Soccer Explained
A guide to the essentials of soccer for casual viewers and the soccer curious. Two American fans, one of whom owns a soccer team, give you everything you need to join the excitement around the fastest growing sport in the US, just in time for the World Cup!
Recent Episodes
S1E6 Refs and Discipline: Yellow Cards, Red Cards, Free Kicks, Penalt…
Everything you need to know about how soccer punishes rule-breakers and the people calling fouls
S1E5 Soccer Rules Explained: Handballs, Offside, Diving, and More
A casual fan’s guide to the basic rules of soccer, from handballs and offside to unfair challenges, substitutions, time wasting, dissent, technical areas, and offensive speech
S1E4 The Structure of a Soccer Match Explained: A Roadmap from Kickof…
The basics of gameplay, the clock, stoppage time, extra time, and penalty shootouts
S1E3 Soccer Positions Explained: A Guide to Every Player on the Field
Keepers, Defenders, midfielders, and forwards, plus the numbering system commentators use and how formations work
S1E2 The Soccer Pitch Explained: Dimensions, Lines, and Key Areas
A beginner-friendly guide to the layout of soccer fields and the terms commentators use to talk about them
S1E1 Intro: The Fastest-Growing Sport in the US with the Deepest Tale…
How a low-scoring game that can end in a tie has everyone on the edge of their seat
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