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Finance of Football — 72 episodes

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Is Gianni Infantino Losing Control of FIFA? | MLS Names Larry Berg

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Does the MLS All-Star Game Matter Without Messi?

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MLS 3.0: Who Will Replace Don Garber?

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How David Beckham Won the 2026 World Cup Without Playing

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Is This the Best World Cup Ever?

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Why World Cup Tickets Are So Expensive — And Still Selling Out

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The Man Who Built Modern Soccer in America | Alan Rothenberg

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Jozy Altidore: USMNT Can Win the 2026 World Cup

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Why Are 2026 World Cup Tickets So Expensive?

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Home Depot’s Big Bet on Soccer

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Nations & Numbers: Group L — The Financial, Cultural and Commercial Stakes of the 2026 World Cup

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Nations & Numbers: Group K — The Financial, Cultural and Commercial Stakes of the 2026 World Cup

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The Richest Match in Football

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Nations & Numbers: Group J — The Financial, Cultural and Commercial Stakes of the 2026 World Cup

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Nations & Numbers: Group I — The Financial, Cultural and Commercial Stakes of the 2026 World Cup

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The Environmental Cost of the 2026 World Cup

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Nations & Numbers: Group H — The Financial, Cultural and Commercial Stakes of the 2026 World Cup

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Nations & Numbers: Group G — The Financial, Cultural and Commercial Stakes of the 2026 World Cup

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Why Sweaty Football Shirts Are Becoming Luxury Assets

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The Biggest World Cup in History

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Nations & Numbers: Group F — The Financial, Cultural and Commercial Stakes of the 2026 World Cup

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Nations & Numbers: Group E — The Financial, Cultural and Commercial Stakes of the 2026 World Cup

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Gianni Infantino: FIFA’s $11 Billion Power Play

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Nations & Numbers: Group D — The Financial, Cultural and Commercial Stakes of the 2026 World Cup

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Nations & Numbers: Group C — The Financial, Cultural and Commercial Stakes of the 2026 World Cup

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Tyler Adams on World Cup Pressure & Business

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Nations & Numbers: Group B — The Financial, Cultural and Commercial Stakes of the 2026 World Cup

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Nations & Numbers: Group A — The Financial, Cultural and Commercial Stakes of the 2026 World Cup

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$150 Trains and $225 Parking: Welcome to the 2026 World Cup

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What the 2026 World Cup Is Really About

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MLS’s Stadium Boom Is Changing the League Forever

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Ali Riley on Women’s Soccer’s Breaking Point

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Who’s Buying Up Women’s Soccer?

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The NWSL Gold Rush Has Begun

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The Fight That Saved the NWSL

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How Big Can NWSL Really Get?

37

MLS 3.0: Does This Change Everything?

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MLS Expansion: Who Lands the Next 2 Teams?

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The A-List Is Buying Women’s Soccer — Here’s Why

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2026: MLS’s Biggest Year Yet?

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Can 2026 Do for Soccer What the Dream Team Did for Basketball?

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The Architect of American Soccer: Alan Rothenberg on 1994, MLS, and the Stakes of 2026

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World Cup Year or Culture War? Ticket Boycotts, Trump’s America, and the Stakes of 2026

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World Cup 2026: The Biggest Spectacle on Earth with the Murphys

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World Cup Draw Circus: Roger Bennett on 2026 Chaos, MLS’s Messi Era, and America’s Soccer Boom

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Messi vs Müller: MLS’s Dream Final, FIFA’s 2-Day WC Draw, and Football’s Mental Health Wake-Up Call

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Liverpool Went All-In… But Is the Premier League’s Costliest Rebuild Falling Apart?

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America Likes to Be Different… But MLS Finally Changes Its Calendar

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Underdogs, My Ass: NWSL Money Moves, Atlanta’s Bid and JuJu’s Power Play

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You Can’t Just Slap a Logo On It: Beer Wars, Big Money and the Beautiful Game

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We Don’t Do Small Corruption: World Cup Tickets, Messi’s Miami Extension, and the NWSL Money Wave

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Andrés Cantor: The Voice Behind the World’s Game

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Melissa Ortiz: Beyond the Game — Turning Passion into Power

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From Streets To Stars: Kyle Martino’s Roadmap to a U.S. Men’s Title

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Go Big Or Go Home: Will FIFA Expand 2030 to 64 Teams?

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The Business of the Ballon d'Or: How Soccer's Biggest Award Cashed In

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America’s Team, America’s Market? Is the USMNT’s Business Strategy Working?

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NWSL vs WSL: The Battle of the Balance Sheet

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From The Beautiful Game to The Billion-Dollar Game: Has Spending in Soccer Gotten Out of Control?

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The Yanks are Coming! The Yanks are Coming! - Is U.S. Investment Good for European Soccer?

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Is MLS a Retirement League?

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Building Trust in Boston: Legacy FC Looks to Start Anew After Launch Letdown

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The Other World Cup: Was FIFA’s Gamble on a Club World Cup Brilliant or just an Unnecessary Risk?

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Beer+ Soccer= Marketing GOAT. How Michelob ULTRA Made “Fit Beer” the MVP of Soccer

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Charly Goes Stateside: Mexican Kit Brand Is Making Moves in the U.S.

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USL’s Bold Pro/Rel Leap with Orange County SC’s James Keston

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Sam Mewis on Hanging Up the Boots, Fixing the Game, and Men in Blazers Life

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From Flying (Pee Cups) to Football’s Future with Fabio Sá

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NASL vs. USSF/MLS: Breaking Down the Legal Battle with UCLA’s Steven Bank

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Introduction

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Mile High Momentum: Denver’s NWSL Debut

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The Billionaire & The Burner Account