He's a tough kid. All I gotta say is the public
can't say it's cheating. And welcome to Sounders
Scuttlebutt. I am your co -host for this evening.
If you're listening in the evening, that's when
we are recording is the evening. Cameron Collins
and I am here with Nicholas Biela. Hello, hello.
Yeah, coming from an abandoned soccer match.
Not something you see very often. No, no. That
was a weird, scary moment for the rain game tonight
against Racing Louisville. Yeah, let's talk about
it. Let's talk about it. But first, I think you
deserve a beer. You know, I do. It's a day. Let
me do that. Nice. Nice. How about you? What are
you drinking? Oh, I'm just drinking root beer.
Nothing fancy, and it's already open, and I only
have one can, so no fancy sounds from me today.
I guess I could pretend I'm drinking the whiskey
again. Ooh, that was nice. That was cartoonish.
What are you wearing? What is that jersey? Oh,
it's a team from, I believe it's from Chile,
marking the 50th anniversary of the time they
went to Cuba and played a game. So it's the Cuban
flag, and then it's got a check. Okay, that looks
like something you'd see at a random merch stand
on the streets of... of some small village just
got an email saying 109 washington ohio state
tickets in tonight i'm not paying 109. the huskies
get their ass beat by ohio state you might because
you prefer ohio state no i do not prefer ohio
state ohio state are my my second favorite team
don't get me wrong um i'm i married into huskies
Matter of fact, by the time some people are listening
to this episode, I will have been married 10
years. Wow. My anniversary is coming up this
week. Well, my parents just had their 49 -year
anniversary. Nice. My parents hit 50 this spring.
That's awesome. Very cool. I'm at zero. So if
anyone would like to get married, you know where
to find me. We can make it happen. Start the
clock. Yeah. Start the clock. I mean, I figure
I've got at least – I could make it to – like
if I got married tomorrow, I could probably make
it to 40 anniversaries. Maybe. Yeah, I think
so. We can work on it. So, yeah, rain match.
But let's start there because it's a pretty unique
situation, I think. Yeah, just a really random,
random thing. I mean, unfortunately, like the
rain, we're getting housed pretty good in the
first half. Racing Louisville were 10 shots to
Seattle's three. But right around stoppage time
of the first half, the Racing Louisville center
mid, Savannah DeMello, goes down. And no one
saw contact. No one saw injury from us around
us in the stands. And one of my friends who...
uh, normally goes to the games, but we're, we're
watching from TV. Like we didn't see anything
happen. Um, seizure seizure. Is that, is that
where, where it came out? Cause I know she, I
do know that she, um, had something similar happen,
uh, previously and that she has Graves disease.
Last time this happened, it found out. Um, but
yeah, it just seems like, something went really
really wrong the ambulance is there she was down
on the field for probably about 15 minutes jeez
you know 15 minutes before they they carted her
away so and she's she's up and doing well so
that's good looks like everything worked out
but i think it probably was the right thing to
stop the match is bethany bolster playing for
them She was not playing today. I don't remember
seeing her in the lineup. It looks like she was
in town, though, because I'm now seeing a picture
of her with Sofia Huerta. So she's still on the
team. I remember when they traded her to there.
She was like, I don't know. What am I going to
do in Louisville? That's crazy. Yeah. So what
was the score at the time that the match was
suspended? It was zeros. Okay. So it sounds like
they will. um at a later date they were scheduled
at a later date uh just the second half of the
match so it'll only be played i suppose if it's
needed um maybe we'll see i mean yeah so balser
was in the 18 for racing louisville um interestingly
enough did you know that their coach is beverly
yanas i don't know who that is former rain player
Was it Hope Solo days or after? Right around
later than that, I think. Yeah, see, I was an
early Rain fan, and then I didn't pay attention
for a little bit. And then once I moved from
Tacoma back to Seattle, I started actually watching
again. Okay. But yeah, she was with the Rain
from 2014 to 2019. So, okay. Yeah. It was right
in that time. Well, that was still hopes. That
was the end of hopes. Yeah. Cause that was, yeah,
but yeah, I don't know her. That's cool. Wow.
This is interesting that they, Twitter's just
posting false information on still on, on. The
political assassination, if you want to call
it that this past weekend, we won't talk about
it. Obviously it's outside the scope of this
or not this weekend, but whenever it was this
week outside the scope of this podcast, but I'm
not on Twitter. As we know anyone who listened
to the last episode, the ultras, they talked
about how I'm still suspended for getting hacked,
which seems like a stupid reason not to be able
to use my account. And I even wrote them and
sent them all my information, but. Yeah, so how
are the Reign doing lately? I mean, I feel like
early on they looked good, but they just couldn't
really get it together. Well, they're still young.
I mean, they're still trying to figure it out.
I think trading away Balser and making some moves
to try and get themselves back to where they
were, but it's tough to do when you lose a legend.
But they're currently in mid -table. They're
7th out of 14. So right on the playoff line,
ironically enough, with Racing Louisville. Louisville's
an eighth one point behind them. So today was
an important match. But Racing Louisville was
really looking good. Seven wins, seven draws,
and six losses. Yeah, I mean, early on, I went
to all those games with you. And then just as
the summer has gone on, there's been too much
going on. I haven't been able to watch them as
much as I would like. And I follow their scores,
but it's one thing to see the score, and it's
another thing to realize where they are in the
standings. I feel like, despite the fact they're
higher in the standings, they do feel like they're
having a similar season to the Sounders pre -Club
World Cup. That's not entirely inaccurate. Yeah,
I would say it's not entirely inaccurate. Talent,
you're just not seeing all the wins that you'd
hope to get. Yeah, I'm trying to think. Oh, yeah,
yeah, there's other. So today Salt Lake made
a statement. This was 2 p .m. They removed the
Make America Great Again hat from a fan, and
they have apologized to the fan and invited him
and his family back to attend Real Salt Lake
matches in the future. Of course, this is a fan
who... Fan, I don't even know if that's the exact...
This is someone who was at the match who added
professors to the Charlie Kirk database that
needed to be killed and tweeted that he was going
to kill them, has also used the N -word in tweets.
Multiple times, I'm seeing a ton of them here.
So maybe don't just put out statements before
realizing who you're talking about. Yeah, calling
fans, calling players biracial slurs. I guess
I'm not surprised given RSL's history. And the
fact that they played America first field. You've
known multiple people that have come from that
organization and all of them have nothing but
the greatest things to say about that organization.
It's too bad. Salt Lake has apparently become
one of the coolest cities in America, despite
everything that you would think goes on there.
I think it has created this huge undercurrent
of just awesome underground. like music and art
and culture that some cities don't have. And
so it's, it's too bad. Yeah. I just feel bad
for Yedlin. Who's there. Is that where he is
now? Yeah. I forgot where he went, but yeah.
So maybe this is like, this is the same guy who
tweeted. Fuck you. Racial slur and word. Send
every last foreign player home. Yeah. That's
a direct tweet from this fan. That's one of the
ones I was referencing. It's pretty bad. Maybe
we don't. I don't really want to give more. You
know what? Here's the thing. I will say this.
This is what we're up against. This is why the
Sounders. I have a fan base who has always Seattle,
anti -fascist, anti -racist, always Seattle.
This is why you have a fan base whose TIFO yesterday
at the game was a TIFO in Spanish using butterflies
in support and solidarity of our immigrant community.
We fight our fight to make sure that it's clear
from the get -go that racism, intolerance is
not going to be acceptable here. And I'm very
proud of that. And the Sounders are very supportive
of that as well, which is great. I don't think
we'd be supporting the team otherwise. It would
be... It would be heartbreaking for me to have
something like this happen from the club. Yeah.
I mean, and it's not to say they've never made
missteps, but it's been a while since they've
had one that egregious. Okay. So here is the
level of missteps that we have regarding something
like that. Last year. the club uses latinx instead
of latino or latina uh for their their pronouns
in the um not the pronouns but the um the description
yeah which description which is unfair to them
because that is a on it's a widely used but also
within uh people from the that culture those
cultures as well so it's it's not a It's a, it's
much different than what's happened. But part
of that, the club listens, the club brings together
a, a group to have open discussions about how
they can be better aware and, and, and do things
better. And that led to things like the Vamo
Sounders club. And that leads to things like
the, these, these, these true. measurable impacts
that don't feel like the equivalent of, Oh, it's
it's pride months. So I guess we'll put the rainbow,
the rainbow banner for a month and then take
it down for the another 11 months. You know,
it doesn't feel token. It feels legit. Cancel
it because it's raining like they do in Dallas.
Yeah. So, so it's really, I'm really proud of
the club always trying to evolve and always trying
to learn. But it's just such a bummer when this
happens around the league because, believe it
or not, I actually really like the league. I
want the league to be really good. And here's
a great example of that. This weekend, Friday
and Saturday, I spent a good amount of time with
a whole bunch of LA Galaxy supporters who are
up and down. You were on their podcast, in fact,
last week. Yeah. So some of them, Edgar reached
out to me knowing that his co -host Eddie was
coming up. And I'm like, yeah, send them my way.
Give them my contact information. I'll show them
around the city. We'll have some fun times. Spent
all afternoon on Friday doing some touristy stuff
and checking out some of the local haunts. We
met up pregame on Saturday. had a really good
um get together at flat stick pub we had good
conversations with fellow sounders fans and just
all of us having a great time talking soccer
and just just having a really fun time game if
you know the game was what it was we'll talk
about the game in a bit but um these are the
things that make this soccer community is so
great. And I want to thank all of the scuttlebutt
listeners that were, were there either at flat
stick or, or, you know, who had interactions
with, with them before, after the game. And,
and, you know, I thought, I thought we went and
we represented really well. And thank you very
much for Eddie and Tony and the group to, for
coming on up and, and coming out to, to see our
city. Yeah. Good times. I wish I had been feeling
better so I could have partaken in the festivities.
I did watch the game. I probably should have
just stayed home in the end. Have you ever read
the book Among the Thugs by Bill Buford? I have
not. Sorry, you caught me just as I was trying
to get another sip of a drink. um i have not
why don't you summarize for us so uh it's a book
that i read in high school and college and then
i'm currently listening to it um and it was uh
basically bill buford was living in england and
decided he wanted to write about um what it was
like why was there fan culture and lad culture
leading to violence in england you know he's
from the united states to this day for the most
part, when you go to a game, you have your seat,
right. And you're going to go sit in your seat.
And that's, that's how it goes. Like, uh, that
wasn't, I mean, even when I lived in Paris, that
was not the case in Paris. It wasn't in, uh,
in England and London when I went, but, um, in
Paris, you just kind of sat near your seat. You
got shoved down a lot. We had, we had to run
from the police, um, because they were, uh, throwing
tear gas, uh, even though we didn't do anything,
we were just walking. Um, so I think the, the,
crackdown on fan culture happened a lot longer
ago i mean later there i should say but bill
buford followed him around and he follows around
uh originally the manchester united fans and
the english national team fans and uh then a
little bit of west ham and then just goes to
a bunch of other clubs and talks to people and
ends up spending time with the national front
and and just like trying to figure out why is
this culture so dedicated to violence And I'm
right at the end now, and it's culminating in
the 1990 World Cup and a clash that occurred
there. But he didn't go to, but was listening
to on the radio in the FA Cup semifinal in 89
when the Hillsborough disaster happened. And
I mean, I've read the book twice. I know all
about the Hillsborough disaster anyway. There's
a great documentary about that as well. Which
they can't show in England because they don't
have the same First Amendment there. So you get
sued if you give a lot of the information in
there. Although accurate, they will not let you
do because the government will sue you for going
after the police. The way he writes... uh actually
real quick it wasn't initially allowed it has
subsequently been uh been quite some time it
was i mean correct it was for a few years for
for a few years yeah but sorry yeah so his description
of what happens there is so brutal and so heart
-wrenching and beautiful uh in the in the prose
he's using not in what's happening and it's just
It's this really fascinating look at this culture
that I think a lot of United States soccer supporters
lionize and make seem like it's super cool. And
I don't think it is. And that's not saying I
don't like supporter culture, but the violent
aspects of it. And I think for the most part,
Sounders fans don't fall into this. So I'm thankful
that we have a club like that. That's not to
say there aren't fans who don't try to start
fights. There aren't fans. I mean, even something
like... Individuals can be, on an individual
basis, can be assholes. Yeah, yeah. And groups.
And there's still things I don't like. I mean,
I'm not in charge, so I'm never going to change
it. But like the no one likes us, we don't care
chant that came from Millwall. Millwall fans
chanted that during the moment of silence for
people who died in the Hillsborough disaster.
So to me, that's something that no one should
ever be saying in the stadiums. Like, that's
fucked up. But I'm not in charge. I don't make
chants. We do different stuff in Guerrilla FC.
So there's stuff like that that I think is kind
of silly. And I hate the mockney stuff because
it kind of makes us a laughingstock around the
world with other fans, cultures in the United
States. I'm not saying us as fans. I'm saying
across the United States, the mockney stuff that
fans do. Can you give me an example? Who are
ya? Who are ya? Why are we talking in a mock
Cockney accent? We're Americans. Stuff like that.
But it is very interesting. Would you prefer,
who are you? Even though that's also British,
yes. Who the fuck are you? Yeah, I know. I know.
But we claimed it with CSI. So that's now our
song. is that the same song or did they ever
arrive i think they're definitely no because
that's won't get fooled again they use multiple
they use the who on multiple um csi shows but
now with that all in mind yeah i mean well that's
the thing supporter culture is i i love supporter
culture i love the things i love about it are
Things like this weekend, getting to hang out
with other people who love soccer, who are passionate
as us, who also run podcasts, who are also very
involved. And Jerry ended up being in our group
as well. Jerry, one of our colleagues on the
Alliance Council, also a very, very passionate
soccer fan. And so we all just, it was just great.
It's like going traveling for a concert and you're
all fans of the same band. you know it's just
in this particular case we're all fans of the
same sport but then we maybe have different you
know oh i like this album more than that album
i guess i mean it's funny i would generally not
uh you know there's other mls teams i do not
like and i would not associate with their fans
in general but like Uh, I mean, I wouldn't not,
but you know what I mean? Like if there's a whole
group of them, I wouldn't go up and be like,
Hey, what's up guys. But if I'm somewhere outside
of Seattle and I see another MLS fan, I will
always, it's, it's like if I see someone wearing
like my college sweatshirt, because there's not
a lot of people around here that went to San
Francisco. If I'm in Bay area, that's a different
story. But you know, it's, it's suddenly you
see MLS fans. You're like, Oh, what's up? What's
up fellas. Yeah. And especially if neither of
you are in the city of the teams that are being
repped. If we're in Denver and you see someone
wearing a LAFC shirt, you know, I'm just throwing
a name out there. In Vegas, I often run into
other MLS fans and I'm always talking to them.
Like, yeah, it's been a while, but punk rock
bowling, especially there would always be some
cool people there from the support other teams.
And that's the other thing. There's some great
supporter groups around this league, you know,
including, and I hate to say this, including
Timbers Army. I don't like a lot of the stuff
that. I don't like some of the people that run
it. I don't like a lot of stuff they do, but
I also really like some of the people that are
run some parts of it. You know what I mean? Like
that just because they're an opposing team doesn't
mean they're a bad person. Yeah. I mean, Tony
from LA galaxy, he designs these really awesome
enamel pins and his cousin makes them up there.
uh simpsons related and each one in the series
has like a different simpsons character holding
a different one of the trophies they've won in
their history and it they looked really great
you know and and and i know timber's army do
a really good merchandise line of of stuff for
them um we all have things that we do really
well and and i i will always respect that kind
of stuff but i have no respect for things like
what went down in rsl yesterday so um i have
no respect for miami fans coming to start a fight
i have no respect for and i'm gonna i'm gonna
believe that we talked about the fights outside
we didn't talk about the fact that there were
miami fans in the stadium trying to start fights
that were stopped Now, I didn't see that report,
but I do know that we generally do not have problems
with fighting in Seattle. No, but ECS security
stopped several fights back behind you during
that match. Well, I know we are always not allowing
opposing colors. Absolutely. You know, it's okay.
Hey, if you're wanting to take in a game in the
supporters section and you're not a Sounders
fan. You're just not allowed to wear colors of
the other teams. You're not allowed to openly
support the other team in our section. You just
don't do that. I wouldn't go into another supporter
section wearing Sounders colors. That's not how
that works. I mean, even when I used to go up
and go to Raiders games when I lived in the Bay
Area against the Seahawks, I wasn't wearing Seahawks
clothes in that stadium because that entire stadium
was like a supporter section. You were going
to get your ass beat. And especially in certain
eras of that, of those, of those. So they knew,
they knew I was in my section that I was a Seahawks
fan and I was probably harder on the Seahawks
than they were because I'm a Seattle sports fan.
So, but yeah, I mean, totally. So be smart, don't
be stupid and every, everything should work out.
I will say I had way more to, like, I did not
bring Roma to this game. Uh, and the, I, I had
way more to drink than I normally do. So I was,
I was having a rough go of it at public this
morning. Oh, how early was your game? Eight o
'clock. Yeah. And I struggled to get to my 1250.
I guess we didn't start to one 10, but 1250 is
time. Yeah. Yeah. It was a little rough, a little
rough, but, uh, we won the game. I was in goal
one, nothing. And then we lost. the game where
i was in the field won nothing so i lost both
my games um first game i was forward second game
i moved back to defender played center back and
right back first game was not fun um there's
someone who was on our opposing team that is
too good for uh okay and it was the least fun
game that i've ever played in public like if
every game was like that i wouldn't come back
thankfully every game is not like that in fact
the one after it was more fun interesting um
but the person is too isn't doesn't have the
um what do you call it the stamina to be able
to play up in in premiere so or kind of in the
middle there's that that little weird middle
ground you know where it's like okay maybe you're
not allowed to play in an attacking phase well
that's the problem he played defense instead
of attacking phase and when he plays when he's
an attacker and i used to play defense i could
shut him down every time but now that he's in
defense we could not get the ball past him we
couldn't do anything it was one of the most frustrating
games i've ever played like He would just steal
the ball and spin around and go like doing spin
moves and kickbacks and all these other things.
Like it was, it was very frustrating. Okay. But
you know, it's, that's the nice thing about the
league is you kind of figure out and people can
talk to, you know, if someone's playing too well,
it's like, okay, tamp it down a little bit because
there's people who are first timers and there
was several first timers out there today, but
a great time, which is the beauty of public.
Yeah. I got to say, I'm very pleased with the
way our jerseys came out. That's for sure. Y
'all were the morning games. So I did not see
them. They were, and I did not see anyone wearing
them once I got there, but I was happy with mine
too. Oh, you got it behind you. Yeah. Yeah, I
do. We, we just have that right there. It's perfect
for an audio medium podcast. Oh yeah. So we are
fallout themed and we are the wasteland wanderers.
I designed that. I designed the kit. to look
like a Vault -Tec suit. With a beer. Yeah, yeah.
Vault 111. Is everyone 111 or does people get
juice? No, I went 111. I also have a Fallout
Vault suit track suit that I bought for cheap
on Amazon. So that's like my warm -up stuff.
And I got a fun beanie that I wear for the games.
also got um let me see if i can yeah you got
yours no but what i do have do you see back there
next to my mic uh that is an entire um oh i see
it yeah the power power armor helmet t60 helmet
and i also have the the gun that comes with it
next to it so very nice maybe you need to not
play in it but wear it to one of the well so
i bought a whole bunch of nuka cola caps nice
and a cap 10 as well so basically what i'm doing
is as a way to celebrate the team is at the end
of each game almost like pride stickers or spirit
stickers every goal or assist that someone gets
they get a cap and then i also give them out
for you know good play that that players have
had so trying to make sure that by the end of
the year every everyone on the team has a few
few caps and Just another way to make the league
and to make the team more fun. So let me ask
you something. Yeah. Vault 111 is from the year
2287. Okay. So after this last Sounders match,
this looked like an unimpressive team because
they did not have Pedro, who doesn't belong in
the top. four or five in the West and is going
to get an early exit from the playoffs. Since
you're from the future, uh, is it just because
we were tired or we came in thinking we were
better than LA galaxy, the worst team in the
league, you know, where we played down their
level or, uh, is, is this, uh, do we turn it
around and win the MLS cup? Well, you know what?
I'm going to tell you exactly about that. And
you know, when I'm going to tell you that after
a break, right after these breaks, right after
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And we're back. Shout out to your Seattle Seahawks
on becoming the first team to beat Aaron Rodgers
playing for both the Packers, the Jets and the
Steelers. I mean, all three teams he's played
for as they won today and the Mariners for winning
their ninth in a row now alone in first place.
What is happening right now in Seattle? The Mariners
got good and that's why the Sounders did not
win the game. We can't have both things good
at the same time. I am not betting on the Mariners.
I'm not betting on the Mariners. Just that simple.
12 games left. When they eventually win it all,
then I will gladly say congratulations. I was
wrong. Until they do that, I am not ever going
to get my hopes up. Yep. That makes sense to
me. I mean, Blue Jays, who'd you root for growing
up? Honestly, it was a wide variety of teams.
The late 80s, it was the New York Mets. I was,
that 86 team was kind of the first baseball team
that I ever followed. So the Keith Hernandez,
Dwight Gooden, Mookie Wilson. Davey. Hernandez
was the coach, I believe. Davey Jones. Davey,
what was his last name? The manager's died this
week. Yeah. Dave Hernandez, right? No. D -A -V
-Y. D -A -V -Y. Yeah. Thank you. Yes. And I think
he was a player manager too. I miss player managers,
including in soccer. Wouldn't it be great to
see Schmetzer out there playing right now? Number
25 running around, which another question real
quick for you before we get into the game. Christian
Roldan got called up at the U .S. National Team.
War, number 24. I've not seen any interviews
about it with him. Do you think he chose that
because of Griffey? No, I think he chose it because
he was the last person called up. And that was
the... I mean, but there's going to be a million
numbers. I don't know. Yeah, you could have picked
any number. It wasn't taken, so... Maybe. I wonder.
Honestly? You know why he might have chose it?
His co -captain, Stephen Fry. Maybe he wanted
to, you know, I don't know. Who the hell knows?
So, yeah, Sounders played against LA Galaxy.
Yeah, so first off, prediction challenge. Let's
go over that. So we do have a sole winner. And,
of course, the sole winner just so happens to
not be on the podcast today. Aaron. Aaron actually
won. Aaron wins the wins, and it's one of those
rare wins for him. So I would have loved for
him to take his victory lap. Did he pick a draw?
I could look that up, but he must have. I had
picked it 2 -1, so I was on my way to winning
until the late goal. Yeah, it was rough. but
I also picked a moose to score and he had the
assist. He didn't get that shot. And I was like,
come on, shoot the ball. Moose. Actually, just
a quick reminder. You do have actually before
our next episode airs, you have until the 19th
to sign up for the world cup ticket lottery.
Now keep this in mind. I was looking at the terms
and conditions because I was curious and shocker.
I looked at the terms and conditions shucking,
but. You need a Visa card to sign up. However,
it does not need to be the same Visa card you
use to pay if you get selected. So if you're
trying to balance your checkbooks or your credit
cards, debt, and whatever, just make sure you
sign up. The other thing is it's only one per
household. So you cannot have multiple people
within the same mailing address sign up. Do you
have to be 18 or older just as a heads up there?
Maybe I should have my dad sign up. I signed
up live during the NAG podcast the other day,
the LA Galaxy podcast that I was on. So that
was the news across the galaxy. They told me
about it and I'm not on social media anymore
right now. And so I was like, whoa, okay, I'll
sign up. And it was instant for me, no waiting.
But I also am stupid and forgot to put Vancouver.
So the only way for me to do it again would be
to cancel my already one I put in there and then
start over. So I can only get a chance to get
Seattle tickets. I'm not going to get a chance
to get Vancouver tickets, unfortunately. Oh,
interesting. Okay. Yeah. You said which, I mean,
maybe they'll give you other options, but when
you signed up, you said which. you were interested
in. Yeah, and you could select multiple ones.
Yeah, yeah. And I just selected Seattle. I don't
know. I mean, I do know what I was thinking.
I was not because I was busy being on a podcast.
Okay. Yeah, but I'm interested in Seattle, Toronto,
Vancouver, and Mexico City. Nice, nice. So back
to the game. Sounders come out looking like world
beaters again. Yeah. dominate play for the first
five minutes almost score a goal and then do
score a goal was that about fifth minute yep
uh when uh danny running down the right side
of the box sees uh jesus running behind him and
basically two on one like It's a FIFA on beginner
goal. We had two of those. The second one was
the same. But don't lay off on Alex Roldan starts
us off. Oh, the pass up. Well, he intercepts
a pass around the Galaxy's final third. Galaxy
are trying to enter our final third. He intercepts,
takes a few touches up to midfield, and puts
a beautiful through ball to Danny. It's bringing
him. Danny going 1v1 with the last CB. You've
got... In the middle of that through ball, one
of Galaxy's CBs tries to make a sliding tackle
to block it, which brings Jesus Ferreira as the
first player for any potential pass, and he takes
advantage of that. So just really well done.
Right down the middle of the field. Really well
done. So then we do score again on the 44th.
Before that, or I'm sorry, the 41st minute. However,
before that, we had two huge chances. In the
35th minute, Reed Baker Whiting puts in a great
ball to Rothrock. And Rothrock's all alone against
the keeper. Michovic makes a good kick save.
And Rothrock, I mean, he put a good shot in.
Just sometimes keeper makes a save. Two minutes
later. Danny's 1v1 against Mitrovic again. Danny
showing a burst of speed that I didn't see. He
made that burst from well outside the box. Mitrovic
comes way out of his net to make that save. That
was one of his seven saves on the night. What
was interesting, though, is prior to that, when
we actually scored the second goal, that game
felt very much like... we took our foot off the
gas pedal to me after we scored the first goal.
And LA dominated most of that game until we,
I mean, which happens. We have times where we're
not in possession, but they looked like the better
team after that goal. They were the ones who
went, okay, if we lose, we are knocked out of,
we're eliminated from the playoffs. We have to
play for our lives. And they did. And they looked
much better than us, even though we kept having
these really good chances, mainly because their
defense is so poor. You know, it's tough to tell
on that because, yeah, the first half was interesting.
We gave up a lot of possession in that first
half, but then we got some really good quality
scoring chances. Yeah. As usual, this is where
you and I always differ. You view that as a positive.
I view it as just another game where we have
left four to five goals on the table. I would
rather get many opportunities to score and convert
on a lower percentage than to get few opportunities
to score and convert on a higher percentage.
More chances. Yes, but to me, in the end, it
makes no difference. They didn't go in. The score's
the score. Well, like, you know, our XG in the
game was 3 .47 to 177. But again, I think both
of those opportunities in the 35th and the 37th
minute were definitely what I would call big
chances. Yeah, absolutely. And I feel like, I
hate to say this because Danny's been so good
this year, but we come to expect Moose not to
make a one -on -one shot like that because he
hasn't all season long. His goals have been more...
Putting himself in good positions for the finishers.
Right, not being one of the – Again, the Wondolowski
comparison. Yeah, yeah. Doing the hard work to
get into the good spots. And Rothrock, you expect
him to put that in, although he didn't against
Miami in the first – he had that chance in the
first – before he later came back and scored.
I think I do expect Rothrock to put that in.
I don't know. I don't know about that specific
one. I mean in general. Yeah, I get it. But let's
talk about the second goal. Second goal, 41st
minute. Vargas does a nice one -two with... I'm
not entirely sure. It might have been Christian.
I'm not sure who, but does a nice give -and -go,
and then he sends Rothrock into the box with
a nice pass, and Rothrock just squares a dead
center to a wide -open Danny. There's no goalie
in front of him. He's got literally the entire
net. It's literally FIFA on beginner where you
get the goalie to draw out to challenge you.
And then, oh, I guess I'll just pass it straight
across. It was just very nice. Yep. And they
told me on news across the galaxy that the defense
was bad. But I was not expecting it to be that
bad. Those were... And what Edgar said when we
were talking about it during the game is the
defense for the Galaxy has been that bad for
years, maybe a decade. It's just they usually
score a lot of goals to make up for it. Yeah.
I think that's fair. It definitely was one of
those things where I got out at halftime. Well,
we haven't even gotten to halftime. Let's get
to halftime. Two minutes later. uh la galaxy
scores on a set piece um i think the the foul
felt oh wait i'm i think i'm getting my goals
mixed up um but the foul that was that was uh
a foul that felt a little soft for me but i still
think the sounders should have stopped that like
that was bad defensive marking yeah they allowed
they allowed yoshida to get to the ball first
on that looping cross. And it wasn't great. No,
no. And it's something we've come to, I think
we've come to not expect, but experience from
the Sounders quite a bit where there's just these,
you watch throughout a game, just perfect defending
for 99 % of that game, right? But then there's
just these individual errors that they'll make
where you're just like, huh, that was a boneheaded
play. And I don't know what it is, but we've
seen it more from players this year than we don't
usually expect it from. I think that was that
read that time though. On the second goal, the
one who was supposed to be marking him. Yeah,
I don't think so. I can't remember who it was
that time, but it was, it's just a thing where
two to one though. I hate it because it feels
like the Sounders were the far better team, but
it gave LA that hope they needed. yeah going
into halftime it was like okay we're definitely
getting a lot of chances we're getting a lot
of offense and that's been that's been a big
part of the team since the club world cup is
that we've been scoring at ridiculous levels
yeah um and so and so i mean i definitely don't
want to lose sight of that that's really important
there i mean to me though we didn't look dangerous
like we have in every other game that in that
first half we looked My comparison is to what
the Sounders looked like before, so I'm not comparing
it to other teams in the league. This team looked
pedestrian compared to when they're firing on
all cylinders. Not having Pedro out there was
rough. I will say real quick, just the cross
on the first goal for the Galaxy. Jackson's taking
the near post guy. Obed and Alex are... on the
other side of fries are covering his back door
and the ball comes up there's two potential galaxy
members who can get to it and they just they
just they get beat to it uh alex gets beat on
that unfortunately because he was having a pretty
good game uh in a lot of ways so yeah so we get
to the halftime we get out to the second half
and Right away, 50 first -minute Rothrock scores
on a header, called back for offsides. I think
looking at the replay, the frustrating part there
is if he lets that go, if he ignores that, realizes,
oh, I did not get back, and he was nowhere near
being onside. But if he lets that go, reads behind
him, ready to get a opportunity. It's not a clear
goal because of the angle. But definitely in
a really high big chance scoring position. And
I mean, he was clearly off size. No question.
But yes, you're right. 78th minute, Alex gets
a great play to jump a pass. He beats the Galaxy
defender in the air. And the way he heads it
down, he heads it to the center to himself. And
he basically gets dead center. Gets a somewhat
weak shot off, but the rebound comes out anyways,
and it just doesn't go to where it needs to go.
So that was a little bit of a bummer. Another
highlight later on in the 81st minute, right
after we bring on Jordan Morris. We also brought
on Albert Rusnak, so we had some good appearances
from some of our players that haven't had a chance
to play recently. So I was very, very positive.
georgie manungu gets a bike attempt in the 81st
and that was that was like would have been legendary
up there with uh was it patty iani who did it
for the sounders back in the day yeah i mean
it it was it was quite nice yeah that was so
close that i mean it would have been fun yeah
and then and then their second goal 87th minute
ah it's just a broken play It's just a broken
play where it's a public chaos ball. Yeah. I
mean, that's why you run at them. I mean, I got
an assist today on that. I kicked it into the
box. It bounced around, and my forward picked
it up and kicked it in. I mean, that's why you
kick it into the box. And the worst part is that
basically from the 52nd to that moment, to the
87th, la did nothing i mean we just we just had
everything like the first half we were up to
one um but la actually had quite a bit of possession
in that first half first half they actually outpossessed
us 51 to 49 um they got 10 shots four on target
we got six shots five on targets we had four
big chances and missed two at one at one point
though they had uh like eight shots and we had
like two like they they they were until the end
of the second the first half excuse me uh they
they were dominating the run of play for a little
bit there um in a a team that is last in the
west and i hate playing down to those teams levels
but also they had a roster that was not their
regular starting roster. They had young players
in there who were hungry and wanted a chance.
Well, that's exactly it because they're at a
spot of the season where they're thinking about
next season. So they are playing the kids to
see, hey, are we going to keep you for next season?
This is your chance to showcase what you've got
because... we've got roster decisions to make
at the end of the season. So, of course, they're
going to come out hungry. But then the second
half is a complete flip. We kind of recognize
and weather their breaks. And then we've got
possession for 67 % of the second half. We've
got 13 shots to their five. The big difference,
though, is that we didn't get any big chances
in the second half. So we just struggled a little
bit to get that flow going. um yeah so so overall
i'm not angry about the game i don't think i
think uh i think it's two points that we could
have had absolutely but you know i i mean some
people are like oh We got to bench Steph and
Fry because – I agree 1 ,000%. They're not going
to, but Andy's better. I don't think they probably
should because of the message it sends to the
team. I don't think – On that one goal, Fry should
have known where that – I mean, the way the ball
went over the top of the box, he should have
known that that was the only place that ball
could have gone in. I mean, he should have been
trying to get that. I love Steph, and I think
that he has earned a chance to start. I also
do not think he's the best goalie on our team
anymore. I think that the difference between
Fry and Thomas is not large enough. to cost you
points. I don't. But going back to what you were
saying, the message to the team is the issue
here. I think it costs us two points in that
game. But I think the message to the team that
it sends maybe costs more points. Yes. I don't
think it costs us points today. I don't think
that. I mean, I think he also lost his points
in the Minnesota game. I mean, I think we've
dropped three points now because of Fry. And
I don't necessarily think it's his fault. I think
that he's not at full speed yet. This is why
I want to know, and I will ask next time I see
Craig, why we don't send players coming back
from injury down to Tacoma to get some real -time
game action so they can get into full speed.
We have in the past. Have we? Yeah. Roman Torres,
Will Bruin have played for Tacoma for one game.
We'd love to see Steph be down there and to get
back into full – because he's played two games
in the last, what, six, eight weeks? Something
like that. Maybe longer. So, I mean, I think
it's just – I don't think that he's a liability
out there. I just think he's not at full speed.
Yeah, I really hesitate to talk much more about
this because I really don't want to manifest
a goalkeeping controversy because I don't think
there is one. I don't think there is one either,
but it's also why, I mean, I don't, to me, that's
a totally different thing, right? Like, I also
don't think there's a number nine controversy,
but I think there should be. I think Danny should
be starting over Morris. I don't know. I mean,
right now he is. Right now he is, but you also
have a game on Saturday, a game on Tuesday. So
you're managing minutes, you know? Yeah, for
sure. Especially that's weird having a game on
Tuesday after a Saturday game. That is a lot
weird if I'm being completely honest. But at
least Miami also had a game. So that's good.
By the way, Miami got smoked 3 -0. They also
had Lionel Messi miss a penalty. They also had
Tomas Alvarez get two yellow cards, so he is
out against us. So yet another one. I mean, Messi
looked great for Argentina, so it's interesting
that he's come back and looked poor again for
Miami. Well, it's funny because I mentioned last
game that the Sounders... In the last 50 games
that Messi has played, the Sounders held him
to his third lowest rating in the last 50 games,
all competitions. And what's interesting about
that is the second lowest was a game against
New York City FC back in last September. The
lowest was against Cincinnati in July, a 3 -0
loss. Last night's game, he was a 6 .0, which
is 0 .1 lower than against us. So three of his
four lowest games in his last 50 have been within
the last month. Interesting. Now, we'll talk
more about Miami in a second, but I do want to
finish up on this LA Galaxy where... To me, I'm
hoping this is an anomaly. I'm not saying the
Sounders are going to be this team moving forward,
but they look like a fifth place team in that
game versus LA. And that's going to be our positioning
based on LAFC's game in hand. So, I mean, LAFC
looks incredible. Major FOMO on Sun because he
continues to... uh play well and to go in and
score three goals in what 17 minutes in san jose
a team that's been playing well lately is is
pretty rough on san jose san jose of course then
answered like the 19th minute made it 3 -1 but
um that's that's all negative things let's talk
about positive things because if the sounders
can get back to how they've been since the club
world cup this is one of the best teams in the
mls and it The numbers bear that out. Again,
we only lost one game since Club World Cup ended,
and that was in June. Yep. In September. The
Sounders... Let's see. I just read these numbers
a second ago. So... Sounders only two defeats
at home in the regular seasons occurred when
they gave up the opening goal. And they have,
looking at it, since exiting the Club World Cup
in June, the Rave Green have suffered just one
loss in their last 16 competitive features, which
was the 1 -0 Minnesota loss you're talking about.
And they are unbeaten in their previous five
matches across all competitions. points in 13
of their last 15 matches uh more importantly
this is the third time we've played miami in
history right yeah do you remember uh do you
remember what the score was in the least cup
final three nothing do you remember what the
score was uh the other time we played down there
i don't i don't either but they didn't score
any goals so uh no they no no because last time
we played that the first time we played them
they beat us oh that was in seattle i was in
seattle but they beat us because we were in the
middle of our champions league run and literally
we didn't play a single starter this is our first
visit to fort lauderdale now but um yeah so we've
never conceded a goal against them in our previous
ones according to uh sportsmall .co .uk so miami's
in all competitions is uh win -win -draw -win
-loss -loss, and we are win -draw -win -loss
-win -draw. So Sounders definitely looking better,
especially when you look across all competitions
where we're loss -win -win -win -draw. We should
see the return of Pedro de la Vega. He traveled,
yeah. Yeah. Jao Paulo, I believe, also traveled.
Is that right? That might have been a reward
for, hey, you want to go to Miami for a day?
Yeah, yeah. And so we very well could see a mostly
full lineup depending on who they want to start
up top. I mean, I think we will probably see
all four at the back. They already rotated for
LA Galaxy. So you're going to see probably Ferreira
on the right, Rusnak in the center and Pedro
on the left. And then, you know, whoever's up
top. What are you feeling in terms of, where
Jesus Ferreira should play. I mean, to me, this
is an interesting debate. I don't see what Schmetzer
sees in him on the right. I think once he was
on the right in the second half there, when they
moved him over, once Rusnak came on, he looked
pretty ineffectual. He's been fantastic at center
attacking mid. And I think the drop off from...
And Rusnak to Jesus. I think Rusnak is better
at both positions. But I think for me, the drop
off from Rusnak to Jesus at center attacking
mid is less than at right mid. And so I actually
would be interested in seeing Rusnak on the right
and Jesus at center attacking mid. How are you
feeling about that? Well, I don't know if that's
completely fair. I mean, Albert comes on in the
59th minute for Kosarienzi. Knew who comes on
at the same time for Reed Baker Whiting. So right
there, you're changing up your dynamic a little
bit. You're losing a little bit of offense by
pulling. Oh, sure. But I think Rusnak, I just
think Jesus doesn't seem to – he doesn't wow
me on the right. He's not – doing paul rothrock
things he's not doing gabriel peck things he's
not doing pencil things he's not doing uh georgie
things so i don't know i feel like he's i feel
like he's creating a lot of opportunities i think
i think he is a center attacking mid i think
he's not i don't see that when he's on the right
though uh this last match i think my ideal lineup
has jesus on the right albert on the center and
Pedro on the left. That's my ideal band of three.
I mean, I think that's what they're going to
do, for sure. But you don't. You think it's Rothrock
over Jesus? Yeah, I think I would start Rothrock
over Jesus. So you think Jesus starts on the
bench? I think that's what I would do at present,
just based on how they're playing. I mean, it's
a rough decision, though. I think at the center
attacking mid, Jesus has been fantastic and has
been a major reason why this team has been...
uh so dangerous on offense i mean it's really
something that we have these spoil the choice
that's where the depth when we're healthy that's
where the depth comes in and that's always been
one of the things of oh man when we're healthy
brian's gonna have decisions to make and and
yeah he's got decisions to make but i think um
i think we're gonna have moments of okay well
we got short week this week so so that's gonna
there's not many games left We're coming down
the stretch here. We have, what, six games left?
Yeah. Maybe seven. I think it's only six, though.
And we got some big ones. I mean, we've got a
chance. We play Miami. We play Vancouver. We
play Portland. And then three others. I mean,
we still have the Cascadia Cup on the line. I
think all three of those games that we could
easily win and there are three games we could
easily lose because I think you have to throw
out record and scale out the window in all three
of those games. Because Messi could have some
Messi magic out of nowhere. You know that. Vancouver
is incredible. Look what they just did to Philly
this weekend. They just absolutely demolished
them. And Portland just seems to always have
our number. Except for when they don't. You know,
I appreciated your... on the LA Galaxy podcast,
and it was really interesting to kind of hear
your take on teams you don't want to play in
the playoffs. Spoiler alert, it's Portland. We've
never beat Portland in the playoffs, right? At
least not as an MLS team. I don't think we have.
I think they've beaten us the few times we've
matched up against them. So we'll see. We'll
see what happens. Right now, I think we're still
a point ahead of LAFC, so we would be hosting
LAFC. I mean, it's a home and away, but we would
be the technical home field advantage for that.
We've only met the Timbers in the playoffs once.
Oh, I thought it was twice. We had the one crazy
one that was the home and away where they thought
that they had won it. Yeah, that was the car
show game. That was 2018. And then I thought
we had one other, but maybe we didn't. Well,
maybe we do. Wait, was that Mexico when I was
in Mexico? That was the, the Charlie Joseph game.
Yeah, that was, that was, uh, yeah. Was that
playoffs? Yeah. Yeah. Cause we, we lost here,
uh, and then had to go down there and play. Yeah.
My friend who was from Olympia was rooting for
Portland and I wouldn't have brought him to the
game with me if I'd known that was going to happen.
Yeah, we played them four times in the playoffs.
So the car show games and then the 2013 conference
semifinals. Yeah. So I'd rather not play them
if we can. No, you know what? Fuck that. I want
them because they're so cocky. No, last year
we took care of our LAFC boogeyman. This year,
fuck them. Let's take them out the first round
and just destroy their asses and then leave them.
leave them crying after crashing out 5 -0 against
Vancouver one year and then the next year just
getting smoked by us. Yeah, 5 -0 again in two
straight games because I think it's a home and
away. I don't know if it's the first round or
the second round, right? Yeah, they change their
format every time, right? They have the play
-in game, the 8 -9 play -in game, and I don't
know if that counts as a round or not. Yeah,
tell them it's the 8 -9 play -in game. We'll
win the first leg, and then they won't show up
for the second leg because they'll think it was
a one -game series. and they're just – Good times,
good times. Just going to be one guy on the timbers
trying to – on the field looking around for his
teammates and counting one, two, three. It will
be great. Well, you need to go to sleep soon.
I do. You have a few more weeks of working night
shift. I do, but those days are ending. Those
days are ending. Very exciting. Very good news.
getting back into career mode and getting back
into a normal office hours. So that'll, that'll
free up a lot of flexibility for us. I think
that'll be, that'll be good for everything. Although
I do believe there was a good comment. I don't
think I would be able to find it on the fly,
but there was a comment about, Oh no, it was.
So Paul, shout out to Paul. who was saying, I
think this was indeed talking about Aaron, not
about me, but sorry, but you have to sign off
every episode with a sleepy, sloppy, drunk declaration
of your love for everyone now. Oh yeah, that
was talking about Aaron, but you know what? They
can talk about you too. Wait, Bono or The Edge
or Adam Clayton? Which member? Which member of
you two? Adam Clayton, because we don't talk
about the other jerks. Who am I missing? Larry
Mullins. There we go. Are you still on your iPod?
Wow, you're still bitter about that. I mean,
shout out to everyone who's been active on the
Discord. Of course, come join us there. Episodes
release an hour or an hour, a day early, ad free.
Yeah, on Patreon. But you know what? This one
won't because I don't have access. We are going
to put it up. Yeah. Yeah, because of the game.
But usually that's the case. And there's some
other fun stuff coming there. Join the Discord.
Talk to us. It's all good times. The Ultras apparently
said I was a big Liverpool supporter on their
episode. They did. I did. I heard that. It was
a good shout out for that. They're having some
fun. I think they did a good job of moving the
conversation through the episode. So shout out
to them on that. Fun times. Yeah, yeah. So we're
going to leave with you telling me what you think
the Miami versus Seattle score is going to be.
Well, there's not going to be any Luis Suarez.
There's not going to be any Aviles. And he was
a big part of that League's Cup final. So that's
going to be interesting there because they suck
defensively. I mean, I don't know how to say
it other than they suck defensively. And, and
I feel like, like he didn't start in the league's
cup final. But I thought he was someone that
probably should have. So I don't, I don't know.
I feel like, I feel like that's only going to
be good for, for us. This is really interesting
because Miami obviously crashes out against us
in leagues cup and get into a fight. They got
just worked in their last game against Charlotte.
So they've lost their last two games, three,
nothing, three, nothing. Yeah. I mean, I think
little leagues cup hangover, maybe for both of
us. It also could be that they are. they, they
are just blowing up. Like it could be a situation
where you have the haves and the have nots. You
have the, the, the messy DePaul, Busquets, Albas,
and then everyone else. And it's like, people
might be getting tired of the narrative. I don't
know, but I'm here for the drama. And honestly,
There's not, outside of a 7 -0 Cruz Azul ass
-kicking, there's not really a result. It's house
money. We're traveling cross -country, short
rest. Play who you think you want to play, and
let's go with this. This could be a game where
Brian Schmetzer... It rewards some players with
some playing time, people that maybe haven't
gotten to play in League's Cup. I don't know
if I see Jordan Morris starting. It might be
too soon. I know Schmitz doesn't like rushing
players back, generally. And he got some time,
as did... but I have a feeling Albert is more
likely to get a start in this game. Yeah, I think
so. I could see both of them going 45, but the
opposite 45. Well, the other side about that
is that in both positions, you've got people
waiting in the wings that can play those roles.
You've got Osase. You've got Danny for Jordan.
You've got Danny Leyva. You've got Jesus Ferreira.
for for um albert so this is the time of year
as we get healthy where it's going to be really
interesting to see how brian schmetzer manages
this team and i'm here for it so let's go my
prediction on this one this is really maybe the
toughest prediction because we really don't know
what our lineup's going to look like yeah so
I just don't believe that Miami... I do believe
the narrative that Miami's going to come in hard
because they're so frustrated. But I think that
that may bite them in the ass. And I think they
may get a red in this game. I'd like that. But
it might also be one of those situations where
we see Miami with a red and they somehow play
better. Why does it always have a no sounder
sound? Well, with Miami, it's almost like, well,
then teams get a little too offensive in a way
where they shirk their defensive responsibilities
and that opens up Messi to do something. With
all that said, I think we're going to get a 2
-1 victory on this one. What about you? Yeah,
I mean, they've obviously been struggling. I
think Messi still shows that he's a brilliant
player. Maybe he just doesn't have it every game.
If you watch the first of those Argentina matches,
he was off sides for the other goal. He easily
could have had a hat trick in that one. So I
don't think you can count him out. I do think
Schmetzer already rotated the squad in anticipation
of playing at Miami. So I think Miami is going
to come in a little hungrier. The Sounders, I
think, will hold on, and it'll be a 2 -2 draw.
I can't count Miami out until they're officially
counted out, right? And we're going there. Sounders,
it's been a while to me since the Sounders have
looked good on the road, where we are a dominating,
fun team to watch at home, generally. Are you
figuring the LA Galaxy away game? That's the
LA Galaxy, though. They're garbage, which is
why this last game was so painful. LA Galaxy
is literally the worst team in the league. So
you're thinking a ballerina game? I'm going 2
-2. The ballerina game. Yeah. Yeah. So I just,
until Miami's going to come in wanting to prove
something, and I think we're good enough to prevent
them from winning. But also I think they could
go crazy, like you said, and fall off and get
a card and change it into our favor. I think
the Sounders could also get punched in the mouth
and it's going to see how it's going to have
to. see how we react. So, and I mean, figuratively,
not literally, because we already know Obed just
kind of laughs and points because he's the man.
I mean, someone compared that real housewives
meme where the lady's pointing at the cat. I
don't even know what the origin of that actually
is. It's actually a really messed up thing. So
it's stupid to me that the internet took this.
That lady had every right to be mad. And it makes
me sad that she got turned into a joke because
she was right in that situation. But I know exactly
the meme you're talking about. But that photo
of... uh, Suarez angry at him and Obed laughing
and pointing. It's very much. It's the personification
of that. It's so great. So great. So, so good.
Well, this has been a sounder scuttle, but where
can they find you on the internet? You know,
come on out to, uh, Instagram where I'm at cascades
to see, or come join me. I'm blue sky where I'm
simply Nicholas. Um, not simply Nicholas. I am
Nicholas, Nicholas, Nicholas dot B sky dot app,
whatever that is. But yeah. What about you, Mr.
By the way, everyone seems to be having so much
fun hearing about your, your Twitter issues.
Everyone's just dunking on you. It's very frustrating
considering that's my main news source. for better
meaning like i didn't remember that we had to
sign up for the visa pre -sale because that's
where i would have found out about it uh so i'm
not getting proper information but you can get
me on the two you talked about blue sky and instagram
at legal minded punk um yeah and maybe one day
i'll be on x again but um as far as i'm concerned
this has just proven what a ridiculous platform
it is that i was the victim and uh in the end
I'm still getting fucked by X. Yeah. But yeah.
So you can get me there. Join the, is it, is
it, is it, is it John Doe? No. Wrong, wrong member
of X. Yeah. Not, uh, X scene. Yeah. That, and
that, that John Doe is the John Doe, right? Yeah.
Yeah. The, the member of the member of X. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. I haven't seen them before. But you
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