The Shutout

Everything you wanted to know about the greatest club competition in history: The UEFA Champions League. The competition so full of entertainment it has its own anthem. Learn why mainstays like Real Madrid, Liverpool, and Barcelona and upstarts like PSG and Manchester City are doing their best to win this thing every season.

We explain the phenomenon that is the Super Cup by giving a comprehensive overview of how European Soccer is structured.
Domestic Leagues, Cups, Champions League, and Europa League. All is explained, including the controversial Away Goals rule. Do they actually count twice?
Finally, hear our plans for the rest of this season on The Shutout.

The Best. World. Cup. Ever. deserves the best episode ever. So better late than never. We recap a final befitting The Best World Cup in living memory and highlight the goals, stories, themes, and memes as we close this chapter of our show. Finally, we preview our long-awaited future plans.

Name Change! We're now called The Shutout due to a naming conflict with the previous name. Besides that drama, this episode has it all! Brazil's Out, Belgium is In. France is coasting and Luka Modric makes us feel alive. Plus England has won the Meme World Cup.

We recap our Bracket results and discuss how Japan defined this World Cup round and the excitement of this whole tournament. We also delve into England’s Penalty Ghosts, and a look ahead to the Quarterfinals. There's also insight into how we watch and experience the matches. And once and for all, Neymar.

It's Bracket Time! Listen to who we picked to win this whole crazy World Cup. We guarantee you'll be SHOCKED! And this time, we have a special guest: our old friend Sydney joins us to share his thoughts on the teams he's loved throughout this tournament. Plus Neymar. Again.

This World Cup is on fire. Find out how Germany and Brazil left it oh so very late. Also, do you know how teams are ranked if they have the same points total in their group? You don't? Don't worry. We'll clear this up for you. Plus a Coup de Grace with a flashback to the 98 World Cup final. Also, Neymar. Again.

The World Cup has started! Catch up on all the Match Day 1 action. Get a low-down on the drama inside the Spain camp and celebrate the fact that football comes home, to the USA! (And Canada and Mexico). Kurt feels that at least one of us will spend money on a ticket to go. Ashwin feels 8 years is not enough time to save up for one.

In this episode, we continue from our last episode where we kicked off with the most unprepared episode in the history of this podcast. Now, we actually prepared by reading 1 article. Find out how the US messed up and who the top 10 players are at World Cup 2018 in Russia. We take a look at their teams and their group rivals.

[Why Suriname Would Have Won The 1998 World Cup](https://makingplansfornigel.wordpress.com/2012/05/22/why-suriname-would-have-won-the-1998-world-cup/)
[ESPN World Cup Rank: The Top 50 Players at Russia 2018](http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/23402874/world-cup-rank-espn-fc)

Welcome the very first episode of Own Goal! World Cup 2018 in Russia is finally here and we start by having a different take on the tournament. We discuss who is NOT there. Hint. Hint.