NJ Governor Phil Murphy/Ross Greenburg

Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Grant Wahl

Sports, Soccer

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Grant has two interviews on this episode. The first is with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy about World Cup 2026 and the NWSL team, Gotham FC, for which Murphy is one of the majority owners. The second is with Ross Greenburg, the executive producer of a new documentary film Hidden Dynasty: The Story of Carolina Women’s Soccer. The film is part of ESPN’s Fifty/50 initiative celebrating the 50th anniversary of Title IX and can be seen on-demand via the ESPN App. Get full access to Fútbol with Grant Wahl at grantwahl.substack.com/subscribe

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0:00.0	Hey there, welcome to Food Ball with Grant Wall, thanks so much for joining me.
0:11.6	Our interview guests today are New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy to discuss World Cup 26
0:18.0	and his NWSL team got them FC. And then Ross Greenberg, the executive producer of a new ESPN film
0:26.7	on the University of North Carolina women's soccer dynasty. Before we get going, you can sign up
0:32.4	for a subscription to my writing site at grantwall.com. It has all my writing, including magazine style
0:39.2	stories and onsite coverage of the men's and women's game. That's grantwall.com. Now, here's my
0:46.0	interview with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. Our guest now is New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy,
0:54.2	who's a soccer guy. He's a part owner of Gotham FC in the NWSL. And New Jersey's
0:59.9	MetLife stadium was just named as a host city for World Cup 2026. Governor Murphy, congratulations
1:07.3	on that. And thanks for coming on the show. Hey, thanks for having me, Grant. And yeah, it's a big
1:11.7	deal to get those games at MetLife and we're thrilled to get them. And we are working really hard
1:17.3	to make sure we have a really good package of games. So it's not just the games, but it's which
1:22.0	amongst you yet. And we would love to get the last game. So we're laser focused on that as
1:27.2	a next step. Well, let's talk about that then. How does that work in terms of trying to get the
1:33.6	final? Who do you think your competition is? And what do you think is the timeline for when
1:38.6	that might be decided? Yeah, I'll start with the last. Obviously, I don't want to speak for
1:42.9	me so they are the ones that put the rules of the road and the timing together. But it will be
1:48.8	next year at some point. That's the signals that we're getting. That's number one. Number two,
1:55.5	how does the process look a little bit still to be termed? Keith has been terrific. I have to say
2:00.1	to deal with they and now give an example of how focused they are immediately after they awarded
2:07.3	the stadium. First of all, President Centino reached out and congratulated me, which was a
2:13.2	nice gesture on his part. And he and his colleagues have been especially Victor Montagliani,
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