What is the J.League and how has it strengthened the Japan national team?

Soccer 101

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Sports, Soccer

4.9 • 822 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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With Japan officially qualifying for the 2026 World Cup, we wanted to take at domestic football in the country. In so doing, we attempt to answer questions like what is the J.League, how good is the league as a whole, how has it evolved over time, what role has it played in helping to strengthen the national team, and much much more! WE HAVE A YOUTUBE CHANNEL! We're posting all our episodes here! Smash the like and subscribe etc.! JOIN THE TSS+ PATREON! Check out our Patreon, which houses bonus podcasts, access to our exclusive Discord, blog posts, videos, and much more. Become a member today at patreon.com/totalsoccershow!

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0:00.0	Welcome everybody to soccer 101.
0:17.2	My name is Taylor Rockwell, and this week, I'm very excited.
0:20.3	We're doing something a little bit differently because with Japan officially qualifying for the 2026 World Cup, we wanted to take a look at maybe some of the leagues around the world that we don't always focus on, especially leagues where the national teams will be at the World Cup.
0:35.2	So if you enjoy this approach, if you like this idea, please let us know and we'll keep it going.
0:39.4	We're going to be spotlighting the domestic league in Japan, the J-League, the J-1 League, the J-1
0:45.0	League of the conference.
0:47.3	It's been different things at different points.
0:50.0	It's the one we almost never discuss, but it's helped develop multiple players for that
0:53.6	national team.
0:54.5	It features multiple Asian Champions League winners.
0:57.0	The teams have great names.
0:58.7	Graham Ruffin, I'm assuming, will be owning a Japanese club shirt at some point, unless he already does.
1:04.6	Graham, where are you in your shirt collection?
1:06.6	I see you in a Japan national team shirt right now.
1:09.2	Yeah, uh, Shinji K Kagawa shirt, no less.
1:12.4	Yeah, you'll just have to take my word for it as I move away from the microphone, which is great audio to show you.
1:18.1	Kagawa on the back.
1:19.2	I actually don't own a J-League shirt.
1:21.0	I did, this sounds like a story, and Joe called me out on it before we started recording.
1:26.6	But I did buy a Nagoya-Grampus-8,
1:29.5	Zippy top, a tracksuit top for a friend about a month ago.
1:33.9	But Joe kind of speculated that the friend might have gone by the name of Rayum Gutvin.
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