US U20 Coach Mikey Varas Joins The Pod + Soccer News Roundup

Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Grant Wahl

Sports, Soccer

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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On this episode, Grant and Chris Wittyngham discuss the major talking points from the weekend including Tyler Adams to Leeds, the US U20 team qualifying for the U20 World Cup in 2023 and the Paris Olympics in 2024, and the latest in the transfer window including where Cristiano Ronaldo might end up. Then, US U20 coach Mikey Varas (32:15) joins to discuss how he qualified the team for 2 major tournaments and his journey in coaching. Get full access to Fútbol with Grant Wahl at grantwahl.substack.com/subscribe

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0:00.0	Hey there, welcome to Football with Grant Wall.
0:09.8	Thanks so much for joining me.
0:11.6	Our interview guest today is Mikey Varas, the head coach of the U.S. Under 20 Men's
0:16.7	national team, which won its third straight conca-caf title over the weekend, while also
0:21.9	qualifying for the Under 20 World Cup.
0:24.6	For the first time since 2008, the men's Olympic soccer tournament, before we get going,
0:30.8	you can sign up for a subscription to my writing site at grantwall.com.
0:35.2	It has all my writing, including magazine-style stories and on-site coverage of the men's
0:40.0	and women's game, that's grantwall.com.
0:44.3	In segment one, Chris Wittingham and I will break down the soccer news.
0:47.8	We'll have my interview with Mikey Varas in segment two.
0:51.6	Let's bring in Whitty.
0:53.0	We are recording this on the 4th of July, my friend.
0:55.8	Happy 4th.
0:56.8	Happy 4th to you as well.
0:59.1	You mentioned the U.S. winning that under 20 championship in conca-caf.
1:03.5	There have been a lot of positive headlines for U.S. soccer in the last year, but I think
1:07.3	few would struggle to compete with how impressive that performance was down in Central America.
1:13.5	Then just overall that feeling of positivity that you're starting to bring through multiple
1:18.3	talented generations and that, you know, the current crop of senior national team players
1:22.8	is not just a one-off, but something that it seems like will happen regularly.
1:26.4	Yeah, it's exciting.
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