Seren Petro

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So we've got a lot coming your way today.

We're looking forward to chatting about that.

And we're going to talk some soccer, as I said, coming up here in just a little bit with Sam Gregory.

who is basically the director of analytics for USA Soccer, and he's going to be one of the panelists that you'll be hearing tonight.

Let's start with the news that came out about the Players Era Championship.

This is the tournament that is in Las Vegas, the preseason college basketball tournament in Las Vegas.

They announced today they've expanded to 24 teams, and it will be bracket style.

Seems like we're missing a few teams.

We couldn't get to 32.

And so you might be asking yourself like I did, so how are we doing this?

Are 16 playing down to 8 and 8 get a bye and it's one bracket?

Or are we doing a 16-team bracket and an 18-bracket?

The answer is 16 and 8.