WEBVTT 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:24.339 He's a tough kid. All I gotta say is the public 00:00:24.339 --> 00:01:07.280 can't say it's cheating. All right, so we are 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:11.019 back here on Sounders Scuttlebutt. I am one of 00:01:11.019 --> 00:01:14.299 your hosts, Cameron Collins. And today is the 00:01:14.299 --> 00:01:17.859 very first segment that we are recording that 00:01:17.859 --> 00:01:24.180 is part of our new segments that we have through 00:01:24.180 --> 00:01:28.859 Patreon. And I'm super excited because I don't 00:01:28.859 --> 00:01:30.459 know if you want your last name in it. I'll let 00:01:30.459 --> 00:01:31.879 you do that, but I'm just going to call you Alex 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:39.780 for now. We are here with Alex, who is now part 00:01:39.780 --> 00:01:42.400 of our show. What is up, Alex? How are you doing? 00:01:42.459 --> 00:01:43.719 I'm doing pretty good, Cameron. How are you doing? 00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:49.620 Not too bad. Just excited to finally get you 00:01:49.620 --> 00:01:52.040 on and record with you and talk sounders. You're 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:54.359 one of the strongest and best voices we have 00:01:54.359 --> 00:01:57.739 in our Discord. So to have you on here is super 00:01:57.739 --> 00:02:01.000 cool. Yeah, I feel like I might be one of the 00:02:01.000 --> 00:02:10.250 younger voices, too. Yeah, definitely. So let's 00:02:10.250 --> 00:02:12.189 start letting people know who you are a little 00:02:12.189 --> 00:02:16.530 bit. Where you live, and you don't need to be 00:02:16.530 --> 00:02:18.069 too specific if you're worried that people on 00:02:18.069 --> 00:02:20.810 the internet will find you, but what city you're 00:02:20.810 --> 00:02:23.750 in and how you got into soccer in the first place. 00:02:24.030 --> 00:02:28.210 So I'm from Yakima, Washington, on the other 00:02:28.210 --> 00:02:33.319 side of the pass. I've been involved with soccer, 00:02:33.500 --> 00:02:36.060 I want to say, almost all of my life. I've been 00:02:36.060 --> 00:02:38.919 playing since I was five, going through the whole 00:02:38.919 --> 00:02:41.120 pyramid of soccer, starting at the rec level, 00:02:41.400 --> 00:02:44.939 then transitioning to club, and then playing 00:02:44.939 --> 00:02:48.639 high school. And after that, just keeping up 00:02:48.639 --> 00:02:54.819 with the game. I don't know if they still do, 00:02:54.960 --> 00:02:56.819 but over the years, the Sounders have tried to 00:02:56.819 --> 00:02:59.139 have a presence out there in Yakima. Do they 00:02:59.139 --> 00:03:02.719 still have stuff out there? Any camps or anything 00:03:02.719 --> 00:03:04.919 like that? Yeah, they used to have a partnership 00:03:04.919 --> 00:03:08.960 with a club called CWS. So they were the Central 00:03:08.960 --> 00:03:12.219 Washington Sounders. But then once Sounders started 00:03:12.219 --> 00:03:17.159 their MLS Next Academy, they sort of pushed CWS 00:03:17.159 --> 00:03:20.960 aside. So this past year, they transitioned from 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:23.240 Central Washington Sounders to Central Washington 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:28.060 Soccer. Since the Sounders have a lot of clubs 00:03:28.060 --> 00:03:35.270 within the Seattle area. I know Yakima a little 00:03:35.270 --> 00:03:38.849 bit. My cousins all grew up in Sunnyside, so 00:03:38.849 --> 00:03:43.129 I used to spend a little time out that way. It's 00:03:43.129 --> 00:03:49.050 a nice place, nice place. Why Sounders? Is it 00:03:49.050 --> 00:03:52.129 just because it's local, or do you have a connection 00:03:52.129 --> 00:03:54.430 somehow that you formed in another way? Yeah, 00:03:54.430 --> 00:03:58.830 I want to say it's more so local, because Yakima, 00:03:58.889 --> 00:04:00.610 the closest team that we have, is going to be 00:04:00.610 --> 00:04:03.789 either the Sounders. You have the Timbers, and 00:04:03.789 --> 00:04:07.610 then you have RSO. But I think just the Sounders, 00:04:07.629 --> 00:04:09.090 because ever since they came into the league, 00:04:09.289 --> 00:04:13.770 they've been having great seasons, winning, making 00:04:13.770 --> 00:04:18.110 playoffs, winning trophies, going on incredible 00:04:18.110 --> 00:04:25.689 runs. Yeah, for sure. And it's not that long 00:04:25.689 --> 00:04:27.490 of a drive for you to come visit games, which 00:04:27.490 --> 00:04:29.810 you do pretty frequently. Yeah, it's probably 00:04:29.810 --> 00:04:37.129 like two and a half hours. Dedication. That's 00:04:37.129 --> 00:04:40.470 about how long it used to be to drive to Portland. 00:04:40.629 --> 00:04:43.850 Now it's a little bit longer. Yeah, I think that 00:04:43.850 --> 00:04:46.129 stems from the passion that I have for the game. 00:04:49.189 --> 00:04:53.910 Nice. That's awesome. I think one of the things 00:04:53.910 --> 00:04:56.970 that I like on Discord is that you really take... 00:05:01.100 --> 00:05:04.160 You take to heart the questions and come up with 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:06.279 great questions and just have a lot of opinions 00:05:06.279 --> 00:05:09.980 on it. What do you want to do with a segment 00:05:09.980 --> 00:05:12.120 like this on the show? In general, what do you 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:15.759 hope to be able to bring to the show? I know, 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:17.459 obviously, you had already said that a younger 00:05:17.459 --> 00:05:20.500 voice than maybe we're hearing, especially since 00:05:20.500 --> 00:05:22.879 me and Nick and Aaron are all roughly the same 00:05:22.879 --> 00:05:27.480 age and pretty old. What are you excited about 00:05:27.480 --> 00:05:29.980 bringing to the table? I think it's just another... 00:05:31.920 --> 00:05:33.899 Another set of eyes, a different perspective 00:05:33.899 --> 00:05:38.839 to what we're seeing. Maybe try to see it from 00:05:38.839 --> 00:05:43.120 what's working, why isn't it working, what are 00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:48.180 they trying to do, giving players grace or giving 00:05:48.180 --> 00:05:51.839 players constructive criticism, and just trying 00:05:51.839 --> 00:05:55.360 to find a balance of not being too negative but 00:05:55.360 --> 00:06:01.649 not being too positive. Nice. Why don't we get 00:06:01.649 --> 00:06:05.410 into it then? You know, we had a 1 -1 draw at 00:06:05.410 --> 00:06:10.009 Colorado. Maybe should have been 2 -1 Colorado. 00:06:10.449 --> 00:06:12.470 I mean, I'm fine with their goal being called 00:06:12.470 --> 00:06:14.509 off once they called it, but it was a pretty 00:06:14.509 --> 00:06:18.089 soft foul. What's your takeaway from that game 00:06:18.089 --> 00:06:20.490 and kind of what you saw? I think that's a game 00:06:20.490 --> 00:06:24.449 that we had the chance to win and that is going 00:06:24.449 --> 00:06:29.470 to leave a bittersweet feeling in our mouth because 00:06:29.470 --> 00:06:31.779 that's... two points that we dropped and away 00:06:31.779 --> 00:06:34.740 from home. It's tough to win in the league away 00:06:34.740 --> 00:06:38.019 from home. Yeah. Well, a draw is good. And, but 00:06:38.019 --> 00:06:41.220 if you have the chance to win, you have to, you 00:06:41.220 --> 00:06:47.740 have to take it. Yeah, absolutely. Defensive 00:06:47.740 --> 00:06:53.079 foibles, difficulty passing. How much do you 00:06:53.079 --> 00:06:56.360 think the, the, you know, how high up in the 00:06:56.360 --> 00:07:00.850 atmosphere Denver is affected them? They struggled 00:07:00.850 --> 00:07:02.689 this year with altitude. We've seen it at Cruz 00:07:02.689 --> 00:07:06.790 Azul where they got absolutely ran off the pitch. 00:07:06.829 --> 00:07:10.709 It was boys against men that game. And the first 00:07:10.709 --> 00:07:13.490 20, 30 minutes that we've seen it was just sloppy. 00:07:13.709 --> 00:07:15.930 It looked like we were watching probably a wreck 00:07:15.930 --> 00:07:19.709 ball. It's just they take a touch and it's just 00:07:19.709 --> 00:07:23.290 the first touch is horrible. Passes aren't connecting. 00:07:23.569 --> 00:07:25.670 But it was both teams. They weren't connecting 00:07:25.670 --> 00:07:29.019 passes. We were just lucky that. Danny Musoski 00:07:29.019 --> 00:07:32.480 is playing on fire and put one away right at 00:07:32.480 --> 00:07:37.379 the end of the half. Should he have gone subbed 00:07:37.379 --> 00:07:39.759 off at halftime? That's, you know, debatable. 00:07:40.199 --> 00:07:42.279 I understand that he's on a yellow, but how many 00:07:42.279 --> 00:07:44.240 times have we seen forwards get a second yellow? 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:51.579 Yeah, it's not common. And I mean, I think part 00:07:51.579 --> 00:07:53.779 of that was they promised Jordan Morris time. 00:07:54.019 --> 00:07:57.040 And so if you're only going to play one forward, 00:07:57.180 --> 00:07:59.019 that's kind of, what you have to do, unfortunately. 00:07:59.740 --> 00:08:03.939 Yeah. And I understand like where the coaching 00:08:03.939 --> 00:08:06.639 staff is coming from. During halftime, you have 00:08:06.639 --> 00:08:10.560 more time to really activate that muscle, especially 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:12.839 the hamstring, to get them warmed up, which would 00:08:12.839 --> 00:08:15.060 be easier than having them come off and come 00:08:15.060 --> 00:08:19.399 on in like the 60th minute or like the 75th where 00:08:19.399 --> 00:08:21.740 he has to do like some little warmup. We've seen 00:08:21.740 --> 00:08:23.240 how they warm up on the sidelines. They're not 00:08:23.240 --> 00:08:26.420 really warming up per se. They're just doing 00:08:26.420 --> 00:08:29.329 it. jogging you know maybe they'll do some sprints 00:08:29.329 --> 00:08:32.049 but not really you know activating those muscles 00:08:32.049 --> 00:08:35.470 properly yeah i think they just they're just 00:08:35.470 --> 00:08:39.350 doing the the fifa mandated warm -ups it's not 00:08:39.350 --> 00:08:41.269 they're not out there running like they would 00:08:41.269 --> 00:08:43.789 be pre -game or um you know at halftime when 00:08:43.789 --> 00:08:47.370 they can do that of course he got hurt in the 00:08:47.370 --> 00:08:49.610 in the game unfortunately and is now we know 00:08:49.610 --> 00:08:52.610 six to eight weeks he's gonna be out Where do 00:08:52.610 --> 00:08:54.309 the Sounders go from there? Yeah, that injury 00:08:54.309 --> 00:08:58.070 is very concerning because it's the same spot 00:08:58.070 --> 00:09:01.750 and the same hamstring, and it's more severe 00:09:01.750 --> 00:09:04.389 than last time. That's what we've seen from the 00:09:04.389 --> 00:09:09.429 second MRI. I think it's going to be six to eight 00:09:09.429 --> 00:09:11.710 weeks, maybe even more, because, I mean, why 00:09:11.710 --> 00:09:16.149 rush them back? Global Cup, yeah, it's going 00:09:16.149 --> 00:09:19.330 to be a good opportunity, but I am a firm believer 00:09:19.330 --> 00:09:21.789 that you have to play. the hot hand you got to 00:09:21.789 --> 00:09:24.429 play the guys that are in form you can have the 00:09:24.429 --> 00:09:26.090 names but if they're not producing you got to 00:09:26.090 --> 00:09:31.330 play the people that are producing and when he 00:09:31.330 --> 00:09:33.990 comes back it will be actually probably club 00:09:33.990 --> 00:09:36.730 world cup time so it'll be interesting to see 00:09:36.730 --> 00:09:38.610 what happens there and he does i feel like he 00:09:38.610 --> 00:09:40.129 doesn't need the exposure that some of the other 00:09:40.129 --> 00:09:42.090 players do because he's not going to move on 00:09:42.090 --> 00:09:45.090 from seattle the same way you know obed might 00:09:45.090 --> 00:09:49.230 yeah or like a pedro de la vega or maybe yeah 00:09:49.580 --> 00:09:53.500 Maybe a Nuhu or a Kalani. You know, we have some 00:09:53.500 --> 00:09:55.679 younger players that can have a good opportunity 00:09:55.679 --> 00:09:59.700 here to really make a name for themselves. Yeah, 00:09:59.779 --> 00:10:03.559 for sure. So why don't we finish with something 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:06.139 that came out of the mailbag, which was a question 00:10:06.139 --> 00:10:07.899 you actually asked, but I want to know what's 00:10:07.899 --> 00:10:10.139 behind this. So you asked, what's worse, the 00:10:10.139 --> 00:10:14.200 Puto chant or throwing beer on everyone? Of course, 00:10:14.240 --> 00:10:17.259 the Puto chant is for those that don't know. 00:10:18.620 --> 00:10:23.120 It is banned in at least CONCACAF, but it still 00:10:23.120 --> 00:10:30.340 happens. But it's a chant versus basically having 00:10:30.340 --> 00:10:34.299 beer thrown all over you. Where do you stand 00:10:34.299 --> 00:10:38.659 on your own question? I think that legally it's 00:10:38.659 --> 00:10:42.500 banned, but we heard it in San Diego. You hear 00:10:42.500 --> 00:10:46.940 it in Mexico all the time. It's not going to 00:10:46.940 --> 00:10:52.259 go away. It's not. But as far as people throwing 00:10:52.259 --> 00:10:55.740 beer on you, I've seen videos online where they 00:10:55.740 --> 00:10:57.779 record themselves. They put the phone down on 00:10:57.779 --> 00:10:59.960 the floor and then they start throwing beer around. 00:11:00.039 --> 00:11:04.000 I'm like, that's just uncalled for. Yeah, I would 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:06.299 not be happy. I don't want to get wet. I don't 00:11:06.299 --> 00:11:09.860 want to get wet with beer. But also, beers are 00:11:09.860 --> 00:11:12.860 expensive. What are people doing? They can just 00:11:12.860 --> 00:11:15.710 light money on fires. Give me the money. Well, 00:11:15.730 --> 00:11:19.690 a beer at Lumen is like, what, $16? Yeah, unless 00:11:19.690 --> 00:11:21.809 you, they have, I think they, pre -game they 00:11:21.809 --> 00:11:24.710 have a few cheaper beers, but. Yeah, I have like 00:11:24.710 --> 00:11:28.230 some 12 ounces for like $5, the value beer, but. 00:11:29.090 --> 00:11:31.470 Yeah, but no, yeah, it's, I mean, I remember 00:11:31.470 --> 00:11:34.309 my old roommate would go to, we'd go to Seahawk 00:11:34.309 --> 00:11:37.090 Games and he'd eat 10, 12 beers deep and wouldn't 00:11:37.090 --> 00:11:38.970 remember the game and be like, you just paid 00:11:38.970 --> 00:11:41.710 150 bucks for it. ticket to a game and now you 00:11:41.710 --> 00:11:45.409 paid another 150 plus for beers and you're not 00:11:45.409 --> 00:11:47.330 even going to remember your experience. I mean, 00:11:47.350 --> 00:11:49.210 if the Seahawks lost and I don't blame them. 00:11:49.830 --> 00:11:52.450 That is true. That's true. They didn't, they, 00:11:52.470 --> 00:11:54.409 well, they didn't use to do that a lot at home. 00:11:54.429 --> 00:12:00.309 Now they do. Uh, yeah. So, um, what, what's, 00:12:00.309 --> 00:12:02.289 uh, what's your prediction for the upcoming game? 00:12:02.370 --> 00:12:04.269 We got St. Louis at home. It's going to be, it's 00:12:04.269 --> 00:12:07.389 going to be interesting because now we learn 00:12:07.389 --> 00:12:11.200 that Jesus Ferrer is probably out. And he's been, 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:14.279 I think he's been doing pretty good. He's not 00:12:14.279 --> 00:12:17.419 scoring. He missed a sitter, but I think he might 00:12:17.419 --> 00:12:21.360 be, he just needs to score one and then, you 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:25.679 know, the floodgates will open. So I think that, 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:29.500 you know, we're at home. If our defense, you 00:12:29.500 --> 00:12:31.080 know, keeps playing the way they have been at 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:33.740 home, Fry has a good game, makes the stops he 00:12:33.740 --> 00:12:38.720 needs to make. I can see us winning 2 -0. Nice. 00:12:39.340 --> 00:12:41.539 I like that. I like that. I didn't get to make 00:12:41.539 --> 00:12:43.080 my prediction since I wasn't on the show this 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:46.019 week, but that is a prediction I can get behind. 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:50.340 It's a good time. So where can they find you 00:12:50.340 --> 00:12:52.159 on the internet? If you want them to know, if 00:12:52.159 --> 00:12:53.840 you just, if it's just discord, say the discord. 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:57.139 No, they can find me on the discord at Alex Diaz. 00:12:57.559 --> 00:12:59.940 And then they can find me on Instagram at Alex 00:12:59.940 --> 00:13:04.919 underscore DS five Oh nine. Nice. Awesome. So 00:13:04.919 --> 00:13:08.179 everybody go give Alex a follow and. You'll be 00:13:08.179 --> 00:13:11.000 on here every week with us. So I'm excited. It's 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:13.940 going to be good times. Yeah. All right. Catch 00:13:13.940 --> 00:13:33.139 you soon. Sounds good. Hey everybody, this is 00:13:33.139 --> 00:13:36.000 one of your hosts, Cameron Collins. Now, I know 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:38.600 we said this time was time for a break, but really, 00:13:38.720 --> 00:13:41.639 it's a time for me to talk to you about our corporate 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:44.100 overlords. And our corporate overlords are us. 00:13:44.379 --> 00:13:46.799 That's right. We would love it if you would head 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:50.759 on over to patreon .com and look for Sounders 00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:53.500 Scuttlebutt Podcast. We will put the link here 00:13:53.500 --> 00:13:56.879 in the show. And subscribe. You can subscribe 00:13:56.879 --> 00:14:01.539 for as little as $1 .74. 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So head on 00:14:38.509 --> 00:14:41.809 over to Patreon, go to Sounders Scuttlebutt Podcast, 00:14:42.029 --> 00:14:45.450 and subscribe. You even get a cool little downloadable 00:14:45.450 --> 00:14:49.950 membership that has our logo on it. That's Sounders 00:14:49.950 --> 00:14:52.649 Scuttlebutt Podcast over at patreon .com, P -A 00:14:52.649 --> 00:14:55.990 -T -R -E -O -N dot C -O -M. Now back to your 00:14:55.990 --> 00:15:11.419 regularly scheduled programming. Hello, Scuttlebutt 00:15:11.419 --> 00:15:13.500 listeners. This is one of your hosts, Cameron 00:15:13.500 --> 00:15:17.460 Collins, and I am here right now with a very 00:15:17.460 --> 00:15:20.440 special segment. You know what? I'm going to 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:23.379 just use your first name, Dan, and then let you 00:15:23.379 --> 00:15:25.840 decide how you want to refer to yourself from 00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:29.080 there. For privacy purposes, I'll leave it up 00:15:29.080 --> 00:15:30.840 to you because I just realized we did not discuss 00:15:30.840 --> 00:15:35.259 that before we hit record. But as listeners know, 00:15:35.460 --> 00:15:38.539 we've decided to bring a few, I guess they're 00:15:38.539 --> 00:15:42.059 called patrons. uh people who subscribe on patreon 00:15:42.059 --> 00:15:45.759 along with us and um i'm super excited i've been 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:48.759 really looking forward to this and i'm here with 00:15:48.759 --> 00:15:50.840 one of those people who is now going to be joining 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:53.440 us on a regular basis hello dan welcome to the 00:15:53.440 --> 00:15:55.620 podcast hey what's going on and i'm good with 00:15:55.620 --> 00:15:57.940 dan the bastard if you can put that on your podcast 00:15:57.940 --> 00:16:00.799 yeah my uh my stuff's all over the internet it's 00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:04.360 fine awesome dan the bastard uh definitely uh 00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:08.360 a great voice in the discord someone who has 00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:10.740 a lot of opinions and that's what we like yeah 00:16:10.740 --> 00:16:15.639 i you know i i am a fan of uh hyperbole and uh 00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:17.940 i'm okay with it it's sports let's let's go let's 00:16:17.940 --> 00:16:21.200 have fun and just say some stupid stuff i i get 00:16:21.200 --> 00:16:24.299 you there's there's times where i have tweeted 00:16:24.299 --> 00:16:28.620 out so -and -so is the worst player ever, and 00:16:28.620 --> 00:16:30.100 then they score a goal, and I'm like, I told 00:16:30.100 --> 00:16:32.820 you they were the best player on the team. You 00:16:32.820 --> 00:16:36.019 know, I have to be on point and smart in my work, 00:16:36.039 --> 00:16:38.340 so I'm going to let it hang out and say dumb 00:16:38.340 --> 00:16:40.620 things about sports, and I'm okay with that. 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:44.820 So let's talk about you, and how did you get 00:16:44.820 --> 00:16:48.659 into soccer? I know sometimes soccer and Sounders 00:16:48.659 --> 00:16:51.559 fandom do not go hand -in -hand, especially for 00:16:51.559 --> 00:16:54.740 people our age where we didn't have... Sounders 00:16:54.740 --> 00:16:58.740 as a pro team until we were older, since they 00:16:58.740 --> 00:17:03.279 were, I think they left when I was like four. 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:05.960 So you were probably maybe not born yet or close 00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:09.380 to that. How did you get into soccer? Dude, I 00:17:09.380 --> 00:17:12.740 am brand new as far as sports fandoms. In fact, 00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:16.200 I'm so new, it's almost embarrassing engaging 00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:21.569 with it. So I started in 2022, late 22. We moved 00:17:21.569 --> 00:17:24.390 back to Seattle. We moved around. I had a job 00:17:24.390 --> 00:17:27.109 where I moved around for 20 years and come back 00:17:27.109 --> 00:17:29.329 here. And I actually grew up in Texas. So I know 00:17:29.329 --> 00:17:33.190 American football, played baseball. Soccer was 00:17:33.190 --> 00:17:37.809 not even on the radar. I got a 15 -year -old 00:17:37.809 --> 00:17:39.789 kid, Joe. They wanted to watch the World Cup. 00:17:39.930 --> 00:17:41.730 And I'm like, yeah, I'll drink beer and watch 00:17:41.730 --> 00:17:43.730 sports with you. That sounds like a great way 00:17:43.730 --> 00:17:47.069 to spend a week. And really, Joe fell in love 00:17:47.069 --> 00:17:49.940 with soccer. introduced me to the Sounders. And 00:17:49.940 --> 00:17:55.160 I think it was the first match in 23 that marching 00:17:55.160 --> 00:17:57.799 to the match, that's whenever I fell in love 00:17:57.799 --> 00:18:00.960 with the Sounders. And really, it was less about 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:04.680 soccer. And I think growing up, we called it 00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:10.619 recreational running. But it was really the supporters 00:18:10.619 --> 00:18:14.400 community that got me attracted. I just fell 00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:17.339 in love with the atmosphere. It was cool being 00:18:17.339 --> 00:18:19.900 around people that I share so many other interests 00:18:19.900 --> 00:18:24.400 in because Sounders fans are so diverse, and 00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:26.500 I just really enjoyed it. So that's what got 00:18:26.500 --> 00:18:29.400 me into the Sounders. That and the players. There's 00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:32.460 no way you can watch these guys and not love 00:18:32.460 --> 00:18:34.440 them, right? Yeah, totally. You want to root 00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:39.410 for every single one. Yeah, and I'll say – I 00:18:39.410 --> 00:18:41.869 think World Cup, I'm not sure if I've mentioned, 00:18:41.910 --> 00:18:43.269 I'm sure I've mentioned it in the podcast in 00:18:43.269 --> 00:18:45.309 some capacity. I don't know to what degree. World 00:18:45.309 --> 00:18:47.250 Cup, definitely. I played soccer growing up, 00:18:47.250 --> 00:18:49.289 so I always play, but what really transformed 00:18:49.289 --> 00:18:51.569 me into a huge soccer fan was the 94 World Cup 00:18:51.569 --> 00:18:54.339 in the United States. which I did not attend, 00:18:54.440 --> 00:18:57.259 but I was at fat camp in San Diego at the time. 00:18:57.539 --> 00:19:00.859 And that, and then I would sneak off and instead 00:19:00.859 --> 00:19:03.339 of exercising, I would watch world cup with the 00:19:03.339 --> 00:19:06.160 people who worked at the university. And so that 00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:09.640 was my soccer fandom going from, Oh, you know, 00:19:09.640 --> 00:19:12.420 I play sometimes to like, Oh no, this is epic. 00:19:12.700 --> 00:19:15.799 Yeah. I actually tried to play last summer and 00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:18.750 pull my hamstring. Uh, you know, and, and I, 00:19:18.789 --> 00:19:21.529 I felt like it was karma just for all the, all 00:19:21.529 --> 00:19:23.190 the crap I was talking about De La Vega being 00:19:23.190 --> 00:19:25.230 hurt. And then here I am, I go out there one 00:19:25.230 --> 00:19:28.769 time and humble myself. So, Hey, just got to 00:19:28.769 --> 00:19:30.549 take it easy. I know we talked about it in the 00:19:30.549 --> 00:19:33.509 podcast, but that, that ECS pub league is fun. 00:19:33.670 --> 00:19:36.309 And, and, uh, I've got, I've gotten so much good 00:19:36.309 --> 00:19:38.369 exercise from just running around on a field 00:19:38.369 --> 00:19:41.690 now without, uh, too many injuries. Yeah, I should 00:19:41.690 --> 00:19:43.230 have, I should have stepped it up, but no, I'm, 00:19:43.230 --> 00:19:47.519 um, you know, I just, I just didn't. Well, let's 00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:49.940 get into some Sounders talk then. I know you 00:19:49.940 --> 00:19:53.920 are on a time limit here because you have real 00:19:53.920 --> 00:19:56.519 life duties that don't include talking Sounders. 00:19:57.299 --> 00:20:00.900 So we'll get you going here. But we just had 00:20:00.900 --> 00:20:03.059 a match against Colorado, which was a very interesting 00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:07.059 match. I know I was not on the most recent episode 00:20:07.059 --> 00:20:09.519 of the podcast, so this is kind of popping into 00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:14.410 that episode. Colorado won, Seattle won in a 00:20:14.410 --> 00:20:16.390 match where Colorado actually scored another 00:20:16.390 --> 00:20:19.690 goal, a goal which I think if they hadn't called 00:20:19.690 --> 00:20:21.690 the foul would have stood, but because they called 00:20:21.690 --> 00:20:25.930 the foul, didn't. Pretty soft foul, but I'll 00:20:25.930 --> 00:20:29.109 take it. What were your takeaways from that match 00:20:29.109 --> 00:20:32.309 and how you thought the Sounders played and what 00:20:32.309 --> 00:20:34.599 they could learn from that? I thought the Sounders 00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:36.599 deserved to lose, and we're really lucky to not 00:20:36.599 --> 00:20:41.240 lose. You know, it was a soft foul, but the Colorado's 00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:42.740 players should have been sent off with a second 00:20:42.740 --> 00:20:46.000 yellow at the same time, right? So it all balances 00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:47.900 out, but I thought there were some other looks 00:20:47.900 --> 00:20:51.440 on goal early that what rolled on had that clearance 00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:54.440 there at the goal that if it wasn't for him being 00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:57.819 at the right place at the right time, the Sounders 00:20:57.819 --> 00:21:00.200 are down early. I thought Moose looked good again. 00:21:01.389 --> 00:21:05.470 And that's my big takeaway going forward. I think 00:21:05.470 --> 00:21:07.710 set pieces, some of the stuff can be a little 00:21:07.710 --> 00:21:11.529 bit fluky. With that, the guys jumped instead 00:21:11.529 --> 00:21:13.529 of going on their tiptoes like Brian wanted them 00:21:13.529 --> 00:21:19.150 to. So that's not huge there. But my big takeaway 00:21:19.150 --> 00:21:21.549 is I think Moose looked good. And I'm feeling 00:21:21.549 --> 00:21:24.289 a little bit better with Moose being up there, 00:21:24.390 --> 00:21:27.599 knowing that Morris is going to be out. more 00:21:27.599 --> 00:21:30.440 weeks. Yeah, six to eight weeks. So yeah, that's 00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:33.200 a big blow coming out of that. And Jesus potentially 00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:36.859 could be. Yeah, he's got that strain too. And 00:21:36.859 --> 00:21:40.779 the more he plays in that retracted 10 position, 00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:45.759 the better he looks. Yeah, absolutely. Do you 00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:47.019 think there's anything the Sounders can learn 00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:49.740 from that game? Or do you think, I mean, I feel 00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:53.809 like playing at altitude and just... The sloppiness 00:21:53.809 --> 00:21:57.750 that isn't normal for the Sounders maybe was 00:21:57.750 --> 00:22:00.809 unique to that game. Yeah, it was one of those 00:22:00.809 --> 00:22:03.529 games where you could tell by the second half 00:22:03.529 --> 00:22:07.930 that they looked pretty gassed. Musla, honestly, 00:22:08.109 --> 00:22:10.029 he looked disappointed to be taken off, and who 00:22:10.029 --> 00:22:12.630 knows how that would have turned out if he'd 00:22:12.630 --> 00:22:16.490 have stayed on. Isn't that crazy to say? Yeah. 00:22:17.210 --> 00:22:19.269 I feel like in the opposite world, but yeah. 00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:22.160 Usually you're not taking someone off who scored 00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:24.279 a goal in the first half. If it weren't Jordan, 00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:25.960 I think if it were any other player, weren't 00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:27.579 Jordan Morris, that wouldn't have happened. Yeah. 00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:29.160 You take away the halftime and he's taken off 00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:32.880 30 seconds after he scored a goal. Yeah. Yeah. 00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:40.640 Wow. That's wild. So what do you think then as 00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:43.259 we move into the upcoming match this weekend 00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:46.829 with RSL? Excuse me, I said RSL. I don't know 00:22:46.829 --> 00:22:49.990 why I said that. St. Louis, a different STL. 00:22:52.250 --> 00:22:55.529 What do you think of the Sounders coming in? 00:22:55.549 --> 00:22:58.750 It's a home match, but no Jordan Morris. Questionable 00:22:58.750 --> 00:23:02.309 whether Jesus will be there. How should they 00:23:02.309 --> 00:23:05.849 line up and how are they going to play? So I'm 00:23:05.849 --> 00:23:08.029 pretty sure I'm the leader in our prediction 00:23:08.029 --> 00:23:11.049 game so far. Yeah, you're killing it. So far 00:23:11.049 --> 00:23:13.710 ahead of everyone. You know everything. Are you 00:23:13.710 --> 00:23:15.829 trying to get tips? Like, are you trying to copy 00:23:15.829 --> 00:23:18.750 off of me right now? Is that what this is? Yes, 00:23:18.950 --> 00:23:22.130 yes. Because I am way down the list. I've not 00:23:22.130 --> 00:23:24.630 decided yet. I don't decide to the last minute. 00:23:25.910 --> 00:23:28.710 I'm looking at, I'm thinking either we're going 00:23:28.710 --> 00:23:35.019 to get a 1 -1 draw or a 1 -0. but Moose is going 00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:37.220 to score the goal again. He's going to go four. 00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:41.279 We're going to have four games in a row. If I 00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:44.039 can throw out there a hot take, get some of my 00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:49.339 hyperbole going, Moose is going to have the best 00:23:49.339 --> 00:23:52.039 career of his year. He's going to have the best 00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:54.799 year of his career this year, and he's going 00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:56.900 to do it by the end of May. He's going to score 00:23:56.900 --> 00:23:59.630 more goals than he's ever scored. by the end 00:23:59.630 --> 00:24:01.309 of May. I was looking at it before our call. 00:24:01.410 --> 00:24:03.190 He scored five goals, was the most. He's done 00:24:03.190 --> 00:24:05.349 that twice. He's going to break five by the end 00:24:05.349 --> 00:24:10.369 of May. If not, go ahead. I'm sorry. Oh yeah. 00:24:10.450 --> 00:24:13.109 With Jordan out, that's a real possibility. Yeah. 00:24:13.170 --> 00:24:15.130 And if he doesn't, then the Sounders are in a 00:24:15.130 --> 00:24:18.970 world of hurt. Yeah. Yeah. Or they've signed, 00:24:19.089 --> 00:24:22.009 they've somehow signed a U22 -9 that has had 00:24:22.009 --> 00:24:25.869 immediate impact. You know, fun things happen, 00:24:25.970 --> 00:24:29.839 but that's... I don't think that's likely. Yeah, 00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:32.119 it seems unlikely to me as well. You don't want 00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:33.720 to put that kind of pressure. I mean, look at 00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:37.119 how long it took Pedro de la Vega to kind of 00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:41.960 balance moving to a new country and, well, and 00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:43.980 Chu before him and a lot of the young players 00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:46.579 we sign. I mean, it's not just about learning 00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:48.019 to play with your teammates. You're moving to 00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:50.039 a whole new culture. Yeah, I mean, look at Jesus 00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:53.200 taking a little bit of time to get. uh into this 00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:56.039 game and you know he came from the mls and came 00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:59.559 from dallas so it's you know it soccer is a unique 00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:01.500 sport and i think as a new fan it's taking me 00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:03.480 a little bit of time to learn that that you know 00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:06.220 this isn't playing left guard for your football 00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:09.240 team it's this is a little bit more nuanced soccer 00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:13.180 is a very nuanced sport so um which which makes 00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:15.400 all the hot takes a little bit harder to harder 00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:17.400 to do right with with the nuance in the sport 00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:21.019 Yeah, they're not Keystone Light drinkers. They're 00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:24.960 drinking something a little fancier. Yeah. I 00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:28.359 like that new guard for the Seahawks. I'm ready 00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:32.480 to see him. Oh, I love that. In his interview, 00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:33.900 he's like, hey, what are you doing? Yeah, I'm 00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:38.599 drinking some Keystone. Yeah. Good for him. Amazing. 00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:41.440 So, yeah. Anything else you want to hit before 00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:44.960 you get out of here? Well, you said RSL in the 00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:47.640 text you sent me and then here. And I just got 00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:51.579 one point on RSL. Because we have RSL coming 00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:55.740 up in a few matches. Yeah. And I can't wait to 00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:58.380 – I can't wait, especially after just as poor 00:25:58.380 --> 00:26:01.240 as we looked against them. But here, I got to 00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:04.740 pull it up. When's RSL coming up? Well, I think 00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:06.740 we got them. It's a little while before we play 00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:09.460 RSL again. Yeah, because we have all the road 00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:11.779 games, and then we have to play San Diego again. 00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:16.859 So anyways, looking at the RSL, just thank goodness 00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:20.400 we're not RSL. They bring in Johnny Russell. 00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:22.559 I mean, that was my nightmare, was for Russell 00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:25.269 to come in and play for us. That seemed like 00:26:25.269 --> 00:26:27.109 maybe the route they were going to go before 00:26:27.109 --> 00:26:29.829 they found Ryan Kent. Yeah. I was a little worried. 00:26:29.970 --> 00:26:31.769 I mean, Johnny Russell had his day, but it's 00:26:31.769 --> 00:26:35.910 not now. Yeah. And so as much flack as the Sounder 00:26:35.910 --> 00:26:38.890 community gives Craig Weibel, it's so unfair 00:26:38.890 --> 00:26:43.029 because he's cooking with the ingredients that 00:26:43.029 --> 00:26:46.490 he has. And Ryan Kent, I think it's got Sounder 00:26:46.490 --> 00:26:49.410 Nation excited. The last home game, it sounded 00:26:49.410 --> 00:26:51.599 like folks were. pretty happy to see him trot 00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:53.740 out on the field so i look forward to seeing 00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:58.019 him more yeah i mean even in the limit you didn't 00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:59.720 see it as much in this last game just because 00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:02.700 i think he was forced to play a little differently 00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:05.920 but in the limited minutes we saw at home there 00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:07.779 was some danger there which is very exciting 00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:10.779 yeah there's a there's definitely a scenario 00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:14.160 where you got ken on the left pdlv on the right 00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:16.160 and you got jesus feeding the ball from that 00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:20.289 uh um false nine position where that could be 00:27:20.289 --> 00:27:23.150 that could be a lot of fun to watch right yeah 00:27:23.150 --> 00:27:27.130 i think so i mean i that makes it feel like that 00:27:27.130 --> 00:27:31.390 lafc game or the uh nashville game to me is the 00:27:31.390 --> 00:27:33.269 kind of ball movement we would end up seeing 00:27:33.269 --> 00:27:35.390 with that yeah and so we got we got some more 00:27:35.390 --> 00:27:37.390 of that coming up even with morris out we we 00:27:37.390 --> 00:27:38.650 have some more we're not going to win them all 00:27:38.650 --> 00:27:41.609 um but uh we're going to win some here in this 00:27:41.609 --> 00:27:45.210 this next six weeks Excited. I'm excited for 00:27:45.210 --> 00:27:47.390 that. So where can they find you on the internet? 00:27:47.549 --> 00:27:49.130 They just, should they just Google Dan the bastard 00:27:49.130 --> 00:27:50.930 or you, you on any of the other social media? 00:27:51.089 --> 00:27:55.849 The only one I'm on is blue sky. So yeah, I think 00:27:55.849 --> 00:27:57.670 it was like November 8th. I deleted my Twitter 00:27:57.670 --> 00:28:00.930 account and, and that's haven't looked back. 00:28:00.990 --> 00:28:03.930 So blue sky, Dan the bastard. I talk a little 00:28:03.930 --> 00:28:07.549 bit more politics on there. So if you want to, 00:28:07.549 --> 00:28:10.250 you know, get my terrible political takes, you 00:28:10.250 --> 00:28:13.309 can come over there and see. Yep. That's what 00:28:13.309 --> 00:28:15.509 I always have to say too. If you came for the 00:28:15.509 --> 00:28:19.930 sports, be ready. To me, they're somewhat intertwined, 00:28:19.930 --> 00:28:21.690 but to most people, they are not. Yep. You're 00:28:21.690 --> 00:28:27.390 going to be offended. Awesome. So go check out 00:28:27.390 --> 00:28:28.869 Dan the Bastard there. And I'm really excited 00:28:28.869 --> 00:28:32.009 we're doing this segment and I'll be excited 00:28:32.009 --> 00:28:34.769 to have you moving forward as well and make this 00:28:34.769 --> 00:28:37.210 a regular part of what we do. No, I enjoyed chatting 00:28:37.210 --> 00:28:39.809 with you today. It was a lot of fun and even 00:28:39.809 --> 00:28:42.859 more so. I'm just... uh very happy to be able 00:28:42.859 --> 00:28:46.299 to support uh scuttlebutt it is um it's it's 00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:48.339 my go -to pod i feel like i'm i feel like i'm 00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:50.140 part of the friend group group even though i'm 00:28:50.140 --> 00:28:52.099 not because i listen to you you know once or 00:28:52.099 --> 00:28:54.599 twice a week going to work but uh so it's really 00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:56.140 cool to chat with you thanks thanks for this 00:28:56.140 --> 00:29:00.109 i mean i feel that being able to interact with 00:29:00.109 --> 00:29:02.230 everyone on discord like it's bigger than just 00:29:02.230 --> 00:29:04.890 us talking at you all like y 'all are part of 00:29:04.890 --> 00:29:06.930 the community for sure and we're all friends 00:29:06.930 --> 00:29:09.309 so and we see i mean that's the thing if you're 00:29:09.309 --> 00:29:11.049 at a game if you're at a game and you see us 00:29:11.049 --> 00:29:13.549 say hi everyone was hanging out last match i 00:29:13.549 --> 00:29:15.109 wasn't there obviously because i wasn't feeling 00:29:15.109 --> 00:29:17.509 well but there was like four or five different 00:29:17.509 --> 00:29:19.569 people hanging out right so yeah it was a blast 00:29:19.569 --> 00:29:23.130 had a lot of fun yeah totally cool so thank you 00:29:23.130 --> 00:29:26.250 so much appreciate you so much and uh Looking 00:29:26.250 --> 00:29:27.890 forward to doing more of this. 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