The Back Stick Podcast

About The Back Stick Podcast

Welcome to The Back Stick Podcast! Hosted by Jamil Roberts & Dom Okus, this is your weekly source of banter, professional soccer insider stories, and behind-the-scenes scoops from the MLS, USL, and all levels of the US Soccer pyramid. The Back Stick is all about authentic, funny and insightful soccer interviews that highlight the careers and personalities of pro players in the US. While also bridging the gap between passionate soccer fans and the professional soccer players they support week in, week out. Whether you’re a lifelong soccer or a football fan eager to get to know the players you cheer for, a lover of behind the scenes stories in professional sports, or just someone who loves soccer in the US at all levels from college to the pro’s, The Back Stick is the show for you! Expect unfiltered conversations, pro soccer insights that you won’t hear anywhere else, and plenty of laughs along the way.

Publisher

Jamil Roberts & Dom Okus

Category

health & fitness · sports · sports

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

6 Dec 2024

Latest episode

15 Jul 2025

Latest episodes

29 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Jul 2025

   Toby Sims - League Two Life With Harrogate Town, Pittsburgh Riverhounds, and His Return to America At Greenville - E28

   Send us a text This week on The Back Stick Podcast, it’s just Dom in the studio with Jamil on work duties! Dom sits down solo with Greenville Triumph defender Toby Sims, a versatile full-back with an incredible story that spans across the English Football League with Harrogate Town and the USL with Pittsburgh Riverhounds and now Greenville Triumph. From growing up in England to carving out a path through college soccer in the USA, Toby gives us an honest and in-depth look at the highs and low...

2. 

   10 Jun 2025

   Charlie Adams - From Brentford to Colorado Springs & The Untold Truths of USL Soccer - E27

   Charlie Adams, midfielder for Colorado Springs Switchbacks, recounts his soccer journey from Brentford to the USL, revealing the realities of playing in the league in this interview.

3. 

   3 Jun 2025

   Premier League 2024/25 End of Season Awards: Player, Young Star, Manager, Team Of The Season & More! - E26

   The hosts of The Back Stick Podcast analyze the standout players, rising stars, impactful signings, and managerial performances of the 2024/25 Premier League season, culminating in their Team of the Season selection.

Who has been a guest on The Back Stick Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Charlie Adams
• Mitch Osmond
• Pedro Dolabella
• Jam

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

67,143

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

81

Social presence

0

YouTube

72

Engagement

32

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.