Tyler Adams of the USMNT and RB Leipzig

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl

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4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Grant visits 19-year-old USMNT midfielder Tyler Adams at his New Jersey home and speaks to him about his impending move to RB Leipzig in the German Bundesliga, what he's been doing to prepare for the move, what he has been told by Leipzig officials about his chance to win playing time and his thoughts on new USMNT coach Gregg Berhalter, his desire to become US captain and the year ahead for the national team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Grant Wall, and welcome to the Planet Football Podcast, where I go in-depth with the most
0:06.2	intriguing people in the world of soccer.
0:09.1	In this episode, I'm joined by Tyler Adams, the 19-year-old US men's national team player to talk about his January
0:15.8	move to R.B. Leipzig in the German Bundesliga.
0:19.2	Just a quick reminder, it's a huge help if you subscribe to rate and review the podcast. It helps people find us.
0:26.0	Onward!
0:30.0	Our guest today is Tyler Adams, the 19 year old midfielder who plays for the US national team,
0:36.7	and as of January, Arby Leipzig of the German Bundesliga.
0:41.6	Tyler, congratulations on the move to Germany and thanks for coming on the show.
0:45.7	Thank you for having me.
0:46.7	And thanks for inviting me to your place here in Jersey.
0:50.5	It's very nice of you. I'm curious what is your most prized soccer possession
0:56.7	in your place of residence here? My most prized possession I'd have to go with most recently right now my my US
1:06.3	national team jersey from playing England and Wembley. What an experience and
1:10.0	what an opportunity that was. Very, very cool.
1:13.0	I always like asking that question.
1:15.0	I got to visit someone in their place where they live.
1:18.1	Congratulations, man.
1:19.2	It's such a cool story to be coming up
1:22.0	through the Red Bulls development system and then moving at 19 to
1:26.7	Arby Leipzig a team in Germany that as always it seems like pretty close to the top of
1:31.9	the table competing in Europe.
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