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Grant has two interviews on this episode. The first is with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy about World Cup 2026 and the NWSL team, Gotham FC, for which Murphy is one of the majority owners. The second is with Ross Greenburg, the executive producer of a new documentary film Hidden Dynasty: The Story of Carolina Women’s Soccer. The film is part of ESPN’s Fifty/50 initiative celebrating the 50th anniversary of Title IX and can be seen on-demand via the ESPN App.
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On this episode, Grant and Chris Wittyngham break down the major talking points from the soccer world including Gareth Bale to LAFC, soccer's reaction to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the USWNT's win over Colombia, and the latest in the transfer window. Then, Grant has a memorable hour-long conversation (35:00) with Hall of Famer Briana Scurry about her new memoir (written with Wayne Coffey) My Greatest Save: The Brave, Barrier-Breaking Journey of a World Champion Goalkeeper. Scurry explains why she wanted to write a book now and goes into detail on the biggest events during and after her remarkable playing career, including what it meant to be Black and openly gay on the USWNT, her origin story, the concussion that ended her career, her decline into suicidal thoughts and her rebound following surgery and her marriage.
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Grant has an in-depth conversation with on-fire USWNT and Chicago Red Stars winger Mallory Pugh, who goes into detail about the psychological work she has done to revive her national team career ahead of two friendlies against Colombia and the upcoming CONCACAF qualifying tournament for the World Cup and Olympics.
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Grant is back from vacation and joins Chris Wittyngham for a conversation about the awarding of World Cup 2026 host cities, the close of the USMNT international window and the opening of the USWNT international window, the vacationing footballing world descending on Miami, and the 10 year TV deal MLS did with Apple last week. Then, (25:45) Oakland Roots and Oakland Soul president Lindsay Barenz joins the show.
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On this episode, long time MLS executive Brendan Hannan joins Grant to discuss his time working with the LA Galaxy and the work he's doing with his new company Skylark.
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On this episode of Futbol with Grant Wahl, Chris Wittyngham fills in for the vacationing Grant and is joined by Tom Bogert of MLSSoccer.com to talk about the major talking points from the United States Men's National Team's 5-0 win over Grenada and discuss all of the latest transfer news in the world of MLS. Then, Pablo Maurer of The Athletic joins Grant (29:30) to talk about his stories on Clint Dempsey's "Don't Tread" music video, the famous Landon Donovan water fountain in Cary, NC, and Pablo's travels across America.
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