Eighty years ago, American servicemen played pickup after storming the beaches of Normandy. The game still baffles many to this day.
A Memorial Day tale. American soldiers, the YMCA, and the soccer games that revived the beautiful game after WWI.
Aviation meets American soccer. The story of the Carolina Lightnin', its crazy owners, and the most outrageous marketing stunt in soccer history.
Northern lights, walrus skulls, and heavenly soccer matches. The Inuit legend of the Aurora Borealis and our beautiful game.
Darth Vader, a soccer team in Cleveland, and George Lucas to the rescue. The story of how Star Wars saved indoor soccer.
The Vietnam War, a deadly weapon, and blowing up the Harvard soccer pitch. The story of how soccer helped develop napalm.
Pareci Natives, Roosevelt’s expedition in the Amazon, and a game of Joga Bonito. The strange encounter between a president & early Brazilian soccer.
A maritime tragedy, a group of third-class passengers, and their final soccer game as the ship sank. The story of the last kickabout on the Titanic.
A thief, a packed rivalry match, and a divine act from the heavens. The story behind the most bizarre penalty shootout in American history.
The greatest underdog story ever told. The ‘99 Rhinos, a striker with 530 goals, and the only time a lower-division team beat MLS to the Open Cup.
The soccer game that changed Hawaii forever. Two battleships, a group of island locals, and the day the beautiful game landed in Honolulu.
A WWI soccer tour, an iconic name for the sport, and the Irish-American at the center of it all. The story of soccer’s most important pioneer.
