The best sports analysts are like the most-eloquent meteorologists. They can look up in the sky, or down at a map, and see myriad conditions conspiring to wrap us in sunshiny warmth or sweep us away in a flash flood. ESPN FC’s Alejandro Moreno, our old friend, is one of the best at reading Major League Soccer.
Earlier this week, Dispatch reporter Tom Reed and I put on our zoot suits and recorded the first of what we hope to be many “Soccer Speakeasy” podcasts, with producer Chuck Nelson on the mix. Tom and I blather for a bit, which you can skip — and then our inaugural guest phoned in.