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As always, wonderful work and thanks for the insight into your reporting philosophy. Will you be doing another post-match discussion with Landon and Chris?

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Great dispatch Grant!

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Thanks for listening. Enjoy doing these. Heading up to Dusseldorf for the game now!

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Thanks for the a.m. reminder. I was thinking 8:25 p.m. the whole time! I set alarm.

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Yeah, it's a weird timing for a weekday. Not sure how many people are actually going to be in the stadium.

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Love these, Grant! Easy to listen to and very insightful. I'm curious what flying with the team will be like. Sounds like you've done it before - what are your favorite memories? I'd think it's a cool experience.

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They keep the journalists separate from the players, which is obviously fine with me. I've flown the charter once before—in 2013 from a World Cup qualifier in Jamaica to one in Seattle. It's especially helpful when there aren't any easy direct flights from place to place. Kind of like when you're going from Dusseldorf to Murcia. Plus the snacks on the plane are a big upgrade from commercial flights lol.

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Grant - great reporting from Köln. Appreciate your insight into the striker position for USMNT.  You seem to feel that all these choices makes sense in light of the system and what has been seen in the games and Friendly’s up to this point. When you get a chance go to one of the Kolsch bars and Biergartens by the Dom. My personal favorite is Brauhaus FRÜH am Dom.

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Thanks Arul—really like Cologne and wish I could stay a bit longer, actually. But the Kolsch I had here was solid!

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