Finance of Football
Hosted by Asli and Michael and Asli Pelit and Michael LoRé · Asli Pelit and Michael LoRé & Frequency Machine
5.0from 7 ratings
- 79
- Episodes
- 32
- Transcribed
- 7
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
- 18K
- YouTube views
About Finance of Football
Created and hosted by The Athletic's Asli Pelit and Michael LoRé, Finance of Football is a podcast focused on The Business of the Beautiful Game. While football is the most popular sport on the planet, it hasn’t witnessed the same success in the United States … yet. But with the 2024 Copa América, 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, 2026 FIFA World Cup and 2028 Olympics coming to the country and continent, the money and interest in the game is expected to reach unprecedented heights and could be the catalyst that brings football to the forefront in the U.S. Each episode, we not only discuss and debate the how, but, more importantly, the why around the biggest topics, themes and trends in football, particularly in the U.S., while being joined by guests who can lend their expertise and experience to the conversation. Thanks for listening! – Asli and Michael
- Publisher
- Asli Pelit and Michael LoRé & Frequency Machine
- Category
- news · sports
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 29 Jan 2025
- Latest episode
- 5 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
32 of 79 episodes have a transcript.
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ted Lasso: Just a Gimmick, or Is It Growing U.S. Soccer?
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
MLS Wants a Sponsor for the Entire League. Who Should It Be?
14 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
How Hello Kitty Is Selling NWSL Tickets
Inside a recent episode
Ted Lasso: Just a Gimmick, or Is It Growing U.S. Soccer?
Published 5 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Yeah, and I mean, I have been, as you know, like writing a column about after every episode of the season because it's related to women's soccer. And no, Apple has not put me on their payroll yet. Yeah, exactly. We should discuss today whether or not Ted Lasso has been good for soccer. I don't think it's been bad for soccer. Is it the only reason why soccer is growing here in the U.S.? No, of course not. But it's definitely played a role in kind of making it more accessible, right? I think Allie Krieger said it best. You know, she said, quote, the show resonated because it's about people first and soccer second, end quote. […]
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- Liron Unreich
- Matt Tartaglia
- Alan Rothenberg
- Jozy Altidore
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 17,501
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 3 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 4 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 49 / 100
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- Quality
- 38
- Social presence
- 94
- YouTube
- 72
- Engagement
- 32
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Asli and Michael and Asli Pelit and Michael LoRé host the show. Published by Asli Pelit and Michael LoRé & Frequency Machine.
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