The World Cup final is upon us, the semi finals are over and North America's summer of soccer has reached it's peak. We've got Hayden Bird of the Boston Globe and Sam Lattof in to recap the semi finals and get ready for the final.

You can follow Hayden on BlueSky and check out his soccer coverage on Boston.com.

You can follow Thomas on BlueSky and Sam as well.

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The World Cup has completed two knockout rounds and the final stages are nearly here. The quarterfinals begin on Thursday in Foxboro and conclude on Saturday night. Hayden Bird from the Boston Globe and Boston.com is here to recap the round of 16 and get us all set for the quarterfinals.

You can follow Hayden on BlueSky and check out his soccer coverage on Boston.com.

You can follow Thomas on BlueSky.

Let us know what you think about the show, send us your suggestions and anything else at thebentmusketig@gmail.com.

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The roundtable has assembled for a World Cup special! We got together to chart the US's path to the quarterfinals, figure out who the real contenders are, who's in trouble and what individually have impressed the most so far.

We’ve got the usual crew here to talk about all of it…

Our guests join from:

United in Green podcast covering the Vermont Green

The Friggin Soccer Show podcast covering Portland Hearts of Pine

Raising Anchor a podcast covering Rhode Island FC

The Average Fan Podcast that covers Hartford Athletic

You can find all these podcasts on The Blazing Musket as part of our podcast network along with Revolution Recap and The Swan Dive.

We hope you like this episode and be sure to like, subscribe and leave us a review if you do wherever you get your podcasts from!

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