Founding Futbol
By Blue Wire
Founding Futbol is a weekly podcast that explores soccer’s journey in America, analyzing how key moments in the sport’s history have contributed to its rising level of popularity. The show features research and expert guests as it breaks down 52 key events that have influenced growth of soccer in the United States.
Host Kent Malmros combines narrated research with long-form interviews in each episode. Founding Futbol will provide in-depth analysis on topics such as Title IX, Pelé’s time in New York, the USWNT’s dominance and Paul Caligiuri’s iconic 1989 goal.
Host Kent Malmros combines narrated research with long-form interviews in each episode. Founding Futbol will provide in-depth analysis on topics such as Title IX, Pelé’s time in New York, the USWNT’s dominance and Paul Caligiuri’s iconic 1989 goal.
Latest episode
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Extra Time: Joanna Lohman on Amplifying Impact
Joanna Lohman made a massive impact on the soccer community with her big personality, trademark mohawk and steadfast belief in advocacy for equality. -
Chapter Fifty: The Women Win Equal Pay (with Jeffrey Kessler)
When the USWNT took legal action against US Soccer in 2016 and again in 2019, Jeffrey Kessler was there to help ultimately guide them to a settlement in 2022. -
Extra Time: David Copeland-Smith's Beast Mode Soccer
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Chapter Forty-Nine: Soccer Takes Over Instagram (with Kelley O'Hara)
Instagram has provided soccer with a platform to accentuate its beauty and also connect players, like guest Kelley O'Hara, with fans in a deeper way. -
Extra Time: Welcome to Wrexham's Josh Drisko
Josh Drisko is an editor and showrunner on Welcome to Wrexham, a show that has opened the door to soccer in America for casual fans. -
Extra Time: Angel City's Julie Uhrman
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Chapter Forty-Eight: The Hollywoodization of Soccer (with Saskia Webber)
Angel City FC and Wrexham AFC are two teams in the soccer world that have a direct connection to Hollywood, and have drawn new and different types of American fans to the game. -
Extra Time: Charles Curtis, For The Win
Charles Curtis, managing editor of USA Today's "For The Win" joined the show to discuss Ted Lasso's pop culture relevance -
Chapter Forty-Seven: Ted Lasso (with Andrés Martinez)
Ted Lasso gave an entirely new group of Americans another way to enter the soccer world. -
Extra Time: The Analytical Mind of Ravi Ramineni
Ravi Ramineni was an early pioneer in the field of soccer analytics and created a standard during his nine years with the Seattle Sounders that many have since followed.