Kickback Soccer Media
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American soccer’s liveliest table talk.
Kickback Committee treats soccer like a group chat with real stakes. Susanna Fuller and a rotating mix of soccer voices move from MLS, NWSL, U.S. national teams, and World Cup talk into family updates, pop culture detours, and the strange little moments that make the sport feel lived in.
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Kickback Committee is American soccer talk with the door left open. Susanna Fuller sets a warm, conversational tone, then lets the room expand around whoever has joined the table. The result is a show that can talk seriously about MLS, NWSL, U.S. national teams, World Cup stakes, and club identity without sanding off the personal texture around those topics. It moves fast. A Star Wars aside can lead into a discussion of young MLS players driving interest beyond the biggest names. A check-in about weather in Chicago can become a conversation about the Chicago Stars, tactical resets, and what Emma Hayes might need from a balanced U.S. roster. A couples-podcast joke can turn into Arsenal title nerves and Premier League memory. The show is especially good at finding the human route into soccer analysis. Guests bring their own histories, fandoms, jobs, and anxieties, and the conversation usually lets those details breathe before tightening around the soccer point. Open Mic episodes stretch the format further, using sports-media guests such as Ryan Hunn and Bill Barnwell to trace how soccer sits inside broader sporting lives. Those episodes are not just celebrity drop-ins. They are about the odd paths people take into the game, the clubs they carry with them, and the communities that form around teams outside the usual global superpowers. Committee episodes keep the house energy more soccer-fronted, with rotating voices discussing league growth, player development, national-team expectations, and the daily weirdness of following the sport closely. The tone can be excited, frustrated, dry, or tender. It rarely feels distant. Even when the conversation turns to viewership strategy, roster construction, or the U.S. Open Cup, it stays grounded in people: players, families, fans, friends, and media peers trying to make sense of the moment. Kickback Committee suits listeners who already care about soccer but still want the conversation to feel social, funny, and alive.
Made for: For soccer fans who follow MLS, NWSL, U.S. national teams, World Cup storylines, and the culture around the game. It especially suits listeners who like analysis mixed with personality, media talk, fandom, and personal catch-ups.
What sets it apart: The show blends informed American soccer commentary with the intimacy of a rotating friend group. Its strongest moments come when tactical or league discussion opens into lived experience, from player routines to supporter communities and sports-media origin stories.
Kickback Soccer Media, host Susannah Fuller, and American soccer’s leading personalities invite you to join American soccer’s group chat. Come hang and chat about big goals, big ideas, and big hair with co-hosts David Gass, Jordan Angeli, Tom Bogert, Claudia Pagan, Mark-Anthony Kaye, and all of our soccer friends.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Kickback Committee pairs informed soccer discussion with candid accounts of the people, communities and off-field choices shaping the game.
Kickback Committee lets soccer conversation move between the field and the lives built around it. Susanna Fuller guides discussions of MLS, the U.S.
Susanna Fuller makes you consider FaceTime with the kids before calling a transfer a fresh start.
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Breezy banter up front, then a smart, hopeful MLS conversation that knows where the league is headed.
Kickback Committee starts loose and familiar, with Star Wars and Indiana Jones talk giving way to MLS and a practical question about what actually brings viewers in.
A grounded look at why soccer clubs can feel local, personal, and worth following.
This episode treats soccer as something people live with, not something they just consume. It stays close to the clubs, the supporters, the broadcast moments, and the small groups that gather around them.
A relaxed fill-in episode that still lands on Arsenal, family banter, and easy soccer conversation.
Kickback Committee turns a scheduling gap into a relaxed soccer conversation, with Susanna Fuller bringing in her husband Ian as the fill-in committee member and letting the banter do most of the work.
A relaxed soccer conversation that turns roster talk into something specific.
Susanna Fuller and Brianna Pinto open on Chicago weather and a reset in tone before settling into Emma Hayes's roster questions for the USWNT.
A warm, candid look at a major move and the family logistics around it.
Kickback Committee makes Walker Zimmerman's committee debut feel like a solid get. Susanna Fuller brings clear fan energy, then shifts into the personal side of the move: free agency, a new club, kids, a new house, and a baby on the way.
Rivalry panic with tactical receipts.
Kickback Committee opens with May the 4th banter, Star Wars jokes, and a quick detour into Indiana Jones.
A guest joins Susanna Fuller for a loose, warm conversation about the soccer threads running through his sports-media world.
Kickback Committee opens with a short-handed lineup.
Susanna Fuller opens with Brianna Pinto on an off day and the relief of getting back into game-week rhythm.
Host Susanna Fuller introduces an interview with NFL analyst Bill Barnwell, exploring his unexpected passion for soccer and his sports media career.
Host Susanna Fuller interviews soccer player Walker Zimmerman about his personal life, including his wife's pregnancy and family dynamics, with brief mentions of soccer topics.
Host Susanna Fuller interviews Jordan Angele about managing energy and sleep while juggling multiple roles in the soccer industry, including a discussion on Amy Poehler's podcast and bedtime routines.
This episode features a postgame reaction show discussing the US Men's National Team's performance against Portugal and their World Cup preparations, with guests including a soccer player and a journalist.
Host Susanna Fuller chats with soccer friend Matt Doyle about his recent move, sentimental attachments to possessions like soccer scarves, and the challenges of decluttering.
Susanna Fuller welcomes Walker Zimmerman to Kickback Committee and treats the booking like the get.
Kickback Committee's Open Mic features Mike Ryan Ruiz tracing his path from an unpaid Florida Panthers internship to executive producer of the Le Batard Show.
Kickback Committee host Susanna Fuller and Jordan Angeli review the U.S.
This episode features an interview with Ebun Olaloye, creator of the soccer lifestyle brand Live Breathe Football, discussing why Philadelphia is a great soccer city due to its diversity and community.
A casual Happy Hour podcast episode featuring soccer defender Paige Nielsen discussing her pets and personal life.
The hosts celebrate Baby Friday with casual banter and reminiscing about their past experiences together in a lighthearted happy hour episode.
The hosts interview former soccer player and journalist Charlie Davies about his media career transition and New England connections.
The hosts welcome Ian Fuller for a casual Happy Hour episode where they joke about third-wheeling, discuss drinks and merch, and reminisce about missed events.