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He's a tough kid.

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Hello and welcome to another episode of Sounders.

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I'm Scott O'Budd. I'm your host for the day Cameron Collins and I am here with my co-host, the one, the only, the treasurer of ECSF.

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He is Nicholas Biela.

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Yeah.

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Hi.

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You sound excited.

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You sound full Daria, right?

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Oh, you are way ahead of me. I need to catch up.

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I'm thirsty.

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I am too. So let me get that going.

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That's good.

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Yours was pretty textbook.

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That was pretty textbook. I'm very impressed.

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Still, you must have bought a lot of PBR if you're still drinking it after your trip to Colorado.

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We had a great trip. It was a great trip, except for the fact that we got snowed in a little bit and had to walk a quarter mile hiking to the house after we couldn't get up the hill.

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Oh, no.

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You were snowed out.

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We were. We were.

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But the funny thing is what seemed like a good idea at the time is we were always running a 15 passenger van because we got to put a lot of hockey gear in there.

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And it was kind of a pain in the ass to put all the hockey bags in.

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So we took out one row of bench seating and one of the individual seats.

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And those things are pretty heavy, especially those big bench seats. It's like 200 plus pounds.

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Yeah.

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And so we put it in the garage of the house we were staying at, which was just awesome house, hot tub, all sorts of cool stuff, pool table.

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So we had a good weekend.

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But after we got snowed in, we realized we're going to have to carry these seats a quarter mile in the snow downhill to get them back in the van because there was no way we were going to get the van back up to the house.

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Could you use them like a sled?

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Oh, wait, uphill.

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No, no, we're going downhill for that downhill.

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Going to it.

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We didn't want to damage the seats.

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So rented.

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But fortunately, one of my former public, actually my former public coach moved to Denver a few years ago and plays in this tournament every year as well.

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So I sent him a Hail Mary and big shout out to Andrew Dillon back.

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And I reached out to Andrew, I'm like, Andrew, are you by any chance in the area with the truck or anything with a, you know, chains or four by four all wheel drive and he came through big and basically did a couple runs of anything that we needed to drive down to the to the van, including those seats.

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So saved us.

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Saved us pretty bad, you know, we're we're in we're a little trouble, but that night they're here know there.

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It was a great time.

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It was great to see him great to see people.

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But we got a lot to talk about today.

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This is our beginning of the season kickoff party podcast.

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Oh, yeah.

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All right, what sounders are back.

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In fact, they've even played a game they have and you know, we're going to be we are less than we are less than one day from we are what are we we are 26 hours.

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26 hours to kickoff.

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26 hours and 15 minutes.

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Well, are we in Fox tomorrow?

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No, we're on or probably on Apple.

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So what's that at another nine minutes?

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Something like that.

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Yeah, but it's great stuff.

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So we're excited for this season.

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We got some some new things on Scuttlebutt land some some new games and ideas that were thrown around.

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Today we got a big preseason prediction episode coming up. So do we want to just hit hit it and quit it because it's going to be I got to feel this would be a long one with you me and all the stuff we have to go over.

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Yeah, I think we can just say, you know, Champions League weekend.

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Well, I guess they already had a matches the previous week or week with some of the Mexican teams playing each other but no real surprises, I would say.

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I think we're losing to surprise.

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It might be a little bit of a surprise.

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Just because surprise can be hit or miss but not really we've seen how tough they can be so no real surprises and champions like we'll talk about our match but yeah I mean anything stand out to you.

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I heard the messy goal was really good.

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I have not seen it.

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To be honest, the, you know, the the Cincinnati Montagua game.

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That was another road win for Cincinnati.

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Winning on the road in Conkacap is difficult.

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It's difficult even seeing some League of MX teams struggling on the road.

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Calvary FC beat Pumas, for example, Pumas.

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Pumas versus X.

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Although I think yeah Pumas went through.

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Oh no, you're right. That was they eventually did go through. Yeah, but but the first leg on the road.

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They started first time a Canadian Premier League team has ever beaten a Mexican team.

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Yeah. And so so these things happen on the road.

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Tigris lost on the road.

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And then they ended up coming back and winning.

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So so you know just it's just funny because during the game friend of mine texted me and said it can't be true that the Sounders haven't won a Champions League game since 2012.

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Can it. So I had to go back and take a look through that and and actually post a little trivia question on the road road road. Yeah.

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Because we won the Champions League final so we won them at home. Yeah, no, did I did not say wrote it.

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You didn't say wrote a road game. Yeah, which is it is very surprising.

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I could have sworn we won at New York City. Did we go to penalty kicks along.

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Okay, draw. Yeah, I had and then we won in penalties because that was knockout stage was it was knockout stage, but but we had both legs.

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Oh, that's right. Two legs.

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Duh. Remember you and I were sitting in the suite for the home game for the home leg. Yeah.

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Anyways, I got really drunk that night because I knew I was going to Mexico City after that.

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Shout out to fantastic trip. But more importantly, want to just hit the ground running and talk about that game a little bit talk about that 3-1 victory.

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I think before that one thing I would like to hit a little bit of scuttlebutt here is that Mexican referee Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava was

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disciplined after referring the messy match, not because of bad refereeing, did he because after the match with after the match, yes, for messes Jersey.

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Oh, yeah, I mean, messy gave it to him. But I mean, I, you know, obviously, but hey, this is what I've been saying, like, it didn't affect the match outcome.

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Obviously, it was wrong. He deserves whatever punishments coming to him. But if it's me, I think getting that game more in messy Jersey in a match that I left is worth getting fired for if that's what it takes.

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That's a good question. I mean, would he get fired or would he know he would just get disciplined? I don't know.

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I mean, it depends on it.

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They would question every every movie made during the match after that for sure.

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Yeah, yeah. And I mean, I'm surprised that the ref beat all the other players from the opposing team to it.

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Was he just standing next to messy when the game ended like I'm gonna just keep jogging next to him.

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I mean, at that point, you know, you're the one that controls when that final whistle blows. Oh, I just happened to be right next to you.

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Wait, wait to blow the whistle until you look at that.

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I mean, I might have to go watch the final final two minutes of the game. Yeah.

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Be very curious now that now that happened. But no, I had not seen that. But as soon as you said sanction, I'm like, it's got to be related to so.

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Yeah, obvious discipline is obvious.

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Yeah, we don't know. We don't know what I haven't seen what the discipline was and who knows if we will know. We just know that he's been disciplined.

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So he by who?

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Conca cap. Okay. I mean, honestly, which takes a lot for Conca cap to act because they they rarely act in the case of Mexico's national team violations and it takes outside pressure from Brenda Elsley and fair.

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To make that happen generally. And even then it's so rare.

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I mean, one, that sounds like a business decision to.

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Where do you feel on the outrage meter on this? I kind of think of it as a nothing burger personally, but I do think there should be some sort of a sanction. It doesn't.

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Yeah, really have to be a big one, but I'm kind of happy for the guy.

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Yeah, I mean, it's fine.

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They were talking during the postgame handshakes immediately after the whistle. So,

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Hey, have you seen some roughs? I've been seeing some roughs kind of as they're walking out of the stadiums. Some rest will like hand their their notebook to people and the kids and such like that.

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I'm like, you know, that's cool. I like that.

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I thought that I thought that was pretty cool touch.

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Anyways, that's a fun.

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That's I need to do that with my girl who ref the sounders match.

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Hey, well, well, I have I have some stuff I'd like to talk about regarding the refs in that game.

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Spoiler alert on the positive.

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Yeah.

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So what don't we let's see do we have any discord Scuttlebutt that is non match or related.

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No, it looks like it all is. Oh, we have one. So let's let's do this real quick and then we'll take an early break and put in our discord Patreon ad and then we'll get into sounder stuff.

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Okay, Tim Hamilton, formerly muffin top model asks, what's everyone's pre match routine? Do you go to the March? Are there any new options for season ticket members?

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Oh, that's a really good question. Actually.

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Yeah. So for me, if I have my daughter with me, I can't do my my traditional routine, which is to go to Flat Stick Pub.

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I do love supporting Flat Stick. They've been a longtime sponsor of ECS Pub League. I love going there.

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My wife, it is.

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Yeah, I love to manage her there.

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But but they're they're fantastic people there.

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But when I'm when I'm going solo, where I don't have my daughter, I go there. If I do have my daughter, I try and get in right at Gates and we play around together.

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Sometimes we'll we'll do the meeting up with the former player event experience. Sometimes we just kind of walk around we'll we'll get down to our seats pretty early because we're usually in the front row of ECS so she's got a good sight line.

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And and mostly just kind of catch up with people. You know, that's one of the things I love about being an ECS is some of our some of our listeners like Eric.

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I love seeing him every day Eric 13. A lot of times, yeah, save me a spot. So always appreciate that Eric you you you know that that's always appreciated from me. I thank you.

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It's super fun because we got our listeners and then you know there's people that come up that have introduced themselves to me that follow me on Twitter and that's how they know me and so it's super it's super fun like I really enjoy the time I you know I'll come

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hang out with you down there sometimes pre match in the past I don't know how much time we'll get to do that this year.

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The community that's what it that's what it really is all about for me even when we're having a bad season or rough season.

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Particularly where oh we might be making the playoffs but home games maybe are a little bit of a slog.

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It's everyone that I see a match day that always makes it worth it for me I'm a maybe a soccer romantic in that way.

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Yeah, for sure. I mean I think flat stick was always my go to often that would be where Aaron, our other co host of Sounders Cutter but would come down and hang out every match when he was attending most matches before he had a second baby.

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And I don't I think he's been to one since then and he had to leave at halftime because his daughter was not happy so it's been a while.

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Well, you're getting alarms going off of trying to remember what I said.

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I remember what I said alarm for maybe it was recording this episode.

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I don't.

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I don't have a clue. Why did I why would I have set an alarm for 527.

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It's a good time. Maybe you were sending it or 527 am.

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No, no, it might have been something. Yes.

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Well, whatever it'll occur to you like 20 minutes from now when you've already missed whatever it was.

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No idea. No idea.

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Yeah, good times. I love it. I usually plastic was my place of choice.

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Often my dad will come down and have a beer since he goes to pretty much every match with me and then we get head over head over at, you know, before kickoff.

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But lately he's been coming a little later, especially when the weather is crappy. So I probably will come hang out with you there until my dad shows up around seven, which I think will already probably be near the stadium by then.

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So definitely if you hear this episode before the match, come come over to a plastic pub on Second Avenue and we'll be there and you can say what's up.

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Yeah, absolutely. Please, please do. I would love to see would love to see all there.

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But we'll be the guys wearing sounders kits. Oh, oh, yeah, just just us just us just find us with that in mind, though, the sounders have released some new details about some pre match activities this year.

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Sweet. Just give a little, you know, high level rundown on that.

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Some more menu items under $10. So that's good. Trying to get some more more food concession items. That's something we know that they listen to this with the other.

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They don't right now. So we'll try and get maybe we can get some clarification on that on the Alliance Council.

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But yeah, that's something we've been pushing for for a while and it's kind of hit and miss sometimes.

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There's going to be the Alliance member central and Olympic Hall. There will be a special button meet non dressing players and or sounders FC alumni. That's that's encouraging to hear.

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So maybe that's replacing the legends from the past. Yeah, I mean, that was something that I mean you've heard me say repeatedly to the front office that I thought that was an activation that should absolutely be part of our regular match day experience after the

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success of it last season.

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I thought that was a really good way to keep honoring our history.

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And then the club level Alliance members will also have a DJ in the club area sounders player and or alumni meet and greets as well.

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And this time around a champagne toast led by Craig Weibull.

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That's interesting. Wow.

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So the Olympic Hall is the one at the pro shop just if you're looking at the pro shop inside the stadium.

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It's just to the right as I.

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Yeah, that whole that whole thing is the Olympic section though like because it's the Olympic club is the one above it and that's where I see it.

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But yeah, so definitely it's it's where they have all the what's the what do you call it the sale where the sales are the clearance section for the pro shop they have that little shop in corner.

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Yeah.

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So, so we'll see how that goes throughout the throughout the season.

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I'm excited. I'm excited to go to the game. I am very you know I'm feeling really good about this season.

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Yeah, I had a super freaking Craig had a super fun conversation with them at the Louisville City match because we were just standing on the sideline it's not like we had bleachers or anything because it was on there it was on the Academy field the turf field there because it was so cold and frozen out.

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But you know Craig I think sometimes he is not the most vocal, especially compared to Garth, you know, on terms of stuff but I can tell you that when he when he's not in front of a camera.

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He's so nice and talkative and such a good dude.

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I really have enjoyed being able to talk to him and get insight from him.

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I wish we could share more of it at times but I also know that he's not afraid to share things with fans so if you see him, stop and say hi and ask him questions he will he will say stuff to you.

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Yeah.

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He's he's been really good about that he's been pretty open about that and I really enjoy that the accessibility of this club is something that always impresses me.

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Now with that said there is one other thing I'd like to talk about something that's near and dear to my heart, and something that you and I originally proposed and instituted is kind of soccer for all that's something that's really important to me.

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But a few years ago you and I, along with our Alliance Council colleague, Dan, Dan row. We proposed a husky pass equivalent for the sounders where you know there was a value season ticket, where the seats would change from game to game with the idea being that

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the club had often said we want to make it affordable for a family afford to get to a game under $100. And so proposing this the idea was, we proposed to at that time Peter Tomasowa the CFO, Chief Business Operator, what was his official title CFO, Chief Business Operator?

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He's the president of the club, President of Business Operations.

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And the idea was, you know, fill in the gaps with empties where there are empty seats with with this and give, you know, give give fill these seats with people that are buying this value season ticket.

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They loved it. It did take a lot of back end doing because you kind of had to assign it each game so they kind of limited it to I think a test run of 200 accounts.

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And it was going well, except that it was 2020. And so three games into the season.

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All sales were stopped for every season ticket holder so we never really picked up that program. But one of the things that we, it was replaced with was the student program.

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And so long winded version of saying the student program now has a website. Instead of going to the, going to the box office each game.

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Oh, that's huge. Yeah, that was launched today, where, and I'll just read a little bit about that soccer for all student offer at Sounders FC we believe in soccer for all we want all college college fans to be able to attend matches and enjoy all the

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activities that come along with it. College students have the opportunity to purchase tickets to all Sounders regular season home matches at the discounted rate of $19 and 74 cents.

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They are first come first serve require an edu email address limit is six tickets tickets are not eligible for resale and the tickets will be made available 48 hours prior to the event start.

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So we might want to put that link in a little bit of link should today for sure I think one thing that we definitely will talk to the Sounders about on that because we've done this on the Alliance Council side is it needs to be open to all students not just college students.

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Yeah, and I don't know how that's going to work if you are. Yeah, if you need the edu website so my thing is, I would still request that they offer the box office option.

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Yeah, well, yeah, so we'll talk to them. Obviously that's not going to happen for Saturday but definitely would be good although if the tickets sell out before then, you know, it's they're sold out I will say, I have an edu from being a professor.

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So I'm gonna get some of those ticket no I have my own already.

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But it's a great it's a great program I love seeing this kind of stuff. I want to see, as you and I put together in our original presentation on the value package the whole idea of we want people who are working poor or students, people who get their foot in the door,

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make them become fans make them make them see how great this is and as their career goes and as they have more income hopefully they they they remember these good feelings and become sitting together members.

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And if not then hey, while while you have that opportunity and you can buy these tickets at a good price great.

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Anyway, so so that's news that came out today. The other piece of news that I did want to bring up is on the rain side. Did you see who was just announced as an assistant coach today.

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No, Lee when.

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Oh really, I always liked his fascinating. Yeah, yeah, he was a great player he was never a superstar but he was like a perennial.

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I felt like he was a every man great like making the all star team regularly. He just you knew he was always going to be solid and and definitely would make a

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good number of national team appearances in that you know, mid odds to early 2012 ish.

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Yeah, I always like display and then and then it looked like he was doing some really cool stuff after his time with MLS. I know he was.

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I think he was playing in Vietnam for a while.

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Maybe two years or a season, the span over two years and Ho Chi Minh City, that's pretty cool. Yeah, so so anyways, I thought that was cool because I always liked him.

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He was one of those players that him Nick Romando, just some of those guys that I just really enjoyed and kind of wished would eventually become a sounder for a season.

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Yeah, I actually am surprised he I didn't realize this before the New England Revolution. He played two seasons for two different teams in Vietnam.

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Before that and then of course he was in the Netherlands and Denmark Denmark before that.

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So he's played all over but yeah, oh, I forgot that he played five matches for Inter Miami as well.

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So yeah, but lafc. I remember that those years he was on lafc for sure.

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So got those nine appearances with the USA. Great, great, solid player. You know, he he most recently was the assistant for Angel City FC was there for one year and had been coaching Kansas City current and the Washington spirit before that as an assistant.

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So super cool to see him come over to Seattle as an assistant.

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Yeah, yeah, I mean, it's going to be I you know hope that means we get an opportunity to chat with him from time to time I got a feeling that might be a thing that comes up to play.

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Yeah, that'd be super super fun.

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And oh it looks like just learning a little more about him I put them as Wikipedia his father fled the US a few years before the fall of Saigon in 1973.

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Interesting. It settled in Texas so that's how that's why he holds dual citizenship for us in Vietnam and was able to go back and probably play there a lot more easily.

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You don't need to deal with visa rules.

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Yeah.

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But yeah, that was news that came out so we did apparently have a few Scuttlebutt things.

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So why don't we have a quick break and then talk about the Champions League match because we're about, you know, 25 minutes in.

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Yeah.

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And and then let's get to the fun. I've got a lot of a lot of fun stuff to get to.

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Let's take a break.

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Now back to your regularly scheduled program.

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And we're back.

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Those were really wise words spoken by me.

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You should do what I say.

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We did get a bunch of stuff into the mail bag, but I think most of it is season preview stuff it looks like.

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So why don't we start off with the match that we just played, which of course was a 3-1 Sounders FC victory over Antigua FC in Guatemala in a very interesting match.

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My first question for you would be, did you see the post game press conference with Brian Schmetzer?

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I did.

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So what did you think of, let's just start with the post game press conference.

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Did you think that Brian handled it pretty well where he was very diplomatic with them?

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I mean, honestly, it did harken back to some of his previous press conferences and Champions League.

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I appreciate that he's always, in true Brian fashion, always complimentary towards and gracious towards the host, always finding a way to thank them and to do it in a sincere way.

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And to find and highlight positives from that side of things and also be very respectful to the opponent.

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So I thought that was good.

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Yeah, especially I think because everyone knows this is a lesser opponent than us.

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This is not a team that was expected to give us a run for our money.

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It doesn't mean they couldn't have won.

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No.

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But over 180 minutes, you don't expect them to come out on time.

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And we've talked about how winning on the road is hard.

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That is a two way street.

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So we have a lot of experience not only in Kaka-Ka-Ka, but also, you know, these kind of situations.

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I mean, he said it best.

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The only way they beat us now is if they win 3-0 because we won 3-1 and we have the away goal rule.

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Correct.

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I mean, they could, yeah, but the point is we're not giving up 3 goals, let alone 4 or 5.

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We're not giving up 3 goals without scoring a goal of our own.

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Right.

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It's going to be very difficult.

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No, I don't want to get too ahead of ourselves on that, but we, that third goal made us huge.

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Yeah, they made things.

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And that was basically the last second.

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They just blow the whistle after the next ball.

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Yeah, I mean, it was great.

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That, that Obed interception was fantastic.

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Obed, what a game.

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Huh.

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Yeah.

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What a game from him.

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Really fun stuff.

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I mean, I posted in our, oh, that's another thing that happened for this.

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We launched a game day thread for, for Sounder Scuddlebot and our discord, a match day thread.

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And it was just a whole bunch of us shooting the shit and, and, and reacting and talking.

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And it was a really fun activity there.

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It was great to see.

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The other thing I want to do is that this season, before every match day, I'll be posting a prediction thread and we'll keep a running tally of the scores.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, we, we, you did that for that match.

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How many, since you just posted it, it wasn't announced ahead.

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How many people actually filled it out for, for this first match?

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About a dozen.

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Nice.

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That's pretty good considering no pre announcement.

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Just, just threw it in there.

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I did it on the fly about an hour before kickoff and, and a big shout out to Alex Diaz to, to win.

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He overwhelmingly won.

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They usually, this is going to be, I'm going to keep the same format throughout the season on this for, for consistency.

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And in that, basically what we're going to do is we're going to predict what the end result of the game will be.

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Win, loss, draw.

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I'm going to set an over under and you choose either the over or the under.

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And then I'll ask how many goals will score, how many goals will be scored against us.

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And then for another bonus point, who will score the first goal for the sounders.

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Yeah.

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So that's basically going to be the format of this.

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You know, keep it relatively simple.

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Something you can quickly fill out.

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And, and I'll probably try and close out the, the submissions at kickoff.

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But that's going to be what we're going to do all season long.

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I already put the thread up for the Charlotte game tomorrow.

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Which channel did you put it in?

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I did put it in both the game day, the match day and the, the regular scuttlebot.

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The regular scuttlebot.

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So, and I'll post a reminder of it tomorrow as well.

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So, so good times.

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But what a game.

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What'd you think of the game?

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Yeah, I mean, you know, I live and by, die by this team.

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I was frustrated by some of our mistakes in the first half.

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I mean, we easily could have been down three one, 24 minutes into the game.

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Or is that when they scored 24 minutes?

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Yeah, they scored there, but there was that, there was that moment where Fry had to come out and.

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Yeah, right after we, well, no, it was before we scored.

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No, I don't know.

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It was right around when we scored.

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We scored three minutes in.

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So it was, yeah.

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But it was very close after I was like five minute mark.

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Yeah, I mean, I mean, I think scoring in the third minute with, with, uh, areola getting the goal on an assist from.

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Uh, Ferrara immediately was huge.

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I mean, that make your mark, make your mark immediately show people why Craig went out and got them.

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And I think they did that right away.

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Yeah.

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I mean, you saw that goal in, in, and you saw us, I think.

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Even the, the 10 minutes after that still kind of dominating the field, um, until, uh, we made a few mistakes.

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I mean, even then, I think we were Fry Fry, like you said, had that mistake that, that could have easily been a goal knew who had a pretty poor, uh, mistake that, that could have led to a goal.

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He overran a player and then let the player be wide open for what, uh, was just an open shot on goal should have gone in.

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Yeah.

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Um, and then, um, and then we saw, uh, something that I do when I play on FIFA was get, uh, basically two on one with a defender and knew who, uh, could make up his mind what he was going to do and flay it all over the place and just let the guy have one on one with the keeper and score.

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And, you know, is it new who's fault? Not necessarily because they should have never, he should have been never put in that position, but he rather than making the right choice, he just seemed to make almost no choice until he just dove at the feeble player.

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Yeah.

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Which is frustrating, but he had a solid game after that.

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He, he, he definitely, he didn't crumble.

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We've seen him in the past get a red card after stuff like that, uh, in Champions League.

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Was that, um, the year we won, I think that happened where he, he ended up getting frustrated and getting a red card pretty, pretty early on in a match.

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And that did not happen.

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He solidly took his place and saw him.

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I mean, there was that play later in the game where Reagan was beat one on one and he slid in there and got the ball out of there.

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Yeah.

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I thought it was really interesting for sure.

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Um, one of the other things that really stuck out to me was, uh, well, well one very much.

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He did a great job of covering for Reagan at times.

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Um, but the other thing that was really interesting is for a game that there were a lot of hard challenges.

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Oof.

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Yeah.

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A lot.

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I do think the referee crew did a pretty good job of keeping control of a game that can sometimes otherwise get out of control.

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There was a few times where it looked like it might when there wasn't a yellow card that came out, but then you saw after those challenges, whoever made him.

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Usually it was Antigua, but the few times the Sounders did, they would shake hands with the other player or tap each other and smile.

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And I think the referee made sure that they reminded each other that they're both human beings, not just warriors.

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Yeah.

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And by the way, a really interesting game note where all four officials were female.

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Yeah.

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You don't see that very often.

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So that was super cool.

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Yeah.

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And I thought they controlled the game pretty well.

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Uh, in those moments, I will say one of the things that really impressed me going off into another direction was in, uh, midway through the game when Paul areola, who I also thought had a really good game.

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There was a situation where he's coming down the left side and he's surrounded by three players from Antigua and he's going down to the touch line and he is just, you know, just, just playing with them.

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And he gets around and, and, and messes with them and gets around the edge. Nothing came of it, but the fact that just taking on three players, one, one V three, I guess in that case, with some skill moves kind of makes you remember.

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Oh yeah, this guy is a is not far removed from being a designated player.

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This is a guy who at the same time, Jordan Morris was at Swansea. He was at Swansea getting a look that same, same time period. Um, he's got some skill.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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No, and, and getting to see him in person was really fun. I can't wait to see what people think on Saturday, but being at Long Eggers and doing it, he is a short guy.

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I think he's five, six, five, eight somewhere in there. But he, he's shorter than he's listed for sure. And then he plays shorter because he doesn't stand up. He almost has this little like gremlin crouch that he has when he runs and he's like,

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And so he plays very small and looks like he's ready to pounce. And it's there's so much, there's so much power and so much ability to just burst forward out of that in the way that he plays that seeing him in person, I was truly impressed.

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You know, I, I remember being frustrated by him when he was on the US national team. And I think that may have been more tinged by the fact that he was a Dallas player and me hating Dallas players more than the more than his actual skill.

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Yeah. By the way, this was Jesus Ferrara's Champions League debut.

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Oh, wow.

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The last time Dallas was in Champions League was 2018. And that was, he had only made one appearance for Dallas that season, and it was not in Champions League.

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So, and Paul had been there through DC.

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Definitely not with Dallas.

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But he was with DC from 2017 to 2021. And I feel like one of those years did they win the open cup. So he might have, they might have qualified for Champions League at that point.

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But I'm not 100%.

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Yeah. And, and let's see, when did he play for Tijuana 2013 to 2017 so he definitely would have been in there with them.

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Yeah, I mean, I got to imagine he's played.

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He scored, he scored. That's not, that wasn't even, he scored for Tijuana in the Champions League versus CD Victoria in his second ever match with Tijuana, it looks like.

386
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Okay, I mean, that would make sense. I mean, and not to mention he's got extensive, you know, international experience as well.

387
00:38:45,100 --> 00:38:59,100
But, you know, it's just, it's just great to see both of these players coming to Seattle because they wanted opportunities to play for winning teams and to really make their mark so early.

388
00:38:59,100 --> 00:39:12,100
Also great to see Pedro de la Vega letting a shot rip deflection or not just taking that shot with confidence and putting the ball on frame. Good things happen.

389
00:39:12,100 --> 00:39:35,100
And just before that he had a little like pass that was over his head up the field that I thought was pretty impressive too, which, which I saw him do against Louisville he, he was running to the side of the field and then rather than just kicking it with his left foot, he swung I forget what it's called but when you swing your right foot behind your left foot and then kick it with the from behind like he did that

390
00:39:35,100 --> 00:39:48,100
and shot it way upfield and so he's not afraid to try things when he thinks it will benefit the team. And I think that's pretty cool. Yeah, you know, little bit of a rough first half there for him.

391
00:39:48,100 --> 00:40:04,100
I think it's the same thing we saw in the playoff match at home versus Houston when it was really, really wet and it was preventing the ball from moving he's a dribbler and when you can't dribble on the field it's going to affect his play a little bit.

392
00:40:04,100 --> 00:40:18,100
But unlike that match where he couldn't put it together, he eventually in the second half figured out how to play on the kind of crappy field there and and with the rough conditions and was able to get it together and play a pretty great second half when he was in.

393
00:40:18,100 --> 00:40:26,100
Yeah, yeah. Now, no, no, granted. A lot of my thoughts on this match are colored by the fact that we won 31.

394
00:40:26,100 --> 00:40:33,100
Yeah, I there were definitely moments especially in the second half I thought we looked a lot better.

395
00:40:33,100 --> 00:40:35,100
I mean, there are definitely.

396
00:40:35,100 --> 00:40:41,100
That makes sense though, right as they tired out our talent is going the talent gap is going to show more.

397
00:40:41,100 --> 00:41:02,100
I mean how many times in Champions League past think think to their early days where we are in Champions League, where, you know, we'd be we'd be keeping it close keeping it close and then a team would sub on absolute starters on any team in MLS, you know, and that's kind of what we did we brought on Alba wrist neck we brought on Georgie we brought on

398
00:41:02,100 --> 00:41:20,100
Albert Albert was great to yeah we like who's we brought on Paul Rothrock I mean we just kept kept bringing on. Yeah, it was kind of nice to to think about that and to see our depth in action.

399
00:41:20,100 --> 00:41:24,100
But yeah, one of the so one of the things like midway through the game.

400
00:41:24,100 --> 00:41:31,100
I felt like there were a lot of moments where yeah it's clear that it's our first competitive match of the season.

401
00:41:31,100 --> 00:41:42,100
It's also clear that you know we're traveling down to Guatemala that is not an easy flight to get down to that there's no way around it.

402
00:41:42,100 --> 00:41:58,100
But I thought that one of the things that was really good to see were were a lot of extended moments of control and possession and and getting really interesting attacking opportunities.

403
00:41:58,100 --> 00:42:04,100
And it made me really excited to see what's going to happen when this team starts to cook.

404
00:42:04,100 --> 00:42:05,100
Yeah.

405
00:42:05,100 --> 00:42:16,100
All right, so with that in mind, want to go to the mail bag and then hit up some of this preseason prediction stuff that we got planned.

406
00:42:16,100 --> 00:42:30,100
Yeah, for sure let's let's get a few mail bag general questions and then we can and we'll hop around these and then hop back into one specific about the team in the season.

407
00:42:30,100 --> 00:42:32,100
Let's start with this one we've a pride match.

408
00:42:32,100 --> 00:42:36,100
This from Alex Diaz we have a pride match but I don't see us having a Latino night.

409
00:42:36,100 --> 00:42:39,100
African American night Native American night etc.

410
00:42:39,100 --> 00:42:49,100
Why don't we have those matches when we have multiple youth matches this year and some home matches with no special tie to it example heritage match throwback match celebrate the world's game stuff.

411
00:42:49,100 --> 00:42:51,100
I will say this.

412
00:42:51,100 --> 00:42:53,100
We will be having those.

413
00:42:53,100 --> 00:42:58,100
It's just it's it can largely be dependent on windows of the league sets.

414
00:42:58,100 --> 00:43:05,100
Yeah, for example September is kick childhood cancer month.

415
00:43:05,100 --> 00:43:12,100
And well, I mean, look at look at other teams so yeah Philadelphia their pride night is in May.

416
00:43:12,100 --> 00:43:26,100
Ours is typically around the Seattle pride march because the sounders take part in it so you're I haven't seen when it's listed because I don't know our schedule that that weekend but I would assume it's going to be on either side of that.

417
00:43:26,100 --> 00:43:39,100
Their unity night they have a unity night which is which is more of the celebrate diverse culture type.

418
00:43:39,100 --> 00:43:44,100
It's like BS so that Republicans don't get mad.

419
00:43:44,100 --> 00:43:48,100
That's in mid June and then they have their fiesta in Spain.

420
00:43:48,100 --> 00:43:49,100
Don't forget in.

421
00:43:49,100 --> 00:43:59,100
Yeah, sounders will probably do something for Juneteenth for sure. They don't do that in Philadelphia I'm just looking at Philadelphia and then other fiesta Hispanias in August but then if you look at Houston.

422
00:43:59,100 --> 00:44:02,100
They have a bunch of nights as well.

423
00:44:02,100 --> 00:44:08,100
You know they have space city night and stuff like that their kick cancer is in May in the May.

424
00:44:08,100 --> 00:44:16,100
So, they can vary based on what works with your schedule and when you have home matches.

425
00:44:16,100 --> 00:44:21,100
Their home their military appreciation night is the end of July.

426
00:44:21,100 --> 00:44:27,100
They have their kids night in August which I think ours is usually later than that I feel like it's it's September.

427
00:44:27,100 --> 00:44:39,100
Last year I think we did a few pod nights and involving kids and that but yeah as we learn more about that kind of stuff usually we'll get a heads up on Alliance Council and.

428
00:44:39,100 --> 00:44:44,100
Yeah, so we'll share that for sure but I mean their Noche Latina is in September.

429
00:44:44,100 --> 00:44:53,100
I would accept I was gonna say I would expect the June 28th match against Austin to be our pride game considering that's pride.

430
00:44:53,100 --> 00:44:55,100
Yeah, that's anyway that's pride weekend for sure.

431
00:44:55,100 --> 00:44:57,100
So, day after my birthday.

432
00:44:57,100 --> 00:45:01,100
Let's see what day of the week is that the 28th.

433
00:45:01,100 --> 00:45:04,100
Yeah, that is a Saturday.

434
00:45:04,100 --> 00:45:10,100
Yeah, it'll be interesting because usually we march in the pride parade, but I can't remember the pride parade is Saturday or Sunday.

435
00:45:10,100 --> 00:45:15,100
That's also right at the end of the group stage of the club World Cup.

436
00:45:15,100 --> 00:45:18,100
So there's a chance that game might get moved.

437
00:45:18,100 --> 00:45:19,100
Yeah, that's true.

438
00:45:19,100 --> 00:45:28,100
Spoiler alert that's going to be a question that comes up in the survey or the questions the predictions that I have so.

439
00:45:28,100 --> 00:45:29,100
Interesting.

440
00:45:29,100 --> 00:45:30,100
We'll talk about that.

441
00:45:30,100 --> 00:45:34,100
So, so the answer to your question Alex is those will happen.

442
00:45:34,100 --> 00:45:40,100
You know, they have warm up jerseys that they wear for those various things.

443
00:45:40,100 --> 00:45:44,100
They always they also do a API.

444
00:45:44,100 --> 00:45:48,100
There's there's Latino or Hispanic night depending.

445
00:45:48,100 --> 00:45:50,100
It's so weird having lived in California.

446
00:45:50,100 --> 00:45:59,100
You would never say Hispanic would say Latino or Chicano or depending on the national origin of the group you're celebrating.

447
00:45:59,100 --> 00:46:05,100
Seattle loves that Washington loves that different different wordage.

448
00:46:05,100 --> 00:46:07,100
It's more political down there.

449
00:46:07,100 --> 00:46:10,100
And so those things will happen.

450
00:46:10,100 --> 00:46:13,100
I think they're just not always determined.

451
00:46:13,100 --> 00:46:20,100
Part of that is that it depends on when MLS will make those jerseys available.

452
00:46:20,100 --> 00:46:28,100
Part of it is when how do I say this without giving away information.

453
00:46:28,100 --> 00:46:35,100
Part of it is there are several huge sounders announcements throughout the season.

454
00:46:35,100 --> 00:46:40,100
And those are on specific dates but require MLS involvement.

455
00:46:40,100 --> 00:46:47,100
So we need to wait to find out when that will happen based on stuff like that.

456
00:46:47,100 --> 00:46:49,100
I know that's vague.

457
00:46:49,100 --> 00:46:55,100
But I think the sounders have never been good about planning ahead on stuff like this.

458
00:46:55,100 --> 00:47:10,100
Before the season I we I can say I know I have I know you have Nicholas have asked the sounders to make a schedule much like the Mariners do and have nights have giveaways.

459
00:47:10,100 --> 00:47:21,100
You know tell us before the season look at you've repeatedly talked about the Filipino night at the Mariners and have asked them to bring it to the sounders.

460
00:47:21,100 --> 00:47:32,100
And so yeah I mean this is something that you're passionate about and we've talked about with them and and they hear us and they're currently revamping everything they do internally.

461
00:47:32,100 --> 00:47:33,100
Everything has changed.

462
00:47:33,100 --> 00:47:38,100
And truth be told I think that is a Hugh Weber strength.

463
00:47:38,100 --> 00:47:39,100
He has.

464
00:47:39,100 --> 00:47:46,100
It's my understanding that in his time and other professional teams in the NBA NHL.

465
00:47:46,100 --> 00:47:53,100
His strengths was taking teams that maybe we're struggling with attendance and finding ways to have authentic fan engagement with them.

466
00:47:53,100 --> 00:48:11,100
So yeah, I would expect to see more of those kind of things now what that looks like I don't know because there's a balance to be had so so we'll see how that how that trades off but.

467
00:48:11,100 --> 00:48:19,100
Yeah, I mean I think I think long term we will see more of that stuff. And as it becomes more normalized as it becomes successful.

468
00:48:19,100 --> 00:48:26,100
Because some giveaways I mean cool we got a Starbucks theme pride.

469
00:48:26,100 --> 00:48:33,100
Cap cleared whatever yeah whatever like a fanny pack you know it's it's like.

470
00:48:33,100 --> 00:48:39,100
No one's lining up or let me not know one basically no one's lining up early to get those compared to.

471
00:48:39,100 --> 00:48:41,100
Oh yeah there you have you have.

472
00:48:41,100 --> 00:48:46,100
Yeah you have that that ugly see see the clear one was at least much cooler than that.

473
00:48:46,100 --> 00:48:56,100
No, but but here's the thing the thing is there are two different ways you can do it you can do the the giveaway that goes stadium wide or the first X 1000 fans.

474
00:48:56,100 --> 00:49:05,100
And then you have the giveaways where you need to buy a special ticket which you were seeing some of that last year the sounders had like a pickleball night with a special pickleball paddle or.

475
00:49:05,100 --> 00:49:24,100
I'd love to see more of those. Yeah, I think they're starting to roll those out and and one of my requests to the club and I and I need to reiterate that is it would be nice to give existing season ticket holders an option to do like an a la carte add on for something like that because

476
00:49:24,100 --> 00:49:31,100
they're not going to buy another set of tickets right but the Mariners don't do that so I thought they did for some reason but maybe no.

477
00:49:31,100 --> 00:49:43,100
Before the season you can if you're a season ticket holder or flex holder you can buy the entire season's giveaways but it's not it's not the special things yeah yeah.

478
00:49:43,100 --> 00:49:53,100
Okay so you still have to buy the specialty nights if you want the Hello Kitty backpack or the the Filipino Jack although this year's not a jacket you told me it's a hockey jersey though it's a.

479
00:49:53,100 --> 00:49:55,100
Oh that's cool for the second night is a hockey jersey.

480
00:49:55,100 --> 00:49:57,100
Second night is a hockey jersey sweatshirt.

481
00:49:57,100 --> 00:50:10,100
Okay yeah so I think that's the night we're going to target anyways we are getting on a tangent there but ultimately no no but yeah those are important conversations though because we are having these conversations with the club they are.

482
00:50:10,100 --> 00:50:13,100
I almost it's susceptible they are.

483
00:50:13,100 --> 00:50:17,100
What's the word I'm looking for the receptive receptive to them.

484
00:50:17,100 --> 00:50:34,100
And I think that these things will happen I will say the other question Alex had was around what can they do to get new fans and that there are you know plenty of different types of fans that aren't reached out to.

485
00:50:34,100 --> 00:50:42,100
That's that's what you is here to do and that that will happen I mean I think there's actually Fossberg and my Mendoza extra.

486
00:50:42,100 --> 00:51:03,100
Yeah my of course runs the rain now but she still is part of that leadership brain trust but that is the those are those are pillars of the sounders ethos in you know the right to play defend the right to play that is something that is very important to them.

487
00:51:03,100 --> 00:51:21,100
In the past, they largely left some of that stuff to the rave foundation, and that has I mean the rave foundation still exists and it's still separate but actually who's around the rave foundation has now been brought back into the club officially as a officer of some sort,

488
00:51:21,100 --> 00:51:39,100
so that more of that will be driven internally which is great for rave because there was always I mean I think Alliance Council is the same problem problem the chicken and the egg argument it's like, well, we can't get more recognition because we don't get enough support but we're not getting

489
00:51:39,100 --> 00:51:41,100
enough support because we don't have enough recognition.

490
00:51:41,100 --> 00:51:59,100
I think rave made that jump last season when they decided okay the rave gala is no longer for us poor folks. This is for rich people. Yeah. And you know what I can't I can't get mad about that because they're doing good work and the more money they raise the more work they can do.

491
00:51:59,100 --> 00:52:16,100
Last year, there was not a single item, except for the one that I bid on because I felt bad because no one was bidding on Maya's thing and I almost won it. And I didn't have $2,500 so luckily I got out did last second after after time it was over and then someone's they had someone else jump in.

492
00:52:16,100 --> 00:52:19,100
I was like Maya I was so scared.

493
00:52:19,100 --> 00:52:21,100
I have a lot of medical pills right now.

494
00:52:21,100 --> 00:52:37,100
But but these things were going instead of going for 1000. They were going for 10,000 15,000 20,000. So rave has figured it out. They're on the new things and so bigger things like that and so Ashley's been brought into to work that within the club.

495
00:52:37,100 --> 00:52:54,100
Oh and speaking directly back to things we didn't mention. Theme nights I think the whole there definitely will be a Native American night but the whole season, I think we'll be celebrating First Nations and Native Americans because of the second kid and there's a bunch of stuff planned around that all season.

496
00:52:54,100 --> 00:53:14,100
But I'm also going to throw out there just a reminder that to the clubs detriment they're not always publicizing these things but they you know last season there were a API Asian American Pacific Islander themes where there were their activities going on pre pre match

497
00:53:14,100 --> 00:53:34,100
there were activations at food trucks activations in the Eastern open court where that that they can flex in who is coming in there. So these things happen and even I don't always realize what's going on until halfway through like where the hell did you get those macaroons or where did the

498
00:53:34,100 --> 00:53:50,100
yeah yeah from you know they are happening they're just not yeah they're not good at you know it'll be in that email they send out to you like the what is what is it called like on the 90 yeah yeah and so it's in the know before you go yeah of the beyond 90 email where it'll

499
00:53:50,100 --> 00:54:07,100
it'll say this is happening these are the activations I don't ever read that email. Oh I try to always read it, especially since we did we did ask for last year one of our big asks was hey can you publicize what food trucks will be there can you publicize the stuff

500
00:54:07,100 --> 00:54:23,100
ahead of time so that we can we can really talk about that as a matter of fact why don't we just talk about that right now so tomorrow by pocket diverse owned businesses will be featured food trucks will be the swaggin wagon

501
00:54:23,100 --> 00:54:40,100
we're gonna see celebrate black history month for this black owned business on match day Monique Gatterson's food truck Zuri's gourmet donuts including galaxy swirl donuts garlic chili chicken donuts Bailey's apple fritters you've never seen

502
00:54:40,100 --> 00:54:58,100
donuts like this it's a David Vincent is a US Navy veteran black owned business beer beer yeah pepe El Toro Tijuana style beer yeah slow cooked beef and everything from tacos to ramen

503
00:54:58,100 --> 00:55:14,100
to po boys and teams so some Creole vibes to it and then the pop up restaurants outside of 113 will be those coy Japan. Japanese flavor to Seattle and then seven sons kitchen.

504
00:55:14,100 --> 00:55:21,100
So so yeah so they do they do these things. We're trying to get them to be more aware.

505
00:55:21,100 --> 00:55:29,100
They are publicizing it you just got to look for it so so yeah which they shouldn't be you should know like it but it changes on a week to week base so it so I

506
00:55:29,100 --> 00:55:37,100
but in advance we should know the theme nights we should know stuff like that I think I think they can get better around that I will also say that

507
00:55:37,100 --> 00:55:43,100
try stuff by the way and get there early because the lines can be crazy.

508
00:55:43,100 --> 00:55:56,100
Yeah yeah and they they they also have cheap beers that you can get in advance if you're beer drinker sometimes and they want to make it more of an experience inside the stadium so that you don't I mean support the local businesses around it

509
00:55:56,100 --> 00:56:01,100
but get in early so you're not trying to get in it right before kickoff in the line super long.

510
00:56:01,100 --> 00:56:04,100
You're not wrong.

511
00:56:04,100 --> 00:56:15,100
Yeah so that I mean we'll keep you updated on here as we know those nights are coming to. Oh the one other thing I want to say because I just looked at the link that you sent around the sounders

512
00:56:15,100 --> 00:56:32,100
student tickets is that the student tickets for 1974 for this upcoming match are in the ECS section and that's not always going to be the case is my understanding but right now that is the case and so make sure you know if you're getting those as a

513
00:56:32,100 --> 00:56:36,100
student the experience you're going to have there will be flags.

514
00:56:36,100 --> 00:56:38,100
There will be the item.

515
00:56:38,100 --> 00:56:46,100
Yeah come say hi to Nick there will be flags there will be chanting you'll be expected to participate if you don't.

516
00:56:46,100 --> 00:56:50,100
I don't think there's militant as they used to be but I've been yelled at.

517
00:56:50,100 --> 00:56:51,100
It's changed.

518
00:56:51,100 --> 00:57:01,100
There was a time where I let's put it this way if there are a lot of areas in GA in which hey you're there to watch.

519
00:57:01,100 --> 00:57:03,100
You're there to observe.

520
00:57:03,100 --> 00:57:05,100
You're going to be fine.

521
00:57:05,100 --> 00:57:15,100
If you're standing next to the drummers or if you're if you're if your goal is oh I want to be on TV and do that and you're not part like.

522
00:57:15,100 --> 00:57:25,100
Yeah you know have a little have a little social awareness on that you know read the room but generally speaking you're going to be fine it's very.

523
00:57:25,100 --> 00:57:33,100
I hate that I hate that perception because it just doesn't really exist.

524
00:57:33,100 --> 00:57:54,100
That's how it used to be though because I've been yelled at before but it's clearly gone now which is great to hear yeah I mean it's just it's been a it's been a change and hey I'll tell you what if anyone ever wants to talk supporter culture and history of supporter culture or even history of you know that here in Seattle come find me I'd love to.

525
00:57:54,100 --> 00:57:57,100
I'd love to share my thoughts on that.

526
00:57:57,100 --> 00:58:03,100
It's a really fascinating thing that you know I'm passionate about.

527
00:58:03,100 --> 00:58:07,100
Yeah and the one thing I've learned is there's bad apples everywhere.

528
00:58:07,100 --> 00:58:11,100
Doesn't matter what you're doing and you can't let your.

529
00:58:11,100 --> 00:58:22,100
And this is an ECS specific it could be any group I've dealt with people that are bad in in timbers army in in you know Colorado it helps with.

530
00:58:22,100 --> 00:58:30,100
Yeah yeah yeah yeah you just you just need to realize that you're putting yourself in a situation where.

531
00:58:30,100 --> 00:58:36,100
You aren't always going to understand what's going on and so don't put yourself in a situation where you come off looking like a jackass.

532
00:58:36,100 --> 00:58:47,100
Ask questions hey why are you singing this song or what's what's the meaning of that I don't know what should I do where should I go if this is what I want where should I sit you know I think.

533
00:58:47,100 --> 00:58:58,100
I think that's important because you can have a fun experience and you can engage or you can be pissed off I know people that have gone and been pissed off the flags about but in front of the whole time is like there's a giant.

534
00:58:58,100 --> 00:59:01,100
Now it's not on the.

535
00:59:01,100 --> 00:59:08,100
What I from I can tell I didn't go all the way through but I didn't see anything on the student ticket section there but in ticket master in general.

536
00:59:08,100 --> 00:59:14,100
It is there it tells you your view could be blocked by flags stuff like that it tells you when you walk into the stadium.

537
00:59:14,100 --> 00:59:20,100
Or yeah I think when you walk in and then also when you walk into the section so just just remember like.

538
00:59:20,100 --> 00:59:29,100
This is an experience this isn't just I'm gonna sit there in my seat and watch the match you're going to take part in the match essentially won't be on the field but you're going to take part in the match.

539
00:59:29,100 --> 00:59:34,100
Although I will I will say I am I feel fairly confident.

540
00:59:34,100 --> 00:59:41,100
That if you had a seat in ECS and you went to an usher and asked to be relocated they would accommodate your.

541
00:59:41,100 --> 00:59:44,100
Oh sure absolutely so just just know.

542
00:59:44,100 --> 00:59:51,100
The only other warning don't wear opposing team gear but with that in mind because they will with that in mind.

543
00:59:51,100 --> 01:00:00,100
Come find me I'm always in the front row or two of section 120 which if you're looking at the field one one twenty one.

544
01:00:00,100 --> 01:00:03,100
Sorry one twenty one you're right.

545
01:00:03,100 --> 01:00:13,100
Which is if you're looking at the field from the stadium in the in the ECS section I'm on the right side and you're right behind the.

546
01:00:13,100 --> 01:00:26,100
Hi Roma you're right behind the we not what do you call that well there the camera well yeah yeah so but but come say hi don't be don't be don't be afraid.

547
01:00:26,100 --> 01:00:29,100
But yeah so do we have.

548
01:00:29,100 --> 01:00:32,100
Another question for the mail bag.

549
01:00:32,100 --> 01:00:34,100
Yeah well let's see.

550
01:00:34,100 --> 01:00:40,100
Patrick GC asked this is a recent one should we give do more giveaways like the Mariners do yes.

551
01:00:40,100 --> 01:00:43,100
We've already discussed it but I wanted to acknowledge that Patrick.

552
01:00:43,100 --> 01:00:51,100
Said that so yes definitely yeah and so so some to keep in mind that a lot of times what happens is when there's a giveaway mariner any sport.

553
01:00:51,100 --> 01:01:01,100
Usually it will be branded with some some local company you know in Alaska Airlines hat or Starbucks fanny pack or what not.

554
01:01:01,100 --> 01:01:09,100
Though sometimes it won't be like when there's a special like the Sammy the sounder bobblehead or or.

555
01:01:09,100 --> 01:01:11,100
Zach Scott didn't have one of course it is.

556
01:01:11,100 --> 01:01:17,100
Zach Scott but I'm looking over at it right now there's there's no sponsor on that one.

557
01:01:17,100 --> 01:01:19,100
But there is on most of the Mariners ones.

558
01:01:19,100 --> 01:01:30,100
Yeah and especially if it's like clothing or branding like that if it's if it doesn't require the purchase of a special ticket it's usually going to have some sort of branding on it.

559
01:01:30,100 --> 01:01:39,100
Yeah that's how that's how it works as a partnership there for those kind of giveaways doesn't necessarily take away but just some to keep in mind.

560
01:01:39,100 --> 01:01:55,100
I got me excited I look back at home you know if you see the video obviously you can see behind me a little bit on mine where you can't see it right now because we're in half windows but I've got a what do you call those like babushka dolls that are one inside the other inside the other.

561
01:01:55,100 --> 01:01:59,100
That's exactly the bushka dolls that's what I always yeah so I have a Sonic's one that's like I don't know who's inside of it right now I can't remember.

562
01:01:59,100 --> 01:02:08,100
But I'm sure it's Nate McMillan is the outside and I'm sure it's like Gary Payton Sean Camp players like that so I love that.

563
01:02:08,100 --> 01:02:18,100
And of course I have Bernie Sanders and Macklemore and Good Mythical Morning and I have a whole bunch of Mariners ones up there.

564
01:02:18,100 --> 01:02:25,100
I feel like the the sonics of babushka dolls should be like you know the all time tallest player on the team all the way down to the smallest.

565
01:02:25,100 --> 01:02:26,100
Yeah they didn't do it.

566
01:02:26,100 --> 01:02:29,100
Oh and you make Melons is shorter guy.

567
01:02:29,100 --> 01:02:34,100
I know I'm like where's where's you know for example like I know he didn't play for the sonics but where's the Mugsy Bogues in the.

568
01:02:34,100 --> 01:02:35,100
Oh yeah right.

569
01:02:35,100 --> 01:02:38,100
It would probably be Eric Snow or someone.

570
01:02:38,100 --> 01:02:39,100
Yeah.

571
01:02:39,100 --> 01:02:40,100
So tiny.

572
01:02:40,100 --> 01:02:51,100
But yeah I mean I think I would love that you know I've gotten to the point in my life where I don't need any more giveaways unless there's something I really really like.

573
01:02:51,100 --> 01:03:00,100
You know I think I just Gorillapsey founder Kevin Zalco just moved and he had so much Mariners stuff that when I went and picked up.

574
01:03:00,100 --> 01:03:09,100
What do you call it a jock box jocky box it's like it's like your keg that you have but it's your your refrigerator keg but it's actually in a like cooler.

575
01:03:09,100 --> 01:03:11,100
Okay it's in a like a.

576
01:03:11,100 --> 01:03:13,100
I think he gave it to me cooler type of deal.

577
01:03:13,100 --> 01:03:14,100
Yeah yeah.

578
01:03:14,100 --> 01:03:15,100
No but for like beer.

579
01:03:15,100 --> 01:03:19,100
I don't know if that's called swamp cooler than that in the window for like air conditioning.

580
01:03:19,100 --> 01:03:27,100
I'm thinking about how I've seen some people like like kind of rig up a using those kind of things and kind of.

581
01:03:27,100 --> 01:03:30,100
Oh yeah yeah so so it's like that but this is professionally made.

582
01:03:30,100 --> 01:03:31,100
Okay.

583
01:03:31,100 --> 01:03:32,100
Right.

584
01:03:32,100 --> 01:03:39,100
So it's already like the taps are put into it professionally it's got that why so you put ice in there and that cools the beer and then you have like a.

585
01:03:39,100 --> 01:03:48,100
A CO2 tank and the kegs that you plug in and then you can have two different kegs and do it so there was a we've had a Gorillapsey theme one that we were given by the company.

586
01:03:48,100 --> 01:03:56,100
And so I went and picked that up and I was able to pick up a bunch of old mariners and a few a few sonic I mean excuse me sounders things I got.

587
01:03:56,100 --> 01:04:00,100
Remember the when we got that really nice 10 that came for the season tickets.

588
01:04:00,100 --> 01:04:07,100
I was able to get an extra one of those so I could give it to my parents because I know they would like that it's the one that the championship book came out.

589
01:04:07,100 --> 01:04:08,100
Oh yeah yeah yeah.

590
01:04:08,100 --> 01:04:16,100
So I gave I gave that book to one of my mom because she is in that book because she was right in the front holding the flag that the banner with me.

591
01:04:16,100 --> 01:04:17,100
Nice.

592
01:04:17,100 --> 01:04:19,100
So yeah.

593
01:04:19,100 --> 01:04:23,100
Outside of that our mail bag is mainly.

594
01:04:23,100 --> 01:04:32,100
Season questions which I think would be a good time to jump over because that's our next topic.

595
01:04:32,100 --> 01:04:40,100
Well one of the questions you know before because this will not come up in my preseason predictions.

596
01:04:40,100 --> 01:04:47,100
Yeah Dan the bastard asks what is everyone's ideal first 11 or does the team even have one.

597
01:04:47,100 --> 01:04:49,100
Maybe I think that's a great point.

598
01:04:49,100 --> 01:05:01,100
I mean honestly there are probably 15 people that I feel I feel very comfortable with starting on this team and belonging as a starter.

599
01:05:01,100 --> 01:05:21,100
One of the things I'm really looking forward to I think I mentioned in our last episode is I'm really looking forward to seeing when healthy having Brian Schmetzer really change those lineups from game to game and seeing how he manages not only the lineups but the substitutions as well.

600
01:05:21,100 --> 01:05:22,100
Yeah.

601
01:05:22,100 --> 01:05:24,100
Yeah.

602
01:05:24,100 --> 01:05:36,100
It was kind of a fascinating lineup because it was run out there as a 442 but the players they had on the field were more like a 541 or you know if how do you put it 4231.

603
01:05:36,100 --> 01:05:45,100
I mean foot mob had the formation as a 4231 with ariola up top with Morris Ferrera and Delevega.

604
01:05:45,100 --> 01:05:47,100
I'm like I don't think that's exactly how that works.

605
01:05:47,100 --> 01:05:51,100
I think it was more ariola maybe being left left left mid.

606
01:05:51,100 --> 01:06:04,100
Yeah. It was I mean it was ariola left mid you had Alex right mid you had Christian and Obed is so defensive meds and then we had to to attacking meds and forward.

607
01:06:04,100 --> 01:06:12,100
But yeah I mean just the thing is looking at that lineup. Who do you replace what one you're going to have to because Bruce neck was on the bench.

608
01:06:12,100 --> 01:06:13,100
Right.

609
01:06:13,100 --> 01:06:24,100
And I think that where does it go though. Does he go in for Ferrera. Does he go in for Delevega. Does does Ferrera move up and play forward instead of Morris.

610
01:06:24,100 --> 01:06:31,100
Can Morris Morris move the left mid and you said ariola or does Pedro move the left like there's so much you can do.

611
01:06:31,100 --> 01:06:42,100
Yeah. And that's just just just beautiful stuff. I mean I mean of the actual bench players the ones that I think we could see that from this match will say from this match.

612
01:06:42,100 --> 01:06:47,100
The ones we could see start regularly are I mean we will see Russ next start regularly.

613
01:06:47,100 --> 01:06:48,100
Rothrock.

614
01:06:48,100 --> 01:06:53,100
So that's one. I think the next level is JP and Rothrock.

615
01:06:53,100 --> 01:06:54,100
Yep.

616
01:06:54,100 --> 01:06:55,100
I agree.

617
01:06:55,100 --> 01:06:57,100
And outside of those players.

618
01:06:57,100 --> 01:07:02,100
I'm going to see Georgie make a make a continue his progression this year.

619
01:07:02,100 --> 01:07:11,100
Right. I could see him and Leyva make spots starts but I think until until we're into a part of the season where they're starting to get tired from over playing.

620
01:07:11,100 --> 01:07:15,100
I don't think it's going to be an immediate impact. I think he's going to sub most of the time.

621
01:07:15,100 --> 01:07:17,100
Yeah. I agree with that.

622
01:07:17,100 --> 01:07:25,100
And then when Reed is healthy he potentially could be starting it's in I think he would be up there with Russ Knack and Rothrock and players that you will see start regularly.

623
01:07:25,100 --> 01:07:38,100
And by the way, I know I was talking about this a lot late last year talking about Georgie making the most of his time because I always push back against people that are saying oh all he does is go to the touchline and make a pass or take a shot.

624
01:07:38,100 --> 01:07:48,100
He's creating key chances every time he does whatever he's doing. And once again in just a few minutes of play he had two chances created and one big chance created.

625
01:07:48,100 --> 01:07:49,100
Yeah.

626
01:07:49,100 --> 01:07:53,100
I mean I will say it's nuts. It's really nuts.

627
01:07:53,100 --> 01:08:02,100
My big knock on Georgie is that all he does is go to the touchline and it doesn't really seem like he has much else going on. Do you think he will continue to advance from that this year?

628
01:08:02,100 --> 01:08:05,100
I hate you.

629
01:08:05,100 --> 01:08:10,100
I mean it's so nuts because...

630
01:08:10,100 --> 01:08:23,100
I mean I think but that was the knock on him when he was at Defiance and that was what he had to develop past because he could make... he could get in positions to make himself go dangerous but they were not leading to goal opportunities.

631
01:08:23,100 --> 01:08:32,100
And that's what has changed and that's why you saw him make the first team roster and that's why you're now seeing him continue to get minutes.

632
01:08:32,100 --> 01:08:41,100
I think his speed right now is enough. I mean imagine I view him as a less talented right now Steve Zackewani.

633
01:08:41,100 --> 01:08:48,100
Okay. I will say this. On a per 90 basis now we're going to be careful here because sample size.

634
01:08:48,100 --> 01:08:49,100
Right.

635
01:08:49,100 --> 01:08:51,100
And he's playing against backups or tired players.

636
01:08:51,100 --> 01:08:52,100
Well, but still.

637
01:08:52,100 --> 01:08:58,100
Well if that's what we're going to use them as... that's the formation we're going to use them as then okay that's going to be fine.

638
01:08:58,100 --> 01:08:59,100
Yeah.

639
01:08:59,100 --> 01:09:02,100
So that's 561 minutes last season.

640
01:09:02,100 --> 01:09:10,100
So that is what that's essentially about five games.

641
01:09:10,100 --> 01:09:13,100
Maybe seven.

642
01:09:13,100 --> 01:09:17,100
Six. Yeah. So 561 divided by 90.

643
01:09:17,100 --> 01:09:19,100
You know that's 6.2 games. Okay.

644
01:09:19,100 --> 01:09:20,100
Math is hard.

645
01:09:20,100 --> 01:09:23,100
So about six game sample size.

646
01:09:23,100 --> 01:09:24,100
But with that in mind.

647
01:09:24,100 --> 01:09:27,100
So his per 90 numbers.

648
01:09:27,100 --> 01:09:34,100
5.29 successful dribbles with a 59% success rate.

649
01:09:34,100 --> 01:09:36,100
Does that have a percentage basis in the league?

650
01:09:36,100 --> 01:09:37,100
The thing you're looking at?

651
01:09:37,100 --> 01:09:39,100
Maxed out on a green.

652
01:09:39,100 --> 01:09:40,100
Wow.

653
01:09:40,100 --> 01:09:41,100
Just maxed out.

654
01:09:41,100 --> 01:09:46,100
Like we are talking, we are talking of Vander numbers, messy numbers.

655
01:09:46,100 --> 01:09:49,100
We are like it's pretty nuts.

656
01:09:49,100 --> 01:09:53,100
And we've seen it not just in person but close up when he came in.

657
01:09:53,100 --> 01:09:54,100
100.

658
01:09:54,100 --> 01:09:55,100
In Vancouver.

659
01:09:55,100 --> 01:09:57,100
And then we have a couple of games.

660
01:09:57,100 --> 01:09:59,100
So the first one is the duals.

661
01:09:59,100 --> 01:10:01,100
18.82.

662
01:10:01,100 --> 01:10:06,100
You know, just possession one final third just really high up there.

663
01:10:06,100 --> 01:10:10,100
But the other thing that I'm big on is chances created.

664
01:10:10,100 --> 01:10:14,100
2.09 per 90.

665
01:10:14,100 --> 01:10:16,100
So.

666
01:10:16,100 --> 01:10:18,100
Small sample size.

667
01:10:18,100 --> 01:10:26,100
And then we have a couple of games.

668
01:10:26,100 --> 01:10:30,100
And I think it's not fair to compare him coming in expecting to be

669
01:10:30,100 --> 01:10:34,100
offense at the end of a game and extrapolate that to 90 minutes

670
01:10:34,100 --> 01:10:35,100
versus.

671
01:10:35,100 --> 01:10:37,100
Let's just use messy as an example.

672
01:10:37,100 --> 01:10:38,100
Yeah.

673
01:10:38,100 --> 01:10:40,100
Who's doing it for the full 90 minutes.

674
01:10:40,100 --> 01:10:41,100
Not the same.

675
01:10:41,100 --> 01:10:42,100
I get that.

676
01:10:42,100 --> 01:10:43,100
I understand that.

677
01:10:43,100 --> 01:10:45,100
But even, even on those small scale numbers,

678
01:10:45,100 --> 01:10:48,100
I think it's not necessarily going to be the first attacking option

679
01:10:48,100 --> 01:10:49,100
off the bench.

680
01:10:49,100 --> 01:10:51,100
This year where.

681
01:10:51,100 --> 01:10:54,100
And that's that's not a bad thing per se.

682
01:10:54,100 --> 01:10:55,100
Okay.

683
01:10:55,100 --> 01:10:57,100
No, no, but yeah, I think, I think I agree with you.

684
01:10:57,100 --> 01:11:00,100
I could still see depending on how Russ next feeling,

685
01:11:00,100 --> 01:11:02,100
I could see him not starting again.

686
01:11:02,100 --> 01:11:05,100
Oh, if he's not 100% this weekend.

687
01:11:05,100 --> 01:11:09,100
That was actually something that came out not today,

688
01:11:09,100 --> 01:11:12,100
but after the previous game, Eric 13 asked.

689
01:11:12,100 --> 01:11:15,100
Of the 10 field players who started tonight,

690
01:11:15,100 --> 01:11:18,100
how many start on Saturday now?

691
01:11:18,100 --> 01:11:19,100
Yeah.

692
01:11:19,100 --> 01:11:22,100
And he's, and so he set the over under at 4.5,

693
01:11:22,100 --> 01:11:23,100
which is way too low.

694
01:11:23,100 --> 01:11:24,100
Yeah.

695
01:11:24,100 --> 01:11:27,100
I think the over over on that one, I think, I think at most we see

696
01:11:27,100 --> 01:11:28,100
three or four changes.

697
01:11:28,100 --> 01:11:33,100
I yeah, because I mean, if for me, I think.

698
01:11:33,100 --> 01:11:36,100
I think the back line is going to remain the same.

699
01:11:36,100 --> 01:11:37,100
Yep.

700
01:11:37,100 --> 01:11:41,100
So I think you, I think you expect to see new who Reagan,

701
01:11:41,100 --> 01:11:42,100
Yamar and Alex.

702
01:11:42,100 --> 01:11:43,100
Yep.

703
01:11:43,100 --> 01:11:46,100
Um, between Obed and Christian,

704
01:11:46,100 --> 01:11:50,100
I could see one of the two sitting in, in.

705
01:11:50,100 --> 01:11:51,100
I agree.

706
01:11:51,100 --> 01:11:52,100
I agree.

707
01:11:52,100 --> 01:11:55,100
The one thing I will say is like, I don't think they would sit Obed.

708
01:11:55,100 --> 01:12:00,100
And so it's going to be Christians on a player that likes to sit.

709
01:12:00,100 --> 01:12:06,100
So it's, it's, it, it will, it will depend on his relationship with

710
01:12:06,100 --> 01:12:09,100
the coach and what he can convince him he's ready to do.

711
01:12:09,100 --> 01:12:14,100
I mean, but then the other question is maybe, yeah.

712
01:12:14,100 --> 01:12:15,100
Okay.

713
01:12:15,100 --> 01:12:18,100
Wait, now that I'm thinking about this out loud,

714
01:12:18,100 --> 01:12:25,100
I also wouldn't be surprised to see nine of the 10 starting with the

715
01:12:25,100 --> 01:12:29,100
10th being putting on Albert for someone with the idea of being,

716
01:12:29,100 --> 01:12:33,100
let's hit the ground running on MLS because of that third goal that we got.

717
01:12:33,100 --> 01:12:34,100
I agree.

718
01:12:34,100 --> 01:12:38,100
Knowing that because you can play more backups against Antigua next time.

719
01:12:38,100 --> 01:12:41,100
I think we're going to be seeing more of the same.

720
01:12:41,100 --> 01:12:44,100
I think if we're changing starters, it's not because we're resting people.

721
01:12:44,100 --> 01:12:47,100
I think it's because we want other players to get an opportunity to start,

722
01:12:47,100 --> 01:12:50,100
but at the same time it's opening night at home.

723
01:12:50,100 --> 01:12:54,100
You kind of want to show off your shiny new toys and you kind of want to come

724
01:12:54,100 --> 01:12:56,100
out and get the crowd some and in Charlotte.

725
01:12:56,100 --> 01:12:58,100
I just mean we can see Russ next start.

726
01:12:58,100 --> 01:13:00,100
We could see Joe Palo start.

727
01:13:00,100 --> 01:13:01,100
We could see Danny.

728
01:13:01,100 --> 01:13:02,100
Uh, Leva start.

729
01:13:02,100 --> 01:13:04,100
Uh, I think we're going to see a lot of people.

730
01:13:04,100 --> 01:13:08,100
We could see Joe Palo start.

731
01:13:08,100 --> 01:13:09,100
We could see Danny.

732
01:13:09,100 --> 01:13:10,100
Uh, Leva start.

733
01:13:10,100 --> 01:13:14,100
Uh, if our BW is healthy, which I don't think he is, but I don't, I'm not,

734
01:13:14,100 --> 01:13:16,100
there's no reason for me to know either way.

735
01:13:16,100 --> 01:13:18,100
I just, I haven't heard anything that he's back.

736
01:13:18,100 --> 01:13:19,100
Uh, we could see him start.

737
01:13:19,100 --> 01:13:22,100
I mean, I could see ariola slot, slotting off maybe.

738
01:13:22,100 --> 01:13:26,100
Um, but as a whole, yeah, I don't.

739
01:13:26,100 --> 01:13:30,100
I don't necessarily see us changing it too much for this match because you're

740
01:13:30,100 --> 01:13:31,100
right.

741
01:13:31,100 --> 01:13:33,100
That third goal gave us the opportunity to do so.

742
01:13:33,100 --> 01:13:39,100
Driver Rightback for Alex and then bringing in a, you know, a center to

743
01:13:39,100 --> 01:13:41,100
Wavering then bringing in a center tag team.

744
01:13:41,100 --> 01:13:42,100
Or playing one.

745
01:13:42,100 --> 01:13:44,820
This I've always wanted to do this playing one and then throwing

746
01:13:44,820 --> 01:13:47,100
Albert in as maybe a center mid, which he was doing at the event.

747
01:13:47,100 --> 01:13:50,100
Center attacking in front of what we're coming together.

748
01:13:50,100 --> 01:13:53,620
You know, one of them would be the years we were winning Champions League.

749
01:13:53,620 --> 01:13:57,100
If we were dropping one of the two of them back a line.

750
01:13:57,100 --> 01:14:02,100
So because we know, Albert can play CDM and he plays it really well with

751
01:14:02,100 --> 01:14:12,100
Oh, so I could see him playing more of a center mid position, but with the ability to drop back when Obed goes forward because we saw Obed.

752
01:14:12,100 --> 01:14:13,100
This is making my head spin.

753
01:14:13,100 --> 01:14:14,100
Oh, this is amazing.

754
01:14:14,100 --> 01:14:19,100
Like that's the thing is, dude, did I want us to go get a DP level striker?

755
01:14:19,100 --> 01:14:20,100
Yes.

756
01:14:20,100 --> 01:14:24,100
Do I think it's going to bite us in the ass in terms of making the playoffs?

757
01:14:24,100 --> 01:14:25,100
Hell no.

758
01:14:25,100 --> 01:14:28,100
We're going to be at the top of the league if we don't have major injuries.

759
01:14:28,100 --> 01:14:39,100
I mean, here's the way I see it, though, is we have five DP level quality players on this roster.

760
01:14:39,100 --> 01:14:44,100
Now, yeah, we don't have an Evander.

761
01:14:44,100 --> 01:14:46,100
We don't have a Kucho.

762
01:14:46,100 --> 01:15:02,100
But DPs change games and they've often said when you take those three players, when you don't start one of those three players, your record drops.

763
01:15:02,100 --> 01:15:06,100
Well, now we have five of those players in my opinion.

764
01:15:06,100 --> 01:15:08,100
And I would be interested to.

765
01:15:08,100 --> 01:15:11,100
I haven't seen the player stats for the match.

766
01:15:11,100 --> 01:15:17,100
Jordan was not involved with the goals if I'm not mistaken.

767
01:15:17,100 --> 01:15:20,100
No, because he didn't have a goal notion.

768
01:15:20,100 --> 01:15:21,100
Yep.

769
01:15:21,100 --> 01:15:24,100
But you saw the way he could play with Areola.

770
01:15:24,100 --> 01:15:28,100
You saw the way he could play with Ferrer in the game throughout different opportunities.

771
01:15:28,100 --> 01:15:37,100
And we already know how he can play with Pedro de la Vega if you've been watching the preseason where he's gotten tons of assists and the assists the other way from Pedro to him.

772
01:15:37,100 --> 01:15:40,100
I'm not yet worried about Jordan.

773
01:15:40,100 --> 01:15:44,100
I know I said my thing is Jordan has to play like a DP.

774
01:15:44,100 --> 01:15:46,100
Jordan's a type of player.

775
01:15:46,100 --> 01:15:59,100
He's a little streaky and there was nothing in that match that made me concerned because he's going to be able to do what Brad Evans did when he was a midfielder for us, which is pull players towards him, which opens up other players.

776
01:15:59,100 --> 01:16:00,100
Yeah.

777
01:16:00,100 --> 01:16:09,100
Areola doesn't get that goal if we don't have a Jordan Morris quality level of forward pulling players his way.

778
01:16:09,100 --> 01:16:15,100
But with all that said, my goodness, Obed was just so good.

779
01:16:15,100 --> 01:16:29,100
I mean, if we can keep our defense solid, which is going to be hard, not because they're not talented, but because we're pushing forward more, which means more counterattacks and more opportunities to make mistakes.

780
01:16:29,100 --> 01:16:31,100
This should be a very successful year.

781
01:16:31,100 --> 01:16:34,100
And with that in mind, why don't we get those predictions?

782
01:16:34,100 --> 01:16:35,100
Yep.

783
01:16:35,100 --> 01:16:36,100
You read my mind.

784
01:16:36,100 --> 01:16:37,100
All right.

785
01:16:37,100 --> 01:16:38,100
Cool.

786
01:16:38,100 --> 01:16:42,100
So, spoiler alert, I am going to post these predictions.

787
01:16:42,100 --> 01:16:46,100
I made a spreadsheet or a Google form.

788
01:16:46,100 --> 01:16:52,100
So I'm going to post that onto our discord and would love everyone to start filling those out.

789
01:16:52,100 --> 01:16:55,100
I'd love to see your predictions and we'll compare at the end of the year.

790
01:16:55,100 --> 01:16:58,100
You're going to get a point for every question you get right.

791
01:16:58,100 --> 01:17:07,100
So our co host Aaron did fill out his so I will be able to give his answers as well.

792
01:17:07,100 --> 01:17:14,100
He says, Hello, he's he's in San Diego still getting all settled in his mother in law's in town.

793
01:17:14,100 --> 01:17:15,100
You know how that is.

794
01:17:15,100 --> 01:17:16,100
Indeed.

795
01:17:16,100 --> 01:17:20,100
So starting off, let's start with the sounders.

796
01:17:20,100 --> 01:17:24,100
Oh, let's start with that.

797
01:17:24,100 --> 01:17:30,100
Where will the sounders finish in the Western Conference at the end of the regular season?

798
01:17:30,100 --> 01:17:41,100
We'll start with Aaron, who Aaron stated that he believes the sounders will finish second in the West, which coincidentally is what I said as well.

799
01:17:41,100 --> 01:17:43,100
But what about you?

800
01:17:43,100 --> 01:17:46,100
You know, I can you share your screen?

801
01:17:46,100 --> 01:17:48,100
No, I was just about to do that.

802
01:17:48,100 --> 01:17:50,100
Yeah, because you showed it out.

803
01:17:50,100 --> 01:17:54,100
I mean, I believe I did what I said preseason, which was third.

804
01:17:54,100 --> 01:18:04,100
I still think LA Galaxy and LA FC are the teams to beat.

805
01:18:04,100 --> 01:18:09,100
I don't I actually think LA FC is going to be realistically, I could see us finish second right now.

806
01:18:09,100 --> 01:18:14,100
But lately, it seems we've found a way at the end to fall out of that first or second and drop to third.

807
01:18:14,100 --> 01:18:20,100
Not every year because last year before last week or second, but I'm going I'm still sick.

808
01:18:20,100 --> 01:18:21,100
I'm sticking with third right now.

809
01:18:21,100 --> 01:18:24,100
I'm impressed by what I've seen and that we could easily be better.

810
01:18:24,100 --> 01:18:38,100
I think MLS or excuse me, across the MLS, all the sports writers I've seen have us finishing between second and third in the West, including Ozzy has us finishing second.

811
01:18:38,100 --> 01:18:46,100
I just think that for me, I do not see LA Galaxy being a top three.

812
01:18:46,100 --> 01:18:52,100
I think they're going to I think their season is going to be more akin to our season last season.

813
01:18:52,100 --> 01:19:02,100
Yeah, I just I just could also see them doing what Galaxy traditionally do, which was what we did in 2016, which is a rough start and then being unstoppable down the strike once Ricky Pooge is back.

814
01:19:02,100 --> 01:19:04,100
I mean, depends on the history of that.

815
01:19:04,100 --> 01:19:07,100
When does he come back and when is he healthy is the question.

816
01:19:07,100 --> 01:19:12,100
But when Pooge comes back and they've added more good young resilience potentially.

817
01:19:12,100 --> 01:19:16,100
They've added some some people they can get excited about.

818
01:19:16,100 --> 01:19:22,100
But now that let's see how they you know how they how they buy about how they how they acclimate.

819
01:19:22,100 --> 01:19:24,100
That's the word I want.

820
01:19:24,100 --> 01:19:25,100
Yeah.

821
01:19:25,100 --> 01:19:26,100
Okay.

822
01:19:26,100 --> 01:19:33,100
So question number two, where will the sounders finish at the end of the MLS playoffs?

823
01:19:33,100 --> 01:19:37,100
Yeah, I have us same as last year losing in the conference.

824
01:19:37,100 --> 01:19:45,100
Okay, Aaron and I both have an agreement and we both are predicting the sounders to win MLS Cup.

825
01:19:45,100 --> 01:19:47,100
Yes, I love it.

826
01:19:47,100 --> 01:19:49,100
Some of that is optimism.

827
01:19:49,100 --> 01:19:53,100
Obviously, it's always optimism when you predict the championship.

828
01:19:53,100 --> 01:19:57,100
But for me, the depth, it comes down to the depth.

829
01:19:57,100 --> 01:20:05,100
And that's going to matter for any team because one of the biggest things that we've done is we've done a lot of things.

830
01:20:05,100 --> 01:20:13,100
It doesn't matter for any team because one of the biggest things that that is a predictor of a team success is injuries or lack thereof.

831
01:20:13,100 --> 01:20:18,100
And that's where that's where that's going to come into play, I think.

832
01:20:18,100 --> 01:20:23,100
I'm just waving at Roma.

833
01:20:23,100 --> 01:20:26,100
Hi, Roma.

834
01:20:26,100 --> 01:20:30,100
But yeah, so I'm going to hit mute for a second and just check it out.

835
01:20:30,100 --> 01:20:38,100
I mean, I think I would agree with you. I think the reason why I have us losing in the conference finals is I would love to see us go further, obviously.

836
01:20:38,100 --> 01:20:40,100
And I think we can make it to the MLS Cup.

837
01:20:40,100 --> 01:20:53,100
I think that when you're at that level, it's a crapshoot and you really don't know what's going to happen and they can take one bad kick that leads directly to a guy who was a torn ACL who was able to pass it up and kick it in the goal.

838
01:20:53,100 --> 01:20:58,100
So do I think that we have better offense this year? Absolutely.

839
01:20:58,100 --> 01:21:03,100
And that should help us. I worry about how good LA FC is going to be.

840
01:21:03,100 --> 01:21:05,100
I know most people are like, they're not going to be a problem.

841
01:21:05,100 --> 01:21:10,100
I think they have lost some key players, but they've added, I think they did like us.

842
01:21:10,100 --> 01:21:16,100
They lost high level players, but added significantly more 1A players.

843
01:21:16,100 --> 01:21:19,100
So I think they're going to be good.

844
01:21:19,100 --> 01:21:24,100
What do you think about LA Galaxy losing Dejan and trying to go?

845
01:21:24,100 --> 01:21:30,100
I mean, I think I see us, depending on how things scratch out, it's going to be the opposite of last year.

846
01:21:30,100 --> 01:21:36,100
I could see us beating LA Galaxy and then losing to LA FC in the Western Conference Final.

847
01:21:36,100 --> 01:21:41,100
Obviously that will determine or be determined by where we finish in the standings.

848
01:21:41,100 --> 01:21:48,100
But if we finish third, like I predict, I think I would have LA FC one and LA Galaxy two.

849
01:21:48,100 --> 01:21:55,100
And that would mean ultimately we would be playing LA Galaxy in the semi-final of the West.

850
01:21:55,100 --> 01:22:00,100
So the quarterfinals. And then we would be playing LA FC in the Western Conference Final.

851
01:22:00,100 --> 01:22:08,100
And so that's why I see us beating the Galaxy, but losing to LA FC who then would go on to, I don't know if they would win or lose the MLS Cup.

852
01:22:08,100 --> 01:22:12,100
It depends on if they get one of the top two in the East or any of the other teams in the East.

853
01:22:12,100 --> 01:22:18,100
Where will the Sounders finish at the end of the Conca Calf Champions Cup?

854
01:22:18,100 --> 01:22:20,100
Is that mine right there?

855
01:22:20,100 --> 01:22:21,100
Yeah, that's yours.

856
01:22:21,100 --> 01:22:24,100
Okay, yeah, I have us losing in the final to a Mexican team.

857
01:22:24,100 --> 01:22:30,100
Aaron has a loss in the semi-finals. We do have a very difficult path.

858
01:22:30,100 --> 01:22:32,100
Yeah.

859
01:22:32,100 --> 01:22:34,100
I got us winning the double.

860
01:22:34,100 --> 01:22:38,100
That would be so fantastic. I mean, this is the more important one for me, right?

861
01:22:38,100 --> 01:22:39,100
Yeah.

862
01:22:39,100 --> 01:22:40,100
I want this more than MLS Cup.

863
01:22:40,100 --> 01:22:44,100
Even though I want the other star.

864
01:22:44,100 --> 01:22:51,100
I mean, yes, but there's something about getting a two-star head start on Conca Calf.

865
01:22:51,100 --> 01:22:57,100
Yeah. And then our jerseys, like we saw in this last match, they had the one inside the Cup logo.

866
01:22:57,100 --> 01:22:58,100
Yeah.

867
01:22:58,100 --> 01:23:00,100
We would get a two inside the Cup logo.

868
01:23:00,100 --> 01:23:02,100
We sure would.

869
01:23:02,100 --> 01:23:10,100
By the way, it looked like the fringe on those jersey patches were perfectly tailored for our jersey.

870
01:23:10,100 --> 01:23:11,100
Yeah.

871
01:23:11,100 --> 01:23:14,100
I think that's the universal fringe color.

872
01:23:14,100 --> 01:23:19,100
And it just so happens to work perfectly with our Salish Sea Kit.

873
01:23:19,100 --> 01:23:24,100
Now, LA Galaxy, are they in Champions League this year? They have to be.

874
01:23:24,100 --> 01:23:25,100
Yeah.

875
01:23:25,100 --> 01:23:28,100
I wonder if they got a one in theirs.

876
01:23:28,100 --> 01:23:32,100
Because they won it in the old competition, but it was still Conca Calf.

877
01:23:32,100 --> 01:23:36,100
But it was the Conca Calf Champions Cup back then.

878
01:23:36,100 --> 01:23:39,100
So it would be curious. We'd have to look. I don't know who.

879
01:23:39,100 --> 01:23:42,100
Oh, they got a buy, didn't they? So they didn't even play it yet.

880
01:23:42,100 --> 01:23:44,100
So we'll see. We'll see if they get the one or not.

881
01:23:44,100 --> 01:23:50,100
And that will be interesting. That's a great question.

882
01:23:50,100 --> 01:23:52,100
Now you got me curious.

883
01:23:52,100 --> 01:23:53,100
Okay.

884
01:23:53,100 --> 01:24:00,100
So moving on to the next tournament, where will the Sounders finish at the end of the FIFA Club World Cup?

885
01:24:00,100 --> 01:24:05,100
I think for being realistic, we should all be the same on this, but maybe you're being hopeful.

886
01:24:05,100 --> 01:24:08,100
I said it. So what are you saying?

887
01:24:08,100 --> 01:24:11,100
Group stage. We're out. We're out in the group stage.

888
01:24:11,100 --> 01:24:14,100
Aaron and I both think we're going to lose in the round of 16.

889
01:24:14,100 --> 01:24:17,100
Oh, here's my thinking.

890
01:24:17,100 --> 01:24:18,100
That would be fantastic.

891
01:24:18,100 --> 01:24:22,100
Here's my thinking. One, I've been saying this since even even with the draw.

892
01:24:22,100 --> 01:24:31,100
I think there's not a great chance, but a higher than people expect chance that we can get out of the group stage.

893
01:24:31,100 --> 01:24:41,100
I think that this being the first format of that, it's an X factor of how the European teams are going to take this competition.

894
01:24:41,100 --> 01:24:43,100
Yeah.

895
01:24:43,100 --> 01:24:47,100
Do not discredit the fact that we're playing at home.

896
01:24:47,100 --> 01:24:48,100
Yeah.

897
01:24:48,100 --> 01:24:58,100
And I think that if we can get a result against Bota Fogo, I think all bets are off.

898
01:24:58,100 --> 01:25:00,100
I agree with that.

899
01:25:00,100 --> 01:25:02,100
So I want to believe.

900
01:25:02,100 --> 01:25:05,100
Yeah. I mean, I will say, I don't mean to burst your bubble here.

901
01:25:05,100 --> 01:25:06,100
Oh, I know.

902
01:25:06,100 --> 01:25:07,100
I know.

903
01:25:07,100 --> 01:25:14,100
The bench players on Atlético and PSG are still better than the others.

904
01:25:14,100 --> 01:25:17,100
Are all DPs.

905
01:25:17,100 --> 01:25:18,100
They're not just DPs.

906
01:25:18,100 --> 01:25:20,100
They're like quadruple DPs.

907
01:25:20,100 --> 01:25:23,100
I mean, and it doesn't mean we can win because it's preseason.

908
01:25:23,100 --> 01:25:26,100
They're not, they're not going to be taking it seriously.

909
01:25:26,100 --> 01:25:27,100
I know.

910
01:25:27,100 --> 01:25:29,100
But so you're right.

911
01:25:29,100 --> 01:25:32,100
I mean, it totally, it doesn't mean much to them.

912
01:25:32,100 --> 01:25:33,100
It means more to us.

913
01:25:33,100 --> 01:25:34,100
And so that's where you're right.

914
01:25:34,100 --> 01:25:35,100
We could make it through.

915
01:25:35,100 --> 01:25:37,100
I just, here's my question to you.

916
01:25:37,100 --> 01:25:46,100
You take all 11 starters, all 22 players, all 22 players starting on the field, and you rank all 22 players.

917
01:25:46,100 --> 01:25:56,100
Based on their, their energy level, desire to win the game, how up they are for the game.

918
01:25:56,100 --> 01:26:03,100
I think it's going to skew heavily towards those, those teams that feel like they're hungry.

919
01:26:03,100 --> 01:26:04,100
I agree.

920
01:26:04,100 --> 01:26:05,100
And so I agree.

921
01:26:05,100 --> 01:26:09,100
I just don't know if, if that plays out over a full 90 minutes.

922
01:26:09,100 --> 01:26:10,100
You know what I mean?

923
01:26:10,100 --> 01:26:14,100
Like, will the talent, I mean, we've seen it before.

924
01:26:14,100 --> 01:26:20,100
Oh, and Champions, you were just talking about it, but we've seen it again in other friendlies where they start their backups, the sounders hang with them.

925
01:26:20,100 --> 01:26:22,100
I mean, Freddie Monteiro scored twice versus Chelsea.

926
01:26:22,100 --> 01:26:23,100
Yeah.

927
01:26:23,100 --> 01:26:24,100
Right.

928
01:26:24,100 --> 01:26:26,100
Like, but then they bring in starters and everything changes.

929
01:26:26,100 --> 01:26:28,100
Well, you only get five subs.

930
01:26:28,100 --> 01:26:31,100
But, hey, true, you can't sub the whole team.

931
01:26:31,100 --> 01:26:33,100
So, so it'll be fun to see.

932
01:26:33,100 --> 01:26:38,100
And I mean, the other thing is when those games happen, we play Potofoga first, that might be a great thing.

933
01:26:38,100 --> 01:26:42,100
You know, anyways, we'll, we'll see.

934
01:26:42,100 --> 01:26:45,100
I think, I think Bonifogo is lineup though.

935
01:26:45,100 --> 01:26:47,100
I mean, I could see them taking it seriously.

936
01:26:47,100 --> 01:26:48,100
Number one.

937
01:26:48,100 --> 01:26:51,100
I think, I think anyone that's not Europe is going to take it seriously.

938
01:26:51,100 --> 01:26:54,100
And I think their lineup.

939
01:26:54,100 --> 01:27:00,100
Their starters from top to bottom are better than our starters on the equivalent.

940
01:27:00,100 --> 01:27:07,100
That doesn't, I think maybe the end of their roster were better than so it's it will depend on are they.

941
01:27:07,100 --> 01:27:12,240
Do they do they think we're going to be easy and start some of their backups or are they going to go all in against us?

942
01:27:12,240 --> 01:27:18,740
But will that also be will be midseason form? Is that preseason for Brazil as well? That's a good question.

943
01:27:18,740 --> 01:27:23,340
I'm not sure the answer when there's I mean their season is on right now.

944
01:27:23,340 --> 01:27:30,540
I mean we're going to talk about this for sure as we get closer to it, but I mean they're they

945
01:27:30,540 --> 01:27:41,660
won in 2024 for the Serie A, but then in the karaoke karaoke, I don't know how to pronounce karaoke.

946
01:27:41,660 --> 01:27:48,060
Oh karaoke. They did bust a move. Oh yeah. Yeah.

947
01:27:48,060 --> 01:27:52,300
You see. Yeah. All the fellows trying to do what they know.

948
01:27:52,300 --> 01:27:58,300
That used to be mine, but but they finished they finished fifth in that with Flamingo winning that tournament.

949
01:27:58,300 --> 01:28:09,900
So it'd be interesting to see. I think their season is not quite the same as Europe, but it may be short.

950
01:28:09,900 --> 01:28:13,260
I will double check on that. We get you're right. We have plenty of time.

951
01:28:13,260 --> 01:28:19,900
I mean, oh, they haven't even really started their season yet. So who knows?

952
01:28:19,900 --> 01:28:24,780
They'll be they'll be in midseason, but it might it might be a little further along.

953
01:28:24,780 --> 01:28:29,580
They did lose to racing yesterday. Oh, well, that changes everything.

954
01:28:30,620 --> 01:28:34,780
Yeah. Oh, of course. No. So they will be I can tell you right now actually.

955
01:28:34,780 --> 01:28:40,860
So it's in June, right? So when they play in that, they will be in week they will have played

956
01:28:40,860 --> 01:28:46,780
12 weeks of Brazilian Serie A. Okay. Okay. So that I caught that in midseason form for sure.

957
01:28:46,780 --> 01:28:54,060
Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So now let's go to some of the other things in the regular season.

958
01:28:54,060 --> 01:28:58,460
Where were the sounders finished in the Cascadia cup standings? Oh, I have a swimming.

959
01:28:58,460 --> 01:29:05,500
I mean, so does I think Vancouver's going to struggle and I don't I haven't seen Portland address their

960
01:29:06,380 --> 01:29:09,900
there's any link to some really good players, but I've yet to see them address their largest

961
01:29:09,900 --> 01:29:14,620
concerns from last season. Where were the sounders finished in the Heritage Cup standings?

962
01:29:14,620 --> 01:29:20,300
I still have us beating San Jose and same with Aaron. I mean, we play at San Jose

963
01:29:21,260 --> 01:29:27,180
next month and then they come up here in September, maybe. Now here are some fun questions that I put

964
01:29:27,180 --> 01:29:35,340
together. How many sounders will be named to the best 11 at the end of the year? Yeah. This

965
01:29:35,340 --> 01:29:41,420
interesting one. I have a set two and I'm going to say Pedro de la Vega and it will either be Fry

966
01:29:41,420 --> 01:29:47,420
finally getting his due or it'll be one of our defenders. Okay. I also have or sorry, I have

967
01:29:48,460 --> 01:29:55,420
one. Not bad. I mean, getting one on there is still better. Yeah. And Aaron's got two. So

968
01:29:55,420 --> 01:30:00,940
I'd be curious to see his mindset. And that's the thing is I think it will be very tough

969
01:30:01,900 --> 01:30:09,260
in this league to get an attacking starting 11. I agree. 11. But I do think we have multiple

970
01:30:09,260 --> 01:30:15,980
defenders that could be in that running. Yeah. I'm hopeful for Pedro. That's why I'm saying it.

971
01:30:16,700 --> 01:30:20,380
But I also think that the problem with the sounders is they are so

972
01:30:22,300 --> 01:30:30,220
now they're so heavy with wingers and attacking mids that he's going to have to share goals and

973
01:30:30,220 --> 01:30:34,940
assists. And so that's going to hurt all of them. Well, these are good problems I have.

974
01:30:34,940 --> 01:30:39,740
Right. So along that line, how many sounders will be named to the All Star squad?

975
01:30:40,860 --> 01:30:49,180
I had one in Pedro. Okay. Aaron said three. Nice. I said three as well. Because I think

976
01:30:49,180 --> 01:30:58,220
All Star squad has expanded roster. And I think I think, you know, I think Obed might get a shout.

977
01:30:58,220 --> 01:31:05,180
So I think the I think nationwide people are really kind of tuning in to Obed for sure.

978
01:31:06,140 --> 01:31:12,780
Yeah. I think it's a hard position, though, you know, he's not he's not the type of player

979
01:31:13,340 --> 01:31:17,740
to announce himself on the field unless it's through like a really nice assist.

980
01:31:18,780 --> 01:31:22,860
He's not an Aussie. He's not a Beckerman. He's not the type of center defensive mid

981
01:31:22,860 --> 01:31:28,380
who's going to make a huge tackle. And and everyone's going to see it. So I think that his

982
01:31:28,380 --> 01:31:34,540
position makes it harder for him to get noticed in a way that from a All Star type perspective.

983
01:31:35,340 --> 01:31:39,740
So that that'd be my only concern. But I do agree that he should have that level of play. I mean,

984
01:31:39,740 --> 01:31:43,500
we're already seeing teams in what Netherlands interested in him. Yeah.

985
01:31:45,740 --> 01:31:51,980
How many sounders will be finalists for MLS and the season awards? Now that includes Defender of

986
01:31:51,980 --> 01:31:58,460
the Year, Coach of the Year, Comeback Player of the Year. Oh, I didn't consider comeback.

987
01:32:00,700 --> 01:32:05,740
All of that. Any of those any of those end of season awards? Yeah, I mean, I got three. I got

988
01:32:05,740 --> 01:32:12,460
three. I got Fry as goalie. I think he's the year he finally gets the nomination.

989
01:32:13,260 --> 01:32:17,020
I think he gets a nomination. He gets nominations other times. I think this is not the year he

990
01:32:17,020 --> 01:32:22,220
wins because he never wins. Yeah. Yeah. I think he gets a nom. I think one of our center backs

991
01:32:22,220 --> 01:32:28,140
gets gets the nom. And then I could see if Pedro plays like I think he is, I could see him getting

992
01:32:29,420 --> 01:32:34,940
an MVP nod or he could easily become back player of the year. Which is so suit coming back for

993
01:32:34,940 --> 01:32:42,860
a while. He didn't have a major injury. But that that that category too many times I've seen

994
01:32:42,860 --> 01:32:47,500
you came back from being shit last year. That's I mean, that's me. That's what it is. You were

995
01:32:47,500 --> 01:32:51,580
shit last year and you need to get better. That's that's the big thing. But that's not the spirit

996
01:32:51,580 --> 01:32:59,180
to me of what that award is. But okay, but I said three as well. And Aaron said four. So I'd be

997
01:32:59,180 --> 01:33:04,220
very curious to see what's going on there. But then again, if we're predicting MLS Cup wins,

998
01:33:04,220 --> 01:33:09,420
we're expecting, you know, good things in these teams. So that makes sense. Now, the next question

999
01:33:09,420 --> 01:33:14,380
I thought would be interesting. Who will be named team MVP at the end of the season?

1000
01:33:15,260 --> 01:33:20,060
I mean, I had to say Pedro based on all the other accolades I've given him throughout this

1001
01:33:21,020 --> 01:33:28,860
sheet. I mean, I agree with you. I have Pedro. Like I said, if I'm predicting us winning a double,

1002
01:33:28,860 --> 01:33:34,860
that means Pedro is fucking killing it. Now, Aaron has Christian rolled on.

1003
01:33:34,860 --> 01:33:40,620
Yeah. I mean, he's the he's the glue, right? Yeah. He and Ressnack.

1004
01:33:41,180 --> 01:33:45,660
Okay, so now we're going to do a couple over unders. So yeah, let's just ask because there's

1005
01:33:45,660 --> 01:33:50,540
like a million on here. Yeah, let's just ask the important ones. Okay. Yeah. I mean, obviously,

1006
01:33:50,540 --> 01:33:56,300
the Seattle ones, but when we get in the MLS, maybe Miami, maybe a few teams, but I'll explain

1007
01:33:56,300 --> 01:34:02,300
what's going on there. And then I'll yeah, yeah. Okay. So Seattle, over under on the total goal

1008
01:34:02,300 --> 01:34:10,540
scored of the regular season. I had the I set the line at 57.5. And last season, we scored 51.

1009
01:34:11,580 --> 01:34:19,420
Take the over or the under? I'm over. If we only score six and a half more goals than last year,

1010
01:34:19,420 --> 01:34:24,220
I think we're in trouble. Well, well, wait, I'm going to I'm going to give you a little line on

1011
01:34:24,220 --> 01:34:30,060
how I came up with this line. I looked at all the teams last year, and I was kind of looking at

1012
01:34:30,060 --> 01:34:36,700
what were the total goals scored. Not a lot of teams were in the 60s. I think our best ever

1013
01:34:37,340 --> 01:34:45,980
was 61, maybe. So so 60 is harder than you think. I mean, it is. But I just think with the lineup

1014
01:34:45,980 --> 01:34:53,340
that we have and how top heavy some of these divisions are conferences, we should be able

1015
01:34:53,340 --> 01:34:56,700
to put up more goals in that. I and also it's just because I don't want to win every game,

1016
01:34:56,700 --> 01:35:01,980
one nothing. Hey, don't get me wrong, we all said over, but I'm just saying that I don't I think I

1017
01:35:03,020 --> 01:35:12,060
set the line in a I mean, what is 60 goals is two? Is that right to two goals a game? Do we

1018
01:35:12,060 --> 01:35:19,420
have 37 games 34 games 34 games, not 32. Okay. So if we two goal average would be 64.

1019
01:35:19,420 --> 01:35:29,180
Okay. So so I have us around 1.7. Okay. Yeah. Fair enough. And then total over under on total

1020
01:35:29,180 --> 01:35:36,300
goals allowed in the regular season. Now last year, we allowed 35. I set the over under at 40.5.

1021
01:35:37,340 --> 01:35:41,340
Yeah, I have us at over just because I think we're going to be more susceptible to goals because

1022
01:35:42,460 --> 01:35:46,860
we just are going to be pushing forward more. And so we're going to be leaving our players

1023
01:35:46,860 --> 01:35:52,380
on an island. It's just a trade off. Yeah, we're going to allow, you know, I would say probably

1024
01:35:52,380 --> 01:35:57,820
nine or 10 more goals, but we're going to score. I mean, I have a scoring obviously nine or 10 more

1025
01:35:57,820 --> 01:36:03,020
goals. So it's going to be more than that, I think ultimately. Okay. I both Aaron and I,

1026
01:36:03,020 --> 01:36:08,540
we all took the over. So, you know, I wanted to try and be competitive. But yeah, I don't know if

1027
01:36:08,540 --> 01:36:13,020
that means they set the line bad or if it may be that's just we're all kind of in agreement.

1028
01:36:13,020 --> 01:36:21,180
Okay. And then so for the rest of this, what I did and so all the all of you listening that want

1029
01:36:21,180 --> 01:36:27,100
to fill this out, I took each team and I put them in order based on their supporter shield

1030
01:36:27,100 --> 01:36:35,820
standings from last year. And I set the over under at half a point higher than last year's rank.

1031
01:36:36,540 --> 01:36:41,020
Yeah. So it's pretty simple. Do you think the team is going to do better than last year or worse?

1032
01:36:41,020 --> 01:36:46,620
Yep. That's how I took it. So with that in mind, why don't we just kind of hit a few of these? Maybe,

1033
01:36:46,620 --> 01:36:53,820
maybe. Yeah. I mean, and these are my assessment without without seeing any of them play. Yeah.

1034
01:36:54,380 --> 01:36:57,980
When I went through, I know who their signings are and some of it's less

1035
01:36:59,260 --> 01:37:04,140
brain and more heart. I would like to see Austin do better because I like the city of Austin. And

1036
01:37:04,140 --> 01:37:10,220
so I have them over. Yeah. That doesn't mean that because I don't know their schedules, I don't know,

1037
01:37:10,220 --> 01:37:13,740
you know, there's things where a team could be a better team, but lose more games because they

1038
01:37:13,740 --> 01:37:18,540
have a tougher schedule. So how about this? How about I just kind of highlight teams where we

1039
01:37:18,540 --> 01:37:25,980
had differences? Yeah, let's do that. So LAFC, let's start with LAFC. Let's start with Miami just

1040
01:37:25,980 --> 01:37:30,460
because it's Miami. We all sit under. We all sit under. In a historic season last year,

1041
01:37:31,260 --> 01:37:35,740
it's not going to repeat. And same thing with Columbus losing Kucho. We all sit under. Yeah.

1042
01:37:35,740 --> 01:37:40,300
Yeah. Best coach in the league, but I don't think they're they're going to be able to repeat.

1043
01:37:40,300 --> 01:37:42,540
Yeah. So LAFC.

1044
01:37:44,620 --> 01:37:48,780
Yeah, I have them over. Aaron and I all took the under. Yeah, I think they're an improved team.

1045
01:37:49,580 --> 01:37:52,940
I think they're finishing first in the West. Honestly, I think they're going to be right

1046
01:37:52,940 --> 01:37:59,020
around 64. I think it's going to be pretty damn close to where that line is. Yeah,

1047
01:37:59,020 --> 01:38:03,260
I don't know if they'll be much higher than that, but I do have them as over. Yeah.

1048
01:38:03,260 --> 01:38:09,820
Yeah. Let's see the next team where we have some differences since an addy.

1049
01:38:11,660 --> 01:38:17,740
Yeah, I had them over. I just obviously they've lost some key players, but I think by

1050
01:38:18,780 --> 01:38:22,940
I think they're going to find a way to do it. They always do. I don't know what Pat Newton

1051
01:38:22,940 --> 01:38:26,220
and what kind of magic he's had because he certainly wasn't that good of a player,

1052
01:38:26,220 --> 01:38:31,580
but as a coach, he's killing it. Yeah. Aaron took the over. I took the under. I just

1053
01:38:31,580 --> 01:38:40,140
I don't think you can just plug a Vander in there and get the same kind of results. I think it's

1054
01:38:40,140 --> 01:38:48,620
a different type of they played different Lucho Costa and him different. So I just I'm not convinced.

1055
01:38:50,140 --> 01:38:54,060
I think they're going to be a strong team. They'll probably be a top three team in the East,

1056
01:38:54,060 --> 01:38:58,940
but I don't think they're going to be better than last year. Let's see.

1057
01:38:58,940 --> 01:39:03,500
I assume we all took the over on Seattle. Yep. We all took the over on Seattle. We all took

1058
01:39:03,500 --> 01:39:13,980
the under on Houston. We differentiated on Orlando. You and Aaron took the over and I took the under.

1059
01:39:15,980 --> 01:39:20,860
Yeah. I think they underperformed in the regular season a little bit and we saw who they

1060
01:39:20,860 --> 01:39:26,940
truly were in the playoffs. Now they've lost some key players, but they've brought in some talent.

1061
01:39:26,940 --> 01:39:29,740
I don't know if they brought in talent at the same level, but I feel like they brought in

1062
01:39:30,700 --> 01:39:38,860
more talented players overall. So they replaced a couple superstars with like four all stars.

1063
01:39:41,180 --> 01:39:47,100
Minnesota, you took the under. I took the over so did Aaron. What was there that you thought

1064
01:39:47,100 --> 01:39:51,260
about that one? Not really. I was just thinking about Minnesota. Now that we're talking about it,

1065
01:39:51,260 --> 01:39:54,860
I mean, their coach was incredible in the way he changed how they did things, the way they built

1066
01:39:54,860 --> 01:39:59,580
from the back. They haven't had an incredible off season in my opinion. So that's where my brain

1067
01:39:59,580 --> 01:40:03,580
was. But now that I think about it, they didn't need to because they revamped that team last year.

1068
01:40:04,540 --> 01:40:09,180
Tomorrow's opponent, Charlotte, you and I both agreed on over. Aaron took the under.

1069
01:40:09,180 --> 01:40:12,380
But I think they're going to be better. I think they're going to be one of the top teams in the

1070
01:40:12,380 --> 01:40:18,380
east. I put them out three. Yeah. I think Charlotte's going to have a good season. Plus that

1071
01:40:18,380 --> 01:40:25,740
Jersey. Yeah. Yeah. Right. As we talked about in that in that special Patreon episode, Colorado,

1072
01:40:26,460 --> 01:40:33,420
you and Aaron both agree on the over. I don't see it. I don't. I don't know. Even with Josh

1073
01:40:33,420 --> 01:40:40,860
Totensio going over there. I don't know. I just think that they got a lot of questions that need

1074
01:40:40,860 --> 01:40:45,260
to be answered. I mean, and then you had what's going to happen to Reggie Cannon. Was he hurt

1075
01:40:45,260 --> 01:40:49,340
badly in that match? We don't know. He had to be walked off the field against LAFC.

1076
01:40:50,700 --> 01:40:53,260
I think I just have a special place in my heart for Colorado.

1077
01:40:54,140 --> 01:40:59,020
Their fans have always been really good to me when I've gone there. Yeah. And we got Dan Boniface,

1078
01:40:59,020 --> 01:41:05,260
who's our Colorado correspondent. I think that's what it comes down to. I would assume

1079
01:41:05,980 --> 01:41:09,580
they've got to get it right sometime. They did a few years ago and then didn't work out.

1080
01:41:10,860 --> 01:41:14,860
It's crazy that they won their top of the west and it's just kind of under the radar.

1081
01:41:14,860 --> 01:41:22,940
But then again, they also had a really good coach that year. Yeah. I mean, but having Mahail a

1082
01:41:22,940 --> 01:41:27,820
little bit, I can never say his name. What's his name? Mahal? Yeah. Having him healthy for full

1083
01:41:27,820 --> 01:41:32,060
season, I think can make a difference. Well, we saw what he did against LA and Champions League.

1084
01:41:32,060 --> 01:41:38,780
So yeah. Yeah. Let's go to Cascadia. We got Vancouver and Portland, both at 47.5 points.

1085
01:41:38,780 --> 01:41:42,700
Let's start with Vancouver. What are you going to take? I got, I mean, I can give it on both.

1086
01:41:42,700 --> 01:41:46,700
I got the under and both. I think neither addressed their major needs, unfortunately.

1087
01:41:47,820 --> 01:41:53,580
And Vancouver made a run in the playoffs, but I just can't see either team making the playoffs

1088
01:41:53,580 --> 01:41:58,620
right now. Especially with the owner issues with Vancouver. That was my biggest reason.

1089
01:41:58,620 --> 01:42:04,700
Yeah. I think if they get bought like early on in the season, maybe they can start buying players

1090
01:42:04,700 --> 01:42:08,540
mid season at the transfer window. I just don't see that coming through in time. It takes a while

1091
01:42:08,540 --> 01:42:13,500
to put that together. We saw what it did to the rain last year. Yeah. I just can't see them having

1092
01:42:13,500 --> 01:42:19,740
the talent to be able to sustain a full season that would get them in the playoffs. Yeah. Now,

1093
01:42:19,740 --> 01:42:23,740
with Portland, I also had the under and how much of that is that we don't believe in them and how

1094
01:42:23,740 --> 01:42:31,260
much of that is, how much of that is disrespect? How much of that is, you know, something? I mean,

1095
01:42:31,260 --> 01:42:35,500
I would like to say it's not disrespect just because they haven't addressed their major

1096
01:42:35,500 --> 01:42:41,660
needs from last season and they lost a superstar. Yeah. And you don't think bringing in David D'Costa

1097
01:42:41,660 --> 01:42:47,740
as his replacement is good enough? No. I mean, it's good enough for that, but they didn't address

1098
01:42:47,740 --> 01:42:50,940
their defense, which was their major issue. That's actually a really good point there.

1099
01:42:51,820 --> 01:42:55,660
They bring link to other superstars though. And so if they start bringing in enough,

1100
01:42:55,660 --> 01:42:58,860
then it won't matter how bad their defense is because their offense will be amazing.

1101
01:42:58,860 --> 01:43:03,900
Well, their offense was really, really good last year. And it will be this year. It'll be good.

1102
01:43:03,900 --> 01:43:11,740
But their defense was such dog shit that it didn't help. Let's see. Interestingly enough,

1103
01:43:11,740 --> 01:43:18,940
the defending MLS Cup finalists, New York Red Bull, you took the under. You think they're going

1104
01:43:18,940 --> 01:43:23,180
to regress? And I took the over. Yeah. I think they've lost some key players that have moved on.

1105
01:43:24,220 --> 01:43:29,980
And I think as we saw in the final, I mean, okay, they came back and made it a close game,

1106
01:43:29,980 --> 01:43:34,380
but they were getting absolutely obliterated. They can't hang with the West, let alone the

1107
01:43:34,380 --> 01:43:39,660
top in the East. I think they got lucky and made it through. Yeah. Yeah. I think you're right there.

1108
01:43:39,660 --> 01:43:43,980
And plus they can't win a championship. So a couple other things we all thought Dallas was

1109
01:43:43,980 --> 01:43:49,340
going to be dog shit. We all took the under on San Diego. We all took the over on Atlanta.

1110
01:43:49,980 --> 01:43:55,740
Some of these seem kind of like shooting fish in a barrel. Yeah. Philly is an interesting one.

1111
01:43:55,740 --> 01:44:00,300
Did we all take the under and Philly? Philly is an interesting one. But before Philly, let's go to

1112
01:44:00,300 --> 01:44:06,300
Toronto. Because Toronto is also a team in turmoil. But interestingly enough, we all took the over

1113
01:44:06,300 --> 01:44:13,820
on Toronto. I think bringing in, help me out. It was Colorado's coach is now coach.

1114
01:44:13,820 --> 01:44:17,660
Yeah. Robin Frazier. Thank you. I couldn't have done that. Yeah. I mean, that's why I see him

1115
01:44:17,660 --> 01:44:22,460
turn. I mean, he's already in Cignets at his name. Yeah. They've already said like, you don't have a

1116
01:44:22,460 --> 01:44:25,660
place on the team. You're on the bench. They got a DP on the bench that'll be straightened out

1117
01:44:25,660 --> 01:44:30,540
midsea by midseason. Like, yeah, I just see them being better because they have,

1118
01:44:30,540 --> 01:44:34,380
well, they got to get out of some of those contracts. Like they, right? They just,

1119
01:44:34,380 --> 01:44:38,140
and I just see them being able to do it this season. If they can't, then it'll be next. But

1120
01:44:38,140 --> 01:44:43,820
yeah, with their coach, and that's the thing. That's the thing you got to always remember is,

1121
01:44:43,820 --> 01:44:51,980
and I hate to keep harping on this episode after episode. But with the sounders, we consistently

1122
01:44:51,980 --> 01:44:58,860
are top four. And part of that is because we don't screw ourselves too hard on the contracts. And

1123
01:44:58,860 --> 01:45:04,700
you see teams like, you see teams like Toronto's, teams like LA Galaxy. Yeah, they just won MLS Cup,

1124
01:45:04,700 --> 01:45:10,460
but they were wooden spoons twice in the last like six years. Right. And I think we see that with,

1125
01:45:11,500 --> 01:45:14,700
we saw it the year we didn't make the playoffs because we were tied to those contracts.

1126
01:45:16,460 --> 01:45:21,180
I don't know if it was the contract. I think it was more the injuries and

1127
01:45:21,180 --> 01:45:25,660
fighting too hard in the Champions League, but they could have figured it out. And they just, yeah.

1128
01:45:26,620 --> 01:45:33,580
Okay. I think you tech the under on St. Louis. You think they're going to regress even more?

1129
01:45:34,300 --> 01:45:42,140
I took the over, but not by much. And then I mean, really, oh, how about supporting Kansas City?

1130
01:45:43,820 --> 01:45:48,060
Yeah, I just have them being better. I mean, they brought in one of the best players in MLS.

1131
01:45:48,060 --> 01:45:54,940
Yeah. Yeah. I just see them being better than they were. I took the over Aaron took the under. So

1132
01:45:55,660 --> 01:46:00,380
curious there. We all think Chicago is going to do better. We all think San Jose is going to do

1133
01:46:00,380 --> 01:46:06,540
better. But to be honest, both those teams, it's pretty hard to do much worse. Sure, especially

1134
01:46:06,540 --> 01:46:13,340
San Jose. But I will say both of them have better rosters. Oh, yeah. Better coaches. I don't love

1135
01:46:13,340 --> 01:46:18,380
Burr-Hulter, but he's in coach made for MLS. I mean, when you take those two bottom teams in the

1136
01:46:18,380 --> 01:46:25,020
league last year, Chicago and San Jose, and then you basically take like them or not, you take two

1137
01:46:25,020 --> 01:46:33,820
legendary MLS coaches in Burr-Hulter and Arena, you're not going to you're going to have an

1138
01:46:33,820 --> 01:46:38,380
improvement in the way San Jose is overhauled. That roster is impressive. Yeah. I mean, they really

1139
01:46:38,380 --> 01:46:46,860
hit the ground running on that and took that running. So we're going to record these. We'll

1140
01:46:46,860 --> 01:46:53,580
see who, you know, we'll see who does best. We'll revisit these at the end of the season. So get

1141
01:46:53,580 --> 01:47:01,420
your picks in. I'm probably going to keep it open for a week or so. I figure even if it's one, you

1142
01:47:01,420 --> 01:47:07,260
know, one, it's not going to it's not going to give anyone a big advantage after after one week.

1143
01:47:07,260 --> 01:47:11,340
But I would love to, you know, I would love to see give people a chance to fill those out.

1144
01:47:13,260 --> 01:47:18,540
But, you know, that's kind of what I have in vision for this season is a little bit more

1145
01:47:19,900 --> 01:47:25,660
games and ideas and and things like that to try and have a little bit more interactivity with the

1146
01:47:25,660 --> 01:47:31,580
with the discord people. So anyone who has ideas of what they'd like to see, please don't be afraid

1147
01:47:31,580 --> 01:47:37,340
to reach out to us. Let us know. Yeah. But before we go, I just there's some breaking news that I

1148
01:47:37,340 --> 01:47:42,700
need to tell you. I can see you're setting me up right now. I can I can tell just from your tone.

1149
01:47:42,700 --> 01:47:46,220
Yeah, I think you're going to be really upset about this. It might change your entire

1150
01:47:47,340 --> 01:47:51,260
opinion about not just the sounder season, but your future career.

1151
01:47:53,100 --> 01:47:55,260
Hooters is going to declare bankruptcy.

1152
01:47:55,260 --> 01:48:03,260
What exactly is my future career? I don't know. It has something to do with them.

1153
01:48:05,820 --> 01:48:12,940
Wow. Wow. I I Wow. Okay, so

1154
01:48:15,020 --> 01:48:19,100
that's actually the second time Hooters has been referenced this week for me.

1155
01:48:19,100 --> 01:48:28,220
And I haven't thought about Hooters in I don't know. It's been probably a few years. So

1156
01:48:28,940 --> 01:48:33,260
yeah, it's not it's not something that comes up a lot in my world. They can tell you that much,

1157
01:48:33,260 --> 01:48:36,860
especially as a vegan. There's no there's no reason to even go try to eat there.

1158
01:48:37,900 --> 01:48:41,500
No. Do we even have one? There's someone in Bellevue, I presume, but I don't know. Is there?

1159
01:48:41,500 --> 01:48:49,340
I have no idea. I can there was there was 20 years ago. That's well, let me go into new incognito

1160
01:48:49,340 --> 01:48:54,940
mode because I do not want this in my search history. I don't want to get targeted ads.

1161
01:48:55,500 --> 01:49:02,300
Oh, I do. Give me all the ads. There is there's one permanently closed permanently closed

1162
01:49:02,300 --> 01:49:04,860
permanently. There's one in Seattle. Oh, no, it's permanently closed.

1163
01:49:04,860 --> 01:49:11,740
Yeah. You know, here, how about Hooters and then isn't there a way to search by open now?

1164
01:49:12,300 --> 01:49:18,060
Oh, I went to their locations on on their website. So so I can I can tell you there.

1165
01:49:19,500 --> 01:49:21,820
Typing in. Okay, we'll put in my address there.

1166
01:49:24,460 --> 01:49:32,620
I just want my zip code. Whatever. Seattle, Washington. Boom. The closest one. No Hooters

1167
01:49:32,620 --> 01:49:40,940
found. That's all it says. No wonder they're going bankrupt. I feel like I feel like I feel like

1168
01:49:40,940 --> 01:49:47,900
Portland would have a few. I think that what are you looking at? Holy cow. I see there's your future.

1169
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I think that the perhaps your restaurant, Buffalo Wild Wings and Wicks, Wick,

1170
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took over and kicked Hooters on its mighty way. You're right. That is my future right here. Yeah,

1171
01:50:03,180 --> 01:50:11,020
there you go. We are just in Hooters clothing. Yeah, I got the booty shorts. I can make that

1172
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happen. Yeah, you do. You've shown us. Oh, wow. No, that was a speedo. So thank you. How you feel?

1173
01:50:23,020 --> 01:50:29,820
Oh, wait, we haven't even done any review for Charlotte. Okay, well, let's keep it short because

1174
01:50:29,820 --> 01:50:34,220
we have to keep it under two hours in order for the video to go on to YouTube. Okay, even if it's

1175
01:50:34,220 --> 01:50:41,020
just audio. Okay, so here's the deal. We've got Charlotte coming to town. They are, I think a

1176
01:50:41,020 --> 01:50:47,260
revamped roster. They've got they've got some new pieces. They've got a few, a few new signings,

1177
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some new shiny, shiny toys. Things I'll be interested to see Zaha come into the game.

1178
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What are your thoughts for what we're going to see tomorrow?

1179
01:51:04,700 --> 01:51:11,820
Yeah, I mean, I picked a 3-2 final. I don't know why I picked that. I think I was thinking

1180
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that the Sounders were going to have another three goal game and I couldn't see us beating them by

1181
01:51:18,140 --> 01:51:23,580
two using my actual brain. I think it's more likely to be two one Sounders. I think we are a better

1182
01:51:23,580 --> 01:51:32,140
team, but I think Charlotte's even more improved than last year. Fantastic goalie. You know, good

1183
01:51:32,140 --> 01:51:38,620
fans. I just I see this being a close match that the Sounders come on top because we're at home.

1184
01:51:38,620 --> 01:51:45,580
Yeah, I think there's some truth to that. I do think that this as much as I as much as my heart

1185
01:51:45,580 --> 01:51:51,180
wants to go offensive explosion, I think realistically, because it is league play,

1186
01:51:51,820 --> 01:51:58,380
that the teams will be kind of feeling it out. I think Charlotte's got a fantastic coach in Dean

1187
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Smith. I was surprised that he stopped coaching North Carolina basketball and started coaching

1188
01:52:05,100 --> 01:52:11,900
North Carolina. Every time I hear it. I really when they announced that was the coach, I was like,

1189
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I don't get it. What? No, you're not wrong. You cannot have that name and live in North Carolina.

1190
01:52:18,220 --> 01:52:23,660
What are you doing? No, I mean, you're just going to be confusing people because I'm sure there's

1191
01:52:23,660 --> 01:52:29,660
a bunch of people in North Carolina that are like, Dean Smith is code. Yeah, Dean Smith can do whatever.

1192
01:52:29,660 --> 01:52:35,820
I will say I'm excited. Although except Carol is the future Sounders coach. Oh,

1193
01:52:37,580 --> 01:52:41,660
Dean Smith's been dead for almost a decade now. Actually, this isn't his son. Is it

1194
01:52:42,700 --> 01:52:49,420
the Dean Smith for the I'm assuming not. No, this is very much this I believe Dean Smith is from

1195
01:52:49,420 --> 01:52:56,140
England. Oh, okay. The British Pete Carroll will be coaching the Sounders next. So don't worry.

1196
01:52:56,140 --> 01:52:59,420
Yeah. So wait, what?

1197
01:53:02,540 --> 01:53:09,180
Yeah, that's that's him, right? Yeah. Yeah. So he former Leicester City and North City

1198
01:53:09,180 --> 01:53:14,380
asked him. I mean, he's a good manager. Holy cow. No, only 53 and he's coached some big teams.

1199
01:53:14,380 --> 01:53:18,460
Yeah. Bro, they may not have been in the Premier League then but still Brentford,

1200
01:53:18,460 --> 01:53:25,820
Asin Villa, Norwich City, Leicester City. Yeah, it looks like when he was at least when he was Norwich

1201
01:53:25,820 --> 01:53:30,860
and Asin Villa's coach, they were in the championship. I can't speak to when he was Leicester coach. But

1202
01:53:30,860 --> 01:53:36,700
yeah, this could be a good year. I mean, they've they've they've done good things with them. So

1203
01:53:37,260 --> 01:53:41,580
I'll be interested to see what the game happens and I'm hopeful for a victory and hopefully an

1204
01:53:41,580 --> 01:53:51,180
early Sounders goal. Yeah. I mean, bring in Wilfred Zaha. It'll be in it'll be interesting

1205
01:53:51,180 --> 01:53:59,820
because this is one of those situations where one, how is Zaha gonna adjust to MLS?

1206
01:53:59,820 --> 01:54:05,180
Yeah, take a little bit for sure. But but the other side of that is, you know, how is

1207
01:54:06,140 --> 01:54:10,780
how's that going to work with, you know, his age, he's getting up there in age and

1208
01:54:10,780 --> 01:54:17,020
and is he gonna play turf game? I don't I don't know if he's what his style is gonna be older guy

1209
01:54:17,020 --> 01:54:21,900
playing on turf. Yeah, and I could see it being a little I mean, the weather's gonna be cold, right?

1210
01:54:21,900 --> 01:54:26,460
I don't know. I haven't looked at the weather yet for this weekend, but I'm assuming it's not going

1211
01:54:26,460 --> 01:54:34,140
to be very nice. And so he did I forgot that he was in the Manchester system for a little bit. So

1212
01:54:34,140 --> 01:54:40,380
they have crappy weather 98% chance of rain. Yeah. But you know, when you're at Gallatassereye

1213
01:54:40,380 --> 01:54:45,020
in Leon, a Christopher palace probably has crappy weather. So yeah, he'll be used to it.

1214
01:54:46,380 --> 01:54:55,420
So it'll be a wet one quarter of an inch of rain. I mean, that that feels like a that feels like a

1215
01:54:55,420 --> 01:55:01,260
lot of season. It feels like a first game of the season kind of vibe. Yeah. Yeah, that's a lot of

1216
01:55:01,260 --> 01:55:11,260
rain. So yeah, I'm going to one. What's your score prediction? I think I'm going to go.

1217
01:55:11,260 --> 01:55:15,900
You know what? I think I'm going to go to nothing else. Nice. Love it. I'm going to go to nothing

1218
01:55:15,900 --> 01:55:24,540
else. I think I think it's going to look a little disjointed from both teams. I think it will play

1219
01:55:24,540 --> 01:55:30,620
to our benefit that we've had competitive matches already. Yeah, yeah, their last match was a

1220
01:55:30,620 --> 01:55:38,300
two bow win over Portland in preseason. Yeah, but that doesn't I think I think they're going to be

1221
01:55:38,300 --> 01:55:45,900
on the road. They're going to probably be a little bit more sit back and react. So as long as we

1222
01:55:45,900 --> 01:55:50,860
keep our shit together, I think we'll be okay. And it looks like their goals in that match were

1223
01:55:50,860 --> 01:56:01,420
from Nicola Petkovich and Enzo Copetti. So neither of their star players scored in that game. Patrick

1224
01:56:02,300 --> 01:56:10,060
I can never say a name. Agui Amang was subbed out in the 77th minute for Copetti. And I don't know

1225
01:56:10,060 --> 01:56:18,940
that Zaha even play. So we may we may still be waiting for him. Yeah, he didn't he wasn't even

1226
01:56:18,940 --> 01:56:29,500
in the 18. So I wonder, do you think is he eligible to play? It largely depend on if he's cleared

1227
01:56:29,500 --> 01:56:34,620
his visa and all that kind of stuff, which you never know when it depends on I think when they

1228
01:56:34,620 --> 01:56:40,220
made the move. He's obviously signed that contract. Let's see what was the date of that because

1229
01:56:40,220 --> 01:56:51,740
that unfortunately is largely a political thing. And so yeah, it was after January, it was January

1230
01:56:51,740 --> 01:56:59,260
22nd is when his loan agreement was officially transferred. So yeah, he's he's waiting on those

1231
01:56:59,260 --> 01:57:07,100
Trump administration visas. So it may take a while. I mean, he is here. But but that was

1232
01:57:07,100 --> 01:57:12,460
after a long time of waiting. But that also may not necessarily mean he's got a work visa.

1233
01:57:13,260 --> 01:57:18,140
Right, that's true. So you know, he's present as of today, he showed up. But it doesn't

1234
01:57:18,140 --> 01:57:22,540
necessarily mean he's eligible to play yet. Yep, because you got to get that work visa,

1235
01:57:22,540 --> 01:57:30,300
those are taking a lot longer, especially when you're seeing a lot of shenanigans. Yeah, I mean,

1236
01:57:30,300 --> 01:57:34,460
I wouldn't be surprised not to get too political, but doze if they fired the entire department and

1237
01:57:34,460 --> 01:57:39,980
then realize that oh, no, we need them to get those visas in order. That's what's happening. Fire

1238
01:57:39,980 --> 01:57:43,980
everyone and then get told, oh, wait, we need we need the people that are saving us from saving

1239
01:57:43,980 --> 01:57:53,980
our nukes from being stolen. Yeah, oh, yeah. Yep. Yep. Yeah. That's just a reality of who

1240
01:57:53,980 --> 01:57:58,140
who's president and who they have in their administration changes how long work visas

1241
01:57:58,140 --> 01:58:04,620
take for professional athletes, especially in the MLS. Oh, by the way, soccer wise had a really good

1242
01:58:04,620 --> 01:58:10,940
had a really good podcast a few weeks ago from an immigration lawyer who specializes in bringing

1243
01:58:10,940 --> 01:58:15,580
over soccer players and getting their cards. So it was a really cool. It was a really good listen.

1244
01:58:16,940 --> 01:58:24,540
So so definitely some check and check out. Anyways, where can they find you? I am everywhere on the

1245
01:58:24,540 --> 01:58:31,500
then the social medias at legal minded punk. How about you? You could find me on, you know,

1246
01:58:31,500 --> 01:58:37,580
I need to really just stop my Twitter, but on Twitter, cast gates to see, but really, I think

1247
01:58:37,580 --> 01:58:43,100
Instagram or sorry, Instagram, my cast gates to see Twitter and Nikita banana. And I got to really

1248
01:58:43,100 --> 01:58:51,100
start dialing my loose guy again. James, take it away. You can follow the Sanders Scuttlebut

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