Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard

McKennie Flying High, MLS Transfer Fact & Fiction, and United Rock Arsenal | Unfiltered Soccer

27 Jan 2026

1h 11m

14096 words

4 speakers

27 Jan 2026

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MLS transfer rumors are flying! On Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard, our hosts are joined by MLS Insider for The Athletic Tom Bogert to discuss Josh Sargent’s hopes for Toronto FC, WHEN Tristan Blackmon's journey out of Vancouver began, what went wrong between Chucky Lozano and San Diego FC, and how on EARTH are Inter Miami buying all of these players?! The guys also look at Patrick Agyemang and Weston McKennie’s superb performances abroad, and if Ricardo Pepi is on his way to the Premier League. Speaking of England, Tim and Landon dive into Manchester United’s upset over Arsenal and how Michael Carrick is shaping up in the driver’s seat at Old Trafford. In the AT&T Mailbag, the guys are talking free kicks for USMNT, wild travel stories from their national team days, a new rule about throw ins and Producer Jordan owes a Toffee an apology. New episodes of Unfiltered Soccer with Landon and Tim drop every Tuesday. Subscribe to the show on YouTube and follow on all your favorite podcast platforms. For bonus content and to send your mailbag questions in to the show, follow on all social media platforms @UnfilteredSoccer. (https://www.unfilteredsoccer.com). Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard is presented by Volkswagen. Learn more at https://bit.ly/4g8bZG3. Thank you to our additional sponsors: AT&T. Connecting Changes Everything. Visit https://att.com/guarantee to learn more. Coors Light. Choose Chill. Get Coors Light delivered. Go to CoorsLight.com/USLNT FanDuel. Secure your chance to score $150 BUCKS in bonus bets today. Download the FanDuel App to check out today's Soccer Daily Specials betting odds. This episode of Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard was edited and mastered by Andrew Hartley, Jeremy Steinkamp, and Collin Kushner, with engineering support from Eric Newell. Our producers are Jordan Rizzieri and Andrew Gundling. Our social media lead is Dan Armelli and our social editor is Kyle Curley. 00:00 Intro 1:54 Tom Bogert joins the show! 2:45 Sargent & Blackmon situations 8:26 Inter Miami's deals 13:20 Puig's status with the Galaxy 16:16 Lozano and SDFC 20:22 Nancy back to MLS? 22:48 Big names to MLS? 24:55 Pepi to Fulham? 26:05 Coors Light Unfiltered Refresh 29:40 USMNT on USLNT 34:02 McKennie's form 37:40 USMNT head-to-head 42:12 United upset Arsenal 52:35 FanDuel Stoppage Time 58:07 AT&T Fan Connection Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chapters

1. What is the main topic discussed in this episode? 2. What are the latest MLS transfer rumors involving Josh Sargent? 3. How is Inter Miami managing to acquire so many players? 4. What went wrong between Chucky Lozano and San Diego FC? 5. What is the status of Ricardo Pepi's potential move to the Premier League? 6. How did Weston McKennie perform in his recent matches? 7. What happened in the Manchester United vs Arsenal match? 8. What interesting travel stories do the hosts share from their national team days?

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Landon Donovan

Tom Bogert

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Tim Howard

Transcription

Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

0.031 - 3.796 Tim Howard

I think it's brilliant what they're doing in Miami. Is it just simply the Messi effect?

Chapter 2: What are the latest MLS transfer rumors involving Josh Sargent?

3.836 - 7.902 Tim Howard

Like, I'll give up my firstborn to go live in Miami and play with Messi?

8.563 - 13.71 Tom Bogert

It's a good question. It's a fair question, right? This is a club that has had sanctions for cheating in the past.

13.85 - 23.503 Tim Howard

I'm also wondering if there's another side to this where, and I'm calling it like the Messi mafia, where he basically goes, sit down, pour my mate. How much did the club offer you?

Chapter 3: How is Inter Miami managing to acquire so many players?

23.683 - 25.566 Tim Howard

Here's a pen. Sign the contract.

27.503 - 36.752 Unknown

Unfiltered Soccer with Landon and Tim presented by Volkswagen. Volkswagen has long been a supporter of soccer in America and has proudly been a partner of U.S. Soccer for over five years.

37.293 - 41.938 Tim Howard

Welcome to Unfiltered Soccer presented by Volkswagen. He's Landon. I'm Tim.

Chapter 4: What went wrong between Chucky Lozano and San Diego FC?

42.138 - 49.465 Tim Howard

LD. I'm bunkered in, bro. It's snowing. No time to get to the studio. Just at home. It's wild. I know you don't get any.

49.626 - 51.528 Unknown

Oh, I realize that's why you're not in the CICF.

51.548 - 51.728 Tim Howard

Yeah.

Chapter 5: What is the status of Ricardo Pepi's potential move to the Premier League?

52.028 - 53.95 Unknown

You're not allowed to leave when it snows.

53.93 - 58.927 Tim Howard

I don't want to leave. I was I was I did that yesterday. I'm staying in.

58.947 - 79.171 Unknown

I'm bunkered into my wife is currently in Vegas with my son and his two friends for their birthday. We're all going, I'm flying this morning up to San Jose to go to this place called Crunch Labs with this guy named Mark Rober. If you haven't seen this guy, like these people are crazy, dude. They live in this universe where he gets like hundreds of millions of views on videos.

79.191 - 83.558 Unknown

I'd never heard of him, but every 10 year old kid who's into engineering and science and all that loves this guy.

Chapter 6: How did Weston McKennie perform in his recent matches?

84.159 - 102.385 Unknown

Anyway, he was kind enough to invite us all up. So we're going up there, but I'm bunkered in because I have my two youngers. One of them was throwing up all night. Anyways, so we'll stop complaining, get to the good stuff. Follow us on social media at Unfiltered Soccer. Make sure you hit that subscribe button to the show on YouTube and make sure you follow on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

102.405 - 106.59 Unknown

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Chapter 7: What happened in the Manchester United vs Arsenal match?

106.65 - 114.801 Unknown

It's going to be a lot of fun. As always, you can email Jordan feedback at unfilteredsoccer.com to get your questions on the show. All right, Timmy, what do we got today?

114.781 - 122.882 Tim Howard

Got a guest. We got one of our favorite guests. He is a writer for The Athletic, MLS Insider, and all around good guy, but big friend of the show.

123.103 - 124.226 Unknown

A returning champion.

124.526 - 131.344 Tim Howard

That's right. Tom Bogert, welcome in. We've got lots of things to pep you with about MLS, man. It's coming up hot and heavy. How are you?

131.364 - 136.393 Tom Bogert

What's going on, guys? I'm good. I am down the Jersey Shore. I am also bunkered in.

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Chapter 8: What interesting travel stories do the hosts share from their national team days?

136.593 - 144.307 Tom Bogert

We shoveled four times yesterday. Tim, Landon, it's good to hear the parenting stories. My wife is expecting our first kid.

144.507 - 144.848 Unknown

Oh, yeah.

144.988 - 152.361 Tom Bogert

Soon. So I'll keep some of those tips in the back pocket. My condolences. To serial complaints. And we'll get going from there.

152.381 - 155.166 Tim Howard

I love your Jersey Shore connection. It's amazing.

155.264 - 158.208 Unknown

Tom, do you go by Bogey, by the way? Do people call you Bogey?

158.268 - 163.756 Tom Bogert

Yeah, my dad had that nickname more than me, but yeah, that definitely stuck in the athletic arenas.

164.156 - 184.444 Unknown

All right, we're going to call you Bogey. Okay, let's dive in. So this TFC stuff with Josh Sargent in Norwich City, what's the latest? Why only Toronto? It seems like there's a lot of places that he could potentially go. Maybe St. Louis now. I know they're from there and with Jao Klaus leaving and we'll get to that. Why Toronto? Will it happen? What's the latest?

184.981 - 202.799 Tom Bogert

Yeah, there's lots on pack here. So Toronto FC and Norwich have been negotiating over Josh Sargent since the beginning of December. Josh Sargent wants this move. He wants to return to North America for family reasons. Him and his family just welcomed their third kid. And this is why he didn't go to Germany when there was a bid accepted for Wolfsburg.

203.199 - 222.899 Tom Bogert

If he was going to leave Norwich, he wanted to come back to MLS to North America. Toronto FC is what he has his heart set on. There's reports of interest from Nottingham Forest or some other places like... It's immaterial because he has made it clear to North city. He's made it clear to other clubs. I only want to go to Toronto and a quick sidebar. You brought up St. Louis.