Ep. 10: Joe Machnik: A Soccer Life in Conversation and a Book
Emmy Award–winning broadcaster John Shrader interviews soccer’s frontline storytellers — with insight from the editors behind Soccer America, the nation’s longest-running soccer publication.
Joe Machnik — coach, administrator, referee, manager of officials, television rules analyst, and more — has written a book about his life in soccer, “From the Sandlots to the World Cup: Inside Seven Decades in American Soccer.”
His conversation with John Shrader includes insight on how he executes his mid-game rules analysis for Fox Sports.
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“Many have chronicled American soccer, but you’ll not find one with first-hand experience in so many aspects of it as Joe Machnik.”
— Soccer America executive editor Mike Woitalla, who joins Shrader on the podcast for a referee trivia question.

The Soccer Media Podcast
Emmy Award–winning broadcaster John Shrader interviews soccer’s frontline storytellers — with insight from the editors behind Soccer America, the nation’s longest-running soccer publication.
New Episodes Weekly.

