A special Independence Day People’s Game Show featuring Elaine Teng, author of the article “Stop Treating Women Like They Don’t Know Anything About Soccer”; actor Brendan Hunt, who is just back from his trip to Brazil with the USMNT; and radical sports journalist Dave Zirin.
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On today’s podcast we look forward to tomorrow when Germany and France will settle things once-and-for-all on the battlefield; and Colombia tries to conquer Brazil. We talk with Soccer blogger Elaine Teng from the New Republic, author of the article “Stop Treating Women like they don’t anything about soccer;” and also actor and writer Brendan Hunt, who is back from attending USMNT games in Brazil. We also check in with Margaret Prescod and Coach Mickey.
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It’s a day off from Brazil’s World Cup 2014, and what better way to relax our frayed nerves than with some great Brazilian music and dialogue about the World Cup from KPFK’s Global Village host and Brazilian DJ Sergio Mielniczenko. But first, Margaret Prescod from KPFK’s Sojourner Truth talks soccer with Mickey Cohen, the Goal Keeper Coach at Monroe College in New Rochelle, New York. He has played and coached soccer at the high school, college, and professional levels for forty years.
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This installment of The People’s Game features author Gabriel Kuhn on soccer and radical politics; columnist Gustavo Arellano on the Mexican National Team; filmmaker Pablo Miralles on the U.S. Team; Professor and soccer blogger Laurent Dubois on the Belgian team and the popularity of the World Cup in the USA; performance artist Karen Anzoategui on Lionel Messi and Argentina; Amazon scholar Professor Susanna Hecht on the roots of soccer culture among Brazil’s indigenous population; and Los Angeles organizer Manuel Criollo, who chaired a panel on radical politics and soccer.
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The Round of 16 concludes: Argentina prevails over Switzerland, and a heroic but futile effort by Tim Howard and Team USA to defeat the Belgians leaves only one CONCACAF team left standing. Alan and Meleiza recap the day’s events. Pablo Miralles hails the superhuman feats of Tim Howard and the guts of Team USA, while Gustavo Arellano laments the heartbreaking exit of El Tri. Finally, Karen Anzoategui shares her thoughts on Argentina’s win and its prospects for the quarterfinal.
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Ann Coulter fears soccer – as she should. Soccer has deep roots in American radical communities. Long rejected for being un-American by Coulter and other denizens of the right, futbol has been embraced by those of us who seek social justice, for its working-class roots and internationalism.
One highlight in the history of radical American futbol was the legendary showdown between anarchism and communism, in 2003 in the Bay Area: Kronstadt FC vs Left Wing.
Let’s make Ann Coulter’s nightmares come true!
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CAF, or the Confederation of African Football, ends its World Cup run as Nigeria and Algeria are both eliminated from the tournament, and Germany and France move on to the quarterfinals. Alan and Meleiza recap today’s dramatic games and preview tomorrow’s final matches for the Round of 16. Meleiza also asks Algerian fan Gortha Korchit for his thoughts, moments after Algeria’s heartbreaking defeat in extra time after shutting out Germany for 90+ minutes. Then, Alan interviews feminist sports blogger Jennifer Doyle on the rise of the women’s game and combating entrenched patriarchy in global soccer.