First Weekend of the PL, MLS Headlines, Heather O'Reilly Interview

Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Grant Wahl

Sports, Soccer

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, Grant and Chris Wittyngham break down a full slate of Premier League action including Erling Haaland's debut brace, Liverpool dropping points at Fulham, and Leeds' opening day win with Brenden Aaronson among the Americans impressing. Then, Heather O'Reilly joins Grant (33:45) to discuss her decision to come out of retirement and play for Irish champion Shelbourne FC in the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, the events that led up to her moving to Dublin and her thoughts on the USWNT and England winning the Euros.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey there, welcome to Food Ball with Grant Wall.
0:09.8	Thanks so much for joining me.
0:11.3	Our interview guest today is Heather O'Reilly, who has just come out of retirement to join
0:16.4	Irish Champion, Shellborn FC and compete in the Champions League.
0:21.2	Before we get going, you can sign up for a subscription to my writing site at grantwall.com.
0:26.9	I've got big magazine stories coming soon from my reporting trips to Leeds United and
0:31.8	interviewing migrant workers in Qatar.
0:35.3	So subscribe now and help me continue doing cool stuff like that.
0:39.5	That's grantwall.com.
0:41.8	In segment one, Chris Wittingham and I will break down the soccer news from a busy weekend.
0:46.4	We'll have my interview with Heather O'Reilly in segment two, but let's bring in Whitty.
0:50.8	How are you, my friend?
0:51.8	Doing all right.
0:52.8	I just did the accounting before we started.
0:55.0	I believe I have watched portions of at least eight soccer matches this weekend.
1:00.5	So we have a lot to get to here because my omai was at a busy weekend.
1:06.2	It really was.
1:07.2	And this is the time of year.
1:08.2	Obviously, it's the opening weekend of the Premier League and the Bundesliga.
1:12.9	And at the same time, in MLS and NWSL, you've got games starting to matter more as we get
1:18.3	into the playoffs, stretch, drive, MLS, all-star game coming up midweek.
1:24.5	But let's start with Leeds United 2, Wolves 1.
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