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An intimate look at the globe’s relationship with soccer, told in all the far-flung places where the game thrives.

Sports · 2018 · 34 min

EPISODE 1

Iceland

How, exactly, did Iceland become the smallest country to ever qualify for the World Cup? SI Senior Writer Grant Wahl set out to answer that question on a roadtrip through the country.

34 min · Jun 4, 2018
EPISODE 2

Germany

Germany has become the land of opportunity for the best young American soccer players, and the new episode of Exploring Planet Fútbol on SI TV takes you on a road trip around Deutschland to spend time with the backbone of the U.S. men’s national team.

32 min · May 13, 2019
EPISODE 3

Japan

During the 1996 Olympics, Japan beat a vastly superior Brazil team on a fluke goal in what is now known in Japan as The Miracle in Miami. The win in large part instigated a decades-long process of investing in the game at a national level.

31 min · Jun 5, 2019
EPISODE 4

Argentina

Argentines claim to be the most passionate fans in soccer. That passion is apparent in almost all aspects of life, and while it has yielded a disproportionate number of the geniuses of the men's game, support for the women's game has lagged far behind. Grant Wahl explores all of this in a return to a country that he calls his second home.

39 min · Jul 23, 2019