Matt Pentz, Seattle Times

This week on the US Sports Podcast with Max Whittle, Seattle Sounders reporter Matt Pentz joins the show to look back on the 2016 MLS season, which concluded with the Sounders winning the MLS Cup over Toronto. Matt, who writes for the Seattle Times, talks about the Sounders season and how strange it was for a team to win the cup game without recording a single shot on target over 120 minutes. He then goes in-depth about how the Steven Gerrard project failed in Los Angeles, Robbie Keane's impact on the American game as he leaves the States after six seasons, David Beckham's ongoing Miami franchise project, Bruce Arena's appointment as Team USA head coach before advising the MLS on how it might improve its product and naming his favourite all-time American soccer player. The US Sports Podcast is sponsored by our partners at redzonesports.com - the bespoke British bookmaker for American sports. As well as the best odds on US sports, money can’t buy prize promotions and their very own cheerleading squad, you can get an exclusive £60 deposit match bonus as a new customer by using deposit code USSP on your first deposit. Simply enter code USSP when registering and double your money. Redzone is for over 18s only. Betting should be fun so please gamble responsibly.