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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! 117 of Sounders Scuttlebutt.

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I'm your host Aaron Lingley and as always I'm

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joined by your Alliance Council Secretary Cameron

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Collins and your Alliance Council and just soccer

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community extraordinaire Nicholas Biela. Hey,

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how you doing? I'm ready for beer. You know what,

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let's do it. I've been thirsty. Wow, Cameron

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wasted no time. That one's perfect. All right.

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You got your Ronye West. I do. I have local to

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San Diego. Oh, stone. Yeah. It's delicious. Delicious

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IPA. Did you hear that? Remember, we can't call

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it Ronye West anymore because of the new, I mean,

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there's lots of reasons, but after the new Kanye

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single, we're just not, he doesn't exist as far

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as we know. I don't even, I don't even know what

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he's doing. Oh my gosh. Vitamin R. Yeah, I'll

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type the name of it in the chat, and then that'll

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be the end of that. We won't even discuss it

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on the show. Have you ever had the Stone sell

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-by or drink -by, where it's an IPA series where

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they put the date that it needs to be consumed

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by on the bottle? Anyway, I haven't had it in

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probably about a decade at this point, but it's

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kind of like their version of a fresh hop. Probably

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not good anymore. Okay. Yeah. The name of the

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song. Yeah. You know what? Okay. So little side

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note, I lost all respect for Kanye in 2007. I

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was at Bonnaroo and he was doing his, he was

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doing his up all night. I guess no 2008 Bonnaroo

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2008. He was doing his all night tour. And he

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was performing. Pearl Jam went on and did a three

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hour set. Absolutely crushed it. They were amazing.

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But Kanye had a had a big issue with, you know,

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the fact that he was being upstaged by Pearl

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Jam. So he refused to go on. He was supposed

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to go on at like, you know, 11 o 'clock at night.

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He eventually came on at five in the morning,

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making everyone wait for him. And just completely

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lost all respect. I was like, okay, I'll check

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out a little bit of this set. You know, that's

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the cool thing about a festival is, you know,

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you get to check out some music that you normally

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wouldn't necessarily pay to go see. And eventually

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I went to the late night's tent to go see Ghostland

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Observatory, which was amazing. And I was texting

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my brother like, hey, did Kanye go on yet? He's

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like, no, we're still waiting. Watched the entire

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Ghostland set. checked out another band after

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that, and then I walked over to kind of catch

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the end of Kanye's set, and he hadn't even started

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yet. It was like, wow, just absolute... Yeah,

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so that was it for me, so I don't know really

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what he's been doing since 2008. Yeah. No, he's

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put out some good songs since then, but he also

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is a Nazi, so we can write him off completely.

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Oh, geez. I just saw the next message. I'm just

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going to close our chat, and we're not going

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to talk about Kanye or his new song anymore.

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Yeah. We should talk some soccer. I mean, obviously,

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we're coming on. No, no, we got more. We got

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more. More scuttlebutt. That's not that. Before

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we get there. Duh, Bears. Yeah, unfortunately,

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George Wendt has passed away. Ah, Norm. I know.

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Such a bummer. I think people remember him from

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Cheers, but he did so much more. He was in his

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mid -70s, I believe. 76. 76. And I didn't realize

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this until today that he's Jason Sudeikis' uncle.

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Oh. Oh, I didn't know that. His sister is Catherine

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Sudeikis, and that's Jason's mom. Well, you know

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what's really crazy about the 80s and sitcom

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TV is you look at... norm george went as norm

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in in cheers and uh you realize he was in his

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30s during those portrayals and he looks like

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which is crazy which like i'm i'm 44 and i feel

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like i look much younger than basically the entire

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cast of cheers minus woody harrelson and they

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were all much much younger than me and yeah and

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i'm like what happened and i That's how people

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look back then. It's crazy. 20 -year -olds from

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the 70s. Norm Peterson was in 275 episodes of

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Cheers. He also appeared in the spinoff series

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The Tortellis, in an episode of Wings, and an

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episode of Frasier. I think I read a study just

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this week where it was something like in 1995

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or so, 27 % of high school seniors were regular

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cigarette smokers. And today it's like 0 .7.

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Not 7%, like 0 .7. Vaping. Well, that's a good

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question. But I wonder how much that has to do

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with people looking younger, longer. Is the lack

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of cigarettes. Because you're smoking rat poison.

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Yeah. And it's RIP George. He was in Max. He

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was in Taxi. He was in Alice. He was in St. Elsewhere.

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He was in an episode of Twilight Zone. He was

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on SNL twice as a host. Like, of course, Tales

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from the Crypt episode that was classic. So well

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-known, well -beloved actor. It's a bummer that

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he passed away. But like we said, it's going

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to keep happening. And the Sporting Kansas City

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player. We'll keep happy. Yeah. This morning,

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Kansas City, former SKC player died after a sickness,

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which believed probably cancer, but he'd been

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playing over in Maccabee, Al, I forget the name

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of the team right now, but in Israel. And he

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passed away after a couple weeks of a battle

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of something in the hospital. So very young,

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born in 94. So rough, rough thing. Shout out

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to all our SKC friends who are mourning the loss

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of one of their former players. Yeah, we should

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talk some positivity. I think it's only been

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seven minutes. Like how Messi's negotiations

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with Miami are falling apart because he's so

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upset over how they're playing? Sure, let's talk

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about that. I mean, or we can talk about the

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news that came out today. Oh, go ahead. No, what's

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that? What's that news? Cristiano Ronaldo. is

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in talks with a brazilian club to play for club

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world cup um the the word is the coach from botafogo

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who are the sounders first appoint opponent um

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stated uh he he had been asked about the reports

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and he did not deny that the team was his um

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but yeah so thank you uh anyways i don't particularly

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care to see that guy he's not even he's not even

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in my top 10 players of all time he's kind of

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a scrub he's overrated well i mean one i didn't

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know if he was even allowed to be in the united

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states without getting arrested uh but i don't

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think so he's never been he's never been convicted

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of anything no but i believe there were charges

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pending uh if he was But that might have also

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been resolved. I haven't really kept up on it.

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At the moment, you could probably get arrested

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for anything. Yeah, I mean, they're arresting

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people with legal green cards at this point that

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are in bans. Yeah, unfortunately, a Filipino

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-American with a green card here in Washington

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got taken by ICE. has been detained. His family's

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trying to get him back, and it's just ridiculous

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right now, but I don't really want to get into

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that side of the scuttlebutt. What would you

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think about Ronaldo signing with Botafogo in

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his first match with them being against the Sounders

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in the Club World Cup? I mean, I think that guarantees

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we will not advance out of this. the group stage.

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I thought he was a scrub. No, he's a scrub compared

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to the top 10 all time. He's overrated in the

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same way that Dwight from The Office is overrated.

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Yeah, he's a funny character, but he's not the

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best in television history. That's hogwash. Wow.

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You're just coming in hot, just slandering Pacific

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Northwest Rainn Wilson. Rainn Wilson, he's better

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in other shows. I loved him in his cop show where

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he was the weird Crime -solving dude. I forgot

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it was called, but I loved that show. Wasn't

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he one of the aliens in Galaxy Quest? I guess

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he was. Yes. Fantastic. I don't think he spoke

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English. I don't think so. He was in the car

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initially, but what a great film that is. Yeah.

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Galaxy Quest is top ten. I could watch that forever.

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Is there air? You don't know. He holds his breath

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like he's going to do it. No, it's untouchable.

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He don't touch that one. That's why it didn't

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get remade because they refused. They wanted

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it to be like a... If you did a series that was

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within the world, it would have worked out, but

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they wanted it to be like the same people and

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they were like, no. Everyone was cast perfectly

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for that, for every role. There's a fantastic

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documentary. called Never Surrender about Galaxy

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Quest. I highly recommend checking it out. Oh,

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yeah. I think I've seen it. Very, very good.

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Yeah. I think that's on Amazon Prime. And one

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more bit of scuttlebutt here. I don't know how

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much more you guys have, but I do want to mention,

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because I mentioned this later in this episode,

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but I'm not sure if you all saw this. I mentioned

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it in my conversation with Alex, I believe. But

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it's that if you listen to this on... Wednesday

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the 21st before 5 .30 p .m., then you can go

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see Jesus Ferreira over in Woodinville. Correct.

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Soccer West. For all those details, keep listening

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to this episode. It's not called that anymore.

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It's called something else. It's like post -soccer

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or something. Okay. Soccer post. But, yeah. Cool.

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Sure wish he'd score. He's been... Pretty much

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I've been banking on his first goal coming on

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all my predictions. It's been like three goals.

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I've been going over 2 .5. And I've always been

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putting Jesus most of the time. Because I'm just

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trying to will that first goal. Hopefully that'll

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happen. We definitely need some more goals. One

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goal a game is not enough. We're scoring goals.

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Nope, nope, nope. We'll get there. We'll get

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there, fellas. So what else should we talk about?

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What you got? Any other scuttlebutt there, Nicholas?

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Not right now. We got our Discord. Anything in

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there? Sounders news. Nothing. I mean, Sounders

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question from Cedar. Nothing huge. I know that

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tonight was the Canadian championship in Vancouver.

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played against I can't even remember the name

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of the team of some team I've never heard of

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so they must be from the CPO they drew I'm guessing

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they drew with a late goal against Valor FC 2

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-2 draw in their quarterfinal series and then

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Montreal actually lost 1 -0 to Forge FC in their

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leg so it's a Interesting little take there where

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the MLS teams maybe weren't taking it seriously

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enough, and it might come back to bite them.

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Well, the Valor game was in Winnipeg, so it was

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at their home. So 2 -2 on the road. I don't know

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if the Wiggles count in Canadian Championship,

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but then the Forge. Montreal game was also in

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Hamilton, so that was a road game for Montreal

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as well. But Montreal has been horrible all season

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long. And that Valor Stadium holds 33 ,000 people,

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so it's no joke. It's owned by the Blue Bombers.

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Oh, the CFL team? Canadian Football League team,

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yeah. With that in mind, they are in extra time

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in San Jose, the U .S. Open Cup, Portland, San

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Jose, 0 -0. Ooh. Open Cup today? Yeah, Open Cup,

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round of 16. Chicago beat New England 3 -1. So

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Chicago has advanced in the Open Cup. And so,

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you know. San Jose is 26 shots on goal, including

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seven on target and 60 % of possession, and they

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have not been able to score. 12 corners to two,

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and it's at home. Well, at least they're going

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for it. They're attacking. Tomorrow, Red Bulls,

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Dallas, Orlando, Nashville, D .C., Charlotte,

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and Philly, Pittsburgh Riverhounds. Pittsburgh

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Riverhounds. Yep. I remember we were talking

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about USL a couple of years ago. It's just like,

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I think the USL teams have had the coolest names.

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Yeah. Well, minor league, I would extend that

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to minor league sports. Minor league sports.

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That's true. That's true. And our next opponent,

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FC Dallas, they actually play tomorrow in the

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Open Cup as well. So we'll see what kind of...

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Yeah, it's the Red Bulls. Yeah. So they might...

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I'm assuming they'll play their starters in that

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match since it's against an MLS team. I don't

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know. In the round of 16, you're still usually

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seeing a mix. Think about those. It's really

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not until you get to the final eight that you

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start seeing a lot more starters. But... I don't

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know. This game's also on the road in New Jersey,

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so it'll be interesting to see what Dallas brings

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to the table there. Absolutely. Anyhow, want

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to start talking about this weekend? I just like

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to play in midweek. Want to start talking about

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this week? Speaking of midweek, we had three

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games in seven days, all on the road. We talked

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about it in our last episode where we thought

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a good result would be a win -loss and a draw,

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and that's exactly what we got. Not the order

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I wanted them, but it's still a good result.

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This was, I think, my order. I think I said we're

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going to draw against Houston. I think this was

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the order I expected. This was not what I wanted.

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Correct. If we had our ideal, it would have been

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reversed just because of the standings. Yeah.

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But, I mean, four points out of a three -game

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road trip, I don't think I have a reason to complain

00:17:23.329 --> 00:17:29.509
about that. Yeah. No. That's solid. I mean, I

00:17:29.509 --> 00:17:33.059
think... the lefc game was very frustrating but

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i think it it taught us a few things which we'll

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talk about the most frustrating thing though

00:17:37.500 --> 00:17:39.859
from it was that we recorded an entire episode

00:17:39.859 --> 00:17:42.500
live during it but because of audio technical

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difficulties uh that will never surface although

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talking to dan the bastard about it he's kind

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of happy that it will never come out and also

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i was wondering about that because i wasn't available

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to join that one um but it was it was fine it

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was just it was audio issues i mean i think i

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don't know if i'd want to listen i mean but you

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are we already know that you are not the target

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audience of this podcast but shout out to to

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dan the bastard and alex diaz for joining us

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on that it was a it was a nice conversation and

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it was it was uh helped ease the sting of that

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game and made the game more tolerable Yeah. A

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lot more fun. San Jose almost scored. That was

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my reaction. If you saw me throw my arms. Yeah.

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But you also, your camera froze. Oh, it looked

00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:39.200
like you just got scared. They're in the 105th

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minute. They're now 106th in San Jose. Okay.

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Yeah. Four points. I'm, you can't be upset with

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it. I think. Yeah. Like you said, the standings,

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if it were mix them up a little bit to different

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results on different matches, but. It was just

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in. Three games in seven days, all on the road,

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right? Yep. And now we have three home games

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in eight days, I think. A lot of soccer, and

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then the Club World Cup is right there. So we've

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got a lot of soccer on our horizon. That is correct.

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Can be some good times. I couldn't record with

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you guys because I was at Disneyland. I know.

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Why don't you tell us a little bit about what

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you thought? First, did they change it back to

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the happiest place on Earth yet? Because they

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at one point changed it to where the magic begins,

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which is the stupidest, stupidest name. I mean,

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what do you mean change it? I was at the park.

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I wasn't watching a commercial. But it's written

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as you enter. It's the 70th birthday. That's

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all. That's like all of the. My mom went there

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when it opened. Yeah, really? Yeah, for the opening.

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Her dad took her. Oh, cool. My grandma is five

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minutes away, so I've been there 16 times probably

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in my life. I've been to probably Disney World

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that many times. Maybe not that many times. I've

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probably been there about eight. Did you go on

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the best haunted mansion there is there? That's

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the best of all the ones, although the Japanese

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one looks pretty cool. The Japanese one is pretty

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awesome. I mean, I'm not going to rate the parks

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like rides, but I could go on for days about

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my opinions because Tower of Terror is one of

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my favorite rides and they've changed the one

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at California Adventure to be Guardians of the

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Galaxy. Oh yeah, that was a long time ago. That

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was like 20 years ago they changed it. Definitely

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not 20 years ago. Yeah, not 20, but close to.

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I mean, it was at least 10 or more, I'm pretty

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sure. I wouldn't say about 10. I went on it right

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after I proposed. Well, when I originally proposed

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to my ex -fiancee, why are you laughing? I'm

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thinking about the movie Out Cold, where he's

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proposing during the... You're real high. Step

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back from your mic a little bit. Where he's proposing

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during the shark where Jaws comes out of the...

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Yeah, okay. I mean, similar, similar. So originally

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I proposed on stage at the show box in front

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of a sold out 1200 person show where they called

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me on stage and then I called her on stage and

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I proposed. But we didn't tell her parents or

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our parents because her parents were going through

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a nasty divorce at the time. So a few months

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later, we couldn't tell them. We didn't tell

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them. And so I ended up re -proposing and had

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to act it out. She's an actual actress, though,

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so she was good. I was not. The Pirates of the

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Caribbean ride where they're auctioning off winches

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for brides. I turned to her and got on one knee

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on the ride and proposed to her. And it didn't

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work out, you say? Well, that wasn't because

00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:05.480
of that. You never even got married, did you?

00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:10.240
I did not. I did not. Well, anyway, I had fun.

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Yeah, it's great. I had fun. Gracie, I mean,

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I was all... I'm a Disney freak, but I was so

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excited for Gracie. Did you go to Star Wars Land?

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Oh, yeah. You have to basically get a reservation

00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:27.059
for the cantina because it's just... Yeah, I

00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:31.339
still have not been to the cantina. It's this

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only other place. There's two places in Disneyland

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you can drink, and both are kind of like restaurants,

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even though the cantina is not really a full

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-service meal restaurant, but they do serve your

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table. Do they play Jats music there? Since they

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renamed it from Jizz to Jats. Well, I mean, sure.

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Yes. I didn't know that. Yeah. Originally in

00:22:50.309 --> 00:22:52.069
Star Wars, that music was called Jizz music.

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Yeah. And now it's Jats. Did you get one of these

00:22:55.970 --> 00:23:01.930
Death Star popcorn buckets? I don't. See, I'm

00:23:01.930 --> 00:23:08.829
a popcorn bucket guy. Yeah. Yeah, I'm not a popcorn

00:23:08.829 --> 00:23:13.480
bucket guy, I guess. I am if they're cool. I

00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:16.059
have the Dune one that looks like a sex toy right

00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:19.420
behind me up here. Yeah, Tokyo Disney had some

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really awesome ones. Was that the... Yes, that

00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:26.839
was it. It was the worm monster. That's why you

00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:32.640
have it. There was that great Wolverine and Deadpool

00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:38.099
popcorn bucket that was very inappropriate, but

00:23:38.099 --> 00:23:43.029
yeah. Somewhere down here, I also have the Ghostbusters

00:23:43.029 --> 00:23:45.210
popcorn bucket. They had several, but the one

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I ended up getting was Slimer, which was super

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fun. Slimer? Yeah. You don't know who Slimer

00:23:56.789 --> 00:24:02.390
is? Ghostbusters was one of the earliest films

00:24:02.390 --> 00:24:06.569
I can remember seeing in person. in the theater

00:24:06.569 --> 00:24:10.950
yep me too ghostbusters and uh that was 84 i

00:24:10.950 --> 00:24:15.930
want to say uh 85 and gremlins and that was 86

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but yeah like uh 101 dalmatians the re -release

00:24:20.789 --> 00:24:23.369
of that was was another one that was early for

00:24:23.369 --> 00:24:26.849
me like that not the re -release the live action

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but like the original animated re -release ghostbusters

00:24:30.130 --> 00:24:35.029
was 84 oh was it 84 okay yeah I just remember

00:24:35.029 --> 00:24:37.009
hiding under a seat and then looking, popping

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up at Slimer. But then he was in the cartoons,

00:24:41.430 --> 00:24:42.869
and I loved him after that. We should talk some

00:24:42.869 --> 00:24:47.650
soccer. I think so. Why not? Why not? With that

00:24:47.650 --> 00:24:49.470
said, though, last thing about Ghostbusters is

00:24:49.470 --> 00:24:53.890
it holds up and going back 100 degrees, talking

00:24:53.890 --> 00:24:57.450
about Galaxy Quest, I wanted to make a mention

00:24:57.450 --> 00:24:59.910
of, and now this whole Ghostbusters thing reminded

00:24:59.910 --> 00:25:03.220
me. Highly underrated film from the late 90s,

00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:09.279
Evolution, which was David Duchovny. And it kind

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:14.839
of had a very big Orlando Jones. I think Julianne

00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:19.119
Moore is the girl. Big Ghostbusters vibe to it.

00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:26.180
Really, really funny Ivan Reitman film. So I

00:25:26.180 --> 00:25:27.779
highly recommend checking that one out if you

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haven't seen it. All right, let's get to the

00:25:31.569 --> 00:25:33.670
one Scuttlebutt question we have because we forgot

00:25:33.670 --> 00:25:36.329
to mention we were recording tonight. And that

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is, who on the current squad would you consider

00:25:38.910 --> 00:25:40.890
to be a likely candidate for becoming a coach

00:25:40.890 --> 00:25:44.269
or manager after they retire from playing? That's

00:25:44.269 --> 00:25:46.549
a good question. Aaron, you want to start that

00:25:46.549 --> 00:25:50.269
off? I know. Yeah, that's kind of my first thought

00:25:50.269 --> 00:25:55.809
as well. Although sometimes amazing players don't

00:25:55.809 --> 00:25:58.670
have the ability to coach because they're...

00:26:00.120 --> 00:26:02.180
mentality that they have to have to be great

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:04.279
prevents them from being able to teach it to

00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:05.920
other people. Yeah, but he's a captain. That's

00:26:05.920 --> 00:26:08.579
true. I think Fry could be a coach, perhaps.

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:11.380
I think that's a good one. But honestly, this

00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:13.759
is going to sound... Just hearing Chris... Jordan

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:16.339
Moore. Hearing Christian talk about his brother

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:19.740
and his analytical mind, going back to a couple

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:21.599
weeks ago, they were asking, oh, who would be

00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:26.279
the best referee on the team? And Christian was

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:28.779
saying, oh, it'd be Alex. He's so analytical.

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:31.680
He knows all the rules. So I wonder if Alex Lowkey

00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:36.460
might be like an Andy Rose type of person that'd

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:40.500
be a good coach. Or be a good tactician, yeah.

00:26:42.349 --> 00:26:47.109
Yeah, maybe not head coach, but like what Freddy

00:26:47.109 --> 00:26:51.430
Juarez does. Yeah. Christian just seems to have

00:26:51.430 --> 00:26:55.069
the je ne sais quoi for coach, right? If it was

00:26:55.069 --> 00:26:57.789
going to be a player. He's been fighting for

00:26:57.789 --> 00:27:00.609
the PR part of it since he was a young player.

00:27:00.750 --> 00:27:04.730
He used to go around with Ross when he was our

00:27:04.730 --> 00:27:10.059
announcer to events. Fletcher? Yeah. was like

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:12.079
the face of the Sounders, even as a young player.

00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:14.339
So he knows the right thing to say at all times.

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:20.119
Yeah. I mean, it's crazy. What's really crazy

00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:23.279
about the... Nick, did you say yours? I agreed

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:25.119
with Christian, but I'm going to switch it to

00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:30.140
Alex just for different reasons. But yeah, you

00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:32.859
know, it's crazy to think about with this team.

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:37.819
It's very unusual to have so many players on

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:44.180
a squad. that have so many caps with the team.

00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:49.039
But you've got New Who, Christian, Stephen Fry,

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:53.880
all with 200 -plus appearances with the team,

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:56.220
and it's just really, really crazy. Yamar at

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:59.640
this point. Yeah, he's getting up there. San

00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:02.799
Jose just had a one -on -one forward on keeper,

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:04.559
and he couldn't score. What's your time clock?

00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:10.640
I'm at 111 .24. Cause I think I'm, I think I'm

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:13.700
ahead of you. One 1120. Yeah. I don't know why

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:15.660
you're at how you're at. Okay. Cause I, and I'm

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:17.940
not watching it because you're watching on paramount.

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:21.799
Yeah. I don't know. I don't know why you're hitting

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:24.779
me, but that's why not having cable and having

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:27.039
all the internet services sucks because nothing

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:32.420
is synced anymore. Yeah. Oh, it's all a simulation

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:34.660
anyway, man. That's true. It all costs more too.

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:37.759
You have to buy all the services. They just unplugged

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:40.200
the matrix, man. Let's do it. I actually had

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:41.920
a friend in college who I knew from high school

00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:44.099
who got put in a mental institution because he

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:48.680
thought the matrix was real. Let's move on. We've

00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:51.160
got about... That did happen. We've got about

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:53.779
seven minutes before our break. You know, I'd

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:57.299
love to shed a little light into the behind the

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:59.380
scenes where before we started, we said to each

00:28:59.380 --> 00:29:02.059
other, you know what, let's do the first half

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:04.519
for about 35 minutes. And we spent the first

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:07.279
28 minutes just talking randomness. I love this.

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:10.420
I love it. So that's why we're going to talk

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:14.849
about Portland right now. Once I hit record,

00:29:14.990 --> 00:29:19.009
we lose all control. The Sounders, well, also,

00:29:19.130 --> 00:29:23.829
you guys talk slow. You talk like this. And I'm

00:29:23.829 --> 00:29:26.029
like, because I haven't talked to any real people

00:29:26.029 --> 00:29:28.410
today except for a doctor. Because you're just

00:29:28.410 --> 00:29:30.289
in the basement all day until we hit record.

00:29:30.650 --> 00:29:37.829
Just barrel. We let him out. You're like Iggy

00:29:37.829 --> 00:29:39.509
Pop. Just be happy I'm not telling you the Mariners'

00:29:39.509 --> 00:29:45.420
story. Yep. So the Sounders tied Portland 1 -1

00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:48.900
in a game that I thought was a fantastic first

00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:52.519
half and a disappointing second half. What did

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:57.500
you all think about it? I mean, honestly, I was

00:29:57.500 --> 00:30:01.220
so exhausted the second half of that game. I

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:03.900
watched. I had my eyes open. Were you running

00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:06.279
along with Christian the entire first half? Is

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:09.500
that why you were tired? Well, no, just I hadn't.

00:30:09.769 --> 00:30:13.210
Hadn't gotten a lot of sleep this week. And when

00:30:13.210 --> 00:30:17.230
the second half ended and the game was over,

00:30:17.470 --> 00:30:19.730
I remember kind of looking at myself and thinking,

00:30:19.869 --> 00:30:22.509
I couldn't tell you much about what happened

00:30:22.509 --> 00:30:24.269
in the second half. I had to rewatch the game.

00:30:25.410 --> 00:30:29.349
Just the second half was just this blur that

00:30:29.349 --> 00:30:34.410
just existed. I just, yeah, I don't know what

00:30:34.410 --> 00:30:35.970
it was about the game, so I had to rewatch it.

00:30:36.109 --> 00:30:38.809
I call that a Brian Schmetzer special. That seems

00:30:38.809 --> 00:30:41.529
to, in big games, his teams don't show up often,

00:30:41.630 --> 00:30:43.509
and that's what I feel like happens, until they

00:30:43.509 --> 00:30:45.549
sometimes do late. I don't know. Think about

00:30:45.549 --> 00:30:47.569
all the MLS. I thought that was. A lot of those

00:30:47.569 --> 00:30:50.069
MLS cups are like not much happening. The first

00:30:50.069 --> 00:30:52.430
half was the best half I think we've seen from

00:30:52.430 --> 00:30:54.980
the Sounders all season. even though they didn't

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:56.839
score more than one goal i mean i definitely

00:30:56.839 --> 00:31:00.559
like the pressure but i i think overall you did

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:03.559
what we had to do we were not necessarily trying

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:08.279
to get a win per se you know i mean yes we're

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:13.059
trying to score but we're also being very cognizant

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:16.059
of shutting down that very potent offense of

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:17.720
theirs and i thought we did a good job of that

00:31:23.789 --> 00:31:27.750
I would hope that they weren't not trying to

00:31:27.750 --> 00:31:30.670
win. They weren't bunkering. After losing 4 -0.

00:31:31.390 --> 00:31:34.450
No, I mean, but when you out -shoot them 13 -4

00:31:34.450 --> 00:31:37.089
with 6 -1 on shots on target, you should not

00:31:37.089 --> 00:31:39.809
be a tied game. No. That's where I'm at on this.

00:31:40.109 --> 00:31:42.990
I actually thought I was fairly entertained.

00:31:43.329 --> 00:31:45.109
First half. I was fairly entertained by the match,

00:31:45.130 --> 00:31:46.529
yeah. Especially the first half was fantastic.

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:50.380
Mostly because Christian was fantastic. So good.

00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:53.440
He was, he was, that was one of the better full

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:55.720
matches I've seen from him. And that's saying

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:58.859
a lot because he's, he's so consistent and, and

00:31:58.859 --> 00:32:01.900
just so good at just kind of, but I think that

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:05.359
he's good at everything. He's, he's, he's not

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:08.019
a master at one thing though. Like he's just,

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:11.119
he's just so consistent. And to your point, he

00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:17.440
was, he was a foot mobs player in the game. he

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:20.099
was rated as the player of the game so so definitely

00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:24.319
passes not just your eye test but but the underlying

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:29.519
numbers as well well i mean that pass from the

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:33.839
defensive third that facing the sideline, one

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:37.039
-touching it. That was one of the better passes

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:42.640
I've seen. Breaking news. San Jose scores in

00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:46.140
the 116th minute to take a 1 -0 lead over Portland.

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:50.119
I'm glad it was that. I'd be mad if you had broken

00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:52.180
the news that Portland had scored before I had

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:56.000
to be sad about it. Good for you, San Jose. Bad

00:32:56.000 --> 00:33:02.869
for you, Bruce Arena. It'll make an interesting

00:33:02.869 --> 00:33:07.210
final five minutes. But going back to our game,

00:33:07.390 --> 00:33:13.329
yeah, Christian was absolutely dominant. And

00:33:13.329 --> 00:33:17.369
I feel like a lot of our, when Christian and

00:33:17.369 --> 00:33:20.809
Obed are on, we look really good. And that's

00:33:20.809 --> 00:33:27.609
kind of been the trend all season long. And Alex

00:33:27.609 --> 00:33:32.140
had some pretty great crosses as well. It's nice

00:33:32.140 --> 00:33:33.880
to see that again. Yeah, it's been a while. I

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:39.259
feel like there was a dip in his curlers. We

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:42.980
haven't seen a lot of that. Yeah. He's been looked

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:46.059
really good lately. A couple years ago, he was

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:49.380
just fantastic. He made one of the best in the

00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:51.319
league, and it feels like he fell off, so I'm

00:33:51.319 --> 00:33:53.460
glad. It was like his breakout year, right? He

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:56.380
came back and really just killed it for a full

00:33:56.380 --> 00:33:58.380
season because it was just like, how was he pinpoint?

00:33:58.680 --> 00:34:00.500
Well, I wonder how much of that is tactical.

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:05.380
I wonder how much of that was, you know. Schmetzer

00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:09.179
loves the cross. But asking him to play out.

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:10.820
I don't think that was tactical at all because

00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:12.980
he was still trying to do the cross every game.

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:15.719
He just couldn't get it over. It was like never

00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:18.559
get one above waist. Yeah. He just looked. Anyway,

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:20.239
yeah. And I think it was because his brother

00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:23.219
was no longer in front of him. And so I think

00:34:23.219 --> 00:34:27.900
that really hurt his game. And so I think maybe

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:34.219
that makes a huge difference then. I don't know.

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:37.559
I mean, the cross or just his overall performance?

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:39.599
His overall play. He probably doesn't play the

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:43.099
same way and can't move forward in the same fashion.

00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:44.840
So he can be in the right position to make crosses

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:48.050
unless he's doing. overlaps with his brother

00:34:48.050 --> 00:34:51.469
because clearly he dropped off as soon as Christian

00:34:51.469 --> 00:34:55.969
was out for all those months. You're not wrong.

00:34:56.210 --> 00:34:58.489
And I, and we have, everyone's talked about this.

00:34:58.530 --> 00:35:00.530
Obviously there's a brotherly connection there,

00:35:00.590 --> 00:35:02.809
but I would really hope that his like general

00:35:02.809 --> 00:35:05.969
performance doesn't just drop precipitously when

00:35:05.969 --> 00:35:09.869
his brother's not playing. Cause I was just stuck

00:35:09.869 --> 00:35:13.190
for him. So I think it was less about his brother.

00:35:13.449 --> 00:35:16.320
Not, I mean less about. Because it's his brother,

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:18.400
but more about they played together for decades.

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:20.219
And so then when you put a new player there,

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:22.659
they have to figure it out. And whomever was

00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:24.000
playing in front of them, they just weren't figuring

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:27.480
it out. Wait, what's that? Do you hear that?

00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:32.159
Ooh. Hey, you know what? There are two other

00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:34.019
pieces of news that we didn't talk about that

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:36.599
I really wanted to bring up real quick, just

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:39.460
as fresh in my mind. When you were talking about

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:41.300
a couple years ago, it made me think about it.

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:48.860
One, the... league the league failure uh the

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:53.219
wooden spoon leading la galaxy who 14 games into

00:35:53.219 --> 00:35:57.460
the season who have still not won a game announced

00:35:57.460 --> 00:36:00.239
christ there was like four episodes that we were

00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:03.360
talking about how terrible they are um they're

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:06.820
still terrible they they they have set a record

00:36:06.820 --> 00:36:09.820
an mls record for the worst start to a season

00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:12.599
can you move off your mic a little bit there

00:36:12.599 --> 00:36:15.659
you were way over modulating over modulate um

00:36:15.659 --> 00:36:21.000
they have re -signed their coach greg vanney

00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:26.059
to a contract extension um yep yeah but more

00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:28.219
importantly what's the other news the other news

00:36:28.219 --> 00:36:31.920
why they're actually turning around uh well the

00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:36.340
other thing is that they also announced that

00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:43.170
they signed ravi ramanini to head their analytics

00:36:43.170 --> 00:36:49.150
department in the Galaxy. Who's that? He was

00:36:49.150 --> 00:36:52.949
the Sounders vice president of soccer analytics

00:36:52.949 --> 00:37:00.929
and research before he left to get out of the

00:37:00.929 --> 00:37:04.250
soccer world a little bit. And I believe he left

00:37:04.250 --> 00:37:08.570
after the 2019 season, if I have my... Numbers

00:37:08.570 --> 00:37:14.510
correct. But he basically created the template

00:37:14.510 --> 00:37:19.510
for clubs, not just in MLS, but in soccer worldwide

00:37:19.510 --> 00:37:24.889
to do analytics and research and take data. He

00:37:24.889 --> 00:37:29.050
really kind of led the ground on that. He used

00:37:29.050 --> 00:37:32.849
to work at Microsoft analyzing large -scale data

00:37:32.849 --> 00:37:37.199
sets of user behavior. um just really smart guy

00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:40.099
analytics and i'm really happy for him to be

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:43.300
back in soccer really not happy that it's with

00:37:43.300 --> 00:37:48.599
the la galaxy i mean the sounders were the worst

00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:55.340
team in the mls in july of 2016. so think about

00:37:55.340 --> 00:37:58.679
that galaxy are not that far back they can easily

00:37:58.679 --> 00:38:00.599
still make the playoffs and make a playoff run

00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:03.619
and we know that's how they get hot late they

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:07.510
always do it And San Jose has won to advance

00:38:07.510 --> 00:38:09.489
to the quarterfinals of the U .S. Open Cup for

00:38:09.489 --> 00:38:11.110
the ninth time in club history and the first

00:38:11.110 --> 00:38:17.070
time since 2017. Yeah, don't care about them

00:38:17.070 --> 00:38:19.010
now. I'm just glad it's not Portland. Yep, agreed.

00:38:20.110 --> 00:38:23.769
Also, if we're talking about teams that we like

00:38:23.769 --> 00:38:27.110
to throw a little shade at, Miami, there's a

00:38:27.110 --> 00:38:29.710
lot of struggles in Miami. You mentioned earlier

00:38:29.710 --> 00:38:36.360
in the show that Messi was not happy. Maybe the

00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:38.460
wheels are falling off for a first -time coach,

00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:41.300
maybe not doing what he needs to do. I'm very

00:38:41.300 --> 00:38:43.699
curious to see how that situation resolves and

00:38:43.699 --> 00:38:48.940
plays itself out. How pissed are you if you bought

00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:53.519
your exorbitantly priced season tickets after

00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:59.820
they stopped being good? Just watching this product

00:38:59.820 --> 00:39:02.800
and this vitriol and whatever that's going on.

00:39:03.769 --> 00:39:06.929
This was fucking funny. I mean, think it's LA

00:39:06.929 --> 00:39:10.690
tradition to be sketchy with season tickets now.

00:39:10.789 --> 00:39:13.809
With the LA Sparks, the WNBA team, two weeks

00:39:13.809 --> 00:39:16.469
before the season, canceled every single season

00:39:16.469 --> 00:39:18.309
ticket and then raised the price. You're saying

00:39:18.309 --> 00:39:21.449
no, but every single new sports. That was debunked.

00:39:21.929 --> 00:39:24.989
That was debunked. Okay. Well, I haven't seen

00:39:24.989 --> 00:39:27.070
any debunking, but I saw it reported in Yahoo

00:39:27.070 --> 00:39:29.849
and ESPN and lots of other places. Yeah, that

00:39:29.849 --> 00:39:37.730
was debunked. because I was also, uh, trying

00:39:37.730 --> 00:39:41.449
to find that out, but, but yeah, like, like the

00:39:41.449 --> 00:39:43.869
links, the headlines were there, but you'll notice

00:39:43.869 --> 00:39:46.210
that you, you couldn't actually click on the

00:39:46.210 --> 00:39:48.409
article. Like they, they, they pulled down the

00:39:48.409 --> 00:39:51.510
article. Uh, so I think it was a sporting news

00:39:51.510 --> 00:39:58.329
still has it up. Yeah. So, uh, we'll see. Allegedly

00:39:58.329 --> 00:40:01.829
we can just go with that. Uh, AXS says it's misinformation.

00:40:02.710 --> 00:40:04.530
but that's all they have from that's the latest

00:40:04.530 --> 00:40:08.010
I see on it. Yeah. Like they access says they

00:40:08.010 --> 00:40:10.750
inadvertently canceled some season tickets that

00:40:10.750 --> 00:40:14.170
appear to be purchased fraudulently. So not all

00:40:14.170 --> 00:40:18.809
tickets somewhere, but, um, but yeah, so, uh,

00:40:18.989 --> 00:40:25.570
that cause cause that headline got me. I feel

00:40:25.570 --> 00:40:28.789
like that can't be like that. I mean, you're

00:40:28.789 --> 00:40:31.579
just asking for it. teams are not that smart.

00:40:31.579 --> 00:40:33.340
No one in their right mind would be green like

00:40:33.340 --> 00:40:37.639
that. Last year, Cameron and I went to go to

00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:39.420
the... As a matter of fact, I'm wearing my Seattle

00:40:39.420 --> 00:40:44.360
Storm sweatshirt right now. Last year, we went

00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:49.260
to a Storm game to see Caitlin Clark play. I

00:40:49.260 --> 00:40:53.679
had a great time. You went too. All three of

00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:58.170
us went. That's right. On my birthday. But what

00:40:58.170 --> 00:41:01.289
did we pay for those tickets? We paid like $70

00:41:01.289 --> 00:41:03.449
for those tickets, if I feel about right. It

00:41:03.449 --> 00:41:05.949
was like $65, something like that, yeah. So I

00:41:05.949 --> 00:41:09.730
checked this year. I checked, and they raised

00:41:09.730 --> 00:41:12.650
the price to get in the door price for all of

00:41:12.650 --> 00:41:16.510
the Indiana games were like $150. So they doubled

00:41:16.510 --> 00:41:18.409
that. For the same tickets. Same tickets, same

00:41:18.409 --> 00:41:23.190
seats. We were at the very top. We were like

00:41:23.190 --> 00:41:26.809
six rows from the top. Well, no, we were in the

00:41:26.809 --> 00:41:30.269
lower upper deck because we had that. Anyways.

00:41:30.829 --> 00:41:33.150
It's pretty small up there. Now, with that said,

00:41:33.429 --> 00:41:38.530
Cameron and I did end up getting tickets to see

00:41:38.530 --> 00:41:41.409
Angel Reese this year. And I think we paid, what,

00:41:41.449 --> 00:41:47.019
like $35? She's a punk. Yeah. So it's definitely

00:41:47.019 --> 00:41:49.539
crazy. After this week. I'm sick of her now.

00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:55.679
She's annoying as hell. Hey, I said it last year,

00:41:55.739 --> 00:41:57.340
and I'm going to continue to say it until I'm

00:41:57.340 --> 00:42:02.579
proved otherwise. It's the WNBA equivalent of

00:42:02.579 --> 00:42:07.500
1979 with Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. Two of

00:42:07.500 --> 00:42:11.300
them coming into the game at the same time. Competitors

00:42:11.300 --> 00:42:13.380
in college and bringing it into the pros and

00:42:13.380 --> 00:42:16.670
just getting eyeballs. And changing. The problem

00:42:16.670 --> 00:42:19.469
is Angel Reese is not as good as either of those

00:42:19.469 --> 00:42:23.789
players. She's maybe Ricky Pierce. I mean, I'm

00:42:23.789 --> 00:42:27.969
just saying. Just saying. But no, it's good for

00:42:27.969 --> 00:42:32.750
the game. It's great for the game. You'll have

00:42:32.750 --> 00:42:34.809
to remind me when that game is because I think

00:42:34.809 --> 00:42:36.349
it's not in my calendar. But I think we have

00:42:36.349 --> 00:42:37.809
several months. I've got to collect money from

00:42:37.809 --> 00:42:40.010
everyone for that too. But it's August, I think.

00:42:43.860 --> 00:42:46.559
Yeah. I think this is a good time to take a break.

00:42:46.679 --> 00:42:50.000
Kit Kat time. Yeah. And before we get to a break,

00:42:50.079 --> 00:42:52.980
should we get one of our, I was going to say

00:42:52.980 --> 00:42:56.199
hooligans, one of our hooligans in here? Not

00:42:56.199 --> 00:43:00.199
a bad idea. Our ultras. Yeah. Should we get some

00:43:00.199 --> 00:43:03.360
ultra talk going on? Yeah, I think it's their

00:43:03.360 --> 00:43:13.670
turn. It's time for Scuttlebutt Ultras. takes

00:43:13.670 --> 00:43:16.309
from our Patreon Ultras, sharing their soundest

00:43:16.309 --> 00:43:19.889
thoughts straight from the heart. Your voice,

00:43:19.929 --> 00:43:31.429
your moment. Hello, this is one of your hosts,

00:43:31.510 --> 00:43:35.090
Cameron Collins, and I am here with our third

00:43:35.090 --> 00:43:38.050
and final Ultra. Super excited to have you here,

00:43:38.110 --> 00:43:40.449
Cedar. How's it going? It's going alright. Thanks

00:43:40.449 --> 00:43:43.900
for having me on. Yeah, we're super excited to

00:43:43.900 --> 00:43:48.159
have you and to fill out the team. Yeah, totally.

00:43:48.659 --> 00:43:53.820
You can join Alex and Dan, and we've got everybody

00:43:53.820 --> 00:43:56.840
now, and so it'll be fun. And before we get into

00:43:56.840 --> 00:43:59.980
actually talking Sounders, I want to do with

00:43:59.980 --> 00:44:02.159
you what I did with the other two when they were

00:44:02.159 --> 00:44:04.860
on a few weeks ago for the first time, and that's

00:44:04.860 --> 00:44:07.579
to ask you, what got you into soccer in the first

00:44:07.579 --> 00:44:11.889
place? It's funny. Growing up, I mostly played

00:44:11.889 --> 00:44:18.010
Little League. I'm from Seattle originally. I

00:44:18.010 --> 00:44:21.409
live down in the Bay Area now. Growing up in

00:44:21.409 --> 00:44:24.250
Washington State, obviously super into the Mariners.

00:44:24.289 --> 00:44:27.389
My dad had season tickets to the Sonics. He would

00:44:27.389 --> 00:44:30.409
literally take me as a kid when I was a baby

00:44:30.409 --> 00:44:34.469
all the way up until they obviously got stolen.

00:44:35.269 --> 00:44:38.070
I remember watching the Seahawks as a kid too.

00:44:38.590 --> 00:44:41.650
and I played rec soccer for a couple of years

00:44:41.650 --> 00:44:44.409
when I was around like 10 or 11 and I remember

00:44:44.409 --> 00:44:48.050
you know there being some talk like like oh you

00:44:48.050 --> 00:44:50.610
know Seattle has a professional team now but

00:44:50.610 --> 00:44:54.449
it never soccer like watching soccer like I pretty

00:44:54.449 --> 00:44:57.530
much remember you know the Zidane headbutt in

00:44:57.530 --> 00:44:59.869
the world cup and that's it you know like as

00:44:59.869 --> 00:45:06.840
a kid it was actually when I was in high school.

00:45:06.900 --> 00:45:10.380
I was a junior and I went on a drama trip to

00:45:10.380 --> 00:45:13.760
London and we watched a ton of plays. It was

00:45:13.760 --> 00:45:18.139
super cool. But one of my classmates' dad had

00:45:18.139 --> 00:45:21.079
a friend who was able to get a group of us a

00:45:21.079 --> 00:45:25.079
bunch of tickets to go see a Fulham match at

00:45:25.079 --> 00:45:28.880
Craven Cottage. And this was in 2014. They were

00:45:28.880 --> 00:45:31.280
in the Premier League at the time. I know they

00:45:31.280 --> 00:45:34.239
had bounced up and down the past couple of years.

00:45:35.500 --> 00:45:37.380
It was really cool. It was my first time watching

00:45:37.380 --> 00:45:41.199
a professional soccer match. And I don't remember

00:45:41.199 --> 00:45:43.659
much from the game other than we were sitting

00:45:43.659 --> 00:45:46.420
right behind the goal when they scored a goal,

00:45:46.539 --> 00:45:49.699
which was awesome. But it was even more than

00:45:49.699 --> 00:45:53.099
that. It was like the atmosphere, like walking

00:45:53.099 --> 00:45:55.239
into the stadium, the songs that they would play

00:45:55.239 --> 00:45:58.340
before the match. Like they played Can't Take

00:45:58.340 --> 00:46:00.800
My Eyes Off You by Frankie Valli. And I was like

00:46:00.800 --> 00:46:03.280
on a big Frankie Valli in the Four Seasons kick.

00:46:03.380 --> 00:46:05.820
So I was instantly hooked. You know, and then

00:46:05.820 --> 00:46:08.619
they played London calling at halftime. And it

00:46:08.619 --> 00:46:12.340
was it was a it was a truly like, you know, kind

00:46:12.340 --> 00:46:14.559
of eye opening experience. I was like, OK, like

00:46:14.559 --> 00:46:18.639
soccer is cool. And then coming back, I like,

00:46:18.699 --> 00:46:20.960
you know, I was like, wait, you know, because

00:46:20.960 --> 00:46:23.300
I love all my Seattle teams, even though I've

00:46:23.300 --> 00:46:26.119
lived in the Bay Area for, you know, about 13

00:46:26.119 --> 00:46:29.860
years now, I'm still loyal to all my teams. And

00:46:29.860 --> 00:46:33.179
at that time, you know, 2014, 2015, I was like,

00:46:33.260 --> 00:46:35.320
hey, wait a minute. I think Seattle has a soccer

00:46:35.320 --> 00:46:39.280
team. So we started, me and my dad, we started,

00:46:39.460 --> 00:46:43.039
you know, watching whatever games were televised

00:46:43.039 --> 00:46:45.679
in our market. But I think it was especially

00:46:45.679 --> 00:46:48.869
because they had. you know, they were, they were

00:46:48.869 --> 00:46:52.429
fighting for the supporter shield in 2015. So

00:46:52.429 --> 00:46:55.809
they were on TV pretty frequently on like FS1,

00:46:55.889 --> 00:46:57.869
FS2, whatever it was. So we lucked out in that.

00:46:57.909 --> 00:47:00.070
And yeah, I mean, just watching Clint Dempsey,

00:47:00.190 --> 00:47:03.630
Oba, it was awesome. And then the, the next season,

00:47:03.690 --> 00:47:06.969
obviously that really, what was, what, you know,

00:47:06.989 --> 00:47:09.590
kind of made me a fan for life, like going from,

00:47:09.650 --> 00:47:13.130
you know, that first half, everything was terrible.

00:47:13.170 --> 00:47:17.469
It was so, you know, so. Everything was so down.

00:47:17.730 --> 00:47:21.170
Siggy, Siggy gets fired and then Nico comes in

00:47:21.170 --> 00:47:23.329
and the rest is history. It was like, after that

00:47:23.329 --> 00:47:28.369
I was, I was hooked. Yeah. Yeah. That's a, that's

00:47:28.369 --> 00:47:34.750
kind of how I got into it. And, and yeah, I,

00:47:34.829 --> 00:47:37.269
the other thing I wanted to say is, is especially

00:47:37.269 --> 00:47:39.389
because I'm, you know, I'm living in the Bay

00:47:39.389 --> 00:47:43.550
area and, you know, I don't always get to. see

00:47:43.550 --> 00:47:45.409
the Sounders play, you know, either I'll, I'll

00:47:45.409 --> 00:47:48.989
go down to San Jose or I've, I've flown up once

00:47:48.989 --> 00:47:53.250
or twice to Seattle. You know, the podcast is

00:47:53.250 --> 00:47:55.809
a big, it's a big thing for me because it makes

00:47:55.809 --> 00:47:58.150
me feel like, Hey, I'm connected. There's a community

00:47:58.150 --> 00:48:01.929
here, you know? So it's, it's fun. Well, we're

00:48:01.929 --> 00:48:05.090
glad to have you. I mean, I, my experiences are

00:48:05.090 --> 00:48:09.219
somewhat similar to you. I mean, I played soccer

00:48:09.219 --> 00:48:11.099
as a kid, but I really got into it when I went

00:48:11.099 --> 00:48:14.360
to fat camp right before high school in San Diego

00:48:14.360 --> 00:48:16.260
during around the time of the world cup. Right.

00:48:16.300 --> 00:48:19.019
Yeah. Yeah. And so, and then I lived in Paris

00:48:19.019 --> 00:48:21.059
and Paris Saint -Germain. It was before they

00:48:21.059 --> 00:48:23.340
got bought out. But the first match I ever went

00:48:23.340 --> 00:48:25.880
to was against Bayern Munich and the champions.

00:48:25.940 --> 00:48:27.420
Well, it was the precursor to the champions league

00:48:27.420 --> 00:48:31.219
and Paris scored a goal. We were second row behind

00:48:31.219 --> 00:48:32.719
the goal with no one in front of us. And they

00:48:32.719 --> 00:48:34.860
scored the game in gold and like the 81st minute

00:48:34.860 --> 00:48:37.460
or something. Wow. Right in front of us. So it

00:48:37.460 --> 00:48:42.179
was like, I was already a fan. I'd been to Sounders

00:48:42.179 --> 00:48:44.659
games, but it's not the same until you get that

00:48:44.659 --> 00:48:49.260
professional atmosphere. Oh, totally. And so

00:48:49.260 --> 00:48:51.280
then when we got a team, I was super excited.

00:48:51.420 --> 00:48:53.300
And then the first Sounders game, it clearly

00:48:53.300 --> 00:48:56.119
was the same feeling that you had when you were

00:48:56.119 --> 00:48:59.400
in Europe. You were like, this is the real deal.

00:48:59.840 --> 00:49:03.320
Yeah, yeah. So that's really awesome. And yeah,

00:49:03.760 --> 00:49:05.969
we're so happy to have you. Why don't we get

00:49:05.969 --> 00:49:09.869
into discussing this past weekend's game because

00:49:09.869 --> 00:49:15.530
it was a derby match. And so we played against

00:49:15.530 --> 00:49:18.750
Portland, of course, and won one draw. What was

00:49:18.750 --> 00:49:23.570
your takeaway from the game? My takeaway was

00:49:23.570 --> 00:49:30.730
that it's funny, like Portland, they look really...

00:49:31.389 --> 00:49:33.869
it's weird i feel like their team is has been

00:49:33.869 --> 00:49:37.369
kind of yo -yoing a little bit and right now

00:49:37.369 --> 00:49:41.650
they look really good but it's funny like i was

00:49:41.650 --> 00:49:45.389
looking on around on the field and like i don't

00:49:45.389 --> 00:49:48.150
know i mean i recognize like super rich but like

00:49:48.150 --> 00:49:50.550
i was like a lot of these guys i'm like there's

00:49:50.550 --> 00:49:53.710
no one i really like strongly dislike maybe crapo

00:49:53.710 --> 00:49:56.269
you know but usually like there's always a few

00:49:56.269 --> 00:49:58.369
guys on portland where you're like i just where's

00:49:58.369 --> 00:50:01.599
the villain guts i know i know i was like Oh

00:50:01.599 --> 00:50:04.099
man, they're just like, they're just like a pretty

00:50:04.099 --> 00:50:06.300
good team. They're a pretty decent team. But

00:50:06.300 --> 00:50:10.099
you know, I thought, I thought we played, we

00:50:10.099 --> 00:50:12.679
played super well. Oh my God. We had so many,

00:50:12.719 --> 00:50:18.440
so many chances that, you know, I don't know,

00:50:18.460 --> 00:50:21.119
man, it was, it was, it was a good game. I'm

00:50:21.119 --> 00:50:24.380
glad we didn't lose. You know, it feels like

00:50:24.380 --> 00:50:26.539
we could have won if, if one or two of those

00:50:26.539 --> 00:50:29.239
chances had gone in, obviously, but. Yeah. A

00:50:29.239 --> 00:50:31.730
lot of shots, but just. Couldn't get it in the

00:50:31.730 --> 00:50:35.369
goal. I honestly was like a little worried going

00:50:35.369 --> 00:50:39.829
into it after midweek at LAFC just because I

00:50:39.829 --> 00:50:42.730
know that, you know, we rotated a bunch, but

00:50:42.730 --> 00:50:47.369
so did LAFC. And, you know, LAFC handled us just

00:50:47.369 --> 00:50:50.050
fine. Again, game state kind of stuff. It was

00:50:50.050 --> 00:50:53.550
level and we had some stuff go off the crossbar,

00:50:53.670 --> 00:50:55.909
blah, blah, blah. And then once they got, once

00:50:55.909 --> 00:50:57.769
they went ahead, it kind of fell apart from there.

00:50:59.150 --> 00:51:01.150
You know, I was just thinking to myself, and,

00:51:01.170 --> 00:51:03.710
like, I don't know more than Brian and the coaching

00:51:03.710 --> 00:51:06.369
staff, but I was thinking, like, is there something

00:51:06.369 --> 00:51:09.170
to be said for, like, carrying that kind of,

00:51:09.170 --> 00:51:12.429
you know, momentum, especially when you have,

00:51:12.550 --> 00:51:15.489
like, you know, you win on the road against Houston.

00:51:15.750 --> 00:51:18.190
Yeah, it's short rest. It's a quick turnaround.

00:51:18.309 --> 00:51:20.849
But, like, don't you want to, like, I don't know,

00:51:20.869 --> 00:51:24.210
not tweak the lineup too much, right? And kind

00:51:24.210 --> 00:51:27.010
of, like, you know, really go for another win

00:51:27.010 --> 00:51:29.719
because then. what happens in portland yeah you

00:51:29.719 --> 00:51:33.099
want to beat portland always but um i would prefer

00:51:33.099 --> 00:51:35.380
six points out of those three road games than

00:51:35.380 --> 00:51:39.579
four you know even but but on the flip side of

00:51:39.579 --> 00:51:43.400
the coin i mean you know not losing to your big

00:51:43.400 --> 00:51:47.019
rival and you know getting a hard -fought result

00:51:47.019 --> 00:51:50.780
on the road that does that does mean a lot you

00:51:50.780 --> 00:51:53.840
know outside of just the sheer number of points

00:51:53.840 --> 00:51:57.099
you get it does mean a lot for uh the vibes of

00:51:57.099 --> 00:51:59.780
you know playing well against your rival for

00:51:59.780 --> 00:52:01.679
the rest of the season so there is something

00:52:01.679 --> 00:52:05.000
to be said for that so i don't know but uh yeah

00:52:05.000 --> 00:52:08.039
four points out of three games i mean better

00:52:08.039 --> 00:52:10.760
than you know i mean what are the galaxy have

00:52:10.760 --> 00:52:16.420
they've got like zero zero wins but they did

00:52:16.420 --> 00:52:19.860
go tie la or lafc that was another good one that's

00:52:19.860 --> 00:52:22.340
good for us yeah that was a good game But yeah,

00:52:22.539 --> 00:52:25.300
I mean, I think on the podcast we said, you know,

00:52:25.300 --> 00:52:27.719
we'd prefer at least five points, a win and two

00:52:27.719 --> 00:52:31.179
draws. But realistically, four points would be

00:52:31.179 --> 00:52:34.820
a solid way to come out of it. I think the LAFC

00:52:34.820 --> 00:52:40.059
match kind of gives you a sour taste. But, you

00:52:40.059 --> 00:52:42.360
know, three points would be like if you win at

00:52:42.360 --> 00:52:44.719
home, lose on the road. I mean, tie on the road.

00:52:45.099 --> 00:52:47.019
That's three points if you would have just assumed

00:52:47.019 --> 00:52:49.739
what you want to do. So coming away with four.

00:52:50.460 --> 00:52:52.780
It seems like the Sounders are in a good position

00:52:52.780 --> 00:52:56.360
and they clearly left that loss in LAFC behind

00:52:56.360 --> 00:53:00.019
them. Yes, definitely. Definitely. Well, and

00:53:00.019 --> 00:53:04.059
is there anything up with that, you know, with

00:53:04.059 --> 00:53:08.000
JP? Because I know he wasn't even in the 18 for

00:53:08.000 --> 00:53:11.320
Portland after playing at LAFC. I haven't heard

00:53:11.320 --> 00:53:13.260
anything. That's a good question. Decision or,

00:53:13.340 --> 00:53:15.900
you know, probably. I mean, he is one of the

00:53:15.900 --> 00:53:18.360
older players, field players on the team. So

00:53:18.360 --> 00:53:21.920
that may just be he needs a break. He can't go

00:53:21.920 --> 00:53:24.480
out there and run the field as much as, you know,

00:53:24.500 --> 00:53:27.900
Obed. That's fair. Or Christian, Jesus. Yeah,

00:53:27.920 --> 00:53:30.659
yeah. But, I mean, and you saw Christian and

00:53:30.659 --> 00:53:33.559
Obed together, and what a difference that made

00:53:33.559 --> 00:53:35.000
in that game. Oh, it's completely different.

00:53:35.059 --> 00:53:39.039
I mean, I love JP, obviously. I love Danny Leyva.

00:53:40.260 --> 00:53:43.139
But them as a midfield pairing just doesn't –

00:53:43.139 --> 00:53:49.699
it doesn't excite me. Not that they played poorly

00:53:49.699 --> 00:53:56.139
in LA. It wasn't getting the job done. Now this

00:53:56.139 --> 00:53:59.420
weekend at noon on Saturday, noon Pacific time,

00:53:59.519 --> 00:54:01.639
if anyone's listening anywhere else in the world,

00:54:02.300 --> 00:54:06.360
Sounders are hosting FC Dallas, a team that we're

00:54:06.360 --> 00:54:08.639
quite familiar with. What are you thinking heading

00:54:08.639 --> 00:54:12.179
into this match? A home match against a Dallas

00:54:12.179 --> 00:54:15.699
team that... On paper, looks similar to us, but

00:54:15.699 --> 00:54:19.380
I'm not sure if the plays is there. Yeah, I'm

00:54:19.380 --> 00:54:24.000
not... I mean, I feel like... I feel like Dallas

00:54:24.000 --> 00:54:28.000
should be... Like, where are they in the standings?

00:54:28.000 --> 00:54:30.119
But I feel like they should be playing better

00:54:30.119 --> 00:54:32.599
than they are, especially because they have...

00:54:32.599 --> 00:54:36.699
They're currently 11th, and that is four points

00:54:36.699 --> 00:54:42.079
behind us. So they could get... one get point

00:54:42.079 --> 00:54:46.420
behind us with the win yeah and and okay okay

00:54:46.420 --> 00:54:49.219
so yeah they're they're hanging out right there

00:54:49.219 --> 00:54:51.199
but i feel like they should be better with uh

00:54:51.199 --> 00:54:54.519
with lucha acasa it really feels like he hasn't

00:54:54.519 --> 00:55:00.139
you know found his stride there yet um and they've

00:55:00.139 --> 00:55:02.920
got they've got some really exciting players

00:55:02.920 --> 00:55:05.780
too like out on the wings they've got uh pitar

00:55:05.780 --> 00:55:10.400
musa up top um You know, it's not a bad team,

00:55:10.460 --> 00:55:13.500
but, you know, they don't they don't scare me.

00:55:13.599 --> 00:55:16.079
And unfortunately, in saying that, you know,

00:55:16.099 --> 00:55:18.980
it's like, oh, watch them come up and beat us

00:55:18.980 --> 00:55:22.639
or something. But no, I'm feeling good about

00:55:22.639 --> 00:55:25.619
it. I think especially after three really tough

00:55:25.619 --> 00:55:28.139
games on the road. I mean, Houston. Yeah, they

00:55:28.139 --> 00:55:30.800
got the red card. So that changed it. But boy,

00:55:30.860 --> 00:55:34.159
Houston, they always just play so physically,

00:55:34.340 --> 00:55:37.360
too. I mean, all these three games pose their.

00:55:37.820 --> 00:55:40.639
challenges for sure so so we'll see i mean we'll

00:55:40.639 --> 00:55:44.579
probably be a little a little tired but um it'll

00:55:44.579 --> 00:55:48.960
be good to be back up at home absolutely what

00:55:48.960 --> 00:55:54.159
uh i guess we want we beat them one nothing in

00:55:54.159 --> 00:55:57.599
dallas last time so that that would give me hope

00:55:57.599 --> 00:56:01.820
that we could then do something uh even better

00:56:01.820 --> 00:56:07.320
at home yes yeah definitely um yeah that uh That

00:56:07.320 --> 00:56:11.800
was definitely a good road win. If I remember

00:56:11.800 --> 00:56:14.400
correctly, it should have been like, I don't

00:56:14.400 --> 00:56:18.519
know, maybe 2 -0 or 3 -0. But, you know, hey,

00:56:18.619 --> 00:56:23.460
I'll take the three points. What are your thoughts

00:56:23.460 --> 00:56:29.599
on Steph Fry this season? Because I was listening

00:56:29.599 --> 00:56:33.320
to another podcast that kind of covers, you know,

00:56:33.340 --> 00:56:36.079
MLS in general, and they were talking about how...

00:56:36.590 --> 00:56:38.949
based on the analytics and this was a few weeks

00:56:38.949 --> 00:56:41.730
ago so obviously things changed but that Steph

00:56:41.730 --> 00:56:45.730
Fry was he was kind of like below average in

00:56:45.730 --> 00:56:49.510
terms of his analytics compared to other MLS

00:56:49.510 --> 00:56:51.429
goalkeepers and I'm just wondering what your

00:56:51.429 --> 00:56:55.530
take is on on his form and the eye test and like

00:56:55.530 --> 00:56:59.210
yeah yeah I mean I think I felt like last year

00:56:59.210 --> 00:57:02.309
he had lost a step his reaction time wasn't that

00:57:02.309 --> 00:57:05.429
good And then he ended up having a phenomenal

00:57:05.429 --> 00:57:08.590
year as it went on. And so I'm not sure what

00:57:08.590 --> 00:57:12.510
changed there, if he was just, you know, it took

00:57:12.510 --> 00:57:14.269
a little while, if he had some knocks or something.

00:57:14.349 --> 00:57:18.090
This year, I have felt he's been largely solid.

00:57:18.449 --> 00:57:21.809
And I'd be curious what the analytics look at.

00:57:22.030 --> 00:57:26.369
You know, his defense has made so many mistakes

00:57:26.369 --> 00:57:30.650
that sometimes as a goalie, you're beholden to

00:57:30.650 --> 00:57:33.230
what your defense is doing in front of you. And

00:57:33.230 --> 00:57:36.469
sure, I mean, especially I think the goal against

00:57:36.469 --> 00:57:39.530
Portland, I know the announcers said that he

00:57:39.530 --> 00:57:41.349
could have had some better positioning on that.

00:57:41.570 --> 00:57:44.909
So that might be an example of one that it could

00:57:44.909 --> 00:57:50.250
be different. But largely, I think he's been

00:57:50.250 --> 00:57:53.289
fine. I guess I'll put it there. He doesn't seem

00:57:53.289 --> 00:57:55.590
like superstar Steph like he has in the past.

00:57:55.809 --> 00:57:57.530
But I also don't think he's ready to hand it

00:57:57.530 --> 00:58:00.789
off to Andy Thomas. And I don't know what LAFC

00:58:00.789 --> 00:58:04.030
tells us. That game where, you know, is that

00:58:04.030 --> 00:58:06.809
really what we expect from Andy Thomas? Or, you

00:58:06.809 --> 00:58:09.010
know, is it just that he doesn't have the reps

00:58:09.010 --> 00:58:10.530
with the people in front of him so they're not

00:58:10.530 --> 00:58:15.889
communicating as well? Totally. Yeah, I hear

00:58:15.889 --> 00:58:19.869
you on that. I think, yeah, it was interesting

00:58:19.869 --> 00:58:23.110
watching that LAFC game and seeing kind of the

00:58:23.110 --> 00:58:26.809
differences. And obviously we've seen Thomas

00:58:26.809 --> 00:58:32.329
play for a handful of matches now. It was interesting

00:58:32.329 --> 00:58:34.510
just seeing how stylistically they're different.

00:58:34.570 --> 00:58:37.329
I think he's a little bit shorter. He seems a

00:58:37.329 --> 00:58:41.750
little bit quicker, but not as sure -handed.

00:58:41.869 --> 00:58:45.550
And I'm sure he's only going to get better the

00:58:45.550 --> 00:58:48.849
more he plays. And I'm excited for him to be

00:58:48.849 --> 00:58:55.530
the future. But yeah, no, I personally think

00:58:55.530 --> 00:58:59.090
that Steph still got it. But it was just interesting

00:58:59.090 --> 00:59:02.090
to hear. And I don't have the numbers up with

00:59:02.090 --> 00:59:03.829
me or the analytics or what they were saying,

00:59:03.929 --> 00:59:06.510
but I was like, I don't know. I don't think he's

00:59:06.510 --> 00:59:10.650
been that bad, you know? No. And being, you know,

00:59:10.650 --> 00:59:12.809
being slightly below average is, I mean, when

00:59:12.809 --> 00:59:14.849
you have a phenomenal defense doesn't matter

00:59:14.849 --> 00:59:16.929
really, you know what I mean? Like if the Sounders

00:59:16.929 --> 00:59:18.809
defense can play at all, like they did last year,

00:59:18.869 --> 00:59:24.110
we'd be fine. Yeah. And yeah, there have been

00:59:24.110 --> 00:59:29.230
a few mistakes. I do like. I do like Kim Kihee

00:59:29.230 --> 00:59:33.989
coming back. He seems pretty solid. Obviously,

00:59:34.070 --> 00:59:38.949
Yamar is pretty solid, but there have been a

00:59:38.949 --> 00:59:43.510
few lapses here and there. Do you know of the

00:59:43.510 --> 00:59:47.929
timeline for Jackson? He should be pretty close.

00:59:48.190 --> 00:59:52.730
I mean, he had two full weeks of training now

00:59:52.730 --> 00:59:57.320
since coming back. Okay, cool. Unless he had

00:59:57.320 --> 01:00:02.380
a setback, he can play. The question is, who

01:00:02.380 --> 01:00:07.219
will he play over? If we've seen Yamar now look

01:00:07.219 --> 01:00:09.760
really good against Portland, he's been shaky

01:00:09.760 --> 01:00:11.539
at other times, but looked great against Portland,

01:00:11.599 --> 01:00:14.179
and if Keehy's really solid back there, it's

01:00:14.179 --> 01:00:15.880
going to be hard for him to get in there and

01:00:15.880 --> 01:00:20.019
get a spot. But we'll have more time to rotate,

01:00:20.219 --> 01:00:24.820
so I would imagine that it... they'll figure

01:00:24.820 --> 01:00:27.260
it out we have we have oh yeah it's a good problem

01:00:27.260 --> 01:00:28.920
right and especially now that we've seen two

01:00:28.920 --> 01:00:32.500
hawkins out there although of course uh arguably

01:00:32.500 --> 01:00:34.739
he gave up a goal within the first few minutes

01:00:34.739 --> 01:00:37.320
of coming on the field for the first time no

01:00:37.320 --> 01:00:40.619
totally totally and that's that's rough that's

01:00:40.619 --> 01:00:44.420
a that's a that's a rough uh welcome to the league

01:00:44.420 --> 01:00:46.980
i don't know if that was that his debut with

01:00:46.980 --> 01:00:49.460
the first team yeah that's a tough uh welcome

01:00:49.460 --> 01:00:52.380
to the league kind of moment but hey at least

01:00:52.380 --> 01:00:55.449
it was in a game that At that point, we probably

01:00:55.449 --> 01:00:58.989
weren't going to win anyway. And, you know, that's

01:00:58.989 --> 01:01:04.449
a good moment to learn. So maybe you need to

01:01:04.449 --> 01:01:06.409
get out there as soon as possible and start playing

01:01:06.409 --> 01:01:10.369
again. Exactly. 100%. Short -term memory when

01:01:10.369 --> 01:01:14.489
it comes to all the mistakes. But, yeah, like

01:01:14.489 --> 01:01:16.469
you said, it's a good problem to have. I really

01:01:16.469 --> 01:01:20.369
do like our roster this year for that reason

01:01:20.369 --> 01:01:24.539
because we have had key injuries. to like big

01:01:24.539 --> 01:01:28.260
money starting players. And yet, you know, I

01:01:28.260 --> 01:01:31.039
mean, look at Danny Masovsky, man. Yeah. Like,

01:01:31.059 --> 01:01:34.340
you know, and then signing Kent. That's the other

01:01:34.340 --> 01:01:37.079
thing I want to talk about, man. He is so fun

01:01:37.079 --> 01:01:38.760
to watch. I mean, obviously everybody's going

01:01:38.760 --> 01:01:42.519
to say that, but he really, I watch, I watch

01:01:42.519 --> 01:01:45.840
these games with my dad. We watch, you know,

01:01:45.840 --> 01:01:47.920
all the Seahawks games together. We'll watch

01:01:47.920 --> 01:01:52.929
Mariners games together. And he. he's not, he's

01:01:52.929 --> 01:01:55.909
not like a Jersey kind of guy. He's more of like,

01:01:55.929 --> 01:01:58.329
well, maybe wear a Sonics ball cap or something

01:01:58.329 --> 01:02:00.909
like that. And he even said, he was like, he's

01:02:00.909 --> 01:02:02.769
like, I'm probably not going to buy a Sanders

01:02:02.769 --> 01:02:06.809
Jersey, but if I did, I think I'd get a Ryan

01:02:06.809 --> 01:02:10.090
Kent Jersey. I was like, yeah, yeah. Cause he's

01:02:10.090 --> 01:02:12.590
the, he's the real deal, man. I really think

01:02:12.590 --> 01:02:15.170
that, you know, obviously I think everybody has

01:02:15.170 --> 01:02:19.269
realistic. expectations for Club World Cup and

01:02:19.269 --> 01:02:21.190
how we're going to fare against the likes of

01:02:21.190 --> 01:02:25.650
PSG, Atletico Madrid, Botafogo. But I think if

01:02:25.650 --> 01:02:29.530
our expectations are for us to not embarrass

01:02:29.530 --> 01:02:34.530
ourselves, I think that Kent is a big part of

01:02:34.530 --> 01:02:38.630
that. I think when he's on and everybody else

01:02:38.630 --> 01:02:41.289
kind of wants a piece of the action, he seems

01:02:41.289 --> 01:02:44.429
to elevate everybody around him. I'm excited.

01:02:44.610 --> 01:02:47.329
Absolutely. So why don't we wrap it up there?

01:02:49.110 --> 01:02:51.869
I'm sure earlier in this episode, people will

01:02:51.869 --> 01:02:54.090
hear about my broken brain, but it needs a rest.

01:02:55.329 --> 01:02:58.030
Yes. Yes. Well, thank you so much for having

01:02:58.030 --> 01:03:00.849
me on. I'm so happy to contribute. Obviously,

01:03:00.929 --> 01:03:03.670
I love the podcast. We're excited to have you.

01:03:03.969 --> 01:03:06.449
Do you want to share any where people can find

01:03:06.449 --> 01:03:08.269
you on social media or in the Discord or anything

01:03:08.269 --> 01:03:12.369
like that? I am in the Discord. My name is Cedar.

01:03:12.760 --> 01:03:16.239
you can find me there. Awesome. We're, we're,

01:03:16.239 --> 01:03:18.920
I don't know. It's exciting to have you. I'm

01:03:18.920 --> 01:03:20.719
glad that you're part of our community and hopefully

01:03:20.719 --> 01:03:22.360
you can come up and go to a game with us one

01:03:22.360 --> 01:03:24.940
of these times. Absolutely. I do have tickets

01:03:24.940 --> 01:03:31.360
to go see Atletico Madrid on June 19th. So I

01:03:31.360 --> 01:03:33.579
will be up there. Yeah. Make sure we all meet

01:03:33.579 --> 01:03:36.440
up then. Let's do it. All right. Thanks so much.

01:03:36.440 --> 01:03:38.840
Go Sounders. Yeah. Talk to you next episode.

01:03:43.530 --> 01:03:46.989
And we are back with another segment with our

01:03:46.989 --> 01:03:50.550
ultras. This one, oh, if you don't recognize

01:03:50.550 --> 01:03:52.050
the voice, of course, I am one of your hosts,

01:03:52.170 --> 01:03:55.750
Cameron. And I'm here right now with Dan the

01:03:55.750 --> 01:03:57.530
Bastard. What is up, Dan? It's good to have you

01:03:57.530 --> 01:03:59.889
today. Hey, good afternoon. How's everybody doing?

01:04:01.170 --> 01:04:05.909
Yeah, it's a nice day, I think, because we didn't

01:04:05.909 --> 01:04:08.630
get a loss against Portland. We got a point on

01:04:08.630 --> 01:04:12.650
the road. Yeah, I'm really excited for the team

01:04:12.650 --> 01:04:16.389
to come back home. Three, do these schedule makers

01:04:16.389 --> 01:04:20.909
hate us? I can't think of any other reason that

01:04:20.909 --> 01:04:23.530
there would be three road games in a row traveling

01:04:23.530 --> 01:04:28.630
to Houston on top of it to start. I mean, how

01:04:28.630 --> 01:04:32.469
many miles did they travel this past week? A

01:04:32.469 --> 01:04:36.139
lot. A lot. You figure they went Seattle to Houston

01:04:36.139 --> 01:04:38.679
to Seattle to L .A. to Seattle and then probably

01:04:38.679 --> 01:04:42.699
drove to Portland. Yeah, it's just so much travel.

01:04:42.920 --> 01:04:45.900
I think Kent even mentioned it in one of the

01:04:45.900 --> 01:04:49.659
other, you know, Seattle based shows I watched

01:04:49.659 --> 01:04:51.860
that he was he was tired by the time he got to

01:04:51.860 --> 01:04:54.900
the Portland game. And I think it's fair to say

01:04:54.900 --> 01:04:57.139
that it showed a little bit. Yeah, they were.

01:04:57.300 --> 01:05:01.239
That's interesting. Yeah. I mean, you saw him

01:05:01.239 --> 01:05:04.059
not maybe able to take on players one -on -one

01:05:04.059 --> 01:05:07.559
like you usually see him do. And if he's fatigued,

01:05:07.579 --> 01:05:10.260
that makes sense because that's more travel than

01:05:10.260 --> 01:05:12.179
he certainly would ever do in England. Yeah.

01:05:12.599 --> 01:05:17.059
And it wasn't one -on -one. To be fair to Ken,

01:05:17.300 --> 01:05:19.639
it was more like three -on -one because every

01:05:19.639 --> 01:05:22.900
time he got the ball, Portland just mobbed him.

01:05:23.280 --> 01:05:27.559
You would hope that... You know, overloading

01:05:27.559 --> 01:05:29.280
one player like that would set up opportunities

01:05:29.280 --> 01:05:32.460
for other individuals to sneak into the box.

01:05:33.780 --> 01:05:36.519
But he just kept trying to drive and that's that's

01:05:36.519 --> 01:05:40.880
fine. My overall takeaway is this is fine. Yeah,

01:05:40.940 --> 01:05:44.539
I mean, I think and perhaps that's why Christian

01:05:44.539 --> 01:05:46.480
was always open in the middle in the first half.

01:05:46.659 --> 01:05:49.579
Yeah. Oh, Christian had a oh, Christian had a

01:05:49.579 --> 01:05:53.050
great game. He was. if you watch the first 45

01:05:53.050 --> 01:05:55.489
minutes of the portland game and you didn't come

01:05:55.489 --> 01:05:57.829
away with the problem against la was christian

01:05:57.829 --> 01:06:00.989
wasn't on the field then you probably had drank

01:06:00.989 --> 01:06:02.530
too much before you started watching the game

01:06:02.530 --> 01:06:07.369
yeah i mean it made such a huge difference in

01:06:07.369 --> 01:06:09.289
that match did you feel like we should have gotten

01:06:09.289 --> 01:06:11.769
away with three points there or was one point

01:06:11.769 --> 01:06:15.489
so uh you know i think i have a reputation for

01:06:15.489 --> 01:06:19.369
being a little bit more more negative or um you

01:06:19.369 --> 01:06:23.070
know just um Looking for, yeah, more negative.

01:06:23.090 --> 01:06:27.070
Let's call it hyperbole and negative. My concern

01:06:27.070 --> 01:06:29.869
coming out of this game, and since being a Sounders

01:06:29.869 --> 01:06:32.969
fan, I've just seen so many games where we control

01:06:32.969 --> 01:06:35.889
the possession, we control the shots, and we

01:06:35.889 --> 01:06:39.170
still walk away with a draw or a low score. That

01:06:39.170 --> 01:06:42.429
was another one. So as somebody that's been following

01:06:42.429 --> 01:06:45.550
soccer hardcore for three years, Explain to me,

01:06:45.610 --> 01:06:48.309
is this something that's normal across soccer

01:06:48.309 --> 01:06:50.389
altogether, or is this something specific to

01:06:50.389 --> 01:06:52.650
the Brian Schmetzer Sounders that we'll have

01:06:52.650 --> 01:06:56.650
20 shots and one goal? I think it does happen

01:06:56.650 --> 01:07:00.210
in other teams too, but it feels pronounced with

01:07:00.210 --> 01:07:04.630
the Sounders. It's probably one of those things

01:07:04.630 --> 01:07:08.369
where it's like everybody thinks the refs hate

01:07:08.369 --> 01:07:10.840
their team. And a reality that's confirmation

01:07:10.840 --> 01:07:13.079
bias. And that's probably what we have going

01:07:13.079 --> 01:07:15.119
on here. Because, you know, a normal scoreline

01:07:15.119 --> 01:07:17.739
in soccer is one, two goals. You get three goals,

01:07:17.860 --> 01:07:22.239
you had a good day. But that was my takeaway

01:07:22.239 --> 01:07:25.500
is I get tired of seeing shots and nothing happen.

01:07:25.800 --> 01:07:29.159
But let me rephrase that. I don't get tired of

01:07:29.159 --> 01:07:31.320
it. I get concerned that that's going to become

01:07:31.320 --> 01:07:36.860
the big trend again. But overall. I think we

01:07:36.860 --> 01:07:38.780
were talking before it started that four or five

01:07:38.780 --> 01:07:41.260
points is a good result, something we'd be happy

01:07:41.260 --> 01:07:42.940
with. And now we're going to come back home,

01:07:43.059 --> 01:07:45.820
which we've been really good at home. I'm going

01:07:45.820 --> 01:07:49.280
to be on Whidbey Island for this game, watching

01:07:49.280 --> 01:07:54.760
it on my phone while we're at the parade on Coopville,

01:07:54.880 --> 01:07:58.739
which is our family tradition. So don't tell

01:07:58.739 --> 01:08:01.139
my spouse, but I'm going to be having it on my

01:08:01.139 --> 01:08:04.550
phone while we're watching the parade. That's

01:08:04.550 --> 01:08:08.110
awesome. Yeah, maybe it's because it's a holiday

01:08:08.110 --> 01:08:10.869
weekend, but I don't love the noon start. I know

01:08:10.869 --> 01:08:12.690
a lot of fans do, but as someone who has to get

01:08:12.690 --> 01:08:15.090
there three and a half, four hours early to set

01:08:15.090 --> 01:08:18.890
up and not being a morning person, yeah, I'm

01:08:18.890 --> 01:08:22.069
not excited about being at the stadium at nine

01:08:22.069 --> 01:08:25.130
o 'clock in the morning. I like the later games

01:08:25.130 --> 01:08:27.609
because the end of the game is the end of my

01:08:27.609 --> 01:08:30.909
day. By the time the game's over, I feel like

01:08:30.909 --> 01:08:33.770
I'm inebriated enough that I don't want to do

01:08:33.770 --> 01:08:36.850
anything else. I don't want an adult. I don't

01:08:36.850 --> 01:08:39.130
want to go home and cook dinner. I want that

01:08:39.130 --> 01:08:42.149
to already be over with. So I do like the nighttime

01:08:42.149 --> 01:08:45.850
games myself. So what do you think are some takeaways

01:08:45.850 --> 01:08:48.689
we can take from this Portland game heading into

01:08:48.689 --> 01:08:52.949
hosting Dallas this weekend? Uh, I think, uh,

01:08:53.130 --> 01:08:56.109
one of the takeaways that we can have is that,

01:08:56.109 --> 01:08:58.750
um, they now have a week's worth of rest and

01:08:58.750 --> 01:09:01.630
they're back home. Um, yeah, they, they did what

01:09:01.630 --> 01:09:04.590
they needed to do. It was clear. There has been

01:09:04.590 --> 01:09:07.850
some, I've heard some scuttlebutt, if you will,

01:09:07.930 --> 01:09:11.180
that, uh, Rothrock was maybe one of the people

01:09:11.180 --> 01:09:12.760
that took it more serious than everybody else,

01:09:12.819 --> 01:09:14.779
and the team lacked some of the drive during

01:09:14.779 --> 01:09:17.359
the game, and I disagree with that. I think everybody

01:09:17.359 --> 01:09:20.380
brought it. I think it just shows. I go back

01:09:20.380 --> 01:09:24.699
to, remember last year, the 5 -0 win against

01:09:24.699 --> 01:09:28.399
Montreal, I believe. Is that right? We beat Montreal

01:09:28.399 --> 01:09:31.680
5 -0. Early in the season. Early in the season.

01:09:31.760 --> 01:09:33.859
And that was one of the few games that was in

01:09:33.859 --> 01:09:36.220
a really rough stretch, and we just dominated

01:09:36.220 --> 01:09:39.279
them. And one of the takeaways I had from that

01:09:39.279 --> 01:09:41.920
game was Montreal had just got done with a three

01:09:41.920 --> 01:09:44.319
-game road trip, and Seattle was its last destination.

01:09:44.960 --> 01:09:47.819
It's something unique to MLS with the distance

01:09:47.819 --> 01:09:50.039
that they travel, and it really takes them out

01:09:50.039 --> 01:09:52.380
of it. And to be able to go in there and have

01:09:52.380 --> 01:09:58.039
a 1 -1 draw rationally. I think it's great emotionally.

01:09:58.420 --> 01:10:02.939
I'm a little sad because I want to win. Sure.

01:10:03.060 --> 01:10:04.960
Yeah, I think if you had told me we were going

01:10:04.960 --> 01:10:07.039
to come away with a win, a draw, and a loss,

01:10:07.100 --> 01:10:08.399
I mean, we talked about this on the podcast,

01:10:08.659 --> 01:10:13.579
that would be a successful trip. Of course, I

01:10:13.579 --> 01:10:15.380
wish we would win against teams higher in the

01:10:15.380 --> 01:10:18.020
standings, but hey, it is what it is. Portland

01:10:18.020 --> 01:10:19.760
wishes they could beat teams higher in the standings

01:10:19.760 --> 01:10:24.800
too. Yeah, and it helped that LAFC tied LA Galaxy.

01:10:25.910 --> 01:10:29.590
yeah but our loss not as painful the galaxy was

01:10:29.590 --> 01:10:31.489
on the scoreboard and what the first eight minutes

01:10:31.489 --> 01:10:35.449
yeah yeah they uh but then they were down two

01:10:35.449 --> 01:10:38.850
to one and had to come back so uh a galaxy team

01:10:38.850 --> 01:10:40.909
that has yet to have a win this season still

01:10:40.909 --> 01:10:45.010
but hey they tied lefc wow i uh i wonder how

01:10:45.010 --> 01:10:47.529
long i wonder what's what's the line for when

01:10:47.529 --> 01:10:49.729
they're going to get their first first win i'm

01:10:49.729 --> 01:10:52.670
sure vegas has a line for that right They must

01:10:52.670 --> 01:10:55.149
be. It seems like they have lines for everything

01:10:55.149 --> 01:10:57.010
these days, but you got to go to the right sports

01:10:57.010 --> 01:11:01.050
book to be able to find it. I mean, I think that's

01:11:01.050 --> 01:11:02.890
a good question. I pull up the schedule here

01:11:02.890 --> 01:11:05.130
real quick. I can give you my quick takeaway

01:11:05.130 --> 01:11:09.510
because their next matches are against San Diego,

01:11:09.810 --> 01:11:13.850
San Jose, Salt Lake, St. Louis, Colorado, and

01:11:13.850 --> 01:11:17.289
then San Jose again. So, I mean, I think they

01:11:17.289 --> 01:11:19.489
could probably. potentially san jose because

01:11:19.489 --> 01:11:21.010
they're going to be up for it that's that's the

01:11:21.010 --> 01:11:25.930
original rivalry match um and maybe salt lake

01:11:25.930 --> 01:11:29.189
salt lake hasn't been super stellar or i mean

01:11:29.189 --> 01:11:31.609
st louis only has two wins on the season they're

01:11:31.609 --> 01:11:35.869
right above them when do we play them uh that

01:11:35.869 --> 01:11:38.670
is a great i mean did did the schedule makers

01:11:38.670 --> 01:11:41.689
decide to just let uh ricky puke come back you

01:11:41.689 --> 01:11:43.390
know like hey this guy's gonna be out for 95

01:11:43.390 --> 01:11:46.029
of the year but we're gonna make sure he's filed

01:11:46.029 --> 01:11:49.670
for the sounders play august 10th so uh we play

01:11:49.670 --> 01:11:53.470
at la galaxy so i think that should be okay he'll

01:11:53.470 --> 01:11:56.130
probably be back for september 13th when we host

01:11:56.130 --> 01:12:00.750
them which is our that's their oh they won more

01:12:00.750 --> 01:12:02.649
road game after that but then they have four

01:12:02.649 --> 01:12:06.210
out of five at home uh wow they finish with uh

01:12:07.689 --> 01:12:11.210
five out of seven at home so they i mean here's

01:12:11.210 --> 01:12:13.170
the thing is la galaxy always turn it around

01:12:13.170 --> 01:12:16.029
they may be it may be too late for them to turn

01:12:16.029 --> 01:12:19.710
it around for playoffs but hey the sounders a

01:12:19.710 --> 01:12:22.590
month after right now the sounders were last

01:12:22.590 --> 01:12:26.210
place uh and still found a way to win the mls

01:12:26.210 --> 01:12:29.569
cup in 2016 yeah yeah so it's uh it's possible

01:12:29.569 --> 01:12:32.689
it's a long season and uh you you just got to

01:12:32.689 --> 01:12:35.029
stay balanced in seasons like this there's there's

01:12:35.029 --> 01:12:38.239
not a whole lot of reasons to get super out of

01:12:38.239 --> 01:12:43.140
whack emotionally for anything in May. Yeah,

01:12:43.159 --> 01:12:45.159
but I'll tell you, if we had no wins right now,

01:12:45.359 --> 01:12:51.100
the crowd, the fan base would be absolutely apoplectic.

01:12:51.119 --> 01:12:54.159
It would be a nightmare right now. Yeah, I would

01:12:54.159 --> 01:12:56.939
be sad. You know, I'm a little bit disappointed

01:12:56.939 --> 01:12:59.180
deep down that we weren't able to beat Portland.

01:12:59.300 --> 01:13:01.760
So yeah, I can only imagine just how beside myself

01:13:01.760 --> 01:13:08.050
I would be. Yeah. Interesting. Yeah. So Dallas

01:13:08.050 --> 01:13:09.529
coming in, what are you expecting out of the

01:13:09.529 --> 01:13:12.390
game that you'll be watching at the parade? So

01:13:12.390 --> 01:13:15.890
last time, so we're going to play in a four back.

01:13:16.609 --> 01:13:20.750
It's what I expect. I expect them to have a four

01:13:20.750 --> 01:13:25.210
back. I think that we, I'm hoping for a Kent

01:13:25.210 --> 01:13:28.109
PDLV start. I don't know if that's too much chaos

01:13:28.109 --> 01:13:31.189
on the field for a Brian Schmetzer team at any

01:13:31.189 --> 01:13:35.390
one time. Because both of them will – they'll

01:13:35.390 --> 01:13:37.310
kind of move out of their position. They will

01:13:37.310 --> 01:13:41.170
maybe be out of place and not try back the way

01:13:41.170 --> 01:13:43.750
that Brian wants players to and be as disciplined.

01:13:43.890 --> 01:13:47.810
But, you know, somebody that's a fan of Loki,

01:13:47.890 --> 01:13:50.630
I really enjoy the idea of just having chaos

01:13:50.630 --> 01:13:55.750
all over the field. But I expect – I expect a

01:13:55.750 --> 01:13:59.970
win against Dallas back at home. How many goals

01:13:59.970 --> 01:14:03.859
have we scored the last two games there? Seven?

01:14:04.279 --> 01:14:06.539
Seven, yeah. Three and a half per game? Yeah,

01:14:06.600 --> 01:14:12.180
so I think we can get two to three and keep them

01:14:12.180 --> 01:14:15.020
to zero or one. Now, you've been at the last

01:14:15.020 --> 01:14:17.399
two home games, correct? Yes. I won't be at this

01:14:17.399 --> 01:14:18.579
one. You won't be at this one. No, and you will

01:14:18.579 --> 01:14:21.560
be, right? I will be, and I haven't been at the

01:14:21.560 --> 01:14:23.819
last two. So the question is, are we jinxing

01:14:23.819 --> 01:14:28.060
it by me going and you not? Yeah, so our option

01:14:28.060 --> 01:14:30.119
is to either take a loss or you have to go to

01:14:30.119 --> 01:14:34.310
a parade on Whidbey Island. Well, we'll find

01:14:34.310 --> 01:14:36.229
out. We'll see how it goes this weekend. This

01:14:36.229 --> 01:14:40.350
will be a big test. Yeah, big test for Scuttlebutt.

01:14:43.470 --> 01:14:46.250
Yeah, I agree with you. I think we should win,

01:14:46.329 --> 01:14:49.149
hopefully, especially since we won 1 -0 in Dallas.

01:14:49.409 --> 01:14:52.390
And I think the Sounders probably still feel

01:14:52.390 --> 01:14:55.210
a little bit something about the loss at LAFC.

01:14:57.039 --> 01:14:59.539
Yeah, I think they'll be ready. They're going

01:14:59.539 --> 01:15:01.619
to be back fit. And I think that the narratives

01:15:01.619 --> 01:15:04.960
that we had after LFC in Portland, particularly

01:15:04.960 --> 01:15:09.779
with Kent, and I think they're going to be all

01:15:09.779 --> 01:15:11.560
gone again and the fans are going to be on top

01:15:11.560 --> 01:15:15.399
of the world. Absolutely. So anything else you

01:15:15.399 --> 01:15:16.619
want to hit before we get out of here for the

01:15:16.619 --> 01:15:21.960
day? you know just just maybe go home think about

01:15:21.960 --> 01:15:24.420
this uh next time you get a chance to talk to

01:15:24.420 --> 01:15:27.680
pro why uh why can't a player on a yellow get

01:15:27.680 --> 01:15:31.939
a second yellow against us that's you know yeah

01:15:31.939 --> 01:15:33.880
i i don't i don't understand where that's in

01:15:33.880 --> 01:15:37.600
the rule books but i guess it is that's awesome

01:15:37.600 --> 01:15:40.220
uh where can they find you on the internet yeah

01:15:40.220 --> 01:15:44.119
um Pretty much just on the Scuttlebutt Discord.

01:15:44.500 --> 01:15:46.420
That's the only thing I'm active on anymore.

01:15:46.659 --> 01:15:49.979
Only thing I'm active on anymore. So Dan the

01:15:49.979 --> 01:15:53.659
Bastard, come say hi and let's find something

01:15:53.659 --> 01:15:56.220
to fight about. Yeah, thanks, Dan. We'll see

01:15:56.220 --> 01:16:03.720
you next week. Hey, thanks for having me. This

01:16:03.720 --> 01:16:05.399
is one of your hosts, Cameron Collins, and I

01:16:05.399 --> 01:16:10.050
am here with another Ultra Segment. With the

01:16:10.050 --> 01:16:13.609
one and only Alex Diaz, what's up? Pretty good,

01:16:13.649 --> 01:16:18.029
pretty good. Not bad for a Tuesday. Yeah, happy

01:16:18.029 --> 01:16:22.909
Tuesday to you. We just came off of a weekend

01:16:22.909 --> 01:16:27.770
where the Sounders drew 1 -1 in Portland. Big

01:16:27.770 --> 01:16:31.069
rivalry match coming away with four points on

01:16:31.069 --> 01:16:33.109
the road trip. How are you feeling coming out

01:16:33.109 --> 01:16:42.250
of that road trip right now? we would get a win,

01:16:42.329 --> 01:16:45.829
a loss and a tie in that road trip. And it's

01:16:45.829 --> 01:16:50.470
essentially what happened. Yeah, I'll take it.

01:16:50.550 --> 01:16:53.909
I mean, I think we talk about you want to tie

01:16:53.909 --> 01:16:56.350
on the road, right? So three points would have

01:16:56.350 --> 01:17:00.949
been acceptable, but four, especially stealing

01:17:00.949 --> 01:17:03.069
a couple of points from Timbers there is ideal.

01:17:06.280 --> 01:17:08.399
Yeah, especially when it's Seattle -Portland.

01:17:08.479 --> 01:17:09.960
It doesn't matter where they are on the table.

01:17:10.960 --> 01:17:13.920
Where they're playing at is either here or in

01:17:13.920 --> 01:17:16.140
Portland. You just throw the game out the window.

01:17:16.819 --> 01:17:20.680
It's just a whole different ballgame. Yeah, it

01:17:20.680 --> 01:17:23.060
doesn't matter. I mean, I feel like even the

01:17:23.060 --> 01:17:24.460
years where we've been one of the best teams

01:17:24.460 --> 01:17:26.140
in the league, Portland can find a way to beat

01:17:26.140 --> 01:17:29.359
us. Yeah, they'll find a way to steal points

01:17:29.359 --> 01:17:32.220
from us. I've seen that happen, I think, twice

01:17:32.220 --> 01:17:39.279
now. Absolutely. So never fun. So 1 -1, what's

01:17:39.279 --> 01:17:42.239
your takeaway from that match? So I wasn't able

01:17:42.239 --> 01:17:44.520
to watch the game because I was at my friend's

01:17:44.520 --> 01:17:47.119
wedding and then I had a soccer tournament too.

01:17:48.460 --> 01:17:50.920
And I was watching the game last night and then

01:17:50.920 --> 01:17:53.819
our Wi -Fi went out. So I got to watch about

01:17:53.819 --> 01:17:59.079
like 60 minutes of it. Okay, you saw the most

01:17:59.079 --> 01:18:00.859
important parts. I don't think anything after

01:18:00.859 --> 01:18:04.800
that was really... Anything different. In fact,

01:18:04.800 --> 01:18:06.960
I think the first half was probably the most

01:18:06.960 --> 01:18:10.140
impressive part of the match to me. Yeah, I was

01:18:10.140 --> 01:18:12.119
honestly really impressed with how Christian

01:18:12.119 --> 01:18:15.000
played. The way he was pinging the ball. Those

01:18:15.000 --> 01:18:16.880
long pings. He looked like a quarterback out

01:18:16.880 --> 01:18:23.239
there. Do you think not having him against LAFC

01:18:23.239 --> 01:18:27.039
was a part of our issues in that game? I think

01:18:27.039 --> 01:18:29.880
so. Because when he's in the midfield, I feel

01:18:29.880 --> 01:18:32.470
like he's the glue guy of the team. Like his

01:18:32.470 --> 01:18:34.670
engine, he just runs up and down the pitch. The

01:18:34.670 --> 01:18:37.149
way that he's able to win the ball back by using

01:18:37.149 --> 01:18:40.130
his body to get in front of the forward or the

01:18:40.130 --> 01:18:42.369
midfielder just to shield them away and then

01:18:42.369 --> 01:18:45.729
we gain possession. And we've been gaining possession

01:18:45.729 --> 01:18:47.670
high up the field, which has caused us to get

01:18:47.670 --> 01:18:50.909
more shots off. The attacks are more faster,

01:18:50.970 --> 01:18:55.909
which is different than against LAFC when he

01:18:55.909 --> 01:18:58.710
wasn't there. We didn't see him as fluid, as

01:18:58.710 --> 01:19:02.260
quick. It was just more like side to side instead

01:19:02.260 --> 01:19:06.680
of playing more vertical balls forward. Do you

01:19:06.680 --> 01:19:09.020
think there's anything from what you saw? I think

01:19:09.020 --> 01:19:11.420
the last 30 minutes or so were more of the same

01:19:11.420 --> 01:19:15.180
that we can take away moving forward as we come

01:19:15.180 --> 01:19:23.659
back home. I think Kent, we're starting to see

01:19:23.659 --> 01:19:26.720
how the players are defending against Kent. They're

01:19:26.720 --> 01:19:30.479
double teaming him really early. which is why

01:19:30.479 --> 01:19:33.159
he's not been as successful as we first saw,

01:19:33.220 --> 01:19:36.659
because now teams around the league are starting

01:19:36.659 --> 01:19:40.079
to get a game plan for him. Once they see him

01:19:40.079 --> 01:19:41.500
put his head down a dribble, you see the second

01:19:41.500 --> 01:19:46.640
defender come right away on the help side. Yeah,

01:19:46.659 --> 01:19:50.920
yeah. And it made it, I mean, it made him have

01:19:50.920 --> 01:19:53.279
to go, try to go one -on -one against one of

01:19:53.279 --> 01:19:56.520
them and couldn't really get through when you

01:19:56.520 --> 01:19:59.600
have the second person moving over. I asked,

01:19:59.680 --> 01:20:03.000
I think it was Dan this, but do you think that

01:20:03.000 --> 01:20:04.819
helped open up Christian, though, as they're

01:20:04.819 --> 01:20:07.079
moving players over? Because it seemed like Christian,

01:20:07.180 --> 01:20:10.039
especially in the first half, was just wide open

01:20:10.039 --> 01:20:11.300
in the middle of the field and can do whatever

01:20:11.300 --> 01:20:14.260
he wanted. Yeah, I think it does help because

01:20:14.260 --> 01:20:16.960
when essentially you have one player occupying

01:20:16.960 --> 01:20:18.579
two to three players, that means that there's

01:20:18.579 --> 01:20:20.779
going to be people open on the other side or

01:20:20.779 --> 01:20:23.239
there's going to be gaps. And there was a play

01:20:23.239 --> 01:20:27.729
that I think Kent was played in behind. and then

01:20:27.729 --> 01:20:30.270
he had three defenders around him, and then he

01:20:30.270 --> 01:20:32.069
could have taken the shot, but he laid it off

01:20:32.069 --> 01:20:36.390
to Wazowski, and he had an okay shot that was

01:20:36.390 --> 01:20:38.890
blocked, but it was still good to see him make

01:20:38.890 --> 01:20:43.250
something out of nothing, essentially. Yeah.

01:20:43.390 --> 01:20:45.250
I mean, I definitely felt like the Sounders were

01:20:45.250 --> 01:20:48.670
the better team, but I don't know that the score

01:20:48.670 --> 01:20:52.289
was unfair in the end. No, yeah. Portland School.

01:20:53.379 --> 01:20:55.300
essentially was that no one picked up the runner

01:20:55.300 --> 01:20:58.039
from midfield. He ran from midfield after he

01:20:58.039 --> 01:21:01.000
gave the ball off, just basically jogged all

01:21:01.000 --> 01:21:04.159
the way into the box and was unmarked for a tap

01:21:04.159 --> 01:21:10.840
-in. Yeah. So we come out of Portland, 1 -1 draw,

01:21:11.119 --> 01:21:15.159
stole two points on the road against our rivals,

01:21:15.199 --> 01:21:18.420
coming home against a Dallas team that we beat.

01:21:19.050 --> 01:21:21.729
1 -0 down in Dallas. It's a noon game, though,

01:21:21.829 --> 01:21:24.069
so the players are not always used to playing

01:21:24.069 --> 01:21:26.369
those early games. What are you predicting is

01:21:26.369 --> 01:21:28.130
going to happen this coming Saturday when we

01:21:28.130 --> 01:21:31.130
face off against Dallas? I think, what was it,

01:21:31.149 --> 01:21:34.470
last year we came back to beat them 3 -2 at home.

01:21:36.050 --> 01:21:40.170
So I think it might be a similar game. I think

01:21:40.170 --> 01:21:45.350
since it's early and knowing Brian, he's probably

01:21:45.350 --> 01:21:48.430
going to start his zoos. Even though I don't

01:21:48.430 --> 01:21:50.090
think he should start just given the performances

01:21:50.090 --> 01:21:53.449
we've seen. I think we go down early, but then

01:21:53.449 --> 01:21:56.590
we claw back to either steal a point or take

01:21:56.590 --> 01:22:03.090
all three. Nice. Yeah, that would be great to

01:22:03.090 --> 01:22:07.329
get some more points, especially if it's three

01:22:07.329 --> 01:22:13.350
at home. By the way, mentioning Jesus, he will

01:22:13.350 --> 01:22:16.739
be... If you're listening to this... the day

01:22:16.739 --> 01:22:20.600
it comes out before 5 .30 p .m. and are in the

01:22:20.600 --> 01:22:23.960
Seattle area, he will be at Soccer Post in Woodinville

01:22:23.960 --> 01:22:30.039
at 5 .30 p .m. 17313 140th Avenue Northeast in

01:22:30.039 --> 01:22:32.800
Woodinville. I just saw Nico Moreno post that

01:22:32.800 --> 01:22:36.199
earlier. So I wanted to get that out there that

01:22:36.199 --> 01:22:38.220
you get a chance to go meet Jesus out at Soccer

01:22:38.220 --> 01:22:42.380
Post if you're in the area. And to also add to

01:22:42.380 --> 01:22:45.579
that. If you bring a pair of usable cleats, you

01:22:45.579 --> 01:22:51.180
can get raffle entries. Oh, wow. That's super

01:22:51.180 --> 01:22:54.239
cool. I should bring some of my ones that I used

01:22:54.239 --> 01:22:59.100
to jam my feet in. I wonder, do they take football

01:22:59.100 --> 01:23:00.600
cleats? I still have my football cleats from

01:23:00.600 --> 01:23:02.180
high school that I haven't worn since high school.

01:23:02.380 --> 01:23:05.520
I'm not entirely sure. It just says usable cleats

01:23:05.520 --> 01:23:11.260
from Stephen Fisher on X. But Nico Moreno reposted

01:23:11.260 --> 01:23:16.250
it. Yeah, yeah. Awesome. Yep. So that'll be fun.

01:23:16.369 --> 01:23:19.270
Get a chance to go meet Jesus. From everything

01:23:19.270 --> 01:23:23.050
I've heard, he's a pretty great guy. Yeah, I

01:23:23.050 --> 01:23:24.670
think he's still trying to settle into Seattle.

01:23:25.050 --> 01:23:31.029
It's not as easy as people think. Living in Dallas

01:23:31.029 --> 01:23:35.949
his whole life, he bled Dallas, and now he has

01:23:35.949 --> 01:23:40.829
to move to a city all the way up in the little

01:23:40.829 --> 01:23:45.710
Pacific Northwest. Start. Guns blazing. I didn't

01:23:45.710 --> 01:23:50.689
realize his dad was a player. And not only that,

01:23:50.789 --> 01:23:56.430
but won MLS MVP one year until we were watching

01:23:56.430 --> 01:23:59.189
the broadcast and they talked about it. Yeah,

01:23:59.210 --> 01:24:03.170
so it's kind of ironic that now we have Ozaze

01:24:03.170 --> 01:24:07.989
de Rosario. His dad was also an MVP in the league.

01:24:08.069 --> 01:24:10.350
In fact, they were back -to -back years. Yeah,

01:24:10.369 --> 01:24:13.699
and then we have Asus. And they're both attacking

01:24:13.699 --> 01:24:18.479
players. That's pretty cool. So anything else

01:24:18.479 --> 01:24:20.420
you want to hit before we get out of here for

01:24:20.420 --> 01:24:25.619
the day? No, I think we hit everything. It was

01:24:25.619 --> 01:24:30.579
a pretty busy week for me. Yeah, busy week. And

01:24:30.579 --> 01:24:33.539
as I've been talking about all episode long,

01:24:33.640 --> 01:24:35.340
I've been dealing with my concussion. So I'm

01:24:35.340 --> 01:24:37.520
not even looking at you right now. I have my

01:24:37.520 --> 01:24:39.279
eyes shut while we talk. I'm just listening.

01:24:39.950 --> 01:24:42.890
No, I wish you a speedy recovery and hopefully

01:24:42.890 --> 01:24:48.430
by Saturday you're feeling better. Yeah, I'm

01:24:48.430 --> 01:24:50.930
not looking forward to having to be at the stadium

01:24:50.930 --> 01:24:53.310
at 8 .30 in the morning. Stupid noon starts.

01:24:55.489 --> 01:24:58.750
Are you coming out for the game? Not this Saturday,

01:24:58.890 --> 01:25:02.409
but I'll be there for Wednesday's game. Nice.

01:25:02.970 --> 01:25:06.649
That's San Diego, correct? Yeah, San Diego. I'll

01:25:06.649 --> 01:25:15.020
be in ECS. Awesome. We've got a run of good games

01:25:15.020 --> 01:25:17.800
coming up that we've got to get some points out

01:25:17.800 --> 01:25:19.920
of. Where can they find you on the internet?

01:25:20.279 --> 01:25:22.840
So they can find me at the Discord at Alex Diaz,

01:25:22.840 --> 01:25:26.140
and then they can find me on Instagram at Alex

01:25:26.140 --> 01:25:31.060
underscore Diaz 519. Awesome. Thanks a lot, Alex.

01:25:31.140 --> 01:25:32.659
We'll talk to you next week. All right. I hope

01:25:32.659 --> 01:25:46.039
you have a better time. Hey everybody, this is

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-T -R -E -O -N dot C -O -M. Now back to your

01:27:08.880 --> 01:27:22.460
regularly scheduled programming. Hey, we're back.

01:27:22.939 --> 01:27:27.180
Nicholas, it was your turn, sir. He wasn't looking

01:27:27.180 --> 01:27:30.920
at us. Was it my turn? Yeah, I said you should

01:27:30.920 --> 01:27:36.000
bring us in. Oh, well, hey, we're back. Tell

01:27:36.000 --> 01:27:37.960
them what else they've won. Speaking of what

01:27:37.960 --> 01:27:40.340
else they've won, I wanted to kind of give up

01:27:40.340 --> 01:27:44.800
the Sounders Scuttlebutt prediction challenge,

01:27:44.899 --> 01:27:46.619
the game prediction for the Sounders Portland

01:27:46.619 --> 01:27:52.619
game. We had two people. get the most correct.

01:27:53.279 --> 01:27:57.720
And those two people are Julie Z and Bernadette.

01:27:58.899 --> 01:28:04.399
Bernadette taking the lead. I don't know Julie

01:28:04.399 --> 01:28:09.880
Z. Who's that? I do not believe they're on the

01:28:09.880 --> 01:28:13.239
Discord, but I do post it on the... The link

01:28:13.239 --> 01:28:18.149
got out. No, I post the link to... like someone

01:28:18.149 --> 01:28:22.069
sets up a Facebook game thread and I always post

01:28:22.069 --> 01:28:24.050
it there and people ask for it there. So I always,

01:28:24.130 --> 01:28:28.310
yeah. Um, but Bernie, Bernie, give her some Bernie.

01:28:29.050 --> 01:28:31.850
Um, she's not going to let me live that one down,

01:28:31.970 --> 01:28:36.489
but Hey, has anyone ever gotten a perfect prediction?

01:28:36.989 --> 01:28:39.710
Yes. Oh yeah. Dan, the bastard done it a couple

01:28:39.710 --> 01:28:44.869
of times. Yeah. That bastard. You're not wrong.

01:28:44.890 --> 01:28:47.750
Not just a clever name. Your kitty sounds like

01:28:47.750 --> 01:28:52.310
a crying human. God, Hook. Yeah, he's an old

01:28:52.310 --> 01:29:01.369
fart. Rufio. Rufi. Bangarang. Okay, so now we're

01:29:01.369 --> 01:29:03.930
on the back half of the game. Anything else you

01:29:03.930 --> 01:29:05.630
want to add about that Portland game? How are

01:29:05.630 --> 01:29:11.069
you feeling about it overall? I mean, take a

01:29:11.069 --> 01:29:14.590
draw on Portland. Yeah, we're 14 games in. We

01:29:14.590 --> 01:29:18.000
just got a three -game run. road trip um i think

01:29:18.000 --> 01:29:19.779
the the jp news is something we should mention

01:29:19.779 --> 01:29:22.380
where he had uh stomach ache or food poisoning

01:29:22.380 --> 01:29:24.199
or something which is why he did not travel with

01:29:24.199 --> 01:29:26.680
the team that is true i think that was a god

01:29:26.680 --> 01:29:30.699
damn you i think that was a huge uh i think i

01:29:30.699 --> 01:29:38.579
think we win that game with him for sure yeah

01:29:38.579 --> 01:29:40.680
and i don't think he's starting over oh better

01:29:40.680 --> 01:29:42.539
christian that and i was just thinking it's like

01:29:42.539 --> 01:29:44.100
but they have been playing really well together

01:29:44.100 --> 01:29:46.380
so i don't think he's starting Because I still

01:29:46.380 --> 01:29:49.399
like Christian and Obed right now. I think that's

01:29:49.399 --> 01:29:55.800
the pairing for that formation. But still, I

01:29:55.800 --> 01:29:58.960
don't know. We were on the edge of a win on that

01:29:58.960 --> 01:30:01.340
one. And there's a couple of frustrating moments.

01:30:01.420 --> 01:30:04.920
And honestly, a couple of moments that were frustrating

01:30:04.920 --> 01:30:10.600
defensively. But overall, again, yeah. Dude,

01:30:10.739 --> 01:30:14.920
I'm going to punch that cat in the face. Hi,

01:30:15.100 --> 01:30:17.359
we're the ASPCA. We're here to take away your

01:30:17.359 --> 01:30:21.380
gap. So we're about a third of the way. We're

01:30:21.380 --> 01:30:23.039
a little over a third of the way through the

01:30:23.039 --> 01:30:29.939
season. Yeah, 14 games. 14, right? 14. We're

01:30:29.939 --> 01:30:33.119
currently sitting in sixth, but there's just

01:30:33.119 --> 01:30:40.159
a lot of, you know, Hey, Nicholas, talk into

01:30:40.159 --> 01:30:47.420
your mic. There's just a lot of cluster in that

01:30:47.420 --> 01:30:52.619
three through eight spot. I mean, Dallas has

01:30:52.619 --> 01:30:54.979
a game in hand on us, and they're only four points

01:30:54.979 --> 01:30:57.340
behind us, and they're way down there. So they

01:30:57.340 --> 01:31:02.039
win, suddenly they're right there with us. Yeah,

01:31:02.100 --> 01:31:04.680
I mean, how are you feeling about our standing

01:31:04.680 --> 01:31:07.720
and where we are a little over a third of the

01:31:07.720 --> 01:31:11.180
way through the season? Considering where we

01:31:11.180 --> 01:31:14.439
started, I think it's pretty good. If you had

01:31:14.439 --> 01:31:16.640
told me before the season this is where we would

01:31:16.640 --> 01:31:20.199
be, I would be pretty disappointed. But with

01:31:20.199 --> 01:31:22.000
the injuries we've had and how mediocre we've

01:31:22.000 --> 01:31:26.500
been at times, I am highly impressed with where

01:31:26.500 --> 01:31:28.000
we've gotten in the standings at this point.

01:31:28.140 --> 01:31:32.119
We are eight points away from Vancouver. Yeah.

01:31:32.600 --> 01:31:36.060
Well, Vancouver's on a different level, yeah.

01:31:37.279 --> 01:31:40.079
I'm not talking about quality team. I'm just

01:31:40.079 --> 01:31:42.250
talking about position on the table. right like

01:31:42.250 --> 01:31:46.869
just just rank the team number one is 28 points

01:31:46.869 --> 01:31:51.630
we are team number six at 20. and we play them

01:31:51.630 --> 01:31:55.229
we played them already once right so we have

01:31:55.229 --> 01:31:56.609
one more game against them have we played them

01:31:56.609 --> 01:31:58.810
yet we haven't played them no so we have two

01:31:58.810 --> 01:32:00.350
games against them that's six points right there

01:32:00.350 --> 01:32:05.289
we can steal away yeah so they're catching that's

01:32:05.289 --> 01:32:07.609
wishful thinking at this point it's possible

01:32:07.609 --> 01:32:10.569
we would have to have a full healthy lineup to

01:32:10.569 --> 01:32:17.310
do that Wouldn't it be nice? You're not wrong.

01:32:17.390 --> 01:32:19.289
The bastard's walking into the room and he's

01:32:19.289 --> 01:32:21.270
just looking at me. He's just like, I'm going

01:32:21.270 --> 01:32:24.270
to do it. How does your dog feel about this misfit

01:32:24.270 --> 01:32:27.010
cat? God, my 75 -pound black -like German Shepherd

01:32:27.010 --> 01:32:34.010
is a little wimp. She just cowers in a corner.

01:32:34.310 --> 01:32:38.149
I'm like, it's a 15 -year -old cat. Winnie, just

01:32:38.149 --> 01:32:46.140
give it a look. Yeah, I mean, I think the Sounders

01:32:46.140 --> 01:32:49.680
overall have been impressive considering what

01:32:49.680 --> 01:32:52.260
they've been able to do. I still think they are

01:32:52.260 --> 01:32:56.260
missing a forward. I mean, I don't know. I hope

01:32:56.260 --> 01:32:58.960
Danny keeps doing it. But even if he, I mean,

01:32:58.979 --> 01:33:02.720
I still think they need a Will Bruin style forward.

01:33:02.819 --> 01:33:04.859
Late Will Bruin will say they can come off the

01:33:04.859 --> 01:33:07.119
bench and score goals who's slightly above Danny

01:33:07.119 --> 01:33:11.420
in quality. Will Bruin gets that header. Yeah,

01:33:11.420 --> 01:33:14.979
yeah. And I love Danny's doing it and I hope

01:33:14.979 --> 01:33:16.699
he continues to do it. I mean, it's, it's been

01:33:16.699 --> 01:33:20.359
a real breakthrough. I like that. I wanted to

01:33:20.359 --> 01:33:26.439
ask you guys a question actually. Describe this

01:33:26.439 --> 01:33:34.100
team right now in like a word. Frustrating. I

01:33:34.100 --> 01:33:36.420
think they have the most talent in the league

01:33:36.420 --> 01:33:38.619
and they're underperforming the talent, even

01:33:38.619 --> 01:33:43.319
with the injuries. This is the deepest, most

01:33:43.319 --> 01:33:47.539
talented team in the MLS. I don't know if I'd

01:33:47.539 --> 01:33:57.359
call it frustrating. I think just it's more deep.

01:33:57.680 --> 01:34:01.600
Deep is the word I would use because that depth

01:34:01.600 --> 01:34:04.460
is really bailing us out. For example, last season

01:34:04.460 --> 01:34:08.159
at this stage, we were 10th place. We were in

01:34:08.159 --> 01:34:13.439
10th place in the conference. um and and you

01:34:13.439 --> 01:34:15.460
know but last season we would have i mean maybe

01:34:15.460 --> 01:34:16.939
not you the rest of us would have considered

01:34:16.939 --> 01:34:21.760
a failure had they not got really hot the last

01:34:21.760 --> 01:34:24.060
three weeks of the season and then were hot throughout

01:34:24.060 --> 01:34:28.220
the playoffs i mean it was it wasn't the worst

01:34:28.220 --> 01:34:30.720
season but it was at one point it felt like it

01:34:30.720 --> 01:34:36.220
could have become the worst season and then they

01:34:36.220 --> 01:34:41.039
figured it out Credit to Schmitzer and Freddy

01:34:41.039 --> 01:34:56.819
Juarez. Mine would be sturdy. I was actually

01:34:56.819 --> 01:34:59.000
going to say agile at the last minute just because

01:34:59.000 --> 01:35:02.479
we have had the injuries. But when you said we

01:35:02.479 --> 01:35:05.319
were in 10th place this time last year and we're

01:35:05.319 --> 01:35:09.899
in 6th place now. And the ability to react to

01:35:09.899 --> 01:35:13.020
Paul Ariel's injury and get a quality player

01:35:13.020 --> 01:35:17.800
like Ryan Kent that quickly, that's where I started

01:35:17.800 --> 01:35:19.680
thinking Agile. And I think I'd go with that

01:35:19.680 --> 01:35:23.979
one. But Sturdy was more on the point that, yeah,

01:35:23.979 --> 01:35:27.020
we're not in the – if he said like what you said,

01:35:27.119 --> 01:35:29.300
Cameron, this is where you're at sixth place

01:35:29.300 --> 01:35:30.760
right now with 20 points at this point in the

01:35:30.760 --> 01:35:34.140
season. You were told that two months ago, three

01:35:34.140 --> 01:35:40.090
months ago. You'd be disappointed. But we're

01:35:40.090 --> 01:35:43.069
not 10th and we're eight points from first. We've

01:35:43.069 --> 01:35:46.569
weathered storms. We're weathering storms. Jordan's

01:35:46.569 --> 01:35:49.390
got to come back. There's a huge possibility

01:35:49.390 --> 01:35:53.550
that we go from agile to sprinting. I hope so.

01:35:53.670 --> 01:35:56.869
I still have not seen from Jordan what I think

01:35:56.869 --> 01:36:00.449
we need to see from a DP. So to me, him coming

01:36:00.449 --> 01:36:03.109
back is good, but it doesn't mean we're going

01:36:03.109 --> 01:36:05.399
to become as good as Vancouver. In my opinion,

01:36:05.439 --> 01:36:07.920
if he comes back and plays like a DP, we will

01:36:07.920 --> 01:36:10.079
be as good as Vancouver. Does Jesus start scoring?

01:36:10.220 --> 01:36:12.659
Does he, does he figure it out? Cause that's

01:36:12.659 --> 01:36:15.539
a game changer. If Jesus can get some goals in

01:36:15.539 --> 01:36:18.779
or assists, you can get back to assists. Yeah.

01:36:19.140 --> 01:36:21.420
We're, we're scoring three goals a game. I mean,

01:36:21.439 --> 01:36:25.649
he's leading the team. He's tied for a lead.

01:36:25.770 --> 01:36:29.510
Well, here's the crazy thing. He adds goals to

01:36:29.510 --> 01:36:31.989
that. Yeah, Jose Ferreira is tied with three

01:36:31.989 --> 01:36:35.829
assists with Albert Rusnak and Ryan Kent. Yeah,

01:36:35.829 --> 01:36:37.770
but those three assists came in two games, right?

01:36:38.109 --> 01:36:41.649
Well, I mean, same for Ryan Kent. But, yeah.

01:36:41.850 --> 01:36:45.409
I think Ryan Kent. Substantially less minutes.

01:36:45.770 --> 01:36:48.109
Yeah, we need to see more from him, too. I think

01:36:48.109 --> 01:36:50.930
he maybe was a little wake -up call. The MLS

01:36:50.930 --> 01:36:54.199
is better than he thought they were. He lost

01:36:54.199 --> 01:36:56.939
a few one -on -ones. Yeah, but he also created

01:36:56.939 --> 01:36:59.880
some good opportunities. But he also created...

01:36:59.880 --> 01:37:03.020
He was pulling a Georgie where he was running

01:37:03.020 --> 01:37:04.760
at players and then they were stealing the ball.

01:37:05.239 --> 01:37:08.760
I think he just... And also, he admitted it.

01:37:08.800 --> 01:37:11.800
He was tired. They don't have travel like this

01:37:11.800 --> 01:37:14.680
in England. And I can't speak to Turkey because

01:37:14.680 --> 01:37:17.180
I don't know anything about the geography of

01:37:17.180 --> 01:37:23.880
Turkey. I'm an ignorant American. But... Yeah,

01:37:23.939 --> 01:37:27.479
but at the same time, just keep this in mind,

01:37:27.500 --> 01:37:31.779
though. This is what you're going to get when

01:37:31.779 --> 01:37:36.659
you take on players. If you want a player who's

01:37:36.659 --> 01:37:39.460
going to take people on on the dribble, you've

01:37:39.460 --> 01:37:41.380
got to be prepared that it's not always going

01:37:41.380 --> 01:37:44.979
to work. You're not going to play FIFA on beginner

01:37:44.979 --> 01:37:49.460
mode. So I'm okay with that. What that shows

01:37:49.460 --> 01:37:51.460
is the difference between LAFC and the other

01:37:51.460 --> 01:37:53.550
teams in the league. That's the difference between

01:37:53.550 --> 01:37:56.069
playing bottom teams versus top teams. And I

01:37:56.069 --> 01:37:59.550
also think when it's three or four times in a

01:37:59.550 --> 01:38:06.789
row, it's more about he's probably tired. On

01:38:06.789 --> 01:38:09.369
top of also the league kind of figuring you out,

01:38:09.449 --> 01:38:12.949
right? Georgie looked fucking unstoppable in

01:38:12.949 --> 01:38:16.930
his first few matches. And he's starting to get

01:38:16.930 --> 01:38:19.109
figured out a little bit too. He still has a

01:38:19.109 --> 01:38:22.449
lot of tricks in his pocket. Because he's physically

01:38:22.449 --> 01:38:28.130
so fucking quick. He's like Gumby and Usain Bolt.

01:38:28.770 --> 01:38:32.670
But that goes back to why I chose the word depth

01:38:32.670 --> 01:38:38.079
in my work. Because... Last year, there were

01:38:38.079 --> 01:38:39.760
times where it's like, okay, where are we going

01:38:39.760 --> 01:38:42.000
to get any kind of creativity from? Okay, well,

01:38:42.079 --> 01:38:44.600
I guess it's Leo Chu trying to do something.

01:38:45.159 --> 01:38:49.399
Well, you look at it now. Don't dare. Don't dare.

01:38:50.020 --> 01:38:53.199
You look at it now. I don't know where my son

01:38:53.199 --> 01:38:56.840
is right now. And you've got opportunities with

01:38:56.840 --> 01:39:00.739
Ryan Kent, Georgie, Albert, Paul Rothrock, the

01:39:00.739 --> 01:39:04.789
emergence of Paul Rothrock. Jesus Ferreira, Pedro

01:39:04.789 --> 01:39:07.689
de la Vega. You have all these different people

01:39:07.689 --> 01:39:11.630
who can make a difference. Where last year, if

01:39:11.630 --> 01:39:14.289
you're like, okay, well, if Jordan and Albert

01:39:14.289 --> 01:39:16.170
aren't doing much, where are we going to get

01:39:16.170 --> 01:39:18.090
that creativity? You're like, well, I guess we're

01:39:18.090 --> 01:39:20.729
going to rely on Christian to give us a spark

01:39:20.729 --> 01:39:24.430
of offense, and that's not his game per se. But

01:39:24.430 --> 01:39:32.119
now we have... He is, but not on the level of

01:39:32.119 --> 01:39:34.439
what we're potentially seeing here. And so I

01:39:34.439 --> 01:39:39.439
think I'm very encouraged by a lot of the way

01:39:39.439 --> 01:39:43.500
we play, where even when we're getting a 1 -1

01:39:43.500 --> 01:39:47.039
draw against Portland, I like the way we're possessing

01:39:47.039 --> 01:39:49.279
the ball. I like the way that we're looking dangerous.

01:39:49.840 --> 01:39:54.350
I'm just tired of looking dangerous. That's my

01:39:54.350 --> 01:39:57.689
problem is I want more games. Soccer is hard.

01:39:57.949 --> 01:40:00.670
Like the two that I missed, the last two that

01:40:00.670 --> 01:40:04.390
I missed. Then stop going to games. Then I'm

01:40:04.390 --> 01:40:06.010
not there to see them. You know what I mean?

01:40:06.010 --> 01:40:08.529
Those games were great at home, and I hope we

01:40:08.529 --> 01:40:11.489
repeat it. Did you sneak into the LAFC game and

01:40:11.489 --> 01:40:13.289
not tell me you were an hour and a half away

01:40:13.289 --> 01:40:15.829
from me? No, I wouldn't have told you. I would

01:40:15.829 --> 01:40:17.890
absolutely not go to that game. That's the problem.

01:40:18.439 --> 01:40:20.739
It would ruin my trip if I went and the Sounders

01:40:20.739 --> 01:40:23.600
lost, so I try not to travel to away games unless

01:40:23.600 --> 01:40:27.220
it's drivable. Or I happen to be in the city.

01:40:28.659 --> 01:40:34.680
How long have we had a team that puts up 20 shots

01:40:34.680 --> 01:40:36.439
and scores one goal? This has been happening

01:40:36.439 --> 01:40:38.560
year after year after year after year. We have

01:40:38.560 --> 01:40:40.680
the talent now that that doesn't need to be the

01:40:40.680 --> 01:40:43.479
case. We can be putting up three goals. you know,

01:40:43.479 --> 01:40:45.659
two out of every three games, we're just not

01:40:45.659 --> 01:40:47.920
doing it. We did, we had that home stretch. I

01:40:47.920 --> 01:40:49.500
want to see them do it more. And if they can

01:40:49.500 --> 01:40:51.560
keep doing it, we are going to finish second

01:40:51.560 --> 01:40:54.560
in the West. It wasn't where I want us to be.

01:40:54.899 --> 01:40:57.739
It wasn't too many episodes ago that I said that

01:40:57.739 --> 01:41:02.239
I want a dominating season. Yeah. That is, that

01:41:02.239 --> 01:41:04.760
is a team that I want. I want a team that just

01:41:04.760 --> 01:41:07.060
dominates like what Vancouver is doing right

01:41:07.060 --> 01:41:10.039
now. And it's just, I just want to feel that

01:41:10.039 --> 01:41:12.920
I want to sit up there again. and I want to be

01:41:12.920 --> 01:41:15.819
insufferable again. I want to go thinking we're

01:41:15.819 --> 01:41:17.979
going to win every game. I don't feel that way

01:41:17.979 --> 01:41:20.600
anymore. I haven't felt that way for three years.

01:41:20.640 --> 01:41:22.380
I feel like we're on the cusp of it right now.

01:41:22.460 --> 01:41:24.380
We're close. We're very, very close. Then an

01:41:24.380 --> 01:41:28.000
LAFC happens. I know we rotated, but still. I

01:41:28.000 --> 01:41:31.819
mean, look at the last six games. In half of

01:41:31.819 --> 01:41:35.659
the games, we scored three goals or more. Yeah,

01:41:35.699 --> 01:41:40.460
it's good form. And then at least two of those

01:41:40.460 --> 01:41:41.960
other three, and maybe all three have been pretty

01:41:41.960 --> 01:41:46.539
miserable. Soccer is a difficult sport. Well,

01:41:46.619 --> 01:41:49.359
what concerns me is we've had two massive, just

01:41:49.359 --> 01:41:55.300
complete brain farts. Yeah, I mean. You don't

01:41:55.300 --> 01:41:58.100
want too many of those. One a season is okay,

01:41:58.279 --> 01:42:01.699
right? But remember the infamous LA Galaxy refund?

01:42:02.439 --> 01:42:07.079
Yeah, I was there. Yeah, LAFC. That LAFC match,

01:42:07.180 --> 01:42:10.460
I don't really want to talk about it, but that

01:42:10.460 --> 01:42:13.880
was one of the worst matches I've ever watched

01:42:13.880 --> 01:42:18.640
by this team. Particularly the end. Yeah, it

01:42:18.640 --> 01:42:22.920
was complete shutdown. Fuck it. The funny thing

01:42:22.920 --> 01:42:24.840
about that is, especially if you look at that

01:42:24.840 --> 01:42:28.800
game, you take away three long through balls

01:42:28.800 --> 01:42:32.359
from LA Galaxy. That game is a close game. It's

01:42:32.359 --> 01:42:38.560
1 -0. Can I do a thought exercise for you, which

01:42:38.560 --> 01:42:42.520
is trying to prove my point here? We know your

01:42:42.520 --> 01:42:45.880
point. I prefer a foot massage. Yeah. Well, thank

01:42:45.880 --> 01:42:55.460
you. Give me a number 1 through 30. We're blindly

01:42:55.460 --> 01:43:02.289
going in. Hi, Katie. Any number? 26. Okay. So

01:43:02.289 --> 01:43:05.329
starting with the 26th game. Starting with the

01:43:05.329 --> 01:43:06.609
26th game. That's actually my favorite. It happens

01:43:06.609 --> 01:43:09.550
to be my favorite number. Sorry. So starting

01:43:09.550 --> 01:43:14.149
with the 26th game of the year last year with

01:43:14.149 --> 01:43:19.090
the supporter shield and MLS historical making

01:43:19.090 --> 01:43:23.529
Miami team last year. So starting with, I'm just

01:43:23.529 --> 01:43:25.869
going to give six games in a row to give you

01:43:25.869 --> 01:43:27.510
the number of goals they're scoring. Just to

01:43:27.510 --> 01:43:30.399
kind of give you like the all -time. record setting

01:43:30.399 --> 01:43:33.520
pace versus what we're seeing right now just

01:43:33.520 --> 01:43:37.899
give you some context here so uh starting with

01:43:37.899 --> 01:43:41.380
august 24th miami scored two goals then four

01:43:41.380 --> 01:43:48.710
three two one and one so I'll take a score of

01:43:48.710 --> 01:43:52.909
4 -3 -2. We're not doing that. But our last six

01:43:52.909 --> 01:43:58.029
were 3 -1 -4 -3 -0 -1. So not terribly off. What

01:43:58.029 --> 01:44:00.289
are their shots in those games? Tell me their

01:44:00.289 --> 01:44:02.109
shot totals in those games. That's what I want

01:44:02.109 --> 01:44:04.289
because they're not shooting 20 shots and only

01:44:04.289 --> 01:44:10.649
getting one goal. My frustration is when we dominate

01:44:10.649 --> 01:44:12.250
a game and we can still only get one goal. I

01:44:12.250 --> 01:44:15.810
think your frustration is with result. And we

01:44:15.810 --> 01:44:18.489
are scoring goals. It's just not the goals at

01:44:18.489 --> 01:44:20.850
the right time. It's like the Mariners. The Mariners

01:44:20.850 --> 01:44:23.369
will win a game 9 -0 and then lose a game 5 -6.

01:44:24.229 --> 01:44:26.010
You know what I mean? Save some of those runs

01:44:26.010 --> 01:44:30.590
for that other game. I just feel like you're...

01:44:30.590 --> 01:44:35.409
I feel like sometimes you're so negative. thinking

01:44:35.409 --> 01:44:37.930
on it, that you're not appreciating what's actually

01:44:37.930 --> 01:44:40.130
going on in front of us. And right now, I think

01:44:40.130 --> 01:44:43.829
we have a very exciting offense. We have an offense

01:44:43.829 --> 01:44:47.170
that's really fun to watch and is creating opportunities.

01:44:47.750 --> 01:44:50.109
Goals are fun for me, though. Opportunities are

01:44:50.109 --> 01:44:52.949
great. And that first half against Portland was

01:44:52.949 --> 01:44:56.689
the most fun I've had watching a tie game in

01:44:56.689 --> 01:45:02.930
a long, long time. But I want to see some goal

01:45:02.930 --> 01:45:06.220
score. We're not... I mean, I wasn't at those

01:45:06.220 --> 01:45:08.140
last two games, so they don't exist as far as

01:45:08.140 --> 01:45:10.000
I'm concerned in my head. But my argument is

01:45:10.000 --> 01:45:12.899
goals don't just materialize. This is the same

01:45:12.899 --> 01:45:14.300
thing as what we were talking about at the beginning

01:45:14.300 --> 01:45:16.680
of the season with Danny Mussofsky, where I was

01:45:16.680 --> 01:45:18.840
arguing that he's putting himself in good positions,

01:45:18.880 --> 01:45:20.899
creating great opportunities, and the goals are

01:45:20.899 --> 01:45:24.180
going to come. The Sounders, as it is right now,

01:45:24.300 --> 01:45:27.539
are scoring goals, and they keep creating great

01:45:27.539 --> 01:45:29.479
opportunities. You keep creating opportunities,

01:45:29.659 --> 01:45:33.699
defenses are going to break. So stay the course.

01:45:34.300 --> 01:45:37.500
Get more time together. Get Jordan healthy. Get

01:45:37.500 --> 01:45:41.100
Ryan Kent some more time. And we're going to

01:45:41.100 --> 01:45:45.420
be okay. Jesus, once he starts scoring, you know,

01:45:45.420 --> 01:45:48.560
things are okay. I think that's the problem.

01:45:48.659 --> 01:45:52.159
Can I break your brains for a second? Yeah. Can

01:45:52.159 --> 01:45:56.119
I break your brains? Don't look anything up.

01:45:57.239 --> 01:46:00.260
Cameron, you go first. What team has the most

01:46:00.260 --> 01:46:03.319
goals in the Western Conference so far this season?

01:46:07.579 --> 01:46:11.779
Well, the goal leader is from Vancouver, so I'll

01:46:11.779 --> 01:46:14.920
say Vancouver. Okay, Nick, go. I'll say San Jose.

01:46:16.199 --> 01:46:20.020
It's San Jose at 29. That's not surprising. They're

01:46:20.020 --> 01:46:22.920
in eighth place. The Seattle Sounders have 21

01:46:22.920 --> 01:46:27.359
goals in sixth place. Vancouver, 24 goals. So

01:46:27.359 --> 01:46:30.079
I am now just going to go ahead and jump into

01:46:30.079 --> 01:46:34.399
the bath with Nicholas. We are in a terrible

01:46:34.399 --> 01:46:38.000
position. We are sturdy. I would like to see

01:46:38.000 --> 01:46:40.220
what's our goal in the game, though, because

01:46:40.220 --> 01:46:43.819
that is my problem. Yeah, that's not enough.

01:46:43.939 --> 01:46:47.380
It should be two. Actually, funny enough, I did

01:46:47.380 --> 01:46:50.199
check. That's exactly the same pace as what we

01:46:50.199 --> 01:46:53.399
had all season last year. It was 1 .5. Of course,

01:46:53.439 --> 01:46:59.220
that was also a really bad first half and a much

01:46:59.220 --> 01:47:01.930
better second half of the season. And I don't

01:47:01.930 --> 01:47:03.829
think any of us are thinking that we're happy

01:47:03.829 --> 01:47:05.869
with where we're at right now. No, but if you

01:47:05.869 --> 01:47:08.789
go back, the Colorado game was awful. And then

01:47:08.789 --> 01:47:10.770
you had two amazing games on either side of it.

01:47:11.550 --> 01:47:14.229
The San Diego game too, before that was awful.

01:47:15.149 --> 01:47:17.470
You know, if you just, we're having, we're inconsistent.

01:47:17.710 --> 01:47:20.710
We're having one amazing game, one mediocre and

01:47:20.710 --> 01:47:22.909
one bad. Except for lately, it's gotten better.

01:47:23.010 --> 01:47:25.050
So I want to see. I hope we keep going. I'm just

01:47:25.050 --> 01:47:27.569
saying you guys are using a small sample size

01:47:27.569 --> 01:47:29.930
of the last few games. That's great. I wasn't

01:47:29.930 --> 01:47:33.250
at those games. I wasn't at those games. For

01:47:33.250 --> 01:47:37.529
me, I'm looking at the whole season, and we've

01:47:37.529 --> 01:47:42.109
got our ass beat quite often. But my sample size

01:47:42.109 --> 01:47:47.680
is 42 % of the season. Right. That's fine. 42

01:47:47.680 --> 01:47:52.260
%? Six games is 42 % of the season? Six of 14.

01:47:52.399 --> 01:47:56.539
Six of 14. We played 14 so far. We haven't played

01:47:56.539 --> 01:48:01.020
18. Okay. Still, I mean, to me, I just, okay.

01:48:01.100 --> 01:48:06.020
But we got destroyed by LAFC. We should have

01:48:06.020 --> 01:48:08.359
beat Portland. We didn't. Without the red card,

01:48:08.460 --> 01:48:10.699
is the Houston game the same? The Colorado game

01:48:10.699 --> 01:48:13.340
was awful. That Nashville -St. Louis game is

01:48:13.340 --> 01:48:15.199
what's good. So this is where we have to go now,

01:48:15.300 --> 01:48:16.939
and this is a good transition. I think we've

01:48:16.939 --> 01:48:20.180
been on the edge. We need to win the next three

01:48:20.180 --> 01:48:21.979
games at home. I don't think we're going to,

01:48:22.079 --> 01:48:25.819
but we need to. Just three wins, nine points.

01:48:26.220 --> 01:48:28.000
Yep. I want nine points from the next three.

01:48:28.020 --> 01:48:30.239
Because if we're going to be as mediocre as we

01:48:30.239 --> 01:48:32.539
are on the road, we have to be unstoppable at

01:48:32.539 --> 01:48:40.000
home. I'm unstoppable today. By the way, we're

01:48:40.000 --> 01:48:43.539
not mediocre on the road. We actually have a

01:48:43.539 --> 01:48:44.640
pretty good... Have you been watching the games

01:48:44.640 --> 01:48:51.119
we played on the road? Like, they're bad. Outside

01:48:51.119 --> 01:48:53.020
of the Houston game where there was a red card,

01:48:53.239 --> 01:48:56.539
we have played... I mean, that Colorado game

01:48:56.539 --> 01:49:00.060
was one in which we should have lost 2 -1. One

01:49:00.060 --> 01:49:03.119
of the worst games I've seen us play. Outplayed

01:49:03.119 --> 01:49:05.840
on every front. You know, we did beat Dallas

01:49:05.840 --> 01:49:07.800
on the road. We were lucky. Absolutely destroyed.

01:49:08.319 --> 01:49:11.300
by San Diego, a San Jose game that was a bit

01:49:11.300 --> 01:49:15.399
of a stinker. We lost to St. Louis in St. Louis.

01:49:15.439 --> 01:49:20.239
We lost 4 -1 to Cruz Azul. I mean, we lost 2

01:49:20.239 --> 01:49:22.579
-0 to Salt Lake in another one of the worst games

01:49:22.579 --> 01:49:25.859
I've ever seen from the Sounders. We are terrible.

01:49:25.859 --> 01:49:30.199
What is the axiom? I don't know what that word

01:49:30.199 --> 01:49:32.920
means. I'm a lawyer. I'm a professor. I have

01:49:32.920 --> 01:49:34.600
no idea what the fuck that word means. You win

01:49:34.600 --> 01:49:38.170
your games at home. You draw on the road. Okay,

01:49:38.229 --> 01:49:40.949
and we've been losing on the road. The Sounders

01:49:40.949 --> 01:49:44.189
have gotten nine points in nine games on the

01:49:44.189 --> 01:49:47.470
road. That comes out to a draw. Because they

01:49:47.470 --> 01:49:52.090
beat a red -carded Houston. You can't have it

01:49:52.090 --> 01:49:56.550
both ways. No, absolutely. The point is, if they're

01:49:56.550 --> 01:49:58.750
going to win a game, they can lose another game.

01:49:58.810 --> 01:50:00.970
You tie those other games. You should be tying

01:50:00.970 --> 01:50:03.770
every game on the road. It's not a point total.

01:50:04.319 --> 01:50:06.380
You should be tying every single game. If they

01:50:06.380 --> 01:50:08.159
tied all nine games on the road, they'd have

01:50:08.159 --> 01:50:11.319
how many points? Nine. The same. I understand

01:50:11.319 --> 01:50:14.619
that. Okay. But you know what? They're not playing

01:50:14.619 --> 01:50:16.560
well. I don't care. I'm not talking about results.

01:50:16.680 --> 01:50:19.760
I am talking about they look like shit against

01:50:19.760 --> 01:50:22.100
St. Louis. They look like shit against Cruz Azul.

01:50:22.140 --> 01:50:26.760
They look like shit against Colorado. Yeah, me

01:50:26.760 --> 01:50:30.239
too. That's what I'm talking about. This is not

01:50:30.239 --> 01:50:33.800
a team that is ready to make a run for the MLS

01:50:33.800 --> 01:50:36.140
Cup. Can they get there? Absolutely. Are they

01:50:36.140 --> 01:50:38.079
getting there? Are they getting better? Yes.

01:50:38.359 --> 01:50:41.500
But they need to start winning on the road to

01:50:41.500 --> 01:50:44.939
make up for the losses they've taken. And it

01:50:44.939 --> 01:50:47.079
should also be noted that... It looks like two

01:50:47.079 --> 01:50:49.260
different teams. It should also be noted... Over

01:50:49.260 --> 01:50:50.779
the course of the season, you need to do better

01:50:50.779 --> 01:50:53.220
on the road. That's absolutely correct. And we

01:50:53.220 --> 01:50:57.539
are not even 50 % there. So there definitely

01:50:57.539 --> 01:50:59.920
needs to be improvement. And we're at a good

01:50:59.920 --> 01:51:03.039
position on the table, even at that. I'm saying

01:51:03.039 --> 01:51:05.079
we're going to finish second if Jordan Morris

01:51:05.079 --> 01:51:09.859
comes back and can actually score goals. I'm

01:51:09.859 --> 01:51:11.680
saying if you're not watching the games, if you

01:51:11.680 --> 01:51:14.260
don't think we've been shit on the road. And

01:51:14.260 --> 01:51:17.079
to your point about winning the games at home,

01:51:17.220 --> 01:51:22.180
there are 30 teams in MLS. How many teams have

01:51:22.180 --> 01:51:36.420
not lost at home? Probably two. Aaron? You know

01:51:36.420 --> 01:51:39.319
what? I will say we're the only ones. I bet Vancouver's

01:51:39.319 --> 01:51:42.920
got one. There are two teams that have not lost

01:51:42.920 --> 01:51:49.560
a home game. The Sounders and Cincinnati. Yeah.

01:51:50.840 --> 01:51:52.699
That's right. That's why they've got to keep

01:51:52.699 --> 01:51:54.300
winning at road. If they're going to play mediocre

01:51:54.300 --> 01:51:56.279
at home, if they're going to play mediocre on

01:51:56.279 --> 01:51:58.829
the road, they've got to win at home. Because

01:51:58.829 --> 01:52:00.649
like you said, they have nine points in nine

01:52:00.649 --> 01:52:02.670
games on the road. Well, then they have to win

01:52:02.670 --> 01:52:05.029
every home game. Because that's the only way

01:52:05.029 --> 01:52:07.229
that maps out to win at home and tie on the road.

01:52:07.350 --> 01:52:09.590
You're not giving you any chance to lose at home

01:52:09.590 --> 01:52:12.229
then. So if they're going to be mediocre on the

01:52:12.229 --> 01:52:15.250
road, they have to win at home. Yeah, undefeated

01:52:15.250 --> 01:52:17.029
at home is not sustainable. We're going to lose

01:52:17.029 --> 01:52:18.869
some, which means we're going to have to balance

01:52:18.869 --> 01:52:21.689
on the road. But I don't think we're going to

01:52:21.689 --> 01:52:23.670
lose a lot. I think we're going to lose a handful.

01:52:24.300 --> 01:52:26.960
I'm not counting FIFA or the Club World Cup because

01:52:26.960 --> 01:52:28.840
I think we probably lose all three of those games.

01:52:29.579 --> 01:52:32.979
But I mean, the point that I'm making is that

01:52:32.979 --> 01:52:36.859
the sky is not falling. We are playing well.

01:52:37.960 --> 01:52:41.960
And we're going to be getting better. We don't

01:52:41.960 --> 01:52:46.079
have Jackson Reagan, a best 11 or MLS Defender

01:52:46.079 --> 01:52:49.960
of the Year finalist. I would be surprised if

01:52:49.960 --> 01:52:55.100
he gets a spot back. There'll be rotation, but

01:52:55.100 --> 01:52:56.859
I don't think he's now the automatic starter.

01:52:57.520 --> 01:53:01.140
And Yamar figured it out, too. He was one of

01:53:01.140 --> 01:53:03.100
the best players against Portland. I'm going

01:53:03.100 --> 01:53:07.380
to disagree there for one reason. And you were

01:53:07.380 --> 01:53:09.079
there in the Alliance Council meeting with me

01:53:09.079 --> 01:53:11.439
when they announced, when we were told that Kim

01:53:11.439 --> 01:53:17.640
Kihee was being signed. weeks before it was announced

01:53:17.640 --> 01:53:21.439
i i squealed i squealed with joy i was really

01:53:21.439 --> 01:53:24.000
excited i love kim kihi what did it sound like

01:53:24.000 --> 01:53:28.140
it i i i got giddy i got giddy i went i went

01:53:28.140 --> 01:53:31.159
up in a falsetto it was you're not wrong it was

01:53:31.159 --> 01:53:34.920
something like that um and i did the little you

01:53:34.920 --> 01:53:37.100
know the little clapping hands motion yeah um

01:53:37.100 --> 01:53:42.319
but With that said, yeah, yeah, pretty much.

01:53:42.359 --> 01:53:45.779
That's exactly it. That's exactly what it was.

01:53:45.859 --> 01:53:47.979
You were a little lad who liked Kim Ki. I was

01:53:47.979 --> 01:53:52.380
a little lad. I love Kim Ki. What I'm getting

01:53:52.380 --> 01:53:56.989
at is Jackson Reagan. is the lockdown starter

01:53:56.989 --> 01:54:00.229
when he's healthy because of one key reason.

01:54:00.369 --> 01:54:03.890
And he can make a line -breaking pass better

01:54:03.890 --> 01:54:07.329
than anyone else on this team. And with this

01:54:07.329 --> 01:54:10.829
offense, when we've got all these pieces firing,

01:54:11.369 --> 01:54:15.569
Jackson Reagan sending that line -breaking pass

01:54:15.569 --> 01:54:19.590
to dynamic players like Pedro or Ryan Kent, that

01:54:19.590 --> 01:54:23.750
is a difference maker. What if all three of them

01:54:23.750 --> 01:54:27.680
were on the back line? Then we're playing five.

01:54:27.880 --> 01:54:29.439
I mean, we have to start playing four at the

01:54:29.439 --> 01:54:31.199
back. We can't play three anymore. We're just

01:54:31.199 --> 01:54:34.439
getting worked with three at the back. I think

01:54:34.439 --> 01:54:36.260
that's the difference between LAFC, another big

01:54:36.260 --> 01:54:38.699
difference between LAFC and Portland. We played

01:54:38.699 --> 01:54:40.439
three at the back, and we got burnt time and

01:54:40.439 --> 01:54:43.640
time again by through balls. But also the challenge

01:54:43.640 --> 01:54:45.560
was, though, with three in the back, we didn't

01:54:45.560 --> 01:54:49.380
have Obed and Christian. We were using JP and

01:54:49.380 --> 01:54:54.260
Danny. So that's... Danny can make those passes

01:54:54.260 --> 01:54:59.220
just as well as Reagan. I don't know if he was

01:54:59.220 --> 01:55:01.159
being stopped from doing that or if he just wasn't

01:55:01.159 --> 01:55:02.640
trying to do that because of the way they were

01:55:02.640 --> 01:55:05.520
telling him to play. We've seen Danny. He's one

01:55:05.520 --> 01:55:07.560
of the most incredible passers on the team when

01:55:07.560 --> 01:55:09.859
he gets the chance to get those balls going.

01:55:10.239 --> 01:55:12.100
But that's the crazy thing about soccer, though,

01:55:12.140 --> 01:55:15.960
is because it's so fluid and so dynamic, because

01:55:15.960 --> 01:55:18.960
it's so fluid and dynamic, sometimes when you're

01:55:18.960 --> 01:55:20.260
analyzing these things... The balls are fluid

01:55:20.260 --> 01:55:23.720
and dynamic? You need to figure out, okay, is

01:55:23.720 --> 01:55:25.579
this because of the formation? Is it because

01:55:25.579 --> 01:55:27.439
of something the other team's doing? There's

01:55:27.439 --> 01:55:32.079
so many variables. It's hard to quantify at times.

01:55:32.319 --> 01:55:36.399
If it was easy, everyone would do it. And that's

01:55:36.399 --> 01:55:41.779
just not the case. But the eye test for me is

01:55:41.779 --> 01:55:45.319
saying that I am enjoying watching this team

01:55:45.319 --> 01:55:47.739
a lot more and I have a belief that this team

01:55:47.739 --> 01:55:52.289
can score goals. I don't disagree with you. I'm

01:55:52.289 --> 01:55:55.310
just tired of believing. I am an atheist. I want

01:55:55.310 --> 01:56:01.069
fucking results. Yeah. That's where I'm at. I

01:56:01.069 --> 01:56:04.170
can go spend money on the Mariners. The Mariners

01:56:04.170 --> 01:56:07.689
going in to today are three games back from the

01:56:07.689 --> 01:56:09.770
best team in baseball. Talk about a frustrating

01:56:09.770 --> 01:56:13.670
team. You guys knew I went and we haven't even

01:56:13.670 --> 01:56:17.430
talked about it, but I put money with going to

01:56:17.430 --> 01:56:21.260
a Mariner game. Are you going to the Better Cup?

01:56:22.739 --> 01:56:25.399
It's over. I went to it. You went to the Better

01:56:25.399 --> 01:56:31.340
Cup. With my Pearl Jam Seattle hat on. I feel

01:56:31.340 --> 01:56:35.439
similar about the Mariners as I do about the

01:56:35.439 --> 01:56:38.680
Sounders right now. They have moments where they

01:56:38.680 --> 01:56:41.520
clearly are the best team in baseball, and then

01:56:41.520 --> 01:56:43.539
they have moments when I can't even understand

01:56:43.539 --> 01:56:45.420
why they're in the same field with the professional

01:56:45.420 --> 01:56:51.100
team. See, this is the curse of being born and

01:56:51.100 --> 01:56:54.439
raised a Seattle sports fan is you get that negativity.

01:56:55.399 --> 01:56:58.579
And I've somehow gotten out of that growing up

01:56:58.579 --> 01:57:03.340
in Buffalo. No. Defeat. I have achieved defeat

01:57:03.340 --> 01:57:05.720
from taking away from the jaws of victory so

01:57:05.720 --> 01:57:08.539
many times in my life. There is nothing worse

01:57:08.539 --> 01:57:12.159
than being a Seattle sports fan. Nothing. At

01:57:12.159 --> 01:57:16.840
least Buffalo made it. Buffalo still hasn't won

01:57:16.840 --> 01:57:21.920
it, so I think I'd rather be Seattle. What about

01:57:21.920 --> 01:57:28.020
being a Maple Leafs fan? I could have told you

01:57:28.020 --> 01:57:31.779
it was going to end painfully. I celebrate Leafs

01:57:31.779 --> 01:57:36.060
elimination day every year. Not since 1967, and

01:57:36.060 --> 01:57:37.659
that can happen again. The thing that makes me

01:57:37.659 --> 01:57:39.560
the happiest is now Blue Jays fans get to be

01:57:39.560 --> 01:57:42.130
sad. Oh, I mean real Blue Jays fans, not all

01:57:42.130 --> 01:57:44.149
the ones from Vancouver who pretend they're Blue

01:57:44.149 --> 01:57:46.069
Jays fans and they should be Mariners fans. Fucking

01:57:46.069 --> 01:57:51.789
dolts. Also, people don't choose, really, to

01:57:51.789 --> 01:58:00.170
live in Buffalo. I left. Hey, I will say this.

01:58:01.010 --> 01:58:02.729
Buffalo's known as the city of good neighbors.

01:58:02.869 --> 01:58:06.069
Buffalo is a great place to live and be from.

01:58:07.689 --> 01:58:13.000
I just... But it's not for me. It's just not

01:58:13.000 --> 01:58:16.720
for me. However, if I was going to live in that

01:58:16.720 --> 01:58:21.279
area again, if I was going to live in that area

01:58:21.279 --> 01:58:24.199
again, I would go back to Toronto and live in

01:58:24.199 --> 01:58:26.840
Toronto. I do love Toronto. Toronto is an amazing

01:58:26.840 --> 01:58:29.760
city. I love Toronto. People don't realize Toronto

01:58:29.760 --> 01:58:32.819
is literally 90 minutes from Seattle or from

01:58:32.819 --> 01:58:39.310
Buffalo. Like driving Everett to Tacoma is driving

01:58:39.310 --> 01:58:43.569
Buffalo to Toronto. Yeah, when I went to Toronto

01:58:43.569 --> 01:58:45.189
and they were like, welcome to the great white

01:58:45.189 --> 01:58:47.409
north. And I was like, Seattle's north of you.

01:58:47.890 --> 01:58:53.909
Well, that's like don't stop believing when Steve

01:58:53.909 --> 01:58:56.430
Perry sings, you know, just a small town born

01:58:56.430 --> 01:58:59.270
and raised in South Detroit. Well, South Detroit

01:58:59.270 --> 01:59:03.029
is Windsor. South Detroit is Windsor, Ontario.

01:59:04.029 --> 01:59:07.850
Detroit, that is true. So it always makes me

01:59:07.850 --> 01:59:12.130
laugh every time that song comes on. I kind of

01:59:12.130 --> 01:59:16.550
want to add an A after South Detroit. So we're

01:59:16.550 --> 01:59:18.829
playing Dallas, speaking of. We are. That's a

01:59:18.829 --> 01:59:22.970
great, great segue. Yeah, we're playing Dallas

01:59:22.970 --> 01:59:25.229
at home at noon, which I'm very disappointed

01:59:25.229 --> 01:59:27.430
about. One, because the players hate playing

01:59:27.430 --> 01:59:30.260
day games. Hold on, it's that high noon. And

01:59:30.260 --> 01:59:33.539
two, that means I have to be there at 8 .30 in

01:59:33.539 --> 01:59:37.220
the morning, and I'm not excited about that.

01:59:38.800 --> 01:59:40.899
Well, you're just going to miss the game anyway.

01:59:41.340 --> 01:59:44.960
Yeah, perhaps, perhaps. So they're coming in.

01:59:45.359 --> 01:59:47.779
They are four points behind us in the standings

01:59:47.779 --> 01:59:52.239
with the game in hand. What are we expecting

01:59:52.239 --> 01:59:56.539
to see Dallas do in this match against us? Destruction

01:59:56.539 --> 02:00:06.090
will occur. You're right. There's no reason for

02:00:06.090 --> 02:00:10.630
beating the shit out of them. Well, if we beat

02:00:10.630 --> 02:00:12.989
them 1 -0 there, we should beat them by quite

02:00:12.989 --> 02:00:16.649
a bit more here. Let's be honest. They do have

02:00:16.649 --> 02:00:20.550
a good team. They do have good players on that

02:00:20.550 --> 02:00:24.109
team. Our team should be angry. If you're going

02:00:24.109 --> 02:00:32.060
to jail. With that in mind, Yeah, I would love

02:00:32.060 --> 02:00:36.420
to see them come out into a shell and try and

02:00:36.420 --> 02:00:39.739
play that defensive road, going for the win or

02:00:39.739 --> 02:00:41.659
going for the draw. That would play into our

02:00:41.659 --> 02:00:45.880
hands and us to take that aggressive stance and

02:00:45.880 --> 02:00:51.659
just take it to them. We need to shoot from distance

02:00:51.659 --> 02:01:00.260
and pass with precision. That's because they

02:01:00.260 --> 02:01:03.479
are going to bunker. We're going to have to try

02:01:03.479 --> 02:01:06.180
to break them down, which has been... You think

02:01:06.180 --> 02:01:08.619
so? They tend to be an offensive team, don't

02:01:08.619 --> 02:01:10.859
they? Just in terms of their makeup, not in terms

02:01:10.859 --> 02:01:13.739
of they're not scoring outrageous number of goals.

02:01:14.199 --> 02:01:17.560
Well, Leo Chu's going to be out, so he's still

02:01:17.560 --> 02:01:20.420
injured. But they do have Lucho Acosta. They've

02:01:20.420 --> 02:01:27.479
got Peter Moussa. both of them can combine for

02:01:27.479 --> 02:01:32.100
some stuff. They got Pedrino. So, you know. I

02:01:32.100 --> 02:01:35.000
guess the comment is not so much that it's Dallas.

02:01:35.600 --> 02:01:38.619
It's more that we just have a problem breaking

02:01:38.619 --> 02:01:41.800
any team that plays defensively down. True. Right?

02:01:42.159 --> 02:01:44.840
So I would like to see more shots from distance

02:01:44.840 --> 02:01:47.619
that are accurate. We're not even attempting

02:01:47.619 --> 02:01:49.380
shots from distance, but that's what kind of

02:01:49.380 --> 02:01:52.000
helps kind of break that up. I mean, I think

02:01:52.000 --> 02:01:54.529
in that Houston match we saw, something that

02:01:54.529 --> 02:01:58.149
works and, and, and maybe this isn't possible

02:01:58.149 --> 02:02:00.329
without Reagan because we haven't seen it as

02:02:00.329 --> 02:02:03.770
much lately, but it was when the Houston home

02:02:03.770 --> 02:02:06.029
match, I should say it's when our center backs

02:02:06.029 --> 02:02:09.130
move up into the opponent's half and can kind

02:02:09.130 --> 02:02:12.569
of, we can move from the back and yeah. And then

02:02:12.569 --> 02:02:17.329
disrupt stuff. Like it, it, it is a different

02:02:17.329 --> 02:02:19.909
team and we seem way more dangerous. I think

02:02:19.909 --> 02:02:24.260
that's where Nicholas was mentioning. Reagan

02:02:24.260 --> 02:02:27.020
being the better option. I don't know if we can

02:02:27.020 --> 02:02:28.640
do it without him there, although he should be

02:02:28.640 --> 02:02:31.199
back. I mean, he's taken part in practice. Unless

02:02:31.199 --> 02:02:33.079
he took an extra knock, I don't see why he wouldn't

02:02:33.079 --> 02:02:35.180
be back. With a week off, I would hope to see

02:02:35.180 --> 02:02:39.340
him. But, yeah, I mean, Kim Key, he's been playing

02:02:39.340 --> 02:02:42.119
great. It's just, I think with this match against

02:02:42.119 --> 02:02:46.119
a team that's played midweek with, I think, a

02:02:46.119 --> 02:02:48.699
performance that they would hope they would walk

02:02:48.699 --> 02:02:52.270
away with a win in Portland. I would hope that

02:02:52.270 --> 02:02:54.810
they're kind of a little peeved and they're healthy,

02:02:54.930 --> 02:02:58.850
right? Yeah. So that's why I think this should

02:02:58.850 --> 02:03:03.770
be domination. We're at home. We haven't lost

02:03:03.770 --> 02:03:06.149
at home yet. It's not going to start this weekend.

02:03:08.430 --> 02:03:14.409
Yeah. And coming off a three -game road trip,

02:03:14.569 --> 02:03:18.149
I think the idea will be to come out swinging

02:03:18.149 --> 02:03:21.819
early. and to really be aggressive to start off

02:03:21.819 --> 02:03:25.619
and try and get that early lead and really put

02:03:25.619 --> 02:03:32.579
it to them early. I hope so. I hope so. That's

02:03:32.579 --> 02:03:35.239
what I'd love to see. I am curious to see what

02:03:35.239 --> 02:03:37.380
their lineup looks like tomorrow for the Open

02:03:37.380 --> 02:03:44.819
Cup game. I think it'll tell us a lot about what

02:03:44.819 --> 02:03:48.199
they might do here. Do I do my Muppets thing

02:03:48.199 --> 02:03:51.539
now? Yes, yes. We are very curious about what

02:03:51.539 --> 02:03:54.260
your Muppet saying is. Perfect way to finish

02:03:54.260 --> 02:03:58.659
the show. Yeah, let's be silly. That's my job.

02:03:59.399 --> 02:04:03.180
So shout out. And we've mentioned podcasts we

02:04:03.180 --> 02:04:06.619
like to listen to from Discord questions before.

02:04:06.739 --> 02:04:10.779
And one of them that I like is Shift F1. And

02:04:10.779 --> 02:04:13.039
so shout out to them for this idea. Because they

02:04:13.039 --> 02:04:16.520
had a listener call in and say, or email in and

02:04:16.520 --> 02:04:24.319
say. For an F1 team, what Muppet characters would

02:04:24.319 --> 02:04:28.600
be in their roles? Verstappen is Elmo. Terrible

02:04:28.600 --> 02:04:33.840
and obnoxious. Is Elmo a Muppet or is Elmo Sesame

02:04:33.840 --> 02:04:38.939
Street? Sesame Street is Muppets. But specifically,

02:04:39.340 --> 02:04:41.479
think Muppet show. Because I think they're the

02:04:41.479 --> 02:04:44.399
more fun characters. You can go with the band.

02:04:45.239 --> 02:04:49.710
Floyd Peppa. Janice, you got Gonzo the Great,

02:04:49.909 --> 02:04:52.229
you know, we're talking Kermit. So Kermit's got

02:04:52.229 --> 02:04:54.989
to be Adrian Hanauer. Wait, wait, wait, wait.

02:04:55.069 --> 02:04:57.229
We didn't tell us what. Yeah, you didn't tell

02:04:57.229 --> 02:05:02.010
us. I'm so excited. So excited. So I think we

02:05:02.010 --> 02:05:05.050
should assign Muppet characters from the Muppet

02:05:05.050 --> 02:05:09.949
show. Yeah, like the classic Muppets. Yeah, the

02:05:09.949 --> 02:05:14.350
Muppet show theater. Their roles on the Sounders.

02:05:15.289 --> 02:05:21.930
Okay. From manager, so Schmetzer, to goalkeeper.

02:05:24.250 --> 02:05:26.550
Not assistant coaches or bench players, right?

02:05:26.670 --> 02:05:29.470
Let's try to be... I think it would just be a

02:05:29.470 --> 02:05:32.630
fun thing to do. So are we going to tell Adrian

02:05:32.630 --> 02:05:34.770
Hanauer you're calling him a Muppet? You're a

02:05:34.770 --> 02:05:37.500
real Muppet, Adrian. You're a real Muppet. Yes,

02:05:37.500 --> 02:05:39.640
that's exactly what I'm doing. And who are you

02:05:39.640 --> 02:05:44.539
getting? Okay, so you give us a member of the

02:05:44.539 --> 02:05:46.640
Sounders organization and we got to come up with...

02:05:46.640 --> 02:05:49.939
Adrian Hanauer and Kermit has to be that, right?

02:05:50.079 --> 02:05:52.699
We could just kind of choose it together. I mean,

02:05:53.039 --> 02:05:57.859
I would see Kermit as... Yeah, but I think more

02:05:57.859 --> 02:06:00.140
of like a team leader. I don't know if I'd put

02:06:00.140 --> 02:06:03.220
him there. I might put... Who's the big hat guy

02:06:03.220 --> 02:06:09.229
in the band? Dr. Teeth? Yeah, I think Dr. Teeth

02:06:09.229 --> 02:06:13.970
is Adrian. Really? I don't know. He just seems

02:06:13.970 --> 02:06:15.930
like he'd be in charge. I mean, because when

02:06:15.930 --> 02:06:20.250
I think Kermit, I'm thinking that's like a Lamborghini,

02:06:20.390 --> 02:06:23.729
right? Well, Kermit literally has to corral all

02:06:23.729 --> 02:06:28.149
of these Muppets. No, see, Kermit is the heart

02:06:28.149 --> 02:06:33.470
of the Muppets. So for me, Kermit has got to

02:06:33.470 --> 02:06:38.079
be... is got to be like christian christian or

02:06:38.079 --> 02:06:41.520
steph fry like that that that's that's my kermit

02:06:41.520 --> 02:06:46.340
like the heart of the of the of the group i think

02:06:46.340 --> 02:06:48.420
it's because for me the owners and the i mean

02:06:48.420 --> 02:06:51.560
maybe coach but the owners aren't in my everyday

02:06:51.560 --> 02:06:53.760
equation even though like i know them they're

02:06:53.760 --> 02:06:56.779
just not so less so less like for like but more

02:06:56.779 --> 02:07:00.479
the position so not steph and fry but goalkeeper

02:07:00.479 --> 02:07:02.979
who would be the best goalkeeper that was a muppet

02:07:03.439 --> 02:07:08.560
Who would be the leader of the team? The best

02:07:08.560 --> 02:07:13.300
goalkeeper is probably... The best common...

02:07:13.300 --> 02:07:20.300
Dr. Bunsen. For me, it's either Animal or Sweetums.

02:07:20.760 --> 02:07:25.199
For who? Goalkeeper. Animal's the center defensive

02:07:25.199 --> 02:07:27.479
mid. He's Aussie. He's got to be in the middle.

02:07:28.399 --> 02:07:33.100
He's chasing people down. Give me Sweetums. Big

02:07:33.100 --> 02:07:38.140
guy. I'm not going to get Big Bird. Sweetums

02:07:38.140 --> 02:07:40.479
would be great in goalkeeper as goalkeeper good

02:07:40.479 --> 02:07:42.659
size, but I think Miss Piggy actually with her

02:07:42.659 --> 02:07:46.279
hi -yah might actually be the better. I think

02:07:46.279 --> 02:07:49.960
my dislike of Miss Piggy is too much. Piggy's

02:07:49.960 --> 02:07:56.329
a left back. No, she has to be center of attention.

02:07:57.390 --> 02:08:01.510
Oh, perfect. She has to be, but isn't really,

02:08:01.590 --> 02:08:03.409
and always demanding to be the center of attention.

02:08:04.409 --> 02:08:10.210
Nicholas set us up perfectly for that. Wow. I

02:08:10.210 --> 02:08:13.010
will tell you who my Brian Schmetzer is, though.

02:08:14.149 --> 02:08:20.409
Wait, what's that? Wait, one more time? Well,

02:08:20.970 --> 02:08:25.579
I was saying Gonzo would be striker. Okay. I

02:08:25.579 --> 02:08:28.699
think Schmetzer's Beaker. No, no. Schmetzer's

02:08:28.699 --> 02:08:33.100
Scooter. Oh, yeah, yeah. That's a good one. Schmetzer's

02:08:33.100 --> 02:08:35.800
totally Scooter. But again, it's not like for

02:08:35.800 --> 02:08:38.619
like. I would just say we have to build a soccer

02:08:38.619 --> 02:08:43.340
team out of Muppets. Okay, so we're switching

02:08:43.340 --> 02:08:50.319
the rules. I mean, Rizzo the Rat is Rothrock.

02:08:55.700 --> 02:09:01.659
What a wily guy. So who do you want up top? You

02:09:01.659 --> 02:09:05.380
want animal or who do you want up top? Gonzo,

02:09:05.439 --> 02:09:07.340
you said? I was thinking Gonzo as a striker.

02:09:09.720 --> 02:09:12.399
Yeah. Are we having just one? Because I feel

02:09:12.399 --> 02:09:15.479
like Beaker would be a good striker too. Just

02:09:15.479 --> 02:09:17.720
kind of chaotic, always moving around, you know,

02:09:17.720 --> 02:09:21.159
just kind of. And target striker with that fucking

02:09:21.159 --> 02:09:30.069
head. Yeah, okay. So who would be good midfielders?

02:09:30.930 --> 02:09:33.109
Well, defensive midfielder, I think you got it

02:09:33.109 --> 02:09:35.670
right with Animal. I think you got it right.

02:09:35.729 --> 02:09:38.949
Just kind of a destroyer there. But then, like,

02:09:38.970 --> 02:09:42.810
who's your metronome? Who's going to be, you

02:09:42.810 --> 02:09:46.770
know, really kind of holding it down? Swedish

02:09:46.770 --> 02:09:53.789
Chef. Swedish Chef. Why? Why? What's he doing?

02:09:56.989 --> 02:10:03.210
Just organization. What about Rolf? Ooh, Rolf.

02:10:03.970 --> 02:10:07.149
I like Rolf. I like Rolf and Animal because you

02:10:07.149 --> 02:10:09.710
got Animal being the destroyer and Rolf being

02:10:09.710 --> 02:10:12.630
the kind of keeping things cool. Rolf is a pianist.

02:10:12.630 --> 02:10:16.489
He's a pianist, yeah. He's handsy, though. But

02:10:16.489 --> 02:10:19.609
he owns the tavern, too. Keeping time, keeping

02:10:19.609 --> 02:10:28.300
time. Oh, Luzeland. Oh, geez. I think Lucille

02:10:28.300 --> 02:10:33.500
is a serial killer. I'm actually going to say

02:10:33.500 --> 02:10:35.680
our goalie. I'm going to go back to what you

02:10:35.680 --> 02:10:36.779
were talking about before. I don't know if we

02:10:36.779 --> 02:10:38.880
were sold on the goalie, but Sam Eagle to me

02:10:38.880 --> 02:10:42.039
is the goalie. See, I think he would be the manager.

02:10:42.520 --> 02:10:44.760
He definitely could be the manager. I just thought

02:10:44.760 --> 02:10:47.399
because he's a bird, he could really dive and

02:10:47.399 --> 02:10:50.340
get that ball. But he could also be a manager.

02:10:51.920 --> 02:10:56.489
Yeah. Originated by Frank Oz. Yeah. Captain Link

02:10:56.489 --> 02:10:59.130
Hogthrob. I don't even know who that is. Link

02:10:59.130 --> 02:11:03.090
was the handsome captain of the USS Swine Trek,

02:11:03.350 --> 02:11:07.569
which was the spaceship in the Pigs in Space

02:11:07.569 --> 02:11:12.609
segment of the Muppet Show. He didn't think highly

02:11:12.609 --> 02:11:16.050
of Miss Piggy because she was a woman, but she

02:11:16.050 --> 02:11:21.529
literally knocked him down a peg or two. I feel

02:11:21.529 --> 02:11:24.489
like... Piggy's got to be in the band of three,

02:11:24.529 --> 02:11:29.590
though. ECS is Statler and Waldorf. There you

02:11:29.590 --> 02:11:36.050
go. That's actually great. And then what would

02:11:36.050 --> 02:11:39.729
make Gorilla FC? Oscar the Grouch? Yeah, Oscar

02:11:39.729 --> 02:11:47.810
the Grouch, for sure. There you go. Who or what

02:11:47.810 --> 02:11:53.600
is Pepe the King Prawn? Pepe. Who? Pepe the King

02:11:53.600 --> 02:11:58.460
Prawn? Yeah. That's got to be our right back.

02:11:58.699 --> 02:12:00.979
That's our right back. I do know who that is.

02:12:01.039 --> 02:12:05.319
Yeah, that's a right back. You know who our stadium

02:12:05.319 --> 02:12:09.779
announcer is? Fozzie Bear. Yeah, I can see that.

02:12:10.720 --> 02:12:15.439
And what about Bobo the Bear? He was a big bruising

02:12:15.439 --> 02:12:20.439
dude, right? He could be a center back. Dr. Teeth

02:12:20.439 --> 02:12:24.100
and Bobo the Bear, center back. And Zoot. You

02:12:24.100 --> 02:12:26.960
know what? I like Dr. Teeth as a center back.

02:12:27.239 --> 02:12:30.539
Hey, man, everything's going to be good. Just

02:12:30.539 --> 02:12:32.939
really kind of keeping everyone calm and collected.

02:12:33.460 --> 02:12:36.680
Yeah, Dr. Teeth as a center back. Oh, it's got

02:12:36.680 --> 02:12:39.680
to be Beauregard. Who the heck was Big Mean Carl?

02:12:42.260 --> 02:12:44.760
I think I was too old when Big Mean Carl got

02:12:44.760 --> 02:12:47.619
introduced. Oh, yeah, I've never even seen that

02:12:47.619 --> 02:12:50.680
character, but he would be a great ball player.

02:12:52.860 --> 02:12:55.699
Oh, he's big, too. Yeah, he would be a good center

02:12:55.699 --> 02:13:01.399
back as well. He's definitely Chad back there.

02:13:01.579 --> 02:13:04.899
I think Janice would be a good midfielder. Just

02:13:04.899 --> 02:13:10.500
smooth operator. Yeah. Chill. Do we miss anyone

02:13:10.500 --> 02:13:13.560
major? I mean, I think there's lots of other

02:13:13.560 --> 02:13:17.539
minor characters, but of the major characters,

02:13:17.680 --> 02:13:22.569
I'm trying to see if we... We got Waldorf. Sam

02:13:22.569 --> 02:13:27.029
Eagle, Miss Piggy. Beaker. What did Beaker was

02:13:27.029 --> 02:13:30.310
again? Target striker? I think Beaker, yeah.

02:13:30.409 --> 02:13:35.850
Beaker up top. Yeah. Beaker and Scooter and Gonzo

02:13:35.850 --> 02:13:38.029
are the three at the top with a couple on the

02:13:38.029 --> 02:13:40.430
bench and one starter. So who is Dr. Benson Honeydew?

02:13:43.289 --> 02:13:45.609
Because I also like him for manager, but I said

02:13:45.609 --> 02:13:50.989
Sam Eagle. Dr. Benson Honeydew might be the goalkeeper

02:13:50.989 --> 02:13:57.199
coach. Or, no, the tactician. Yeah. The tactician,

02:13:57.199 --> 02:14:00.359
whatever. Yeah. Who's the Robbie Vanilli? So

02:14:00.359 --> 02:14:02.060
who's our goalie then? That's the one we're missing.

02:14:02.159 --> 02:14:04.420
We're missing goalie. Did we decide Sweetums

02:14:04.420 --> 02:14:07.479
or are we moving on from Sweetums? I don't know

02:14:07.479 --> 02:14:09.460
who Sweetums is, so I'm going to go wrong. Sweetums

02:14:09.460 --> 02:14:16.359
is the big, big, gigantic. Oh. Google it. That

02:14:16.359 --> 02:14:19.890
sounds good. A large organ. org muppet despite

02:14:19.890 --> 02:14:22.250
his fearsome appearance he's actually quite friendly

02:14:22.250 --> 02:14:28.989
yeah he's nine feet tall yeah yeah yeah he's

02:14:28.989 --> 02:14:33.329
he's it uh oh sweetums yeah sweetums looks very

02:14:33.329 --> 02:14:35.050
similar to that other monster i was just talking

02:14:35.050 --> 02:14:38.029
about i i recognize something sweetums has good

02:14:38.029 --> 02:14:44.149
uh range well i mean it's kind of a really big

02:14:44.149 --> 02:14:47.739
tall wobbly thing but you know what We'll never

02:14:47.739 --> 02:14:52.460
find out. That's Fry. Hey, Fry's got good range.

02:14:52.579 --> 02:14:57.760
He did. The greatest goalie save in MLS history

02:14:57.760 --> 02:15:00.920
is quite... Hey, I find it really interesting

02:15:00.920 --> 02:15:04.180
that what's going to end up number one and number

02:15:04.180 --> 02:15:08.880
two on the all -time shutouts list are Nick Raimondo,

02:15:09.039 --> 02:15:12.600
Stefan Fry, and neither one has ever won goalkeeper

02:15:12.600 --> 02:15:16.170
of the year. And one is a giant and the other

02:15:16.170 --> 02:15:22.069
is a tiny little man. Not going to lie, Raimondo

02:15:22.069 --> 02:15:24.449
is always one of my favorite non -sounders in

02:15:24.449 --> 02:15:26.050
Major League Soccer history. I think Raimondo

02:15:26.050 --> 02:15:28.630
is clearly the greatest goalkeeper in all of

02:15:28.630 --> 02:15:33.550
his history. There's no question. He was suave

02:15:33.550 --> 02:15:37.170
in some of his saves, too. He had some one -handers.

02:15:37.529 --> 02:15:40.659
He was... I was just like, did you just... purposely

02:15:40.659 --> 02:15:44.159
one hand that he was like dominic hasik in that

02:15:44.159 --> 02:15:47.319
he would get in opponents heads and opponents

02:15:47.319 --> 02:15:49.920
would change the way they play instead of just

02:15:49.920 --> 02:15:52.579
reacting to normal they would overthink things

02:15:52.579 --> 02:15:54.100
and that would that would make aaron are you

02:15:54.100 --> 02:15:56.159
nodding because you understand hockey talk or

02:15:56.159 --> 02:15:59.340
or are you just nodding because because i i mean

02:15:59.340 --> 02:16:01.460
i've heard dominic hasik but i didn't even know

02:16:01.460 --> 02:16:04.699
he was a goalie to be honest no i was just going

02:16:04.699 --> 02:16:07.380
with it man yeah yeah man Can you put it in terms

02:16:07.380 --> 02:16:11.180
we can understand? Because I would say like Raimondo

02:16:11.180 --> 02:16:13.859
is kind of like Kobe. I was going to say Black

02:16:13.859 --> 02:16:16.140
Mamba. You should hate him, but you respect him

02:16:16.140 --> 02:16:19.439
because he's so good. But he would get in your

02:16:19.439 --> 02:16:23.619
head as well. Yeah. Do you have any non -hockey

02:16:23.619 --> 02:16:27.800
or current hockey players? Who is he on the Kraken?

02:16:28.039 --> 02:16:31.039
Well, there was this council member in Buffalo

02:16:31.039 --> 02:16:33.319
that was very serious. I'm serious. I don't know

02:16:33.319 --> 02:16:37.159
hockey that well. Irv Weinstein? You've lived

02:16:37.159 --> 02:16:41.319
it forever. We just got a team here. I mean,

02:16:41.340 --> 02:16:43.860
I know Sharks and I know Kraken. We got a hockey

02:16:43.860 --> 02:16:48.340
team and I left the state. That's how much he

02:16:48.340 --> 02:16:53.520
hated hockey. Okay. I think that's kind of our

02:16:53.520 --> 02:16:58.700
cue, I think. I think that's our cue. Yep. I

02:16:58.700 --> 02:17:02.540
agree. Want to do predictions for Sounders Dallas?

02:17:04.659 --> 02:17:09.139
What do you got, Aaron? I'm going to do the same

02:17:09.139 --> 02:17:13.559
thing I do on our prediction score in our Discord.

02:17:13.899 --> 02:17:16.340
Thanks to you, Nicholas. I'm going to do 3 -0

02:17:16.340 --> 02:17:20.360
Sounders and Jesus Ferreira scores. He's got

02:17:20.360 --> 02:17:22.819
to start this match, right? He's got to. Yeah,

02:17:22.860 --> 02:17:24.340
against his old team, they have to start. Yeah,

02:17:24.340 --> 02:17:26.079
he's got to start. Give him every opportunity

02:17:26.079 --> 02:17:28.860
to get that fucking goal right now. Like, seriously.

02:17:29.459 --> 02:17:33.590
Yeah. So it's happening this week. Aaron's the

02:17:33.590 --> 02:17:37.430
next. I'm standing next to Dan the Bastard as

02:17:37.430 --> 02:17:41.250
a perfect prediction this week. 3 -0 Sounders,

02:17:41.290 --> 02:17:50.190
Ferreira. Boom. Cameron? 1 -1 Ferreira. Ken?

02:17:51.170 --> 02:18:02.369
4 -1 Sounders. Could be a fucking party. And

02:18:02.369 --> 02:18:05.129
I think starting it all off is going to be Albert

02:18:05.129 --> 02:18:10.090
Rusnak. Love it. You're probably right. Nicholas,

02:18:10.190 --> 02:18:12.989
you're probably right. I need to be right. Cameron,

02:18:13.090 --> 02:18:16.629
boo you. I mean, I can't. I need it proven to

02:18:16.629 --> 02:18:18.069
me, and I haven't had it proven to me because

02:18:18.069 --> 02:18:20.530
I haven't been at the games. I do want to say.

02:18:20.709 --> 02:18:26.780
Good. I like the Rusnak choice. On the broadcast,

02:18:26.819 --> 02:18:28.659
when they were talking about the different way

02:18:28.659 --> 02:18:30.959
that Rusnak kicked the ball from a normal shot

02:18:30.959 --> 02:18:33.459
and yet how much power he can generate was really

02:18:33.459 --> 02:18:35.719
fascinating. I'd never heard that breakdown of

02:18:35.719 --> 02:18:38.540
his game before. So you don't like Ronaldo, but

02:18:38.540 --> 02:18:41.579
Google, there's like a sports science. It was

02:18:41.579 --> 02:18:44.620
the ESPN. It was like a British one with Cristiano

02:18:44.620 --> 02:18:48.020
Ronaldo. And the way he kicks the ball is the

02:18:48.020 --> 02:18:52.690
way they described. uh russnack but it's like

02:18:52.690 --> 02:18:55.350
these incredible headers uh ronaldo he can jump

02:18:55.350 --> 02:18:57.629
higher than like any human yeah there's that

02:18:57.629 --> 02:19:00.629
and in this show they turned the lights off on

02:19:00.629 --> 02:19:03.590
a moment like an instant after contact of a corner

02:19:03.590 --> 02:19:06.270
and he still got it in dang i mean he's he's

02:19:06.270 --> 02:19:07.909
one of the greatest of all time he's just not

02:19:07.909 --> 02:19:12.270
hopped in okay just like putting kobe athletically

02:19:12.270 --> 02:19:21.139
can we end this we end this right now I'm only

02:19:21.139 --> 02:19:23.180
not ending this right now because you got me

02:19:23.180 --> 02:19:28.540
Kobe's with the Bruce Lee colors. So yeah, you're

02:19:28.540 --> 02:19:32.219
just fucking trying to Nicholas, take us home

02:19:32.219 --> 02:19:36.180
to, to Jamesy poo. Hey, where can they find you?

02:19:36.299 --> 02:19:43.700
Aaron? I'm in San Diego on our discord as the

02:19:43.700 --> 02:19:50.920
scuttlebutt. And yeah, that's it. Cameron? I

02:19:50.920 --> 02:19:53.260
can be found at LegalMindedPunk on all social

02:19:53.260 --> 02:19:56.620
media. How about you, Nicholas? Come find me

02:19:56.620 --> 02:20:01.440
on Instagram at Cascades2C. Would love to say

02:20:01.440 --> 02:20:09.959
hi. Would love to say hi. Slide into my DMs.

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Slide into my DMs and I'll just say hi. You're

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listening to Late Night Scuttlebutt with Nicholas,

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Aaron, and Cameron. It's 11 -11. This is the

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time to text a woman because she'll be like,

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oh, it's meant to be because you texted me at

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11 -11. It's one of those magical times. That's

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my birthday. So 11 -11, it's all about me, Cameron.

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It's all about me. It is. That makes sense why

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it's a magical time. Yes. That's why I always

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tend to look at the clock at 6 .27pm. I don't

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know why, and that's my birthday. Oh! Well, Nicholas

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is getting naked. I think James should take it

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away. Take it away, James. No, no. You can follow

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Alexa, who's the best MLS team of all time? The

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Seattle Sounders are both unequivocally and irreparably

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the best MLS team of all time.