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American Fiasco
The true story of how not to win the World Cup. With Roger Bennett of the Men in Blazers podcast.
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Ratings & Reviews
4.9 stars from 5,993 ratings
Great listen
Loved this series, grew up watching these players and idolizing this team, what a great listen!
Fletcherton via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 11/05/24
I really enjoyed this. It’s was equal parts great for the info and sad for delving into such a bad tournament
s durben via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 09/13/24
Fascinating look at team dynamics
I came across this on a recommendation and I binged it all in one day. The host is lively and funny, with his “outsider looking in” perspective as a Brit that had moved to the US. The podcast tells a story of how a rise of an underdog US soccer team was seemingly brought down by one bad decision...Read full review »
Trip score via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 06/20/24
Recent Episodes
After chronicling the rise and fall of the 1998 U.S. national team, Roger Bennett -- like Marty McFly in Back to the Future -- jumps into the DeLorean, sets the coordinates for present day, and blasts through space and time to return to 2018. Where he learns the Americans are once again mired in...
Published 06/11/18
Published 06/11/18
What do you do after you’ve just crashed and burned in a World Cup? That’s what the entire 1998 U.S. Men’s National Team was asking themselves, including the coach. The day after the team lost to Yugoslavia in its third and final World Cup game, Steve Sampson told the Washington Post that he...
Published 06/11/18
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