''A Time for Champions''http://timeforchampions.org is a 2009

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by Bud Greenspan's Cappy Productions and St. Louis

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member station KETC. It chronicles the

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soccer dynasty of the 1960s and 1970s. It includes interviews with

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team members

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Harry Keough Harry Joseph Keough (November 15, 1927 – February 7, 2012) was an American soccer defender who played on the United States national team in their 1–0 upset of England at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He spent most of his club career in his ...

, and Walter Bahr, as well as Bob Costas and St. Louis native

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The film

The film, distributed by American Public Television, was broadcast nationally on many PBS member stations. The broadcast coincided with the 50 year anniversary of St. Louis University soccer. The film also mentions the United States’ spectacular

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win over

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on June 29, 1950, considered one of the greatest upsets in sports history. Throughout the 20th century the United States remained an underdog in World Cup soccer. The losing streak ended in 1950 when a U.S. team featuring five St. Louisans on the 11- player roster beat England's powerhouse team 1–0 in a spectacular, surprise victory in

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. That win signaled St. Louis’ rise as a soccer hotbed, a view reinforced nine years later when soccer became an intercollegiate sport. Between 1959 and 1973, Saint Louis University's soccer team, comprised almost exclusively of St. Louis players, won 10 of 15 NCAA Division I soccer championships. ''A Time for Champions'' tells soccer's St. Louis story through archival photos, footage of games and players, and interviews with baseball legend Yogi Berra, sportscaster Bob Costas,

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CEO Dan Flynn,

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coach Joe Baum, former

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coach Jerry Yeagley, former Catholic Youth League leader 90-year-old Monsignor Louis Meyer, Bill McDermott, former ESPN soccer commentator and 1950 World Cup team members Frank Borghi, Harry Keough and Walter Bahr.

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