Christian Polanco Interview: The funny side of the beautiful game

In the NEW episode, number 1399, Kyle Fansler circles back to a conversation with Christian Polanco, co-host of the Cooligans Podcast. A stand-up comedian, Christian Polanco is not your run-of-the-mill member of the soccer media landscape. In fact, he hardly considers himself a part of that group at all. However, Polanco and co-host Alexis Guerreros […]

In the NEW episode, number 1399, Kyle Fansler circles back to a conversation with Christian Polanco, co-host of the Cooligans Podcast.

A stand-up comedian, Christian Polanco is not your run-of-the-mill member of the soccer media landscape. In fact, he hardly considers himself a part of that group at all. However, Polanco and co-host Alexis Guerreros take the complexity of the beautiful game and make it into comedy.

Polanco discusses all kinds of things about how his time as a comedian opened doors into the soccer world:

• The role of the FIFA video games in developing his fandom.
• Finding a Premier League side to support.
• Starting out as a comedian.
• Bridging the gap between comedy and sports.
• The role of NYCFC in his career development.
• Asking Patrick Vieira a bold question.
• Going to Germany to play soccer.
• Also, much more.

Listen to the show via the player above or via this link. There is also a video version of this interview available at the World Soccer Talk YouTube channel.

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