Andrew and Grant chat to FMFC glovesman Bernd Schipmann about his hot start to the league season, growing up fast moving to Eintracht Frankfurt at 15, the fan support in Madison, and his goals for 2023.
The guys chat to Matt Glaeser after a tumultuous week; a four day rollercoaster spanning the club's worst result and one of the club's best performances in its short existence. We lament the Open Cup collapse, beam about the ounce back vs Greenville, and talk about changing the culture of what it means to play for this club. Mitch shares about building cursed camera platforms for the USOC broadcast, and Grant lauds the genius of Ahmad Jamal.
It's a new format for NDZ live as we welcome Nazeem Bartman to the show for the third time. We chat about the players' perspective on the Omaha game, the arrival of Francis Jno-Baptiste, as well as training and playing during Ramadan. Nazeem opens up about his habits during this holy season, what fans can expect in the Open Cup, and more. Be on the lookout for more info on our live call-in show after the GVL game, and safe travels to folks heading to Lexington this weekend.
Join us this Sunday for Sunday Séance, our new live call-in show, where you can vent, bask, or whatever it is people do when we draw. We'll be discussing the week's FMFC match(es), and this is your chance to have your say with other fans. Nothing is off the table; we'll chat the good and the bad and everything in between.
It's a new format for NDZ live as we welcome Nazeem Bartman to the show for the third time. We chat about the players' perspective on the Omaha game, the arrival of Francis Jno-Baptiste, as well as training and playing during Ramadan. Nazeem opens up about his habits during this holy season, what fans can expect in the Open Cup, and more. Be on the lookout for more info on our live call-in show after the GVL game, and safe travels to folks heading to Lexington this weekend.
Still in the post-Omaha haze, the guys sit down with FMFC assisant coach and set piece specialist Neil Hlavaty to chat about the 1-1 draw on the road, our likely largely incorrect analysis, and the delicious phenomenon that is Red Beer™. This is hopefully our last "long form" episode before some format changes, so enjoy the extra discussion with Neil (no game this weekend means more time to listen, right?). Football is back!
It's part 2 of our 2023 season preview, as Andrew, Grant, and perennial over-sharer Steve chat to FMFC returnee and skipper, Mitch Osmond. We ask Mitch how the club and team has improved from last season, the impact Isidro Matrinez will have on the pitch, and how youngsters like Julio Benitez and Tino Vasquez fit into the manager's plans. Bonus: Australian language lessons, a Red & Black Sydney, and the new Flamingo impressing the vets during preseason.
The 2023 season is upon us, and we realized we havent chatted much on the show with the returnees from 2022. Andrew, Grant, Mitch, and April chat to Derek, Nazeem, and Wheels about why they came back to Madison for another season, FMFC's fan support, and what it will take to bring silverware home to Madison. Also: what constitutes a "rivalry" and how they're different for players compared to fans, and which USL1 matchups they're most relishing.
We're joined on this episode by old friends and new, as Grant, Andrew, and Steve welcome April and Travis as well as new FMFC #10, Jayden Onen. Jayden chats about his time at Arsenal's Hale End Academy, his love for basketball and American football, and his personal goals for the season. Jayden may seem soft-spoken, but really he's calculating. We're glad he's here, because he looks quite the player.
The guys sit down with Fresno, CA, native and new FMFC striker Christian Chaney, discussing growing up with dual heritage, chasing the USL1 golden boot, leaving Fresno for Madison, and carpe-ing that diem. Formerly playing in Mexico, Malta, Armenia, CC9 brings a wealth of experience and a voracious appetite for scoring to a club long overdue for a prolific striker. Chaney is a big personality, someone who loves his family, and takes great pride in his background and culture — and his level of confidence ahead of this new campaign is infectious. The vibes are most certainly good at the moment, which is crucial being that we’re just a little over two weeks away from kicking things off down in Omaha.
