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Movie director Rachel Viollet joins Glenn to talk all about her new film "Big-Time Soccer: The Remakable Rise &amp; Fall of the NASL".

02/03/2022 Rachel Viollet Director of Big-Time Soccer: The Remarkable Rise & Fall of the NASL joins Soccer Matters

On this episode of Open Wide for Some Soccer we’re joined by guest Rachel Viollet. Rachel wrote and directed Big-Time Soccer: The Remarkable Rise &amp; Fall of the NASL, a documentary about that is being broadcasted virtually very soon. Rachel shares why she created this documentary, her perceptions of the NASL, her experience creating Big-Time Soccer, and why she says there may be a follow-up.On this episode:●	The personal connection that inspired Rachel to create this documentary.●	The full-circle moment Rachel had before she started on this project.●	The great stories she has collected in creating her documentaries.●	When Big-Time Soccer is being virtually broadcasted and the event that will follow.●	Why Rachel says there might be a part two to this documentary.●	What stood out to Rachel the most during the interview process.●	Where Big-Time Soccer has already been screened.●	What Bob would love to see if there is a part two to Big-Time Soccer.●	How David became interested in the NASL.●	What happened when the NASL folded?●	Why Bob says more people should know about Dennis Viollet, Rachel’s dad.●	How NASL players have stayed involved in soccer even up to this day.●	The players that Rachel was able to interview and those she wished she could have.●	How soccer players in the NASL used to get involved in the community.●	How the marketing of soccer has changed over time.●	Bob’s idea for another great documentary or book subject.●	What made the NASL an especially expansive league.●	When to expect a wide release of Big-Time Soccer.

On this episode of Open Wide for Some Soccer we’re joined by guest Rachel Viollet. Rachel wrote and directed Big-Time Soccer: The Remarkable Rise &amp; Fall of the NASL, a documentary about that is being broadcasted virtually very soon. Rachel shares why she created this documentary, her perceptions of the NASL, her experience creating Big-Time Soccer, and why she says there may be a follow-up. On this episode: ●	The personal connection that inspired Rachel to create this documentary. ●	The full-circle moment Rachel had before she started on this project. ●	The great stories she has collected in creating her documentaries. ●	When Big-Time Soccer is being virtually broadcasted and the event that will follow. ●	Why Rachel says there might be a part two to this documentary. ●	What stood out to Rachel the most during the interview process. ●	Where Big-Time Soccer has already been screened. ●	What Bob would love to see if there is a part two to Big-Time Soccer. ●	How David became interested in the NASL. ●	What happened when the NASL folded? ●	Why Bob says more people should know about Dennis Viollet, Rachel’s dad. ●	How NASL players have stayed involved in soccer even up to this day. ●	The players that Rachel was able to interview and those she wished she could have. ●	How soccer players in the NASL used to get involved in the community. ●	How the marketing of soccer has changed over time. ●	Bob’s idea for another great documentary or book subject. ●	What made the NASL an especially expansive league. ●	When to expect a wide release of Big-Time Soccer.

Rachel Viollet - Big-Time Soccer: The Remarkable Rise & Fall of the NASL

 We take another crack at the history and mythology of the late, great North American Soccer League - this time through the eyes of sports filmmaker Rachel Viollet, whose new documentary "Big-Time Soccer: The Remarkable Rise &amp; Fall of the NASL" makes its US debut at New York's Kicking + Screening film festival later this week.  If that surname sounds familiar, it won't surprise you that Rachel is also the daughter of the late Dennis Viollet - one of the legendary Manchester United "Busby Babes" of the late 1940s &amp; early 1950s - who later went on to become one of the pioneering coaches in the 1970s-era NASL.  With managerial roles overseeing Washington, DC's Diplomats and two flavors of Tea Men in both New England and Jacksonville, the elder Viollet unwittingly provided his young daughter with a bird's-eye childhood purview into a vibrant and hugely entertaining pro soccer circuit, whose influence is still felt in today's MLS and beyond.  Featuring dozens of first-person interviews, rare video footage, and a mountain of exhaustive research, "Big-Time Soccer" is a love letter to both the best and the worst of the NASL - and the legacy it left behind.

We take another crack at the history and mythology of the late, great North American Soccer League - this time through the eyes of sports filmmaker Rachel Viollet, whose new documentary <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyX6c-43xi4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Big-Time Soccer: The Remarkable Rise &amp; Fall of the NASL"</a> makes its US debut at New York's <a href="https://www.kickingandscreening.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kicking + Screening</a> film festival later this week. If that surname sounds familiar, it won't surprise you that Rachel is also the daughter of the late Dennis Viollet - one of the legendary Manchester United "Busby Babes" of the late 1940s &amp; early 1950s - who later went on to become one of the pioneering coaches in the 1970s-era NASL. With managerial roles overseeing Washington, DC's Diplomats and two flavors of Tea Men in both New England and Jacksonville, the elder Viollet unwittingly provided his young daughter with a bird's-eye childhood purview into a vibrant and hugely entertaining pro soccer circuit, whose influence is still felt in today's MLS and beyond. Featuring dozens of first-person interviews, rare video footage, and a mountain of exhaustive research, "Big-Time Soccer" is a love letter to both the best and the worst of the NASL - and the legacy it left behind.

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