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He's a tough kid. Welcome to 2025 and welcome

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to Sounder Scuttlebutt. This is our first episode

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of the new year and I guess we will call it our

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first episode of season four, our official fourth

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season. We're getting older. I am Aaron Lingley

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and I am joined tonight by your Alliance Council

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Secretary, Cameron Collins. What's going on,

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man? Hey, not much. Just living that new year

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life, you know. going to bed early and, I don't

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know, getting ready for soccer tomorrow. Feeling

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hopeful? Nah. Anything? Nah, we had elections

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and stuff. The world's awful. What is there to

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be hopeful for? Well, I'm hopeful for a successful

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podcast. Sure. And I'm hopeful Notre Dame or

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Texas win the national championship, because

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watching Ohio State and Penn State lose would

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be glorious and fun. Ohio State did his job and

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beat Oregon and now I don't really care what

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happens except for Ohio State losing and Penn

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State losing. Anytime the Big Ten can lose I'm

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happy. I guess I'm always like a UW adjacent

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even though I didn't go to school at UW. I was

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born there and I didn't really go to school anywhere

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so I don't really follow college but if yeah

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arrival of UW hits the floor I'm happy with that.

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Yeah it's good. It was funny. They get their

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butts kicked. And now Oregon continues to have

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a giant zero on their helmet, which means the

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number of national championships they've won

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zero. It's funny. I'm going to open something

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but you know, it's a new year. This is not a

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beer. This is not a beer. It is a poppy. Oh,

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that's funny. Wild Berry. What I brought is similar

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to poppy but different. Poopy? No, but that's

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what they both do. That's the point of poppy.

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It's all about your gut health. They're so good.

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Yeah, I have a good shot is what I brought. Oh,

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really? Yeah. Times good times. Yeah, we're raging

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on this one. So 101 we're raging. I got my we

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got our probes. I brought these for our poopies.

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Yeah, no, I've been, I've been doing good overall.

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I just had a doctor made a bunch of tons of doctor's

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appointments to figure out stuff and I got a

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brain scan and nothing's wrong with my brain

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and my A1C, which is, you know, having is under

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diabetes levels now. So I have to maintain that,

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but I am the healthiest. I don't know what that

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is. That's like your I hear it on the commercials.

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Yeah, it's it's your glucose levels. So basically,

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it's my blood sugars back to a normal person's

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blood sugar. So I'm I can get it to go into.

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What's that word like remission? There you go.

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So I mean, it's new, right? I got to keep it

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up for a year plus. But things are going well,

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health wise. Oh, except for I keep getting dizzy

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and almost passing out on the soccer field. But

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Yeah, it's only when I like run indiscriminately

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as fast as I can so we got to figure that out

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But otherwise, yeah, look things are looking

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up this year. There is some positive things Keep

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playing soccer and I'm not gonna stop. Yeah,

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I'm gonna keep going even if I get dizzy. I just

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sub out and take a break What what what soccer

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you playing right now we're in between public

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seasons, what are you doing? No public Publix

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year -round are you doing pops? Yeah. Yeah, we're

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you doing pop the pops then the bull yeah but

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it's just practice with the same people it's

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the same as it is otherwise so yeah yeah totally

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i i have not been partaking in those especially

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for the last few weeks with the holidays and

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everything like that and uh the two kids doing

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all the the funzy stuff but i am kind of relieved

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the holidays are over slot slot going on so anyway

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yeah and i don't know if you heard me i'm going

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dry january i've never ever done anything like

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that that's probably gone Smart you days without

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a single beer before most of the week most people

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go dry February and I feel like that's cheating

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because it's the shortest month What and what

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do you think they do because of that or because

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your start usually January with a drink I don't

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know but but yeah, I think it's cheating when

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you take this the shortest month So you have

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a nice long 31 day a month to not drink really

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that's a lot of drinking man Yeah, I know the

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Costco run was all LaCroix, poppies, and what

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else did we get? Spindrift. That means we'll

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have a lot of placebo. I probably had as many

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total drinks last year as you did days where

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you didn't drink. Oh, 100%. 100%. I mean, I don't

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drink to get swammered, but you get the final

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kid down. And it's 930 and there's a beer in

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the fridge. I'm going to sit down for 15 minutes

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stare at a wall and have a fucking beer. That's

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the thing though. I would be. That's kind of

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the point. It's kind of kind of the point. Need

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need to just like crawl into the crevices of

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the couch. Anyway, soccer, soccer, soccer. Do

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we have any soccer news out there? They released

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the info, and I don't know why this is an article,

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but on the 10 biggest MLS stadiums ranked, the

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Sounders are third with 68 ,000, which is also...

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Clearly, this is where the stadiums peak. Yes.

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We have 68 ,740 is our total capacity, but we're

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also third in attendance at 30 ,727. Charlotte

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is second in attendance, but first in size. They

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have just under 75 ,000. And Atlanta United averages

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almost 50 ,000 people, 49 ,351 for their 71 ,000

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capacity stadium. Ooh, you forgot to do share

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your screen. Remember that fun tool we discovered

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the last couple of episodes? Because I'm on the

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website too. Next thing. But yeah, I mean, you

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know, I'm not, it shouldn't be hard to look that

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information up. I could have told you we were

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near the top. Um, I didn't realize Charlotte

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was bigger than us, but also attendance in the

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MLS is of course, tickets distributed, not actual,

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uh, people through the gates and the Sounders

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are not getting 30 ,000 plus and per game. Although

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I think people underestimate they're, they're,

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they're making it a Sounders issue and it is

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largely outside of the Seahawks. It is largely

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a sports issue in blue states, is what I think

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it is. But I don't think crowds have recovered

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to the point that they did in pre -COVID times.

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I think money's tighter and people don't want

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to go out and do stuff like that to the same

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degree that... See, because it's... I mean, if

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you've been to a game, it's all red state people.

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They boo anytime the governor or mayor is there.

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for the wrong reasons. Yeah. Well, and also,

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like, for a lot of people, Seahawks game is a

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rare, a rare feat to be able to go to one. I

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mean, it's been a lot more reasonable in the

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last few years, just because of their performance.

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I mean, 10 years ago, it was impossible, right?

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I was one of those people waiting two days, you

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know, to get one of the allotted 1000s. No $75

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tickets. Yeah, like wait in line get a wristband

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come in with your wristband. They go pick your

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seat That's about the time that the fan base

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got completely unbearable once we won the Super

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Bowl in the 2013 season and They stopped being

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the 12th man and went to the 12s. Whoo boy I

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do not enjoy going to games anymore and I used

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to live for games. I went to every single game

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from 1989 every regular season game from 1989

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to 1997 and now If I can sell it at a profit

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to Seahawks fan, I'd rather do that. To a Seahawks

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fan. We should go to a game though next year

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together. Yeah, that'd be fun. Yeah, I can be

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your buffer. Yeah, I like games. No, I mean,

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I have fun there. I like the people around me

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because they've been the same people for the

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most part. It's the son of the guy that I really

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liked who sat behind me for years and years,

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but he passed away in 2020. And it's a good example

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where, you know, here's a guy that I only see

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on Sundays. If you look at, he's same age as

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my dad, but was significantly older. Like in

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his way, he carries himself everything. He was

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like an elderly, elderly man. And he's definitely

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a Republican, you know, but there was those moments

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where you don't care about politics. You don't

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care. Sports brings people together. And there

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was those moments where we could be together

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and celebrate together. And it's sad that he

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passed. I know that his first game after his

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wife passed back in probably like 2017, that

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was a rough one. He cried a lot and we all hugged

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him. Cause they'd been good. We started sitting

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next, we're right in front of them when we moved

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to the new stadium because we didn't, we had

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at the Kingdome, we had 45 yard line tickets.

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They were freaking amazing. And then they wanted

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the $10 ,000 seat license to sit the PSL, to

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get those seats. So you have to pay for the tickets

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plus your $10 ,000 per ticket. And so we went

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to the five yard line, which is the first section

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where you didn't have to pay a PSL. So we lost

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our amazing Kingdom seats. So there's probably

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one of the reasons why I miss the Kingdom is

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that. Yeah, you had primo seeds. Oh, yeah 45

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yard line last row of the lower section of the

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100 level so you could just hop over the yeah

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Easy escape. Yeah. Yeah, it was so great That's

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awesome. Yeah. Well, I mean back to like Sounders

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like I think I'm I'm I'm one of them right? I

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was a season ticket holder. I went to As many

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matches as I could even when I wasn't a season

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ticket holder, which has been actually for most

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years. I haven't been one. Yeah. But I was, you

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know, buying tickets and going to as many games.

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Obviously, kids have something to do with that.

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But a lot of people have kids and are at the

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games, including the people that would sit behind

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me. Tor and I, they raised I saw their child

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get right, you know, from basically two months

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to two, three years until now Tor doesn't go

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to the games anymore. But he moved to he moved

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further away. So I feel like, yeah, I think there

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might be just we all had a taste of just focusing

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internally at home, being at home, being stuck

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at home, family stuff, obviously money. I think

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money is a major factor. Tickets are more expensive

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than they've ever been for all sports. The groceries

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are so expensive. I mean, everything's more expensive

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and it's largely to do, well, there's two things.

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It's the, what do you call it? when COVID happened

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and the way that we get food and clothing and

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items for sale. You know what I'm talking about

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though. I do. The path with the logistics. Yeah,

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it's the logistics part of it. There's issues

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there and it's like, I don't eat eggs so it doesn't

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affect me. I know a lot of people are complaining

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about eggs, but we have the avian flu which has

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made eggs. non -existent, which has raised the

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prices, supply chains. That was going to kill

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me. That was not the first time I've struggled

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to come up with supply chain in the past. And

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it's freaky. Avian Flu is passing to humans now.

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There's been bad cases in Louisiana, California,

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somewhere on the East Coast. It could. It's got

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two of the three factors right now to become

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an epidemic, or a pandemic, excuse me, which

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could. be the next COVID type thing. So hopefully

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does not. Hopefully they figure that out. But

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yeah, I'm wearing my mask again when I go to

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crowded places just because of norovirus is up

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RSV is up COVID is up flu is up. I mean, I've

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got shots for COVID and flu but H5N1 is spreading.

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I'm like, yeah. And I think there's some people

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that don't like that. I think also Sounders Sounders

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home performances. hurt them too. I mean, there

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was halfway through the season. They in the previous

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year, so it was half of last season and the first

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half of this season, they had one point per game,

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which was the second lowest in the MLS. Obviously

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that changed on the stretch, but I think that

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all played a factor for sure. And I think that

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when Tim, when we get to Tim's question a little

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bit, I think that will be interesting. Just kind

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of say me and him kind of touch this again. Any

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other news? You see the new soccer ball? Yeah,

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Sounders for life. MLS official match ball unveiled

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for 2025. It is rave green and blue. Yeah, it's

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of course the original MLS logo colors, which

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I love, but so it is win win for me. Now they

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don't. I feel like it's not the same ball for

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every game. Should be every match should be yeah,

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is it really yeah? If it's snowing you get the

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orange ball, but otherwise you'd have that ball.

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Yeah, that's true. OK. I feel like so I feel

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like this is the. At least second, I know for

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a fact is the second time, but three or four

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times there's been a match ball that has been

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like that's a Sounders ball. Yeah, I mean that

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I know I don't think there's anything behind

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it. I think it's. Yeah, if it's blue and green,

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it's because that was the original MLS. So probably

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10 years ago and five years ago. I think the

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only other thing is a quick look around the league

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at any big moves that have been made, because

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we have some big Sounders moves we can talk about,

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plus non moves that create very interesting potential

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conversations that I think we need to start having.

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Uh, but you can see like Atlanta lost a ton of

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players here and brought in a few, nothing, nothing

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real exciting. Uh, the big, the big thing we're

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talking about right now with Austin losing what

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one, two, three, four, five, six, seven players,

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uh, is it looks all across the field. Yeah. It

00:16:02.340 --> 00:16:06.580
looks like they're bringing in, uh, United States,

00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:09.679
us men's national team, uh, forward Brandon Vasquez,

00:16:09.840 --> 00:16:13.960
who seemed like a lock to go to San Jose. And

00:16:13.960 --> 00:16:16.679
be a part of Bruce Arena's team is looks like

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they're now going. He's now going to Austin.

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So that's I think that's the biggest news that

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we've seen outside of, you know, draft picks.

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Jack Elliott to Chicago is pretty big because

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that that guy was a superstar for homegrown for

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Philly. And he went over there. And outside of

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that, we've got some just some transfers in Kevin

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Denke to Cincinnati from Bruges. And then they

00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:46.960
purchased the option from Vasco da Gama for Luca

00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:54.740
Orellano. We saw other than re -signings, the

00:16:54.740 --> 00:16:57.820
only other big moves outside of Sounders, because

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we don't really care about in league trades,

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unless they're huge players. I think someone

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big is signing with LA, but it's not official.

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Same with Miami, they did bring in Fafa Pico

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and they got rid of a bunch of players. Some

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of the younger players, Leonardo Campana traded

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to New England Revolution, I think is the big

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one because he's pretty good. And then of course,

00:17:29.190 --> 00:17:31.289
CJ Dos Santos getting traded to San Diego FC

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from them, even though I said we were going to

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mainly talk about other non -trades. Those were

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pretty big. Outside of that, You know, Nashville

00:17:42.809 --> 00:17:46.769
got a guy in from Rosenberg, which is an interesting

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move. And a player, of course, we would have

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never heard of. New England Revolution transferred

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in a few players from teams overseas or I don't

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know where they're from America. But, you know,

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again, not impact players that we would we would

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think of. James Sands getting loaned to St. Pauli

00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:09.599
was pretty cool for New York City FC. I like

00:18:09.599 --> 00:18:12.180
James Sands and I love St. Pauli. They're of

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course in the Bundesliga now. So good. Hopefully

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they'll be successful in the Bundesliga. And

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yeah, I think that's about it. Fancudo Torres

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leaving Orlando City to go to Palmares because

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that's their top player. And Philly got a guy

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from Newell's old boy, Ian Glavinovich. on loan.

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Yeah. So that I think that is about it. Of course.

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Wow. San Diego. This is San Diego. Oh, you scrolled

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quickly and I didn't see the team. It's all new.

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It's all new players. I don't know anyone on

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this roster, except for the players who come

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from LAFC or Miami. I don't even know the Red

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Bulls or DC United player or Philly player on

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their team. So should be noted that Sorry, no

00:19:02.099 --> 00:19:05.460
Sounders. Nope, no Sounders or previous Sounders

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either San Jose bringing in Mark Anthony Kay,

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I guess would be another one because he he's

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a big Player and in the MLS and then of course

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Nick Lima returning to San Jose is pretty big

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I know that was a player the Sounders were interested

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in the past We will skip The Sounders for now

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we can we can go back to that. So no other no

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other big big moves obviously there was a draft,

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but Uh, that's about it. So, uh, do we want to,

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uh, move on to something else or do we want to

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just get into sounders transfers right now? Yeah,

00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:42.339
maybe we should just get into that. Cause I was

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just thinking around MLS website, just seeing

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what's out there. They basically, if you have

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next time you're sitting on the toilet and want

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to watch something for a few minutes, they have

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a bunch of kind of end of year, um, videos, you

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know, wackiest moments, best goal celebration.

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Excuse me. St foes but saves the idea to yada.

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So there you go your end of year typical Compilations

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nice. So yeah, we can get into sounder stuff.

00:20:07.660 --> 00:20:10.700
I I think we we talked about who's gone before

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right, but I think I think it's worth Rementioning

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we need to revisit just kind of what's happened

00:20:16.220 --> 00:20:20.440
so far in the office. Yeah, sure. Yeah, so We

00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:24.779
declined options on Sota Kitahara Nathan and

00:20:24.779 --> 00:20:29.420
Dylan Tevez Nathan, of course, surprised me because

00:20:29.420 --> 00:20:32.720
of his quality of play, but he did make a lot

00:20:32.720 --> 00:20:36.480
of money, so I could see us doing better, I guess,

00:20:36.619 --> 00:20:38.759
money -wise, opening up money for more players.

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Out of contract, we're Jean -Paolo, Raoul Roudis,

00:20:42.299 --> 00:20:46.180
and Albert Rusnak, but... Oh, we'll get to those

00:20:46.180 --> 00:20:50.180
guys. So we know the official signings, Leo Burney,

00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:54.420
homegrown player out of Ballard FC and Penn.

00:20:55.230 --> 00:21:00.829
University of Penn, four year, all Ivy League,

00:21:00.910 --> 00:21:03.170
I think it was, whatever their conference is.

00:21:03.690 --> 00:21:07.069
Trevian Souza signed, came in from MLS Next Pro,

00:21:08.190 --> 00:21:11.730
another local Sounders product. So we talked

00:21:11.730 --> 00:21:13.349
a lot about him and we talked about where we

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think he should go last time. I think the moves

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that have been announced as getting done but

00:21:19.549 --> 00:21:21.589
not officially announced by the club are the

00:21:21.589 --> 00:21:26.259
big ones. Yeah. So, uh, I guess before that,

00:21:26.380 --> 00:21:28.779
we should say that these Sounders ended up with,

00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:32.079
uh, over 4 million in GAM, general allocation

00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:34.099
money. They think they were second or third highest

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in the league in terms of how much GAM they got.

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So, uh, that plays a huge factor in what came

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after, which would be number one. And how much,

00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:47.140
why would they, so can, how much GAM they got?

00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:49.700
They got over 4, like 4 .6 million, I think.

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Um, I don't - From what? I don't know. It's magic

00:21:53.400 --> 00:21:58.059
Garber Bucks. You know, some of it is players

00:21:58.059 --> 00:22:01.599
leaving as part of trades, maybe, and they got

00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:06.099
it from other teams. Some of it is just. Yeah,

00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:10.519
yeah, I don't know. It's it's Garber Bucks. And

00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:12.880
you have every team has a certain amount. But

00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:19.819
then as you spend it, as you. You get you can

00:22:19.819 --> 00:22:23.099
trade it and also When players leave, it opens

00:22:23.099 --> 00:22:26.779
up some money, potentially, in theory, I suppose.

00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:32.099
So the first move. What the hell? All right.

00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:35.000
The first move that apparently has been finalized,

00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:38.019
although we have not seen a signature, and at

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:40.140
least in a contract was agreeing to it hasn't

00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:42.839
been signed, would be Albert Grosnak has resigned

00:22:42.839 --> 00:22:46.480
as a designated player. We have no details on

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:50.160
that other than it's a multi -year deal. Nico

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:53.859
Moreno. Reporting on that, Joe Paulo has signed

00:22:53.859 --> 00:22:56.480
a one year contract with the club option for

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a second year. No idea on money. If the money's

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:02.240
right, I think that's a great signing. We'll

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:04.500
get back to Russnack. But what do you think about

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:08.039
Joe Paulo? Yeah, when did when did that happen?

00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:11.680
Oh, two days ago, maybe. Okay, because I did

00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:15.079
some like spark notes when we were going to record

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:17.960
two days ago. And I don't think I had caught

00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:21.619
that yet. So okay. How much was it reported we

00:23:21.619 --> 00:23:24.940
don't know we don't have any um but guess is

00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:27.259
there a guess no we have no zero information

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:29.180
we just know that he was signed for one year

00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:32.440
with an option for a second year okay i'm happy

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:39.319
with it um one continuity um more for the attitude

00:23:39.319 --> 00:23:42.500
of the of the locker room the he's a leader he

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:45.480
is the leader of the locker room yeah Exactly.

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:48.880
Uh, and I think, especially without Raul and,

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:52.740
and obviously, um, Nico from a couple of seasons

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:57.440
ago, I think to lose Joao right now, I don't,

00:23:57.500 --> 00:24:00.299
I don't, I just don't see Albert as the, the

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:03.640
guy that take that role for this team. And you

00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:05.640
kind of need a field player to be there. Christian's

00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:08.160
probably the closest one. uh, that could be that,

00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:10.180
but I think you need both. Yeah. Right. Yeah.

00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:13.259
So, I mean, Albert is the leadership. Albert's

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:15.119
the leader on the field at this point for sure.

00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:20.380
Uh, and he's the, the, the, the father of the

00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:21.940
locker room, I guess I'll say he's the one who

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:24.019
goes and speaks on behalf of everyone else when

00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:28.859
he needs to. Um, but, uh, he doesn't, he's not,

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:30.640
he doesn't seem like the kind of guy to get fired

00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:36.299
up. And, uh, yeah, I guess that's, yeah. I see

00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:40.539
Christian with what do you call it? Like cotton

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:42.779
swab stuffed up his nose and blood and getting

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:45.619
choking out of a Portland player. And I seen

00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:50.039
the zombie Joe Paulo, right? We've seen that.

00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:52.859
So that's that's kind of their character. They're

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:56.500
the tough guys. But yeah, I think we I just still

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:58.119
still think we need that for continuity. I'm

00:24:58.119 --> 00:25:00.819
pretty excited about it. And one, he's going

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:03.079
to have the opportunity to play what a photo.

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:07.539
Yeah. So I think that's pretty awesome. Yeah,

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:10.279
totally That's gonna be a really special game

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:12.019
for my hope. I mean, obviously hope they all

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:15.259
stay healthy He's obviously been on the decline

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:19.420
with father time. So I hope he is healthy enough

00:25:19.420 --> 00:25:22.339
to Start at least get some minutes but start

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:24.460
that match. I know we please well, maybe he's

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:26.160
still got some juice. Maybe still got some juice

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:29.220
Yeah, yeah, I mean we he down the stretch. He

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:31.079
started a few games and look good I mean, I don't

00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:34.119
think he's an everyday starter but he definitely

00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:36.720
can bring a lot to those young players. I mean,

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:39.319
you saw the pairing of him and Obed and how good

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:41.220
they were together. I mean, I know that's Obed's

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:43.880
preferred partner. And he's talking, at least

00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:46.119
the beginning of last season, he talked about

00:25:46.119 --> 00:25:48.059
that. Who knows what it was down the stretch.

00:25:50.140 --> 00:25:52.680
Totally. Well, I think for Obed, he's got, you

00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:56.519
know, implicit trust. Like he knows everything's

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:58.960
going to be okay. I'm with Joe Palo. Yeah, he

00:25:58.960 --> 00:26:02.119
lets him move forward. yeah and he's the more

00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:05.579
but if you have any other midfielder there other

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:09.559
than maybe Christian I guess Albert but it's

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:11.279
all the other youth midfielders he's kind of

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:13.000
the more experienced out of all of them and I

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:17.039
bet he's still a young guy and having that leadership

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:21.119
with next to him on the field is absolutely more

00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:28.690
preferred I would agree that's what I want Yeah,

00:26:28.710 --> 00:26:33.589
so okay, there's that. Yeah. Albert. And then

00:26:33.589 --> 00:26:39.089
of course, here, I'll, I'll take away and I will

00:26:39.089 --> 00:26:44.529
share a different screen with you. This has not

00:26:44.529 --> 00:26:46.329
been officially announced by the club, but Tom

00:26:46.329 --> 00:26:51.890
Bogert has reported that the deal has been done

00:26:51.890 --> 00:26:57.410
to send Jesus Ferreira from FC Dallas. to the

00:26:57.410 --> 00:27:01.009
Sounders in exchange for 2 million in general

00:27:01.009 --> 00:27:03.329
allocation money and international roster spot

00:27:03.329 --> 00:27:07.890
of which we still have, I believe, four after

00:27:07.890 --> 00:27:11.009
this. Maybe it's five. I think we have a ton

00:27:11.009 --> 00:27:16.990
left. And Leo Chu, he has agreed to a new contract.

00:27:17.049 --> 00:27:19.490
So they just have to sign the paperwork, essentially,

00:27:19.690 --> 00:27:25.240
and it's get approved by the league. So This

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:28.480
is an incredible trade because the understanding

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:30.579
is he's not coming in as a designated player

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:37.339
and with as much game as we had, it really upgrades

00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:41.680
the offense. You know, Leo unfortunately was

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:43.579
not having an impact and now you've brought in

00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:46.920
a player that can start any position on offense.

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:49.140
You can start on the wings, you can start at

00:27:49.140 --> 00:27:52.299
the 10, and you can start at the nine. And not

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:54.119
only can he start he can score right he was hurt

00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:58.299
this last season But the year before he was phenomenally.

00:27:58.319 --> 00:28:01.579
I think he's the fastest player to 50 goals in

00:28:01.579 --> 00:28:08.359
the MLS history So this in and I believe he might

00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:12.960
be Although maybe the guy in LA Galaxy is faster

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:15.839
now, but there was a time where he was the fastest

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:24.259
player in MLS. Oh But like speed yeah So, huge

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:30.140
upgrade. This is something that other people

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:32.720
outside of Sounders land, meaning fans, are arguing

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:35.440
that the Sounders are getting favorable trades

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:37.400
because the league wants us to do well in Club

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:40.880
World Cup, which I thought was nonsense. But

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:43.059
after some of the news from this last week, maybe

00:28:43.059 --> 00:28:50.089
not. We'll talk about that. That's what we know

00:28:50.089 --> 00:28:53.730
that is supposedly done and for real happening.

00:28:55.829 --> 00:28:58.529
We will see, obviously, things can fall apart.

00:28:58.609 --> 00:29:00.390
We have had other deals done that have fallen

00:29:00.390 --> 00:29:07.150
apart before. So until we see the official announcement

00:29:07.150 --> 00:29:10.970
or that the paperwork has signed, I'm not going

00:29:10.970 --> 00:29:14.250
to get too excited. But of course, we did also

00:29:14.250 --> 00:29:18.349
have potentially another FC Dallas player coming,

00:29:18.549 --> 00:29:22.309
which would be very Ola who we had news on mid

00:29:22.309 --> 00:29:24.309
December and we haven't heard anything since

00:29:24.309 --> 00:29:27.190
Was that he was coming to Seattle in a trade.

00:29:27.250 --> 00:29:32.170
He would not be a DP So Dallas would be covering

00:29:32.170 --> 00:29:34.589
at least 1 million of his salary and Sounders

00:29:34.589 --> 00:29:36.230
would need to sign him to an extension that brings

00:29:36.230 --> 00:29:39.609
his future cap it down a ton we don't know what

00:29:39.609 --> 00:29:44.369
they would be giving up, but You know this potentially

00:29:44.369 --> 00:29:48.420
along with for would be crazy good for the Sounders

00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:51.660
offense. He also can play at a wing back position,

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:55.640
so he could play on the left or the right, preferably

00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:59.859
the right based on, I think, his positioning.

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:03.839
He usually was coming up at right back lately

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:07.420
for Dallas, I believe. But yeah, I mean, I think

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:10.299
bringing him in would be another huge upgrade.

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:13.440
And he's not a DP. For me, that's the big thing.

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:15.410
Sounders fans are on the internet. getting real

00:30:15.410 --> 00:30:17.509
angry about these moves. But if you're bringing

00:30:17.509 --> 00:30:25.809
in superstar starters that are not costing us

00:30:25.809 --> 00:30:30.150
a DP spot, like, that's huge. What are we talking

00:30:30.150 --> 00:30:34.170
about here? We still have GAM based off of the

00:30:34.170 --> 00:30:35.910
Garber Bucks you were just talking about if this

00:30:35.910 --> 00:30:37.950
is including that 2 million that was just spent,

00:30:38.910 --> 00:30:41.339
right? I don't I don't I mean, we would spend

00:30:41.339 --> 00:30:43.079
a lot on him. We'd probably have to spend some

00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:45.079
on him as well. And like, depending on how it

00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:48.279
worked, but. That's what, that's what I'm thinking

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:51.039
because he is a designated player. Yeah. Right.

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:53.980
So he'll have to, if that's the report then,

00:30:54.180 --> 00:30:56.559
and it happens, then you'd have to be bought

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:58.799
down with that game. And I don't think he's a

00:30:58.799 --> 00:30:59.880
designated player. As far as I'm going to go

00:30:59.880 --> 00:31:02.740
with MLS Money Talk. He's not a designated level

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:04.960
player anymore. Designate player level player

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:07.759
anymore. I don't think. Uh, I think he's really

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:11.210
in the last two years. Uh, like play wise, I

00:31:11.210 --> 00:31:13.990
think he's dropped more to a Tam level player.

00:31:14.470 --> 00:31:17.789
Uh, meaning he, he should be getting paid in

00:31:17.789 --> 00:31:22.670
that spot between, uh, like 1 .5 and 2 .5 million

00:31:22.670 --> 00:31:26.049
or between 680 and, and, and 1 .5, depending

00:31:26.049 --> 00:31:29.089
on how you. I mean, he was on pace to have pretty

00:31:29.089 --> 00:31:34.390
much a 10 goal, 12 assist season. Coming off

00:31:34.390 --> 00:31:37.759
of the bat out of the back. So. Uh, he's just,

00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:39.420
no, you're talking, you're talking about Paul.

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:42.019
Paul. Yeah. Okay. I was talking about Jesus because

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:44.099
he is, Oh, that was two years ago. Last year

00:31:44.099 --> 00:31:46.160
he had five goals and three assists or something

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:47.980
like that. Three goals and five assists. I'm

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:49.359
not sure what it was. Jesus had a rough year.

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:53.160
Cause yeah. And, and 13 and 1300 minutes where

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:55.640
the season prior, he had 2 ,200 minutes and 12

00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:57.279
goals and six assists. So he already matched

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:59.440
his assists and already had nearly half of the

00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:01.299
goals he had in a thousand less minutes. Sure.

00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:03.359
Yeah. No, he is a superstar. I'm talking about,

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:07.930
uh, Ariel. I mean, and, uh, Ferrer is only 23

00:32:07.930 --> 00:32:12.430
years old. Like he is younger than Leo Chu, and

00:32:12.430 --> 00:32:14.650
a significantly better player. That's a big one.

00:32:14.730 --> 00:32:17.069
It's a big one. I'm super excited about it. Yeah.

00:32:17.410 --> 00:32:20.829
Yeah. So that's exciting. We'll see what happens.

00:32:20.950 --> 00:32:25.569
Obviously, they're not done. Unfortunately, the

00:32:25.569 --> 00:32:28.450
folks at Center Heart are reporting that it looks

00:32:28.450 --> 00:32:30.450
like and I don't know where this comes from.

00:32:30.630 --> 00:32:32.890
Jeremiah O'Shaan in the past has just made assumptions

00:32:32.890 --> 00:32:36.559
that are true, that are not true. just based

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:40.400
on something to say, but the assumption is that

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:42.259
we're going to just have Jordan be the third

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:44.680
DP because the amount of money he makes, unless

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:47.539
they pay him down, that's what he would be. I

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:49.420
think that's a huge mistake. I think they need

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:53.319
to bring in a young designated player like Gabriel

00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:56.240
Peck or someone like that. I've been saying this.

00:32:57.980 --> 00:33:03.660
But there was internal talks. Between the Sounders

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:05.460
and the MLS. Do you know about this? Do you know

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:11.059
what I'm talking about? No It was revealed this

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:14.359
week That and this is funny because when people

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:16.599
were saying this before it was complete nonsense

00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:19.920
And now I'm on the edge of my seat and now it

00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:26.539
is no longer complete nonsense Get this The teams

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:28.740
that appear in the Club World Cup are getting

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:34.960
40 to 50 million dollars Well, there are players

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:39.680
in Europe that are unsettled and the MLS wants

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:42.660
that the MLS teams in the Club World Cup to show

00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:48.220
out and so There was internal talk to the Sounders

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:51.319
and presumably with the league to bring in Marcus

00:33:51.319 --> 00:33:59.960
Rashford From Manchester United Now He's been

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:02.160
he's gonna get him and get him on an MLS team.

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:07.039
Yeah he's he's of course, unsettled right now.

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:10.559
And and like he didn't appear in their last match.

00:34:11.219 --> 00:34:17.360
27 year old. And it would be an incredible rumor

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:21.179
has it that the MLS would be paying part or a

00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:24.619
major part of that transfer fee. So the MLS is

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:26.340
like, yeah, we want you to look good. So that's

00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:28.099
why I said before, like, I think it's nonsense

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:30.119
that that they're saying these trades are to

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:32.699
make the sounders look good. I don't know. Maybe,

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:38.159
maybe it is. So if that's the case, I mean, come

00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:43.360
on, Marcus Rashford is a forward for Manchester

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:48.780
United and the English national team. So far

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:51.219
this year in 15 games, he has four goals and

00:34:51.219 --> 00:34:54.039
one assist, but like things have been weird there

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:58.920
this year. So it's not really representative

00:34:58.920 --> 00:35:02.650
of him. Last year in 33 games, he had Seven goals

00:35:02.650 --> 00:35:04.869
and five assists. The year before, though, 17

00:35:04.869 --> 00:35:10.769
goals and six assists in the league. He had six

00:35:10.769 --> 00:35:13.829
goals also that year in the EFL Cup and nine

00:35:13.829 --> 00:35:17.610
goals in Europe. So that year he had 30 goals

00:35:17.610 --> 00:35:20.630
and 56 appearances. This year he has seven goals

00:35:20.630 --> 00:35:24.670
and 24 appearances. So pretty incredible. 17

00:35:24.670 --> 00:35:26.949
goals for the national team. I'm not holding

00:35:26.949 --> 00:35:30.789
my breath, you know, obviously. that kind of

00:35:30.789 --> 00:35:34.650
move would be insane. Rashford watch that would

00:35:34.650 --> 00:35:36.969
be fun if they could do that actually happen.

00:35:37.630 --> 00:35:41.550
Yeah, so I think it's more likely he will probably

00:35:41.550 --> 00:35:48.489
go somewhere else in Europe. He he there was

00:35:48.489 --> 00:35:51.889
some rumor that he may go over to AC Milan, somewhere

00:35:51.889 --> 00:35:57.050
like that. So I could see that more likely. But

00:35:57.949 --> 00:36:00.929
Yeah, he's been dropped. I can picture him physically

00:36:00.929 --> 00:36:03.909
in Seattle. That seems like it seems like a Seattle

00:36:03.909 --> 00:36:06.150
guy. He dropped. He's been dropped from four

00:36:06.150 --> 00:36:09.170
matches this season. Not getting it not even

00:36:09.170 --> 00:36:13.050
being on the rock like in the 18. Which, I mean,

00:36:13.050 --> 00:36:15.570
I guess I could see why you'd want to leave his

00:36:15.570 --> 00:36:20.389
current market value is 55 million euros. So

00:36:20.389 --> 00:36:24.610
it's like a Jimmy Butler situation. Yeah, yeah.

00:36:24.780 --> 00:36:27.059
So just give me the fuck out of here. I think

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:30.380
it's gonna happen. No. But that does give me

00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:34.500
some hope that potentially something else maybe

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:38.119
a little smaller could happen. What do you what

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:41.019
do you what are you thinking about all that?

00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:46.000
Well, I'm, I'm loving the efforts to make the

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:50.539
club World Cup a thing. That would be really

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:52.659
especially since we're involved in it not just

00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:55.679
as a club, but as a city I really hope it's successful.

00:36:55.679 --> 00:37:00.820
I mean these these will be It's obviously not

00:37:00.820 --> 00:37:02.719
the World Cup and the effect that that's gonna

00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:05.860
have like every match in and of itself as a Super

00:37:05.860 --> 00:37:07.920
Bowl The that's the economic effect that they'll

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:10.000
have on the city, but the club World Cup will

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:13.300
still have I mean I'm doing business and hospitality

00:37:13.300 --> 00:37:16.219
with tour groups that are bringing people from

00:37:16.219 --> 00:37:20.869
Brazil and you know groups of 30 rooms and that's

00:37:20.869 --> 00:37:22.409
happening throughout the city. So there's going

00:37:22.409 --> 00:37:26.150
to be a lot of culture, visiting culture and,

00:37:26.150 --> 00:37:29.750
and excitement and happening in our cities that

00:37:29.750 --> 00:37:32.230
are hosting this. Um, it's going to happen. These

00:37:32.230 --> 00:37:34.949
people are coming. So I'm Club World Cup was

00:37:34.949 --> 00:37:38.030
like a nothing tournament until this. So it looks

00:37:38.030 --> 00:37:39.730
like this is actually going to happen to be,

00:37:39.730 --> 00:37:42.409
you know, and I just potentially successful and

00:37:42.409 --> 00:37:46.170
I, and it looks like the MLS really wants to

00:37:46.170 --> 00:37:49.510
make sure that happens if this is true. if I'm

00:37:49.510 --> 00:37:51.250
understanding you correctly with all that. I

00:37:51.250 --> 00:37:54.070
mean, that's the hope. We'll see. We'll see.

00:37:55.489 --> 00:38:01.449
I don't know when the transfer windows freeze

00:38:01.449 --> 00:38:05.309
this year. Last year, the primary transfer window

00:38:05.309 --> 00:38:09.789
was January 31 to April 23. And then the secondary

00:38:09.789 --> 00:38:13.309
transfer window was July 18 to August 14. So

00:38:13.309 --> 00:38:15.630
something would have to be done in the primary

00:38:15.630 --> 00:38:19.860
transfer window. uh because which is only four

00:38:19.860 --> 00:38:23.260
months long right i mean something could be i

00:38:23.260 --> 00:38:25.800
think there's something could be done now obviously

00:38:25.800 --> 00:38:29.079
but but things change in terms that other window

00:38:29.079 --> 00:38:32.460
but uh the hard part is that means players are

00:38:32.460 --> 00:38:36.519
leaving um mid season or not just mid season

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:40.539
but not even during a break just like mid The

00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:43.280
second half of the European season whereas a

00:38:43.280 --> 00:38:45.539
player coming in now could leave during the break.

00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:48.980
You're seeing a bunch of transfers now on New

00:38:48.980 --> 00:38:52.199
Year's Eve and January 1st like in the Premier

00:38:52.199 --> 00:38:54.039
League and the championship and stuff like that

00:38:54.039 --> 00:38:57.099
because It you know, everyone was on a winter

00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:59.059
break for the most part championship played on

00:38:59.059 --> 00:39:02.599
the on the first they had a whole slot of games,

00:39:02.659 --> 00:39:06.440
but So now is the time that usually you would

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:08.579
try to get those players and we can't wait till

00:39:08.579 --> 00:39:11.440
the summer transfer window if we want to have

00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:15.940
an impact for club World Cup now. Well, I mean,

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:18.480
it doesn't sound like restaurants playing much

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:20.860
anyway. So for stocking specifically of this

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:22.840
happening, I don't think well, but we're going

00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:26.599
up against European clubs. So he would have to

00:39:26.599 --> 00:39:29.199
it a lot would have to fall in place. I wouldn't

00:39:29.199 --> 00:39:31.699
get my hopes up, but it is an interesting discussion.

00:39:31.760 --> 00:39:35.510
No offer was even made. So I wouldn't look at

00:39:35.510 --> 00:39:38.030
it as Rashford potentially could be coming to

00:39:38.030 --> 00:39:41.050
Seattle. I would look at it as there could be

00:39:41.050 --> 00:39:43.090
a potential big move in the works if the right

00:39:43.090 --> 00:39:48.309
thing falls in the Sounders lab. That would be

00:39:48.309 --> 00:39:53.489
crazy. He's a fun athlete to watch, like he glides,

00:39:53.610 --> 00:39:56.670
you know, when he runs. Kind of a gazelle. I

00:39:56.670 --> 00:39:58.489
don't like Manchester United, so I'd prefer a

00:39:58.489 --> 00:40:00.690
different player, but if he wants to come here.

00:40:00.809 --> 00:40:05.800
Well, neither does he. Good point. You guys get

00:40:05.800 --> 00:40:11.780
along. I will say that, interestingly, we are

00:40:11.780 --> 00:40:15.139
receiving offers, we being the Sounders, for

00:40:15.139 --> 00:40:17.900
Ovid Vargas right now. I don't think they're

00:40:17.900 --> 00:40:21.219
probably high enough, not even close to high

00:40:21.219 --> 00:40:24.340
enough. But I would be surprised if they'd sell

00:40:24.340 --> 00:40:26.820
them now. We've talked before about how selling

00:40:26.820 --> 00:40:29.230
them in the summer after the the summer window

00:40:29.230 --> 00:40:31.690
after the club World Cup makes more sense because

00:40:31.690 --> 00:40:34.969
his value goes significantly up. Yeah, at the

00:40:34.969 --> 00:40:37.369
earliest at the earliest, if not the end of the

00:40:37.369 --> 00:40:39.369
season. But yeah, the summer I think the summer

00:40:39.369 --> 00:40:41.329
window is we can land somewhere where you would

00:40:41.329 --> 00:40:44.750
also get the most money. Yeah, because that's

00:40:44.750 --> 00:40:46.769
that's when they're shopping. That's for the

00:40:46.769 --> 00:40:49.289
big money. So right now a team and I don't have

00:40:49.289 --> 00:40:51.730
it in front of me but a team in Mexico has has

00:40:51.730 --> 00:40:56.750
made an offer for Ovid Vargas. Do you think they'll

00:40:57.500 --> 00:41:03.679
inform Obed of any of this for his, like, does

00:41:03.679 --> 00:41:06.940
he not like a say in it, but, or will he just

00:41:06.940 --> 00:41:09.360
be? Oh, I'm sure he knows all about it. It all

00:41:09.360 --> 00:41:12.079
goes to the agents, right? So the agent definitely,

00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:15.719
uh, would be talking to him about potential transfer

00:41:15.719 --> 00:41:22.619
fees and, uh, stuff like that for sure. So I

00:41:22.619 --> 00:41:27.559
wouldn't, uh, let's see. weird position for like

00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:29.800
a 20 year old. Seattle Sounders Craig Weibull

00:41:29.800 --> 00:41:32.039
said that Weibull said the team was not interested

00:41:32.039 --> 00:41:34.940
moving him in the winter. But he's a hot commodity

00:41:34.940 --> 00:41:37.780
for league MX teams. Some pundits believe he

00:41:37.780 --> 00:41:40.820
could attract an eight figure transfer fee. So

00:41:40.820 --> 00:41:45.340
he's number seven on the MLS 22 under 22. I don't

00:41:45.340 --> 00:41:47.340
know where that information came from. So if

00:41:47.340 --> 00:41:50.599
it was from one of your articles out there, reporters,

00:41:50.719 --> 00:41:55.079
I apologize. That is an AI overview from Google.

00:41:56.849 --> 00:42:00.769
Uh, but, uh, yeah, there, there is rumors of

00:42:00.769 --> 00:42:05.170
offers coming in now for him. Yeah. Well, I bet.

00:42:06.170 --> 00:42:12.750
I bet. So crazy off season. Uh, let's, uh, Tim

00:42:12.750 --> 00:42:15.230
did it for us, but let's quick look if we stay

00:42:15.230 --> 00:42:17.510
in the same formation, where that puts us roster

00:42:17.510 --> 00:42:21.929
wise, uh, Jordan Morris and Jesus Ferreira potentially

00:42:21.929 --> 00:42:23.630
up top. We're not going to go through the bench.

00:42:23.980 --> 00:42:28.940
Left mid, you've got Pedro, Jordan, Paul Rothrock,

00:42:29.719 --> 00:42:32.920
and Rebecca Whiting can play there, and Ferreira.

00:42:33.519 --> 00:42:38.099
At the 10, you've got Rusnak, Pedro, Jesus Ferreira,

00:42:39.519 --> 00:42:44.940
and I guess Christian. Right mid, if we get Paul

00:42:44.940 --> 00:42:46.579
Arigola, you would have him. Arigola, you would

00:42:46.579 --> 00:42:49.099
have him. You have Pedro, you have Christian.

00:42:49.500 --> 00:42:52.559
You have, I guess Alex could move up. Georgie

00:42:52.559 --> 00:42:55.599
plays there. Jordan has been there a little bit.

00:42:55.820 --> 00:42:58.800
And then Obed's played on the right. And so has

00:42:58.800 --> 00:43:03.539
RVW. So that could happen. Of course, CDM. You

00:43:03.539 --> 00:43:07.960
have Obed is of course the guaranteed starter,

00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:13.579
followed by Giappallo, Christian, Danny Leyva,

00:43:14.139 --> 00:43:17.440
and Josh Atencio. And we saw Rusnak play back

00:43:17.440 --> 00:43:20.059
there a little bit. Left back, Neuhoo, Reid Baker,

00:43:20.199 --> 00:43:25.619
Whiting, Cody Baker, and Bell. Center back, you've

00:43:25.619 --> 00:43:31.760
got Reagan, and Bell, and Neuhoo, potentially.

00:43:33.039 --> 00:43:38.199
You've also got, oh, Yamar, of course. And then

00:43:38.199 --> 00:43:42.199
right back would be Alex, Christian, Cody Baker,

00:43:42.320 --> 00:43:46.659
and RBW. And Goalie's the same right now. fry

00:43:46.659 --> 00:43:51.980
Castro and, uh, Andy Thomas. I'm happy with it.

00:43:51.980 --> 00:43:54.420
Yeah. It looks good. I still, I still want a

00:43:54.420 --> 00:43:59.739
big, a big name DP, but, um, yeah, I'm happy

00:43:59.739 --> 00:44:04.760
with this and that there's room for a splash.

00:44:05.000 --> 00:44:13.559
Yep. Totally. So should we take a break? Yes,

00:44:13.559 --> 00:44:16.360
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00:46:06.820 --> 00:46:10.440
Okay, welcome back. Welcome back. Let's let's

00:46:10.440 --> 00:46:15.019
get into it's the beginning of the year. We call

00:46:15.019 --> 00:46:16.880
it you can call it a New Year's resolution. I've

00:46:16.880 --> 00:46:20.400
never actually done one and saw it through. Have

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you made them and then tried and then just I

00:46:22.880 --> 00:46:26.119
don't know. Probably like, you know, at the party

00:46:26.119 --> 00:46:28.679
drunk and, you know, when you're just doing all

00:46:28.679 --> 00:46:31.019
the cliche shit, but I mean, I haven't like celebrated

00:46:31.019 --> 00:46:33.900
New Year's Eve, like celebrated it in a long

00:46:33.900 --> 00:46:38.119
time. So I guess I don't put much thought into

00:46:38.119 --> 00:46:39.980
the fact that it's a turnover every year. I was

00:46:39.980 --> 00:46:42.239
like, you don't, you have kids, would you? And

00:46:42.239 --> 00:46:44.280
then I was like, well, my parents always did.

00:46:44.940 --> 00:46:49.179
We stayed up. I do recognize that it's kind of

00:46:49.179 --> 00:46:53.159
like, oh, okay. It's kind of a big day. There's

00:46:53.159 --> 00:46:55.760
shit going on. People are on TV. So we watch

00:46:55.760 --> 00:46:59.059
and drink. But yeah, we're not clubbing. But

00:46:59.059 --> 00:47:01.880
anyway, I can't think of any New Year's resolutions

00:47:01.880 --> 00:47:04.840
that I've actually done for myself. I think you

00:47:04.840 --> 00:47:06.639
said I'll go to the gym and stuff like that in

00:47:06.639 --> 00:47:09.460
the past. And yeah, usually I usually stick to

00:47:09.460 --> 00:47:11.440
it for a little bit longer than most people,

00:47:11.500 --> 00:47:14.800
because most people quit so fast. For me, when

00:47:14.800 --> 00:47:17.320
I quit the gym, it's usually because of injury,

00:47:17.480 --> 00:47:21.519
sickness, or something like that, that then messes

00:47:21.519 --> 00:47:24.980
up my routine. Because it's when it becomes a

00:47:24.980 --> 00:47:27.219
habit, and I'm going regularly that that I keep

00:47:27.219 --> 00:47:29.639
going. So as soon as that's gone, I struggle

00:47:29.639 --> 00:47:32.440
to get back into it. But That is mine, I suppose.

00:47:32.619 --> 00:47:35.059
It's to go to the gym more, because right now

00:47:35.059 --> 00:47:39.179
I'm only working out one day per week. So I need

00:47:39.179 --> 00:47:43.300
to get that up to three. Yeah, three, that minimum.

00:47:43.719 --> 00:47:46.280
And that's what I'm, I mean, I feel like it's

00:47:46.280 --> 00:47:48.460
health, good health with mental health. Yeah,

00:47:48.559 --> 00:47:53.460
totally. You know, not feeling like, you know.

00:47:54.099 --> 00:47:56.039
thinking about money. I mean, when we want to

00:47:56.039 --> 00:47:57.860
go to a restaurant, like I don't want to, I just

00:47:57.860 --> 00:47:59.519
want to go, I want to look at a menu and be like,

00:47:59.519 --> 00:48:01.639
I want to eat that. That looks good. I ordered.

00:48:02.340 --> 00:48:06.719
I did buy a, I bought a giant, um, eight pound,

00:48:07.059 --> 00:48:10.320
uh, what do you call those big balls? You know,

00:48:10.400 --> 00:48:12.519
that you can use at the gym that you can like

00:48:12.519 --> 00:48:15.400
throw. Medicine medicine about a big medicine

00:48:15.400 --> 00:48:18.699
ball today so I could do supply chain turning

00:48:18.699 --> 00:48:22.699
turning stuff to get functional muscle growth

00:48:22.699 --> 00:48:25.260
because most of Intel soccer I didn't have functional

00:48:25.260 --> 00:48:28.219
so I have muscles that are way overpowered because

00:48:28.219 --> 00:48:30.900
and others that are weak just because the machines

00:48:30.900 --> 00:48:33.380
work specific muscles right needs so you don't

00:48:33.380 --> 00:48:36.480
get what you need. I think you have that though

00:48:36.480 --> 00:48:38.280
you have your own little medicine ball that you

00:48:38.280 --> 00:48:40.900
could pick up and exercise with and in your daughter

00:48:40.900 --> 00:48:45.320
your your your Yeah, I'm doing it all the time.

00:48:45.920 --> 00:48:47.980
All the time. So you can carry them on. I guess

00:48:47.980 --> 00:48:50.599
I never really thought about it. I am doing just

00:48:50.599 --> 00:48:58.420
basically very light but long core workouts every

00:48:58.420 --> 00:49:02.760
day. And arm workouts. I mean, I think I told

00:49:02.760 --> 00:49:05.679
you before that I had gone to the gym and lifted

00:49:05.679 --> 00:49:08.059
with my arms this past sounder season and then

00:49:08.059 --> 00:49:11.420
I spent a long time in a match carrying around

00:49:11.420 --> 00:49:15.179
Nicholas's daughter. And that hurt because I

00:49:15.179 --> 00:49:19.639
had worked out the day before. Yeah, yeah. Well,

00:49:19.639 --> 00:49:22.840
OK, so. At least we know what a New Year's resolution

00:49:22.840 --> 00:49:24.659
is, but what? So let's think of that for the

00:49:24.659 --> 00:49:29.019
Sounders and Tim in our discord muffin top model

00:49:29.019 --> 00:49:33.260
gave us. A good rephrasing of it kind of so.

00:49:33.559 --> 00:49:36.440
So today you know what is a successful season

00:49:36.440 --> 00:49:39.920
to you? What would you want to see happen? Trophies,

00:49:40.199 --> 00:49:42.760
home field forfeit. fortress club world cup ccl

00:49:42.760 --> 00:49:45.400
so it's yeah it's basically what i think we should

00:49:45.400 --> 00:49:50.039
kind of end the show with here is where we you

00:49:50.039 --> 00:49:52.760
where you where you see the sounders going what

00:49:52.760 --> 00:49:55.320
are you hopeful for trophies for me it's always

00:49:55.320 --> 00:50:03.400
trophies uh i think i put well i think i uh i

00:50:03.400 --> 00:50:06.800
put ccl well i mean here i put club world cup

00:50:06.800 --> 00:50:09.239
number one but i also think that's the least

00:50:09.239 --> 00:50:13.500
realistic I would put CCL number two. I think

00:50:13.500 --> 00:50:16.880
that's somewhat unrealistic, but possible. And

00:50:16.880 --> 00:50:20.440
I would put MLS at three, which I think is more

00:50:20.440 --> 00:50:24.039
realistic and really the one I like the best.

00:50:24.139 --> 00:50:26.300
But in terms of growing the brand and getting

00:50:26.300 --> 00:50:28.619
better players, I think the other two are higher

00:50:28.619 --> 00:50:32.940
profile. And then I would put the shield as the

00:50:32.940 --> 00:50:36.360
final trophy. Oh, and I guess US Open Cup. I

00:50:36.360 --> 00:50:39.980
want US Open Cup as well. So I put that above

00:50:39.980 --> 00:50:42.460
the shield. The shield is a cool thing to have.

00:50:43.340 --> 00:50:45.199
And the fact that I'm saying that, that I would

00:50:45.199 --> 00:50:47.659
put that last is significant because Gorilla

00:50:47.659 --> 00:50:49.780
FC would be the holders of the shield, which

00:50:49.780 --> 00:50:52.320
means it would live with me. Meaning like if,

00:50:52.320 --> 00:50:54.019
if the Sounders were the current holders of the

00:50:54.019 --> 00:50:56.280
shield, it would be sitting right here next to

00:50:56.280 --> 00:51:01.380
me right now and be part of our podcast. So anyone

00:51:01.380 --> 00:51:03.019
who wants to, you know, whether it's the club

00:51:03.019 --> 00:51:05.360
or other supporter groups, they have to schedule

00:51:05.360 --> 00:51:11.840
it through me. So I definitely am a fan of the

00:51:11.840 --> 00:51:16.199
shield and it has lived in my bedroom for times

00:51:16.199 --> 00:51:18.900
when we had it last time where I set it up so

00:51:18.900 --> 00:51:20.280
that when I woke up in the morning and I opened

00:51:20.280 --> 00:51:22.579
up my eyes, it was sitting there in my room staring

00:51:22.579 --> 00:51:30.980
at me and I'd be like, Oh, so I think it's trophies.

00:51:32.219 --> 00:51:35.559
trophies matter. That's that's what what it is.

00:51:36.000 --> 00:51:37.539
You know, I think one of the reasons I like the

00:51:37.539 --> 00:51:39.760
MLS Cup trophy a lot is we get the star. I want

00:51:39.760 --> 00:51:43.159
that star in our jersey. But you know, if we

00:51:43.159 --> 00:51:47.420
can win Club World Cup, unlikely, but CCL or

00:51:47.420 --> 00:51:50.820
I guess it's CCC now. That I think raises our

00:51:50.820 --> 00:51:53.519
profile makes us a higher level team gets us

00:51:53.519 --> 00:51:56.619
back into the Club World Cup and also makes us

00:51:56.619 --> 00:51:58.579
so we can sign bigger and better players. And

00:51:58.579 --> 00:52:00.119
obviously, look at the money that's coming in

00:52:00.119 --> 00:52:03.039
through Club World Cup gives us a ton of money.

00:52:04.030 --> 00:52:07.989
Yeah, seriously, no and I and I I agree with

00:52:07.989 --> 00:52:09.530
you because you know a lot of other successes

00:52:09.530 --> 00:52:12.630
just kind of like Are in the wake of winning

00:52:12.630 --> 00:52:17.989
those trophies. So Yeah, I wanted I would like

00:52:17.989 --> 00:52:23.389
to see just from the culture of fan to club and

00:52:23.389 --> 00:52:27.349
the environment at The stadium like I would like

00:52:27.349 --> 00:52:33.460
to see it continue to progress Because those

00:52:33.460 --> 00:52:37.420
were such fun times when it was packed house

00:52:37.420 --> 00:52:42.880
same people every single time and I want to be

00:52:42.880 --> 00:52:45.579
one of those people I miss going to as many games

00:52:45.579 --> 00:52:49.019
as I used to go to so I want to make both You

00:52:49.019 --> 00:52:51.219
never ended up going last year, so I got rid

00:52:51.219 --> 00:52:54.739
of your ticket knowing No, no, but I mean like

00:52:54.739 --> 00:52:56.420
remember you were talking about the second half

00:52:56.420 --> 00:52:58.579
the season potentially taking over my thirst

00:52:58.579 --> 00:53:00.900
Yeah, since that didn't happen. We dropped it

00:53:00.900 --> 00:53:03.710
because it's too much money No, no, that's fair.

00:53:03.889 --> 00:53:09.150
No, that's fair. So it's daycare. So that would

00:53:09.150 --> 00:53:14.289
be why. Yeah. I wasn't blaming you. So. No, I

00:53:14.289 --> 00:53:17.730
didn't hear that. But I mean, I get it. That

00:53:17.730 --> 00:53:19.590
and Aqua Sox games, but I want to I want to go

00:53:19.590 --> 00:53:22.010
to more of my daughter. Well, Aqua Sox and family

00:53:22.010 --> 00:53:24.389
and I want so it's easy to get to those. I love

00:53:24.389 --> 00:53:26.849
Aqua Sox. I love them. Oh, and you know that

00:53:26.849 --> 00:53:28.489
I want to go to even more. You got to go while

00:53:28.489 --> 00:53:30.469
they're in Everett since they have maybe one

00:53:30.469 --> 00:53:33.610
more season there tops. Could be two, but it's

00:53:33.610 --> 00:53:37.670
unlikely. I think it's probably one. Since everyone

00:53:37.670 --> 00:53:43.150
will build them a new stadium. And it's the only

00:53:43.150 --> 00:53:45.110
place you're going to see the Mariners have good

00:53:45.110 --> 00:53:50.570
players and win. Talk about a battle. Oh, man.

00:53:53.489 --> 00:53:57.590
That'll be when we launch Mariner Scuttlebutt.

00:53:57.800 --> 00:54:03.860
in the spring. But I mean, so here, I think Tim

00:54:03.860 --> 00:54:09.000
agrees with you. I don't. That's fun. I don't

00:54:09.000 --> 00:54:12.659
care. I care about winning. Tim, you know, he

00:54:12.659 --> 00:54:14.760
had said, you know, I spend money in those games.

00:54:14.780 --> 00:54:17.260
I want to see us win. And I'm like, they could

00:54:17.260 --> 00:54:19.519
not win a single game at home for all I care.

00:54:20.420 --> 00:54:22.630
Because you could you could tie most of those

00:54:22.630 --> 00:54:24.909
games and win on the road and still win the shield.

00:54:25.090 --> 00:54:26.590
You can still be the best team in the MLS without

00:54:26.590 --> 00:54:30.030
winning at home. I care about winning trophies.

00:54:30.090 --> 00:54:32.530
I care about winning. So if it's in front of

00:54:32.530 --> 00:54:36.269
me, I'd like that. That would be cool. But Tim,

00:54:36.750 --> 00:54:38.809
if you want to go watch wins, go to Mariners

00:54:38.809 --> 00:54:42.230
games, because guess what? They're going to win

00:54:42.230 --> 00:54:45.389
67%. 54 % of the game. Or more at home. 54%.

00:54:45.389 --> 00:54:47.090
Traditionally, they'll win more at home. They'll

00:54:47.090 --> 00:54:51.599
win 67 at home. That is funny. So if you want

00:54:51.599 --> 00:54:53.639
wins, go to the Mariners you've already given

00:54:53.639 --> 00:54:57.579
up on. Do I think the Sounders are going to win

00:54:57.579 --> 00:54:59.440
at home? Sure. They've won more at home in the

00:54:59.440 --> 00:55:01.500
second half of the season than they did any other

00:55:01.500 --> 00:55:05.780
time for the previous year before that. But for

00:55:05.780 --> 00:55:09.960
me, it's never been a home field fortress. Teams

00:55:09.960 --> 00:55:12.500
have always played up to us, even in the beginning,

00:55:12.860 --> 00:55:15.519
when it was the best place to play in the league.

00:55:16.279 --> 00:55:18.699
It was hard because teams would get amped up

00:55:18.699 --> 00:55:25.519
every game for other teams was a huge game Yeah,

00:55:26.400 --> 00:55:28.139
because they didn't get those crowds at home

00:55:28.139 --> 00:55:33.659
For sure, I just think as long as the team is

00:55:33.659 --> 00:55:36.320
in Seattle kind of like the Lakers Yeah, as long

00:55:36.320 --> 00:55:38.039
as the team's in Seattle, and I don't mean like

00:55:38.039 --> 00:55:41.460
Seattle versus, you know Kent or Renton or Linwood

00:55:41.460 --> 00:55:43.639
or something like that I mean as long as the

00:55:43.639 --> 00:55:46.719
team is in this general area, I don't think it's

00:55:46.719 --> 00:55:50.300
ever going to be in the next anytime soon is

00:55:50.300 --> 00:55:53.719
going to be packed stadium because look how much

00:55:53.719 --> 00:55:57.179
rent is look how much I mean, cocktails here

00:55:57.179 --> 00:56:00.260
are the price of going out in Manhattan now.

00:56:01.579 --> 00:56:04.159
It's wild. There's just it's not affordable.

00:56:05.099 --> 00:56:06.800
And when the sonics come back, it's going to

00:56:06.800 --> 00:56:08.219
get worse because people are going to choose

00:56:08.219 --> 00:56:13.739
the sonics over the sounders. Lot of people choose.

00:56:13.880 --> 00:56:16.019
Yeah, I don't get I don't get replacing. I don't

00:56:16.019 --> 00:56:17.980
get because not a money I mean they might root

00:56:17.980 --> 00:56:21.380
for both teams with I know several gave up their

00:56:21.380 --> 00:56:24.039
Sounders tickets because they have Kraken tickets

00:56:24.039 --> 00:56:26.599
No, that's fair. I didn't think about that. There

00:56:26.599 --> 00:56:29.820
are so There are only so many places you can

00:56:29.820 --> 00:56:32.539
go in a calendar year, right and you kind of

00:56:32.539 --> 00:56:37.579
have to pick Seattle Super Hawks again playing

00:56:37.579 --> 00:56:41.400
at Seattle Pacific this spring starting in March

00:56:42.599 --> 00:56:45.079
come on out. It's going to be a fun season. We

00:56:45.079 --> 00:56:46.960
have a new head coach. Our new assistant coach

00:56:46.960 --> 00:56:52.420
is a former WNBA player. We have some of our

00:56:52.420 --> 00:56:54.239
stars from last year back. We're bringing in

00:56:54.239 --> 00:56:56.900
some stars from the first year, which took us

00:56:56.900 --> 00:56:58.780
all the way to the Final Four. We're the second

00:56:58.780 --> 00:57:00.539
best team in the entire league out of, what,

00:57:00.980 --> 00:57:04.920
like 68 teams. So it's going to be a fun year.

00:57:05.099 --> 00:57:07.099
Outside of that, then go get your Sounders tickets.

00:57:07.559 --> 00:57:09.199
Especially because we don't charge for tickets,

00:57:09.340 --> 00:57:11.440
you can just come. Yeah, I was gonna say, those

00:57:11.440 --> 00:57:14.900
season tickets are free. Just come. Hard to beat.

00:57:15.000 --> 00:57:18.579
Hard to beat. If you know where they're playing.

00:57:19.179 --> 00:57:24.780
Yeah, no Pacific. Yeah, totally. And obviously...

00:57:24.829 --> 00:57:29.710
i want trophies too yeah sure you know i'm not

00:57:29.710 --> 00:57:32.269
saying i don't want home field fortress i'm saying

00:57:32.269 --> 00:57:34.510
it's farther down my list you know what i want

00:57:34.510 --> 00:57:36.929
you know what i want you okay if we want to that's

00:57:36.929 --> 00:57:38.429
kind of conversation we're gonna have what i

00:57:38.429 --> 00:57:43.110
want i want to have expected play of the sounders

00:57:43.110 --> 00:57:45.150
and actually see it happen and i want it to be

00:57:45.150 --> 00:57:49.050
consistent i want us to be able to play in a

00:57:49.719 --> 00:57:51.699
dominating Sounders way from start to finish.

00:57:51.960 --> 00:57:53.659
What is that? What does that mean to you? Because

00:57:53.659 --> 00:57:56.559
to me, that's I don't care. I honestly, the second

00:57:56.559 --> 00:57:58.599
half of the season, we were the best defense

00:57:58.599 --> 00:58:00.599
in the league. We didn't allow a lot of goals

00:58:00.599 --> 00:58:03.380
and tons of games. Like you said, second half

00:58:03.380 --> 00:58:04.639
of the season, I'm talking about all the way

00:58:04.639 --> 00:58:07.860
through. Yeah, I don't want this discovery discovery

00:58:07.860 --> 00:58:10.760
period. I would like to see a confident. I mean,

00:58:10.760 --> 00:58:13.099
I don't think we've ever I don't care. I'm not

00:58:13.099 --> 00:58:16.030
talking about That's my point. I would like to

00:58:16.030 --> 00:58:18.170
see that season so long. I don't know if it would

00:58:18.170 --> 00:58:19.929
happen. I mean, because to me, that means you're

00:58:19.929 --> 00:58:22.469
mediocre the whole year. That can be I mean,

00:58:22.469 --> 00:58:24.849
LAFC was played pretty consistently throughout

00:58:24.849 --> 00:58:26.769
the entire season. No, they had a while there

00:58:26.769 --> 00:58:29.550
where they lost a galaxy. Yeah, they were pretty

00:58:29.550 --> 00:58:32.070
bad in the beginning. I mean, no one was that

00:58:32.070 --> 00:58:33.489
because they didn't finish that many points ahead

00:58:33.489 --> 00:58:36.110
of us. We had a chance to get into the top. We

00:58:36.110 --> 00:58:38.010
were a few points out of being we went on. We

00:58:38.010 --> 00:58:42.260
went on a didn't lose streak, so not necessarily

00:58:42.260 --> 00:58:44.980
a great win streak. We didn't score that many

00:58:44.980 --> 00:58:46.940
goals. But the Sounders have always been, whether

00:58:46.940 --> 00:58:48.599
it's the first half or the second half of the

00:58:48.599 --> 00:58:50.260
season, the Sounders have never put together

00:58:50.260 --> 00:58:53.019
a full season, as far as I can think of. And

00:58:53.019 --> 00:58:55.179
that is my point. That would just be nice to

00:58:55.179 --> 00:58:59.400
see. I'm okay if we don't, and we get trophies.

00:58:59.480 --> 00:59:01.800
And if we get trophies, we'll likely see more

00:59:01.800 --> 00:59:04.519
buds in season. And I guess it also depends on

00:59:04.519 --> 00:59:06.440
what you mean by season, because if it's MLS,

00:59:06.639 --> 00:59:09.550
well, that's our... Third I mean you figure club

00:59:09.550 --> 00:59:12.949
World Cups number one CCC sure and then MLS is

00:59:12.949 --> 00:59:19.269
third in terms of the pecking order Meaning what

00:59:19.269 --> 00:59:22.110
they're going to invest in so if it's if it's

00:59:22.110 --> 00:59:25.530
choosing between Comcaf and MLS They're gonna

00:59:25.530 --> 00:59:27.849
put their starters in the Comcaf match and play

00:59:27.849 --> 00:59:30.409
the backups in the MLS match this the same week

00:59:30.409 --> 00:59:33.750
Sure, I when I see starters, I would like to

00:59:33.750 --> 00:59:37.440
see a consistent This is the, this is the identity

00:59:37.440 --> 00:59:42.480
of this team. We consistent, you know, 1 .75,

00:59:42.519 --> 00:59:46.699
two goals a game kind of, and less than one goal

00:59:46.699 --> 00:59:49.099
and defense. That would be awesome. I mean, we

00:59:49.099 --> 00:59:53.059
are currently six weeks away from a meaningful

00:59:53.059 --> 00:59:59.739
Sounders game at Antigua GFC. So we play February

00:59:59.739 --> 01:00:03.280
19th, that game. And then we host. Three days

01:00:03.280 --> 01:00:05.760
later, we host Charlotte. And then four days

01:00:05.760 --> 01:00:08.960
later, we host Antigua. And what competitions

01:00:08.960 --> 01:00:12.800
are those? Champions Cup, MLS, Champions Cup.

01:00:12.920 --> 01:00:15.619
And then we play at Salt Lake on the first five

01:00:15.619 --> 01:00:19.599
days later. Oh, no, three days later. I forgot

01:00:19.599 --> 01:00:25.119
28 days in sober February. So so we go. We have

01:00:25.119 --> 01:00:30.329
in a. Week and a half we have four games two

01:00:30.329 --> 01:00:37.070
in MLS and two in Champions Cup One well, obviously

01:00:37.070 --> 01:00:40.710
we need these signings to be ink -dried But I

01:00:40.710 --> 01:00:42.909
am glad that we pretty much have a roster right

01:00:42.909 --> 01:00:44.989
now that I think is competitive and anything

01:00:44.989 --> 01:00:48.909
after that's a nice splash We're gonna hit the

01:00:48.909 --> 01:00:50.710
ground running do you think they aren't ink -dried

01:00:50.710 --> 01:00:54.969
if we don't have Ferrera and If we don't I'm

01:00:54.969 --> 01:00:56.929
not excited. Yeah I'm not even because there's

01:00:56.929 --> 01:00:58.829
nothing else going on. There's literally no other

01:00:58.829 --> 01:01:00.530
moves that we've done. Yeah. I mean, it's bringing

01:01:00.530 --> 01:01:02.949
back players that we've had, which is good, but

01:01:02.949 --> 01:01:06.230
it's not improving anything and we've lost. No,

01:01:06.329 --> 01:01:09.550
not at all. Not at all. And, uh, I'm not excited

01:01:09.550 --> 01:01:13.769
about any. I wasn't anticipating Leo Chu having

01:01:13.769 --> 01:01:15.670
a breakout season. I would love to see it because

01:01:15.670 --> 01:01:19.409
I love the guy, but, um, the fact that this news

01:01:19.409 --> 01:01:22.110
is out and well, the fact that this news is out.

01:01:22.170 --> 01:01:24.409
And then if it, if it doesn't happen, you think

01:01:24.409 --> 01:01:27.840
I, I would tend to believe that would hurt his

01:01:27.840 --> 01:01:31.500
confidence versus help it maybe but also you

01:01:31.500 --> 01:01:34.239
don't want me here kind of uh but you got to

01:01:34.239 --> 01:01:36.960
think about it he's got to be realistic Ferrer

01:01:36.960 --> 01:01:40.800
is a better player than him yeah and so you're

01:01:40.800 --> 01:01:43.019
getting traded to for a new start with a new

01:01:43.019 --> 01:01:45.880
team i mean i think is a great move for true

01:01:45.880 --> 01:01:50.619
he's he's he's here he obviously wasn't putting

01:01:50.619 --> 01:01:52.760
an effort this last season for a lot of the season

01:01:52.989 --> 01:01:56.110
He had problems, obviously, where he wasn't even

01:01:56.110 --> 01:01:58.630
being put in the 18. And here's a chance for

01:01:58.630 --> 01:02:01.909
him to get a new coaching staff that will have

01:02:01.909 --> 01:02:04.489
different training methods even. And we'll see

01:02:04.489 --> 01:02:06.769
what it does for him. I want to see him succeed.

01:02:07.889 --> 01:02:10.469
Do you think this would be, considering how much

01:02:10.469 --> 01:02:13.070
of this news is out and how much detail there

01:02:13.070 --> 01:02:15.130
is, do you think this would be a pretty big gaffe

01:02:15.130 --> 01:02:19.199
by Weibel if this doesn't happen? Only if they

01:02:19.199 --> 01:02:21.920
don't bring in an equivalent or better player

01:02:21.920 --> 01:02:24.519
in a different deal You'd think we would have

01:02:24.519 --> 01:02:27.480
heard at least a chirp of another name. Maybe

01:02:27.480 --> 01:02:31.900
I mean at this point It depends if there was

01:02:31.900 --> 01:02:34.659
a anything real. Yeah, I mean, I don't know who's

01:02:34.659 --> 01:02:36.480
leaking from the front office I don't know how

01:02:36.480 --> 01:02:40.199
it's being leaked You know if it's the typical

01:02:40.199 --> 01:02:43.079
There's one person in the front office that leaks

01:02:43.079 --> 01:02:45.940
to sound her at heart all the time because that's

01:02:45.940 --> 01:02:50.320
their chosen place to leak. I don't know. Why

01:02:50.320 --> 01:02:53.159
can't they take a leak on us? They can take a

01:02:53.159 --> 01:02:56.340
leak on us. They can trust you. We'll have some

01:02:56.340 --> 01:02:59.699
talks about that this year, I guess. But but

01:02:59.699 --> 01:03:02.940
yeah, I mean, I think I think, you know, there's

01:03:02.940 --> 01:03:06.719
some there. There could be potentially other

01:03:06.719 --> 01:03:11.889
moves. Who knows? I mean, No one knew about the

01:03:11.889 --> 01:03:13.769
move for the German center attacking, but he

01:03:13.769 --> 01:03:16.289
came in and was signed and then got sent back.

01:03:16.590 --> 01:03:18.369
You know, years and years ago before we signed

01:03:18.369 --> 01:03:21.130
Nico and was sent back because he said, well,

01:03:21.130 --> 01:03:22.769
I'm going to be your star player. And it was

01:03:22.769 --> 01:03:24.469
like, no, you got to earn your spot, bro. You're

01:03:24.469 --> 01:03:26.889
not you're not even potentially starting right

01:03:26.889 --> 01:03:30.929
now, bro. Yeah. So so he was put back on his

01:03:30.929 --> 01:03:33.289
flight and told to go home. So yeah, I mean,

01:03:33.349 --> 01:03:36.989
I don't think I don't think it always gets out

01:03:36.989 --> 01:03:39.210
depending on this you know i think if it's a

01:03:39.210 --> 01:03:41.309
big name yeah but if it's a nico lodero style

01:03:41.309 --> 01:03:46.250
player not necessarily who knew nico lodero besides

01:03:46.250 --> 01:03:49.429
hardcore uh south american football yeah but

01:03:49.429 --> 01:03:53.489
i mean that was there when there was some rumors

01:03:53.489 --> 01:03:55.530
of nico i don't remember leading up there wasn't

01:03:55.530 --> 01:03:57.670
like a dempsey watch wasn't there wasn't like

01:03:57.670 --> 01:04:00.090
a there was a raul watch well another thing for

01:04:00.090 --> 01:04:02.570
another Peru player that we potentially got,

01:04:02.650 --> 01:04:04.210
but then he was just using. So if this falls

01:04:04.210 --> 01:04:06.090
through, there's still a chance is what you're

01:04:06.090 --> 01:04:08.750
saying that a name can pop up that we don't know

01:04:08.750 --> 01:04:11.769
about. Oh, they have, they're not relying waiting

01:04:11.769 --> 01:04:15.670
on one move. They have 10 potential moves. And

01:04:15.670 --> 01:04:17.349
if the first one says no, they go to the second

01:04:17.349 --> 01:04:19.429
one. Second one says no, they go to the third

01:04:19.429 --> 01:04:21.969
one. I mean, there's always contingency plans.

01:04:22.809 --> 01:04:25.070
I'd love to know who those names are. Sure. Take

01:04:25.070 --> 01:04:28.670
a leak on us. Some of them sounders. Let us know.

01:04:31.319 --> 01:04:33.800
All right, that's all I got. Yeah. I mean, I

01:04:33.800 --> 01:04:36.880
think it's just silly, silly season right now,

01:04:36.960 --> 01:04:39.159
right? I mean, I think I mentioned it last time,

01:04:39.179 --> 01:04:42.019
the player I wanted from Botafogo, his value

01:04:42.019 --> 01:04:44.639
jumped from 6 million euros to 15 million euros

01:04:44.639 --> 01:04:48.260
after his Copa Libertadores performance. So he's

01:04:48.260 --> 01:04:49.860
not coming. And in fact, they're talking about

01:04:49.860 --> 01:04:52.219
selling their number, their star number nine

01:04:52.219 --> 01:04:57.590
for, you know, 20 30 million euros to teams in

01:04:57.590 --> 01:05:00.750
Europe right now So I hope they do that so that

01:05:00.750 --> 01:05:02.329
we don't have to play against him in the club

01:05:02.329 --> 01:05:05.969
World Cup I was gonna say this if not us someone

01:05:05.969 --> 01:05:08.409
else, please. Yeah, I hope they sell all those

01:05:08.409 --> 01:05:15.010
star players before then Yeah, I don't I don't

01:05:15.010 --> 01:05:18.329
I don't think there's any other I haven't heard

01:05:18.329 --> 01:05:22.530
any other rumors For the Sounders and I hope

01:05:22.530 --> 01:05:27.769
there's more coming But we'll see, we'll see.

01:05:29.130 --> 01:05:33.030
We'll see. Let me check. So I want to give a

01:05:33.030 --> 01:05:38.670
shout out to our supporters on Patreon. Appreciate

01:05:38.670 --> 01:05:43.469
y 'all. Appreciate y 'all. That really does actually

01:05:43.469 --> 01:05:48.550
go right to paying for hosting and making sure

01:05:48.550 --> 01:05:51.730
the show happens. So really appreciate it and

01:05:51.730 --> 01:05:55.760
join the Discord as well. Um, we got banter in

01:05:55.760 --> 01:05:58.480
there. You set it up beautifully. Um, Cameron

01:05:58.480 --> 01:06:02.639
with the organized locations for rumors, general

01:06:02.639 --> 01:06:05.920
bullshit, sounder stuff and our mailbag, which,

01:06:06.139 --> 01:06:08.659
you know, PSA again, that's where you drop stuff

01:06:08.659 --> 01:06:11.480
for the show. Like what Tim, uh, expertly did

01:06:11.480 --> 01:06:15.119
with the lineup. Um, yeah, just make it clear

01:06:15.119 --> 01:06:17.139
for us what you want on the show and we can mention

01:06:17.139 --> 01:06:19.159
it and the rest of the places for conversation.

01:06:19.320 --> 01:06:21.730
It's been going great. So. yeah that thing grew

01:06:21.730 --> 01:06:24.670
i mean this is we're episode one of the fourth

01:06:24.670 --> 01:06:27.449
season and i think in middle of third season

01:06:27.449 --> 01:06:30.650
i started discord yeah if i remember correctly

01:06:30.650 --> 01:06:32.989
at least a year and a half two years ago and

01:06:32.989 --> 01:06:37.190
uh it was you know i mean as you would when you

01:06:37.190 --> 01:06:39.309
start something they're like a discord channel

01:06:39.309 --> 01:06:42.190
um not gonna be a lot of people at first so it's

01:06:42.190 --> 01:06:45.789
been growing great um and that's why we do this

01:06:45.789 --> 01:06:49.500
center scott about yeah and go out and sign players

01:06:49.500 --> 01:06:53.500
Sounders because we don't even know if we have

01:06:53.500 --> 01:06:57.619
full roster right now. Yeah, just actually get

01:06:57.619 --> 01:07:00.179
get the ink on the paper, please. At least we

01:07:00.179 --> 01:07:02.119
aren't like the Seattle rain who announced that

01:07:02.119 --> 01:07:05.119
like six players are departing yesterday, including

01:07:05.119 --> 01:07:10.980
Quinn and Zara King and other players. So I think

01:07:10.980 --> 01:07:13.059
I think the rain have one player on the roster.

01:07:14.340 --> 01:07:20.590
Oh, geez. One. is the loneliest number that you'll

01:07:20.590 --> 01:07:24.849
ever do. All right. Hey, did the Golden Elevator

01:07:24.849 --> 01:07:27.849
did that? That won this year, right? Yeah, and

01:07:27.849 --> 01:07:31.210
then it retired. Yeah, okay. So, you know, for

01:07:31.210 --> 01:07:34.510
that was last season. Let's get, let's maybe

01:07:34.510 --> 01:07:37.289
get the Sounders to give us a golden shower and

01:07:37.289 --> 01:07:40.150
maybe we could have some news break on the show

01:07:40.150 --> 01:07:42.750
that will help us retire by the end of the season.

01:07:43.909 --> 01:07:49.219
Okay. I was trying to spin the leak joke, and

01:07:49.219 --> 01:07:51.320
maybe I should get back to drinking for the show.

01:07:51.880 --> 01:07:55.460
Yeah, let's get you back on the hooch. Was that

01:07:55.460 --> 01:07:58.179
a funny joke? Is this thing on? Sibilance, sibilance,

01:07:58.179 --> 01:08:00.820
sibilance. Please clap. We need to pull this

01:08:00.820 --> 01:08:04.320
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