After chronicling the rise and fall of the 1998 U.S. national team, Roger Bennett -- like Marty McFly in Back to the Future -- jumps into the DeLorean, sets the coordinates for present day, and blasts through space and time to return to 2018. W

Episode 10: Injury Time

Jun 11th, 2018 25m 38s

What do you do after you’ve just crashed and burned in a World Cup?That’s what the entire 1998 U.S. Men’s National Team was asking themselves, including the coach. The day after the team lost to Yugoslavia in its third and final World Cup game

Episode 9: The World Cup Ends

Jun 11th, 2018 30m 21s

So far, the 1998 World Cup was going pretty badly for the U.S. men’s national team. They’d just played the Germans, losing 2-0 when they’d been counting on a tie. The next two games, against Iran and Yugoslavia respectively, now mattered more t

Episode 8: The World Cup Begins

Jun 11th, 2018 29m 32s

On June 15, 1998, the U.S. men’s national team was waiting to kick off their first World Cup game. The players warmed up in the tunnel before taking the field at Parc des Princes stadium in Paris. Their German opponents were waiting there as we

Episode 7: The Chateau

Jun 11th, 2018 23m 48s

When the U.S. men’s national team departed JFK International Airport for France on June 5, 1998, many players assumed they were headed straight into the heart of World Cup action.Fourteen hours later, they arrived in the middle of nowhere.It’

Episode 6: Final Roster

Jun 11th, 2018 24m 1s

The U.S. men’s national team had done it. They’d qualified for the 1998 World Cup. Now it was time to find out which teams they would face.The World Cup draw determines the matchups for the tournament’s first round, the so-called group stage.

Bonus

Bonus Episode with Big Cat (Dan Katz) of Barstool Sports

Jun 4th, 2018 24m 1s

Does soccer deserve our love? If there’s one person host Roger Bennett has to convince, it’s Dan “Big Cat” Katz of Barstool Sports. The self-described “epitome of the American sports fan” argues, “What’s more American than hating soccer?”

Episode 5: Captain for Life

Jun 4th, 2018 31m 20s

Two months before the 1998 World Cup, captain John Harkes is abruptly kicked off the national team. The reason for Harkes’ departure is kept under wraps. Twenty years later, the team opens up about what really happened.

Episode 4: Decisions, Decisions

Jun 4th, 2018 28m 3s

Fresh off their impressive showing at the Copa America tournament, the U.S. team was feeling ready to take on the world. Or, more specifically, the World Cup. That was coming up in 1998 and the players were primed to begin the qualification run

Episode 3: We’ll Always Have Paysandu

Jun 4th, 2018 28m 6s

What do you get when you put 22 soccer players on a plane headed to South America? A labor standoff with their bosses, and a team turning into a band of brothers. Plus: Expectations soar after the 1995 Copa América and an encounter with Argenti

Episode 2: Steve

Jun 4th, 2018 27m 18s

Meet Steve Sampson: the all-American regular guy who was plucked from obscurity to become interim head coach of the national squad. From living on a couch to leading the U.S. into battle, how an unlikely placeholder coach with no international

Episode 1: The Dream (On) Team

1 Jun 4th, 2018 27m 24s

At the end of the Dark Age of Soccer in the United States, when the world’s favorite sport was a punchline, there came a ray of light: The U.S. was chosen to host the 1994 World Cup. Roger Bennett of Men in Blazers introduces the underdog Ameri

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How Not To Win The World Cup

May 24th, 2018 2m 28s

Coming June 4: Join host Roger Bennett of Men in Blazers for this true tale of the U.S. men's soccer team's quest to conquer the 1998 World Cup. American Fiasco is a 12-part series based on over 30 interviews with the players, coaches, and medi

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A Word From Rog

1 May 24th, 2018 2m 31s

Long before Men in Blazers, Roger Bennett was just a kid growing up in Liverpool with contradictory obsessions: soccer and America. He moved to the U.S. just in time to witness the sudden rise of the U.S. men's national team in the early 1990s.