The 2026 World Cup is here. Soccer's biggest stage is already kicked off but we take you through the groups so you know who's who and what's interesting about the countries involved.

This is a long one so feel free to skip ahead or listen is different sessions. We promise that you will learn new things about the sport, the culture, the players, and the excitement around "The Beautiful Game" . Oh and we have music for you too. Links for it all are below.

Spotify-https://open.spotify.com/show/0Kp37p6g0VqbDY6ppbnQse?si=c964660ba88a40ac

Apple-https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-captain-and-madden-show/id1800774965

Spotify Playlist for fun songs we mentioned-https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7xSiYu8SsEpKdmgyiyAF6g?si=R5E9VQcuQoeab7ZgFZYThw