Hey there. Welcome to Food Ball with Grant Wall. Thanks so much for joining me. We've got

a special episode today. I am in Mexico City for the Mexico USA Men's World Cup qualifier

on Thursday night. We'll have our reaction to the game on Landon Wall and Whitty afterward.

And for this episode, we've got my recent interview with David Marlanda. He's a white

planes New York barber who has earned so much trust with the US men's national team players

that they now fly him out for every qualifying window. I visited him in his barber shop last

week, which I also wrote about at Grantwall.com. By the way, you can sign up for a free or paid

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my interview with David Marlanda. Let's just start with the basics. What's your name?

What do you do?

My name is David Marlanda. I'm a professional barber. I've been doing it for 19 years. Next

summer is my 20th anniversary as a barber. Congrats. Thank you, man. I'm really looking

forward for that party. I hope the guys here throw me a nice party. I deserve it, I think.

And where are we? We are at our authentic hair studio. And as many of you may already

know, it's pretty much the barbershop of the soccer players and many other athletes.

And what city are we in? Where are we located?

So we are in White Plains, New York. It's a nice city in Westchester known for nightlife

and some fun and some nice restaurants and a great barbershop like this one. And where

are you from originally?

So I was born in the Bronx. I was born in the Bronx, grew up there, stayed maybe up until

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