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Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Sports Illustrated

The world of Soccer is vast, and Planet Fútbol has it all. Featuring news, analysis, and wide-ranging interviews with the game’s most prominent figures. Hosted by Grant Wahl and Luis Miguel Echegaray.

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29:16

A conversation with Jozy Altidore

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl ·

2019/01/24

Grant sits down for a candid interview with Jozy Altidore about his recent visit to Haiti, his future with Toronto FC and the USMNT and any suggestions he might have for Christian Pulisic about joining a team in the English Premier League. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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35:47

#SaveTheCrew With The Ringer's Mark Titus

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl ·

2019/01/17

It's one of the most remarkable stories in sports of the past year: Against all odds, a fan-driven push to keep the Columbus Crew in Ohio—instead of moving to Austin, Texas—worked. Diehard Crew fan Mark Titus of The Ringer and One Shining Podcast joins Grant to talk about the success story of #SaveTheCrew. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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31:15

USWNT Star Julie Ertz

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl ·

2019/01/10

As we enter a women's World Cup year, Grant interviews World Cup champion Julie Ertz of the U.S. women's national team and the Chicago Red Stars. A fun discussion ensues about her thoughts on the World Cup, her uncanny ability to score on set-piece headers and her power couple status with her Super Bowl-winning husband Zack Ertz of the Philadelphia Eagles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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43:15

Rising U.S. Teenager Josh Sargent and U.S. Investor...

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl ·

2019/01/03

Grant starts 2019 right by interviewing two intriguing figures: 18-year-old American forward Josh Sargent, who scored on his debuts for Werder Bremen and the USMNT in 2018 and looks forward to a bright year ahead; and Jordan Gardner, an American soccer investor who discusses his strategy to buy a club in Denmark and use it to develop young American players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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48:06

Khalida Popal and Hailai Arghandiwal of the...

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl ·

2018/12/27

For years, Khalida Popal has been the face of the Afghanistan women's national team, which has been a success story bringing the sport of soccer to more women in her home country. Popal helped raise her team's profile and even got sponsorships from Soccer Without Borders and Hummel, which produced uniforms with headscarves for the team. But recently Popal did her own investigation and found evidence that Afghan soccer federation officials, including president Keramuddin Karim, had physically and

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35:40

Tyler Adams of the USMNT and RB Leipzig

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl ·

2018/12/20

Grant visits 19-year-old USMNT midfielder Tyler Adams at his New Jersey home and speaks to him about his impending move to RB Leipzig in the German Bundesliga, what he's been doing to prepare for the move, what he has been told by Leipzig officials about his chance to win playing time and his thoughts on new USMNT coach Gregg Berhalter, his desire to become US captain and the year ahead for the national team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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46:51

Bill Simmons on California Youth Soccer, MLS and US...

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl ·

2018/12/13

Grant gets into the soccer side of HBO's Bill Simmons, the Sports Guy, founder and CEO of The Ringer and host of the Bill Simmons Podcast. Simmons talks about being deeply involved in Southern California youth soccer over the last five years with his daughter, including starting a new youth club. He also laments the U.S. Soccer Development Academy and shares his thoughts on MLS as an LAFC season ticket holder, as well as his experience attending a Mexico-USMNT World Cup qualifier at the Estadio

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36:54

Katie Nolan Talks Soccer and Her Love of Liverpool FC

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl ·

2018/12/06

Grant has a fun interview with Katie Nolan, the host of Always Late With Katie Nolan on ESPN+, about how she fell in love with Liverpool FC, her fascination with Mohamed Salah, her thoughts on soccer fans in the United States, how she puts her show together and her plans for a pilgrimage to Anfield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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44:40

Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg on Their New Book...

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl ·

2018/11/29

Grant interviews the Wall Street Journal's Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg on their new book "The Club: How The English Premier League Became The Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force In Sports." Based on more than 100 interviews, including such figures as Arsene Wenger, Sir Alex Ferguson, Daniel Levy, David Dein and John W. Henry, the book charts the course of the Premier League from its origins as a breakaway from the English Football League to its status now as a global sports

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39:59

All Things Italian Soccer With David Amoyal

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl ·

2018/11/22

Grant interviews David Amoyal, the Boston-based Italian soccer maven who hosts the Calcioland Podcast, edits the English-language website of the Woj-for-soccer Gianluca Dimarzio, writes columns for ESPNFC and The Athletic and appears regularly on SiriusXM. David shares his thoughts on everything that's happening lately in Italian soccer, which appears to be going through a renaissance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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46:10

Pod Save The People's Clint Smith

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl ·

2018/11/15

Clint Smith is a former Division I soccer player at Davidson and a huge Arsenal fan who has written occasionally on soccer for The New Yorker. He's also a regular on the podcast Pod Save the People; a Harvard doctoral candidate whose research interests include mass incarceration, the sociology of race and racism, and the history of U.S. inequality; a former national poetry slam champion; and the author of a poetry book, Counting Descent, that was a finalist for an NAACP Image Award. He’s widely

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57:21

Abby Wambach Interview

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl ·

2018/11/08

Grant interviews Abby Wambach, the World Cup champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist and the all-time leading goal-scorer in international soccer history. Wambach retired from playing in 2015, and she was recently announced as the founding chair of the advisory group for Copa90 to guide its editorial, talent and commercial plans for coverage of women’s soccer as we move toward next summer’s women’s World Cup. She also has a new book coming out next April called Wolfpack: How Women Claim Power,

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38:11

Former USMNT Forward Eddie Johnson

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl ·

2018/11/01

Grant interviews Eddie Johnson, the former USMNT forward whose 15-year playing career ended in 2015 due to a heart condition. These days Johnson is working as a skills-development coach in Orlando for all ages, from kids to pro players like Christian Pulisic, Cyle Larin and soon Dom Dwyer and Sydney Leroux. Johnson provides his candid thoughts on what American soccer needs to tap inner-city kids like he was—and what sharing his life story could do for African-American kids around the country. Learn

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19:12

Interview of National Soccer Hall of Fame's Djorn...

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl ·

2018/10/18

The new National Soccer Hall of Fame opens this weekend in Frisco, Tex., and Grant was there to interview executive director Djorn Buchholz about all the cool things inside the new HOF. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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54:24

Interviews with ESPN's Bob Ley and USMNT's Antonee...

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl ·

2018/10/11

Grant interviews ESPN's Bob Ley, one of the seminal soccer and TV sports broadcasters of the past 40 years. The focus here is on Ley's legendary experience in the soccer world, from the New York Cosmos to covering World Cups from 1982 to 2014, with some epic stories to tell along the way. Then Grant interviews Antonee Robinson, the 21-year-old left back who's playing for Wigan (on loan from Everton) and is trying to bring some stability to a position on the field that has dogged the U.S. for many

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43:17

Derek Rae, Soccer Broadcaster

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl ·

2018/10/04

Grant interviews Derek Rae, who's everywhere these days—Fox Sports, NBC Sports, Amazon Prime and even the EA FIFA19 video game—about his personal journey and how he approaches his job. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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43:58

Tony Sanneh, The Original Big Cat

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl ·

2018/09/27

Grant meets up in NYC with Tony Sanneh. They talk about Sanneh's standout performance in World Cup 2002, some hilarious stories from his career in Germany, his thoughts on being snubbed from the National Soccer Hall of Fame and the work he’s doing these days for his foundation, which last week was named a finalist for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s 2018 Sports Award. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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49:36

Grant Interviews The Athletic's Pablo Maurer

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl ·

2018/09/20

Grant interviews one of the most interesting people in American soccer media: Pablo Maurer, who covers D.C. United for The Athletic. They talk Wayne Rooney and D.C. United's new stadium, but their discussion also ranges into Maurer's remarkable photography work (including the viral Abandoned States project), his work as a professional mechanic for high-end cars (including those owned by MLS players) and his stories on Johan Cruyff's Washington Diplomats, NASL's old Team America and the Spanish club

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40:40

Grant and Brian Talk USMNT & new GM Earnie Stewart

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl ·

2018/09/11

After the U.S.'s 2-0 friendly loss to Brazil, Grant and Brian discuss the game and Earnie Stewart's still-ongoing search to hire a new head coach. Then they discuss the new UEFA and CONCACAF Nations Leagues and debate whether a competitive Nations League game might be more useful than low-key friendlies against even the best teams like Brazil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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25:21

An Interview With Emerging USA Goalkeeper Zack Steffen

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl ·

2018/09/06

Ahead of Friday's USA-Brazil friendly, Grant sits down with Zack Steffen, the 23-year-old goalkeeper for the USMNT and Columbus Crew. They talk about his Man of the Match performance in June against France, his rise with the Columbus Crew, his thoughts on the goalkeeper position and his goals for the career that lies ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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