The Wild Story of Team America | Soccer’s American Dream

In 1983, U.S. Soccer tried one of the strangest experiments in football history: taking the best American players from the NASL, turning them into the U.S. Men’s National Team, and entering them into the league as a club called Team America. The goal was to build chemistry, prepare for World Cup qualification, and fast-track the national team’s rise—but from reluctant players to early chaos, the bold idea quickly became one of the most fascinating misfires in American soccer history. About Soccer's American Dream: How the gamble that brought professional soccer to America almost didn’t pay off - from the messy beginnings of both the men’s and women’s pro game to the Messi era we’re in today, as the world’s biggest tournament rolls back into town. #soccer #NASL #USSoccer Follow VICE TV: Website | https://www.vicetv.com Channel Finder | https://www.vicetv.com/en_us/channel-finder Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/vicetv Twitter | https://x.com/vicetv Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/vicetv TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@viceontv https://youtu.be/j6hDp7FIVOA