This week, we recap the first week of matches (2:08) where things did not play out as we had expected… Harshal does an expose on right backs which exposes the performers from the posers. (34:26) We “precog” with lightning previews (44:08) with some unconventional takes. We wrap on what is the one cool thing that we learned this week. Listen to our key takeaways. (52:48) Yowza! It is good to gab about Premier League football.
Chris Mumford(@clmum), a Professor of Innovation at UNC-Chapel Hill, is joined by Coach David Seymour (@davidseymour_), Professional Player Sam Brotherton (@SamBrotherton96), and Soccer Analyst Harshal Patel(@harshalp93).




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