Tuesday Pt1: Tense times for Ten Hag, Finalists for US Soccer Awards, MF Mailbag, XG explanation with ALExG (Soccer 12/12)

Nico Cantor, Marco Messina, Charlie Davies, and Alexis Guerreros kick off today’s show by taking a look at Group A from UEFA Champions League and what it will take for Man U to move on. Also, a preview of Copenhagen vs Galatasaray (1:47). Then, the team discuss those nominated for Player of the Year in regards to the USMNT and USWNT Awards (18:10). Next, the Morning Footy Mailbag is opened with heavy discussion of Champions League (22:55). And finally, Alexis and Charlie explain XG, the controversial analytic and why it is used and showcased so much (31:50). Poppy Miller joins from Manchester in Part Two of the Morning Footy podcast! Morning Footy is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and wherever else you listen to podcasts.  Follow the Morning Footy podcast on Twitter: @CBSSportsGolazo, @susannahcollins, @nicocantor1, @NotAlexis, @CharlieDavies9 For more soccer coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ Watch UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa Conference League, Serie A, Coppa Italia, CONCACAF, NWSL, Scottish Premiership, the Brasileiro, Argentine Primera División by subscribing Paramount Plus: https://www.paramountplus.com/home/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices