When it comes to the beautiful game "culture" has a few different meanings. If you're talking about things on the pitch, the definition is pretty straightforward — the values a certain team or manager has instilled within its players. And while that's all great, off the pitch is where things get really interesting.

Here, culture has a multitude of connotations ranging from how we watch the game to how we become fans in the first place. It covers things adjacent to the sport — from art, to fashion, to music — in addition to customs, superstitions, and traditions that are passed down from generation to generation. Needless to say, we love the culture here at Urban Pitch, and if you couldn't tell by their name, so do the good folks at the For the Culture Podcast, aka FTCUTD.

Originally started by a group of Atlanta United fans, the movement has spread across the country and the collective has become part of the 2Cents FC umbrella. Covering everything the beautiful game has to offer — most notably Black Culture's impact on it and vice versa, we have been fans of theirs for quite some time.

Which is why we were very excited to have two of their members, TK Edmondson and Devin Pugh, join the Urban Pitch Podcast. We sat down with the duo to discuss Devin and TK's involvement with FTCUTD and how they got started with the podcast (01:40), Atlanta United's involvement with rappers from the city and TK's extensive background in music (05:04), thoughts on the USMNT performance at the World Cup (08:25), how the 2022 World Cup has played out overall (31:50), and the expansion of the World Cup from 32 to 48 teams (44:48), before they take on Julio's rapid fire round (48:27).

Check out the FTCUTD podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube, and visit their official site for more info.

Cast

Hosts: Ramsey Abushahla, Julio Monterroza, & Brigitte Flores

Producer: Roy Cho

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