Fútbol with Grant Wahl
245 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsGrant Wahl, one of the world’s leading soccer journalists, shares his thoughts on the sport and interviews the biggest names and the most fascinating figures in the game.
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Henry Winter of The Times of London
January 11, 2021 08:00 - 40 minutesGrant has a must-listen interview with his friend Henry Winter, the chief football writer for The Times of London and one of the world's top writers covering the sport for the last 35 years. Winter tells fun stories from his globe-trotting career, including from covering World Cup 1994 in the U.S., and explains why the on-site match report still matters; how he has managed his work during the pandemic; his take on the Premier League season so far; his thoughts on England ahead of this summer'...
Soccer TV Rights in the US With John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal
January 07, 2021 08:00 - 34 minutesGrant has an in-depth conversation about US soccer TV rights with John Ourand, a longtime reporter for the Sports Business Journal. Ourand explains why NBC is putting marquee games like the upcoming Liverpool-Man United showdown on the Peacock pay-streaming channel; why he thinks NBC will win the rights to extend its Premier League coverage; what's behind CBS's entree into the soccer space; whether he thinks Fox, which has lost several soccer deals, will keep its World Cup rights through 2026...
An Interview With Soccer Girl Problems; Chris Wittyngham on the Soccer Weekend
January 04, 2021 08:00 - 1 hourGrant kicks off 2021 with a fun interview of Soccer Girl Problems (at 31:24), the trio of Alanna Locast, Carly Beyar and Shannon Fay that has become a digital powerhouse resonating throughout the women's soccer community. SGP tells their origin story of how they met as teammates at Fairfield University, how they made their first viral videos back in 2011 and how they turned SGP into a sustainable business that serves as their full-time jobs. They also discuss their terrific podcast, which ha...
An Interview With Soccer Girl Problems! Plus Chris Wittyngham on the Soccer Weekend
January 04, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 60 MBGrant kicks off 2021 with a fun interview of Soccer Girl Problems (at 31:24), the trio of Alanna Locast, Carly Beyar and Shannon Fay that has become a digital powerhouse resonating throughout the women's soccer community. SGP tells their origin story of how they met as teammates at Fairfield University, how they made their first viral videos back in 2011 and how they turned SGP into a sustainable business that serves as their full-time jobs. They also discuss their terrific podcast, which h...
Rubin Kazan Coach and Mariah Carey Rendition-Man Leonid Slutsky!
December 31, 2020 08:00 - 26 minutes - 23.8 MBGrant has a festive end-of-year interview with one of the most interesting people in world soccer, Rubin Kazan coach Leonid Slutsky. Slutsky went viral globally this week with his hysterical music video rendition of Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You. He speaks to Grant about the idea for the video and tells the story of his career, from having to quit playing as a goalkeeper at age 18 due to an injury that resulted from falling out of a tree while rescuing a cat; his rise as a c...
Rubin Kazan Coach and Mariah Carey Rendition-Man Leonid Slutsky
December 31, 2020 08:00 - 26 minutesGrant has a festive end-of-year interview with one of the most interesting people in world soccer, Rubin Kazan coach Leonid Slutsky. Slutsky went viral globally this week with his hysterical music video rendition of Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You. He speaks to Grant about the idea for the video and tells the story of his career, from having to quit playing as a goalkeeper at age 18 due to an injury that resulted from falling out of a tree while rescuing a cat; his rise as a co...
Bex Smith of The Players Podcast
December 28, 2020 08:00 - 42 minutesGrant has an enlightening interview with Bex Smith, the Los Angeles-born former New Zealand national team captain who currently hosts The Players Podcast with top players from the women's game for Copa90 and the BBC. Smith explains how she approaches her podcast, including interviews with Rose Lavelle and Sam Mewis; her background at Duke University and playing in two World Cups and two Olympics; her years in Germany, including winning the Champions League with Wolfsburg; her time as an exec...
Melissa Reddy Interview!
December 24, 2020 08:00 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBGrant has a fun interview with Melissa Reddy, one of the rising stars of global soccer media. Reddy, South African-raised and Liverpool-based, is the author of the new book Believe Us: How Jurgen Klopp Transformed Liverpool into Title Winners. She's also the senior football correspondent for The Independent, hosts the podcast Between The Lines and has done TV for CBS Sports and Sky Sports. Reddy explains how she built a career in England, where the barriers to women of color in sports jour...
Melissa Reddy Interview
December 24, 2020 08:00 - 47 minutesGrant has a fun interview with Melissa Reddy, one of the rising stars of global soccer media. Reddy, South African-raised and Liverpool-based, is the author of the new book Believe Us: How Jurgen Klopp Transformed Liverpool into Title Winners. She's also the senior football correspondent for The Independent, hosts the podcast Between The Lines and has done TV for CBS Sports and Sky Sports. Reddy explains how she built a career in England, where the barriers to women of color in sports journ...
Columbus Crew Coach Caleb Porter
December 21, 2020 08:00 - 1 hourGrant has a candid interview with Columbus Crew head coach Caleb Porter (at 37:57) coming off Porter's second MLS Cup-winning title campaign. Porter reveals that he cried upon learning that Darlington Nagbe and Pedro Santos wouldn't be available for the final, and he explains in detail how he has changed as a coach and a person in the years since he started in MLS. Porter never disappoints in these interviews, and that's no different here! Before that, Grant and Chris Wittyngham break down th...
US Soccer Athlete Council Members Brianna Pinto and Nick Mayhugh
December 17, 2020 14:13 - 25 minutesGrant has a fascinating interview with Brianna Pinto of the University of North Carolina, who's on the verge of breaking into the senior USWNT pool, and Nick Mayhugh of the U.S. Para 7-a-side team about their recent election to the powerful Athlete Council of U.S. Soccer. They were joined on a ticket called Next Gen United (average age: 22) by Smith Hunter, currently at Harvard and a member of the U.S. U20 women’s team; Mikey López of the Birmingham Legion in the USL and former men’s YNT play...
NWSL Kansas City Owners Angie & Chris Long!
December 14, 2020 08:00 - 50 minutes - 46 MBGrant interviews two longtime friends from his teenage days (at 23:37): Angie and Chris Long, the owners of the new NWSL team in Grant's hometown of Kansas City. They explain why they wanted to invest in the NWSL, what their plans are for the team and reveal that they want to build a new women's soccer stadium in the Kansas City area. Before that, Grant connects with Chris Wittyngham to break down Columbus's big win over Seattle in the MLS Cup final and discuss what the firing of Dortmund ...
NWSL Kansas City Owners Angie & Chris Long
December 14, 2020 08:00 - 50 minutesGrant interviews two longtime friends from his teenage days (at 23:37): Angie and Chris Long, the owners of the new NWSL team in Grant's hometown of Kansas City. They explain why they wanted to invest in the NWSL, what their plans are for the team and reveal that they want to build a new women's soccer stadium in the Kansas City area. Before that, Grant connects with Chris Wittyngham to break down Columbus's big win over Seattle in the MLS Cup final and discuss what the firing of Dortmund coa...
MLS Commissioner Don Garber
December 10, 2020 08:00 - 38 minutesAhead of Saturday's MLS Cup final between Columbus and Seattle, Grant has an entertaining conversation with commissioner Don Garber about a number of topics: The intriguing possibilities of an MLS-Liga MX merger; the landscape for MLS as it heads toward a new domestic TV contract after the 2022 season; the hardest thing personally for Garber during a difficult 2020; the challenges of recently laying off 20% of the employees at MLS headquarters; what he's most excited about for 2021; the possi...
MLS Commissioner Don Garber!
December 10, 2020 08:00 - 38 minutes - 34.8 MBAhead of Saturday's MLS Cup final between Columbus and Seattle, Grant has an entertaining conversation with commissioner Don Garber about a number of topics: The intriguing possibilities of an MLS-Liga MX merger; the landscape for MLS as it heads toward a new domestic TV contract after the 2022 season; the hardest thing personally for Garber during a difficult 2020; the challenges of recently laying off 20% of the employees at MLS headquarters; what he's most excited about for 2021; the poss...
Hertha Berlin's Arne Friedrich; CBS's Luis Miguel Echegaray
December 07, 2020 08:00 - 52 minutesGrant has two fun interviews on this episode. The first is with Arne Friedrich (at 3:48), the sporting director for Hertha Berlin. Friedrich, who played in two World Cups for Germany and also for the Chicago Fire, explains how he got the job at Hertha; the challenge of trying to build a trophy contender with newly infused investment in the club; the allure of bringing players to one of the world's great capitals; and his love for the United States, where he's friends with athletes like Steve ...
Hertha Berlin's Arne Friedrich; CBS's Luis Miguel Echegaray!
December 07, 2020 08:00 - 52 minutes - 48 MBGrant has two fun interviews on this episode. The first is with Arne Friedrich (at 3:48), the sporting director for Hertha Berlin. Friedrich, who played in two World Cups for Germany and also for the Chicago Fire, explains how he got the job at Hertha; the challenge of trying to build a trophy contender with newly infused investment in the club; the allure of bringing players to one of the world's great capitals; and his love for the United States, where he's friends with athletes like Steve...
Landon Donovan Interview!
December 03, 2020 09:15 - 24 minutes - 22 MBGrant interviews USMNT legend Landon Donovan about a number of topics, including his decision as San Diego Loyal coach to take his team off the field in a game it was leading after one of his players was abused with a homophobic slur; what he learned as a manager during his first season; and his thoughts on the LA Galaxy, USMNT and the passing of Diego Maradona. This episode of Fútbol with Grant Wahl is brought to you by Fanatiz. On Fanatiz, you can watch all the action in Spain’s La Liga ...
Landon Donovan Interview
December 03, 2020 09:15 - 24 minutesGrant interviews USMNT legend Landon Donovan about a number of topics, including his decision as San Diego Loyal coach to take his team off the field in a game it was leading after one of his players was abused with a homophobic slur; what he learned as a manager during his first season; and his thoughts on the LA Galaxy, USMNT and the passing of Diego Maradona. This episode of Fútbol with Grant Wahl is brought to you by Fanatiz. On Fanatiz, you can watch all the action in Spain’s La Liga and...
Ted Lasso's Jason Sudeikis and Brendan Hunt!
November 30, 2020 08:00 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBGrant geeks out with Jason Sudeikis and Brendan Hunt (at 9:50), who star in the brilliant show Ted Lasso on Apple TV+. They discuss the virtues of Midwestern kindness; the challenge of developing characters from Ted Lasso's origins as a short comedy sketch; the risk that comes with the show's ambitions; Brendan's history of living in Amsterdam and meeting John O'Brien; the anticipation for Seasons 2 and 3 (which have already been green-lit); the real-life coaching inspirations for the Ted La...
Ted Lasso's Jason Sudeikis and Brendan Hunt
November 30, 2020 08:00 - 49 minutesGrant geeks out with Jason Sudeikis and Brendan Hunt (at 9:50), who star in the brilliant show Ted Lasso on Apple TV+. They discuss the virtues of Midwestern kindness; the challenge of developing characters from Ted Lasso's origins as a short comedy sketch; the risk that comes with the show's ambitions; Brendan's history of living in Amsterdam and meeting John O'Brien; the anticipation for Seasons 2 and 3 (which have already been green-lit); the real-life coaching inspirations for the Ted Las...
Parma's New Iowa-Based Owner Kyle Krause; Chris Wittyngham on Insane MLS Playoffs
November 23, 2020 08:00 - 43 minutesGrant interviews Kyle Krause (at 17:26), the new Iowa-based owner of Italian top-flight club Parma. Krause, who's of Italian origin and has owned the Des Moines Menace for the past two decades, explains why he wanted to buy Parma, his plan for the club in the coming years and where he sees Serie A going in the big picture. Before that, Grant and Chris Wittyngham break down the craziness of the weekend's MLS playoff elimination games, including the wild penalty shootout wins by Orlando City (t...
Kate Abdo of CBS Sports; Grant's New Freddy Adu Podcast Series
November 19, 2020 08:00 - 56 minutesGrant interviews his old friend and former work teammate Kate Abdo of CBS Sports (at 24:08) about how CBS is approaching its UEFA Champions League coverage; how she's dealing with working from London despite living in Los Angeles; what she has learned about studio pundits Roberto Martínez, Jamie Carragher, Alex Scott and Micah Richards; how she learned languages well enough to do simultaneous interview interpretation in Spanish, German and French (and soon Italian); and how she ended up havin...
Kate Abdo of CBS Sports! Grant's New Freddy Adu Podcast Series
November 19, 2020 08:00 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBGrant interviews his old friend and former work teammate Kate Abdo of CBS Sports (at 24:08) about how CBS is approaching its UEFA Champions League coverage; how she's dealing with working from London despite living in Los Angeles; what she has learned about studio pundits Roberto Martínez, Jamie Carragher, Alex Scott and Micah Richards; how she learned languages well enough to do simultaneous interview interpretation in Spanish, German and French (and soon Italian); and how she ended up havi...
Introducing American Prodigy: The Freddy Adu Story
November 17, 2020 13:30 - 1 minuteWhen Nike signed 13-year-old Freddy Adu to a seven-figure contract, the company thought he could be bigger than Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and LeBron James. As it turned out, however, Freddy never lived up to the hype. Journalist Grant Wahl investigates the impossible expectations that were placed on the teenager and discusses with Freddy just how much of the blame lies on the media, MLS and Freddy himself. American Prodigy is now available. Listen here. Get full access to Fútbol wit...
Salzburg's American Head Coach Jesse Marsch!
November 16, 2020 08:00 - 43 minutes - 40 MBGrant has an in-depth conversation with Red Bull Salzburg's American head coach, Jesse Marsch, about his experience in the UEFA Champions League group stage so far; why exactly he thinks group foe Bayern Munich is the world's best team right now; why he expects to lose star 20-year-old Dominik Szoboszlai during the January transfer window; his hopes for new Salzburg signing Brenden Aaronson of Philadelphia; his thoughts on the response to his comments saying Frank Lampard underestimated Chri...
Salzburg's American Head Coach Jesse Marsch
November 16, 2020 08:00 - 43 minutesGrant has an in-depth conversation with Red Bull Salzburg's American head coach, Jesse Marsch, about his experience in the UEFA Champions League group stage so far; why exactly he thinks group foe Bayern Munich is the world's best team right now; why he expects to lose star 20-year-old Dominik Szoboszlai during the January transfer window; his hopes for new Salzburg signing Brenden Aaronson of Philadelphia; his thoughts on the response to his comments saying Frank Lampard underestimated Chris...
Interviews with Sergiño Dest and CONMEBOL president Alejandro Domínguez
November 12, 2020 08:00 - 39 minutesGrant has two intriguing interviews in this episode. The first is with Sergiño Dest, the 19-year-old right back for the USMNT and FC Barcelona, ahead of Thursday's MNT friendly against Wales. Dest talks about his excitement over being with the national team this week, his belief that the U.S. could do big things at upcoming World Cups, why he decided to play for USA over the Netherlands and what it has been like to meet and play with Lionel Messi at Barcelona. Then (at 12:54) Grant interv...
Interviews with Sergiño Dest and CONMEBOL president Alejandro Domínguez
November 12, 2020 08:00 - 40 minutesGrant has two intriguing interviews in this episode. The first is with Sergiño Dest, the 19-year-old right back for the USMNT and FC Barcelona, ahead of Thursday's MNT friendly against Wales. Dest talks about his excitement over being with the national team this week, his belief that the U.S. could do big things at upcoming World Cups, why he decided to play for USA over the Netherlands and what it has been like to meet and play with Lionel Messi at Barcelona. Then (at 12:54) Grant interview...
Seattle Sounders Head Coach Brian Schmetzer!
November 09, 2020 08:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBGrant interviews Seattle Sounders head coach Brian Schmetzer, whose team has been to three of the last four MLS Cup finals, winning two of them. Schmetzer goes into detail about how he prepares his team for the one-and-done playoffs, why he thinks the Sounders have taken the next step in recent years and answers what he thinks lies ahead in his contract negotiations with the club. Schmetzer also goes into great detail about his intimate connection to the Seattle soccer culture over the years...
Seattle Sounders Head Coach Brian Schmetzer
November 09, 2020 08:00 - 37 minutesGrant interviews Seattle Sounders head coach Brian Schmetzer, whose team has been to three of the last four MLS Cup finals, winning two of them. Schmetzer goes into detail about how he prepares his team for the one-and-done playoffs, why he thinks the Sounders have taken the next step in recent years and answers what he thinks lies ahead in his contract negotiations with the club. Schmetzer also goes into great detail about his intimate connection to the Seattle soccer culture over the years,...
Arlo White of NBC Sports!
November 05, 2020 08:00 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBGrant interviews Arlo White, the lead commentator for NBC Sports' production of the English Premier League. They talk about Arlo's role in Ted Lasso and the remarkable public response to the show; this Sunday's Man City-Liverpool showdown; the wide-open Premier League start; Leicester City's rise to 2nd place; Arlo's Inside the Mind interviews with Jürgen Klopp, Pep Guardiola, Harry Kane and other top figures; his plans with the Chicago Fire and the NBC Olympics coverage; and his love for th...
Arlo White of NBC Sports
November 05, 2020 08:00 - 35 minutesGrant interviews Arlo White, the lead commentator for NBC Sports' production of the English Premier League. They talk about Arlo's role in Ted Lasso and the remarkable public response to the show; this Sunday's Man City-Liverpool showdown; the wide-open Premier League start; Leicester City's rise to 2nd place; Arlo's Inside the Mind interviews with Jürgen Klopp, Pep Guardiola, Harry Kane and other top figures; his plans with the Chicago Fire and the NBC Olympics coverage; and his love for the...
Joe Lowery Interview; Chris Wittyngham on the Soccer Weekend
November 02, 2020 08:00 - 1 hourGrant 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 week...
ESPN's Matteo Bonetti Interview
October 29, 2020 07:00 - 38 minutesGrant 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 ...
Amelia López of Fut Mex Nation and the Mexican Soccer Show; Chris Wittyngham on the Soccer Weekend
October 26, 2020 07:00 - 1 hourGrant 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, ...
Amelia López of Fut Mex Nation and the Mexican Soccer Show; Chris Wittyngham on the Soccer Weekend
October 26, 2020 07:00 - 1 hourGrant 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 tha...
Adam Belz of the Scuffed Soccer Podcast; Honoring Daryl Grove
October 22, 2020 07:00 - 38 minutesGrant 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 ...
Philadelphia Union Coach Jim Curtin; Chris Wittyngham on the Soccer Weekend
October 19, 2020 07:00 - 1 hourGrant 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 Ringer's Musa Okwonga
October 15, 2020 07:00 - 35 minutesGrant 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 Get ful...
Luis Omar Tapia Interview
October 12, 2020 12:42 - 34 minutesGrant 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 (...
Becky Sauerbrunn Interview
October 08, 2020 07:00 - 21 minutesGrant 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 a...
Eddie Pope, Evan Whitfield & Allen Hopkins on SCORE (Soccer Collective on Racial Equity)
October 05, 2020 07:00 - 46 minutesGrant 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 cur...
Kyle Martino on NBC, Goalpher, Haus & US Soccer
October 01, 2020 12:23 - 37 minutesGrant 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 Get full access to Fútbol ...
An Interview with The Cooligans
September 28, 2020 13:16 - 40 minutesGrant has a thoroughly enjoyable conversation with The Cooligans, Christian Polanco and Alexis Guerreros, two standup comedians who recently hosted the 100th episode of their eponymous show, which airs every Tuesday and Thursday at 8 pm ET on the Fubo Sports Network. Polanco and Guerreros explain the story of how they became a partnership, why there are so many great sources of humor in the soccer world, what the word "gully" means, why they're pals with AOC and why their favorite interview g...
Relevent Sports CEO Danny Sillman
September 24, 2020 07:00 - 42 minutesGrant interviews Danny Sillman, the CEO of Relevent Sports, which puts on the men's and women's International Champions Cup summer tournaments in the U.S. featuring the world's biggest clubs. Sillman explains what Relevent is trying to achieve in the U.S., why he thinks his company will be able to stage a regular-season La Liga game in the U.S. before too long and how Relevent is becoming its own media company. Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4 Get full access to Fútbol with...
Sky Blue FC GM Alyse LaHue; Taylor Rockwell on a Big Weekend for USMNT Players in Europe
September 21, 2020 07:00 - 1 hourGrant interviews Alyse LaHue (at 37:31), the general manager of Sky Blue FC, who has led a complete turnaround of the NWSL team off and on the field since taking over. LaHue tells her personal story, explains what she encountered when she took the job and how she went about making changes. Those have included moving the team's playing venue to Red Bull Arena, changing the training site and adding players like Mal Pugh, Midge Purce and McCall Zerboni. LaHue also shares her opinions on the USMN...
Oakland Roots Co-Founder Edreece Arghandiwal
September 17, 2020 07:00 - 30 minutesGrant has a fun interview with Edreece Arghandiwal, the co-founder and CMO of the Oakland Roots, which announced this week that it will move into the second-tier USL Championship next season. Arghandiwal, an Oakland native, explains the origin story of the club, which is organized around a heavy community-based ethic that taps into the identity of one of the U.S.'s most diverse cities. Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4 Get full access to Fútbol with Grant Wahl at grantwahl....
Fabrizio Romano Interview!
September 14, 2020 07:00 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MBGrant interviews Fabrizio Romano, the Milan-based European transfer market insider who has become the closest thing to the Woj and Schefter of European football. Romano, who's only 27 years old, explains how he does his job, how the transfer market is changing, how he uses his multiple languages and what lessons he would share with aspiring journalists who want to follow his lead. He also gives an update on the transfer-market stories he's following right now in real time. Music: https://w...
Fabrizio Romano Interview
September 14, 2020 07:00 - 35 minutesGrant interviews Fabrizio Romano, the Milan-based European transfer market insider who has become the closest thing to the Woj and Schefter of European football. Romano, who's only 27 years old, explains how he does his job, how the transfer market is changing, how he uses his multiple languages and what lessons he would share with aspiring journalists who want to follow his lead. He also gives an update on the transfer-market stories he's following right now in real time. Music: https://www....