Planet Fútbol With Grant Wahl

With a new Premier League season on the horizon, former U.S. national team and EPL goalkeeper Brad Friedel joins SI's Grant Wahl, Ben Lyttleton and Avi Creditor to preview the campaign ahead. Which team does Friedel think will win the league, and which ones does he see getting relegated? As for the pending U.S. goalkeeper conundrum brought on by Tim Howard's return, how does Friedel see it shaking out? We cover it all and more in the latest Planet Futbol Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

MLS topped Tottenham in the All-Star Game 2-1, but after some players, coaches and the league publicly wondered if it was time for a format change, we do too. After a heated debate between SI's Grant Wahl, Brian Straus and Avi Creditor, we turn our attention to the coaching situations of Mexico and the USA, where Miguel Herrera is out, but Jurgen Klinsmann carries on. Finally, we finish up with two of SI's recent projects: Interviewing Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the release of our lengthy oral history of MLS's inaugural season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The U.S. men crashed out of the Gold Cup in the semifinals, falling to Jamaica 2-1. Is it a stretch to call it the biggest upset in USMNT history? How bad is this for Jurgen Klinsmann? How much does the Confederations Cup really matter? How on earth can we make sense of what happened in the Mexico-Panama semifinal night cap? SI's Grant Wahl and Brian Straus share their experiences from the Georgia Dome and look ahead to the Mexico-Jamaica final (and USA-Panama third-place game!) in the latest Planet Fútbol Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Gold Cup is down to its final eight teams after a bit of a bizarre group stage. What do we make of how things have unfolded and how the quarterfinal matchups stack up? Mexico star Giovani dos Santos, meanwhile, is on his way to MLS. How does it compare with other landmark signings for the league? Finally, what do we make of Don Garber naming Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard MLS All-Stars with a combined 0 league minutes under their belt? SI's Brian Straus, Avi Creditor and Liviu Bird delve into all of it on our latest podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SI's Grant Wahl and Liviu Bird recount their experiences covering the U.S. women's national team at the historic Women's World Cup final, we ponder Carli Lloyd's place in history, and Brian Straus chimes in from the road at the Gold Cup, where he's following the U.S. men's national team in its quest to repeat as CONCACAF champs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The 2015 Women's World Cup is down to its final two teams, and it's the same two that battled for the 2011 title. The USA and Japan will meet for a third straight major final–doing so in the 2012 Olympic Gold Medal Game as well–and they're entering under different circumstances. While the USA played its best game against Germany, Japan got through on Laura Bassett's devastating own goal. SI's Grant Wahl, Brian Straus, Liviu Bird and Avi Creditor react to Bassett's own goal, assess the USA's chances in the final and also tease SI Magazine's MLS Year 1 oral history, which includes some phenomenal stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The USA's improbable 1995 Copa America run to the semifinals featured a number of incredible stories, both on and off the field. Some 20 years later, former U.S. stars Alexi Lalas and Eric Wynalda recall it all, from the player strike that nearly derailed the team to Diego Maradona weeping in the U.S. locker room. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The U.S. women's national team takes on China in the World Cup quarterfinals in a rematch of the epic 1999 final. SI's Grant Wahl and Brian Straus share their memories of that day before turning attention to the Gold Cup and Jurgen Klinsmann's roster choices. We wrap up with MLS talk, including Brian's story on Atlanta's MLS expansion team name and the possibility of Andrea Pirlo joining the league. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Women's World Cup is down to 16 teams, and the USA is one of them after winning its group. Can the USA win it all given its draw and group-stage production? Who might stand in the way? Has the expanded tournament been a good idea? As for Clint Dempsey's U.S. Open Cup antics, what do we make of the U.S. captain ripping up a referee's notebook, and how might his actions impact him, the USMNT and Sounders? SI's Grant Wahl, Brian Straus and Avi Creditor cover it all in the latest Planet Fútbol Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What a week it's been for U.S. national teams. Between the U.S. men sweeping the Netherlands and Germany in a pair of road friendlies and the U.S. women kicking off the Women's World Cup with a win over Australia (not to mention the U-20 men reaching the World Cup quarterfinals), there's plenty to dissect. SI's Grant Wahl, Brian Straus and Avi Creditor do just that in our latest podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What was Sepp Blatter's motivation for announcing he would resign, and what does that mean for the future of FIFA? Is true reform actually on the way? On the field, the Women's World Cup and Champions League final take center stage. SI's Grant Wahl, Brian Straus, Ben Lyttleton and Avi Creditor break it all down during a landmark week in world soccer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The latest FIFA scandal has stolen the headlines, with the FBI, DOJ and IRS going at the world's governing body of soccer and making arrests to high-ranking officials. SI's Grant Wahl, Brian Straus and Avi Creditor touch on the wide-ranging scandal, what comes next and how it could impact soccer in the USA, in addition to sharing a couple of first-hand stories that show what FIFA corruption is all about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SI's Brian Straus, Liviu Bird and Avi Creditor breaks down the latest edition of Dos-A-Cero, after Jordan Morris's surprise heroics lifted the USA to another win over Mexico. Also, can Barcelona's star trio be stopped in the Champions League? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Planet Fútbol Podcast makes its long-awaited return prior to the USA's friendly vs. Mexico. What is Clint Dempsey's future with the national team? How does the USA shape up vs. El Tri? SI's Grant Wahl, Brian Straus and Avi Creditor discuss, while also examining the Montreal Impact's surprise showing in the CCL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Montreal Impact were close, but came up short of making CONCACAF Champions League history. SI's Grant Wahl, Brian Straus and Avi Creditor make sense of the Impact's CCL run and ponder its big-picture ramifications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What's it like watching Barcelona and Bayern Munich advance in the Champions League at a Barcelona AND Bayern Munich bar? What do we make of the Montreal Impact's first-leg edge over Club America in the CCL final? SI's Grant Wahl, Brian Straus and Avi Creditor discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How does Jozy Altidore's injury impact the USMNT's upcoming friendlies and Gold Cup? Who will step into his role? On the women's end, which of a deep forward corps should start in Canada? What does NASL's expansion to Miami mean for MLS's aspirations there? And how is RSL approaching Jason Kreis's return to Rio Tinto Stadium? SI's Avi Creditor, Grant Wahl and Liviu Bird supply the answers to all of those questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Veteran reporter Jeremy Schaap joins Grant Wahl to talk about his E:60 documentary on Sepp Blatter and FIFA. As the FIFA presidential election approaches and with Blatter expected to win a fifth term, a cloud of corruption hangs above him and his regime. Schaap details his documentary and much more in a fascinating conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Champions League final is set: Juventus will play Barcelona on June 6 in Berlin, and SI's Avi Creditor, Grant Wahl and Ben Lyttleton discuss the semifinals, whether Juve can slay another Spanish giant and wonder if managers Luis Enrique and Max Allegri are getting enough credit. SI's Brian Straus joins the fray to pay tribute to the careers of Brad Friedel and Dwayne De Rosario, with both announcing their retirements this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After Lionel Messi's latest exploits, SI's Grant Wahl, Ben Lyttleton and Avi Creditor discuss his magic, the Champions League semifinals and if we'll see a first UCL Clásico final. Also, we talk Gedion Zelalem's place with the USA U-20s and Arsenal, and SI's Brian Straus joins to help name the RBNY-NYCFC rivalry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices