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Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl

The ups and downs of St. Louis-style pizza; Soccerperson of the Year nominees

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Sports Illustrated

Sports, Sports News, News, Soccer

4.6859 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2015

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

This week's edition of the Planet Futbol Podcast comes to you on the eve of the U.S. kicking off its World Cup qualifying campaign vs. St. Vincent & The Grenadines at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. SI.com's Brian Straus (twitter.com/brianstraus) joins host Avi Creditor (twitter.com/avicreditor) and SI Senior Writer Grant Wahl (twitter.com/grantwahl) there, giving us an idea of what the team needs to do and why St. Louis-style pizza is incredibly delicious....until it isn't. The guys also review their soccer-specific nominations for SI's Sportsman of the Year (AKA Soccerperson of the year). Kei Kamara, Claudio Bravo, and Iceland all make the cut. == The Planet Futbol Podcast is brought you by the SeatGeek app, available in app stores and at seatgeek.com. Enter code PLANET in the app to for a $20 rebate off your first purchase. We are also sponsored by FanDuel. Enter promo code PLANET at FanDuel.com for up to $200 in bonus cash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:20.4

Download the Seat Geek App and enter our code, Plan it for $20 off your first purchase. Of course everyone's going to say well you want the soccer player to win sports

0:35.3

men of the year and yet I think you can make a great case for Carly Lloyd to win.

0:39.6

I personally believe she should win the Sports Illustrated Sports Woman of the Year award.

0:44.6

A loss to Mexico in overtime, it's frustrating, but it's acceptable.

0:50.7

The gold cup performance was unacceptable. They played like crap. This is a chance now to start to reestablish what this team is about in its region. Welcome to S.I's Planet Football Podcast, where each week we discuss the latest in the world of soccer.

1:09.6

I am S.I.com Soccer Editor, AviCreditor, joined today by S.I. senior writer Grant,

1:14.8

we've got you in studio. Brian, you are on the road in St. Louis, the

1:21.7

U.S. men's national team, how is it by the arch?

1:25.0

The arch is, everything around the arch is under construction, so it wasn't the v Vista I was hoping for.

1:34.0

There are some banners on the light poles and in some storefronts with the welcoming

1:38.8

U.S. soccer, you know, with the U.S. soccer logo and stuff like that so that's kind of cool and

1:43.6

Bush Stadium I'd never been to St Louis but Bush Stadium is right downtown

1:47.5

and it's got some some restaurants and some public space around it so I would

1:51.5

imagine tomorrow evening and afternoon that's

1:54.6

going to be a really cool scene. It's going to be full of people. They're expecting a

1:58.5

good crowd and I tried St. Louis Pizza last night for the first time and I'll never forget it.

2:04.3

In a good way or a bad way?

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