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AN AMERICAN GAME

AN AMERICAN GAME

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Some say that soccer is an American game. Okay, Tom McCabe and Kirk Rudell say that, and it might sound weird if you’re an American soccer fan, and you’ve spent your whole life defending your love for the game to people who say the US has no soccer history.


But: soccer was in New Jersey before it was in Brazil. The US had a pro league before Italy or Spain. We were the first country to register for the first World Cup. In this series, the former teammates tell stories from the 150 years of American soccer history that even die-hard fans may not know. Tom is one of the pre-eminent historians of American soccer, and Kirk is a veteran Hollywood screenwriter, so it’s real history that’s fun to listen to.

With a World Cup coming this year, we want to give American fans a reason to stand a little prouder, cheer a little louder, and celebrate the generations of immigrants who brought their dreams, and the game, with them. Because it’s our game, too.


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  • Blame Harvard (feed drop from AMERICAN FUTBOL)

    Blame Harvard (feed drop from AMERICAN FUTBOL)
    Oct 21 2026

    Last spring, we were asked to explain why Harvard sucks. Okay, that's not quite the whole story: we recorded an episode about the origins of US soccer--and Harvard's place in it--with Fernanda Echavarri for Futuro Studios' series American Futbol.

    If you're not familiar with their work, Futuro Studios has won a Pulitzer Prize, which is very much like us being the 2nd best Soccer History podcast on Feedspot and top 10 on Million Podcasts.

    With all the other soccer content flying around over the summer, we don't think the episode got the attention it deserves. So we asked if we could drop it on AN AMERICAN GAME, and here it is.

    CREDITS:

    AMERICAN FUTBOL:

    Host/Managing Editor: Fernanda Echavarri

    Senior Editor/Producer: Rebeca Ibarra

    Associate Producer: Levi Sharpe

    Executive Producer at Futuro Studios: Marlon Bishop


    AN AMERICAN GAME:

    Executive Producers/Hosts: Tom McCabe and Kirk Rudell

    Original music by Patrick White
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    30 min
  • Shakedown, 1928: Inside the 15th Annual Meeting of the USFA

    Shakedown, 1928: Inside the 15th Annual Meeting of the USFA
    Oct 7 2026

    Are you ready for some impressions?! Tom got his hands on a rare transcript of a meeting of the leaders of US soccer from almost 100 years ago, and like any good historian, he took out his phone and photographed all 168 pages.

    The USFA conference on June 30, 1928 is a snapshot of the mostly-forgotten era when US soccer was on the rise--and on the verge of being a world power. The battles and rivalries between US Soccer and the various state delegates are also an echo of the game today.

    This episode is history, it's cautionary tale, and (if you're a student of regional accents) it's a performance playground for Kirk and Tom, who can make anyone from any part of the country sound vaguely like a cowboy.




    Executive Producers/Hosts: Tom McCabe and Kirk Rudell

    Original Music: Patrick White
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    49 min
  • Football in Fall River feat. Pitbull (actually Rory Bryce of The Football Heritage)

    Football in Fall River feat. Pitbull (actually Rory Bryce of The Football Heritage)
    Sep 23 2026

    Tom and Kirk have their first guest! Or, depending on how you look at it, their guest has guests. We sat with Rory Bryce of The Football Heritage, an ambitious independent project based in Scotland which explores the roots, culture and history of the game.

    And we talked about Fall River, Massachusetts, one of our favorite soccertowns--a lens through which we can see not just the earliest history of US soccer but also where the game is today.

    It's classic AAG stuff but with a Glasgow accent thrown in.




    Check out (and subscribe to) Rory's work:
    THE FOOTBALL HERITAGE: https://www.footballheritage.co.uk/podcast

    Executive Producers/Hosts: Tom McCabe and Kirk Rudell

    Original music by Patrick White
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    48 min
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