On the new episode of the Planet Fútbol podcast, we interview Eddie Johnson, the former U.S. men's national team forward who had a 15-year club career and played in three different World Cup cycles, including at the 2006 tournament in Germany. Johnson has reinvented himself as a skills-development coach in Orlando, working with kids as well as pros like Christian Pulisic, Justin Meram, Cyle Larin and soon Dom Dwyer and Sydney Leroux.
Johnson describes how he transitioned into his post-playing career after a heart ailment cut it short, what his ambitions are as a coach down the line and how he wound up working with Pulisic during the American star's offseason.