4.6 • 859 Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2018
⏱️ 55 minutes
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0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Grant Wall. And welcome to the Planet Football Podcast, where I go in-depth with the most intriguing people in the world of soccer. |
0:08.5 | In this episode, I'm joined by Abby Wombach for an extremely candid conversation that you will want to hear. |
0:15.3 | Just a quick reminder, it's a huge help if you subscribe to, rate, and review the podcast. |
0:20.4 | It helps people find us. |
0:21.8 | Onward. |
0:24.0 | Our guest today is one of the greatest soccer players of all time. |
0:29.0 | Abby Wombach is a World Cup champion, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, and the all-time leading goal score in |
0:36.2 | international soccer history. |
0:38.4 | Wombach retired from playing in 2015, and she was recently announced as the founding chair of the advisory group for |
0:44.8 | COPA 90 to guide its editorial talent and commercial plans for coverage of women's soccer |
0:50.7 | as we move toward next summer's Women's World Cup. She also has a new book coming out. women's |
0:52.6 | World Cup. |
0:53.6 | She also has a new book coming out next April called Wolf Pack, |
0:57.2 | which you can pre-order now. |
0:58.7 | Abby, thanks for joining me. |
1:00.1 | Grant, it is always a pleasure. |
1:02.1 | I feel like we have truly grown up over the last couple of decades together in the game of football, soccer as Americans would know it. |
1:11.0 | I really truly appreciate all that you do and how you kind of stay |
1:15.1 | involved in the game and how you revolved from just a journalist to now a podcaster and also a TV analyst. I just have really enjoyed watching you and appreciate |
1:27.2 | all of your, you know, your comments and your insight and your experience and expertise is awesome. |
1:35.0 | Thanks Abby, I appreciate what you're doing too. |
1:38.0 | There's a lot to talk about here. |
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