What do you get when you put 22 soccer players on a plane headed to South America? A labor standoff with their bosses, and a team turning into a band of brothers. 

Meet Steve Sampson: the all-American regular guy who was plucked from obscurity to become interim head coach of the national squad. 

At the end of the Dark Age of Soccer in the United States, when the world’s favorite sport was a punchline, there came a ray of light: The U.S. was chosen to host the 1994 World Cup.

One team's insane journey to the 1998 World Cup. Hosted by Roger Bennett of Men in Blazers.  

What went wrong on the road to the 1998 World Cup. With Roger Bennett of Men in Blazers.