ITT EXTRA: It's Never JUST About Fútbol
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2018
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Maria and Julio sit down with Alicia Rose DelGallo, editor and co-founder of ProSoccerUSA.com to discuss fútbol (aka soccer)! They chat about the politics of the World Cup, diversity in U.S. soccer and whether or not pro players are using their platform to speak up for justice. Want to read more?
- From The Guardian, an article about diversity in the MLS and around the coaching system in the U.S.
- Megan Rapinoe's "Why I Am Kneeling" piece
- Also from The Guardian, the story of Miguel Aguilar, DACA beneficiary and professional soccer player
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, welcome to In the Thick, I'm Maria Inahosa. |
| 0:03.0 | And I'm Holy Oricalo Guarela, and this is I T-XRA. |
| 0:06.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:07.0 | And today, joining us from New York. |
| 0:09.0 | Oh, stop it, you are not a goal caller. |
| 0:11.0 | I know you're trying. by the way our guest today is |
| 0:15.5 | editor and co-founder of pro soccer USA.com so maybe that will give you a little |
| 0:19.7 | bit of a clue. Alicia Rose del Galo welcome to In The Thick. Thank you for having me. |
| 0:24.4 | Good good. All right so we're going to talk about football or say that's the way I have |
| 0:29.3 | always known this sport. The World Cup started this Thursday in Moscow here in our office. The game was on and we want to talk about the sport basically of the world but you know kind of in the thick style. Gonna win with a very good, |
| 0:45.0 | this, and good, |
| 0:48.0 | yes, and that was the first goal of many that Andres Gantor will shout out this month for Telemundo. |
| 0:57.0 | By the way, you should totally listen to Latino USA, because we just did this episode about Andres Cantor who does that |
| 1:04.0 | call thing but as all of you listeners to in the thick no |
| 1:09.4 | I'm not a huge sports fan |
| 1:12.0 | who are you rooting for I'm not a huge sports fan. |
| 1:13.0 | Who are you rooting for? |
| 1:15.2 | The USA is out. |
| 1:16.2 | I'm a USA men soccer fan and I don't even want to go down that road |
| 1:19.3 | because they are not part of the World Cup. |
| 1:20.9 | But I am actually rooting for Latin American teams, specifically Brazil, because I love Neymar. |
| 1:27.0 | Alisha, who are you rooting for? |
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