Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl

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Aly Wagner is Making U.S. TV History During the Men's World Cup May 31, 2018

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Fox Sports TV's Aly Wagner will be the first woman to do game commentary on U.S. English-language TV for a men's World Cup once Russia 2018 starts June 14. She joins Grant to discuss how she prepares for games, what led her from the playing field to the TV booth and how she feels about making history.
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Real Madrid, Another Champions League Title And The DNA Of Winning May 29, 2018

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Grant and Brian dissect the UEFA Champions League final—Real Madrid 3, Liverpool 1—and all the talking points, from Madrid’s threepeat to Sergio Ramos’s villainy to Mohamed Salah’s injury to Gareth Bale’s golazo to Loris Karius and his two howlers. They also touch on the U.S. men’s national team and Cincinnati joining MLS.
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World-Renowned Skills Coach Tom Byer On Why U.S. Soccer Dumped His Pilot Program May 24, 2018

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Tom Byer, a renowned skills coach who's based in Japan and who appeared on a popular episode of HBO's Real Sports last fall, explains to Grant why U.S. Soccer chose not to extend funding his pilot program working with the parents of soccer-playing kids in Washington State beyond a brief six-month trial.
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SI's Chris Ballard on Jurgen Klinsmann; New MLS Nashville CEO Ian Ayre May 22, 2018

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SI's Chris Ballard joins the pod to discuss his terrific new magazine story on Jurgen Klinsmann, which delves into what the former USMNT coach is doing these days, his take on the US's failed World Cup qualifying campaign and what may come next for him. Then Grant chats with Ian Ayre, the former Liverpool CEO who has just taken the same position with the new Nashville MLS team that's set to debut in 2020
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Ted Knutson's Story From the U of Oklahoma to Running A Cutting-Edge Soccer Data Business in England May 17, 2018

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Ted Knutson, the England-based owner of StatsBomb, tells Grant about his journey from the University of Oklahoma to professional gambling to diving down the rabbithole of world soccer, which has included working for two clubs (Brentford and Midtjylland) and now owning StatsBomb. Knutson also provides insight on how this week's Supreme Court decision on sports gambling will change the landscape for soccer in the United States.
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Grant and Brian Tell World Cup Stories May 15, 2018

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Grant and Brian record the podcast in Grant's rental car at the wedding of SI.com soccer editor Avi Creditor—and, fortified by a few wedding drinks, tell some of their favorite stories over the years from covering the World Cup.
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Moya Dodd On How Soccer's Male-Dominated Leadership Is Keeping Global Women's Soccer From Reaching Its Potential May 10, 2018

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Australia's Moya Dodd, one of the most influential women in world soccer, joins Grant to discuss her work to advance the women's game, which areas still need a lot of work and why women's soccer is a sleeping giant globally.
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El Clásico Never Fails To Disappoint May 08, 2018

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Grant and Brian discuss another wild El Clásico, what’s next for Arsene Wenger, the New York City derby, a USA-less and Mexico-less Copa América, Rocco Commisso and the possibility of recording next week’s pod a few beers into their editor’s wedding this Sunday.
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Grant's New Book, Masters of Modern Soccer May 03, 2018

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Grant's first book in nine years, Masters of Modern Soccer, is out this week, and he's interviewed by Luis Miguel Echegaray about it. The book looks at the craft of soccer, position by position, and includes two years of in-depth interviews with a goalkeeper (Manuel Neuer), a defender (Vincent Kompany), a defensive midfielder (Xabi Alonso), an attacking midfielder (Christian Pulisic), a forward (Javier "Chicharito" Hernández), a head coach (Roberto Martínez) and a director of football (Michael Zorc). We also explain how to enter our contest for the giveaway of five signed hardcover copies of the book.
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Is Toronto's CCL Gut-Punch A Temporary Blip or TFC's High Point? May 01, 2018

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Grant and Brian discuss Real Madrid’s uncanny way of winning in UEFA Champions League, Mohamed Salah’s insane goal-scoring run for Liverpool, Toronto’s gut punch of a loss in the Concacaf Champions League final, LAFC’s remarkable start in MLS and the reaction to our annual MLS Ambition Rankings.
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