Feed Drop: AITA? I'm Co-Hosting the World Cup with Mexico and Canada

About this episode

The episode explores the soccer history and connections between the United States, Mexico, and Canada as they co-host the World Cup.

In 2018, when the United States, Mexico, and Canada were selected to co-host this year’s World Cup, it sounded like fun: three friendly democracies throwing the world's biggest soccer party. LOL. LMAO, even. To kick off Season 2 of An American Game, Tom and Kirk take a look at our (longer than you think) soccer history with our northern and southern neighbors and put some color back on what’s become a pretty crude, black-and-white picture. Because despite all the recent division, we’re actually more connected than ever. And that's something to root for this summer! Listen to An American Game wherever you get your podcasts. Follow the show on Instagram. For more of Tom and Kirk’s work, visit soccertownmedia.com. SPORTLY CREDITS: Host: Kavitha A. Davison | Producer: Paroma Chakravarty I Executive Producer: Saadia Khan | Fact Checking and Research: Paroma Chakravarty I Sound Designer & Editor: Paroma Chakravarty I Sportly Theme Music: Simon Hutchinson | Other Music: Epidemic Sound | Cover Art Graphic Designer: Sarah DiMichele Please share the love and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify to help more people find us! You can reach the host, Kavitha…

People in this episode

Host: Kavitha A. Davison

Topics covered

• World Cup
• soccer history
• US-Mexico-Canada relations
• sports culture
• identity

Keywords

• World Cup
• soccer
• US
• Mexico
• Canada
• sports
• identity
• An American Game

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Immigrantly Media, soccertownmedia.com, Epidemic Sound, Apple Podcasts, Spotify

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