America the Beautiful Game

About America the Beautiful Game

America the Beautiful Game is a podcast about soccer in the US and its relationship with Europe. Each week Dan Rutstein, a former sports journalist and diplomat and now head of International at Orange County Soccer Club, sits down with a new guest to discuss the sport and its growth in this country. We have current and former players, coaches, administrators and those from industries linked to soccer - betting, data, marketing and more. America the Beautiful game is a chance to see soccer in the US from a new angle. Please join us.

Publisher

Dan Rutstein

Category

sports · sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Mar 2021

Latest episode

14 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

40 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Sept 2026

   Ed Sheeran, Premier League promotion and relegation and the growth of US Soccer. Brett Johnson, Rhode Island FC and Ipswich Town owner

   I sit down with Rhode Island and Ipswich Town owner Brett Johnson to discuss the translantic growth of the game. We discuss the joys of promotion and relegation with Ipswich, Ed Sheeran’s authentic love of the club and spending to stay up. He tells us about taking Rhode Island to an Eastern Conference crown, the growth of the game in America and why the USL has got the model right. Brett also talks about the World Cup, developing young players and his favourite games to watch.

2. 

   17 Aug 2026

   Matchday 38 - David Clarke OBE, CEO of Paralympics GB and England’s record goalscorer

   An honour and a privilege to have David Clarke OBE on the show. England’s top goalscorer, he smashed in 128 goals for the England blind football team, playing in tournaments across the world. He now runs Paralympics GB. We talk about goalscoring, working with David Beckham and the excitement ahead of LA28. We discuss the wider impact of disabled sport, the skill to compete at the top level and his three best goals, including one piece of brilliance against Argentina. An inspiring episode with...

3. 

   13 May 2026

   Matchday 37 - Juventus Head of Performance Darren Burgess

   We talk to performance guru Darren Burgess. Currently leading Juventus having spent time with Arsenal, Liverpool and the AFL, we talk to Darren about advances in elite performance management, what different sports can learn from each other and excitement at the World Cup. He gives insights from his time at Arsenal, the joy of working in sport and how the role of head of performance really functions. We talk drinking after games, personal fitness for those working with athletes and working for...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 11 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

9

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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