Kenny Malone
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2,347 appearances
43 recordings
5 series
first heard Dec 2025
last heard 3d ago
Kenny Malone’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Yeah, this photo.
It is a kind of aspiration, I would say.
You know, back in 1994, Brian was a kid who liked playing soccer, but he had not fully realized what watching soccer in person at a World Cup with all those international fans would be like.
And so, Brian's strategy boils down to this.
He thinks the World Cup could unlock an unfathomable reservoir of passion for American sports fans, but...
They need to witness the game in person like he did and get a chance to literally celebrate a goal with Diego Maradona or Lionel Messi or whoever it is they might see this time.
And sure, an MLS match is definitely not a World Cup match.
It's true.
But Brian feels like the MLS atmosphere can have some of that passion, that energy.
That is definitely true, yes.
And yeah, this is the most direct strategy.
It is very Field of Dreams.
Like, if we build it, they will come.
Or I suppose more accurately, it is if we bring the FIFA World Cup to the greater Boston area, general sports fans may decide they actually do like soccer.
But, you know, that's a little less pithy.
If we build it, they will come.
We're going with that.
Hmm.
Good question, Becky.
So the city of Chicago, eight years ago, under Mayor Rahm Emanuel, decided very intentionally it was not worth it to be a host city.
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