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

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can't say he's cheating! I'm back. Welcome to

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Sounders Scuttlebutt. I'm Aaron Lingley. It has

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been a minute, and this is kind of an OG episode.

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This is, it's just you and me. Alliance Council

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Secretary Cameron Collins. That's me. Yep, that's

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correct. It's just us. Nick is... Lady Gaga.

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Dancing with Lady Gaga. Or as my one -and -a

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-half -year -old likes to say, Baby Gaga. Baby

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Gaga. No, she doesn't speak it. I thought about

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going to Lady Gaga until I saw the ticket prices.

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I think it would be a quite enjoyable spectacle,

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but not at that price point. She's playing at

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Tractor Tavern, right? Yeah, that would be amazing.

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Uh, yeah, the, the, the tickets at climate pledge

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were over double what they were for, uh, Wu Tang.

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So, uh, I don't think so. Lady Gaga. Yeah. Yeah.

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I have yet. I want to go to some shows, man.

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I had obviously not really a big friend circle

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down here in San Diego yet, but, uh, yeah, I'm

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really, I'm itching to, I've actually. You would

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be proud of me. And so Nicholas, in the past

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two weeks, I've been doing guitar, picking it

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up. Nice. Yeah. I love to hear that. I'm in the

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repetition of just finger exercises and just

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chord changes right now. Not even songs, anything

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like that. But just wearing down my fingers,

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loosening on them up. I feel pretty cool. And

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I got my bass right here. That sounded terrible

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because I was palming it with my other hand.

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Part of me was like, what if I show everyone

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how I can play, you know, D, E, A, C, G. And

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then I was like, no, I'm going to sound like

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a complete idiot. I will say you do sound like

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a complete idiot because you missed Counting

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Crows and Gaslight Anthem playing tonight in

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San Diego. More importantly, you missed Femi

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Kuti playing at Solana Beach. Tomorrow, Wiz Khalifa's

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playing Beach Boys with John Stamos. Really?

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Isn't that from season three of Full House? Yeah,

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but he's in the band now. He is. He tours with

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them. He's one of my members. Head P .E.'s coming.

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I don't know where Murrieta is. Is that somewhere

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near you? I think so. Alabama Shakes is coming.

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Oh, here's a show I'd actually go to. I mean,

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Femi Kuti I would absolutely go to, but Nick

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Waterhouse is coming next week. or uh sunday

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uh amazing artist there so you've got good shows

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coming through i'm not a big fan but king lizard

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the gizzard wizard or whatever king gizzard the

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lizard wizard is gonna be there whatever that

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does yeah i know like one band you've said this

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whole time gypsy kings it happened to be john

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stamos well todd run grin and heart are coming

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so okay okay you know heart seattle zone yes

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yes maybe i can wear my um 206 hat and go to

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the show and they'd spot me then we become friends

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yeah and then i don't have to work anymore yeah

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that would be pretty and then i'm more available

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for the podcast actually uh next thursday august

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14th albert square and mike hugenor are coming

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for through there at the banshee my homies uh

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sim castro is the albert square and mike hugenor

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of shinobu and hard girls those are Some good

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friends of mine. You should definitely go out

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to that show. If you're in San Diego, including

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probably sound better than soft boys. Yes. Yes.

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Yeah. You got, they got a pretty good, uh, Jerry

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Cantrell. Now there's a show you'd like to see

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Jerry Cantrell and Sparta at, uh, observatory

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North park in San Diego. That's up your alley

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next Saturday, the 16th. Randy's birthday is

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the 15th. We're going into the desert to an Airbnb

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with a private backyard that has a pool and hot

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tub. and we are just going to that sounds pretty

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good lay on our back i cannot so we're so pooped

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we we have a one and a half year old and a five

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a half year old and it's it's a lot of energy

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and only one of them can communicate so are they

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going with you oh yeah for sure but well then

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it won't be i mean when we have nothing else

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going on like work uh commuting like going to

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the store like we'll go we'll go to the store

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when we're there but like It's different when

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it's a routine going to the store versus we're

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on vacation. Yeah. So it's like, if the only

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focus is them, it's totally fine. Especially

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with the pool, like Gracie, like I told her,

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you know, the whole day, all you have to do is

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take breaks for food, water, a little bit of

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shade, sunscreen, the whole day is pool. She's

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like, nice. And I'm, I'm stoked. You said observatory.

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Sorry. Drop my bottle opener. Um, it's dark.

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Yeah. It's dark sky country out there too. So

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I'll be able to like lay in the hot tub, have

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a beer, stare at a bajillion stars. Nice. And

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we're next to the mountains. And then you'll

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come back for Louis black on August 24th. That's

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some good standup. Yes. That is a good Louis

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black impression. It's visual. I know. I know.

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I was like, I don't know how to do his voice,

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but I know how to do his fingers. All right.

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Oh, that was so weak. No, that's because it's

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a bottle. Yeah, whatever. All right. Is that

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a Ronye? It's an Elysian. I'm wearing my first

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season of Public, which I miss so dearly. It

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is fun. There's a reason it sells out in 30 minutes.

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No, it's our Running Rainiers jersey. It's probably

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my favorite of any jersey now. They're just the

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ones I've been a part of. I had a lot of fun

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this past week. It's still plop. We're not in

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the season yet, but... I played a lot of midfield,

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including center mid most of the time, which

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is not a position I usually play because the

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last time I played it, I got kicked in the head

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with the ball and got knocked unconscious. But

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last season when I got those back -to -back head

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injuries two weeks in a row. Jeez, Alex rolled

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on. Yeah, well, I got hit in the head and got

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a concussion. And then the next week I was at

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a concert and I got punched in the head and ruptured

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my eardrum. Fuck. That was a rough couple weeks.

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I was going to say, you look great, man. You've

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died twice, apparently, since I've last recorded.

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No, that was a while ago. That was, I don't know,

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February. No, it must have been March. But May,

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I don't know. Sometime. School was still going

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on. I was still teaching. But yeah, I thought

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yesterday we had some concussions maybe in the

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Sounders match. I'm glad that we did not. a couple

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times yeah yeah we should get into some soccer

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we'll maybe start with some scuttlebutt but i

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do want to give a little shout out to um one

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of our valets at the hotel bellman um nick bello

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it was his last day today voluntarily he's going

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to usc i believe but he's a soccer player nice

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um and he asked he's like wait do you have a

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podcast because he speaks californian and and

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i was like yeah sounders scuttlebutt it's like

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centers what like scuttlebutt you know like maritime

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water cooler talk you know and it's like okay

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well he might be listening right now so shout

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out to you dude um good luck in college and keep

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kicking it um and shout out to my uncle Ted who

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sadly passed away this week big soccer fan uh

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has been to several world cups funerals tomorrow

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um bummer but he lived a good uh you know 88

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he lived a good life so sorry to hear that Yeah,

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no fun, but hey, you know, if you get to live

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that long and do all the stuff he did, it's a

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life well lived. For sure, for sure. All right.

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Scuttlebutt, what do you got for us? I have done

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no research. Oh, man. I mean, obviously, it's

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been a hell of a week. Sun Heng Min, is that

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how you say his name? Sun coming from Tottenham

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to LAFC is going to, I don't think it'll have

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that much of a change on this year. I think the

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haves and have nots are going to continue in

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the league. And I question where the Sounders

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might fall as, as these big names keep arriving

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around the league. Yeah. But huge signing. I

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mean, it'll be Thomas Mueller as well. Yeah.

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I wouldn't be as excited about that signing.

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I don't think he's not at the same quality. You

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know, Good for Vancouver. They're excited about

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it. I don't know if they have a big German community

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there or not. But Sounders obviously doing great

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in League's Cup. I think we might know now who

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they're playing after. Let's see. LA Galaxy is

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beating Santos 3 -0 right now. Santos has a red

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card. Cruz Azul knocked off Colorado in penalties.

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5 -4. Red Bulls beat Juarez 5 -3 in penalties.

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And Charlotte beat Monterey. So I don't think

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a lot changed. But let's go up and let's see

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the standings here. I'm looking at it too. Galaxy,

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by winning, hops into the top three. So we're

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definitely number one. And we will be playing.

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Galaxy, what are you talking about? Miami and

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Orlando and Portland. No, Portland's knocked

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out because LA's up 3 -0 right now. I'm on the

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MLS. Yeah, they're not. Oh, they haven't updated.

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Yeah, so LA Galaxy being 3 -0 moves up to third

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ahead of Orlando. And Portland gets knocked out

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despite winning their first two games, including

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didn't they win 5 -0 in one of those games? So

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it was a 5 -0 and then 1 -something. Yeah. And

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then 1 -0. Loss. I'm just looking at their four

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against and difference. Yeah, they tied in the

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last game and then lost in penalties. Oh, it

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was tied. Oh, man. Yeah. So lovely. Portland

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had two wins and then drew and didn't make it.

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So that's how big that Sounders comeback win

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was last night. But I believe that means the

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Sounders will be beating Puebla. Yeah, because

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Santos didn't really stand a chance to make it

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up there anyways. So the four that make it through

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from the other side are Toluca, Pachuca, Tigres,

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and Puebla. The Sounders will play Puebla and

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then likely play the winner of, that's kind of

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a bummer. I think if it works out that way, Tigres

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versus LA Galaxy. And then, or sorry, Tigres,

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Orlando City? No, yeah, no. Yeah. Whatever. We'll

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see in a second once they finalize it. But it

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looks like we're starting out with Puebla, which

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is a decent, I think, start for us. I'm not too

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worried about Puebla currently sits. I mean,

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of course, they're only three games in at 14th

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in the table in Mexico. Pachuca, who finished

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second, is actually leading the Apertura with

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three wins. And then Toluca is sitting in second.

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with two wins and a loss and tigris is sitting

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in third so you have the top three teams top

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three in the top three yeah so puebla luckily

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is who we get to face between those but then

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it doesn't get easier right um gonna have to

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do some work okay look for the those top four

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goals four six six seven six goals against four

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four four four goal differential two two three

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two yeah it's it doesn't matter sounders 11 goals

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Four, two against. Yeah, say it out loud. Yeah,

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11 goals, four, two against. We've given up twice

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as many goals as Portland, and they're not in

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it. Yeah. That rubs my nipples. Portland had

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one goal against and didn't advance. Imagine

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that. One goal against and didn't advance. And

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it's because they lost in penalties. And they

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still had two goals a game. Yeah. You'd take

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that two goals a game and point, like, what,

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six goals a game? Yeah, so Interesting Leagues

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Cup. We also got some playoff news. We got all

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the final dates. Top nine teams in each conference

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qualify. Decision day is Saturday, October 18th,

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which, of course, we already knew, but wildcard

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matches will take place Wednesday, October 22nd.

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Then Friday, October 24th through November 9th

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will be round one best of three series. And then

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the conference semifinals will be the 22nd and

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23rd of November. Conference finals will be 29th

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and 30th of November. And of course, MLS Cup,

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December 6th. So best of three series will be

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interesting for sure. And if we were to look

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at the standings right now, obviously there's

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a long way to go until we get... uh anywhere

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but uh the sounders would currently be playing

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uh let's see one would play eight two seven three

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six four five portland we would be hosting portland

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in a three game series i don't like that no i

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don't like that i want to see them lose i don't

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really i don't want to see them in the playoffs

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yeah LAFC does have games in hand and a good

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player coming. So both them and Austin can easily

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jump ahead of Portland just on, well, Austin

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can pull basically even one point back. LAFC

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can blow past all of us if they were to win their

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two games in hand and jump all the way up to

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four points ahead of us. So Sounders have some

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work to do to stay in the upper half of the table,

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which I think they need to do in order to advance

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further. Yeah, San Jose somehow made their way

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in there. They're 10th, so they only need to

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get – they're a point behind 9th, and you got

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to get in that 8 -9 spot to get that play -in

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game. When does – so how are – what's the schedule

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going to work out like with quarterfinals and

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league? Yeah, so pulling up the Sounders schedule

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right here because I can show you. Sounders are

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currently scheduled to host Real Salt Lake on

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August 30th. But the 29th and the 30th are the

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semifinals of Leagues Cup. So that game will

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obviously be rescheduled. After that, I don't

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know if they've announced it. At least I haven't

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seen the brackets for it. So we'd have to look

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it up. But we know we go back to league play

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coming up here on Sunday against LA Galaxy. Are

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you going to drive up for that? No. I, I, I think

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next season is going to be the more adventurous

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season. I think one, just family life, a little

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more manageable. Yeah. New job. I'm still, I

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mean, this is my first summer at the hotel and

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we're one of the more iconic popular hotels in

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town. So there's a lot going on and I'm, it's

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a struggle to watch the game almost live. So

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to take time away. But that being said, I mean,

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I'll have San Diego, LAFC, and LA Galaxy matches

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to travel to and really San Jose if I felt like

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I wanted to make a weekend of it. Yeah. Yeah.

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And flying up to Seattle on a Friday night, coming

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back on a Sunday. Heck yeah. That's probably

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what my plans are for next year. Probably more

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than once for the summer. Good. Good. We'd love

00:17:06.009 --> 00:17:08.950
to hear that. So August 19th, 20th are the quarterfinals.

00:17:09.390 --> 00:17:13.789
So be ready, Sounders fans. That's what we know

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is coming. Be ready. Any other news? I mean,

00:17:19.269 --> 00:17:22.390
there's been other league signings. Nothing as

00:17:22.390 --> 00:17:27.690
big as Sun. Cincinnati signed someone. There

00:17:27.690 --> 00:17:36.039
was a big trade. Colorado traded Georgie. whatever

00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:40.660
his name is, their best player to Toronto. And

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they got a good amount of money for him. But

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let's see here. I did not realize he was an American.

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That's interesting. But he was born in Jacksonville.

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So he is now a designated player in Toronto as

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he gets traded in exchange for up to $9 million

00:18:12.420 --> 00:18:16.940
plus a sell -on percentage fee. $9 million? Yeah.

00:18:17.220 --> 00:18:20.359
So cash for player trade. We don't actually call

00:18:20.359 --> 00:18:24.579
it sold, right? But he's a DP for Toronto. Second

00:18:24.579 --> 00:18:27.140
highest cash for player amount in league history

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behind FC Cincinnati, paying Portland $12 million

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earlier this year. Also, I think that reminds

00:18:33.809 --> 00:18:35.930
me that Portland, one of Portland's star players

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left the team without permission because he wanted

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to. So he was not Santi. I forget his name right

00:18:43.190 --> 00:18:45.190
now. It's not in front of me. He left the team

00:18:45.190 --> 00:18:48.170
because he wanted to go to, I think it was a

00:18:48.170 --> 00:18:50.190
team in Mexico, actually, that he was trying

00:18:50.190 --> 00:18:53.349
to be sold to. And so he left to go to them or

00:18:53.349 --> 00:18:57.609
to leave the team. So he did not show up. I don't

00:18:57.609 --> 00:19:03.380
know if there's been. Any news since then? Santiago

00:19:03.380 --> 00:19:08.700
Mourinho skips Portland Timbers match. He told

00:19:08.700 --> 00:19:11.099
GM Ned Grabovoi on Tuesday night that he was

00:19:11.099 --> 00:19:13.579
leaving as he wants to be transferred to Fluminense

00:19:13.579 --> 00:19:19.640
in Brazil. Well, one, don't blame him, but two,

00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:23.799
there's got to be some penalties for that breach

00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:26.460
of the contract. Yeah, I'm sure there is. And

00:19:26.460 --> 00:19:29.359
what's interesting, well, basically, Fluminense

00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:31.950
is... valuation was too low they didn't offer

00:19:31.950 --> 00:19:34.109
enough money but he said he wants to leave so

00:19:34.109 --> 00:19:36.990
he just left uh probably could have helped him

00:19:36.990 --> 00:19:40.470
out uh in that game that they ended up uh getting

00:19:40.470 --> 00:19:42.569
a red card and then tying they were up one nothing

00:19:42.569 --> 00:19:44.950
they got a red card and then gave up a goal and

00:19:44.950 --> 00:19:47.829
then didn't advance so imagine imagine a meltdown

00:19:47.829 --> 00:19:50.069
like that uh happening that's got to be pretty

00:19:50.069 --> 00:19:51.670
frustrating if you're a fan it's gonna be an

00:19:51.670 --> 00:19:54.549
awkward locker room right now yeah why do people

00:19:54.549 --> 00:19:57.950
keep leaving they don't want to be there don't

00:19:57.950 --> 00:20:04.039
blame them No, I think I just want to kind of

00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:07.059
get to those three Leagues Cup matches. We should

00:20:07.059 --> 00:20:09.900
just do like a little roundup. Yeah. For the

00:20:09.900 --> 00:20:14.000
second half of the show, just talking about what

00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:17.680
the greatest eight days in Sounders history,

00:20:17.839 --> 00:20:20.660
seven days in Sounders history, in terms of just

00:20:20.660 --> 00:20:24.880
performance. And I don't know. I don't think

00:20:24.880 --> 00:20:27.920
any of us would have predicted that. Yeah. I'm

00:20:27.920 --> 00:20:30.119
ready to talk about that. Yeah, let's check real

00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:32.460
quick just to see if we have anything in the

00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:38.920
mailbag that I don't see anything. And neither

00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:42.319
of us manage the, it's Nick's job to manage the

00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:45.319
prediction scores. Yep, I did have the highest

00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:47.740
score last week. I know that, or last match,

00:20:47.859 --> 00:20:49.519
not this most recent one, but the one before.

00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:54.579
I think I had. but i think i only three or five

00:20:54.579 --> 00:20:56.880
i think i've gotten over under for like four

00:20:56.880 --> 00:20:59.980
weeks in a row but i think that's about it i'm

00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:01.380
pretty sure i'm at the bottom i keep missing

00:21:01.380 --> 00:21:03.920
uh who scores first because i keep putting pedro

00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:06.880
and then they keep not playing pedro yeah the

00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:08.900
free pay oh i don't know did you have you been

00:21:08.900 --> 00:21:11.240
following the free pedro movement that that we

00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:18.240
started no so uh we all me and alex one of the

00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:20.680
ultras along with dan and the others but mainly

00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:23.210
me and alex have started this free Pedro hashtag

00:21:23.210 --> 00:21:25.789
we've been using different places. And I told,

00:21:25.809 --> 00:21:27.950
I told Pedro about it when I saw him one day

00:21:27.950 --> 00:21:31.269
at an event and he was super excited about it.

00:21:31.309 --> 00:21:34.009
And then he, so now we use it all the time. And

00:21:34.009 --> 00:21:36.730
when he scored his goal, I, I hashtagged it free

00:21:36.730 --> 00:21:41.069
Pedro and he liked it on Instagram. So we're,

00:21:41.069 --> 00:21:43.049
we're, we're pushing for Pedro to be starting

00:21:43.049 --> 00:21:45.329
every game. And it's frustrating when he doesn't,

00:21:45.369 --> 00:21:47.390
because we've seen what he can do out there.

00:21:47.430 --> 00:21:49.789
Ryan Kent did have a. a great game which we'll

00:21:49.789 --> 00:21:53.190
get to um but that injury perhaps pedro will

00:21:53.190 --> 00:21:59.509
be uh starting now yeah so anything in the mailbox

00:21:59.509 --> 00:22:04.269
then no it was just a question about uh who will

00:22:04.269 --> 00:22:08.789
be hosting the knockout stages of the uh leagues

00:22:08.789 --> 00:22:11.630
cup there's rules and guidelines around it and

00:22:11.630 --> 00:22:17.269
some of its tournament discretion uh so basically

00:22:18.339 --> 00:22:21.440
If it's League of MX versus League of MX, this

00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:24.019
is what Muffin Top Model is talking about, then

00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:27.099
it's a neutral site, obviously. If it's MLS versus

00:22:27.099 --> 00:22:29.140
League of MX, the MLS site will host. If it's

00:22:29.140 --> 00:22:32.619
MLS versus MLS, the Better Seed hosts. Oh, he

00:22:32.619 --> 00:22:35.279
said he made it up. Well, thanks. Thanks, Tim.

00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:37.880
We just reported you as if you were an actual

00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:40.740
news source. Good job. What would you even think?

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:47.950
Reporting Muffin Top Model. Great work. Yeah.

00:22:48.289 --> 00:22:50.470
I mean, that sounds right, though. Yeah, that's

00:22:50.470 --> 00:22:51.829
what they should do. Sounds reasonable. I mean,

00:22:51.829 --> 00:22:54.910
duh, it's a neutral site if it's the Amekis.

00:22:55.970 --> 00:22:59.009
Yeah, I'm sure we'll know tomorrow once they

00:22:59.009 --> 00:23:00.910
announce all the games that'll be happening.

00:23:02.730 --> 00:23:07.329
I was going to say, if they want to try to make

00:23:07.329 --> 00:23:15.599
this a more reputable tournament. They should

00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:21.039
have a neutral annual final stadium. Like we

00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:23.440
should know where that is, right? Perhaps. But

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:25.319
I think attendance numbers are already pretty

00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:29.400
low. That's fair. I don't know if you can see

00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:32.160
it on TV. There's no one at these games. Yeah.

00:23:32.420 --> 00:23:34.700
Season ticket holders opted out. I mean, I was

00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:37.500
at all three and it was one of the most fun tournaments

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:39.640
I've been to in a long time. Last year was fun.

00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:42.730
This year has been really fun. Well, obviously.

00:23:42.970 --> 00:23:47.930
Yeah. I mean, it was a great tournament. I can't

00:23:47.930 --> 00:23:52.170
say enough about the Sounders playing up to a

00:23:52.170 --> 00:23:56.250
level. I wish they would score more, but I think

00:23:56.250 --> 00:23:58.450
Club World Cup helped so much. And I see why

00:23:58.450 --> 00:24:00.569
this tournament is important to the Sounders

00:24:00.569 --> 00:24:05.170
as an organization. Because these are the teams

00:24:05.170 --> 00:24:06.690
you have to beat in order to prove that you're

00:24:06.690 --> 00:24:08.269
a better league. Now, of course, it's preseason

00:24:08.269 --> 00:24:12.640
there. I think it's the opposite of the Champions

00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:14.720
League where we're in preseason and they're in

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:17.900
midseason. So obviously we're going to be better.

00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:20.279
And that's probably why the MLS has dominated

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:26.099
the Mexican teams throughout most of this. But

00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:29.480
I don't know. A lot of late goals, a lot of excitement.

00:24:29.619 --> 00:24:33.079
I don't remember a tournament this exciting that

00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:39.210
included MLS teams for a while. Humiliation Historica.

00:24:39.289 --> 00:24:42.730
Yeah. Let's get to it. Let's get to it. All right.

00:24:43.109 --> 00:24:46.569
Wait, wait, wait. One thing to say. Ichiro goes

00:24:46.569 --> 00:24:48.369
into the Mariners Hall of Fame this weekend.

00:24:48.490 --> 00:24:50.150
We're celebrating it. I mean, he's in the Hall

00:24:50.150 --> 00:24:53.490
of Fame, but this is Hall of Fame weekend. It's

00:24:53.490 --> 00:24:55.750
a celebration weekend. Yep. I'll be there Friday

00:24:55.750 --> 00:24:59.289
and Saturday. So come say what's up. Let's begin.

00:25:01.529 --> 00:25:03.289
That was a reference to the Mariners commercial.

00:25:03.849 --> 00:25:18.089
For goat yoga? No. Anyone? No. Anyone? No. Hey,

00:25:18.269 --> 00:25:24.730
everybody. This is one of your hosts, Cameron

00:25:24.730 --> 00:25:27.490
Collins. Now, I know we said this time's time

00:25:27.490 --> 00:25:30.609
for a break, but really, it's a time for me to

00:25:30.609 --> 00:25:33.160
talk to you about our corporate overlords. And

00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:35.420
our corporate overlords are us. That's right.

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We would love it if you would head on over to

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And subscribe. You can subscribe for as little

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Well, I guarantee you get at least one extra

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Now, we might put out promos or other things

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00:26:16.809 --> 00:26:20.190
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00:26:20.289 --> 00:26:22.710
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00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:47.019
-N dot C -O -M. Now back to your regularly scheduled

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:59.819
programming. So now that I've explained the goat

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:03.440
yoga commercial to Cameron off air, let's begin.

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:06.519
It's very funny. You should go watch goat yoga.

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:12.980
You should go watch goat yoga. Junior! Sounders,

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:18.339
this week, have been magnificent. The best I've

00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:20.240
ever seen them. It's good news since NOAH Ohio

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:22.200
fell apart and we're not getting any players

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:25.759
coming in. Say what now? The NOAH Ohio deal to

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:27.890
bring in a new forward, a new number nine. he

00:27:27.890 --> 00:27:29.569
decided he didn't want to come to the USA. So

00:27:29.569 --> 00:27:33.250
we are not getting any, uh, new number nines,

00:27:33.269 --> 00:27:37.549
at least not anytime soon. So, uh, it was good

00:27:37.549 --> 00:27:41.690
to see some good wins. I guess I, one, I didn't

00:27:41.690 --> 00:27:44.309
know about that. I don't know who that no Ohio.

00:27:45.009 --> 00:27:48.369
Yeah. It's a youth, a Dutch youth international,

00:27:48.710 --> 00:27:51.829
uh, forward who would have been a great addition

00:27:51.829 --> 00:27:54.210
to the club. And especially when we were, I mean,

00:27:54.230 --> 00:27:55.529
you saw, they had a great tournament, right?

00:27:55.589 --> 00:27:57.269
This was a coming out tournament for him, but,

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:59.779
He's still young, so I don't know if you're relying

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:03.279
on him this whole time. His name is Noah Ohio?

00:28:03.619 --> 00:28:07.460
Yeah. I'm Morgan Montana. Yeah, I was ready for

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:10.259
that stupid Ohio State chant to start happening

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:15.359
at the stadium. O -H -I -O. Or THE Noah. THE

00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:19.779
Noah Ohio. There's not a lot of people more insufferable

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:22.240
than Ohio State players and fans. I don't think

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:24.619
I'd want... a player with a name that i'd have

00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:27.359
to make fun of every time i hear it i don't think

00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:30.279
i could hey it's not it's not jimmy florida so

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:37.099
it's true but it's not someplace i don't know

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:40.359
i have no idea ohio just seems very yeah i mean

00:28:40.359 --> 00:28:43.299
it seems very beige it was a fun it was a fun

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:45.759
week and starting from the end of the week uh

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:48.539
my wednesday i went down to the sounders offices

00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:53.319
and i met with the nominating committee for the

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:56.200
uh sounders hall of fame which is the circle

00:28:56.200 --> 00:29:02.380
of legends uh and exactly and there's players

00:29:02.380 --> 00:29:07.279
from each era there and me and lucas uh and uh

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:09.539
ownership and so it was pretty funny sitting

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:12.220
in a room and talking to them about who deserves

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:14.099
to be in the sounders hall of fame when you can

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:15.839
why wasn't this in the scuttlebutt section of

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:17.640
the show i don't know i just remembered it now

00:29:18.029 --> 00:29:20.589
So he's getting hit in the head too much. Yeah.

00:29:20.630 --> 00:29:22.150
That's where, that's how my Wednesday started.

00:29:22.309 --> 00:29:24.549
And it ended by going to a Sounders game where

00:29:24.549 --> 00:29:26.650
the Sounders fell behind and then came back and

00:29:26.650 --> 00:29:31.250
won, which was fantabulous. Oh, okay. I'm like,

00:29:31.349 --> 00:29:34.309
no, they didn't. They, cause I was thinking we

00:29:34.309 --> 00:29:36.289
were going chronologically here in terms of talking

00:29:36.289 --> 00:29:38.170
about the matches, but you want to go, should

00:29:38.170 --> 00:29:40.390
we go backwards? Should we go forward? I'm just

00:29:40.390 --> 00:29:41.869
saying that's, that's where we're at this week.

00:29:41.910 --> 00:29:44.130
That's how the week ended with a, that's a great

00:29:44.130 --> 00:29:47.750
Wednesday. Three wins. In three games, the only

00:29:47.750 --> 00:29:52.809
team to do it across both leagues, a nine, was

00:29:52.809 --> 00:29:54.509
it a nine goal differential? I think that's right.

00:29:55.829 --> 00:29:58.049
I left it, but I think you're right. Because

00:29:58.049 --> 00:30:04.089
we won 7 -0, 2 -1, and 2 -1. And really should

00:30:04.089 --> 00:30:07.470
have had more goals in that because there was

00:30:07.470 --> 00:30:09.210
at least one outside in that first game that

00:30:09.210 --> 00:30:10.650
was taken away. Well, yeah. And if we're counting

00:30:10.650 --> 00:30:12.769
like other should have been goals, it could have

00:30:12.769 --> 00:30:17.630
been like 46 goal differential. That 7 -0 game

00:30:17.630 --> 00:30:20.490
at the end of the first half, I said this is

00:30:20.490 --> 00:30:23.150
one of the most frustrating games I've ever watched

00:30:23.150 --> 00:30:25.789
in my life. Because they were playing so well.

00:30:25.990 --> 00:30:27.809
And they couldn't score. It was the same shit

00:30:27.809 --> 00:30:29.910
we've been complaining about. And then they went,

00:30:30.009 --> 00:30:32.670
you know what? We're going to score some goals.

00:30:32.849 --> 00:30:36.710
So how much do you think the delayed re -entry

00:30:36.710 --> 00:30:39.809
from halftime had to play? Obviously, there's

00:30:39.809 --> 00:30:42.170
kind of tongue -in -cheek comments from players

00:30:42.170 --> 00:30:45.609
and coaches and whatnot. But that would piss

00:30:45.609 --> 00:30:48.109
me off too, right? Yeah, and Ovid said they've

00:30:48.109 --> 00:30:50.250
done it before. Ovid said that when they played

00:30:50.250 --> 00:30:52.730
last year in Champions League down there, they

00:30:52.730 --> 00:30:56.269
showed up 15 minutes late for the match. Like,

00:30:56.269 --> 00:30:58.049
to start the match. They just didn't come out.

00:30:59.080 --> 00:31:02.740
Cruz Azul. Yeah. So this is like their M .O.

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:04.400
I guess it's how they try. I mean, to me, it

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:06.720
feels like you should just start the game unless

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:08.440
there's a medical reason for them not to be out

00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:11.420
there. You start that game, penalize them. They're

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:12.779
not in the field. Fuck them. They're not in the

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:15.319
field. Why are you not? Why are you not playing?

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:17.720
Like, you know what time it starts. There's not

00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:20.400
a mistake here. So the fact that they can get

00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:21.839
away with that, it's kind of fucked up to me.

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:26.680
But well, you know, hindsight is 20, 20. I mean.

00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:30.519
I love that. That could be the storyline. They

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:34.000
did that. And you know what? Fuck this. We were

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:38.319
just so pissed and we won. It's just not seven

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:41.500
goals in one half. No, but what was my, what

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:45.539
was my title for the show after that match? Rage

00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:48.099
against the Makina. Yeah. Makina. Because we

00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:52.619
changed it with the historic, uh, uh, embarrassing.

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:54.940
I think both are great. What was, what was it?

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:59.349
I don't speak the Spanish. Humiliation historica.

00:32:01.609 --> 00:32:07.089
Rage against Makina. I like that. Yeah, I mean,

00:32:07.109 --> 00:32:09.670
it was very frustrating. And what's funny is

00:32:09.670 --> 00:32:16.789
I fell asleep after the fourth goal. You didn't

00:32:16.789 --> 00:32:18.630
even finish this game, man. Well, it's funny

00:32:18.630 --> 00:32:21.130
because I was like, I fell asleep, but it felt

00:32:21.130 --> 00:32:23.049
like I watched the whole match. So I woke up

00:32:23.049 --> 00:32:25.309
on the couch and just like got into bed. and

00:32:25.309 --> 00:32:28.509
like that's my life right once nine o 'clock

00:32:28.509 --> 00:32:30.190
hits that's my free time and i'm already just

00:32:30.190 --> 00:32:33.670
gassed so i wake up when i'm at work i'm like

00:32:33.670 --> 00:32:35.089
i don't think i finished the match so maybe i'll

00:32:35.089 --> 00:32:37.230
just like look about set somebody's four nothing

00:32:37.230 --> 00:32:39.390
usually when it's a three nothing four nothing

00:32:39.390 --> 00:32:42.829
75 minutes left it usually ends three nothing

00:32:42.829 --> 00:32:45.069
or four nothing or three one four one right they

00:32:45.069 --> 00:32:48.230
don't usually score more the other team throws

00:32:48.230 --> 00:32:51.410
it all out So I was about to look, but I mentioned

00:32:51.410 --> 00:32:54.289
it to you guys. And you're like, wait, what did

00:32:54.289 --> 00:32:59.049
you say? I was like, you might want to go back

00:32:59.049 --> 00:33:02.029
and watch the last 15. Believe me and report

00:33:02.029 --> 00:33:08.390
back. Yeah, Nicholas. Because. Did I ever report

00:33:08.390 --> 00:33:10.029
back? Yeah. I watched at the end and I was like,

00:33:10.049 --> 00:33:11.470
oh, shit. Well, then I got to turn this into

00:33:11.470 --> 00:33:14.819
my FOMO. Stay in a bubble shit. Yeah. Now I can't

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:16.880
even look up the scores of a game I mostly watched.

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:18.960
I have to go home, wait till everything's done,

00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:21.640
sit down and turn the game back on. Yeah. Because

00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:25.539
boy, did I, you got the new goal in the, in the

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:28.400
greatest goal in Sounders history after that.

00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:32.000
Ooh, I think that's debatable, but it's phenomenal.

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:34.519
I mean, I don't think to me, there's not a better

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:37.539
goal. There might be more important goals, but

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:40.480
there's not a better goal than that. Oba's got

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:43.859
a couple. He's got the one over John Bush, but

00:33:43.859 --> 00:33:45.880
I wasn't at that game. So I don't know if I count

00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:48.619
that one. I was at that game in that corner.

00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:50.740
I never sit in that weird little corner. Yeah.

00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:54.700
I think I got home from that. That's why you're

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:57.819
like, I was watching on TV at that point, but

00:33:57.819 --> 00:34:00.000
yeah, my intestines had been blocked by popcorn.

00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:03.730
I mean, I mean, the goalkeeper had the same reaction

00:34:03.730 --> 00:34:05.990
as Bush did in his, except Bush made a Bush face.

00:34:06.410 --> 00:34:09.250
I mean, it was a great goal. I think I yelled,

00:34:09.309 --> 00:34:11.289
like, water him. He's planted. Oba had another

00:34:11.289 --> 00:34:14.449
one. I mean, Atlanta, the Atlanta goal for Rui,

00:34:14.610 --> 00:34:18.329
where he kind of deked it to himself like it

00:34:18.329 --> 00:34:20.349
was a hockey play. Or when he went through, like,

00:34:20.389 --> 00:34:22.369
three or four guys. Yeah, exactly. Flipped it

00:34:22.369 --> 00:34:24.250
over his head. There's a couple that are pretty

00:34:24.250 --> 00:34:26.849
phenomenal. But to me, those are not. This is

00:34:26.849 --> 00:34:30.489
a cross from all the way. Hit, volleyed in midair.

00:34:32.029 --> 00:34:34.590
went all the way, did not hit the back of the

00:34:34.590 --> 00:34:38.190
net. Hit the post, but yeah. But then, but it

00:34:38.190 --> 00:34:39.789
only hit the sides of the net. It never hit the

00:34:39.789 --> 00:34:41.469
back of the net throughout that entire goal.

00:34:41.730 --> 00:34:45.590
So that's how crazy that goal is. Double blink.

00:34:46.309 --> 00:34:49.849
It was a fantastic, I don't, you know, you just

00:34:49.849 --> 00:34:52.550
don't see goals like that, but you got to take

00:34:52.550 --> 00:34:55.989
them. And it obviously, he's been on fire. the

00:34:55.989 --> 00:34:57.909
my favorite is the react the bench reaction they

00:34:57.909 --> 00:34:59.969
took there was a video camera behind the bench

00:34:59.969 --> 00:35:01.849
and so watching the players reaction and they

00:35:01.849 --> 00:35:04.969
were just like oh my god this is insane yeah

00:35:04.969 --> 00:35:07.429
i think especially after six goals yeah just

00:35:07.429 --> 00:35:10.110
see like you can be mentally turned off you know

00:35:10.110 --> 00:35:11.949
and we just try something but you're still focused

00:35:11.949 --> 00:35:14.389
on that you have to be entirely focused to hit

00:35:14.389 --> 00:35:18.219
that shot It's just good to see Alex. It is one

00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:20.340
of the greatest goals I've ever seen in Sounders

00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:22.880
history. That's for sure. Alex, I feel like has

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:24.719
fallen off this year in terms of his ability

00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:28.539
to cross the ball to dangerous places. Not totally,

00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:30.760
but he's fallen off from where he usually is

00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:32.719
at, which I think is one of the reasons we've

00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:37.119
been seeing KKR in there. But that was fantastic.

00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:39.300
I mean, there's been some great crosses from

00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:43.179
him, from Nuhu, and from Ryan Kent lately. I

00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:48.059
wonder if, and I... i can't even reference an

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:51.559
individual moment of this for alex but i do agree

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:55.440
with you and i feel like when he was really showing

00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:58.199
off his his ability to cross the ball he might

00:35:58.199 --> 00:36:00.730
have been a little bit faster Could be. Because

00:36:00.730 --> 00:36:02.909
I'm not seeing him run by anyone anymore, but

00:36:02.909 --> 00:36:05.909
his technical ability to kind of interplay and...

00:36:05.909 --> 00:36:08.329
I mean, he's a way better player. But that was

00:36:08.329 --> 00:36:10.670
a pinpoint pass, so he's still got that. But

00:36:10.670 --> 00:36:12.809
you have to be able to get to the end line and

00:36:12.809 --> 00:36:14.710
curl something in as a cross. You've got to get

00:36:14.710 --> 00:36:16.269
ahead of the defender. And I don't think I've

00:36:16.269 --> 00:36:19.369
seen him outrun anyone, and that's why Kosa.

00:36:19.670 --> 00:36:22.170
I mean... Rienzi is probably in there a lot more.

00:36:22.269 --> 00:36:24.769
Also the turnover, just because it's been three

00:36:24.769 --> 00:36:27.449
matches, eight days. League match before that.

00:36:27.849 --> 00:36:30.909
the concussion. Right. But he is, he's getting

00:36:30.909 --> 00:36:33.130
older, which is weird to think. Yeah. It's been

00:36:33.130 --> 00:36:35.690
almost a decade, but he, he was our team captain

00:36:35.690 --> 00:36:37.210
when Christian didn't start the second game.

00:36:37.449 --> 00:36:40.789
So he clearly, they're the same DNA leadership

00:36:40.789 --> 00:36:44.510
role. I mean, to me, it was when Christian was

00:36:44.510 --> 00:36:46.130
hurt. That's where we saw him kind of fall off

00:36:46.130 --> 00:36:47.730
a little bit in terms of his play. And he never,

00:36:47.750 --> 00:36:49.929
he never got that back until this, this second

00:36:49.929 --> 00:36:51.429
half of the season, he's gotten the crossing

00:36:51.429 --> 00:36:54.030
back. That brotherly connection was the comment.

00:36:54.110 --> 00:36:55.949
I feel like that we're even, we probably mentioned

00:36:55.949 --> 00:36:58.489
that it sounds familiar when, One of them goes

00:36:58.489 --> 00:37:01.250
down. But now that he's a leader, I think helping

00:37:01.250 --> 00:37:04.849
KK Carr, helping push him forward, I think. But

00:37:04.849 --> 00:37:07.389
to me, the Club World Cup, the quality of play

00:37:07.389 --> 00:37:09.710
in the Club World Cup has continued from then

00:37:09.710 --> 00:37:11.829
until now, where there are now nine matches undefeated.

00:37:13.070 --> 00:37:15.030
Schmetzer said as much, I think. I don't have

00:37:15.030 --> 00:37:20.639
a direct quote, but was it? Reflecting on the

00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:22.880
Club World Cup losses, including facing giants

00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:25.800
like PSG, Smetcher described it as a humbling

00:37:25.800 --> 00:37:27.699
yet instructive experience. He also expressed

00:37:27.699 --> 00:37:31.739
pride in Jordan Morris making his return. I was

00:37:31.739 --> 00:37:35.559
just trying to get a summary of the Club World

00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:40.679
Cup to League's Cup transition because that,

00:37:40.780 --> 00:37:45.719
I think, has been the only reason we're seeing

00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:48.139
this quality of play. I think there was... We

00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:52.940
played well, but we lost. Yeah. Everything. But

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:54.840
it didn't matter. I mean, you saw us play. It

00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:58.079
didn't, it didn't matter. Yes, but you still,

00:37:58.159 --> 00:38:00.920
they're, they're competitors or athletes or professionals.

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:03.039
This is a competitive tournament. This isn't

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:06.139
a friendly, you know, so an exhibition match,

00:38:06.239 --> 00:38:09.460
this is, they wanted to win and they didn't win,

00:38:09.619 --> 00:38:13.940
but some of the best teams in the world, literally

00:38:13.940 --> 00:38:16.489
one of them. if not the best team in the world,

00:38:16.510 --> 00:38:21.150
was in our group. But I mean, I don't think you,

00:38:21.250 --> 00:38:23.269
me, Nick, I don't think anybody would have said,

00:38:23.369 --> 00:38:25.190
hey, in one week, do you think we'll have nine

00:38:25.190 --> 00:38:29.230
points? Yeah, no. Against three. I mean, Nick

00:38:29.230 --> 00:38:31.750
might have, but he's forever the optimist. I

00:38:31.750 --> 00:38:37.070
don't know. He is, but Cruz Azul has been a top

00:38:37.070 --> 00:38:42.090
team. I think he picked us to beat them, though.

00:38:44.510 --> 00:38:46.610
A little revenge there, right? I don't think

00:38:46.610 --> 00:38:48.250
any of us would have ever picked us to win that

00:38:48.250 --> 00:38:51.829
match 7 -0 or 8 -0 as it should have been, especially

00:38:51.829 --> 00:38:54.050
after what happened down there. So, I mean, there's

00:38:54.050 --> 00:38:56.449
probably a little bit of revenge going on from

00:38:56.449 --> 00:38:58.349
the Sounders, especially because for us, that's

00:38:58.349 --> 00:39:00.389
the same season. For them, that's last season.

00:39:00.489 --> 00:39:02.590
Some of their players are gone. They have a new

00:39:02.590 --> 00:39:04.329
coach. They got rid of their old coach, brought

00:39:04.329 --> 00:39:07.170
in a different coach because they did not finish

00:39:07.170 --> 00:39:08.969
as well in the playoffs as they had hoped to.

00:39:09.849 --> 00:39:12.449
And their coach is a legendary player, but this

00:39:12.449 --> 00:39:14.860
is his first season as a coach. Listening to

00:39:14.860 --> 00:39:21.500
Hurt Gomez talk about it, this isn't a fireable

00:39:21.500 --> 00:39:23.739
offense, but it's a wake -up call for him that,

00:39:23.800 --> 00:39:26.300
okay, first off, there's a few pieces missing,

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:31.940
and secondly, this team quit on you. In a tournament

00:39:31.940 --> 00:39:35.340
where goal differential matters, you don't just

00:39:35.340 --> 00:39:39.219
lose like that. You know what I mean? You go

00:39:39.219 --> 00:39:43.380
down 3 -0, 4 -0, you figure out how to... pull

00:39:43.380 --> 00:39:46.739
a goal back whereas you know they ended up finishing

00:39:46.739 --> 00:39:52.340
12th with zero wins two draws and a loss so they

00:39:52.340 --> 00:39:54.579
they had a total of four points because they

00:39:54.579 --> 00:39:57.179
won both in penalties so they win that first

00:39:57.179 --> 00:40:02.820
game they're through they uh if they tied they

00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:06.539
would have missed by one point uh or or if they

00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:08.480
had beat a i mean if they tied and won penalties

00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:12.989
they potentially i guess they would have tied

00:40:12.989 --> 00:40:14.389
them all. So their goal differential would have

00:40:14.389 --> 00:40:16.269
knocked them out, but they would have just missed

00:40:16.269 --> 00:40:20.389
as well. So like they, they were that game away

00:40:20.389 --> 00:40:22.869
from being close and maybe they don't struggle

00:40:22.869 --> 00:40:24.849
as much in later games if they don't get blown

00:40:24.849 --> 00:40:28.269
out. I mean, for that newspaper coverage to talk

00:40:28.269 --> 00:40:32.150
about, like that's the worst loss versus an American

00:40:32.150 --> 00:40:34.510
team ever for them. They did beat us 11 to one,

00:40:34.510 --> 00:40:37.210
one time though in champions cup back in like.

00:40:38.339 --> 00:40:41.780
1996 or seven. It was minor league Sounders.

00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:44.980
So I was, I was pushing. I wanted us to get that

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:47.320
11 goals. I was like, let's do this. Let's let's

00:40:47.320 --> 00:40:49.159
treat them for how they treated us back in the

00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:54.239
nineties. So I'm looking at the stats. We had

00:40:54.239 --> 00:40:59.219
15 shots. That seems low. 10 of them were on

00:40:59.219 --> 00:41:04.119
target, but we 15 shots seems low. And we scored

00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:06.559
seven goals. I mean, so my dad left before the

00:41:06.559 --> 00:41:07.980
last two goals, so he didn't see them either.

00:41:08.059 --> 00:41:13.480
He was like you. No, he stayed awake. I didn't

00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:16.179
mean to leave. I involuntarily left the match.

00:41:17.079 --> 00:41:19.880
That's what happened. No, let's see. Let's go

00:41:19.880 --> 00:41:24.920
through this. Okay, so we had Yamar in the first.

00:41:26.150 --> 00:41:28.190
Sorry, not in the first, the first goal in the

00:41:28.190 --> 00:41:31.170
48th minute. So it's now been three solid minutes

00:41:31.170 --> 00:41:34.730
of steaming since kickoff of them not coming

00:41:34.730 --> 00:41:37.070
out on time. That's what I'm going with. Albert

00:41:37.070 --> 00:41:41.489
Rusnak with the assist. This is a classic, classic

00:41:41.489 --> 00:41:43.909
game, our goal, right? Yeah. I mean, it was great

00:41:43.909 --> 00:41:47.150
to see too. And the excitement from them, like

00:41:47.150 --> 00:41:50.710
this meant something, right? This that's the

00:41:50.710 --> 00:41:53.050
thing is as much as, you know, people are boycotting

00:41:53.050 --> 00:41:55.469
the tournament. They think it's a money grab.

00:41:55.590 --> 00:41:57.710
It's clearly not just a money grab to the players

00:41:57.710 --> 00:41:59.849
because when they're out there, like even the

00:41:59.849 --> 00:42:02.590
goal when Tijuana took the lead in that third

00:42:02.590 --> 00:42:05.630
game, 1 -0, like their players were going nuts.

00:42:06.090 --> 00:42:08.190
Like this isn't just like, yay, we scored. This

00:42:08.190 --> 00:42:11.250
is like, holy shit. Yeah, and I think indicative

00:42:11.250 --> 00:42:14.050
too that Tijuana was playing the Sounders who

00:42:14.050 --> 00:42:16.329
had just beaten Cruises 0 -7 -0, just beat Santos

00:42:16.329 --> 00:42:18.329
Laguna. And it's like, okay, they're there for

00:42:18.329 --> 00:42:20.010
real. Let's stand up. And then it looked like

00:42:20.010 --> 00:42:21.449
we were going to do the same thing to them in

00:42:21.449 --> 00:42:23.650
terms of... the style of play. We were owning

00:42:23.650 --> 00:42:26.610
them, but I'll get back, but sorry. No. Yeah.

00:42:26.710 --> 00:42:28.909
I mean, and if they had won, if they had won

00:42:28.909 --> 00:42:30.170
that game, they would have had to beat us by

00:42:30.170 --> 00:42:32.510
a lot in order to advance. So they, they were

00:42:32.510 --> 00:42:35.269
unlikely to advance. Cause they would have had

00:42:35.269 --> 00:42:36.909
to beat us like four, nothing or five, nothing

00:42:36.909 --> 00:42:38.349
or something like that, which wasn't going to

00:42:38.349 --> 00:42:41.590
happen. So Yamer scored. And then two minutes

00:42:41.590 --> 00:42:45.050
later, it's Obed Vargas, which was the deflection.

00:42:45.050 --> 00:42:46.710
Yeah. It was a deflection. It was, it was on

00:42:46.710 --> 00:42:49.550
target. Yeah. It was on target. From Alex rolled

00:42:49.550 --> 00:42:53.090
on. Yeah, it was a nice little shot there that,

00:42:53.110 --> 00:42:56.449
and the goalie just looked at it and did reach

00:42:56.449 --> 00:42:59.869
for anything, but knew that it was done. And

00:42:59.869 --> 00:43:03.010
then by this time, Jesus should have already,

00:43:03.190 --> 00:43:05.329
this should have been his hat trick. Instead,

00:43:05.429 --> 00:43:08.309
it's just the third goal of the game. Yeah. But

00:43:08.309 --> 00:43:11.489
Jesus gets his from Capitan, Christian Roldan.

00:43:11.650 --> 00:43:15.389
You could tell that he felt relieved. Oh my God.

00:43:15.530 --> 00:43:17.909
It's like the third time he's been, we've seen

00:43:17.909 --> 00:43:22.949
him relieve himself. I don't know if that's the

00:43:22.949 --> 00:43:25.449
way we want to put it, but that's exactly, I

00:43:25.449 --> 00:43:28.489
did that. Well, hopefully he relieves himself

00:43:28.489 --> 00:43:31.070
again next match because Jesus relieved himself.

00:43:31.389 --> 00:43:33.849
He missed some of the third time. He missed.

00:43:33.989 --> 00:43:38.760
Okay. Easy goals later on as well. He was strucketh

00:43:38.760 --> 00:43:42.039
down twice, and he arisen for the third time.

00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:48.260
That Jesus Ferreira. No, but no, he seriously

00:43:48.260 --> 00:43:52.260
looked like, like, fucking God. Thanks, Dad.

00:43:52.800 --> 00:43:57.559
I'm sorry. No, and I'm happy to see it, because,

00:43:57.579 --> 00:44:01.579
like, yeah, that's been, like, up until these

00:44:01.579 --> 00:44:06.519
last few weeks, that's been our... a talking

00:44:06.519 --> 00:44:09.760
point is he was signed to score goals. Yeah.

00:44:10.039 --> 00:44:13.219
We aren't scoring goals. Yes. Jordan's hurt.

00:44:13.340 --> 00:44:16.139
Yes. There's all the, all the other issues, but

00:44:16.139 --> 00:44:18.340
it's like, you've been available and you haven't

00:44:18.340 --> 00:44:20.579
been scoring goals, not entirely your fault,

00:44:20.679 --> 00:44:23.619
but it can't help, but not talk about it. That's

00:44:23.619 --> 00:44:25.219
what I mean. It's like the third time we've seen

00:44:25.219 --> 00:44:30.179
relieved, relieved, right. Is he's had, he got

00:44:30.179 --> 00:44:31.880
a goal and then there was nothing. He got another

00:44:31.880 --> 00:44:35.059
goal. So the assists have been there. I think

00:44:35.059 --> 00:44:37.920
it comes down to though, it's, it's not just

00:44:37.920 --> 00:44:39.519
that he's getting a goal. It's that there are

00:44:39.519 --> 00:44:42.960
several opportunities where he feels like, and

00:44:42.960 --> 00:44:45.119
fans feel like he should be scoring goals. I

00:44:45.119 --> 00:44:48.980
mean, we see that. We just saw that. Do you want

00:44:48.980 --> 00:44:51.519
a game where you might open header and, you know,

00:44:51.519 --> 00:44:53.500
off the post, let it hit your face. Just let

00:44:53.500 --> 00:44:55.420
it hit your face. I mean, it happens. I'm I,

00:44:55.519 --> 00:44:59.179
I would have not scored that goal, but. I've

00:44:59.179 --> 00:45:01.539
done worse than that. You also would not have

00:45:01.539 --> 00:45:04.000
been on the pitch playing against Tijuana. That's

00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:06.320
I mean, that's debatable. I've been working on

00:45:06.320 --> 00:45:08.260
it. I've been playing well and running a lot.

00:45:08.280 --> 00:45:12.840
And I still believe that one day I will be on

00:45:12.840 --> 00:45:14.519
the pitch for the Sounders starting. I think

00:45:14.519 --> 00:45:18.360
this this is still a possibility. You'll get

00:45:18.360 --> 00:45:20.559
a one day contract. Yeah, I would like that.

00:45:20.599 --> 00:45:24.159
That'd be cool. I would love that, too. All right.

00:45:24.179 --> 00:45:27.460
So then so this is the 58th minute, right? And

00:45:27.460 --> 00:45:32.460
then 10 minutes go by. Almost 11, actually. Yeah,

00:45:32.460 --> 00:45:35.139
it felt weird not scoring any more goals during

00:45:35.139 --> 00:45:39.760
that 10 minutes. Yeah. De Rosario assists from

00:45:39.760 --> 00:45:45.360
Kent Washington. This was his yellow card, correct?

00:45:45.579 --> 00:45:48.219
When he did his daddy's move? Yeah, he did. Which

00:45:48.219 --> 00:45:51.059
was interesting that he chose this time to do

00:45:51.059 --> 00:45:53.420
his dad's dance and not when he scored his first

00:45:53.420 --> 00:45:58.539
MLS goal. the week before which which is right

00:45:58.539 --> 00:46:02.780
yeah uh but although your first mls school might

00:46:02.780 --> 00:46:04.920
not even you might not even be thinking yeah

00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:07.420
at all right and then it's like okay i scored

00:46:07.420 --> 00:46:09.659
what am i gonna do he didn't do much of a celebration

00:46:09.659 --> 00:46:11.760
but yeah he did that he did this one for his

00:46:11.760 --> 00:46:15.519
dad and so he pulled the jersey over his head

00:46:15.519 --> 00:46:20.079
his face over his face which uh is a card always

00:46:20.730 --> 00:46:23.650
I mean, it's a card everywhere. Do you know the

00:46:23.650 --> 00:46:26.190
origin or reason why that taking your jersey

00:46:26.190 --> 00:46:28.909
off? It's time -wasting. Okay, so pulling it

00:46:28.909 --> 00:46:30.909
over your face. Originally, it was you can't

00:46:30.909 --> 00:46:34.489
take it off. But then people started just pulling

00:46:34.489 --> 00:46:36.010
it over their face. And part of it is because

00:46:36.010 --> 00:46:38.130
there's messaging below it. But I just watched

00:46:38.130 --> 00:46:40.590
a video about Balotelli when he did this years

00:46:40.590 --> 00:46:44.110
ago. It was like, okay, you can put a message

00:46:44.110 --> 00:46:46.170
on your shirt. Like West Ham printed him a shirt

00:46:46.170 --> 00:46:48.190
with a message that said like, why not me or

00:46:48.190 --> 00:46:50.070
something like that? Or why always me? I don't

00:46:50.070 --> 00:46:52.489
know what it was. Uh, but cause I'm not a boss.

00:46:52.610 --> 00:46:55.889
Wasn't that because of racism? Could be. I don't,

00:46:55.889 --> 00:46:57.309
I don't, I don't know enough about, I think I

00:46:57.309 --> 00:46:59.429
remember talking about that or not talking about

00:46:59.429 --> 00:47:01.809
it. He was supposed to just pull up over his

00:47:01.809 --> 00:47:04.010
neck and to his neck and he pulled over his head.

00:47:04.070 --> 00:47:06.780
So that that's, that's. Always a card. It's like

00:47:06.780 --> 00:47:09.139
where it's where they've drawn the line. And

00:47:09.139 --> 00:47:10.940
he happened across it. It's just, we need to

00:47:10.940 --> 00:47:12.639
draw an arbitrary line here. You know, it's a

00:47:12.639 --> 00:47:15.280
card. Everyone knows it's a card. This is why

00:47:15.280 --> 00:47:18.300
when it happened, don't do it. Yeah. Like he

00:47:18.300 --> 00:47:21.639
knows better. Got excited in the moment. Got

00:47:21.639 --> 00:47:23.900
the red card. Didn't end up hurting us. So, you

00:47:23.900 --> 00:47:26.039
know, water on the bridge. It's just, it's not

00:47:26.039 --> 00:47:29.039
like this is a Georgie problem. Right. Which

00:47:29.039 --> 00:47:30.860
we aren't even talking about that game, but same

00:47:30.860 --> 00:47:33.380
with Osaze. This is, this is him. Yeah. I was

00:47:33.380 --> 00:47:35.989
reading his dad. I get it. It was fun. He got

00:47:35.989 --> 00:47:42.969
a card. But still, he got the goal. Yes, he did.

00:47:43.409 --> 00:47:48.550
And then he goes a seven minutes go by. Pedro

00:47:48.550 --> 00:47:52.090
de la Vega scores from Jesus Ferreira. I don't

00:47:52.090 --> 00:47:53.989
remember this goal. I think it's because... He

00:47:53.989 --> 00:47:58.829
was running left to right across the box. So

00:47:58.829 --> 00:48:00.489
he got it on the left side, was running to the

00:48:00.489 --> 00:48:02.929
right, and kicked it in. So it's a goal that

00:48:02.929 --> 00:48:06.409
we've seen the Sounders do. We saw Georgie's

00:48:06.409 --> 00:48:08.530
goal the next game like that. Pedro's had several

00:48:08.530 --> 00:48:11.690
goals like this. KKR's had a goal like this.

00:48:12.829 --> 00:48:14.630
I don't know if we can go with that nickname

00:48:14.630 --> 00:48:17.449
or that acronym. It's too close. Once you say

00:48:17.449 --> 00:48:20.690
K twice, it's like, what's next? It's an R. Okay.

00:48:21.369 --> 00:48:24.949
I mean, I don't know what else to call him because

00:48:24.949 --> 00:48:29.309
his name's long. Kosarienzi. But then that makes

00:48:29.309 --> 00:48:32.190
me sound like he's not Italian. I don't think

00:48:32.190 --> 00:48:35.210
it is. I don't think, yeah. Hey, I'm looking

00:48:35.210 --> 00:48:38.550
to pizza. Yeah, just because you have a mustache

00:48:38.550 --> 00:48:43.329
doesn't mean you speak Italian. But yeah, I mean,

00:48:43.329 --> 00:48:46.070
it was a great goal. It's the kind of goal, I

00:48:46.070 --> 00:48:49.269
think, not only have we come to expect from Pedro,

00:48:49.369 --> 00:48:52.449
but now we see that Schmetzer even talked about

00:48:52.449 --> 00:48:54.909
having other players come across the box and

00:48:54.909 --> 00:48:56.570
shoot that shot. And we're seeing other players

00:48:56.570 --> 00:49:00.239
do it now. So it's, it, you have that lane might

00:49:00.239 --> 00:49:04.340
as well shoot. Yeah. I think what I was, I mean,

00:49:04.360 --> 00:49:08.199
these aren't 30, 30, 25 yard shots that I was

00:49:08.199 --> 00:49:10.260
asking for the last time we recorded, but I was

00:49:10.260 --> 00:49:14.579
like anything from relative distance, not inside

00:49:14.579 --> 00:49:17.239
the box. We need to get, we need to take them.

00:49:17.440 --> 00:49:20.019
And it seemed like we were always trying to just

00:49:20.019 --> 00:49:23.559
get it within 10 yards of the front of goal on

00:49:23.559 --> 00:49:26.389
either end or cross it in for a header. Right.

00:49:26.489 --> 00:49:28.469
And just cause chaos. And that's where it's like,

00:49:28.510 --> 00:49:31.250
you'll create more space if you show dangerous,

00:49:31.409 --> 00:49:35.150
like you're dangerous from other areas. And so,

00:49:35.210 --> 00:49:39.190
yeah, that was, that was, that was nice. Yeah.

00:49:39.289 --> 00:49:43.650
Knew who Tolo the 88th minute, which I thought,

00:49:43.710 --> 00:49:48.590
I mean, the play like that and to be ready just

00:49:48.590 --> 00:49:50.289
to have the presence of mind and run towards

00:49:50.289 --> 00:49:53.489
that box was awesome. And there was nothing anyone

00:49:53.489 --> 00:49:56.780
could do. He was all alone with the ball. Which

00:49:56.780 --> 00:49:58.599
I thought you were going to miss for sure. Oh,

00:49:58.599 --> 00:50:00.260
you overthink that. I mean, most players are

00:50:00.260 --> 00:50:01.719
going to overthink that. The Sounders traditionally

00:50:01.719 --> 00:50:04.599
overthink that. We don't hit that in. We overthink.

00:50:04.619 --> 00:50:07.460
I mean, it just not – it seems like the easier

00:50:07.460 --> 00:50:09.159
the goal, the harder it is for the Sounders to

00:50:09.159 --> 00:50:13.500
make it. Yeah, I think it's like three players

00:50:13.500 --> 00:50:16.300
that have that problem. They happen to be our

00:50:16.300 --> 00:50:19.460
forwards at times. They just went final. They

00:50:19.460 --> 00:50:20.719
happen to be the ones that need to score. It's

00:50:20.719 --> 00:50:25.840
true. LA Galaxy beat Santos Laguna 4 -0. 24 shots,

00:50:25.940 --> 00:50:29.340
11 on target. They had 72 % of possession. 633

00:50:29.340 --> 00:50:37.460
passes to 248 passes for Santos Laguna. 27 %

00:50:37.460 --> 00:50:40.360
of possession, four shots. Four shots, zero on

00:50:40.360 --> 00:50:43.380
goal. They got shots? Oh, they could have shot

00:50:43.380 --> 00:50:44.960
it from anywhere. They could have shot it backwards.

00:50:45.039 --> 00:50:46.820
That just means they shot it at the goal. So

00:50:46.820 --> 00:50:50.599
it looks like, did they get two red cards in

00:50:50.599 --> 00:50:53.210
that game? They got a red card in the 45th. I

00:50:53.210 --> 00:50:55.070
think they got another in the 45th plus six.

00:50:57.889 --> 00:51:01.809
So they did. At halftime, they went down two

00:51:01.809 --> 00:51:05.349
men just before halftime. So after that, LA kind

00:51:05.349 --> 00:51:08.920
of let it off the gas. They scored. They scored

00:51:08.920 --> 00:51:11.420
one goal after that because they were up 3 -0

00:51:11.420 --> 00:51:14.340
in halftime. And it was the third match, I guess.

00:51:14.539 --> 00:51:17.019
Yeah, it was not a meaningful match for Santos

00:51:17.019 --> 00:51:20.320
Laguna. We scored seven. It was meaningful for

00:51:20.320 --> 00:51:24.300
LA. They got through because of it. Yeah, two

00:51:24.300 --> 00:51:27.820
red cards. Did you say that? I'm sorry. There's

00:51:27.820 --> 00:51:30.659
literally two cards in the 45th minute. Yeah,

00:51:30.679 --> 00:51:32.960
one's in the 45th plus six, though, so it was

00:51:32.960 --> 00:51:36.039
the sixth minute of injury time, and it must

00:51:36.039 --> 00:51:37.460
have been. We obviously don't have in front of

00:51:37.460 --> 00:51:42.019
it. It was after a Maya Yoshida goal. LA Galaxy

00:51:42.019 --> 00:51:43.760
have looked good in this tournament. I'm not

00:51:43.760 --> 00:51:47.739
going to lie. They are enough points back in

00:51:47.739 --> 00:51:49.860
the MLS that I don't think they're making the

00:51:49.860 --> 00:51:52.099
playoffs because even if they go undefeated here

00:51:52.099 --> 00:51:55.179
on out, they would need help based on there only

00:51:55.179 --> 00:51:59.019
being 10 games left. God, it's only 10 games?

00:51:59.199 --> 00:52:03.539
Yeah. Yeah. The MLS Cup is in December and there's

00:52:03.539 --> 00:52:05.760
10 games left. We're four months away from MLS

00:52:05.760 --> 00:52:07.420
Cup and there's 10 games. Our playoffs are a

00:52:07.420 --> 00:52:09.880
month and a half. Yeah. It's like the NBA. Yeah.

00:52:10.059 --> 00:52:14.780
So anyway, knew who gets his goal. Then what

00:52:14.780 --> 00:52:21.280
happens? I mean, the greatest goal in Sounders

00:52:21.280 --> 00:52:25.610
history from someone bald I know. Um, but no,

00:52:25.750 --> 00:52:28.389
literally Pedro Vela Vegas shot from Alex Roldan's

00:52:28.389 --> 00:52:32.409
cross is, is, is something that I could keep

00:52:32.409 --> 00:52:36.190
watching like highlights from the 2000 or the

00:52:36.190 --> 00:52:40.650
Superbowl 48. Yeah. Um, highlights from CCL final

00:52:40.650 --> 00:52:45.110
in May of 2022 and two to say 2020, 22. Yeah.

00:52:45.170 --> 00:52:48.989
And that goal, those easily things I can rewatch

00:52:48.989 --> 00:52:51.889
forever. Yeah. I mean, it's, it's, it's, it's,

00:52:51.889 --> 00:52:57.010
it's the. Edgar double it's the Landon Donovan

00:52:57.010 --> 00:53:00.289
goal in the world cup. I mean, that's how exciting

00:53:00.289 --> 00:53:03.090
it is to me. Like it's unbelievable. We could

00:53:03.090 --> 00:53:08.789
not believe that. I, and you know, I'm glad it's

00:53:08.789 --> 00:53:13.150
him. I'm glad it was him because he needs, that's

00:53:13.150 --> 00:53:15.030
gotta be such, especially being his second goal

00:53:15.030 --> 00:53:19.010
and, and, and being healthy for months now and

00:53:19.010 --> 00:53:22.510
being basically held back, but healthy. And.

00:53:23.559 --> 00:53:27.119
Yep. Free Pedro. He's free. I think he's free

00:53:27.119 --> 00:53:31.519
now. He's so nice. He looks like a nice guy.

00:53:31.800 --> 00:53:35.280
Do you remember the movie Jungle to Jungle? No.

00:53:36.780 --> 00:53:40.760
With Tim Allen and some kid? The only Tim Allen

00:53:40.760 --> 00:53:42.960
movies I've seen are the Santa Claus, I think.

00:53:45.179 --> 00:53:47.480
Okay. Well, there's something about Tim Allen's

00:53:47.480 --> 00:53:50.260
son in that movie, which most people listening

00:53:50.260 --> 00:53:51.519
to this will know what I'm talking about. talking

00:53:51.519 --> 00:53:54.860
about you i think you're just you um it reminds

00:53:54.860 --> 00:53:56.639
me i don't know there's just facial features

00:53:56.639 --> 00:53:59.119
it doesn't matter this is going off topic but

00:53:59.119 --> 00:54:01.619
you're right he's just got like just kind of

00:54:01.619 --> 00:54:04.980
this boyish face that is just it seems very genuine

00:54:04.980 --> 00:54:06.900
seems like a very genuine guy and you've met

00:54:06.900 --> 00:54:09.380
him i have not met him obviously i've got to

00:54:09.380 --> 00:54:11.300
make a couple times he's so nice yeah galaxy

00:54:11.300 --> 00:54:13.780
quest i'll say i have seen that too oh i know

00:54:13.780 --> 00:54:15.659
the fox for jungle to jungle here's the thing

00:54:15.659 --> 00:54:18.760
is it came out when i was a uh senior in high

00:54:18.760 --> 00:54:20.980
school too cool for jungle in the jungle yeah

00:54:20.980 --> 00:54:24.800
oh man but not for galaxy quest no galaxy quest

00:54:24.800 --> 00:54:26.800
is martin short was in that movie that's a heck

00:54:26.800 --> 00:54:30.099
of a movie right there it's a real movie oh i

00:54:30.099 --> 00:54:32.400
believe you it's got it's got a little bit 19

00:54:32.400 --> 00:54:37.500
on rotten tomatoes Yeah, I was 18 years old when

00:54:37.500 --> 00:54:44.320
that movie came out. Anyway. Yeah, no, that was

00:54:44.320 --> 00:54:46.000
just that was that was the icing on the cake

00:54:46.000 --> 00:54:49.480
for that type of goal with that player in particular

00:54:49.480 --> 00:54:52.579
against that team in this tournament after the

00:54:52.579 --> 00:54:55.179
Club World Cup. Yeah, just be like, all right,

00:54:55.199 --> 00:54:58.420
we're fine. We're fucking fine. Everything is

00:54:58.420 --> 00:55:03.260
fine. We clearly see how we need to play. With

00:55:03.260 --> 00:55:05.559
these players, it was it was it was literally

00:55:05.559 --> 00:55:08.579
like they just kind of woke up out of some scoreless

00:55:08.579 --> 00:55:15.059
coma. Like. We got we get it. Let's go. And they

00:55:15.059 --> 00:55:17.880
stayed. What was and we'll get in the other match.

00:55:17.900 --> 00:55:21.920
It's not really too deep because one less goals.

00:55:22.019 --> 00:55:25.420
I think do we score more goals in this game than

00:55:25.420 --> 00:55:28.260
any team scored between us and our opponents

00:55:28.260 --> 00:55:32.099
in the next two? Yeah. Eight. No, no six. Yeah.

00:55:32.559 --> 00:55:36.679
Yeah. 2 -1, 2 -1. Yeah. So we won't have to talk

00:55:36.679 --> 00:55:38.280
too much about the other games other than...

00:55:38.280 --> 00:55:39.940
Yeah, I mean, I think there's small things that

00:55:39.940 --> 00:55:42.880
hit, but yeah. But I think this was... I think

00:55:42.880 --> 00:55:46.719
this match was clearly the wake -up. That's like...

00:55:46.719 --> 00:55:51.360
We have the ability. We have the depth. Even

00:55:51.360 --> 00:55:53.260
with injuries, the depth is really showing. What

00:55:53.260 --> 00:55:55.059
we were clamoring... What we were so excited

00:55:55.059 --> 00:55:58.900
for in February just reared its head. Finally.

00:55:59.079 --> 00:56:03.400
Yeah. Do you think... And so we'll say the second

00:56:03.400 --> 00:56:06.500
game, 2 -1, went over Santos Laguna. We did get

00:56:06.500 --> 00:56:08.360
a red card in the 74th minute, as we talked about,

00:56:08.400 --> 00:56:11.440
when Georgie Minugu got his second yellow card

00:56:11.440 --> 00:56:13.760
for this one. He was just talking about his teammate.

00:56:14.500 --> 00:56:16.159
Yeah, I mean, the first one was not a yellow

00:56:16.159 --> 00:56:18.940
card. He said, Jesus saves. The first one was

00:56:18.940 --> 00:56:22.519
not a yellow card. Didn't deserve it. Jesus is

00:56:22.519 --> 00:56:26.239
not a goalie, so he should have said that Andy

00:56:26.239 --> 00:56:29.599
saves. But, of course, they got a late goal.

00:56:30.619 --> 00:56:35.960
Too little, too late, thankfully. I wonder, do

00:56:35.960 --> 00:56:37.960
you think the fact that we won so big against

00:56:37.960 --> 00:56:40.519
Cruz Azul made us just naturally take our foot

00:56:40.519 --> 00:56:42.300
off the gas a little bit? Because I was a little

00:56:42.300 --> 00:56:44.460
frustrated in that second game that here we are

00:56:44.460 --> 00:56:48.920
playing a team that Colorado beat, a lesser team

00:56:48.920 --> 00:56:54.079
that then suddenly were struggling to score goals.

00:56:54.280 --> 00:56:56.019
I mean, Georgie scored his goal, which was fantastic,

00:56:56.239 --> 00:56:59.159
but the other one was an own goal. We had tons

00:56:59.159 --> 00:57:01.960
of chances to score. We had five shots on target,

00:57:02.099 --> 00:57:05.099
13 total shots. We were outpossessed throughout

00:57:05.099 --> 00:57:08.139
that entire game. But we were also getting fouled

00:57:08.139 --> 00:57:12.639
nonstop. They had 22 to our eight. Do you think

00:57:12.639 --> 00:57:14.400
that we let our foot off the gas a little bit

00:57:14.400 --> 00:57:17.619
because we were like, oh, we're so good? I think

00:57:17.619 --> 00:57:21.699
it was more, no. I think who we were playing

00:57:21.699 --> 00:57:25.420
is different. Yeah. You were just saying that

00:57:25.420 --> 00:57:27.920
they gave up on their coach, right? At least

00:57:27.920 --> 00:57:30.639
for that game. When that happened, seven goals

00:57:30.639 --> 00:57:35.360
happened. I think we could have had four or five

00:57:35.360 --> 00:57:37.880
in this match. You just said, was it five on

00:57:37.880 --> 00:57:42.260
target, 13 total? We had 10 on target, 15 total.

00:57:42.559 --> 00:57:45.800
That is because there was no one trying to stop

00:57:45.800 --> 00:57:48.679
us. Really trying. They were just getting in

00:57:48.679 --> 00:57:53.300
the way. This match seemed more conca -calf.

00:57:54.030 --> 00:57:55.829
Yeah, I could see that. Does that make sense?

00:57:56.050 --> 00:58:00.010
Yeah, versus the Tijuana match where, yeah, we're

00:58:00.010 --> 00:58:04.949
down 1 -0 on just a rough turnaround after a

00:58:04.949 --> 00:58:09.670
missed penalty. We just turned off. We weren't

00:58:09.670 --> 00:58:11.610
thinking, right? Yeah, which happens a lot with

00:58:11.610 --> 00:58:15.230
this team, it feels like, late in the first half.

00:58:15.650 --> 00:58:18.989
And I just felt so bad for Albert. He was clearly

00:58:18.989 --> 00:58:23.269
upset. Have you heard? I don't know if you've

00:58:23.269 --> 00:58:24.429
been listening to episodes, the conversation

00:58:24.429 --> 00:58:26.550
I had with Albert about the fact that Seattle

00:58:26.550 --> 00:58:30.269
fans don't like him. Uh, I was, I was talking

00:58:30.269 --> 00:58:32.849
to him with, did you tell him I like, yeah, yeah.

00:58:32.909 --> 00:58:34.889
Oh yeah. I was talking to him. Did you tell him

00:58:34.889 --> 00:58:38.610
that his brother followed me on Twitter? Like

00:58:38.610 --> 00:58:41.010
four years when we had that video coming out?

00:58:41.010 --> 00:58:45.309
No, his dad, his dad, his dad. So, I mean, remember

00:58:45.309 --> 00:58:47.969
we had listeners from, was it Slovakia? Is that

00:58:47.969 --> 00:58:50.849
where he's from? Uh, which was probably born

00:58:50.849 --> 00:58:54.880
in. yeah but his dad his dad uh coaches there

00:58:54.880 --> 00:58:59.599
still so um yeah i mean someone said oh you're

00:58:59.599 --> 00:59:01.219
you're my mom's favorite player and he's like

00:59:01.219 --> 00:59:03.019
oh that's good to hear i thought seattle fans

00:59:03.019 --> 00:59:07.059
don't like me and he wasn't he wasn't being rude

00:59:07.059 --> 00:59:09.059
he was he was like sincere he was kind of bummed

00:59:09.059 --> 00:59:10.920
about it and we're like no dude i was like dude

00:59:10.920 --> 00:59:14.679
i said albert you're our goal and assist king

00:59:14.679 --> 00:59:17.639
what are you talking about like we love you man

00:59:21.159 --> 00:59:24.219
Are we vocal enough about that? We are. We are.

00:59:24.599 --> 00:59:28.679
Seattleites? Can our fans be a little bit more

00:59:28.679 --> 00:59:30.280
vocal? Can we give you some homework, please?

00:59:30.280 --> 00:59:33.980
Is there a song? I mean, Dana holds up an Albatross

00:59:33.980 --> 00:59:38.099
snack sign, like a two -pole every match that

00:59:38.099 --> 00:59:40.559
I've seen. So clearly there's some love, but

00:59:40.559 --> 00:59:43.940
they never sing him a song. I think this is the

00:59:43.940 --> 00:59:46.780
homework. Listeners, talk to your fellow fans.

00:59:46.960 --> 00:59:51.360
What can you do? To publicly show appreciation

00:59:51.360 --> 00:59:55.380
for Albert Rusnak. Yeah. Social media in the

00:59:55.380 --> 00:59:59.219
stadium, two poles chance get to work. I mean,

00:59:59.219 --> 01:00:02.059
I have his jersey. I love it. He, I mean, he's

01:00:02.059 --> 01:00:08.900
getting up to Nico has like, I've, I've saved

01:00:08.900 --> 01:00:11.980
this team kind of status coming in when he did

01:00:11.980 --> 01:00:14.860
right. Where there's been more of an assimilation

01:00:14.860 --> 01:00:19.420
with Albert and his, but we don't win. The CONCACAF

01:00:19.420 --> 01:00:24.760
final without him. Right? Yeah. We don't have

01:00:24.760 --> 01:00:29.659
an MLS Cup with him. He deserves it, though.

01:00:29.679 --> 01:00:32.659
Let's get that. He deserves it, but you watch

01:00:32.659 --> 01:00:35.000
him. I think actually a commentary, and not this

01:00:35.000 --> 01:00:38.260
last match, but the one before. What's his name?

01:00:38.300 --> 01:00:42.550
Is it Brian Dunseth? Mm -hmm. He loves Albert

01:00:42.550 --> 01:00:46.170
Rusnak, and his color commentary about his style

01:00:46.170 --> 01:00:50.070
of play, he only really passes and shoots with

01:00:50.070 --> 01:00:52.090
the inside of his boot. He never laces it up.

01:00:52.110 --> 01:00:54.230
He never goes through the ball because he's so

01:00:54.230 --> 01:00:57.610
technically gifted. That really needs to be focused

01:00:57.610 --> 01:00:59.969
on. When you hear that, take a moment and actually

01:00:59.969 --> 01:01:03.730
focus on how Albert plays the game, how he receives

01:01:03.730 --> 01:01:06.429
a ball and immediately opens up his hips. He's

01:01:06.429 --> 01:01:09.269
already looking at 180 degrees left and right.

01:01:09.369 --> 01:01:12.000
He's just... he's not looking at the ball. He's

01:01:12.000 --> 01:01:13.639
the quarterback. If you watch him, he's guiding

01:01:13.639 --> 01:01:15.820
it even when he doesn't have the ball. Yeah.

01:01:16.239 --> 01:01:18.980
And of course he's going to have moments of mistakes,

01:01:19.119 --> 01:01:23.139
but so is that, I mean, we're not, are we trying

01:01:23.139 --> 01:01:26.300
to jettison Ryan Kent? I mean, some people are,

01:01:26.380 --> 01:01:28.599
but we shouldn't be. I think it's more of the

01:01:28.599 --> 01:01:31.920
haircut. Yeah. I mean, so, and here's the thing

01:01:31.920 --> 01:01:35.199
is Russ neck. I mean, this is only, he has more

01:01:35.199 --> 01:01:37.199
goals than just MLS. So this is just, he has

01:01:37.199 --> 01:01:43.079
20 MLS goals for us. in 102 appearances. The

01:01:43.079 --> 01:01:48.099
Niko had 41 in 191 appearances. So they're essentially

01:01:48.099 --> 01:01:52.280
on roughly the same pace. And scoring directly.

01:01:52.619 --> 01:01:55.380
Scoring goals. Is that immediately accessible

01:01:55.380 --> 01:01:57.420
to you right now without wasting people's time?

01:01:57.619 --> 01:01:59.980
Let's see if I can pull that up. Let's see. Niko

01:01:59.980 --> 01:02:04.460
goals. No, I don't have assists ready for here.

01:02:04.800 --> 01:02:09.019
Okay. But I'm sure we can figure that out. But,

01:02:09.039 --> 01:02:10.820
yeah, I mean, assists, I would imagine. I would

01:02:10.820 --> 01:02:11.980
bet they're pretty similar, too. Pretty similar,

01:02:12.179 --> 01:02:16.340
yeah. But I think Nico's a different type of

01:02:16.340 --> 01:02:20.219
player than Rusnak. I also think Nico's had better

01:02:20.219 --> 01:02:23.619
forwards. Let's be honest. Oh, for sure. He had

01:02:23.619 --> 01:02:26.360
more people to feed the ball to. Yeah. We haven't

01:02:26.360 --> 01:02:29.400
had a number nine the whole time Rusnak has been

01:02:29.400 --> 01:02:31.340
here. Nico had Dempsey for a year and a half.

01:02:31.519 --> 01:02:35.239
We had injured Rui. And let's not forget. The

01:02:35.239 --> 01:02:37.300
numbers weren't coming early on in terms of goals

01:02:37.300 --> 01:02:39.260
and assists the same way for Rusnak because he

01:02:39.260 --> 01:02:40.800
was playing out of position so that Niko could

01:02:40.800 --> 01:02:43.619
play in position. Yeah, they were on the same

01:02:43.619 --> 01:02:45.559
team for a minute. Right. He was playing out

01:02:45.559 --> 01:02:47.300
on the wing instead, which is not his natural

01:02:47.300 --> 01:02:52.059
position. So to me, Rusnak is up there with Niko

01:02:52.059 --> 01:02:58.000
as a Sounders great. Well, he's still good. He's

01:02:58.000 --> 01:02:59.219
got to play a lot longer, which I don't know

01:02:59.219 --> 01:03:01.500
how long. Four or five years easily. You think

01:03:01.500 --> 01:03:05.250
so? What is he, 29, 30? oh he's got to be older

01:03:05.250 --> 01:03:10.489
than that he's uh 31. so uh it's up four years

01:03:10.489 --> 01:03:12.530
yeah i mean i think it'll depend on what the

01:03:12.530 --> 01:03:16.130
sounders want to do nico was 29 right yeah when

01:03:16.130 --> 01:03:17.690
we brought him in because we don't like to bring

01:03:17.690 --> 01:03:22.710
in players but nico is now uh 36. so he left

01:03:22.710 --> 01:03:28.469
us in 2023 when he was 33. so yeah with knee

01:03:28.469 --> 01:03:32.030
problems Yeah. And he had a couple of years in

01:03:32.030 --> 01:03:34.070
Orlando city. They had a half a year in Houston

01:03:34.070 --> 01:03:38.190
and now he's down at Nastia now where he started.

01:03:38.289 --> 01:03:41.289
He's back at his childhood home, which is pretty

01:03:41.289 --> 01:03:49.630
cool. Yeah. But yeah, I mean, it was just, just,

01:03:49.630 --> 01:03:51.210
I want to look at these numbers real quick before

01:03:51.210 --> 01:03:53.630
we get out of here because we were talking about.

01:03:55.879 --> 01:03:57.699
I had to have that rest in that conversation

01:03:57.699 --> 01:03:59.199
with you. People on the podcast have heard me

01:03:59.199 --> 01:04:00.420
talk about it with Nick. They've heard me talk

01:04:00.420 --> 01:04:02.579
about it with the Ultras. But you of all people

01:04:02.579 --> 01:04:05.760
know how important that dude is to the Sounders.

01:04:07.559 --> 01:04:10.539
The Tijuana game was amazing because even though

01:04:10.539 --> 01:04:14.480
we were losing, we finished with 26 shots, including

01:04:14.480 --> 01:04:18.500
10 on target, 68 % possession, 494 passes. There

01:04:18.500 --> 01:04:21.840
are 250, so almost double. 87 % pass accuracy,

01:04:22.139 --> 01:04:24.860
only eight fouls. two yellow cards, so they're

01:04:24.860 --> 01:04:27.940
five. One offside, so they're three. And we had

01:04:27.940 --> 01:04:30.820
10 quarters, they had zero. So we literally led

01:04:30.820 --> 01:04:33.900
every single category and only won two to one.

01:04:34.880 --> 01:04:38.059
And needed a late goal from Danny to win it.

01:04:38.360 --> 01:04:40.920
So, I mean, it's pure domination. And we got

01:04:40.920 --> 01:04:42.699
the win, and that's what matters in the end.

01:04:42.840 --> 01:04:44.880
But let's make this a little easier on us. Maybe

01:04:44.880 --> 01:04:46.619
save some of those seven goals for the games

01:04:46.619 --> 01:04:51.119
afterwards next time. I think rotation had something

01:04:51.119 --> 01:04:52.739
to do with it. I think there was a little bit

01:04:52.739 --> 01:04:55.789
more like, Kind of best available for Cruz Azul.

01:04:56.010 --> 01:04:58.909
Yeah. Just based on stature, not even hindsight,

01:04:59.030 --> 01:05:00.750
just like Cruz Azul. Although we didn't start,

01:05:00.889 --> 01:05:06.230
we didn't start. That was a late sub in for Pedro,

01:05:06.329 --> 01:05:07.769
wasn't it? He didn't start that game, I believe.

01:05:07.929 --> 01:05:10.449
No, but I mean, you still have to, I mean, that's

01:05:10.449 --> 01:05:13.289
part of the consideration, but he's also been

01:05:13.289 --> 01:05:15.869
not starting every single match. You were just

01:05:15.869 --> 01:05:18.650
saying he had the free Pedro. So like, not surprising.

01:05:18.690 --> 01:05:19.829
He started on the bench knowing he's probably

01:05:19.829 --> 01:05:22.820
going to start. on sunday which he did and then

01:05:22.820 --> 01:05:25.480
come off the bench so but i think that generally

01:05:25.480 --> 01:05:31.739
it was it was best 11 heavy with a few subs planned

01:05:31.739 --> 01:05:36.019
versus wednesday versus certainly when you had

01:05:36.019 --> 01:05:37.619
the gold differential that we had coming into

01:05:37.619 --> 01:05:40.059
this match and a match coming up that's league

01:05:40.059 --> 01:05:43.500
a league match an mls cup mat or cup an mls match

01:05:43.500 --> 01:05:45.880
this weekend yeah you have to think about that

01:05:45.880 --> 01:05:48.099
it's like there's pretty much no shot that we're

01:05:48.099 --> 01:05:50.820
going to be booted out of the quarterfinals um

01:05:50.820 --> 01:05:53.760
but let's still fight and 26 shots they certainly

01:05:53.760 --> 01:05:58.079
did which i think is like what i'm very excited

01:05:58.079 --> 01:06:00.119
about is that oh we lost that game we were out

01:06:00.119 --> 01:06:02.099
no if we lost that game we were out and if we

01:06:02.099 --> 01:06:05.619
had tied potentially could have been out so like

01:06:05.619 --> 01:06:07.760
we lost we were out yeah because when they're

01:06:07.760 --> 01:06:10.119
live during the match they're saying it would

01:06:10.119 --> 01:06:12.340
take a big loss for us to be yeah no there was

01:06:12.340 --> 01:06:15.139
a cookie when we were down one nothing there

01:06:15.139 --> 01:06:17.360
was a point in that match where we were under

01:06:17.360 --> 01:06:20.750
the line no shit yeah they showed it live on

01:06:20.750 --> 01:06:22.469
the big screen because when they showed us back

01:06:22.469 --> 01:06:24.690
in first place after we scored that mozovsky

01:06:24.690 --> 01:06:27.469
goal the entire crowd went nuts so people people

01:06:27.469 --> 01:06:30.849
were playing paying attention to that uh for

01:06:30.849 --> 01:06:32.730
that game i was not certainly not watching live

01:06:32.730 --> 01:06:36.309
that was hours later and so i had no context

01:06:36.309 --> 01:06:38.389
other than the commentary which was like the

01:06:38.389 --> 01:06:42.869
sounders are fine they could score zero goals

01:06:42.869 --> 01:06:47.289
and yeah so yeah well i'm glad Well, to answer

01:06:47.289 --> 01:06:54.849
your question earlier, assists. Nico had 58 MLS

01:06:54.849 --> 01:07:00.369
assists, seven playoff assists, and five CONCACAF

01:07:00.369 --> 01:07:03.670
Champions Cups assists, and one League Cup assist,

01:07:03.789 --> 01:07:06.670
which I don't know if that was with us. I can't

01:07:06.670 --> 01:07:08.309
remember. Yeah, he played in one for us, I believe,

01:07:08.369 --> 01:07:14.199
and one Open Cup assist. So 70, 65 -ish. Albert

01:07:14.199 --> 01:07:19.340
has had 24 assists, so slightly lower rate there

01:07:19.340 --> 01:07:29.280
for us. And 34 and 24. 34 goals, 24 assists.

01:07:29.360 --> 01:07:32.280
Okay. So yeah, I mean, he's at a slightly lesser

01:07:32.280 --> 01:07:33.860
rate, but he also was playing in a different

01:07:33.860 --> 01:07:36.239
position for the first year and a half that he

01:07:36.239 --> 01:07:39.260
was on our team. But I think stats -wise, they're

01:07:39.260 --> 01:07:41.159
a pretty comparable player. Not play -wise, stats

01:07:41.159 --> 01:07:45.480
-wise. Mm -hmm. But Sounders get through in a

01:07:45.480 --> 01:07:49.559
wild Tijuana match that felt worrisome, but good

01:07:49.559 --> 01:07:53.440
to come back from behind and to have Musavsky

01:07:53.440 --> 01:07:55.400
score that goal, I think felt good for him because

01:07:55.400 --> 01:07:57.659
he's been struggling a little bit. Not every

01:07:57.659 --> 01:08:00.260
game, but I mean, Osadze got the start over him.

01:08:01.159 --> 01:08:03.500
Yeah. Because Osadze has been showing up and

01:08:03.500 --> 01:08:07.079
scored again on a beautiful assist from Ryan.

01:08:07.099 --> 01:08:10.079
Dude, can we talk about him for like a minute?

01:08:10.549 --> 01:08:13.389
Yeah. We also, we got to talk about, we got to

01:08:13.389 --> 01:08:16.909
talk about injuries as well, but do we have to,

01:08:16.949 --> 01:08:18.890
I mean, we can talk about those for when did

01:08:18.890 --> 01:08:22.510
the Sounders come in? I can't both injured their

01:08:22.510 --> 01:08:25.430
hamstrings and are getting MRIs. So we'll know

01:08:25.430 --> 01:08:28.029
more on Friday after training. So tomorrow we're

01:08:28.029 --> 01:08:30.409
recording Thursday night. So we may be down both

01:08:30.409 --> 01:08:33.649
are attacking center, attacking mid and are sometimes

01:08:33.649 --> 01:08:36.649
starting left mid. I guess a team that's had

01:08:36.649 --> 01:08:40.970
a really good leagues cup. Yeah. And still especially

01:08:40.970 --> 01:08:44.770
dominant. Yeah. I'm sure they want to at least

01:08:44.770 --> 01:08:47.909
make a strong attempt to get back into the playoff

01:08:47.909 --> 01:08:51.529
conversation this weekend, but all right. Well,

01:08:51.630 --> 01:08:54.869
how about listeners? Why don't you tell us how

01:08:54.869 --> 01:08:59.449
hamstrings are doing? I mean, LA galaxy has 11

01:08:59.449 --> 01:09:02.869
games left and if they won all of those and every

01:09:02.869 --> 01:09:04.630
other, and Sandy, every team in front of them

01:09:04.630 --> 01:09:08.760
lost, they would be in first place. So. They,

01:09:08.760 --> 01:09:11.359
they have, uh, I don't think that'd be the case

01:09:11.359 --> 01:09:14.460
with any team. Uh, yeah, but I mean, they have,

01:09:14.460 --> 01:09:16.699
they have 16 points on the season. They have

01:09:16.699 --> 01:09:20.380
three wins. So that's pretty bad. If they won

01:09:20.380 --> 01:09:25.239
out, I mean, they, they would need a lot of help

01:09:25.239 --> 01:09:27.340
to make the playoffs at this point because they're,

01:09:27.340 --> 01:09:31.000
they're 14 points behind, uh, Colorado. Major

01:09:31.000 --> 01:09:35.279
league soccer, soccer .com is a weird league.

01:09:35.920 --> 01:09:39.680
Yeah. It can happen. It can. It can. You have

01:09:39.680 --> 01:09:42.539
some of those teams near 7th, 8th, 9th start

01:09:42.539 --> 01:09:45.180
losing matches, especially Colorado after selling

01:09:45.180 --> 01:09:47.920
Malevich. Remember he say his name? Never can

01:09:47.920 --> 01:09:52.119
say it right. Yeah, that changes. Yeah, Colorado's

01:09:52.119 --> 01:09:57.600
got eight wins. Galaxy has three. Yep. From 9th

01:09:57.600 --> 01:10:00.539
to bottom. Right, so anything can happen. But

01:10:00.539 --> 01:10:02.739
Ryan Kent, we saw some good stuff from him that

01:10:02.739 --> 01:10:04.859
I think we've been waiting for. You know, he

01:10:04.859 --> 01:10:07.340
came out, I think, initially hot and then seemed

01:10:07.340 --> 01:10:13.739
to struggle a bit. I think my, have no, it's

01:10:13.739 --> 01:10:16.979
my Wikipedia degree in psychology. He came out

01:10:16.979 --> 01:10:22.100
hot because kind of like maybe a talented rookie

01:10:22.100 --> 01:10:25.520
in baseball, right? Oh, he got some hits. He

01:10:25.520 --> 01:10:27.220
got a home run even in your first couple games.

01:10:28.760 --> 01:10:31.720
But then they figure you out. I think he came

01:10:31.720 --> 01:10:33.220
in hot because he knew he's talented, right?

01:10:33.260 --> 01:10:36.479
He's championship, borderline Premier League

01:10:36.479 --> 01:10:41.140
level talent, right? And then he had results

01:10:41.140 --> 01:10:43.579
right away. He's like, look, see, I got you.

01:10:43.659 --> 01:10:48.579
I can run by, I can duke anybody, right? And

01:10:48.579 --> 01:10:50.560
then I think they just figured him out and shut

01:10:50.560 --> 01:10:52.859
him down. And he was also shooting himself in

01:10:52.859 --> 01:10:56.699
the foot, kind of quite literally, multiple times,

01:10:56.760 --> 01:10:58.710
just trying to over -dribble. Yeah, I mean, you

01:10:58.710 --> 01:11:00.430
saw a lot of one -on -ones where he was losing,

01:11:00.489 --> 01:11:02.270
which I think is also why Georgie fell out a

01:11:02.270 --> 01:11:03.949
little bit of favor down the stretch. Yeah, I

01:11:03.949 --> 01:11:06.430
think it's overconfidence. I think it's overconfidence.

01:11:06.449 --> 01:11:10.430
It's overfeed and then you'll make him overconfident.

01:11:11.210 --> 01:11:14.170
And I do think he has the skill set to be as

01:11:14.170 --> 01:11:18.229
good as he's trying to be. I think these three

01:11:18.229 --> 01:11:22.210
matches is when he's realized how to be cohesive

01:11:22.210 --> 01:11:26.289
with the rest of the team. And you saw him take

01:11:26.289 --> 01:11:29.060
a ton of fouls. You saw him dive at the right

01:11:29.060 --> 01:11:31.439
time when he would get hit, and he probably didn't

01:11:31.439 --> 01:11:33.699
need to go down, but would. I mean, he knows

01:11:33.699 --> 01:11:36.180
how to draw fouls, and it was huge. And that's

01:11:36.180 --> 01:11:37.880
something we see Georgie do, too, when he was

01:11:37.880 --> 01:11:41.159
on the right before. And I think that's particularly

01:11:41.159 --> 01:11:44.420
against Liga Emeki's teams. I think there's a

01:11:44.420 --> 01:11:47.520
little bit taste of your own medicine kind of

01:11:47.520 --> 01:11:50.939
thing. You're going to come and try to pull one

01:11:50.939 --> 01:11:53.800
over on the ref on us, and it's like, no, we're

01:11:53.800 --> 01:11:55.739
going to play your own game, too, and just outplay

01:11:55.739 --> 01:11:57.920
you. And I think that just, that's why every

01:11:57.920 --> 01:11:59.619
single team we played was just like, what the

01:11:59.619 --> 01:12:03.939
fuck is going on? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I think

01:12:03.939 --> 01:12:07.699
I, I, I also wonder how much is the fact that

01:12:07.699 --> 01:12:10.039
he didn't get minutes that is affecting him to

01:12:10.039 --> 01:12:13.880
coming in where I don't know if it was him expecting

01:12:13.880 --> 01:12:19.180
to get minutes and then not, but I, I do wonder

01:12:19.180 --> 01:12:22.279
sometimes about how minutes are given to players

01:12:22.279 --> 01:12:25.979
on our club. And how much, cause we're not seeing

01:12:25.979 --> 01:12:28.319
practice all the time. Right. And so how much

01:12:28.319 --> 01:12:31.180
is reliant on practice versus you'll see someone

01:12:31.180 --> 01:12:33.659
out there and they'll play great. And then suddenly

01:12:33.659 --> 01:12:35.260
they're not getting minutes anymore. And then

01:12:35.260 --> 01:12:36.680
when they get back out there, they're not playing

01:12:36.680 --> 01:12:40.800
as well because they aren't getting the minutes

01:12:40.800 --> 01:12:43.939
that they've been getting. And so I don't know

01:12:43.939 --> 01:12:47.260
if that's something about our team, but it seems

01:12:47.260 --> 01:12:49.119
like it's a nice close locker room. So that's,

01:12:49.119 --> 01:12:53.560
that's good. So what would you think is your,

01:12:54.470 --> 01:12:56.909
For wingers, right? Who are our wingers? We have

01:12:56.909 --> 01:13:05.029
Ferreira, Pedro de la Vega, Ryan Kent. Not Rothrock.

01:13:05.390 --> 01:13:11.069
Right now, I'm putting Kent on the right and

01:13:11.069 --> 01:13:14.409
Pedro on the left as my starters. With Rothrock.

01:13:14.989 --> 01:13:18.470
Has he played on the right? Yeah. He largely

01:13:18.470 --> 01:13:23.420
plays on the left now. I don't think... ever

01:13:23.420 --> 01:13:25.359
seen him on the right yeah he played on the right

01:13:25.359 --> 01:13:27.979
i fall asleep a lot he moves into the middle

01:13:27.979 --> 01:13:29.600
of the field a lot too when he's on the field

01:13:29.600 --> 01:13:31.939
but he's been on the left exclusively down the

01:13:31.939 --> 01:13:35.779
stretch here i just don't we have three and and

01:13:35.779 --> 01:13:37.739
we've seen rothrock do it too we have three left

01:13:37.739 --> 01:13:40.260
midfielders that could start for our team and

01:13:40.260 --> 01:13:42.380
only one of them can hit the shot that pedro

01:13:42.380 --> 01:13:45.119
de la vega hit so he gets the left wing and to

01:13:45.119 --> 01:13:47.220
me that's i mean you can play pedro at center

01:13:47.220 --> 01:13:49.699
attacking mid or right mid and he will be successful

01:13:50.409 --> 01:13:51.949
But if you put him on the left, he's going to

01:13:51.949 --> 01:13:54.170
be dominant. And that's why I think you have

01:13:54.170 --> 01:13:56.250
to put him there. It's not like there's a small

01:13:56.250 --> 01:14:00.109
drop off. So you think, I'm sorry, go ahead.

01:14:00.529 --> 01:14:04.710
I mean, yeah. To me, the man that needs to be

01:14:04.710 --> 01:14:07.289
left out right now is Jesus. He's getting a lot

01:14:07.289 --> 01:14:09.590
more minutes. I mean, he must be incredible in

01:14:09.590 --> 01:14:12.270
practice. And he must do things that we don't

01:14:12.270 --> 01:14:14.770
see as casual fans. I mean, we're not casual,

01:14:14.869 --> 01:14:17.050
but you know what I mean? Like as non -soccer.

01:14:17.470 --> 01:14:19.729
like, statistic people. Because, I mean, he's

01:14:19.729 --> 01:14:23.189
good, but I don't see him as better than Pedro

01:14:23.189 --> 01:14:27.630
or Rothrock. So perhaps he provides a leadership

01:14:27.630 --> 01:14:32.729
that we need on the field. You know, if he could

01:14:32.729 --> 01:14:34.369
figure it out at center attacking mid, I could

01:14:34.369 --> 01:14:35.970
see him being there more, especially if this

01:14:35.970 --> 01:14:43.029
Rusnak injury is there. We don't know how bad

01:14:43.029 --> 01:14:47.960
the hamstring is, but... Yeah, so... Throwing

01:14:47.960 --> 01:14:50.340
that out the window. To me, Jesus is the one

01:14:50.340 --> 01:14:53.380
that you... Odd man out. Odd man out. I mean,

01:14:53.399 --> 01:14:56.239
I think you got to start Pedro and Rothrock in

01:14:56.239 --> 01:15:00.100
these matches every game. Well, I think Rothrock's

01:15:00.100 --> 01:15:04.840
blue collar is what Brian starts him for. I think

01:15:04.840 --> 01:15:08.659
Kent was brought in for a specific reason and

01:15:08.659 --> 01:15:12.199
to not play him or give him the opportunities.

01:15:13.670 --> 01:15:16.369
And why I think he was so heavily involved early,

01:15:16.489 --> 01:15:18.649
especially produced for a couple of matches,

01:15:18.770 --> 01:15:22.210
but then was still on the pitch for a number

01:15:22.210 --> 01:15:24.109
of minutes when it's clearly kind of fucking

01:15:24.109 --> 01:15:27.449
shit up. They also said he was hired. So I wonder

01:15:27.449 --> 01:15:28.789
how much, cause he hadn't been playing. Right.

01:15:28.909 --> 01:15:32.970
So it's like he's played. Maybe, maybe he just

01:15:32.970 --> 01:15:34.430
moves over to the other side. It looks like he's

01:15:34.430 --> 01:15:37.789
played largely left midfield for us. So. Well,

01:15:37.850 --> 01:15:39.989
that's why I can't even remember on the right,

01:15:40.050 --> 01:15:41.949
but, but he's just on the other hand, I think

01:15:41.949 --> 01:15:44.189
his. I think we were playing Pedro on the right

01:15:44.189 --> 01:15:46.250
and we were playing him and Kent on the left

01:15:46.250 --> 01:15:49.710
is what we were doing. Yes. Yes, we were. Because

01:15:49.710 --> 01:15:51.590
once Pedro, I think, got on the left, which has

01:15:51.590 --> 01:15:54.029
been when Ryan Kent's not playing in this tournament,

01:15:54.170 --> 01:15:59.890
he's been fucking awesome. Yeah. But Jesus, I

01:15:59.890 --> 01:16:05.170
think... He has 15 appearances, 1 .73 points

01:16:05.170 --> 01:16:10.529
per game. It says he has three assists, Ryan

01:16:10.529 --> 01:16:15.539
Kent. I think two of them when he had his first

01:16:15.539 --> 01:16:18.220
couple matches. Yeah, two assists against St.

01:16:18.380 --> 01:16:21.300
Louis and one against Houston. So in his third

01:16:21.300 --> 01:16:23.779
and fourth match. But yeah, he's been on the

01:16:23.779 --> 01:16:30.020
left every time. So let me say one thing. I think

01:16:30.020 --> 01:16:32.739
Jesus is getting the minutes because I think

01:16:32.739 --> 01:16:37.939
he is actually probably the best for the midfield

01:16:37.939 --> 01:16:42.699
support. actual passing and technical ability

01:16:42.699 --> 01:16:46.140
with the ball at its feet. He's been frustrating

01:16:46.140 --> 01:16:50.399
at finishing. Yeah. Yeah. I haven't seen him

01:16:50.399 --> 01:16:53.720
turn the ball over and I haven't been frustrated

01:16:53.720 --> 01:16:56.199
with him turning the ball over. No, I don't think

01:16:56.199 --> 01:16:58.600
so. And when he's playing with the midfield,

01:16:58.720 --> 01:17:01.600
we were just watching that for these three matches

01:17:01.600 --> 01:17:06.020
when he's been in. Every player was playing phenomenally

01:17:06.020 --> 01:17:10.180
well. I mean, or passing. accuracy and, and we

01:17:10.180 --> 01:17:12.460
just owned every felt like every minute, but

01:17:12.460 --> 01:17:15.840
I think he, I think that's probably why he's

01:17:15.840 --> 01:17:21.000
getting his minutes. That's gotta be. Yeah. Trying

01:17:21.000 --> 01:17:23.100
to be, I'm trying to be devil's advocate. I mean,

01:17:23.100 --> 01:17:26.979
he odd man out. He is obviously doing something

01:17:26.979 --> 01:17:30.479
out there that, that the team feels like he should

01:17:30.479 --> 01:17:36.250
be out there. But. Looking at MLS play, I'm just

01:17:36.250 --> 01:17:38.449
trying to pull it up here. I pulled up playoffs

01:17:38.449 --> 01:17:43.050
on accident. Playoffs? One goal and one assist.

01:17:43.430 --> 01:17:48.029
But this year for MLS, he's got 22 appearances,

01:17:48.170 --> 01:17:51.109
three goals, and four assists. That is production.

01:17:51.289 --> 01:17:53.270
It's not the production we expected from him.

01:17:54.970 --> 01:17:59.409
Doesn't he have 50 goals in MLS? Oh, yeah, more

01:17:59.409 --> 01:18:04.640
than that. He had 55 in Dallas. More than that.

01:18:04.859 --> 01:18:07.920
Yeah. It seemed like he had 70. Well, he also

01:18:07.920 --> 01:18:10.720
had 33 assists. So he's got 59 goals and 40 assists

01:18:10.720 --> 01:18:15.579
in the two clubs. But he's played right winger

01:18:15.579 --> 01:18:18.100
in eight matches, center forward in seven, second

01:18:18.100 --> 01:18:21.220
striker in two, left winger in one, and attacking

01:18:21.220 --> 01:18:24.720
in one. That doesn't help your consistency either.

01:18:24.979 --> 01:18:27.380
Yeah, right. But at right winger, he has two

01:18:27.380 --> 01:18:29.100
goals and assists. At center forward, he has

01:18:29.100 --> 01:18:31.180
one goal. At left winger, he has one assist.

01:18:31.279 --> 01:18:32.819
And at attacking midfield, he has two assists.

01:18:33.539 --> 01:18:37.140
So we're seeing him all over the place. And I

01:18:37.140 --> 01:18:39.640
don't even know, what is SS? Second striker.

01:18:39.739 --> 01:18:44.100
Okay. I was like, you're saying like right winger

01:18:44.100 --> 01:18:49.460
and SS. It's getting weird. I mean, but we've

01:18:49.460 --> 01:18:52.699
seen him be on the right wing since my birthday,

01:18:52.739 --> 01:18:54.399
essentially, since the day after, June 28th.

01:18:54.420 --> 01:18:56.399
He's been on the right wing every match. So it

01:18:56.399 --> 01:18:57.979
seems like that's kind of where they settled

01:18:57.979 --> 01:19:02.079
with him. I think maybe with the Osase being

01:19:02.079 --> 01:19:04.539
able to come on as a sub, they're not having

01:19:04.539 --> 01:19:08.020
to play him at forward. And Danny finished struggling.

01:19:08.020 --> 01:19:09.619
He had that struggle where he had 11 games without

01:19:09.619 --> 01:19:11.619
a goal, but he's come back and started scoring

01:19:11.619 --> 01:19:14.720
again. Well, he struggled, then had like five

01:19:14.720 --> 01:19:17.159
in a row. Yeah, yeah. And then struggled again.

01:19:17.779 --> 01:19:20.560
And then he had 11 or 12 without a goal. How

01:19:20.560 --> 01:19:23.279
many players do we have on this team that did

01:19:23.279 --> 01:19:25.409
really good for a couple matches? Sucked for

01:19:25.409 --> 01:19:28.350
most of them. Did really good again. Yeah. I

01:19:28.350 --> 01:19:29.689
mean, I think that's... Ryan Kent's doing that.

01:19:29.770 --> 01:19:32.289
Hayes is doing that. It's the nature of playing,

01:19:32.390 --> 01:19:34.850
right? You're not going to consistently... It's

01:19:34.850 --> 01:19:37.090
not everyone's Rui Diaz who's just going to be

01:19:37.090 --> 01:19:40.689
good every game. Christian is the only one. Christian

01:19:40.689 --> 01:19:42.989
had a couple bad games this year, but otherwise

01:19:42.989 --> 01:19:44.949
has been pretty solid. Christian's had a couple

01:19:44.949 --> 01:19:49.050
bad games ever. Yeah. I mean... Honestly. He's

01:19:49.050 --> 01:19:51.670
always pretty solid. So we can... I mean, that's

01:19:51.670 --> 01:19:53.590
what I was thinking about. Like, who is the...

01:19:55.540 --> 01:19:58.800
best player on the field against Tijuana is Christian.

01:19:59.800 --> 01:20:02.260
Not in that game, but just overall. That's the

01:20:02.260 --> 01:20:04.680
player you have to have out there every game.

01:20:05.159 --> 01:20:07.699
I'm so glad he's back in the middle. And on the

01:20:07.699 --> 01:20:11.920
right. That's where he belongs. Especially with

01:20:11.920 --> 01:20:13.800
this club. Not just as a player, but with this

01:20:13.800 --> 01:20:20.920
club. His leadership. I mean, yeah. Anyway, Rosario,

01:20:21.119 --> 01:20:26.000
I was... pleasantly surprised by both his speed

01:20:26.000 --> 01:20:28.420
and his technical ability i thought he was just

01:20:28.420 --> 01:20:32.039
like a physical young like wow he's young and

01:20:32.039 --> 01:20:37.439
he looks like he's an adonis like you know he

01:20:37.439 --> 01:20:41.000
does not look his age how old is he 21 yeah he

01:20:41.000 --> 01:20:45.100
had 20 he was born in 2001 so he's 24. okay wow

01:20:45.100 --> 01:20:47.880
he's 24. okay now he looks like an adult male

01:20:47.880 --> 01:20:50.039
then i mean he was playing he was playing in

01:20:50.039 --> 01:20:56.390
uh we got him from uh York United FC in the Canadian

01:20:56.390 --> 01:21:01.069
Premier League. It's interesting. He has five

01:21:01.069 --> 01:21:05.310
goals and seven appearances for Guyana. Even

01:21:05.310 --> 01:21:11.789
though he was born in San Jose. His dad is Canadian,

01:21:12.069 --> 01:21:17.810
of course. He's got eight appearances for the

01:21:17.810 --> 01:21:20.949
Sounders, two goals. He had 23 for Tacoma Defiance,

01:21:21.149 --> 01:21:24.500
10 goals. I guess he has nine appearances because

01:21:24.500 --> 01:21:26.260
he did have one where he got loaned up before

01:21:26.260 --> 01:21:30.039
he got signed. And he also had 14 goals in 27

01:21:30.039 --> 01:21:32.640
appearances when he was actually on the defiance.

01:21:32.659 --> 01:21:36.159
So he's got 24 goals in 50 appearances. Did you

01:21:36.159 --> 01:21:41.140
see the replay of his almost assist? I don't

01:21:41.140 --> 01:21:43.300
think so. Against Tijuana? Oh, you mean when

01:21:43.300 --> 01:21:46.859
he healed it back? Yeah. I thought that was an

01:21:46.859 --> 01:21:48.819
accident until I watched it the third or fourth

01:21:48.819 --> 01:21:51.420
time. No, he put power behind that. That's not

01:21:51.420 --> 01:21:55.060
trying to just turn, right? No, that was great.

01:21:55.760 --> 01:22:01.180
I am so bummed for him. I'm like, what a start

01:22:01.180 --> 01:22:03.819
to your career. Yeah. Well, with the Sounders.

01:22:05.600 --> 01:22:09.320
Because that would have been the most... impressive

01:22:09.320 --> 01:22:11.560
sequence I've ever seen from someone that I would

01:22:11.560 --> 01:22:14.300
never expect to do anything. Yeah. That sounds

01:22:14.300 --> 01:22:15.640
terrible. You know what I mean? But you know

01:22:15.640 --> 01:22:17.260
what I mean? Like he's not our starting forward

01:22:17.260 --> 01:22:19.539
and he's not, and he's not fancy like that. Right.

01:22:19.619 --> 01:22:22.380
Like you're not expecting these last couple of

01:22:22.380 --> 01:22:24.739
matches. I've been like, Whoa, dude, Schmetzer

01:22:24.739 --> 01:22:25.899
called it a coming out part. You know, it was

01:22:25.899 --> 01:22:28.140
interesting. I'm curious. I'd love to see in

01:22:28.140 --> 01:22:29.760
our discord, what our listeners think. Cause

01:22:29.760 --> 01:22:32.600
I know one of our ultras, Alex Diaz was pretty

01:22:32.600 --> 01:22:35.720
critical of him in the first half. But I also

01:22:35.720 --> 01:22:38.340
think when you're watching on TV, Uh, perhaps

01:22:38.340 --> 01:22:41.739
you don't see, uh, his movement and some of the

01:22:41.739 --> 01:22:44.039
other stuff he's doing. So I'd love to know what

01:22:44.039 --> 01:22:45.840
anyone who was at the match thought about it,

01:22:45.880 --> 01:22:49.100
uh, and what, what he was doing because, um,

01:22:49.319 --> 01:22:55.020
I mean, he, he wasn't scoring yet, but, um, we

01:22:55.020 --> 01:22:57.579
were still goal dangerous. It felt like there

01:22:57.579 --> 01:23:00.920
was, there's, there's the defense was reacting

01:23:00.920 --> 01:23:03.619
to something that was in the, the offensive third

01:23:03.619 --> 01:23:06.479
and the center center of the field, like a forward.

01:23:08.540 --> 01:23:12.680
It felt like there was attention being paid to

01:23:12.680 --> 01:23:15.460
a single player on our team that was occupying

01:23:15.460 --> 01:23:19.000
the center forward spot. It felt like the wings

01:23:19.000 --> 01:23:22.579
got freer because he got the ball and he was

01:23:22.579 --> 01:23:24.500
able to control it. He got the ball. He was able

01:23:24.500 --> 01:23:26.739
to go by people. He was able to make runs where

01:23:26.739 --> 01:23:29.380
it broke through a line and the pass was there.

01:23:29.800 --> 01:23:32.619
It was like, you look like a center forward.

01:23:33.159 --> 01:23:35.600
That is just all. You look like Jordan Moore

01:23:35.600 --> 01:23:40.659
six years ago. Yeah. Wow. Osaze had a hat trick

01:23:40.659 --> 01:23:44.100
against Barbados last November in the CONCACAF

01:23:44.100 --> 01:23:47.779
Nations League play -in match. That's pretty

01:23:47.779 --> 01:23:54.380
cool. Pretty, pretty cool. Yeah, we'll see what

01:23:54.380 --> 01:23:56.520
happens. I mean, I don't think he's won the starting

01:23:56.520 --> 01:23:58.819
job by any means, but if he continues to develop

01:23:58.819 --> 01:24:01.939
at the current rate, I mean, he could be a better

01:24:01.939 --> 01:24:06.659
than serviceable forward in the MLS. For sure.

01:24:07.140 --> 01:24:11.300
For sure. I'm just happy we have now some solid

01:24:11.300 --> 01:24:14.439
competition up there on our roster, right? Jordan

01:24:14.439 --> 01:24:17.420
Morris is healthy. Mazofsky has shown that he

01:24:17.420 --> 01:24:20.000
can score consistently. It's just, when are you

01:24:20.000 --> 01:24:23.779
going to do it? And now we got this younger side.

01:24:23.920 --> 01:24:26.020
I didn't know he was 24. It kind of changes a

01:24:26.020 --> 01:24:28.319
little bit about what I thought about his, at

01:24:28.319 --> 01:24:30.000
least, physique. But, yeah, he's a grown -ass

01:24:30.000 --> 01:24:34.300
man. But he played well in these last few matches.

01:24:36.109 --> 01:24:39.130
The whole effing team has as well. So I'm pretty

01:24:39.130 --> 01:24:42.869
excited moving forward. What do you think about

01:24:42.869 --> 01:24:46.470
LA? Going to be rough. You know, they're on fire,

01:24:46.489 --> 01:24:49.869
especially after they went today. Especially

01:24:49.869 --> 01:24:53.149
because there's three weeks until we, or two

01:24:53.149 --> 01:24:56.609
weeks until we play that in the quarterfinals

01:24:56.609 --> 01:24:59.289
of the league's cup. So there's no reason to

01:24:59.289 --> 01:25:04.479
sit anybody. I don't know enough about. their

01:25:04.479 --> 01:25:06.579
matches and know how much rotation they were

01:25:06.579 --> 01:25:09.859
doing. I do know we saw Gabriel Peck out there

01:25:09.859 --> 01:25:15.760
some, and we saw pencil just dominating. So it's,

01:25:15.760 --> 01:25:17.500
it's always going to be, it's, you know, they're

01:25:17.500 --> 01:25:21.960
a tough team. Should we beat them? Yes. But that's,

01:25:21.960 --> 01:25:24.039
they're not the same team they were earlier this

01:25:24.039 --> 01:25:27.060
season. Well, they also just played tonight.

01:25:27.779 --> 01:25:31.890
Yeah. Right, and it's Thursday. So Friday, so

01:25:31.890 --> 01:25:35.430
three days. So yeah, we may see some... I think

01:25:35.430 --> 01:25:37.630
a day makes a difference when it's within a week.

01:25:38.149 --> 01:25:42.869
Yeah, yeah, totally. So we may see some rotation

01:25:42.869 --> 01:25:47.770
from them then, which could be good for us, for

01:25:47.770 --> 01:25:52.189
sure. They might be confident that they could

01:25:52.189 --> 01:25:56.229
go forward in this tournament and be like, we're

01:25:56.229 --> 01:26:01.619
at the bottom in MLS. What if we just take this

01:26:01.619 --> 01:26:05.880
opportunity by the horns? I mean, it's a chance

01:26:05.880 --> 01:26:07.720
for them to get into Champions League, right?

01:26:07.859 --> 01:26:11.939
Exactly. So they started. They're not going to

01:26:11.939 --> 01:26:15.739
get a supporter shield. Paintsill started. Marco

01:26:15.739 --> 01:26:19.039
Roy started. Gabriel Peck started. Fagundes started.

01:26:20.359 --> 01:26:24.760
So they had a good squad out there. Let's see.

01:26:25.529 --> 01:26:28.850
real quick about their other matches in this

01:26:28.850 --> 01:26:31.909
tournament. Who else did they play against? They

01:26:31.909 --> 01:26:34.489
tied, no, that's Champions League. Let's get

01:26:34.489 --> 01:26:40.630
back down here to the right matches. I think

01:26:40.630 --> 01:26:44.390
that it's been surprising to me this whole time

01:26:44.390 --> 01:26:47.109
that they have been, they've been struggling

01:26:47.109 --> 01:26:49.409
a little bit. So they played, interesting, five

01:26:49.409 --> 01:26:53.119
at the back against Cruz Azul. with Gabriel Peck

01:26:53.119 --> 01:26:55.880
playing a right -back position with Fagundes

01:26:55.880 --> 01:26:57.420
in front of him, which is very interesting, and

01:26:57.420 --> 01:27:01.659
Marco Reus up top. So they played a little bit

01:27:01.659 --> 01:27:03.020
different there, and they had a little bit of

01:27:03.020 --> 01:27:04.640
a different lineup, and they came out 1 -1 and

01:27:04.640 --> 01:27:07.119
lost on penalties. And then, of course, they

01:27:07.119 --> 01:27:13.000
had that first match in League's Cup against...

01:27:13.000 --> 01:27:15.529
That's last year's League's Cup. This is weird.

01:27:15.710 --> 01:27:18.869
Google's being weird. Where they beat Tijuana

01:27:18.869 --> 01:27:21.829
5 -2, which is why I expected us to do well.

01:27:21.930 --> 01:27:24.409
Because in that match, Gabriel Peck scored, Paintsill

01:27:24.409 --> 01:27:26.369
had two goals. They were both pretty great. Marco

01:27:26.369 --> 01:27:29.850
Reus scored, and Nascimento had a penalty. So,

01:27:29.869 --> 01:27:34.390
again, they had Reus playing on the right in

01:27:34.390 --> 01:27:36.270
that time with Fugindes on the left, Nascimento

01:27:36.270 --> 01:27:38.510
starting up top, and then Peck and Paintsill

01:27:38.510 --> 01:27:40.649
on the wing. So they're a dangerous team moving

01:27:40.649 --> 01:27:43.479
forward. I don't think we can take anything for

01:27:43.479 --> 01:27:48.420
granted that they're doing. We didn't beat, you

01:27:48.420 --> 01:27:51.399
know, we barely beat Tijuana. We barely beat

01:27:51.399 --> 01:27:53.500
Santos Laguna. They dominated all those teams.

01:27:53.520 --> 01:27:56.800
I mean, 26 shots. Still. You literally said we

01:27:56.800 --> 01:27:59.579
had every stat. Yeah, right, right. But score

01:27:59.579 --> 01:28:04.619
-wise, we barely beat them. You know soccer.

01:28:04.760 --> 01:28:06.939
It's not always just the score. Right. But L

01:28:06.939 --> 01:28:10.159
.A., I mean, L .A. dominated them as well. I

01:28:10.159 --> 01:28:12.600
mean. They gave up. They, I think, and I think

01:28:12.600 --> 01:28:14.920
they gave up that game. Two matches away from

01:28:14.920 --> 01:28:19.140
seven, nothing against Cruz Azul. I know. I just,

01:28:19.140 --> 01:28:21.279
I want to see us score more goals against other

01:28:21.279 --> 01:28:23.899
teams. That's why, and I'm worried about LA.

01:28:24.000 --> 01:28:26.399
They have, they have a more potent offense than

01:28:26.399 --> 01:28:29.260
we do in terms of player quality right now with

01:28:29.260 --> 01:28:32.079
our injuries. All right. Then what's your prediction?

01:28:33.560 --> 01:28:37.460
Two to one LA. It's going to be two to one, two

01:28:37.460 --> 01:28:40.079
to one, two to one. Yeah. For our last three

01:28:40.079 --> 01:28:47.680
matches? Yeah. What's our next match after that?

01:28:47.800 --> 01:28:50.720
Do we have a week off? I don't know. I'm trying

01:28:50.720 --> 01:28:52.939
to look. Let's see who goes first. That might

01:28:52.939 --> 01:28:57.699
change my prediction. Minnesota on the 16th.

01:28:57.720 --> 01:29:00.619
So that's six days. So that's basically a week.

01:29:00.659 --> 01:29:03.239
But a day matters within a week. And Minnesota

01:29:03.239 --> 01:29:05.319
is the team just ahead of us in the standings.

01:29:05.319 --> 01:29:08.750
If we can win both these matches. we would be

01:29:08.750 --> 01:29:16.729
tied with Minnesota for third place. Well, that'll

01:29:16.729 --> 01:29:18.149
be interesting because that match will be three

01:29:18.149 --> 01:29:21.090
days likely before we play in the League's Cup.

01:29:21.390 --> 01:29:25.369
But for LA Galaxy, I think that both they and

01:29:25.369 --> 01:29:28.689
us as players are going to come swinging in.

01:29:29.659 --> 01:29:31.899
because we're riding high in confidence. I think

01:29:31.899 --> 01:29:33.920
our depth is going to overwhelm them. I think

01:29:33.920 --> 01:29:35.180
there's going to be a little bit of rotation.

01:29:35.359 --> 01:29:37.300
I think it'll be a shutout. I think it'll be

01:29:37.300 --> 01:29:46.899
tune up. That'd be cool. I'd love it. I'm singing

01:29:46.899 --> 01:29:52.899
this song. That's true. So I think we should

01:29:52.899 --> 01:29:56.100
get some thanks. Yeah. Yeah. Who do you want

01:29:56.100 --> 01:30:03.500
to thank? I'd like to thank Danny Mazovsky for

01:30:03.500 --> 01:30:06.640
scoring a late goal so that we advanced. I was

01:30:06.640 --> 01:30:08.680
going more towards like our listeners for listening

01:30:08.680 --> 01:30:14.319
and they should subscribe. No, shout out to Ultras,

01:30:14.340 --> 01:30:18.939
Cedar and Dan and Alex Diaz. You can listen to

01:30:18.939 --> 01:30:21.600
the Ultras episodes. I think we're going to record

01:30:21.600 --> 01:30:24.439
on Sunday with a couple of them. We will see.

01:30:24.500 --> 01:30:26.989
Depends on game time and stuff like that. uh

01:30:26.989 --> 01:30:30.909
availability but uh i've been enjoying uh their

01:30:30.909 --> 01:30:33.789
episodes and um i think it's given us a good

01:30:33.789 --> 01:30:37.829
chance to have episodes come out when uh really

01:30:37.829 --> 01:30:40.149
congested schedule in terms of games and stuff

01:30:40.149 --> 01:30:42.489
where we can't record all the time so it's been

01:30:42.489 --> 01:30:45.270
cool getting to hear their opinions and uh join

01:30:45.270 --> 01:30:47.489
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01:30:49.069 --> 01:30:53.229
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01:30:53.229 --> 01:31:01.449
was talking yeah So, yeah. And please, obviously,

01:31:01.449 --> 01:31:05.689
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01:31:06.189 --> 01:31:09.350
We're at episode 130 already. I know. It's crazy,

01:31:09.409 --> 01:31:13.729
huh? Started in 2022 together. And we're technically,

01:31:13.810 --> 01:31:15.170
I think, further than that because some of the

01:31:15.170 --> 01:31:17.170
Ultras episodes are like specials and not the

01:31:17.170 --> 01:31:20.029
first few are specials and not. That's true.

01:31:20.130 --> 01:31:22.989
So we're probably at like 132. Yeah. But still.

01:31:23.729 --> 01:31:27.979
Yeah. It just seems great. It's a lot. And then

01:31:27.979 --> 01:31:29.920
typically we try, let's record for an hour and

01:31:29.920 --> 01:31:32.680
it's two hours later. So that's like, that's

01:31:32.680 --> 01:31:35.539
like almost two months together. Like consistently,

01:31:35.600 --> 01:31:37.640
if you add all the minutes. I like it. Good.

01:31:37.800 --> 01:31:40.680
Not enough time. Come back. Have you got a job

01:31:40.680 --> 01:31:44.079
in San Diego? Dude, San Diego is pretty awesome.

01:31:44.279 --> 01:31:47.300
I bet. Not going to lie. Not going to lie. Yeah.

01:31:47.760 --> 01:31:51.909
Although I'm having FOMO because. there's nothing

01:31:51.909 --> 01:31:55.130
like the pnw in the summer yeah like true i love

01:31:55.130 --> 01:31:57.909
crispy cold weather i love dark crispy i grew

01:31:57.909 --> 01:32:01.470
up in literally downtown seattle my whole entire

01:32:01.470 --> 01:32:05.569
life but it is not i'm not as affected by the

01:32:05.569 --> 01:32:07.270
heat like i've gotten used to it like before

01:32:07.270 --> 01:32:09.289
if it was like an 85 degree day you're like dead

01:32:09.289 --> 01:32:16.250
right like fuck this like like son now i don't

01:32:16.250 --> 01:32:17.989
even really notice it until i'm like oh my god

01:32:17.989 --> 01:32:22.880
i'm kind of sweaty Anyway, it's been great down

01:32:22.880 --> 01:32:26.039
here, but yeah, I miss just walking to the stadium.

01:32:26.800 --> 01:32:29.260
It actually rained yesterday morning until it

01:32:29.260 --> 01:32:31.760
got sunny, so it was kind of fun to have it be

01:32:31.760 --> 01:32:34.039
nice and cold, and then we got sun for the game.

01:32:34.680 --> 01:32:40.859
I miss rain so badly. Like, you have no fucking

01:32:40.859 --> 01:32:44.619
idea. It hasn't rained since early March, mid

01:32:44.619 --> 01:32:48.039
-March. Jesus. No, I'm sure it has, but I'm used

01:32:48.039 --> 01:32:51.619
to just being wet. They'll get like morning mist

01:32:51.619 --> 01:32:53.720
kind of rain. Yeah. We really haven't had much.

01:32:53.899 --> 01:32:58.600
We had a couple of days in June and maybe a day

01:32:58.600 --> 01:33:01.020
in July, but we had, it was like 30 straight

01:33:01.020 --> 01:33:04.880
days with less than a 0 .1 inches of rain. So

01:33:04.880 --> 01:33:06.800
yeah, we haven't been getting to here either.

01:33:06.859 --> 01:33:08.340
It's been, it's been a pretty beautiful summer.

01:33:09.020 --> 01:33:11.319
So pretty green though. I'm sure. Cause there's,

01:33:11.319 --> 01:33:13.760
of course that's, that's, I think that's what

01:33:13.760 --> 01:33:16.539
visually is fucked with me. It's just not a lot

01:33:16.539 --> 01:33:22.060
of green. Well, well at a time. It is. I'm not

01:33:22.060 --> 01:33:23.560
going to say where to find me because, honestly,

01:33:23.659 --> 01:33:25.319
this is where you're going to find me. Aaron

01:33:25.319 --> 01:33:28.319
is Scuttlebutt. Maybe in the Discord. That's

01:33:28.319 --> 01:33:32.100
true. I poop like everybody else. I should make

01:33:32.100 --> 01:33:33.960
sure I get on the Discord when I'm sitting there

01:33:33.960 --> 01:33:38.060
on my phone. Yeah. It's a good time. It's fun

01:33:38.060 --> 01:33:44.100
to do. It is fun to do. You can get me at LegalMindedPunk

01:33:44.100 --> 01:33:48.479
on all social media and on the Discord. I was

01:33:48.479 --> 01:33:50.800
trying to fit a duty joke in that, too. It's

01:33:50.800 --> 01:33:55.600
your duty. It's your duty to do. God, take it

01:33:55.600 --> 01:33:59.020
away, James. You can follow the Sounders Scuttlebutt

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01:34:37.840 --> 01:34:42.250
MLS team of all time? Seattle Sounders are both

01:34:42.250 --> 01:34:44.550
unequipped and they're incredibly the best MLS

01:34:44.550 --> 01:34:45.630
team of all time.