When the US men’s national team unveiled jersey numbers for the international friendly against Wales Thursday (2:45 pm ET | FS1, UniMás, TUDN), they paid tribute to Daryl Grove, the influential soccer podcaster who lost his battle with colon and liver cancer last month. He was just 40 years old.
The USMNT also encouraged followers to donate to the GoFundMe for Grove, the co-host of the Total Soccer Show podcast, to assist with the family’s medical bills and expenses.
Grove and Taylor Rockwell founded TSS in 2009, initially as a half-hour radio show on WRIR, an over-the-air station in their home community of Richmond, Virginia. The duo soon started a podcast to expand on conversations that didn’t fit into that timeframe and before long, their passion project blossomed into a full-time job with several episodes a week, a growing network of sponsors and affiliate shows and thousands of listeners across North America. Last year they joined in partnership with The Athletic to co-produce that site’s soccer podcasts.
