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Hi, I'm Grant Wald and welcome to the Planet Football Podcast

where I go in depth with the most intriguing people in the world of soccer.

On today's show, Sean Francis, my go-to guy on American soccer and pop culture, explains why

he thinks soccer is having a cultural moment in the United States.

In my mind soccer is kind of this alternative sport.

It's kind of a team sport that people that don't like team sports like. I'll age myself, but it's think about when nirvana blew up in 1994 or whatever.

Every kid that wanted to beat you up in school suddenly wanted to know where you got your nirvana t-shirt.

All that and more coming up.

Take one.

Here we go with my three thoughts on soccer.

First up, U.S. men's national team captain Michael Bradley did something on Saturday that I've never had an interviewee do in my 21 years as a journalist. He came out publicly and said he had been too soft in his

critical comments on the president of the United States. On Saturday night I

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