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After a temporary hiatus due to very, very poor sound in the rooms that Jimmy has been at in New York City, which has gotten better, albeit slightly, Jimmy and Frank are back and better than ever with a preview of the 17th season of Major League Soccer, they answer questions from their adoring fans and they guilt new NBC Sports Analyst, Kyle Martino, on to talk about what to look out for this year.

Continuing on with our MLS Season preview, we bring Chivas USA midfielder and college champion out of Wake Forrest, Michael Lahoud, who joins us in studio here in Los Angeles. We talk about their recent trip to Portland, we discussed the specific preparations Chivas are taking ahead of the new season, and we bring up some of the extra work Mike does on the side for various causes and charities. We thoroughly enjoy our time with Mr. Chivas Spice himself.

Our audience are lucky for this one today. The Sun's Chief Football Writer and self-proclaimed Chelsea supporter, Rob Beasley, discusses the firing of Chelsea Boss, Andre Villas Boas. We discuss the "Special One's Return", and learn that the CFC Fan Beasley has told him not to return, via email. We also get the insider information that Germany's own Joachim Loew is in talks with Roman about stepping in as new Chelsea manager.

Steve Ralston, former MLS and USMNT standout, and current coach for the Houston Dynamo, is the first guest to step on the pitch for us today.

Martin Rogers is back with another edition of the Yahoo! Soccer Podcast. Rogers focuses this week on predictions for the rest of the season. Michael Pearlman joins Rogers to give us the top to bottom predictions for the EPL table, the winner of the FA Cup and the Winner of the Champions League.

The Sports Illustrated, Blizzard, Guardian, and European Football contributor to several other media outlets, Ben Lyttleton comes on to give us a look at today's Champions League fixtures.

Ryan Taylor, from Newcastle United, joins us for a chat on how the very successful Newcastle campaign.

Join Jimmy and Frank in their, pardon the expression, frank discussion of Jimmy's move to New York City to work on YouTube's new soccer channel, Kick, and some other stuff, which includes David Beckham's new underwear line, if anyone pays attention to the MLS pre-season results and if they should, and an in-depth interview with the prolific goalscorer from the San Jose Earthquakes, Chris Wondolowski. Like always, this is a pretty cool show, but this time Jimmy tries to make it the best ever by doing his impression of a robot, thanks to his excessive nasal congestion and the questionable acoustics in the room he is recording in. Take a listen.

Orr Barouch, Midfielder, Chicago Fire, joins the show to discuss the Fire's pre-season and how the team is shaping up for the new MLS season.

Gary Al-Smith and Tom Legg join the show for a final review of the African Cup of Nations tournament. Congratulations to Zambia for winning the the contest.

Sophie welcomes Goal.com's Eric Gomez to the hot-seat behind the mic and we're quite titillated to have him. ACN's round table with Gary Al-Smith and Tom Legg. EPL review with Martin and Dean Jones of the People, and Tim Stannard of 4-4-2 all in today's show.

A.J. de la Garza, Defender, LA Galaxy, joins the show from the start to talk about the Galaxy defending their title ahead of the new season.

With Jimmy and Frank knee-deep in other life commitments, which may or may not be to each other since it's legal in some states, Jimmy saved this incredibly candid interview with New England Revolution head coach, Jay Heaps, from a few weeks ago just for this occasion. Among other things and without giving away the ending, Jimmy asks Jay how the hell he got the job without any legitimate coaching experience, how he tells his former teammates/current friends that they don't fit into the plans anymore, how he manages the salary cap in an MLS world where the rules change daily, and if the rumors of the Krafts being cheap are true. So, in summation, this interview might be the best one we've conducted so far and we've conducted a lot of kick ass interviews. Tune in, enjoy, and you'll probably learn something.

In anticipation for the Tottenham vs. Man City clash on Sunday, we are honored to have the Spanish-Dutch left footed wizard, none other than Tottenham's own, and World Cup finalist, Rafael Van der Vaart, on the show this morning with Martin and Sophie! We are extremely pleased to be able to call Rafa our first "player-guest" of 2012!

We are firstly joined by Benny Feilhaber, from the New England Revolution, to discuss his preparations for the upcoming MLS season.