US's Shannon McCarthy on Her Kazakhstan Champions League Adventure; Chris Wittyngham on Soccer News

Grant makes a call to Kazakhstan and connects with Shannon McCarthy (at 26:34), a former University of Miami player who's currently playing with five other Americans for BIIK-Kazygurt in the Round of 16 of the women's UEFA Champions League. The U.S. is the best women's soccer country in the world, which explains why the U.S. is one of the top exporters of women's pro soccer talent to places far and wide. McCarthy tells the story of how she arrived in Kazakhstan, what the soccer is like and what she's experiencing there with her American compatriots. Before that, Grant breaks down the soccer weekend with Chris Wittyngham, including the 1-1 tie in the Madrid Derbi, Bayern Munich's overpowering 4-2 victory against Dortmund in Der Klassiker, Man United's 2-0 victory at Man City to end City's 21-game winning streak, Liverpool's continuing freefall and whether Jürgen Klopp might really be in trouble, Daryl Dike's thunderstrike goal for Barnsley and whether Sacramento might now be out of the picture for MLS with the sudden departure of billionaire primary investor Ron Burkle. This episode of Fútbol with Grant Wahl is brought to you by Fanatiz. Frustrated that you can't get games from Spain's La Liga on your cable or satellite system? Sign up to stream Fanatiz. On Fanatiz, you can watch all the action in La Liga and other international leagues and tournaments live and on-demand from your mobile phone, tablet or directly on your TV with the Fanatiz app. Fanatiz features channels you know, like BeIN Sports in English and Spanish, GolTV and many more. And it costs only $7.99 a month.  If you’d like to try Fanatiz for yourself, you can get a free week-long trial by going to fntz.co/Grant-FZ. Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4 Get full access to Fútbol with Grant Wahl at grantwahl.substack.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices