Hot Takes LIVE | Put Zink on the Bench? Is the Mbokazi hype real? Can Lod hang with Franco? | 402

About this episode

The episode discusses player performances and team strategies as the season progresses, with live call-ins from listeners.

It's the end of March and the season hasn't gone exactly how GGG and the Fire have planned. Is All-Star performer Philip Zinkernagel headed to the bench? Mbekezeli Mbokazi came to Chicago with all of South Africa behind him, has he lived up to that kind of hype? Lod came in to compliment Franco like Brian Gutiérrez, has he filled the hole? Live call-ins are back! Recorded LIVE March 26th, 2026.

Topics covered

• soccer
• player performance
• live call-ins
• team strategy
• hype analysis

Keywords

• soccer
• Philip Zinkernagel
• Mbekezeli Mbokazi
• Lod
• Franco
• live call-ins
• GGG
• Fire

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: GGG, Fire

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