Grant is finally back from Eastern Europe, which means we have a full podcast experience for listeners again. Ahead of Friday’s USMNT-Mexico World Cup qualifying showdown, Grant interviews ESPN’s Sebastian Salazar (22:15) about his thoughts on the game from both sides’ perspectives, how ESPN will approach its broadcast from Cincinnati, his ESPN+ show Fútbol Américas, his story in the business and much more. In Segment 1, Grant and Chris Wittyngham break down the USMNT roster and European games, including what’s next for Manchester United after a brutal loss to Man City, West Ham’s statement-making win over Liverpool and whether new manager Xavi can get things right on the field at Barcelona. In Segment 3 (64:17), the boys discuss a wild MLS Decision Day that saw Salt Lake get into the playoffs and the LA Galaxy be eliminated in the final moments, as well as Colorado making a huge jump from third to first in the West. Then they finish with talk on the two NWSL playoff quarterfinals, won by Chicago (1-0 over Gotham) and Washington (1-0 over North Carolina).
With one breath Salazar talks about being “unique”. Perfect. But then why INSIST on recreating Andres Cantor’s “GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL<breath>GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL”? It’s like stealing a baseball announcer’s “stock” home run call (most of which SUCK, BTW). Just DON’T. Be your own man, with your OWN style. Don’t make it up ahead of time. It sounds staged and anything BUT unique. Keep in mind Ian Darke’s classic “AND DONOVAN HAS SCORED!”, which still gives me a chill.
With one breath Salazar talks about being “unique”. Perfect. But then why INSIST on recreating Andres Cantor’s “GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL<breath>GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL”? It’s like stealing a baseball announcer’s “stock” home run call (most of which SUCK, BTW). Just DON’T. Be your own man, with your OWN style. Don’t make it up ahead of time. It sounds staged and anything BUT unique. Keep in mind Ian Darke’s classic “AND DONOVAN HAS SCORED!”, which still gives me a chill.