{"podcast":{"title":"The Soccer Business Podcast","slug":"the-soccer-business-podcast-7264630","podcast_index_feed_id":7264630,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/thesoccerbusiness/feed.xml","website_url":"https://thesoccerbusiness.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/20472969/PodTBSlogo_8qq3sb.jpg","author":"Simon Evans","episode_count":55,"summary":"Simon Evans interviews prominent personalities and key players in the North American soccer business market. The show looks at club-building, leagues, sponsorship, marketing, investment and stadiums.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T12:18:03.541496+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-soccer-business-podcast-7264630"},"episode":{"title":"USA 1994 World Cup - the story behind the scenes with Alan Rothenberg","slug":"usa-1994-world-cup-the-story-behind-the-scenes-with-alan-rothenberg","published_at":"2025-11-21T16:13:06+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-soccer-business-podcast-7264630/usa-1994-world-cup-the-story-behind-the-scenes-with-alan-rothenberg","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-soccer-business-podcast-7264630","url":"https://thesoccerbusiness.podbean.com/e/usa-1994-world-cup-the-story-behind-the-scenes-with-alan-rothenberg/","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/pytkwu2e6yhw65eh/riverside_edit_this_alan_rothenberg_-_the_nov_20_202_tsb8zokk.mp3","summary":"Alan Rothenberg was the President of US Soccer and took charge of the hosting of the 1994 World Cup in the United States. He then helped set up Major League Soccer and has been an influential figure in taking the game from the backwaters of the 1980's to the modern era. Alan's new book, 'The Big Bounce - The Surge that Shaped the Future of U.S Soccer' is the inside story on the hosting of the 1994 World Cup and he joins host Simon Evans to discuss the book and his remarkable career as a true game-changer in the American soccer business.","meta_description":"Alan Rothenberg was the President of US Soccer and took charge of the hosting of the 1994 World Cup in the United States. He then helped set up Major Leag…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2655,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-soccer-business-podcast-7264630/episodes/usa-1994-world-cup-the-story-behind-the-scenes-with-alan-rothenberg/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-soccer-business-podcast-7264630/usa-1994-world-cup-the-story-behind-the-scenes-with-alan-rothenberg.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}