Who had the best 2025 in soccer? On Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard, our hosts are taking a look back at the year in soccer, handing out some awards for the biggest players like Lionel Messi, Rose Lavelle, and Matt Freese, and talking about some of the most shocking moments of the year, from Luis Suarez’s antics to Christian Pulisic’s decision to skip the Gold Cup.
The guys go head to head in some podcast trivia, and cover a few stories from the end of the year including Tyler Adam’s MCL injury and the NWSL’s new High Impact Player rule.
In the AT&T Mailbag, Tim and Landon are fixing American soccer, comparing the soccer heroes of old to the current GOATs, and even considering a penalty box for tactical fouls.
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This episode of Unfiltered Soccer with Landon Donovan and Tim Howard was recorded at Quad Studios in NYC. This episode was edited and mastered by Andrew Hartley, Jeremy Steinkamp, and Carlos Sepulveda, 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
2:12 Sh*thousery of the Year
7:24 Best Performance of the Year
11:05 Red Card of the Year
17:11 Coors Light Unfiltered Refresh - Quote of the Year
21:56 Biggest Shock of the Year
28:48 Trivia time!
38:09 USLNT Moment of the Year
41:52 "Do Me a Favor" of the Year
44:52 U.S. Breakthrough Player of the Year
47:38 Team of the Year
50:02 FanDuel Stoppage Time
55:32 Tyler Adams injured
59:04 Will NWSL HIP rule keep Rodman?
1:00:59 NHTSA Crossroads
1:04:42 AT&T Fan Connection
1:28:42 Thank you for listening in 2025!
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