Don’t Tell Anyone How I Live with Leander Schaerlaeckens

The Distraction: A Defector Podcast by Defector Media

Jun 4, 202600:59:03Sports & Recreation

Leander Shaerlaeckens (author of the book The Long Game: U.S. Men's Soccer and Its Savage, Four-Decade Journey to the Top, or Thereabouts ) joins the show for a World Cup preview! We’ll get the skinny on the unique chall...

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