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Multimedia storytelling brand committed to sharing the human experience through the lens of sport.

11/09/2024

Take a look at this awesome retro kit ft. the one and only

One fact about this kit is that it has the September 11 memorial patch on the sleeve.

9/11/01 is a day which should not be forgotten, and I appreciate how MLS put these commemorative patches on the sleeves of their jerseys so we can remember and still discuss all these years later.

27/08/2024

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12/08/2024

📢 Calling Miami Fusion folks!

Just when you thought you were out...

💙💛 I love the so much I continue to tell people story the about this magical club. And SO MANY PEOPLE have asked for the podcast to be shared in a chronological order so they can listen from 98-01 with different voices throughout.

✂️ SO, I'm in the process of re-cutting the series to flow in that nice and neat chronological order and I hope to start putting out episodes in a few weeks.

📋 WHAT I NEED FROM YOU! If you listened to the show and felt a certain story or perspective wasn't highlighted the first time PLEASE reach out to me. You can message me here, or send an email to [email protected] this is a chance to fit in a story that may have been left out the first time.

🎙ALSO, I can either take a written story OR you can send me a voice note that I can edit into the episode.

❓️If you have any questions, please reach out. I want to use this as an opportunity to really solidify the Story of the Miami Fusion for all future generations.

📢 PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!

Thanks!
Joe

11/07/2024

🚨 FINAL GIVEAWAY OF THE SEASON ALERT! 🚨

⚽️ HAYWORTH ATHLETIC BALL GIVEAWAY ⚽️

In partnership with our pals over at Hayworth Athletic we're giving away a ball for each episode this season, and it's really simple to win:

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⭐️Bonus entry for each person who comments with their favorite part of the latest Humans United podcast episode ft. Jason Kreis!
⭐️Winner will be announced next Wednesday 7/17

10/07/2024

🚨 New Episode Alert! 🚨

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1999-was-surreal-ft-jason-kreis/id1676374237?i=1000661758965

There have been multiple men to wear #9 in FC Dallas/Dallas Burn history, but NONE of them are as iconic as Jason Kreis.

Through 9 seasons in Dallas, Jason accumulated a grand total of 91 goals across 247 appearances. Jason finished his MLS career as the all-time goal scoring leader in MLS at the time with 108 total goals.

Despite starting his Dallas career as a central midfielder back in 1996, Dallas' then-head coach Dave Dir moved Jason further upfield as a striker in 1999, which caused Jason to LIGHT UP the scoreboard!

In 1999, Jason Kreis became the first American-born MVP in MLS' history. For a league that wanted to create their own 'homegrown players', it was a huge accomplishment. For a guy who has a tireless work ethic, it was a just reward for everything he meant to the team.

Jason would eventually leave Dallas prior to the start of the 2005 MLS season and would start his venture with Real Salt Lake where, much like he did in Dallas, he would score the first goal in their franchise history.

In this episode, the final podcast of season 2, it's an appreciation of all Jason brought to the Dallas Burn and especially everything he meant to the 1999 team. It really was surreal.

Enjoy!

04/07/2024

⚽️ HAYWORTH ATHLETIC BALL GIVEAWAY ⚽️

In partnership with our pals over at Hayworth Athletic we're giving away a ball for each episode this season and it's really simple to win:

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⭐️Bonus entry for each person who comments with their favorite part of the latest Humans United podcast episode ft. Justin Lea!
⭐️Winner will be announced next Wednesday 7/10!

03/07/2024

🚨 New Episode Alert! 🚨

Grab the episode below or wherever you stream your podcasts!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-beautiful-ball-ft-justin-lea/id1676374237?i=1000661013676

Thanks to for this episode!

In 2012, Hayworth’s founder discovered that seventy percent of all the world’s soccer balls (three million balls per month) were made in one city in northern Pakistan, in a place called Sialkot. He knew he had to go there, he had to see it with his own eyes.

There, he explored the phases of ball making, the factories, the layers of production. He went to the homes of stitchers, and he listened to and watched the people who made the balls. He absorbed all he could of the industry’s complexity, the beauty of the craftsmanship and the massive teamwork involved in the making of a ball.

But he also saw something much darker – an industry rife with grueling labor conditions and exploitative low wage practices. He was as unsettled as he was inspired, and he knew that this would become one of the great endeavors of his life – to build a beautiful soccer ball, and to build it in a beautiful way.

In this episode of the podcast, Hayworth's founder, Justin Lea shares his perspective of the beautiful game! He shares how he first got involved with soccer and what ultimately brought him to think about a better way to design our soccer balls.

It's been our pleasure to have Hayworth Athletic as the sponsor for our show this whole season and we felt it made sense to bring Justin in to share the story of Hayworth, enjoy!

20/06/2024

⚽️ HAYWORTH ATHLETIC BALL GIVEAWAY ⚽️

In partnership with our pals over at Hayworth Athletic we're giving away a ball for each episode this season and it's really simple to win:

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⭐️Follow &
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⭐️Bonus entry for each person who comments with their favorite part of the latest Humans United podcast episode ft.
⭐️Winner will be announced next Wednesday 6/26

19/06/2024

🚨 New episode alert! 🚨

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tackling-mental-health-stigma-ft-matty-slinger/id1676374237?i=1000659485775

Matty Slinger, Phil Barton and Steven Simpson want to recapture their childhood memories of playing cuppy.

But it’s not as simple as that.

They also want to create a safe space for people to talk about anything that is troubling them.

And now, Moray Mental Health Football Club has now been launched.

The three men want to make a difference in the community after losing friends to mental ill health.

In this episode of the podcast, good friend Matty Slinger stops by the show to share how a simple idea of creating kick-abouts for folks to find community has grown into a full-fledged club that is helping to tackle the mental health stigma!

Here at Humans United FC we highlight stories of the beautiful game that need to be elevated and we couldn't be more proud of the work going on over at Moray Mental Health FC.

Enjoy!

05/06/2024

🚨 New Episode Alert! 🚨

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id-like-to-play-as-the-goalkeeper-ft-kim-wyant/id1676374237?i=1000657908612

1985.

Yes, we need to go back in time!

Back, to a time when the USWNT didn't exist. Back to a time when the entire soccer landscape was radically different. Back in time, to appreciate where we were, so we can rocket back to the present time!

Kim Wyant has participated in a lot of 'firsts' in her career:
- First US Women's National Team Goalkeeper
- First US Women's National Team
- First women to lead an NCAA D1 Men's College Soccer program

And she has handled it all in stride. As she puts it on the episode 'I was in the right place at the right time.'

However, as we all know there is a bit of hard work to go along with that luck and Kim has it in spades!

In this episode of the podcast, Kim Wyant shares her perspective of growing up playing soccer, representing the USWNT, and now coaching the NYU men, enjoy!

23/05/2024

⚽️ HAYWORTH ATHLETIC BALL GIVEAWAY ⚽️

In partnership with our pals over at Humans United FC we're giving away a ball for each episode this season and it's really simple to win:

⭐️Like this post
⭐️Follow &
⭐️Tag a friend in the comments section
⭐️Bonus entry for each person who comments with their favorite part of the latest Humans United podcast episode ft.
⭐️Winner will be announced next Wednesday 5/29

22/05/2024

🚨 NEW EPISODE ALERT! 🚨

Grab the episode below, via the link in bio, or wherever you get your podcasts!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/football-transcends-all-stigma-ft-jaiyah-saelua/id1676374237?i=1000656373782

"Fa'afafine is such a part of our culture that we don't feel the need to explain it. It's a coming of age story as opposed to a 'coming out' story others in the rainbow community have."

These are the words of Jaiyah Saelua as she details what it means to be fa'afafine and the first ever transgender athlete to play in a World Cup Qualifying match back in 2011 for American Samoa.

Though Thomas Rongen received all the headlines when he led that American Samoa team to their 2-1 WCQ victory over Tonga, there was another story developing at the same time. Though it was covered in the 2014 documentary 'Next Goal Wins', it's featured much more prominently in the 2023 film based on the documentary of the same name and it's brought Jaiyah back into the discussion.

In this episode of the podcast, Jaiyah shares her perspective of that 2011 win, her fa'afafine identity, and how we can continue to unite people through football.

Enjoy!

*Humans United FC is proudly brought to you by Hayworth Athletic*

15/05/2024

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Australia set a world record for the largest victory in an international soccer match when they defeated American Samoa on April 11, 2001, as part of the 2002 World Cup Qualifying campaign.

10 years later, Thomas Rongen was asked to coach the American Samoa national team and do 2 things for them:

1. Move them up from the bottom of the FIFA World Rankings
2. Have them win a World Cup Qualifying match

What followed was truly part of soccer history!

Thomas Rongen, played professionally in the old North American Soccer League (NASL), coached in Major League Soccer, and was a coach of the U-20 Men's National Team back in 2011, but when he had some 'down time' he could never have predicted the assignment he'd be given.

Listen in, as Thomas Rongen shares his perspective on being part of soccer history!

*Humans United FC is proudly brought to you by Hayworth Athletic*

08/05/2024

🚨 New Episode Alert! 🚨

We're back with a brand new season of and we're kicking things off with a feature on &

Grab the episode below or wherever you stream podcasts:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-purpose-driven-soccer-team-ft-mike-geddes/id1676374237?i=1000654909849

Mike Geddes has always loved the beautiful game, but it wasn't until he started covering the game as a journalist that he discovered his true purpose.

In this first episode of the current season Mike stopped by to share his connection to soccer and what a new fan might want to know about the Oakland Roots and their social ambitions.

⚽️ HAYWORTH ATHLETIC BALL GIVEAWAY ⚽️

Thanks to our sponsor we're giving away a ball for each episode this season and it's really simple to win:

⭐️Like this post
⭐️Follow &
⭐️Tag a friend in the comments section
⭐️Bonus entry for each person who comments with their favorite part of the episode!
⭐️Winner will be announced next Wednesday 5/15

10/02/2024

25 years ago Jason Kreis became the first American-born MVP of Major League Soccer.

For a league which was still figuring out how to create their own 'homegrown' systems to have an American-born MVP within the first 5 years of the league was a huge accomplishment.

Jason would record 18 goals and 8 assists to lead a fiery Burn team to their best season yet.

Jason left quite a legacy in Dallas. He scored the team's first ever goal in 1996 (a feat he would replicate for Real Salt Lake in 2005), won the 1999 MVP, and he broke the goal-scoring record in 2004 when everyone was enamored with Freddy Adu (the jersey you see is from that season).

You'll learn much more about Jason later this year.

09/02/2024

Who am I?

My name is Joe Shaw, I use he/him pronouns, and I fell in love with the beautiful game when I was ball kid for the Dallas Burn in 1998.

I'm a storyteller at heart and am eternally curious about other people's journeys.

My goal is to make the world a better place and what better way than to use Soccer to do so.

I hope you enjoy the journey we're undertaking here, we've got a pot of great stories to tell.

08/02/2024

We're changing the brand over here. It's not to diminish or dismiss the wonderful memories of the Miami Fusion, it's to use their legacy and story ad the jumping off point for something greater.

Over the past year I recognized how people from all walks of life and all political affiliations came together to rally around this idea of sport, and I thought we should lean into that idea.

So, we're keeping the Fusion pieces on here to remind where it all started, but we're changing the handle to Humans United FC.

More to come, let's enjoy the journey!

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Proud of my @bootle_fc mates. Tough result yesterday, overall season was boss! #UpTheBucks Check out the episode I did with them last season! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bonus-episode-bootle-fc/id1676374237?i=1000637014465

New season of Humans United FC drops NEXT week 5/8! We're bringing you some of the most interesting stories in soccer you haven't heard, YET! Humans United FC is proudly brought to you by @hayworthathletic and if you want a chance to win a sweet Hayworth ball be sure to do the following: 1. Follow both our accounts 2. Subscribe to the Humans United FC Podcast feed 3. Keep your eyes peeled for when the giveaways are announced! Let's unit the world, one story at a time! #humansunitedfc #hayworthathletic

Good luck today @bootle_fc ! LFG! #UpTheBucks #bootlefc

@davembootlebuck sharing the origins of @bootle_fc and how they were the original rivals of @everton Learning about the individuals behind these different clubs affords you a special appreciation for them. If you want to hear more of Bootle's story, you can go here - https://www.miamifusionpod.com/2148661/14061856-bonus-episode-bootle-fc Remember to continue to support your local football clubs! #humansunitedfc

Back in November, I attended a @bootle_fc match and experienced the glory of non-league football. This is a reminder that you have clubs in your local community which need your support. Yes, feel free to cheer on Liverpool, Arsenal, Inter Miami, etc. but never forget your local club needs your support too. I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Bootle, cannot wait to go back, and keep in touch with the folks in the community as they're some of the best people I've ever met. #humansunitedfc #upthebucks #bootlefc

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