He's a tough kid. All I gotta say is the public
can't say he's cheating! Hello, hello, hello.
Welcome to Sounders Scuttlebutt. I'm Aaron Lingley,
here for my monthly visit to Scuttlebutt. And
I'm joined by Nicholas Biela. Hey, man. Why,
hello. Hey, it's great to have you back on the
show. I feel like this month has been a little
chaotic, but we're getting closer and closer
to non -chaos. I don't know about that. Life
is always chaotic, but that's a good thing. That
could be a good thing. There's always something.
It's great to see you. You know, before we get
any further, let's hit the ground running, shall
we? I would love to crack open a beverage. How
about you? Yes. All right. Let me start us off.
I kind of fucked that up, didn't I? I don't know.
We're going to try that. But I'm cracking open
a bottle. What are you doing? I'm going to unzip
Margo, my one -and -a -half -year -old's lunchbox,
which is also a cooler, small enough for a few
beers. And then there we go. I'm having a classic
Bud Light. I went economical over the weekend.
I had a lot of sports to watch, which meant a
lot of beers, and I wanted to pace myself. I
think I'm winning this time around. I'm doing
Oktoberfest from Sam Adams, and I think I've
got this round. Yeah, you do. But I won that.
You won the opening. I'll take that. Perfect.
I'll take the win. Cheers to you. Cheers to all
our listeners. Cheers to you. So, everyone, Aaron
just alluded to it. A lot of sports this last
weekend. You had the Reign, the Huskies, the
Mariners, the Sounders, the Seahawks, all playing,
all having a lot going on. Did anyone lose? No
one lost. The Reign tied. But everyone else straight
up won. What a good Seattleite weekend. It was.
It was. I was supposed to go to the rain game
on Friday, the Sounders game on Saturday, musical
yesterday, public yesterday morning, and I also
had Roma all weekend. Yesterday morning. It's
Tuesday. It is Tuesday. Tuesday the 14th, unless
the public has changed. No, I lost track of the
days. Which is funny, because you're awake in
the days now. I know. It's crazy. It's crazy.
I've actually been getting sleep. I've been well
rested. I've been some energy. But even with
all that said, it was just a little bit too much
this last weekend. Daddy -daughter weekend. Bernie
was out of town. So we canceled on the rain.
Instead watched 15 innings of the Mariners. What
a game. Dude, yeah. That was insane. What a game.
And then let's be honest here. I thought after
that 15 -inning game that they were going to
have to punt game one in Toronto. For various
reasons, right? Yeah. Just general fatigue. Cross
-country, the emotional high of making. Like
so many reasons I would have. I probably would
have put money on Toronto in game one. Sure,
yeah. Wow, the Mariners. Let's just start right
there. They are up 2 -0 in the series. Coming
back to Seattle, this is the closest they have
ever been to the World Series. You do realize
that, right? Yep, absolutely. Yeah, they've never
been two games away from the World Series. And
we're coming home. I know. Yeah. It's been pretty
amazing. And I actually, I, with all the sports
this weekend, I, I don't get a lot of live opportunities
to watch something live. Right. You know, my,
my rules camera knows my rules. I like to live
in a bubble, especially now living down here
where one, I don't have to be around Seattle
lights to get spoiled, but also it's my only
connection. watching live sounders watch like
my own live version right being able to react
like everyone else does when they watch a game
live so i live in my bubble but on friday i was
like hey babe the game's at five i'm done with
work at five there's a bar down the road can
i please just go and you take care of the girls
and she said yes So wait, wait, do you mean to
tell me, I'm going to go like full Marty McFly
here. Doc, do you mean to tell me that you were
at the bar for 15 innings? I fucking was. And
it was glorious. As a father of two in a land
with no friends, I sat at the end of a bar with
a TV in front of me with the sound on. They put
it on for me. And everyone down here is basically
a Mariner fan because I talk about it. And we'll
get to Sounders, obviously, but this is what's
on the biggest sports news in Seattle history
right now. But the Padres are just dry Mariners,
right? We're just wet Padres up in the Pacific
Northwest. We have generational players, Hall
of Fame players, no World Series title. They
don't have a title, but they've been to them.
No, no, no, no, no. Didn't the Padres win in
85, 84? I'm pretty sure they won in 84. Anyway.
Because I think 85 was the Tigers, 86 was the
Mets. I think 84 was the Padres in early Tony
Gwynn years. Well, just in our lifetime, right?
They'd just be both franchises. Well, that was
my lifetime, asshole. Yeah, you're an old man.
Marty McFly references. I mean, you're not wrong.
But they don't want the Dodgers to win. So I'm
like, hey, we're looking pretty good if the Dodgers
make it, which the Brewers might make it. That'll
be an interesting World Series. So the Tigers
played the Padres in 84, and the Tigers won the
series four games to one. So I had the right
era, but it was not the Padres. They haven't
won it, though. Unless they won in 85. No, that
was Kansas City. So, no, I guess the Padres maybe
have never won. Yeah, they have a couple of pats.
Anyway. So, yeah, it was glorious sitting in
there at the bar. I had a beer and a water, a
beer and a water, obviously thinking it would
be nine innings. And then I'm like, I thought
I'd be home at 8 o 'clock. I got home at 11.
And I haven't sat at a bar that long since I
was shit. early 20s but you know what that was
that whole that that's the movie that's the movie
version of that you know we all have our own
different stories of of how that game went where
we were cameron was there at the game yeah um
he was sending some great videos uh you know
humpy won his first ever fish race in the 15th
inning or the 14th inning um Yeah. Historic day.
Historic day. Better than the gold elevator.
And then the weekend goes through, and they just
beat the shit out of the Blue Jays, man. I mean,
it was close for three innings in both games,
and then the rest was just in control. The confidence
is flying high. I'm trying not to get ahead of
myself, but it's... No, enjoy... Okay, that's
what I keep telling you and Cameron. Too often,
you're too... waiting for the negative you're
too quick like oh i've been burned by seattle
sports enjoy the fucking ride enjoy it so enjoy
that um i will not be watching game three because
i will be going to see garbage at the paramount
tomorrow cool yeah very excited about that i've
never seen garbage they're one of the oh really
that surprises me They're probably in my top
five bands that I've never seen. Yeah, I think
they're up there. But so very excited about that.
And it's going to be probably, I think, their
last major U .S. tour. So I think they announced
that. I'm going to go see the Depeche Mode movie
on the 28th. Documentary or biopic? No, it's
like a... I think a live. Like a concert film?
Yeah. Okay. I haven't even watched the trailer
for it. I just, like, bought it. And I'm going.
Yeah. IMAX. Okay. Just down the road. And that's
on the 28th. It's only out for, like, a few days
in select theaters. Okay. So check it out. Very
cool. IMAX. I'm guessing it's, you know, concert
footage and pieced together from their last tour,
which is their first tour since Fletcher died.
Yeah. Very cool. That's my music anecdote. There
you go. Should we get into some soccer? Let's
talk some soccer. Oh, and part of our scuttlebutt,
I want to hear about 13 Coins, Copa 90, how that
all went, the ultras there. Yeah. Listen to the
show. Super FOMO for not being there, but plane
tickets were a little expensive last minute,
so I wasn't going to make it. Yeah, especially
that weekend. Yeah. Now, first and foremost,
yeah, let's start with this. Let's start with
the big news right now. And, yeah, I'm putting
this in the big news. Maybe even more than recent
sporting event that happened about, oh, I don't
know, 30 minutes ago. But OG Seattle Reign, Lauren
Barnes, Lou Barnes is going to retire at the
end of the season. This was announced yesterday.
Um, Lou is been with the club since the very
beginning of the Seattle rain. It was for the
longest time, her fish lock and Rapinoe. Um,
so she is going to retire. She holds the NWSL
record for games played game started and minutes
played. She is the first player in league history
to be a part of a hundred wins for a former NWSL
defender of the year. twice named to the best
11, twice named to the second team best 11. So
just an absolute legend. I just love watching
her play and makes me sad to know that this is
the end of the road. So for those of you that
are thinking about going to the final rain game,
which is this weekend on Friday, so not even
this weekend, but on Friday will be the, the
home closer against Utah. It'll be Friday at
7 p .m. It will be Lou Barnes, her retirement
send -off, if you will. But yeah, so what a career
for her. Hopefully they can end it with an NWSL
title. Well, that would be a storybook. It would.
It would, and very deserving. Going into more
recent, I alluded to it a second ago. Tonight,
the USA played another friendly in their warm
-up for the World Cup. Coming off of their 1
-1 draw against Ecuador a few days ago. In that
Ecuador game, our very own Christian Roldan came
on in the 73rd minute. From that point on, nothing
much happened. No goals, no assists, no anything.
So just kind of mop -up duty, holding it down.
Today, he got the start against Australia. And
Australia did jump out to an early lead in the
19th minute. But after that, in the 34th, ending
in the 52nd, Christian Roldan had not one but
two assists to Haji Wright. Both of them. Fantastic
awareness. Really well done. Very excited. Both
of those players are definitely on the bubble,
and this is only going to improve their stock.
Christian Roldan rated as an 8 .8. Haji Wright
rated as a 9 .0. Christian went off in the 76th
minute. Ended the game with two assists. 90 %
passing, 47 -52. Two chances created. Two shots.
62 touches, four passes into the final third,
tackles one, five recoveries, three for three
on ground duels, and only one foul. Just a really
great performance from him. What did you think?
Did you see the highlights? Did you get to watch
the whole game? What was your thought? I didn't
watch any of it. What are you talking about?
Oh, you didn't get to see any of the highlights?
I thought you were going to try and watch some
highlights on that. No, I was re -watching the
Sounders highlights before we recorded, just
to recap because I've been so full of sports.
I only have time for Seattle sports right now.
Fair enough. Especially not international friendlies,
but I am remiss that I didn't get to see Christian
Roldan get those stats. So proud of that boy.
That's what highlights are for, yeah. With that
in mind, yeah, just a good day there for him.
Also this week, the Under -20 World Cup. We got,
in the final eight, we had not one but two Sounders
players involved in that. Unfortunately, both
of them, or maybe fortunately, depending on how
you roll. Both of them lost. Mexico lost 2 -0
to Argentina. Mexico at the end of that game
got two red cards, one in the 90 plus two and
then one in the 90 plus seven. So I don't know
if that just got really chippy at the end. But
Obed came off at the 70th minute when they were
down 2 -0. So Argentina advances there. Obed
started, I think, every game for Mexico. Yeah,
so hopefully just gets a stronger look with the
men's senior team. Then the next day, the U -20
USA team lost 3 -1 to Morocco. And in that one,
they brought on Reed Baker whiting in the 79th
minute. At that time when we did, we were down
2 -1, so it sounds like they probably brought
him on to try and get a little bit of additional
offense there, but just wasn't able to get that
extra goal. They go down 3 -0, so both Reed and
Obed will be coming back. How many minutes did
Reed play? Did you say that? In this game, he
played about... He came on in the 79th minute.
Overall, that's kind of where he had been for
most of it. I think he started one game for USA.
But for the most part, yeah, he was coming in
off the bench. Against Italy, he came on in the
84th minute. um against south africa this was
the final group stage game um in that one he
started and went the full 90. uh in the france
game the three nothing victory against france
he came in off the bench i believe in the 84th
minute um But in the 84th minute, he came in
off the bench, and it was 0 -0. So three goals
were scored in the six minutes that he was in.
So that doesn't suck. So, yeah, so he was kind
of getting some of those late -game minutes.
But I can't complain. For him, too, it's just
more the experience, right, just to be a part
of such a— I think so. I mean, it's under 20,
sure, but the next step is— senior team yeah
so i mean i mean the thing is i he's not he's
he's his next step is either trying to find a
way to supplant um new who or to maybe build
into a transfer it sounds like i think we did
sign him or we're trying to sign him into a uh
one of those one of those uh under 21s or under
23 slots um utp slots or youth Whatever the hell
the MLS terminology is for it. The under 23 spots.
I get really confused sometimes when it's like,
oh, under 20 World Cup. UDP, under 23. And then
the 24 under 24. Like, it's just too many numbers.
It's like pre -K and TK. TK is a thing down here.
It's before pre -K. And then there's kindergarten.
Then there's first grade. It's like that. Gracie's
in the under -20s. I mean, aren't we all? The
under -6s. In other news, yesterday in the AFCON
World Cup qualification, Cameroon tied 0 -0 against
Angola. Sorry, Afcon's the tournament, the CAF
World Cup qualification. Cameroon tied Angola
0 -0, knew who played the full 90, was listed
as center back in a 4 -3 -3. I don't know if
that's exactly where they had him, but I don't
know if the 4 -3 -3 was the true shape. But Cameroon
right now is... in a possible qualification for
the world cup they there are um four groups in
or how how do you know how does it how does it
line up in in afghan or afghan in africa there
are uh i how many letters is i a b c d that's
like what that's nine that's nine so there are
nine groups and the four of the nine best second
place teams qualify for the world cup right now
with um with two games left for cameroon they
are the third best second place team um right
on their heels one with the same number of points
as them is nigeria niger and burkina faso now
right now burkina faso and niger are out cameroon
and nigeria are in they all have 15 points so
these last two games are going to really matter
and it's going to decide uh gabon is almost certainly
going to be in there at 19 points but congo is
at 16 cameroon nigeria burkina faso and niger
at 15. um so if cameroon and burkina faso can
make it that could see new who and georgie in
the world cup next year because georgie has been
getting playing time with perkina faso similar
to reed baker whiting coming on in that 60 to
70 minute time frame for some added attack and
they drew um uh or sorry they beat ethiopia and
they beat sierra leone this this tournament uh
this this time around so it was really good for
both of them uh for for that one um georgie came
on in the 63rd minute um And all three goals
for Burkina Faso came after Georgie came on.
So that's encouraging. And then the other game
with Ethiopia, or sorry, not Ethiopia, with Sierra
Leone, Georgie came on in the 81st minute. And
Sierra Leone did not score in that time. They
already had the 1 -0 lead. So a lot to digest,
a lot going on. Overall, I felt like a pretty
positive international break for Sounders land.
Even back home, right? Were there 11 players
out of the lineup with injuries and call -ups?
Yeah. Do we want to get into that right now and
talk about that? Do you want to take a break?
I think we should take a break unless we have
any other scuttlebutt we want to discuss. But
I am itching to talk some Sounders. Yeah, let's
talk about Sounders, and then the second half
of the show, let's talk about Sounders. Let's
see if there's anything outstanding in the mailbag,
and why don't we then talk about Copa90. Actually,
do you want to talk about Copa90 now and then
go to break? Yeah, let's do that. Okay. So just
for everyone else, because I don't know if they've
had their segment up. I haven't even checked
their channel on YouTube. But Gopin90 is a pretty
big name in the soccer community. They did a
segment a decade ago, just about Seattle. And
they came up to do it again. And it's a problem
we don't have Cameron available today to kind
of tell us the genesis of how that all came about.
But basically within a week. Cameron is walking
around Seattle helping them with footage and
content for their segment they want to do on
their channel on YouTube. And then they're filming
you, Cameron, and the Ultras at 13 Coins post
-Timbers match. So yeah, tell me and us all about
that. So Copa90, it's kind of like a docuseries
for soccer. Usually it's not so much focusing
on... the actual game, but what happens outside
the game. So their tagline is the world outside
the 90 minutes that makes the 90 minutes matter
more. So trying to add that context to why we
give a shit about soccer. If you're listening
to this podcast, you clearly love soccer, even
if not the Sounders. I know I listen in on other
teams' podcasts from time to time. They've got
some great series. In the past, they did one.
about Argentina, where they're kind of following
the Argentinian World Cup win. They did a series
in the past about derby days and talking about
the world's biggest rivalries. And so talking
about Berlin and Seattle, Portland, and just
some of the classic derbies all around the world.
So they have all these different creations. It's
my understanding that what they're working on
has not been released yet. They're working on
a series about the upcoming World Cup where they're
trying to go to each of the host cities. kind
of highlight what's going on with those cities.
So we may end up seeing these produced a little
closer to World Cup time. They may get released
as a batch around then. I'm not entirely sure
of the timeline. But as such, it happened to
coincide with the Seattle Portland trip, the
Seattle Portland Derby. They came down to Flat
Stick pregame. Some Timber fans were set up there.
They often will use Flat Stick as a host for
their away group. So a few of us were down as
they were kind of winding down, getting ready
to go into the stands. We were kind of interacting
with them, having a good time, just having good
banter. So that was nice. At that same time,
they were working with Cameron while Cameron
was kind of getting set up with his stuff, setting
up the Gorilla FC banner. During the game, they
were filming on the field, doing some stuff there.
After the game, they joined us after they did
post -game interviews with the teams. They joined
us at 13 Coins to film a little bit of our post
-game recording. which was great because it was
the first time we got all the ultras together
in the room with us. The only thing missing was
a certain host in San Diego. It was me. It was
me. Yeah. It was very Jim Carrey -esque. From
what movie? Well, clearly you know. A pockmark
eventually. Short shriveled and always to the
left. Phenomenal movie. Good times. Yeah, they
were great. They were great. And the only person,
one of the cameramen, was the only person I've
met who was actually selected for the Visa first
round ticket lottery. Oh, so was that who raised
their hand when you were in the show? Okay, that's
funny. It's like, anyone? Anyone? Yay, we got
one. Bueller. Bueller. Bye. That's awesome. Yeah,
and so, by the way, spoiler alert, as we go a
little ADD, the next round, basically if you
get selected by FIFA at this point, you're looking
at... category one overpriced tickets. So I would
be surprised if you bought something, but good
luck to you. I still wouldn't mind being chosen
just so I can go through the process and know
how to navigate their particular site. So in
future, in future lotteries, we can kind of do
that quickly. But the next lottery should be
going into selection mode probably later this
month in a, in a, in a week or two. But obviously
when we know more, we will post that. Last but
not least, speaking of ticket lotteries, for
those of you who are Savannah Banana and Banana
Ball fans, you have until October 31st to enter
a lottery for the next season. They posted the
games. Doing a lot of minor league ballparks
and major league ballparks. If it's a major league
ballpark, it's probably involving the Savannah
Bananas. If it's a minor league ballpark like
here in Tacoma, it'll involve two of the teams
in the league that are not the Bananas, but still
playing banana ball in that style. So be on the
lookout for that. You can only enter and choose
one city when you're entering the lottery. So
choose wisely. What movie? Indiana Jones and
the Last Crusade. Love it. He chose poorly. Junior.
Count to 20. In Greek. Indiana. Let it go. I
can't do the accent. I can't. I don't even know
why I tried. You not only got to get the accent,
but you also got to get that voice like an octave
lower. And the two things. You can do one or
the other, but not both. Or neither, depending
on your gifts. Okay, let's go to break. Let's
go to break. Wait, how did she know she was a
spy? She talks in her sleep. Yeah, let's go to
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giving shit away until we run out of things to
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wins that would be fun find a pocket of airfare
where it's reasonable for me to just come up
for like 36 hours I've been trying to find that
it's just not feasible right now to come up but
one it rained here in San Diego and people freaked
the fuck out it was a high of like 65 degrees
windy and rainy and I legitimately I'm not I
went outside and I just stood there and I was
like I want crisp cold dark that's what i want
i want to stand on first avenue and just can
i make a counter proposal what you guys want
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And we're back. All right. Welcome. It's Sounders
time. And I got about a third of my beer left,
and then I'll crack a new one open. So I'm pacing
with the show. That works. So first off, why
don't we start with that? Yeah, so Sounders,
RSL. First off, the Game Prediction Challenge.
We have two winners to announce. Two people got
the win this week. One was JesusM509! So, JesusM509!
Really excited there. The second winner was my
Seattle Reign co -season ticket holder, Sounders
Dan. That's Daniel Rowe, fellow Alliance Council
member. So, congratulations, Dan. Congratulations,
both of you, Jesus and Dan. It is the Dan that
is not the Bastard, although we did get to sit
with Dan the Bastard this week. So that was great.
And, yeah, so congratulations there. So we had
a 1 -0 victory against RSL. What did you think
going into the game, seeing the lineup? I know
we were very shorthanded in the center of the
park. Did I say 11? 11 we're missing? Oh, geez.
Yeah, I don't know. It might have been 11, but
basically the only true midfielders that we had
were Jaupalo, Danny Leyva, and Stu Hawkins were
the only true midfielders. Anyone else was, you
know, an attacking band of three or had to call
up. We had to call up a few people from emergency
loan. We had to call up. Peter Kingston from
Tacoma. We had to call up Antino Lopez. We had
to call up Sebastian Gomez. Just to make a game
day roster and we're still two people short.
So, I mean, at that point, we probably should
have just, just for the hell of it, should have
called up Castro, our goalkeeper, if for no other
reason than to, if for no other reason, just
give him an in the 18 bonus, if that's a thing.
So, yeah, so we went with Jaupalo and Danny Leyva
in the middle, which we kind of... And the lineup
was a 4 -3, a 4 -2 -3 -1. That's how it was officially
listed. But you had Rothrock as a left back.
Yeah, I mean, that's the way they listed it,
but it was effectively a 3 -5, a 3 -5 -1, you
know, a 3 -5 -1 -1, 3 -5... Jesus, I don't even
know what the hell that would be. Jesus, M -509,
what would that be? I mean, I guess it was a...
I don't know if I'd call it a 3 -5 -2. It was
more of a 3 -5 -1 -1, really. You know, it was
kind of this weird. Amoeba. Yeah. I mean, it
worked really well. I mean, watching Paul Rothrock
basically going end line to end line was really
interesting. We came out of the gate. By the
10 -minute mark, we could have had four to five
goals. Some might argue we should have had at
least three goals. That first 25 minutes, I would
say, was just very, very insane. Our expected
goals in the first half was 1 .85, but a lot
of that came from the first few minutes. coming
out of the gate with our hair on fire was really
entertaining. What were your thoughts watching
the game on TV? Yeah, it was fast -paced. It
was exciting. I mean, I wonder if part of it,
you know, Real Salt Lake had nothing really to
go off of in terms of training. Like, they don't
know who was going to be available, where they
were going to play. They knew generally who would
be available. But no tape on the formation. And
the pairings, right? Leyva and JP? Well, we had
that early in the season when we were trading
off Obet during Champions League runs. Sample
size is tiny, right? And that was early in the
season. It was a season ago, right? But they
also didn't have Paul Rothrock as a left back.
So I didn't even know what to expect other than
just... Feeling like we need a result here. There
was that stagnant period after the League's Cup
final. It looks like we're on the, got a little
bit of a rebound, kind of like pulling our bootstraps
up. But with being kind of, for lack of a better
word, decimated for availability with players,
starting players, I was like, we need a result
here at home. Real Salt Lake is not, where are
they on the table? They're not. They were fighting
for a playoff position. They're at the bottom
of the playoff table. But they're not bottom
feeders, so they're going to have fight in them.
So it's just like this. No, they're battling
for literally nine. Yeah. Yeah. So I was pleasantly
surprised, honestly. And we scored in four minutes
on a great sequence. Right. Yeah. Borderline
was close. I mean, with VAR didn't come into
play, but. I mean, ball don't lie. No, yeah.
You know, it was really crazy for me where the
– you just mentioned it. Our run of form has
been kind of – you used the word horrendous since
– I did not say that word. Not horrendous. What
did you say? Stagnant. You said stagnant. Thank
you. Since the League's Cup. Very different.
You're right, and I definitely don't want to
put words in your mouth. I do not like using
a straw man argument, so my apologies there.
But it has been stagnant, but at the same time,
we've gotten two wins, two losses, and two draws
in the six games since. Now, granted, the two
wins were the last two wins, so before those
two games, going four games without a win was
not... not 0 -4, just 0 -2 -2. But I get the
point. I do get the point. Now, the interesting
thing for me and the reason for optimism is the
last two wins were definitely the derby against
Portland, so it's always going to be a battle.
It's always going to feel like a playoff atmosphere.
And this game, both of them 1 -0 wins. It's not
so much the one that I care about, it's the nothing
that I care about. And I'm very pleased to see
the defensive shutout, the working for that,
because they weren't exactly the sexiest of wins.
We've had a really great... run of offense basically
since the Club World Cup. So the second half
of the season, I thought our offense is maybe
the best it's ever looked, and I'm including
the Obiduse years. Maybe not as dynamic with
trick passes and that kind of stuff, but just
as far as well -rounded and just scoring a shit
ton of goals, it's been a really good year for
them. It looks like Puebla is the last game we
didn't score a goal in. Wow. Yeah, and that was
the hard -fought. August 20th. Yeah, I mean,
it was back -to -back games and the Minnesota
game before that. But really, those two games
a couple days apart, it wasn't since PSG, if
you want to count PSG. Or it's a June. It wasn't
since June. So we've been scoring a lot. And
so this game, I think the 1 -0 scoreline is very
complimentary offensively towards Salt Lake.
But I also felt like Salt Lake. made me a little
more nervous than i would have liked in this
game especially as the game went on especially
in like the 89th minute right yeah yeah when
that yeah that that just kind of it was interesting
because it kind of sucked some of the energy
out yeah even though it got called brought back
it was still yeah but but that was also around
the time when it really started pissing rain
um Admittedly, the second half of that game was
very tough for me. I suddenly got a migraine,
which never happens to me in the game. Your body's
like too much sleep, dude. The last five minutes,
I was leaned over on the rail just trying to
keep it together. home that light rail ride home
was rough i got home i threw up oh damn um like
headache and just it wasn't i wasn't sick i agree
and that's yeah that's insane it doesn't happen
to me often like i can't remember the last time
so it was very unusual um anyways uh so what
did you think about what'd you think about um
the game i mean jordan's missed penalty that
was a bit of a bummer that was I don't like Jordan
up there anyway. Taking penalties? I don't have
a lot of finishing confidence in Jordan. He puts
himself... From the spot. Yeah. Or in general.
In general. I mean, he obviously can get goals.
He can obviously score. But I just... I feel
like my eye test over his career has been...
I've seen a lot of... shanks a lot of should
have done better i i don't know well but i think
as athletically he's i think that's where he
he gets the advantage and puts himself some positions
on where he does get those goals but i don't
know well i think in this particular situation
one he earns the penalty and so i think he wanted
to take it especially since his last goal was
in july against Sporting Kansas City. That's
fair. But he missed. Yeah, I know, and that's
the bitch of it all. That's the bitch. Well,
no, no, what I mean by that is, you know, because
since July 12th against Sporting Kansas City
when he got that goal in 45 minutes of play,
he came on for 25 minutes, 16 minutes, 10 minutes,
30 minutes. 30 minutes in the League's Cup final,
or I'm sorry, 30 minutes in the League's Cup
rematch, the Miami game, 30 minutes. 30 minutes
against Austin, 45 against Vancouver, 65 against
Portland, and 80 against Salt Lake. So the good
news is his minutes are trending up. That's the
great news. The bad news is he hasn't scored
in quite some time. Um, so I think that's why
we saw him taking the penalty when normally,
I mean, if this was a playoff game, I think with
this lineup, even with, with this lineup, it
would have been Pedro. It would have been Alex,
even Alex, even. Well, and here's the thing.
What were they at? 49 points at that point with
a goal. So just looking at the table now, the
next game doesn't matter. So this game really
didn't matter in the standings. You guys touched
on it in the last show. Yeah, it would have needed
a very – we would have had to have lost both
games and the other team would have – yeah, it
was – The three points wasn't required. Like
we didn't need the three points. we don't want
to lose a game. You want to have momentum going
into the playoffs, but especially when you're
up one, nothing you already have. Yeah. So with
that perspective, I'm not, yeah, I guess in hindsight
now, just talking through it, I'm not at whatever
and getting him the opportunity to maybe shake
that off to go into the playoffs. Yes. I'd like
Jordan Morris to feel confident and have some
goal recent goals in his back pocket going into
the playoffs. Cause I still think he's our, our,
our starter up top. And I like how he's assimilating,
and I do think there's enough talent to get him
those goals that he does finish. But I just don't
have a lot of confidence, and I never really
have with him. But I will say, I was extremely
happy, especially in that first half, seeing
how many times the Sounders were just going over
the top. Yes, finally. It was... And that's what
Jordan brings. You can't do that with Danny.
You just can't. And that's why you have Jordan
on the field. If you want to see what our offense
does differently with Jordan, it unlocks that
ability. Pedro helps with that too. Oh, 100%.
100%. I mean, I was looking around for the free
Pedro chance, but Alex Diaz was not here to watch
this game with us, unfortunately. Yeah, so I
thought overall, really happy to see. Yeah, and
the stats show that. I mean, I was really happy
to see Joe Apollo get more game time. 60 solid
minutes. Exciting for Stu Hawkins to get 30 minutes.
Exciting to see Peter Kingston get his first
time as a sounder. Antonio Antino Lopez get his
first time as a sounder. Antino is 23 years old
for Tacoma. Peter Kingston, 24 years old, but
he's played previously with Ballard FC. Won a
national championship with them. What a fucking
goal he had in that game. So it's just really
exciting to see them get rewarded with some time.
It didn't cost us, although not without some
scary moments there, that goal that was offside.
But yeah, so I thought overall it was also really
nice, if I'm being completely honest, it was
really nice to see DeAndre Yedlin again. Yes.
Yes, I... I'm so sorry he's stuck there, but
very great to see him. And... Do you think he
finds himself back in Seattle in some way, shape,
or form? It would have to be... It would have
to be in a Freddie Montero, Kellen Rowe, like,
you're just getting these backup minutes kind
of thing. It would... I just don't see it because
right now Kalani and Alex have that right backside
lockdown. What about in an Andy Rose type situation?
Like as a coach? I don't know if he's a coach
type guy. I don't know. I don't know, but I love
Yedlin. He's one of my... He's a great one. I
love him. I love him. The Rufio hair and that
goal. Can I tell you my favorite part about that
game? The Mariner celebration they did after
the goal? That was really awesome, actually.
This is slightly sarcastic. My favorite part
of this game is that there was a player that
came on for Salt Lake. I did not even know, not
only one, that he was on Salt Lake, but two,
I did not even know he came onto the field. When
he came onto the field, did not know. I didn't
know until well after the game that he was there.
And Johnny Russell. Someone who's been such a
thorn in our side all career long in MLS. Yeah.
Really glad. Really glad that I didn't even know
during the game because that would have made
the migraine even worse. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I didn't
notice a Mariner celebration until I was watching
the highlights before we were recording. And
I was just like, wait, what was that little circle
thing they just did? It's called a circle jerk.
I knew you were going to do that. As soon as
it was coming out of my mouth. That's not a circle
jerk. That's something different. That's a glory
hole. I've been doing it all wrong. When it's
coming out of your mouth, that's a glory hole.
I should always just text you before I get started
on any of those activities to find out if I'm
doing it right. Anyway, Jesus. I was about to
say what a dick, but then I just made that even
worse. Don't be an asshole. I'm trying not to,
but I am going to show you this. A photo of you
clothed next to Yedlin half naked. Yeah. And
other people. That's awesome. That's good stuff.
That's 2014. I wish I had abs. You could. No,
they're there. No. No. No, they're not. They're
not. I'm sorry. But that's okay. You're still
beautiful. Still a beautiful man. No matter what
they say. So we get away 1 -0 on a short bench.
I thought we navigated that really well. And
now we find ourselves. And now we have. For the
first time, maybe ever, that might be the first
time ever that literally going into decision
day that we can't move up or down. Now, what
will matter is who we potentially play, and let's
talk about that, shall we? In the playoffs? Yeah,
so if the playoffs started today, we would currently
play Minnesota. How would you feel about that
matchup? Honestly, not too confident. Well, it
depends on our line. We lost twice, but we lost
twice by one goal. They are good, but they're
beatable. And I just, I don't think, I think
the way they play with that giving possession
up, if we've got... I'm going to take our best
with our possession against their non -possession.
I'm going to take that. We played them between
LA Galaxy. We beat them 4 -0. This is in the
middle of the League's Cup. And then the next
game after we lost to them 1 -0 was Puebla 0
-0. Then Kansas City, we beat them 5 -2. So we
played them in the heart of our rise of the season.
That tells me that we were on some of our best
production of the whole season, and they still
beat us 1 -0. We were away, which we would be...
Wait, what's the format? No, no, the first round
is just there. Is the best of three. Oh, okay.
Yeah. No, no. The wild card, that's the eight
versus nine. It's a one game. But the first round
would be, the four versus five would be a three,
best of three series like Houston last year.
I think it would be two really good teams and
a really good match. Just keep this in mind.
When we played Minnesota last, we had Osase de
Rosario starting up top. We did not have Albert
Rosnack. We did not have Danny Mussofsky. We
did not have Jordan Morris. We did not have Pedro
de la Vega. We did not have... We did a 3 -4
-3 with Reed Baker, Whiting, Christian, Obed,
and Alex in the middle with Jesus Osase and Paul
Rothrock. That's... Not ideal. Yeah. So, okay.
Fine. Fine. So there's that. Now, conversely,
that other game right before the Club World Cup
was just a strange game. That was the shirt game.
That was the infamous pay the players protest
game. Now, taking away maybe the distraction
of the pregame, you know, Monopoly, Man, FIFA,
um thing funny side story about that got to spend
about two hours about an hour and a half with
paul rothrock last week in the alliance council
meeting and he was just sitting literally next
to me um around the table and just telling stories
and we're just having a a cool chat about soccer
good times and i brought up the idea because
the the subject of the club world cup pay us
came up brought up the idea you know we should
take one of those shirts get it signed by the
entire team and auction it for rave foundation
uh which certainly got a big laugh and that's
a great idea from paul rothrock so let's make
it happen you didn't talk about the secrets though
did he uh no we talked about bad brains and black
flag not the circle jerks See what I did there?
Nice. Yeah. No. But the second time, that Minnesota
game, the first game we played them this year,
we lost 3 -2 at home, which is one of our only
home losses. I did. Germs? You're looking creepy.
Oh, I missed the germs. Reference? Or was my
take just garbage? No, no, it was quite the smear
attempt on me. I'll give you a pat on the back
on that one. Pat. Oh, the one -two punch. Well
done. So, yeah, that 3 -2 game at home, that
was, I think, our first home loss of the year.
That game was a little different. In that game,
we didn't have Jordan. We didn't have Alex. Honestly,
we don't even have to look back that far, right?
Not to shut you up. But that was also the weird
game where there were four goals in 10 minutes
in that 50th. The 51st, 54th, 55th, and 58th.
It was just a weird, weird game. Minnesota. I
like our chances. That's the short answer. Okay.
Yeah, I do like our chances. And we can get deeper
into the playoff talk, especially after this
next weekend. Yeah, once we find out who we play.
Yeah, but it looks like it likely probably would
be Minnesota. Who would be the other option?
It could be LAFC. Oh, yeah. Depending on how
those games go, it could... theoretically be
san diego if minnesota and la win and san diego
lose it would be san diego so it's going to be
san diego lafc or minnesota because then i might
would you make the trip i would look you wouldn't
eliminate it as a possibility i would look the
x factor is This would be right around the time
the next round of World Cup tickets go on sale,
and I might need all the credit card money for
that. Got it. You know credit's not real money,
so it doesn't matter. Yeah, but I basically,
up until I got this job, I was pretty much at
the max of all my... Just don't pay it. Just
don't pay it. It's fine. No, I mean, I'm hoping
for a matchup against San Diego for obvious reasons.
One, I get another match to go to. I got to go
to the one which was not enjoyable from the game
standpoint, but it was great to take Gracie.
Great to be with ECS and all that kind of stuff,
but it would be awesome. But yeah, if it ended
today, we're playing Minnesota. There's potential
for LAFC, San Diego, obviously. And for context,
this week, so it will be a little bit of a crazy
week. LAFC does play Colorado, so not... looking
great for that. San Diego plays Portland, but
the thing is, Colorado and Portland are both
playing for seeding, so they got shit to do.
And New York, by the way, I mean, just looking
at the game this weekend, we're probably going
to put in some of our youth, knowing Schmetzer,
you're probably going to see Hawkins. I don't
know. I don't know how we're going to approach
that because there's the other side that makes
you wonder, like, you want to get a good run
in. It might be. I think it'll be a good mix.
We're going to use all our subs, all our sub
opportunities. Halftime, we'll show you'll see
some subs. I think that is probably accurate.
I think you're going to see all of your normal
starters play, but I don't think you're going
to see all of your starters go the full 90. Yeah.
Yeah. Um, with the exception of anyone who might
be carrying any kind of a muscle injury, he's
not going to make them fly cross country. That
would be my guess because the first game of the
best of three would be, uh, the following Friday.
Uh, so that following weekend. So we would have
a week off. So maybe, maybe I, I just don't know
if he wants to give people two weeks off. That
might not be, that might be the opposite of helpful.
I fucking hate. I'm happy that New York City
finally has a stadium plan in action because
it's embarrassing that they're playing at Yankee
Stadium. I haven't thought about that. That is
gross. And we've always had really shitty games
there. And not just from the result, but like,
yeah, the puddle game. It's just embarrassments.
Just fucking embarrassment to the league. It's
been like a decade. It's, yeah. One of the biggest
cities in the world. They can't figure it out.
I don't know. But, I mean, they're working on
it. They've got the plan. So good on them. Good
on them. Yeah, so we're going to have a playoff.
We're going to have to have a playoff preview
and kind of maybe an end of a season check -in
next week for sure. Interesting, interesting
season. You know, San Jose, Colorado, Salt Lake
and Dallas are fighting for those those final
two spots. So we'll see. We'll see what happens
there. And that's in the West, in the in the
East. All the playoff spots have been clinched.
And you know what? Can I be honest? You know
what I'm really excited about? New York Red Bulls
have been eliminated because I was sick of that
stupid. I'm bitter that the one year we didn't
make the playoffs, they did. So they kind of
took the most consecutive years thing. But at
least that's over for them, too. So fuck them.
I'm bitter. And you're frozen. That's not good.
Oh, and now it's the solo show. Now that he's
gone, let me tell you what's really going to
happen. Oh, shit, he's back. That wasn't me.
You froze. Well, I guess we both froze from our
perspective. We'll check the audio. We'll see.
I was talking. You were talking. We'll see who
stopped. I actually wasn't talking. So this might
actually just sound weird because you kept talking.
Either way, yes, New York, they took our playoff
spot, yada, yada, yada. Okay. You were bitching
about that, right? Yeah, yeah, bitching about.
Yeah, oh, oh, but New York Red Bulls makes me,
I was saying it makes me happy that they have
been eliminated because I'm still bitter. Yeah,
that's what I mean. Oh, with the stadium. Oh,
at least they have a stadium. Yeah, okay. I thought
you were still talking about the Yankee Stadium.
I'm like, how long were you frozen? Okay. Evacuation,
come. Evacuation. Come. Come. What movie? Come,
baby, come, baby, baby, come, come. What movie?
Was that Galaxy Quest? No. Austin Powers. He
said, how long were you frozen? When he gets
unfrozen and he goes pee. Oh, that's right. It's
like the three -minute pee. That's right. That's
right. Although, shout out to Galaxy Quest. That
sounded stupid. That's such a great movie. Is
there air? You don't know. Like you're going
to hold your breath when a spaceship's doors
open on a day. That'll save you. Crewman number
six. I need to rewatch that. You know what I
just rewatched yesterday for the first time in
a long time? Because I'm sick of hating the guy.
And I'm like, I want to enjoy a movie that I
did like for a long time. Mutual Suspects, Kevin
Spacey. Right idea, wrong asshole. That's what
Jay said. Sorry. So no, not Kevin Spacey, but
no, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,
Usual Suspects. I love those movies. I haven't
watched. I'm not ready to like Kevin Spacey movies
again. I'm not ready for him yet. Buffy the Vampire
Slayer, the original film. Joss Whedon's a complete
piece of shit, but he wrote. Oh, Christy Swanson,
Donald Sutherland, Paul Rubens, Luke Perry, RIP.
Paul Rubens is dead. Actually, so is Donald Sutherland.
Only one of them gets to rest in peace, though,
I guess. Fuck those other guys. Maybe not. Okay.
But then the series, I really like the series,
but yeah. And maybe now that they're revamping
it without Joss Whedon, maybe I can kind of like
it again. I don't even know who that is. He was
a script writer that wrote Toy Story, wrote Serenity,
Firefox, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, The
Avengers, first movie. an amazing screenwriter
was always a champion of writing strong female
characters. So people loved him for that and
for good reason, but it turns out he was a misogynistic
piece of shit. Um, yeah. So, um, yeah. So part
of that me too movement of, of, of assholes being
assholes, just great. Just what I needed to know.
Um, okay. So. Do you have any predictions for
this game against New York City FC? I wouldn't
even know where to begin. They kind of have something
to play for seeding. Yeah, because the entire
East is just all about seeding at this point.
Yeah, and we don't have anything. I don't think
that really changes how we will come out and
play, but I think how the game might unfold will
affect. You know what I mean? Decisions. It's
just hard to predict. I do want points going
into... I want momentum. I don't want their...
Getting a 3 -0 loss would just be yuck. going
into playoffs. Yeah, even on the road. Especially
if they do what you're saying and we start with
starters, right? Let's go into halftime 1 -0
and then be happy with that. If we even lose
2 -1 because we put in a bunch of subs. Put a
strong first half. Exactly. I get that. Maybe
it's a PK that gives up the goal. Something like
that. So I'm going to go 1 -1 draw. But I want
it to be the starters one. maybe a trash goal
happens because they're going to be trying, right?
I mean, yeah, because they can finish anywhere
from seventh to fourth. Yeah, that's huge. Fourth
is huge. Yeah, I mean, that's hosting two games
to playing Cincinnati, you know, I mean, or playing
Miami, depending on what happens there. So they
really do not want to lose this game. And because
of that, I am going to predict a rare Sounders
loss. I just think they have so much to play
for. They're at home. We don't know how. I feel
like even if we're trying to play our starters,
there's going to be the back of the mind thing
with our injuries this season where people are
going to kind of be like, eh, I don't really
need to go into that challenge. I just don't
think we're going to match their intensity. And
I think it's going to show up on the field. And
I'm thinking it might be a 2 -1 loss, maybe even
a 3 -1 loss. Yeah, well, as long as it doesn't
look terrible. As long as we don't look lethargic.
Yeah. Like, show us... Yeah, and I don't think...
I don't think we're going to look listless. But
I also don't think we're going to look as...
as we have. I don't think this is a, yeah, this
is not going to be indicative of what we have
been seeing and what we should expect to see.
I don't want it to just affect our psychology.
But this could also be one of those games where
we just, you know, Steph, this could be the game
similar to what Salt Lake almost pulled off this
week where they were not the better team and
they almost came away with a point. So, so. I
just wouldn't put the odds on it. That's just
my thought. I'm going to pick a rare prediction
of a loss. And the World Series starts middle
of next week, I think. So hopefully the Mariners
are all wrapped up and we can just focus on this
game. Yeah. Yeah, so I have kind of looked into
that a little bit. So the World Series will start
on Friday, October 24th. So the 24th and 25th,
that Friday, Saturday. So chances are very good
that we would play at the same time as the Sounders.
Actually, you know what? Oh, now we also have
to cross -reference the Seahawks. Jesus Christ.
They do not. Is that their bye week? Oh, that's
their bye week because they play Monday the 20th.
Yeah. So that is their bye week. So that's good.
So then I would almost suspect. Oh, no, because
we're locked into the away match. That first
game would be on the road anyways. So it could
be any of those three days. It could be Friday,
Saturday or Sunday. The second game would be
that midweek, that Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.
The third game would be that Saturday, Sunday
of the 8th and 9th. As far as that goes, the
9th is at Lumen, so it could not be that Sunday,
November 9th. We would have to play on the 8th
or the 7th. What's significant about November
9th? Awesome people were born on that day. Yeah,
I mean. I'm going to watch football all day.
Yeah, I mean, you've got to love Chris Jericho,
you know, Lou Frigno. Are you looking it up right
now? I am. Carl Sagan, Nick Lachey, 98 Degrees.
I mean, come on. I think the fall of the Berlin
Wall. And 91 was on November 9th. Don't forget
the, the wonderful Benjamin Banneker. I think
the, the guy that, Oh, sorry, go ahead. No, no,
I'm done. The guy, I think the guy that possessed
Chucky died on November 9th. That's what the
tombstone said in child's play. I remember seeing
that when I was seven, because I watched child's
play when I was seven. I could be wrong about
that, but I remember saying that's, that's November.
That's my birthday. You know, though, I do have
to tell you I'm disappointed in you that you're
not willing to come up to visit on that weekend
of the 6th when your mom's in town. My mom's
birthday is November 6th. December 6th. That
weekend that you're not willing. We looked at
the flights. I'm driving a golf cart down Girard
Avenue in La Jolla for my hotel. Charles DeGaulle
died on November 9th. Well, we're just going
to be going to MLS Cup at home in Seattle on
that day. So, you know, we'll fuck you and your
parade. Oh, Andy White, British drummer who played
on the Beatles' first single, Love Me Do. He
died on November 9th. I don't know why they're
giving me deaths on November 9th. Oh, famous
deaths on November 9th. Byzantine Emperor Constantine
VII. I bet you don't have that. Hedy Lamarr,
hello. No, but you know who I share a birthday
with? Leo DiCaprio. Oh. Yeah. So there we go.
I don't know if that's a good thing or not. I
don't know if that's a good thing or bad thing.
Depends on if you're over the age of 25 or not.
How am I going to go there? And female. Okay.
So with that in mind, we got our predictions.
Pepa from Salt -N -Pepa was born on my birthday.
Did you say that? I did not say Pepa. Holy shit.
Hedy Lamarr was born and died on her birthday?
That's kind of cool. Anytime I hear Hedy Lamarr,
all I can think about is Blazing Saddles. Yeah,
no, that's going to be a you reference. All right,
we're getting deep into absolutely nothing. I
think so. Anything you want to shout out to the
world right now? Anything you want to say? No,
I just miss all my Seattleites. I miss home.
I really do. It's beautiful down here. I love
the adventure my family and I decided to take,
but all the Seattle sports. The rain today really
got me. It's funny. You grow up in Seattle, and
you're just accustomed to it. It's not anything
weird or whatever. Like, yeah, it would be nice
to have sun. I wish Gracie was at that same sound
or maybe show me a picture of the middle finger
of you and your daughter. I wish Gracie and I
could have been in there throwing our middle
fingers out there. But it is weird, though. It
was very, not subliminal, subconscious. As soon
as rain, because it hasn't rained here. It was
like two months ago it rained a little bit. But
for whatever reason, it didn't connect. Today
was cold and windy. Like 62, it's cold here.
Someone I work with, her lip was turning blue.
And I'm like. What's going on? Are you okay?
She's like, I'm sorry. This happens when I'm
cold. I'm like, it is 62 degrees. We wear shorts
in Seattle at 62 degrees. What is wrong with
you? Get it together. The rain on my face today
and the breeze and actually feeling a chill.
That sent something down my spine. Are you telling
me you feel the rain on your face? No. Yeah,
the hills. They have eyes, I hear. All right,
let's wrap this show. They can find you where?
They can find me on Instagram at Cascades2C.
Cascades, the letter, the word T -O -N -C -S
-E -A. Cascades2C. What about you, Aaron? In
San Diego. Rarely on the Discord and once a month
on here. That's right. And then our absent responsible
teacher is found at Legal Punk. Legal Minded
Punk. Not on Twitter. I think he's still banned.
You know what? I'm not entirely sure on that
one. Well, that's what he is there. Also on Instagram.
But that's where he is everywhere. Yeah. Yeah.
But I think he is. I think he is. I think he
is banned still. Awesome. He should be. I mean,
I think it's I think it's probably right. Yeah.
His account is suspended. Hilarious. Well, again,
reminder, I want to support the show. Don't want
to listen to the ad that you're going to hear
at the end of this, which you'll probably just
skip anyway. But it does. But if you don't, it
helps us. It benefits. It really does. Just put
it on mute. Just kind of keep it on and just
use that as your blow -your -nose time. Actually,
yeah, the listens during the ads do help the
show. If you don't want to pay us, just leave
the phone running for a second. That would be
nice because we put it towards the hosting of
the show. Like Nick was saying, we want to give
you guys some prizes and shit like that. And
I got some fun ones. Like I said, just one more
time, I've got a team -signed Bruce Lee kit for
someone that's going to give away. I got another
jersey. That's a legit. Thank you. The team signed
Bruce Lee kit, one of the fan favorite kits of
all time. You know, I mean, you know. Which team?
Is it me, you, and Cameron's that signed it?
Or is it the Sounders? Oh, yeah. We should be
very clear. It's Pub League 2017. Yeah, exactly.
It's Pub League. No, it is the Seattle freaking
Sounders, including. I believe I'll have to double
-check. I believe it is the 2024. Is it 2024?
I think it's the 2023 team, so Nico and Raul,
I believe. I believe. I'll double -check on that.
Value increases. I know. Well, depending. No
Pedro. So it's kind of trade -offs. But Nico
and Raul. Nico and Raul have an MLS Cup. Yeah,
I mean, hey. But, yeah, so we have that. We have
bought a jersey to give away this weekend. I
bought one to give away as part of this. I wanted
to add some more. And I'm sure, like I said,
we'll come up with some other stuff. I will probably,
we'll figure it out. We'll figure it out once
we all get that together at the end of the season
and draw some names. And if it isn't, if I can't
come down until closer to the end of the actual
year, then I still think we should just shout
out on Discord or whatever episode we do, because
I would like to see some faces. Not just you
two, but that'd be great. Yeah, that'd be wonderful.
I'd love to do that. Oh, it is so wonderful.
So wonderful. We're two weeks in now with Flat
Stick Pub being open to all ages. Getting to
take Roma to Flat Stick Pub before every game.
I've run into Dan the Bastard, run into some
other listeners, ran into our very own James
Wollard there. Speaking of James Woolard, I think
it's about time to take it away. But yeah, so
Flat Stick will be my once again permanent home,
whether I have Roma or not now. So that's great.
Actually, last thing I'll say, it's been a year
since we've had an Apple podcast rating. Or not
a rating, but a review. A review. We're at a
4 .2. Ish Kish Bagish. That's a subsidiary of
Oshkosh Bagosh. Ah. Help us out. Get on there.
Get on there. Go do it. And I think you can review
as well on – I don't even know what the other
ones are anymore. Spotify I know is there. Spotify.
The word I was looking for is Spotify. Or at
least Google Podcasts. But please do rate and
review us because when you do rate, what ends
up happening is when people are looking for Sounders
content, when people are looking for that, we
will go up there. We do this for the labor of
love. We do this just, you know, we want you
joining us for a beer before a game. Come join
us. Come join us in the stands. This is all,
you know, it's all a community. You're part of
that community. We appreciate having you all
listen with us. I figure this is the time to
have those thanks because it is Canadian Thanksgiving
yesterday. So we might as well have the proper,
you know, non -genocidal thanks. And Canada,
thanks for the two. Their Thanksgiving is on
Indigenous Peoples Day. Genocide and murdered
by Columbus. Genocidal fucktard day. That's our
view. James, we're coming into port. Please take
us away. You can follow the Sounders Scuttlebutt
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MLS team of all time? The Seattle Sounders are
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MLS team of all time.