Sunil Gulati on FIFA scandals, USMNT, '26 WCup + MLS/Liga MX interleague? Golden Boot battle!
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Andrew Wiebe
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 19 September 2019
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Andrew Wiebe and David Gass sit down for a wide-ranging interview with Sunil Gulati (29:00), 12-year president of U.S. Soccer and current FIFA council member about his induction into the National Soccer Hall of Fame, the successful bid to win the 2026 World Cup, scandals and cleanup at FIFA, creation of MLS and much, much more.
Also in this episode … Bobby Warshaw and Susannah Collins jump in the studio with Wiebe and Gass to talk Jesse Marsch’s big Champions League win, David Silva to Inter Miami, interleague play between Liga MX and MLS, a jam-packed Golden Boot race and more!
Also in the episode …
3:55 – Jesse Marsch makes UEFA Champions League history
6:29 – David Silva would make perfect sense for Inter Miami
11:18 – Interleague play between Liga MX and MLS? Plus, Bobby’s big idea
18:16 – It’s a three-man Golden Boot race! Vela, Zlatan, Josef
21:45 – Uh oh! Timbers are in trouble
25:06 – Biggest games of MLS Week 29
29:00 – INTERVIEW: FIFA council member Sunil Gulati
35:54 – GULATI: U.S. Soccer in the 80s, 1994 World Cup & MLS creation
45:42 – GULATI: What will 2026 WCup mean to USA? + Liga MX/MLS relationship
49:45 – GULATI: FIFA scandal, representation at USSF, state of USMNT
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