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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