A scenario is playing out across the American soccer landscape. It’s synonymous to many of the cultural battles we’re seeing across society, and a plot worthy of place on the big screen. One where the people are pitted against capitalism. One where communities are pitted against corporations. And I unknowingly walked right into the middle...

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008 – Chattanooga FC with Sheldon Grizzle

Continuing our look at scouting, we move away from the US and across the Atlantic. But not to Europe. In this episode, we’re headed to Africa to take a look at a MASSIVE scouting effort that spanned the entire continent and was headed by the same scout credited for developing Lionel Messi. With the 2022...

007 – Scouting Africa, with Sebastian Abbot, Author of The Away Game

You’re watching your favorite team and everything is going well, when all of a sudden the star player goes down injured. On comes the backup. No one had even heard of him until he was signed by your team, but now he’ll be called upon to fill a vital role in the squad. So how...

006 – Talent Identification in the US with Scott Rezendes

Last episode I talked with Karl Matchett to get the British perspective on soccer journalism. We learned what it is like to cover soccer in a country where it’s the top-dog in sports. However, while soccer is on the upswing back here in The States, it’s still a completely different environment where MLS is not...

005 – Jon Arnold: Soccer Journalism from an American Perspective

When watching the match just isn’t enough, soccer fans turn to the media for news, features, and access to their favorite players and teams. We read prematch material, we watch Twitter feeds, we click on every transfer rumor, we read post-match material, we look for quotes from players and managers, and we listen to opinions...

004 – Karl Matchett: Soccer Journalism in the UK

This is the next episode in my series where I talk to owners of lower-divisions sides. Last episode I spoke to Damon Gochneaur who is in the process of becoming an owner by starting Denton Diablos FC. This time, I met up with a more seasoned owner. He’s a businessman who lives in the Dallas...

003 – Owning Bugeaters FC with Jonathan Collura

Most soccer fans that I know view team owners as distant, disconnected, rich investors or a large corporate ownership group whose only concern is earnings and profits. While this may be true for the largest clubs in the world, the truth is that the vast majority of soccer clubs are nowhere near that. Especially once...

002 – Damon Gochneaur: Starting A Lower-Division Soccer Team

For the inaugural episode of the FC Nation Podcast, I wanted to take a look at the 2018 World Cup, but from a slightly different perspective. Most of us enjoyed what turned out to be a phenomenal tournament by watching it on TV. We all watched the stories that played out, but some folks got...

001 – Mark Followill: 2018 World Cup From A Broadcaster’s Perspective

Welcome! I’m Dustin Nation and you’re listening to the FC Nation Podcast. I wanted to take a couple of minutes to introduce myself and tell you a little about this podcast and my vision for it (at least for right now, we’ll see where things take us over time). So I guess we’ll start with...

000 – Introduction

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