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
May 21, 2026
S1E8 The 2026 World Cup Explained
A guide to how qualifying, the group stage, the knockout bracket, and discipline rules work this time around
April 23, 2026
S1E7 Soccer Stats and Gameplay Terms Explained
A glossary of the stats and vocabulary you’ll hear during soccer broadcasts
April 16, 2026
S1E6 Refs and Discipline: Yellow Cards, Red Cards, Free Kicks, Penalties, and More
Everything you need to know about how soccer punishes rule-breakers and the people calling fouls
April 9, 2026
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
April 2, 2026
S1E4 The Structure of a Soccer Match Explained: A Roadmap from Kickoff to the Final Whistle
The basics of gameplay, the clock, stoppage time, extra time, and penalty shootouts
March 26, 2026
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
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