The Double Pivot: Soccer analysis, analytics, and commentary

With Goodman on paternity leave, Caley has been lining up guests. This week features SB Nation writer, advice columnist and man-about-Twitter Zito Madu (@_Zeets) for a conversation about the confusing (but also not actually bad yet) summer transfer windows of Arsenal and Barcelona, with a little bonus advice at the end.

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Meg Linehan (@itsmeglinehan) goes deep on Megan Rapinoe and the meanings and contexts of her activism, in particular her advocacy for racial justice causes as a gay white woman. Meg calls in the big guns for this pod, joined by a scholar of theology studying racial justice movements, Marjorie Corbman, who also happens to be Meg's wife. That's right y'all, it's a wifepod. 

Oh and also it's about the World Cup final and stuff.

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We got together this weekend to talk about the US game, how Meg's wife jump-started one of the best news stories of the week, the disappointing Germans, the ehhhhhh Dutch, the sad story of France, and everything else we could jam into a pod.

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When a topic arises too important, too pressing to wait for our normal recording schedule, we bring you the emergency pod you need. Meg Linehan (@itsmeglinehan) is in France, joined by Allison McCann (@atmccann) of the New York Times, to talk about Marta's bold lip and the topic of makeup at the World Cup. It's a good one.

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Women's World Cup roundup and a big time guest

USA wins by a lot, other teams win by less!

Over at patreon.com/doublepivot, we've got a special transferpod, going into depth on the moves Real Madrid have made, what this means for their team next season, and how this affects some key Premier League sides, especially Spurs, United and Chelsea. 

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Double Pivot's new WWC correspondent takes us through the groups

Breaking down what to expect in a fascinating game. We come at the tactics through the lineups, how different tweaks to personnel could support different approaches by Spurs and Liverpool.

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Mike and Michael get into the final day of the Serie A season -- late Sunday matches are the ones to watch -- and then for the FA Cup. But it's not a game recap, and there's not much to recap. Why has everyone gotten mad at Manchester City suddenly? What must we as fans confront when we think and talk about the sportwashing ownership model practiced by the United Arab Emirates and Qatar?

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