{"podcast":{"title":"The Athletic FC Podcast","slug":"the-athletic-fc-podcast-887075","podcast_index_feed_id":887075,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6818be7d1d28d62313ac8ef3","website_url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/podcasts/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6818be7d1d28d62313ac8ef3/1780908531790-dc4761a0-ffde-45cc-a794-1639ef472007.jpeg","author":"The Athletic","episode_count":1397,"summary":"The Athletic's flagship football podcast - hosted by Adam Leventhal and Emma Paton - will be with you six days a week during the World Cup, bringing unrivalled analysis and colour from every single host city. Featuring the likes of David Ornstein, Adam Crafton, Matt Slater and James Horncastle, the show will takes audience inside the biggest stories in football told by the best reporters in the business. We cut through the noise to tell you what’s really happening - and why it matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T22:20:23.239332+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-fc-podcast-887075"},"episode":{"title":"How far can Pochettino take the USA?","slug":"how-far-can-pochettino-take-the-usa","published_at":"2026-06-20T11:48:38+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-fc-podcast-887075/how-far-can-pochettino-take-the-usa","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-fc-podcast-887075","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-athletic-fc-podcast/episodes/how-far-can-pochettino-take-the-usa","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6818be7d1d28d62313ac8ef3/e/6a366bfa4a2a3be0f489a6f8/media.mp3","summary":"It’s Day 10 of the World Cup, and the USMNT are through to the knockouts after a 2-0 win over Australia. Ian Irving is joined in-studio by Liam Twomey and Liam Tharme as we discuss another impressive performance from Mauricio Pochettino’s side. Henry Bushnell drops in to give the lowdown from Seattle and asks if the USA can actually go all the way.  We catch up with James Horncastle who was in Philadelphia for Brazil’s win over Haiti, and, we analyse Scotland’s chances of progression to the last-32 after defeat to Morocco. There's also our daily 'do you know' trivia as well as a profile of our latest Star of Soccer, Ecuador and Chelsea’s Kendry Paez. Host: Ian Irving Guests: Liam Twomey & Liam Tharme Featuring: Henry Bushnell, James Horncastle, Jordan Campbell Exec Producer: Guy Clarke Producers: Mike Stavrou Videographer: Grayson Moody Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"It’s Day 10 of the World Cup, and the USMNT are through to the knockouts after a 2-0 win over Australia. Ian Irving is joined in-studio by Liam Twomey and…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2310,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-athletic-fc-podcast-887075/episodes/how-far-can-pochettino-take-the-usa/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-fc-podcast-887075/how-far-can-pochettino-take-the-usa.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}