An inside look at the US Men's National Team w/ Press Officer Michael Kammarman

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🗓️ 11 November 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Taylor talks to Michael Kammarman, the USMNT's press officer since 2001. They get into the evolution of how the team has been covered since he came on board, Michael's advice to journalists who are just starting out, and the differences in his role based on the manager in charge. There's also insight into the post-Couva locker room, the current pool of players, and the individuals that have been the strongest voices in the locker room. Sponsors! Today's episode is brought to you by... Indochino! Get $30 off any purchase of $399 or more when you use the code "Athletic" at Indochino.com Credible! Visit Credible.com/TSS and get a $200 gift card when you refinance your student loans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everybody and welcome to the Total Soccer Show.
0:23.0	My name is Taylor Rockwell and with me today is a man you have probably seen in the background
0:27.4	of every interview with every USman's national team coach since the early 2000s.
0:32.0	It's Michael Cameron.
0:33.3	Michael, thank you very much for taking the time.
0:35.8	Michael is the press officer for the USman's national team.
0:38.7	Michael, I appreciate you being here today.
0:40.4	Hey, Taylor.
0:41.4	It's great to be with you.
0:43.7	So I wanted to give a little bit of background as to how this came to be.
0:47.5	Michael has been in touch in the last couple of weeks.
0:49.9	I think both in his official capacity and in his unofficial capacity is just a good guy
0:55.1	to express sympathy for Darrell and support for the show and everything like that.
0:59.9	So we were talking yesterday just about some things that you all are going to be doing.
1:03.6	I don't know how much you want to talk about that.
1:05.1	I'll leave that to you.
1:06.4	And it kind of evolved into a larger conversation about your time with the national team and
1:10.0	some stories you had and it felt like maybe a good idea for a show.
1:13.4	So here we are.
1:14.4	But first I wanted you to have the opportunity to talk a little bit if you so choose about
1:19.3	Darrell or what USman might be doing with Darrell.
1:22.3	Yeah, Taylor and I really appreciate the opportunity.
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