Claudio Reyna played midfield for Manchester City and Sunderland after stints with Rangers, VfL Wolfsburg and Bayer Leverkusen, earning the nickname Captain America along the way. Last week, I sat down with Claudio at the Adidas World Cup Media Day and talked to him about his career and his view on the changes at Manchester City and in the Premiership.

This is the first part of a two part interview, with the second installment to be distributed Thursday (March 4) at Major League Soccer Talk.

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