Welcome to SI's

SI's Planet Football Podcast for each week we discuss the latest in the world of

soccer.

I am SI.com soccer editor,

obi creditor joined today by S.I. senior writer Grant Wall.

S.I.com's Brian Spouse and S.I.com's Ben Littleton. And guys,

we talk about the week of soccer every week and this has been one of

the more momentous weeks. I think we could possibly have imagined the week. Big news, Seth Blatter, resigning from FIFA four days after his re-election.

We sat here last week wondering, you know, what was on the table in terms of this massive FBI investigation

and lo and behold, really everything is because unfathomably, Sepladder, whenever the new election

is held is gone.

I want to welcome in Grant, first, Granter in Vancouver,

I believe, the Women's World Cup.

So I was this morning, Vancouver later today.

I can't even keep track.

We got to do a little Matt Lauer thing. Where in the world are you?

So Grant, what was your initial thought? I mean, Bladders press conference, that's a landmark moment.

Everyone loves to say, oh, I saw this coming.

Nobody saw that announcement coming.

You know, the most likely scenario was it was that Jerome Valck was going to face some severe issues after the revelation in the New York Times, you know,

reporting that investigators were telling them that Valle could authorize this bribe as a go between between the South Africans and the

Dirty Kakaaf guys where FIFA money was actually sent to Jack Warner and Chuck Blazer for their votes for the 2010 World Cup.

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