Concacaf, U.S. Open Cup and more w/Michele Giannone (Apple TV) & Christian Pulisic Talk with Matt Doyle

About this episode

Michele Giannone discusses recent soccer events including the Concacaf Champions Cup and U.S. Open Cup, followed by insights on USMNT and Christian Pulisic's performance.

Michele Giannone, reporter for MLS on Apple TV, joins David for the first half of the show to talk a busy week already with Concacaf Champions Cup, U.S. Open Cup and more. Then Matt is back to talk about the USMNT, and Christian Pulisic’s performance heading into the World Cup. 7:30 LAFC downs Toluca in Leg 1 and Schedule Talk 25:48 Surridge-less Nashville battles Tigres in 1st Leg loss 32:20 No Cupsets in the U.S. Open Cup, Quarterfinals Matchups 42:35 James Rodriguez Conundrum, Minnesota-Columbus Preview 48:40 The State of Christian Pulisic, Santiago Giménez, Eredivise 1:07:32 Polish FA hanging out with Julian Hall’s mom, USMNT GK chatter

People in this episode

Host: David

Guests: Michele Giannone, Matt Doyle

Topics covered

• Concacaf Champions Cup
• U.S. Open Cup
• USMNT
• Christian Pulisic
• MLS
• Soccer Analysis

Keywords

• Concacaf
• U.S. Open Cup
• Christian Pulisic
• MLS
• Soccer
• USMNT
• James Rodriguez
• Eredivise

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MLS, Apple TV, LAFC, Toluca, Nashville, Tigres, U.S. Open Cup, Minnesota, Columbus, Eredivise

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