Jun 22, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min · 13 segments
Jordan Angeli joins the crew in studio for the first time to help dive into the big World Cup Stories. Plus Valair Shabilla joins from the road to take us behind the scenes with Iraq's traveling fans.
Jordan AngeliGuest
Michele GiannoneGuestValeri ShabillaBig-time performances from the smallest countries in the history of the World Cup, and it is an even bigger day here at the Kickback Studios.
We are coming to you with our live World cup, first such 26 show, every single day at 9:30 AM Eastern Time.
And on this day, I am joined by Michele Giannone, who you've come to know very well.
And for the first time for this World Cup, we've got Jordan Angeli in the building.

It's crazy to feel, like, we're already so far into the tournament, but it's been-
We are going to go through all of the games we saw yesterday, how it affects the groups.
We are gonna talk a little bit about the US Men's National Team, and what the roster could look like, um, for a game that doesn't really mean anything, technically.
We've got a special guest in this show, our very own Valeri Shabala, who has been now, I believe, at four World Cup games, and is of course getting ready for the Iraq game against France later today.
Uh, for this one, we're gonna talk about some of the great French kits of all time.
We are so thankful to Football Manager and SOCCER.com, uh, for helping sponsor much of the work that we are doing at this World Cup.
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