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Sporting great Benny Feilhaber talks man-marking Messi, Peter Vermes and his own podcast on MLS Extratime

The newest episode of MLS Extratime with hosts Andrew Wiebe, David Gass and Matt Doyle featured an appearance from a longtime Sporting Kansas City great.

Benny Feilhaber, fresh into retirement after a heralded 15-year playing career highlighted by three major championships with Sporting Kansas City and a long U.S. Men's National Team stint, joined the show Thursday to discuss a wide range of compelling topics and provide a few much-needed laughs. The full podcast is above and Feilhaber's segments are outlined below.

  • 50:19 - The few times Feilhaber got on Manager Peter Vermes' bad side
  • 54:24 - The challenge of man-marking Lionel Messi at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship
  • 60:27 - Contributing to the USA's stunning 2-0 win over Spain in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup

Feilhaber announced last Wednesday his retirement from professional soccer.