Tab Ramos; American Soccer Legend, Head Coach of the American U-20 Team

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Sports Illustrated

Sports, Sports News, News, Soccer

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2016

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Tab Ramos, the USMNT assistant coach and former star midfielder, sits down with Grant to talk Costa Rica-USA World Cup qualifier, spotting an 11-year-old Christian Pulisic, making the transition into coaching and his Hall of Fame playing career. How repeatable is Pulisic's development path from the US to UEFA Champions League? Ramos also discusses the broken skull he suffered in World Cup '94, which nearly ended his career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Grant Wong, and welcome to the Planet Football Podcast, where I go in depth with the most intriguing people in the world of soccer.
0:09.0	On today's show, with the Costa Rica USA World Cup qualifier on Tuesday.
0:13.8	I sit down in San Jose Costa Rica with U.S. assistant coach Tab Ramos, who tells the story
0:19.9	of the first time he spotted an 11- old Christian Polysic playing in a youth
0:24.6	tournament. Before I finished walking around the field I got on my phone and
0:28.4	called US soccer immediately. I think I called I'm not sure but I think I called
0:32.3	Tony Lepore and I said do you know about this kid because I went to the bench right away
0:37.0	And I think Christian's dad was one of the coaches on the team and I asked who is that all that and my thoughts on the latest in soccer coming up
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