WEBVTT 00:00:21.289 --> 00:00:24.289 He's a tough kid. All I gotta say is the point 00:00:24.289 --> 00:01:03.000 I can't say is CHEAT! Hey, welcome to Sounders 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:07.079 Scuttlebutt. I'm Aaron Lingley, and as usual, 00:01:07.180 --> 00:01:10.400 I'm joined by my two friends, air hosts of Sounders 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:12.719 Scuttlebutt, the Alliance Council Secretary Cameron 00:01:12.719 --> 00:01:19.079 Collins. Yo. Yo. And the Alliance Council extraordinaire, 00:01:19.299 --> 00:01:22.359 Nicholas Biela. What's going on, man? Howdy ho. 00:01:23.480 --> 00:01:29.120 Yo and howdy ho. Well. Yo, what's going on? We 00:01:29.120 --> 00:01:32.299 are recording the 14th. This is Monday. Feels 00:01:32.299 --> 00:01:34.420 like we actually have our shit together. Our 00:01:34.420 --> 00:01:36.780 three -body problem was not a problem this week. 00:01:37.319 --> 00:01:41.159 We're recording after we just defeated FC Dallas 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:45.040 in Frisco. We are sitting 11th on the table for 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:47.280 the Western Conference, and they are at 8th. 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:53.340 We won one goal to nothing, so we won. There's 00:01:53.340 --> 00:01:56.120 a positive. We haven't won a game in what feels 00:01:56.120 --> 00:01:58.280 like... Two months, but it's really, I think, 00:01:58.280 --> 00:02:01.239 been, what, five matches since LAFC? Yeah, that 00:02:01.239 --> 00:02:03.579 sounds about right. It was a month and a week. 00:02:03.659 --> 00:02:07.000 So, I mean, it was five weeks, so it feels like 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:09.479 a long time, but it is a long time. I mean, it 00:02:09.479 --> 00:02:12.960 was essentially we didn't get a win the entire 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:18.539 time that Pedro and Jordan were out. True. That's 00:02:18.539 --> 00:02:21.319 true, and both were there, actually. One started 00:02:21.319 --> 00:02:24.180 and one watched from the bench. I mean, it kind 00:02:24.180 --> 00:02:26.789 of... I mean, that's a different story altogether, 00:02:27.050 --> 00:02:30.550 but yeah, that happened. That was a thing. That 00:02:30.550 --> 00:02:32.469 was a thing. You know what else is a thing? A 00:02:32.469 --> 00:02:34.789 beer. I'm going to grab mine. Well, while you're 00:02:34.789 --> 00:02:36.770 grabbing yours, I'm going to open mine because 00:02:36.770 --> 00:02:41.050 I've been really looking forward to this. Ooh, 00:02:41.250 --> 00:02:49.449 that was solid. No, no. It's still liquid. Hilarious. 00:02:49.629 --> 00:02:54.909 I know. I try. All right, I'll do mine. My Elysian 00:02:54.909 --> 00:02:58.150 Space Dust, which they have here in San Diego. 00:02:58.449 --> 00:03:03.310 I mean, it is owned by Budweiser. Bud. Weiser. 00:03:05.590 --> 00:03:13.370 Nice. Do that one more time. It's funny. I'm 00:03:13.370 --> 00:03:17.129 drinking Elysian Space Dust, but I'm wearing 00:03:17.129 --> 00:03:19.889 Rainier. I'm wearing my Rainier sleeping bag 00:03:19.889 --> 00:03:22.990 with arm sleeves thing. And you're drinking a 00:03:22.990 --> 00:03:25.879 Rainier. I am drinking a Rainier. And he's wearing 00:03:25.879 --> 00:03:31.099 space dust sleeping bag. This is not true. But 00:03:31.099 --> 00:03:34.699 I had to look down because I was wearing my stoop 00:03:34.699 --> 00:03:39.280 sweatshirt earlier today. So I had to see if 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:41.180 I was still wearing that. We've just been very, 00:03:41.240 --> 00:03:45.120 very confused. But not the case. And then there's 00:03:45.120 --> 00:03:48.900 Cameron, who's neither drinking a beer nor wearing 00:03:48.900 --> 00:03:52.199 beer paraphernalia. No, I'm wearing Zipper's 00:03:52.199 --> 00:03:55.060 paraphernalia. You are. That's true. I'm wearing 00:03:55.060 --> 00:03:57.939 game -worn Sounders shorts that Nicholas got 00:03:57.939 --> 00:04:01.979 me. My testicles are currently sitting where 00:04:01.979 --> 00:04:05.860 Chad Marshall's testicles once sat. And then 00:04:05.860 --> 00:04:10.740 I have a... One of those... What were these called? 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:13.879 The Prime... They're like recycled jerseys, whatever, 00:04:14.020 --> 00:04:17.899 you know. The Parlay. Yeah, Parlay. I'm wearing 00:04:17.899 --> 00:04:20.339 a Parlay jersey as well. We're not even four 00:04:20.339 --> 00:04:24.160 minutes into the show and... Two sets of testicles 00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:27.920 were brought up. Yes. I mean, is it really a 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:30.279 show? We don't even have consent. Yeah, we didn't 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:32.779 talk about Chad Marshall's testicles. Is it really 00:04:32.779 --> 00:04:35.259 a show? I mean, in all fairness, Chad Marshall 00:04:35.259 --> 00:04:40.000 apparently had a reputation for doing naked cartwheels 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:43.259 in the locker room. Okay. So, yeah, we have a 00:04:43.259 --> 00:04:45.759 lot in common. Tracks. Okay. That's me after 00:04:45.759 --> 00:04:53.980 Pub League. Oh, no. Yeah, Pub League, another 00:04:53.980 --> 00:04:56.740 good weekend of Pub League. Very sunny for me. 00:04:56.800 --> 00:04:59.699 For you, you were early, so it was probably cold. 00:04:59.759 --> 00:05:02.759 But I got sunburned. We had one game because 00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:05.000 we had practiced for the first half and tied 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:08.300 1 -1. And I got to play. I played one shift at 00:05:08.300 --> 00:05:11.560 center back. And otherwise, I played two shifts 00:05:11.560 --> 00:05:15.800 at right wing back and two shifts at forward. 00:05:16.170 --> 00:05:18.230 Oh, moving up a little bit, moving around a bit. 00:05:18.290 --> 00:05:20.350 Moving around, and forward was super fun, and 00:05:20.350 --> 00:05:23.449 I didn't get a goal, but I did draw someone away 00:05:23.449 --> 00:05:27.610 when a goal was scored, so that was fun. Cool. 00:05:27.689 --> 00:05:31.490 We had two games for us, one game in goal for 00:05:31.490 --> 00:05:34.889 me where we had a 1 -0 shutout, and then one 00:05:34.889 --> 00:05:37.550 game out in the field where we also had a 1 -0 00:05:37.550 --> 00:05:42.920 shutout. We had a 1 -0 this weekend. We are 6 00:05:42.920 --> 00:05:46.379 -0, our team. So we're off to a good start. What 00:05:46.379 --> 00:05:48.579 about your team, Aaron? Oh, that's right. You're 00:05:48.579 --> 00:05:53.620 a quitter. You quit Pub League. You could fly 00:05:53.620 --> 00:05:56.379 up every Sunday for it and you don't. You're 00:05:56.379 --> 00:06:01.139 not wrong. I could. But I don't. Yeah. Because 00:06:01.139 --> 00:06:04.660 it's not financially feasible. I'd get a divorce. 00:06:05.040 --> 00:06:09.019 It wouldn't be my choice. But you get to play 00:06:09.019 --> 00:06:11.720 public with us. But it is an option. I'd probably 00:06:11.720 --> 00:06:14.220 be up in the season 6 -0 since I was on Nick's 00:06:14.220 --> 00:06:19.420 team. I think only one year I wasn't. I could 00:06:19.420 --> 00:06:22.699 be a victor right now. You were a newcomer of 00:06:22.699 --> 00:06:25.300 the year, weren't you? That's true. I didn't 00:06:25.300 --> 00:06:28.639 even score that year. But you had badass shoes. 00:06:29.500 --> 00:06:31.420 Yeah, I think that's pretty much the only reason 00:06:31.420 --> 00:06:35.480 I was allowed in public is my shoes. I had Lego 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:39.620 Adidas. Like Lego bricks. They're still awesome. 00:06:39.720 --> 00:06:41.779 They're right there. The funny thing about those 00:06:41.779 --> 00:06:44.079 is what's more uncomfortable than stepping on 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:46.160 Legos and your shoes? That was the point. That 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:49.800 was the fucking point. And I would say that after 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:51.879 I was done swearing, after I'd get stomped on. 00:06:52.000 --> 00:06:54.480 Oh, I got stomped on so bad. You're not supposed 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:57.259 to step on these fucking shoes. My toe was so 00:06:57.259 --> 00:06:59.920 swollen after the game. Someone stomped on my 00:06:59.920 --> 00:07:04.319 foot. Oh, man. We're on time constraints, actually, 00:07:04.399 --> 00:07:06.480 here. Because we have a special night tonight. 00:07:07.070 --> 00:07:08.970 We do have a special night. What are we doing, 00:07:09.189 --> 00:07:11.389 Nicholas? You designed this. Scuttlebutt orgy 00:07:11.389 --> 00:07:19.529 night. Yes. Jesus, Cameron. I'm surprised you're 00:07:19.529 --> 00:07:21.769 wearing clothes. I don't know what you're wearing. 00:07:21.930 --> 00:07:23.569 That can be arranged. You just put ideas in there. 00:07:23.670 --> 00:07:26.639 No, no, no. Nicholas, what are we doing? Well, 00:07:26.779 --> 00:07:31.860 my plans have suddenly changed. What's the name 00:07:31.860 --> 00:07:35.800 of that bakery by your house? Oh, no. Yes. Yes. 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:40.000 The coffee shop that had the orgy shut down. 00:07:40.259 --> 00:07:44.420 Yeah. Okay. For the Patreon episode. Let's talk 00:07:44.420 --> 00:07:46.360 about that. Well, they were selling it through 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:50.519 brown paper tickets. Anyways, this is a true 00:07:50.519 --> 00:07:52.819 story. This is a completely true story. The coffee 00:07:52.819 --> 00:07:56.360 shop right a block away from my house was doing 00:07:56.360 --> 00:08:05.050 an after hours BDSM night. And, well, we. we 00:08:05.050 --> 00:08:07.430 may have to post that into the discord we'll 00:08:07.430 --> 00:08:09.290 post a discord because i'm not going to have 00:08:09.290 --> 00:08:11.430 the conversation about it not when i'm drinking 00:08:11.430 --> 00:08:15.790 a beer because it was fecal matter and i didn't 00:08:15.790 --> 00:08:18.490 know you were going to actually say it okay come 00:08:18.490 --> 00:08:20.889 on let's go i mean i don't mean to yuck anyone's 00:08:20.889 --> 00:08:24.810 yums but no thank you okay so after we're done 00:08:24.810 --> 00:08:27.129 with this episode which we are going to do we 00:08:27.129 --> 00:08:29.910 will be an abbreviated episode yeah i mean we'll 00:08:29.910 --> 00:08:35.179 be recording a uh a nice little um Patreon episode, 00:08:35.299 --> 00:08:37.340 yes. Yeah, so what we're going to do is we're 00:08:37.340 --> 00:08:40.620 going to do an all -time Sounders draft where 00:08:40.620 --> 00:08:44.100 each of us will take turns choosing from the 00:08:44.100 --> 00:08:46.879 Sounders rosters and create our own Game Day 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:51.039 18. And we'll kind of compare and contrast and 00:08:51.039 --> 00:08:55.320 see who ends up having the best team that they 00:08:55.320 --> 00:08:59.419 can put together. Fun little... Yeah, we could 00:08:59.419 --> 00:09:01.559 actually put the teams in the Discord, actually, 00:09:01.580 --> 00:09:05.580 and we'll see who... Had the better team from 00:09:05.580 --> 00:09:07.500 the community discussion. Might have to do that. 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:10.379 Speaking of, if you haven't joined the Discord, 00:09:10.580 --> 00:09:13.799 do so. It's in the show notes. Indeed, we get 00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:18.240 to do all sorts of fun stuff. Some quick scuttlebutt 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:22.419 today. Did anyone catch the WNBA draft? Yeah. 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:25.559 I mean, I'm only disappointed because the Storm 00:09:25.559 --> 00:09:27.159 had the number two pick and not the number one 00:09:27.159 --> 00:09:30.519 pick. I'm pretty excited about who they took 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:32.620 with their number two pick. It's got some... 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:36.200 You know, it could be a game -changing pick. 00:09:37.059 --> 00:09:42.419 19 -year -old, so right there, that got five 00:09:42.419 --> 00:09:46.779 years of extra time than most of the other players 00:09:46.779 --> 00:09:50.059 coming out of the draft. And the more I learn 00:09:50.059 --> 00:09:53.659 about Dominique Malanga, the more I'm like, okay, 00:09:53.799 --> 00:09:56.720 that's a reason to be excited. Six foot six. 00:09:58.040 --> 00:10:01.000 youngest player on the French national team that 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:05.220 won silver in the Olympics last year, can dunk 00:10:05.220 --> 00:10:10.539 the ball, just would be, is now the second highest 00:10:10.539 --> 00:10:13.799 player, second tallest player on the team. So 00:10:13.799 --> 00:10:16.620 some good, you know, some potentially good stuff 00:10:16.620 --> 00:10:19.460 there. Should be compared to Victor Wimbanyama. 00:10:19.600 --> 00:10:21.940 That's what I've heard, yeah. Yeah, who is a 00:10:21.940 --> 00:10:30.450 fellow French person. Yeah, but I hope it works 00:10:30.450 --> 00:10:32.490 out. Obviously a project pick, not someone who's 00:10:32.490 --> 00:10:34.549 going to immediately have an impact on the roster. 00:10:34.909 --> 00:10:37.789 I think the big reason is Aaron Levine of Q13 00:10:37.789 --> 00:10:40.529 was talking today on Twitter and pointed out 00:10:40.529 --> 00:10:44.169 that the three number one picks that the storm 00:10:44.169 --> 00:10:47.009 have had are three of the greatest players in 00:10:47.009 --> 00:10:49.950 WNBA history. Whereas the number two picks, they 00:10:49.950 --> 00:10:53.190 haven't been busts, but they haven't been all 00:10:53.190 --> 00:10:59.000 timers. Can understand that, you know. And plus 00:10:59.000 --> 00:11:01.759 Paige Buckner is amazing. It would have been 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:05.860 cool to figure out a way to get her. Yeah. But 00:11:05.860 --> 00:11:09.899 she was not falling past the first pick. Yeah, 00:11:09.940 --> 00:11:13.059 true, true. Only other news I think that I can 00:11:13.059 --> 00:11:16.179 think of is Vancouver Whitecaps have moved up 00:11:16.179 --> 00:11:18.860 to number one on ESPN's power rankings from three. 00:11:18.919 --> 00:11:22.340 I'm surprised they were as low as three. Columbus 00:11:22.340 --> 00:11:25.490 stayed second. Inter -Miami dropped from one 00:11:25.490 --> 00:11:28.909 to three. San Diego stayed at four. Minnesota 00:11:28.909 --> 00:11:31.570 went up a spot to five. And we got to go all 00:11:31.570 --> 00:11:37.629 the way down to, wow, this is far, 16th to find 00:11:37.629 --> 00:11:40.710 the Sounders. That feels fair. And we were 16th 00:11:40.710 --> 00:11:45.529 two games in a row. Portland has now jumped us. 00:11:45.570 --> 00:11:48.330 They were 18th and now they're 15th after a win 00:11:48.330 --> 00:11:50.309 over Kansas City, the worst team in the league. 00:11:51.309 --> 00:11:53.289 They are fourth in the Western Conference, but 00:11:53.289 --> 00:11:56.649 yeah. God, that sucks. LA Galaxy might be the 00:11:56.649 --> 00:11:58.009 worst team in the league, if I'm being honest. 00:11:58.389 --> 00:12:02.309 That's crazy. That is crazy. I mean, not really. 00:12:02.370 --> 00:12:06.889 Ricky Puge is that good. Yeah, totally. That's 00:12:06.889 --> 00:12:10.289 the huge difference there. Yeah. That's nuts. 00:12:10.710 --> 00:12:14.049 Anything in the mailbag that we can look at here? 00:12:14.389 --> 00:12:17.549 Oh, definitely. Definitely. If we pull up the 00:12:17.549 --> 00:12:21.120 mailbag. We actually had some stuff come in after 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:24.419 the last episode, but we had some – I think I 00:12:24.419 --> 00:12:29.139 mentioned this on the last episode, but you all 00:12:29.139 --> 00:12:31.639 hadn't heard about it yet. But with Rusnak possibly 00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:33.700 being out this week, will we see Jesus at the 00:12:33.700 --> 00:12:38.740 10? Jesus did not play the 10. He played a wing, 00:12:38.840 --> 00:12:45.919 right? Against Dallas? Are you asking? yeah i'm 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:48.179 asking you yeah i know yeah no they didn't yeah 00:12:48.179 --> 00:12:51.179 because i think paul was actually right that 00:12:51.179 --> 00:12:53.460 got me that got me off for a second it's like 00:12:53.460 --> 00:12:59.399 wing right no wing comma right yeah so uh we 00:12:59.399 --> 00:13:01.399 didn't see that i would have liked it i think 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:04.759 that's a role that he thrives in um but we won 00:13:04.759 --> 00:13:10.220 so you know what do i know yeah i mean let's 00:13:10.220 --> 00:13:11.840 i mean we'll get into how we feel about that 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:15.429 game but um I was expecting him to be up top. 00:13:16.789 --> 00:13:21.850 I mean, trying to gauge the whole match, but 00:13:21.850 --> 00:13:25.309 I mean, he still played up top. There was movement 00:13:25.309 --> 00:13:26.809 up there, but yeah, I don't think that was his. 00:13:27.350 --> 00:13:31.870 Trying to pull up the questioning now. It kind 00:13:31.870 --> 00:13:35.190 of felt a little like the old days of the Amoeba 00:13:35.190 --> 00:13:40.269 back in 2013, where a lot of undefined... um 00:13:40.269 --> 00:13:44.230 just kind of flowing with the game state and 00:13:44.230 --> 00:13:46.570 the you know just just kind of a little more 00:13:46.570 --> 00:13:49.450 free flowing it's what it's felt like at times 00:13:49.450 --> 00:13:55.169 yeah yeah um i think we got two other scuttlebutt 00:13:55.169 --> 00:13:57.350 both sounders related as well that we should 00:13:57.350 --> 00:14:00.929 hit uh in the mailbag i guess three uh so i'll 00:14:00.929 --> 00:14:03.350 just i'll bring them up and both you can both 00:14:03.350 --> 00:14:06.519 answer uh in turn and then i'll follow up uh 00:14:06.519 --> 00:14:08.720 with reagan most likely out for at least a game 00:14:08.720 --> 00:14:11.480 asked alex diaz with a pulled hamstring who would 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:14.480 you rather have slotted into his place kim kihi 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:20.200 or bell well aaron do you want to start us off 00:14:20.200 --> 00:14:24.700 i think yeah sure i mean right now i still i 00:14:24.700 --> 00:14:26.419 think bell's had a number of good performance 00:14:26.419 --> 00:14:30.100 i'm stoked to see kihi that's just you know sentimental 00:14:30.100 --> 00:14:33.419 value right there but um and we got a half out 00:14:33.419 --> 00:14:37.779 of it yeah he didn't get a full match yet i think 00:14:37.779 --> 00:14:42.820 he's bound to get one um but right now every 00:14:42.820 --> 00:14:46.980 point we can't let points slip right now um because 00:14:46.980 --> 00:14:50.179 of our injuries yeah and the consistency that 00:14:50.179 --> 00:14:52.620 bellows had at least um from the performances 00:14:52.620 --> 00:14:54.600 i've seen he hasn't been terrible he's made mistakes 00:14:54.600 --> 00:14:57.559 but so is you know reagan and Yamar for that 00:14:57.559 --> 00:15:00.279 matter. So I'd rather go with what we know until 00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:01.899 we have a little bit of a cushion where we can 00:15:01.899 --> 00:15:03.759 play around a little bit to give Kihei more minutes. 00:15:03.820 --> 00:15:06.559 And that being said, if Kihei has to start for 00:15:06.559 --> 00:15:09.019 some reason, I do have confidence in him until 00:15:09.019 --> 00:15:11.840 he doesn't show me he's got it anymore. You know 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:15.340 what I mean? Yeah. Because I like the guy. Yeah, 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:20.019 I can see that. I just think that Kihei's... 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:23.600 Game translates a little closer to Jackson Reagan's. 00:15:23.600 --> 00:15:25.639 Reagan's, one of his biggest strengths is his 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:29.179 passing, his progressive passing. And at least 00:15:29.179 --> 00:15:32.200 in Kim Kihee's first time around with the Sounders, 00:15:32.220 --> 00:15:34.399 that was one of his strengths was those progressive 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:39.289 passes and being a little bit of... a little 00:15:39.289 --> 00:15:41.970 bit more of an offensive defenseman looking for 00:15:41.970 --> 00:15:45.950 those forward balls. So I wonder if that's why 00:15:45.950 --> 00:15:49.149 he was... I knew that was going to happen. Cameron, 00:15:49.230 --> 00:15:55.029 come on. You were talking about mailbags earlier. 00:15:58.789 --> 00:16:02.710 Jesus Christ. Yeah, I mean, I think Nicholas 00:16:02.710 --> 00:16:05.009 is right. Kim Kihee's game plays more to it. 00:16:05.049 --> 00:16:07.820 The question will be, is he... you know, 70, 00:16:07.960 --> 00:16:12.399 90 minutes fit or is he not? So I think we probably 00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:15.019 will see both. The question will be who starts. 00:16:15.179 --> 00:16:17.480 I do. I do wonder if the roles were reversed, 00:16:17.500 --> 00:16:20.179 if it was a game are that went out in the first 00:16:20.179 --> 00:16:24.559 half. I wonder if we would have seen Jonathan 00:16:24.559 --> 00:16:29.379 bell instead of Kim key. Just kind of curious 00:16:29.379 --> 00:16:32.600 about that would obviously we won't know, but 00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:35.120 I mean, I think they definitely wanted to get 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:41.120 Kim some minutes. I think so. Yeah. And second 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:43.700 question there from Alex Diaz then. And maybe 00:16:43.700 --> 00:16:45.419 you all know more news than I did. I did not 00:16:45.419 --> 00:16:48.500 watch the Brian Schmetzer press conference on 00:16:48.500 --> 00:16:51.159 Monday. So Nicholas will know the answer to this, 00:16:51.220 --> 00:16:52.980 hopefully. How many minutes do you expect Ryan 00:16:52.980 --> 00:16:55.000 Kent to play on Saturday? And or do you think 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:57.299 he gets the start? I did not realize anything 00:16:57.299 --> 00:16:59.299 about his visa was finalized. Do you know news 00:16:59.299 --> 00:17:04.140 on that? Yeah. So he was still in Vancouver. 00:17:04.940 --> 00:17:08.400 The way that Brian answered the postgame presser 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:12.720 was if Ryan Kent gets a full week of practice 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:18.119 in, he is expected to feature in the game. Cool. 00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:23.740 And how much time? Obviously, going off of Brian's 00:17:23.740 --> 00:17:27.019 history with integrating players into the team, 00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:30.039 I would expect to see a 15 -minute appearance. 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:34.799 is what I would expect to see. However, at home, 00:17:34.900 --> 00:17:37.099 maybe a little bit of excitement. Everyone seems 00:17:37.099 --> 00:17:40.779 to be really excited about Ryan Kent. So maybe 00:17:40.779 --> 00:17:45.779 he might go a little more than normal. I think 00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:48.400 we'll probably get a better idea come Thursday's 00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:53.200 press conference, to be honest. Yeah, and I wouldn't 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:55.839 want anything more than 15 minutes. I mean, we 00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:59.519 got him because we were injured. and this guy 00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:02.160 hasn't played in nearly a year. Yeah, it'll depend 00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:06.039 on his shape. All indications. He could be fit. 00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:07.799 He could have been working out this entire time. 00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:11.980 All indications are he is very fit. That's true. 00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:16.960 But all indications is he's very sharp. I mean, 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:18.819 if he's been out there working out every day, 00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:22.339 running 20 miles and lifting weights, then you 00:18:22.339 --> 00:18:27.160 can easily be game fit. Yeah. I see nothing. 00:18:28.380 --> 00:18:31.160 I see nothing from Jackson Feltz on it, but maybe 00:18:31.160 --> 00:18:37.400 he was too busy tweeting about the Harry Potter 00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:43.200 being released 14 years ago today. Oh. Oh, speaking 00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:46.000 of which. The movie. Yeah, Deathly Hallows Part 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:49.279 2. Speaking of which, I am going to say, the 00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:53.140 other night I watched on Max the documentary 00:18:53.140 --> 00:18:58.079 about John Williams. is fantastic. The composer? 00:18:58.380 --> 00:19:01.279 Yeah. So if you're looking for just a really 00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:06.279 good watch, I intended on it to be kind of background 00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:09.660 noise. I ended up getting really into it. Highly, 00:19:09.660 --> 00:19:13.680 highly recommend it. Very, very good. And do 00:19:13.680 --> 00:19:19.880 you know who John Williams' son is? Yes. Tolu, 00:19:19.940 --> 00:19:23.779 lead singer of Toto. I just found that out about 00:19:23.779 --> 00:19:28.539 a month ago. The what now? The band Toto? The 00:19:28.539 --> 00:19:33.140 band Toto. No, John Williams' son played Toto 00:19:33.140 --> 00:19:37.059 in Wizard of Oz. Yeah. I don't know why I was 00:19:37.059 --> 00:19:40.680 picturing Frodo, actually. He did provide the 00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:43.880 singing voice for the adult Simba in the animated 00:19:43.880 --> 00:19:47.319 feature Lion King as well. That's correct. I 00:19:47.319 --> 00:19:51.220 did know that. Put that on your mantle. Yeah, 00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:54.799 yeah. No, I have Totoro on my mantle, not Simba. 00:19:55.059 --> 00:19:59.460 Totoro, you're a Snorlax. That's just like a 00:19:59.460 --> 00:20:03.839 Snorlax. I called you a bastard, which is a nice 00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:06.619 segue to the next scuttlebutt question from Dan 00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:10.220 the Bastard. Wait, real quick, just because I 00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:12.500 said it, and so people will have heard me. Lil 00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:14.859 Nas X just announced an hour ago that he has 00:20:14.859 --> 00:20:18.069 been diagnosed with Bell's palsy. He's lost control 00:20:18.069 --> 00:20:20.869 with one half of his face. So not good for someone 00:20:20.869 --> 00:20:23.309 who sings for a living. It's pretty sad. Oh, 00:20:23.309 --> 00:20:28.529 wow. Wow, that seems young. Yeah, yeah. I'm not 00:20:28.529 --> 00:20:33.529 sure how that works. It seems like stroke symptoms, 00:20:33.650 --> 00:20:36.430 but I don't know anything about it. Interesting. 00:20:37.369 --> 00:20:40.009 So, yeah, go ahead and read Dan the Bastard there. 00:20:42.170 --> 00:20:44.670 From your bird's eye view running the Discord 00:20:44.670 --> 00:20:48.029 and the Alliance Council, do you see any of the 00:20:48.029 --> 00:20:50.789 fan anger, disappointment, frustration, whatever 00:20:50.789 --> 00:20:53.069 you want to call it with the slow starts, turning 00:20:53.069 --> 00:20:56.269 into apathy? I'm in several Sounders -related 00:20:56.269 --> 00:20:58.730 groups, and it seems where last year the start 00:20:58.730 --> 00:21:00.730 was met with anger, this year it's being met 00:21:00.730 --> 00:21:02.809 with, oh, well, I'll do something else instead. 00:21:05.289 --> 00:21:09.349 I'm not. I think people are either angry or... 00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:13.039 are like well they can pull it out uh but i think 00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:15.079 that's only because there's nothing else to root 00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:17.420 for in the past when things like that have happened 00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:20.000 the mariners have been playing well uh the kraken 00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:22.339 have been on a playoff run that's not happening 00:21:22.339 --> 00:21:24.859 right now the kraken have one game left and they're 00:21:24.859 --> 00:21:28.440 the like second worst team in the nhl uh are 00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:31.839 you caught up on the mariners aaron um not tonight 00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:34.680 but i don't think they played tonight Okay. Yeah. 00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:38.220 But they swept Texas after taking the series 00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:41.019 from Houston. So maybe things are starting to 00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:44.180 look up. I will say that Cal Raleigh has hit 00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:46.720 quite a few home runs with the torpedo bat. He's 00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:48.140 one of the few players on the team that is using 00:21:48.140 --> 00:21:51.259 it, but there was a thing on Twitter going around 00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:53.000 today saying now that the Mariners are playing 00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:56.779 well with it, they'll probably ban them. Very 00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:59.519 major league baseball, but I haven't seen, I 00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:02.559 mean, I think people. People are still largely 00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:05.140 going to the games. I don't think the show rate 00:22:05.140 --> 00:22:09.000 has dropped significantly. And I think that the 00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:11.660 big fans are still like the people who are really 00:22:11.660 --> 00:22:14.240 into it are still mad. So they're still talking 00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:16.460 about it. I think other people don't have another 00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:18.680 bandwagon to jump on yet. So they're just kind 00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:22.259 of there. I don't know if apathy is the word 00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:25.380 I'd use. I think you're right that there are 00:22:25.380 --> 00:22:28.180 people that are angry, people that just are. 00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:31.319 not fans of craig weibel are just going to use 00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:34.259 this as more ammunition to you know to self -fulfill 00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:37.599 prophecy not yeah and that's okay you know as 00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:39.680 we talked about those are low information fans 00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:42.259 because they don't understand what craig weibel 00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:45.420 has to deal with well but i mean in in sports 00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:48.670 in general you know ultimately you're going to 00:22:48.670 --> 00:22:51.809 have your opinion and you're going to have some 00:22:51.809 --> 00:22:54.710 sort of confirmation bias to a degree. And that's 00:22:54.710 --> 00:22:57.109 okay. We all have that. We all have that in different 00:22:57.109 --> 00:23:01.710 ways. But what I'm going to push on is that I 00:23:01.710 --> 00:23:03.990 don't think it's apathy. I think that a lot of 00:23:03.990 --> 00:23:07.349 people are recognizing that, yes, while the wins 00:23:07.349 --> 00:23:10.869 and losses are very similar going into the Dallas 00:23:10.869 --> 00:23:14.789 game as last year's slow start, the way it's 00:23:14.789 --> 00:23:18.230 happening is different. And the way it looks 00:23:18.230 --> 00:23:21.789 on the field is different. Because if you played 00:23:21.789 --> 00:23:28.670 those games, those first six games, if you play 00:23:28.670 --> 00:23:33.349 that 10 different times, the results we currently 00:23:33.349 --> 00:23:37.549 have are probably going to be on the low end 00:23:37.549 --> 00:23:40.650 of those results. I feel like we have been incredibly 00:23:40.650 --> 00:23:45.119 unlucky. Because I think the exact opposite. 00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:47.480 I think we've looked so much worse than last 00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:50.319 year. I think last year you had individual performances 00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:52.579 that were bad and individuals making a mistake. 00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:55.460 This is the entire team making mistakes. We don't 00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:57.940 look dangerous in the final third. There were 00:23:57.940 --> 00:24:00.099 a few like missed chances on goals, but largely 00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:02.759 we're not creative. So for me, this is way worse 00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:06.819 than last year. I think it's recency bias because 00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:09.240 I do think like the San Diego game, that was 00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:11.180 just a shit show, period. You're going to have 00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:14.059 those every year. You're telling me. That one's 00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:15.940 going to be a shit show. I'm not even going to 00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:20.019 try to defend that one. But the other games, 00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:22.839 the Carolina game, even the Cruz Azul home game. 00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:25.200 The Carolina game is the only one I thought that 00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:27.400 was good outside of LAFC. The Cruz Azul home 00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:29.940 game, we should have scored. two or three. And 00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:32.400 this is what I'm, this is what I'm saying. Like, 00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:34.500 like we had, we had a goal. We had no ability 00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:36.980 to finish again. That's what we did. We scored 00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:39.859 goals in that game and, and got, you know, you 00:24:39.859 --> 00:24:44.920 know, and. So I think what I'm getting at is 00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:46.920 I think, and that's kind of the confirmation 00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:50.220 bias that I'm talking about, on both sides, you 00:24:50.220 --> 00:24:54.099 know, me with my optimism and the other way around. 00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:57.559 Like, I think the team has looked a lot better. 00:24:57.619 --> 00:25:01.180 And even this Dallas game, 1 -0, but we were 00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:03.299 getting a lot of good chances, multiple shots 00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:07.599 off the crossbars. That second Mussofsky goal. 00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:10.359 How was that not reviewed? It looked like the 00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:15.480 offsides was the AR was looking at the guy next 00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:19.160 to Mussofsky. I think it was Leyva and thinking 00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:21.900 he was offside, and he was, but I don't think 00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:25.539 Mussofsky was offside. I agree with that. In 00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:29.740 the end, it doesn't matter. We won. Great. Maybe 00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:33.420 that's a sign of everything kind of coming true. 00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:37.279 uh because we we just have had some unfortunate 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:41.059 luck uh in the in the first half of the first 00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:45.619 quarter of the season um but i think i think 00:25:45.619 --> 00:25:48.940 that i think the talent's not there but it's 00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:51.059 not because we don't have the talent it's because 00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:54.039 they're hurt i think since they've gotten hurt 00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:58.339 we've been absolutely terrible and so now that 00:25:58.339 --> 00:26:00.480 they're back as they get brought in and then 00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:02.630 you're bringing in ryan kent all of this can 00:26:02.630 --> 00:26:04.829 be remedied that's why i'm not worried necessarily 00:26:04.829 --> 00:26:11.990 but i think that you saw how much it hurts to 00:26:11.990 --> 00:26:14.730 lose your best players and the real question 00:26:14.730 --> 00:26:17.250 will be is there is ryan kenneth replacement 00:26:17.250 --> 00:26:21.390 for paul areola probably was playing out of his 00:26:21.390 --> 00:26:25.789 mind and i don't know at this point i i mean 00:26:25.789 --> 00:26:30.609 it's a it's a high risk high reward his his ceiling 00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:35.240 is honestly Ryan Kent's ceiling might be the 00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:38.039 highest on the team. I think it's probably the 00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:40.180 highest of any player we've ever had on the Sounders. 00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:46.079 Potentially. Potentially. The ceiling. The ceiling. 00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:48.960 Not where he's at right now. Not where he will 00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:52.880 go necessarily, but his ceiling. This could be 00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:56.099 just the right fit that it all clicks for him. 00:26:57.059 --> 00:27:00.819 Definitely. He's super fast. And that's exciting. 00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:04.339 Now, is it going to come together? Who knows? 00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:12.119 I'm excited. But I wonder, you know, if I give 00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:14.960 you an over -under, not seeing him play at all, 00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:19.920 if I give you an over -under of five goals for 00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:22.359 him this season, are you taking the over or the 00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:27.880 under? Five? Goals for him or goals for him? 00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:31.349 Just goals. Just goals? I think I would take 00:27:31.349 --> 00:27:33.130 that because we've got 20 games left. I would 00:27:33.130 --> 00:27:35.309 take that as well, yeah. Five goals in 20 games, 00:27:35.450 --> 00:27:39.109 yeah. Okay. In all competitions too, I mean. 00:27:39.150 --> 00:27:40.910 Yeah, especially with Paul Areola not coming 00:27:40.910 --> 00:27:43.289 back. He essentially will slot in not the same 00:27:43.289 --> 00:27:44.849 type of player at all and will be playing differently, 00:27:44.990 --> 00:27:47.730 but he will slot into his minutes. Yeah, but 00:27:47.730 --> 00:27:49.549 I mean it could be a situation. I mean there's 00:27:49.549 --> 00:27:52.009 a lot of unknowns. One, his fitness. Two, the 00:27:52.009 --> 00:27:54.549 way he fits with the team. Three, the fact that 00:27:54.549 --> 00:27:56.569 we may need a formation change to get him to 00:27:56.569 --> 00:28:00.390 get the most out of him. But he also. The other 00:28:00.390 --> 00:28:04.250 side of that could be that he's got the talent 00:28:04.250 --> 00:28:08.329 level that just exceeds where even in a weak 00:28:08.329 --> 00:28:10.930 formation to his strengths, he can still make 00:28:10.930 --> 00:28:12.789 things happen. We just don't know. I think it's 00:28:12.789 --> 00:28:14.509 more likely there's going to be another player 00:28:14.509 --> 00:28:18.069 left out. There's going to be a player currently 00:28:18.069 --> 00:28:21.109 starting or in our ideal starting lineup that 00:28:21.109 --> 00:28:23.609 will not be starting. I have a very strong opinion 00:28:23.609 --> 00:28:26.750 on who I think it is, despite the fact that I 00:28:26.750 --> 00:28:30.250 love him. I think Rusnak is going to be the odd 00:28:30.250 --> 00:28:34.910 man out in here. Not a fan of that. I just don't 00:28:34.910 --> 00:28:37.349 know where you can move Jesus to the 10 and that 00:28:37.349 --> 00:28:39.670 opens up a slot on the wing for Ryan. I don't 00:28:39.670 --> 00:28:41.789 know where else, unless you're going to go to 00:28:41.789 --> 00:28:44.750 one defensive midfielder, which of course I would 00:28:44.750 --> 00:28:46.170 love to do, but I don't think Schmetzer will 00:28:46.170 --> 00:28:50.509 do that. I mean, step one is get him some playing 00:28:50.509 --> 00:28:55.029 time on the field and see what we've got. Because 00:28:55.029 --> 00:28:57.609 honestly, the other side of that is it's soccer. 00:28:57.829 --> 00:29:00.470 Injuries are going to happen. Who knows how many 00:29:00.470 --> 00:29:03.210 times we're going to have our ideal 11 even healthy 00:29:03.210 --> 00:29:08.529 and game fit. If not, we've already dug ourselves 00:29:08.529 --> 00:29:12.109 a pretty big hole. Yeah. I can't even remember 00:29:12.109 --> 00:29:13.869 the last time we had a conversation about what 00:29:13.869 --> 00:29:16.869 the 11 should be or where people should be this 00:29:16.869 --> 00:29:20.329 next match and had everyone available. Well, 00:29:20.390 --> 00:29:22.599 before we move on to this topic. Aaron, I want 00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:24.599 your opinion since you are a little bit more 00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:27.619 removed in that you are not living in Seattle 00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:30.099 anymore. So your stuff is kind of when you decide 00:29:30.099 --> 00:29:31.700 you don't like to read stuff on the Internet 00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:34.119 sometimes because you might get spoilers to other 00:29:34.119 --> 00:29:36.000 games you're waiting to hear. So I think you're 00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:39.420 not as engulfed in it. And, of course, it was 00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:42.539 a hot take after a loss. But after the San Diego 00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:47.319 game, you, for the first time, started questioning 00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:49.180 whether or not Coach Schmetzer should be on the 00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:52.869 hot seat. Where do you now? removed two weeks 00:29:52.869 --> 00:29:55.490 removed i think where do you where do you see 00:29:55.490 --> 00:30:04.230 yourself now i mean i might if it got fired tomorrow 00:30:04.230 --> 00:30:08.609 i wouldn't be happy no um yeah we're not there 00:30:08.609 --> 00:30:12.250 yet um i need to see some gross mismanagement 00:30:12.250 --> 00:30:17.890 of the resources that we have and i've had i 00:30:17.890 --> 00:30:19.630 feel like there's been some terrible decisions 00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:23.079 And at least in the substitution tactics realm 00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:25.559 and just reacting to games, at least from what 00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:27.619 I think I should do, you know, because I'm a 00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:32.660 genius, but so many things have not been his 00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:36.299 fault so far to start the season. I'm just not 00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:38.720 exactly happy with the way they've been managed 00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:43.259 so far, but I haven't seen anything that's my 00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:44.779 jaws hit the floor. And I think that's going 00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:46.240 to get to the point where we start having that 00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:49.220 discussion. how could he possibly like some, 00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:51.640 something just terribly. I don't know if we ever 00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:53.319 saw that even with Siggy though. Right. The only 00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:55.339 time was in that playoff game when Showery Joseph 00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:57.180 put up, but that was not the end of his career. 00:30:57.980 --> 00:31:00.359 But even that, but I think it would take more. 00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:02.599 You're going to put in for Brian. Exactly. Yeah. 00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:05.119 All those injuries, but yeah. I mean, anyone 00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:09.640 but a defender, I don't know. Yeah. I mean, to 00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:11.720 me, I think the question isn't whether or not 00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:13.099 he should be fired. It was whether or not he 00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:14.720 should be in the hot seat and I have no problem 00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:17.230 being on the hot seat. He's been on the hot seat 00:31:17.230 --> 00:31:19.210 for two years since we didn't make the playoffs. 00:31:19.289 --> 00:31:20.890 He was already on the hot seat and we saw him 00:31:20.890 --> 00:31:24.130 turn around last year. If he had missed the playoffs 00:31:24.130 --> 00:31:25.369 two years in a row, he wouldn't have been our 00:31:25.369 --> 00:31:27.890 coach anymore. It's that simple, but he did it. 00:31:28.049 --> 00:31:30.369 He got that team together. They turned it around 00:31:30.369 --> 00:31:33.690 and put together an incredible run. And I have 00:31:33.690 --> 00:31:35.849 no doubt that we have the opportunity to do that 00:31:35.849 --> 00:31:38.589 again. And Ryan Kent will play a key role in 00:31:38.589 --> 00:31:43.789 that. Yeah. However, if we're playing like this, 00:31:43.809 --> 00:31:47.250 despite. Even with injuries, I think it's going 00:31:47.250 --> 00:31:49.109 to be hard not to have that conversation in two 00:31:49.109 --> 00:31:51.970 months, right? If we're sitting outside playoff, 00:31:52.069 --> 00:31:56.450 losing every other match, it's going to be... 00:31:56.450 --> 00:32:02.210 I don't see that happening. I just don't. I didn't 00:32:02.210 --> 00:32:05.210 say fired. It's just like... Oh, no. I mean the 00:32:05.210 --> 00:32:08.109 losing every other match type of thing. I do 00:32:08.109 --> 00:32:12.009 not... I think this is... Let's quickly look 00:32:12.009 --> 00:32:14.089 at the schedule. Just to see. Nashville's at 00:32:14.089 --> 00:32:18.029 home next match. They are pretty good, but ranked 00:32:18.029 --> 00:32:20.349 higher than us. They're not great. Colorado just 00:32:20.349 --> 00:32:22.569 beat San Diego. We're at Colorado. The matchup 00:32:22.569 --> 00:32:25.549 could be a loss. Then we host St. Louis. That's 00:32:25.549 --> 00:32:27.849 a win. Then we have to go to Houston. Always 00:32:27.849 --> 00:32:30.269 tough for us there. But at least it's in May 00:32:30.269 --> 00:32:32.869 and not the summer. Then we have to go to LAFC. 00:32:34.309 --> 00:32:36.109 They're having a tough year, but always good. 00:32:36.230 --> 00:32:38.700 Then we go to Portland. Could easily be a loss. 00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:40.839 Then we host Dallas. You never know. Then we 00:32:40.839 --> 00:32:42.700 host San Diego. Like, literally, we could look 00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:46.339 a month from now and have really – I would say 00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:49.579 Dallas is a win. Right. But San Diego could be 00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:51.279 a loss. Then we play Minnesota, who's highly 00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:52.839 ranked. And then we play Vancouver, who's the 00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:56.019 best team in the league. So we actually could 00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:58.599 lose every other game. I hope not. We could also 00:32:58.599 --> 00:33:00.900 win every game. But those are teams that not 00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:03.279 only are better than us this year, they've been 00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:05.200 showing up. So the question will be, can we put 00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:07.809 it together enough to – With what we've got, 00:33:07.910 --> 00:33:11.750 yeah. And I think we can, but they need to prove 00:33:11.750 --> 00:33:14.069 it on the field. So I don't think it's unrealistic 00:33:14.069 --> 00:33:17.309 to think that we could lose every other game 00:33:17.309 --> 00:33:19.910 through June 8th. I'm going to do a comparison. 00:33:20.549 --> 00:33:24.890 De La Vega and Julio Rodriguez, except not so 00:33:24.890 --> 00:33:27.289 much the injuries for De La Vega, but they kind 00:33:27.289 --> 00:33:31.569 of have the same, right now, when they play well, 00:33:31.710 --> 00:33:34.109 we're going to win games. If you're not going 00:33:34.109 --> 00:33:35.750 to play well in that game, we're not going to 00:33:35.750 --> 00:33:38.529 win. And De La Vega needs to play like that deep. 00:33:38.589 --> 00:33:41.069 He's pretty much starting now to prevent that 00:33:41.069 --> 00:33:45.309 up and down. Or defense just needs to play like 00:33:45.309 --> 00:33:49.269 this. Can I ask this of you both? One nothing's 00:33:49.269 --> 00:33:52.890 a win. This season, let's ignore last season. 00:33:53.269 --> 00:33:56.630 This season, when De La Vega's been on the field, 00:33:56.849 --> 00:34:02.170 I think he's been most times the best player 00:34:02.170 --> 00:34:05.640 on the Sounders. including in our most recent 00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:08.119 game. That first half, I thought he was absolutely 00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:12.139 lights out. Yeah, I think there might be one 00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:17.739 or two, like maybe not the second Cruz Azul game, 00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:22.760 but that was just a shit show, right? Maybe not 00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:24.900 St. Louis, but no one was really good. But no, 00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:27.079 the second Cruz Azul game, he wasn't in because 00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:29.159 he got injured. Oh, that's right. He got injured 00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:30.900 in the game before. And so he wasn't in St. Louis 00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:34.949 either. So, yeah. Definitely. I mean, he was 00:34:34.949 --> 00:34:38.969 the best against Antigua both times. He was the 00:34:38.969 --> 00:34:42.789 best against LAFC. I don't remember that Salt 00:34:42.789 --> 00:34:45.730 Lake match at all. Oh, that was a terrible match 00:34:45.730 --> 00:34:49.369 all around. But we were also rotating our squad 00:34:49.369 --> 00:34:52.289 pretty heavy. He was pretty good against Charlotte 00:34:52.289 --> 00:34:54.550 in a match that they were mad to not win, but 00:34:54.550 --> 00:34:56.849 I thought they were lucky to even get a point 00:34:56.849 --> 00:35:00.090 with the late own goal. Yeah. No, De La Vega, 00:35:00.210 --> 00:35:03.500 I think, to me, he's been proven. He's been proving 00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:05.820 why he's the DP and what he's capable of. It's 00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:08.539 just, is he going to stay on the field? And these 00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:10.460 injuries are unrelated, so I think yes. I mean, 00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:12.739 that hit he took last match and got up from, 00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:19.920 to me, that was the gut check for him. By the 00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:22.840 way, that Salt Lake game, he did play just the 00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:26.719 second half of that game. But let's move on to 00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:29.360 our next game. Let's do a quick preview against 00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:33.800 Nashville. and um stick the patreon ad first 00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:38.980 sure sure we'll tease the patreon ad because 00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:41.800 if you sign up pause the whole the show right 00:35:41.800 --> 00:35:45.539 now join patreon you can listen to the other 00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:48.000 half of the show that we're gonna do regarding 00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:53.199 our the best best 18 yeah draft our game day 00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:55.380 draft our patreon episode we're gonna record 00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:58.159 after this so yeah i guess we will uh Listen 00:35:58.159 --> 00:36:14.460 to you tease us, Cameron. I haven't. Hey, everybody. 00:36:14.599 --> 00:36:16.980 This is one of your hosts, Cameron Collins. 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You even get a cool little 00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:30.340 downloadable membership that has our logo on 00:37:30.340 --> 00:37:32.760 it. That's Sounders Scuttlebutt Podcast over 00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:36.340 at patreon .com, P -A -T -R -E -O -N dot C -O 00:37:36.340 --> 00:37:39.039 -M. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming. 00:37:51.400 --> 00:37:54.340 All right, so let's talk about this game more 00:37:54.340 --> 00:37:57.480 in detail, not distracted by ball sacks and mailbags. 00:37:59.760 --> 00:38:02.900 Who was that? I wasn't looking. Oh, Cameron. 00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:11.500 Okay. So, yeah, 1 -0. 1 -0. Yay, we won, but 00:38:11.500 --> 00:38:14.519 1 -0. I mean, it felt like, even though we had 00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:16.500 less possession, it felt like, to me, at least 00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:20.860 in the first half, we were the better team. I 00:38:20.860 --> 00:38:22.920 agree. I agree with that. Playing in Dallas is 00:38:22.920 --> 00:38:26.159 always tough. I mean, it was historically, we 00:38:26.159 --> 00:38:28.860 were not winning in Houston or Dallas. Like we, 00:38:28.920 --> 00:38:33.440 yeah, it was 70. You were off by like one degree. 00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:37.300 I think, I think you said 75 and it was 76. And 00:38:37.300 --> 00:38:40.980 it was like 50 % humidity or some crazy, not 00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:43.460 90. Like we would get in the summer, but humid 00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:47.019 enough. 64%. I think it was humid enough that 00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:50.760 you play our players by halftime. Not they weren't 00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:52.679 spent because they could keep playing, but you 00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:54.380 could tell how hard they were exerting themselves 00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:58.179 in that weather. Because it's still winter here. 00:38:58.400 --> 00:39:00.900 I mean, granted, today was a beautiful day, and 00:39:00.900 --> 00:39:02.460 I got sunburned and had an allergic reaction 00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:07.079 to the sun, like I do as my Irish self. But as 00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:11.820 a whole, it's been cold here. And so you take 00:39:11.820 --> 00:39:13.320 a team that's practicing the cold, and suddenly 00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:16.710 you're playing in humid and heat. And I think 00:39:16.710 --> 00:39:19.309 it was a trial for them, but you saw us when 00:39:19.309 --> 00:39:22.909 we had possession, move the ball. And, um, you 00:39:22.909 --> 00:39:25.369 know, I don't, I don't, I think the, the goal 00:39:25.369 --> 00:39:27.409 Danny was in the right place, but we've been 00:39:27.409 --> 00:39:31.710 talking about all the time that moose is good 00:39:31.710 --> 00:39:36.969 because that's what he does. Yeah. I mean, I, 00:39:37.110 --> 00:39:41.570 I agree. I think we could have easily had, it 00:39:41.570 --> 00:39:43.489 was one of those matches, two, maybe three goals, 00:39:43.630 --> 00:39:47.730 um, or shots on, Goal, I think, 14. Was I looking 00:39:47.730 --> 00:39:54.070 at that earlier? Which is insane. Without more 00:39:54.070 --> 00:40:01.489 than one goal. Yeah, shots. Yeah, but I do think 00:40:01.489 --> 00:40:03.690 we actually played pretty well. I just also think 00:40:03.690 --> 00:40:09.610 Dallas didn't play very well themselves. It got 00:40:09.610 --> 00:40:14.190 chippy. It got real chippy. It did. It did. And 00:40:14.190 --> 00:40:17.969 I coast is a good player too. I think we did 00:40:17.969 --> 00:40:22.269 what we needed to do with him. So it's, I think 00:40:22.269 --> 00:40:24.309 I'm just happy that we got the win when we're 00:40:24.309 --> 00:40:26.969 in these like turbulent times. I certainly, I 00:40:26.969 --> 00:40:30.989 wasn't expecting it. I think I said to nothing. 00:40:31.510 --> 00:40:35.349 Yeah. So I just didn't see where our goal was 00:40:35.349 --> 00:40:38.389 going to happen. But Della Vega that, I mean, 00:40:38.860 --> 00:40:40.880 Brilliant. Beautiful shot. Inches away. That 00:40:40.880 --> 00:40:44.719 was gorgeous. He's a lefty, right? Yeah. Southpaw. 00:40:44.840 --> 00:40:48.880 Yeah. I mean, speaking of which, let's give some 00:40:48.880 --> 00:40:53.199 credit where it's due to our game prediction 00:40:53.199 --> 00:40:55.840 challenge. We had two people with four points. 00:40:55.880 --> 00:40:58.280 They got everything right except for who scored 00:40:58.280 --> 00:41:05.019 the actual goal. And that would be Eric13. And 00:41:05.019 --> 00:41:07.659 then the other one's some asshole named Cameron 00:41:07.659 --> 00:41:12.400 Collins. Yeah, finally! Yep, instead of my prediction 00:41:12.400 --> 00:41:14.239 where I thought we'd lose, I changed it up day 00:41:14.239 --> 00:41:16.659 of because I had a good feeling. I just got the 00:41:16.659 --> 00:41:18.679 scorer wrong because I thought Jesus was going 00:41:18.679 --> 00:41:22.179 to show up against his own team. And he did. 00:41:22.300 --> 00:41:26.059 I mean, he had a nice look. I thought he was 00:41:26.059 --> 00:41:29.449 a scorer, I should say. So yeah, so congratulations 00:41:29.449 --> 00:41:31.349 to both of you. And just a reminder real quick 00:41:31.349 --> 00:41:33.730 about that game prediction challenge. Every match 00:41:33.730 --> 00:41:36.869 day, I do post a link to a Google Sheet documentation 00:41:36.869 --> 00:41:40.050 where you answer five quick questions. Just who's 00:41:40.050 --> 00:41:41.969 going to win the game, what the score will be. 00:41:42.949 --> 00:41:46.710 I'll give you an over -under and who's the predicted 00:41:46.710 --> 00:41:49.849 first goal scorer for the Sounders. At the end 00:41:49.849 --> 00:41:51.750 of the season, whoever's got the most points 00:41:51.750 --> 00:41:54.309 is going to win a prize. We'll also have a prize 00:41:54.309 --> 00:41:57.780 for... We'll do a random draw of everyone who 00:41:57.780 --> 00:42:00.719 is submitted. So if you enter 20 games of the 00:42:00.719 --> 00:42:05.099 year, you'll get 20 entries. And so already keeping 00:42:05.099 --> 00:42:08.440 my eyes open for something, some fun stuff to 00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:11.559 give away for that. So keep participating. We're 00:42:11.559 --> 00:42:13.599 getting a lot of entries each game. We're having 00:42:13.599 --> 00:42:16.260 a lot of fun with that. And then on the Discord 00:42:16.260 --> 00:42:21.159 this week, I'll update our overall score to date. 00:42:22.760 --> 00:42:25.369 Yeah. So I've got a question for you all. I'm 00:42:25.369 --> 00:42:30.449 doing terribly. Well, I was too until this past 00:42:30.449 --> 00:42:34.650 game. But Danny Leyva comes on, subs in for Pedro 00:42:34.650 --> 00:42:38.949 de la Vega at the half there. Tremendous second 00:42:38.949 --> 00:42:42.469 half from Danny. I saw a stat today where he's 00:42:42.469 --> 00:42:45.349 got more minutes this season than he does any 00:42:45.349 --> 00:42:47.550 other season already, and that he's on pace for 00:42:47.550 --> 00:42:50.010 1 ,000 minutes this season. That's so great. 00:42:50.559 --> 00:42:53.320 It was great to see. And he's played very well. 00:42:53.400 --> 00:42:54.900 And some people felt he was the player of the 00:42:54.900 --> 00:42:58.440 game, actually, based on... I think he might 00:42:58.440 --> 00:43:02.059 have actually won player of the game from the 00:43:02.059 --> 00:43:07.280 club. So despite Moose scoring, that's how impactful 00:43:07.280 --> 00:43:12.679 he was. De La Vega under minute... Restriction. 00:43:13.860 --> 00:43:16.340 Do you think that was the right place to take 00:43:16.340 --> 00:43:20.849 him out? Yeah. Yeah, I mean, taking him out then 00:43:20.849 --> 00:43:23.869 at the half, one, so you're not burning your 00:43:23.869 --> 00:43:31.369 substitution. And again, it's a minutes restriction. 00:43:31.530 --> 00:43:34.409 I am sure it was always going to be 45 minutes. 00:43:34.750 --> 00:43:40.789 So no complaints about that. I really like that 00:43:40.789 --> 00:43:43.809 the club, all season long, right from the start, 00:43:43.929 --> 00:43:49.340 has been really trusting the data. And the one 00:43:49.340 --> 00:43:52.460 area where they maybe got it wrong is it could 00:43:52.460 --> 00:43:54.659 be argued that that kind of led to Jordan Morris's 00:43:54.659 --> 00:43:57.920 injury just because he had been pushed a little 00:43:57.920 --> 00:44:03.360 bit hard. But for the most part, I think the 00:44:03.360 --> 00:44:05.599 club's been really good about managing minutes 00:44:05.599 --> 00:44:09.820 because we do have a lot of good depth in a lot 00:44:09.820 --> 00:44:13.139 of positions with, as it turns out, the one exception 00:44:13.139 --> 00:44:19.050 being Jordan's position. But great to see Moose 00:44:19.050 --> 00:44:21.789 get a goal and then a second goal the same way, 00:44:21.909 --> 00:44:24.989 which I think should have counted. But so he's 00:44:24.989 --> 00:44:26.929 up to two goals this year. What did I say? I 00:44:26.929 --> 00:44:28.710 said now that he's going to get off that schneid, 00:44:28.710 --> 00:44:31.389 he's going to be good for five to ten all comps. 00:44:31.730 --> 00:44:33.949 So he's certainly on track for that. I'm really 00:44:33.949 --> 00:44:37.289 happy to see that. I do believe that's going 00:44:37.289 --> 00:44:43.050 to only get better. You could see just the happiness 00:44:43.050 --> 00:44:45.809 on his face after both goals, even the called 00:44:45.809 --> 00:44:49.170 back one. So that's really great. And if I understand 00:44:49.170 --> 00:44:51.909 correctly, did I see somewhere that he got engaged 00:44:51.909 --> 00:44:56.469 today? Oh, I didn't see that. Wow. Am I breaking 00:44:56.469 --> 00:45:00.510 news here? I am pretty sure that I saw that he 00:45:00.510 --> 00:45:05.110 got engaged. Cool. Yeah, Moose is getting hitched. 00:45:05.210 --> 00:45:07.590 Scored a goal and got engaged in the same week. 00:45:08.690 --> 00:45:12.389 Congratulations, Danny. I've said it before. 00:45:12.550 --> 00:45:14.730 I got to have dinner with him at the Rave Gala. 00:45:15.210 --> 00:45:18.210 The dude is one of the nicest people I've ever 00:45:18.210 --> 00:45:23.610 met. He's just incredibly cool. Well -deserved 00:45:23.610 --> 00:45:27.809 for him. He's having a good week. That's what 00:45:27.809 --> 00:45:30.769 happens when you become a sounder. Damn, it feels 00:45:30.769 --> 00:45:34.409 good to be a sounder. Your life resets. Ryan 00:45:34.409 --> 00:45:41.079 Kent's going to get a third crocodile. So let's 00:45:41.079 --> 00:45:43.880 talk about Ryan Kent and Nashville. So we got 00:45:43.880 --> 00:45:49.480 that game coming up at the end of the week. Should 00:45:49.480 --> 00:45:53.460 be a fun back -to -back night of soccer in Seattle. 00:45:53.619 --> 00:45:56.440 The rain will play on Friday night against the 00:45:56.440 --> 00:46:00.179 Portland Thorns. And then on Saturday, the Seattle 00:46:00.179 --> 00:46:02.320 -Nashville match. I thought you were talking 00:46:02.320 --> 00:46:04.900 about the Seattle -Nashville match and then my 00:46:04.900 --> 00:46:07.559 Pub League match the next day. against one of 00:46:07.559 --> 00:46:10.420 the other three teams. No, no, no, no. This weekend's 00:46:10.420 --> 00:46:12.340 the TST tournament, but that's another story 00:46:12.340 --> 00:46:14.340 altogether. That's true. But you know what isn't 00:46:14.340 --> 00:46:16.940 this weekend is, or is this weekend, not that 00:46:16.940 --> 00:46:19.300 day, is what you mentioned, the rain. Zombie 00:46:19.300 --> 00:46:23.000 Jesus? Yeah, it is Zombie Jesus weekend. But 00:46:23.000 --> 00:46:26.480 the rain get to go up against the Thorns, and 00:46:26.480 --> 00:46:29.920 likely we will get to see, I cannot pronounce 00:46:29.920 --> 00:46:32.579 her name, but the woman who wears the leg sleeves 00:46:32.579 --> 00:46:36.320 who came out and dominated in that game. on saturday 00:46:36.320 --> 00:46:40.059 that we went to yeah it was a good game um didn't 00:46:40.059 --> 00:46:42.239 get the result we wanted but it's always good 00:46:42.239 --> 00:46:44.940 to see marta play and barbara banda is the real 00:46:44.940 --> 00:46:48.880 deal for orlando um so it's just good to see 00:46:48.880 --> 00:46:53.320 uh just fun soccer uh rain games are a good time 00:46:53.320 --> 00:46:56.659 so glad you were able to join me in roma and 00:46:56.659 --> 00:47:00.260 uh yeah so can i do a quick before we go in it 00:47:00.260 --> 00:47:04.909 can i just give a quick um I don't have testimonials. 00:47:04.929 --> 00:47:08.309 Look, people, check your emails. Check your emails. 00:47:08.489 --> 00:47:10.869 I just happened to pull up an email account that 00:47:10.869 --> 00:47:13.250 I do check regularly, but I somehow missed that 00:47:13.250 --> 00:47:15.789 I was invited to the unveiling of the World Cup 00:47:15.789 --> 00:47:18.710 Seattle poster and could have been hanging out 00:47:18.710 --> 00:47:20.110 at the World Cup headquarters with a bunch of 00:47:20.110 --> 00:47:22.309 cool people, and I didn't see the email. Check 00:47:22.309 --> 00:47:23.929 your emails. Sometimes there's cool stuff in 00:47:23.929 --> 00:47:27.530 there. Oh, man, that sucks. Yeah, it's so sad. 00:47:28.710 --> 00:47:31.469 Oh, my God. That was 10 days to 12 days ago. 00:47:31.510 --> 00:47:35.960 I missed it. Oh, man. Anyways, let's talk about 00:47:35.960 --> 00:47:40.079 Nashville coming up in the Music City. Yeah, 00:47:40.119 --> 00:47:43.360 they're sixth in the East. Yeah, they had moved 00:47:43.360 --> 00:47:48.179 up from 15th to 10th in ESPN's MLS rankings this 00:47:48.179 --> 00:47:53.480 past week with a nice win they had there. But 00:47:53.480 --> 00:47:56.960 I will say they're a little bit of a different 00:47:56.960 --> 00:47:58.860 team because Walker Zimmerman is currently hurt. 00:47:59.719 --> 00:48:02.460 Oh, yeah, that was a nasty kick that he took 00:48:02.460 --> 00:48:07.219 to the hand a couple weeks ago. Real nasty. He 00:48:07.219 --> 00:48:11.760 was just defending, putting his body in legs' 00:48:11.900 --> 00:48:16.320 way. It was not pretty. Well, on top of that, 00:48:16.400 --> 00:48:18.739 they're already not a very good away team. One 00:48:18.739 --> 00:48:22.840 win, two losses. To their three wins, one loss. 00:48:23.559 --> 00:48:26.260 One draw at home. Yep. That's why I'm currently 00:48:26.260 --> 00:48:32.179 in sixth. Absolutely. But definitely a big win. 00:48:33.940 --> 00:48:40.619 Oh, I guess they lost to Cincinnati and Charlotte, 00:48:40.699 --> 00:48:42.320 but then they pulled it back against Salt Lake. 00:48:42.360 --> 00:48:44.179 And Salt Lake has been surprisingly good this 00:48:44.179 --> 00:48:47.940 year. But they had 22 shots in that match with 00:48:47.940 --> 00:48:52.400 seven on target, less possession. Definitely 00:48:52.400 --> 00:48:57.880 were the more dangerous team there. 90th plus 00:48:57.880 --> 00:49:01.420 one penalty. 91st minute penalty to beat Salt 00:49:01.420 --> 00:49:11.139 Lake. 2 -1. Yikes. Yeah. 90 plus one. We saw 00:49:11.139 --> 00:49:15.139 their lineup. Andy Nahar in the back, who I'm 00:49:15.139 --> 00:49:16.639 actually surprised is still in the league. I 00:49:16.639 --> 00:49:20.869 had no idea. With Palacios, Maher, and Levitz. 00:49:21.030 --> 00:49:25.190 And then... Hani Mukhtar, obviously, yeah. At 00:49:25.190 --> 00:49:28.949 center attacking mid with Mule on his left. I 00:49:28.949 --> 00:49:30.530 don't even know who some of their other newer 00:49:30.530 --> 00:49:33.289 players, like Kasim, I don't know. And their 00:49:33.289 --> 00:49:36.429 forward, Suraj, who scored the goal. Sam Suraj 00:49:36.429 --> 00:49:40.150 is a newcomer to me as well. So this is a different 00:49:40.150 --> 00:49:42.090 team than they've had in the past. Not something 00:49:42.090 --> 00:49:44.869 that you necessarily see a team change that much 00:49:44.869 --> 00:49:51.280 up. Yeah, so what do you expect to see this weekend? 00:49:51.360 --> 00:49:54.159 Do you expect to see us coming out firing? Do 00:49:54.159 --> 00:49:57.139 you expect us to see us fired up with return 00:49:57.139 --> 00:50:00.000 of bodies and playing in front of a home crowd? 00:50:00.139 --> 00:50:05.559 What are your expectations? I mean, if I'm going 00:50:05.559 --> 00:50:07.119 to just say a prediction, I think it will be 00:50:07.119 --> 00:50:09.420 a 2 -1 win, but I don't know if they're going 00:50:09.420 --> 00:50:11.960 to come out firing on all cylinders. I still 00:50:11.960 --> 00:50:16.480 feel like they're figuring out the right way 00:50:16.480 --> 00:50:20.179 to move. And we're getting more and more glimpses 00:50:20.179 --> 00:50:24.420 that they're figuring it out. Because De La Vega's 00:50:24.420 --> 00:50:27.440 had time on the field. I think he is just so 00:50:27.440 --> 00:50:30.320 key to making sure everything else works. And 00:50:30.320 --> 00:50:34.000 in my opinion, and I know Cameron's too, Rustak 00:50:34.000 --> 00:50:37.119 as well, I think needs to be on the field for 00:50:37.119 --> 00:50:42.760 us to actually score multiple goals. Absolutely. 00:50:43.500 --> 00:50:48.019 I think the one... Thing for me that is questionable 00:50:48.019 --> 00:50:51.199 is what impact will their manager have on the 00:50:51.199 --> 00:50:53.460 game? Their manager this year is BJ Callahan, 00:50:53.659 --> 00:50:58.840 who of course was the assistant to Chicago's 00:50:58.840 --> 00:51:02.480 coach. What's his name? The guy that I dislike, 00:51:02.679 --> 00:51:06.599 Burr Halter, at USA. And so he's the former USA 00:51:06.599 --> 00:51:08.500 assistant coach who took over as the caretaker 00:51:08.500 --> 00:51:13.340 manager. When Berhalter was out and let's see, 00:51:13.360 --> 00:51:16.340 he went one, two, three, four, five wins, one 00:51:16.340 --> 00:51:21.139 loss and one draw in that time. So fantastic. 00:51:21.440 --> 00:51:23.920 He did everything that Berhalter couldn't do 00:51:23.920 --> 00:51:26.840 with that team and made them better. And then 00:51:26.840 --> 00:51:28.440 they reinstated Berhalter. So he didn't get the 00:51:28.440 --> 00:51:30.000 job after that. And he's moved on to Nashville. 00:51:30.920 --> 00:51:33.880 So that's a guy with some good experience there. 00:51:34.019 --> 00:51:37.760 So we have seen times where we've been out coached 00:51:37.760 --> 00:51:40.550 by. creative coaches so i don't know enough about 00:51:40.550 --> 00:51:41.889 his style but i'll be interested to see what 00:51:41.889 --> 00:51:43.630 happens i'm hoping we come out firing because 00:51:43.630 --> 00:51:46.849 to me that's the way that we win is get ahead 00:51:46.849 --> 00:51:48.789 and then try to hold the lead rather than falling 00:51:48.789 --> 00:51:51.469 behind and trying to come back because it seems 00:51:51.469 --> 00:51:57.590 like our confidence is not high right now interesting 00:51:57.590 --> 00:52:02.110 i uh i think our confidence is actually doing 00:52:02.110 --> 00:52:06.599 okay I do. I think the club was really putting 00:52:06.599 --> 00:52:09.519 some stuff together against Dallas. I think having 00:52:09.519 --> 00:52:14.639 De La Vega on the field energizes them. I agree 00:52:14.639 --> 00:52:17.420 with that. I just meant like when we make mistakes, 00:52:17.719 --> 00:52:23.639 they start to compound. And because they're trying 00:52:23.639 --> 00:52:27.179 to overwork to get back to places. And so I want 00:52:27.179 --> 00:52:32.300 them to keep their head up. Yeah. I agree with 00:52:32.300 --> 00:52:36.340 that. So what's your prediction, Cameron? Aaron, 00:52:37.000 --> 00:52:40.719 you said 2 -1 Nashville? I mean Seattle? Seattle, 00:52:40.880 --> 00:52:43.820 and it'll be dramatic. I'm going to go 1 -1. 00:52:43.900 --> 00:52:47.699 I think it'll depend on how much Ryan Kent plays, 00:52:47.719 --> 00:52:52.300 but until I see a multiple -goal game, I won't 00:52:52.300 --> 00:52:57.269 believe we're capable of it. Well, I think you're 00:52:57.269 --> 00:52:58.630 going to get your wish. I think it's going to 00:52:58.630 --> 00:53:02.570 be 3 -0 Seattle. I think we're going to be singing. 00:53:02.570 --> 00:53:05.010 We're having a fucking party over here towards 00:53:05.010 --> 00:53:08.110 the end of it. And it's going to be a lot of 00:53:08.110 --> 00:53:10.530 fun. I mean, Nashville is a plus -four goal differential. 00:53:11.449 --> 00:53:14.670 But in that time, they've scored eight goals 00:53:14.670 --> 00:53:17.670 and given up four. So it's not like they're giving 00:53:17.670 --> 00:53:19.150 up a lot of goals, but they're not scoring a 00:53:19.150 --> 00:53:21.489 lot of goals either. So definitely could easily 00:53:21.489 --> 00:53:26.320 be held. To no goals. Well, I mean, they've given 00:53:26.320 --> 00:53:29.760 up five in their last three. So, you know, we'll 00:53:29.760 --> 00:53:35.699 see. Yeah. But I think we're primed. I think 00:53:35.699 --> 00:53:39.280 we're primed. And I think the ball is going to 00:53:39.280 --> 00:53:44.139 be falling our way after hitting way too many 00:53:44.139 --> 00:53:48.420 posts and getting on the wrong end of some really 00:53:48.420 --> 00:53:55.519 close off sides. Yeah. For sure. Yeah, that's 00:53:55.519 --> 00:53:58.880 exciting. I hope that all happens. And I think 00:53:58.880 --> 00:54:01.920 because we do have a Patreon episode, it's time 00:54:01.920 --> 00:54:06.159 to start pulling everything into port. But before 00:54:06.159 --> 00:54:09.019 we do that, you two don't know about this because 00:54:09.019 --> 00:54:13.579 I did it without asking you first. But we will 00:54:13.579 --> 00:54:19.039 see what you think of it. I have added a new 00:54:19.039 --> 00:54:23.360 level to the Patreon. that people can join for 00:54:23.360 --> 00:54:27.739 $19 and 74 cents a month. What this gets you, 00:54:27.760 --> 00:54:30.219 there's only three of these available, only three. 00:54:30.519 --> 00:54:34.880 What this gets you is we will work with you on 00:54:34.880 --> 00:54:37.460 the show to give you your own short segment. 00:54:37.519 --> 00:54:41.760 We're talking like 90 seconds and you, it's gotta 00:54:41.760 --> 00:54:45.119 be appropriate. It's gotta be branding, but we 00:54:45.119 --> 00:54:46.760 will work with you then that you can have your 00:54:46.760 --> 00:54:49.179 little 90 seconds of say. In the episode where 00:54:49.179 --> 00:54:51.039 your voice gets to be a part of our show and 00:54:51.039 --> 00:54:53.699 you're a guest producer with us. So Bob's corner. 00:54:54.199 --> 00:54:56.780 Yeah, exactly. Corner is exactly what I was thinking 00:54:56.780 --> 00:54:59.139 in my head the whole time. That's so funny. Whoever 00:54:59.139 --> 00:55:02.059 it is corner. So if you want to give us 19 and 00:55:02.059 --> 00:55:04.340 it's only available for three people. And when 00:55:04.340 --> 00:55:06.679 we are super famous, this is going to be like 00:55:06.679 --> 00:55:11.079 500 a month. So you better get on. Yeah. Yeah. 00:55:12.039 --> 00:55:13.639 Well, you're not the president anymore. Cameron. 00:55:15.420 --> 00:55:17.880 This podcast is going to be the biggest Sounders 00:55:17.880 --> 00:55:20.019 podcast in the history of the world. We're on 00:55:20.019 --> 00:55:24.360 our way there already. I'm for it. Yeah, that's 00:55:24.360 --> 00:55:27.000 news. Yeah. And I'm glad I get to do this for 00:55:27.000 --> 00:55:30.039 free. In fact, I actually know I'm paying a lot 00:55:30.039 --> 00:55:32.500 of money to do this. I understand. That's why 00:55:32.500 --> 00:55:34.800 it's more than 90 seconds. That's why it's more 00:55:34.800 --> 00:55:37.760 than 90 seconds that we get to speak on here. 00:55:37.900 --> 00:55:42.039 Yeah, yeah. But you'll get your say and, you 00:55:42.039 --> 00:55:44.429 know. Yeah, that's cool. So it's a chance for 00:55:44.429 --> 00:55:47.869 you to become a regular part of our podcast and 00:55:47.869 --> 00:55:50.630 not just yelling at the void in the Discord. 00:55:50.949 --> 00:55:54.030 You will be our Sounders Scuttlebutt correspondent. 00:55:55.170 --> 00:55:59.469 Yeah. Yep. Oh, man. Look, it did wonders for 00:55:59.469 --> 00:56:03.869 John Oliver's career, did wonders for Stephen 00:56:03.869 --> 00:56:07.269 Colbert, Steve Carell. Look what it's going to 00:56:07.269 --> 00:56:10.349 do for Dan the Bastard now when he goes all in. 00:56:11.010 --> 00:56:16.320 Oh, yeah. It's going to be great. Yeah, let's 00:56:16.320 --> 00:56:19.659 go into port and let's do this draft because 00:56:19.659 --> 00:56:21.960 I'm ready to drink another beer. Sounds good. 00:56:22.059 --> 00:56:24.059 So where can they find you on the internet, Aaron? 00:56:24.920 --> 00:56:28.340 They can find me on Instagram at Aaron Lingley 00:56:28.340 --> 00:56:30.460 and same thing at Twitter. I think I'm Aaron 00:56:30.460 --> 00:56:32.480 Lingley on Instagram. See, you probably won't 00:56:32.480 --> 00:56:35.059 find me there, but that's where you'll find my 00:56:35.059 --> 00:56:40.369 handle. What about you, Nicholas? Come find me 00:56:40.369 --> 00:56:44.789 on Instagram at Cascades2C. Find out what I'm 00:56:44.789 --> 00:56:47.190 up to, what kind of events I'm doing around town, 00:56:47.469 --> 00:56:50.309 what kind of trouble I'm getting into, what kind 00:56:50.309 --> 00:56:54.550 of glory holes I'm taking my daughter to. Oh, 00:56:54.610 --> 00:56:57.389 without someone understanding, that's going to 00:56:57.389 --> 00:56:59.789 be a very confusing and maybe child -taking -away 00:56:59.789 --> 00:57:04.789 reference. Come to my Instagram and you'll... 00:57:04.789 --> 00:57:07.340 I'm going to let you quickly... give you, just 00:57:07.340 --> 00:57:12.820 say something else before I say it. Smashbutt. 00:57:13.519 --> 00:57:16.840 Smashbutt. It's a miniature golf apocalypse. 00:57:18.199 --> 00:57:22.599 And you can find me at LegalMindedPunk on most 00:57:22.599 --> 00:57:24.679 social media sites. I don't think I'm on Mastodon 00:57:24.679 --> 00:57:28.579 or Hello, but I might be. I don't even know what 00:57:28.579 --> 00:57:31.139 Hello is. It was the Facebook replacement. I 00:57:31.139 --> 00:57:37.420 mean, are you... No, no. No. No, you're done 00:57:37.420 --> 00:57:39.800 talking. James, take it away. James, take it 00:57:39.800 --> 00:57:42.460 away. 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The Seattle Sounders are 00:58:25.519 --> 00:58:28.039 both unequivocally and intuitively the best MLS 00:58:28.039 --> 00:58:29.099 team of all time.