'Welcome to Wrexham' Season 2 Brings Another Year of Real Life Soccer Dreams

FX's decision to hop on the reality train with Disney+ UK to produce Welcome to Wrexham is one of the more oddball decisions out of the streaming era, but not the worst one by far. Ted Lasso's sudden popularity in 2020 made the idea of Americans and Britons coming together to produce football/soccer a popular story, and here was an American (and a Canadian) doing just that. Comedians Rob McElhenney (the American) and Ryan Reynolds (the Canadian) were already working with FX's Always Sunny and Disney's Marvel Studios when they decided to buy the Wrexham franchise and document the process, and the result was a no-brainer.

Moreover, due to the U.K. reality show editing talent that leans heavily on the good feelings and the tearful triumphs, the series was already angled to hit those true-life Ted Lasso emotional beats. Though Reynolds and McElhenney don't have a drop of Rebecca Welton's singing talent, their support of the team and their drive to genuinely help the town of Wrexham along with its football club is touching.

FX and Disney+ UK greenlit two seasons right off the bat, having seen what the pair had for the first one. Like Season 1 covered Reynold and McElhenney's first year of ownership, and the roster's fight to win games, Season 2 covers the team's second year under their regime and a near-Cinderella-like story as the football club manages to move up in the standings for the first time in ages.