Gyasi Zardes, Team USA/Columbus Crew Soccer Player
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Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2018
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Episode 167
Giyasi Zardes plays soccer in the MLS for the Columbus Crew and is also a member of the United States National team.
He began his pro soccer career signing with the Los Angeles Galaxy as a homegrown player in 2012. He made his MLS debut on April 15, 2013.
After a breakout 2014 season in which he scored 16 goals to go with a pair of assists, Zardes has experienced tough times in the production department thanks in part to injury (2016) and the worst Galaxy season ever (2017). In January 2018, the former MLS All-Star was traded to the Columbus Crew and did not disappoint scoring 16 goals through 30 games and is currently 4th in the league in scoring.
On this episode of the podcast, we talk with Gyasi about his resurgent 2018 season, transitioning to life in Columbus, Ohio, preparing for Team USA matches against Columbia and Peru, what faith looks like in the MLS and how sharing a hashtag on his Instagram page has helped him be more intentional about his faith in Christ.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.5 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:19.9 | This episode of the Sports Spectrum podcast with Giazzi Zardez from the Columbus crew in Major League Soccer is sponsored by Compassion International. |
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| 1:01.4 | spectrum and sponsor a child today today's guest on the podcast is giasi zardez he's a soccer |
| 1:08.8 | with the columbus crew and majorcer, the MLS, of course, |
| 1:13.1 | and also a member of the U.S. national team. And Giaci joined us to talk about his journey. |
| 1:18.9 | Now, first of all, he's having a great season in the MLS this year. Fourth in scoring at the time |
| 1:25.0 | of this taping, he had 16 goals and in 29 games and just playing fantastic |
| 1:30.3 | for the Columbus crew and really a resurgent season for him. So we talk about the season in |
| 1:36.3 | 2018 for Giozzi and what that looks like. We also talk about his faith and where that was rooted |
| 1:42.4 | and how he stays grounded in the Lord in the MLS. |
| 1:45.6 | What does the MLS look like as far as faith? |
| 1:48.7 | Does it have a chapel service? |
| 1:50.4 | Does it have Bible study? |
| 1:51.6 | That type of thing. |
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