ABBY’S PLACES
Abby Wambach explores the history of soccer through conversations with former players, coaches, and key figures.
FOOTBALL VS. FÚTBOL (EP. 1)
Abby challenges the notion that football requires an ellipse shaped ball and bone-rattling tackles.
FINDERS KEEPERS (EP. 2)
The gloves come on as Abby investigates the one position in Soccer that requires a great pair of hands: the Goalkeeper.
GOOOOOOOAL (EP. 3)
Abby dissects the most exciting moment in any soccer match: a goal.
COMING TO AMERICA (EP. 4)
Abby explains how the world’s game found its place in the US from Pele’s popularity to the rise of youth soccer and one player who experienced it all and is still making a difference.
THE 99ERS (EP. 5)
Abby explores the history of women’s soccer in the US and the team who revolutionized the game and forever changed the landscape for women and girls in sports in this country.
IT STARTS WITH A MOB (EP. 6)
Abby traces the evolution of soccer and its “laws” from ancient times to the Middle Ages and a mob to the game we play today.
SOCCER IS A STAGE (EP. 7)
Abby jets off to England to the “theater of dream’s”– legendary soccer stadium Old Trafford and then heads back to the US to discuss how soccer IS theater. Matthew McConaughey brings it all together for her as both an Oscar-winning actor and soccer team owner.
WHERE IS THE JULES RIMET TROPHY? (EP. 8)
Abby investigates the history of the world cup and the mysterious disappearance of the most prized possession in all of sports – the Jules Rimet Trophy.
THE US VERSUS THE WORLD (EP. 9)
Abby explores the US Soccer hall of fame and explores how Americans have fared in the biggest sporting event in the world by checking in with superstars from our mens national team.
FROM OUTLAWS TO OWNERS (EP. 10)
Abby recounts her last hoorah with the 2015 World Cup Win ticker tape parade and then reveals her current job as part owner of LA’s latest club-Angel City. She assembles a group of former players-turned- owners to take us through the history of women in soccer and how far they’ve come.