Rory Smith, Chief Soccer Correspondent for the New York Times

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Sports Illustrated

Sports, Sports News, News, Soccer

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2016

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Grant speaks to Rory Smith, the first Chief Soccer Correspondent for the New York Times, about his role in the changing face of soccer media coverage in the United States and globally. Smith talks about the differences in sports media culture between the U.S. and England, his own career path, the writing process and his book, Mister: The Men Who Gave The World The Game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Grant Wall, and welcome to the Planet Football Podcast, where I go in-depth with the most intriguing
0:07.1	people in the world of soccer.
0:09.3	On today's show, Rory Smith joins us to talk about his job as the first chief soccer
0:14.6	correspondent of the New York Times based in Europe and the role of the United
0:19.2	States as a growing market for all things soccer.
0:22.1	It's known in Europe that soccer is a sort of boom industry in the state,
0:26.0	that it's really kind of taking off.
0:27.0	And we're having to confront that sort of snobbery we've had where we kind of didn't want Americans to like soccer, but got really offended, but they didn't.
0:35.4	All that and my thoughts on the latest in soccer coming up.
0:40.3	Take one.
0:41.3	All right, here are my three thoughts.
0:44.0	First up, this was a horrible week for Arsenal.
0:47.0	The Gunners went up 1-0 at Everton, then ended up losing to 1.
0:52.0	Then they went up 1-0 at Man City and ended up losing 2-1.
0:56.0	In the course of seven days, Arsenal went from first place in the Premier League to fourth.
1:02.0	Even worse, Arson-Venger's team showed no ability to manage a game or find a leader to push his teammates
1:08.4	when things got tough.
1:10.0	To make matters worse, Arsenal's reward for finishing first in its Champions League group
1:15.1	was to draw old nemesis Byron Munich in the round of 16.
1:19.8	Few teams have a more passionate following in the United States than Arsenal.
1:23.5	But if my Arsenal-loving friends are any indication, few fan bases are quicker to say,
1:29.0	the sky is falling.
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