Real Salt Lake's Pablo Mastroeni; Witty on MLS Playoffs, Ballon d'Or

Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Grant Wahl

Sports, Soccer

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Grant has a rollicking interview with Pablo Mastroeni, the interim head coach who has taken Real Salt Lake on an incredible journey to the MLS playoffs final four. Mastroeni is remarkably honest about not being ready at first to be a head coach again and telling the story about how he was digging ditches for $18 an hour after coaching the Colorado Rapids until he decided he wanted to be a coach again. Plus Grant and Witty break down the MLS playoffs, New York City’s upset of the New England Revolution, how the playoffs could be restructured, the uproar over the Ballon d’Or and much more. Music: Get full access to Fútbol with Grant Wahl at grantwahl.substack.com/subscribe

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0:44.2	This is an MLS playoffs focused episode, Chris Wittingham, and I will have plenty of discussion
0:49.8	in segment two.
0:51.0	But first off, I had a fascinating interview with Pablo Mastro Annie, the interim head coach
0:57.3	of Real Salt Lake, which has gone on an incredible run to the MLS final four.
1:03.6	Here's that interview.
1:06.4	Our guess now is the interim head coach of MLS's best playoff story in years.
1:13.4	Pablo Mastro Annie has Real Salt Lake one step from the MLS cup final ahead of its game
1:19.2	at Portland on Saturday at 6.30 p.m. Eastern on FS one and Fox the port this Pablo.
1:27.5	It's great to see you.
1:28.8	Congratulations on everything you've been doing.
1:31.6	Thanks, Grant.
1:32.6	I'm really enjoying it.
1:33.8	It's been a lot of fun and hoping that we can continue on.
1:37.5	I mean, there's so much that makes your team a great story.
1:40.7	You've had all the uncertainty of not having a team owner.
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