Hayden Bird is back just as qualification for the World Cup wraps up and the Revolution and Legacy's seasons are in full swing. We got Hayden's thoughts on how the Revs are doing early days with their new coach, the Legacy's slow start and how the final rounds of World Cup qualification shaped up. We also had a little more fun at Josh Kraft's expense.

You can follow Hayden on BlueSky and check out his Revs and Legacy coverage on Boston.com.

You can follow Thomas on BlueSky.

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The US Open Cup is delivering early season ups, downs and rivalries for the New England teams taking part. We discuss the first round and what to expect from the second. There's also Drumgate up in Portland and the upcoming last chance saloon to get to the World Cup later on this week.

Our guests join from:

United in Green podcast covering the Vermont Green

The Friggin Soccer Show podcast covering Portland Hearts of Pine

Raising Anchor a podcast covering Rhode Island FC

The Average Fan Podcast that covers Hartford Athletic

You can find all these podcasts on The Blazing Musket as part of our podcast network along with Revolution Recap and The Swan Dive.

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The Boston Legacy kicked off their Inaugural season this past weekend at Gillette Stadium with 30,000 fans in attendance. Two of those fans, Andy and Courtney, have a podcast called The Swan Dive dedicated to covering the Legacy. We've signed them up to The Blazing Musket podcast network to complete our set of podcasts covering every independent pro soccer team in New England!

Andy and Courtney talked about starting the podcast, what you can expect from them and their impressions of the Legacy's preparation for 2026 and their first home game as well.

Find out more about The Swan Dive Podcast here and you can find the show wherever you get your podcasts from, thanks to Acast.

You can follow Thomas on BlueSky.

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The USL Championship and League One seasons have just begun, which means it time to get John back on the show and get us ready. He's with us this week to get us caught up on what to expect across both leagues, contenders, upstarts, expansion sides, all of it. John also touched on the ongoing labor situation and give his outside perspective on how New England's pro USL stable of teams will do in 2026.

John brings the knowledge like few others, be sure to check this one out!

You can follow the USL along with John at USL Tactics, Backheeled and BlueSky.

You can follow Thomas on BlueSky.

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Soccer and sports are supposed to allow us time to not focus on all the rest, the things we have to think about and deal with that we'd rather not. In the last week, however, we've seen the USLPA vote to authorize a strike, a World Cup host country attack one of the teams that qualified for its tournament, an MLS partner enabling people to profit from war and death and the brave Town of Foxboro has stood up to FIFA.

Heady stuff, for sure, but it must be tackled and Oliver Scholes and Thomas are ready to go in studs up!

The best way to keep up with Oliver is at The Blazing Musket.You can follow Thomas on BlueSky.

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The MLS Next Pro season kicks off this weekend and a revamped Revs II is back in action for 2026. They had a lot of turnover this past off-season and with a youth minded coach with the first team, Revs II are worth keeping an eye on this season. Literally no one follows this team like Josh Nye does for The Blazing Musket, he's here to get us all caught up and ready for the new season!

Thomas opened the show with some words on Merrimack New Hampshire, South Georgia Tormenta, the blizzard of 2026 and the USLPA before Josh joined as well.

The best way to follow Revs II is with Josh's coverage at The Blazing Musket and on BlueSky.

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It's the time of year where everyone makes their predictions for the season ahead, everyone offered up their best thought out predictions that will mostly turn out to be wildly inaccurate in a few months time.

We also discussed the 1st round of the US Open Cup in New England and we tested the limits of how far off topic we can get and still get back on track.

Our guests join from:

United in Green podcast covering the Vermont Green

From the Forest to the Tide podcast covering Portland Hearts of Pine

Raising Anchor a podcast covering Rhode Island FC

And contributing writers for The Blazing Musket

You can find all these podcasts on The Blazing Musket as part of our podcast network along with Revolution Recap.

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It's almost time! The NWSL's return to New England with the Boston Legacy is drawing ever closer. Jackie is back to get you caught up on who the Legacy have got, where they're playing, when they're playing and everything to expect this season.

The best way to follow the Legacy is with Jackie's coverage at The Blazing Musket and on BlueSky.

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