WEBVTT 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:24.339 He's a tough kid. All I gotta say is the public 00:00:24.339 --> 00:00:55.890 can't say he's cheating. Hello and welcome to 00:00:55.890 --> 00:00:58.689 another episode of Sounders Scuttlebutt. I'm 00:00:58.689 --> 00:01:01.210 your host Cameron Collins. I am here with my 00:01:01.210 --> 00:01:03.990 co -host Nicholas Biella. What's going on everybody? 00:01:04.150 --> 00:01:07.489 Welcome to a special edition of Sounders Scuttlebutt. 00:01:07.750 --> 00:01:11.609 We are live post -game after the Cascadia Derby 00:01:11.609 --> 00:01:14.590 against the Portland Timbers. We've got the Ultras 00:01:14.590 --> 00:01:17.189 here with us. You want to all introduce yourselves? 00:01:17.590 --> 00:01:22.189 Yeah, please do. Yeah, Alex. Dan, and I guess 00:01:22.189 --> 00:01:23.750 that's what it feels like to be Portland at home. 00:01:25.510 --> 00:01:28.890 And Cedar here. Yeah, it feels pretty good. What 00:01:28.890 --> 00:01:33.450 is up, Cedar? Welcome to Seattle. You are here 00:01:33.450 --> 00:01:36.969 in person right now. I'm here. I made the trip 00:01:36.969 --> 00:01:40.829 up from the Bay Area, and I'm glad I came up, 00:01:40.870 --> 00:01:45.170 especially for that game. That was a nice reward. 00:01:46.170 --> 00:01:48.569 Yeah, absolutely. It's good to see you in person 00:01:48.569 --> 00:01:50.409 instead of across a computer screen, sometimes 00:01:50.409 --> 00:01:54.909 with mad sirens going on outside. apartment in 00:01:54.909 --> 00:01:56.890 san francisco yeah that's san francisco for you 00:01:56.890 --> 00:01:59.689 yeah it's great to meet all you guys in person 00:01:59.689 --> 00:02:03.109 hang out you know chant and sing and ecs together 00:02:03.109 --> 00:02:06.450 and yeah we had a blast yeah it's been good and 00:02:06.450 --> 00:02:08.729 actually i think about it all three of you traveled 00:02:08.729 --> 00:02:10.990 to be here which is probably why we always record 00:02:10.990 --> 00:02:13.689 online where i mean san francisco obviously the 00:02:13.689 --> 00:02:17.210 furthest but yakima and olympia right so oh tacoma 00:02:17.210 --> 00:02:18.590 i thought you why did i think you were olympia 00:02:18.590 --> 00:02:22.909 i don't know it's it's tacoma still uh you know 00:02:22.909 --> 00:02:25.379 far Especially with traffic. I think Dan moved 00:02:25.379 --> 00:02:28.120 to Olympia at this point. Yeah. Maybe it's because 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:32.159 you work adjacent to things that happen at Olympia. 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:34.460 Yeah, I work in Olympia. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So 00:02:34.460 --> 00:02:37.780 we're short on mics here, so make sure you grab 00:02:37.780 --> 00:02:41.520 mics, pass them back and forth. And I'm going 00:02:41.520 --> 00:02:43.000 to hand it off to Nicholas to talk about. Do 00:02:43.000 --> 00:02:45.439 we have any scuttlebutt beyond them being here? 00:02:46.060 --> 00:02:47.979 I mean, yeah, we have a lot of scuttlebutt going 00:02:47.979 --> 00:02:49.919 on, including we have some special guests here 00:02:49.919 --> 00:02:53.539 today that since this is an audio only format 00:02:53.539 --> 00:02:58.020 today, we are being recorded right now as we 00:02:58.020 --> 00:03:02.139 as we speak. Copa 90 has been here doing some 00:03:02.139 --> 00:03:05.759 special stuff today. So welcome to our Copa 90 00:03:05.759 --> 00:03:10.520 guests. Just kind of highlighting Seattle and 00:03:10.520 --> 00:03:12.819 as we get ready for the World Cup. This week 00:03:12.819 --> 00:03:15.759 has been big with the World Cup. Did anyone get 00:03:15.759 --> 00:03:20.039 into the Visa lottery? Anyone win? Anyone? Does 00:03:20.039 --> 00:03:23.319 anyone know someone who's won? I signed up, but 00:03:23.319 --> 00:03:25.680 I haven't even seen an email if I won or not. 00:03:25.780 --> 00:03:29.800 I do not know anyone that's been chosen. Anyone 00:03:29.800 --> 00:03:35.349 else in the room? Anyone? Oh, we got one! The 00:03:35.349 --> 00:03:38.610 one, the one. Okay, well, congratulations there. 00:03:38.789 --> 00:03:41.770 All right. There will be plenty of chances. We'll 00:03:41.770 --> 00:03:45.229 talk plenty about that going forward. Yeah, I 00:03:45.229 --> 00:03:47.930 mean, I was sad. I didn't get chosen for that. 00:03:47.969 --> 00:03:50.229 I didn't get chosen for ALCS tickets, if the 00:03:50.229 --> 00:03:52.550 Mariners make it. But after tonight's loss, who 00:03:52.550 --> 00:03:56.050 knows? But we do have that chance, the right 00:03:56.050 --> 00:03:58.650 to buy for one match in Seattle because of the 00:03:58.650 --> 00:04:02.400 Club World Cup ticket. participation we did and 00:04:02.400 --> 00:04:05.819 so hopefully still we can get that uh usa match 00:04:05.819 --> 00:04:08.659 although five hundred dollars a ticket might 00:04:08.659 --> 00:04:11.219 be a little cost prohibitive if we're stuck with 00:04:11.219 --> 00:04:13.719 the top two tiers well yeah that's that's category 00:04:13.719 --> 00:04:17.019 three and four or i'm sorry one and two uh i 00:04:17.019 --> 00:04:20.199 think 180 for for basically the upper deck uh 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:22.959 the category four is an absolute joke where it's 00:04:22.959 --> 00:04:27.360 literally maybe 500 seats the the top you know 00:04:27.360 --> 00:04:31.199 half of one section it's it's a joke but I digress. 00:04:32.519 --> 00:04:34.779 Some other scuttlebutts have been going on. Obed 00:04:34.779 --> 00:04:39.699 Vargas played another full 90 today for the U 00:04:39.699 --> 00:04:42.779 -20s World Cup for Mexico. Mexico beat Morocco 00:04:42.779 --> 00:04:46.920 1 -0. So they advanced to the knockout ground. 00:04:47.040 --> 00:04:51.199 I think they're playing Chile. I think that's 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:53.139 who they're playing, but I'm not entirely sure 00:04:53.139 --> 00:04:56.300 on that. And then Reed Baker Whiting has gotten 00:04:56.300 --> 00:04:59.579 some time, some significant minutes with USA. 00:05:00.720 --> 00:05:03.360 So hopefully both of them can continue to shine 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:06.220 and move on to the knockout rounds and, you know, 00:05:06.220 --> 00:05:09.180 put that bid up a little higher. What do you 00:05:09.180 --> 00:05:10.540 guys think? Have you been watching any of those 00:05:10.540 --> 00:05:14.060 games? Yeah. $10 million for Vargas now? Is that 00:05:14.060 --> 00:05:17.139 where we're at? I heard it should be $25 at this 00:05:17.139 --> 00:05:22.100 point. I'd take it. We could sign two more Pedro 00:05:22.100 --> 00:05:24.819 de la Vegas with that money. If we had two more 00:05:24.819 --> 00:05:26.740 Pedro de la Vegas, we may never lose a game again. 00:05:27.040 --> 00:05:30.819 If the new Pedro's are allowed to be on the field 00:05:30.819 --> 00:05:32.540 and Coach Schmetzer decides to play them. Well, 00:05:32.540 --> 00:05:34.420 maybe if we have three of them, we can get 90 00:05:34.420 --> 00:05:38.060 minutes out of all three. Yeah. Why don't we 00:05:38.060 --> 00:05:40.680 jump straight into the game here? Because I know 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:43.500 our special guests have to depart eventually. 00:05:43.860 --> 00:05:48.000 So we should talk some Derby. This is the first 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:50.939 time that Seattle's beat Portland at home since... 00:05:51.600 --> 00:05:55.720 2017. Since 2017. Dan, I don't think you even 00:05:55.720 --> 00:05:59.220 lived in the state then, did you? No. No, I think 00:05:59.220 --> 00:06:01.759 I was in Wichita Falls or some god -awful place 00:06:01.759 --> 00:06:05.939 like that in 2017. Yeah, that's wild. And, oh, 00:06:05.959 --> 00:06:07.540 Cedar, you had probably already moved by then, 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:11.459 but barely. Yeah, I've been in the Bay Area for 00:06:11.459 --> 00:06:14.620 over a decade now. So, yeah, no, it's been a 00:06:14.620 --> 00:06:17.199 long, long time. I'm glad I got to be here in 00:06:17.199 --> 00:06:21.040 person for this win. I mean, my daughter wasn't 00:06:21.040 --> 00:06:24.240 even born at that point. And although today was 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:27.160 today was fun. Today was her first. She's five 00:06:27.160 --> 00:06:30.319 years old, turned six next month. And today was 00:06:30.319 --> 00:06:33.860 her first F -bomb and her first middle finger. 00:06:36.279 --> 00:06:40.579 Neither of them were prompted by me. She just 00:06:40.579 --> 00:06:43.839 kind of went with the flow because she is very 00:06:43.839 --> 00:06:47.230 much. She belongs in the supporters section. 00:06:47.350 --> 00:06:50.129 She's very much in ECS, so I'm pretty proud of 00:06:50.129 --> 00:06:53.129 her. Cameron, you took a great photo. Thank you. 00:06:53.189 --> 00:06:57.509 I can't wait to share that with my family. So 00:06:57.509 --> 00:06:59.110 are we going to get a Ref You Suck chant from 00:06:59.110 --> 00:07:00.949 her next week? I think she already knows that. 00:07:01.170 --> 00:07:04.149 Yeah, she probably knows that. Pretty sure I 00:07:04.149 --> 00:07:06.149 started this Ref You Suck chant, just for the 00:07:06.149 --> 00:07:08.899 record. So why don't we talk about this match? 00:07:08.959 --> 00:07:11.939 Let's get right into it because, like we said, 00:07:12.040 --> 00:07:13.920 the Sounders had not won at home versus Portland 00:07:13.920 --> 00:07:17.339 since 2017, which did that include 2018 playoff 00:07:17.339 --> 00:07:19.879 loss at home, right? Technically, that was a 00:07:19.879 --> 00:07:23.959 draw because it did go to extra time and then 00:07:23.959 --> 00:07:25.939 penalties, but that was a draw. Right, that's 00:07:25.939 --> 00:07:28.939 right. That was a draw in the final kick of... 00:07:29.149 --> 00:07:32.449 Ozzy's Sounders career, right? He missed a penalty, 00:07:32.610 --> 00:07:34.110 sadly. He and Will Bruin, I think, missed the 00:07:34.110 --> 00:07:38.370 two in that. Man, two Sounder greats who had 00:07:38.370 --> 00:07:40.449 a rough ending. Will may have been around another 00:07:40.449 --> 00:07:43.790 year after that. But yeah, I mean, this was huge. 00:07:44.149 --> 00:07:46.889 I actually had watched a video I was in where 00:07:46.889 --> 00:07:48.930 I had said Caleb Porter has the most punchable 00:07:48.930 --> 00:07:52.569 face in the history of the MLS after that match. 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:56.379 But the good news is he's no longer an MLS, so 00:07:56.379 --> 00:07:59.040 scuttlebutt there. So you don't have to worry 00:07:59.040 --> 00:08:02.139 about that anymore. That's true. New England 00:08:02.139 --> 00:08:05.420 has fired him. Somehow he's no longer able to 00:08:05.420 --> 00:08:07.699 fail up like he has his entire career, but you 00:08:07.699 --> 00:08:09.220 expect that from someone who coached Portland. 00:08:10.300 --> 00:08:14.740 This is a great time to be a Seattle fan. We've 00:08:14.740 --> 00:08:20.149 been in kind of free fall after the... after 00:08:20.149 --> 00:08:22.350 the League's Cup, correct? We were awesome after 00:08:22.350 --> 00:08:24.069 the Club World Cup. This is our first win after 00:08:24.069 --> 00:08:27.629 four straight without a win. What do you think 00:08:27.629 --> 00:08:29.629 was the difference in this match, Alex, versus 00:08:29.629 --> 00:08:31.569 other matches that the Sounders have been playing 00:08:31.569 --> 00:08:34.370 lately? Was there a starter who was on the field 00:08:34.370 --> 00:08:36.269 who I told everyone was going to score a goal 00:08:36.269 --> 00:08:39.549 today that was different than all the other matches 00:08:39.549 --> 00:08:41.129 where we haven't played well? All you've got 00:08:41.129 --> 00:08:44.190 to say is Pedro. That's right. The originator 00:08:44.190 --> 00:08:47.850 of the Free Pedro movement right here, Alex Diaz. 00:08:48.730 --> 00:08:51.350 Alex Diaz played for the Mariners, so I get to 00:08:51.350 --> 00:08:53.309 mispronounce your last name like his name, Alex 00:08:53.309 --> 00:08:56.090 Diaz. No, because we're winners over here. Yeah, 00:08:56.149 --> 00:09:01.490 but we will say, like I told you, I told Pedro 00:09:01.490 --> 00:09:03.710 all about it at the Rave Gala, and so he knows 00:09:03.710 --> 00:09:06.049 all about the Free Pedro movement, and either 00:09:06.049 --> 00:09:08.710 him or his social media team responds on Instagram 00:09:08.710 --> 00:09:11.490 whenever we post Free Pedro. And once I saw Pedro, 00:09:11.500 --> 00:09:12.679 Pedro starting, I was like, okay, we're going 00:09:12.679 --> 00:09:15.779 to win 3 -1. We won 1 -0, but we'll take a win. 00:09:16.019 --> 00:09:18.200 And I picked Pedro to score. Yeah. I'm like, 00:09:18.299 --> 00:09:20.879 enough said. I think I said 2 -1 with Pedro scoring. 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:24.019 Pedro might drop. Yep. I mean, that's the difference 00:09:24.019 --> 00:09:25.759 in this game. Cedar, what else did you see besides 00:09:25.759 --> 00:09:28.620 Pedro? I mean, we had Rothrock and Ferreira starting 00:09:28.620 --> 00:09:32.779 up top. And Rusnak dropped back to that number 00:09:32.779 --> 00:09:35.899 six position. And that was a place we used to 00:09:35.899 --> 00:09:38.600 see him with. Russ snack with that back there 00:09:38.600 --> 00:09:41.620 with I think Obed at times and he was able to 00:09:41.620 --> 00:09:44.399 play that a little differently since He had a 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:47.220 veteran next to him in Christian yeah, absolutely 00:09:47.220 --> 00:09:51.419 and from what I saw you know with flags in my 00:09:51.419 --> 00:09:54.559 face and you know getting to getting to see glimpses 00:09:54.559 --> 00:09:58.360 and You know focusing on the words of all the 00:09:58.360 --> 00:10:04.139 chants and everything mess this up It just felt 00:10:04.139 --> 00:10:07.200 like What we saw on the field was the same kind 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:09.820 of energy and intensity and every single player 00:10:09.820 --> 00:10:12.720 getting up for this match like they did for the 00:10:12.720 --> 00:10:15.960 League's Cup final. And that kind of energy felt 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:19.659 like it had been missing from the past few games. 00:10:20.039 --> 00:10:22.440 And the results were... Kind of mirroring that. 00:10:22.779 --> 00:10:26.100 So that was really nice to see. Before I give 00:10:26.100 --> 00:10:29.120 the mic over here to Mr. I look at the bright 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:31.279 side of everything and I have nothing but positive 00:10:31.279 --> 00:10:33.299 things to say about the Sounders and that everything 00:10:33.299 --> 00:10:37.659 is fine. Do you think that the doom and gloom 00:10:37.659 --> 00:10:39.580 is over because we're actually playing Pedro? 00:10:39.879 --> 00:10:41.820 Or do you think we have more doom and gloom to 00:10:41.820 --> 00:10:44.320 come? I mean, I don't know. I think we have some 00:10:44.320 --> 00:10:48.840 interesting challenges because we've got... Rusnack 00:10:48.840 --> 00:10:51.490 is going to be out. We'll probably talk about 00:10:51.490 --> 00:10:54.789 the red card later, but he's going to be out. 00:10:54.870 --> 00:10:58.730 We've got Obed at the U -20 World Cup, right? 00:10:59.450 --> 00:11:02.070 Keep going. That's two of our midfielders. Keep 00:11:02.070 --> 00:11:04.070 going. Snyder Brunel, right? He got called up. 00:11:04.970 --> 00:11:08.590 Who else we got, right? Christian Roldan. Yeah, 00:11:08.590 --> 00:11:11.370 Christian Roldan. That's poor. He's at USA. Oh, 00:11:11.370 --> 00:11:13.429 yeah, that's right. Jeez, it just keeps going 00:11:13.429 --> 00:11:15.529 and going. So who do we have left? So we got 00:11:15.529 --> 00:11:18.950 Jalpaulo. Who do we have left? And we've got... 00:11:19.440 --> 00:11:23.220 Danny Leyva. Yeah. That is our midfield for the 00:11:23.220 --> 00:11:26.399 RSL game. Well, you know, Jackson Reagan, he 00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:29.340 grew up playing midfielder, so why don't we move 00:11:29.340 --> 00:11:32.299 him up a line, you know? I think it's more likely 00:11:32.299 --> 00:11:35.000 that we'll probably see Jesus drop down. It'll 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:36.980 depend on Kihei, because remember, Kihei left 00:11:36.980 --> 00:11:40.080 at halftime with an injured tight calf, so if 00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:42.919 we're down another defender with Yamar still 00:11:42.919 --> 00:11:46.860 out, oh my goodness. So that means you put Snyder... 00:11:47.230 --> 00:11:49.649 No, I'm sorry. John Bell will go back over, so 00:11:49.649 --> 00:11:52.490 I'll be there. Can Rothrock play in the midfield? 00:11:55.889 --> 00:11:58.169 So we're going to take a quick break so that 00:11:58.169 --> 00:12:02.830 we can de -mic on the video side, and then we'll 00:12:02.830 --> 00:12:23.799 just hop back in. Hey, everybody. 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I'm starting with 00:14:22.980 --> 00:14:28.159 you, Cedar. Moonshine. Wow, that's some strong 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:30.100 stuff. For celebratory occasions. No, I'm drinking 00:14:30.100 --> 00:14:34.289 water. I was going to say gasoline because we're 00:14:34.289 --> 00:14:36.429 building a bonfire, but, yeah, water because 00:14:36.429 --> 00:14:40.129 our waiter is nowhere to be found. Well, we did 00:14:40.129 --> 00:14:43.409 shut the door. So, yeah, no, the service has 00:14:43.409 --> 00:14:45.990 been outstanding here. So the door is just shut. 00:14:46.169 --> 00:14:50.769 I am drinking the tears of Portland's fans. And 00:14:50.769 --> 00:14:53.389 I'm drinking a cider, which is laced with the 00:14:53.389 --> 00:14:55.789 tears of Portland's fans and their coach. Was 00:14:55.789 --> 00:14:57.450 it Phil Neville? Which Neville is their coach? 00:14:58.220 --> 00:15:00.720 Phil Neville. Phil Neville, who was crying as 00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:02.899 he came off the field and got into it. I thought 00:15:02.899 --> 00:15:04.220 it was with the little kid, but apparently the 00:15:04.220 --> 00:15:06.019 guy behind the little kid is who he was fighting 00:15:06.019 --> 00:15:10.019 with. But what? You know, this always has the 00:15:10.019 --> 00:15:13.320 explicit tag. What a fucking dick. What are you 00:15:13.320 --> 00:15:15.620 doing going out and arguing and getting the face 00:15:15.620 --> 00:15:17.399 of fans while you're walking off the field and 00:15:17.399 --> 00:15:20.379 being like, meh, meh, meh, meh? Crash outfield. 00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:23.840 I mean, you know, could be worse. Could have 00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:26.789 threw a ball at him. I mean, he could have spit 00:15:26.789 --> 00:15:29.250 at him. That's also true. That's also true. I 00:15:29.250 --> 00:15:31.710 mean, I remember last year he celebrated a day 00:15:31.710 --> 00:15:33.669 in time like it was the World Cup final. So, 00:15:33.690 --> 00:15:36.090 I mean, that just shows you how much ahead Seattle 00:15:36.090 --> 00:15:38.889 is to Portland. When you're Portland, what do 00:15:38.889 --> 00:15:42.830 you get to celebrate? The COVID tournament. Yeah. 00:15:43.309 --> 00:15:47.009 You know, I just don't trust a soccer coach who's 00:15:47.009 --> 00:15:50.750 Phil Neville's age wearing an oversized hoodie. 00:15:51.289 --> 00:15:53.970 You know, our coach, he dresses for the occasion. 00:15:55.289 --> 00:15:56.850 A lovely suit with a sweater underneath. I will 00:15:56.850 --> 00:16:01.429 not have this Bill Belichick slander. I mean, 00:16:01.450 --> 00:16:03.690 to be fair, I guarantee you if Dan or I were 00:16:03.690 --> 00:16:05.549 a coach, we would be wearing an oversized hoodie. 00:16:05.669 --> 00:16:09.029 We would not be wearing a suit. Maybe Phil Neville 00:16:09.029 --> 00:16:12.509 has a 20 -year -old girlfriend who's doing the 00:16:12.509 --> 00:16:16.509 behind -the -scenes stuff, maybe. We're just 00:16:16.509 --> 00:16:21.909 going to drop that. I am watching that with great... 00:16:22.870 --> 00:16:26.990 just as an outsider that does not care. You wish 00:16:26.990 --> 00:16:31.450 that was you, huh? No. He does not, but you're 00:16:31.450 --> 00:16:35.970 also a Bills fan, so you relish in the failure 00:16:35.970 --> 00:16:38.529 of anything related to the Patriots, I imagine, 00:16:38.629 --> 00:16:41.570 much like we do in Seattle. Yeah, pretty much. 00:16:41.669 --> 00:16:45.110 Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, you know, Kronk is 00:16:45.110 --> 00:16:48.250 cool. I'll give Kronk a pass, but for the most 00:16:48.250 --> 00:16:50.840 part. And I also like that Aaron Hernandez guy. 00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:55.799 He was... Oh, whoa. Pause. Wait, wait, wait, 00:16:55.840 --> 00:16:59.299 wait. Did I miss something? Is he not cool? Is 00:16:59.299 --> 00:17:01.860 he not cool? He's the Jeffrey Epstein of the 00:17:01.860 --> 00:17:07.740 NFL. You mean he's well hung? That's funny because 00:17:07.740 --> 00:17:11.940 Jeffrey Epstein didn't kill himself. But, I mean, 00:17:11.940 --> 00:17:13.759 he may not have done it, but he was still hung. 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:18.640 So, yeah. But, yeah, I mean... We have some scuttlebutt 00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:20.099 real quick that we should get to before we get 00:17:20.099 --> 00:17:21.579 back. Now that we've all talked about our drinks, 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:23.579 like we'd like to talk about before we get back 00:17:23.579 --> 00:17:25.680 into the game. And I just wanted to say what 00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:28.000 a great Chelsea match today against Liverpool. 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:31.359 Two to one victory, late win in a match where 00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:32.940 it felt like Chelsea should have won anyways. 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:35.119 And it felt like this is going to be the same 00:17:35.119 --> 00:17:36.759 old Chelsea. They're going to blow this. And 00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:40.000 then it was Esteval scored 89th minute or something 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:43.920 like that. Late goal put Chelsea ahead two to 00:17:43.920 --> 00:17:48.079 one. So that was super fun. I feel like this 00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:49.299 is going to be just kind of a little bit of a 00:17:49.299 --> 00:17:51.019 disjointed episode. We're just going to kind 00:17:51.019 --> 00:17:53.619 of keep getting little freeze cuts. It'll be 00:17:53.619 --> 00:17:55.980 like memento, you know, all backwards and that. 00:17:57.839 --> 00:18:01.759 And so, yeah, let's talk about the match a little 00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:06.500 bit. Pedro scores 16 minutes into the game, 16 00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:10.640 minutes in. Just looked really, you know, looked 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:14.420 really good there. What did you guys see? Dan, 00:18:14.619 --> 00:18:18.210 what were your thoughts? So once I got out of 00:18:18.210 --> 00:18:20.589 the game, I watched the highlights because it 00:18:20.589 --> 00:18:23.509 was at the goal away from me. And dear Lord, 00:18:23.690 --> 00:18:26.410 that was a great shot. Just the whole buildup 00:18:26.410 --> 00:18:29.990 to the play with we're pouring more Portland 00:18:29.990 --> 00:18:37.269 tears into our cups. Give us just a sec. Hope 00:18:37.269 --> 00:18:40.430 that sound comes through. That is the live sound 00:18:40.430 --> 00:18:43.230 of Portland tears. It does. The incredible taste 00:18:43.230 --> 00:18:48.569 of unfathomable sadness. You just love it. I 00:18:48.569 --> 00:18:52.329 saw so many Portland fans going to the game, 00:18:52.349 --> 00:18:53.990 and they were super nice. I mean, all of them 00:18:53.990 --> 00:18:58.029 was really nice. Before the game, after the game, 00:18:58.069 --> 00:18:59.670 I couldn't get a single one to talk to me, so 00:18:59.670 --> 00:19:02.230 I don't know what the deal is. It's okay. They 00:19:02.230 --> 00:19:08.589 don't want pity. No pity. Fuck the Timbers. My 00:19:08.589 --> 00:19:12.269 favorite thing is they call themselves Soccer 00:19:12.269 --> 00:19:16.609 City USA, right? Yeah, so on their stadium it 00:19:16.609 --> 00:19:25.009 has the initials SCUSA. Excuse me. Good times, 00:19:25.190 --> 00:19:27.970 good times. You know, so after we scored that 00:19:27.970 --> 00:19:32.500 first goal, it felt like... Felt like we were 00:19:32.500 --> 00:19:36.099 in control for most of the game. I mean, the 00:19:36.099 --> 00:19:39.299 only thing for me, it just felt like Portland 00:19:39.299 --> 00:19:43.339 had no possession with purpose. Their chances 00:19:43.339 --> 00:19:45.160 where they looked even potentially dangerous 00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:48.960 seemed to be coming off of quick transition moments. 00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:50.799 But for the most part, I thought that they were 00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:55.710 really toothless. And then the times that they 00:19:55.710 --> 00:19:57.750 did have possession, not possession with purpose, 00:19:57.829 --> 00:20:00.150 but the times that they did have shots on goal, 00:20:00.690 --> 00:20:02.990 Fry stood on his head and did magic, and he looks 00:20:02.990 --> 00:20:06.190 like he is fully back. In fact, I think I personally 00:20:06.190 --> 00:20:07.809 thought he was the player of the game because 00:20:07.809 --> 00:20:10.930 it could have been 2 -1 Portland if it hadn't 00:20:10.930 --> 00:20:14.549 been for Fry just being the GOAT. Yeah, I think 00:20:14.549 --> 00:20:17.869 the expected goals were not very favorable with 00:20:17.869 --> 00:20:20.230 Portland. You know, foot mob only has them as 00:20:20.230 --> 00:20:25.759 a .57. Frye did make that really great save with 00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:28.440 his strong hand there. I mean, maybe the shot 00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:32.660 was from outside the box, but that was not easy. 00:20:33.619 --> 00:20:35.299 Matter of fact, I don't think that shot was from 00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:37.279 outside the box. It was just a weird... It was 00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:39.640 just kind of from a weird angle, but it was going 00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:43.259 in. Oh, 100%. It was going in, and Frye was completely 00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:45.660 horizontal when he saved it. Yeah, and that's 00:20:45.660 --> 00:20:49.740 where sometimes the expected goals don't always 00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:53.829 match up with the eye test. Because that in itself 00:20:53.829 --> 00:20:58.970 should have been, you know, a .57 at least from 00:20:58.970 --> 00:21:04.730 what I saw. Just great save from Fry there. Cedar, 00:21:04.769 --> 00:21:09.190 was this your first time in ECS? No, it was my 00:21:09.190 --> 00:21:12.730 second time. I had come up here a couple of years 00:21:12.730 --> 00:21:16.509 ago for a regular season. Oh, the Minnesota game, 00:21:16.569 --> 00:21:20.359 right? Yes, Minnesota. Rusnak had the winner 00:21:20.359 --> 00:21:24.200 in that one. This was 2023, April of 2023, I 00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:29.079 want to say. Yeah, that's the other time I've 00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:32.240 been at UCS. It's always fun. You can probably 00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:36.460 hear my voice is a little dead right now because 00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:40.740 I was singing my ass off, and it was worth it. 00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:43.240 Yeah. It was fun. It was super fun. And my voice 00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:46.039 goes up an octave. Yeah. Yeah. As I hit puberty. 00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:48.980 But, no, that's one of the things about ECS is 00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:51.579 you get that energy, but sometimes you need to 00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:54.259 re -watch the game to really kind of see what 00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:57.759 happened. Definitely, definitely. But, you know, 00:21:57.859 --> 00:22:01.940 especially for a match like that against the 00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:05.119 Timbers, you've got to bring the energy, and 00:22:05.119 --> 00:22:08.920 it feels like we did. So, yeah, I'll be happy 00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:12.460 to watch the replay. Admittedly, the ECS crowd 00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:16.200 was great today. Like, I did not hear. Portland 00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:20.500 do their alphabet chant all night? I will say 00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:24.779 that sitting on the 45 -yard line, they were 00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:26.720 really loud and they were going strong. I could 00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:28.799 hear Portland really well. So credit to their 00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:31.160 fans for bringing it, but didn't help their team 00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:33.700 win. I imagine it's hard to root for that team 00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:37.599 when Merritt Paulson is your owner. We are so 00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:41.779 lucky. I know we have our quibbles with our management 00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:46.819 sometimes. At least it's not like what Portland 00:22:46.819 --> 00:22:51.039 has to deal with because, oh, my goodness. Just 00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:54.880 shooting some accusatory glances across the room 00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:58.500 right here while you say that, you know. But, 00:22:58.579 --> 00:23:02.539 yeah, it would suck to be in their situation 00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:05.799 where, you know, you love a team, you care deeply, 00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:11.480 and they just fail you. Oh, wait, we're Mariners 00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:16.069 fans. We know that feeling. I don't think we're 00:23:16.069 --> 00:23:19.970 all Mariners fans. We're all about the Saunders 00:23:19.970 --> 00:23:23.650 here. Wow, that's getting awkward. I will say, 00:23:23.789 --> 00:23:28.130 seeing some of these Timbers fans, a lot of them 00:23:28.130 --> 00:23:31.470 are also Mariners fans because that's the closest 00:23:31.470 --> 00:23:35.970 MLB team. And it just made me feel weird. I felt 00:23:35.970 --> 00:23:41.039 like, how do I put... Yeah, I mean, we were literally 00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:43.960 at a bar where there was Sounders and Timbers 00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:46.640 fans watching the Mariners together, rooting 00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:51.279 for the Mariners. I don't know how I can put... 00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:54.200 How do I feel about a person like that? Because, 00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:58.259 I mean, to be a Mariners fan, that's like trauma 00:23:58.259 --> 00:24:00.619 bonding right there with other Mariners fans, 00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:05.099 100%. And then it's also the worst person you 00:24:05.099 --> 00:24:08.700 could possibly think of. So it's like, it's really, 00:24:08.819 --> 00:24:11.779 really strange. I mean, my Timbers fans' friends 00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:14.440 aren't listening, so I'll agree with you. If 00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:18.599 you are listening, I love you. No, you don't. 00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:22.299 He's lying. Well, it's kind of like how the people 00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:25.859 in Seattle that support the Trailblazers. Like 00:24:25.859 --> 00:24:28.769 me. I root for the Trailblazers because there 00:24:28.769 --> 00:24:31.369 was never a real rivalry with the Trailblazers 00:24:31.369 --> 00:24:34.230 and the Sonics. They were never both good at 00:24:34.230 --> 00:24:40.069 the same time. And also, black and red is pretty 00:24:40.069 --> 00:24:42.329 dope colors. I mean, yeah, I'll give you that. 00:24:42.369 --> 00:24:44.369 The colors are pretty dope. The team, not so 00:24:44.369 --> 00:24:49.230 much. I mean, every team in the 90s changed their 00:24:49.230 --> 00:24:53.029 color scheme to black and red. Yeah, it's not 00:24:53.029 --> 00:24:55.470 that good of a color scheme. Says the guy who 00:24:55.470 --> 00:24:58.470 took me to see LeBron James play at Portland. 00:24:59.829 --> 00:25:02.970 So he clearly likes Portland to a degree because 00:25:02.970 --> 00:25:06.089 we saw LeBron, the GOAT. Did he even play like 00:25:06.089 --> 00:25:07.750 20 minutes? Yeah, he played the whole game. This 00:25:07.750 --> 00:25:11.170 was before. Was this at, oh, at Cleveland. Yeah. 00:25:11.210 --> 00:25:14.309 It's Cleveland. Yeah, so he played. He had an 00:25:14.309 --> 00:25:17.750 incredible dunk over Nurkic. Yeah, I mean, that 00:25:17.750 --> 00:25:20.150 game was cool because that was kind of my first 00:25:20.150 --> 00:25:27.230 exposure to Dame. dame lillard as well uh funny 00:25:27.230 --> 00:25:30.450 enough uh actually scuttlebutt listener eric 00:25:30.450 --> 00:25:32.670 was one of the one of the four people in that 00:25:32.670 --> 00:25:35.730 car uh so it was me cameron eric and and one 00:25:35.730 --> 00:25:39.750 other um and and that was just a that was just 00:25:39.750 --> 00:25:43.910 a really fun day we uh i believe i pissed on 00:25:43.910 --> 00:25:47.450 providence park Didn't I? Because I really had 00:25:47.450 --> 00:25:51.130 to pee afterwards. I mean, wait. I might have 00:25:51.130 --> 00:25:52.990 split by that point since I was living part -time 00:25:52.990 --> 00:25:56.710 in Portland. Allegedly. Allegedly. I believe 00:25:56.710 --> 00:26:00.589 some liquid might have left my body. They weren't 00:26:00.589 --> 00:26:02.829 tears. You might be really part of Portland at 00:26:02.829 --> 00:26:07.549 that point. Well, I was relieved to do so. Is 00:26:07.549 --> 00:26:09.329 that like pissing on the Alamo? Is that kind 00:26:09.329 --> 00:26:12.589 of like the same thing? Pretty much. Yeah. Yeah. 00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:16.900 You know, when you got a long drive home, you 00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:19.799 got to find a spot to go and there just wasn't 00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:21.880 anywhere except for... Well, I mean, you're like 00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:23.460 driving, you're like, look, there's a huge toilet 00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:25.980 right there. Yeah, it was a public urinal. I 00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:27.859 mean, that's the amazing thing because the McDonald's 00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:30.079 across the street is like the grossest McDonald's. 00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:32.619 One time I was in there at like six o 'clock 00:26:32.619 --> 00:26:34.480 in the morning and this woman said she was going 00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:38.099 to smash her gonorrhea fingers into the ketchup 00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:42.980 if they didn't fix her order. And yet... That's 00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:47.259 a cleaner place to be than the stadium. What's 00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:50.740 crazy is that I remember going to Dave Buster's 00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:55.119 and I went like the full yard outside. And then 00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:56.980 the Uber guy gave me like a soda. He's like, 00:26:57.039 --> 00:27:00.200 here you go. You need this more than I do. I 00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:04.170 want you all to just picture someone. Telling 00:27:04.170 --> 00:27:06.730 you they're going to smash their gonorrhea fingers. 00:27:07.109 --> 00:27:09.190 I don't want to picture that. Picture it. No. 00:27:09.230 --> 00:27:11.569 Picture what gonorrhea fingers look like. No. 00:27:11.630 --> 00:27:15.289 And stop. Just stop right there. Just stop. Take 00:27:15.289 --> 00:27:17.730 his mic away. He's done for the day. You're done. 00:27:17.950 --> 00:27:22.970 Yeah. There's a reason why during the watch parties 00:27:22.970 --> 00:27:25.329 for the Sounders, we often had to cut off Nicholas's 00:27:25.329 --> 00:27:28.339 mic. All before the match started, right? No, 00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:31.039 all the time. At least once a game, he would 00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:33.160 say something inappropriate. And, you know, we 00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:35.519 had visitors calling in or watching from like 00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:37.920 Uruguay. I think we had someone from China one 00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:41.559 time. And Seattle's best and brightest were out 00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:43.319 here saying stuff. They were getting their mics 00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:46.299 turned off. Well, this is why he started. He 00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:48.259 joined his own podcast. So he can say whatever 00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:50.119 he wants. He can say whatever he wants as long 00:27:50.119 --> 00:27:51.960 as I don't have the controls like I do today. 00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:55.559 Yeah, there's the there's very much. So anytime 00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:59.680 you hear anyone go and muted, that was that was 00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:03.220 a fairly regular and muted. But, you know, here's 00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:06.180 the thing, though. It was never graphic. It was 00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:10.839 just always I would always just kind of see how 00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:14.559 close to that edge I can get. I don't know, gonorrhea 00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:18.420 finger seems pretty graphic. Now, I would imagine 00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:20.599 that it would look like a green circle with a 00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:25.559 white axe in the middle, though. Now, we're having 00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:28.519 fun here, and we're talking about everything 00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:32.000 that we like to say about Portland, but I will 00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:35.279 say, can you take salt and straw back? Because 00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:37.279 every single neighborhood has three salt and 00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:39.180 straws, like they're fucking Starbucks now, and 00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:43.440 I like salt and straw, but I've had enough. Do 00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:50.180 not besmirch the best ice cream flavor in existence, 00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:54.319 which is their pot of gold, where they take Lucky 00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:59.740 Charms cereal and they steep it in their ice 00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:02.680 cream base. So the ice cream base is like the 00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:07.009 cereal milk. And then they put the... marshmallows 00:29:07.009 --> 00:29:09.670 in the ice cream when the ice cream is there. 00:29:09.690 --> 00:29:12.349 It is great, but it's only a limited time thing, 00:29:12.549 --> 00:29:17.450 so I will shamelessly plug that one. That sounds 00:29:17.450 --> 00:29:20.710 good. It does sound pretty good. Let's get back 00:29:20.710 --> 00:29:22.329 to the match, though, because it is after midnight, 00:29:22.470 --> 00:29:25.109 and I'm sure there's not just people in this 00:29:25.109 --> 00:29:27.450 room, but servers and other people who want to 00:29:27.450 --> 00:29:30.369 sleep eventually. We're at a 24 -hour restaurant, 00:29:30.529 --> 00:29:33.589 so that's not going to happen, but... Be careful 00:29:33.589 --> 00:29:35.250 because if we feed them, they're going to turn 00:29:35.250 --> 00:29:38.930 into gremlins. You know what is not a limited 00:29:38.930 --> 00:29:41.910 time? Cookies and cream ice cream. I'll be a 00:29:41.910 --> 00:29:45.309 gremlin for that. There we go. Gotcha. Gotcha. 00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:49.460 So I'd say that takes us to halftime, what we 00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:50.819 were talking about. And then it comes up the 00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:53.460 second half. The Sounders were struggling just 00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:57.099 a little bit. It seemed like although Portland 00:29:57.099 --> 00:30:01.119 wasn't putting together great possession, they 00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:04.140 kept having breakaways that would allow them 00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:07.119 not one -on -ones with Fry, but at least one 00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:11.420 -on -one with a defender. who beasted up at the 00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:13.440 beginning of that game and just looked awesome, 00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:15.940 continued to do so in the second half when he 00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:19.000 was, you know, breaking down those, those, those 00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:22.940 runs and staying on the people. And we saw Christian 00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:25.460 do some great things because early on he gave 00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:27.799 the ball away in dangerous spots, I think three 00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:29.920 different times. And then he made someone right 00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:32.319 after that and it was incredible, but there, 00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:34.440 there was a little rough out there to start the 00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:36.380 second half. Were you afraid Cedar that we were 00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:37.740 not going to be able to hang on at that point? 00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:42.140 At the start of the second half? Yeah, just throughout 00:30:42.140 --> 00:30:45.319 the first 15 minutes or so. Yeah, I mean, I wasn't 00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:47.619 afraid. I was still pretty confident. But you 00:30:47.619 --> 00:30:51.619 could definitely see Portland get their moments. 00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:54.799 And like you were saying, all the transition 00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:59.359 moments that they had did seem like halfway dangerous 00:30:59.359 --> 00:31:03.779 to kind of dangerous. And I wonder if that's... 00:31:04.029 --> 00:31:07.849 maybe the byproduct of not having a guy like 00:31:07.849 --> 00:31:11.769 Obed out there who is really, really good of 00:31:11.769 --> 00:31:15.930 just making himself, like, glue to the opposition 00:31:15.930 --> 00:31:19.609 in the midfield. And, you know, Resnick hasn't 00:31:19.609 --> 00:31:23.049 played. I mean, he was running, like, wild. Oh, 00:31:23.049 --> 00:31:25.190 totally, totally. He was a wild man. No, totally, 00:31:25.369 --> 00:31:27.450 totally. This is not to besmirch his performance, 00:31:27.670 --> 00:31:29.849 right? But he's, you know, he was being asked 00:31:29.849 --> 00:31:32.829 to do something that he hasn't done in a few 00:31:32.829 --> 00:31:36.119 years. There's still got to be a little bit of 00:31:36.119 --> 00:31:42.880 a learning curve there. Our waiter at this place, 00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:46.900 he has the nicest, deepest, smoothest voice, 00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:51.980 Joe. How could you not? His voice is incredible. 00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:55.079 I kind of wanted to get him back on. Can we get 00:31:55.079 --> 00:31:57.720 a ghost sounder from this guy? If we haven't 00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:59.539 mentioned, shout out 13 Coins. I think we've 00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:01.569 said... We're at a restaurant, but we haven't 00:32:01.569 --> 00:32:03.289 said where we are. We're at 13 Coins. Shout out 00:32:03.289 --> 00:32:05.569 13 Coins. They've always been good to me and 00:32:05.569 --> 00:32:07.410 to the Seattle Superhawks, who I work for. So 00:32:07.410 --> 00:32:10.109 they were super awesome to give us some space 00:32:10.109 --> 00:32:12.109 tonight to be able to record this podcast and 00:32:12.109 --> 00:32:16.069 coming down here and supporting a local restaurant. 00:32:16.849 --> 00:32:19.569 And they're open late night, which is not something 00:32:19.569 --> 00:32:22.049 you find in Seattle elsewhere. So definitely 00:32:22.049 --> 00:32:25.869 support them here. And their waiters have some 00:32:25.869 --> 00:32:28.349 of the deepest, smoothest voices we've ever heard. 00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:30.519 Get weak in the knees every time he walks in 00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:34.140 the room. I mean, we are going 13 coins after 00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:36.519 dark. I mean, I'll try to get him back on the 00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:40.900 mic when he has to come close out my tab. Daddy 00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:48.720 Dan paid for all of us. Oh, I'm sorry. That didn't 00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:51.779 get picked up by the microphone. So I heard you 00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:53.960 say thank you so much for taking care of us. 00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:57.480 Yeah, it's all good as long as everybody Venmo's 00:32:57.480 --> 00:33:01.700 me before my wife sees the transaction. Which 00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:08.619 one? Which wife? No, he's back. And here's our 00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:12.119 guest of honor. Joe, can we get a Go Sounders 00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:17.500 from you? Go Sounders. There we go. Yes. Yeah, 00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:21.440 the champion. When you come to 13 Coins, ask 00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:26.309 for Joe. That's right. So, yeah, Cedar, we were 00:33:26.309 --> 00:33:31.490 second half. A little bit of struggle there, 00:33:31.650 --> 00:33:34.529 but we held it together. We held it together. 00:33:34.609 --> 00:33:37.670 I mean, these guys put in a really great performance. 00:33:37.910 --> 00:33:41.109 I mean, yeah, shit's going to happen. We're going 00:33:41.109 --> 00:33:44.029 to give away some possession here and there. 00:33:44.329 --> 00:33:49.630 But, I mean, when I was really, you know, clenching 00:33:49.630 --> 00:33:55.420 was near the end. It was getting a little touch 00:33:55.420 --> 00:34:00.400 and go. But yeah, I mean, the ref certainly wasn't 00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:02.880 helping us out with that. I'm trying really hard 00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:04.539 not to hand Nicholas the mic because we're going 00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:12.039 to have to mute him. Oh, there's a scream upstairs. 00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:16.480 Oh, my goodness. Well, lock the door. We're going 00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:18.719 to go into we should go into like lockdown mode. 00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:21.440 Well, when you're a teacher in school. To quote 00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:24.460 Inglourious Basterds, I fight in no goddamn basement, 00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:29.719 so we better get the hell out of here. This is 00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:33.119 such a fun episode. You know what? As much as 00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:35.599 we're just kind of talking about the game because 00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:37.420 we keep having all these amazing interruptions, 00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:40.420 let's just say that we are happy to be here with 00:34:40.420 --> 00:34:42.460 all of you listeners and celebrate with one another 00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:47.679 a fantastic one -nothing win. It just feels so 00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:49.760 special to finally have won at home for the first 00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:54.199 time in quite some time, it feels like. When 00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:56.320 was their last win at home? Was it during the 00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:59.159 final against Miami? I think that's right. So 00:34:59.159 --> 00:35:02.460 it feels like a long time ago, considering where 00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:10.670 we've been. So let's get to the red card. Real 00:35:10.670 --> 00:35:12.570 fast, before we get to the red card, I just wanted 00:35:12.570 --> 00:35:14.650 to say that my biggest takeaway from the game 00:35:14.650 --> 00:35:18.769 was the fact that we were able to withstand a 00:35:18.769 --> 00:35:20.750 lot of pressure there at the end, a lot of those 00:35:20.750 --> 00:35:23.090 breaks, and there was a feeling throughout the 00:35:23.090 --> 00:35:24.909 entire crowd, at least the people sitting around 00:35:24.909 --> 00:35:26.429 me, like, okay, one of these breaks is going 00:35:26.429 --> 00:35:28.190 to turn into a goal, and we're going to go down, 00:35:28.329 --> 00:35:31.489 and they're going to equalize, and they didn't, 00:35:31.489 --> 00:35:32.929 and that gives me a little bit of hope for the 00:35:32.929 --> 00:35:34.110 playoffs, too, because we're going to have to 00:35:34.110 --> 00:35:36.610 play some tough games in the playoffs, and it 00:35:36.610 --> 00:35:38.849 was good to see us getting back to our ways from 00:35:38.849 --> 00:35:40.429 last year of just being able to hold on to that 00:35:40.429 --> 00:35:43.710 that lead real quick then the nice thing I will 00:35:43.710 --> 00:35:46.969 say too is we would take their breaks and then 00:35:46.969 --> 00:35:49.969 counter and then almost created goals at the 00:35:49.969 --> 00:35:53.150 end several times and so it was it was uh amazing 00:35:53.150 --> 00:35:54.909 to see the Sounders have the ability to do that 00:35:54.909 --> 00:35:57.090 because we see them move the ball but to turn 00:35:57.090 --> 00:35:58.730 around that quickly and then turn it into almost 00:35:58.730 --> 00:36:02.789 scoring goals was fantastic my biggest takeaway 00:36:02.789 --> 00:36:05.710 is that if this doesn't show to you that Pedro 00:36:05.710 --> 00:36:08.630 is our most influential DP then I don't know 00:36:08.630 --> 00:36:11.570 what is. Like, the difference maker today was 00:36:11.570 --> 00:36:15.050 Pedro. We had Jordan and Rusnak playing multiple 00:36:15.050 --> 00:36:17.489 games in the past, and we didn't get the result. 00:36:17.590 --> 00:36:21.329 Pedro starts today, and we get the three points. 00:36:21.630 --> 00:36:23.989 He was our difference maker today, even though 00:36:23.989 --> 00:36:28.090 he didn't go the full 90. I mean, yeah, he offensively, 00:36:28.090 --> 00:36:32.429 definitely. Christian Roldan was just everywhere. 00:36:32.730 --> 00:36:37.730 He was amazing. Just up and down, making some 00:36:37.730 --> 00:36:41.090 really good plays. I found it really interesting 00:36:41.090 --> 00:36:46.150 to see Albert in that 8 role that Obed was playing. 00:36:46.329 --> 00:36:48.489 And I'm a little bummed that we're not going 00:36:48.489 --> 00:36:52.070 to see that next week against RSL. Just because 00:36:52.070 --> 00:36:55.869 we have so much offensive firepower between Paul 00:36:55.869 --> 00:36:58.530 Rothrock, Jesus Ferreira, Pedro de la Vega, Jordan 00:36:58.530 --> 00:37:01.769 Morris up top. Having Christian and Albert... 00:37:02.030 --> 00:37:05.969 As more attacking options, I am frankly surprised 00:37:05.969 --> 00:37:09.710 we only got one goal today. Portland's definitely 00:37:09.710 --> 00:37:13.250 upped their defense from previous years for sure, 00:37:13.389 --> 00:37:16.690 but I thought we had some good opportunities 00:37:16.690 --> 00:37:21.050 to get more than one goal. But most importantly, 00:37:21.110 --> 00:37:24.590 let's just appreciate the fact that we got a 00:37:24.590 --> 00:37:27.829 clean sheet. Clean sheets are always good, and 00:37:27.829 --> 00:37:30.550 this is the time of year to just keep that going. 00:37:31.530 --> 00:37:33.730 You know, I think I've been on the we need to 00:37:33.730 --> 00:37:36.130 start Thomas hype train, but I will say that 00:37:36.130 --> 00:37:39.269 Fry had a great game today and that he proved 00:37:39.269 --> 00:37:43.409 why he is the starter, and I have no arguments 00:37:43.409 --> 00:37:45.869 against him. He had a great game, and I will 00:37:45.869 --> 00:37:48.349 give him his flowers today. I'm going to tell 00:37:48.349 --> 00:37:53.230 you straight up that there's... Yes, people are 00:37:53.230 --> 00:37:55.210 going to have preferences between Fry and Thomas, 00:37:55.449 --> 00:37:59.170 but there's no world in which you can convince 00:37:59.170 --> 00:38:04.119 me that... putting one over the other is going 00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:14.059 to... And the tears have overflowed. Wow. Yeah, 00:38:14.159 --> 00:38:18.179 I just don't see a world in which one over the 00:38:18.179 --> 00:38:24.659 other is going to net us a better record. I just, 00:38:24.760 --> 00:38:29.840 I think it may be a situation where, oh, And 00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:31.579 this is all hypothetical. We'll never actually 00:38:31.579 --> 00:38:34.460 know the answer to this. But I just don't see 00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:37.260 like, oh, like Fry makes that save. Okay, that 00:38:37.260 --> 00:38:41.460 gives us that 1 -0 win. But maybe, you know, 00:38:41.460 --> 00:38:45.659 Thomas makes the save where Fry made a mistake 00:38:45.659 --> 00:38:48.679 a couple weeks ago. You know, so I just, I think 00:38:48.679 --> 00:38:51.539 we're fine no matter which goalie we have. And 00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:55.619 because of that, I just can't, I feel like Steph's 00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:58.139 got to be our starter throughout the season and 00:38:58.139 --> 00:39:00.610 the playoffs. So I hope everybody's sitting down 00:39:00.610 --> 00:39:02.909 for this, but Nicholas, I agree with you. Oh, 00:39:02.929 --> 00:39:06.150 my God. Completely. I think Thomas is a better 00:39:06.150 --> 00:39:08.809 athlete right now. I think Fry has better game 00:39:08.809 --> 00:39:11.230 knowledge and management, and I don't think choosing 00:39:11.230 --> 00:39:13.010 one over the other is going to change the outcome 00:39:13.010 --> 00:39:17.590 of the games. Yeah, the only exception would 00:39:17.590 --> 00:39:20.289 be if we knew ahead of time that it was going 00:39:20.289 --> 00:39:25.269 to go to penalties, but I don't think it's worth 00:39:25.269 --> 00:39:29.300 putting him in. before penalties and switching 00:39:29.300 --> 00:39:31.619 goalies in the middle of a game. You ride the 00:39:31.619 --> 00:39:34.739 hand you're with. Let's talk about that red card. 00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:41.320 What red card? There was a red card? Yeah, Rusnak's 00:39:41.320 --> 00:39:44.579 red card that when he took the Portland player 00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:46.199 down from behind, he was on a breakaway, got 00:39:46.199 --> 00:39:47.719 a red card, which is the whole reason why we're 00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:49.699 not going to have him next week. I didn't see 00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:52.840 a red card. That's the only red card I remember. 00:39:53.199 --> 00:39:55.219 Yeah, I didn't see a red card. I didn't see anything 00:39:55.219 --> 00:39:59.360 foul play. I just saw the Sounders taking a chunk 00:39:59.360 --> 00:40:02.659 of someone's ankle. I saw a professional foul 00:40:02.659 --> 00:40:04.199 that had to be made because no one else was going 00:40:04.199 --> 00:40:06.760 to make it deeper down the field. Yeah, I mean, 00:40:06.800 --> 00:40:08.940 but it did result in a red. And like we said, 00:40:09.099 --> 00:40:12.679 it means that next week the Sounders have, what, 00:40:12.719 --> 00:40:17.079 usually they have played four, three. Players 00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:18.880 in the midfield, like the mid -midfield, we'll 00:40:18.880 --> 00:40:21.739 say, not counting wearers. And they are left 00:40:21.739 --> 00:40:25.440 with, what, four players for those three spots? 00:40:25.539 --> 00:40:27.300 Or is it three players for those three spots? 00:40:27.900 --> 00:40:30.400 Two players for the three spots? Oh, my God. 00:40:30.780 --> 00:40:38.219 We literally only have Danny Leyva and Jao Paulo. 00:40:39.359 --> 00:40:41.579 Which, by the way, shout out to Jao Paulo for 00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:44.460 getting his first minutes back from injury. It's 00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:46.320 just so good to see him back on the field again. 00:40:46.900 --> 00:40:48.420 Definitely really happy about that. But he's 00:40:48.420 --> 00:40:51.280 not 90 minutes fit. Why don't we call up former 00:40:51.280 --> 00:40:53.880 Ballard FC player Peter Kingston? Or we could 00:40:53.880 --> 00:40:55.079 call up, we were talking about this on the way 00:40:55.079 --> 00:40:56.679 over, Dan. What if we called up you and put him 00:40:56.679 --> 00:40:59.519 at center attacking mid? Me? You want me at CDM? 00:40:59.579 --> 00:41:02.760 I'll play goalie, but I won't play CDM. Didn't 00:41:02.760 --> 00:41:05.460 Smets play midfield back in his playing days? 00:41:05.880 --> 00:41:08.400 Let's get him on the field. He is on the team. 00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:13.219 I like the way you're thinking. Can Rothrock 00:41:13.219 --> 00:41:16.199 play midfield? Honestly, it's probably Jesus 00:41:16.199 --> 00:41:21.260 Ferreira doing what Albert was doing. I don't 00:41:21.260 --> 00:41:24.599 think you're going to put Pedro back there. I 00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:31.030 don't think. No. I don't know who's the most 00:41:31.030 --> 00:41:34.250 defensive. You know what? This is a Brian problem. 00:41:36.190 --> 00:41:37.989 Yeah, that's going to be fun. Now, here's the 00:41:37.989 --> 00:41:40.909 good news. The good news is we have two games 00:41:40.909 --> 00:41:44.150 to go. We're currently fifth in the table in 00:41:44.150 --> 00:41:48.050 the Western Conference. LAFC is four points ahead 00:41:48.050 --> 00:41:51.949 of us with two games in hand. So let's just stop 00:41:51.949 --> 00:41:54.409 ourselves right there from doing hypotheticals. 00:41:56.289 --> 00:42:00.130 Vancouver. is uncatchable we can't catch third 00:42:00.130 --> 00:42:05.590 but sixth place is Austin they are five points 00:42:05.590 --> 00:42:09.389 behind us with same number of games Portland 00:42:09.389 --> 00:42:12.630 is five points behind us but they only have one 00:42:12.630 --> 00:42:15.849 game left so they can't catch us so realistically 00:42:15.849 --> 00:42:18.849 we're pretty much locked into that five spots 00:42:18.849 --> 00:42:22.190 so if Alex or sorry if Albert's going to be out 00:42:22.190 --> 00:42:25.429 for a game you know this is probably the best 00:42:25.429 --> 00:42:29.070 case scenario get get him a chance to get some 00:42:29.070 --> 00:42:32.889 rest i guess yeah i think i agree with that i 00:42:32.889 --> 00:42:38.730 mean we um we really don't i think the question 00:42:38.730 --> 00:42:40.670 is who's gonna end up who are we gonna have to 00:42:40.670 --> 00:42:44.489 go play at first and uh my guess is it's gonna 00:42:44.489 --> 00:42:47.429 be vancouver or minnesota because lafc has those 00:42:47.429 --> 00:42:50.650 two games in hand and they seem unstoppable once 00:42:50.650 --> 00:42:52.349 since they brought in i mean sun and buonga together 00:42:52.349 --> 00:42:58.539 is sick but Four straight wins. Wow. Four goals 00:42:58.539 --> 00:43:00.760 and three of them and three goals on the other. 00:43:00.800 --> 00:43:06.219 So they are pretty unstoppable. But, yeah, I 00:43:06.219 --> 00:43:09.300 mean, in the end, yeah, the red card happened. 00:43:09.340 --> 00:43:13.260 It was late. But Sounders came away victorious. 00:43:13.460 --> 00:43:17.079 I think Moose had a few chances to score. You 00:43:17.079 --> 00:43:19.739 want to talk about that LAFC real quick? Yeah, 00:43:19.760 --> 00:43:21.780 I just want to kind of point out just how dominant 00:43:21.780 --> 00:43:24.639 that pairing has been to start. Their last four 00:43:24.639 --> 00:43:27.039 games, they've scored four goals, four goals, 00:43:27.079 --> 00:43:32.280 four goals, and three. In LAFC versus San Jose, 00:43:32.539 --> 00:43:36.079 Buonga got a hat trick and Sun got a goal. So 00:43:36.079 --> 00:43:38.159 they were responsible for all four goals. Salt 00:43:38.159 --> 00:43:40.900 Lake, four to one. Sun got the hat trick and 00:43:40.900 --> 00:43:42.940 Buonga got the goal. So between that, they both 00:43:42.940 --> 00:43:47.380 got four goals. Then RSL again, Buonga got three. 00:43:48.010 --> 00:43:52.610 Sun got one. And then against St. Louis this 00:43:52.610 --> 00:43:57.550 week, Sun got two, Bwonga got one. So all of 00:43:57.550 --> 00:44:00.909 their goals in their last four games have come. 00:44:01.329 --> 00:44:05.929 So that's what, four, eight, 12, 15 goals have 00:44:05.929 --> 00:44:07.989 come between those two players in the last four 00:44:07.989 --> 00:44:10.590 games. You mean a summer signing can have a positive 00:44:10.590 --> 00:44:20.199 impact on a team? Don't you agree on that? a 00:44:20.199 --> 00:44:25.559 summer signing that we literally had no mechanism 00:44:25.559 --> 00:44:30.940 to bring in so let's let's not yeah would yes 00:44:30.940 --> 00:44:33.800 that summer signing is it's a great signing it's 00:44:33.800 --> 00:44:36.360 looking great he's also he's a he's a world -class 00:44:36.360 --> 00:44:39.920 player okay period let's not go there it's why 00:44:39.920 --> 00:44:41.699 when we were linked to drogba i was like i don't 00:44:41.699 --> 00:44:44.019 care when we bring him in Bring him in. And then 00:44:44.019 --> 00:44:47.039 it was too late eventually. But there's certain 00:44:47.039 --> 00:44:48.579 players that you know are going to come in and 00:44:48.579 --> 00:44:52.639 dominate. And it's players of that caliber, world 00:44:52.639 --> 00:44:54.420 -class players. Most players don't have that 00:44:54.420 --> 00:44:56.039 impact, as we saw most of the players that got 00:44:56.039 --> 00:44:58.619 signed this summer. They might have a little 00:44:58.619 --> 00:45:02.820 playoff impact, but they didn't have big games 00:45:02.820 --> 00:45:05.909 down the stretch. Son of Blanca together, I mean, 00:45:05.909 --> 00:45:07.829 you didn't go into assists on those where they 00:45:07.829 --> 00:45:09.849 had some assists on each other's goals, too. 00:45:09.909 --> 00:45:11.650 So if you talk about total goal contributions, 00:45:11.949 --> 00:45:15.550 it's more than 15. So it's pretty crazy. Wait, 00:45:15.570 --> 00:45:18.150 so Drogba was linked to the Saunders? Oh, at 00:45:18.150 --> 00:45:21.289 one point, there was, you know, when the rumor 00:45:21.289 --> 00:45:24.050 mill goes crazy, Drogba was linked to us. Torres 00:45:24.050 --> 00:45:27.530 was linked to us. There was a lot of crazy rumors 00:45:27.530 --> 00:45:30.510 at one point, but, you know, those things didn't— 00:45:34.559 --> 00:45:35.900 the best player in the league, even though he 00:45:35.900 --> 00:45:38.639 lost the MVP to Robbie Keane. He was still fantastic. 00:45:39.139 --> 00:45:41.260 What's crazy is that he went to, out of all the 00:45:41.260 --> 00:45:43.840 teams he went to, he went to Montreal. Yeah. 00:45:43.900 --> 00:45:47.159 Which is crazy to me. Yeah. Yeah, it's the French. 00:45:48.440 --> 00:45:53.920 Those wily French. Beat me to it. Beat me to 00:45:53.920 --> 00:45:59.699 it. So with that in mind, any final words? Any 00:45:59.699 --> 00:46:06.110 last thoughts about tonight? Cameron, why don't 00:46:06.110 --> 00:46:09.949 we start with you? Big win. I think it changed 00:46:09.949 --> 00:46:14.190 our mentalities a lot, and I think the mentalities 00:46:14.190 --> 00:46:16.090 of a lot of the fans just to finally have a win, 00:46:16.130 --> 00:46:19.110 and a win against Portland. I know the last episode 00:46:19.110 --> 00:46:21.130 we did with the Ultras, we talked ourselves off 00:46:21.130 --> 00:46:23.469 the ledge and then proceeded to immediately get 00:46:23.469 --> 00:46:26.329 back on it but not record. So that was probably 00:46:26.329 --> 00:46:28.190 good because it would have been very negative 00:46:28.190 --> 00:46:30.829 episodes. And this makes me feel a little more 00:46:30.829 --> 00:46:33.469 positive where... you know, the teams we're going 00:46:33.469 --> 00:46:35.750 to play in the playoffs aren't Portland, but 00:46:35.750 --> 00:46:40.590 they, if we show up, we can play. We just got 00:46:40.590 --> 00:46:42.429 to show up. And this team is still very, very 00:46:42.429 --> 00:46:46.190 talented. And so it reminds us how good this 00:46:46.190 --> 00:46:48.389 team is, even though they've kind of shat the 00:46:48.389 --> 00:46:54.050 bed since the final there against Miami. So for 00:46:54.050 --> 00:46:56.530 me, as a collective, this team can play with 00:46:56.530 --> 00:46:59.150 anybody. We saw it against Miami. They can play 00:46:59.150 --> 00:47:01.570 with LA as a collective, even though they don't 00:47:01.570 --> 00:47:06.550 have, two players with the amount of form or 00:47:06.550 --> 00:47:10.170 top -level talent, world -class talent as L .A., 00:47:10.170 --> 00:47:13.590 and that's okay. But also for me is we're playing 00:47:13.590 --> 00:47:17.630 with house money right now, and if we don't win 00:47:17.630 --> 00:47:20.190 another game this year, and this is how the season 00:47:20.190 --> 00:47:23.010 ends, we beat Portland and we got a trophy, so 00:47:23.010 --> 00:47:26.190 I'm pretty happy, and that's how I feel about 00:47:26.190 --> 00:47:30.090 it. I will just say real quick, just keep in 00:47:30.090 --> 00:47:31.909 mind that those last four games we talked about, 00:47:32.050 --> 00:47:36.829 it's been Salt Lake, Salt Lake twice, San Jose, 00:47:37.130 --> 00:47:42.889 St. Louis. So not exactly the top of the league. 00:47:43.250 --> 00:47:44.789 We're talking about our games. He was talking 00:47:44.789 --> 00:47:53.590 about our games, not LAFC's. Okay, well. I think 00:47:53.590 --> 00:47:55.550 the concern was saying that we don't have two 00:47:55.550 --> 00:47:59.889 top -end players like Buonga and Son. Yeah. Don't 00:47:59.889 --> 00:48:05.710 hate on Pedro. Okay, leave him alone. Like you 00:48:05.710 --> 00:48:08.469 guys are saying, I mean, it's nice to win a trophy 00:48:08.469 --> 00:48:13.030 against Messi, the Barca boys, and then to also 00:48:13.030 --> 00:48:16.329 finally get that monkey offer back and beat Portland 00:48:16.329 --> 00:48:20.150 at home. It feels really good. And, you know, 00:48:20.210 --> 00:48:22.889 yeah. I mean, do I want us to make a deep run 00:48:22.889 --> 00:48:27.070 into the playoffs? Yes, of course. But if that 00:48:27.070 --> 00:48:31.090 doesn't come into fruition, then it was still 00:48:31.090 --> 00:48:33.030 a great season, and we had some really great 00:48:33.030 --> 00:48:36.269 moments. We're definitely not winning the MLS 00:48:36.269 --> 00:48:39.210 Fair Play Award, though, that they give out every 00:48:39.210 --> 00:48:44.190 year. I mean, all our red cards. I mean, it feels 00:48:44.190 --> 00:48:46.269 like every single person on this team has gotten 00:48:46.269 --> 00:48:51.179 a red card. That's kind of funny. But, yeah, 00:48:51.340 --> 00:48:53.760 great game. Happy to be here. I thought, wasn't 00:48:53.760 --> 00:48:55.639 that the whole point? Give racism the red card? 00:48:55.760 --> 00:48:57.579 That's that whole campaign they have. This is 00:48:57.579 --> 00:49:02.239 why we keep getting it, right? You know, a quick 00:49:02.239 --> 00:49:06.000 side note, though. Did they not do the soccer 00:49:06.000 --> 00:49:08.599 kicks cancer in September? I don't remember seeing 00:49:08.599 --> 00:49:11.239 anything about that this year. They wore the 00:49:11.239 --> 00:49:15.539 jersey, the warm -up tops for it. The warming? 00:49:16.869 --> 00:49:21.409 The warming? It's after midnight. I'm sleepy. 00:49:22.230 --> 00:49:25.389 I have to get up and go to a Taylor Swift movie 00:49:25.389 --> 00:49:30.309 tomorrow. Let's wrap it up before we die. Didn't 00:49:30.309 --> 00:49:32.769 you say yes to that in the first place? I did. 00:49:32.809 --> 00:49:34.710 Let's wrap it up because we're about to lose 00:49:34.710 --> 00:49:40.590 all our power here. Hashtag free Pedro. All right, 00:49:40.610 --> 00:49:44.050 you know what? Where can we find you all? They're 00:49:44.050 --> 00:49:46.320 all on the Discord. That's what they always say. 00:49:46.360 --> 00:49:48.099 They no longer give out their internets. I'm 00:49:48.099 --> 00:49:50.260 legal -minded punk on everywhere but X because 00:49:50.260 --> 00:49:52.940 I'm still banned because of Liverpool fans and 00:49:52.940 --> 00:49:59.920 Dick Tracy. And I am cascades to see on Instagram 00:49:59.920 --> 00:50:04.199 and you can find me on the discord under Nicholas. 00:50:05.360 --> 00:50:08.920 We want to sing build a bonfire, build a bonfire, 00:50:09.019 --> 00:50:13.380 put the timbers on the top with the white caps 00:50:13.380 --> 00:50:17.000 in the middle. And we'll burn the fucking lot. 00:51:02.570 --> 00:51:05.030 You can follow the Sounders Scuttlebutt Podcast 00:51:05.030 --> 00:51:10.750 on Twitter at SSFCScuttlebutt. 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