Hang Up and Listen - What’s Next for U.S. Men’s Soccer?
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🗓️ 5 December 2022
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by Grant Wahl to discuss the U.S. loss to the Netherlands at the World Cup. Josh and Joel Anderson are then joined by Slate’s Alex Kirshner to talk about the College Football Playoff pairings and Deion Sanders’ move to Colorado.
World Cup (3:43): The positives and negatives of the USMNT’s run to the round of 16.
College Football Playoff (27:50): Who’s in, who’s out, and what to expect in the semifinals.
Deion Sanders (49:25): Was he wrong to leave Jackson State?
Afterball (1:08:47): Stefan on soccer vs. football.
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| 0:28.0 | Because healthy business is beautiful business. |
| 0:30.0 | The following podcast includes explicit language. |
| 0:33.0 | Sorry, mom. |
| 0:49.0 | Hi, I'm Josh Levine, Slate's national editor. |
| 0:51.0 | And this is Hang Up and Listen for the Week of December 5th, 2022. |
| 0:55.0 | On this week's show, Grant Wall will join us to look back at the U.S. men's national team's loss to the Netherlands at the World Cup. |
| 1:01.0 | And to discuss what comes next for the program. |
| 1:04.0 | Slate's Alex Kirchner will also be here to talk about how the college football playoff matchups shook out. |
| 1:10.0 | And we'll discuss Dion Sanders' decision to leave Jackson State and become the head football coach at the University of Colorado. |
| 1:17.0 | I'm in Washington, D.C. and I'm the author of The Queen and the host of the podcast One Year. |
| 1:21.0 | All episodes of our 1942 season are out now. |
| 1:25.0 | And with me from California as Joel Anderson, the host of Slowburn's season three and six. |
| 1:30.0 | And we should note that Slowburn season seven on Roe v. Wade hosted by Susan Matthews was just named Apple's podcast of the year for 2022. |
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