FC Dallas Podcasts

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick - break down the week's two FC Dallas meetings. First was the home tie with the Columbus Crew and then the road tie at Philadelphia Union. Grind it out tactics, lots of rotation, Alan Velasco returning to form, Paxton Pomykal & Asier Illarramendi quality performances, …

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick - continue to fight the good fight in the absence of Dan Crooke. Both the Seattle and RSL games were positive in terms of points but were they positive in the stands? Ferreira was off-page and then back on. Illarramendi continues to impress. Tafari refuses to sub out. …

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast there wasn't an FC Dallas game for your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - to talk about so they make do with an FCD training report from Buzz and a dive into the resurging injury list. Geovane Jesus, Bernard Kaumngo, Alan Velasco, Ema Twumasi, and Paxton Pomykal all needed some discussion. Plu…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick, Dan Crooke is out a week - talk all things FC Dallas, starting with the Atlanta United game. Paul Arriola for,, Jesus Ferreira is back, FCD in transition, missing defense, Asier Illarramendi showstopper, 8 games left, amazing attendance, plus a couple more DTID news i…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your trio of hosts - Dan Crooke, Buzz Carrick, and Peter Welpton - have two FC Dallas games to dissect. Two red-card affected, kind of boring FC Dallas games. Plenty to talk about though: Nkosi Tafari, Paxton Pomykal, Ferreira Covid, Illarramendi debut, Jimenez flame out, bad subs, bad red cards, and failed chan…

No Dan Crooke, on this week's episode of 3rd Degree the Podcast, so Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick are forced to finish the Q&A without him. But first, Buzz drops lots of juicy bits from his chat with FCD TD Andre Zanotta. Then the duo talks over the demise of San Diego Loyal and previews the games against Austin FC and St Louis City. All that and …

There was no FC Dallas game last week and there isn't one this weekend, so on this week's edition of 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - do a Q&A with questions from the Parteons. Will Ferreira be sold? Who would you add from any other MLS team? Best outside back pair? New '24 kit? Alan Velasco's event…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - break down FC Dallas' exit from Leagues Cup at the hands of the GOAT. There were both good and bad moments on display. Peter and Dan share their Messi experiences. The ascendence of Alan Velasco continues. FCD signed a second new payer this week, how do …

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - get to geek out over the massive moment that is Messi coming to town for the Leagues Cup against FC Dallas. Yes, FCD traded homegrown Edwin Cerrillo and signed Spanish veteran Asier Illarramendi and that's worth digging into but the win over Mazatlan FC …

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - dig into the Leagues Cup games vs Charlotte and Necaxa, both the similarities and differences. Velasco as an 8, the awakening of Lletget, the ascendence of Bernie, and a review of Eugene Ansah are just a few of the topics. Do we even like this League Cup…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - tell you why the Seattle tie was a pretty good result. There's plenty of good to take away from that game just in the form of an improved Sebastian Lletget. After a hit on Leagues Cup and what to expect, then it's time to talk window and moves. A Bryan R…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, Dan Crooke returns in time to join Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick in breaking down the Rapids debacle: Junqua Island, Lletget Desert, and Sealy Shine. Buzz has a training injury and form update as well as an instant scouting report (just add water) on Eugene Ansah. Per request topics include "Is there a silver l…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick (Dan Crooke is still MIA with technical problems) - have two FC Dallas games to mull over. Both were very similar in style and quality, unsurprising given all the missing pieces, but one had a much better result than the other. And the transfer window is upon us! Eugen…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - fight through some technical difficulties (more so for Dan but not just him) to bring you all things DTID. Jesus Ferreira is an All-Star, let's compare him with Brandon Vazquez. FCD can make some moves this summer. Dante Sealy is back but Justin Che isn'…

It's pretty doomy and gloomy around FC Dallas these days, so on this week's edition of 3rd Degree the Podcast your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - after a brief talk of the troubles try and move past it with some positive ideas. Plus FCD signed a striker and may have another on the way, the U19s are in the Semis, Dan gives us …

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, Daft Punk is lending a hand to mix the episode. Ok, not really, it just sounds like that because Buzz is just in a hotel with terrible internet. Still, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and the aforementioned Buzz Carrick - will carry on, fight through the difficulties, and talk FC Dallas. Not that they re…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - have 1.4 FC Dallas games to break down. First, we celebrate Luton's success and talk up the Messi get, but then it's a dig into the Nashville SC loss and the St Louis City win. Tactics, mentality, formations, youth and vets... They all factor in. Then it…

As the injuries mount, your 3rd Degree the Podcast hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick (Dan Crooke had to work) - take on breaking down the tie in San Jose and loss in Kansas City. The list of injuries is crazy after Tsiki got hurt in the Bay. FCD played some Luchi Ball at the Quakes, recalled Collin Smith from loan, and started two Homegrowns i…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - have the Texas Derby to dig into. Peter talks love/hate with Hector Herrera, Jader Obrian excels, FCD denies midfield, plus there were some problems with subs and tactics. After the look ahead to San Jose, it's big-picture question time. Is the 4-2-3-1 t…

It's a double FC Dallas win week on this edition of 3rd Degree the Podcast so your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - are in a pretty good mood. Facu and Obrian were great, Tsiki played lights out, and Jesus Ferreira continues to carry the team. The dirty Dynamo are up next. Justin Che and Dante Sealy look to be back soon. The ML…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick - are both excited and bummed. Excited because the third amigo Dan Crooke is back. Bummed because FC Dallas continues to play some boring and mediocre soccer. Yes, still in 5th place but the St. Louis City game was pretty ugly before the rain out. And the US Open Cup ga…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts Buzz Carrick and Peter Welpton - Dan Crooke will be back next week - have plenty to discuss. Jesus Ferreira and Alan Velasco were both linked abroad in silly season chatter. FC Dallas took on Minnesota and looked meh, but this team sure knows how to get points. Then it's big picture FCD talk, an expla…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick (Dan Crooke is still on vacation) - get to dissect the but kicking at NYCFC. While some hidden stats are ok, the bottom line is poor. Season trends are going the wrong way. Goals allowed are up and goals scored are down... What's going wrong? Plus, if Brenner is worth …

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick, Dan Crooke is on vacation - try and talk through one of the most boring games of soccer we've seen in some time as FCD took care of RSL. A win is a win, and despite the poor play, there were a couple of names to glorify. Plus it's time to discuss just how important Je…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - dissect the visually ugly, but statistically beautiful, win at Inter Miami. Your host also breakdown the Jesus Ferreira to Jason Kreis comparison, discuss the value of possession for this FC Dallas team relative to transition, pass judgment on the new tw…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast it's Dallas Cup week! Yes, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - will still break down the FC Dallas action against Portland, bring you a training report, and dig into the Inter Miami game this weekend.... but please allow them a chance to extol the virtues and embrace some of the chaos that …

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - dig into the Becky G Da Boy kerfuffle... or at least how it impacts FC Dallas. Then it's the usual breakdown of the last game against LAFC (missing pieces, red cards, tactical changes, and Tafari's greatness), a look ahead to Portland (Lletget or no?), A…

When is a win not necessarily a total win? That's the discussion this week on 3rd Degree the Podcasts. Your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - start off with a breakdown of the good and bad of last weekend's win over Sporting KC. Plus Buzz has a training and Coach Nico convo report. Then it's a look ahead to LAFC, North Texas SC …

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Buzz Carrick and Peter Welpton (Dan Crooke is on vacation) - clear the deck on the Bayern Munich deal and its end. Plus there's plenty of action to break down in the somewhat pleasing tie at Vancouver, a training report from Buzz including a Jesus Jimenez update, some love for Nkosi Tafari, a look a…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - look back with some joy at the comprehensive win over the LA Galaxy. Jesus Ferreira, Paxton Pomykal, Sebastian Lletget, Nkosi Tafari, and Ema Twumasi were all singled out but pretty much everyone played well. Yes, there are concerns with chance creation …

Here it is, the big Kahuna, Episode 200 of 3rd Degree the Podcast! While the loss to Minnesota United wasn't a lot of fun, it does give your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - plenty of DTID to chew on. Topics for episode 200 include positional battles, replacing Servania, Paxton as a 6, scouting Jimenez and Junqua, determining t…

The 2023 MLS regular season is less than one week away so it's time for your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - to give some big-picture thoughts on FC Dallas season readiness. Plus the club threw down a big last-minute trade to digest, Apple TV made its debut and that was worth a discussion, and, finally, it was season predictio…

If you're into kit talk, specifically MLS kit talk, then boy howdy do we have an episode for you. This week 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts Peter Welpton, Dane Crooke, and Buzz Carrick hash out the new FC Dallas and North Texas SC kits as well as run through all the league's jersey newness. Plus we dig into the remaining roster questions for 202…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - attempt to dissect three games in Spain without actually watching them. Then it's a discussion on the various proposed MLS playoff structures. Plus scoring concerns, fun with salaries, DFW youth call-up shoutouts, and a dab of kit talk. 3rd Degree the Po…

FC Dallas is out of the country, but this week on 3rd Degree the Podcast your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - still managed to find lots to talk about. There are two extra players in camp - Herbert Endeley and Andre Costa - does it mean anything? Buzz gets on a soapbox about the preseason schedule. We dig deep into the new App…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast two of your hosts Peter Welpton & Dan Crooke have to listen to Buzz Carrick rant on the lack of improvement for FC Dallas from the end of last season to now. But after that, there's lots of chew on. Training reports, a preseason scrimmage against Barcelona SC, center back analysis, Geovane's arrival, homegrown up…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast Peter's Back! It's the return of Peter Welpton to the mic to help Dan Crooke and Buzz Carrick break down all things FC Dallas. There's some news on a new deal for Pomykal and some Camp Cupcake call-ups. Plus, some critical questions are being asked. How badly does FCD need a 9 with Franco Jara gone? How's center …

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts Buzz Carrick and Dan Crooke try to get by without Peter Welpton for one last week. Thankfully FC Dallas had lots of news items to talk about. Franco Jara contract terminated, new center back signed, new kit sponsor, first day of training for 2023, and a press conference with Nico Estevez, Dan Hunt, an…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, please welcome special guest host Owen Newkirk! Owen is here to help Buzz Carrick and Dan Crooke navigate through our annual speculation and outlandish prediction podcast. Who's starting and who's being sold? Leading scorer? Position of finish? Breakout player? Next Homegrown? Will FCD win the cup in the next th…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, Dan Crooke and Buzz Carrick continue to break down the FC Dallas offseason without our host Peter Welpton. There is plenty to talk about from the passing of Pele, the signing of Geovane, the super drafting of three picks, and - far more importantly - the lack of activity at center back. It's time to tackle the b…

The offseason continues for FC Dallas so this week on 3rd Degree the Podcast your hosts Dan Crooke and Buzz Carrick (Peter Welpton is still MIA) start to ask questions. Is there a front-line center back coming? Is FC Dallas really going with standing pat? Was it the right call to extend Marco Farfan? How does Geovane Jesus fit in? Is it time to tra…

*Re-upload of Episode 189 after my screwup on the original upload.* This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, Buzz Carrick and Dan Crooke continue to hold down the fort without Peter Welpton. And while it may seem like there isn't all that much FC Dallas to talk about, oh my friends, let me butt tell you all that there is! Matt Hadges out, Sebastien Ibe…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, Buzz Carrick and Dan Crooke continue to hold down the fort without Peter Welpton. And while it may seem like there isn't all that much FC Dallas to talk about, oh my friends, let me butt tell you all that there is! Matt Hadges out, Sebastien Ibeagha in! FCD's center back situation. Who is going to be the captain…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast - with Peter Welpton still neck deep in the World Cup - Buzz Carrick and Dan Crooke do a patron Question and Answer session on all things FC Dallas. Jesus and the World Cup, Nico's future, center backs, homegrowns, and more. We've got all the answers for you. 3rd Degree the Podcast is brought to you by Soccer90.c…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, Buzz Carrick and Dan Crooke finish their DTID roster moves discussion led by the professional talents of FCD play-by-play broadcaster Owen Newkirk. Our usual host, Peter Welpton, quite understandably continues to be MIA due to World Cup commitments. Go listen to The Kickaround after you're done with 3rd Degree. …

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, our usual host Peter Welpton was missing due to World Cup commitments. So Buzz Carrick and Dan Crooke brought in a pinch hitter, please welcome FCD play-by-play broadcaster Owen Newkirk who steps into Peter's not-so-small hosting shoes. As for FC Dallas, the club finally made some player contract moves, giving u…

Dan Crooke is on the lam - ok, just kidding, he's getting married - so Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick are left to fend for themselves. Plenty to talk about though: MLS Cup, Matt Hedges contract talks, the expansion draft lists, US World Cup Roster, DTID snubs/misses, and Buzz's Josh Sargent Gold Cup HSO payoff. Would some of the FCD players sold in…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, Peter Welpton is under the weather so Buzz Carrick and Dan Crooke are forced to carry on as a duo. So no host with the most but still plenty to discuss. First, Dan and Buzz hand out FC Dallas season awards, then they discuss how the roster construction might change for 2023, and lastly it's a run through the FCD…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast it's time to break down the end-of-season heartbreak at Austin FC. Your hosts - Peter Welpton, Buzz Carrick, and Dan Crooke - try to decipher what went wrong and a few things that went right. Plus we translate the end-of-season Nico Estevez and Andre Zanotta press conference (where they confirmed our reporting on…

Playoffs! We're talking playoffs! On this week's 3rd Degree the Podcast your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - chow down on the delicious taco that was the wonderful playoff atmosphere at Toyota Stadium on Monday night. Plus there was an actual game to discuss, an upcoming FC Austin meeting to prep for, some North Texas Soccer C…