Jon Arnold on All Things CONCACAF

Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Grant Wahl

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🗓️ 1 April 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Grant interviews Jon Arnold, the leading voice in English on all things CONCACAF, about the busy first week of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying, his takes on the great stories in the region, and his work with the New York Times and The Striker Texas. This episode of Fútbol with Grant Wahl is brought to you by Fanatiz. Frustrated that you can't get games from Spain's La Liga on your cable or satellite system? Sign up to stream Fanatiz. On Fanatiz, you can watch all the action in La Liga and other international leagues and tournaments live and on-demand from your mobile phone, tablet or directly on your TV with the Fanatiz app. Fanatiz features channels you know, like BeIN Sports in English and Spanish, GolTV and many more. And it costs only $7.99 a month. If you’d like to try Fanatiz for yourself, you can get a free week-long trial by going to fntz.co/Grant-FZ. Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4 Get full access to Fútbol with Grant Wahl at grantwahl.substack.com/subscribe

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0:00.0	Hey there. Welcome to Football with Grant Wall. Thanks so much for joining me. Today's interview
0:12.5	guest is John Arnold. For me, the leading journalist authority in English on all things
0:19.1	conca-caf. We've had some great guests lately including Santiago Solari, Chris Richards
0:25.3	and Sarah Spain. I also encourage you to check out my podcast series, American Prodigy,
0:31.2	the Freddie Edoe Story, all eight episodes are out. Now here's my interview with John Arnold.
0:40.8	Our guest now is an absolutely terrific writer based in deep
0:45.8	Elham, Texas. John Arnold's work can be found in the Striker Texas website,
0:51.6	the getting cock-a-caft newsletter, the BBC, and as of last week, a freelance story in the New
0:59.1	York Times on the Cuban national team. John is the leading authority in English on all things conca-caf
1:08.7	in my opinion, and you can find him on Twitter at Arnold Comma. John spelled out just like it sounds.
1:15.7	John, thanks for coming on the show. It's my pleasure, Grant. Thanks for having me looking forward to it.
1:20.0	Yeah, really busy week in your area of focus or one of your areas of focus.
1:27.2	Huge week of World Cup qualifying in conca-caf for everyone other than the top five ranked teams
1:32.9	in the region. Everyone is fighting for eventually three open spots in the final round octagonal.
1:40.6	I feel like the increased availability to watch these conca-caf games on Paramount Plus and
1:46.2	Peacock is raising their profile more than ever. And as always, there are some great stories in
1:52.6	the region that you're on top of. But before we get to the stories, just from a pure results
1:58.1	perspective, what do you think were some of the standout results take away from this past week
2:04.2	and why? Yeah, I think it's difficult not to start with Canada. Okay, they only had to play
2:09.5	Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, but they still can only beat the teams that are in front of them.
2:14.3	Emphatically and absolutely beat them, beating Bermuda 5-1, Cayman Islands 11-0.
2:20.0	We're at the round of qualification where, you know, one really, truly superlative player can
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