MLS SuperDraft special: Don Garber interview; What is college soccer's role?

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Sports Illustrated

Sports, Sports News, News, Soccer

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2016

⏱️ 53 minutes

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This week's Planet Futbol Podcast comes to you from Baltimore, the site of the 2016 MLS SuperDraft and the NSCAA convention. SI senior writer Grant Wahl and SI.com's Brian Straus, Liviu Bird, and Alex Abnos were all in town for the event, and together they'll give you a sense of what the mood is like at the biggest gathering of soccer people in the country. First, Grant Wahl sits down for a chat with MLS Commissioner Don Garber on the eve of the league's 21st season. In the talk, Garber discusses the importance of the SuperDraft, potential cities for MLS' next round of expansion, and what the league thinks of Dider Drogba's supposed flirtation with a return to Chelsea. Finally, Abnos, Straus, and Bird deliver a rich look at college soccer's importance to the American soccer system, and how Maryland's Sasho Cirovski's radical changes could improve the sport going forward. Additional music in this episode provided by SLP [http://freemusicarchive.org/music/SLP/] and Brandon Liew [http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Brandon_Liew/]. == The Planet Futbol Podcast is brought you by the SeatGeek app, available in app stores and at seatgeek.com. Enter code PLANET in the app to for a $20 rebate off your first purchase. We are also sponsored by FanDuel. Enter promo code PLANET at FanDuel.com to play a risk-free tournament for up to $10. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:23.6	We will always have a draft.
0:30.9	You might see some evolution of the types of players are being signed, but as long
0:35.1	as there's college soccer being played, we're going to be signing as many of those players
0:39.6	as we can. It's almost criminal. To ask players to play on a continual basis three games a week.
0:48.0	So what does the media see? They see the national championship game and they see tired bodies, tired legs, and they see a game that's maybe not at the highest quality that we can present. Welcome to a special SI Planet Football Podcast. We are here in Baltimore
1:09.2	Maryland at the NSCAA Coaches Convention and the MLS Super Draft.
1:15.8	I'm here with a good group of guys, Grant Wall here for Sports Illustrated,
1:21.6	with Brian Strauss, Leave You Bird, and Alex Abnos.
1:25.6	We've got a cool show coming ahead where we're going to talk about the unique and special
1:30.7	environment that is the NSCA Coaches Convention where...
1:35.0	Track pants.
1:36.0	Where the city gets taken over.
1:38.0	We'll also talk about the MLS draft.
1:40.0	We've got MLS Commissioner Don Garber with a one-on-one interview and a discussion on
1:45.8	college soccer in the future of college soccer with Maryland coach
1:49.6	saccio Serrovsky and National Champion Stanford Coach Jeremy Gunn. But guys let's get
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