The usual crew shuffled in to talk about the USL's new revenue sharing deal as their new league and pro/rel looms on the horizon. In the aftermath of New England Revolution owner, Robert Kraft, kicking Macklemore off Ed Sheeran's tour, we talked about the excessive control owners have over the teams we follow and stadiums they play in. We also touched base on how RIFC, Hartford and Portland are doing and what's left to play for this season.

Our guests join from:

United in Green podcast covering the Vermont Green

The Friggin Soccer Show podcast covering Portland Hearts of Pine

Raising Anchor a podcast covering Rhode Island FC

The Average Fan Podcast that covers Hartford Athletic

You can find all these podcasts on The Blazing Musket as part of our podcast network along with Revolution Recap and The Swan Dive.

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We welcome Jackie Contreras back this week to catch us up on how the summer went for the Boston Legacy in their first NWSL season. They've won two in a row, been scoring goals in droves lately but are the playoffs in reach? We also talked about which players to look forward to the rest of the way and into 2027 and who might be looking to bounce back with the Legacy next year. And lastly, the last stadium updates and where the Legacy will spend the 2027 season.

You can keep up with the Legacy here on The Blazing Musket and follow Jackie on BlueSky.

You can follow Thomas on BlueSky.

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Sam Latoff is in this week to go over what is and what is not in the USL's new CBA. We also discussed the huge wave of new players to join MLS in the recently closed transfer window and the future of MLS player additions with the calendar change. We also looked at who the top contenders are in MLS, the USL Championship and USL League 1 to get an idea of who our New England teams may face in the playoffs.

You can follow Sam on BlueSky and keep up with him and Oliver's The Average Fan Podcast covering the Hartford Athletic, right here.

You can follow Thomas on BlueSky.

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