America's Next Great Soccer Star
The Lead
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🗓️ 18 June 2020
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Over the past few months, Gio Reyna has burst onto the scene with Borussia Dortmund. The son of U.S. Men's National Team legend Claudio Reyna and former University of North Carolina star Danielle Egan, Gio is very much American soccer royalty. The Athletic’s Sam Stejskal joins us to discuss the meteoric rise of the 17 year-old star-in-the-making, how he is following in the footsteps of fellow American Christian Pulisic, and how a family tragedy helps motivate him.
Read Sam Stejskal and Raphael Honigstein's profile of Gio Reyna:
https://theathletic.com/1802307/2020/05/09/giovanni-reyna-exclusive-claudio-usmnt-dortmund-bundesliga/?source=theleadpodcast
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| 0:00.0 | With the Premier League returning to action this week, American soccer fans will once again |
| 0:10.0 | be closely watching Christian Pulisic. |
| 0:12.3 | But there's another young American who has been turning heads in Europe as well. |
| 0:22.2 | Gio Reina has emerged as American soccer's next great hope. |
| 0:32.2 | Today the athletic Sam Staskel joins us to discuss the meteoric rise of the 17-year-old, |
| 0:37.7 | how he is closely following in Pulisic's footsteps and how a family tragedy has helped |
| 0:42.7 | drive him toward greatness. |
| 0:44.9 | They've carried on the best that they've been able to and now Gio is kind of carrying |
| 0:50.2 | Jack with him. |
| 0:54.4 | From Wondry in the Athletic, I'm Anders Keltov. |
| 0:56.8 | And I'm Kavita Davidson. |
| 0:58.3 | It's Thursday, June 18th and this is Belid. |
| 1:01.8 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:06.9 | There was just something about the emotion and the heart of the team. |
| 1:11.0 | The failures of the past don't matter because we've got this now. |
| 1:17.0 | This isn't a story where the interview with the athlete will hold. |
| 1:21.2 | It stays with you. |
| 1:27.6 | If your home security system is so complicated you never use it, it's probably a good sign |
| 1:32.2 | that it's pretty bad. |
| 1:33.8 | That's a problem simply save it spent a decade fighting against because they believe |
| 1:37.6 | simple is safer. |
| 1:39.3 | Simply safe is the home security system for right now. |
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