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Hi there, I'm Grant Wall, and welcome to the Planet Football Podcast.

This week my guest is Matt Pence. he's the author of a new book on

the Seattle Sounders and covers the team for the athletic. We'll also get it into

how we met each other for the first time in of all places Ukraine.

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On word. Our guest today is Matt Pence. He writes for the

athletic covering the Seattle Sounders and he's also the author of the

terrific new book The Sound and the Glory,

How the Seattle Sounders showed Major League Soccer how to win over America.

Matt, thanks for joining me.

Thanks for having me on.

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