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promo code planet. This whole idea that US soccer needs a savior or needs to be saved anytime

you're tempted to use the word savior or saved in a soccer context

don't do it just please don't do it.

We didn't get on too much on the pitch he was very competitive and many a time at Highbury I remember

Patrick's with his long legs flicking the ball over my head and getting at the other side and I was chasing him in his shadow.

As I say he would he would he got nasty he'd you know he'd be in your face and he'd let you know and I respected that.

Welcome to S.I's Planet Football Podcast or each week we discuss the latest in the world of soccer.

I'm S.I.com soccer editor, Avi Creditor, joined today by S.I. senior writer Grant Wall.

S.I.com's Brian Strauss will join us little later and in a minute right now we're going to welcome in

SI Legal Ace Michael McCann to talk about some things that are going on with the US women's

national team and US soccer. A little later on, we are going to answer your questions.

We have a reader mailbag session with some really interesting questions

that you provided for us on Twitter and Facebook,

so thank you for that.

We also have an interview that Grant was able to do with Frank Lampart.

So a very loaded show today, but want to start with the U.S. women.

They open Olympic qualifying scoring three goals in 15 minutes you think that's so so it's such a difficult

defeat and then you realize they did it in their last competitive game in the

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