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

Cremaschi scoops Young POTY award, Cardoso shines for Atleti, MLS silly season (Soccer 1/15)

·1 hr 9 min·4 clips

Ben Kramowski links the award to his cousin with Angelman Syndrome and the $10,000 donation to FAST.

1. Call It What You Want: A CBS Sports Golazo Network Podcast opens with Americans abroad, Atletico Madrid, AC Milan, Bundesliga, and a Parma interview with Ben Kramowski. 2. Jimmy Conrad hosts with Charlie Davis and Tony Miola, and Kramowski joins from Parma after winning U.S. Soccer's 2025 Young Male Player of the Year. 3. The episode asks whether Johnny Cardoso, Christian Pulisic, and Kramowski can turn club form into national-team opportunity. 4. Johnny Cardoso plays 90 minutes for Atletico Madrid in a 1-0 Copa del Rey win over Deportivo La Coruña, and the hosts focus on his role under Diego Simeone. 5. Charlie Davis says Cardoso has often looked best as an eight or a player between a six and a 10, rather than as a pure six. 6. The group notes that Cardoso has 12 games before the March window, including a Real Madrid trip to the Bernabeu before roster decisions are set. 7. Christian Pulisic misses two breakaway chances in AC Milan's 1-1 draw with Fiorentina, and Maxi Allegri says, 'Ifs and buts get you nowhere.' 8. Tony Miola argues that Nicholas Fulkrug gives Milan a true number nine, which should create more space for Pulisic and Rafael Leao. 9. The hosts describe Fulkrug as an old-school center forward who can hold up play, occupy center backs, and unlock runs behind him. 10. Other Americans abroad include Jonathan Gomez in Alaves' 3-1 Copa del Rey win over Real Madrid, Pellegrino Matarazzo's Real Sociedad penalty-shootout win over Osasuna, Tim Weah in Marseille's 9-0 Coupe de France win, and Austin Trusty in Celtic's 1-0 victory over Falkirk. 11. The Bundesliga segment covers Joe Scali's difficult outing in Borussia Monchengladbach's 4-0 loss to Hoffenheim and Gio Reyna not getting off the bench. 12. Kevin Paredes returns after eight months with an ankle injury and makes another late substitute appearance for Wolfsburg against James Sands and St. Pauli. 13. Kramowski says 2025 pushed him from Miami to Italy, calling the move 'a big step forward' and a chance to grow in uncomfortable conditions. 14. He says Parma has been welcoming, but he still needs more minutes and says he will not 'take my foot off the gas for a single second.' 15. Kramowski explains that the transition to Serie A is tactical and unforgiving, saying 'they punish you in two seconds' when a mistake is made. 16. He says Serie A games stay closed for 90 minutes, unlike MLS matches that can open up late when players tire. 17. The interview format is warm and conversational, with the hosts interrupting, joking, and then shifting into serious personal questions about family and development. 18. Kramowski becomes emotional discussing Angelman Syndrome, his cousin, and the FAST charity donation tied to the award. 19. Fans tracking U.S. youth internationals, Parma, and American midfield prospects would get the most from this episode. 20. Listeners wanting only match results and no long-form player interviews may skip it.

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