James Rushton and Evan Mateer help Gabe Lezra through his brutal struggle session hangover. It was rough, folks, he almost expired on-air (he's dead now RIP). They discuss the USSF's decision to hire lobbyists to argue against equal pay for women to the Democratic presidential candidates, and the incredibly dumb ongoing failure of the the Federatio…

Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer signed James Rushton in the offseason to be a new host for LFF. We think it's a strong signing, good value overall, and that the fans will have to be pleased with the overall increase in quality on the pitch. Oh ffs, this week we're back, we're talking WWC, and some intense, real takes about gender discrimination and pay …

Let's Fix Football returns as hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer break down this place, the awful place. Some topics: Shoutout to the PSG Fan who destroyed his TV Why the fuck do we watch sports? Jack Graelish being decked mid-game is why And Kepa manages Chelsea now? Gareth Bale The expectations and responsibilities of fans with respect to foreign p…

Shout-out to our haters, by the way. Your hate only makes us stronger, including you, guy who sent Gabe a two-page email. We love you. In all seriousness, thank you to everyone who responded so nicely to our Cristiano Ronaldo episode. We are very proud of the work we did breaking it down for you. SO, here you go. Here's Episode 1 of your Football L…

*TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains discussions about sexual violence that might be painful for survivors of sexual assault and might nnot be appropriate for all audiences.* Hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer speak with their friends Chloe White (an attorney who has worked on sexual violence and women's issues), Jess Houwen (read Jess's fantastic…

People liked our talk about stats last week so much that we had to do another one. This week: we brought on Jamon Moore of American Soccer Analysis, and one of the minds behind Expected Possession Goals (xPG) to break down the new cutting edge of soccer analysis. Om Arvind joins hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer -- and they break down how analytics …

Gabe Lezra and his Managing Madrid Podcast co-host (and worst account on football twitter-nominee) Om Arvind talk about the Financial Times' article about Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo gamble (from a financial angle). Juve is banking on a massive increase not just in their own publicity but in Serie A's publicity--but how smart is that gamble? Is the…

It's Season 2 let's goooooo. Petr Cech and Didier Drogba dunked on Registability. Infantino (the guy) went to Washington to meet with the large moist boi i the White House. Infatino (the toy company) hit Gabe up on Twitter. It has been a very Let's Fix Football summer, so we had to come back and break it all down. Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer are bac…

Hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer are BACK ...and are streamers now I guess? They break down the TERRIBLE news that the Japanese psychic octopus has been killed. But, you know, sequels are never as good... And more. But seriously, it's all about the Wayne Rooney transfer to DC United, and how he might actually be....good? Really? They also recap the…

Hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer are back to break down everything FIFA World Cup--especially all the bad takes and hillarious news. First, it's Burger King's absurd "did you get pregnant by a footballer? How about a burger" ad campaign. (Real thing, folks). Then they discuss Alexi Lalas' recent self-own, and Landon Donovan's Wells Fargo-sponsored …

WORLD CUUUUP! WORLD CUP! We hate that we are so excited for the World Cup. We hate it. We're not the people vigorously defending Sepp Blatter online. We're the OTHER guys. We shouldn't be this excited. But WE ARE. WORLD CUP! And this is the ONLY World Cup preview you'll need. The only one. Hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer go through each group (who…

It's a BONUS Let's Fix Football! Gabe Lezra is flying solo in this bonus episode, as he chats with friend of the show Teddy Maglio about the UEFA Champions League final between Gabe's Real Madrid and Teddy's Liverpool FC. They discuss each team's post-final narrative, and how each fanbase shaped their vision of the game to how things played out in …

Hosts Evan Mateer and Gabe Lezra talk everything Champions League, as Gabe's Real Madrid were victorious once again (back-to-back-to-back, baby!), including Sergio Ramos's VICIOUS INTENTIONAL MAULING MURDER OF SALAH (and the resulting TOTALLY REGULAR lawsuit and petition), Gareth Bale's all-timer (is it the best ever?) and more. Also on offer: a lo…

Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer are back to talk about the only story that matters this week: Real Madrid captain and generally hilarious person Sergio Ramos making the much vaunted transition from athlete to Soundcloud rapper. SR4 is the song, and it is generally available on iTunes, Spotify and all your other streaming services. OK cool bye good show.…

Hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer are back to discuss this week's breaking FIFA news about the Club World Cup, why they might sell the rights to that stupid tournament to a group of anonmymous rich people and companies (lol you know who), and what effect that might have on the creation of a European SuperLeague. Also--why on earth would Gianni Infan…

Hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer bring on their buddy, data privacy attorney Keir Lamont to discuss Trump's feud with FIFA, and the totally regular people responding to it who are having extremely normal ones. They also dive into those (annoying?) 23andMe World Cup ads--everything from the questions of how to pick a world cup team, their inanity (a…

Host Gabe Lezra talks with attorney and prolific soccer analyst Miki Turner about all the recent updates in the #SaveTheCrew litigation. They touch on everything from the very recent motions (and cross-motions) from the parties (Precourt Sports Ventures and MLS on one side, the city of Columbus and the state of Ohio on the other), the Art Modell Ac…

Hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer are joined by their friend Shay Khatiri to discuss the Iranian government's prohibition on women attending matches, and the regime's recent arrest of 35 women and girls for trying to attend the Tehran Derby. They discuss some of the history of the current Iranian regime since the revolution, and focus on how the reg…

Hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer are BACK from their short hiatus to discuss all things Champions League, starting with Barcelona's shock elimination by Roma, coming all the way back from a 4-1 deficit to shock Messi and company....our heart will go ooooooooonnnnn. They also chat the Real Madrid-Juventus match, and especially the Gigi Buffon post-m…

Hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer check in on friend of the show Registability after Pep Guardiola's Kloppian Champions League nightmare. They break down the funniest Champions League storylines, including Spanish media's Cristiano Ronaldo thirst, before welcoming Managing Madrid's Kiyan Sobhani to talk about his recent article for FourFourTwo on Pe…

Eyyyy! Sorry about the extremely late LFF--and this is just a bonus, too. Gabe has been having some personal things go down, so fuck it, we decided to record while I was at the JFK airport bar because I was talking to long-term friend of the show Teddy Maglio (surprise Ted!) and Om Arvind about the Champions League, Liverpool, ManCity and the futur…

Hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer are back and this week they're talking MLS teams in the CONCACAF Champions League, and why New York and Toronto's victories might be surprising to Liga MX fans (hint, it has to do with the guy who says MLS requires its teams to play bad keepers on purpose). Then it's on to the UEFA Champion's League, and they're all…

Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer are back to have a heart-to-heart about Spurs Spursing like Spurs and how, somehow, this time hurts more than previous collapses, despite it being all too pretictable. Also Gabe has some choice words for Chiellini, who was absolutely classless in his post-match interview--we'll give you a hint, there's definitely some car…

On this week's show Gabe is joined by reigning guest host champ James Rushton of 7500 to Holte to discuss taking revenge on cults, FIFA corruption and its relation to the incredibly stupid Pro/Rel people, Russian ultras taking cocaine into stadiums because it's legal for whatever reason, and calling the cops on twitter. In their actually serious se…

Hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer break down the news from a chaotic week in world football, from Sepp Blatter popping back in to, for whatever reason, weigh in on who should host the 2026 World Cup (spoiler: it's a country with a monarchy and almost unlimited amounts of money that also doesn't have a warrant out for his arrest!), some metal-ass inc…

Hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer are joined by reigning LFF guest-appearance champ Ernesto Alvarado to break down the most recent updates in the FIFA corruption trial in Brooklyn, talk about the broader scandal, the new corruption allegations at the IOC, and the logic of anti-corrpution work generally. Ernesto is a practicing Foreign Corrupt Practi…

Hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer are joined by Kevin McCauley of SBNation (and many others) to discuss the NWSL's financial issues and future, the USSF election, and more. It's a really revealing interview where Kevin correctly predicts the way the voting would break down (if not the eventual result). But first: they talk Tottenham's 1-0 victory in…

Wow, has it been a week. Hosts Evan Mateer and Gabe Lezra break down all the drama at the end of the transfer window, focusing in particular on Pep Guardiola's half a BILLION pound spending spree, and some weird MLS topics. (Totally normal relationship between Manchester City and NYCFC). And...yeah, they have to go all in on Arsenal, because my oh …

Hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer are joined by Kevin McCauley of SBNation to discuss his revealing, exacting article about USSF's failures in recruiting talent from marginalized communities. It's a really interesting discussion that touches on everything from the Jonathan Gonzalez saga to USSF's institutional failings in recruiting talent. Also on …

Hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer shoot some sh*t about finances, superheroes and FIFA with their good friend and media mogul James Rushton of The AC Milan Offside, 7500 to Holte and the Swinging Into Spiderman podcast. It's a rather eclectic show, where the guys touch on everything from superhero tropes, which Batman was the best, Spiderman's repre…

Hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer break down the big USMNT news that Jonathan Gonzalez, the incredibly talented dual-citizen born in California to Mexican parents, chose to play for El Tri over the US Men's National Team. They break down the complicated decision, the pull between your two countries. They also discuss Gabe's "interview" of former USM…

Hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer discuss the USSF election conflict of interest issues surrounding Eric Wynalda and Kathy Carter, and some of the legal issues involved. How similar is the USSF to a normal corporation, and do they have to abide by the general rules of corporate law? They have a number of funny examples of badly behaved fans for the …

Hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer are joined by their friend Ernesto Alvarado to talk about everything from Antoine Greizmann's absurd blackface costume, the FIFA trial, and Gabe's articles on the Columbus Crew. Gabe and Ernesto start with a long chat about Greizmann and racism, delving into the culture that would allow or even encourage the costume…

In this week's Let's Fix Football hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer break down the absurd USSF presidential election. They break down all the candidates--from the front runners to the absolutely ridiculous--and talk about how to handicap the race. And there's an Alexi Lalas insufferability update, as our ginger-haired moist thumb in a suit has decla…

On this week's show, hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer talk about ex-USSF President Sunil Gulati's really good decision to resign, and the incredibly unacceptable way he decided to go about it. Also funny: the absolutely obnoxous Alexi Lalas-related meltdown that followed. Then--it's Arsenal fan RAAAAGE as they break down the absolutely hilarious "c…

Hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer are joined by Scouted Football's Jack Grimse to break down the week in bad takes, including a series of absolute doozies from various Soccer Twitter personalities about Mesut Ozil. They also chat Pep Guardiola's miraculous ability to turn already good teams into good teams, and how some teams know how to spend smart…

Hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer run down some bad takes from the week in European football: Arsenal won the North London Derby--so they're really good now! Spurs lost? They're terrible and are in desperate financial shape and will implode soon and also Arsenal are better than Spurs at spending their money because they pay way more for worse player…

It's international break and there's not a ton to talk about--aside from Italy's SHOCKING elimination from the 2018 World Cup at the hands of a Zlatan-less Sweden side. Hosts Evan Mateer and Gabe Lezra briefly touch on the World Cup qualifying news, Italy's incomprehensible decision not to start their best striker in a game they needed to win and s…

Heyooo! It's your weekly Let's Fix Football. This week hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer run down the week in European football, where almost nothing interesting happened. Will Manchester City win the Double? Maybe? Probably not? More importantly, they focus on MLS Playoffs, especially touching on the Crew's squeaker against NYCFC and offer some tho…

Hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer run down the week in European football, focusing on Tottenham's huge win over Real Madrid in the Champions League, and what the tie means for both sides. Then they discuss the MLS Playoffs, running down Columbus's huge and improbable cinderella run. They lament the loss of Atlanta in the playoffs but agree that Colu…

SAVE THE CREW. That's the overall theme of today's Let's Fix Football--though first hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer break down some of the funnier European results of the weekend (hi PSG and United). Then, they talk MLS playoffs, breaking down the format, the various teams and "Decision Day" action (sorry for the scare quotes, but it's kinda silly…

It's UCL BONAAANZA week! Gabe's Real Madrid host Evan's Tottenham Hotspur in the Bernabeu--the guys break down the exciting draw, while taking particular note of the tactical and systemic questions left by both managers ahead of the next meeting. They also quickly recap the rest of the European week--interesting!--before heading over to Italy to ta…

Hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer break down. That's it. Because the US Men's National Team lost to Trinidad and Tobago and failed to qualify for the World Cup. It's an international break rundown episode, folks. In all seriousness, the guys break down the various matches that occurred prior to Tuesday night (when they recorded), and talk everything…

Hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer run down the week in European football and then interview their friend James Rushton, who runs SBNation's AC Milan and Aston Villa sites, about the intersection of sports and politics. First, the guys break downt the amazing "Pizzagate" controversy surrounding Cesc Fabregas definitely running a child sex ring with h…

Hosts Evan Mateer and Gabe Lezra recap the crazy week in European football, talking through the PSG crisis--and the AMAZING report that PSG offered Edison Cavani a cool $1 million to NOT take penalty kicks, Real Madrid's "crisis" in the Spanish league and then the Champions League. They finish up discussing Atlanta United, and how awesome this team…

Hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer run down the week in European football, talking about PSG's most recent scandal--Neymar and Cavani, oh no!--and talk la Liga and EPL. This week's reading series is an incredible piece of mid-aughts ESPN bullshit, wherein a bunch of dudes try to convince the lone female writer that Sepp Blatter's comments about how f…

Hosts Gabe Lezra and Evan Mateer are joined by fillmmaker (and Gabe's brother) Nat Lezra and Eleanor Erney to discuss the absolutely unwatchable disaster FIFA propaganda film United Passions. United Passions is one of the worst movies ever made, released only days before the FIFA corruption scandal (and named after a softcore ) and completely criti…

Oh god, it's this episode. Every nominally MLS-related show has to do at least fucking ONE promotion-relegation episode, and this is that show for us here at Let's Fix Football. Gabe and Evan bring their American shitbag style to this discussion, delving into the European leagues first--is Manchester CIty champion now? And is it time to just award …

JEEEEEESUS CHRIST It's international break week and it's time to talk about FIFA. Well, them and the garbage fire USMNT. But really FIFA, the comic book villain-level corrupt organization that controls this game. Fuck them. Evan rants about Bruce Arena and the disaster that the US team has become since 2010, Gabe fumes about FIFA, and they both lau…

With irreverent humor and no fucking class, hosts Gabe Lezra (of the Managing Madrid podcast) and Evan Mateer break down all the major news events in the European soccer world each week (well, they record Tuesday nights....most of the time) and do their fucking best to get into MLS--because if these fuckheads can't get into it then it's in trouble.…