For the duration of the 2026 World Cup, Kickback Soccer Media will be presenting First Touch ’26 Daily! Susannah Fuller, David Gass and Matt Doyle will break down the biggest stories, key matches and everything you need to know to start your World Cup day, each morning, live on YouTube at 9:30am ET and on the First Touch and Soccerwise podcast feeds after.

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Susannah welcomes to the Committee, Tampa Bay Rowdies Head Coach Dominic Casciato to talk about his team as they sit undefeated in the USL Championship and how he got to this position, managing and coaching across the world from his home town of London, though New Jersey, Denmark, Omaha and now Tampa Bay.

00:13 - Intro

02:11 - Welcome Dom! Opening with Dom celebrating Tottenham avoiding relegation

04:21 - Embracing Tampa Bay’s undefeated streak

07:47 -Tracing Dom’s past through New Jersey, Denmark, Spain, El Paso, Omaha and now Tampa Bay at all levels of U.S. Soccer including College, NASL, NISA, USL2

13:44 - Dom’s successful tenure at Union Omaha as a head coach following Omaha’s first coach, Jay Mims

17:13 - When Dom got the call from the Tampa Bay Rowdies and the difficulty of joining a team mid-season

20:40 - The process in building a soccer roster

23:14 - The most fulfilling feeling as a Head Coach

25:57 - Dom’s thoughts on Pro/Rel coming to USL Premier

29:28 - How his family handles the soccer head coach life and his game day coaching fits (Hi Morgan!)

34:30 - Dom’s excitement level for the 2026 World Cup

37:30 - Who’s going to win and is it coming home??

39:15 - Dom’s ultimate goal professionally

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See our First Touch ’26 Preview page for breakdowns on all 48 teams competing this summer: First Touch 26' World Cup Preview

Susannah is joined by Chicago Stars midfielder and Committee member Brianna Pinto for today’s show!

00:15 - Intro and a Happy Birthday to Brianna!

01:37 - Brianna sees family on the road and gives a small peek at the Pinto Family Group Chat

05:58 - Chicago Stars earn a much needed victory on Brianna’s birthday

10:46 - Sooz is delighted at finding out Brianna met Baby Josie

12:47 - Brianna chats about the World Cup break positively impacting the Stars and her World Cup plans in June

16:21 - Arsenal finally close out and win the Premier League title and Pep Guardiola departs Man City after a decade in command.

21:17 - When Brianna met Pep

23:55 - Tottenham escapes relegation and some beloved Liverpool players have their final goodbyes, to Sooz’s dismay

30:11 - Women’s UCL Final and W CONCACAF Champions Cup Final. Barcelona take down Lyon 4-0 and Club America defeat Washington Spirit 5-3. The impact the UCL Final game leaves for the departing players at Lyon and Barcelona and Brianna gives her flowers to Liga MX Femenil.

38:55 - The USMNT 2026 Final World Cup roster leaks out to the public and reactions to the names called (and not) to the roster.

52:25 - The crew pick out and watch 5 of their favorite roster announcement videos (We apologize now playing the audio for the England announcement, we don’t want to get copyright struck by The Beatles)

01:02:01 - Reality TV Recap, in this case, The Soccer Documentary Recap. Brianna talks her love for Ronaldinho from watching the documentary and Sooz being genuinely starstruck meeting him at Baller League.

01:08:55 - Close

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See our First Touch ’26 Preview page for breakdowns on all 48 teams competing this summer: First Touch 26' World Cup Preview