The Hot Cast

Grand Closing

Rubena nd RJ are back for the season finale of the Hot Cast. They start by talking about Greg Berhalter wasting no time on the roster decisions of players with 2025 club options; dropping all but Jeff Gal and Jonathan Dean. Then they review the season starting with the winter transfer window. They try to find the flashpoint of when it became a year to forget for the club after it started out relatively well and what could have been done to change it. They end the show by discussing the stadium news and Joe Mansueto owning White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf. All that and more on the season 6 finale of the Hot Cast!.

Birthday Present

The Chicago Fire have a new Top Man. And it is who we thought it was. Ruben and RJ examine the hiring of Gregg Berhalter from every conceivable angle. They start with the big picture stuff about what his responsibilities are going to it. In the second half of the show, the hosts go to Magical Christmas Land to discuss who Berhalter could potentially recruit to his project and take a look at the most important area they need to improve, center back. All that and more on this week's Hot Cast.

Go Quietly In to That Good Night

The Chacago Fire are all but done with 2024 and Ruben and RJ are here to start the three-week mourning period. They discuss the losses against Nashville and Montreal and lament the fact that the Fire look like they'd rather be anywhere else. In the second half of the show, they take a look at the rest of the league and look at what the MLS playoffs will look like, including Fraud Watch 2024!! All that and more on this week's Hot Cast.

Deep Dive

Ruben and RJ are back to discuss all things Chicago Fire. They start with the loss against DC and as promised, Ruben takes a deep dive into the Fire's tactics and tries to identify the difference between the first and second halves. A hint: It revolves around playing players where they're most comfortable. In the second half of the show, they discuss the Fire players on the Free Agent list released by the MLSPA, Mauricio Pouchitino to the USMNT and Gregg to the Fire. All that and bruised eyes on this week's episode of the podcast.

We're Cooked

Better late than Never, it's this week's Hot Cast! Ruben and RJ are back to discuss what went wrong against Inter Miami and if the problems can be fixed or is it too little to late in 2024. In the second half of the show, your hosts go back and forth on what there is to look forward to for the rest of the season. And Ruben has a warning for the Chicago Fire Game Ops department. All that plus Video Games!! on this week's Hot Cast.