Send us Fan Mail Four players. Four national teams. Four remarkable journeys to the 2026 FIFA World Cup. In this episode of Soccer Bedtime Stories, discover the inspiring stories of World Cup goal scorers Folarin Balogun, Julián Quiñones, Nestory Irankunda, and Yasin Ayari. Follow Balogun’s path from an unexpected birth in Brooklyn to representing the USMNT, and Quiñones’s journey from Colombia to the Mexico national team. Learn how Irankunda’s family escaped conflict in Burundi before he bec...
Jul 28
20 min
Send us Fan Mail What happens when a goalkeeper from a tiny island nation faces Lionel Messi, Lamine Yamal, and two of the most powerful teams in world soccer? In this episode of Soccer Bedtime Stories, discover the remarkable journey of Cabo Verde goalkeeper Vozinha—the man who stood tall against World Cup champions Spain and Argentina. Facing superstars such as Messi, Yamal, Rodri, Nico Williams, and Julián Álvarez, Vozinha produced one unforgettable save after another, carrying the hopes o...
Jul 20
25 min
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soccer Bedtime Stories, we tell the powerful story of Haiti’s road back to the men’s FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1974. After fifty-two years away from the men’s World Cup stage, Haiti’s national team, known as Les Grenadiers, completed an unforgettable journey to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. From the historic memory of Emmanuel “Manno” Sanon’s goal against Italy in 1974, to the modern team led by captain Johny Placide and coach Sébastien...
Jun 17
32 min
Send us Fan Mail Scotland is going back to the World Cup. In this episode of Soccer Bedtime Stories, we tell the story of Scotland’s dramatic 4–2 win over Denmark in a 2026 World Cup qualifier at Hampden Park. Denmark needed only a draw, but Scotland needed a win — and what followed became one of the most unforgettable nights in Scottish soccer history. Scott McTominay opened the match with a stunning bicycle kick. Denmark fought back again and again. Then, in stoppage time, Kieran Tierney an...
Jun 12
20 min
Send us Fan Mail Support the Show and help us bring stories to soccer/football friends all around the world! Remastered Episode: Uniting a Nation | France 1998 World Cup Team As we get ready for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Soccer Bedtime Stories is launching a special series celebrating unforgettable World Cup stories, legendary teams, and historic soccer moments. In this remastered episode, we travel back to the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, when the host nation captured its first World C...
Jun 1
14 min
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soccer Bedtime Stories, we tell the inspiring story of Michael Olise, the quiet and creative winger who rose from the streets of West London to Crystal Palace, Bayern Munich, the Bundesliga, and the French national team. Born in Hammersmith and raised in Hayes, Michael learned soccer with a ball at his feet, house walls as teammates, and his younger brother Richard chasing after him. With family roots in England, Nigeria, France, and Algeria, Olise carried ...
May 29
38 min
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soccer Bedtime Stories, we travel back to one of the greatest underdog stories in football history: Denmark’s improbable run to the 1992 European Championship. Underdogs: Denmark's Improbable Run to the 1992 European Championship tells the amazing story of a team that was not even supposed to be at Euro 1992. After finishing behind Yugoslavia in qualifying, Denmark’s players had gone home, many already on holiday, believing their tournament dream was over. ...
May 8
40 min
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soccer Bedtime Stories, we revisit one of the greatest upsets in football history: Uruguay's defeat of Brazil at the 1950 FIFA World Cup, in the legendary match known as the Maracanazo. Played at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro in front of an officially recorded crowd of 173,850, Brazil needed only a draw to become world champions, while Uruguay needed a win. This soothing underdog bedtime story follows Uruguay’s fearless comeback after Brazil took t...
Apr 27
17 min
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Soccer Bedtime Stories, we retell the true soccer fairytale of Greece winning UEFA Euro 2004—one of the greatest underdog stories in sports history. In Portugal, Greece shocked the world by beating the host nation twice, including a famous final decided by Angelos Charisteas’ header, and lifting the European Championship trophy against impossible odds under coach Otto Rehhagel. This calming bedtime story follows Greece’s unlikely run from the group stage to...
Feb 25
23 min
Send us Fan Mail In this remastered episode of Soccer Bedtime Stories, we revisit the inspiring journey of one of football’s most humble heroes in “Underdogs: N’Golo Kanté.” From cleaning streets in Paris to lifting the World Cup with France, N’Golo Kanté’s story is the ultimate underdog tale. Rejected by elite academies and overlooked by scouts, Kanté refused to quit. Instead, he quietly outworked everyone—rising through the lower leagues of France, stunning the Premier League with Leicester...
Feb 10
24 min
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