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Joe Lowery Interview; Chris Wittyngham on the Soccer Weekend Nov 02, 2020

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Grant interviews Joe Lowery (at 24:04), an emerging major talent in soccer media who co-hosts the MLS Assist Podcast on tactics with Jordan Angeli; founded 361 Soccer, which does video storytelling on American soccer; writes a newsletter called Benched; and hosts podcast episodes of Soccer 101 in the Total Soccer Show network. Lowery explains how he started doing his work in the tactics area and where he wants to go from here.

Before that, Grant and Chris Wittyngham break down the soccer weekend, including men's and women's Yanks Abroad, Arsenal's rare win at Manchester United and whether MLS remains a bizarro world league for foreign coaches.

Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4

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ESPN's Matteo Bonetti Interview Oct 29, 2020

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Grant speaks with Matteo Bonetti, who does a sensational job as a broadcast analyst for ESPN's coverage of Italy's Serie A. Bonetti explains how he went from writing ESPN blogs for free at the start to getting a foot in the door as a production assistant at BeIN Sports to earning a chance to broadcast games at BeIN to being called up to ESPN when it bought the Serie A rights. Grant and Matteo also discuss what's happening in Italy, from Milan's rise from mediocrity to the beginning of Andrea Pirlo's coaching career at Juventus to Weston McKennie's Juve role to the reputation of all the North American club owners in Italy these days.

Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4

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Amelia López of Fut Mex Nation and the Mexican Soccer Show; Chris Wittyngham on the Soccer Weekend Oct 26, 2020

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Grant interview Amelia López (at 29:04), a terrific Los Angeles-based writer, editor and podcaster for Fut Mex Nation and the Mexican Soccer Show. López breaks down the failures of the LA Galaxy and Chicharito Hernández, the strange-but-potentially-still-successful season for LAFC, her status comparison of the Mexican national team to the USMNT, the lowdown on the Mexican women's league, and what she thinks it will take to get more Latinas like her working in U.S. soccer media.

Before that, Grant breaks down the soccer weekend with Chris Wittyngham, including Real Madrid's 3-1 El Clásico win at Barcelona, the possibility for a wide-open Premier League with the Big 6 clubs spread out in the table, and Philadelphia's 5-0 smackdown of Toronto in their MLS clash.

Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4

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Adam Belz of the Scuffed Soccer Podcast; Honoring Daryl Grove Oct 22, 2020

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Grant starts the episode honoring Daryl Grove, the co-host with Taylor Rockwell of our partner the Total Soccer Show, for everything Daryl has done for American soccer culture and emerging soccer media members in the United States. One of those rising media figures is this week's interview subject, Adam Belz, the co-host of the Scuffed Soccer Podcast, which does a regular deep dive into all things USMNT. Grant and Adam talk about the origins of his podcast, how he and co-host Greg Velásquez put together their Monthly USMNT Top 40 and how to try and navigate today's sports media landscape.

Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4

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Philadelphia Union Coach Jim Curtin; Chris Wittyngham on the Soccer Weekend Oct 19, 2020

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Grant interviews Philadelphia Union coach Jim Curtin (at 39:21) about his team's second-best record in MLS, the significance of the Brenden Aaronson sale to Salzburg, how the Union tries to balance being a selling team and a team competing for trophies, why it's important to stick to your guns on a long-term philosophy, the influence of the Bob Bradley coaching tree, and how he has been able to earn every bit of his coaching success, including starting as an interim boss at Philly and getting the wins necessary in 2019 to sign a two-year contract extension.

Before that, Grant and Chris Wittyngham of the Chelsea Mike'd Up Podcast break down a busy soccer weekend, including USMNT and WNT Yanks Abroad, the potential title-race impact of Virgil van Dijk's ACL surgery, Sergio Agüero's inappropriate contact with AR Sian Massey-Ellis, Barça and Real Madrid testing positive for the FIFA Flu, Milan's return to Italian contender status and the decision not to award the MLS Supporters Shield in 2020.

Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4

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The Ringer's Musa Okwonga Oct 15, 2020

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Grant has a memorable interview with poet, soccer journalist and musician Musa Okwonga, who co-hosts The Ringer’s Stadio Podcast with Ryan Hunn on Spotify. Okwonga has three books set to come out in 2021: One of Them, an Eton College memoir; In the End It Was All About Love, a meditation on being a foreigner and a Black man in Berlin; and Striking Out, a novel for children written with Ian Wright about the former Arsenal star’s life.

Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4

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Luis Omar Tapia Interview Oct 12, 2020

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Grant interviews Univision's Luis Omar Tapia, who's starting his 26th straight season broadcasting the UEFA Champions League. Tapia argues why he thinks English speakers should watch Champions League on Univision (one reason: a lot of it is free), how Spanish-language game broadcasts are different stylistically from English-language ones, the stories behind his hundreds of nicknames for prominent players and coaches (as well as his own nickname, Panda), his thoughts on so many USMNT players (10) playing in this season's UCL group stage. He also tells a great Diego Maradona story.

Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4

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Becky Sauerbrunn Interview Oct 08, 2020

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Grant has a lively interview with Becky Sauerbrunn, the two-time World Cup-winning defender for the USWNT and Portland Thorns. Sauerbrunn discusses why she chose to honor Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on her U.S. jersey last year and the letter she received from RBG; how she has responded to the challenges of 2020; her role in the APPRECIATE EXCELLENCE response apparel to the racism and misogyny of those who ran her former club, the Utah Royals; how she's feeling about the USWNT ahead of its upcoming camp; and what she thinks white players need to do to support the Black Lives Matter movement.

Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4

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Eddie Pope, Evan Whitfield & Allen Hopkins on SCORE (Soccer Collective on Racial Equity) Oct 05, 2020

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Grant has a candid interview with former USMNT standout Eddie Pope, former MLS veteran Evan Whitfield and former broadcaster Allen Hopkins about their new organization SCORE, which stands for Soccer Collective on Racial Equity. They explain how their group formed in a year defined by the Black Lives Matter movement; the dearth of Black head coaches, GMs and presidents in American club soccer; and the changes they hope to bring about in the U.S. soccer landscape.

The other members of SCORE currently include DaMarcus Beasley, Cobi Jones, Oguchi Onyewu, Tony Sanneh, Rob Smith, Danielle Slaton, Kim Crabbe and Mike Curry.

Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4

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Kyle Martino on NBC, Goalpher, Haus & US Soccer Oct 01, 2020

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Grant catches up with his old friend Kyle Martino, who discusses his departure from the NBC Sports Premier League studio after seven years, his move to Brooklyn, his new membership community space for soccer fans (called Haus), his playground soccer goal concept called Goalpher, his thoughts on the current state of U.S. Soccer and whether he's considering running for the presidency of U.S. Soccer again in February.

Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4

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