Portland Timbers Coach Giovanni Savarese

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Sports Illustrated

Sports, Sports News, News, Soccer

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Grant has a wide-ranging conversation with Portland Timbers coach Giovanni Savarese in which they talk about Diego Valeri's potential return to the team for 2020, what happened with departed DP Brian Fernández, how Savarese works with GM Gavin Wilkinson and owner Merritt Paulson, what has (and hasn't changed) in MLS since he played in the league's first season for the MetroStars, how winning three NASL titles with the New York Cosmos has shaped him as a coach, his thoughts on the current state of his Venezuelan national team and how his family in Venezuela has dealt with the turmoil in that country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:26.7	Hey there, I'm Grant Wall.
0:29.1	Welcome to the Planet Football Podcast.
0:31.4	This week's interview guest is Giovanni Savarese, the coach of Portland,
0:35.8	Timbers. Quick reminder, if you like the podcast, it would really help us if you go to Apple
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0:45.6	the podcast to someone you know. onward! Our guest today is Giovanni Savarese, the head coach of the Portland Timbers Geo.
0:56.6	Thanks for coming on the show.
0:57.8	No, my pleasure, Grant.
0:59.8	Good to talk to you.
1:00.8	Yeah, likewise.
1:02.4	You know, you just finished your second season with the Timbers.
1:05.9	Took them to the MLS Cup final in your first season in 2018 in 2019.
1:12.1	Kind of a crazy season because you're on the road for so long to start
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