08/07/24: Sophia Smith strike sends US to final

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 USWNT reach the Olympic final after beating Germany 1-0 with a goal from Sophia Smith; Brazil beat Spain 4-2 and will meet the US in Saturday’s final; Real Madrid defeat Chelsea in a pre-season friendly; Christian Pulisic scores AC Milan’s second goal in their draw with Barcelona in Baltimore; Antoine Griezmann is set to move to the MLS; and a VAR team is stood down before a Champions League qualifying match because they were in jail.

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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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