{"id":36947,"date":"2021-09-03T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/?p=36947"},"modified":"2021-09-05T15:51:03","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T19:51:03","slug":"soccer-podcast-draw-usmnt-el-salvador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2021\/09\/03\/soccer-podcast-draw-usmnt-el-salvador\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer 2 the Max Podcast: Looking at the USMNT 1-1 draw with El Salvador"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On this episode of Soccer 2 the Max, Erik Watkins and Sean Garmer dive in to tonight&#8217;s El Salvador and U.S. men&#8217;s national team draw at home. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/category\/fifa-tournament\/\" target=\"_self\">USMNT<\/a> and El Salvador each picked up a point in a hostile, crazy, Concacaf-like crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Before ending the show, Erik and Sean look at the upcoming Canada vs. USMNT match on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" title=\"CONCACAF WCQ Round 1: USMNT Draw With El Salvador\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=j3w5d-10cf0ae-pb&amp;from=pb6admin&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=1&amp;font-color=auto&amp;btn-skin=7\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>About Soccer 2 The MAX<\/h3>\n<p>A Podcast about the world\u2019s game from an American perspective. Each episode includes headlines, topics, and discussions that can be about anything that happened that week in Soccer, Futbol, or Football. And there are also thoughts on the team\u2019s Sean Garmer, Erik Watkins, and Rachael Kriger each support, games they watched that week, and more. There will also be special editions focusing on the USMNT and USWNT, and other European or American league matches from time to time as well.<\/p>\n<h3>Sean Garmer<\/h3>\n<p>Being born into a Latino family, Sean grew up around the game of Futbol. No matter what you deem to call it, Mr. Garmer enjoys the sport. Sean played Defender growing up and then transitioned to Goal Keeper in High School. Due to the University of North Texas not having a Men\u2019s Soccer team at the time, his playing career ended in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>However, since then, he\u2019s kept up with Soccer by watching his favorite teams and leagues, while also writing as well. Sean was paid to cover the 2010 World Cup, formerly hosted the Football 2 Futbol Podcast, and also wrote about the beautiful game for several other outlets. He mainly follows Major League Soccer supporting his childhood team in FC Dallas. Sean\u2019s also a Manchester United Supporter after visiting England in 2003 and picking the Red Devils.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WCQ Round 1: USMNT Draw With El Salvador Reactions\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k229b10Turw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Erik Watkins<\/h3>\n<p>While he was never really the best on the field, Erik\u2019s always had a deep-rooted passion for the beautiful game. From discovering it in Maryland thanks to DC United to cheering on Manchester United since the days of Ruud van Nistelrooy. Not to mention, considering donning purple hair to cheer Orlando City SC today. From MLS to USL and NASL (Viva Armada!) to even dreaming of training and playing in the MASL, if it\u2019s soccer, he\u2019s usually on it.<\/p>\n<h3>Rachael Kriger<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Rachael Kriger is a men\u2019s and women\u2019s soccer journalist for Equalizer Soccer, Last Word on Soccer, and is the Communication Director for the N.A. Soccer Reporters. She currently lives in Ocala, Florida, where she is the youth minister at Blessed Trinity Parish. However, her heart will always stay true and loyal to her beloved home of Pittsburgh, Pa., and her birth city of Moscow, Russia. Follow her on Twitter,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-jwli3a r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RachaelKriger\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@RachaelKriger<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"hu5_GY-6TIBCY2LvL3x_yg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1337997300\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'hu5_GY-6TIBCY2LvL3x_yg',sig:'Ea0o815gtn2oIWGa__fmEWcA5WqoEte_wHbGdC8WqOE=',w:'594px',h:'371px',items:'1337997300',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The USMNT drew 1-1 to open up Concacaf World Cup qualifying on Thursday night, introducing plenty of young players to real Concacaf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2497,"featured_media":36949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3372,27,42],"tags":[208,126],"class_list":["post-36947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-concacaf","category-fifa-tournament","category-podcasts","tag-concacaf","tag-usmnt"],"modified_by":"Rachael Kriger, Senior Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2497"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}