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Jul 2024
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07/30/24: Can the US men get out the gro...

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This is Early Kick Off from the Men in Blazers media network and presented by our great friends of the pod STōK Cold Brew Coffee, all your global football stories straight from the back pages of Europe's newspapers in around 10 minutes.

On today's episode: The US men face Guinea in their final group stage game of the Olympics on Tuesday, and a win would guarantee progression; we round up the latest transfer news including 22-year-old defender Riccardo Calafiori signing for Arsenal and Jess Carter moving to Gotham FC; Manchester United’s stadium plans are revealed; and Steve Coogan is set to star as Mick McCarthy in new football blockbuster.

Football don't sleep, and neither do we.

This episode was made in the UK for Men In Blazers by…

Host: Sammy James

Producer: George Cooper

Assistant producer: Elizabeth Barnard

Researcher: Jack Collins

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