Sam Stejskal on MLS is Back; Dr. Celine Gounder on MLS & the Virus

Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Grant Wahl

Sports, Soccer

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

With MLS starting its bubble tournament in Orlando, Grant interviews Sam Stejskal (at 6:30), who covers MLS for The Athletic and co-hosts the podcast Allocation Disorder on the Total Soccer Show feed. They discuss the impact of Covid-19 on Dallas and Nashville and what to look for soccer-wise, and then Stejskal tells his career story and explains his strategies for covering MLS as a growing league with complex roster rules. Before that, Grant speaks to his wife, Dr. Celine Gounder, a CNN medical analyst and host of the Epidemic podcast. She shares an expert's opinion on the wisdom of MLS staging a bubble tournament in virus hotspot Florida, as well as why she thinks there should have been a longer quarantine time upon arrival in Florida for MLS teams. Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4 Get full access to Fútbol with Grant Wahl at grantwahl.substack.com/subscribe

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0:00.0	Hey there, welcome to football with Grant Wall.
0:09.4	Thanks so much for joining me.
0:10.9	Today's interview guests are my wife, Dr.
0:13.8	Saline Gounder to talk about the coronavirus and the
0:16.8	MLS is back tournament and then Sam Staskel of the
0:20.0	athletic to talk more MLS. We've had some great interview guests
0:23.8	lately including Yergan Clop Jordan Gardner and Sarah Gordon of many others
0:28.6	along with them so check those interviews out it would be absolutely huge for this podcast growth.
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0:43.2	We'll have Sam Staskell on soon,
0:45.4	but let's start with a few good minutes
0:47.8	with Dr. Saline Gounder.
0:49.8	She's a CNN medical analyst
0:52.2	and the host of the podcast epidemic. Thanks so much for joining me.
0:56.0	Hey! Let's start. We're recording on Wednesday afternoon. The MLS is back tournament starts Wednesday night in the Orlando bubble.
1:05.2	We've already had one team Dallas withdrawn from the tournament after arriving with several COVID positives.
1:11.6	Another team Nashville had its game postponed. with several positives,
1:13.0	Nashville had its game postponed after several positives.
1:16.8	So far, at least, there have not been any COVID positives
1:20.9	that were acquired inside the bubble so far.
1:25.0	As an infectious disease expert, are you concerned about whether
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