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Kickback '26

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First Touch is Kickback Soccer Media’s home for World Cup 2026 storytelling and modern soccer coverage guiding fans from the road to the FIFA World Cup 2026 and beyond. From premium podcasts and original series to smart analysis and cultural context, First Touch brings new, emerging, and diehard fans inclusive, American-driven perspectives on the stories shaping the global game, from now, through World Cup 2026, and into soccer’s future.Copyright 2026 Kickback Soccer Media Football Soccer
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  • Tartan Army's USA Adventure & WC Ticket Prices - EP. 8 First Touch Weekly
    Apr 10 2026

    Let’s hear it for the fans—or not. Host David Gass breaks down the good, bad, and ugly of the World Cup 2026 fan experience as we meet Hazel and Gregor, two long-standing members of Scotland’s famed Tartan Army (the good), breakdown how FIFA ticketing continues to make it impossible to afford (or experience) the upcoming World Cup (the bad), to commuting logistics that may potentially stealing the match-day experience from the fans (the ugly).

    0:43 News

    3:34 Ticket Changes & Travel Issues For 2026 World Cup

    9:03 Behind The Scenes Of Tartan Army's Epic Travel Experience Watching Scotland

    19:33 Bosnia Coming "Home" To St. Louis

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    21 mins
  • WCQ Happiness & Heartbreak From Iraq To Italy - Ep. & First Touch Weekly
    Apr 2 2026

    We have a World Cup. With the completion of the UEFA and intercontinental playoffs, all 48 nations are now confirmed—the countdown is officially on. Hosts David and Susannah cover all the action, from the jubilation of Iraq, Sweden, DR Congo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina qualifying, to the heartbreak of Kosovo, Ukraine, Denmark, and Italy falling short. We also hear from Michele Giannone on how he really feels about his beloved Italy missing out—again—as well as from our own Valair Shabilla, recorded live from Monterrey, Mexico, where he witnessed his homeland, Iraq, qualify for the first time in 40 years.

    1. 2:55 News On Under Fire World Cup Managers
    2. 5:10 Recap Of World Cup Playoffs
    3. 15:37 Valair Shabilla Takes Us On The Ground To Iraq vs Bolivia
    4. 20:30 Esmir Bajraktarevic, Bosnia & Italy's Pain w/Michele Giannone


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    36 mins
  • Norway’s Road To This Golden Generation w/Antonio Nusa & Pa-Modou Kah - Ep 6. First Touch Weekly
    Mar 27 2026

    We move ever closer to the kickoff of the 2026 World Cup and the hottest name on everyone’s lips is Norway. It has been 26 years since Norway has made any senior tournament. But they come into this World Cup flying as the highest scorer in UEFA. Our host David gets to the genius of this huge turnaround with two key members of the change former Norwegian international Pa-Modou Kah & current young phenom Antonio Nusa. Before that we hit the news with kit releases, controversy between Wales & Bosnia Herzegovina and they talk to Boston Globe reporter Chris Serres about some of the concerns in Massachusetts around World Cup preparations.

    1:47 Bosnia's Coach Calls Out Welsh Club Coach Steve Cooper

    3:28 Ben White's England Return

    4:04 Nike's World Cup Kit Release

    5:13 Boston Globe's Chris Serres On World Cup Preperations

    15:12 Norway's Golden Generation w/Antonio Nusa & Pa-Modou Kah

    25:03 DR Congo 1974 World Cup Moment

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    27 mins
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