Kevin Boyle is a football/soccer aficionado. He has interned for Major League Soccer and has also been a writer for SB Nation and is a huge Premier League fan. Kevin has written specifically on Manchester City for SB nation. Being based in the US, Kevin discuss the business of soccer/football with football economist and UEFA A-licensed elite coach Kenneth Cortsen from UCN/USF and they touch on the positioning of the world's most popular sport on US soil. The game in the US has gone from being a casual opportunity for kids to become much more dominant as a way to pursue as an elite athlete, and as a career outside the pitch while also providing new fandom platforms. Finally, the podcast elaborates on the importance of soccer/football broadcasting, tribal behavior and fan communities in relation to growing a sport, i.e., soccer/football in this context.