This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - take apart the FC Dallas game at Minnesota and try to answer the most important question: Is this team fun to watch? Coach Quill rotated a bit against the Loons. How did that go? And will we see something similar at Miami? Will Messi even play? Will the …

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - try and slog through the analysis of the most boring game of the season. Don't kid yourself, this was a bad loss by FC Dallas. FCD was bad in almost every phase, except perhaps for a couple of defensive pieces. Delgado was a disaster, Julio was invisible…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick (Dan Crooke is doing something with foodstuffs) - have a road tie podcast, which, while excellent, isn't as good as a road win podcast. Peter opens the discussion with an Oz HSO, the duo breaks down the good and bad against Atlanta, gush over Nolan Norris and Lucho Aco…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - kick off a home win podcast breaking down the end of the Peter Vermes era game against Sporting KC. Norris started, Acosta joined the 75/75 club, Oz excelled, Chu disappointed, and FCD bunkered. And won! Dallas Trinity played and tried to make Buzz puke,…

Any road win is a good win, and this week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - have a good old road win to talk about. Yes, a red card and a physical game where there could have been a few more. Everyone played pretty well, but that happens when a team is a man-up. Still, there are plenty of takeaway…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick - are joined by special guest Arman Kafai to talk all things DFW soccer. First up is FC Dallas with a poor home display against the Vancouver Whitecaps. FCD has now lost their first two at home for the first time since 2009. Wherein lies the problem? Is it fixable? How…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, oh lordy did it not go well for FC Dallas. Your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - dig into all that went bad (and the little that went good). Eric Quill gave us one of the most remarkable post-game press conferences in years. Now FCD must look ahead to red-hot Vancouver this weekend. Plus Dal…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, it's moving day! Your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick have moved the pod to Tuesday. And what a fun Tuesday it is as FC Dallas remains undefeated with 4 points in two road games. Moose and Squirrel up top are looking good, the great and powerful Oz continues to deliver, Lletget remains too le…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, it's Episode 300!!!! Your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick break down the debut of the great and powerful Oz, digest a rare road win, enjoy the play of Anderson Julio, dissect the somewhat invisible Ramiro, and discuss the Bernie Kamungo troubles, all before they preview the Rapids. Oh yeah, F…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - dig into the final preseason tuneup for FC Dallas against Atlanta as FCD prepares for the season opener in Houston. No Musa in the last one and just 30 minutes for Acosta and Ramiro. Is the team ready? Urhoghide has his visa so could he, or should he, st…

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Oh my was it a big week for FC Dallas, one of the biggest in a long while, and your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - are here to tell you all about it. There's a new MVP in town and his name's Luciano Acosta. But no, that's not all! Two center backs were finally added, Osaze Urhoghide and Álvaro Augusto. So the great debate beg…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - didn't have a preseason game to digest but there was still plenty to talk about. Enes Sali got loaned as the most recent clear-the-deck move but where are the replacements? Where is the CB1? Or 4 or 5? Where is a left back. How about a replacement DP 10?…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick, have plenty to chew on as FC Dallas had two games in Portugal. The roster still has lots of holes, most importantly at center back and the 10. Where are Enes Sali and Show Cafumana? Enzo Newman signed and Tsiki Ntsabeleng was extended. There is Open Cup n…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - discuss the biggest FCD departure of the week, Nkosi Tafari. And Alan Velasco. Ok, the two biggest departures of the week. Plus, there is so much more, the big Andre Zanotta interview, Logan Farrington re-signed, Friendlies in Portugal announced, kit lea…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, Dan Crooke is MIA again so Arman Kafai comes in from the bullpen to join your hosts Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick to talk all things FC Dallas. The Arriola trade is official but the Velasco sale isn't. How will FCD look to replace their Argentine winger? New rules mean you can buy a player inside MLS like Evand…

Holy cow was it a big week in FC Dallas land and your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick are here to break it down for you. Jesus Ferreira gone, Paul Arriola almost gone, Alan Velasco maybe gone, Petar Musa maybe gone, Asier Illarramendi maybe back, Bernard Kamungo extended, FCD has a couple roster holes, and camp opens monday. The…

Welcome to Season Seven of 3rd Degree the Podcast. This week, your hosts - Peter Welpton & Buzz Carrick - welcome in a special guest, modern MLS stats guru Arman Kafai, as they navigate the suddenly churning waters surrounding FC Dallas. Are Jesus Ferreira and Paul Arriola going to Seattle and who wins if they do? Anderson Julio and Shaq Moore to F…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick (Dan Crooke is out for the holidays) - are overwhelmed with soccer news. FC Dallas re-upped Alan Velasco and signed three players. Jesus Ferreira and Paul Arriola are reportedly up for trade with Seattle. Jimmy Maurer signed with Houston. The 2025 schedule dropped. Buz…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick (Dan Crooke is under the weather) - dissect the Eric Quill press conference. Was it just coach and owner platitudes or is there real meat to chew on like staff announcements? Buzz also tells a Quill story from three years back. Next week should bring the beginning of t…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, it's time for Eric Quill talk. Your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - talk about Eric Quill, then Eric Quill some more, plus they throw in a little Eric Quill, and finally they wrap it up with some more Eric Quill. Also, The Trinity played and USL Dallas was announced for a 2027 launch in Gar…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick, Dan Crooke is on assignment - celebrate the triumphant comeback MLS Next Pro Championship win by North Texas SC and the comeback road win by Dallas Trinity. Plus a USL Championship team is coming to Garland. Then it's on the FC Dallas talk for the sickos. Why the dela…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - answer fan questions from 3rd Degree's discord. But first, there's a lot of talk about FC Dallas' next coach, Jim Curtin, Eric Quill, Peter Luccin, Bruce Arena, Dallas Trinity, and North Texas SC. Music Pappy Check.…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - don't have any concrete FCD news to drop so they dig into some more macro topics. How long will we wait for a coach? Does the potential window schedule shift help Dallas become more attractive? Is Dallas a good market at all? What are the biggest impact …

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - begin the offseason gasification with a blow-by-blow on the high and low points from the FC Dallas End of Season Press Conference with Dan Hunt and Andre Zanotta. To be frank, Jerry, or Steve, your hosts were left with more questions than answers. Plus N…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - play the world-famous game of "Dump or Keep" with the FCD roster after Buzz explains a new roster problem he's discovered. The FC Dallas season final is this weekend against Sporting KC but the Burn are already eliminated. Dallas Trinity got another road…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, the offseason starts to build. Your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick (Dan Crooke is on assignment) - talk about the Portland game including the Musa & Tafari benchings, Velasco's potential injury (?), Farrington's form, and Tsiki's standout play. Then it's on to bigger topics like the poor roster build pie…

Pay heed oh you FC Dallas curious, for now is the hour of our discontent. For low, the Dudes of FCD have thus been harshly put upon with elimination from the extravaganza of the after-season play. And thus the righteous 3rd Degree the Podcast hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - were overcome with lamentations. As the sickos did su…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - get to enjoy a victory pod as your hometown heroes smoked the vaunted LAFC. Even if LA rotated, it's still a sweet win. Now it's down to Dallas and the Loons for the last playoff spot, with a 5-point (ugh) separation. Important questions are asked, like …

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - have plenty to talk about, like stadium talk. All the stadium talk you can handle. Followed by more stadium talk. It's kind of a big deal, that stadium stuff. Then Buzz rants about FCD tactics, there's a quick look at LAFC, and Dan fills us in on Dallas …

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - didn't want to talk much about the poor game in Vancouver, so after a quick hit on that meltdown and a celebration of the great Jimmy Maurer performance, they moved on to "What does each out of contract player have to do in the six games left to get a ne…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - are resigned to the season being a miss after the major left down against the Rapids. In a game that resembled the history of the club's performances, FCD was good in the middle but stunk at both ends. There were some good showings (Lletget, Junqua, Illa…

This week on 3rd Degree the podcast, oh by do your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - have a lot to talk about. The massive FC Dallas win at DC United. Two new players, Show and Raun debut. Lletget's awesomeness. Wingback balance. Farrington's 2 gaffs. Tsiki standout. FCD defensive woes. Is Luccin winning the job? Brutal schedule…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - get fired up for the resumption of the MLS regular season as FCD heads to DC to take on United. Who's back, who isn't, who was brought in and is ready to go? The Alan Velasco to Boca stories went hot and heavy, will he go or won't he? Should he go for FC…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - didn't have a game to discuss nor a game to preview. But they did have a transfer window to talk about. What kind of players did FCD bring in? And what better time to talk state of the franchise? Just how well is this thing run? What is the plan? Oh yes,…

After a week's hiatus, your hosts are back! Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick return to talk all things FC Dallas. That includes the crash out of Leagues Cup after the Juarez meltdown with terrible tactics. So what exactly is next? Can FCD get some players back? Is a playoff run in the cards? FCD needs approximately 14 points with 9 games…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - fight through the awful New England game and look ahead to Leagues Cup. Plus FCD signed a player, Dallas Trinity signed several players, Dallas still has a playoff chance, and the FCD pipeline is flowing again at the MLS and Next Pro level. And finally, …

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcasts, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - fight through the technical challenges of Buzz being 1500 miles from home in the middle of nowhere to talk all things FCD. The team is on a roll with wins over LA Galaxy and Austin FC. Some key talent may be back soon. Are playoffs really possible? Does…

Dan Crooke is back on this week's edition of 3rd Degree the Podcast, he re-joins your other two hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick - to get the trio back together just in time to have loads of FC Dallas to talk about. Three games this week, vs Portland, at Sporting KC, and then a Cup game at Sporting KC (during the rain delay of which the bulk …

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, Dan Crooke is still missing so your remaining hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick - soldier on through the miserable 2024 season without him. First, it's a look back at the FC Cincinnati game, including the once again amazing Asier Illarramendi. Plus, oh yeah, play the kids. Second, the summer window is comin…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton and Buzz Carrick (Dan Crooke lost his voice) - have plenty to talk about as the wheels came off on the steamrolling Peter Luccin bandwagon that was FC Dallas. Seattle remains a trip into hell for this club. There's also plenty to talk about with the reports of FC Cinci trying to bring …

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - get all the joys of a double win as FCD rides the wave of the coaching change. Big wins over St Louis and Minnesota have both good and bad moments. Thankfully the offense is showing up but the defense remains as problematic as your trio's attempts to pro…

Oh man, there is change afoot at FC Dallas this week! Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick get to break down the massive news, the firing of Coach Nico Estevez and the naming of Peter Luccin as interim coach. Why now? What's next? What's Luccin's style? Will this make anything better? Play the kids? Nice. Play quality football? Sure. Play go…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast it's a double loss episode. Your hosts - Peter Welpton, Buzz Carrick, and (for some of the time) Dan Crooke - break down the two losses in LA looking for common elements. The trio talks about the club's current surprise 10 Patrickson Delgado, the amazing Maarten Paes, the Sam Junqua quandary, burning up midfielde…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - have the painful responsibility of breaking down the first three-goal collapse in club history. There are some good things to take away but man is there loads of bad. Coach Nico subs, late-game mistakes, defensive 10s, starting 8 defenders, FCD prototype…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - get the joy of an MLS road tie and a Cup win. Maarten Paes is flying high and keeping the club in games while the injuries keep piling up - 8 starters were missing for the Cup game. But a win is a win even if the draw for the next round wasn't great. FCD…

It's a winning episode this week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, as your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - try to tackle the good and the bad of the Austin game. A win is a win and there are some positives to take away. FC Dallas also has an ever-expanding injury list, with two more names going on this week the midfield is getting pr…

This week on 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - discuss the current state of FC Dallas and why The Big Lebowski has something to do with it. FCD got smocked in Toronto then rebounded in the US Open Cup. Then your hosts throw Coach Nico vs TD Zanotta into the ring for the "at fault" battle royal. And t…

It's an FC Dallas winning podcast! Peter and Dan are here and Buzz calls in from Key West! Look, your club should win when up a man for 85 minutes. But they still have to take care of business and FCD did. There are some positives to build on: Jesus returns, Farfan excels, Illarramendi is great. FCD now turns to Toronto FC in the League and then Me…

These are dark times indeed my friends. On this week's episode of 3rd Degree the Podcast, your hosts - Peter Welpton, Dan Crooke, and Buzz Carrick - still seek the way through. They try to bring some light to the tunnel of shame that is the current FCD season. Yes, "worst season ever" watch continues. Were there any bright spots against the Rapids?…