In this episode of Soccer In Snow & Smoke, University of Montana business professor Justin Angle joins Andrew Houghton for a wide-ranging conversation about the economic structure of world soccer. What are the financial incentives in a sport with no draft or salary cap? What American sport does it have surprising similarities to? And what's Justin's answer to the eternal question: Will soccer make it in America ..read more

Jay Risser, a youth coach at FC Missoula, joins Andrew Houghton on this edition of Soccer In Snow & Smoke to talk about his playing career as a towering striker at Penn State, the strong soccer culture that's growing in Missoula and around the West, and how best to coach a team of 7- to 10-year-old girls ..read more

It's all about the champions in this edition of Soccer In Snow & Smoke, the new podcast from ESPN Missoula Radio. First, Montana head coach Chris Citowicki joins Andrew Houghton and Colter Nuanez as the Griz celebrate their Big Sky tournament championship and prepare for their opening-round NCAA Tournament game against Washington State. All four high school state champions are also represented, with Hellgate players Marcus Anderson and Loren Deskins, Billings West girls coach Rob Zimmerman, Whitefish boys coach John Lacey and Laurel girls coach Tom Maack recapping their journeys to state-t ..read more

Whitefish achieved a rare double in Class A with both its boys and girls soccer teams taking home the state titles. In this episode, relive those seasons as Bulldogs boys coach John Lacey talks getting back to the top of the mountain (2:50), and girls coach Roland Benedict shares how his team was able to bounce back and break through after a title-game loss a year ago (22:39 ..read more

In this episode of Soccer In Snow & Smoke, the new podcast from ESPN Missoula, Andrew Houghton is joined by two people with unique perspectives on the game. First, TV reporter Adrian Luevano talks about growing up with Mexican heritage in California and how that's shaped his fandom for both countries' national teams. Then, high school soccer coach Liam Pope breaks down his semi-pro playing career in England, his decades-long love of Manchester United and how Cristiano Ronaldo's return to the Red Devils came full circle ..read more

After a historic regular season, Montana Griz players Maddie Ditta and Charley Boone visited the ESPN MT studios to talk prepping for the conference tournament, the funniest player on the team and how the Griz put together their stellar defensive unit ..read more

Montana Grizzlies head coach Chris Citowicki has taken the Griz to two NCAA Tournaments in three seasons. In this edition of Soccer in Snow & Smoke, Citowicki joins Andrew Houghton for an in-depth discussion about the Grizzlies' unique 3-5-2 formation, how he recruits to win, where he eventually wants to take the program and much more ..read more

After a one-year sojourn at Villanova, goalkeeping coach J Landham is back on staff with the Montana Grizzlies. In a wide-ranging Soccer In Snow & Smoke, Landham talks about realizing the move that was best for his career wasn't best for him (1:30), using stats vs. the eye test (28:35), the new tactical trends he's seeing in the game (31:22), how Ashlyn Dvorak has filled Camellia Xu's shoes for the Griz (37:45) and much, much more ..read more

Glen Wall, the guru of high school soccer stats in Montana, joined Andrew Houghton for an only slightly late preview of the 2023 Class AA soccer seasons. Glen and Andrew talked state-title contenders, stars who are gone and the players who might rise up in their absence to write the story of the 2023 season ..read more

This summer on Nuanez Now, Colter Nuanez and Andrew Houghton caught up with both Montana Gatorade soccer players of the year - Bozeman Gallatin's Olivia Collins and Missoula Hellgate's Brady Reed - along with Missoula Sentinel goalkeeper Kassidy Kirgan. Now, you can listen to all three of those interviews in one place on Soccer In Snow & Smoke, featuring Olivia Collins on winning the first state title in Bozeman history and heading on to Boise State (3:17), Brady Reed on continuing Hellgate's dynasty and the opportunity that will force him to leave Montana (14:03), and Kassidy Kirgan on wh ..read more