Episode 9: The World Cup Ends

Episode 9: The World Cup Ends

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Bonus Episode with Stephen Dubner of Freakonomics Radio

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. Where he learns the Americans are onc ...  Show more

Episode 10: Injury Time

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, Steve Sampson told the Washington ...  Show more

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