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Brice Turang's RBI single
How New Jersey became America's soccer hotbed Alexis Guerreros and Christian Polanco of The Cooligans sat down with New Jersey governor Phil Murphy to discuss the state's role in producing some of the country's top soccer talent over recent years. Hear the full conversation on the 'The Cooligans' podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen. 1:50 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
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a day ago
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Henry Davis' sacrifice fly
What must USA do to beat Costa Rica in the Gold Cup? | The Cooligans Yahoo Sports contributors Christian Polanco, Alexis Guerreros and Henry Bushnell preview the Gold Cup matchup between USA and Costa Rica and highlight what USA must do to come out victorious. Hear the full conversation on the 'The Cooligans' podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen.
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a day ago
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David Bednar locks down the save
Should soccer fans feel safe going to next summer's World Cup? Alexis Guerreros and Christian Polanco of The Cooligans sat down with New Jersey governor Phil Murphy to discuss safety protocols and concerns about attending games across the country. Hear the full conversation on the 'The Cooligans' podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen. 2:48 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
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2 days ago
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How New Jersey became America's soccer hotbed
Alexis Guerreros and Christian Polanco of The Cooligans sat down with New Jersey governor Phil Murphy to discuss the state's role in producing some of the country's top soccer talent over recent years. Hear the full conversation on the 'The Cooligans' podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript I guess, I guess that begs the question, you know, for someone who's been sort of overseeing the state of New Jersey and just sort of involved in the sport for so long, you, you sort of can understand changes as they're happening and what's causing it. Advertisement Why is New Jersey such an important place for soccer players? It seems like on the world stage, so many players come from this region? It creates so much talent. Yeah, when we pitched the World Cup, uh, not just as a host city with New York City, but as a venue for the finals. We pitched the soccer passion in the region. We pitched diversity, which is a big deal. We picked legacy, the potential, not just what the last World Cup created, but what this World Cup can create going forward. But you, you're absolutely right, the first soccer game ever played in America was in Kearney, New Jersey, about 10 minutes from here. Advertisement Um, you look at the roster of both women and men who have come out of Jersey, who have played at a very high level, the John Harks of the world, uh. Now the Gorrea's new generation, right? You mentioned Carly, uh, just the list goes on and on and on, you know, we punch above our weight as a state, period, uh, not just in soccer, not just in sports, but then you look at, I think you can make the same argument, look at the NFL and, and, and trace the roots of, you know, the Quentin Nelsons of the world who went to Red Bank Catholic down by us where one of our guys went, arguably the best offensive liner linemen in the NFL. One example of many. Advertisement That come out of New Jersey, uh, but you could trace it through a lot of sports and none more clearly than soccer, um, and it says a lot about I think who we are, you know, we got a backbone, we got character, we got attitude. I think all of that really helps you in sports.
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2 days ago
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Why New Jersey is ‘honored' to host 2026 World Cup Final
Why New Jersey is 'honored' to host 2026 World Cup Final Alexis Guerreros and Christian Polanco of The Cooligans sat down with New Jersey governor Phil Murphy to discuss the state's preparations for next summer's FIFA World Cup. Hear the full conversation on the 'The Cooligans' podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript Obviously, we're at MetLife Stadium. Advertisement The World Cup is happening in 2026. We're all absolutely thrilled. It's happening in a lot of different cities, but the main one that the final will be hosted at is in New Jersey. To be involved in, uh, to be a fan of the sport and then also be involved in, you know, where the World Cup is happening. I mean, what, uh, Are your feelings leading up to, uh, you know, a little less than 365 days. Incredibly excited. I mean, there's just no other way to put it. And by the way, we should also say we're here because of the first global Club World Cup. Christian, you're a very good question about next year. We'll have 8 matches here, 5 1st round again. Advertisement A round of 32, a round of 16, and then the World Cup final, July 19th, uh, 2026, 3 p.m. it'll be the most watched event in human history, not even the most watched sporting event, any event. We're incredibly humbled and honored to have it.
