<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Monday, Dec. 29</span></strong><h2>Expansion Special</h2><dl><dd><p class="rteleft">The holidays are here and while the guys aren't in the office, they're making sure your ETR fix is available. In this episode, the 2017 MLS class gets special treatment, with MLS Atlanta president Darren Eales and LAFC co-owner and president Tom Penn on to discuss the state of their respective sides.</p><span style="font-size: 12px;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/extratime-radio/id379077036?mt=2" target="_blank">Subscribe on iTunes!</a> | <a href="http://extratimeradio.libsyn.com/extratime-radio-expansion-darren-eales-mls-atlanta-tom-penn-lafc" target="_blank">Click here to download the episode</a></span></dd></dl> |
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Who will have the most success in Year One as an expansion franchise?
MLS Class of 2017
We wouldn't dream of leaving you hanging during the holidays, so ETR set about creating four shows to get everyone through the end of 2014.
Dec. 22: Referees (PRO's GM Peter Walton and Chris Penso)
Dec. 25: Americans Abroad (Alejandro Bedoya, Herediano owner David Patey, Kabul Premier League vet Nicholas Pugliese)
Dec. 29: Expansion (Atlanta MLS president Darren Eales, LAFC president and co-owner Tom Penn)
Jan. 1: ETR Book Club (The Numbers Game with author David Sally)
In this episode, the guys talk to MLS Atlanta president and former Tottenham Hotspur executive Darren Eales about his time in college soccer, experience in the EPL, arrival in MLS and the league's future in the South.
Atlanta will be joined by LAFC in 2017, and president and co-owner Tom Penn is already hard at work to make sure everything goes smoothly. First things first, a name, a logo and a stadium.
Finally, in a special expansion mailbag, MLSsoccer.com Armchair Analyst Matt Doyle joins to respond to fan comments and questions.
Email us at ExtraTime@MLSsoccer.com or tweet us at @ExtraTimeRadio. And make sure you check out our West Coast brethren at March to the Match every Wednesday!
ExtraTime Radio Book Club:
If you thought you knew everything there was to know about the 2014 World Cup, think again. Author James Montague dug up the stories you likely never heard about in the lead-up to Brazil 2014 in "Thirty-One Nil."We spoke to Montague about his adventures around the world and if you haven't yet ordered the book, you'll likely be tempted to after listening to our special Book Club edition.
Meanwhile, get started on the book club's next selection: The Numbers Game by Chris Anderson and David Sally (see left).
Have a book you'd like us to review? Email us at extratime@mlssoccer.com.
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Meet the ETR team
Andrew Wiebe
is the host and producer of ExtraTime Radio and a new media editor for MLSsoccer.com. He previously covered Sporting KC, once scored an unintentional goal from midfield and tries to bring an analytical mind to the beautiful game. Weekend center back, history junkie and Jayhawk.
Simon Borg
is a senior editor and on-air analyst for MLSsoccer.com, and the original creator of the "Kick Off" on MLSsoccer.com. He loves organic strawberry jam and once pushed a big kid into a puddle while playing soccer in Malta. And he would do it again right now.
David Gass
is an assistant producer and sound engineer for ExtraTime Radio. Originally from New York City, he attended Northeastern University in Boston and is currently questioning his choice of part-time employment.
