Hi, I'm Grant Wall, and welcome to the Planet Football Podcast. Happy New Year to everyone. Today,

S.I. Brian Strauss joins me to talk about the year ahead, World Cup 2018, who will be the next U.S. men's national team coach, the wild

U.S. soccer presidential election, and our thoughts on the end of the year campaign story

that we did on Sunil Galati, Don Garber, Kathy Carter,

and the legendary Sal Ropaglia.

We also talk about Brian's desire to ride with goats

on a Russian third-class train this summer

to Nizhny Novgorod.

Onward.

Let's bring in Brian Strauss here on,

we're recording this January 1st.

New Year's Day 2018. Happy New Year, Brian.

You're two for three.

Back at you hoping that you are batting a thousand

But I am batting I don't know what I'm batting 666 there.

How's that for metaphorical? I will take that to mean that the happy is a little bit in dispute for you.

Sorry to hear that, but I do wonder it's nice to connect with you. Any New Year's resolutions for 2018?

I could probably spend the rest of the podcast listening things I should do.

That's a good question.

Yeah, no, I got nothing.

I got nothing to something you're creative. Maybe I'll try to leave my apartment

and talk to someone and try not to get taste. That's my resolution.

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