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He's a tough kid. All I gotta say is the point

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I can't say is CHEAT! And that would mean it's

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time to start Sounders Scuttlebutt. I don't know

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if anyone heard that, but that's our start time,

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I guess. How's everyone doing? I'm here with

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Nicholas Biela, your Alliance Council extraordinaire,

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and your Alliance Council Secretary, Cameron

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Collins. I, of course, am Aaron Lingley. Pretty

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good weekend. Yeah, not bad. Rain got a winning

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win against Portland, and then Sounders had a

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3 -0 win. had a game? They did, and what is that

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alert? Who's got some... That's my computer yelling

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at me. It's fine. There we go. But I didn't know

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the Sounders played. I didn't go to a game this

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weekend. Well, you did go to a game this weekend.

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I mean, I went to a rain game. I didn't go to

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a Sounders game. They had a game. They did, and

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maybe that's why... Maybe you're not allowed

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to go to any more games today. Maybe you're not

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allowed to do a Sounders podcast. I'm afraid

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of not being able to go to any more games. Although

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it hasn't worked on the road this year. Yeah,

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Aaron. Yeah, that sucked. Wait, you went to a

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game, Aaron. Yeah. The complete opposite as this

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one did. So maybe I'm the lone one standing.

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I'm the only one that's allowed to go to games

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anymore. Did San Diego get their first three

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goals in the first half? Yeah. Weird. I will

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say that there's only one of us that has seen

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the Sounders lose an MLS Cup, and it wasn't me.

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Yeah, it wasn't me. Oh, that's a bigger game

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than a random Saturday at Lumen Field. Anyway,

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there's only one of us that saw them win the

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first. No, never mind. We're just moving on.

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We're moving on. Put your grape greens back in

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their pants. We are. Hey, you know what? Let's

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crack some stuff open, shall we? I'm not going

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to crack mine. I'm going to pop mine. Ooh, why

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don't you start us off? I've already really had

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half of it. It's just On the Rocks Old Fashioned.

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I didn't want to go back to the store. Aren't

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you a fancy lad? Wait, it's a remade Old Fashioned?

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I'll try again. Yeah, you've never heard of On

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the Rocks? No. So, I'm going to show you a picture.

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I'm going to show you my can. I'm sure the listeners

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love this in an audio format. Okay, I'm going

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to describe what that is. That is Vladimir Putin

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with a micropenis. Is that Mr. Bean on his lap?

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No, that is the president of Russia on his lap.

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And this is a Ukrainian beer. My buddy brought

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to me today from, he's in town from Norway. It's

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a dry hop golden ale called Putin Huilo. And

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I'm going to read this little description about

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this because it kind of brings together some

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really fun stuff. So Putin Huilo has become a

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worldwide slogan for the president of Russia,

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just like Hitler and other dictators whose imperial

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ambitions led to the deaths of innocent people.

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Huilo isn't just a tyrant. He's a Russian billionaire

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that dreams himself a czar. In 2014, Russia annexed

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Crimea and occupied a part of Ukraine. This action

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violated world order, which was established after

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World War II. On February 24, 2022, the terrorist

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Russian state began their invasion of peaceful

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Europe. Putin Hulot is an international chant,

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which was first performed by football fans of

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FC Mentalist and FC Shakhtar on March 30, 2014.

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Hulot, loosely translates to dickhead in English,

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but it's much more slanderous. It's root word

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hui, which is Russian for dick. So I'm about

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to crack open Putin dickhead, a dry hop golden

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ale. Yeah. That's quite the... Some Ukrainian

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propaganda there from... It's very much so. So

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let's see how this tastes here. Okay, that's

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definitely a golden ale. Reminds me a little

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bit of some of Fremont's stuff. It's a golden

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ale, like the pee tape from Donald Trump. Oh,

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my God. Wow. And now that I'm looking at Putin's

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micro penis while I'm eating while I'm drinking

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this. That's funny, there's a Lenin statue in

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Fremont. Thank you. That's a different thing.

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That's pre -stall. It's still Russia. Sure. But

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now this leaves a bad taste in my mouth now that

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you say that. But you know what? I am drinking

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it anyways. All right. Cameron, you got anything

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today? No, I don't even have a non -alcoholic

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beverage for me to sip on. All right. Nicholas

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took your time. I'm clean out. Cameron, we're

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going in dry. Oh, God. Jesus. We're not even,

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like, at least five minutes in, but half of it's

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been terrible. Oh, man. Cameron just lifted up

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his Aveeno moisturizer. Why is that by your computer?

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Do not ask questions you already know the answer

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to. Because I am a very dry boy, and so I constantly

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use it. I have one in my car as well. I believe

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people paid us money to be... part of the show.

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Yeah. I'm excited. I'm excited. Yeah. Why don't

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you talk about it? Why don't you talk about it?

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Shout out to your surprise of last week, Dan

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and Alex, uh, who, uh, will soon be a regular

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part of the show. So I know they're excited for

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it. So we will start working with them, uh, this

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week to figure it out so that they can be on,

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uh, future episodes. Fun side note, both of them

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came down to the bottom of 121 and watched the

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game with me this weekend. And if I hadn't been

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ill, I would have been there too. I know, I know.

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We were really missing you. We had Eric13 as

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well. So we had a good old Scuttlebutt Discord

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party down in the Bromend. And what a great day

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for that. I do want to get Scuttlebutt on the

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back of, just make a custom jersey. I think that

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would be kind of cool. Yeah, it's doable. Well,

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I mean, I posted to the Discord. Unfortunately,

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all the good sizes are sold out now. But I did

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post to the Discord. The Adidas official store

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had the Heritage kits, the home green kits, for

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$29 with shipping for the Authentics this week.

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Is that like a typo, or are they just trying

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to get rid of their stuff? Yeah, they're just

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cleaning house because the new kits will come

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out next season. And they were really on sale

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for $53, but they also stacked a special 40 %

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off coupon. I wish I had seen that because I

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didn't get it since it was $53, but at $29 I

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would have gotten one. How did you not see that?

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I texted you. Yeah. Oh, I mean, I just said,

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I thought it said they were for under $30. You

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had too many words. You said use a promo code.

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I don't know what that means. What do you mean

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using the words new home kit authentic being

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heavily discounted for under $30 with shipping?

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And I have the link. Period. Literally every

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word was good. He didn't give a promo code, so

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I thought it was just automatic. But now I went

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there and it was 53. In all fairness, Cameron

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was a little preoccupied around that time. Yeah,

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that's true. That's true. No, I just couldn't

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leave. I just couldn't leave home. Nick just

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spit out his toothpick. I couldn't leave home.

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Well, I mean, yeah. I drank a bunch of Pepto

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-Bismol to feel better. We'll say that. Oh, my

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God. Again, we were just a TMI all over the place.

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I believe that's coding words for he was shitting

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his guts out. I lost at least five pounds. It

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was glorious. There you go. There's the silver

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lining. I think it was a brown lining, but that's

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another story altogether. Moving on. This is

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the most disgusting thing we've ever done. Which,

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like, okay, which part's the worst? You know,

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me drinking Putin's golden shower. Thank you

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for that, by the way. Each one of these, as I'm

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looking at naked Putin, as I'm drinking it, it's

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like at eye level. You know, don't, we're done.

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We're moving on. Let's talk about some, oh, hey,

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hey, we actually, one bit of scuttlebutt, all

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cutting aside. RIP, it's our weekly segment of

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who's died. I didn't know we had that. Well,

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it's been happening. But this is bigger than

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a celebrity, I suppose. I mean, he is a celebrity.

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But, yeah, RIP to Pope Francis. I am going to

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say I went to a Jesuit college. I know, Cameron,

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you did as well. You did Jesuit high school,

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I believe, as well. And law school. And I worked

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at a Jesuit school since 2010. I've been in Jesuit

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institutions since 1994 at this point. But the

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Jesuit education, and I'm fairly agnostic, but

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what I respect about the Jesuits is their mission

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of educating the individual so they can go out

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and make a positive impact on the world. And

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Pope Francis was the first Jesuit pope and also

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the first pope from Latin America. Also likely

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the last Jesuit pope, sadly. As he fought thousands

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of years of conservatism and people are always

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like, he's not doing enough. And I'm like, you

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don't know enough about the history of the church.

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You think that to make, to make those, those

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are some major changes. The last Pope that did

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stuff like he did was murdered. Allegedly John

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Paul, the first. So, yeah. And, and so, and so

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I actually got to see Pope Francis speak when,

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when I was in Rome with Bernadette and. Well,

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he gave this really interesting diatribe on the

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proper uses of hand lotion. No, no. But it was

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in nine languages, so it was really impressive.

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No. Wow, this is gone. I'm trying to be serious

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here for a second, though. You brought it up,

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yeah. But, no, seriously, Pope Francis, I had

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a lot of respect for him. And and just wanted

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to just want to acknowledge that that that that's

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one that, you know, I think if things go right,

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you know, 20, 30 years from now, people will

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look at him as a turning point in in the Vatican.

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But we'll see. Yeah. And I think it's important

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to note that. He decided to let himself die after

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meeting J .D. Vance. I was going to let you lay

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that one out. He was like, this guy sucks. I'm

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dying. I mean, the only question is, did he have

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his bishops going, let him die, let him die?

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Or were the cardinals going, death, death, death?

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I don't know. Did you listen to that episode,

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Aaron? I clearly did not. We'll give you a little

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information then. And for anyone who didn't listen,

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I was complaining about Cruz Azul's chant because

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they just chant Azul, which means blue. And I

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was like, this is really dumb. Blue. It'd be

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like if we were like green, green, green. It

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was the dumbest chant ever. And so we decided

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that they should say. Death. Death. Because that

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would be far more scary than blue. Yeah, blue.

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Cameron's got some opinions, and we're going

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to have to revisit this when Cruz Azul comes

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to town for League's Cup. So this will be fun.

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Matter of fact, let's just sound clip that. That

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should be our show opener. That'll be the intro.

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Yeah. Cameron. He's a tough kid. Blue! Portland

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can't say shit. Yeah, because he said blue, not

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bool. There's a deep cut for you. Okay, so RIP

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Pope Francis. Shout out to Pope Francis. And

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yeah, bummer news. Yeah. I guess we should mention,

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acknowledge historical figures dying during our...

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when we do these shows. One can hope that we

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continue this trend. Oh, I'm sorry. Wait, no.

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Can we edit that out? Let's just move on. I'm

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now on a list. Great. Yeah, you're the government's

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favorite friend today. Putin. Should we get in

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the mailbag? Yeah. Oh my god, I almost choked

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my... Do we have any non -sounders mailbag questions?

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I don't think we do. I think they're all sounders.

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We can go through the questions, but we can also

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decide to take a break whenever we want. That's

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true. A 3 -0 win is something to talk about.

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The way the season's been going, it seemed, I'll

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just start my first take on it, it seemed like

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LAFC was looking like it was just an anomaly.

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This seemed a little bit more like the, because

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we hadn't had any really multi -school games,

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right? So this game really felt like, okay, I

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mean, Nashville's not, they're, I think, what

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were they, eighth or sixth in the East? Pretty

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similar to us. Didn't we go through their table

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stats? Well, yeah, they were. I think they were

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a good competition, and LAFC seems to be having

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a weird season. Not LA Galaxy weird, but... No,

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not LA Galaxy weird, but yeah, just a weird season.

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So it's like, I don't know how much I could...

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To me, it seemed like LAFC was an anomaly, even

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though we've had injuries to make excuses for.

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It seemed nice to see the team get that connected

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at home with Jordan not starting. Yeah, and you

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heard it. I'm sure Nicholas didn't because he

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was at the game. But the Apple TV broadcasters,

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who I did catch a little bit of, I was listening

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to a little bit of ours as well, but commented

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on how this is the best victory of the season

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for the Sounders because in that LAFC game, we

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were both playing backups. And in this game,

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it was us against mainly their starters minus,

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you know, basically their injured defender. Yeah,

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I mean, Hollingshead took a rough. kick to the

00:16:57.100 --> 00:17:00.659
face a few weeks ago um now with that said i

00:17:00.659 --> 00:17:03.860
mean let's point out this is one of the craziest

00:17:03.860 --> 00:17:07.220
benches i've ever seen for a sounders match we

00:17:07.220 --> 00:17:12.740
had rusnak morris rolled on xiao paulo ryan kent

00:17:12.740 --> 00:17:15.920
andrew thomas jonathan bell reed baker whiting

00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:19.839
and danny leva all on the bench it was such a

00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:23.450
deep bench that Georgie Manungu did not even

00:17:23.450 --> 00:17:27.430
make the 18. Rightfully so. Who's he going to

00:17:27.430 --> 00:17:29.690
be in there? I didn't even think about that.

00:17:29.910 --> 00:17:33.349
Yeah, because you need to have some midfield

00:17:33.349 --> 00:17:36.970
and defending. So you're really looking at Albert,

00:17:37.170 --> 00:17:41.670
Jordan, and Ryan Kent. And yeah, he's just not

00:17:41.670 --> 00:17:44.589
going to supplant any of those right there. But

00:17:44.589 --> 00:17:49.690
that's just... Going back to what we talked about

00:17:49.690 --> 00:17:51.609
at the beginning of the season, I still believe

00:17:51.609 --> 00:17:55.250
in the depth of this team. We just got really

00:17:55.250 --> 00:17:58.470
nailed on that injury bug at the wrong time with

00:17:58.470 --> 00:18:01.970
the wrong people. And hopefully this is kind

00:18:01.970 --> 00:18:05.509
of a portent of good things to come, but we'll

00:18:05.509 --> 00:18:08.430
see. We've got to take it game by game. This

00:18:08.430 --> 00:18:11.930
maybe is related to Eric13's question, kind of,

00:18:11.930 --> 00:18:14.089
because we'll get into it when we talk about

00:18:14.089 --> 00:18:19.910
formations, ideal formations. I could see a situation

00:18:19.910 --> 00:18:22.829
where we do not see Georgie in the 18 anymore.

00:18:23.450 --> 00:18:25.589
Like he might get a bone. If people are healthy.

00:18:25.829 --> 00:18:28.130
But if people are healthy, there's no one there

00:18:28.130 --> 00:18:30.849
who I think he should be in there over. I mean,

00:18:30.849 --> 00:18:36.990
while that's true, I think that with the return

00:18:36.990 --> 00:18:39.690
of the midweek games that will be coming up starting

00:18:39.690 --> 00:18:43.849
next month, I do think. they will do some rotation

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where there will be some times that someone that

00:18:45.869 --> 00:18:49.329
started on Saturday won't even be in the 18 for

00:18:49.329 --> 00:18:52.809
the Wednesday game. So I would expect to see

00:18:52.809 --> 00:18:56.609
something like that. But hopefully we'll see

00:18:56.609 --> 00:18:59.029
because that means we have a healthy squad. Yeah,

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I mean, we just saw it. still not at full strength

00:19:06.509 --> 00:19:09.630
so i yeah but i do see that what you mean by

00:19:09.630 --> 00:19:11.950
like when the wednesdays because how many how

00:19:11.950 --> 00:19:14.470
long how large is the roster right was it 30

00:19:14.470 --> 00:19:21.430
30 30 something like that okay i think we are

00:19:21.430 --> 00:19:24.289
using 28 of the 30 something like that because

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i know we have one under 22 slot available and

00:19:28.609 --> 00:19:32.049
we we may no longer have the other one available

00:19:32.049 --> 00:19:36.500
when we sign uh Kalani, Kosa, Ramsey, we may

00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:38.539
not have that. I'd have to double -check, but

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if we do have another spot outside of that under

00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:48.240
22, it is the lowest supplemental that can only

00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:53.000
be like a DiRosario or... I'd be curious, because

00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:57.319
I wonder if you can revamp your supplemental

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roster places. Plus, the people that are on the

00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:02.779
supplemental roster, I mean, they're all... They're

00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:04.480
starters that are on the supplemental roster

00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:06.519
just because of the way their contracts are structured.

00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:09.660
Like Jackson Reagan is on the supplemental roster.

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Interesting. Is there a suite outside the 18?

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Is there an outside the 18 suite? There has been

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in the past. I don't know that they still do

00:20:23.059 --> 00:20:26.799
that. That would be a fun game to sit in, like

00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:30.670
a suite. I mean, to be honest with the Mexico

00:20:30.670 --> 00:20:37.529
City League of the Champions League final, all

00:20:37.529 --> 00:20:41.069
of the entire first team was flown out to the

00:20:41.069 --> 00:20:44.190
game, and anyone who was not in the 18 was standing

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two rows behind me for the first half and just

00:20:48.769 --> 00:20:51.029
kind of hanging out because they wanted to experience

00:20:51.029 --> 00:20:54.890
the first half with us, the 120 of us that went

00:20:54.890 --> 00:20:57.759
to the game. And it was just really cool. We

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:59.359
were all kind of watching and cheering together.

00:21:00.500 --> 00:21:05.539
And then they went to somewhere else for the

00:21:05.539 --> 00:21:07.539
second half. I don't know where they went. Somewhere,

00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:11.500
yeah. Guys, we did have some news we didn't hit

00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:15.359
that I think is relevant to us in a few different

00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:20.640
ways. Back on Friday, the Colorado Rapids traded

00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:25.500
Omer Fernandez to Portland. in exchange for up

00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:29.839
to 250K GAM, assuming that's conditional on how

00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:32.960
they play. So it's 200 ,000 for this year and

00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:36.180
could get another 25K for next year. And then

00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:39.920
San Diego made a trade, or I guess a loan, but

00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:44.579
it counts as a transfer. So Oscar Verhoeven went

00:21:44.579 --> 00:21:47.880
from San Jose to San Diego, and then San Jose

00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:54.750
got 100K in GAM. There was also... San Jose grabbed

00:21:54.750 --> 00:22:00.150
someone that worked with Bruce Arena. Who did

00:22:00.150 --> 00:22:06.670
they pick up? They picked up... Oh, I don't know

00:22:06.670 --> 00:22:10.109
who. Oh, wait. No, that wasn't the Verhoeven.

00:22:11.390 --> 00:22:13.950
I don't remember. The Verhoeven's a loan -to

00:22:13.950 --> 00:22:15.549
-buy offer, but the important thing is Verhoeven

00:22:15.549 --> 00:22:20.329
played 36 matches for San Jose's MLX Next Pro

00:22:20.329 --> 00:22:23.920
team. and represented the U .S. at the 2023 FIFA

00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:27.500
U -17 World Cup. So there's a kid who has a bright

00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:29.359
future that just got sent down to San Diego.

00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:36.940
Sounds like me. A kid who has a bright future.

00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:41.740
Wow. Sent down to San Diego. Yeah, so I think

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:44.160
that's the big news. We do have new power rankings

00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:46.059
I guess we can hit on real quick. We usually

00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:49.089
look at the ESPN ones. With Vancouver staying

00:22:49.089 --> 00:22:52.549
at one Columbus losing. So they dropped to Miami.

00:22:52.650 --> 00:22:54.930
So they dropped below Miami. So they flip flop

00:22:54.930 --> 00:22:59.490
to three Charlotte up to four. And then we usually

00:22:59.490 --> 00:23:01.730
take the top five, which is now Cincinnati with

00:23:01.730 --> 00:23:04.609
San Diego losing and dropping down to six. So

00:23:04.609 --> 00:23:07.650
the Sounders move from 16th to 10. So we're seeing

00:23:07.650 --> 00:23:11.490
some movement there. Yeah. So we're up to 10th,

00:23:11.490 --> 00:23:15.349
which is a jump is a pretty big jump. And, um,

00:23:16.170 --> 00:23:19.890
I think they give credit to Stephen Fry for being

00:23:19.890 --> 00:23:25.470
electric, but we'll see. LAFC went up to 11th,

00:23:25.470 --> 00:23:29.009
though, despite their interesting game against

00:23:29.009 --> 00:23:33.349
Portland. I'm very happy with Stephen Fry this

00:23:33.349 --> 00:23:37.849
year. Yeah. I don't know. I mean, I feel like

00:23:37.849 --> 00:23:42.509
there was talk, just feelings at least, vibes,

00:23:42.549 --> 00:23:45.009
as the kids say, of just like a decline kind

00:23:45.009 --> 00:23:47.269
of year, you know? I mean, last year he had a

00:23:47.269 --> 00:23:50.569
bit of a decline, for sure. But this year he

00:23:50.569 --> 00:23:55.329
seems at least on par with last year. I don't

00:23:55.329 --> 00:23:58.289
know if the difference we're seeing, though,

00:23:58.349 --> 00:24:01.910
is the fact that this year you can blame some

00:24:01.910 --> 00:24:03.970
of the goals allowed in on defensive mistakes,

00:24:04.289 --> 00:24:06.710
as opposed to that being anything he's done,

00:24:06.849 --> 00:24:09.950
versus last year our defense was largely flawless.

00:24:13.549 --> 00:24:16.130
He didn't allow any goals when Nuhu made a bunch

00:24:16.130 --> 00:24:20.009
of mistakes in the first 15 minutes. I don't

00:24:20.009 --> 00:24:22.650
know how Nuhu goes from some of the worst 15

00:24:22.650 --> 00:24:24.990
minutes of his career to then dominating after

00:24:24.990 --> 00:24:27.750
that. Because of the long season, things are

00:24:27.750 --> 00:24:29.849
going to happen. I'm talking about one game.

00:24:30.170 --> 00:24:33.490
One game, yeah. His first 15 minutes was very

00:24:33.490 --> 00:24:36.589
bad, and then he was incredible after that, including

00:24:36.589 --> 00:24:41.069
that almost assist to Jordan Morris. Yeah. I

00:24:41.069 --> 00:24:42.809
was actually very impressed with him. I was curious

00:24:42.809 --> 00:24:45.329
what your thoughts were going to be. Yeah. Yeah.

00:24:45.789 --> 00:24:48.569
I mean, everyone had a bad first 15 minutes or

00:24:48.569 --> 00:24:50.650
so of that game, but no one as bad as New Who.

00:24:52.450 --> 00:24:55.890
No one as bad as New Who. Yeah. Well, let's knock

00:24:55.890 --> 00:24:57.490
out some of these questions then, huh? Yeah.

00:24:57.529 --> 00:25:06.089
Let's do it. All right. Alex Diaz. That's not

00:25:06.089 --> 00:25:08.430
a question. That's a statement. Yeah. Yeah. Well,

00:25:08.509 --> 00:25:11.289
I'm reading it. Oh, I'm reading it. And I'm like,

00:25:11.309 --> 00:25:14.210
I'm curious if, cause didn't, isn't Alex, didn't

00:25:14.210 --> 00:25:18.609
he want his, uh, didn't he pay to have a segment?

00:25:18.789 --> 00:25:21.269
Yeah, but we'll, we'll do it. Uh, I'm curious

00:25:21.269 --> 00:25:23.750
the way this will lead to my questions of the

00:25:23.750 --> 00:25:25.789
week. I don't know. Sorry, Alex. I don't know

00:25:25.789 --> 00:25:28.150
if you want us to read these or if these are

00:25:28.150 --> 00:25:31.150
what you want to talk about or my crazy guys.

00:25:31.390 --> 00:25:35.109
Oh yeah. I get what you're saying. I get what

00:25:35.109 --> 00:25:36.470
you're saying, but we'll go ahead and answer

00:25:36.470 --> 00:25:37.269
all the questions. I don't want to spoil them.

00:25:37.529 --> 00:25:40.369
No, let's ask them. All right, fine. Number one.

00:25:40.410 --> 00:25:42.690
We'll make a segment. Are you benching Moose

00:25:42.690 --> 00:25:45.789
for Morris after his confidence is high after

00:25:45.789 --> 00:25:51.369
scoring two goals in two games? Nick, what do

00:25:51.369 --> 00:25:54.039
you think? Well, I mean, part of the reason that

00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:57.200
the lineup was what it was to start was Brian

00:25:57.200 --> 00:26:00.460
said he wanted to reward the players who started

00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:03.140
in Dallas and made those efforts in Dallas, which

00:26:03.140 --> 00:26:05.339
is why Moose started over Jordan. He said partially,

00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:12.059
but yes. With that in mind, you have a responsibility

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:17.940
to start your best lineup at that time. But that

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:21.089
includes minute. That does. It takes all that

00:26:21.089 --> 00:26:25.269
into consideration. Absolutely. Absolutely. And

00:26:25.269 --> 00:26:27.809
I think it was the right call to start Moose

00:26:27.809 --> 00:26:31.789
in this game and give Jordan those minute restrictions

00:26:31.789 --> 00:26:34.150
on the back end of that. Now when you're going

00:26:34.150 --> 00:26:36.509
to Colorado next week, I think we're going to

00:26:36.509 --> 00:26:38.390
see the inverse. I think we're going to see Morris

00:26:38.390 --> 00:26:46.029
start. I really do. Yeah. Sorry. If Danny Mazzotti

00:26:46.029 --> 00:26:48.210
is starting when anyone's healthy and there's

00:26:48.210 --> 00:26:50.650
no minute restrictions over a designated player,

00:26:50.849 --> 00:26:53.890
I'm going to be annoyed. Yeah, I mean... At the

00:26:53.890 --> 00:26:56.369
situation. If he's starting over, it's because

00:26:56.369 --> 00:26:58.549
either Jordan's terrible or he's playing well.

00:26:58.869 --> 00:27:02.349
Yeah, I would be annoyed because that was the

00:27:02.349 --> 00:27:04.450
situation, not the fact that we would get production

00:27:04.450 --> 00:27:09.130
out of said player. But scoring two goals is

00:27:09.130 --> 00:27:13.990
not the be -all, end -all of playing well. You

00:27:13.990 --> 00:27:17.130
know what I mean? And again, I've been very much

00:27:17.130 --> 00:27:19.250
on Mussofsky's side about doing a lot of that

00:27:19.250 --> 00:27:22.829
work, but the reality is when I see what Mussofsky

00:27:22.829 --> 00:27:26.529
did in his time and the opportunities that Jordan

00:27:26.529 --> 00:27:29.930
got in his time in this last game, I think Jordan

00:27:29.930 --> 00:27:33.470
had really good opportunities, and that's not

00:27:33.470 --> 00:27:37.890
the shit on Mussofsky at all. Again, I remain

00:27:37.890 --> 00:27:41.609
steadfast in what I said earlier in the year,

00:27:41.690 --> 00:27:44.529
which was that i think musafsky can have five

00:27:44.529 --> 00:27:46.890
to ten all all goal competitions and he's definitely

00:27:46.890 --> 00:27:51.150
they actually put them and this is not going

00:27:51.150 --> 00:27:53.369
to happen but i think the numbers have you start

00:27:53.369 --> 00:27:55.490
mazovsky over jordan because jordan's not scoring

00:27:55.490 --> 00:28:00.349
he has three goals on the season um and mazovsky

00:28:00.349 --> 00:28:03.029
has two and i imagine if you look at their minutes

00:28:03.029 --> 00:28:07.829
they're pretty similar um i i would think jordan

00:28:07.829 --> 00:28:10.930
had more But I don't know that based on the last

00:28:10.930 --> 00:28:13.369
few games. So we'd have to... Well, if Jordan

00:28:13.369 --> 00:28:15.349
had about the same minutes and more goals, wouldn't

00:28:15.349 --> 00:28:20.470
you start Jordan? I mean, it depends on the numbers

00:28:20.470 --> 00:28:22.990
and expected goals to me. I mean, we can look

00:28:22.990 --> 00:28:27.529
right now and tell you. Well, Jordan had... Two

00:28:27.529 --> 00:28:32.410
shots and a .69 expected goals in 28 minutes.

00:28:32.490 --> 00:28:38.130
Musavsky had three shots and a .99 expected goals

00:28:38.130 --> 00:28:47.289
in 62 minutes. But again, Jordan unlocks different

00:28:47.289 --> 00:28:50.789
things with the defense. The reality is, even

00:28:50.789 --> 00:28:54.480
by performance, Jordan... I think was creating

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:58.140
more opportunities in his role. So I would expect

00:28:58.140 --> 00:29:01.220
to see him. Ryan Kent gets his first goal within

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:03.279
30 seconds of being on the field if Jordan Morris

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:05.720
had not been off the field for so long and wanted

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:09.779
to score because that was a nearly – if he got

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:11.700
that to Ryan Kent. Do you know what I'm talking

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:17.700
about? I do. I do. And that – I don't know if

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:21.240
I see that the same way because at that moment,

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:26.680
if I recall correctly, Jordan's 1v1, and as a

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:29.920
striker, you take that opportunity. Danny's expected

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:33.720
goals are 3 .8 on the season, and Jordan's are

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:38.759
only 2 .5. And goals plus assists suspected,

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:43.779
2 .9 for Morris, and Danny is 3 .8. So in all

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:46.690
metrics, he is outperforming Jordan currently.

00:29:48.109 --> 00:29:50.490
Jordan certainly was more dangerous when he was

00:29:50.490 --> 00:29:52.529
on the field, but if he's under any minute restriction,

00:29:52.809 --> 00:29:56.789
I think you have to bring him off the bench for

00:29:56.789 --> 00:29:59.970
one more game. I agree with that. Especially

00:29:59.970 --> 00:30:03.029
based on the kind of injury it was in his history.

00:30:03.069 --> 00:30:05.329
From 30 ,000 feet, I don't want a DP on the bench

00:30:05.329 --> 00:30:07.549
when everyone's healthy, all things considered,

00:30:07.690 --> 00:30:09.950
right? Right. I totally agree with what you're

00:30:09.950 --> 00:30:11.789
talking about. I want production more than anything.

00:30:12.320 --> 00:30:14.059
Yeah, exactly. That's the question. Is he? If

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:17.200
he is, if he's 100 % ready to go, yeah, you start

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:19.740
Jordan Morris, of course. I don't care their

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:21.660
designation. Make him bench himself. I mean,

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:23.880
if Paul Rothrock continues playing like he is,

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:28.140
he needs to be starting too. So, I mean, you

00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:31.180
figure out a way to start. Well, because you

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:34.200
just said that, and I've also skimmed the mailbag

00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:36.740
here, and I don't see anything about Ryan Kent,

00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:42.519
who just made his debut. Let's talk about Ryan

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:47.400
Kent and Rothrock. Because, honestly... I mean,

00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:48.599
they're different sides of the field, aren't

00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:52.420
they? Ryan Kent didn't... No, he came on for

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:55.319
Rothrock. They came on the right. Yeah, he was

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:59.140
left wing. He came in on the left. Kent did?

00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:03.240
100%. Oh, okay. Yeah, he came on for Paul. I

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:05.259
mean, you start... Ryan Kent is so much more

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:07.039
talented. You could see that in two seconds of

00:31:07.039 --> 00:31:09.980
play. Well, that's when we hadn't mentioned him

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:12.000
yet, and Rothrock doesn't deserve to start if

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:14.119
Kent is healthy and available. I mean, more in

00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:16.420
two seconds than we've seen magic from Rothrock.

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:19.559
Shortly after, I don't want to get too hyped

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:21.400
up, but I will say one thing that really impressed

00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:23.960
me with Kent, besides the explosive speed right

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:27.180
on that initial run with Morris where he came

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:31.740
flying off the wing, was a few moments later,

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:36.880
around 88th, 89th minute, he slipped this pass.

00:31:37.580 --> 00:31:40.640
between two defenders right to the top of the

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:45.420
box that just missed the runner. It might have

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:50.259
been Christian. I'm not sure. But, yeah, I mean,

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:53.799
the pass was incredible. I think people didn't

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:56.240
expect that pass to be coming through, and it

00:31:56.240 --> 00:32:04.779
was very impressive. So, hey, you know what?

00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:07.559
Take those little wins. Take that. Okay, I can

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:09.940
see some excitement. I'd like to see more of

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:15.359
that. But it's a long season, and I don't want

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:18.559
to get too high. I don't want to get too low.

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:21.559
I just want to see more. I wish we had seen more

00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:26.740
minutes. Schmetzer said he had to earn the minutes,

00:32:26.900 --> 00:32:30.019
but, I mean, come on. He's replacing Paul Areola,

00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:32.890
who was our best player this season. And if he's

00:32:32.890 --> 00:32:35.890
not like for like in terms of positioning, but

00:32:35.890 --> 00:32:38.849
if he can go out there and do what he's doing,

00:32:38.990 --> 00:32:41.490
until you see him on the field, you're not going

00:32:41.490 --> 00:32:42.950
to – we have plenty of players that are amazing

00:32:42.950 --> 00:32:45.589
in practice that are crap on the field and vice

00:32:45.589 --> 00:32:49.869
versa. Hey, the reality though is this, is it's

00:32:49.869 --> 00:32:54.630
really easy for Schmetzer to say that when we're

00:32:54.630 --> 00:32:58.410
up 3 -0 at home. it's really easy for him to

00:32:58.410 --> 00:33:01.210
say that and to give Paul that extra bit of time,

00:33:01.250 --> 00:33:05.190
give him that reward, and to say, oh, and also

00:33:05.190 --> 00:33:07.869
to send that message of, hey, Ryan, nothing's

00:33:07.869 --> 00:33:14.549
earned. We want to do that. If it was a one -nothing,

00:33:14.710 --> 00:33:18.690
his playing time's not guaranteed. That's what

00:33:18.690 --> 00:33:22.890
I mean, yeah. Where if it was 1 -0 Nashville

00:33:22.890 --> 00:33:27.750
or a 1 -1 game, yeah, maybe we would have put

00:33:27.750 --> 00:33:30.250
him on earlier to see if he could create a spark

00:33:30.250 --> 00:33:33.750
maybe. So I think game state really had – it's

00:33:33.750 --> 00:33:35.490
easy for him to make that decision. I think the

00:33:35.490 --> 00:33:38.609
opposite. At 3 -0 with a player that's never

00:33:38.609 --> 00:33:41.690
played live on the field with any of these players,

00:33:41.809 --> 00:33:45.369
I would want that safety net. No, I think – Right,

00:33:45.450 --> 00:33:51.130
where he has 15, 20 minutes. Look at the first

00:33:51.130 --> 00:33:54.549
game of the season, the Carolina game, where

00:33:54.549 --> 00:33:59.450
we had the 2 -1 lead. We had ECS chanting, go

00:33:59.450 --> 00:34:04.430
for the kill. And our subs and our tactics were

00:34:04.430 --> 00:34:08.929
still aggressive. And instead of just locking

00:34:08.929 --> 00:34:11.869
it down, we wanted to put on that show for the

00:34:11.869 --> 00:34:15.230
fans, and it kind of bit us in the ass. I think

00:34:15.230 --> 00:34:18.150
in this case, it was a, you know, we got a 3

00:34:18.150 --> 00:34:21.050
-0 lead. I want the clean sheet. I want to make

00:34:21.050 --> 00:34:22.429
sure that we're doing things. How does Rock Rock

00:34:22.429 --> 00:34:26.019
change that? I guess I don't... see the difference

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:27.980
between Rothrock and Kent in that in that position

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:30.019
because neither I mean they have to track back

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:32.480
but yeah because Rothrock did a great job of

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:35.780
shutting down Hanny Mukhtar him and and and knew

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:39.079
who and knew who really shut down Mukhtar on

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:42.639
that on that side so so Rothrock was definitely

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:45.519
putting in and and I haven't seen I haven't seen

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:48.980
any of Ryan Kent to know what kind of defensive

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:51.239
actions he's going to take I think that's why

00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:53.869
at three nothing you what what Aaron is saying,

00:34:53.889 --> 00:34:56.889
you put him in so you can get, you can find out

00:34:56.889 --> 00:34:59.309
what he is on the field. You have two insurance

00:34:59.309 --> 00:35:03.650
goals. Yeah. I mean, and ultimately, and he's

00:35:03.650 --> 00:35:05.809
on the offensive side of the field. These are

00:35:05.809 --> 00:35:09.349
great problems for center back. I just, to me,

00:35:09.389 --> 00:35:11.230
it's just emblematic of how Schmetzer runs the

00:35:11.230 --> 00:35:14.469
show, which I don't agree with a lot of the time.

00:35:14.489 --> 00:35:17.690
And I don't mean earning minutes. I mean, I think

00:35:17.690 --> 00:35:22.179
he makes poor subs quite often. I don't see any

00:35:22.179 --> 00:35:23.099
problem with that. I think this needs to be a

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:25.000
merit sub. I think this needs to be, you need

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:29.500
exposure. And Rothrock didn't do much in the

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:32.659
second half offensively anyways, so no one did.

00:35:32.699 --> 00:35:36.239
We kind of shut it down. Yeah, I mean, like I

00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:40.360
say, this is, I mean, if this is what we're complaining

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:43.820
about at the end of a 3 -0 victory at home, I'm

00:35:43.820 --> 00:35:48.099
not, this doesn't rank anything on my concern

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:51.380
meter. I mean, I think it does for me because

00:35:51.380 --> 00:35:55.599
we're going into a Colorado stadium that's tough

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:58.659
for us to win in. We struggle there, especially

00:35:58.659 --> 00:36:01.980
historically. They are fighting us for points

00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:05.139
based on their positioning, and they've had a

00:36:05.139 --> 00:36:07.239
couple of rough games at home that they're not

00:36:07.239 --> 00:36:09.820
going to want to repeat. And so getting him more

00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:12.059
minutes with the team would have been great to

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:14.960
see because it could have a larger impact in

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:17.780
a game like that. And so, I mean, we've seen...

00:36:18.139 --> 00:36:21.559
It's taken 0 .5 games, but we've seen Jesus grow

00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:26.519
in his ability to mesh with the team. And although

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:30.039
he hasn't meshed as a nine, you know, he's had

00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:32.699
a couple of brilliant games. You can dish it.

00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:34.099
And I think we should jump to the next question.

00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:37.139
Are you going to bench Jesus Ferreira for Rusnak

00:36:37.139 --> 00:36:40.039
to start despite Jesus getting two assists in

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:42.659
the last match? Again, that's from Alex Diaz.

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:49.079
No, I. I think he finds a way to put both of

00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:50.960
them on. Yeah, I think they're both on the field.

00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:57.019
Yeah, I think you bench Moose. We're talking

00:36:57.019 --> 00:37:01.460
about Moose. I mean, they'll start Morris up

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:08.659
top with Jesus and someone. Can't be good. Yeah,

00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:12.579
that's what I would hope, but you never know.

00:37:14.049 --> 00:37:17.170
Yeah, I mean, I think Jesus stays in the same

00:37:17.170 --> 00:37:19.550
position. I don't think Resnack can handle fighting

00:37:19.550 --> 00:37:22.110
for the 10 right now. I don't think you start

00:37:22.110 --> 00:37:25.130
Kent in this next game because when you're playing...

00:37:25.130 --> 00:37:26.570
No, you only gave him seven minutes. You're not

00:37:26.570 --> 00:37:29.070
starting. If you had given him 30 minutes, then

00:37:29.070 --> 00:37:32.789
yeah, maybe you start him. I don't think you

00:37:32.789 --> 00:37:35.849
do it either way because you don't have that

00:37:35.849 --> 00:37:39.610
kind of altitude in Europe. You're not playing

00:37:39.610 --> 00:37:41.949
at that kind of altitude. You don't set up Ryan

00:37:41.949 --> 00:37:45.909
Kent for failure. by by doing that you know i

00:37:45.909 --> 00:37:49.190
mean again it goes back to his fitness and where

00:37:49.190 --> 00:37:51.889
he's at and we don't have enough knowledge i

00:37:51.889 --> 00:37:53.469
mean i'm not i'm not going to immediately say

00:37:53.469 --> 00:37:55.050
that's not something he can do when he's not

00:37:55.050 --> 00:37:59.750
if you're extremely fit then yes it'll be harder

00:37:59.750 --> 00:38:01.269
but it's harder for everyone there's no one out

00:38:01.269 --> 00:38:03.429
there that it's going to be okay for that place

00:38:03.429 --> 00:38:05.610
i mean it's an unfair advantage there and rsl

00:38:05.610 --> 00:38:09.349
for every sport yeah now now with all that said

00:38:09.349 --> 00:38:15.199
i will say um So this is basically the playbook

00:38:15.199 --> 00:38:16.820
that we've always had when we're integrating

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:21.119
new players, as you start them off with a quick

00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:24.320
appearance in the last 10 minutes of a game,

00:38:24.420 --> 00:38:26.659
and then you ramp them up. That's just kind of

00:38:26.659 --> 00:38:30.079
the predictable nature, for the most part, historically,

00:38:30.139 --> 00:38:32.500
of what we've done when we integrate new players.

00:38:33.219 --> 00:38:39.489
Okay. Do you keep KKR? And I don't think I'm

00:38:39.489 --> 00:38:42.550
ever going to say his... Kalani Kosarianzi? Kalani

00:38:42.550 --> 00:38:46.809
Kosarianzi. No. Over Alex, since he has been

00:38:46.809 --> 00:38:48.969
playing great and is all over the right side

00:38:48.969 --> 00:38:51.090
of the field. I have no problem with Alex not

00:38:51.090 --> 00:38:53.829
playing for the Sounders ever again. I mean,

00:38:53.849 --> 00:38:57.090
I think he's good, but if Kalani's out playing

00:38:57.090 --> 00:39:00.369
him, I don't think we should play favorites.

00:39:00.409 --> 00:39:01.869
I think we should have the best player out there.

00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:05.059
I don't know if he is playing better than him

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:09.000
because, I mean, honestly, Kalani got beat quite

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:11.920
a bit in the first half. Now, with that said,

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:14.000
what I was really impressed about, and I was

00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:17.239
actually commenting to some of our Scuttlebutt

00:39:17.239 --> 00:39:20.460
Discord users who are sitting next to me, I was

00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:22.719
very impressed with him tracking back to make

00:39:22.719 --> 00:39:25.559
sure that when he got beat, it didn't impact.

00:39:26.230 --> 00:39:28.809
the team negatively. He got back into position

00:39:28.809 --> 00:39:33.769
and recovered, but he was getting beat on his

00:39:33.769 --> 00:39:37.489
side a little bit in that first half. You saw

00:39:37.489 --> 00:39:39.489
a little bit of that in that first 15 minutes

00:39:39.489 --> 00:39:43.289
where Nashville was really dictating a little

00:39:43.289 --> 00:39:44.750
bit of the play. You saw it a little bit in the

00:39:44.750 --> 00:39:47.550
last five minutes of the first half where they

00:39:47.550 --> 00:39:52.090
got a few good shots. Surge got a good few opportunities

00:39:52.090 --> 00:39:56.840
where Stephen Fry made some good saves. Again,

00:39:57.239 --> 00:40:00.739
I was very pleased with what he brought on, but

00:40:00.739 --> 00:40:07.579
I do want to... I'd rather have Alex over him

00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:11.219
at this time, but I'm not going to be concerned

00:40:11.219 --> 00:40:17.900
if he's in the starting lineup over him. I mean,

00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:20.159
goals and assists -wise, they're the same player,

00:40:20.300 --> 00:40:26.250
pretty much. Alex's expected goal is .1 higher.

00:40:26.369 --> 00:40:30.469
Alex is in the attic, though. And Kosa has...

00:40:30.469 --> 00:40:36.469
He's got a ceiling that is much higher. Kosa

00:40:36.469 --> 00:40:39.329
Ramsey is 22 years old. He's 22 years old versus

00:40:39.329 --> 00:40:42.170
28. That's why I want him to play. And I get

00:40:42.170 --> 00:40:44.590
that. And I would have no problem with him playing.

00:40:46.190 --> 00:40:53.119
But I think... I expect to see... Alex starting

00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:56.360
the next game? Oh, yeah. I mean, that's a different

00:40:56.360 --> 00:40:59.880
question. This said, do you keep? Not what will

00:40:59.880 --> 00:41:02.460
Schmetzer do? This is what do you do? And I think

00:41:02.460 --> 00:41:04.920
those are always, I would say it's very rare

00:41:04.920 --> 00:41:06.639
that I'm on the same page with Coach Schmetzer

00:41:06.639 --> 00:41:12.000
lately. So for me, do I keep starting him? Probably

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:17.000
not. No, I'd like to see Alex in there because

00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:23.340
I feel much better. With the two of them, I feel

00:41:23.340 --> 00:41:26.400
much better with Alex starting a game and KKR

00:41:26.400 --> 00:41:28.760
coming in off the bench because he can provide

00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:31.860
that spark from there. That's a good point, especially

00:41:31.860 --> 00:41:34.000
when players on the other team are tired. With

00:41:34.000 --> 00:41:36.480
his speed, he's able to exploit it a little more.

00:41:36.719 --> 00:41:39.940
And in Colorado, where legs are going to get

00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:42.440
tired, I think I would rather see Alex start

00:41:42.440 --> 00:41:45.880
for that and KKR come in off the bench. So that's

00:41:45.880 --> 00:41:49.599
just my thought there. But I'm okay. Honestly,

00:41:49.840 --> 00:41:53.260
I'm... going to be okay with whichever one of

00:41:53.260 --> 00:41:55.500
them starts. Let's keep moving on these questions

00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:59.199
since we are on time restriction here, so we

00:41:59.199 --> 00:42:01.699
need to make sure that Schmetz can sub us out

00:42:01.699 --> 00:42:07.300
at the appropriate time. Eric13's question. Eric13

00:42:07.300 --> 00:42:09.820
said, what's more likely starting 11 before club

00:42:09.820 --> 00:42:12.760
workup or play the hot hand because there's a

00:42:12.760 --> 00:42:17.920
lot of depth in the attacking band? I mean, I

00:42:17.920 --> 00:42:19.789
think... Schmetzer answered this. He said, we're

00:42:19.789 --> 00:42:21.809
far away from the club world cup. We need to

00:42:21.809 --> 00:42:23.869
get our players back from injury. We'll address

00:42:23.869 --> 00:42:26.190
that a lot closer to the club. I mean, we're

00:42:26.190 --> 00:42:30.730
two months away. The low hanging fruit is in

00:42:30.730 --> 00:42:33.710
high abundance, but none of them are club world

00:42:33.710 --> 00:42:37.309
cup right now. I think we need to, we have literally

00:42:37.309 --> 00:42:41.070
just brought in someone. Yeah, I mean. Part of

00:42:41.070 --> 00:42:43.269
the clubhouse for, do you say clubhouse for soccer?

00:42:43.590 --> 00:42:46.610
Yeah, sure. Sure. Sure, why not? Yeah. So let's

00:42:46.610 --> 00:42:49.449
take his question then, and number two there,

00:42:49.610 --> 00:42:51.869
and let's shift it a little bit. What is the

00:42:51.869 --> 00:42:54.809
ideal formation in your view? Rather than answering.

00:42:54.969 --> 00:42:56.969
Oh, no, he said y 'all's view. He said y 'all's,

00:42:56.969 --> 00:43:00.389
and that's what I would say as well. That's part

00:43:00.389 --> 00:43:02.150
of being a teacher, not being able to say you

00:43:02.150 --> 00:43:04.429
guys anymore. I had to switch to something else,

00:43:04.469 --> 00:43:07.000
so I say y 'all. All y 'all. All y 'all. Used

00:43:07.000 --> 00:43:10.960
guys. Used guys. Hey, used guys. Hey, bring me

00:43:10.960 --> 00:43:13.360
some gabagool. Rather than going through an entire

00:43:13.360 --> 00:43:22.239
formation, I think what is, for you, if we don't

00:43:22.239 --> 00:43:26.820
have injuries, who's your front, or what is the

00:43:26.820 --> 00:43:28.579
formation? So not the players. Is it playing

00:43:28.579 --> 00:43:30.340
five at the back, or is it going back to four

00:43:30.340 --> 00:43:32.780
at the back and playing more traditionally like

00:43:32.780 --> 00:43:36.989
we did in that four? two two one one or staying

00:43:36.989 --> 00:43:39.150
in a three four two or saying that three yeah

00:43:39.150 --> 00:43:41.230
three five one three four two whatever you want

00:43:41.230 --> 00:43:45.489
to three four three four three or yeah but do

00:43:45.489 --> 00:43:48.070
you think do you think we go back or do you think

00:43:48.070 --> 00:43:50.030
the success we've had with this is something

00:43:50.030 --> 00:43:53.510
we should keep looking into honestly i think

00:43:53.510 --> 00:43:59.130
it really does come down to the question of is

00:43:59.130 --> 00:44:05.130
ryan kent an ideal starting 11 player? And if

00:44:05.130 --> 00:44:09.369
so, how does he integrate? Because I think we

00:44:09.369 --> 00:44:14.289
know with De La Vega, with Jesus, with Albert,

00:44:14.489 --> 00:44:17.769
we kind of know how all of them can work around.

00:44:18.010 --> 00:44:23.170
And I think this 3 -4 -3 type of rollout can

00:44:23.170 --> 00:44:28.789
be very dynamic. What I don't know is with Ryan

00:44:28.789 --> 00:44:31.929
Kent, I don't know. especially if he's coming

00:44:31.929 --> 00:44:36.349
in on the same side as Nuhu. If he's coming in

00:44:36.349 --> 00:44:37.750
on that side, I don't know how that's all going

00:44:37.750 --> 00:44:43.750
to work together. So it's tough to tell it right

00:44:43.750 --> 00:44:49.369
now. I do suspect that come the end of the season,

00:44:49.550 --> 00:44:55.250
Ryan Kent will be taking the same way we looked

00:44:55.250 --> 00:44:57.590
at Paul Rothrock at the end of last season as

00:44:57.590 --> 00:45:00.340
someone who was not. a lockdown starter at the

00:45:00.340 --> 00:45:03.079
first half of the season, I think he'll be a

00:45:03.079 --> 00:45:05.420
lock. He could potentially be a lockdown starter,

00:45:05.679 --> 00:45:09.179
uh, on the back end of the season. That's my

00:45:09.179 --> 00:45:12.760
thought. Aaron, what do you think? I think it's

00:45:12.760 --> 00:45:15.699
just basically, I mean, you have to go by what

00:45:15.699 --> 00:45:22.460
our plan is. Yeah. Um, no, Margo's awake. Wonderful.

00:45:24.460 --> 00:45:27.599
Uh, she, she has an opinion. Margo's my one year

00:45:27.599 --> 00:45:31.409
old. But it has to go down to, I think, really

00:45:31.409 --> 00:45:35.130
what the plan is. And the plan is to get Kent

00:45:35.130 --> 00:45:38.429
involved. He's a replacement to a high -impact

00:45:38.429 --> 00:45:46.329
player, Paul Arriola. And I basically agree with

00:45:46.329 --> 00:45:49.909
most of what you said. It's just like we can't.

00:45:51.210 --> 00:45:57.449
No, his last name is Kent, not can't, Kent. Let

00:45:57.449 --> 00:46:00.150
me have some more of that Putin piss. Yeah, right

00:46:00.150 --> 00:46:02.909
now it's just such a fluid time in our lineup

00:46:02.909 --> 00:46:14.449
to come home. I'm proud of that one. Now I've

00:46:14.449 --> 00:46:17.510
lost my train of thought. It's a fluid time in

00:46:17.510 --> 00:46:20.170
our lineup because we have multiple people that

00:46:20.170 --> 00:46:23.869
can be an ideal starting 11. Yeah. And that shows

00:46:23.869 --> 00:46:25.710
with our bench that we just had, right? Exactly.

00:46:25.710 --> 00:46:30.349
Like how long has it been where we had a true

00:46:30.349 --> 00:46:35.510
debate on who's our ideal 11? We haven't had

00:46:35.510 --> 00:46:41.429
that in a long time of more than maybe one position.

00:46:41.489 --> 00:46:45.329
Oh, I like this person versus this person. But

00:46:45.329 --> 00:46:47.150
here you have multiple options because it's like,

00:46:47.190 --> 00:46:51.190
oh, do you start? Jesus Ferreira over De La Vega,

00:46:51.210 --> 00:46:56.949
you know, like over Albert, over where do different

00:46:56.949 --> 00:47:01.929
players fit in this role? Paul Rothrock, once

00:47:01.929 --> 00:47:05.309
again, you know, is he going to be a starter?

00:47:05.389 --> 00:47:07.289
Is he going to come in off the bench? Who knows?

00:47:07.449 --> 00:47:10.530
You know, and it just makes that the fact that

00:47:10.530 --> 00:47:16.730
we have so many options makes it really hard

00:47:16.730 --> 00:47:20.809
to. what that ideal 11 looks like. And that's

00:47:20.809 --> 00:47:24.329
a great thing. Welcome back, Cameron. Yeah, I

00:47:24.329 --> 00:47:26.849
didn't know what it did to Aaron last episode

00:47:26.849 --> 00:47:28.650
where it kicked me to the green room and I was

00:47:28.650 --> 00:47:31.110
just kind of stuck there. So you were responding?

00:47:31.690 --> 00:47:33.829
No, I knew you couldn't hear me because of the

00:47:33.829 --> 00:47:37.690
experience you had last week. I wasn't sure if

00:47:37.690 --> 00:47:39.050
you were in the green room, so that's why I quickly

00:47:39.050 --> 00:47:42.050
summarized what we were just saying so you can

00:47:42.050 --> 00:47:44.869
kind of catch in. No, I mean, yeah. I mean, I

00:47:44.869 --> 00:47:46.829
think... For me, it depends on who's healthy

00:47:46.829 --> 00:47:49.630
and what's happening. I think you stick with

00:47:49.630 --> 00:47:52.929
the three at the back for now is what I think,

00:47:52.969 --> 00:47:55.309
just because it's working. I think that's the

00:47:55.309 --> 00:47:57.349
right answer, and it's really nice to get back

00:47:57.349 --> 00:47:59.349
-to -back clean sheets. I think getting them

00:47:59.349 --> 00:48:03.309
some confidence there, because we talked about

00:48:03.309 --> 00:48:05.329
this in preseason where we talked about, hey,

00:48:05.489 --> 00:48:07.469
if we're changing this formation, we're going

00:48:07.469 --> 00:48:08.769
to be a little more aggressive because we want

00:48:08.769 --> 00:48:11.929
to score more goals, but we do know that it's

00:48:11.929 --> 00:48:16.179
unrealistic to expect. the same defensive numbers

00:48:16.179 --> 00:48:18.699
that we had last year. Now we weren't expecting

00:48:18.699 --> 00:48:21.699
us to shoot ourselves in the dick multiple times

00:48:21.699 --> 00:48:26.119
this season to start, but hopefully we're going

00:48:26.119 --> 00:48:28.219
to stop doing that. Hopefully we realize that

00:48:28.219 --> 00:48:32.400
kind of hurts. Jesus Christ, Cameron. Literally.

00:48:34.840 --> 00:48:40.309
Cameron in the chat with the Pope. I was actually

00:48:40.309 --> 00:48:45.170
looking for a shoot in the dick gif. Right when

00:48:45.170 --> 00:48:48.590
he said that. The Pope blessing us instead. Is

00:48:48.590 --> 00:48:53.590
that the Pope giving us the shocker? No, it's

00:48:53.590 --> 00:48:56.670
the blessing. Are you sure? Look at those fingers.

00:48:57.030 --> 00:49:03.250
Look at those fingers. These are things you don't

00:49:03.250 --> 00:49:08.320
do on a podcast. I would argue I actually think

00:49:08.320 --> 00:49:12.199
the ideal level might be a good Patreon because

00:49:12.199 --> 00:49:16.519
we just did Fantasy Draft that was a fun episode

00:49:16.519 --> 00:49:20.199
if you aren't a Patreon member you can join we

00:49:20.199 --> 00:49:23.619
didn't maybe just find a place to cut in the

00:49:23.619 --> 00:49:27.119
ad since we didn't really take a break I don't

00:49:27.119 --> 00:49:28.760
know I think we can summarize it real quick we're

00:49:28.760 --> 00:49:34.760
going to take the ad right now No, we're not.

00:49:34.920 --> 00:49:44.239
And we're back. You asshole. It was pretty fun.

00:49:44.400 --> 00:49:47.679
I know that the patrons, I guess they're called.

00:49:47.900 --> 00:49:50.800
I don't like that. Patrons of Patreon. Patrons

00:49:50.800 --> 00:49:54.739
of Patreon. I come from the planet of Patreon.

00:49:54.760 --> 00:49:58.260
I believe we call them... I believe the preferred

00:49:58.260 --> 00:50:03.059
nomenclature is we call them our Johns. Our Johns.

00:50:03.900 --> 00:50:09.400
Oh, John, what doth hast thou done? I thought

00:50:09.400 --> 00:50:11.579
it was the King James Bible for a minute. Anyway,

00:50:11.739 --> 00:50:15.400
let's start pulling in. He has risen yesterday,

00:50:15.739 --> 00:50:19.219
Cameron. Yeah, he has risen. Oh, happy Dingus

00:50:19.219 --> 00:50:22.380
Day, everyone. What's that mean? Dingus Day.

00:50:22.460 --> 00:50:24.840
It's a Polish tradition, Easter Monday. So what

00:50:24.840 --> 00:50:29.610
happens is in Polish culture. The boys go to

00:50:29.610 --> 00:50:32.449
the houses of the women that they like, they

00:50:32.449 --> 00:50:34.949
sneak into their bedrooms, and they dump water

00:50:34.949 --> 00:50:40.590
on them. Now, the girls... Now the girls go around

00:50:40.590 --> 00:50:43.389
and they chase the boys they like with pussy

00:50:43.389 --> 00:50:45.730
willows and they hit them with pussy willows.

00:50:45.889 --> 00:50:50.670
This is Dingus Day. D -Y -N -G -U -S or D -Y

00:50:50.670 --> 00:50:54.070
-N -G -Y -S, depending on where you are. Did

00:50:54.070 --> 00:50:56.090
you know your elbow skin? Because we're going

00:50:56.090 --> 00:50:58.309
to just not talk about that anymore. Did you

00:50:58.309 --> 00:51:01.849
know your elbow skin is your weenus? What? Yes,

00:51:01.889 --> 00:51:06.489
I did. In fact, I know my weenus. I rub my weenus

00:51:06.489 --> 00:51:11.260
regularly. Good lord, gentlemen. Good lord. I'm

00:51:11.260 --> 00:51:14.780
rubbing it right now on camera. I mean, I suppose

00:51:14.780 --> 00:51:17.079
that's where I was putting lotion before the

00:51:17.079 --> 00:51:20.800
show. No, that was your penis. No, it was not.

00:51:21.539 --> 00:51:24.739
Literally, you saw me do it. I know, that's why

00:51:24.739 --> 00:51:27.340
I'm telling you what I saw. The second show in

00:51:27.340 --> 00:51:30.159
a row where we need to have James come rescue

00:51:30.159 --> 00:51:32.480
us. We need to talk about Colorado and predictions.

00:51:33.280 --> 00:51:35.739
Yeah, let's make a quick prediction before we

00:51:35.739 --> 00:51:38.480
get out of here. Sounders traveling to Colorado.

00:51:38.719 --> 00:51:44.000
Colorado has been pretty good of late other than

00:51:44.000 --> 00:51:47.519
I think they had a blip against Vancouver. Everyone's

00:51:47.519 --> 00:51:49.820
had a blip against Vancouver. Yeah, and it was

00:51:49.820 --> 00:51:53.460
in Vancouver, but they beat San Diego earlier.

00:51:54.260 --> 00:51:56.800
They tied Houston this week. They tied Houston.

00:51:56.860 --> 00:51:59.789
They beat San Diego. Of course, lost at Vancouver,

00:52:00.010 --> 00:52:02.429
but they beat Charlotte at home. But Houston

00:52:02.429 --> 00:52:07.449
also scored a plus -six -minute goal, a very

00:52:07.449 --> 00:52:09.409
late goal. It was very unfortunate for Colorado.

00:52:09.409 --> 00:52:11.750
Their one big misstep this year, I mean, they

00:52:11.750 --> 00:52:15.389
did tie Dallas at home, but their one big misstep,

00:52:15.469 --> 00:52:17.610
and actually they were way behind in that Dallas

00:52:17.610 --> 00:52:19.570
game and came back, if I'm remembering correctly.

00:52:19.670 --> 00:52:22.170
Their one big misstep was losing 3 -0 to Portland

00:52:22.170 --> 00:52:27.079
at home in a game that, according to... and fan

00:52:27.079 --> 00:52:29.519
of the show, Dan Boniface, was one of the worst

00:52:29.519 --> 00:52:32.940
games he's ever seen. Ooh, we should have Dan

00:52:32.940 --> 00:52:36.360
on next week. Oh, yeah, that's a good idea. We'll

00:52:36.360 --> 00:52:38.019
try and work that out. I think it can be done.

00:52:38.219 --> 00:52:40.420
Now, I will say, Josh Atensio has been playing

00:52:40.420 --> 00:52:42.739
a lot for Colorado. He's been in eight matches.

00:52:43.780 --> 00:52:47.179
He's been really kind of their number eight,

00:52:47.260 --> 00:52:50.039
maybe their number six, I think more of an eight.

00:52:50.280 --> 00:52:54.240
What does he think his number should be? Wow.

00:52:54.240 --> 00:53:01.179
Wow. But so he's getting, you know, I'm really

00:53:01.179 --> 00:53:04.400
happy to see him get regular playing time because

00:53:04.400 --> 00:53:08.420
he deserves it. And we just, unfortunately, we

00:53:08.420 --> 00:53:10.760
just had more talented players than him. That's

00:53:10.760 --> 00:53:14.539
just the unfortunate reality. Excited to probably.

00:53:14.739 --> 00:53:17.159
Yeah. I want him to do well. I want him to do

00:53:17.159 --> 00:53:20.579
really well. Sure. So Colorado has two wins at

00:53:20.579 --> 00:53:23.559
home, one loss and one tie. What are we doing?

00:53:23.780 --> 00:53:25.980
What are we doing? We're going to struggle. We

00:53:25.980 --> 00:53:28.019
often do. It's going to be a low -scoring game.

00:53:29.159 --> 00:53:31.219
Mihaljevic is doing great this season for Colorado,

00:53:31.480 --> 00:53:35.219
but we have had a hard time in Colorado. I think

00:53:35.219 --> 00:53:36.920
it is going to be a lower -scoring game. I think

00:53:36.920 --> 00:53:38.539
it's going to be closer to what we saw in Dallas.

00:53:40.019 --> 00:53:42.340
I do think we're going to be happy. I think you're

00:53:42.340 --> 00:53:46.179
going to bust out the lotion, Cameron. You're

00:53:46.179 --> 00:53:49.179
going to bust out that lotion, Cameron. You're

00:53:49.179 --> 00:53:57.869
going to bust it out. I do think that I was going

00:53:57.869 --> 00:54:01.809
to say 1 -0 again, but I don't know if we're

00:54:01.809 --> 00:54:03.909
going to get three back -to -back -to -back shutouts.

00:54:04.469 --> 00:54:07.170
So I think I'm going to change that to a 2 -1

00:54:07.170 --> 00:54:12.829
victory. How about you, Cameron? Me? Okay. 2

00:54:12.829 --> 00:54:17.159
-1 loss. 2 -1 loss. I think the pendulum swings,

00:54:17.260 --> 00:54:19.760
do you? We're not going to get enough minutes

00:54:19.760 --> 00:54:21.760
out of Ryan Kent, and I think we're going to

00:54:21.760 --> 00:54:24.860
regress back to how we've been playing all season.

00:54:26.940 --> 00:54:31.239
I'm going to go 1 -1. I think our defense will

00:54:31.239 --> 00:54:33.480
give something up, but I think they'll play pretty

00:54:33.480 --> 00:54:36.820
well. I think we'll figure out a goal. I think

00:54:36.820 --> 00:54:41.360
it'll still be frustrating, but there's no stats

00:54:41.360 --> 00:54:43.519
in the history to suggest we're going to score.

00:54:44.190 --> 00:54:47.929
multiple goals in Colorado with a lineup that

00:54:47.929 --> 00:54:55.389
has been various in every single week that we've

00:54:55.389 --> 00:55:00.989
rolled one out. So I'm not confident, but I'm

00:55:00.989 --> 00:55:04.849
also not wary of a loss. But in the same vein

00:55:04.849 --> 00:55:08.730
there, much like the RSL games, Colorado is one

00:55:08.730 --> 00:55:12.489
of those games that historically it feels like

00:55:12.909 --> 00:55:15.949
We constantly are putting in a rotated lineup

00:55:15.949 --> 00:55:19.050
against them when we play in Colorado, just the

00:55:19.050 --> 00:55:22.070
way that it lines up in the schedule. I remember

00:55:22.070 --> 00:55:26.789
I think even you saying that last year. You joined

00:55:26.789 --> 00:55:29.250
the show where we were just talking. It just

00:55:29.250 --> 00:55:31.829
feels like that happens a lot with those two

00:55:31.829 --> 00:55:35.889
high -altitude Rocky Mountain teams. Last October,

00:55:35.929 --> 00:55:40.860
we beat them 1 -0 at home, and we tied. their

00:55:40.860 --> 00:55:44.039
last March 1 -1. What was the lineup? What was

00:55:44.039 --> 00:55:46.760
the starting 11 for that one? The tie? Yeah.

00:55:46.900 --> 00:55:51.739
The one in Colorado. They were both. Oh, that

00:55:51.739 --> 00:55:53.619
one. No, the 1 -1 was in Seattle. That was the

00:55:53.619 --> 00:55:55.579
one where Kevin Cabral scored in the 87th minute

00:55:55.579 --> 00:55:59.739
after the Josh Atencio red card. So essentially

00:55:59.739 --> 00:56:04.280
2 -1 -1. 1 -0. The other 1 -0 game. Let's pull

00:56:04.280 --> 00:56:08.199
this up real quick. Dix. You don't know Dick's

00:56:08.199 --> 00:56:13.179
Sporting Good Park, as they say. Rusnak had a

00:56:13.179 --> 00:56:17.679
great game. The Sounders, of course, didn't give

00:56:17.679 --> 00:56:22.900
us the entire lineup. Jordan Morris played. Alex

00:56:22.900 --> 00:56:27.940
Roldan played. Rusnak played. And Christian Roldan

00:56:27.940 --> 00:56:32.239
played with Obed and Nuhu. So this is an article

00:56:32.239 --> 00:56:34.699
written on the Sounders website. They should

00:56:34.699 --> 00:56:36.820
be giving us the lineup at the bottom, but it's...

00:56:37.119 --> 00:56:41.340
poor uh reporting in their match recap so uh

00:56:41.340 --> 00:56:45.280
yeah we scored in leading into this game we had

00:56:45.280 --> 00:56:49.159
scored 30 goals and 13 uh conceded just 13 so

00:56:49.159 --> 00:56:53.000
it'd be fun to see us go back to that it would

00:56:53.000 --> 00:56:58.519
be fun yeah yeah um with that in mind i mean

00:56:58.519 --> 00:57:01.360
keep putting in those match day predictions because

00:57:01.360 --> 00:57:03.980
this most recent match day prediction congratulations

00:57:03.980 --> 00:57:09.000
to cedar who had four points in this Nashville

00:57:09.000 --> 00:57:13.300
game. I believe the only thing he missed, he

00:57:13.300 --> 00:57:15.860
got the score correct, he got the over -under,

00:57:16.000 --> 00:57:19.460
but he chose Jesus Ferreira to get that first

00:57:19.460 --> 00:57:24.219
goal. I initially actually put in three, nothing,

00:57:24.380 --> 00:57:26.420
and then before submitting, I changed my mind.

00:57:26.519 --> 00:57:31.920
I'm not joking. Not joking, guys. Womp womp.

00:57:32.019 --> 00:57:37.320
But I think I had to calculate what the year

00:57:37.320 --> 00:57:40.360
to date looks like and put those standings up

00:57:40.360 --> 00:57:42.760
in there. But just a reminder, at the end of

00:57:42.760 --> 00:57:46.019
the season, we will give some prizes out to the

00:57:46.019 --> 00:57:49.340
top performer overall, but we'll also give out

00:57:49.340 --> 00:57:56.300
another good prize to a random guest submission.

00:57:57.519 --> 00:58:00.559
So keep putting them in even if you haven't done

00:58:00.559 --> 00:58:04.199
it in a few weeks because at the end of the season.

00:58:04.340 --> 00:58:06.639
It's like a raffle ticket. It is. It is. And

00:58:06.639 --> 00:58:09.039
I'm debating on what at least some of the stuff

00:58:09.039 --> 00:58:11.679
that I've got around the house. I'm thinking

00:58:11.679 --> 00:58:15.139
about maybe a team signed jersey. I'm thinking

00:58:15.139 --> 00:58:17.159
that might be one of the prizes. Would love your

00:58:17.159 --> 00:58:19.820
guys' input on that. I've got some game used

00:58:19.820 --> 00:58:24.800
gear. Cameron's got some used lotion. No, it's

00:58:24.800 --> 00:58:28.780
all. Don't show a solution next to your computer

00:58:28.780 --> 00:58:33.599
on a podcast. You literally watched me use it

00:58:33.599 --> 00:58:37.980
to refresh my elbow. I get ashy elbows. We saw

00:58:37.980 --> 00:58:41.989
you rubbing it on your weenus. You did. This

00:58:41.989 --> 00:58:44.369
is directly on your wieners. Both of them, actually.

00:58:44.489 --> 00:58:49.389
Both your wieners. I'm the only single one here.

00:58:49.489 --> 00:58:51.389
This is the last thing I need, guys. Come on

00:58:51.389 --> 00:58:55.010
now. That's terribly true. Nicholas, you just

00:58:55.010 --> 00:58:56.630
mentioned something that you're basically managing

00:58:56.630 --> 00:58:59.309
for the show. Cameron, why don't you talk about

00:58:59.309 --> 00:59:01.170
what you brought up and surprised us with last

00:59:01.170 --> 00:59:03.269
year and if anyone else wants to do it. Last

00:59:03.269 --> 00:59:07.179
episode? Yeah. We added a new... Patreon tier

00:59:07.179 --> 00:59:10.639
for $19 .74, which guess what? That's the year

00:59:10.639 --> 00:59:14.619
the Sounders performed. You can come and be a

00:59:14.619 --> 00:59:16.260
part of our show and we will record segments

00:59:16.260 --> 00:59:20.059
with you to come on the show. And we have two

00:59:20.059 --> 00:59:21.980
of the three, I believe. I don't believe the

00:59:21.980 --> 00:59:25.440
third is gone yet. So there's one spot left if

00:59:25.440 --> 00:59:27.960
you want to come be a part of our recorded family

00:59:27.960 --> 00:59:31.340
and join us. So definitely check that out on

00:59:31.340 --> 00:59:33.219
the Patreon. Search for Sounders Scuttlebutt

00:59:33.219 --> 00:59:37.969
over there. Nicholas, do you have something to

00:59:37.969 --> 00:59:40.809
say for the class? You are such a child. I am

00:59:40.809 --> 00:59:45.289
because someone googled what is J .D. Vance's

00:59:45.289 --> 00:59:49.630
full name and it's just killed the Pope Vance.

00:59:55.030 --> 01:00:02.389
Oh no. I hate and love the internet so much.

01:00:03.369 --> 01:00:08.050
Oh gosh. I'm coming in to port. That's the end

01:00:08.050 --> 01:00:11.070
of our program. Yeah, if you want to learn more

01:00:11.070 --> 01:00:13.409
about all the great deeds of the Pope, dead and

01:00:13.409 --> 01:00:17.090
alive, check out JesuitsWest .org. Way to balance

01:00:17.090 --> 01:00:24.110
this shit. Thank you. Well, James, take us away.

01:00:25.070 --> 01:00:27.909
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01:01:04.929 --> 01:01:09.469
Alexa, who's the best MLS team of all time? The

01:01:09.469 --> 01:01:11.829
Seattle Sounders are both unequivocally and incredibly

01:01:11.829 --> 01:05:03.159
the best MLS team of all time. Hey, everybody.

01:05:03.260 --> 01:05:05.679
This is one of your hosts, Cameron Collins. Now,

01:05:05.780 --> 01:05:08.199
I know we said this time's time for a break.

01:05:08.340 --> 01:05:11.300
But really, it's a time for me to talk to you

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