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.

In this episode, I'm joined by Pablo Maurer, who covers DC United for the athletic.

Pablo is one of the most interesting people I've ever met in the American soccer community,

and I think you'll understand why after listening to our interview.

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Our guest today is one of the great Renaissance men of American soccer media.

You may know Pablo Maower from his DC-based soccer coverage, formerly in DC-ist and

now in the athletic. You may know him from his

remarkable photography especially the abandoned state series that ended up in

National Geographic. You may know him from his podcast, Open Wide for some soccer, or from his work as a mechanic, which most recently included work on what appeared to be multiple Lamborghinis. You can find Pablo on Twitter at MLS Ist.

Pablo, thanks for joining me.

Thank you. I really knew the ego boost you just gave me.

I've never been introduced like that.

I really appreciate it.

I should just hire myself out for this stuff.

There's a lot to talk about here,

as you can tell from that introduction.

And first off, congrats on joining the

athletic in DC. Oh thanks I appreciate it yeah I'm definitely looking forward to

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