Call It What You Want: A CBS Sports Golazo Network Podcast · CBS Sports, USMNT, U.S. Soccer, MLS, World Cup, UCL, Americans Abroad

Cobi Jones talks statues & World Cups | Pepi scores, Jedi fitness concerns | MLS MD1 takeaways(Soccer 2/24)

·1 hr 14 min·5 clips

Kobe Jones says the statue means he is “etched in history for life.”

Jimmy opens the show with the usual mix of banter and agenda-setting. Charlie and Tony follow with a quick weekend check-in. Tony talks about getting bounced by the snowstorm and then being laid up with the flu. The group laughs through it, but the show keeps moving. They frame the day around Americans abroad and MLS weekend number one. The mood is light, but the questions are still serious. Who is playing well. Who is already wobbling. What should fans actually make of the first results. They also flag Weston McKinney's situation and whether a contract extension lands. Then they bring in Kobe Jones. Jimmy sets up Jones as a true U.S. men's national team legend. The panel runs through his 164 caps, his World Cup appearances, his Olympic team run, and his club honors. They talk about the statue coming outside Dignity Health Sports Park. Jones responds with the kind of humility you would expect from someone who has been around the game forever. The conversation keeps its easy rhythm. There is joking, there is ribbing, and there is real respect. The hosts lean into his UCLA connection too. That gives the interview a more personal edge instead of turning it into a formal tribute. After the guest segment, the show swings back to the soccer board. Tony circles the European match he is heading to call. The others keep the teasing going. The whole thing feels like a soccer room that knows when to laugh and when to get specific. It never gets glossy. It stays lived-in, opinionated, and useful. By the end, you know exactly where the hosts think the storylines are. You also know they are comfortable letting the show breathe while they get there. It closes with more teasing about the next lineup of guests and the usual promise to come back with more. That keeps the episode moving without pretending it is anything other than a panel show built on familiarity, memory, and fast reactions.

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A brisk soccer panel that mixes Americans abroad, MLS takeaways, and a Cobi Jones sit-down.

This episode starts with relaxed banter, then moves through Americans abroad, MLS weekend one, and a conversation with Cobi Jones tied to the statue unveiling outside Dignity Health Sports Park.

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You want U.S. soccer talk that actually sounds like people arguing in a room.

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