An Interview With Emerging USA Goalkeeper Zack Steffen

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Sports Illustrated

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4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2018

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Ahead of Friday's USA-Brazil friendly, Grant sits down with Zack Steffen, the 23-year-old goalkeeper for the USMNT and Columbus Crew. They talk about his Man of the Match performance in June against France, his rise with the Columbus Crew, his thoughts on the goalkeeper position and his goals for the career that lies ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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.
0:09.0	In this episode, I'm joined by USA and Columbus crew goalkeeper
0:12.9	Zach Stephan.
0:14.0	The last time we saw Stephan in a US uniform,
0:16.7	he was earning man of the match honors
0:18.4	in a one-one friendly tie at soon to be world champion France. Next up this week,
0:23.8	Namar in Brazil. Just a quick reminder, it's a huge help if you
0:28.0	subscribe to, rate and review the podcast. It helps people find us.
0:32.1	Onward! the and Columbus crew goalkeeper whose US team faces Brazil this Friday at 8 p.m.
0:46.7	eastern on FS1 and Unimas.
0:50.3	Zach, thanks for joining me.
0:51.6	Of course, thanks for having me on. I appreciate it.
0:53.6	Great to have you with me here. We are at the US Team Hotel in New Jersey.
0:59.0	A couple of interesting friendlies coming up here, tough competition.
1:04.0	Brazil this week, Mexico next Tuesday.
1:08.0	Your last game in a US jersey was against the world champion, France, right before the World Cup.
1:15.0	One won. You're a man of the match in a game in France. now you get Brazil next.
1:25.0	What's that like to have that opportunity at this point?
1:32.0	Oh, I mean, it's... at this point? It's crazy.
1:35.0	I mean it's surreal and
1:38.0	hard to grasp because when you were when when I was eight years old I was sitting on the
1:48.5	couch watching Tim Howard and all the other amazing US goalies do this and I was I was in all of them and
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