystal Palace, Leicester vs Brighton, and Man City vs Chelsea. We also hit on Norwich vs Everton and the sacking of Marco Silva, as well as Burnley vs Watford. 

Episode 25- Pochettino sacked, Mourinho appointed

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2019 21:13


We talk about the recent sacking of Pochettino from Tottenham, the appointment of Jose Mourinho, and what this means for Tottenham moving forward.

Episode 24- Premier League Matchweek 12 Analysis continued

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2019 34:53


Continuing on from the conversation in episode 23. We finish covering matchweek 12 of the Premier League and analyze Man United vs Brighton, Wolves vs Aston Vill, and Liverpool vs Man City. 

Episode 23- Premier League Matchweek 12 Analysis

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019 37:59


We cover the majority of the matches from this past Saturday. We analyze Chelsea vs Crystal Palace, Leicester vs Arsenal, Tottenham vs Sheffield United, and Burnley vs West Ham.

Episode 22- Premier League Matchweek 11 Analysis continued

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2019 30:06


Continuing on from the conversation in episode 21. We finish covering matchweek 11 of the Premier League and break down Newcastle vs West Ham, Leicester vs Crystal Palace, and Tottenham vs Everton.

Episode 21- Premier League Matchweek 11 Analysis

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2019 38:02


This Sunday "ebening" we cover most of the Premier League matches from Saturday of matchweek 11. We analyze Bournemouth vs Man United, Arsenal vs Wolves, Man City vs Southampton, Liverpool vs Aston Villa, and Chelsea vs Watford.

Episode 20- Premier League Matchweek 10 Analysis continued

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2019 28:13


Continuing on from the conversation in episode 19. We finish covering matchweek 10 of the Premier League and break down Liverpool vs Tottenham, Arsenal vs Crystal Palace, and Man United vs Norwich. 

Episode 19- Premier League Matchweek 10 Analysis

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2019 56:02


Covering most of the Premier League matches from this past Friday and Saturday. We break down Leicester vs Southampton, Chelsea vs Burnley, Brighton vs Everton, and Manchester City vs Aston Villa. 

Episode 18- Premier League Matchweek 9 Analysis continued

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2019 25:18


Continuing on from the conversation in episode 17. We finish covering matchweek 9 of the Premier League and analyze Man United vs Liverpool, and Arsenal vs Sheffield United. 

Episode 17- Premier League Matchweek 9 Analysis

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2019 41:09


Covering the majority of the Premier League matches from this past Saturday. We focus on Everton vs West Ham, Leicester vs Burnley, Tottenham vs Watford, Chelsea vs Newcastle, and Man City vs Crystal Palace. 

Episode 16- US vs Cuba breakdown, racism in football, plus Ronaldo's 700th career goal

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2019 34:59


We cover the USMNT's dominate performance over Cuba, the extreme racism during the England vs Bulgaria Euro qualifying match and my thoughts about racism in football as a whole, plus Ronaldo's ridiculous accomplishment of scoring 700 career goals. 

Episode 15- Premier League Matchweek 8 Analysis continued

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2019 21:34


Continuing on from the conversation in episode 14. We finish covering matchweek 8 of the Premier League and analyze Arsenal vs Bournemouth, Wolves vs Manchester City, Chelsea vs Southampton, and Newcastle vs Manchester United.

Episode 14- Premier League Matchweek 8 Analysis

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2019 44:15


Covering the Premier League matches from Saturday. We focus on Brighton vs Tottenham, Liverpool vs Leicester, Burnley vs Everton, Aston Villa vs Norwich, Crystal Palace vs West Ham, and Watford vs Sheffield United. 

Episode 13- Champions League talk

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2019 42:58


Hitting on the Champions League games from the past couple days wth emphasis on the Premier League sides. Mainly focusing on Tottenham vs Bayern, Manchester City vs Dinamo Zagreb, Liverpool vs Sazlburg, and Chelsea vs Lille. 

Episode 12- Premier League Matchweek 7 Analysis continued

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2019 29:31


Continuing on from the conversation in episode 11. We finish covering matchweek 7 of the Premier League and analyze Burnley vs Aston Villa, Leicester vs Newcastle, and Manchester United vs Arsenal. We also preview the Champions League fixtures from today and tomorrow. 

Episode 11- Premier League Matchweek 7 Analysis

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2019 56:45


Covering most of the Premier League games from Saturday of matchweek 7. We focus on Liverpool vs Sheffield United, Tottenham vs Southampton, Chelsea vs Brighton, West Ham vs Bournemouth, and Manchester City vs Brighton. 

Episode 10- Premier League Matchweek 6 Analysis continued

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2019 41:14


Continuing on from the conversation in episode 9. We finish covering matchweek 6 of the Premier League and analyze Manchester United vs West Ham, Arsenal vs Aston Villa, Liverpool vs Chelsea, and Crystal Palace vs Wolves. 

Episode 9- Premier League Matchweek 6 Analysis

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2019 44:40


Covering the Premier League games from Friday and Saturday of matchweek 6. Southampton vs Bournemouth, Leicester vs Tottenham, Manchester City vs Watford, Burnley vs Norwich, Everton vs Sheffield United, and Newcastle vs Brighton. 

Episode 8- The start of the Champions League day #2

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2019 50:21


Analyzing every match from the second day of the Champions League. Groups A—D.

Episode 7- The start of the Champions League

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2019 49:06


Analyzing every match from the opening day of the Champions League. Groups E—H.

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