We Came to Win
What can we say? Soccer… is life. Just in time for the 2022 World Cup, soccer fans and hosts Matt Nelson and Steve Ceruti share some of their favorite soccer episodes from Gimlet, Parcast and Spotify. Like how a scrappy US team leveled up to compete with Mexico and create a fierce rivalry. Or how the Spanish women's team fought for equal opportunities at the 2015 World Cup. And the story of the 1974 Zaire team who saw soccer as a way to climb out from under a dictator's rule. New episodes of We Came to Win publish each Tuesday.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 19
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2022
The News (The Last Days of Maradona)
At 1:04pm on November 25, 2020, the first paper published the news that Diego Maradona had died. A media frenzy ensued around the world. Immediately, people began to question the team that had taken …
00:39:48 |
Fri 25 Nov 2022
Bonus Episode: A Controversial World Cup Begins
The World Cup is underway in Qatar and many storylines are being written on and off the pitch. In this very special bonus episode, The Journal's Joshua Robinson examines some of the controversies sur…
00:17:43 |
Tue 22 Nov 2022
The Women’s Game
For this final episode of the season Matt & Steve look back at the mutiny that took place during the 2015 Women’s World Cup and the Spanish National team’s battle for supremacy on the pitch and equal…
00:50:04 |
Tue 15 Nov 2022
The Wilderness Years
If there’s one thing in World Cup soccer that is a safe bet, it’s Scotland’s inability to qualify for world tournaments. Matt leads Steve on a painful tour through Scotland’s wilderness years and som…
00:31:16 |
Tue 08 Nov 2022
Gazza: The Mercurial Midfielder
Today the English Premier League is one of the most popular and profitable sports leagues in the world but that wasn’t the case 30 years ago. This club saw troubling times in the 1980’s. From stadium…
00:56:55 |
Tue 08 Nov 2022
Carbon Neutral?
FIFA has promised that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will NOT be harmful to the environment and even went as far as to say it will be carbon neutral. This raised the eyebrows of many environmentalists …
00:46:44 |
Tue 01 Nov 2022
The Escape
As the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, members of the country's women's soccer team - once symbols of a new Afghanistan - knew they needed to escape. This is the story of how the team's former c…
00:23:05 |
Tue 01 Nov 2022
Against All Odds
This is a story about a player that arguably put forward the best performance in the Irish National Team’s history during the ‘94 World Cup. Paul McGrath went head to head against Italy’s Baggio, Bar…
00:32:10 |
Tue 25 Oct 2022
The World Cup Caper
One of the most common and unfortunate traditions in professional sports is the championship trophy being stolen. This has happened to the World Cup trophy not just once but TWICE . This week, we lea…
01:00:34 |
Tue 25 Oct 2022
The GOAT
A few weeks shy of what would have been Diego Maradona’s 62nd birthday, we look back at some of the peaks and valleys of his career and dig into what makes him one of the most enigmatic and arguably …
00:47:14 |
Tue 18 Oct 2022
The Infamous Free Kick
The World Cup is so much more than a sport. For many, particularly the players, it can be career altering. Life changing. This week, we revisit the story of the 1974 World Cup game, the Zaire team, a…
00:49:32 |
Tue 18 Oct 2022
A Century Long Rivalry
The World Cup is nearly 100 years old. And 100 years is enough time to develop some pretty serious rivalries. England vs. Scotland. Argentina vs. Brazil. This week we take you back to another great r…
00:35:25 |
Tue 11 Oct 2022
From Mullets to Glory?
Scotsman Matt Nelson and American Steve Ceruti spin it back to the mid-aughts when American soccer was in its infancy. Does this scrappy US team rise to the occasion or go out in flames?
Learn more a…
00:44:53 |
Tue 11 Oct 2022
Introducing We Came to Win
What can we say? Soccer… is life. Just in time for the 2022 World Cup, soccer fans and hosts Matt Nelson and Steve Ceruti share some of their favorite soccer episodes from Gimlet, Parcast and Spotify…
00:02:41 |
Tue 04 Oct 2022
The Biological Bomb
When Atalanta defeated Valencia 4-1 in the Champions League, their fans celebrated the biggest result in the club’s history. But in the weeks after this match, the narrative quickly switched. The gam…
00:47:49 |
Thu 28 May 2020
It's a Red Card for David Beckham!
The year is 1998. 12 years have passed since archrivals Argentina and England last met in a World Cup, but the grudges that defined that last match—most notably, the legendary Maradona’s “Hand of God…
00:16:06 |
Wed 13 Jun 2018
This Is Hope Solo
In soccer, the glory usually goes to the attacking players like Maradona, Pele, and George Best. These legends of the sport created endless highlight reels with their powerhouse performances and game…
00:39:16 |
Wed 13 Jun 2018
The Underdog
Making it to the World Cup had long been a dream of American defender Jimmy Conrad’s, and at the age of 29, he finally got his chance. U.S. coach Bruce Arena named Jimmy to the 2006 World Cup squad. …
00:22:50 |
Wed 13 Jun 2018
The World’s Most Hated Referee
Say the name Byron Moreno to any fan of Italian soccer and you’re likely to get the same response: that guy is the worst. It all stems from one game at the 2002 World Cup where Moreno was the referee…
00:46:37 |
Wed 13 Jun 2018
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