U.S. Soccer Podcast: What Eddie Pope Learned in Three World Cups

Posted May 4, 2026
Eddie Pope was part of 2002 World Cup team that made a run to the quarterfinals – the best men’s team showing of the modern era. But he was also part of the 1998 team that was dumped from the group stages without gaining a point. In this episode of the U.S. Soccer Podcast, fellow Tar Heel Meghan Klingenberg talks to Eddie about his three World Cups. (US Soccer)

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