He's a tough kid. All I gotta say is the public
can't say he's cheating! Hello, welcome to Sounders
Scuttlebutt. We are recording post -match reactions
to Game 1 against the Loons. I'm here, Aaron
Lingley, and believe it or not, I'm joined by
the other two OGs. We got Nicholas Biela and
Cameron Collins. Nick, how you doing? Cameron,
how you doing? Doing good. How are you? I'm good.
A little sleepy, but I'm up for the match and
I'm up for this. I think Nick's ready to open
that beer. Yeah, he is. What is it before you
open it? Well, it is... Oh, Patrick Marlowe.
So you can say it louder because I totally talked
over you. Yeah, it's my Sam Adams Oktoberfest
in my Patrick Marlowe Seattle Thunderbirds jersey
koozie. Ooh, that was weak. You failed. Didn't
even open it. Totally fucked that up. Well, for
the sound effect, I'll open my LaCroix, but I'm
actually drinking a whiskey, an apple whiskey.
It's called Northern Revelry. It's Canadian whiskey,
and Minnesota is basically Canadian, so I decided
to drink and pee out Canadian stuff. It's actually
pretty good, but the reason I have this is I
don't normally have liquor at home. We have what's
called BevMo. I don't remember them in Seattle.
BevMo is like total wine. Yeah, exactly. In California,
they've been there for a long time. It's literally
one minute from my house. Instead of going to
7 -Eleven and paying that extra 20 % on a six
-pack, I just go to the place that specializes
in alcohol. As soon as you walk in the door,
there's a table that says, buy one, get one for
five cents. It's basically their clearance rack.
They had Jack Daniels and a bunch of other flavors.
And then they had this Canadian revelry. Buy
one, get one for five cents. Their standard whiskey,
apple and peach. And I decided to get their standard
just to get a baseline and their apple. It was
$10. Okay. So I have two fifths. Incredible.
It's pretty dangerous. I shouldn't be doing this,
but here I go. But first I'll just open my LaCroix
for the sound effect. Drink it. That's good.
That's a commercial quality right there. Yeah.
I was just at Total Wine and BevMo getting stuff
for a Halloween party the other day. For the
kid -centric Halloween party that you were talking
about out there? For the parents, yes. Oh, okay.
Yeah, because getting the kids drunk will knock
them out. So it worked like a charm, I guess.
How you counter the sugar high, right? Yeah,
they definitely were running around like mad
people, as children are wont to do. I have a
Guinness. I went up to get a water, and I said,
you know what? This deserves a Guinness. Oh,
I thought that was liquid death. You know, you're
lucky it's there, because I saw it in your fridge,
and I almost took it. There was two in there,
so I would have grabbed one out of the back.
But yes, you could have taken it. It was there
for you. Oh. Instead, we had malorts. That was
loud and messy. Because the nitro inside kept
going after I opened it. We had three very different
openings. Mine was perfect. Nick, you. I failed.
Yeah. I did drink. You didn't drink Malort. I
drank Malort, though, after your wife tried it,
Nicholas. Yeah. Yeah, you're right. I did not.
I've had Malort, and I prefer to, you know, not
drink liquid ass. It's an interesting taste.
I bought it on purpose because I want to grow
some more hair on my chest, I think. I thought
Hagrid said we shouldn't say that word. Malort.
Malort? Your pants won't show themselves. Oh,
no, that's... Oh, yeah. Volmalort. Volmalort?
Voldemort? Someone didn't play Hogwarts Legacy.
I actually did. That game was pretty fun. I just
started it, actually. It's on Game Pass. It's
really tough. It's tough to enjoy the world when
you know J .K. Rowling is getting money from
it. She's already a billionaire. Exactly. Oh,
I still do. I just don't feel great about it.
Maybe I'm a hypocrite. I will consume Harry Potter
stuff, but I won't watch Kevin Spacey movies.
I thought you were going to say Kevin Smith.
I was going to be like, what? I don't know. Kevin
Smith is a good dude by all accounts from what
I understand. Yeah, yeah. Anyways, let's talk
about some Scuttlebutt. Yeah, there's some big
Scuttlebutt. There is some very big Scuttlebutt.
Would you say big dumper Scuttlebutt? We haven't
all discussed. We're not going to talk about
it. I was at Scuttlebutt Brewery yesterday. Yeah.
I know you talked about Mariners last episode.
Was that during the series or was that after?
Like the ALCS? Yeah. It was during. It was during.
There was a really big Scuttlebutt, though, where
a U .S. Open Cup match has to be replayed. Have
you heard about this? did. Shark the Puss FC
versus Bellevue Athletic. Which team am I getting
a jersey from? Bellevue Athletic. Shark the Puss
FC. Get me that jersey right now. I'll send you
the picture. I don't care about the picture.
They've had, I guess, four now. And Olive and
York makes them. They are incredible jerseys.
Shark the Puss. Shark the Puss. I prefer mine.
Yeah, I know. I get it. I just prefer mine. Yeah,
but the referee in the 4 -3 match between Bellevue
Athletic and Sharktopus was a Bellevue Athletic
2 player and has previously played over 20 matches
for Bellevue Athletic's first team, most recently,
I think, 2023 or 2022. And so you can't... do
that you can't i mean i don't i mean think about
they get that ref in miami got in trouble just
for wearing a messy jersey i mean the optics
of it were bad and and while and while they the
open cup basically said we don't think anything
untoward happened we're going to replay the match
just because the optics are bad yeah it's the
right thing yeah i don't think it's about whether
my guess is your mouth my guess and what i really
hope happened was that shark to puss i can't
protested but played under protest. Like, we're
going to continue to play because we don't want
to forfeit, but we are filing our protest before
the game started. I don't know when they found
out. I'm not sure of the timeline, but you know
what? It's a story. It's not... I don't think
of it as a sore losers thing. I am... No. I have
not watched any of the game. It's the right call.
Here's the thing. Sharktopus is a league below.
the other team. Bellevue Athletic plays... Should
be winning. Yeah, they play semi -pro in leagues
around in Seattle. And Sharktopus is a rec league
team who last year, I think it was, made it one
game away from the Open Cup. So the fact that
they're in the Open Cup this year is pretty incredible.
Yeah. I mean, they're in the last round of the
qualifiers because I think they had to play Ballard
FC who had to go through the qualifiers. Yeah,
yeah. And Ballard beat Sharktopus. Which they
should now. I'm confused. We won't talk too much
about... This further, but open cup replay when
the open cup is done? No, no qualifiers. Because
keep in mind, MLS teams, they get automatic bids
into the open cup. That's true. Okay, that makes
sense because you also said Bellevue Athletic
2, which I'm like, how is there two? That's like
Sounders 2. No, I understand. Okay, just remember
that low of a tier. The beginning of Pub League
and ECSFC was with the idea that we could enter
ECSFC into the Open Cup. Oh, yeah. In theory,
my Pub League team could play in Open Cup. If
I move back to Seattle, then I could probably
help us get into that. I honestly kind of feel
like we need to do it one year. just to do it.
Yeah. Like it would be like that game against
the Irish team. Y 'all had. Yeah. Yeah. I mean,
as a matter of fact, now that I'm thinking about
this, like, you know what, if the Sounders aren't
going to be in the open cup, well, fuck it. Public
is going to be in the open cup. You know what?
We, we, we're onto something here. We're onto
something. It would be mighty fun. Yeah. My,
my speaking of after a very poor start to the
season, my team, which is Hellmouth FC. By the
way, I've been watching Buffy. I just finished
season one. I haven't watched it in a while.
Incredible. I need to finish the late seasons,
which I've seen before. But about 10 years ago,
I started rewatching. But we have now won six
games in a row. All right. Congratulations. Things
are starting to come out full Buffy. Yeah. It's
been a good season, although yesterday was complete
ass. I refed a game at 8 o 'clock in the morning,
got completely, completely soaked. I wore a parka
on the field as a ref. I'm like, fuck this. I'm
just keeping the parka on. My parka was completely
soaked. Then I had to wait an hour. Then I had
to play in my game. And just no reprieve. yeah
no it was not great yeah it didn't it was basically
sunny the whole time for our game so not sunny
that's the wrong word it wasn't raining yeah
that's sunny in seattle you can go fuck yourself
is that why you were gone when i got there even
though all your teammates were still there yeah
actually what happened was uh roma was supposed
to get dropped off because we're going to a birthday
party right after um The rain was so bad, I'm
like, do not drop Roma off. Bernie took Roma
to work, so I actually had to skip the second
game so I could go pick up Roma and get back
in time for, yeah, so I missed out on the second
game. Do you want me to tell you what the weather
was like in San Diego yesterday? Yeah. Yeah,
why not? 72 degrees. Of course it was. Sunny.
Now, was that while the match versus Portland
was going on? I presume. What are you getting
at? I'm just saying, Portland played at San Diego
yesterday in a very interesting match that finished,
I believe, 2 -1 in the end, but Portland got
a red card. How terrible was that? I didn't even
connect the dots that that was happening in my
backyard. Yeah, you could have gone and rooted
for San Diego. Actually, it was weird. The ultras
were mad at me. When San Diego scored, I discovered
I was rooting for Portland. Oh, really? I just,
I'm so, I don't want, I like it when these new
teams come in and then lose. I do too. And I've
been telling everyone at work that, but also
if they win and we win, I get to go to another
Sounders game. That's true. Okay. I'll start
rooting for them for you then. Because the alternative
is, yeah. Plus I don't want to play Portland.
The two teams I didn't want to play in the playoffs
were Minnesota and Portland. Yeah. What's wrong
with you? Drink more Guinness. But before we
start talking about the game, there is one more
big, big piece of scuttle, but we really need
to talk about. And that is the fact that this
morning, the next wave of World Cup ticket lottery
has opened up. And this is for any credit card,
not just a Visa credit card. So make sure you
sign up. You have until Friday morning. And I
believe it's 11 o 'clock Eastern time. So just
basically say till Thursday night. Between now
and Thursday night, go to FIFA .com slash tickets,
log into your account, and sign up. It's been
heated. Do it. It's true. It's true. And then
if you followed our advice that we talked about
earlier this season when we talked about the
Club World Cup special ticket package. where
if you went to and attended, or if you bought
the package and attended the game and used all
your tickets, you would get the guarantee right
to buy. And that opens up on my birthday, November
11th. So if anyone wants to Venmo me a little
bit of birthday gift for the ticket, go right
ahead and do that. I'd appreciate it. Before
you do that, my birthday is November 9th. So
why don't you go ahead and give me that first?
Wow. Isn't that special? I asked first, though.
No, but all kidding aside, if you did do the
right to buy Club World Cup ticket package, your
window is from November 11th to November 14th.
So make sure you don't miss out on that. That's
all I got. See, I mean, that's the thing about
Scuttlebutt, our Discord channel. It's a good
reason, as if you need more reasons to join our
Discord. We talked about ways to get guaranteed
right to buy World Cup tickets. We talked about
$20 or $29 Sounders jerseys, authentic jerseys.
You know, we look out for you. So come join us.
We give away stuff, all sorts of fun stuff. So
come join us. Come have some fun with us. Benefits
have... perks perks have benefits i don't really
know what i'm saying i'm rambling because it
is almost 11 o 'clock at night um speaking of
giving away stuff might as well go into do you
have the predictions up and i do cool why don't
you go over that and yeah so with today's the
prizes because we're near the end of the year
we are we are so um So once again, if you've
been playing our prediction challenge game, we
will be giving away prizes, including a team
signed Bruce Lee jersey. That was the 2020. What
year is this? 2025. So the 2023 squad, including
Nico Lodero and Raul Ruiz Diaz, the Bruce Lee
kit. We've got. Bruce Lee kits that are unsigned
that we'll be giving away as well. I think we've
got some other stuff that we'll be giving away.
We're going to draw from everyone that has entered.
Every time you enter, you will have gotten an
entry. Like a raffle ticket. Yeah, and then we'll
also have the overall top scorer, whoever got
the most points throughout the season. And we'll
reveal that in our season -ending... uh scuttlebutt
party um you know whether that's a physical in
-person party or just you know us having some
fun we don't know we're making this up as we
go along um yeah so so today's winner actually
was dan the bastard oh uh dan that has to be
a replay because he's an ultra Oh, yeah. You
know, I do notice a correlation, though, with
Dan the Bastard and when he wins. When he wins,
I notice maybe the results don't always go our
way. He really is a bastard. I mean, that was
true for a while, but in that stretch where we
were winning a lot, he was actually picking us
to win most of the time. He was. He was. No,
but I like giving him a little bit of shit just
because it's a fun bit at this point. But congratulations,
Dan. You did win today. You done good, kid. You
done good, kid. So. Do you want to jump right
into a break? How long do we want this episode
to be today? Considering it's 11 o 'clock and
we're in a reaction episode, I think we should
get to reactions. So let's take that break. Do
you want a reaction real quick to something that's
happening right now? Sports are still happening.
Did you know that in the United States? I did
not. Is Hawaii getting a kick? God damn it. No.
The Dodgers and the Blue Jays in Game 3 of a
series tied 1 -1 are on to the 16th inning. Tied
5 -5. That's our thing. That's not anyone else's
thing. Wait, there's still baseball happening?
Yes. I thought it folded in 2001, but it's still
happening. no all kidding aside i'm actually
i really do like otani i can't i can't root against
him but i don't want la to win um go go blue
jays oh no the worst fans in baseball plus the
team that beat the mariners with george springer
on the team the biggest cheater in the history
of modern baseball no thank you yeah but i'm
in it for the lulz I just want... Honestly, I
want the Dodgers to stay in it, and then we have
a chance to take down them next year. I also
think that we might have a strike after the season
if the Dodgers win it, and I'm kind of in favor
of that because we need to do something about
not having a salary cap in baseball. And, you
know, the deferred salaries to avoid. Yeah. I
mean, NHL did it right when Ilya Kovalchuk tried
to sign, like, the 12 -year contract, and the
NHL was like, yeah, that's not happening. And
they stepped in and said, this is not a legit
contract. It's designed specifically to circumvent
the cap, you know, paying $1 a year. And, no,
that's not. I mean, I'm exaggerating a little
bit, but still. Break time? Break time. Break
it down. Break it down. And this will be a good
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And we're back. Ooh, that's what I was gonna
say. Yeah. I just wanted to say happy birthday
to Jordan Morris, whose birthday was yesterday.
Shout out, buddy. Happy birthday to you. Yeah,
he's probably not too happy right now. No, but
at least he had a good birthday. You don't know
that. I mean, I assume so. He didn't have to
lose on his birthday, so. That's true. He was
probably traveling, though. Could be. Not with
his puppy at home. Yeah. Aw. Or Theo. Happy birthday,
Jordan. All right, Sounders. We just technically
lost, right? It was 0 -0 on the scoreline. But
as MLS does, we have new formats every year just
for keeping things lively. And it is straight
to PKs. I don't know if we did this format last
year. Did we do this format last year? We did
because that was the Houston series. We were
on the other side of it. We were the team that...
was relying on not scoring goals to advance.
Yes, that's correct. All right. So now we're
completely used to it two years in and I, you
know, we'll take first reactions and I think
we should go through just our lineup. Who's been
available on available. We haven't, the three
of us haven't been together in a while. We haven't
talked about Pedro and the Patella. And the impact
that is. Pedro and the Patella sounds like a
really fun indie dance band in the vein of The
Rapture. Yes. The Faint is actually coming to
town very soon. So their opening will be Pedro
and the Patella. I actually like The Faint. I
actually know who that is. Pedro and the Broken
Patella also would work, you know? Yeah. Pedro's
Broken Kneecap is a punk band. I've seen Broken
Social Scene a number of times. They are fantastic.
That is right up my alley. Speaking of punks,
I'm reading Sing Backwards and the Mark Lanigan
memoir. I'm on that right now. I just started
it. What was it? Sing Backwards and Weep? He's
incredible. I didn't realize how incredible he
was growing up and how lucky we were to have
him as a musician in the city. Yeah, and you
are right. It is Sing Backwards and Weep. I haven't
read it yet, but it's on my list of books to
check out. Yeah, I'm excited to dive into it.
I'm on a... Hey, that's my cat. Thankfully, he's
shut the hell up. But I'm on a rock and roll.
God, this is so scuttled a lot of us. Let's talk
about the game. And then I'd get into this, but
I'm just, I'm just going to say, cause I've been
teaching myself guitar over the last couple of
months and I've just only been listening and
reading audio books and books of just basically
memoirs of just rock and roll, just to have like
inspiration. And it's, it's been fun. And then
there's, and it's only been, I've been focused
mostly on kind of Seattle stuff just because
I miss being home. I was making fun of the weather
here or the weather there, but honestly I've
been telling everyone at work, like I miss cold.
crisp nights. It's 47 degrees. The stars are
out. My nipples are hard. I'm walking my dog.
I just miss that. I guess it's a weird thing
to complain about when it's also 72 degrees and
sunny. Who's got our lineup up? I do. Have this
game start. Who's up? Our starting 11 were Stefan
Freyengold, Nuhu, Jackson, Yamar, and Alex rolled
on in the back four. So pretty standard defensive
backing with Christian and Obed in the middle.
Paul Rothrock on the left, Albert Rosnick in
the middle, and Jesus Ferrer on the right with
Jordan Morris up top. I mean, frankly, this is
a strong 11. Before we get into the 20, because
in the playoffs there's two extra spots available
for whatever reason. Did not know that. Yeah,
so there's a 20 today. So before we get into
that, what did you all think of the lineup? Go,
Cameron. Yeah, I think it was, I mean, the best
lineup we probably could put. out there um obviously
not my first choice lineup but based on the players
that schmetzer likes i don't think there is a
better lineup possible what would you what would
you have done differently i would put jordan
on the left where he belongs i put masovsky up
top and i would put rothrock on rothrock on the
right yeah so you're benching the benching yep
because i i think him coming off the bench late
would be he'd be able to tear them apart. And
I also, I mean, I'm not seeing from Jesus, whatever
Brian sees. And we saw it earlier in the season,
I think for sure. Like he was so solid, both
on the right, but particularly at center attacking
mid, but these last few games, I'm not seeing
it. Okay. And I, I agree with your idea or just.
I wasn't entirely happy. That wouldn't have been
my first 11. I actually would have put Rothrock
on the bench only because I don't, there's something
about him. I don't know. He's, he's produced
and he's been great. I just, I think that that
energy, I don't think Jesus brings the same energy
and workmanship, workmanship. I don't even know
what to call his style, right? It's just that
at 60 minutes I think would be devastating with
Mungu. Yeah, that's true. And I like Jesus. That's
true. And I like Jesus. I don't like him on the
wings. And I don't even know if I can put my
lineup out. But I need Jesus, I think, in the
middle. What would you think about him at center
attacking mid and Rusnak on the right? That's
what I was about to say is because I think Rusnak
is able to read the game during the game and
adapt better than Jesus. I don't remember Jesus
doing anything this match. Yeah, I mean, I could
be wrong, but that's where I'm at too. And granted,
I listened to the first 20 on the radio. I watched
the entire game and I don't. There was nothing
spectacular. We were fairly dominant, but when
you read Ryan Craft's news post -match on the
Sounders website, it sounds like the Loons dominated
us because of their opportunities. They did have
a lot of great opportunities, but so did we.
They came from a lot of set pieces. They came
from set pieces. That's what they do. And it
didn't get us a win. And I'm not confident in
that style of play. I think we need to figure
out, which I did see spurts of, where you see
that direct key pass down the middle from midfield
or from the defense, but where they just turn
the hip and instead of keep recycling it left
and right, they just actually did a 30 -yard
key pass straight down the gut from the midfield
to Jordan, to Rustak. I can't picture a certain.
There was like three or four passes. And I was
like, I actually appreciate that they actually
tried to unlock the next level faster than I'm
used to when this definitely seemed like a possession
recycle lineup. And that is definitely Brian
Schmitzer, but that is not going to win it. That's
not going to get us two goals. We need, we're
going to need two goals match. And that's been
kind of my thing for a couple of years now is.
I agree generally, but can I step in real quick
and say, I don't know if we need two goals versus
Minnesota. And Cedar, one of our ultras, was
just saying, I don't know if Minnesota is going
to score a single goal this entire series. And
I kind of am there right now. Unless it's on
a set piece, they're not scoring on this sound.
I mean, they had their chances early on, and
honestly should have had a penalty. I mean, that
was awful. I don't know. But you would be mad
if it was the other way around. Well, I was mad
the other way around when Jordan basically...
barely got stepped on and, and went down and
they, you know, VAR reverse the penalty, you
know? So, so what happens like there, there needs
to be a little bit more force for that to get
called. I mean, Jordan didn't get stepped on.
He dove. That was, he should deserve the yellow
card in that instance, but let's, I might be,
I'm thinking, I'm thinking, I know. Yes, you're
right on that one. I'm, I'm completing it with
a different one. There was another one recently,
but yeah, true. But regardless, I, I, I kind
of think that at home, at least, at least the
next match, we only need a goal. The question
is how you're going to break that low block because
we've had months and months and we haven't figured
it out. I think you just may have may have determined
how they're trying to do it. And that might be
because we've seen people, other teams have success
against Minnesota of late. I thought we had dangerous
looks. I thought we had some good opportunities.
I thought even Mosovsky's header. But earlier
in the game, there was that really nice, you
know, quick transition where it was four passes,
like a quick one -two right outside the box and,
you know, shot. I think it was Rothrock's shot
went high. You know, there were definitely some
opportunities. just think we got to be much more
clinical. I think in the summer, like the post
club world cup sounders, when we were scoring
a lot of goals, one of the secrets was we talked
about it is that it wasn't all buildup play.
There was a lot of quick counter and quick attack
goals. And we, we really got to find that we
got to stay with that. And I think Jordan in
the last couple of weeks that we've been, you
know, playing those balls over the top to let
Jordan run on it. And it happened only a handful
of times today, but I'd like to see us try and
hit that a little bit more next time around.
Can I ask you both a question since we already
talked about lineups, other than Nicholas, did
you, I don't know if you said your preferred
lineup for next match, but Ryan Kent. Yeah. He
might be able to unlock some stuff. Yeah. I was
surprised. He's not going to start. Under Schmetzer,
of course. I would be surprised if he plays under
Schmetzer because Schmetzer will not play. I
just came out of a time capsule, and I was put
in there in June. What is the timeline of Ryan?
He's in full training. He's here. He still has
the injury in his back. Okay. But it was a major
muscle tear, so they're not going to start him
with his first minutes. But we need him. Knowing
that we expanded to 20. I'm actually somewhat
surprised we did not bring him in this game.
Well, it's a travel game. That's true. Didn't
we only use three subs in this game? We used
all three sub slots. I think penalties were a
key factor in this sub. Or lack of subs. Could
be. I mean, that's probably why Danny Labick.
Well, that's why Danny came on. But again, don't
get ahead of ourselves. There's already happened.
I mean, I know, but I also agreed with the move.
I agreed with it. Oh, I don't have a problem
with that. I have a problem with Andy Thomas
not being brought on. I don't remember the exact
number, but we've talked about the number of
actual penalty saves that Fry has in his career
is like two. Meaning when the other team doesn't
miss it. he's like two for no no wait i do want
to give some some some props uh today he didn't
leave the line early once that's good that's
true that's absolutely so i want to get something
from him before so so so i do props to him i
do think and and this is not being snarky this
is no no no genuinely not being snarky it is
that he's had great that's something you do that's
something you accomplish in the training ground
exactly right and so he's not not actually in
the pks when you watch he's taking he's actually
starting his his um his movement with like one
foot like a full half a foot behind the net and
he gets right several times it just yeah there's
some good there are some good clinical clinical
finishes yeah they only i think all of them except
for the one they missed were can't do really
much anything about except guessing right. And
getting in the spot. I mean, it wasn't a bad
performance from Fry in this instance. I'm not
saying that. No, as a matter of fact, especially
during the 90, I thought it was a really good
performance for Fry. Of course, it was a great
game. Yeah, I know. And in the shootout, it wasn't...
Fry not making saves. It was Minnesota taking
clinical finishes. So no problem about this with
Fry. I don't even want to open up the Andy Thomas
conversation, me personally. It's a non -starter
because that's not why we lost this game, in
my opinion. Oh, no, we lost this game because
we couldn't score a goal in regulation. Yeah.
I was not calm. When we got to penalties. I was
just not, I was not confident. It was less than
50, 50. I gotta be honest guys. I don't think
this team, if this team loses now, like next
match, I'm not, I'm not shocked, but I'm also
not sad because the Mariners have broken my heart
into a million pieces. And I don't, I don't think
I can be sad about sports for a while right now.
Um, you know, this is a house money playoff season
for me. Yeah. Yeah. I think, I think with, with
our, And I'm not preemptively making excuses.
No. In fact, especially once we lost De La Vega.
For being successful, too. It was like just a
bridge too far with the injuries. It's been a
really tough year. So right now, I'm in it to
see what we can do. Paul Areola is on this team.
Yeah. Can you imagine our end -of -season record
and how we'd be performing in the playoffs? Oh,
we didn't have the injuries that we had. Healthy
Paul Areola all season. Yeah. The Sounders would
have been potentially winning the Supporters'
Shield. I think that's how much better they would
have been. We have three DP -level talents injured.
Areola, De La Vega, and Kent. Which is funny
because our remaining two DPs are probably not
DP level talent. So can we get those? Stop. Stop.
Albert Rosnack has very much. He earned it. And
you know it. Jordan is certainly not. But I also
think that he's elite. I love Albert. Don't get
me wrong. He's one of my favorite players. I've
told him myself. But he's not a DP on most winning
top teams in this league. because top teams in
this league are going for a step above. Sure.
I mean, Seattle does how Seattle does though.
Like we have our own, our way of doing things
and the role is the DP, not the status of the
player internationally. I think the biggest problem
is he, the way he excels during games, isn't
the way that Brian Schmetzer wants to play. So
we're not using him to his best ability and he's
still incredible. Yeah. Well, I think the biggest
thing about this team and their biggest strength
is still depth. And I think you saw that once
we started making some subs. You mean our leading
goal scorer coming on? Well, the fact that he's
our leading goal scorer is a testament to the
depth. Because honestly, let's be perfectly honest.
If Jordan was healthy all season long, he'd probably
be in that 13 -day, 17 -goal range. You know,
he'd be – would he have beaten what Albert did?
I don't know. Albert's had – sorry, not Albert.
Danny's done. Danny's had an amazing year. I'm
not going to sit here and say, yeah. Yeah, I
don't know what Danny's XG are. We've looked
at it before. But in my mind – because XG, I
think, is stupid in some ways. jordan morris
will miss a wide open goal and he won't have
a oh that should have been a goal like the goalie
could be laying on the ground off to the side
he'll miss it and they'll be like that's not
a goal under stitching the net in the back just
whatever but but i think danny measurable tool
dan yeah yes but i think danny would be up there
near messy If he had hit all his shots. Remember
how many times you talked about it all season
in the beginning, he's in the right position.
Even today, that header beautiful. He, he came
out of nowhere. Beautiful. And, and frankly,
that was, I believe that was Jordan. That was
a 30 yard. That was a 30 yard sprint. Yeah. And,
and the Dane St. Clair save on his other shot
was, I mean. He had to move over. It wasn't even
really a save. It was just he kicked his shin.
Can I say this though? That fucking clown. During
the shootout. How did he not get a second? I
think he gets a yellow card if he doesn't already
have one. Because he's a fucking clown. He got
a yellow card earlier in the match. I know, but
I'm saying they would have given him one in penalties.
Because he was being such a whiny little bastard.
After every... It just, yeah, the spot, like
looking at the spot and complaining about it
and the way the demonstratively complaining about
it. That's what they do. But he did it every
single fucking time. And it's every, you can't
allow that as a goal, as a referee. Now, now,
to be fair, I will say, I think the ref did manage
that to be fair. No, I do think the ref to, to,
to his credit, the Silva's credit. I think he
did manage that well, because in the Alex rolled
on shot. He came off his line and was right up
in his face after Alex put the ball down to talk
about whining. After that... But it happened
again. No, every other time when he was whining
and bitching, it was before the ball was placed
down. So it was him whining and talking beforehand.
So I think the ref was like... When he whined
that time, though, it's because the ball was
a centimeter too far forward, which is why Alex
had to replace it. And I actually think... Which
may or may not. I think Alex actually had the
advantage in that situation. I think he was messing
with him as much as St. Clair was messing with
Alex. Yeah. It was just a poor choice to go down
the middle in that instance. Because I don't
like going down the middle anyways, unless you're
Raul. But we really need to change the rules.
Or Pineda. Yeah. The fact that the stutter step
needs to be removed from the game. Unless you're
going to let the goalie come off the line and
do whatever they need to do. Yeah, you can't
have that much dancing for one player and have
the goalkeeper not be able to just do whatever
the fuck they want. I think that would be more
entertaining. Hey, the whistle blows. The moment
the player takes that first step, all bets are
off. You can come off your line. You can hurry
up and shoot. Isn't that what hockey's like?
Yeah, basically, yeah. Yeah. Uh, but with all
that said, um, I do think that, uh, that rolled
on the rolled on one St. Claire basically was
like five steps over to the left of the net,
like really just doing clown stuff. Yeah. And,
and what I would have loved to have seen is when
he did that first one, if Alex would have just
ran up and kicked it to the right, that would
have just been so beautiful. Rewatch that again.
The scoring would have been beautiful. I mean,
you're not wrong. But, you know, it happens.
It happens. That's penalties. By the way, Reagan,
number three. How many teams have a center back
at number three on your PKs? And he had the most
calm. You're never going to say this. Fuck you.
And with all the theatrics of Dane St. Clair,
to just have a center back do that. You know,
I think I honestly also normally I really like
what Danny Leyva does. I think he's really good.
He even had that nice casual. Yeah, he walked
right into a miss, though. That was really a
bummer. Yeah, it is a bummer because he, yeah,
it happens. He's had, these are the things, right?
He's had, they were mentioning it was 2000 and.
2019 that he signed his s2 contract yeah 15 years
old 14 years old something like that it's been
six years and he just hasn't had the rise like
oped right and it's things like this it's just
like you have he's got quality and then i think
this is the stuff where it's just like put it
on it's going to be on his resume and his like
i don't know how else to put it You're going
to remember this if you're the front office.
I'm not sure. I think that's over. I think it's
a little hyperbolic. Yeah, I do. PK's happy.
Okay, fine. He's going to think of this. Maybe.
This is what I needed to score that. And it doesn't
help that he still doesn't officially have an
MLS goal. So that's, that's kind of my point.
Yeah. It's like, how many opportunities am I
going to get to have that make a mark on a match?
I mean, I don't have any memory of marks on a
match that for him. I mean, I like Danny Leyva.
He's the one that, that hit posts on the free
kick that knew who put in against Cruz Azul.
I mean, let's be fair to Danny Leyva. He scored
a goal in his first. He did. He did. And the
refs improper against the white caps, right?
Yeah. Yeah. It was such a bullshit. it's still
and they didn't the mls admit that it was wrong
later but you don't you can't undo a goal like
that yeah i think they did hutani is up with
a runner on first two outs bottom of the 17th
he's currently four for four wait should we just
stop talking and and you just and i just call
the game actually yeah call the game he's i turned
all my wi -fi off on my devices and my tv so
that our recording doesn't get interrupted his
last seven bats are five home runs and two doubles
the fuck off he's the greatest player in baseball
history i'm switchly i'm quickly going to live
now he's not a player he's not a player he's
a god he's a god he's i mean it's funny he is
what mike trout could have been if mike trout's
career trajectory continued pitch that's gonna
retire and become a huge alcoholic and live in
a cabin It's just amazing because he was the
greatest player of his generation for a short
time, and then it just all fell apart. And then
Shohei's like, hi, I can pitch. Meanwhile, the
Angels are gifted the two generational talents
and couldn't do shit with them. I know. Can you
imagine? They're on the same team. Yeah. You're
streaming it right now from your phone. Oh, he's
up to bat. I'm just putting it up here so Aaron
can watch it. Yeah, we'll talk. Is it 5 .5? I'm
basically watching it through the screen. Hey,
the quality is great. Yeah, yeah. That's a ball.
5 .5 in the 17th. Podcasting, everyone, yeah.
We won't continue to do this. This right here
is exactly what makes Otani so special. We're
literally live interrupting a soccer podcast
for the World Series that no one in Seattle wants
to watch. It just really speaks volumes to...
If you're smart, you're pitching around him.
You don't intentionally walk him, but you pitch
around him. It's 3 -0 now. He just stepped out
and took a swing. because he knows no balls coming
in the zone here. Oh my god, I can't believe
we're doing this. But we are. It's 2 -0. 3 -0.
That was 4. Let's fix the quality of your camera.
Alright, drop it. No home run by O'Donnie. You
know, I think Danny though, this year we've seen
him take a huge step up in a way that maybe is
unexpected because he He was forced to play other
positions. We saw him play really great. He was
forced to play for another team. Well, sure.
Yeah. Last year, right? So that's got to be a
huge chip. But we also saw him come in at center
attacking mid and play great. Of course, he can
still play center defensive mid. There was an
argument near the end of the season that maybe,
before Resnack came back, that maybe he should
have been starting at center attacking mid. But
then we saw a really great performance from Jesus.
at center attacking mid too i think i think center
attacking mid might be jesus's best position
right now so it's hard it's hard for danny to
get those minutes he's not he's not subbing on
late for center attacking mid position anymore
yeah no i think he's a death pizza at this point
and i don't think there's a lot of room for him
well and i like him it gives us a lot of flexibility
with the off season when we're making decisions
big decisions yeah like obed Yeah, that's one
of them. Keep in mind, Obed's son signed a contract,
so six months from now, he could sign on a free.
I think less than six. I think it's two. Two
months and a few days. No, two months and a few
days, he can negotiate. He's good until the end
of next year. Oh, I thought his contract runs
out the 31st. No, 31st of December is when he
can officially start talking to other teams,
but he can't sign a contract for six months.
Okay. So six months before the end of his contract.
But I don't think anyone wants to be in that
position. You can't let him walk on a free transfer.
You need to sign him. That would be, we're picketing
in Renton. Yeah, that would be a huge error.
The only reason he's with the club right now
is because we're going to get value from him.
He's not staying with the Sounders. Yeah, we
could have sold him. This isn't a Jordan Morris
situation. This isn't a Christian Rodon situation.
You know, there's something about this that always
made me wonder, though, because really a transfer
can't happen without the consent of the player.
But the... Why don't more players just let their
contract run out? The only thing I can think
of is that it lowers their transfer ability to
sign with other teams because teams might be
like, well, if you're going to do that to them,
why should we invest in you? It's just not done
in the culture of the sport. And you see free
transfer all the time. The transfer etiquette.
But it's usually the team deciding they're not
going to bring them back and then letting them
go. I mean, players turn down player options,
but that's a little different, I feel like. Yeah.
But I think it takes like, you know, in Mbappe,
it's a little different because he wants to go
to one specific club. The Sounders. Yeah. Of
course. Yeah. That would be incredible, by the
way. We have a need. We have a need for it. Only
because we have a need. Only because we have
a need. It would be a good fit. Jesus Christ.
I think we have a good fit for the Mariners for
Shohei, too. I think we can figure out a way.
Hey, Tarek Scooble is being shopped by Detroit
now. Get on your college radio right now. There's
a fit for him. Come home. Yeah, come home, buddy.
Come back to Seattle, you. I mean, he visited
in the playoffs. He came and visited. I don't
think he wants to pitch in our park, though.
He lost us four times this year. What are you
talking about? Of course he'd want to pitch in
a pitcher's park. Who wouldn't want to? And we
are on. 18th inning. To the 18th inning. My God,
okay, I might have to turn this on. Which means
ending the podcast. Yeah, let's talk about the
penalty real fast. We alluded to it, but early
on, there was a play where the Minnesota head
up through ball, got ahead, and Reagan fully
extends his arm and shoves him down from behind.
Now, I think most of the time when that happens,
it looks worse than it is. I'm going to start
with that. So I understand why some people might
not think that's a penalty, but if we, if that
were the sounders and that happened to us, we
would be apoplectic. Like we would be, it was
a penalty. Yeah. No, no, it's not people. They
allow there's there's you, you can put your hand
on someone, put your hand on someone. I think
it's because he extended it forward. And also.
You have to realize the situation as a referee,
the situation and the speed of which things are
happening. He's running at full speed. A slight
nudge is a full shove if we're standing next
to each other. But I don't know if he actually...
If we're not running, the amount of effect that
that has is I'm shoving you to the ground. We
see in football quite often where a defensive
player has their hand on a player and because
the player is moving away, the hand moves out
and it looks like a shove. But it's not. You're
just putting your hand on the player. And so
generally, I am of the mindset that we call that
too often. We see it in soccer too. And I would
agree with you. And don't get me wrong. He pushed
him. Period. It happened. But the fact that it
wasn't shoulder to shoulder, that's why I think
it should have been. If that was shoulder to
shoulder, they don't call it. He was behind him.
But it doesn't rise to the level of... No, I'm
sorry. And the fact that Vard didn't intervene,
I think they got it right. I think they should
have, though. I think they're like, this is too
early. If that was the second half, they're interviewing
or he's calling it. I don't know. What was that,
the 10th minute? I'm just throwing a number out
there. It was the first half of the first half.
So you think Game State had an effect on the
call? I think Game State affects calls all the
time. It shouldn't, but I think it does. And
I think the ref was about 40 yards back. It would
have been a very devastating call to make against
one team. I'd like to see the replay. There were
players to the left. I wonder if it would have
been Dogso. It was 100 % Dogso. He's all alone
in the box. 99%. But I think the ref was far
away. I think it was early in the match. I think
it would have been a dog. So you're out. Like
I've affected this match in the first 10, 15,
whatever minutes. I don't want to do that. And
I think VAR was supporting the center ref on
that one, which doesn't, is this kind of against
what they're not supposed to like think that
way. And I'm totally making that up. based on
what I feel happened, but that's what it looked
like. I was listening to the radio on the way
there, so I was not listening to the Apple or
Minnesota broadcasts because those were the two
you could have. I ended up listening to the Minnesota
broadcast for the second half for a little bit.
And on the Seattle broadcast, they said that
the ref was favoring us. They said it absolutely
should have been a penalty. Yeah, I mean, I...
I tended to find it, see the, the match even
out as a 90 minutes accrued. Yeah. I would, I
would say the first match did, or the first half
did seem a different than what we can usually
complain about. Like, you know, it, it did seem
like, okay. Interestingly, it also was, they
were frenetic. They were a very frenetic team.
Yeah. And I think, causing fouls to happen that
were erratic. Whereas we were trying to control
the match, they were trying to disrupt it. Not
in a Vermees sporting KC way. I don't think there's
anything dirty going on. But I think they didn't
figure it. They didn't know how they could control
the match other than affecting it in a certain
way of fouls. Yeah, it seemed like it was. leaning
our way. Also the defense, our defense really
struggled in that first half. They cleaned it
up in the second half. We, we saw a lot of real,
I think the second half we were clearly the better
team. Yeah. I think we kept our hips in front
of us and our shoulders in front of us were in
the first half. I think we were reacting a lot
and that's where you saw mainly in the play we
were just talking about. We were chasing, you
know, that was, that was a bad basically at midfield.
Yeah. Giveaway. Not giveaway, but just bad read.
I think Gamer. Where was the new? I was just
saying I posted the clip of the penalty or the
non -call into the chat for you to take a look
at. Were you pointing? Yeah, I was pointing to
the chat. Yeah, so we're not in your seat. So
when you point in that direction, it just looks
like you're pointing at my kitchen. It's the
other way. You're actually pointing at me when
you do that because of the way our Brady Bunch
cameras are going. I know what that means. That's
the middle finger. Okay, fair enough. But yeah.
Oh, that's a shocker. There we go. Yeah. In the
end, I thought the Sounders had done enough to
get... a gutsy win this felt like this was going
to be a 1 -0 victory but I also felt like and
I think I mentioned on the discord around the
65th minute I said if we can't get the goal if
we can't get the one goal we are going to lose
in the shootout It's very optimistic, though.
I saw nothing that makes me believe the Sounders
can score against the low block beyond what Aaron
mentioned earlier where we saw some stretching.
There was no play because the misses they missed
are the same misses they've missed all season
long. I still think we may come home and win
because it's at home, but I just don't see us
going back there and scoring a goal. I don't
know. I think I saw enough. St. Clair making
a good save. I thought the couple goal line clearances
by Minnesota defenders. I thought Christian's
header. Danny's header, I thought... I think
a goal falls in if we have the same opportunities
next summer in Minnesota, but it did not seem
like... Yeah, you're right. It was going to be
a 2 -1 win. But I think our XG was actually pretty
high considering it was a 0 -0. I think one of
those five fall in. Yeah, I also think... So
in the end, I felt like this had one to two goals
for us in the way that this came out. That's
kind of what I saw. Nevertheless, they did not
come. And so yet another goalie villain in Sounders.
I'm going to come. Do not come. Do not come.
I knew. God damn it. You've seen the DJ transition
that, right? uh there's a dj there's a dj transition
of kamala harris saying you know do not come
and then trump going i'm gonna come and it's
like and then that that's that back and forth
and then the beat drops it's it's actually that's
what brings this country together it sounds like
that sounds like the new national anthem is that
because it's a sticky stucky moving on moving
on moving on let's just stop i mean this game
to me I guess I'm glad I watched it. At no time
did I think we were going to win. I promised
I would say this because I had said it earlier
offline when I was talking about the game. The
only benefit to this game is I got to go hang
out with Yaya. That's it. I feel like I could
have skipped this game and it wouldn't have mattered.
Yaya Torre? Yeah. That's pretty cool. Available?
Yeah. Let's sign him. Bring him in. He can be
on our team. I think he's too old now. Drogba.
He's way too old, but I would like to have him
too. Man. So, post -game, what are, you know,
what would you like to see in game two? What
would you like to, what would you want to do?
Wait, let's real quick change. We only touched
on, it was Alex, Christian, and Alex. Alex got
saved. Christian, High post with velocity. And
Leyva missed left. And Leyva posts as well. Yeah.
And I think it was Gressel. Gressel, who basically
came on with no touches. Draco Malfoy. He did
not even touch the ball when he subbed on. They
brought him on for penalties. And both players
that were brought on for penalties on each team
missed their penalties. That's actually a really
good shout. Yeah. Yeah. I don't think you'll
ever do that. And you clearly want some juices
flowing right before, just touching a line. And
the crystal didn't come out in the 90th minute.
He was out slightly before that, wasn't he? No,
it was like because there was an injury in stoppage
time before we were going to throw it in. I just
walked around the field for a minute. And if
there wasn't an injury, he probably would have
just kept playing on the throw in and he probably
wouldn't have gotten on. Speaking of, what did
you think of when they stopped the game? for
the blood on um uh on his forehead yeah she had
had blood on there 20 minutes later yeah yeah
that was ridiculous i mean they did the right
thing though by making him stay off the field
until the play started yes if you're gonna make
the call you made the call and you followed through
that's fine exactly play on just just there's
probably one or two other players that have a
cut or bleeding somewhere i'm okay with with
with stopping the game for blood they always
do that but the fact that they Let it go for
that long. I didn't see blood. I was like, where's
the blood? It didn't look actively bleeding.
It looked like he just popped a zit. Maybe he
did. Maybe he headed a ball. There was a zit
there and it just burst. It's just kind of...
I will say that this is the kind of game that
I like to call the ego game where the ref...
felt like, oh, I'm not going to let the crowd
influence me, so I'm going to make sure that
that's kind of how it felt. And I'm used to having
it happen against us, not for us. We are the
beneficiaries today. But this was, I did not
feel like the fans were being whiny. I'll put
it that way. I think Sounders fans would have
basically done the same exact thing. whether
you agree with the calls or not, he was not making
friends tonight. No, no, for sure. And it's funny
because I know a lot. I mean, after the game
when they would show the Wonderwall, I know a
lot of people that are in the supporter groups
and saw them on TV in the crowd. You know, I
like a lot of people there, but it's hard for
me to not be annoyed with them after we lose.
Yeah. Oh, for me, the villain of the game was
Sinclair. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, for sure. And it wasn't
even during the game. It was just strictly during
penalties. But he's not Minnesotan. He's Canadian.
He's Canadian, yeah. He's real Canadian, which
is kind of weird because you'd think that would
be the opposite. You'd think he'd be, other than
his last name, I don't think there's an American
with the last name St. Clair. I think they're
only Canadian. Well, the girl went to the store,
Sweet Jane St. Clair. You know, still dazzled
by her flowers while I shopped there. No? It
wasn't long before I lived with her? Sing her
songs while she dyed my hair? James, take us
away. I'm just kidding. Barenaked Ladies song,
Jane. Of course it's Barenaked Ladies. Speaking
of Canadians and speaking of St. Clair's. With
that said, what do you want to say? I think I
just proved me right. You're not wrong. Game
two, I think it'll be a trumping. I think we'll...
Go up three or four. You mean we're going to
take all the Canadians and round them up and
send them to El Salvador? Yes. And Katy Perry.
But I would like to send them back to Canada.
I think we should stop letting all these people
from Vancouver that root for the Blue Jays, even
though they hate every other Toronto team, come
to Seattle and be fans of our sports teams. Meaning
the Seahawks. They should have to give up their
Seahawks season tickets. That includes anyone
from Minnesota, too, because they're just basically
Canada. I just want to be mad at Canada right
now. Goddamn Blue Jays. I actually think there'll
be a good... I think there'll be a... We've been
here. We know what we're doing. This is uncharted
territory for these loons, right? And there was
a comment on the broadcast that they said Seattle's
won everything under the moon. Yeah. Where the
scene has not. Yeah. In fact, usually it's us
that stops them. Yeah. So I really feel like
there's going to be like a, we got our shit together.
Like Lucy pulling the football. I mean, that's
the thing is I, I think the Sounders for is as
flawed of a team as we have been this year can
still win the MLS cup. Yeah. I also think they
could easily lose. I think we just need to get
there. Yeah. Both things could happen. I mean,
I will say that I think the pressure remains
on Minnesota, especially if we win game two.
I think Minnesota is the one that needs to get
over the hump. Minnesota, we are the boogeyman.
Yeah, so I think there's a lot into that. So
focus on this next game. And I like our chances.
I like our chances if Masovsky starts. One, because
Jordan's... Was that his first 90? No. Oh, maybe.
I don't know. Either way, 14 goals. It's the
playoffs. This is kind of a... It is literally
do or die. Do or die, yeah. We have to win just
to keep going. Yes. Push all your chips forward.
This is the right thing. I think Jesus needs
to start in the middle. I think he put Rusnak
in place of where Jesus is on the right because
he's adaptable. He's smart. He knows what he
needs to do in his role. Between him and Christian,
I have the most trust with them on the field
for wherever they are on the field. And I don't
want Christian to move. I think he and Obed are...
a solid back kind of mid midfield back line and
that pushed things forward that win the ball
they showed us that he was he had like 73 touches
to um what's their guys midfielders their midfielders
like 30 right but that's their style of play
they've been doing that phoenix so Anyway, I
would like to see that change. I still want Morris
on the field. I think Rothrock needs to come
in and just devastate for 30 minutes and lead
into the penalties potentially. But I really
would hope that we would have two or three goals
next match at home. Yeah. I'm expecting us to
win 1 -0 at home. I don't think they're going
to come in and play like they did before. I think
we've figured out how to not let them score goals.
Wow. Strikeout to finish the inning. Oh, you
were five seconds ahead of me. Oh, sorry. I didn't
know you were watching. I did pull it up. I was
like, you know what? It's about to go longer
than what we did. Like it's going to commercial
right now. I'm ahead of you. I'm ahead of you.
I just didn't. I just wasn't watching it because
I was talking, but, uh, was he had to do the
bottom of the 18th in that game? But I, I, I
think Seattle is a fortress while they did beat
us at home. Uh, it was a weird game. It was a
weird game. It was, wasn't it early in the season
too? No, it was the MLS protest game. Oh, that's
right. Pay us game. The early season one was
Charlotte, which was also a weird game. That
was game one. Uh, yeah, it was a draw, but yeah,
but, but I, but I remember, I remember saying
that. saying whatever BS I normally say. And
then Nick, you kind of clarified the context
of that match. And actually it's like, this is
not the same team. I played in that match, literally
just the same players, let alone the, where we
were in the season. Yeah. Yeah. I can't see Minnesota
scoring two, let alone three goals on us. But
if they are going to score three goals, it's
going to be, you know, in four minutes like it
was in that game. Right, right. So weird. So,
I mean, I'm expecting us to come home and win
1 -0. There's nothing I've seen that makes me
think we're going to score two goals from this
team, especially of late. But I hope I'm wrong.
But I do think we can win the game. I think I
disagree because the moment we get the first
one, it opens stuff up. And I think that team...
who is not used to having possession, if they
try and play outside of their normal style, that's
when they get to be really susceptible. That's
when the teams that are beating them by multiple
goals, I suspect that's where that's coming from.
I guess it's also possible that's true because
it doesn't matter if they lose by five. Yeah.
I was just thinking that. It's like that weird
diamond. weird coaching strategies might have
to happen if we're up by two goals. What do we
think of this three -game format? This is strictly
a cash grab to give Apple more games. That's
strictly what it is. I prefer one -off. I like
home and away, except for the final. Especially
because of that Portland -Seattle home -away
car show game. No, no, no. The one that was way
more recently. That was the greatest playoff
series in history. Yeah. That's the car show.
That was the car show game. Oh, that's a different,
the penalties where they thought they won. Yeah.
Okay. That's funny because we had a car show
game that was, I wouldn't people say car show
game. I think of the champions league game. That
was a car show. So all the, all the, you could
want, we could only fill half the stadium. That
to me, that's always the car show game. I don't
know what the car show has to do with the Portland
game. Oh, we had to move it because of the car
show. Yeah. It was a Friday. It was a Thursday
night game or Friday night. Yeah. But that was
the best. That's the best playoff series since
the Sounders have been in the playoffs. Yeah.
Oh, that was an epic. That was even though we
lost. Well, we tied technically, but we lost.
We got eliminated from the playoffs. Even though
that happened, that. This game was one of the
most wildly entertaining games I've ever seen
in person. I couldn't be mad after it. I mean,
it was sad because it was the final game for
Aussie, and I think Will Bruin too, and they
both missed penalties in the loss. But it's funny
that, was it Asperia who thought they had won
the game and was celebrating when it was headed,
because he didn't know that way goals didn't
count in extra time. I don't think I knew that
either. Handwalla Buona had one hell of a penalty.
Just a good day. I have his signature on his
scarf. Nice. With this next game, I think that
it's going to be interesting. Unfortunately,
uh -oh. I see your hands up. Did it make it?
Damn it. Freddie Freeman, baby. No. Again, I
am five seconds late. I shouldn't be. Was it
really Freddie Freeman? Yet again, another home
run in the... Jesus Christ. Freddie Freeman is
making the case to being this generation's Reggie
Jackson, Mr. October. Shout out to Edgar from
News Across the Galaxy, a friend of the show.
He's so excited right now. Edgar, yeah. Freddie
Freeman reminds me of Ross when he got his teeth
whitened. He and I just texted each other at
the exact same time. Freddie, all in capital.
Jesus. Go Mariners. Yeah. Hey, let's wrap this
up. Yeah. Well, we were just waiting for this,
clearly. Yeah, now the Dodgers game is over.
Where can they find you, Aaron? In San Diego.
Actually, look at that. Freddie Freeman, first
player with multiple walk -off home runs in World
Series history. That's incredible. Good for him.
Yeah. I'll put that – I'm just going to put that
on my resume and see if someone questions it.
I mean, if you want a fun one, you could – yeah,
if you want a fun one, you could just put – Welcome
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