Founding Futbol is back, but on a different feed (sort of). This week, we are excited to announce that we're part of the Arsenal Vision and Football Vision podcast network. As part of that partnership, we will be starting a new feed, by the same name, but now published by Blue Wire. That feed is already live with the Prologue. Click on the links below and listen to the quick update for details.

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Chapter One will be published on that feed soon! Then additional chapters will follow quickly, picking up where we left off by the end of next week, before we fall into our planned weekly release schedule. We will be discontinuing this feed in the coming days to avoid confusion.

FoundingFutbol.com will remain the home for extended show notes.

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In 1959, the first year the NCAA staged a national soccer championship, St. Louis University converted its club program to varsity status. It was unlikely that the Billikens would immediately become a powerhouse. After all, some programs had already been in existence for nearly five decades and hundreds of others for at least a decade. How would this upstart team compete? But head coach Bob Guelker built a roster full of St. Louisans that would become an immediate powerhouse and the beginning of a college soccer dynasty. Their model would change college soccer and help forge a path for the sport to become popular in America.

Author Dave Lange is our guest. He wrote ⁠⁠Soccer Made in St. Louis which features rich details about the 1959 NCAA Championship and St. Louis University's soccer history.

Founding Futbol is a year-long exploration of the critical moments that have led to soccer's emerging popularity in America.

Visit our website for more information: ⁠FoundingFutbol.com