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It's time for Scuttlebutt Ultras. Quick takes

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from our Patreon Ultras, sharing their soundest

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thoughts straight from the heart. Your voice,

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your moment. Starting the show off right, Alex,

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with a beer pop. Or is it margarita? Is that

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what you have? Cut water mango margarita. It

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is tequila. Oh, it is real tequila. Put water

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down to enough so that they can put it in a can

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and sell it. It's a 12 .5 % alcohol volume. Oh,

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shit. Oh, wow. Ultra's edition of Sounders Scuttlebutt.

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We are coming to you live immediately after.

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The Sounders loss at Miami with Messi. It is

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me, Cameron Collins. I am here with both Alex

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Diaz and Dan. Dan, I feel weird calling you Dan

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the Bastard when we're using our last names,

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but do you just want to still be Dan the Bastard?

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What are they going to do, fire me? Yeah, Dan

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the kind of nice guy. I don't know if you saw

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what I put in my name for this session, but it's

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now Reverend Dan the Bastard. Oh, Reverend. Did

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you get your reverendship? Well, I got my reverendship

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forever ago, but I got the certificate in the

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afternoon today because I'm doing a wedding.

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Oh, nice. So I now have the official certificate,

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and I'm good to go. Washington State, you don't

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need the certificate. The people just have to

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believe that you are an officiant, and that's

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all that matters, even if you weren't. Hey, get

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that certificate. Is it Life Church of Universal

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Life? Yeah, here, let me pull it up. Well, let's

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see which one I got. It was, yeah, Universal

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Life Church. Yeah, I went to a party at the owner's

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house not that long ago. It's that bright lit

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up house over I -5, right on Capitol Hill. Well,

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they're on I -5 and they still charge me. I had

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it rushed to me. I didn't realize they still

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charge me $30 for shipping. So I guess I could

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have just had you get it from them. You got it.

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You look legit. I'm also a reverend through them.

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I have officiated two weddings, which is why

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my official title are tighter. My official title

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is Reverend Dr. Cameron J. Collins Esquire. So

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the reverend goes first. Yeah. I mean, I put

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it, I'm sure you could do it the other way, but

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you know, all the greats do it. Reverend doctor.

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Cause you're a reverend. I think it is. That

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should be your new Twitter handle, Reverend Legal

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Minded Punk. Maybe that way it won't get taken

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down. They'll think you're part of them. Still

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gone. Still gone. You want to use my email to

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get a Twitter set back up? I'm not going to get

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on Twitter. I feel like I've been screaming into

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the void because I don't have anyone to complain

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about the Sounders with. or whatever's going

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on in the world without Twitter anymore. I posted

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something on Facebook and a bunch of people that

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I've known since I was like college age and decided

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to post on there and disagree with me. And I

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think one guy from law school even unfriended

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me, even though nothing I said was that inflammatory.

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I just commented on that. Even if you die an

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unfair and horrendous death, it doesn't mean

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that you're a good person because you could have

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been shitty in life. Did you see the Reverend?

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I mean, I'm not a super religious guy, but his

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quote that he said that how you die does not

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get to redefine how you live. Reverend to Reverend,

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I thought that was a good quote. I mean, I think

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there could be an exception, like if you died

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saving children from a fire. I mean, it might

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undo some of the badness, but in general, I agree.

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What if your last word was racist? Does that

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change anything? What if your final words catapulted

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the Sounders to a win? What did the Reverend

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say about losing or dying on the soccer field?

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That was scary. We talked about it in the last

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episode when Nicholas and I were on. We did have

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the Louisville Racing player. Yes. The seizure

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on the field and have to be carted off, and thankfully

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she's okay. They finished the game tonight. We

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at least had one win in Seattle. It was behind

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closed doors, so there was no fans in the stadium.

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They just played the second half, and Seattle

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scored. Jess Bischlach scored in the 90th minute

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for the win. Well, I guess I should have watched

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that instead. Oh, no. Mariners 10 -5, bottom

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of the eighth. Yeah, Mariners are winning. Cal

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Raleigh has two home runs. He is now tied for

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the all -time record for home runs for the Mariners

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and has passed Mickey Mantle for the most by

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a switch hitter. So I think they're safe. Unfortunately,

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Houston's also winning. So we are in playoff

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watch, which leads me to my first question for

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all of you, both of you. The last time the Mariners

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made the playoffs, the Sounders didn't. The only

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time the Mariners made the playoffs when the

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Sounders existed. The Sounders didn't. If the

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Mariners are on this playoff push, are you afraid

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the Sounders aren't going to make the playoffs

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this year? No, because I don't watch the Mariners

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and I'm not a Mariners fan. So there you go.

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Now you brought me into the fold and I can break

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the curse. Good. I like that. We can have both

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teams in the playoff. That'd be great. Mariners

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currently sit in first place. Well, I guess they're

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a half game up, but they'll be back to one game

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ahead in first place, I believe, or at least

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tied, depending on what happens. Pretty rare

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for this late in the season. Thankfully, you

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were not an Astros fan. Did you grow up with

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any baseball? No, I grew up as an Astros fan,

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yeah. Oh, you did? What year was it? Was it 05?

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04, 05, they had the World Series against the

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White Sox, I want to say. Yeah, when they had

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those awesome black and gold uniforms. Yeah,

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that's pretty much the last time I've watched

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baseball for entertainment. Craig Biggio. Yeah,

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the Triple Bs, right? Ken Caminetti. Yeah, it

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was. That was a fun team. It was. But now they're

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multiple teams. So what are you going to do?

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Yeah, exactly. So yeah, Mariners winning. We

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might get some wins, but unfortunately we did

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not get a win. in Miami as the Sounders traveled

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to Miami, lost 3 -1, late goal from the Sounders

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to make it look closer than I think it actually

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was. Although we did have some hope there for

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a few minutes. And if we had put in easy goals,

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you could have said we were going to tie it.

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But to me, it's not an unexpected loss, and here's

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why. I predicted 2 -2, but I thought Pedro was

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going to be there. As soon as Pedro wasn't going

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to be there, he wasn't even in the 18, I said,

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oh, we're losing 4 -1. So I was still wrong,

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but it was close. What does it mean to you two?

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Do you think that Pedro wasn't present? Well,

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can I give a disclaimer first? Yeah. Yeah, just,

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you know, everything I say from this point out,

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real fast, the Sounders are a good team. They're

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going to win more games this year. They're more

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than likely have already got a playoff spot.

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But now that's out of the way, I'm going to get

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drunk and I'm going to cope. This was a terrible

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game. And Pedro going on the trip and then not

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being in the lineup, even on the bench, it's

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DEFCON 5. That is, I don't know, maybe Brian

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saw the pitch and was like, no, I'm not going

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to put you on this pitch because it was a disaster.

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But he went ahead and played Morris. And so,

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you know, yeah, that worries me. uh, not having

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Pedro. If we don't have Pedro, then I, I, I think

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that, uh, we got a little league's cup trophy

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this year and that's it. Yeah. Nick, Nick is

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going to yell at me for saying this, a team without

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Pedro, especially a team with frying gold to

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me, uh, is going to lose five of the final six

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games and not make the playoffs. RSL needs to

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go on a tear to also have that happen, but that's

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going to make me want to drink. Oh, straight

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whiskey. Cheers, boys. Yeah. Alex, what about

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you? Leader of the Free Pedro movement. At first,

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I think we should talk about the conditions of

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the field. Yeah, go ahead. Because, you know,

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we had all this discord. Oh, is Messi going to

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play on turf? This and whatnot. But their field

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was way worse condition than ours was. I think

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that those guys much rather play on a turf field

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than to play on that grass field. It looked like

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it was like a horse ranch. But, man, it's just,

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I thought this game was going to be much closer.

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But then again, when I saw that Pedro wasn't

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even on the bench, I went ahead and changed my

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score prediction to a 3 -1 loss. And, yeah, I

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think Pedro. Even though he doesn't have the

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stats to back it up, I think he is probably our

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most influential DP. And I just don't know if

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his tendonitis is that bad or if Brian's just

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trying to save him for the playoffs. But I think

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if you don't let him get any run of games to

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the playoffs, he's going to come into the playoffs

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rusty. Yeah, he has shown a need for a little

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bit of a run in here and there, too. I mean,

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maybe you think he's hurt tendonitis, right?

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So it's an injury that's not going to get better.

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It's going to be an issue to manage the rest

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of the season. And if that's the case, you...

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I mean, I think I wouldn't have a problem with

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him not starting as long as he had been on the

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bench, right? But the fact that he wasn't even

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on the bench after traveling is what worries

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me a little bit about it. I'm hoping you're right.

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And we started this podcast just like the Schmetzer

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interview just went up. So we didn't see the

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whole thing. I'd be curious if someone asked

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him about that. I would hope they did. So we'll

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definitely know more about that once we can watch

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that interview in full. But it does worry me.

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If it was like, oh, if we rest him on this short,

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weird rest with three days, then maybe it's better,

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and then he'll be good for the rest of the season,

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given this little extra break. I think we have

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to see what happens in Austin. If he doesn't

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start, then I'm going to be very concerned. Because

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if he doesn't start, and these must -win games,

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these games are must -win. Because right now,

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the way that LAFC has been playing after getting

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Sun, like, if... We're not winning games. We're

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not going to get a top four seed. And we're going

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to have to go on the road in the playoffs. And

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we've seen on the road we're not able to get

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it done. That's, I think, a major thing that

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we need to talk about today. And maybe we push

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that conversation a little bit further down the

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road in this episode. But, Dan, what do you think?

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I mean, if you're Schmetzer and Pedro's hurt,

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what do you do to try and elevate this team?

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This is two games in a row we've seen without

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Pedro. They just aren't – I don't know. They

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aren't dynamic. Do the Sounders have enough money

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after winning League's Cup and Club World Cup

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to buy a time machine and go back and make a

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summer transfer? Unfortunately not, but maybe

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we could get a time machine and go back and change

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some things. Make them do it? We're probably

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going to have to raise the Patreon fees. Join

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the Patreon. Maybe I'll put up a $10 ,000 level,

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which is money towards the time machine. That's

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a great idea. If you're going to go to Sober

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Dan, go back to Austin. Get your starting lineup

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on the field. Maybe even Morse is fit enough

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to start. Rusnak's going to start. You get the

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team back gelling. You remind them. You show

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them the good game tape of what they did in the

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Club World Cup and what they did in the League's

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Cup. You put Fry, you know, let him give him

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a coaching role from the bench and put Thomas

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in goal. And you go out there and you win some

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more games. Drunk Dan says that, you know, you.

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You kind of let them have it a little bit as

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far as coming out of this game. I just watched

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a little bit of the press conference, and Brian

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started saying that the effort was there. I kind

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of disagree a little bit as far as it looked

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like they walked on the field thinking that they

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were the better team and had nothing left to

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prove because they had already beat Miami. I

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felt like that in some of their play a little

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bit, especially through the midfield when the

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ball was bouncing around. a little bit more cautious

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to go get it. I also felt like Christian wasn't

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his normal self. I'm not saying I'm doubting

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Christian's fire. I think it's more clearly all

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the matches he's played because he didn't get

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a break for taking a total. The fatigue is starting

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to set in. You're starting to see it with our

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double pivots. The fatigue is starting to set

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in. He got his pocket pick there once. What's

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going on? Did it lead to the goal in that one?

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Or was it the one that I missed? Yes, the one

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that led to the goal. Okay, I think I missed

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that one. I just knew that it was an early goal.

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I just... I just... I don't... I think this whole...

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Let's talk about the goalie controversy. I think

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that this is making Stephen Fry's case worse.

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It's... As far as being the starter, I believe

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that you have to play the players that are in

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form. No matter how much money they're making,

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if they're the DP or not, you have to play the

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players in form. And Thomas has been playing

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great through League's Cup when he had a play

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when Fry was out. And so he wins this League's

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Cup. And what does he get? A spot back on the

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bench. Like you just have you got to keep on

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playing them until he plays himself out of the

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job Like I understand fries the captain. He's

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the veteran But at the same time he as a captain

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has to have the self -awareness to understand.

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You know what? I'm not playing at the top level

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Thomas is playing a little bit better than me

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What's what's gonna benefit the team more? Let's

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let me put my ego aside and let me cheer him

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off from the sidelines and let's go win another

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MLS Cup We've seen on the second goal, his reaction

00:16:06.389 --> 00:16:09.769
time. It's like when you're playing FIFA and

00:16:09.769 --> 00:16:12.129
you have ping that's 100 and your goalie dies

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after the fact the ball went in. I'm like, we've

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seen it time and time again that his age is starting

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to show. And that's not, I love Fry. You know,

00:16:22.889 --> 00:16:25.029
he's a great goalie. He's going to go down as

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one of the greats in MLS. But there comes a time

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when you're just not able to be at the top level

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anymore. Well, I still think that there's things

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that Fry does better than Thomas. You know, I'm

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playing a little bit of devil's advocate with

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you. If Thomas started today, and it wouldn't

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have because of the butterfly effect, but Thomas

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started today and everything else went exactly

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the same, he saves one of those three goals?

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I think it's 2 -1. And I think with him on the

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field, maybe if your goalie makes a save, that's

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going to push the rest of the team. You know

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what? Our keeper's keeping us in the game. Let's

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go help him out and get another one in. Like

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maybe Ozasi hits the right side of the post and

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it goes in and it's 2 -2 or, you know, something

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like that. Like, you know what? I'll give – Fry

00:17:11.630 --> 00:17:15.890
made a great save late in the second half. The

00:17:15.890 --> 00:17:17.750
one against Messi, that kick save, I'll give

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him that. Like Fry made some saves today too,

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but we have to look at the overall game. I have

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a question for you all. And before I say it,

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I'm going to say that Vancouver is up. 1 -0 against

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the Forge in the Canadian Championship in leg

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two. So they're after winning 2 -2 at the Forge.

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I think they're in Hamilton. They're currently

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up 1 -0 at BC Place, which will put them through

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to the final if the score holds to hopefully

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play against Vancouver. Are they just Vancouver

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FC? The minor league team. That's my hope. I

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might go up for that if it's Vancouver versus

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Vancouver. That'd be super fun. And if they could

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knock them off in the final. But if you are...

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So we knew that Andy Thomas was going to start

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all of the games in the League's Cup. He had

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been told, this is your tournament. This is where

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you're going to get to play. And so since that

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was already set up, I think... that means it

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was also set up the expectation was fry to play

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the other matches when they came back if you're

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the coach how do you bench your captain because

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thomas played well in the tournament that you'd

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already promised him i mean without giving fry

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a chance to lose the job one i don't think it's

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as simple as that because that's going off of

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pre -league's cup right and so you had Two things

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happened. One, you had Thomas get a severe injury,

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right? I mean, he came back and maybe it wasn't

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as severe as we thought, but I'm still going

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to say that that was a... I'm sorry, Fry. Yeah,

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Fry, you know, he took that shot to the head.

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I think that changes the equation a little bit.

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And some of what we're seeing can maybe be some

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trepidation from that or, you know, but that

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did happen. And then Thomas gave up how many

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goals in the League's Cup? Two. No, I don't know

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if they were his. Tijuana's was a great goal.

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And the one in Santos was, you could call it

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a defensive mistake, but they were both great

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goals. And he had multiple outstanding saves.

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And then there's the one thing that I think Thomas

00:19:25.009 --> 00:19:28.230
does a lot better than Frye and as an extra weapon

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is Thomas gets critiqued from his distribution.

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Thomas also had a PK shootout save against Puebla.

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And let's be real, Fry doesn't save PKs. No,

00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:45.200
when he has last year in the playoffs, it was

00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:46.940
because they missed it, not because he made the

00:19:46.940 --> 00:19:50.140
save. But one of the things that Thomas does

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that I think would have helped in this game is

00:19:52.180 --> 00:19:58.720
after corners, Thomas tends to go a lot faster

00:19:58.720 --> 00:20:02.109
than Fry. And we had some speed on the field.

00:20:02.789 --> 00:20:06.930
Miami did not. And Miami, what, only had six

00:20:06.930 --> 00:20:09.410
on their bench. And so they have an average age

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of like 37. They're pretty short -handed. I would

00:20:13.170 --> 00:20:16.690
have liked to have seen us making a run. Like

00:20:16.690 --> 00:20:18.630
there was several corners that Georgie's streaking

00:20:18.630 --> 00:20:21.849
down the field and he's, you know, Thomas hit

00:20:21.849 --> 00:20:28.099
him with his arm and make Miami run back. I'd

00:20:28.099 --> 00:20:29.299
have liked to have seen that a little bit more.

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And, you know, that's just not Fry's game. Fry

00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:34.799
doesn't do that. He slows it down. Very bright

00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:36.279
semester. Let's slow down. Let's play out of

00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:39.519
the back. Let's play smart. And especially whenever

00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:42.279
you're already losing 2 -3 -0, you know, let's

00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:44.720
throw Kostin to win and let's try to hit him

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in the face. That's how you get. I'm an aggressive

00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:51.019
person, so I like aggressive goalies. No, yeah,

00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:53.420
and I mean, that's how we caught Miami in the

00:20:53.420 --> 00:20:55.720
League's Cup. We got him off the counter. Georgie

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:58.210
won the penalty. It was off a quick transition

00:20:58.210 --> 00:21:00.829
moment. And Georgie was on the field against

00:21:00.829 --> 00:21:05.930
the same defenders. And it drove Brian nuts when

00:21:05.930 --> 00:21:07.750
Thomas was going quick towards the end of the

00:21:07.750 --> 00:21:11.470
game. So maybe Brian likes the way that Fry slows

00:21:11.470 --> 00:21:14.950
the game down. But then again, there's a time

00:21:14.950 --> 00:21:16.730
and a place when you need to slow the game down.

00:21:16.789 --> 00:21:18.869
You slow the game down when you're ahead. When

00:21:18.869 --> 00:21:21.329
you have a lead. Not when you're down two goals

00:21:21.329 --> 00:21:23.210
in the last ten minutes. You gotta play with

00:21:23.210 --> 00:21:25.839
some intensity and some urgency. It felt like

00:21:25.839 --> 00:21:28.220
we had that urgency that led to the first goal,

00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:31.900
and then they just ran out of gas or something

00:21:31.900 --> 00:21:34.059
because they couldn't keep the urgency going.

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Even after you subbed on Morris and Rusnak, it

00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:41.819
just wasn't – yeah, it didn't feel like they

00:21:41.819 --> 00:21:43.319
were pushing for goals. It felt like they were

00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:45.200
just out there to get minutes to get healthy.

00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:48.059
No, yeah. And that may have been the intent.

00:21:48.730 --> 00:21:51.950
Yeah, I think there was a play in the 83rd minute

00:21:51.950 --> 00:21:53.349
that Miami had the ball, and they just stood

00:21:53.349 --> 00:21:55.150
there. And then you look at our team, and we're

00:21:55.150 --> 00:21:56.690
just standing there too. We're almost content

00:21:56.690 --> 00:22:02.690
with just how the scoreline was. But going back

00:22:02.690 --> 00:22:05.250
to your point there in the 80th minute, there

00:22:05.250 --> 00:22:09.990
was that great chance for a through ball. Who

00:22:09.990 --> 00:22:12.849
was playing second striker? We had two up top.

00:22:12.950 --> 00:22:14.990
Who was it? Danny and Morris. I mean Morris.

00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:18.759
Yeah, so I believe it was Moose that was, you

00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:22.839
know, Bruce could have hit Moose there and he

00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:24.299
would have had a one -on -one opportunity with

00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:32.660
the goalkeeper. Yeah, just stuff like that. I

00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:34.720
feel like that there just wasn't a lot of urgency

00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:37.059
to go out and take this game. How much of that

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:39.400
is fatigue? How much of that is we've already

00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:42.829
beaten them and this game is... of all our remaining

00:22:42.829 --> 00:22:44.849
games, is one of the more meaningless just because

00:22:44.849 --> 00:22:47.089
it's against the Eastern Conference and it's

00:22:47.089 --> 00:22:48.589
not against a team that we're fighting for a

00:22:48.589 --> 00:22:52.390
playoff spot? And how much of it was we just

00:22:52.390 --> 00:22:58.309
got outplayed? If it is your first that, you

00:22:58.309 --> 00:23:01.170
know, it doesn't mean as much, we have some tired

00:23:01.170 --> 00:23:03.589
legs, we just beat them, the mental stuff, I

00:23:03.589 --> 00:23:06.829
think that played a role. And how concerning

00:23:06.829 --> 00:23:10.740
is that moving forward that we might have? you

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:13.259
know, mentally shift the game. I mean, it's the

00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:15.640
second straight game that it seems like we had

00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:19.019
no fire. Yeah, it seems like that we felt like

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:20.680
we were the better team and had no reason to

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:24.640
prove it. Where ever since the Club World Cup,

00:23:24.859 --> 00:23:27.240
we felt like we had, it felt like our players

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:29.339
were playing with something to prove. I think,

00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:32.000
I think that Saturday's make or break for this

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:34.359
team. Like if this game doesn't light a fire

00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:35.740
under their ass, then I don't know what will.

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:38.519
Like, is it going to take losing to Vancouver

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:41.130
at home? Losing to Portland at home, and then

00:23:41.130 --> 00:23:43.329
you're going to just limp into the playoffs and

00:23:43.329 --> 00:23:46.630
then get booted off in the first round? I mean,

00:23:46.730 --> 00:23:53.670
if we lose to Austin, who would then jump to

00:23:53.670 --> 00:23:57.750
one point behind us in the standings, LAFC presumably

00:23:57.750 --> 00:23:59.390
would have passed us. Portland would have had

00:23:59.390 --> 00:24:03.009
the opportunity to pass us. And so Colorado,

00:24:03.150 --> 00:24:06.720
San Jose are the 8 -9 team. Yeah, Salt Lake has

00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:08.279
a lot of work to do, but we also play them and

00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:10.740
they have two games in hand or one game in hand

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:13.259
on us. So if they win the game in hand to get

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:18.220
up to 37, they're only, what, eight points behind

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:20.500
us and a win against us would knock that down

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:23.880
to five. And so if we lose to Vancouver and Austin,

00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:27.339
they're right there, potentially, if they win

00:24:27.339 --> 00:24:29.059
their games. And suddenly the Sounders are battling

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:31.099
for that eighth or ninth spot, which is crazy

00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:34.569
to think because... Two weeks before we lost

00:24:34.569 --> 00:24:36.930
to Minnesota, we had a chance to move up into

00:24:36.930 --> 00:24:39.549
second, it felt like. And suddenly here we are

00:24:39.549 --> 00:24:41.710
in fourth, about to be passed with the opportunity

00:24:41.710 --> 00:24:44.430
to drop down to seventh or eighth. That just

00:24:44.430 --> 00:24:46.309
shows you how competitive it is in the West.

00:24:47.630 --> 00:24:50.890
Yeah. Life goes at you fast, huh? Yeah. I mean,

00:24:50.930 --> 00:24:52.970
in all our games, left are against the West,

00:24:53.009 --> 00:24:56.569
except for New York City FC. So we have games

00:24:56.569 --> 00:25:00.150
against the third place team, the sixth place

00:25:00.150 --> 00:25:02.589
team, the seventh place team. and the 10th place

00:25:02.589 --> 00:25:05.490
team in the West. So basically all playoff teams,

00:25:05.549 --> 00:25:08.390
plus Salt Lake, who's one points out of the playoffs

00:25:08.390 --> 00:25:11.190
with two games in hand on both San Jose and Colorado.

00:25:11.190 --> 00:25:14.390
So they could easily jump up there to be in that

00:25:14.390 --> 00:25:18.210
eighth spot with Colorado, like right above them.

00:25:18.309 --> 00:25:20.849
So, I mean, you've got three teams battling for

00:25:20.849 --> 00:25:23.109
those last two spots. I hope it doesn't come

00:25:23.109 --> 00:25:25.849
to that. I hope, you know, I hope that Nicholas

00:25:25.849 --> 00:25:29.200
is right and this isn't a big deal, but. What

00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:31.579
I've seen is a team that is lackluster on the

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:36.240
road, doesn't get up for road games, and was

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:38.640
also lackluster at home. And without Pedro, I

00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:42.339
do worry that not only will we lose road games,

00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:47.220
Vancouver just beat Philly, the team that is

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:50.599
leading the Shield race, 7 -0. Their new signing

00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:52.420
had three goals. They were like all PKs, though.

00:25:52.859 --> 00:25:57.180
Still. How did they get a new signing? Thomas

00:25:57.180 --> 00:26:00.559
Muller. Oh. I thought the transfer window was

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:04.019
canceled this year. Oh, yeah. You didn't realize

00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:06.500
that only for the Sounders was it canceled? Oh.

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:09.960
No, there was a cover fee, but we couldn't cover

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:13.039
it. Oh. That's kind of like the NBA hasn't existed

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:15.980
since 2008, right? The league just folded? Yeah,

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:19.339
no, it shut down. I figured the Sonic weren't

00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:23.319
around anymore. Good job. No, the WNBA put them

00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:26.250
out of business, huh? It makes sense to me. Storm

00:26:26.250 --> 00:26:29.009
currently in the playoffs, unfortunately lost

00:26:29.009 --> 00:26:31.529
game one against the Aces, but we'll see what

00:26:31.529 --> 00:26:34.210
happens moving forward in that series. What?

00:26:35.589 --> 00:26:38.549
All right. I don't want to feed into the negativity,

00:26:38.569 --> 00:26:40.589
but there's been so much negative stuff in the

00:26:40.589 --> 00:26:43.549
world going on. And I feel like the Sounders

00:26:43.549 --> 00:26:47.369
were this ray of sunshine in what was already

00:26:47.369 --> 00:26:51.809
a shit world. And all of a sudden they have decided

00:26:51.809 --> 00:26:57.750
to no longer. Be that ray of sunshine. We'll

00:26:57.750 --> 00:27:00.250
go with you, Dan. Where are you with the Sounders

00:27:00.250 --> 00:27:02.009
right now? Do you have any excitement for these

00:27:02.009 --> 00:27:04.369
upcoming games, or are you worried that they're

00:27:04.369 --> 00:27:07.750
going to shit the bed? Dan is super excited.

00:27:07.930 --> 00:27:10.630
They hold their keys to their future, and they

00:27:10.630 --> 00:27:12.309
go out there and they play soccer like they did

00:27:12.309 --> 00:27:14.230
in the League's Cup and before. We're going to

00:27:14.230 --> 00:27:15.730
be just fine, and we're going to have a whole

00:27:15.730 --> 00:27:18.609
playoff game to watch. Okay, now go drink some

00:27:18.609 --> 00:27:24.059
beer and then respond. Now, the bastard in me

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:27.160
thinks that they've already won something. They've

00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:33.420
set out to accomplish it. And we have who I think

00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:35.380
is our best player to potentially be injured.

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:37.440
We don't know what's going on with him. And I'm

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:39.220
not super excited to watch a team that doesn't

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:41.539
have Pedro on it. Leader of the free Pedro movement.

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:45.059
I'm going to have to. That's a big. I'm going

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:46.319
to have to start with the free Thomas movement

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:50.000
now, too, because. Oh, boy. That was more controversial.

00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:53.789
Oh, boy. I mean. I guess the new FIFA game is

00:27:53.789 --> 00:27:56.109
coming out. I'll manage the Sounders there, and

00:27:56.109 --> 00:27:59.450
we'll win the MLS Cup right away. Free transfer

00:27:59.450 --> 00:28:03.170
for some great players. No, I think that this

00:28:03.170 --> 00:28:08.069
team will find a way to turn it around. And,

00:28:08.130 --> 00:28:11.210
you know, we just got done with the game, and

00:28:11.210 --> 00:28:17.410
our emotions are raw. And we're all trying to

00:28:17.410 --> 00:28:19.089
cope in the ways that we are. You know, Dan got

00:28:19.089 --> 00:28:21.519
his drink. I got my drink. You took your shot

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:24.440
of whiskey and you got your donuts. I hope that

00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:27.099
this team proves me wrong because I think given

00:28:27.099 --> 00:28:28.900
just the way that we're playing, we're going

00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:32.819
to end up between four, five, and six. But if

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:34.819
we keep playing the way that we did today and

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:38.299
last Saturday, we're going to end up on seven

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:43.359
or eight, maybe nine. Imagine missing the playoff

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:49.759
on decision day. Yeah. Five is likely at LA.

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:53.579
If we were to be sixth, it would be at probably

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:57.039
Vancouver. But they have two games in hand on

00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:59.119
Minnesota, so they could easily jump up into

00:28:59.119 --> 00:29:01.440
first. So it would be either Vancouver or Minnesota

00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:03.180
or potentially San Diego because they're also

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:04.680
close. So it would be one of those top three.

00:29:05.140 --> 00:29:09.140
So I guess we avoid Portland, which was my fear.

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:12.759
But that seems like a big feat having to beat

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:15.119
a Vancouver, Minnesota, or San Diego more than

00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:18.339
it does to beat an Austin. or colorado or san

00:29:18.339 --> 00:29:21.900
jose no because either way we're gonna have we're

00:29:21.900 --> 00:29:23.640
gonna have to play them at home in the second

00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:27.220
round that's true it's just a matter of which

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:29.900
one do you get the home game first or second

00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:32.200
but you still get a home game after that it becomes

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:36.400
uh i would want to see i want to see how our

00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:38.400
game against vancouver pans out before i make

00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:41.039
a decision of who i don't want to play because

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:44.920
we beat san diego and you know we played minnesota

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:47.519
well like i'm sure Minnesota is probably the

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:50.059
scariest team to play in the playoffs. Just because

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:51.980
they'll just bunker down and we haven't been

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:54.339
able to beat the bunker. So until we're able

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:57.220
to beat a bunker, then I don't want to play a

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:59.859
bunker. Because if we play a bunker, I'm going

00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:02.980
to put the mortgage on the other team. We're

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:04.619
having trouble scoring against teams that aren't

00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:06.579
bunkering down. So what happens when they do?

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:08.299
We just don't score. No, we're going to need

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:10.640
a PK or a handball or something. Which that's

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:12.400
what we've seen in games we have won against

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:14.980
them. Like FC Dallas where we got the PK late

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:18.650
in game. Yeah. I'm not super afraid of playing

00:30:18.650 --> 00:30:25.170
any team in MLS at Lumenfield. I have a lot of

00:30:25.170 --> 00:30:27.250
faith in Brian. I have a lot of faith in the

00:30:27.250 --> 00:30:30.829
squad. And I think in a win or go home game at

00:30:30.829 --> 00:30:33.569
Lumenfield against anyone, they're the odds on

00:30:33.569 --> 00:30:37.829
favor. I mean, because it was just two weeks

00:30:37.829 --> 00:30:41.930
ago that they had Miami crashing out with the

00:30:41.930 --> 00:30:44.009
same, some of the same players. And I don't.

00:30:44.670 --> 00:30:47.470
Not saying that we're guaranteed to win, but

00:30:47.470 --> 00:30:51.869
I like our odds. On the road, I'm a little bit

00:30:51.869 --> 00:30:56.490
more cautious. I wouldn't wonder if we play my

00:30:56.490 --> 00:31:00.750
Minnesota again at home in the playoffs if we

00:31:00.750 --> 00:31:03.089
don't see Brian doing something like he did against

00:31:03.089 --> 00:31:06.069
LAFC and changing up the formation or changing

00:31:06.069 --> 00:31:08.509
up the tactics. That's what he did to get us

00:31:08.509 --> 00:31:11.109
through past LAFC after, what, losing three times

00:31:11.109 --> 00:31:15.920
that year to him? in pretty bad fashion too.

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:19.099
Give me some games at home. That's really why

00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:22.839
this is so worrying. Every drop point we have

00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:26.400
is less of a chance of playing at home. We could

00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:31.079
be looking at one game at home because it's still

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:36.339
the best three for the first round. It's not

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:38.539
home and away anymore. They keep switching it.

00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:42.319
It's home and away. back at the top seed if necessary.

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:46.519
I think it goes straight to PKs. So it's not

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:50.400
aggregate, it's each one counts as one. I like

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:55.059
the aggregated. They're in 8th place, so who

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:57.319
knows if they make the playoffs. They have so

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:59.920
many games in hand that they are going to make

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:02.380
the playoffs. They're fighting for the shield,

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:04.960
even though they're that far down. But I think

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:06.720
the East is much more. How did they get so many

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:09.799
games in hand and we didn't? I feel like we've

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:11.859
probably played pretty similar. What, they had

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:14.119
one more Club World Cup game than us? They had

00:32:14.119 --> 00:32:17.819
Champions League go, too. Oh, that's right. I

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:20.480
forgot that we got bounced early. Yeah, but they

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:22.579
got bounced, too, by Vancouver. And then Vancouver

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:25.190
got bounced by Cruz Azul. Then we bounced them.

00:32:25.250 --> 00:32:26.890
So technically we're the champions of CONCACAF.

00:32:27.329 --> 00:32:30.430
So two games ago, the Sounders were the number

00:32:30.430 --> 00:32:33.910
one team in CONCACAF and 81st team in the world.

00:32:34.549 --> 00:32:36.730
Does this team still inspire you to believe that

00:32:36.730 --> 00:32:38.549
they're number one in CONCACAF and 81st in the

00:32:38.549 --> 00:32:40.930
world? Don't answer that. Don't answer that.

00:32:41.029 --> 00:32:42.869
Let's take a break. And when we get back, you

00:32:42.869 --> 00:33:03.630
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00:33:03.809 --> 00:33:06.150
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00:33:06.269 --> 00:33:08.650
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00:34:42.889 --> 00:34:45.030
And we're back. Yeah. Listen to our corporate

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be easier than having it be that we get a time

00:35:08.849 --> 00:35:10.510
machine and because then we still have to invent

00:35:10.510 --> 00:35:14.420
it. But the Sounders were named number one team

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:17.880
in CONCACAF, I think 81st in the world. And then

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:21.280
we've seen them lose a couple games in a row

00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:24.139
here. Well, I guess they didn't lose to LA. It

00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:25.780
felt like a loss because they're the worst team

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:29.099
in the league and they blew points late. That's

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:31.559
funny that if we think about it, though, they

00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:34.360
still have only lost two games out of their last

00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:39.119
17. Is the sky falling? Is this, I mean, we've

00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:41.619
spent the first 30 minutes of the show talking

00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:44.360
about how worried we are about them falling out

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:48.900
of the top four, but is this ship easily correctable?

00:35:50.739 --> 00:35:52.579
Can we get back on course? Is Pedro healthy?

00:35:53.260 --> 00:35:56.000
I guess that's the question. Is he playing at

00:35:56.000 --> 00:36:00.460
least 45? No. If we got to keep saying hashtag

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:02.280
free Pedro before every game, that we're not

00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:08.380
going to be in a good position. Like, I think

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:11.559
he, like I said earlier, he's our most influential

00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:16.099
DP. He's not, he doesn't have the stats like

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:18.360
a, like a Rusnak does, but he, he plays more

00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:21.579
than Jordan. And I think that he probably makes

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:23.679
the less out of the three of them. He probably

00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:25.239
makes the least amount of money, but he's the

00:36:25.239 --> 00:36:27.739
most influential on the field. Like you can tell

00:36:27.739 --> 00:36:29.139
when he's on the field and you can tell when

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:31.539
he's not on the field. When Jordan was out, we

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:33.539
had, you know, Danny stepped up, D -Roll stepped

00:36:33.539 --> 00:36:36.139
up. When Rusnak got out, Jesus stepped in and

00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:39.159
filled that role beautifully. But when Pedro's

00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:43.079
out, oh boy, you miss Pedro. Now, why don't we

00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:45.739
have someone like the Mariners have Dom Camzone,

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:50.019
who Dom Camzone just went four for four today.

00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:53.159
Sorry, five for five. He was four for four before

00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:55.019
his last bat. He went five for five with four

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:59.880
runs, four RBIs. Three home runs, including a

00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:02.639
two -run home run in the top of the ninth so

00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:05.619
that the Mariners won 12 -5. I'm so shocked I

00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:10.179
can't even speak. Where is our Dom Canzone to

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:13.239
step in and fill the place of Pedro? I feel like

00:37:13.239 --> 00:37:16.340
Georgie was trying to be that today and maybe

00:37:16.340 --> 00:37:18.920
wasn't that far off. What did you see from Georgie?

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:24.300
We had Paul Rothrock. He was out at halftime.

00:37:25.139 --> 00:37:28.639
No. I'm just kidding. No, I think Georgie was

00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:32.519
trying his best. But towards the end, it almost

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:34.940
felt like he was trying to do too much. And they

00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:40.219
were double teaming him on that side. But I think

00:37:40.219 --> 00:37:42.519
he was trying to force it a little bit too much

00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:44.400
towards the end. When he cut in and had that

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:48.559
shot that just didn't even hit the target. But

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:52.139
I think Georgie, for starting the game, he looked

00:37:52.139 --> 00:37:54.860
good. Because I was on the train that Georgie

00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:57.769
can't get it done as a starter. But, you know,

00:37:57.789 --> 00:38:01.929
he proved me wrong today. I'll give him his props.

00:38:04.710 --> 00:38:06.550
I'm going to disagree with you. I think today

00:38:06.550 --> 00:38:09.369
just showed yet again that George is not a starter.

00:38:09.550 --> 00:38:12.489
And to go back to your baseball reference, he's

00:38:12.489 --> 00:38:14.369
a closer. He's somebody that you're going to

00:38:14.369 --> 00:38:17.710
bring on late in the game and get you some points.

00:38:17.789 --> 00:38:21.050
I think whatever he's doing, his bent against.

00:38:21.919 --> 00:38:24.619
Fresh legs, it's not as effective as whenever

00:38:24.619 --> 00:38:26.800
he's doing it against tired legs. And that's

00:38:26.800 --> 00:38:30.400
– I didn't see much today that changes my opinion

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:32.800
on it. I mean, he was effective at times. But

00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:34.760
it was when they were tired. He was effective

00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:37.000
at times. It was at the end when they were tired

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:38.760
and he was running past them over and over again.

00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:43.619
I will say that if Kent's healthy, I start Kent

00:38:43.619 --> 00:38:49.360
over Georgie. Oh, yeah. Yeah. But who are you

00:38:49.360 --> 00:38:51.909
going to put up there? But Kent's not healthy.

00:38:51.969 --> 00:38:54.449
Well, I think in an ideal world, if Pedro's off

00:38:54.449 --> 00:38:56.329
the field, you have Rothrock on the left, you

00:38:56.329 --> 00:38:59.769
have Jesus on the – well, in Brian's ideal world,

00:38:59.889 --> 00:39:02.409
you have Rothrock on the left, Jesus on the right,

00:39:02.449 --> 00:39:06.530
and Rusnak there in the middle. And so still

00:39:06.530 --> 00:39:09.090
allowing Georgia to come on in the end. But,

00:39:09.309 --> 00:39:14.150
you know, we're not quite there yet. Fitness

00:39:14.150 --> 00:39:16.949
level for Rusnak, probably by this weekend we

00:39:16.949 --> 00:39:20.809
will be. That's what I would like to see. I want

00:39:20.809 --> 00:39:24.030
to come back to this question of Rusnak and Jesus

00:39:24.030 --> 00:39:25.630
because it's something we've been discussing

00:39:25.630 --> 00:39:28.269
off podcast for a while. And I tried to bring

00:39:28.269 --> 00:39:29.989
up with Nick and he kind of didn't even really

00:39:29.989 --> 00:39:34.489
address it directly. So before we do that, though,

00:39:34.610 --> 00:39:36.730
we did get, since it was such short notice, we

00:39:36.730 --> 00:39:38.710
did get only one scuttlebutt mailbag question

00:39:38.710 --> 00:39:42.309
from good old muffin top model, Tim Hamilton,

00:39:42.429 --> 00:39:47.869
said, why? Were we so hell -bent on unforced

00:39:47.869 --> 00:39:51.030
errors tonight? Sure, we won 3 -0. They can't

00:39:51.030 --> 00:39:53.329
take the trophy away, but they punched us in

00:39:53.329 --> 00:39:56.449
the mouth and spit on us after the game and then

00:39:56.449 --> 00:39:59.550
continued punching us once we got to Miami. LA

00:39:59.550 --> 00:40:01.789
Galaxy was a thing, and the Miami part, douche,

00:40:01.789 --> 00:40:05.050
is a thing. However, will this team turn it around?

00:40:05.449 --> 00:40:06.949
And we already talked about the turn it around,

00:40:07.090 --> 00:40:10.059
but I kind of want to talk about... This didn't

00:40:10.059 --> 00:40:11.739
feel like a continuation of that last game to

00:40:11.739 --> 00:40:14.420
me, more than maybe if you're saying, yeah, we'd

00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:15.519
already beat them, so we didn't have anything

00:40:15.519 --> 00:40:19.420
to prove. But short rest, flying about as far

00:40:19.420 --> 00:40:23.019
away from Seattle as you can get, probably pretty

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:27.719
humid there. And also, it's like I had friends

00:40:27.719 --> 00:40:31.559
in a band that one day opened for Run DMC in

00:40:31.559 --> 00:40:33.500
front of 12 ,000 people, and the next day played

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:36.880
in front of six people. the next town over. It

00:40:36.880 --> 00:40:40.019
feels like that. It feels like we went from completely

00:40:40.019 --> 00:40:43.400
sold -out, crazy stadium to now we're just playing

00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:48.139
a nothing game with nothing on the line. No,

00:40:48.159 --> 00:40:51.699
yeah, that's a good point. And, I mean, you saw

00:40:51.699 --> 00:40:53.559
at halftime, the camera panned to Obed and Messi

00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:55.739
having a nice, what looked like a nice chat.

00:40:56.280 --> 00:40:59.280
I'm like, there was no bad blood. There was what

00:40:59.280 --> 00:41:02.550
happened in the final. was left in the final.

00:41:02.690 --> 00:41:05.429
And yeah, it's a game. Tempers flare in a final.

00:41:05.530 --> 00:41:09.050
It's a big game. So I mean... And Suarez wasn't

00:41:09.050 --> 00:41:11.010
on the field. So I think that if he had been

00:41:11.010 --> 00:41:12.809
on the field, maybe it plays out a little differently.

00:41:12.929 --> 00:41:14.489
But I think without him there, it doesn't...

00:41:14.489 --> 00:41:18.030
It's not... The inflammatory person isn't there.

00:41:18.429 --> 00:41:20.650
But Busquets was there and he's punched Obed

00:41:20.650 --> 00:41:22.929
at the end of the game. I think Obed won that

00:41:22.929 --> 00:41:27.530
one though. I think, yeah, Obed said. No, but

00:41:27.530 --> 00:41:31.070
I mean... To be fair, the stadium looked empty

00:41:31.070 --> 00:41:33.849
in my opinion. There was a lot of open seats.

00:41:34.530 --> 00:41:38.269
For their prices on a Tuesday night against a

00:41:38.269 --> 00:41:42.210
team that just kicked their ass when they also

00:41:42.210 --> 00:41:45.909
lost their last game too, I'm not going to blame

00:41:45.909 --> 00:41:48.769
those fans for not driving from Miami up to Fort

00:41:48.769 --> 00:41:52.909
Lauderdale against rush hour traffic to attend

00:41:52.909 --> 00:41:55.760
a game. And, I mean, if you really want to sit

00:41:55.760 --> 00:41:59.179
down and look at the two games and dissect it,

00:41:59.239 --> 00:42:01.280
we technically hold the aggregate over them,

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:05.519
7 -6. So, technically, we're still up. Yeah,

00:42:05.539 --> 00:42:08.900
I'll take that. Like, I'll take that. I mean,

00:42:09.179 --> 00:42:11.920
if we end at 3 -3, alright, then we'll have a

00:42:11.920 --> 00:42:14.519
PK shootout and we'll win that one. If Thomas

00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:19.340
is in goal. But, I mean... I think it just kind

00:42:19.340 --> 00:42:23.159
of... Go ahead, Alex. No, go ahead. thinking

00:42:23.159 --> 00:42:26.079
of what I'm going to say now. Yeah, I think it

00:42:26.079 --> 00:42:28.059
just kind of goes to show that the fans made

00:42:28.059 --> 00:42:30.860
a bigger deal about the postgame than Miami or

00:42:30.860 --> 00:42:38.400
Seattle did. But, yeah, for me, though, I have

00:42:38.400 --> 00:42:40.820
my own biases, and Miami represents a lot in

00:42:40.820 --> 00:42:42.599
the world that I dislike, the idea that you can

00:42:42.599 --> 00:42:45.400
just buy your way to a championship and that

00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:47.679
they deserve to win and we should worship them

00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:51.980
because they're rich. That doesn't really get

00:42:51.980 --> 00:42:54.280
me going. So I would have loved to have seen

00:42:54.280 --> 00:42:59.579
us smash them again. But for how to turn it around

00:42:59.579 --> 00:43:03.639
in the long run, I think we're okay. We're still

00:43:03.639 --> 00:43:07.400
the same talented team. And as much as my eyes

00:43:07.400 --> 00:43:09.900
and heart tell me that Pedro not being out there

00:43:09.900 --> 00:43:12.360
hurts us, there's also a part of me that just

00:43:12.360 --> 00:43:14.900
can't believe that one player can make that much

00:43:14.900 --> 00:43:17.480
of a difference. This isn't... The old Sounders

00:43:17.480 --> 00:43:19.360
where Dempsey goes down and we're screwed, right?

00:43:19.599 --> 00:43:21.559
This isn't a team that's built around single

00:43:21.559 --> 00:43:24.179
players. This is a team that's built on the next

00:43:24.179 --> 00:43:28.860
man stepping up and doing his job. And there's

00:43:28.860 --> 00:43:32.300
got to be a way to find some dynamic way to do

00:43:32.300 --> 00:43:34.360
something. And you saw Brian at the end of that

00:43:34.360 --> 00:43:36.840
game try something new. Two forwards up top.

00:43:36.940 --> 00:43:39.260
Unfortunately, because we don't play that way,

00:43:39.380 --> 00:43:41.480
they were both trying to take up the same space.

00:43:41.619 --> 00:43:43.679
The same problem we had when they put Morrison

00:43:43.679 --> 00:43:46.489
at dinner on up there. Was that two seasons ago

00:43:46.489 --> 00:43:51.070
now? Rui Diaz. And Rui Diaz as well, yeah, when

00:43:51.070 --> 00:43:55.409
they did it with him too. So you see that problem,

00:43:55.489 --> 00:43:57.469
but I think that kind of problem is fixable.

00:43:57.909 --> 00:43:59.730
That kind of problem is something that you just

00:43:59.730 --> 00:44:01.989
practice and will fix over time if that's something

00:44:01.989 --> 00:44:04.849
you're going to do. The question is, where are

00:44:04.849 --> 00:44:07.090
you going to take away that player if you're

00:44:07.090 --> 00:44:09.750
putting two up top? Are you taking away someone

00:44:09.750 --> 00:44:12.289
from the midfield? like a center attacking mid

00:44:12.289 --> 00:44:14.150
and playing with two up? Or are you taking away

00:44:14.150 --> 00:44:17.170
a center defensive mid and not having the two

00:44:17.170 --> 00:44:20.030
pivots back there? Obviously, that's what I would

00:44:20.030 --> 00:44:21.710
choose to do. But I know, Alex, you've said,

00:44:21.809 --> 00:44:24.170
no, that's like the key to our game. So that's

00:44:24.170 --> 00:44:28.449
one that you wouldn't touch. I think, well, first

00:44:28.449 --> 00:44:30.309
of all, I want to tackle the first part of the

00:44:30.309 --> 00:44:32.409
question. I think what it is, too, is we're still

00:44:32.409 --> 00:44:34.349
trying to knock off some rust after having five

00:44:34.349 --> 00:44:38.250
days off. Like these guys took those five days

00:44:38.250 --> 00:44:40.230
off and they went straight vacation mode, you

00:44:40.230 --> 00:44:43.650
know, I think Jesus went back home to Texas Amr,

00:44:43.650 --> 00:44:45.769
I think I seen him with Pedro down at the beach

00:44:45.769 --> 00:44:48.349
probably and I don't know maybe in Colombia or

00:44:48.349 --> 00:44:51.550
somewhere around So these guys are you know,

00:44:51.590 --> 00:44:53.150
there's there's still some rest I seen you more

00:44:53.150 --> 00:44:54.889
miss some passes that he normally doesn't miss

00:44:54.889 --> 00:44:57.710
Like we were misplacing a lot of passes today.

00:44:57.809 --> 00:45:00.869
We were misplacing a lot of passes on Saturday

00:45:00.869 --> 00:45:06.159
That's they're gonna shake that off And I think

00:45:06.159 --> 00:45:07.840
by Saturday, we're going to see a different team

00:45:07.840 --> 00:45:15.840
that's playing a little bit better. And to answer

00:45:15.840 --> 00:45:18.440
your question, I think based off what we've seen

00:45:18.440 --> 00:45:21.579
Brian do, by taking off Pedro around the 60th

00:45:21.579 --> 00:45:23.340
minute, you take off Pedro and you put in another

00:45:23.340 --> 00:45:28.760
striker. Because we've seen him take off Pedro

00:45:28.760 --> 00:45:35.360
against Miami. And, you know, high close games,

00:45:35.599 --> 00:45:37.880
you've seen him take it out when he starts. So

00:45:37.880 --> 00:45:40.280
I think that's where I'll go. I'll take out Pedro

00:45:40.280 --> 00:45:43.860
or I'll take out... I mean, who do you shift?

00:45:44.000 --> 00:45:45.659
How do you shift? Are you getting rid of a center

00:45:45.659 --> 00:45:47.500
attacking mid then and moving someone over to

00:45:47.500 --> 00:45:51.880
the left or right? I mean, if you take off Pedro,

00:45:52.019 --> 00:45:54.980
you almost want to play with... The way that

00:45:54.980 --> 00:45:56.960
they play in possessions, they have three in

00:45:56.960 --> 00:45:58.960
the back. So Alex is always going to float to

00:45:58.960 --> 00:46:02.510
help out in the midfield. So you can almost have

00:46:02.510 --> 00:46:05.130
Alex play towards on that right side, and you

00:46:05.130 --> 00:46:08.309
can have Jesus and Rusnak occupy the middle and

00:46:08.309 --> 00:46:11.590
the left half space. And then you have Moose

00:46:11.590 --> 00:46:14.829
as the point forward, or you have D -Row, because

00:46:14.829 --> 00:46:16.730
I think D -Row plays the position differently

00:46:16.730 --> 00:46:19.650
than Danny. And then you have Morris be almost

00:46:19.650 --> 00:46:23.690
that runner. You have the striker be the hold

00:46:23.690 --> 00:46:27.710
-up player and is able to play that pass in behind

00:46:27.710 --> 00:46:29.750
so Morris can run into it and then have a...

00:46:30.159 --> 00:46:32.500
opportunity on goal kind of like the way that

00:46:32.500 --> 00:46:34.699
i hate to say this but the way that suarez plays

00:46:34.699 --> 00:46:37.639
as a nine you know we've seen him how he's able

00:46:37.639 --> 00:46:40.320
to play you know the person underneath through

00:46:40.320 --> 00:46:42.840
we saw him do that to messy when he missed that

00:46:42.840 --> 00:46:45.360
big chance like a striker like that i think would

00:46:45.360 --> 00:46:48.179
be very very beneficiary when we have a two striker

00:46:48.179 --> 00:46:50.539
setup i mean when we have someone like morris

00:46:50.539 --> 00:46:55.039
yeah yeah suarez is a jerk but you you he wouldn't

00:46:55.039 --> 00:46:56.699
still be playing if he also weren't one of the

00:46:57.219 --> 00:46:58.860
spend so much time as one of the best players

00:46:58.860 --> 00:47:01.480
in the world, right? This guy is an amazing soccer

00:47:01.480 --> 00:47:04.400
player. He's going to go down as one of his generation's

00:47:04.400 --> 00:47:08.599
best strikers. Yeah. Apart from how he is off

00:47:08.599 --> 00:47:12.079
the field, that's another issue to discuss. But

00:47:12.079 --> 00:47:14.440
him as a soccer player, he's going to go down

00:47:14.440 --> 00:47:16.659
as one of the greats. I think he's good enough

00:47:16.659 --> 00:47:18.760
at his position. He got that Michael Jackson

00:47:18.760 --> 00:47:20.559
treatment where you just kind of ignore the bad

00:47:20.559 --> 00:47:23.579
things and keep bringing them around. No, I mean,

00:47:23.579 --> 00:47:27.340
he did get punished. not to the extent some of

00:47:27.340 --> 00:47:29.619
us would like. Right, but teams are still signing

00:47:29.619 --> 00:47:31.500
him because the upside is bigger than the downside.

00:47:32.480 --> 00:47:36.679
Yeah, and he's towards the twilight of his career.

00:47:36.739 --> 00:47:38.440
His knees are going to give out anytime soon.

00:47:38.960 --> 00:47:42.019
He takes like three pills a day before a game,

00:47:42.039 --> 00:47:43.639
and then he shoots up his knees right before

00:47:43.639 --> 00:47:46.460
a game. Yeah, and that's got to be taking a huge

00:47:46.460 --> 00:47:50.679
toll on his body. Yeah, and I think more so what

00:47:50.679 --> 00:47:51.960
we saw at the end of the game was frustration

00:47:51.960 --> 00:47:54.559
because he knows that he's almost done. Like,

00:47:54.559 --> 00:47:56.579
that was probably his only opportunity to win

00:47:56.579 --> 00:48:00.539
a trophy in Miami. Yeah. Because we saw what

00:48:00.539 --> 00:48:01.920
happened last year. They couldn't get it done

00:48:01.920 --> 00:48:04.800
against Atlanta, the number eight seed. And they

00:48:04.800 --> 00:48:07.400
were, what, the number one seed? Yep. So, like,

00:48:07.480 --> 00:48:10.880
just seeding and the MLS playoffs, like, just

00:48:10.880 --> 00:48:13.980
throw it out the window. Like, once it's playoffs,

00:48:14.280 --> 00:48:18.639
like, you're going to see a lot of upsets. And

00:48:18.639 --> 00:48:22.369
that's why. Yeah, I want the Sounders to have

00:48:22.369 --> 00:48:24.269
home playoffs games because I know our fan base

00:48:24.269 --> 00:48:27.309
will show up. But we can also get it done on

00:48:27.309 --> 00:48:29.869
the road. We did it last year. This team feels

00:48:29.869 --> 00:48:32.389
different on the road this year, though. I feel

00:48:32.389 --> 00:48:36.670
like for a few years, though, we were not playing

00:48:36.670 --> 00:48:38.750
as well at home. And I don't have the numbers

00:48:38.750 --> 00:48:40.289
to back this up, but there was a while there

00:48:40.289 --> 00:48:42.369
where it felt like our home... Not that our home

00:48:42.369 --> 00:48:44.130
field advantage was gone, but it wasn't the same.

00:48:44.449 --> 00:48:46.530
And this year, they've turned it into a fortress

00:48:46.530 --> 00:48:50.349
of sorts in a way that... I mean, we're not losing

00:48:50.349 --> 00:48:52.809
at home, right? We don't have a single loss at

00:48:52.809 --> 00:48:55.489
home, do we? I think we might have one. One?

00:48:55.590 --> 00:48:57.670
Yeah. But I might be wrong. We dropped points

00:48:57.670 --> 00:48:59.989
to Charlotte. We dropped points to LA. But that

00:48:59.989 --> 00:49:02.869
might – Minnesota was a loss. Oh, yeah. No, that

00:49:02.869 --> 00:49:06.670
was a draw. It was a draw? It felt like a – Yeah,

00:49:06.710 --> 00:49:09.070
I think we dropped points for that game. No,

00:49:09.170 --> 00:49:11.409
I think it was 3 -2 Minnesota. Oh, yeah. Maybe

00:49:11.409 --> 00:49:15.909
it was. But either way, we're not losing at home,

00:49:16.010 --> 00:49:19.260
right? All of our losses are largely – on the

00:49:19.260 --> 00:49:21.659
road. And so it shows that, I mean, and we're

00:49:21.659 --> 00:49:23.559
not counting club world cup, obviously they were

00:49:23.559 --> 00:49:26.019
playing like the best teams in the world. Yeah.

00:49:26.139 --> 00:49:30.119
An anomaly, right? Like it's not a, it's not

00:49:30.119 --> 00:49:33.280
a factor here, but, uh, okay, here I'll pop up.

00:49:33.420 --> 00:49:36.380
Uh, I got, I got it up right now. So I can tell

00:49:36.380 --> 00:49:39.300
you, uh, what ended up happening in that, in

00:49:39.300 --> 00:49:41.920
that game. But this is a team that Minnesota

00:49:41.920 --> 00:49:46.519
one, three to two. Yep. Three to two, August

00:49:46.519 --> 00:49:51.340
16th. Yep. Um, June 1st. Yeah, I think I was

00:49:51.340 --> 00:49:53.300
at that game, so I was very disappointed. Yeah,

00:49:53.420 --> 00:49:57.280
the August one was the one at Minnesota. That's

00:49:57.280 --> 00:50:04.739
right. It was the match where they came back

00:50:04.739 --> 00:50:10.530
and just made it look like... I don't know. We

00:50:10.530 --> 00:50:12.889
scored, and then they scored, and then they scored.

00:50:12.989 --> 00:50:14.630
Made it 3 -1, and then we had the home goal at

00:50:14.630 --> 00:50:17.409
the end. Yeah, so we only have one loss this

00:50:17.409 --> 00:50:21.590
season at home. Yeah. So all of our other losses

00:50:21.590 --> 00:50:24.769
are on the road. Right. So I think that that's

00:50:24.769 --> 00:50:26.750
one of the reasons why I think home is a fortress

00:50:26.750 --> 00:50:29.690
for us, and that's why that home field advantage

00:50:29.690 --> 00:50:32.489
is so big. I mean, we've lost seven on the road.

00:50:33.710 --> 00:50:37.599
We've only lost one at home. And when you've

00:50:37.599 --> 00:50:39.800
got the best fan base in the country cheering

00:50:39.800 --> 00:50:45.199
you on, your level is going to be at a higher

00:50:45.199 --> 00:50:46.980
level. Man, and shout out to all of you that

00:50:46.980 --> 00:50:50.679
sit in ECS. You have been bringing the heat lately,

00:50:50.920 --> 00:50:54.280
just so much energy, which I think isn't always

00:50:54.280 --> 00:50:56.199
reflected in the rest of the stadium, but it's

00:50:56.199 --> 00:50:58.440
been impressive. I can't do it. It hurts my ears

00:50:58.440 --> 00:51:00.719
too much with that drum after getting punched

00:51:00.719 --> 00:51:04.260
in the head and having my eardrum explode. I

00:51:04.260 --> 00:51:06.179
have to wear, like, earplugs when I'm down there,

00:51:06.239 --> 00:51:09.360
so it's tough. But that's a medical reason. Plus,

00:51:09.420 --> 00:51:14.119
I can't stand 90 minutes. Come on. No, and, well,

00:51:14.159 --> 00:51:15.900
I mean, you get a little break. Yeah, that's

00:51:15.900 --> 00:51:20.019
true. No, I think I was a little disappointed,

00:51:20.199 --> 00:51:23.940
you know, and as our fan base, we didn't show

00:51:23.940 --> 00:51:27.900
up for LA Galaxy. I thought we would have a similar

00:51:27.900 --> 00:51:31.619
energy. That we did for the league's cup final.

00:51:31.739 --> 00:51:34.940
And we didn't. So I was a little, I was, I think

00:51:34.940 --> 00:51:37.260
it's hard for me to, to complain about it. I

00:51:37.260 --> 00:51:39.019
wasn't, I was thinking about it like a normal

00:51:39.019 --> 00:51:41.139
MLS game is you're not, it's not a cup final.

00:51:41.440 --> 00:51:43.019
They aren't going to show up like that, but,

00:51:43.019 --> 00:51:47.019
but ECS, I mean, with the display and just being

00:51:47.019 --> 00:51:52.079
a Hispanic heritage week, like there really was

00:51:52.079 --> 00:51:54.320
some cool stuff that, that went on and it felt

00:51:54.320 --> 00:51:57.119
like, it felt like a community rather than just

00:51:57.119 --> 00:51:59.730
a bunch of people rooting for a team. No, yeah,

00:51:59.849 --> 00:52:03.889
I give, you know, ECS had a beautiful Tfue, and,

00:52:03.989 --> 00:52:06.969
you know, they had cards passed out in Spanish

00:52:06.969 --> 00:52:09.449
and English, so people know their rights. I know

00:52:09.449 --> 00:52:15.449
you're derechos. Derechos, yeah, it's great.

00:52:15.550 --> 00:52:18.849
Like, ECS is a great community, and I urge you

00:52:18.849 --> 00:52:21.909
that if you want to come out to a game, you know,

00:52:21.949 --> 00:52:26.960
be an ECS. Yeah, I mean, join LFC. Yeah, join

00:52:26.960 --> 00:52:31.139
one of the supporter sections. It's a great community.

00:52:31.260 --> 00:52:34.340
We're a great fan base. Come out and watch a

00:52:34.340 --> 00:52:38.780
great team play at home. If we're away, I don't

00:52:38.780 --> 00:52:40.719
know what to tell you. Just get a case of beer,

00:52:40.820 --> 00:52:42.599
whatever you want. If you want to drink or you

00:52:42.599 --> 00:52:45.360
want to do other activities to get you through

00:52:45.360 --> 00:52:49.099
the game, whatever it takes. Don't get yourself

00:52:49.099 --> 00:52:52.340
banned like Jerry did at Minnesota. Oh, he got

00:52:52.340 --> 00:52:54.519
himself banned? Yeah, for drumming the drum.

00:52:56.440 --> 00:52:59.119
These people gone soft, man. The game's gone.

00:52:59.440 --> 00:53:02.159
Yeah, yeah. They wouldn't have made it through

00:53:02.159 --> 00:53:04.639
the 80s. And I bet you those fans probably thought

00:53:04.639 --> 00:53:08.679
it was a Vikings game. No, Minnesota has good

00:53:08.679 --> 00:53:11.800
fans. I will say that. I know quite a few. I've

00:53:11.800 --> 00:53:15.079
regularly appeared on a Loons podcast. They're

00:53:15.079 --> 00:53:17.320
good people. They just don't like us since they've

00:53:17.320 --> 00:53:20.570
only beat us. In fact, I know people there that

00:53:20.570 --> 00:53:25.909
say Seattle is the loons daddy. So yeah, it's,

00:53:25.909 --> 00:53:28.829
we own them. That's why that loss there was so

00:53:28.829 --> 00:53:30.929
big for them because it's not something that

00:53:30.929 --> 00:53:35.650
they've been able to do. So, I mean, yeah, to

00:53:35.650 --> 00:53:37.829
talk about the loons, I want to know what we

00:53:37.829 --> 00:53:41.150
can do to get our own fake star on our logo too.

00:53:43.789 --> 00:53:47.030
I would, I would rock three stars now. Like,

00:53:47.030 --> 00:53:48.489
what do we got? Do we got to change the logo

00:53:48.489 --> 00:53:53.530
again? Yeah. Another rebrand. It's, uh, Oh, I'm,

00:53:53.530 --> 00:53:56.170
I was going to say something about next year's

00:53:56.170 --> 00:53:59.050
Jersey. I can't say that I signed an NDA. Uh,

00:53:59.170 --> 00:54:01.409
no, it wasn't specific. It was a league thing,

00:54:01.489 --> 00:54:04.610
but, uh, I'm just really excited for what's,

00:54:04.610 --> 00:54:06.769
what's to come. It's not, nothing you said is

00:54:06.769 --> 00:54:08.670
related to it. It's just, it put this thought

00:54:08.670 --> 00:54:11.139
in my head where I was just like, Oh. No, because

00:54:11.139 --> 00:54:14.079
– so when I first got back into watching MLS

00:54:14.079 --> 00:54:16.179
and following the Sounders, I noticed – Wait,

00:54:16.199 --> 00:54:17.920
are those the same thing? I mean, because you

00:54:17.920 --> 00:54:19.659
do have a Portland Timbers jersey. So did you

00:54:19.659 --> 00:54:22.440
get into MLS as a Timbers fan and then start

00:54:22.440 --> 00:54:25.139
rooting for the Sounders? My friend bought it

00:54:25.139 --> 00:54:27.400
for me because it was on sale. Okay. That jersey

00:54:27.400 --> 00:54:29.340
is going to get burned when we win an MLS Cup.

00:54:31.300 --> 00:54:34.159
It's either I burn it when we get an MLS Cup

00:54:34.159 --> 00:54:36.260
or when we get 50 people on the Patreon. No,

00:54:36.280 --> 00:54:39.510
bring it up for the Portland match. that cedar

00:54:39.510 --> 00:54:42.329
will be at coming all the way up from california

00:54:42.329 --> 00:54:44.050
to spend time with you and then burn it if we

00:54:44.050 --> 00:54:49.969
win i mean i would that only if dan goes oh yeah

00:54:49.969 --> 00:54:53.610
you guys oh we gotta have everybody there we

00:54:53.610 --> 00:54:55.250
gotta have everybody there because it's gonna

00:54:55.250 --> 00:54:59.050
be a patreon exclusive episode it's gonna be

00:54:59.050 --> 00:55:01.449
video dan you want to be there for portland match

00:55:01.449 --> 00:55:03.469
anyways if you haven't experienced the rivalry

00:55:03.469 --> 00:55:08.969
oh yeah i went last year actually um So as it

00:55:08.969 --> 00:55:13.949
comes out, I'm cheap. And last year, the Portland

00:55:13.949 --> 00:55:16.469
tickets were like 70 bucks to get in for the

00:55:16.469 --> 00:55:20.690
ECS. And I complained about it on social media.

00:55:20.769 --> 00:55:26.750
And somebody that was able to get the employee

00:55:26.750 --> 00:55:29.909
discount was able to hook me up with some better

00:55:29.909 --> 00:55:33.349
priced tickets. And so that was outstanding.

00:55:33.429 --> 00:55:36.949
So I did get to go Portland last year. And that

00:55:36.949 --> 00:55:40.869
was a lot of fun. So yeah. Yeah. I plan on going

00:55:40.869 --> 00:55:42.429
this year too. I just got to buy the tickets.

00:55:43.230 --> 00:55:46.389
Yeah. Shout out Cedar. I know we just decided

00:55:46.389 --> 00:55:49.070
we were going to. do this episode without you

00:55:49.070 --> 00:55:51.250
being involved because you're at work. And so

00:55:51.250 --> 00:55:52.769
now you're having to listen to the, we're just

00:55:52.769 --> 00:55:55.710
like, we're going to record. Sorry, Cedar. We're

00:55:55.710 --> 00:55:56.730
going to have, well, no, we've got to record

00:55:56.730 --> 00:55:58.230
another day so we can be a part of it. Yeah.

00:55:58.309 --> 00:56:00.750
Yeah. Yeah. We were all, we were all upset and

00:56:00.750 --> 00:56:02.809
had to, had to talk about it. Yeah. I feel like

00:56:02.809 --> 00:56:05.650
this has been a, a more cathartic episode than

00:56:05.650 --> 00:56:07.469
it has been an angry episode, right? Like it

00:56:07.469 --> 00:56:11.110
could have gone on. Yes. No, come, come, come

00:56:11.110 --> 00:56:13.409
listen and have some therapy. I think, I think

00:56:13.409 --> 00:56:16.530
the criticism is fair. Like, you know, we were

00:56:16.530 --> 00:56:18.289
a team that wants to win championships. We have

00:56:18.289 --> 00:56:21.389
to hold the team at a high standard. So like

00:56:21.389 --> 00:56:23.389
when we have results like this, like we have

00:56:23.389 --> 00:56:26.929
to, you know, be, we can be still support the

00:56:26.929 --> 00:56:29.210
boys, but we got to start asking questions. Yeah.

00:56:29.530 --> 00:56:31.570
And I think, I think if this had been a one -off,

00:56:31.590 --> 00:56:34.730
if we had just, if we had beat LA galaxy or at

00:56:34.730 --> 00:56:36.590
least played better against LA galaxy, I'll put

00:56:36.590 --> 00:56:39.050
it that way. To me, this would not be as big

00:56:39.050 --> 00:56:41.190
of a deal. It's one loss on the road on short,

00:56:41.269 --> 00:56:45.880
short week across the country. Like. Teams don't

00:56:45.880 --> 00:56:48.239
always show up for these games. That's just how

00:56:48.239 --> 00:56:50.880
it is. They're human beings. No, and I think

00:56:50.880 --> 00:56:53.920
LA Galaxy at home felt like a loss. This is a

00:56:53.920 --> 00:56:57.239
loss. And like, we just, you know, some of us

00:56:57.239 --> 00:57:01.659
have PTSD from 2022. And we just want to make

00:57:01.659 --> 00:57:04.059
sure it's not going to happen again. Like, I

00:57:04.059 --> 00:57:06.940
feel like that's fair to, you know, question

00:57:06.940 --> 00:57:09.820
the team. Like, we don't have the same access

00:57:09.820 --> 00:57:12.480
as some of the media people do. So this is where

00:57:12.480 --> 00:57:16.019
we come to ask those questions. This is where

00:57:16.019 --> 00:57:20.659
the normal humans come, and we come in. Talk

00:57:20.659 --> 00:57:26.539
about it. I will say I wish, and in the offseason

00:57:26.539 --> 00:57:28.860
we'll get him on the podcast hopefully, but I

00:57:28.860 --> 00:57:31.179
wish you could have some of the conversations

00:57:31.179 --> 00:57:34.880
I get to have with the general manager and with

00:57:34.880 --> 00:57:38.260
Craig and with Garth before them because they

00:57:38.260 --> 00:57:41.519
say things. When you hear their vision, it doesn't

00:57:41.519 --> 00:57:45.260
feel as bad. because you believe in what he's

00:57:45.260 --> 00:57:47.579
doing with what he's given. You believe that

00:57:47.579 --> 00:57:50.119
he's going above and beyond. No. And I, and I

00:57:50.119 --> 00:57:51.599
will give you that because there was that one

00:57:51.599 --> 00:57:53.679
time where Craig talked to us before the match.

00:57:53.719 --> 00:57:56.699
And like, you know what? Like I was, I was, I

00:57:56.699 --> 00:57:58.860
think I was a little too harsh on Craig. And

00:57:58.860 --> 00:58:00.099
I was like, you know what? After hearing him

00:58:00.099 --> 00:58:02.019
talk, you know, answer questions that, you know,

00:58:02.039 --> 00:58:04.900
normal people like me, normal fans, like, you

00:58:04.900 --> 00:58:07.300
know, talking about, Oh, why aren't we signing

00:58:07.300 --> 00:58:10.019
players? What if, why not this? Why not that?

00:58:10.760 --> 00:58:13.059
And, like, you know, he gave what felt like was

00:58:13.059 --> 00:58:15.880
very honest answers. And, like, he painted his

00:58:15.880 --> 00:58:19.099
vision for the team. And, like, he said back

00:58:19.099 --> 00:58:22.039
then, as he did now, he wanted a player to come

00:58:22.039 --> 00:58:24.719
that would help the Saunders now. He wanted a

00:58:24.719 --> 00:58:26.820
player that would help the Saunders now and not

00:58:26.820 --> 00:58:29.480
a player that's going to be for the future. And

00:58:29.480 --> 00:58:31.880
that's why we didn't see no summer transfer signing.

00:58:32.539 --> 00:58:34.960
Like, you know what, maybe we can critique that

00:58:34.960 --> 00:58:38.860
all we want. But he stood on what he said early

00:58:38.860 --> 00:58:42.210
in the season all the way through. Yep. They're

00:58:42.210 --> 00:58:45.690
not going to bring in somebody to try and get

00:58:45.690 --> 00:58:47.590
into 18. They want someone pushing for first

00:58:47.590 --> 00:58:49.789
team minutes. Yeah, and he said if we want to

00:58:49.789 --> 00:58:51.409
sign a 9, that's going to be developmental. We

00:58:51.409 --> 00:58:53.469
have D -Row. That's going to be cheaper on the

00:58:53.469 --> 00:58:56.769
contracts. That allows us to get more players

00:58:56.769 --> 00:58:59.329
in other positions in order for us to have the

00:58:59.329 --> 00:59:01.849
depth that we have. Speaking of, that's going

00:59:01.849 --> 00:59:03.590
to bring us right back to the conversation we

00:59:03.590 --> 00:59:06.309
were having after the LA Galaxy match over text

00:59:06.309 --> 00:59:10.090
when my talk to text in my car was... being funny

00:59:10.090 --> 00:59:15.130
and saying the wrong acronyms and stuff. Now

00:59:15.130 --> 00:59:18.389
we've seen twice Albert come on and sub for Jesus.

00:59:19.289 --> 00:59:25.550
And it felt in both instances. And let's put

00:59:25.550 --> 00:59:27.469
the caveat in that Albert's coming back from

00:59:27.469 --> 00:59:30.429
injury and we love Albert. Albert is one of my

00:59:30.429 --> 00:59:32.750
favorite players and I've told him as much. So

00:59:32.750 --> 00:59:34.570
this is not a critique of Albert again. It's

00:59:34.570 --> 00:59:37.030
because he's, he's not a hundred percent, but

00:59:37.659 --> 00:59:40.739
we've felt less dangerous when he comes on at

00:59:40.739 --> 00:59:43.920
center attacking mid than, and Jesus moves to

00:59:43.920 --> 00:59:47.039
the right. Now that could be Jesus is a better

00:59:47.039 --> 00:59:49.500
center attacking mid than a right midfielder.

00:59:49.559 --> 00:59:51.840
I don't believe that Brian believes that because

00:59:51.840 --> 00:59:53.599
he's praised him on the right and it continued

00:59:53.599 --> 00:59:56.820
to put him on the right for a long time. Dan,

00:59:57.039 --> 00:59:59.380
where do you, what do you do in this situation

00:59:59.380 --> 01:00:01.480
where, I mean, cause I know we talked about it

01:00:01.480 --> 01:00:03.760
and I said, I do think Albert is better than

01:00:03.760 --> 01:00:05.940
Jesus at both positions, but maybe the drop off

01:00:05.940 --> 01:00:08.489
is left. Less if they switch them and put Albert

01:00:08.489 --> 01:00:11.289
on the right and Jesus at center attacking mid

01:00:11.289 --> 01:00:13.829
with the current roster. So not talking about

01:00:13.829 --> 01:00:15.590
bringing in another player for next season. Let's

01:00:15.590 --> 01:00:18.409
talk about this season. How are you dealing with

01:00:18.409 --> 01:00:20.949
those two plus Rothrock? What are you doing?

01:00:22.289 --> 01:00:25.800
Well, they. They said, Craig said, whenever they

01:00:25.800 --> 01:00:29.360
brought Jesus in, they actually talked about

01:00:29.360 --> 01:00:31.500
the game that Dallas had against Miami where

01:00:31.500 --> 01:00:34.039
Jesus played on the right and how good he was

01:00:34.039 --> 01:00:36.019
there. And I think that was indication from the

01:00:36.019 --> 01:00:39.039
beginning. They saw him in our system playing

01:00:39.039 --> 01:00:42.639
on the right. I think that's true. I like Jesus

01:00:42.639 --> 01:00:49.079
at camp, and let me tell you why. I think that

01:00:49.079 --> 01:00:52.280
there are times when Rusnak slows the game down

01:00:52.280 --> 01:00:54.800
playing at the 10 more than it needs to be slowed

01:00:54.800 --> 01:00:59.579
down. I think there are some opportunities to

01:00:59.579 --> 01:01:04.980
move the ball forward, and Rusnak is your steady

01:01:04.980 --> 01:01:09.659
Eddie. He's a steady player. He is maybe a little

01:01:09.659 --> 01:01:11.420
bit of a cautious player. He's not going to lose

01:01:11.420 --> 01:01:13.780
the ball, and he's going to do all the basic

01:01:13.780 --> 01:01:17.119
things that you need him to do. I don't think

01:01:17.119 --> 01:01:21.739
you always see enough of just that magic. I think

01:01:21.739 --> 01:01:24.340
Jesus has a little bit more magic there at the

01:01:24.340 --> 01:01:29.519
10 than Rusnak does. I'm not super in love with

01:01:29.519 --> 01:01:31.960
the fact of using the right winger as a second

01:01:31.960 --> 01:01:36.989
center attack and midfielder in our attack. You

01:01:36.989 --> 01:01:39.210
know, I think that whenever you have the ability

01:01:39.210 --> 01:01:41.010
to drive a little bit more forward there with

01:01:41.010 --> 01:01:43.070
that right winger instead of dropping back into

01:01:43.070 --> 01:01:45.630
that pocket and trying to occupy some of the

01:01:45.630 --> 01:01:48.349
same space that the 8 or the 10 are occupying,

01:01:48.389 --> 01:01:51.010
I think that that kind of muddied things up.

01:01:51.090 --> 01:01:52.809
And I think that's where we run into some of

01:01:52.809 --> 01:01:54.989
our problems with those low blocks and whenever

01:01:54.989 --> 01:01:57.429
teams are falling back. So to answer your question,

01:01:57.690 --> 01:02:00.489
I really like Jesus at the 10, and I think that's

01:02:00.489 --> 01:02:03.130
his future on this team. So do you put this season,

01:02:03.230 --> 01:02:05.699
are you putting... Albert off the bench then,

01:02:05.739 --> 01:02:06.800
or are you putting him on the right and having

01:02:06.800 --> 01:02:12.260
Rothrock sit? I mean, I think they're both good.

01:02:13.940 --> 01:02:16.519
This is the thing is, when we're healthy, there's

01:02:16.519 --> 01:02:18.099
some tough decision that Brian Schmetzer needs

01:02:18.099 --> 01:02:22.019
to make. Yeah, there is. Do you want some time

01:02:22.019 --> 01:02:24.800
to think about your decision? Yeah, let him think

01:02:24.800 --> 01:02:27.219
about it, because I want to hear what Alex has

01:02:27.219 --> 01:02:29.039
to say real quick. Okay, go ahead. Oh, I got

01:02:29.039 --> 01:02:32.840
a hot take. Rusnak off the bench, you start Jesus.

01:02:33.679 --> 01:02:36.360
and you play Rothrock out the right wing, or

01:02:36.360 --> 01:02:38.280
if you're going to play Rusnak and Jesus together.

01:02:38.980 --> 01:02:41.619
And I understand where you're coming from about

01:02:41.619 --> 01:02:43.920
them occupying the same inside space, but that

01:02:43.920 --> 01:02:46.300
opens up the channel for either Alex or Kalani

01:02:46.300 --> 01:02:49.920
to run up the wing and put crosses in. And we

01:02:49.920 --> 01:02:52.739
see that happen when Jesus has opened up, found

01:02:52.739 --> 01:02:56.139
Alex, and he put that ball in to set up D -Row

01:02:56.139 --> 01:02:59.360
on probably one of the easiest goals that he's

01:02:59.360 --> 01:03:04.480
ever going to score in a final. Yeah. And I just

01:03:04.480 --> 01:03:08.159
think that they play two different styles of

01:03:08.159 --> 01:03:10.920
the game. Rusnak is more of the slow, methodical,

01:03:10.940 --> 01:03:13.900
possession -based, you know, Brian Smetzer ball.

01:03:15.199 --> 01:03:18.179
And Jesus is a little more direct. Like, he's

01:03:18.179 --> 01:03:20.159
willing to, you know, put that ball in behind.

01:03:20.300 --> 01:03:24.500
He makes those runs. And I feel like what Jesus

01:03:24.500 --> 01:03:29.199
offers as a 10 as far as his ability to press.

01:03:29.980 --> 01:03:32.500
We seen them press and lead to the defenders

01:03:32.500 --> 01:03:35.320
making a bad pass or you know Just playing the

01:03:35.320 --> 01:03:37.719
ball out of bounds and that puts us in a position

01:03:37.719 --> 01:03:41.340
on the opponent's half To start possessing the

01:03:41.340 --> 01:03:42.760
ball there, you know, you want to do the whole

01:03:42.760 --> 01:03:45.800
overload thing But we start we start we have

01:03:45.800 --> 01:03:47.679
the throw in in the opponent's half, which is

01:03:47.679 --> 01:03:53.000
always which is always good So I just think his

01:03:53.000 --> 01:03:55.920
shoes offers a little bit more different things

01:03:55.920 --> 01:04:01.280
to where Rusnak offers I like Jesus' set piece

01:04:01.280 --> 01:04:06.780
deliberately a little bit better than Rusnek.

01:04:07.739 --> 01:04:11.019
Even though today, you know, he had some corners

01:04:11.019 --> 01:04:12.940
that I didn't really like. We've still seen Jesus

01:04:12.940 --> 01:04:16.460
get the ball up and be more dangerous off corners

01:04:16.460 --> 01:04:18.780
far more often than we've seen. It beats the

01:04:18.780 --> 01:04:23.440
first post. Right. And, you know, we had goals,

01:04:23.659 --> 01:04:27.289
and I believe in every group stage match. Off

01:04:27.289 --> 01:04:29.329
corners from his who's taking the corners. Yeah.

01:04:30.269 --> 01:04:34.190
So I just, you know, like I'm not Brian Smetzer,

01:04:34.230 --> 01:04:36.289
so I don't know what he's going to do. But what

01:04:36.289 --> 01:04:41.769
I would do is I'm playing. I play Danny up top

01:04:41.769 --> 01:04:43.389
because, you know, he's having a great season.

01:04:44.110 --> 01:04:46.289
You have Jordan off the bench until he starts

01:04:46.289 --> 01:04:50.409
going on a tear. Then you have Pedro, Jesus,

01:04:50.730 --> 01:04:57.230
Rothrock, Obed, Christian, Nuhu. Reagan, Yamar,

01:04:57.230 --> 01:05:00.250
Alex, and then N 'Golo Thomas. I mean, here's

01:05:00.250 --> 01:05:01.909
the thing. That's the lineup starting the playoffs.

01:05:01.989 --> 01:05:03.570
If we start it tomorrow, that's the lineup. This

01:05:03.570 --> 01:05:06.510
team, assuming Pedro can come back and play,

01:05:06.690 --> 01:05:09.710
this team has an embarrassment of riches. And

01:05:09.710 --> 01:05:11.369
what are you doing with those riches, Dan, now

01:05:11.369 --> 01:05:15.130
that you've heard what Alex has to say? I'm playing

01:05:15.130 --> 01:05:17.769
Pedro on the left. I'm playing Jesus at the camp.

01:05:17.949 --> 01:05:20.849
I'm playing Morris at the nine. And then I'm

01:05:20.849 --> 01:05:22.730
playing whoever had the best damn week in practice

01:05:22.730 --> 01:05:26.760
on the right. You just made me think, though.

01:05:26.780 --> 01:05:31.019
Maybe I'm playing Morris on the right. I'm not

01:05:31.019 --> 01:05:32.860
going to argue against Morris on the right. We've

01:05:32.860 --> 01:05:34.480
seen what Morris can do on the wing. He had an

01:05:34.480 --> 01:05:37.579
assist. Yeah. Even though he was at the nine.

01:05:37.840 --> 01:05:39.380
That's why when they were Morris, I thought Morris

01:05:39.380 --> 01:05:41.400
scored that goal. I was like, Morris, the number

01:05:41.400 --> 01:05:42.880
nine. Then I'm like, oh, no, he was playing on

01:05:42.880 --> 01:05:44.679
the wing where he scored all his goals last year.

01:05:46.440 --> 01:05:53.400
You know, that could cook. I'm not as high with

01:05:53.400 --> 01:05:57.019
Moose. I mean, I still think that Moose is a

01:05:57.019 --> 01:05:59.579
backup striker in this league. I think that he's

01:05:59.579 --> 01:06:02.599
gotten to some really good positions a lot. And

01:06:02.599 --> 01:06:04.159
I think that there's a lot of meat that he's

01:06:04.159 --> 01:06:06.699
left on the bone. You know, I think some of the

01:06:06.699 --> 01:06:09.059
positions that he's got into this league, he

01:06:09.059 --> 01:06:11.119
could be in the race for the golden boot. And,

01:06:11.139 --> 01:06:13.420
you know, it's a testament to the work that he's

01:06:13.420 --> 01:06:17.420
put in and everything he's done. But the supporting

01:06:17.420 --> 01:06:20.800
cast that we have to get balls into the box for

01:06:20.800 --> 01:06:25.840
a good striker is... That could be a huge game

01:06:25.840 --> 01:06:27.940
changer in the way that this team is going forward

01:06:27.940 --> 01:06:31.260
with somebody that is a dead -eye dick there

01:06:31.260 --> 01:06:36.260
at the night. He is a solid, good MLS striker.

01:06:36.420 --> 01:06:39.960
But yeah, he's not a superstar. He's not Raul

01:06:39.960 --> 01:06:43.619
Ruiz Diaz. Raul Ruiz Diaz sinks most of those

01:06:43.619 --> 01:06:47.179
shots one -on -one that he's not getting in.

01:06:47.980 --> 01:06:50.519
But here's the thing. Do you sit your striker

01:06:50.519 --> 01:06:55.300
that's in form? See, I play the in -form striker.

01:06:55.400 --> 01:06:58.539
I agree, but also... Until Jordan gets three

01:06:58.539 --> 01:07:03.940
or four goals. Yeah. If he scores one goal until

01:07:03.940 --> 01:07:07.780
playoffs start, then I start Jordan. But he needs

01:07:07.780 --> 01:07:11.420
to prove to me and he needs to prove to the team

01:07:11.420 --> 01:07:14.480
that he's able to put the ball in the net. Because

01:07:14.480 --> 01:07:18.199
we see Jordan miss one -on -ones too. True. If

01:07:18.199 --> 01:07:19.920
you want to be hard on Moose for missing those

01:07:19.920 --> 01:07:21.159
one -on -ones, you got to be hard on Jordan.

01:07:21.260 --> 01:07:23.300
Last year, Jordan figured it out, though. Jordan

01:07:23.300 --> 01:07:26.760
started missing a lot less of those. It was like

01:07:26.760 --> 01:07:29.559
someone told him, be selfish, and it made a difference.

01:07:29.980 --> 01:07:31.820
Because he often wouldn't even take that shot

01:07:31.820 --> 01:07:34.079
in the past. Yeah, they would look for the extra

01:07:34.079 --> 01:07:36.079
pass. And there's sometimes where it's like,

01:07:36.099 --> 01:07:38.480
just shoot the ball. It's okay to be selfish.

01:07:38.699 --> 01:07:41.519
When you're inside the box, it's life or death.

01:07:41.579 --> 01:07:43.500
Take a shot. Especially if you have a good shot

01:07:43.500 --> 01:07:47.809
at goal. Even if you don't. Jordan, good look

01:07:47.809 --> 01:07:52.289
on goal is what I meant. Well, Jordan beat LAFC

01:07:52.289 --> 01:07:55.030
last year playing as a striker with a striker

01:07:55.030 --> 01:07:58.730
move with hold -up play and then as a target

01:07:58.730 --> 01:08:01.670
nine, taking the ball in front of the goal, beating

01:08:01.670 --> 01:08:04.869
the quarterback, the center back, and then slotting

01:08:04.869 --> 01:08:07.530
it in with a great shot. I think he could do

01:08:07.530 --> 01:08:10.420
it again. I'm not as opposed to Jordan at the

01:08:10.420 --> 01:08:13.159
nine overall team building. You know, if we're

01:08:13.159 --> 01:08:14.679
talking about the bigger picture and team building,

01:08:14.679 --> 01:08:18.180
I feel like that this team or the DPs that we

01:08:18.180 --> 01:08:22.279
have between Jordan and Ruth snack, one of them

01:08:22.279 --> 01:08:25.619
could stand to be upgraded. Yep. Pick, pick,

01:08:25.619 --> 01:08:27.439
pick the one that you think that you pick the

01:08:27.439 --> 01:08:29.060
position. You think you could upgrade the best

01:08:29.060 --> 01:08:33.020
and go for that. We can afford. That's another

01:08:33.020 --> 01:08:38.079
thing. Yeah. Well, Yeah, that goes back to the

01:08:38.079 --> 01:08:41.760
whole Craig and the honor conversation. Maybe

01:08:41.760 --> 01:08:46.539
not, because if Jesus, and I don't know the numbers,

01:08:46.640 --> 01:08:50.180
if Jesus doesn't do enough to become a DP based

01:08:50.180 --> 01:08:53.399
on triggering it through his contract, they could

01:08:53.399 --> 01:08:55.520
move on, couldn't they, after the season from

01:08:55.520 --> 01:08:58.680
Rusnak, if they chose to? What is it, a two plus

01:08:58.680 --> 01:09:03.069
one? Yes. Yes, yes to both. I think Jesus, to

01:09:03.069 --> 01:09:06.550
hit his escalators, it's a two -year, not a one

01:09:06.550 --> 01:09:09.069
-year. So the escalators, from what I understand,

01:09:09.189 --> 01:09:11.189
aren't built in after the first year. The escalators

01:09:11.189 --> 01:09:13.250
are built in after the second year at the same

01:09:13.250 --> 01:09:15.609
time that Rusnak. They did it so that they can

01:09:15.609 --> 01:09:18.850
roll Jesus into the DP position after Rusnak

01:09:18.850 --> 01:09:21.649
is gone and then continue on. But Morris, with

01:09:21.649 --> 01:09:24.029
aging too, maybe that's the spot that you're

01:09:24.029 --> 01:09:26.720
looking at for future roster building. bringing

01:09:26.720 --> 01:09:28.939
in that nine. And that's, you know, I think that's

01:09:28.939 --> 01:09:31.539
also what we're looking like with a U22. If you

01:09:31.539 --> 01:09:34.779
hit on a U22 for two years and then Morris moves

01:09:34.779 --> 01:09:37.100
on and then you elevate him to that DP position,

01:09:37.380 --> 01:09:38.800
because it seems like that they've really hit

01:09:38.800 --> 01:09:42.939
on building from within for their DPs. And that

01:09:42.939 --> 01:09:44.380
may be what they're going with. I mean, you look

01:09:44.380 --> 01:09:46.520
at how many people are local, whether they came

01:09:46.520 --> 01:09:49.899
from the Seattle soccer system, the Northwest

01:09:49.899 --> 01:09:52.039
soccer system, or they just went to college here,

01:09:52.060 --> 01:09:55.800
like the Roldan brothers. There is so much local

01:09:55.800 --> 01:09:58.819
talent on this team, and our owner, and I think

01:09:58.819 --> 01:10:01.119
I agree with him, believes that if you're local,

01:10:01.260 --> 01:10:04.399
you play just a little bit harder because you're

01:10:04.399 --> 01:10:06.380
not just playing for the team, you're playing

01:10:06.380 --> 01:10:09.180
for the city because you feel it. They're not

01:10:09.180 --> 01:10:10.479
playing for the money, they're playing for the

01:10:10.479 --> 01:10:16.439
badge. Yeah, yeah. There's multiple ways to be

01:10:16.439 --> 01:10:18.859
excited about a roster, and one is bringing in

01:10:18.859 --> 01:10:20.739
the big names. The other one is watching your

01:10:20.739 --> 01:10:24.350
hometown heroes. do what they did two weeks ago

01:10:24.350 --> 01:10:28.350
and beat the shit out of Miami. So to me, that

01:10:28.350 --> 01:10:30.890
is just as exciting. I've had a past history

01:10:30.890 --> 01:10:33.390
of calling for a lot of big -name DPs to come

01:10:33.390 --> 01:10:35.710
in, and I think I was a little bit wrong, and

01:10:35.710 --> 01:10:38.050
I've really enjoyed the way overall that this

01:10:38.050 --> 01:10:39.829
roster has been built and the players we have.

01:10:39.909 --> 01:10:42.489
I love them to death. We have one of the easiest

01:10:42.489 --> 01:10:45.170
teams in the world to root for across any sport.

01:10:45.829 --> 01:10:48.850
Find me another team that is as easy to root

01:10:48.850 --> 01:10:52.350
for as a hometown team, then. And I also just

01:10:52.350 --> 01:10:55.989
think if Areola hadn't got hurt, this team could

01:10:55.989 --> 01:10:59.029
be even better. I mean, you're pushing for those

01:10:59.029 --> 01:11:02.130
top two in the West. But, you know, he is putting

01:11:02.130 --> 01:11:04.569
in the work. Yeah. Because I see his Instagram.

01:11:04.590 --> 01:11:07.489
He is putting in the work that I think he's going

01:11:07.489 --> 01:11:11.649
to be under revenge season next year. So that

01:11:11.649 --> 01:11:14.289
just means, are we going to move off Kent? I

01:11:14.289 --> 01:11:17.810
think so. I think so for the money. The amount

01:11:17.810 --> 01:11:20.050
of money, unless he's willing to come back for

01:11:20.050 --> 01:11:23.229
less, which is possible considering... We might

01:11:23.229 --> 01:11:26.810
move on from JP. Yeah, we talked about this a

01:11:26.810 --> 01:11:29.250
little bit in different formats, but potentially

01:11:29.250 --> 01:11:31.829
there's money opening up from JP, potentially

01:11:31.829 --> 01:11:36.409
from Fry. We're going to have to figure out what

01:11:36.409 --> 01:11:39.630
to do with Nuhu. But you're also going to see

01:11:39.630 --> 01:11:44.529
raises for Rothrock, for Kalani, for some of

01:11:44.529 --> 01:11:46.350
the other players who just will have to make

01:11:46.350 --> 01:11:48.010
more money because they're getting starting minutes.

01:11:49.010 --> 01:11:51.289
So they have to – I mean, they're making nothing.

01:11:53.390 --> 01:11:55.689
No, yeah. What are the odds we lose Rothrock?

01:11:56.590 --> 01:11:58.430
I don't think you can do that after what he's

01:11:58.430 --> 01:12:00.729
done. I don't think he wants to leave. Yeah.

01:12:01.050 --> 01:12:02.869
I mean, this is his team he grew up rooting for.

01:12:03.090 --> 01:12:08.770
It is a business, and maybe I think – Depending

01:12:08.770 --> 01:12:10.529
the head you have on your shoulders, you could

01:12:10.529 --> 01:12:12.609
feel offended if you don't think they're valuing

01:12:12.609 --> 01:12:14.649
you right because you put your whole life into

01:12:14.649 --> 01:12:18.489
them. So I think that generally can happen. I

01:12:18.489 --> 01:12:20.250
don't think that's Rothrock's mentality though.

01:12:20.329 --> 01:12:25.229
I don't know him, obviously, but I've spent 10

01:12:25.229 --> 01:12:27.810
minutes talking to him maybe, which just my impression

01:12:27.810 --> 01:12:31.550
on that 10 minutes is that he's a genuinely caring,

01:12:31.850 --> 01:12:36.739
good person who... right now, is not concerned

01:12:36.739 --> 01:12:39.899
about money. He's concerned about winning. As

01:12:39.899 --> 01:12:41.779
long as the Sounders are providing an opportunity

01:12:41.779 --> 01:12:43.300
to win and treating him fairly, I don't think

01:12:43.300 --> 01:12:47.100
there's any chance he leaves. I was going to

01:12:47.100 --> 01:12:49.859
mention this earlier, but I don't want to cut

01:12:49.859 --> 01:12:53.979
you guys off. When he scored the third goal to

01:12:53.979 --> 01:12:57.100
put that icing on the cake in the final, the

01:12:57.100 --> 01:13:01.119
first thing he did was kiss the badge. D -Ro

01:13:01.119 --> 01:13:03.760
didn't kiss the badge. Alex didn't kiss the badge.

01:13:04.230 --> 01:13:06.869
rothrock kissed the badge and i think that speaks

01:13:06.869 --> 01:13:11.010
more to his character of how much he loves the

01:13:11.010 --> 01:13:13.409
sounders and how much he loves the city of seattle

01:13:13.409 --> 01:13:16.189
like we have to remember is that he didn't start

01:13:16.189 --> 01:13:18.350
off here he started off in i believe toronto

01:13:18.350 --> 01:13:20.630
and things didn't pan out there and sounders

01:13:20.630 --> 01:13:24.890
you know took a shot on him yeah and and he's

01:13:24.890 --> 01:13:26.930
a kid that grew up in the city he went to lakeside

01:13:26.930 --> 01:13:29.989
like he he is local he's grateful and there's

01:13:29.989 --> 01:13:31.810
grateful for the sounders there's something taking

01:13:31.810 --> 01:13:33.489
a chance on him there's something to be said

01:13:34.039 --> 01:13:37.020
for people that grew up in this city, because

01:13:37.020 --> 01:13:39.659
there's not a lot of us left. Most people are

01:13:39.659 --> 01:13:42.600
from the suburbs or somewhere completely different.

01:13:43.119 --> 01:13:45.359
Not even from the Seattle area. They're from

01:13:45.359 --> 01:13:48.439
Houston or Yakima. They're not from Seattle.

01:13:49.720 --> 01:13:54.920
I drive up to see Rothrock. But I'm just saying,

01:13:54.979 --> 01:13:58.819
I grew up in the city and there's a level of

01:13:58.819 --> 01:14:01.539
pride in that where I've never lived outside

01:14:01.539 --> 01:14:03.079
of the city except for when I moved away for

01:14:03.079 --> 01:14:06.180
college. I've always lived in the city limits

01:14:06.180 --> 01:14:08.899
and I'm a Seattle kid. And I realized that is

01:14:08.899 --> 01:14:12.020
a completely, that's a privilege I've had. I

01:14:12.020 --> 01:14:13.600
would not have been able to have that opportunity

01:14:13.600 --> 01:14:17.680
if I had been born 10 years later, if my dad

01:14:17.680 --> 01:14:19.619
didn't have a great job when you only needed

01:14:19.619 --> 01:14:22.199
one job to buy a house, like all that kind of

01:14:22.199 --> 01:14:25.500
stuff. And I didn't have, you know, the education

01:14:25.500 --> 01:14:27.380
that I was able to have afforded to me, like

01:14:27.380 --> 01:14:29.319
all of that stuff. That's why I'm able to live

01:14:29.319 --> 01:14:32.619
here. But there's still a level of pride that.

01:14:33.520 --> 01:14:36.220
My friends used to have a drinking game that

01:14:36.220 --> 01:14:38.340
every time, like my California friends, when

01:14:38.340 --> 01:14:39.960
I would talk about Seattle, they would have to

01:14:39.960 --> 01:14:42.340
take a shot every time I said Seattle. And so

01:14:42.340 --> 01:14:44.680
I would get people wasted because I didn't know

01:14:44.680 --> 01:14:46.539
they were playing this game. And so I would just

01:14:46.539 --> 01:14:48.199
Seattle this, Seattle that, blah, blah, blah.

01:14:48.479 --> 01:14:51.819
And so there's a love for this city and you see

01:14:51.819 --> 01:14:53.819
it through players that grew up here. You see

01:14:53.819 --> 01:14:55.979
it. I mean, Reagan's the same story, right? Grew

01:14:55.979 --> 01:14:58.819
up here, went away to Michigan, went and played

01:14:58.819 --> 01:15:02.819
for what, Chicago? And then... They cut him when

01:15:02.819 --> 01:15:04.399
they sent him down to Chicago too so they can

01:15:04.399 --> 01:15:06.319
try to come home and make the team here. And

01:15:06.319 --> 01:15:08.500
he did it through the minor league system, but

01:15:08.500 --> 01:15:11.640
he came back. These are local kids that grew

01:15:11.640 --> 01:15:14.880
up watching the Sounders. Yeah, and he played

01:15:14.880 --> 01:15:17.779
for Seattle United, a local club team. Yeah.

01:15:19.260 --> 01:15:23.579
There's talent in the Pacific Northwest. We are

01:15:23.579 --> 01:15:27.239
a soccer hotbed. And we always have been. It's

01:15:27.239 --> 01:15:29.199
because growing up in the city, you didn't play

01:15:29.199 --> 01:15:32.880
football. You played soccer, basketball, and

01:15:32.880 --> 01:15:35.359
baseball. Those were the three yearly sports.

01:15:35.819 --> 01:15:37.960
Little League football was for kids in the suburbs.

01:15:38.779 --> 01:15:42.340
No, yeah. And I told some of my friends, it's

01:15:42.340 --> 01:15:44.420
like Seattle is like my home away from home.

01:15:44.579 --> 01:15:47.960
Yeah. Like I love the city of Seattle. And we

01:15:47.960 --> 01:15:51.199
love you too, both of you. I mean, that's the

01:15:51.199 --> 01:15:53.319
thing is people who are actually from Seattle,

01:15:53.479 --> 01:15:55.800
we joke a lot with people from the suburbs, but

01:15:55.800 --> 01:15:58.039
ultimately we're proud of our city and we want

01:15:58.039 --> 01:16:00.979
you to come enjoy it. The more the merrier. Just

01:16:00.979 --> 01:16:04.159
don't make our housing go higher. That's why

01:16:04.159 --> 01:16:10.800
I always go home. I don't make enough money for

01:16:10.800 --> 01:16:14.159
your house to go higher. Yeah, right. I'm not

01:16:14.159 --> 01:16:16.579
as far south as I can get without being in the

01:16:16.579 --> 01:16:20.819
city. So let's keep me where I am. And again,

01:16:20.939 --> 01:16:23.279
I want to tie this back. And I think this is

01:16:23.279 --> 01:16:26.779
great. If you guys aren't on the Discord, take

01:16:26.779 --> 01:16:29.640
the time. Join the Discord. be a part of this

01:16:29.640 --> 01:16:31.319
family because you know these guys these guys

01:16:31.319 --> 01:16:33.020
are like my brothers these guys you guys are

01:16:33.020 --> 01:16:36.899
like family to me yeah totally i agree like you

01:16:36.899 --> 01:16:39.800
know when you know things happen around the world

01:16:39.800 --> 01:16:43.199
like we always find a way to come together and

01:16:43.199 --> 01:16:46.060
support each other family is chosen it's not

01:16:46.060 --> 01:16:50.300
uh and we are chosen family sometimes you have

01:16:50.300 --> 01:16:53.239
to deal with parents or in -laws or siblings

01:16:53.239 --> 01:16:57.279
that uh or aunts uncles yeah that are completely

01:16:58.670 --> 01:17:01.529
But you can choose your family, and we've all

01:17:01.529 --> 01:17:05.909
chosen each other. I'm going to have, when I

01:17:05.909 --> 01:17:09.050
have my family, there's going to be an Uncle

01:17:09.050 --> 01:17:12.409
Chorizo that has no relation to me, but that's

01:17:12.409 --> 01:17:16.970
their uncle. That's my best friend, and he's

01:17:16.970 --> 01:17:20.609
going to be like family. He's family. We have

01:17:20.609 --> 01:17:22.850
no relation to each other, but you guys are family

01:17:22.850 --> 01:17:27.720
to me. Speaking of family. this has really turned

01:17:27.720 --> 01:17:31.760
around my vision on the season. Like I came into

01:17:31.760 --> 01:17:33.479
this being like, the season's done. We're going

01:17:33.479 --> 01:17:35.840
to lose five of the last six games. We're not

01:17:35.840 --> 01:17:37.300
even going to make the playoffs. RSL is going

01:17:37.300 --> 01:17:38.720
to go on a run. We're going to get that 10th

01:17:38.720 --> 01:17:42.619
spot. This is it. And now I'm like, no, this

01:17:42.619 --> 01:17:44.140
team is only going to lose one more game for

01:17:44.140 --> 01:17:46.020
the rest of the season. And that's against Vancouver.

01:17:46.180 --> 01:17:47.819
We're finishing fourth. Yeah. We're finishing

01:17:47.819 --> 01:17:51.399
fourth. All right. We got to, we got to bring

01:17:51.399 --> 01:17:54.100
you in just a little bit, just a little bit.

01:17:55.180 --> 01:17:57.760
Question, is this our drunken I love you guys

01:17:57.760 --> 01:18:03.840
sign off? I think it is. I think we can still

01:18:03.840 --> 01:18:07.359
go on for another hour. Yeah, but then I can't

01:18:07.359 --> 01:18:09.539
get the episode up tonight. That is some good

01:18:09.539 --> 01:18:11.859
whiskey though. Put it on the Patreon first.

01:18:12.500 --> 01:18:14.779
Patreon exclusive. It's supposed to be, but you

01:18:14.779 --> 01:18:16.779
know what? The problem is I don't know how to

01:18:16.779 --> 01:18:18.359
do that because I don't have access to posts

01:18:18.359 --> 01:18:20.840
on our Patreon anymore because it sends notices

01:18:20.840 --> 01:18:25.460
to Aaron's phone because of all the... 2FA issues

01:18:25.460 --> 01:18:30.199
going on in the world. Oh, yeah. All right, Aaron,

01:18:30.319 --> 01:18:32.720
you got to get back on. Check your phone. Take

01:18:32.720 --> 01:18:35.680
it off D &D. He just has to give me access so

01:18:35.680 --> 01:18:38.819
that I can run the Patreon as well. I don't know

01:18:38.819 --> 01:18:40.760
enough about Patreon to do it, but I'm sure I

01:18:40.760 --> 01:18:42.899
can. I think he just has to make me an administrator

01:18:42.899 --> 01:18:46.340
or something. But yeah, I'll get this episode

01:18:46.340 --> 01:18:48.899
up tonight so everyone can listen to it fresh

01:18:48.899 --> 01:18:52.890
and come away happy, realizing... Why are we

01:18:52.890 --> 01:18:54.750
even talking about losing at Austin? They're

01:18:54.750 --> 01:18:56.670
going to go down there, have some good barbecue,

01:18:56.989 --> 01:19:02.789
hang out with... Jesus's family. Yeah, Jesus's

01:19:02.789 --> 01:19:04.649
family. I was going to say... Areola's family.

01:19:06.609 --> 01:19:12.949
You were going much darker. After hours. They're

01:19:12.949 --> 01:19:15.550
going to go down on 6th Street and watch some

01:19:15.550 --> 01:19:18.710
brawls with drunk sorority girls. That's the

01:19:18.710 --> 01:19:21.680
whiskey talking. And it's going to be a good

01:19:21.680 --> 01:19:24.859
time. Hopefully they check out the Spider House.

01:19:24.960 --> 01:19:26.520
That's my favorite bar in Austin. Where is it?

01:19:26.600 --> 01:19:28.720
Just right outside the campus. Okay. It's just

01:19:28.720 --> 01:19:31.579
right outside of campus. Okay. Next time you

01:19:31.579 --> 01:19:33.920
go, Google it. Great beer selection, outdoor

01:19:33.920 --> 01:19:37.100
garden for you to drink in. It's less of a touristy

01:19:37.100 --> 01:19:39.579
place and more of like just a college local hangout.

01:19:39.579 --> 01:19:43.100
Like a dive bar? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. All right.

01:19:43.340 --> 01:19:45.760
But they can go there after they get the three

01:19:45.760 --> 01:19:47.659
points. Yeah. That's where they'll go celebrate.

01:19:48.159 --> 01:19:49.460
If they don't get the three points, then they

01:19:49.460 --> 01:19:51.300
got to get back on the bus. The last time I was

01:19:51.300 --> 01:19:52.840
in Austin. No, they're getting the three points.

01:19:52.899 --> 01:19:54.439
Nothing to worry about. Last time I was in Austin,

01:19:54.500 --> 01:19:57.920
there was a New Orleans style brass band walking

01:19:57.920 --> 01:20:00.500
around and playing. And it was fantastic. I love

01:20:00.500 --> 01:20:03.300
Austin mainly for its food culture. My favorite

01:20:03.300 --> 01:20:06.340
restaurant in the world is in Austin. It's a

01:20:06.340 --> 01:20:10.439
dive bar that serves local beer and vegan food

01:20:10.439 --> 01:20:13.159
called The Beer Plant. It's a little bit outside

01:20:13.159 --> 01:20:14.960
of the main area. You got to drive out to it.

01:20:15.340 --> 01:20:18.819
Uh, but it is fantastic. It has the best vegan

01:20:18.819 --> 01:20:22.239
food I've ever had. Uh, and it's, it's kind of

01:20:22.239 --> 01:20:24.359
like the same way that flat stick here serves

01:20:24.359 --> 01:20:26.319
all Washington beer. It serves all like local

01:20:26.319 --> 01:20:29.399
Texas beers. So it's super cool. Even as someone

01:20:29.399 --> 01:20:30.819
who's, they have, they have booze too, which

01:20:30.819 --> 01:20:32.140
is why I like it. Cause I'm not much of a beer

01:20:32.140 --> 01:20:34.779
drinker, but, uh, it's, it's just this awesome,

01:20:34.840 --> 01:20:37.399
it looks nicer than a dive bar, but it's a dive

01:20:37.399 --> 01:20:40.479
bar vibe. Uh, it's all like wood and it just,

01:20:40.539 --> 01:20:42.680
it feels great. And it's my, my favorite restaurant

01:20:42.680 --> 01:20:46.109
in the entire world. And I haven't traveled extensively

01:20:46.109 --> 01:20:50.430
outside of North America and Europe, but where

01:20:50.430 --> 01:20:54.050
I have, I love it. So I definitely, if you're

01:20:54.050 --> 01:20:55.489
going out for the game, try to get out there

01:20:55.489 --> 01:20:58.390
to the beer plant or there's some amazing vegan

01:20:58.390 --> 01:21:01.829
food trucks as well down there with burgers,

01:21:01.949 --> 01:21:10.109
with huge burritos, amazing milkshakes. it's,

01:21:10.109 --> 01:21:12.310
it's not Portland. It's not LA, but it's like

01:21:12.310 --> 01:21:14.310
the next best thing to those in terms of vegan

01:21:14.310 --> 01:21:17.649
food. So definitely if you're going, try that,

01:21:17.649 --> 01:21:21.989
that the vegan fair, cause it's fantastic. Love

01:21:21.989 --> 01:21:26.890
it. No. Are you wearing what, what kind of, is

01:21:26.890 --> 01:21:29.529
that a Jersey or? Yeah, it's a, it's the goalie

01:21:29.529 --> 01:21:32.149
Jersey from my public team last year that won

01:21:32.149 --> 01:21:35.130
the championship. So is that a, that's some tequila

01:21:35.130 --> 01:21:38.229
you're down in there, Dan? Yeah, we've moved

01:21:38.229 --> 01:21:39.850
on to tequila. I'm out of beer. I moved on to

01:21:39.850 --> 01:21:42.789
tequila. My neighbors were outside, so I didn't

01:21:42.789 --> 01:21:49.590
want to smoke before we recorded. I got my whiskey.

01:21:49.670 --> 01:21:54.090
You've got your tequila. Try Coke water. Two

01:21:54.090 --> 01:21:56.670
of those and you'll be good. You won't remember

01:21:56.670 --> 01:22:02.359
the game. Yeah, I was supposed to work on finalizing

01:22:02.359 --> 01:22:05.239
my class that I start teaching next week. But

01:22:05.239 --> 01:22:07.260
I think I've had enough whiskey now that I probably

01:22:07.260 --> 01:22:09.579
shouldn't do that because it's going to be fun.

01:22:09.640 --> 01:22:11.859
Otherwise, I'll wait till tomorrow. You know

01:22:11.859 --> 01:22:13.779
what you should probably do after we get done

01:22:13.779 --> 01:22:16.699
recording? Yeah. Go play Fortnite. Oh, yeah,

01:22:16.739 --> 01:22:18.560
I can do that. I mean, I don't need it. No one's

01:22:18.560 --> 01:22:19.779
going to listen to the episode tonight. I just

01:22:19.779 --> 01:22:21.840
have to have it up before I go to bed. So that

01:22:21.840 --> 01:22:24.239
sounds brilliant. If you want to join us in Fortnite.

01:22:26.280 --> 01:22:28.279
I'm legal -minded punk on there just like I am

01:22:28.279 --> 01:22:29.760
everywhere else, so go look for me. Let's have

01:22:29.760 --> 01:22:36.619
Twitter. Yeah, because I'm not on Twitter. That's

01:22:36.619 --> 01:22:38.640
going to be the running joke for them. You know

01:22:38.640 --> 01:22:40.340
what, guys? The Sounders are going to win the

01:22:40.340 --> 01:22:45.460
MLS Cup. If they do, you're hearing it now. I'm

01:22:45.460 --> 01:22:47.720
getting the Sounders tattoo if they win MLS Cup

01:22:47.720 --> 01:22:50.159
this year. And are you going to twerk live on

01:22:50.159 --> 01:22:57.109
the show? No. I have some self -awareness that

01:22:57.109 --> 01:22:59.029
I know that what's out there is out there forever.

01:23:00.130 --> 01:23:05.310
And has been screenshotted? It can be recorded.

01:23:05.609 --> 01:23:07.550
It's just on the internet forever. How long ago

01:23:07.550 --> 01:23:09.289
was that screenshot you sent me earlier saying

01:23:09.289 --> 01:23:11.829
that I rooted for Liverpool? I'm quite a bit

01:23:11.829 --> 01:23:14.050
heavier in that photo. Was I frumpy that day

01:23:14.050 --> 01:23:15.710
or was that like at the beginning of the season?

01:23:16.850 --> 01:23:19.710
You want me to check? Yeah. I mean, I look about

01:23:19.710 --> 01:23:22.489
50 pounds heavier than I am now, which is probably

01:23:22.489 --> 01:23:26.289
why. It was July 24th. Okay, two months. Yeah,

01:23:26.350 --> 01:23:28.750
I'm probably 20 pounds heavier then. It looks

01:23:28.750 --> 01:23:32.670
more than that, though. No, I think it... Yeah,

01:23:32.750 --> 01:23:35.090
you look much slimmer now, but I think you have...

01:23:35.090 --> 01:23:40.569
Bigger beard. No, less hair now, but... I think

01:23:40.569 --> 01:23:43.909
it's just the lighting. Yeah, I can change the

01:23:43.909 --> 01:23:45.510
lighting in this room. I also have key lights

01:23:45.510 --> 01:23:47.289
that I can turn on, but you know what? You don't

01:23:47.289 --> 01:23:50.109
need to see me that well. This is an audio podcast.

01:23:50.729 --> 01:23:55.090
And we have some... Exciting news, I think, with

01:23:55.090 --> 01:23:58.930
the release of FC26. Oh, yeah. I thought you

01:23:58.930 --> 01:24:02.470
were going to say with Mangione not being charged.

01:24:05.010 --> 01:24:09.029
I don't know what that is. I mean, they dropped

01:24:09.029 --> 01:24:11.329
two of the three state charges against him today.

01:24:11.470 --> 01:24:13.890
So, yeah, that's okay. Let's not get into it.

01:24:14.010 --> 01:24:17.409
I have no clue what you're talking about. EFC26

01:24:17.409 --> 01:24:20.789
coming out. It's out, what, in three days for

01:24:20.789 --> 01:24:22.520
people that... pre -ordered the fancy version

01:24:22.520 --> 01:24:25.060
and the rest of us like a week later. Yeah. But

01:24:25.060 --> 01:24:26.920
if you're like the working class, like me, you're

01:24:26.920 --> 01:24:30.619
going to get it in a week or now. Yep. But I

01:24:30.619 --> 01:24:32.739
mean, we'll probably try to do something for

01:24:32.739 --> 01:24:36.939
the Patreon. For sure. You know, we'll do a soundest

01:24:36.939 --> 01:24:39.279
career mode, how we would run the team. And,

01:24:39.279 --> 01:24:41.689
you know, if you guys want to. Did you see the

01:24:41.689 --> 01:24:43.689
picture I sent you? I think it was last night

01:24:43.689 --> 01:24:46.630
of who won the Ballon d 'Or in my league. Oh,

01:24:46.630 --> 01:24:50.250
yeah. Hashtag Free Pedro. That's right. He has

01:24:50.250 --> 01:24:52.510
developed into one of the best players in the

01:24:52.510 --> 01:24:54.909
world because I started him every game in the

01:24:54.909 --> 01:24:57.289
Premier League. But you know what? I think you

01:24:57.289 --> 01:24:59.090
play FIFA on beginner mode because you were beating

01:24:59.090 --> 01:25:01.270
Real Madrid 4 -0. Oh, yeah. That one I was playing

01:25:01.270 --> 01:25:03.229
on beginner mode because I don't actually play

01:25:03.229 --> 01:25:05.850
those games. This will be an interesting conversation

01:25:05.850 --> 01:25:09.720
for video game people. I treat... FIFA right

01:25:09.720 --> 01:25:11.880
now because I don't want to play like a full

01:25:11.880 --> 01:25:14.380
season of games because it's the new one comes

01:25:14.380 --> 01:25:18.520
out in a week I'm treating it like it's um football

01:25:18.520 --> 01:25:22.819
manager I just I I sim all the games uh I only

01:25:22.819 --> 01:25:25.720
jump in usually if I'm losing or if I need to

01:25:25.720 --> 01:25:28.140
score like that was the first game after I had

01:25:28.140 --> 01:25:32.020
signed uh Mbappe Mbappe so I was like I want

01:25:32.020 --> 01:25:33.359
to see what it's like to score a goal with him

01:25:33.359 --> 01:25:35.880
so I was up three nothing I got into the game

01:25:35.880 --> 01:25:39.420
and then immediately scored with Mbappe There's

01:25:39.420 --> 01:25:42.159
a lot of people that play that way as far as

01:25:42.159 --> 01:25:44.119
YouTube content creators and stuff like that.

01:25:44.279 --> 01:25:47.420
I'm not playing every game going through a season

01:25:47.420 --> 01:25:50.779
right now. I'm just going through and I'm actually

01:25:50.779 --> 01:25:55.460
developing my own players. I'm waiting for the

01:25:55.460 --> 01:25:57.579
new game to come out in a week. Now we just got

01:25:57.579 --> 01:26:00.539
to get Dan into more video games. I think we

01:26:00.539 --> 01:26:04.199
got him to get FIFA. You got 25, no? Yeah, I

01:26:04.199 --> 01:26:07.890
played 25. I'll buy 26 in six months. Yeah, when

01:26:07.890 --> 01:26:13.630
it's on sale. Is that I or D? Yeah. Yeah, this

01:26:13.630 --> 01:26:18.229
is I or D. Hey, special guest. Welcome to the

01:26:18.229 --> 01:26:26.949
show. Who's your favorite Seattle sounder? He

01:26:26.949 --> 01:26:32.069
doesn't know. Pedro. Pedro? You like Pedro or

01:26:32.069 --> 01:26:34.489
do you like Thomas, the goalkeeper? Oh, yeah.

01:26:34.590 --> 01:26:38.039
She got... Open Cup last year. She got a picture

01:26:38.039 --> 01:26:42.319
with Thomas. I have a friend that's madly in

01:26:42.319 --> 01:26:49.939
love with him. Yeah, me too. I think that color

01:26:49.939 --> 01:26:54.159
is why you want him to start. Yeah, absolutely.

01:26:54.899 --> 01:27:01.340
Apart from his ability in the gold box. Sounders

01:27:01.340 --> 01:27:03.539
are winning the MLS Cup, but it all starts this

01:27:03.539 --> 01:27:08.239
weekend at Austin. We may record again before

01:27:08.239 --> 01:27:10.880
then to get Cedar in, but if we don't, give me

01:27:10.880 --> 01:27:13.560
your early predictions on what the score is going

01:27:13.560 --> 01:27:15.760
to be at Austin, not knowing if Pedro's healthy

01:27:15.760 --> 01:27:21.920
and all that kind of stuff. Three nil. To which

01:27:21.920 --> 01:27:26.060
team? Green. Oh, I'm supposed to pick a team?

01:27:26.119 --> 01:27:29.960
Yeah. The green team. That's what I was going

01:27:29.960 --> 01:27:32.159
to say. Gosh. Light green or dark green? Green.

01:27:32.729 --> 01:27:37.729
Yeah, 3 -0, you're Seattle Sounders, and Rothrock

01:27:37.729 --> 01:27:39.609
is going to come back, redeem himself, and he's

01:27:39.609 --> 01:27:41.569
going to get the first goal. Oh, wow. It's amazing

01:27:41.569 --> 01:27:44.149
how much difference an hour makes. I think an

01:27:44.149 --> 01:27:46.789
hour ago, you were ready to burn the whole team

01:27:46.789 --> 01:27:52.369
down. No, that's tequila. No, I think that Don

01:27:52.369 --> 01:27:58.369
Julio make you at Cofulio. Give me 2 -0, Sounders.

01:27:58.890 --> 01:28:04.090
Give me more. to score and shut me up so he can

01:28:04.090 --> 01:28:07.949
start. And then give me Rusnak to score a PK

01:28:07.949 --> 01:28:10.810
to shut me up so he can start. Prove me wrong,

01:28:10.909 --> 01:28:14.609
boys. Prove me wrong. And I'll say 2 -1 Sounders.

01:28:16.550 --> 01:28:19.590
I think we've done it. MLS Cup, here we come.

01:28:23.109 --> 01:28:26.409
Where can we find you? On the Discord. On the

01:28:26.409 --> 01:28:28.569
Discord. Yeah, that's it. That's it. I mean,

01:28:28.630 --> 01:28:32.000
I'm on Punk and everywhere that's not X. You

01:28:32.000 --> 01:28:35.000
can find me on Instagram at Alex underscore Diaz

01:28:35.000 --> 01:28:37.979
and then just insert area code. That's not, what's

01:28:37.979 --> 01:28:41.659
the one in Seattle? 206. 206? Yeah, it's not

01:28:41.659 --> 01:28:45.020
206. It's not 253. It's not 425. And it's not,

01:28:45.039 --> 01:28:46.800
there's a new Seattle area code too. I don't

01:28:46.800 --> 01:28:49.239
even know what it is. They're out of 206s now.

01:28:50.460 --> 01:28:52.779
Yeah. So I'm on the, just enter the other area

01:28:52.779 --> 01:28:55.899
code and then you'll find me. Yeah. Yeah. That's

01:28:55.899 --> 01:28:57.479
not your email though. I kept trying to put that

01:28:57.479 --> 01:29:03.550
in for your email. It doesn't work. And you can,

01:29:03.590 --> 01:29:05.949
of course, find Cedar on the Discord as well.

01:29:06.130 --> 01:29:08.829
Shout out to Cedar. We're sorry we betrayed you.

01:29:08.930 --> 01:29:14.069
We are Judases. You can yell at us on text message.

01:29:18.050 --> 01:29:21.890
All right, everybody. I'll see you soon. Yeah.

01:29:23.470 --> 01:29:28.069
Later. Catch us. Want to say bye, Dan? He's already

01:29:28.069 --> 01:29:52.779
saying hi with his eyes. Bye, Dan. Be sure to

01:29:52.779 --> 01:29:54.979
subscribe to the show for new episodes following

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01:30:00.500 --> 01:30:03.579
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01:30:08.920 --> 01:30:15.680
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01:30:15.680 --> 01:30:20.130
the best MLS team of all time? The Seattle Sounders

01:30:20.130 --> 01:30:22.109
are both unequipped and they are arguably the

01:30:22.109 --> 01:30:23.869
best MLS team of all time.