SOCCER SATURDAY - INDY ELEVEN for 08/22/20

(00:00-02:55) - Greg Rakestraw is back with another edition of Soccer Saturday on The Fan by opening the show with the recent performances by the Indy Eleven, previews the guests that will be on today's program, and teases some upcoming topics that he cover later in the show. (05:58-16:00) - Interim Head Coach Max Rogers makes his weekly stop on Soccer Saturday with Greg Rakestraw following a frustrating performance by his squad earlier in the week, how you work on things without having much time to train on the pitch, and shares the keys to victory for tomorrow's match against Sporting KC II. (19:01-29:54) - During the third segment of today's installment of Soccer Saturday with Greg Rakestraw, he brings back an interview he did following the Indy Eleven's with last Saturday against the OKC Energy with Nicky Law and plays a portion of a different postgame interview with Jordan Farr too. (32:56-45:05) - Center-back for Toronto FC in Eriq Zavaleta joins Rake on Soccer Saturday to explain how he made the jump from Westfield, Indiana to playing for the El Salvador national team, describes how he is feeling about his season overall right now, and how awesome it is to see all the activity at Grand Park with soccer, football, and many other sports. (48:05-57:35) - In the final segment of today's edition of Soccer Saturday, Greg discusses the news regarding Carli Lloyd announcing her retirement and recaps some of the matches from the opening week in Premier League.

21 Aug 20211h

(00:00-03:38) - Greg Rakestraw is back with another edition of Soccer Saturday and opens up today's show by recapping one of the worst defeats in the history of the franchise, touches on the start of the Premiere League, and provides today's guest lineup. (06:40-16:29) - Interim Head Coach Max Rogers of the Indy Eleven joins Greg Rakestraw to briefly touch on last week's 6-2 loss to Atlanta United 2, updates you on how Neveal Hackshaw's training is coming along in connection to his playing time in the recent matches, and details the roles that he wants the academy players on the club to have going forward. (19:29-34:16) - The all-time leading scorer of the Indy Eleven in Eamon Zayed returns to Soccer Saturday with Greg Rakestraw to announce his new job in soccer as the head coach of Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC, how putting together a team is the most exciting part of the job for him (as of right now), and why he had the best all-around soccer experience with the Indy Eleven. (37:18-51:05) - Host pf SiriusXM FC 157 in Tom Rennie joins Greg Rakestraw on Soccer Saturday today to share his thoughts on how the Premiere League will go this season, how excited he is to finally be watching soccer again with fans in the stands, and whether or not Chelsea has done enough to leap over Man City in the Premiere League. (54:06-57:22) - In the final minutes of today's show with Greg Rakestraw, he teases next week's interview that you will hear with Eriq Zavaleta by playing a snippet of the interview, and takes a look at the upcoming schedule for the Indy Eleven.

14 Aug 20211h

(00:00-06:12) - Greg Rakestraw is back with another edition of Soccer Saturday following a win on Wednesday against FC Tulsa for the boys in blue, and Rake opens up today's show by previewing the conversations you will hear the next hour, touches on the USMNT and MSWNT, and updates you on the news surrounding Lionel Messi. (09:14-23:34) - Interim head coach of the Indy Eleven in Max Rogers joins Greg Rakestraw once again on Soccer Saturday to breakdown the victory over FC Tulsa from Wednesday, how important it was for Gordon Wild to pick up his second goal on the season for himself and the team, and previews his team's next opponent in Atlanta United 2. (26:35-39:29) - Greg Rakestraw is joined by Indy Eleven midfielder Carl Haworth to explain how these last couple months have been for him while he is recovering from injuries, how much longer he anticipates on being out before being able to return to the pitch, and gives his perspective on the mid-season coaching change from Martin Rennie to Max Rogers. (42:31-51:53) - Greg deems this segment the Men's and Women's National Team update segment and spends the first couple of minutes discussing the USMNT performance in the Gold Cup, how he feels really good about the USMNT going into the CONCACAF Gold Cup, and how the USWNT performance in Tokyo in connected to the 2019 concerns people had about the team. (54:54-57:08) - In the final minutes of today's show, Greg Rakestraw received a text from Max Rogers on something that he forgot to say during their conversation and teases a guest for next week's show!

7 Aug 20211h

(00:00-08:05) – Greg Rakestraw opens the show looking back at the team’s performance before the 10-day break and looking ahead to what is next for the boys in blue. Then, Greg previews what is coming up on the show today. He also looks back on the past few days for the US National Teams. (11:05-23:27) – Indy Eleven Goal Keeper Coach Andy Swift joins the show. Swift ways in how the club has changed through since changes back in June. Then, Swift ways in on how different goal keepers have stepped up with the injury troubles this season. This conversation moves to the challenges of the day to day training situation. Lastly, he speaks on the transition back to their original home, instead of Lucas Oil Stadium. (26:27-40:04) - Indy Eleven Goal Keeper Jordan Farr calls in to the show to discuss his rehab progression and the current season. Farr weighs in on the benefit of the break for the Indy Eleven, and how the team has used the time off. He explains his injury situation and the events of the days following the injury. Farr explains his relationship with former coach Martin Rennie. (43:04-55:48) – Jeff Rueter, of the Athletic, joins Greg for the final segment, to break down all things soccer. Rueter explains the current standing on the USL season. Greg asks Jeff about the possibility of moving to the international schedule, and the idea of playing matches in the winter. Jeff weighs in on the ideas, as well as, possible teams switching divisions.

31 Juli 20211h 2min

00:00-06:40- On Soccer Saturday today, host Greg Rakestraw opened the show with an update on the US Women's National Team's matchup against New Zealand at the time the show began, a brief recap of their three-nil loss on Wednesday morning, and a preview of Indy Eleven's matchup against Birmingham Saturday Night. 9:42-22:01- Interim head coach Max Rodgers joined Greg Rakestraw to breakdown the last matchup with Birmingham which ended in a draw, Cammy Smith and the team agreeing to terminate his contract, and gave an update on Carl Haworth coming back from an injury. 25:02-33:58- In the third part of Soccer Saturday, Greg Rakestraw gave a rundown on the current USL standings, talked about how the starting group for the Indy Eleven could feature Indiana natives, and Rece Buckmaster talked to Greg about playing with his former IU teammate Aaron Dick. 37:00-47:25- Gary Yohe came on the show to talk with Greg Rakestraw about his decision to leave Marion University's women's soccer team to become an assistant coach for Ball State, told how difficult it was to tell his players and athletic director, and why he chose Ball State. 50:28-56:50- Greg Rakestraw recaps the show to finish out todays edition of Soccer Saturday, recapped the USWNT 6-1 victory over New Zealand and previewed their match up against Australia.

24 Juli 202159min

(0:00-3:00) - Greg Rakestraw brings you Soccer Saturday on 93.5 and 107.5 the Fan ahead of the Eleven’s match against Memphis 901 FC. He starts by previewing the upcoming hour featuring Indy interim head coach Max Rogers, Butler head coach Paul Snape and Chris Doran. (6:03-17:10) Interim head coach Max Rogers joins the show to preview Saturday’s match against Memphis 901 FC and talk about some of the recent struggles of the Eleven and how to fight through those bumps in the road. (20:12-34:12) - Butler head coach Paul Snape joins Soccer Saturday to talk about a pair of former Bulldogs, Eric Dick and Jared Timmer, who are now on the Indy Eleven roster. Snape talks about England’s loss in the Euro 2020 final and seeing special players like Dick and Timmer come through his program and then come back to Indianapolis for professional soccer. Snape speaks on how Timmer was a leader from day one at Butler and why he was a captain for three of his five years at Butler. Then, Snape speaks on Eric Dick’s journey through professional soccer since leaving the Bulldogs and his talent as well as what it means for his program to see his players succeed at the next level. Finally, after a weird last year, Snape talks about being back on the road recruiting and preparing for a proper season this fall. (37:15-51:48) Radio voice of the Columbus Crew, Chris Doran, joins the show to talk about the Crew’s brand new stadium in downtown Columbus and the Crew coming back from down two goals and down a man to steal a point. Doran talks about the emotions and feel of a brand new soccer stadium and accommodating 20,000 people all learning about a new location at the same time as well as the world class nature of the facility. Finally, Doran and Rakestraw discuss specifics about the Crew roster including the goalkeeper room in Columbus and Eric Dick’s chances of getting a shot at the keeper position in MLS as well as dealing with absences due to international play and tournaments like the Gold Cup. (54:50-57:07) Greg comes back to wrap up Soccer Saturday with what he dubs the Gold Cup Corner to talk about the Concacaf Gold Cup to wrap up a busy hour on Saturday morning.

17 Juli 20211h

(00:00-02:15) - Greg Rakestraw is back with another edition of Soccer Saturday after a well deserved vacation and opens today's show by previewing what today's show will entail and previews the upcoming schedule for the Indy Eleven. (05:17-20:37) - Interim head coach of the Indy Eleven in Max Rogers returns to the program to recap the club's draw against Atlanta United from Wednesday, how encouraged his was with the way the team is starting to play in the recent matches, and how the club will handle the upcoming travel schedule where the club will be flying or traveling in three or four consecutive days. (23:38-37:14) - Author Roger Bennett of Reborn in the USA: An Englishman's Love Letter to His Chosen Home joins Greg Rakestraw on Soccer Saturday to explain the feedback that he has received since his book was published on June 29th of this year, jokes about how he had to write a book about England to end their curse for the UEFA European Championship, and tells some backstories from England and his time in the USA. (40:16-47:50) - Following his conversation with Roger Bennett, Greg takes a look at the Men's National Team schedule and the Women's National Team schedule. Greg Rakestraw also touches on the Gold Cup roster for the USMT because there are a handful of the top American players sitting out of the Gold Cup to rest up. (50:51-57:03) - In conclusion of today's edition of Soccer Saturday, Greg Rakestraw takes a look at all the soccer matches that are going on in the USL and gives his prediction as to who will win the UEFA European Championship tomorrow night.

10 Juli 20211h

(00:00-06:37) - While Greg Rakestraw enjoys a vacation, Indy Eleven's John Koluder (Senior Director of Communications and Marketing) fills in as the host of today's edition of Soccer Saturday. In the opening segment, John spends some time looking at the standings as we near the halfway point of the season, giving you the specials that will be available for tonight's match, and shares his excitement for the opening of tailgating this weekend. (09:38-19:58) - Assistant Coach Phil Presser joins John Koluder and Josh Mason to explain how the recent results on the road might be able to improve their performance at Carrol Stadium, what is different about the team now in comparison to when Martin Rennie was the head coach of the Indy Eleven, and how the fans really help with the team's confidence. (22:59-33:30) - Assistant Coach Phil Presser rejoins for a second segment with John Koluder and Josh Mason and details his involvement with the USL Academy in connection with the Indy Eleven and how the USL Academy games can lead to future opportunities to further young soccer athlete's careers. (36:32-45:51) - Midfielder Patrick Seagrist of the Indy Eleven on loan from Inter Miami, joins John Koluder on Soccer Saturday to explain how the acclimation process is going for him at this point in the season, how nice it has been playing in the mid-west in comparison to playing out east or down south, and how the team has responded to the change of Max Rogers as the interim head coach after Martin Rennie's departure. (48:52-57:27) - John Koluder wraps up today's edition of Soccer Saturday in the same way Greg Rakestraw would by giving you all the news and notes you need heading into this upcoming week of soccer both for the Indy Eleven and nationally.

3 Juli 20211h