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Season 1

Nov. 1, 2022

S1E119 - The Road Ended in Colorado

After a hard-fought match, our Republic says goodbye to the 2022 season with an extra-time defeat of 2-1 at Colorado. The SOTR team talks about it, the final standings for Podcast Winner Dinner, & what the plans are for the podcast in the off-season!

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Oct. 25, 2022

S1E118 - We got the TICKET to the WESTERN SEMIFINALS!

Last Saturday we had an awesome first playoff round game beating New Mexico 2-0! The SOTR team talks about the win, our Western Conference semi-final opponent Colorado Springs, & how the podcast winner dinner contest is going (2 pts. separate 1st & 2nd!!)

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Oct. 17, 2022

S1E117 - The HISTORIC Regular Season Finale!

Our Sac Republic ended the regular season in the BEST way possible. Beating the 2nd placed team, San Diego Loyal, 4-0 with a sold-out Heart Health Park! The SOTR team talks about this game & what the USL playoffs will be like in the West!

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Oct. 12, 2022

S1E116 - Everybody Gets a POINT! (Including Sac Republic!)

It was quite an interesting match where everybody (including Sac Republic & the SOTR team) got a point! The SOTR team talks all about the 1-1 tie vs Pittsburgh, and what the standings look like as we're just less than two weeks away from the USL playoffs!

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Oct. 3, 2022

S1E115 - Los Dos Goles Against Us...

The SOTR team talks about the last game in USL history for us against Los Dos (also Sharon & Jared are back on the pod at the same time!) and what the standings are looking like for the playoffs (just 2 games remaining!)!

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Sept. 30, 2022

S1E114 - The Quest for 3rd (or 4th) Place!

On today's episode, we talk about last Wednesday's loss at home 1-0 vs Rising, the USL Standings, how the playoff picture is looking like for us, and we have the return of USL Unsolved Mysteries presented by Jared!

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Sept. 25, 2022

S1E113 - Preparation for the 2022 USL Playoffs!

For the first time ever, Sharon & Jared decide to rotate for this episode and taking their place in this episode are Ryan Strange & Rave Bear! We talk about the return of Mario Penagos, the game at San Antonio, and what the playoff picture is looking like

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Sept. 20, 2022

S1E112 - Portland County SC U-23 Is That You?

Did we play against Orange County SC or Portland Timbers U-23 last Sunday? The SOTR team talks about Sac Republic's amazing win of 4-0 & the ridiculous conclusion of US Soccer's investigation in regards to the Orlando City "spygate" before the cup final..

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Sept. 15, 2022

S1E111 - A Welcome Back with a GOAL-FEST!

Last Saturday we were able to welcome our Sac Republic back home with an amazing goal-fest of a match that could've easily been 6 or 7-0! The SOTR team talks about the 4-0 win vs Loudoun United and we share the press conference post-game by Jack Gurr and

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Sept. 13, 2022

S1E110 - The Cup Final Recap!

The SOTR team talks about their experience in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup final at Orlando & the game itself!

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Sept. 5, 2022

S1E109 - Preparation for Thunder & Humidity!

Last Saturday's game at Louisville felt like a preparation for the thunder & humidity that we'll be experiencing in Orlando (even with a thunder delay too...). The SOTR team talks about the game at Louisville & the total of 7 points available in the cup f

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Sept. 2, 2022

S1E108 - The 101 on Orlando (Team, Food, Parking, & More!) w/Special …

On the podcast today we have special guest, Eddie Cruz from the Orlando Lions Den Podcast, to talk to us about all things Orlando (the team, food recommendations, parking places, how Sac Republic can beat Orlando lol, & more!)

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Aug. 31, 2022

S1E107 - Interview with the LEGEND Himself, Rodrigo "RoRo" Lopez!

We are honored to be able to talk to RoRo once again here on SOTR! He talks about his 3rd time now in Sacramento, the Open Cup, what's next for him in 10 years, and more!

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Aug. 29, 2022

S1E106 - THE FIRST WIN vs Oakland!

Last Saturday we beat Oakland Roots 1-0 and recorded our first-ever league win vs them! The SOTR team talks about the game which could've easily been 3-0 or 4-0 had it not been for those post shots!

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Aug. 24, 2022

S1E105 - Interview with Lee Neves, President of USL W's Stockton Carg…

Recently USL W's newest team representing the Central Valley, Stockton Cargo SC, revealed its name & team logo! And on the podcast, today is their president, Lee Neves, who talks to us about how he started the team, what the inspiration was for their logo

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Aug. 22, 2022

S1E104 - The 3 Points Stayed in Vegas...

Unfortunately, we weren't able to keep any points from our visit to Vegas, but it was a busy 3 games in one week, week! Jared talks to us about being at the game, we talk about what happened during the match, and USL Unsolved Mystery hosted by Jared is ba

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Aug. 19, 2022

S1E103 - The PAYBACK Game at Home!

Last Wednesday Sac Republic claimed the payback vs Colorado (and returned the 3-0 loss!)! The SOTR team talks all about this game, what the upcoming games before the Cup Final will be like, and a USL Unsolved Mystery!

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Aug. 16, 2022

S1E102 - No Points for Us at The Bay..

You can't win them all is what best describes last Saturday's game. The SOTR team talks about the 1-0 loss for the first time against Monterey Bay & the upcoming games on the road to the September 7th Cup Final!

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Aug. 10, 2022

S1E101 - The UNBEATEN Week!!

Just like Coach Briggs rotated players last Saturday, we rotate Sharon & Jared on this episode (listen to find out what happened!) We talk about the two recent Republic games vs New Mexico & RGV, Roro becoming Sac Republic's all-time Assist Leader, and a

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Aug. 3, 2022

S1E100 - The SOTR 100th SPECIAL Episode! (with AMAZING Special Guests…

We've reached 100TH EPISODES!! And of course we decided to record a special episode for everyone! We have five guests chosen from our first 99 episodes that represent the soccer community in the Central Valley area!

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July 31, 2022

S1E99 - GOAL-FEST at Charleston!

Sharon takes over hosting duties as Luis is traveling this week! Also, Tina joins us as our special guest co-host of the day! After an epic historic Open Cup semi-final game and advancing to the FINAL, our Republic had no break and traveled to Virginia to

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July 29, 2022

S1E98 - Our DREAM Became A REALITY! (with Special Guest, Connor Sutto…

WE ARE IN THE 2022 US OPEN CUP FINAL!! The dream of being able to play in the cup final that we all had the night before the game is now a REALITY! The SOTR team talks about it and is joined by Connor Sutton, Sac Republic's Director, Game Entertainment &

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July 26, 2022

S1E97 - The HISTORIC GAME Preview with Special Guest Todd Dunivant!

This week rather than having a town hall live, we've recorded it on the pod with a special guest Sac Republic President, Todd Dunivant! We talk about this Wednesday's HISTORIC Open Cup Semi-Finals game at Heart Health Park vs Sporting Kansas City!

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July 25, 2022

S1E96 - The Rotation Squad Gets A Valuable Tie At Phoenix!

Getting a tie at Phoenix wasn't easy considering a lot of our starters didn't make the trip out! Today we talk about the 0-0 game at Phoenix, Jared lets us know what the experience at the stadium was like (did IKEA burgers make a comeback?), and more!

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