Copa America preview / Jermaine Jones interview

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Sports Illustrated

Sports, Sports News, News, Soccer

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2016

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Copa America Centenario is here at last! After months of build-up, hype and speculation, the host U.S. opens the competition against Colombia, beginning a 23-day march to the final. U.S. national team midfielder Jermaine Jones joins our latest podcast to discuss, among other things, his role in the option-filled U.S. midfield, and we preview each of the 16 teams taking part in a Copa America blowout episode in anticipation of the summer spectacle. Which U.S. will show, the one that struggled in recent competitions or the one that enters the tournament on a four-game winning streak? Has Jurgen Klinsmann come up with a winning combination, or will the U.S. struggle in a tough group? Which teams are primed to go through to the knockout stage? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to SI's I's Planet Football Podcast, for each week we discuss the latest in the world of soccer.
0:14.2	I am S.I.com, Soccer Editor, Avi Creditor, joined today by SI Senior Writer Grantwall, SI.com's Brian Strauss, and Planet Football Podcast producer and SI.
0:24.0	Alex Abnos.
0:26.0	Later on, we are going to be joined by U.S. men's national team midfielder, Jermaine Jones,
0:30.0	and you might have a guess what we're going to talk about. Cop America, it's here, it's happening, finally.
0:35.0	After all these months of waiting and hype and buzz and just kind of building up to this
0:39.8	tournament, it is finally here, the USA will open against Columbia on Friday night and then we are off Grant you are out in California right now
0:46.9	How's how's it looking out there? I'm in San Francisco right now spent some time the last couple days with the US national team as they're
0:54.6	getting ready for this tournament and there's some confidence.
0:58.1	There's been some encouraging results here, some reason for optimism heading into this tournament
1:03.8	even though it wasn't that long ago in March that the US is losing to Guatemala
1:08.0	guys seem to be looking forward to the opportunity of this tournament
1:11.8	absolutely some some good results in recent friendlies, Brian.
1:16.7	You will be out in Chicago for game two against Costa Rica.
1:20.0	How are you feeling?
1:21.7	Chicago seems far away from my couch,
1:23.6	but I'm looking forward to it.
1:25.0	Fantastic.
1:26.3	Guys, what I want to do is go team by team
1:29.3	with the 16 teams in Copa America, obviously
1:31.9	the 10 South American teams, and then the 6 from
1:34.6	Kankakaf will within those 16 will go group by group and I just want to get your
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