Ian Irving
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542 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 12 Jul
Ian Irving’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I mean, in terms of the sport, soccer, football in the USA, it has been a question, it seems, for a long time about how well established it can be, how well established it is now.
How do you see it?
I mean, what do you think a run to the quarterfinals, the semifinals even, could do for the sport in the USA?
Yeah, it is a bit of a moment.
I mean, I was reading a report before we started recording from Fox Sports from back in January where they said that a recent poll had said that it was now the third biggest sport in America in terms of, I think, 10% of the country said that soccer was their favourite sport.
And there was only now basketball and American football that was more popular than it.
About baseball?
Yeah.
Wow.
In that survey.
America's game once, they called it.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, so that shows you...
It's not just about what it can be.
It's actually what it is.
You've both mentioned Pochettino.
He's obviously absolutely key to this.
There was an interesting article from Michael Cox before the tournament about the big name managers that are in international football and this tournament in particular.
It feels like they've all been sucked that way, doesn't it?
You obviously worked with Mauricio Pochettino when you were covering Chelsea when he was there.
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