Podcasts by Lets Fix Football
LFF is an irreverent soccer podcast where two Americans tell the world how to fix its most popular sport--while following their favorite European leagues.
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Let's Fix Football - BirdHair and Bolton from 2019-08-11T05:00
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 hi...
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Let's Fix Football: World Cup, Piers Morgan and Neymar's Dad? from 2019-07-23T05:00
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 ove...
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THIS is the bad place! LFF returns from 2019-03-10T06:00
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? ...
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LFF 205: Football Leaks, the Super League and the Ballad of Tancredi from 2018-11-19T06:00
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 n...
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No Gods, No Heroes--the CR7 Episode (ft. Chloe White, Jess Houwen and Om Arvind) from 2018-10-16T05:00
*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 a...
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Let's Fix Football 203: Moneyfootball ft. Jamon Moore and Om Arvind from 2018-09-23T05:00
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 ...
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Let's Fix Football 202: Ronaldo and the Analytics Wars to Come ft. Om Arvind from 2018-09-16T05:00
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...
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Let's Fix Football 201: Petr Cech is a Hero from 2018-09-11T05:00
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 comp...
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Let's Fix Football: World Cup in Review from 2018-07-19T04:30
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...
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Let's Fix Football 139: ARGHentina and a Classic Reading Series from 2018-06-21T04:30
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 fo...
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Let's Fix Football 138: The ONLY World Cup Preview On-line from 2018-06-13T04:30
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 exci...
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Let's Fix Football BONUS! Narrative, Sergio Ramos, and Gabe on Madrid's Coaching from 2018-06-07T05:00
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 a...
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Let's Fix Football 137: Six Amazing #Hacks To Winning The Champions League from 2018-05-29T04:30
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 MAULI...
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Let's Fix Football 136: Sergio Ramos, Soundcloud Rapper from 2018-05-20T05:00
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 athl...
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Let's Fix Football 135: Overrated Goals Insanity, 7 Nation (Club) Army (League?) from 2018-05-12T05:00
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 ...
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Let's Fix Football 134: Trump, 23andMe, and Legacy (ft. Keir Lamont) from 2018-05-02T05:00
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 ...
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Let's Fix Football 133: The Infamous #SaveTheCrew Litigation (ft. Miki Turner) from 2018-04-30T05:00
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 c...
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Let's Fix Football 132: The Tehran Derby Show (ft. Shay Khatiri) from 2018-04-22T05:00
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 g...
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Let's Fix Football 131: Our Hearts Will Go On from 2018-04-21T05:00
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 def...
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Let's Fix Football 129: Pep's Daddy Jurgen (ft. Kiyan Sobhani) from 2018-04-06T05:00
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, in...
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Let's Fix Football BONUS! Gabe , Om and Teddy talk Champions League from 2018-04-01T05:00
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 beca...
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Let's Fix Football 128: Beware the Madness of March from 2018-03-24T05:00
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 (hin...
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Let's Fix Football 127: Noted Russia Experts from 2018-03-09T06:00
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. Al...
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Let's Fix Football 126: The Punishers (ft. James Rushton) from 2018-03-02T05:30
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 ...
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Let's Fix Football 125: Extremely F*cking Metal, Man from 2018-02-27T06:00
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...
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LFF 124: The Ballad of Aura and Marco (ft. Jess Houwen and Ernesto Alvarado) from 2018-02-17T06:00
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 br...
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Let's Fix Football 123: USSF, NWSL, NLD and Dongs (ft. Kevin McCauley) from 2018-02-12T06:00
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 i...
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Let's Fix Football 122: Dunking on Piers Morgan 101 from 2018-01-31T06:00
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, ...
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Let's Fix Football 121: Ring Around the Rondo (ft. Kevin McCauley) from 2018-01-25T06:00
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...
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LFF 120: AC Milan's Finances, Superheroes, and Raw Water (ft. James Rushton) from 2018-01-18T06:30
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 In...
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Let's Fix Football 119: USSF Brand-Diet Pills from 2018-01-10T05:00
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 ...
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Let's Fix Football 118: USSF Conflicts of Interest, Financial Fair Play and More from 2018-01-04T06:00
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...
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Let's Fix Football 117: FIFAfellas from 2017-12-22T06:00
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 C...
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Episode 116: Arsenal Fan TV: THE USSF Episode from 2017-12-12T05:00
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 rid...
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Let's Fix Football 115: ARSENAL FAN RAAAAAGE!! from 2017-12-07T05:00
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...
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Let's Fix Football 114: Angels with Angles in the Midfield feat. Jack Grimse from 2017-11-30T05:00
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 a...
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Let's Fix Football 113: xG xTravaganza from 2017-11-26T05:00
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 ...
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Let's Fix Football 112: Bad Take Bonanza! from 2017-11-13T06:00
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 L...
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Let's Fix Football 111: British Bad Take Broadcasting Company from 2017-11-09T06:00
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 t...
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Let's Fix Football 110: Tottenham Is Good, Actually, and Other Observations from 2017-11-04T05:00
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 ...
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Let's Fix Football 109: #SaveTheF*ingCrew from 2017-10-24T13:00
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 Unite...
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Let's Fix Football 108: SPURS VS REAL MADRID BONANZA from 2017-10-17T13:00
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...
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Let's Fix Football 107: The United States Sucking Federation from 2017-10-11T13:00
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 e...
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Let's Fix Football 106: Let's Fix Politics? from 2017-10-04T13:00
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 ...
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Let's Fix Football 105: I Guess We're Atlanta United Fans Now? from 2017-09-26T13:00
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 penal...
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LFF 104: ESPN OMG from 2017-09-19T13:00
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 ...
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Let's Fix Football: United Passions XXX from 2017-09-17T15:00
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. Unit...
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Let's Fix Football 103: Oh Shit it's Pro/Rel from 2017-09-12T22:00
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 brin...
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Let's Fix Football 102: #USMNTLOL from 2017-09-06T01:00
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 con...
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Let's Fix Football 101: Enter the American Sh*theads from 2017-08-30T02:00
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...
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