Soccer on streaming services
Apr 7, 2020 10:35:24 GMT -5
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Post by atlfutboldad on Apr 7, 2020 10:35:24 GMT -5
In the times of non-soccer, aside from somewhat increasingly tedious social media posts, there's some soccer shows to watch. There's surely more than I'm bringing up, but here's a few:
This is Football (Amazon Prime) - 6 unrelated part documentary...there's episodes on Messi, soccer in Rwanda (related to the Rwandan genocide, some pretty shocking stuff in there), soccer in Iceland, the US Women's and Japanese women's teams in the previous 2 WWC with interviews back to the 1999 WWC (in it you will see HOW FAR the US Women's game has come), soccer in Germany (haven't watched this one) and general soccer around the globe.
This is Football (Amazon Prime) - 6 unrelated part documentary...there's episodes on Messi, soccer in Rwanda (related to the Rwandan genocide, some pretty shocking stuff in there), soccer in Iceland, the US Women's and Japanese women's teams in the previous 2 WWC with interviews back to the 1999 WWC (in it you will see HOW FAR the US Women's game has come), soccer in Germany (haven't watched this one) and general soccer around the globe.
The English Game (Netflix) - Written/produced by the creator of Downton Abbey, takes place in Victorian England and focuses on the start/roots of professionalism in soccer and the movement away from the gentleman's game. Its well done but romantic and takes some liberties with the history of the clubs (merges Blackburn Rovers and Blackburn Olympic for storytelling purposes). If you like Downton and soccer, its a good one-season historical semi-fiction.
Sunderland 'Til I Die (Netflix) - Documentary following the relegation of Sunderland AFC (twice) and how incredibly destabilizing the effects of relegation on a big club. Sunderland has a large stadium and a rabid blue-collar fanbase (the town is the club and the club is the town)...and the financial cuts they have to make after relegation and losing league television money are massive. It covers EVERY aspect of the club (transfers/ownership/fans/managers/players/down to the cafeteria staff), its excellent IMO.
If you know of more, please share.
