The Game We Love
The Men's World Cup is coming to our continent—and to this country! But what does soccer mean in the U.S.? Latino USA's own Fernanda Echavarri asks that question in our new show “American Futbol.â€Â We hear from immigrants all across the country for whom soccer is a touchstone, and who've also woven the sport into American culture and life. And we go back to the 90's, to the very first time the World Cup came to the United States. There was Oprah, there was O.J., and it changed soccer in the U.S. forever.
This is the first episode of a new podcast from Futuro Studios: “American Futbol.â€
Tab Ramos and the Rebirth of U.S. Soccer
When Tab Ramos immigrated from Uruguay as a child, he had no idea he'd play a role in the rebirth of U.S. soccer. “I remember telling my father at the time: dad, out of all the countries in the world that we could move to, why do we have to move to the one that doesn't have soccer?†Tab said.Â
But Tab would grow to become one of the best U.S. soccer players of the 1990s. We hear about his devastating losses, his hard-fought wins, and a cracked skull that nearly ended his career and his life.
This is the second episode of a new podcast from Futuro Studios: “American Futbol.â€
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Episode credits for these two episodes:
Host and Managing Editor: Fernanda Echavarri
Producer and reporter: Fernanda Echavarri, Rebeca Ibarra, and Levi Sharpe, and Marlon Bishop Â
Editor: Marlon Bishop and Rebeca Ibarra
Social Media: Luis Luna and Anhelo Reyes
Engineer: Brandon Grugle at Multitude Productions.
Executive Producers: Marlon Bishop and Maria Garcia
