The Dream Before the Whistle: How the World Cup Was Born

The Dream Before the Whistle: How the World Cup Was Born

This is part 1 of 10 in The Story of the World Cup

Before the billion-dollar broadcasts, before the superstar contracts, before the stadiums that could swallow entire cities — there was just a crazy idea: bring the whole world together to play football. Episode 1 explores the unlikely origins of the World Cup, the visionary and sometimes comically stubborn men who made it happen, and the remarkable first tournament in Uruguay in 1930 that nobody was quite sure would work.