Jenny Taft Gets You Excited About Soccer

Kennedy Saves the World

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🗓️ 14 October 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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On this episode, Kennedy sits down with FOX Sports Host and reporter Jenny Taft to discuss the upcoming FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. Jenny explains how her job is to not only talk about the game but share the players' individual stories with the fanbase as well. Later, she discusses the potential of the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team and explains how she is balancing her broadcast career and motherhood. Follow Kennedy on Twitter: @KennedyNation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Coca-Cola Zero, official partner of the FIFA World Cup 2026.
0:06.9	Coca-Cola has also partnered with Panini to bring fans closer to the tournament.
0:11.7	Selected Coca-Cola bottles will feature exclusive Panini FIFA World Cup 2026 stickers under labels.
0:19.2	Collect 12 exclusive stickers for the dedicated Coca-Cola double-page spread.
0:24.1	Pick up a Coca-Cola zero sugar and start collecting.
0:27.9	Peel, sip, collect. Welcome to this episode of Kennedy saves the world.
0:47.8	And today, once again, I'm going to save you from being unexcited about soccer because soccer is amazing.
0:56.4	It is the beautiful sports and it is World Cup season.
0:59.3	We are a month away from World Cup soccer.
1:02.5	And it's terribly exciting because the men's team, the U.S. men's team is actually good this year.
1:08.3	I know you hear that every four years, maybe not four years ago.
1:13.6	Certainly in 2014, it was an impressive run. 1994, obviously, great for us.
1:16.6	But so there are going to be Fox Sports Reporters and anchors and athletes embedded throughout the entire tournament every Every game, the 64 matches that you will see in and around Fox Sports, there will be Fox Sports people there in Qatar.
1:37.3	It's going to be a phenomenal broadcasting experience, even better for fans. because not only do you have the best teams
1:45.0	in all of sports broadcasting, you also have a really great men's team, and you can feel
1:50.4	the excitement building. So today, I need to talk to someone who's going to be there, someone
1:55.5	who knows soccer, someone who has covered multiple World Cups, someone who has played the cross at the collegiate level, someone
2:02.7	who understands a multitude of sports from speed skating all the way to professional
2:07.8	hockey where her heart resides with various family members.
2:11.7	She has covered Supercross for Fox Sports.
2:15.5	Again, soccer, you have seen her covering NFL for Fox. Jenny Taft, welcome to Kennedy
2:21.5	Saves the World. Thank you. That was a great intro. I feel awesome about myself. I appreciate it.
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