Sacha Kljestan On Mass Shooting Speech, USMNT, Post-Playing Future

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Grant Wahl

Sports, Soccer

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, Grant sits down with LA Galaxy midfielder Sacha Kljestan to discuss his thoughts on both the Galaxy and the US Men's National team, playing for Jesse Marsch in New York, his thoughts on mass shootings that he shared at a press conference, and what he plans to do after his career comes to an end.

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0:00.0	Hey there, welcome to Food Ball with Grant Wall.
0:10.3	Thanks so much for joining me.
0:11.7	Our interview guest today is Sasha Kleschen of the LA Galaxy before we get going.
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0:27.7	story.
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0:33.2	That's grantwall.com, sign up free or paid.
0:37.5	Now here's my interview with Sasha Kleschen.
0:42.0	Our guest now is right at the top of American soccer players who, when they speak, I listen.
0:49.2	Sasha Kleschen of the LA Galaxy is in his 17th season as a professional.
0:54.6	He's one of three players ever to have at least 20 assists in an MLS season.
0:58.8	He also played 52 times for the U.S. men's national team.
1:02.5	Sasha, it's great to talk to you.
1:04.2	Thanks for coming on the show.
1:05.6	Thanks for having me, Grant.
1:07.2	Nice to be here.
1:08.2	Lots to talk about here, but I'm laughing at myself because I covered you for years and
1:12.9	years and I never actually asked you the very correct way to pronounce your name because
1:17.0	I've been writing about you.
1:18.0	I didn't need to worry about it, but this is audio.
1:20.2	How do you pronounce your name?
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