This week on the Cleared off the Line Podcast…

How a Twitter exchange between two soccer journalists turned into a podcast segment on the status of soccer literacy in the U.S.

Jose Nunez, who covers the current Supporter’s Shield Champions Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer, joins me to talk about why we are both upset with two ESPN talents… the issues surrounding Americans learning about soccer… and how that’s being improved.

Our interview series gives us those answers.

Then, I discuss the hottest name on the U.S. Men’s National Team this month, one Gio Reyna, as he is back in camp for the first time since that disastrous CONCACAF Nations League fourth place finish in March and after he had some trouble finding a new team in Europe when he was not getting minutes at Borussia Dortmund.

After being out of Pochettino’s picture for so long, I ask what are his chances of making the World Cup roster?

That’s ahead in the Red White and Blue Report.

Speaking of the World Cup– let’s get you educated on a few key things to know about the competition to boost your vocabulary from the trophy to a type of group we don’t want to see the USMNT in at all.

That’s in the Soccer Explainer.

That’s all ahead on Cleared off the Line.