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...

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...

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...

The U.S. men crashed out of the Gold Cup in the semifinals, falling to Jamaica 2-1...

The U.S. men crashed out of the Gold Cup in the semifinals, falling to Jamaica 2-1...

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...

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...

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 megaphone.fm/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 megaphone.fm/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...