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

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can't say he's cheating! Hello, hello, hello.

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Welcome to Sounders Scuttlebutt. I'm Aaron Lingley,

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here for my monthly visit to Scuttlebutt. And

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I'm joined by Nicholas Biela. Hey, man. Why,

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hello. Hey, it's great to have you back on the

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show. I feel like this month has been a little

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chaotic, but we're getting closer and closer

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to non -chaos. I don't know about that. Life

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is always chaotic, but that's a good thing. That

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could be a good thing. There's always something.

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It's great to see you. You know, before we get

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any further, let's hit the ground running, shall

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we? I would love to crack open a beverage. How

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about you? Yes. All right. Let me start us off.

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I kind of fucked that up, didn't I? I don't know.

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We're going to try that. But I'm cracking open

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a bottle. What are you doing? I'm going to unzip

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Margo, my one -and -a -half -year -old's lunchbox,

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which is also a cooler, small enough for a few

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beers. And then there we go. I'm having a classic

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Bud Light. I went economical over the weekend.

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I had a lot of sports to watch, which meant a

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lot of beers, and I wanted to pace myself. I

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think I'm winning this time around. I'm doing

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Oktoberfest from Sam Adams, and I think I've

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got this round. Yeah, you do. But I won that.

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You won the opening. I'll take that. Perfect.

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I'll take the win. Cheers to you. Cheers to all

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our listeners. Cheers to you. So, everyone, Aaron

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just alluded to it. A lot of sports this last

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weekend. You had the Reign, the Huskies, the

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Mariners, the Sounders, the Seahawks, all playing,

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all having a lot going on. Did anyone lose? No

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one lost. The Reign tied. But everyone else straight

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up won. What a good Seattleite weekend. It was.

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It was. I was supposed to go to the rain game

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on Friday, the Sounders game on Saturday, musical

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yesterday, public yesterday morning, and I also

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had Roma all weekend. Yesterday morning. It's

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Tuesday. It is Tuesday. Tuesday the 14th, unless

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the public has changed. No, I lost track of the

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days. Which is funny, because you're awake in

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the days now. I know. It's crazy. It's crazy.

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I've actually been getting sleep. I've been well

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rested. I've been some energy. But even with

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all that said, it was just a little bit too much

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this last weekend. Daddy -daughter weekend. Bernie

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was out of town. So we canceled on the rain.

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Instead watched 15 innings of the Mariners. What

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a game. Dude, yeah. That was insane. What a game.

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And then let's be honest here. I thought after

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that 15 -inning game that they were going to

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have to punt game one in Toronto. For various

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reasons, right? Yeah. Just general fatigue. Cross

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-country, the emotional high of making. Like

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so many reasons I would have. I probably would

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have put money on Toronto in game one. Sure,

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yeah. Wow, the Mariners. Let's just start right

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there. They are up 2 -0 in the series. Coming

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back to Seattle, this is the closest they have

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ever been to the World Series. You do realize

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that, right? Yep, absolutely. Yeah, they've never

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been two games away from the World Series. And

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we're coming home. I know. Yeah. It's been pretty

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amazing. And I actually, I, with all the sports

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this weekend, I, I don't get a lot of live opportunities

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to watch something live. Right. You know, my,

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my rules camera knows my rules. I like to live

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in a bubble, especially now living down here

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where one, I don't have to be around Seattle

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lights to get spoiled, but also it's my only

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connection. watching live sounders watch like

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my own live version right being able to react

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like everyone else does when they watch a game

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live so i live in my bubble but on friday i was

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like hey babe the game's at five i'm done with

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work at five there's a bar down the road can

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i please just go and you take care of the girls

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and she said yes So wait, wait, do you mean to

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tell me, I'm going to go like full Marty McFly

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here. Doc, do you mean to tell me that you were

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at the bar for 15 innings? I fucking was. And

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it was glorious. As a father of two in a land

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with no friends, I sat at the end of a bar with

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a TV in front of me with the sound on. They put

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it on for me. And everyone down here is basically

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a Mariner fan because I talk about it. And we'll

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get to Sounders, obviously, but this is what's

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on the biggest sports news in Seattle history

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right now. But the Padres are just dry Mariners,

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right? We're just wet Padres up in the Pacific

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Northwest. We have generational players, Hall

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of Fame players, no World Series title. They

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don't have a title, but they've been to them.

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No, no, no, no, no. Didn't the Padres win in

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85, 84? I'm pretty sure they won in 84. Anyway.

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Because I think 85 was the Tigers, 86 was the

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Mets. I think 84 was the Padres in early Tony

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Gwynn years. Well, just in our lifetime, right?

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They'd just be both franchises. Well, that was

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my lifetime, asshole. Yeah, you're an old man.

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Marty McFly references. I mean, you're not wrong.

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But they don't want the Dodgers to win. So I'm

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like, hey, we're looking pretty good if the Dodgers

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make it, which the Brewers might make it. That'll

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be an interesting World Series. So the Tigers

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played the Padres in 84, and the Tigers won the

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series four games to one. So I had the right

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era, but it was not the Padres. They haven't

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won it, though. Unless they won in 85. No, that

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was Kansas City. So, no, I guess the Padres maybe

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have never won. Yeah, they have a couple of pats.

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Anyway. So, yeah, it was glorious sitting in

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there at the bar. I had a beer and a water, a

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beer and a water, obviously thinking it would

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be nine innings. And then I'm like, I thought

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I'd be home at 8 o 'clock. I got home at 11.

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And I haven't sat at a bar that long since I

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was shit. early 20s but you know what that was

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that whole that that's the movie that's the movie

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version of that you know we all have our own

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different stories of of how that game went where

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we were cameron was there at the game yeah um

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he was sending some great videos uh you know

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humpy won his first ever fish race in the 15th

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inning or the 14th inning um Yeah. Historic day.

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Historic day. Better than the gold elevator.

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And then the weekend goes through, and they just

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beat the shit out of the Blue Jays, man. I mean,

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it was close for three innings in both games,

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and then the rest was just in control. The confidence

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is flying high. I'm trying not to get ahead of

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myself, but it's... No, enjoy... Okay, that's

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what I keep telling you and Cameron. Too often,

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you're too... waiting for the negative you're

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too quick like oh i've been burned by seattle

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sports enjoy the fucking ride enjoy it so enjoy

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that um i will not be watching game three because

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i will be going to see garbage at the paramount

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tomorrow cool yeah very excited about that i've

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never seen garbage they're one of the oh really

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that surprises me They're probably in my top

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five bands that I've never seen. Yeah, I think

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they're up there. But so very excited about that.

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And it's going to be probably, I think, their

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last major U .S. tour. So I think they announced

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that. I'm going to go see the Depeche Mode movie

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on the 28th. Documentary or biopic? No, it's

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like a... I think a live. Like a concert film?

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Yeah. Okay. I haven't even watched the trailer

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for it. I just, like, bought it. And I'm going.

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Yeah. IMAX. Okay. Just down the road. And that's

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on the 28th. It's only out for, like, a few days

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in select theaters. Okay. So check it out. Very

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cool. IMAX. I'm guessing it's, you know, concert

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footage and pieced together from their last tour,

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which is their first tour since Fletcher died.

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Yeah. Very cool. That's my music anecdote. There

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you go. Should we get into some soccer? Let's

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talk some soccer. Oh, and part of our scuttlebutt,

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I want to hear about 13 Coins, Copa 90, how that

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all went, the ultras there. Yeah. Listen to the

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show. Super FOMO for not being there, but plane

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tickets were a little expensive last minute,

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so I wasn't going to make it. Yeah, especially

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that weekend. Yeah. Now, first and foremost,

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yeah, let's start with this. Let's start with

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the big news right now. And, yeah, I'm putting

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this in the big news. Maybe even more than recent

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sporting event that happened about, oh, I don't

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know, 30 minutes ago. But OG Seattle Reign, Lauren

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Barnes, Lou Barnes is going to retire at the

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end of the season. This was announced yesterday.

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Um, Lou is been with the club since the very

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beginning of the Seattle rain. It was for the

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longest time, her fish lock and Rapinoe. Um,

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so she is going to retire. She holds the NWSL

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record for games played game started and minutes

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played. She is the first player in league history

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to be a part of a hundred wins for a former NWSL

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defender of the year. twice named to the best

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11, twice named to the second team best 11. So

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just an absolute legend. I just love watching

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her play and makes me sad to know that this is

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the end of the road. So for those of you that

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are thinking about going to the final rain game,

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which is this weekend on Friday, so not even

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this weekend, but on Friday will be the, the

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home closer against Utah. It'll be Friday at

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7 p .m. It will be Lou Barnes, her retirement

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send -off, if you will. But yeah, so what a career

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for her. Hopefully they can end it with an NWSL

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title. Well, that would be a storybook. It would.

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It would, and very deserving. Going into more

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recent, I alluded to it a second ago. Tonight,

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the USA played another friendly in their warm

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-up for the World Cup. Coming off of their 1

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-1 draw against Ecuador a few days ago. In that

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Ecuador game, our very own Christian Roldan came

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on in the 73rd minute. From that point on, nothing

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much happened. No goals, no assists, no anything.

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So just kind of mop -up duty, holding it down.

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Today, he got the start against Australia. And

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Australia did jump out to an early lead in the

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19th minute. But after that, in the 34th, ending

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in the 52nd, Christian Roldan had not one but

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two assists to Haji Wright. Both of them. Fantastic

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awareness. Really well done. Very excited. Both

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of those players are definitely on the bubble,

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and this is only going to improve their stock.

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Christian Roldan rated as an 8 .8. Haji Wright

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rated as a 9 .0. Christian went off in the 76th

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minute. Ended the game with two assists. 90 %

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passing, 47 -52. Two chances created. Two shots.

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62 touches, four passes into the final third,

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tackles one, five recoveries, three for three

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on ground duels, and only one foul. Just a really

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great performance from him. What did you think?

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Did you see the highlights? Did you get to watch

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the whole game? What was your thought? I didn't

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watch any of it. What are you talking about?

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Oh, you didn't get to see any of the highlights?

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I thought you were going to try and watch some

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highlights on that. No, I was re -watching the

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Sounders highlights before we recorded, just

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to recap because I've been so full of sports.

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I only have time for Seattle sports right now.

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Fair enough. Especially not international friendlies,

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but I am remiss that I didn't get to see Christian

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Roldan get those stats. So proud of that boy.

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That's what highlights are for, yeah. With that

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in mind, yeah, just a good day there for him.

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Also this week, the Under -20 World Cup. We got,

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in the final eight, we had not one but two Sounders

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players involved in that. Unfortunately, both

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of them, or maybe fortunately, depending on how

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you roll. Both of them lost. Mexico lost 2 -0

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to Argentina. Mexico at the end of that game

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got two red cards, one in the 90 plus two and

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then one in the 90 plus seven. So I don't know

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if that just got really chippy at the end. But

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Obed came off at the 70th minute when they were

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down 2 -0. So Argentina advances there. Obed

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started, I think, every game for Mexico. Yeah,

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so hopefully just gets a stronger look with the

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men's senior team. Then the next day, the U -20

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USA team lost 3 -1 to Morocco. And in that one,

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they brought on Reed Baker whiting in the 79th

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minute. At that time when we did, we were down

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2 -1, so it sounds like they probably brought

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him on to try and get a little bit of additional

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offense there, but just wasn't able to get that

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extra goal. They go down 3 -0, so both Reed and

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Obed will be coming back. How many minutes did

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Reed play? Did you say that? In this game, he

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played about... He came on in the 79th minute.

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Overall, that's kind of where he had been for

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most of it. I think he started one game for USA.

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But for the most part, yeah, he was coming in

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off the bench. Against Italy, he came on in the

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84th minute. um against south africa this was

00:17:05.180 --> 00:17:09.660
the final group stage game um in that one he

00:17:09.660 --> 00:17:15.000
started and went the full 90. uh in the france

00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:17.559
game the three nothing victory against france

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he came in off the bench i believe in the 84th

00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:25.720
minute um But in the 84th minute, he came in

00:17:25.720 --> 00:17:28.740
off the bench, and it was 0 -0. So three goals

00:17:28.740 --> 00:17:32.779
were scored in the six minutes that he was in.

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So that doesn't suck. So, yeah, so he was kind

00:17:37.019 --> 00:17:40.500
of getting some of those late -game minutes.

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But I can't complain. For him, too, it's just

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more the experience, right, just to be a part

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of such a— I think so. I mean, it's under 20,

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sure, but the next step is— senior team yeah

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so i mean i mean the thing is i he's not he's

00:17:55.539 --> 00:18:00.339
he's his next step is either trying to find a

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way to supplant um new who or to maybe build

00:18:05.619 --> 00:18:07.859
into a transfer it sounds like i think we did

00:18:07.859 --> 00:18:11.619
sign him or we're trying to sign him into a uh

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one of those one of those uh under 21s or under

00:18:15.359 --> 00:18:20.509
23 slots um utp slots or youth Whatever the hell

00:18:20.509 --> 00:18:25.250
the MLS terminology is for it. The under 23 spots.

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I get really confused sometimes when it's like,

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oh, under 20 World Cup. UDP, under 23. And then

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the 24 under 24. Like, it's just too many numbers.

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It's like pre -K and TK. TK is a thing down here.

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It's before pre -K. And then there's kindergarten.

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Then there's first grade. It's like that. Gracie's

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in the under -20s. I mean, aren't we all? The

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under -6s. In other news, yesterday in the AFCON

00:19:07.269 --> 00:19:16.089
World Cup qualification, Cameroon tied 0 -0 against

00:19:16.089 --> 00:19:22.240
Angola. Sorry, Afcon's the tournament, the CAF

00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:24.619
World Cup qualification. Cameroon tied Angola

00:19:24.619 --> 00:19:29.380
0 -0, knew who played the full 90, was listed

00:19:29.380 --> 00:19:32.779
as center back in a 4 -3 -3. I don't know if

00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:36.240
that's exactly where they had him, but I don't

00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:40.619
know if the 4 -3 -3 was the true shape. But Cameroon

00:19:40.619 --> 00:19:45.779
right now is... in a possible qualification for

00:19:45.779 --> 00:19:53.240
the world cup they there are um four groups in

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or how how do you know how does it how does it

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line up in in afghan or afghan in africa there

00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:07.599
are uh i how many letters is i a b c d that's

00:20:07.599 --> 00:20:11.220
like what that's nine that's nine so there are

00:20:11.220 --> 00:20:17.359
nine groups and the four of the nine best second

00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:21.180
place teams qualify for the world cup right now

00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:30.539
with um with two games left for cameroon they

00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:36.180
are the third best second place team um right

00:20:36.180 --> 00:20:40.240
on their heels one with the same number of points

00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:47.680
as them is nigeria niger and burkina faso now

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right now burkina faso and niger are out cameroon

00:20:51.140 --> 00:20:54.359
and nigeria are in they all have 15 points so

00:20:54.359 --> 00:20:56.599
these last two games are going to really matter

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and it's going to decide uh gabon is almost certainly

00:21:00.910 --> 00:21:04.650
going to be in there at 19 points but congo is

00:21:04.650 --> 00:21:07.869
at 16 cameroon nigeria burkina faso and niger

00:21:07.869 --> 00:21:13.170
at 15. um so if cameroon and burkina faso can

00:21:13.170 --> 00:21:18.009
make it that could see new who and georgie in

00:21:18.009 --> 00:21:20.269
the world cup next year because georgie has been

00:21:20.269 --> 00:21:23.579
getting playing time with perkina faso similar

00:21:23.579 --> 00:21:26.980
to reed baker whiting coming on in that 60 to

00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:31.380
70 minute time frame for some added attack and

00:21:31.380 --> 00:21:37.819
they drew um uh or sorry they beat ethiopia and

00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:40.539
they beat sierra leone this this tournament uh

00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:42.680
this this time around so it was really good for

00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:47.799
both of them uh for for that one um georgie came

00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:52.960
on in the 63rd minute um And all three goals

00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:56.400
for Burkina Faso came after Georgie came on.

00:21:56.519 --> 00:22:00.220
So that's encouraging. And then the other game

00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:04.099
with Ethiopia, or sorry, not Ethiopia, with Sierra

00:22:04.099 --> 00:22:10.039
Leone, Georgie came on in the 81st minute. And

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:13.359
Sierra Leone did not score in that time. They

00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:16.740
already had the 1 -0 lead. So a lot to digest,

00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:21.269
a lot going on. Overall, I felt like a pretty

00:22:21.269 --> 00:22:24.490
positive international break for Sounders land.

00:22:25.509 --> 00:22:29.509
Even back home, right? Were there 11 players

00:22:29.509 --> 00:22:32.670
out of the lineup with injuries and call -ups?

00:22:33.410 --> 00:22:37.109
Yeah. Do we want to get into that right now and

00:22:37.109 --> 00:22:38.410
talk about that? Do you want to take a break?

00:22:38.490 --> 00:22:41.109
I think we should take a break unless we have

00:22:41.109 --> 00:22:45.910
any other scuttlebutt we want to discuss. But

00:22:45.910 --> 00:22:49.119
I am itching to talk some Sounders. Yeah, let's

00:22:49.119 --> 00:22:51.539
talk about Sounders, and then the second half

00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:53.480
of the show, let's talk about Sounders. Let's

00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:55.180
see if there's anything outstanding in the mailbag,

00:22:55.339 --> 00:23:01.960
and why don't we then talk about Copa90. Actually,

00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:03.900
do you want to talk about Copa90 now and then

00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:07.859
go to break? Yeah, let's do that. Okay. So just

00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:11.380
for everyone else, because I don't know if they've

00:23:11.380 --> 00:23:15.390
had their segment up. I haven't even checked

00:23:15.390 --> 00:23:19.150
their channel on YouTube. But Gopin90 is a pretty

00:23:19.150 --> 00:23:23.730
big name in the soccer community. They did a

00:23:23.730 --> 00:23:28.650
segment a decade ago, just about Seattle. And

00:23:28.650 --> 00:23:31.109
they came up to do it again. And it's a problem

00:23:31.109 --> 00:23:32.849
we don't have Cameron available today to kind

00:23:32.849 --> 00:23:36.109
of tell us the genesis of how that all came about.

00:23:36.170 --> 00:23:39.420
But basically within a week. Cameron is walking

00:23:39.420 --> 00:23:42.240
around Seattle helping them with footage and

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:46.039
content for their segment they want to do on

00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:49.460
their channel on YouTube. And then they're filming

00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:54.059
you, Cameron, and the Ultras at 13 Coins post

00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:57.420
-Timbers match. So yeah, tell me and us all about

00:23:57.420 --> 00:24:01.259
that. So Copa90, it's kind of like a docuseries

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:04.140
for soccer. Usually it's not so much focusing

00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:07.299
on... the actual game, but what happens outside

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:11.559
the game. So their tagline is the world outside

00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:14.220
the 90 minutes that makes the 90 minutes matter

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:18.779
more. So trying to add that context to why we

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:21.420
give a shit about soccer. If you're listening

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:24.579
to this podcast, you clearly love soccer, even

00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:27.319
if not the Sounders. I know I listen in on other

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:30.539
teams' podcasts from time to time. They've got

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:33.059
some great series. In the past, they did one.

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:38.140
about Argentina, where they're kind of following

00:24:38.140 --> 00:24:42.680
the Argentinian World Cup win. They did a series

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:48.339
in the past about derby days and talking about

00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:52.279
the world's biggest rivalries. And so talking

00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:57.920
about Berlin and Seattle, Portland, and just

00:24:57.920 --> 00:25:01.779
some of the classic derbies all around the world.

00:25:03.049 --> 00:25:07.289
So they have all these different creations. It's

00:25:07.289 --> 00:25:09.990
my understanding that what they're working on

00:25:09.990 --> 00:25:12.970
has not been released yet. They're working on

00:25:12.970 --> 00:25:16.630
a series about the upcoming World Cup where they're

00:25:16.630 --> 00:25:22.250
trying to go to each of the host cities. kind

00:25:22.250 --> 00:25:24.589
of highlight what's going on with those cities.

00:25:24.730 --> 00:25:27.670
So we may end up seeing these produced a little

00:25:27.670 --> 00:25:30.450
closer to World Cup time. They may get released

00:25:30.450 --> 00:25:32.869
as a batch around then. I'm not entirely sure

00:25:32.869 --> 00:25:36.230
of the timeline. But as such, it happened to

00:25:36.230 --> 00:25:39.210
coincide with the Seattle Portland trip, the

00:25:39.210 --> 00:25:43.220
Seattle Portland Derby. They came down to Flat

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:47.319
Stick pregame. Some Timber fans were set up there.

00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:51.000
They often will use Flat Stick as a host for

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:55.359
their away group. So a few of us were down as

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:57.200
they were kind of winding down, getting ready

00:25:57.200 --> 00:26:00.920
to go into the stands. We were kind of interacting

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:03.980
with them, having a good time, just having good

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:11.390
banter. So that was nice. At that same time,

00:26:11.410 --> 00:26:14.410
they were working with Cameron while Cameron

00:26:14.410 --> 00:26:16.549
was kind of getting set up with his stuff, setting

00:26:16.549 --> 00:26:21.009
up the Gorilla FC banner. During the game, they

00:26:21.009 --> 00:26:23.789
were filming on the field, doing some stuff there.

00:26:24.789 --> 00:26:29.690
After the game, they joined us after they did

00:26:29.690 --> 00:26:33.609
post -game interviews with the teams. They joined

00:26:33.609 --> 00:26:37.630
us at 13 Coins to film a little bit of our post

00:26:37.630 --> 00:26:40.259
-game recording. which was great because it was

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:41.880
the first time we got all the ultras together

00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:45.180
in the room with us. The only thing missing was

00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:51.440
a certain host in San Diego. It was me. It was

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:56.619
me. Yeah. It was very Jim Carrey -esque. From

00:26:56.619 --> 00:27:01.160
what movie? Well, clearly you know. A pockmark

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:04.180
eventually. Short shriveled and always to the

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:10.140
left. Phenomenal movie. Good times. Yeah, they

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:14.759
were great. They were great. And the only person,

00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:18.619
one of the cameramen, was the only person I've

00:27:18.619 --> 00:27:23.000
met who was actually selected for the Visa first

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:28.049
round ticket lottery. Oh, so was that who raised

00:27:28.049 --> 00:27:30.750
their hand when you were in the show? Okay, that's

00:27:30.750 --> 00:27:34.970
funny. It's like, anyone? Anyone? Yay, we got

00:27:34.970 --> 00:27:41.750
one. Bueller. Bueller. Bye. That's awesome. Yeah,

00:27:41.849 --> 00:27:45.329
and so, by the way, spoiler alert, as we go a

00:27:45.329 --> 00:27:48.750
little ADD, the next round, basically if you

00:27:48.750 --> 00:27:51.910
get selected by FIFA at this point, you're looking

00:27:51.910 --> 00:27:56.619
at... category one overpriced tickets. So I would

00:27:56.619 --> 00:27:59.079
be surprised if you bought something, but good

00:27:59.079 --> 00:28:02.200
luck to you. I still wouldn't mind being chosen

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:05.099
just so I can go through the process and know

00:28:05.099 --> 00:28:08.119
how to navigate their particular site. So in

00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:11.279
future, in future lotteries, we can kind of do

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:13.819
that quickly. But the next lottery should be

00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:17.940
going into selection mode probably later this

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:22.569
month in a, in a, in a week or two. But obviously

00:28:22.569 --> 00:28:27.869
when we know more, we will post that. Last but

00:28:27.869 --> 00:28:30.450
not least, speaking of ticket lotteries, for

00:28:30.450 --> 00:28:33.049
those of you who are Savannah Banana and Banana

00:28:33.049 --> 00:28:38.470
Ball fans, you have until October 31st to enter

00:28:38.470 --> 00:28:43.049
a lottery for the next season. They posted the

00:28:43.049 --> 00:28:46.460
games. Doing a lot of minor league ballparks

00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:49.700
and major league ballparks. If it's a major league

00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:51.359
ballpark, it's probably involving the Savannah

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:53.400
Bananas. If it's a minor league ballpark like

00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:57.359
here in Tacoma, it'll involve two of the teams

00:28:57.359 --> 00:28:59.319
in the league that are not the Bananas, but still

00:28:59.319 --> 00:29:02.900
playing banana ball in that style. So be on the

00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:05.240
lookout for that. You can only enter and choose

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:08.500
one city when you're entering the lottery. So

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:16.059
choose wisely. What movie? Indiana Jones and

00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:23.460
the Last Crusade. Love it. He chose poorly. Junior.

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:32.680
Count to 20. In Greek. Indiana. Let it go. I

00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:34.539
can't do the accent. I can't. I don't even know

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:38.140
why I tried. You not only got to get the accent,

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:40.299
but you also got to get that voice like an octave

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:43.920
lower. And the two things. You can do one or

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:46.839
the other, but not both. Or neither, depending

00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:51.359
on your gifts. Okay, let's go to break. Let's

00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:54.460
go to break. Wait, how did she know she was a

00:29:54.460 --> 00:30:00.059
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00:31:00.410 --> 00:31:03.109
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00:31:03.109 --> 00:31:06.220
give away. You know, it would be fun. if Roma

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:09.900
wins that would be fun find a pocket of airfare

00:31:09.900 --> 00:31:12.500
where it's reasonable for me to just come up

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:14.759
for like 36 hours I've been trying to find that

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:18.480
it's just not feasible right now to come up but

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:21.980
one it rained here in San Diego and people freaked

00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:24.240
the fuck out it was a high of like 65 degrees

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:28.000
windy and rainy and I legitimately I'm not I

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:31.079
went outside and I just stood there and I was

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:36.759
like I want crisp cold dark that's what i want

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:41.440
i want to stand on first avenue and just can

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:45.359
i make a counter proposal what you guys want

00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:49.740
to come down here we come down there but we all

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:54.299
just go get a hotel somewhere and just have a

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:57.240
little boys weekend okay well i was suggesting

00:31:57.240 --> 00:32:01.279
more like for end of your party so if everyone

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:03.319
on the discord wants to come to san diego let's

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:06.960
go i mean there we go um but with that in mind

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:10.559
uh let's go to break shall we join patreon you

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time. And I got about a third of my beer left,

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:25.539
and then I'll crack a new one open. So I'm pacing

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:31.980
with the show. That works. So first off, why

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:33.860
don't we start with that? Yeah, so Sounders,

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:37.239
RSL. First off, the Game Prediction Challenge.

00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:40.059
We have two winners to announce. Two people got

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:50.789
the win this week. One was JesusM509! So, JesusM509!

00:34:51.030 --> 00:34:56.869
Really excited there. The second winner was my

00:34:56.869 --> 00:35:01.710
Seattle Reign co -season ticket holder, Sounders

00:35:01.710 --> 00:35:04.250
Dan. That's Daniel Rowe, fellow Alliance Council

00:35:04.250 --> 00:35:07.309
member. So, congratulations, Dan. Congratulations,

00:35:07.929 --> 00:35:11.130
both of you, Jesus and Dan. It is the Dan that

00:35:11.130 --> 00:35:14.429
is not the Bastard, although we did get to sit

00:35:14.429 --> 00:35:17.250
with Dan the Bastard this week. So that was great.

00:35:18.289 --> 00:35:22.510
And, yeah, so congratulations there. So we had

00:35:22.510 --> 00:35:28.449
a 1 -0 victory against RSL. What did you think

00:35:28.449 --> 00:35:30.710
going into the game, seeing the lineup? I know

00:35:30.710 --> 00:35:33.730
we were very shorthanded in the center of the

00:35:33.730 --> 00:35:38.469
park. Did I say 11? 11 we're missing? Oh, geez.

00:35:38.550 --> 00:35:41.130
Yeah, I don't know. It might have been 11, but

00:35:41.130 --> 00:35:46.170
basically the only true midfielders that we had

00:35:46.170 --> 00:35:54.730
were Jaupalo, Danny Leyva, and Stu Hawkins were

00:35:54.730 --> 00:35:59.190
the only true midfielders. Anyone else was, you

00:35:59.190 --> 00:36:02.409
know, an attacking band of three or had to call

00:36:02.409 --> 00:36:04.349
up. We had to call up a few people from emergency

00:36:04.349 --> 00:36:07.719
loan. We had to call up. Peter Kingston from

00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:15.300
Tacoma. We had to call up Antino Lopez. We had

00:36:15.300 --> 00:36:21.800
to call up Sebastian Gomez. Just to make a game

00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:23.980
day roster and we're still two people short.

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:28.980
So, I mean, at that point, we probably should

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:30.639
have just, just for the hell of it, should have

00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:35.119
called up Castro, our goalkeeper, if for no other

00:36:35.119 --> 00:36:38.179
reason than to, if for no other reason, just

00:36:38.179 --> 00:36:42.059
give him an in the 18 bonus, if that's a thing.

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:46.219
So, yeah, so we went with Jaupalo and Danny Leyva

00:36:46.219 --> 00:36:48.760
in the middle, which we kind of... And the lineup

00:36:48.760 --> 00:36:53.449
was a 4 -3, a 4 -2 -3 -1. That's how it was officially

00:36:53.449 --> 00:36:57.269
listed. But you had Rothrock as a left back.

00:36:58.670 --> 00:37:02.150
Yeah, I mean, that's the way they listed it,

00:37:02.210 --> 00:37:09.030
but it was effectively a 3 -5, a 3 -5 -1, you

00:37:09.030 --> 00:37:14.550
know, a 3 -5 -1 -1, 3 -5... Jesus, I don't even

00:37:14.550 --> 00:37:17.250
know what the hell that would be. Jesus, M -509,

00:37:17.469 --> 00:37:20.250
what would that be? I mean, I guess it was a...

00:37:20.710 --> 00:37:23.210
I don't know if I'd call it a 3 -5 -2. It was

00:37:23.210 --> 00:37:25.710
more of a 3 -5 -1 -1, really. You know, it was

00:37:25.710 --> 00:37:32.170
kind of this weird. Amoeba. Yeah. I mean, it

00:37:32.170 --> 00:37:35.030
worked really well. I mean, watching Paul Rothrock

00:37:35.030 --> 00:37:38.710
basically going end line to end line was really

00:37:38.710 --> 00:37:44.230
interesting. We came out of the gate. By the

00:37:44.230 --> 00:37:46.989
10 -minute mark, we could have had four to five

00:37:46.989 --> 00:37:51.780
goals. Some might argue we should have had at

00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:56.119
least three goals. That first 25 minutes, I would

00:37:56.119 --> 00:38:05.920
say, was just very, very insane. Our expected

00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:09.360
goals in the first half was 1 .85, but a lot

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:15.179
of that came from the first few minutes. coming

00:38:15.179 --> 00:38:17.579
out of the gate with our hair on fire was really

00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:20.719
entertaining. What were your thoughts watching

00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:25.179
the game on TV? Yeah, it was fast -paced. It

00:38:25.179 --> 00:38:28.300
was exciting. I mean, I wonder if part of it,

00:38:28.360 --> 00:38:30.639
you know, Real Salt Lake had nothing really to

00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:32.900
go off of in terms of training. Like, they don't

00:38:32.900 --> 00:38:34.880
know who was going to be available, where they

00:38:34.880 --> 00:38:36.619
were going to play. They knew generally who would

00:38:36.619 --> 00:38:42.260
be available. But no tape on the formation. And

00:38:42.260 --> 00:38:48.159
the pairings, right? Leyva and JP? Well, we had

00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:49.820
that early in the season when we were trading

00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:52.440
off Obet during Champions League runs. Sample

00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:55.800
size is tiny, right? And that was early in the

00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:58.019
season. It was a season ago, right? But they

00:38:58.019 --> 00:39:00.480
also didn't have Paul Rothrock as a left back.

00:39:00.900 --> 00:39:03.920
So I didn't even know what to expect other than

00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:08.420
just... Feeling like we need a result here. There

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:11.440
was that stagnant period after the League's Cup

00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:14.239
final. It looks like we're on the, got a little

00:39:14.239 --> 00:39:16.579
bit of a rebound, kind of like pulling our bootstraps

00:39:16.579 --> 00:39:21.460
up. But with being kind of, for lack of a better

00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:23.639
word, decimated for availability with players,

00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:28.480
starting players, I was like, we need a result

00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:32.019
here at home. Real Salt Lake is not, where are

00:39:32.019 --> 00:39:34.199
they on the table? They're not. They were fighting

00:39:34.199 --> 00:39:35.940
for a playoff position. They're at the bottom

00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:39.599
of the playoff table. But they're not bottom

00:39:39.599 --> 00:39:40.940
feeders, so they're going to have fight in them.

00:39:41.079 --> 00:39:42.860
So it's just like this. No, they're battling

00:39:42.860 --> 00:39:47.300
for literally nine. Yeah. Yeah. So I was pleasantly

00:39:47.300 --> 00:39:51.739
surprised, honestly. And we scored in four minutes

00:39:51.739 --> 00:39:55.320
on a great sequence. Right. Yeah. Borderline

00:39:55.320 --> 00:40:00.239
was close. I mean, with VAR didn't come into

00:40:00.239 --> 00:40:05.800
play, but. I mean, ball don't lie. No, yeah.

00:40:07.539 --> 00:40:11.840
You know, it was really crazy for me where the

00:40:11.840 --> 00:40:16.900
– you just mentioned it. Our run of form has

00:40:16.900 --> 00:40:20.800
been kind of – you used the word horrendous since

00:40:20.800 --> 00:40:23.000
– I did not say that word. Not horrendous. What

00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:25.019
did you say? Stagnant. You said stagnant. Thank

00:40:25.019 --> 00:40:27.099
you. Since the League's Cup. Very different.

00:40:27.949 --> 00:40:30.570
You're right, and I definitely don't want to

00:40:30.570 --> 00:40:32.550
put words in your mouth. I do not like using

00:40:32.550 --> 00:40:34.610
a straw man argument, so my apologies there.

00:40:34.989 --> 00:40:37.469
But it has been stagnant, but at the same time,

00:40:37.530 --> 00:40:41.289
we've gotten two wins, two losses, and two draws

00:40:41.289 --> 00:40:46.409
in the six games since. Now, granted, the two

00:40:46.409 --> 00:40:50.250
wins were the last two wins, so before those

00:40:50.250 --> 00:40:53.650
two games, going four games without a win was

00:40:53.650 --> 00:41:02.300
not... not 0 -4, just 0 -2 -2. But I get the

00:41:02.300 --> 00:41:05.500
point. I do get the point. Now, the interesting

00:41:05.500 --> 00:41:08.860
thing for me and the reason for optimism is the

00:41:08.860 --> 00:41:14.800
last two wins were definitely the derby against

00:41:14.800 --> 00:41:17.260
Portland, so it's always going to be a battle.

00:41:17.320 --> 00:41:18.860
It's always going to feel like a playoff atmosphere.

00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:24.230
And this game, both of them 1 -0 wins. It's not

00:41:24.230 --> 00:41:27.269
so much the one that I care about, it's the nothing

00:41:27.269 --> 00:41:30.929
that I care about. And I'm very pleased to see

00:41:30.929 --> 00:41:37.489
the defensive shutout, the working for that,

00:41:37.630 --> 00:41:46.929
because they weren't exactly the sexiest of wins.

00:41:47.130 --> 00:41:52.380
We've had a really great... run of offense basically

00:41:52.380 --> 00:41:55.679
since the Club World Cup. So the second half

00:41:55.679 --> 00:41:58.519
of the season, I thought our offense is maybe

00:41:58.519 --> 00:42:01.059
the best it's ever looked, and I'm including

00:42:01.059 --> 00:42:05.880
the Obiduse years. Maybe not as dynamic with

00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:08.139
trick passes and that kind of stuff, but just

00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:10.719
as far as well -rounded and just scoring a shit

00:42:10.719 --> 00:42:14.119
ton of goals, it's been a really good year for

00:42:14.119 --> 00:42:16.280
them. It looks like Puebla is the last game we

00:42:16.280 --> 00:42:26.440
didn't score a goal in. Wow. Yeah, and that was

00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:30.800
the hard -fought. August 20th. Yeah, I mean,

00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:33.079
it was back -to -back games and the Minnesota

00:42:33.079 --> 00:42:38.119
game before that. But really, those two games

00:42:38.119 --> 00:42:43.519
a couple days apart, it wasn't since PSG, if

00:42:43.519 --> 00:42:47.179
you want to count PSG. Or it's a June. It wasn't

00:42:47.179 --> 00:42:51.579
since June. So we've been scoring a lot. And

00:42:51.579 --> 00:42:58.739
so this game, I think the 1 -0 scoreline is very

00:42:58.739 --> 00:43:03.440
complimentary offensively towards Salt Lake.

00:43:03.960 --> 00:43:09.219
But I also felt like Salt Lake. made me a little

00:43:09.219 --> 00:43:11.659
more nervous than i would have liked in this

00:43:11.659 --> 00:43:13.900
game especially as the game went on especially

00:43:13.900 --> 00:43:17.420
in like the 89th minute right yeah yeah when

00:43:17.420 --> 00:43:21.679
that yeah that that just kind of it was interesting

00:43:21.679 --> 00:43:23.460
because it kind of sucked some of the energy

00:43:23.460 --> 00:43:25.960
out yeah even though it got called brought back

00:43:25.960 --> 00:43:30.059
it was still yeah but but that was also around

00:43:30.059 --> 00:43:32.039
the time when it really started pissing rain

00:43:32.039 --> 00:43:36.050
um Admittedly, the second half of that game was

00:43:36.050 --> 00:43:38.670
very tough for me. I suddenly got a migraine,

00:43:38.710 --> 00:43:42.570
which never happens to me in the game. Your body's

00:43:42.570 --> 00:43:48.150
like too much sleep, dude. The last five minutes,

00:43:48.289 --> 00:43:55.590
I was leaned over on the rail just trying to

00:43:55.590 --> 00:44:01.579
keep it together. home that light rail ride home

00:44:01.579 --> 00:44:05.800
was rough i got home i threw up oh damn um like

00:44:05.800 --> 00:44:08.960
headache and just it wasn't i wasn't sick i agree

00:44:08.960 --> 00:44:12.599
and that's yeah that's insane it doesn't happen

00:44:12.599 --> 00:44:15.059
to me often like i can't remember the last time

00:44:15.059 --> 00:44:20.679
so it was very unusual um anyways uh so what

00:44:20.679 --> 00:44:23.480
did you think about what'd you think about um

00:44:23.480 --> 00:44:27.159
the game i mean jordan's missed penalty that

00:44:27.159 --> 00:44:30.619
was a bit of a bummer that was I don't like Jordan

00:44:30.619 --> 00:44:34.679
up there anyway. Taking penalties? I don't have

00:44:34.679 --> 00:44:39.280
a lot of finishing confidence in Jordan. He puts

00:44:39.280 --> 00:44:44.059
himself... From the spot. Yeah. Or in general.

00:44:44.139 --> 00:44:48.519
In general. I mean, he obviously can get goals.

00:44:49.639 --> 00:44:53.800
He can obviously score. But I just... I feel

00:44:53.800 --> 00:44:56.519
like my eye test over his career has been...

00:44:56.519 --> 00:45:00.929
I've seen a lot of... shanks a lot of should

00:45:00.929 --> 00:45:04.489
have done better i i don't know well but i think

00:45:04.489 --> 00:45:07.530
as athletically he's i think that's where he

00:45:07.530 --> 00:45:10.309
he gets the advantage and puts himself some positions

00:45:10.309 --> 00:45:13.650
on where he does get those goals but i don't

00:45:13.650 --> 00:45:17.050
know well i think in this particular situation

00:45:17.050 --> 00:45:22.909
one he earns the penalty and so i think he wanted

00:45:22.909 --> 00:45:26.469
to take it especially since his last goal was

00:45:26.469 --> 00:45:29.920
in july against Sporting Kansas City. That's

00:45:29.920 --> 00:45:34.039
fair. But he missed. Yeah, I know, and that's

00:45:34.039 --> 00:45:37.320
the bitch of it all. That's the bitch. Well,

00:45:38.579 --> 00:45:41.159
no, no, what I mean by that is, you know, because

00:45:41.159 --> 00:45:44.980
since July 12th against Sporting Kansas City

00:45:44.980 --> 00:45:47.260
when he got that goal in 45 minutes of play,

00:45:47.420 --> 00:45:51.780
he came on for 25 minutes, 16 minutes, 10 minutes,

00:45:51.960 --> 00:45:57.619
30 minutes. 30 minutes in the League's Cup final,

00:45:57.800 --> 00:46:00.119
or I'm sorry, 30 minutes in the League's Cup

00:46:00.119 --> 00:46:04.579
rematch, the Miami game, 30 minutes. 30 minutes

00:46:04.579 --> 00:46:07.900
against Austin, 45 against Vancouver, 65 against

00:46:07.900 --> 00:46:10.039
Portland, and 80 against Salt Lake. So the good

00:46:10.039 --> 00:46:12.619
news is his minutes are trending up. That's the

00:46:12.619 --> 00:46:15.360
great news. The bad news is he hasn't scored

00:46:15.360 --> 00:46:20.889
in quite some time. Um, so I think that's why

00:46:20.889 --> 00:46:23.730
we saw him taking the penalty when normally,

00:46:23.889 --> 00:46:28.590
I mean, if this was a playoff game, I think with

00:46:28.590 --> 00:46:31.409
this lineup, even with, with this lineup, it

00:46:31.409 --> 00:46:34.050
would have been Pedro. It would have been Alex,

00:46:34.210 --> 00:46:36.570
even Alex, even. Well, and here's the thing.

00:46:36.570 --> 00:46:39.369
What were they at? 49 points at that point with

00:46:39.369 --> 00:46:43.860
a goal. So just looking at the table now, the

00:46:43.860 --> 00:46:46.139
next game doesn't matter. So this game really

00:46:46.139 --> 00:46:47.980
didn't matter in the standings. You guys touched

00:46:47.980 --> 00:46:50.500
on it in the last show. Yeah, it would have needed

00:46:50.500 --> 00:46:53.719
a very – we would have had to have lost both

00:46:53.719 --> 00:46:56.239
games and the other team would have – yeah, it

00:46:56.239 --> 00:46:59.340
was – The three points wasn't required. Like

00:46:59.340 --> 00:47:02.400
we didn't need the three points. we don't want

00:47:02.400 --> 00:47:04.420
to lose a game. You want to have momentum going

00:47:04.420 --> 00:47:06.500
into the playoffs, but especially when you're

00:47:06.500 --> 00:47:09.099
up one, nothing you already have. Yeah. So with

00:47:09.099 --> 00:47:11.840
that perspective, I'm not, yeah, I guess in hindsight

00:47:11.840 --> 00:47:15.039
now, just talking through it, I'm not at whatever

00:47:15.039 --> 00:47:17.679
and getting him the opportunity to maybe shake

00:47:17.679 --> 00:47:19.639
that off to go into the playoffs. Yes. I'd like

00:47:19.639 --> 00:47:22.000
Jordan Morris to feel confident and have some

00:47:22.000 --> 00:47:24.900
goal recent goals in his back pocket going into

00:47:24.900 --> 00:47:27.440
the playoffs. Cause I still think he's our, our,

00:47:27.480 --> 00:47:32.900
our starter up top. And I like how he's assimilating,

00:47:32.940 --> 00:47:35.039
and I do think there's enough talent to get him

00:47:35.039 --> 00:47:37.920
those goals that he does finish. But I just don't

00:47:37.920 --> 00:47:39.420
have a lot of confidence, and I never really

00:47:39.420 --> 00:47:45.280
have with him. But I will say, I was extremely

00:47:45.280 --> 00:47:47.739
happy, especially in that first half, seeing

00:47:47.739 --> 00:47:52.119
how many times the Sounders were just going over

00:47:52.119 --> 00:47:55.539
the top. Yes, finally. It was... And that's what

00:47:55.539 --> 00:47:58.239
Jordan brings. You can't do that with Danny.

00:47:58.420 --> 00:48:01.619
You just can't. And that's why you have Jordan

00:48:01.619 --> 00:48:04.639
on the field. If you want to see what our offense

00:48:04.639 --> 00:48:07.079
does differently with Jordan, it unlocks that

00:48:07.079 --> 00:48:11.739
ability. Pedro helps with that too. Oh, 100%.

00:48:11.739 --> 00:48:15.760
100%. I mean, I was looking around for the free

00:48:15.760 --> 00:48:22.739
Pedro chance, but Alex Diaz was not here to watch

00:48:22.739 --> 00:48:28.880
this game with us, unfortunately. Yeah, so I

00:48:28.880 --> 00:48:35.219
thought overall, really happy to see. Yeah, and

00:48:35.219 --> 00:48:37.420
the stats show that. I mean, I was really happy

00:48:37.420 --> 00:48:41.400
to see Joe Apollo get more game time. 60 solid

00:48:41.400 --> 00:48:45.320
minutes. Exciting for Stu Hawkins to get 30 minutes.

00:48:45.340 --> 00:48:47.860
Exciting to see Peter Kingston get his first

00:48:47.860 --> 00:48:52.519
time as a sounder. Antonio Antino Lopez get his

00:48:52.519 --> 00:48:56.039
first time as a sounder. Antino is 23 years old

00:48:56.039 --> 00:49:00.860
for Tacoma. Peter Kingston, 24 years old, but

00:49:00.860 --> 00:49:03.719
he's played previously with Ballard FC. Won a

00:49:03.719 --> 00:49:05.900
national championship with them. What a fucking

00:49:05.900 --> 00:49:09.199
goal he had in that game. So it's just really

00:49:09.199 --> 00:49:12.619
exciting to see them get rewarded with some time.

00:49:13.940 --> 00:49:18.219
It didn't cost us, although not without some

00:49:18.219 --> 00:49:22.059
scary moments there, that goal that was offside.

00:49:23.480 --> 00:49:27.940
But yeah, so I thought overall it was also really

00:49:27.940 --> 00:49:29.900
nice, if I'm being completely honest, it was

00:49:29.900 --> 00:49:35.239
really nice to see DeAndre Yedlin again. Yes.

00:49:35.639 --> 00:49:39.260
Yes, I... I'm so sorry he's stuck there, but

00:49:39.260 --> 00:49:43.320
very great to see him. And... Do you think he

00:49:43.320 --> 00:49:48.420
finds himself back in Seattle in some way, shape,

00:49:48.420 --> 00:49:54.260
or form? It would have to be... It would have

00:49:54.260 --> 00:49:59.059
to be in a Freddie Montero, Kellen Rowe, like,

00:49:59.099 --> 00:50:01.800
you're just getting these backup minutes kind

00:50:01.800 --> 00:50:07.710
of thing. It would... I just don't see it because

00:50:07.710 --> 00:50:11.309
right now Kalani and Alex have that right backside

00:50:11.309 --> 00:50:15.329
lockdown. What about in an Andy Rose type situation?

00:50:15.969 --> 00:50:19.150
Like as a coach? I don't know if he's a coach

00:50:19.150 --> 00:50:21.610
type guy. I don't know. I don't know, but I love

00:50:21.610 --> 00:50:25.889
Yedlin. He's one of my... He's a great one. I

00:50:25.889 --> 00:50:28.349
love him. I love him. The Rufio hair and that

00:50:28.349 --> 00:50:32.170
goal. Can I tell you my favorite part about that

00:50:32.170 --> 00:50:35.639
game? The Mariner celebration they did after

00:50:35.639 --> 00:50:37.880
the goal? That was really awesome, actually.

00:50:38.500 --> 00:50:42.199
This is slightly sarcastic. My favorite part

00:50:42.199 --> 00:50:45.579
of this game is that there was a player that

00:50:45.579 --> 00:50:48.780
came on for Salt Lake. I did not even know, not

00:50:48.780 --> 00:50:51.440
only one, that he was on Salt Lake, but two,

00:50:51.639 --> 00:50:55.239
I did not even know he came onto the field. When

00:50:55.239 --> 00:50:57.380
he came onto the field, did not know. I didn't

00:50:57.380 --> 00:50:59.780
know until well after the game that he was there.

00:50:59.820 --> 00:51:03.699
And Johnny Russell. Someone who's been such a

00:51:03.699 --> 00:51:11.900
thorn in our side all career long in MLS. Yeah.

00:51:12.559 --> 00:51:15.880
Really glad. Really glad that I didn't even know

00:51:15.880 --> 00:51:17.500
during the game because that would have made

00:51:17.500 --> 00:51:23.340
the migraine even worse. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I didn't

00:51:23.340 --> 00:51:25.980
notice a Mariner celebration until I was watching

00:51:25.980 --> 00:51:27.619
the highlights before we were recording. And

00:51:27.619 --> 00:51:29.559
I was just like, wait, what was that little circle

00:51:29.559 --> 00:51:32.829
thing they just did? It's called a circle jerk.

00:51:32.869 --> 00:51:36.150
I knew you were going to do that. As soon as

00:51:36.150 --> 00:51:41.210
it was coming out of my mouth. That's not a circle

00:51:41.210 --> 00:51:43.289
jerk. That's something different. That's a glory

00:51:43.289 --> 00:51:45.969
hole. I've been doing it all wrong. When it's

00:51:45.969 --> 00:51:47.670
coming out of your mouth, that's a glory hole.

00:51:47.849 --> 00:51:49.710
I should always just text you before I get started

00:51:49.710 --> 00:51:51.630
on any of those activities to find out if I'm

00:51:51.630 --> 00:51:56.239
doing it right. Anyway, Jesus. I was about to

00:51:56.239 --> 00:51:58.699
say what a dick, but then I just made that even

00:51:58.699 --> 00:52:02.260
worse. Don't be an asshole. I'm trying not to,

00:52:02.340 --> 00:52:07.659
but I am going to show you this. A photo of you

00:52:07.659 --> 00:52:13.960
clothed next to Yedlin half naked. Yeah. And

00:52:13.960 --> 00:52:18.360
other people. That's awesome. That's good stuff.

00:52:18.400 --> 00:52:25.590
That's 2014. I wish I had abs. You could. No,

00:52:25.590 --> 00:52:31.610
they're there. No. No. No, they're not. They're

00:52:31.610 --> 00:52:35.449
not. I'm sorry. But that's okay. You're still

00:52:35.449 --> 00:52:38.869
beautiful. Still a beautiful man. No matter what

00:52:38.869 --> 00:52:43.809
they say. So we get away 1 -0 on a short bench.

00:52:43.989 --> 00:52:47.889
I thought we navigated that really well. And

00:52:47.889 --> 00:52:52.900
now we find ourselves. And now we have. For the

00:52:52.900 --> 00:52:57.800
first time, maybe ever, that might be the first

00:52:57.800 --> 00:53:02.900
time ever that literally going into decision

00:53:02.900 --> 00:53:06.500
day that we can't move up or down. Now, what

00:53:06.500 --> 00:53:09.000
will matter is who we potentially play, and let's

00:53:09.000 --> 00:53:11.679
talk about that, shall we? In the playoffs? Yeah,

00:53:12.380 --> 00:53:16.340
so if the playoffs started today, we would currently

00:53:16.340 --> 00:53:19.079
play Minnesota. How would you feel about that

00:53:19.079 --> 00:53:27.630
matchup? Honestly, not too confident. Well, it

00:53:27.630 --> 00:53:31.050
depends on our line. We lost twice, but we lost

00:53:31.050 --> 00:53:34.849
twice by one goal. They are good, but they're

00:53:34.849 --> 00:53:40.710
beatable. And I just, I don't think, I think

00:53:40.710 --> 00:53:43.230
the way they play with that giving possession

00:53:43.230 --> 00:53:47.519
up, if we've got... I'm going to take our best

00:53:47.519 --> 00:53:50.280
with our possession against their non -possession.

00:53:50.380 --> 00:53:55.039
I'm going to take that. We played them between

00:53:55.039 --> 00:53:58.199
LA Galaxy. We beat them 4 -0. This is in the

00:53:58.199 --> 00:54:01.300
middle of the League's Cup. And then the next

00:54:01.300 --> 00:54:04.119
game after we lost to them 1 -0 was Puebla 0

00:54:04.119 --> 00:54:06.820
-0. Then Kansas City, we beat them 5 -2. So we

00:54:06.820 --> 00:54:11.679
played them in the heart of our rise of the season.

00:54:12.900 --> 00:54:17.960
That tells me that we were on some of our best

00:54:17.960 --> 00:54:22.579
production of the whole season, and they still

00:54:22.579 --> 00:54:25.699
beat us 1 -0. We were away, which we would be...

00:54:25.699 --> 00:54:32.380
Wait, what's the format? No, no, the first round

00:54:32.380 --> 00:54:36.199
is just there. Is the best of three. Oh, okay.

00:54:36.570 --> 00:54:40.269
Yeah. No, no. The wild card, that's the eight

00:54:40.269 --> 00:54:44.409
versus nine. It's a one game. But the first round

00:54:44.409 --> 00:54:47.070
would be, the four versus five would be a three,

00:54:47.110 --> 00:54:49.409
best of three series like Houston last year.

00:54:49.550 --> 00:54:53.210
I think it would be two really good teams and

00:54:53.210 --> 00:54:55.630
a really good match. Just keep this in mind.

00:54:55.889 --> 00:55:00.630
When we played Minnesota last, we had Osase de

00:55:00.630 --> 00:55:03.699
Rosario starting up top. We did not have Albert

00:55:03.699 --> 00:55:06.679
Rosnack. We did not have Danny Mussofsky. We

00:55:06.679 --> 00:55:09.400
did not have Jordan Morris. We did not have Pedro

00:55:09.400 --> 00:55:16.639
de la Vega. We did not have... We did a 3 -4

00:55:16.639 --> 00:55:21.139
-3 with Reed Baker, Whiting, Christian, Obed,

00:55:21.219 --> 00:55:28.860
and Alex in the middle with Jesus Osase and Paul

00:55:28.860 --> 00:55:34.360
Rothrock. That's... Not ideal. Yeah. So, okay.

00:55:34.619 --> 00:55:40.079
Fine. Fine. So there's that. Now, conversely,

00:55:40.079 --> 00:55:43.920
that other game right before the Club World Cup

00:55:43.920 --> 00:55:47.559
was just a strange game. That was the shirt game.

00:55:47.719 --> 00:55:50.579
That was the infamous pay the players protest

00:55:50.579 --> 00:55:56.840
game. Now, taking away maybe the distraction

00:55:56.840 --> 00:56:00.019
of the pregame, you know, Monopoly, Man, FIFA,

00:56:00.760 --> 00:56:07.659
um thing funny side story about that got to spend

00:56:07.659 --> 00:56:10.079
about two hours about an hour and a half with

00:56:10.079 --> 00:56:12.219
paul rothrock last week in the alliance council

00:56:12.219 --> 00:56:15.699
meeting and he was just sitting literally next

00:56:15.699 --> 00:56:20.280
to me um around the table and just telling stories

00:56:20.280 --> 00:56:22.820
and we're just having a a cool chat about soccer

00:56:22.820 --> 00:56:26.579
good times and i brought up the idea because

00:56:26.579 --> 00:56:28.699
the the subject of the club world cup pay us

00:56:29.900 --> 00:56:33.579
came up brought up the idea you know we should

00:56:33.579 --> 00:56:37.500
take one of those shirts get it signed by the

00:56:37.500 --> 00:56:40.659
entire team and auction it for rave foundation

00:56:40.659 --> 00:56:45.239
uh which certainly got a big laugh and that's

00:56:45.239 --> 00:56:47.980
a great idea from paul rothrock so let's make

00:56:47.980 --> 00:56:50.019
it happen you didn't talk about the secrets though

00:56:50.019 --> 00:56:55.039
did he uh no we talked about bad brains and black

00:56:55.039 --> 00:56:59.079
flag not the circle jerks See what I did there?

00:56:59.460 --> 00:57:04.940
Nice. Yeah. No. But the second time, that Minnesota

00:57:04.940 --> 00:57:06.480
game, the first game we played them this year,

00:57:06.519 --> 00:57:09.920
we lost 3 -2 at home, which is one of our only

00:57:09.920 --> 00:57:17.400
home losses. I did. Germs? You're looking creepy.

00:57:17.920 --> 00:57:22.260
Oh, I missed the germs. Reference? Or was my

00:57:22.260 --> 00:57:29.570
take just garbage? No, no, it was quite the smear

00:57:29.570 --> 00:57:32.429
attempt on me. I'll give you a pat on the back

00:57:32.429 --> 00:57:38.269
on that one. Pat. Oh, the one -two punch. Well

00:57:38.269 --> 00:57:43.210
done. So, yeah, that 3 -2 game at home, that

00:57:43.210 --> 00:57:45.030
was, I think, our first home loss of the year.

00:57:47.050 --> 00:57:51.800
That game was a little different. In that game,

00:57:51.920 --> 00:57:54.659
we didn't have Jordan. We didn't have Alex. Honestly,

00:57:54.659 --> 00:57:56.780
we don't even have to look back that far, right?

00:57:57.440 --> 00:57:59.699
Not to shut you up. But that was also the weird

00:57:59.699 --> 00:58:04.920
game where there were four goals in 10 minutes

00:58:04.920 --> 00:58:10.300
in that 50th. The 51st, 54th, 55th, and 58th.

00:58:10.300 --> 00:58:15.900
It was just a weird, weird game. Minnesota. I

00:58:15.900 --> 00:58:17.760
like our chances. That's the short answer. Okay.

00:58:17.840 --> 00:58:20.320
Yeah, I do like our chances. And we can get deeper

00:58:20.320 --> 00:58:23.900
into the playoff talk, especially after this

00:58:23.900 --> 00:58:26.639
next weekend. Yeah, once we find out who we play.

00:58:26.719 --> 00:58:28.679
Yeah, but it looks like it likely probably would

00:58:28.679 --> 00:58:34.559
be Minnesota. Who would be the other option?

00:58:35.320 --> 00:58:40.280
It could be LAFC. Oh, yeah. Depending on how

00:58:40.280 --> 00:58:45.000
those games go, it could... theoretically be

00:58:45.000 --> 00:58:49.599
san diego if minnesota and la win and san diego

00:58:49.599 --> 00:58:53.559
lose it would be san diego so it's going to be

00:58:53.559 --> 00:58:57.559
san diego lafc or minnesota because then i might

00:58:57.559 --> 00:59:06.539
would you make the trip i would look you wouldn't

00:59:06.539 --> 00:59:10.860
eliminate it as a possibility i would look the

00:59:10.860 --> 00:59:14.610
x factor is This would be right around the time

00:59:14.610 --> 00:59:16.949
the next round of World Cup tickets go on sale,

00:59:17.110 --> 00:59:19.349
and I might need all the credit card money for

00:59:19.349 --> 00:59:22.670
that. Got it. You know credit's not real money,

00:59:22.769 --> 00:59:26.309
so it doesn't matter. Yeah, but I basically,

00:59:26.369 --> 00:59:29.289
up until I got this job, I was pretty much at

00:59:29.289 --> 00:59:33.030
the max of all my... Just don't pay it. Just

00:59:33.030 --> 00:59:36.949
don't pay it. It's fine. No, I mean, I'm hoping

00:59:36.949 --> 00:59:40.690
for a matchup against San Diego for obvious reasons.

00:59:40.769 --> 00:59:43.900
One, I get another match to go to. I got to go

00:59:43.900 --> 00:59:49.039
to the one which was not enjoyable from the game

00:59:49.039 --> 00:59:52.360
standpoint, but it was great to take Gracie.

00:59:52.380 --> 00:59:54.440
Great to be with ECS and all that kind of stuff,

00:59:54.579 --> 00:59:58.039
but it would be awesome. But yeah, if it ended

00:59:58.039 --> 01:00:00.119
today, we're playing Minnesota. There's potential

01:00:00.119 --> 01:00:04.719
for LAFC, San Diego, obviously. And for context,

01:00:04.780 --> 01:00:08.800
this week, so it will be a little bit of a crazy

01:00:08.800 --> 01:00:13.030
week. LAFC does play Colorado, so not... looking

01:00:13.030 --> 01:00:19.469
great for that. San Diego plays Portland, but

01:00:19.469 --> 01:00:21.809
the thing is, Colorado and Portland are both

01:00:21.809 --> 01:00:24.710
playing for seeding, so they got shit to do.

01:00:24.949 --> 01:00:29.489
And New York, by the way, I mean, just looking

01:00:29.489 --> 01:00:32.750
at the game this weekend, we're probably going

01:00:32.750 --> 01:00:37.030
to put in some of our youth, knowing Schmetzer,

01:00:37.130 --> 01:00:42.119
you're probably going to see Hawkins. I don't

01:00:42.119 --> 01:00:44.340
know. I don't know how we're going to approach

01:00:44.340 --> 01:00:46.159
that because there's the other side that makes

01:00:46.159 --> 01:00:49.519
you wonder, like, you want to get a good run

01:00:49.519 --> 01:00:53.599
in. It might be. I think it'll be a good mix.

01:00:53.719 --> 01:00:56.039
We're going to use all our subs, all our sub

01:00:56.039 --> 01:00:58.800
opportunities. Halftime, we'll show you'll see

01:00:58.800 --> 01:01:03.019
some subs. I think that is probably accurate.

01:01:03.119 --> 01:01:05.119
I think you're going to see all of your normal

01:01:05.119 --> 01:01:07.780
starters play, but I don't think you're going

01:01:07.780 --> 01:01:10.840
to see all of your starters go the full 90. Yeah.

01:01:11.469 --> 01:01:14.550
Yeah. Um, with the exception of anyone who might

01:01:14.550 --> 01:01:18.190
be carrying any kind of a muscle injury, he's

01:01:18.190 --> 01:01:20.670
not going to make them fly cross country. That

01:01:20.670 --> 01:01:24.750
would be my guess because the first game of the

01:01:24.750 --> 01:01:27.989
best of three would be, uh, the following Friday.

01:01:28.789 --> 01:01:31.030
Uh, so that following weekend. So we would have

01:01:31.030 --> 01:01:34.989
a week off. So maybe, maybe I, I just don't know

01:01:34.989 --> 01:01:36.969
if he wants to give people two weeks off. That

01:01:36.969 --> 01:01:39.170
might not be, that might be the opposite of helpful.

01:01:44.309 --> 01:01:47.530
I fucking hate. I'm happy that New York City

01:01:47.530 --> 01:01:51.070
finally has a stadium plan in action because

01:01:51.070 --> 01:01:53.150
it's embarrassing that they're playing at Yankee

01:01:53.150 --> 01:01:55.449
Stadium. I haven't thought about that. That is

01:01:55.449 --> 01:01:59.050
gross. And we've always had really shitty games

01:01:59.050 --> 01:02:02.170
there. And not just from the result, but like,

01:02:02.230 --> 01:02:04.650
yeah, the puddle game. It's just embarrassments.

01:02:04.650 --> 01:02:09.130
Just fucking embarrassment to the league. It's

01:02:09.130 --> 01:02:15.179
been like a decade. It's, yeah. One of the biggest

01:02:15.179 --> 01:02:17.599
cities in the world. They can't figure it out.

01:02:19.539 --> 01:02:22.739
I don't know. But, I mean, they're working on

01:02:22.739 --> 01:02:26.679
it. They've got the plan. So good on them. Good

01:02:26.679 --> 01:02:32.960
on them. Yeah, so we're going to have a playoff.

01:02:32.980 --> 01:02:34.159
We're going to have to have a playoff preview

01:02:34.159 --> 01:02:38.139
and kind of maybe an end of a season check -in

01:02:38.139 --> 01:02:45.739
next week for sure. Interesting, interesting

01:02:45.739 --> 01:02:50.579
season. You know, San Jose, Colorado, Salt Lake

01:02:50.579 --> 01:02:53.780
and Dallas are fighting for those those final

01:02:53.780 --> 01:02:58.219
two spots. So we'll see. We'll see what happens

01:02:58.219 --> 01:03:04.500
there. And that's in the West, in the in the

01:03:04.500 --> 01:03:09.139
East. All the playoff spots have been clinched.

01:03:09.199 --> 01:03:12.039
And you know what? Can I be honest? You know

01:03:12.039 --> 01:03:15.860
what I'm really excited about? New York Red Bulls

01:03:15.860 --> 01:03:18.079
have been eliminated because I was sick of that

01:03:18.079 --> 01:03:21.360
stupid. I'm bitter that the one year we didn't

01:03:21.360 --> 01:03:23.780
make the playoffs, they did. So they kind of

01:03:23.780 --> 01:03:26.980
took the most consecutive years thing. But at

01:03:26.980 --> 01:03:29.300
least that's over for them, too. So fuck them.

01:03:31.320 --> 01:03:36.300
I'm bitter. And you're frozen. That's not good.

01:03:40.349 --> 01:03:43.889
Oh, and now it's the solo show. Now that he's

01:03:43.889 --> 01:03:45.469
gone, let me tell you what's really going to

01:03:45.469 --> 01:03:48.250
happen. Oh, shit, he's back. That wasn't me.

01:03:50.489 --> 01:03:53.190
You froze. Well, I guess we both froze from our

01:03:53.190 --> 01:03:57.070
perspective. We'll check the audio. We'll see.

01:03:57.150 --> 01:03:59.449
I was talking. You were talking. We'll see who

01:03:59.449 --> 01:04:02.190
stopped. I actually wasn't talking. So this might

01:04:02.190 --> 01:04:05.349
actually just sound weird because you kept talking.

01:04:06.339 --> 01:04:10.119
Either way, yes, New York, they took our playoff

01:04:10.119 --> 01:04:13.699
spot, yada, yada, yada. Okay. You were bitching

01:04:13.699 --> 01:04:16.079
about that, right? Yeah, yeah, bitching about.

01:04:17.159 --> 01:04:20.099
Yeah, oh, oh, but New York Red Bulls makes me,

01:04:20.119 --> 01:04:22.019
I was saying it makes me happy that they have

01:04:22.019 --> 01:04:24.440
been eliminated because I'm still bitter. Yeah,

01:04:24.460 --> 01:04:27.199
that's what I mean. Oh, with the stadium. Oh,

01:04:27.219 --> 01:04:29.719
at least they have a stadium. Yeah, okay. I thought

01:04:29.719 --> 01:04:31.019
you were still talking about the Yankee Stadium.

01:04:31.079 --> 01:04:34.800
I'm like, how long were you frozen? Okay. Evacuation,

01:04:34.960 --> 01:04:41.719
come. Evacuation. Come. Come. What movie? Come,

01:04:41.739 --> 01:04:43.900
baby, come, baby, baby, come, come. What movie?

01:04:44.099 --> 01:04:49.159
Was that Galaxy Quest? No. Austin Powers. He

01:04:49.159 --> 01:04:51.420
said, how long were you frozen? When he gets

01:04:51.420 --> 01:04:53.679
unfrozen and he goes pee. Oh, that's right. It's

01:04:53.679 --> 01:04:57.019
like the three -minute pee. That's right. That's

01:04:57.019 --> 01:04:59.960
right. Although, shout out to Galaxy Quest. That

01:04:59.960 --> 01:05:02.780
sounded stupid. That's such a great movie. Is

01:05:02.780 --> 01:05:06.380
there air? You don't know. Like you're going

01:05:06.380 --> 01:05:08.219
to hold your breath when a spaceship's doors

01:05:08.219 --> 01:05:14.280
open on a day. That'll save you. Crewman number

01:05:14.280 --> 01:05:22.780
six. I need to rewatch that. You know what I

01:05:22.780 --> 01:05:24.480
just rewatched yesterday for the first time in

01:05:24.480 --> 01:05:27.519
a long time? Because I'm sick of hating the guy.

01:05:27.699 --> 01:05:30.500
And I'm like, I want to enjoy a movie that I

01:05:30.500 --> 01:05:33.199
did like for a long time. Mutual Suspects, Kevin

01:05:33.199 --> 01:05:38.719
Spacey. Right idea, wrong asshole. That's what

01:05:38.719 --> 01:05:44.199
Jay said. Sorry. So no, not Kevin Spacey, but

01:05:44.199 --> 01:05:46.199
no, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,

01:05:46.300 --> 01:05:48.800
Usual Suspects. I love those movies. I haven't

01:05:48.800 --> 01:05:51.179
watched. I'm not ready to like Kevin Spacey movies

01:05:51.179 --> 01:05:56.079
again. I'm not ready for him yet. Buffy the Vampire

01:05:56.079 --> 01:05:59.239
Slayer, the original film. Joss Whedon's a complete

01:05:59.239 --> 01:06:04.469
piece of shit, but he wrote. Oh, Christy Swanson,

01:06:04.570 --> 01:06:07.329
Donald Sutherland, Paul Rubens, Luke Perry, RIP.

01:06:09.289 --> 01:06:13.050
Paul Rubens is dead. Actually, so is Donald Sutherland.

01:06:14.090 --> 01:06:17.409
Only one of them gets to rest in peace, though,

01:06:17.429 --> 01:06:22.809
I guess. Fuck those other guys. Maybe not. Okay.

01:06:23.510 --> 01:06:25.710
But then the series, I really like the series,

01:06:25.809 --> 01:06:29.469
but yeah. And maybe now that they're revamping

01:06:29.469 --> 01:06:31.550
it without Joss Whedon, maybe I can kind of like

01:06:31.550 --> 01:06:34.750
it again. I don't even know who that is. He was

01:06:34.750 --> 01:06:42.630
a script writer that wrote Toy Story, wrote Serenity,

01:06:42.750 --> 01:06:46.889
Firefox, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, The

01:06:46.889 --> 01:06:51.199
Avengers, first movie. an amazing screenwriter

01:06:51.199 --> 01:06:54.159
was always a champion of writing strong female

01:06:54.159 --> 01:06:56.719
characters. So people loved him for that and

01:06:56.719 --> 01:06:59.460
for good reason, but it turns out he was a misogynistic

01:06:59.460 --> 01:07:05.760
piece of shit. Um, yeah. So, um, yeah. So part

01:07:05.760 --> 01:07:08.960
of that me too movement of, of, of assholes being

01:07:08.960 --> 01:07:12.780
assholes, just great. Just what I needed to know.

01:07:13.079 --> 01:07:19.900
Um, okay. So. Do you have any predictions for

01:07:19.900 --> 01:07:22.059
this game against New York City FC? I wouldn't

01:07:22.059 --> 01:07:26.380
even know where to begin. They kind of have something

01:07:26.380 --> 01:07:30.079
to play for seeding. Yeah, because the entire

01:07:30.079 --> 01:07:33.260
East is just all about seeding at this point.

01:07:33.360 --> 01:07:35.820
Yeah, and we don't have anything. I don't think

01:07:35.820 --> 01:07:38.860
that really changes how we will come out and

01:07:38.860 --> 01:07:43.760
play, but I think how the game might unfold will

01:07:43.760 --> 01:07:48.199
affect. You know what I mean? Decisions. It's

01:07:48.199 --> 01:07:53.480
just hard to predict. I do want points going

01:07:53.480 --> 01:07:56.360
into... I want momentum. I don't want their...

01:07:56.360 --> 01:08:01.260
Getting a 3 -0 loss would just be yuck. going

01:08:01.260 --> 01:08:02.860
into playoffs. Yeah, even on the road. Especially

01:08:02.860 --> 01:08:04.820
if they do what you're saying and we start with

01:08:04.820 --> 01:08:07.059
starters, right? Let's go into halftime 1 -0

01:08:07.059 --> 01:08:09.780
and then be happy with that. If we even lose

01:08:09.780 --> 01:08:12.239
2 -1 because we put in a bunch of subs. Put a

01:08:12.239 --> 01:08:16.039
strong first half. Exactly. I get that. Maybe

01:08:16.039 --> 01:08:20.279
it's a PK that gives up the goal. Something like

01:08:20.279 --> 01:08:24.340
that. So I'm going to go 1 -1 draw. But I want

01:08:24.340 --> 01:08:28.489
it to be the starters one. maybe a trash goal

01:08:28.489 --> 01:08:31.550
happens because they're going to be trying, right?

01:08:31.670 --> 01:08:33.130
I mean, yeah, because they can finish anywhere

01:08:33.130 --> 01:08:35.909
from seventh to fourth. Yeah, that's huge. Fourth

01:08:35.909 --> 01:08:39.050
is huge. Yeah, I mean, that's hosting two games

01:08:39.050 --> 01:08:45.689
to playing Cincinnati, you know, I mean, or playing

01:08:45.689 --> 01:08:48.329
Miami, depending on what happens there. So they

01:08:48.329 --> 01:08:51.670
really do not want to lose this game. And because

01:08:51.670 --> 01:08:55.649
of that, I am going to predict a rare Sounders

01:08:55.649 --> 01:08:59.850
loss. I just think they have so much to play

01:08:59.850 --> 01:09:05.010
for. They're at home. We don't know how. I feel

01:09:05.010 --> 01:09:08.850
like even if we're trying to play our starters,

01:09:08.970 --> 01:09:10.689
there's going to be the back of the mind thing

01:09:10.689 --> 01:09:12.550
with our injuries this season where people are

01:09:12.550 --> 01:09:13.989
going to kind of be like, eh, I don't really

01:09:13.989 --> 01:09:18.109
need to go into that challenge. I just don't

01:09:18.109 --> 01:09:21.449
think we're going to match their intensity. And

01:09:21.449 --> 01:09:25.159
I think it's going to show up on the field. And

01:09:25.159 --> 01:09:28.859
I'm thinking it might be a 2 -1 loss, maybe even

01:09:28.859 --> 01:09:33.300
a 3 -1 loss. Yeah, well, as long as it doesn't

01:09:33.300 --> 01:09:38.060
look terrible. As long as we don't look lethargic.

01:09:38.140 --> 01:09:42.020
Yeah. Like, show us... Yeah, and I don't think...

01:09:42.020 --> 01:09:46.979
I don't think we're going to look listless. But

01:09:46.979 --> 01:09:50.399
I also don't think we're going to look as...

01:09:53.360 --> 01:09:56.020
as we have. I don't think this is a, yeah, this

01:09:56.020 --> 01:09:59.239
is not going to be indicative of what we have

01:09:59.239 --> 01:10:01.699
been seeing and what we should expect to see.

01:10:01.899 --> 01:10:04.100
I don't want it to just affect our psychology.

01:10:04.520 --> 01:10:06.779
But this could also be one of those games where

01:10:06.779 --> 01:10:10.420
we just, you know, Steph, this could be the game

01:10:10.420 --> 01:10:13.520
similar to what Salt Lake almost pulled off this

01:10:13.520 --> 01:10:15.279
week where they were not the better team and

01:10:15.279 --> 01:10:19.399
they almost came away with a point. So, so. I

01:10:19.399 --> 01:10:21.680
just wouldn't put the odds on it. That's just

01:10:21.680 --> 01:10:25.119
my thought. I'm going to pick a rare prediction

01:10:25.119 --> 01:10:31.739
of a loss. And the World Series starts middle

01:10:31.739 --> 01:10:34.539
of next week, I think. So hopefully the Mariners

01:10:34.539 --> 01:10:36.939
are all wrapped up and we can just focus on this

01:10:36.939 --> 01:10:44.560
game. Yeah. Yeah, so I have kind of looked into

01:10:44.560 --> 01:10:49.739
that a little bit. So the World Series will start

01:10:49.739 --> 01:10:55.220
on Friday, October 24th. So the 24th and 25th,

01:10:55.220 --> 01:10:58.619
that Friday, Saturday. So chances are very good

01:10:58.619 --> 01:11:01.279
that we would play at the same time as the Sounders.

01:11:01.319 --> 01:11:06.279
Actually, you know what? Oh, now we also have

01:11:06.279 --> 01:11:12.579
to cross -reference the Seahawks. Jesus Christ.

01:11:16.460 --> 01:11:19.560
They do not. Is that their bye week? Oh, that's

01:11:19.560 --> 01:11:21.739
their bye week because they play Monday the 20th.

01:11:21.760 --> 01:11:28.020
Yeah. So that is their bye week. So that's good.

01:11:29.340 --> 01:11:33.939
So then I would almost suspect. Oh, no, because

01:11:33.939 --> 01:11:35.739
we're locked into the away match. That first

01:11:35.739 --> 01:11:40.960
game would be on the road anyways. So it could

01:11:40.960 --> 01:11:42.859
be any of those three days. It could be Friday,

01:11:42.899 --> 01:11:49.979
Saturday or Sunday. The second game would be

01:11:49.979 --> 01:11:53.079
that midweek, that Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.

01:11:53.220 --> 01:11:55.500
The third game would be that Saturday, Sunday

01:11:55.500 --> 01:12:01.899
of the 8th and 9th. As far as that goes, the

01:12:01.899 --> 01:12:07.340
9th is at Lumen, so it could not be that Sunday,

01:12:07.539 --> 01:12:10.039
November 9th. We would have to play on the 8th

01:12:10.039 --> 01:12:12.880
or the 7th. What's significant about November

01:12:12.880 --> 01:12:18.659
9th? Awesome people were born on that day. Yeah,

01:12:20.659 --> 01:12:22.939
I mean. I'm going to watch football all day.

01:12:25.000 --> 01:12:29.260
Yeah, I mean, you've got to love Chris Jericho,

01:12:29.479 --> 01:12:33.739
you know, Lou Frigno. Are you looking it up right

01:12:33.739 --> 01:12:38.760
now? I am. Carl Sagan, Nick Lachey, 98 Degrees.

01:12:38.779 --> 01:12:43.819
I mean, come on. I think the fall of the Berlin

01:12:43.819 --> 01:12:48.380
Wall. And 91 was on November 9th. Don't forget

01:12:48.380 --> 01:12:52.819
the, the wonderful Benjamin Banneker. I think

01:12:52.819 --> 01:12:55.939
the, the guy that, Oh, sorry, go ahead. No, no,

01:12:56.000 --> 01:12:58.180
I'm done. The guy, I think the guy that possessed

01:12:58.180 --> 01:13:01.739
Chucky died on November 9th. That's what the

01:13:01.739 --> 01:13:04.319
tombstone said in child's play. I remember seeing

01:13:04.319 --> 01:13:06.760
that when I was seven, because I watched child's

01:13:06.760 --> 01:13:10.260
play when I was seven. I could be wrong about

01:13:10.260 --> 01:13:11.960
that, but I remember saying that's, that's November.

01:13:12.060 --> 01:13:15.329
That's my birthday. You know, though, I do have

01:13:15.329 --> 01:13:17.430
to tell you I'm disappointed in you that you're

01:13:17.430 --> 01:13:20.569
not willing to come up to visit on that weekend

01:13:20.569 --> 01:13:24.609
of the 6th when your mom's in town. My mom's

01:13:24.609 --> 01:13:28.689
birthday is November 6th. December 6th. That

01:13:28.689 --> 01:13:31.130
weekend that you're not willing. We looked at

01:13:31.130 --> 01:13:35.210
the flights. I'm driving a golf cart down Girard

01:13:35.210 --> 01:13:39.829
Avenue in La Jolla for my hotel. Charles DeGaulle

01:13:39.829 --> 01:13:42.800
died on November 9th. Well, we're just going

01:13:42.800 --> 01:13:45.460
to be going to MLS Cup at home in Seattle on

01:13:45.460 --> 01:13:48.060
that day. So, you know, we'll fuck you and your

01:13:48.060 --> 01:13:51.239
parade. Oh, Andy White, British drummer who played

01:13:51.239 --> 01:13:53.140
on the Beatles' first single, Love Me Do. He

01:13:53.140 --> 01:13:55.739
died on November 9th. I don't know why they're

01:13:55.739 --> 01:14:00.640
giving me deaths on November 9th. Oh, famous

01:14:00.640 --> 01:14:03.779
deaths on November 9th. Byzantine Emperor Constantine

01:14:03.779 --> 01:14:06.899
VII. I bet you don't have that. Hedy Lamarr,

01:14:07.220 --> 01:14:09.840
hello. No, but you know who I share a birthday

01:14:09.840 --> 01:14:17.500
with? Leo DiCaprio. Oh. Yeah. So there we go.

01:14:18.140 --> 01:14:19.880
I don't know if that's a good thing or not. I

01:14:19.880 --> 01:14:21.779
don't know if that's a good thing or bad thing.

01:14:22.520 --> 01:14:24.479
Depends on if you're over the age of 25 or not.

01:14:26.079 --> 01:14:30.020
How am I going to go there? And female. Okay.

01:14:30.180 --> 01:14:31.819
So with that in mind, we got our predictions.

01:14:32.119 --> 01:14:33.020
Pepa from Salt -N -Pepa was born on my birthday.

01:14:33.100 --> 01:14:35.680
Did you say that? I did not say Pepa. Holy shit.

01:14:35.840 --> 01:14:38.800
Hedy Lamarr was born and died on her birthday?

01:14:41.350 --> 01:14:44.930
That's kind of cool. Anytime I hear Hedy Lamarr,

01:14:45.050 --> 01:14:48.430
all I can think about is Blazing Saddles. Yeah,

01:14:48.430 --> 01:14:51.109
no, that's going to be a you reference. All right,

01:14:51.170 --> 01:14:53.529
we're getting deep into absolutely nothing. I

01:14:53.529 --> 01:15:02.210
think so. Anything you want to shout out to the

01:15:02.210 --> 01:15:04.569
world right now? Anything you want to say? No,

01:15:04.569 --> 01:15:07.029
I just miss all my Seattleites. I miss home.

01:15:07.229 --> 01:15:11.500
I really do. It's beautiful down here. I love

01:15:11.500 --> 01:15:15.439
the adventure my family and I decided to take,

01:15:15.579 --> 01:15:21.439
but all the Seattle sports. The rain today really

01:15:21.439 --> 01:15:25.020
got me. It's funny. You grow up in Seattle, and

01:15:25.020 --> 01:15:27.000
you're just accustomed to it. It's not anything

01:15:27.000 --> 01:15:30.260
weird or whatever. Like, yeah, it would be nice

01:15:30.260 --> 01:15:34.300
to have sun. I wish Gracie was at that same sound

01:15:34.300 --> 01:15:35.840
or maybe show me a picture of the middle finger

01:15:35.840 --> 01:15:38.569
of you and your daughter. I wish Gracie and I

01:15:38.569 --> 01:15:39.909
could have been in there throwing our middle

01:15:39.909 --> 01:15:43.229
fingers out there. But it is weird, though. It

01:15:43.229 --> 01:15:49.149
was very, not subliminal, subconscious. As soon

01:15:49.149 --> 01:15:51.909
as rain, because it hasn't rained here. It was

01:15:51.909 --> 01:15:54.090
like two months ago it rained a little bit. But

01:15:54.090 --> 01:15:56.470
for whatever reason, it didn't connect. Today

01:15:56.470 --> 01:15:59.489
was cold and windy. Like 62, it's cold here.

01:16:00.250 --> 01:16:02.930
Someone I work with, her lip was turning blue.

01:16:03.050 --> 01:16:05.020
And I'm like. What's going on? Are you okay?

01:16:05.079 --> 01:16:06.359
She's like, I'm sorry. This happens when I'm

01:16:06.359 --> 01:16:11.859
cold. I'm like, it is 62 degrees. We wear shorts

01:16:11.859 --> 01:16:15.159
in Seattle at 62 degrees. What is wrong with

01:16:15.159 --> 01:16:17.819
you? Get it together. The rain on my face today

01:16:17.819 --> 01:16:20.039
and the breeze and actually feeling a chill.

01:16:20.140 --> 01:16:22.960
That sent something down my spine. Are you telling

01:16:22.960 --> 01:16:31.000
me you feel the rain on your face? No. Yeah,

01:16:31.140 --> 01:16:36.119
the hills. They have eyes, I hear. All right,

01:16:36.140 --> 01:16:39.800
let's wrap this show. They can find you where?

01:16:41.060 --> 01:16:47.199
They can find me on Instagram at Cascades2C.

01:16:49.399 --> 01:16:54.800
Cascades, the letter, the word T -O -N -C -S

01:16:54.800 --> 01:17:00.199
-E -A. Cascades2C. What about you, Aaron? In

01:17:00.199 --> 01:17:04.819
San Diego. Rarely on the Discord and once a month

01:17:04.819 --> 01:17:11.020
on here. That's right. And then our absent responsible

01:17:11.020 --> 01:17:16.760
teacher is found at Legal Punk. Legal Minded

01:17:16.760 --> 01:17:20.840
Punk. Not on Twitter. I think he's still banned.

01:17:21.260 --> 01:17:25.000
You know what? I'm not entirely sure on that

01:17:25.000 --> 01:17:27.859
one. Well, that's what he is there. Also on Instagram.

01:17:27.859 --> 01:17:34.689
But that's where he is everywhere. Yeah. Yeah.

01:17:35.069 --> 01:17:38.170
But I think he is. I think he is. I think he

01:17:38.170 --> 01:17:42.350
is banned still. Awesome. He should be. I mean,

01:17:42.390 --> 01:17:45.109
I think it's I think it's probably right. Yeah.

01:17:45.189 --> 01:17:49.409
His account is suspended. Hilarious. Well, again,

01:17:49.670 --> 01:17:52.529
reminder, I want to support the show. Don't want

01:17:52.529 --> 01:17:53.850
to listen to the ad that you're going to hear

01:17:53.850 --> 01:17:55.350
at the end of this, which you'll probably just

01:17:55.350 --> 01:17:58.510
skip anyway. But it does. But if you don't, it

01:17:58.510 --> 01:18:00.449
helps us. It benefits. It really does. Just put

01:18:00.449 --> 01:18:03.210
it on mute. Just kind of keep it on and just

01:18:03.210 --> 01:18:06.810
use that as your blow -your -nose time. Actually,

01:18:06.810 --> 01:18:09.270
yeah, the listens during the ads do help the

01:18:09.270 --> 01:18:12.090
show. If you don't want to pay us, just leave

01:18:12.090 --> 01:18:14.130
the phone running for a second. That would be

01:18:14.130 --> 01:18:16.729
nice because we put it towards the hosting of

01:18:16.729 --> 01:18:18.970
the show. Like Nick was saying, we want to give

01:18:18.970 --> 01:18:21.250
you guys some prizes and shit like that. And

01:18:21.250 --> 01:18:22.890
I got some fun ones. Like I said, just one more

01:18:22.890 --> 01:18:27.850
time, I've got a team -signed Bruce Lee kit for

01:18:27.850 --> 01:18:30.189
someone that's going to give away. I got another

01:18:30.189 --> 01:18:34.210
jersey. That's a legit. Thank you. The team signed

01:18:34.210 --> 01:18:38.750
Bruce Lee kit, one of the fan favorite kits of

01:18:38.750 --> 01:18:42.489
all time. You know, I mean, you know. Which team?

01:18:42.569 --> 01:18:44.510
Is it me, you, and Cameron's that signed it?

01:18:44.529 --> 01:18:47.050
Or is it the Sounders? Oh, yeah. We should be

01:18:47.050 --> 01:18:53.430
very clear. It's Pub League 2017. Yeah, exactly.

01:18:53.729 --> 01:18:56.770
It's Pub League. No, it is the Seattle freaking

01:18:56.770 --> 01:19:02.039
Sounders, including. I believe I'll have to double

01:19:02.039 --> 01:19:11.600
-check. I believe it is the 2024. Is it 2024?

01:19:12.140 --> 01:19:17.720
I think it's the 2023 team, so Nico and Raul,

01:19:17.840 --> 01:19:21.699
I believe. I believe. I'll double -check on that.

01:19:22.159 --> 01:19:26.500
Value increases. I know. Well, depending. No

01:19:26.500 --> 01:19:29.880
Pedro. So it's kind of trade -offs. But Nico

01:19:29.880 --> 01:19:33.359
and Raul. Nico and Raul have an MLS Cup. Yeah,

01:19:33.359 --> 01:19:40.020
I mean, hey. But, yeah, so we have that. We have

01:19:40.020 --> 01:19:44.600
bought a jersey to give away this weekend. I

01:19:44.600 --> 01:19:47.180
bought one to give away as part of this. I wanted

01:19:47.180 --> 01:19:50.140
to add some more. And I'm sure, like I said,

01:19:50.300 --> 01:19:55.779
we'll come up with some other stuff. I will probably,

01:19:56.260 --> 01:19:59.260
we'll figure it out. We'll figure it out once

01:19:59.260 --> 01:20:01.380
we all get that together at the end of the season

01:20:01.380 --> 01:20:06.859
and draw some names. And if it isn't, if I can't

01:20:06.859 --> 01:20:08.899
come down until closer to the end of the actual

01:20:08.899 --> 01:20:12.340
year, then I still think we should just shout

01:20:12.340 --> 01:20:14.220
out on Discord or whatever episode we do, because

01:20:14.220 --> 01:20:16.279
I would like to see some faces. Not just you

01:20:16.279 --> 01:20:18.539
two, but that'd be great. Yeah, that'd be wonderful.

01:20:18.739 --> 01:20:23.270
I'd love to do that. Oh, it is so wonderful.

01:20:23.489 --> 01:20:26.810
So wonderful. We're two weeks in now with Flat

01:20:26.810 --> 01:20:30.850
Stick Pub being open to all ages. Getting to

01:20:30.850 --> 01:20:33.850
take Roma to Flat Stick Pub before every game.

01:20:33.890 --> 01:20:37.029
I've run into Dan the Bastard, run into some

01:20:37.029 --> 01:20:39.890
other listeners, ran into our very own James

01:20:39.890 --> 01:20:44.399
Wollard there. Speaking of James Woolard, I think

01:20:44.399 --> 01:20:46.760
it's about time to take it away. But yeah, so

01:20:46.760 --> 01:20:50.340
Flat Stick will be my once again permanent home,

01:20:50.500 --> 01:20:53.500
whether I have Roma or not now. So that's great.

01:20:53.779 --> 01:20:57.060
Actually, last thing I'll say, it's been a year

01:20:57.060 --> 01:21:02.260
since we've had an Apple podcast rating. Or not

01:21:02.260 --> 01:21:06.279
a rating, but a review. A review. We're at a

01:21:06.279 --> 01:21:09.600
4 .2. Ish Kish Bagish. That's a subsidiary of

01:21:09.600 --> 01:21:13.119
Oshkosh Bagosh. Ah. Help us out. Get on there.

01:21:13.800 --> 01:21:16.720
Get on there. Go do it. And I think you can review

01:21:16.720 --> 01:21:21.340
as well on – I don't even know what the other

01:21:21.340 --> 01:21:23.380
ones are anymore. Spotify I know is there. Spotify.

01:21:23.420 --> 01:21:26.180
The word I was looking for is Spotify. Or at

01:21:26.180 --> 01:21:30.420
least Google Podcasts. But please do rate and

01:21:30.420 --> 01:21:32.479
review us because when you do rate, what ends

01:21:32.479 --> 01:21:34.260
up happening is when people are looking for Sounders

01:21:34.260 --> 01:21:36.399
content, when people are looking for that, we

01:21:36.399 --> 01:21:39.680
will go up there. We do this for the labor of

01:21:39.680 --> 01:21:42.060
love. We do this just, you know, we want you

01:21:42.060 --> 01:21:45.500
joining us for a beer before a game. Come join

01:21:45.500 --> 01:21:47.819
us. Come join us in the stands. This is all,

01:21:47.859 --> 01:21:51.159
you know, it's all a community. You're part of

01:21:51.159 --> 01:21:52.979
that community. We appreciate having you all

01:21:52.979 --> 01:21:55.479
listen with us. I figure this is the time to

01:21:55.479 --> 01:21:57.899
have those thanks because it is Canadian Thanksgiving

01:21:57.899 --> 01:22:02.380
yesterday. So we might as well have the proper,

01:22:02.659 --> 01:22:08.949
you know, non -genocidal thanks. And Canada,

01:22:09.270 --> 01:22:12.310
thanks for the two. Their Thanksgiving is on

01:22:12.310 --> 01:22:17.689
Indigenous Peoples Day. Genocide and murdered

01:22:17.689 --> 01:22:25.069
by Columbus. Genocidal fucktard day. That's our

01:22:25.069 --> 01:22:29.489
view. James, we're coming into port. Please take

01:22:29.489 --> 01:22:32.789
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at Lumen and go Sounders. Alexa, who's the best

01:23:11.609 --> 01:23:15.840
MLS team of all time? The Seattle Sounders are

01:23:15.840 --> 01:23:17.899
both unequipped and they're arguably the best

01:23:17.899 --> 01:23:19.439
MLS team of all time.