Hang on tight—MLS fans are in for a wild ride the rest of the summer.

On today’s episode, Taylor sits down with fellow MLS Season Pass analyst Sacha Kljestan, who participated in the All-Star Skills Challenge on Tuesday night. The two break down everything you need to know about Wednesday’s All-Star Game in Columbus between the best of MLS and LIGA MX. Then they look ahead to what’s sure to be an exciting Leagues Cup—which starts Friday, July 26.

Plus, Taylor shares a behind-the-scenes story from the 2005 All-Star Game, when he won MVP.

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Larry Nance Jr. has been in the NBA for almost a decade. But his true love isn’t basketball. It’s soccer.

On this week’s episode, Taylor sits down with Larry, a forward for the Atlanta Hawks, to learn what sparked his passion for the beautiful game. The first pro soccer match Larry attended was a Galaxy game when he was a rookie with the Lakers, and last year he became a part owner of Leeds United in England’s Championship division.

Larry also shares what it was like playing with Kobe and LeBron and talks about why the debate over those two greats is tougher for him than the Messi vs. Ronaldo question.

Offside With Taylor Twellman is a Major League Soccer podcast, produced by Apple TV and Rain Delay Media. Follow and listen on Apple Podcasts.

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Last year’s El Tráfico at the Rose Bowl was the United States’ most attended sports game of 2023, and the derby is one of the most exciting and bitterly contested rivalries in MLS. But it’s also one of the league’s newest. So how did El Tráfico reach these heights?

To tell the full story, we have to go back to a graffiti duel between fans waged on the streets of Los Angeles, before the LA Galaxy and LAFC ever played a game. We hear from Geoff Gouveia, whose mural for LAFC was defaced by Galaxy fans in 2017, and Ms. Yellow, a muralist who’s worked with the Galaxy.

But no story about El Tráfico would be complete without an account of that blockbuster first meeting, featuring superstars Carlos Vela and Zlatan Ibrahimović. Because on March 31, 2018, all that buildup between the fans paid off. Two players on the pitch that day, the Galaxy’s Daniel Steres (now with Houston) and LAFC’s Benny Feilhaber (now head coach of Sporting Kansas City II), break down one of the most exciting games in MLS history.

Offside With Taylor Twellman is a Major League Soccer podcast, produced by Apple TV and Rain Delay Media. Follow and listen on Apple Podcasts.

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