About this episode

Ethan Strauss joins to discuss the future of sports and the potential rise of soccer over football, alongside a recap of recent events in Fúbol.

Ethan Strauss (House of Strauss) joins the show for an "objective vibes" time-capsule ranking of the major sports. Which league has the richest storylines to dominate our attention for the next decade, and is soccer primed to overtake football? Plus, we recap a wild week in Fúbol! Gino and Mike Fuentes tell the immigrant tale of our new star Folarin Balogun. Birthright citizenship rules. AUDIO Football America! is available wherever you listen to podcasts. Leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/football-america/id1831757512 Follow us: Dave Dameshek: https://x.com/dameshek Gino Fuentes: https://x.com/Gino_Fuentes Mike Fuentes: https://x.com/mikefountains Ethan Budowsky: https://x.com/ethanbudowsky Host: Dave Dameshek Team: Gino Fuentes, Mike Fuentes, Ethan Bedowsky Director: Danny Benitez Senior Producers: Gino Fuentes, Mike Fuentes Executive Producer: Soup Campbell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Dave Dameshek

Guest: Ethan Strauss

Topics covered

• sports hierarchy
• soccer
• football
• birthright citizenship
• Fúbol
• storylines
• immigrant tale

Keywords

• sports hierarchy
• Ethan Strauss
• soccer
• football
• birthright citizenship
• Fúbol
• Folarin Balogun

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Organizations: Football America!, Meadowlark Media

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