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Mapping a US Men’s Soccer Revolution 

On this episode of Edge of Sports, Robert Wilson joins the show to discuss his recent work, A Football Manifesto.

Dave Zirin

March 11, 2025

Colorado Rapids forward Kevin Cabral (91) looks for an open man during MLS game between the Colorado Rapids and Austin FC on March 8, 2025, at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas.(John Rivera / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Edge of Sports

Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin

Mapping A US Men’s Soccer Revolution 
byDave Zirin / The Nation

This week, we speak to US-born, Rio de Janeiro-based visionary Robert Wilson, whose short volume A Football Manifesto is a brilliant excavation of the systemic, structural problems in US men’s soccer and a radical fan-centric approach to radical change. It’s not just a diagnosis. It’s a wholly original cure. 

Robert Wilson

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-football-manifesto-and-club-handbook-bringing-the-beautiful-game-to-the-people-and-making-the-usa-1-in-the-world-robert-wilson/11921456?ean=9780692111413&next=t

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https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trans-athletes-forum/

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This week, we speak to US-born, Rio de Janeiro–based visionary Robert Wilson, whose short volume A Football Manifesto is a brilliant excavation of the systemic, structural problems in US men’s soccer and a radical fan-centric approach to radical change. It’s not just a diagnosis. It’s a wholly original cure.

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Edge of Sports

Where sports and politics collide, hosted by Nation magazine Sports Editor Dave Zirin

How the Green Bay Packers Became the Only USA Team Owned by the Fans
byDave Zirin / The Nation

We talk to Tom Nelson about his back on the Green Bay Packers and Arya joins the show again to talk Eastern Conference.

Body: This week we talk to Tom Nelson about his new book, “The Green and Gold Standard: A People's History of the Green Bay Packers,” with an emphasis on how they became fan-owned. Also, we talk to the hoops savant Arya Shirazi about the NBA’s Eastern Conference 

Zirin, The Bogus Lakers Sale Is Exactly Why We Need Publicly Owned Sports Teams

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/los-angeles-lakers-sale-private-equity/

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Dave ZirinDave Zirin is the sports editor at The Nation. He is the author of 11 books on the politics of sports. He is the author of a new book, The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn.


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