Hi, I'm Grant Wall, and welcome to the Planet Football Podcast, where I go in-depth with the most intriguing

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Today, S.I.'s Brian Strauss joins me to talk about Toronto's Chance at History in

CCL, Sunday's Electric Atlanta NYC F.C. game, Brian's argument about why FIFA should expand the 2018 World Cup

and why Gigi Bufone has a future in country music after his hit single, Trash Can for A Heart.

Oddward!

Let's bring in Brian Strauss from Washington, D.C. where the weather is slightly better than it is here in

flash flooding New York City. Brian, how are you, my man?

I would have to go outside to really experience that.

That doesn't happen.

Sorry about your Washington capitals to start off.

I mean, you know, I had had a I saw a couple people tweet something like you

after they lost I don't remember even which game it was but someone said oh that's

so on brand you know the capitals are so on brand right now. And it's actually not because typically

they blow leads, right? They're famous for blowing two-game leads and blowing home

game sevens and

and you need a lead to blow a lead

you need to get to game seven to blow a game seven

so they're they're collapsing even like even earlier than normal and so it's quite interesting to see so it's a little change of pace

So I'm actually gonna be out next week

for the podcast so let's enjoy this one. I'm going to be in the wilds of Iceland for a few days for a story

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