Fútbol with Grant Wahl

On this episode, Grant and Chris Wittyngham discuss Ecuador's opening night win over Qatar to open the World Cup, the bizarre scenes in and around the curtain raiser, and look ahead to the opening game for the USMNT against Wales tomorrow afternoon. Then, Grant talks to Adam Elder, author of the book "New Kids in the World Cup" on the 1990 US team that qualified for their first World Cup in 40 years.

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On this episode, Grant discusses what the scene is like in Qatar a few days ahead of the World Cup, some of the worrying issues already happening with the nation and the media, and Chris Wittyngham joins to look preview the tournament and give their thoughts for what is going to happen. Then, former Aston Villa and Colombia player and current Telemundo analyst Juan Pablo Angel joins to talk about his new podcast "My Favorite Futbolista" and author Neel Shah joins to discuss his new book Awakening The Blue Tigers: India's Quest For Football's Holy Grail about India's search to become a football power.

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On this episode, Grant and Chris Wittyngham talk about some of the major storylines from the weekend including Manchester City's defeat to Brentford, Leeds United's defeat to Spurs, and some debates to be solved before the United States open the World Cup. Then, Grant talks to journalists Jason and Yeganeh Rezaian about the situation both on and off the pitch with Iran, who the US will close out group play with at the World Cup.

Check out Grant's written work at this World Cup at GrantWahl.com

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Grant is live from Brooklyn where he reacts to the release of the United States Men's National Team's 26 man squad for the World Cup with Chris Wittyngham. How did Zack Steffen miss the team entirely? Who were the surprise inclusions? How did Haji Wright get the final spot at striker? We discuss that and much more. Plus, Hal Phillips joins to discuss his book about the USMNT in the 80s and 90s called Generation Zero: Founding Fathers, Hidden Histories & the Making of Soccer in America.

Here is the full US Squad:

GOALKEEPERS (3): Ethan Horvath - Luton Town, Sean Johnson - New York City FC, Matt Turner -Arsenal

DEFENDERS (9): Aaron Long - New York Red Bulls, Antonee "Jedi" Robinson - Fulham, Cameron Carter-Vickers - Celtic, DeAndre Yedlin - Inter Miami CF, Joe Scally - Borussia Mönchengladbach, Walker Zimmerman - Nashville SC, Sergiño Dest - AC Milan, Shaq Moore - Nashville SC, Tim Ream - Fulham

MIDFIELDERS (7): Brenden Aaronson - Leeds United, Cristian Roldan - Seattle Sounders FC, Kellyn Acosta - LAFC, Luca de la Torre - Celta de Vigo, Tyler Adams - Leeds United, Weston McKennie - Juventus, Yunus Musah - Valencia

FORWARDS (7): Christian Pulisic – Chelsea, Haji Wright - Antalyaspor, Jesús Ferreira - FC Dallas, Jordan Morris - Seattle Sounders FC, Tim Weah – Lille, Josh Sargent - Norwich City, Gio Reyna - Borussia Dortmund

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Grant and Chris Wittyngham round up a busy weekend of football as LAFC is crowned champions of MLS, Arsenal wins a London Derby, Liverpool get back on track with a win over Spurs, Gerard Pique retires, and we look ahead to the USMNT squad reveal this week. Then, The Athletic's Adam Crafton joins (55:05) to discuss his new podcast series "Away From Home", chronicling Shakhtar Donetsk's UEFA Champions League journey in which they can't play at home in Ukraine.

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Grant interviews longtime ESPN reporter Jeremy Schaap. His ESPN E60 episode “Qatar’s World Cup” on the controversies surrounding the selection of Qatar to host the upcoming World Cup debuts this Sunday at 8:30 pm Eastern on ESPN. Produced and directed by Max Brodsky, it will be available for on-demand streaming on ESPN+ after the initial airing. Then Grant interviews Domènec Torrent, the former coach of NYCFC, Flamengo and Galtasaray, as well as Pep Guardiola’s assistant for 11 seasons and 24 trophies.

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On this episode, Grant and Chris Wittyngham discuss the major headlines from the soccer weekend including Leeds' 2-1 win over Liverpool, a rough weekend for injuries to USMNT players, Portland Thorns winning the NWSL title, and Philadelphia winning the East and LAFC winning the West to set the MLS Cup Final matchup for next Saturday.

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Grant interviews Crystal Dunn about scoring the goal that sent Portland to this weekend’s NWSL final just five months after she gave birth to her son, Marcel. And in Book Talk, Grant speaks to Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg about their new book Messi vs Ronaldo: One Rivalry, Two GOATS and the Era that Remade the World’s Game.

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On this episode, Grant and Chris Wittyngham break down the weekend's soccer talking point including a headline making week for Manchester United, another Leeds defeat putting Jesse Marsch under pressure, a check on USMNT players in Europe, and a look at the MLS Cup Playoffs.

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Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez of the LA Galaxy joins the show ahead of LA's El Trafico MLS Cup Playoff match against LAFC on Thursday night. Grant and Chicharito discuss the rivalry between the two LA teams, how he deals with being such a big figure in the Mexcian community, his status with the Mexican National Team, and learning from mistakes. Then, Ryan O'Hanlon joins the show for "Book Talk" to discuss his book Net Gains: Inside The Beautiful Game's Analytics Revolution.

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