Tony Sanneh on Racism, Police Brutality and the Chance for Change

Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Grant Wahl

Sports, Soccer

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Grant interviews U.S. World Cup 2002 star Tony Sanneh, whose Sanneh Foundation has become a force in the Twin Cities over the last 17 years, employing 50 full-time employees and raising an annual budget in excess of $3 million to serve thousands of minorities in his hometown and in Haiti. Sanneh describes how he has experienced the last week following the Minneapolis police murder of George Floyd, explains what his group has been doing for the community curing Covid-19 and the protests, and shares his raw thoughts on whether he thinks real change can actually happen in the America of 2020. Grant also shares his opinion segment on how MLS players feel it will take years to repair their relationship with MLS owners after they threatened a lockout—no pay, no health benefits for their families—during a pandemic. Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4 Get full access to Fútbol with Grant Wahl at grantwahl.substack.com/subscribe

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0:00.0	Hey there I'm Grant Wall.
0:07.0	I'm Grant Wall.
0:08.0	Welcome to Football with Grant Wall.
0:10.0	I want to thank every one of you for joining this new community that has started with some really good interviews
0:15.6	Roberto Martinez Tyler Adams Marcello Balboa Landon Donovan Derek Ray and Julie Fowdy
0:22.0	This podcast is a joint effort with the total Derek Ray and Julie Fowdy.
0:22.5	This podcast is a joint effort with the Total Soccer Show
0:25.6	and it comes out twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays.
0:29.1	Today's interview guest is Tony Sonae,
0:31.8	the former US World Cup star who discusses the work of his
0:35.1	foundation in his native Twin Cities which has 50 full-time employees and
0:40.1	serves thousands in the areas minority communities.
0:43.4	Sani shares his thoughts on racism and police brutality
0:47.2	and what can be done to cause real change in communities
0:50.7	around the country.
0:52.4	It would be absolutely huge for this
0:54.0	podcast growth if you could subscribe, recommend us to your friends, and take just a
0:58.8	little bit of time to rate and review us in Apple Podcast. I can't tell you how much that helps early on.
1:05.2	Before we get to Tony Sanne, I'll occasionally do some opinion segments on the show
1:09.7	and this one goes like this. On Wednesday I spoke to a veteran MLS player to get his thoughts on the agreement reached by the
1:19.1	players union and the owners on Wednesday that ratified a new collective bargaining agreement and the owners on Wednesday that ratified a new collective bargaining agreement and allowed for a
1:25.5	tournament to take place in Orlando starting in July involving all the league's teams.
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