Hosts Tom Kolker, Jake Zivin and Richard Farley talk about the MLS offseason and check in with Miami Herald soccer beat writer Michelle Kaufman and Drake Hills of The Tennessean about the new MLS teams: Inter Miami and Nashville SC.

Diego Chara is fearless on the soccer field, but outside the lines, the Timbers mainstay is afraid of water.

On this episode of Breaking Lines, we catch up with Portland long-time midfielder before the main part of his offseason, one which will see him and his family return to their native Colombia for the first time in three years. We also get Chara's lessons on fatherhood and take him through the would you rathers that occupy his co-workers at Providence Park.

Hosts Tom Kolker, Jake Zivin and Richard Farley talk about the 2019 MLS Cup, the trade activity in the league and updates on the Timbers offseason. The group also talk to ESPN soccer play-by-play announcer Jon Champion.

Larrys Mabiala has quickly become one of the Timbers’ most important players, establishing a presence along the backline that transcends his two-and-a-half seasons with the team. During that time, both on the field and off, he’s become one of the team’s cultural cornerstone, providing an example both on the field and, for a team where facets like fatherhood and balance are disproportionately important, off.

On this episode of Breaking Lines, we talk to the veteran defender about his current offseason, his parenting style, the importance of belief, as well as fashion, with Mabiala beginning this week’s conversation by trying to help our helpless host.

Hosts Tom Kolker and Richard Farley are joined by soccer play-by-play man Jake Zivin to talk with Timbers and Thorns FC GM and President of Soccer Gavin Wilkinson about how the club is approaching the offseason.