Planet Futbol Podcast: June 25, 2015: USWNT-China memories, Gold Cup, Atlanta United FC, Pirlo

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Sports Illustrated

Sports, Sports News, News, Soccer

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2015

⏱️ 46 minutes

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The U.S. women's national team takes on China in the World Cup quarterfinals in a rematch of the epic 1999 final. SI's Grant Wahl and Brian Straus share their memories of that day before turning attention to the Gold Cup and Jurgen Klinsmann's roster choices. We wrap up with MLS talk, including Brian's story on Atlanta's MLS expansion team name and the possibility of Andrea Pirlo joining the league. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to SI's
0:06.5	SI's Planet Football Podcast for each week we discuss the latest in the world of soccer.
0:11.1	I am SI.com.com soccer editor,
0:13.3	obi creditor, joint today by S.I. senior writer
0:16.3	Graham Wall, S.I.com's Brian Strauss.
0:20.1	We are coming to you all just before the US women's national team.
0:24.6	It takes on China in the Women's World Cup quarterfinals.
0:29.2	Grant's welcome you in first from the ground in Canada.
0:33.0	uh... how are you?
0:34.3	I'm doing well here in the great white north.
0:36.0	I got to go to uh...
0:38.1	Edmonton
0:39.0	uh... for the first time in my life for u s a
0:41.6	against columbia very far north life for us to us a u.s a
0:45.0	uh... very far north
0:47.0	gret ski statues on every corner
0:48.8	there were not uh... but it was it was kind of fascinating and weird in the sense that it's a long ways from the border actually.
0:56.2	That's why there were fewer US fans at the Columbia game.
0:59.0	And it would, there was still light in the sky at midnight and the sun would come up at like four in the morning
1:06.4	Which itself was just sort of crazy
1:09.7	But I mean Vancouver now flying to Ottawa tomorrow for USA China.
1:17.0	It's a big country as I've learned here covering this tournament.
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