WEBVTT 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:24.339 He's a tough kid. All I gotta say is the public 00:00:24.339 --> 00:01:02.960 can't say it's cheating. Hello and welcome to 00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:05.200 another episode of Sounders Scuttlebutt. I'm 00:01:05.200 --> 00:01:06.840 your co -host today, Cameron Collins, and I am 00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:10.019 here with the one and only Nicholas Biella. What 00:01:10.019 --> 00:01:11.980 is up, Nick? How are you doing? Doing pretty 00:01:11.980 --> 00:01:15.340 good. How are you? I'm feeling pretty energized, 00:01:15.420 --> 00:01:19.640 pretty excitable. Yeah? Yeah. What about you? 00:01:20.799 --> 00:01:24.140 I mean, unlike you, I didn't have an exciting 00:01:24.140 --> 00:01:29.560 evening of attending, what, kindergarten? PTA 00:01:29.560 --> 00:01:33.019 meetings, parent teacher conferences, slightly 00:01:33.019 --> 00:01:36.319 different, but same, same proof of concept. Um, 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:39.819 yeah, things that I gotta, I gotta realize are 00:01:39.819 --> 00:01:43.640 a thing. Um, but we got a jam packed mini episode. 00:01:43.700 --> 00:01:46.400 It may not be a two hour long episode, but we're 00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:49.200 going to probably try and keep it under an hour, 00:01:49.239 --> 00:01:51.200 which means that it will probably be around 20 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:54.659 minutes after the hour knowing us. But before 00:01:54.659 --> 00:01:57.299 we do that, do you have anything in your hand? 00:01:58.349 --> 00:02:02.349 I do. It's non -alcoholic, but I'm also getting 00:02:02.349 --> 00:02:04.189 weird notifications on my phone. That's weird. 00:02:04.370 --> 00:02:07.409 Oh, oh, the worst nickname in sports for the 00:02:07.409 --> 00:02:09.530 best player in sports. Tell me about that. Well, 00:02:09.650 --> 00:02:13.810 I am going to drink a scuttlebutt big dumper 00:02:13.810 --> 00:02:18.430 beer, which is a, I think it's a, is it a golden 00:02:18.430 --> 00:02:21.689 ale? What is this? It's just a, just a nice lager. 00:02:21.770 --> 00:02:25.610 Okay. Crushable lager. What about you? Wow. That's 00:02:25.610 --> 00:02:29.930 a loud typing, typing this there. um i am drinking 00:02:29.930 --> 00:02:33.610 non -alcoholic right now i am drinking holiday 00:02:33.610 --> 00:02:37.629 creamy vanilla coke zero like holiday creamy 00:02:37.629 --> 00:02:41.310 vanilla are santa claus been kidnapped is he 00:02:41.310 --> 00:02:44.330 in your closet what's happening yes yes absolutely 00:02:44.330 --> 00:02:55.449 holy shit that was the dream yeah that's good 00:02:56.379 --> 00:02:58.039 That's good. If you haven't tried it, I highly 00:02:58.039 --> 00:03:01.800 recommend it. It is a quality soda. There you 00:03:01.800 --> 00:03:05.219 go. Soda is very expensive now. I don't know 00:03:05.219 --> 00:03:08.860 why this has happened. Sugar tax. But even the 00:03:08.860 --> 00:03:11.280 non -sugar, these were $10 a 12 -pack. Luckily, 00:03:11.319 --> 00:03:14.060 if you bought two, you got two free. It's true. 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:18.120 It's just wild what they're doing to us. I don't 00:03:18.120 --> 00:03:23.099 know. I want you to go real quick. And cause 00:03:23.099 --> 00:03:24.919 I want to tell the audience here about my new 00:03:24.919 --> 00:03:26.939 sweatshirt. I just bought, go, go in the chat 00:03:26.939 --> 00:03:29.340 there and click it so you can bring it up and 00:03:29.340 --> 00:03:31.900 look at my new hockey. Cause, cause we're going 00:03:31.900 --> 00:03:34.039 to have a, a first little scuttle, but it will 00:03:34.039 --> 00:03:38.159 be about hockey. So I got a black sweatshirt. 00:03:38.539 --> 00:03:42.560 Yes, yes, yes, yes. I like it. I like it. Yes. 00:03:42.939 --> 00:03:46.039 it says drop gloves punch nazis double hockey 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:49.099 sticks and in the front it has a sometimes violence 00:03:49.099 --> 00:03:54.240 is necessary it says for hockey cannot complain 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:59.280 about that yeah so um we got some news today 00:03:59.280 --> 00:04:02.860 a lot of news a lot of news has dropped the new 00:04:02.860 --> 00:04:07.639 uh name for the uh women's hockey professional 00:04:07.639 --> 00:04:10.800 hockey team in seattle dropped the torrent which 00:04:10.800 --> 00:04:14.300 I don't love. Well, it's a tech city. We got 00:04:14.300 --> 00:04:18.319 to illegally stream. I was hoping they'd name 00:04:18.319 --> 00:04:22.600 it the Napster. Napster was more my speed. SoundCloud? 00:04:22.980 --> 00:04:26.480 What was the other one? SoundCloud's still huge. 00:04:26.620 --> 00:04:28.939 Yeah, but no. Napster, and then what was after 00:04:28.939 --> 00:04:34.439 that? There was a few. LimeWire. LimeWire, there 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:41.290 we go. That's right. SoulSeek. Well, actually, 00:04:41.730 --> 00:04:44.269 it's kind of grown on me over time because, you 00:04:44.269 --> 00:04:46.949 know, Whitewater Rapids, whatever, torrents of 00:04:46.949 --> 00:04:51.189 rain, but the worst logo of any sports team in 00:04:51.189 --> 00:04:54.329 Seattle. It looks like... Oh, it's bad. Some 00:04:54.329 --> 00:04:55.850 people are saying it looks like a toothpaste 00:04:55.850 --> 00:05:00.149 logo. It's not great. No, I mean, this is worse 00:05:00.149 --> 00:05:04.129 than the Chicago Fire rebrand. It's kind of AI, 00:05:04.550 --> 00:05:10.939 low energy. Yeah. But hey, whatever. I'm still 00:05:10.939 --> 00:05:14.040 going to bring the sport. Yeah. Yeah. No, it's 00:05:14.040 --> 00:05:16.879 not. It's I'm just I'm just sad that I mean, 00:05:16.899 --> 00:05:19.680 not that the Vancouver Golden Eyes is much better, 00:05:19.800 --> 00:05:23.560 but I mean, it can be. It all depends on which 00:05:23.560 --> 00:05:27.040 character you choose. If you got I was really 00:05:27.040 --> 00:05:34.920 opening for the same joke. Can I can I I would 00:05:34.920 --> 00:05:39.519 rock the odd job 64. jersey oh that'd be incredible 00:05:39.519 --> 00:05:42.879 um that did you see that they ported that game 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:47.959 uh to xbox no no oh yeah you can get it it's 00:05:47.959 --> 00:05:49.899 tough it's harder than i remember it being they 00:05:49.899 --> 00:05:51.420 um that's right because you're a playstation 00:05:51.420 --> 00:05:53.480 guy but they might have it on there too but they 00:05:53.480 --> 00:05:55.899 ported it to uh modern systems for those so you 00:05:55.899 --> 00:05:58.160 can actually go play it for those of us who are 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:03.399 under the age of 35 there was a game in the late 00:06:03.399 --> 00:06:09.220 90s called golden eye 64 for GameCube. Was it 00:06:09.220 --> 00:06:11.000 GameCube? Yeah, it was GameCube, wasn't it? No, 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:16.819 N64. N64. There we go. Anyways. All right. So 00:06:16.819 --> 00:06:19.379 I've got some scuttlebutt for us, some more scuttlebutt. 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:24.060 One, we got some year -end awards coming out. 00:06:24.639 --> 00:06:28.339 Oh, yeah. How do you feel about the Young Player 00:06:28.339 --> 00:06:31.160 of the Year going to Alex Freeman out of Orlando 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:38.360 City besting Obed Vargas? I know nothing about 00:06:38.360 --> 00:06:45.920 that guy. He's definitely playing in the left 00:06:45.920 --> 00:06:49.500 back, I believe. Or sorry, right back. Getting 00:06:49.500 --> 00:06:52.819 some call -ups for the national team. It's definitely 00:06:52.819 --> 00:06:56.240 exciting. The breakdown of their voting results. 00:06:56.680 --> 00:06:59.879 Alex Freeman on the players' vote got 23 % of 00:06:59.879 --> 00:07:04.420 the players' vote. Obed got 21 .4%. The media 00:07:04.420 --> 00:07:09.379 vote, Alex Freeman got 31, Obed got 21, and then 00:07:09.379 --> 00:07:11.579 the club's vote, that's where it really came 00:07:11.579 --> 00:07:15.079 down, where Alex Freeman got 36 % and Obed got 00:07:15.079 --> 00:07:21.199 16%, with Diego Luna finishing as a... not really 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:25.019 has joined the club here i mean i probably would 00:07:25.019 --> 00:07:27.600 have put diego luna but i also haven't watched 00:07:27.600 --> 00:07:30.300 a lot of his games i just more his impact on 00:07:30.300 --> 00:07:31.879 the u .s national team which is not what this 00:07:31.879 --> 00:07:34.279 is for no i think i think i think it really comes 00:07:34.279 --> 00:07:38.139 down to both alex and diego make more of an impact 00:07:38.139 --> 00:07:41.420 offensively it's like you know the the number 00:07:41.420 --> 00:07:45.860 six is not going to be an mvp type of deal you 00:07:45.860 --> 00:07:47.839 know it's just really hard now with that said 00:07:48.600 --> 00:07:50.240 Let's go to the counterpoint. Oh, wait. Oh, go 00:07:50.240 --> 00:07:53.100 ahead. I was going to say, wait. But Obed also 00:07:53.100 --> 00:07:56.019 was not very good. In fact, he was very poor 00:07:56.019 --> 00:07:58.439 at the beginning of the season. Like, it was 00:07:58.439 --> 00:08:01.259 surprising. I mean, leading into the Club World 00:08:01.259 --> 00:08:04.540 Cup, it felt like all the work that we were talking 00:08:04.540 --> 00:08:06.819 about where he's going to shine and be sold during 00:08:06.819 --> 00:08:09.579 the Club World Cup wasn't happening. He was just 00:08:09.579 --> 00:08:13.459 a dude. Now, second half of the season, he was 00:08:13.459 --> 00:08:15.399 phenomenal. But he didn't have a full season 00:08:15.399 --> 00:08:16.720 of great. I mean, it's the same reason why I 00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:19.420 think Pedro. can't be in the top 11 because I 00:08:19.420 --> 00:08:22.259 think Pedro Pedro deserves it based on what he 00:08:22.259 --> 00:08:24.319 did on the field, but he wasn't on the field 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:26.680 enough to do it. I mean, you have that award. 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:29.240 It's fair. And this isn't really a slam on Alex 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:31.040 Freeman at all. You know, Alex Freeman's had 00:08:31.040 --> 00:08:34.980 a really good year. But I mean, and Obed's got 00:08:34.980 --> 00:08:38.940 the best 21 under 21 or 24 under 24, whatever 00:08:38.940 --> 00:08:41.080 the, you know, so he, you know, so there's kind 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:47.190 of a split split there. So. The Best 11 came 00:08:47.190 --> 00:08:52.090 out this week as well. And Christian Roldan was 00:08:52.090 --> 00:08:56.830 named to the MLS Best 11. Yeah. Joining, I mean, 00:08:56.850 --> 00:09:03.169 honestly, it's a pretty fair Best 11. Dane St. 00:09:03.330 --> 00:09:06.990 Clair in the back with Tristan Blackman, Alex 00:09:06.990 --> 00:09:12.279 Freeman, Jacob Glensness, and Kai Wagner. with 00:09:12.279 --> 00:09:15.059 Sebastian Berhalter, Evander, and Christian Roldan 00:09:15.059 --> 00:09:18.899 in the middle. I mean, that's just filthy. And 00:09:18.899 --> 00:09:21.799 Denis Buonga, Andres Dreyer, and Lionel Messi 00:09:21.799 --> 00:09:26.379 up top. So I thought that was a pretty balanced 00:09:26.379 --> 00:09:31.139 best 11, and probably one of the first times 00:09:31.139 --> 00:09:33.960 in a long while where this best 11 could actually 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:39.299 be a real formation. That doesn't always happen. 00:09:39.809 --> 00:09:44.549 Yeah. And all the players are deserving. I think 00:09:44.549 --> 00:09:47.169 I was surprised that Christian was on there just 00:09:47.169 --> 00:09:48.990 because he's never gotten the recognition he 00:09:48.990 --> 00:09:51.190 deserves. And they usually don't go for realistic. 00:09:51.350 --> 00:09:56.590 So usually it'll be like, yeah. So I was pleasantly 00:09:56.590 --> 00:09:58.970 surprised. And I don't know if you saw his speech, 00:09:59.090 --> 00:10:01.809 but he gave credit to his teammates. Of course 00:10:01.809 --> 00:10:03.809 he did. And so did Coach when he was talking 00:10:03.809 --> 00:10:10.240 about it. So going into... game three of the 00:10:10.240 --> 00:10:12.779 playoffs we want to do a quick recap of where 00:10:12.779 --> 00:10:15.559 we stand going into game three for the the league 00:10:15.559 --> 00:10:19.299 yeah and we will say of course we do have some 00:10:19.299 --> 00:10:21.860 scuttlebutt coming that is from the mailbag we 00:10:21.860 --> 00:10:24.820 have several uh four different folks uh gave 00:10:24.820 --> 00:10:26.700 us stuff so don't worry keep listening we'll 00:10:26.700 --> 00:10:28.580 get to we get to the questions you sent us but 00:10:28.580 --> 00:10:32.559 uh the uh so what's going on in the rest of the 00:10:32.559 --> 00:10:34.419 league yeah exactly let's start with the the 00:10:34.419 --> 00:10:38.059 eastern conference so uh philly wins in back 00:10:38.059 --> 00:10:41.240 -to -back games against chicago uh number one 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:45.279 philly drops the number eight chicago fire the 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:50.860 uh columbus new york city that series is tied 00:10:50.860 --> 00:10:56.460 1 -1 going into game three which is in columbus 00:10:56.460 --> 00:11:00.659 or sorry charlotte charlotte charlotte not since 00:11:00.659 --> 00:11:03.960 uh charlotte not new york not columbus yeah charlotte 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:08.139 charlotte city Yep, that's in Charlotte at 4 00:11:08.139 --> 00:11:14.059 p .m. tomorrow. Going over to the number two 00:11:14.059 --> 00:11:16.120 versus number seven, Cincinnati -Columbus. That 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:20.419 one is tied 1 -1. Hell is real. And Columbus 00:11:20.419 --> 00:11:24.960 balled on them in that second game. Yeah, I mean, 00:11:24.980 --> 00:11:30.940 Columbus is kind of, not equivalent, but kind 00:11:30.940 --> 00:11:32.659 of like the Sounders where maybe they didn't 00:11:32.659 --> 00:11:36.889 have the best regular season. but is not really 00:11:36.889 --> 00:11:41.029 a team people want to face in the playoffs. Yeah. 00:11:42.250 --> 00:11:44.850 And then, of course, you got Miami, the three 00:11:44.850 --> 00:11:47.629 -seed Miami against Nashville. That one's tied 00:11:47.629 --> 00:11:53.850 1 -1. Big news out of that series is that Luis 00:11:53.850 --> 00:11:59.649 Suarez is suspended for off -the -play kickout. 00:12:00.809 --> 00:12:05.230 Yeah, he unsurprisingly, purposefully, kicked 00:12:05.230 --> 00:12:08.809 his foot behind him like a horse does. That's 00:12:08.809 --> 00:12:11.190 what it looked like, where a horse will kick 00:12:11.190 --> 00:12:13.950 you with its foot. Were you just focused on the 00:12:13.950 --> 00:12:18.490 teeth? Yeah. He does love to bite like a horse 00:12:18.490 --> 00:12:22.250 as well. A horse once bit my sister at her birthday 00:12:22.250 --> 00:12:24.570 party. I thought you were doing a Monty Python 00:12:24.570 --> 00:12:26.769 joke. I thought you were like, a moose once bit 00:12:26.769 --> 00:12:32.830 my sister. Oh, God. But yeah, he clearly used 00:12:32.830 --> 00:12:34.850 it as an opportunity to kick back. And I think 00:12:34.850 --> 00:12:36.090 he probably should be banned for the rest of 00:12:36.090 --> 00:12:38.309 playoffs. I mean, if this were a first time offense, 00:12:38.649 --> 00:12:41.110 you get one game. This is not a first time offense. 00:12:41.210 --> 00:12:44.149 He should have been banned from the MLS for his 00:12:44.149 --> 00:12:47.870 transgressions in League's Cup. And he wasn't. 00:12:47.870 --> 00:12:51.529 So this, I mean, I know. Well, it's fine because 00:12:51.529 --> 00:12:54.429 he's just going to be judged to, you know, he's 00:12:54.429 --> 00:12:56.750 going to be getting the Sean Avery, if we're 00:12:56.750 --> 00:13:00.090 going hockey relation, where it's just he's going 00:13:00.090 --> 00:13:03.929 to get judged harsher. Yeah, I just can't get 00:13:03.929 --> 00:13:05.929 worked up over him. I can't give the energy at 00:13:05.929 --> 00:13:10.970 this point. Going over to the east of the west, 00:13:11.129 --> 00:13:14.990 we have San Diego, Portland, which is now a 1 00:13:14.990 --> 00:13:19.309 -1 series after a wild finish in game two. I 00:13:19.309 --> 00:13:21.809 mean, that's the thing about that day. It was 00:13:21.809 --> 00:13:24.250 the World Series Game 7 that went extra innings. 00:13:24.350 --> 00:13:28.169 Oh my God, what a finish there. Yeah, insane. 00:13:28.450 --> 00:13:32.110 And at the exact same time, you had Portland 00:13:32.110 --> 00:13:35.090 scoring the 98th minute to send it to penalties 00:13:35.090 --> 00:13:37.370 and win. And then, of course, Vancouver scoring 00:13:37.370 --> 00:13:40.429 the 93rd minute to send it to penalties and then 00:13:40.429 --> 00:13:44.990 win. Did you see... the interview with kiki uh 00:13:44.990 --> 00:13:49.029 the outfielder for for the dodgers talking about 00:13:49.029 --> 00:13:52.129 when he was trying to make that basket catch 00:13:52.129 --> 00:13:55.090 and he got posterized by his own teammate you 00:13:55.090 --> 00:13:58.389 know i mean it was on the tv but i was in a bar 00:13:58.389 --> 00:14:00.750 we watched it it was great because he's going 00:14:00.750 --> 00:14:02.809 he's talking this interview he's like i thought 00:14:02.809 --> 00:14:05.409 we lost the crowd was quiet like i thought i 00:14:05.409 --> 00:14:07.409 thought we lost you know i thought i thought 00:14:07.409 --> 00:14:10.389 i blew it i got posterized and yeah it was just 00:14:10.389 --> 00:14:14.000 really really interesting um What a crazy, what 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:20.360 a crazy final four innings of that game. So then, 00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:22.259 of course, going back to the Western Conference, 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:25.639 you've got Minnesota -Seattle tied at one. You've 00:14:25.639 --> 00:14:29.639 got LAFC advancing over Austin in two games. 00:14:29.700 --> 00:14:32.759 You've got Dallas losing to Vancouver in two 00:14:32.759 --> 00:14:36.299 games. So going into the next round, the conference 00:14:36.299 --> 00:14:38.899 semifinals, Vancouver and LAFC are guaranteed 00:14:38.899 --> 00:14:41.870 to play each other. And then you've got the winner 00:14:41.870 --> 00:14:43.950 of San Diego Portland playing the winner of Minnesota 00:14:43.950 --> 00:14:48.929 Seattle. My question to you is this. Do you think 00:14:48.929 --> 00:14:52.889 this is the right way to do playoffs where you 00:14:52.889 --> 00:14:56.590 once the bracket is set, it's set? Or do you 00:14:56.590 --> 00:15:00.370 think you should recede after each round? Oh, 00:15:00.389 --> 00:15:02.690 I hate receding. I think if you if you're that 00:15:02.690 --> 00:15:06.370 if you're that lower seed and you earn that or 00:15:06.370 --> 00:15:08.460 I guess high, I'll say. I don't know how to refer 00:15:08.460 --> 00:15:10.600 to it lower. If an eight seed beats a one seed, 00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:13.720 you should be in that one seed spot. I think 00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:16.519 you've earned that. I don't like reseeding because 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:18.539 then you're making it just impossible for the 00:15:18.539 --> 00:15:21.639 eight seed to keep advancing. And it's like, 00:15:21.679 --> 00:15:23.779 no, if you get hot, this is your chance to go. 00:15:23.960 --> 00:15:28.360 I think I agree with that. Of course, it does 00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:33.299 mean that if the Sounders advance, there's... 00:15:33.850 --> 00:15:36.549 I mean, it doesn't matter at this point. San 00:15:36.549 --> 00:15:39.929 Diego, Portland, Vancouver, LAFC. It's the playoffs. 00:15:40.070 --> 00:15:44.450 All four of them, there are challenges no matter 00:15:44.450 --> 00:15:49.169 who we play. Sure, but I will say this. It goes 00:15:49.169 --> 00:15:51.230 to a one -game series after this, and we would 00:15:51.230 --> 00:15:54.850 host Portland. This is true. So now I don't feel 00:15:54.850 --> 00:15:57.450 bad about the fact that I was rooting for Portland 00:15:57.450 --> 00:16:00.590 in game one, and I was happy that Portland won 00:16:00.590 --> 00:16:03.820 game two. So if Portland wins, and then of course 00:16:03.820 --> 00:16:07.320 we win, we would host Portland next round. In 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:11.220 a one -game series, I don't think that I fear 00:16:11.220 --> 00:16:16.960 any team in this playoffs. I agree. It's just 00:16:16.960 --> 00:16:18.720 no matter who we play, it's going to be stressful. 00:16:18.940 --> 00:16:20.600 That's just the nature of one -game playoffs. 00:16:20.980 --> 00:16:23.919 I just think we saw in this most recent Sanders 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:26.259 game what home field advantage means, which is 00:16:26.259 --> 00:16:28.759 something we haven't had until this year. Maybe 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:31.559 last year a little bit. we had lost that home 00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:35.980 field advantage. We had lost that early Sounders 00:16:35.980 --> 00:16:41.559 just extra bump that you got. And this year we've 00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:45.700 just been so solid and at home. And I mean, to 00:16:45.700 --> 00:16:47.440 me, it's night and day what the team is like 00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:49.539 on the road and at home. Well, the other side 00:16:49.539 --> 00:16:53.960 of that is the club, both in Alliance Council 00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:57.059 meetings that we've had and in public interviews. 00:16:58.000 --> 00:17:00.440 Have stated over the last few years that they 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:04.700 really had as a big part of the sporting side, 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:10.279 a strong desire to make Lumen a fortress again. 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:13.880 And they really were really trying to make that 00:17:13.880 --> 00:17:17.720 happen. And I mean, Minnesota is the only team 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:20.440 to have beaten the only North American team to 00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:22.799 have beaten the Sounders this season in Lumen. 00:17:23.619 --> 00:17:28.829 That's amazing. Yeah. Yeah. and uh i i know otherwise 00:17:28.829 --> 00:17:30.549 what about charlotte no that was it just felt 00:17:30.549 --> 00:17:32.730 like a loss yeah we had a few that felt like 00:17:32.730 --> 00:17:35.730 losses they weren't actual losses yeah definitely 00:17:35.730 --> 00:17:38.250 so so that's kind of where we're at with the 00:17:38.250 --> 00:17:43.230 bracket um we have some coaching news as well 00:17:43.230 --> 00:17:46.369 i don't know if you caught that no i don't think 00:17:46.369 --> 00:17:49.710 so yeah there's been some uh oh wait i did i 00:17:49.710 --> 00:17:53.289 did see that the youth usa coach got hired somewhere 00:17:53.289 --> 00:17:58.839 yeah uh in new england Okay. Yeah. So in New 00:17:58.839 --> 00:18:01.539 England there. So you're definitely starting 00:18:01.539 --> 00:18:03.539 to see some. You're starting to get some news. 00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:10.180 It looks like LAFC has all but unofficially named 00:18:10.180 --> 00:18:15.960 former Vancouver head coach. Oh, my God. What 00:18:15.960 --> 00:18:19.759 is his name? He's their assistant coach right 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:24.339 now. He's going to take over. At the end of the 00:18:24.339 --> 00:18:25.640 season. I don't know. I was hoping it was the 00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:28.619 guy that was their coach two years ago that they, 00:18:28.660 --> 00:18:30.599 for some reason fired when he was awesome. No, 00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:35.160 no, I, my brain's not there right now, but anyway, 00:18:36.539 --> 00:18:43.680 he's their current assistant. Yeah. Well, while 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:45.700 I type this as everyone can hear, I will say, 00:18:45.740 --> 00:18:48.079 did you see that because they got second in the 00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:52.150 Canadian cup, Vancouver FC. has qualified for 00:18:52.150 --> 00:18:56.829 champions cup yay yay i like that i know it's 00:18:56.829 --> 00:19:01.190 so fun to see uh the you know a lower league 00:19:01.190 --> 00:19:03.609 team make it i want i want to see like usl that's 00:19:03.609 --> 00:19:06.609 the only the only thing for me about the us open 00:19:06.609 --> 00:19:09.390 cup not having full mls participation is if we 00:19:09.390 --> 00:19:11.490 could find a way to get some more usl teams to 00:19:11.490 --> 00:19:16.730 win it so they could i would love to see a sacramento 00:19:16.730 --> 00:19:21.700 republic qualify ricardo clark no Mark Dos Santos? 00:19:21.700 --> 00:19:28.000 There we go, Mark Dos Santos. Okay. Also, DeAndre 00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:30.960 Yedlin signs a contract extension with RSL. I 00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:34.420 don't think I saw that coming. Definitely not. 00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:38.140 But, I mean, it makes sense. That's the kind 00:19:38.140 --> 00:19:40.900 of team where he can stay in a starting role 00:19:40.900 --> 00:19:43.980 and extend that career a little bit more. So 00:19:43.980 --> 00:19:47.920 I get it. I get it. Yeah, and they probably are 00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:51.970 willing to pay him. Did they say what it was? 00:19:52.190 --> 00:19:56.309 No, just a contract extension through 2027 with 00:19:56.309 --> 00:20:03.170 an option for 2028. Okay. So good for him. I 00:20:03.170 --> 00:20:07.529 want an MLS with DeAndre Yedlin in the league. 00:20:07.670 --> 00:20:11.849 So that part I'm happy for. I just don't particularly 00:20:11.849 --> 00:20:16.789 want to see him playing for Salt Lake. Yeah, 00:20:16.910 --> 00:20:21.400 I mean, it's such a... We've known several people 00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:23.859 that have worked at the highest levels of that 00:20:23.859 --> 00:20:26.440 organization who don't always say the best things 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:32.799 about this organization. But apparently the owner 00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:36.799 is a huge coin collector guy. And so he runs 00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:38.680 in some similar circles to some of my friends, 00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:41.940 which is very weird. Oh, yeah. We won't want 00:20:41.940 --> 00:20:44.059 to shout him out publicly. I mean, we were talking 00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:47.960 about that last week, but yeah. No, but you know 00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:50.380 who you are. Also, shout out to everyone who 00:20:50.380 --> 00:20:52.819 did vote. This was election week for a lot of 00:20:52.819 --> 00:20:54.799 places, except for Kentucky, when everyone kept 00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:58.079 showing up at the polls to vote, only to discover 00:20:58.079 --> 00:20:59.960 that they didn't have an election in Kentucky 00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:03.400 this year. It's next year. So they don't have 00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:05.319 an every year election like we do. Well, yeah, 00:21:05.440 --> 00:21:07.940 they take one year out of every four off as kind 00:21:07.940 --> 00:21:14.650 of a calm it down. But yeah. I want to start 00:21:14.650 --> 00:21:16.829 talking about the game and then hit the mailbag 00:21:16.829 --> 00:21:19.329 for the second half. Sure. That sounds good. 00:21:19.390 --> 00:21:22.130 I go to break right now. Yeah. Let's take a break. 00:21:22.150 --> 00:21:24.609 Listen to our little Patreon ad here and we'll 00:21:24.609 --> 00:21:45.119 be back in a minute. Yeah. 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Yeah, 00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:34.420 we are very good in Discord about giving you 00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:36.420 some benefits, keeping you up in the loop, reminding 00:23:36.420 --> 00:23:38.900 you about, you know, signing up for World Cup 00:23:38.900 --> 00:23:40.920 tickets, letting you know when there are great 00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:44.480 deals for jerseys for 20 bucks. All sorts of 00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:47.279 fun stuff. Just look it out for each other. Yeah. 00:23:47.880 --> 00:23:50.000 Yeah, absolutely. And we do have a World Cup 00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:53.839 question that will be best answered by you later 00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:57.849 coming out of the mailbag. But the Sounders came 00:23:57.849 --> 00:24:02.349 away victorious 4 -2 this past Monday night. 00:24:02.569 --> 00:24:06.450 And I don't, I know it was for TV purposes, but 00:24:06.450 --> 00:24:08.789 they could have played that game Saturday. They 00:24:08.789 --> 00:24:10.630 could have played that game Sunday. It would 00:24:10.630 --> 00:24:12.490 have been just fine. And it would have been, 00:24:12.630 --> 00:24:15.930 I mean, it worked out in our favor anyways, but 00:24:15.930 --> 00:24:19.529 MLS or probably Apple TV demanded that we play 00:24:19.529 --> 00:24:22.849 it Monday. So on a cold Monday night with a 7 00:24:22.849 --> 00:24:27.660 .55 p .m. kickoff. to a game that went to 10. 00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:31.579 What are you thinking? Anyways. Yeah, it makes 00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:37.420 no sense. But I will say, crowd was very good. 00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:40.900 I did not expect people to show up. I did not 00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:45.240 expect those people that did show up to be so 00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:48.640 phosphorus and excited. But I think the team 00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:52.359 showed up as well. And that brought the crowd 00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:55.720 into it immediately. I mean, yeah, it helps when 00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:59.359 you get up 1 -0 in the seventh minute, so that 00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:02.200 certainly helps. Yes, absolutely. But they were 00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:05.720 challenging for goals right away. Oh, 100%. 100%. 00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:08.720 Let's start talking about the game. So first 00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:12.119 off, lineup comes out, and we see Jordan Morris 00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:14.759 and Danny Mussofsky in the lineup at the same 00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:17.779 time. What are your thoughts on that? Going into 00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:19.500 the game, going into the game. Yeah. Yeah. They 00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:21.740 did it at the end of the last game and I wasn't 00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:24.319 surprised. And the way they had done it was very 00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:26.440 interesting because I noticed when Jordan came 00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:30.319 on, he and Danny had a conversation where Jordan 00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:31.779 basically was like, I'm going to be on the right. 00:25:31.859 --> 00:25:33.559 So it was almost like they had two forwards, 00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:36.819 but they weren't like both centered. It was one 00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:38.900 in the center and one on the right. Yeah. And 00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:42.859 they were in, and that was actually what we saw 00:25:42.859 --> 00:25:45.470 in this match too, where you had. Sometimes we 00:25:45.470 --> 00:25:47.609 had three forwards. Sometimes we had two forwards. 00:25:47.769 --> 00:25:49.829 Sometimes we had one forward. But it gives you 00:25:49.829 --> 00:25:53.329 that flexibility for both wings to come up and 00:25:53.329 --> 00:25:56.470 be forwards. I was surprised that it was... It 00:25:56.470 --> 00:25:58.970 was almost a 4 -3 -3 in some ways just because 00:25:58.970 --> 00:26:02.730 both Morris, Jesus Ferreira, and Danny Mussofsky 00:26:02.730 --> 00:26:04.970 have all spent a considerable amount of time 00:26:04.970 --> 00:26:07.849 up top in their career. Yeah. But what surprised 00:26:07.849 --> 00:26:11.670 me was Morris on the right, number one, because 00:26:11.670 --> 00:26:15.039 usually we see him on the left. Not always, usually. 00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:18.079 And Ferreira on the left because this year, when 00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:20.059 he hasn't been at center attacking mid, we've 00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:22.700 mainly seen him on the right. And so they took 00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:24.980 it and flipped it on his head. There's something 00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:27.720 about the way that Jordan and Moose interact 00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:32.500 with each other when Jordan is on the right that 00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:34.640 is paying dividends. And they must be seeing 00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:36.740 that in practice because at the end of that last 00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:40.089 game... We saw it happen. And while we didn't 00:26:40.089 --> 00:26:42.029 score, we were dangerous. And then this game, 00:26:42.089 --> 00:26:44.190 obviously, we were very dangerous going up three 00:26:44.190 --> 00:26:47.170 nothing in the first 45 minutes. Well, I think 00:26:47.170 --> 00:26:49.269 there's something about that, because it seems 00:26:49.269 --> 00:26:51.650 like even going back to the first game where 00:26:51.650 --> 00:26:54.130 where Danny has a couple of really good chances, 00:26:54.170 --> 00:26:56.630 including that beautiful header attempt that 00:26:56.630 --> 00:26:59.950 really well played Jordan. The way he attacks 00:26:59.950 --> 00:27:04.109 with that pace oftentimes draws people. And Danny, 00:27:04.269 --> 00:27:06.589 you just know he's in those great Wondolowski 00:27:06.589 --> 00:27:09.349 positions all season long. We've been talking 00:27:09.349 --> 00:27:13.849 about that. And if Jordan's, you know, fine with 00:27:13.849 --> 00:27:17.430 making those selfish, unselfish passes, that 00:27:17.430 --> 00:27:19.829 certainly unlocks a lot of opportunity there. 00:27:21.269 --> 00:27:23.970 I think we saw some of the limitations of Jordan, 00:27:24.049 --> 00:27:26.529 though, having not played. out on the wings very 00:27:26.529 --> 00:27:28.549 much this season though where he would he would 00:27:28.549 --> 00:27:30.450 try to do what georgie does a lot dribble up 00:27:30.450 --> 00:27:32.690 and then and then cross it and he just didn't 00:27:32.690 --> 00:27:35.750 have the feet work uh yeah to do we'll talk about 00:27:35.750 --> 00:27:37.589 that a little bit as well especially when when 00:27:37.589 --> 00:27:39.609 things go a little bit wrong at the end of the 00:27:39.609 --> 00:27:41.490 first half spoiler alert and he was in the middle 00:27:41.490 --> 00:27:44.710 for one of those but yeah but but um so going 00:27:44.710 --> 00:27:46.589 in uh in the eighth minute you know we've got 00:27:46.589 --> 00:27:49.329 a we got a we got a corner kick coming rusnak 00:27:49.849 --> 00:27:53.549 um russnack puts the ball in uh gets cycled to 00:27:53.549 --> 00:27:56.029 the top of the box where obed is typically handling 00:27:56.029 --> 00:27:59.930 out hanging out and he just puts a shot you know 00:27:59.930 --> 00:28:02.150 just a quick shot from the top of the box just 00:28:02.150 --> 00:28:04.410 putting it on frame hoping for the best just 00:28:04.410 --> 00:28:10.269 uh uh stop it one touch go um cracks me up that 00:28:10.269 --> 00:28:12.450 dane st clair is immediately trying to signal 00:28:12.450 --> 00:28:16.920 for an offside when um it's not even close. It's 00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:19.960 not, they VAR didn't even go to review it. It 00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:22.059 just wasn't close. Yeah. I think, I mean, I think 00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:26.519 what it was, was, uh, Oh wait, I'm thinking of, 00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:29.900 was it that goal or the second one? It was the 00:28:29.900 --> 00:28:32.480 first one. The first one where there was the 00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:35.200 forward was up. Yeah. And so he was blocking 00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:37.420 the vision of the goalie, but he was on side. 00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:40.339 So he was on side, but yeah, but, but you could 00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:42.640 make the argument that if he weren't, even though 00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:44.319 he wasn't part of a play that he was affecting 00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:47.500 the play, which, We know he wasn't, but the MLS 00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:49.140 has called that against the Sounders many times. 00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:55.279 Oh, 100%. Now, if number 13 wasn't, and it was 00:28:55.279 --> 00:29:01.619 a little close, but he's desperately trying to 00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:05.420 run back. Markinich is desperately trying to 00:29:05.420 --> 00:29:07.400 run back to the top of the box. So good effort, 00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:11.119 but his time was just off. It just wasn't there. 00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:14.380 It's just fun to watch Nate St. Clair, bitch. 00:29:15.569 --> 00:29:18.490 Really fun. I mean, it's fun to watch the goalie 00:29:18.490 --> 00:29:22.589 of the year give up four goals. Yeah, where's 00:29:22.589 --> 00:29:26.329 the tongue wagging? Maybe did he need to tell 00:29:26.329 --> 00:29:28.410 the ref where to place the ball after that goal? 00:29:28.529 --> 00:29:31.490 I'll give you a spoil sport. It's at the top 00:29:31.490 --> 00:29:35.049 of the circle. He is a chump. And more importantly, 00:29:35.230 --> 00:29:38.400 the fact that... He won goalie of the year despite 00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:40.539 not being the best goalie, just having the best 00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:42.960 defense. How many times has Steph not won it 00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:44.799 because they were like, oh, he had the best defense, 00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:49.180 so he didn't deserve it? Yeah, I'm not even going 00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:51.420 to get myself worked up over it because, you 00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:55.640 know, whatever. But speaking of Steph, a few 00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:58.599 moments later, just a few moments later, right 00:29:58.599 --> 00:30:03.869 off of kind of a cross into the box. A really 00:30:03.869 --> 00:30:06.410 quick little touch makes a really good reaction 00:30:06.410 --> 00:30:10.589 save just from the outside of the six. So, you 00:30:10.589 --> 00:30:16.289 know, he's still got it. He's still got it. 20th 00:30:16.289 --> 00:30:20.950 minute. 20th minute, Sounders are trying to get 00:30:20.950 --> 00:30:23.490 the ball in. Christian's coming out to the edge, 00:30:23.609 --> 00:30:26.230 crosses the ball to Jesus Ferreira. Now, I want 00:30:26.230 --> 00:30:29.890 to give Jesus a lot of props here. He does a 00:30:29.890 --> 00:30:34.390 diving header. His diving header comes across 00:30:34.390 --> 00:30:38.609 over. It looks like he's going to go in even 00:30:38.609 --> 00:30:41.609 if Jordan isn't there, right? Yeah. I mean, he's 00:30:41.609 --> 00:30:44.789 putting that header trying to go far post. Yeah. 00:30:45.130 --> 00:30:48.190 But he also, it seems to me that he also very 00:30:48.190 --> 00:30:52.730 much sees in the play that he knows Morris is 00:30:52.730 --> 00:30:55.450 over there. And yeah, it's just really well done. 00:30:56.129 --> 00:30:58.869 Really well done. Big, big props to Jesus Ferreira. 00:30:59.730 --> 00:31:01.970 Very heads up play. I was very pleased with that. 00:31:02.690 --> 00:31:07.190 Yeah. I mean, I mean, he, it was such a quick 00:31:07.190 --> 00:31:12.349 deflection off of Jordan that he actually, I 00:31:12.349 --> 00:31:14.630 mean, James, and it wasn't his fault because 00:31:14.630 --> 00:31:19.309 he was told, you know, James has a spotter that 00:31:19.309 --> 00:31:20.750 tells him who to announce, but they announced 00:31:20.750 --> 00:31:24.269 it being Jesus's goal. Yeah. And then they have 00:31:24.269 --> 00:31:29.130 to correct it, but. And there's no one better 00:31:29.130 --> 00:31:33.990 than James at that. He gives credit to a lot 00:31:33.990 --> 00:31:36.990 of other PA announcers, but we are so lucky to 00:31:36.990 --> 00:31:39.269 have James. You know what's really fun about 00:31:39.269 --> 00:31:41.809 this, though? Once again, Dane St. Clair is bitching 00:31:41.809 --> 00:31:45.089 because he thinks Jordan's off sides, and he 00:31:45.089 --> 00:31:48.130 kind of forgets his own defender is on the touchline. 00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:51.940 on his ass yeah uh it just makes me laugh what 00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:54.420 a little whiny little bitch his second goalie 00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:57.200 of the year second goal that went right off his 00:31:57.200 --> 00:32:00.599 hands and into the net wow good job goalie of 00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:04.099 the year yeah um but what i really really really 00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:07.599 want to point out not just uh jesus's great setup 00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:14.259 was christian jumping and just Being manhandling 00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:18.079 his guy on the outside of the box to make that 00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:21.900 whole thing happen. He just won the duel. It 00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:25.700 wasn't even close. And yeah, just bang, bang, 00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:28.200 bang. We talked about this last week. The Sounders 00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:32.859 have been so good this year when they're not 00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:34.900 necessarily trying to hold on to possession, 00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:39.039 but just doing that transition goal. they've 00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:40.640 been doing that really well. This is another 00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:42.799 one of those examples of that transition goal 00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:45.819 just happening. Yeah, and working in our favor. 00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:48.599 Yeah, and so we're not done yet. It's still the 00:32:48.599 --> 00:32:53.079 first half. We're in the 41st minute once again. 00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:55.980 I mean, it's pretty much the same thing. Christian 00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:58.779 being the first one to the ball at the outside 00:32:58.779 --> 00:33:03.150 of the box. Jordan plays him in. He passes it 00:33:03.150 --> 00:33:06.029 to the top of the box where top of the six where 00:33:06.029 --> 00:33:10.190 Jesus is. Once again, Jesus puts it same spot, 00:33:10.289 --> 00:33:13.309 puts it into that back, you know, goes towards 00:33:13.309 --> 00:33:17.470 that back side of the goal. And Danny Mussofsky 00:33:17.470 --> 00:33:21.690 is there just. Beautiful, beautiful setup where 00:33:21.690 --> 00:33:24.670 Jesus doesn't need to get big touches on it. 00:33:24.710 --> 00:33:27.630 He just knows, I know I've got someone going 00:33:27.630 --> 00:33:30.089 to that back post, and I know Minnesota's not 00:33:30.089 --> 00:33:33.890 defending it. So just really great first half 00:33:33.890 --> 00:33:38.049 from Jesus Ferreira. Two assists, a lot of good 00:33:38.049 --> 00:33:40.410 effort there. And then it kind of falls apart. 00:33:40.710 --> 00:33:45.109 It does. Some bad giveaways in transition. Now, 00:33:45.150 --> 00:33:49.380 I do want to point something out. So we got eight 00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:55.039 minutes of stoppage time. Jordan gets the ball. 00:33:56.200 --> 00:34:01.119 He gets played. Obed plays it to his feet instead 00:34:01.119 --> 00:34:03.099 of leading him. Jordan has to pull up his run. 00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:07.319 Minnesota just kind of takes it from him. This 00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:12.920 is five yards from the halfway point, five yards 00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:19.059 from midfield. Ball gets lost. And Jordan, if 00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:21.139 you watch that play, a lot of people want to 00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:22.960 go, oh, Jordan, turnover, turnover, turnover. 00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:27.619 He tracked back. Exactly. His track back. This 00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:32.400 was, Jordan was the least of the problems on 00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:35.440 this play. It was something that we've seen a 00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:38.219 lot and, you know, not a good giveaway, but there's 00:34:38.219 --> 00:34:42.409 still five players. behind the ball right like 00:34:42.409 --> 00:34:44.789 there's five players who could have stepped up 00:34:44.789 --> 00:34:46.769 and stopped one of the two players that were 00:34:46.769 --> 00:34:49.469 on a run yeah i mean unfortunately we're up three 00:34:49.469 --> 00:34:53.309 nothing we're in stoppage time the moment that 00:34:53.309 --> 00:34:58.150 jordan loses the ball so if obed leads him we 00:34:58.150 --> 00:35:00.929 are on a break we've got numbers we are on a 00:35:00.929 --> 00:35:05.010 break if he if he plays the ball into space It 00:35:05.010 --> 00:35:08.690 might be for nothing. I mean, everyone is going, 00:35:08.809 --> 00:35:11.670 including, unfortunately, by the time it gets 00:35:11.670 --> 00:35:14.849 taken, Obed and Nuhu are getting passed by the 00:35:14.849 --> 00:35:16.590 ball as the ball going in the other direction. 00:35:17.469 --> 00:35:26.429 So it's now basically a 4v3 the other way with 00:35:26.429 --> 00:35:29.210 Jordan trying to get back into there. It's just 00:35:29.210 --> 00:35:32.099 a tough. It's just a tough goal. There was only 00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:37.380 two people involved ultimately in that play because 00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:46.500 it was a beautiful pass. To me, the problem is 00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:48.179 we've seen the Sounders fall prey to this before 00:35:48.179 --> 00:35:49.880 where you give it away in the middle of the field 00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:53.059 and then there's just no way. For whatever reason, 00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:56.340 we cannot stop a team that's speedily transitioning 00:35:56.340 --> 00:36:00.820 back. Early in the season, it was a big problem. 00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:03.039 And last year, it was a big problem. We haven't 00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:05.659 seen it a lot this season. But it's just something 00:36:05.659 --> 00:36:09.360 that we see from our defenders at times. And 00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:14.139 to me, it's more emblematic of, I mean, Yamar's 00:36:14.139 --> 00:36:16.579 lost a step. That's just a fact. So they've got 00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:19.559 to play defense a little differently. See, that 00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:24.380 one in and of itself, that one, I'm not even 00:36:24.380 --> 00:36:26.539 worried. I'm not even angry about that one. That's 00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:29.780 just a bad pass. And Minnesota does it really 00:36:29.780 --> 00:36:33.579 well. Well, that's what I mean. That first one, 00:36:33.699 --> 00:36:36.619 I'm not angry about it. Minnesota does a really 00:36:36.619 --> 00:36:41.539 good job for V3 and sets it up really good. This 00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:45.360 next one, I am a little frustrated about because 00:36:45.360 --> 00:36:49.139 we're at the point where basically Minnesota 00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:53.159 is trying to put numbers forward and Alex intercepts 00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:56.280 it, passes it to wide open Yamar. Yamar, when 00:36:56.280 --> 00:36:59.780 he... fields the ball has no one within 10 yards 00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:03.820 of him and he's and and minnesota's not even 00:37:03.820 --> 00:37:06.980 pressuring at that point so he's looking he's 00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:10.420 holding on to it for a good you know six seven 00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:13.940 eight seconds and then he loses it at midfield 00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:17.440 and and they're just they're just going the other 00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:20.360 way so i mean really you got to recognize the 00:37:20.360 --> 00:37:22.900 game state at that moment you just got to recognize 00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:26.050 hey This is not the time to screw around. Let's 00:37:26.050 --> 00:37:29.710 get into the halftime, 3 -1. Unfortunately, that's 00:37:29.710 --> 00:37:32.769 not what happened. Lode gets the nice finish. 00:37:33.730 --> 00:37:36.909 It's 3 -2. You're thinking, oh, God, is this 00:37:36.909 --> 00:37:39.210 going to be yet another game where we blow a 00:37:39.210 --> 00:37:44.469 three -goal lead at home? But moments later, 00:37:44.650 --> 00:37:50.130 Obed hits post with authority. Obed is on a heater. 00:37:50.570 --> 00:37:55.139 Obed is just... having himself having himself 00:37:55.139 --> 00:37:57.500 a game you know he's feeling it he's feeling 00:37:57.500 --> 00:38:03.079 the swag um it felt really good even to miss 00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:07.099 that felt really good going into the halftime 00:38:07.099 --> 00:38:10.920 uh going right back into it that ball pops out 00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:14.019 the right way danny musovsky's all alone with 00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:18.139 no one around him to just tap it in It made me 00:38:18.139 --> 00:38:20.619 not worried. If you listen to Brian Schmetzer's 00:38:20.619 --> 00:38:25.440 interview with MLS on Apple at halftime, he wasn't 00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:27.219 worried. I made mention of it in the Discord. 00:38:28.840 --> 00:38:32.780 I was expecting him to be a little bit more angry 00:38:32.780 --> 00:38:35.599 in the interview and annoyed, but I think he 00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:38.960 kind of recognized that, hey, this is something 00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:41.960 that's not replicable. We're not going to keep 00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:45.239 making those mistakes, but everything that we've 00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:50.539 seen up to and even after that point was falling 00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:52.820 into what I thought the Sounders game plan was. 00:38:53.400 --> 00:38:55.820 Yeah. What did you think? I mean, yeah. I mean, 00:38:55.820 --> 00:38:57.800 I think we saw the Sounders come out and do what 00:38:57.800 --> 00:39:01.489 they needed to do. And it's what we've been expecting 00:39:01.489 --> 00:39:04.269 them to do all along. And we actually saw them 00:39:04.269 --> 00:39:06.789 pull some stuff in from the games at the end 00:39:06.789 --> 00:39:08.710 of the season that Minnesota was losing, playing 00:39:08.710 --> 00:39:10.349 more over the top instead of through the wings 00:39:10.349 --> 00:39:13.809 at times. And it was working. And so I think 00:39:13.809 --> 00:39:16.989 they have Minnesota's number now. It'd just be 00:39:16.989 --> 00:39:21.230 a question, can Minnesota counter in a way? It's 00:39:21.230 --> 00:39:23.909 going to be a game of chess. If Minnesota's coach 00:39:23.909 --> 00:39:26.139 can... come up with a game plan that can stop 00:39:26.139 --> 00:39:28.139 the changes the Sounders made, which obviously 00:39:28.139 --> 00:39:30.639 the Sounders have to make some more. But they 00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:34.059 have found a little something that seems to be 00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:36.199 working against this Minnesota team. Yeah, I 00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:40.699 mean, Eric Ramsey is definitely an exciting coach 00:39:40.699 --> 00:39:46.360 to see for sure. But Eric Ramsey is this young, 00:39:46.380 --> 00:39:49.769 hot, upcoming coach. He's going against Brian 00:39:49.769 --> 00:39:53.170 Schmetzer. This is Brian Schmetzer's 18th knockout 00:39:53.170 --> 00:39:55.849 win -or -go -home game in his career with the 00:39:55.849 --> 00:40:01.210 Sounders. He is 12 -5 going into this game, in 00:40:01.210 --> 00:40:05.050 the 17 games going into this. 12 -5 in a lose 00:40:05.050 --> 00:40:09.590 -and -you're -out situation. Sure, sure. I also 00:40:09.590 --> 00:40:14.190 think we're so far into the playoff. They were 00:40:14.190 --> 00:40:17.480 talking about it before the game. I think Fry 00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:21.079 has the most games, active games of any player 00:40:21.079 --> 00:40:25.420 in the MLS in terms of playoff appearances. I 00:40:25.420 --> 00:40:28.360 think Christian's second. And Jordan has the 00:40:28.360 --> 00:40:31.119 most goals of any active player. I mean, we're 00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:34.519 talking, they've played a full season's worth 00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:39.280 of games just in the playoffs. So, you know, 00:40:39.280 --> 00:40:42.380 I still question can and will we show up in a 00:40:42.380 --> 00:40:45.690 big game? We've seen it. we have seen them of 00:40:45.690 --> 00:40:48.469 course show up but we're not in a in a big game 00:40:48.469 --> 00:40:50.969 yet i mean this of the caliber of a championship 00:40:50.969 --> 00:40:52.909 game i mean you want to hear something crazy 00:40:52.909 --> 00:40:55.409 though this was this was alex rolled on i believe 00:40:55.409 --> 00:41:00.650 his 253rd appearance for the sounders all comps 00:41:00.650 --> 00:41:04.909 just insane how how quick these these games are 00:41:04.909 --> 00:41:08.070 adding up like some of these players you know 00:41:08.070 --> 00:41:10.849 it was a big deal back in the earlier days when 00:41:10.849 --> 00:41:14.369 oh ozzy hit 200 games yeah and we've got like 00:41:14.599 --> 00:41:17.460 five players that have all played over 200 games 00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:21.460 for the club. This team has been together for 00:41:21.460 --> 00:41:24.019 so long. It's so impressive. So going into the 00:41:24.019 --> 00:41:25.739 second half, unfortunately, Alex goes off with 00:41:25.739 --> 00:41:27.960 groin tightness. Yeah, I didn't know what had 00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:30.199 happened. It was groin tightness? Okay. Yeah, 00:41:30.320 --> 00:41:33.460 groin tightness with Kalani Kosarienzi coming 00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:36.099 on. I think KKR played great. I mean, you saw 00:41:36.099 --> 00:41:39.079 Demon Fry play in a way that you don't see him 00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:42.260 and Alex play, and it worked. Yeah, I mean, it 00:41:42.260 --> 00:41:45.659 worked. It was a good half from KKR for sure. 00:41:47.619 --> 00:41:50.340 Game gets a little interesting. Game gets a little 00:41:50.340 --> 00:41:57.139 interesting when we bring on Paul Rothrock and 00:41:57.139 --> 00:42:01.639 Danny Leyva. How do you feel about Rothrock coming 00:42:01.639 --> 00:42:05.099 on as a 65th minute sub and just running at tired 00:42:05.099 --> 00:42:08.619 legs? I mean, it obviously works. He can put 00:42:08.619 --> 00:42:11.840 all his effort into a short time. I love it. 00:42:13.320 --> 00:42:15.760 I wasn't sure about the Leva sub, but it worked 00:42:15.760 --> 00:42:19.320 out. They did seem, I don't know if those are 00:42:19.320 --> 00:42:21.079 the subs I would have made, but you know what? 00:42:21.119 --> 00:42:23.460 I'm not the coach and it worked. We scored another 00:42:23.460 --> 00:42:26.400 goal and we won. So, yeah. I mean, yeah, they 00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:28.400 may not be the subs you made, but here we are 00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:32.300 in the 84th minute where Danny Leva beats his 00:42:32.300 --> 00:42:35.960 man, plays a beautiful lead pass into Paul Rothrock 00:42:35.960 --> 00:42:39.039 who just shoulders to shoulders Harvey and makes 00:42:39.039 --> 00:42:42.559 him look silly. giving a ball to obed to top 00:42:42.559 --> 00:42:46.719 of the box obed puts it in um ricochet off off 00:42:46.719 --> 00:42:49.340 a defender but frankly frankly that happens a 00:42:49.340 --> 00:42:52.239 lot with obed he puts those he takes those shots 00:42:52.239 --> 00:42:54.860 from the top of the box he loves putting it on 00:42:54.860 --> 00:42:59.019 frame and i would say that this season um i feel 00:42:59.019 --> 00:43:01.480 like anecdotally he's got what like that's his 00:43:01.480 --> 00:43:06.510 fourth fifth goal this season i feel like four 00:43:06.510 --> 00:43:10.130 of the five goals have have gone off of someone 00:43:10.130 --> 00:43:13.630 but that's what happens you put it on frame yep 00:43:13.630 --> 00:43:16.170 and that puts the game away sounders win four 00:43:16.170 --> 00:43:19.090 to two and we live to play another day uh yeah 00:43:19.090 --> 00:43:21.369 we will talk about but uh we better keep moving 00:43:21.369 --> 00:43:24.190 along because i know i got like five minutes 00:43:24.190 --> 00:43:28.449 left until real quick Real quick, our score prediction 00:43:28.449 --> 00:43:31.630 challenge. This was a unique game because not 00:43:31.630 --> 00:43:33.030 a lot of people are going to be choosing Obed 00:43:33.030 --> 00:43:35.190 Vargas as the first goal scorer. No, I picked 00:43:35.190 --> 00:43:36.489 the second. Not a lot of people were probably 00:43:36.489 --> 00:43:39.750 taking that over. But we had one, two, three, 00:43:40.010 --> 00:43:45.329 four, five, six, seven, eight people with two 00:43:45.329 --> 00:43:49.190 points. So a lot of us, including not one, not 00:43:49.190 --> 00:43:54.019 two, but all three hosts. Yep. You, me, and Aaron 00:43:54.019 --> 00:43:57.239 all had two points. But let's go Dan the Bastard. 00:43:57.239 --> 00:44:03.699 Dan the Bastard. Eric. Eric13. Who else we had? 00:44:03.980 --> 00:44:09.639 Bryson. Nice. Julie Z, who's been coming on strong 00:44:09.639 --> 00:44:12.380 this second half. Julie's been doing pretty damn 00:44:12.380 --> 00:44:21.869 good. And then Silotum. That is... Is that all? 00:44:21.989 --> 00:44:31.909 Oh, yeah, that is, I think, also maybe related 00:44:31.909 --> 00:44:34.429 to Dan the Bastard. I'm not positive. I have 00:44:34.429 --> 00:44:37.650 to double check on that. You do not know? Well, 00:44:37.690 --> 00:44:41.289 they put Dan the Bastard in their answer there. 00:44:41.929 --> 00:44:47.369 Oh, maybe it's one of his trials. Oh, no, I'm 00:44:47.369 --> 00:44:52.219 sorry. I'm an idiot. That's Paul. oh nice um 00:44:52.219 --> 00:44:56.960 my bad for some reason the match it didn't it 00:44:56.960 --> 00:44:59.340 didn't refresh so so i'm like wait that's not 00:44:59.340 --> 00:45:01.840 right uh because because he won a few weeks ago 00:45:01.840 --> 00:45:07.639 as well um so good times uh why don't we talk 00:45:07.639 --> 00:45:15.260 about the next game next saturday at one o 'clock 00:45:15.260 --> 00:45:18.360 is it one o 'clock east central eastern yeah 00:45:18.360 --> 00:45:21.500 1 p .m seattle time one o 'clock seems like a 00:45:21.500 --> 00:45:25.239 dumb time but it is what it is uh and uh it's 00:45:25.239 --> 00:45:28.519 gonna be yeah i think it'll depend on the chess 00:45:28.519 --> 00:45:31.800 match and uh which coach comes up with the better 00:45:31.800 --> 00:45:34.119 game plan and and then can adjust in match i 00:45:34.119 --> 00:45:38.539 think yeah i mean We got a lot of mail bags. 00:45:38.719 --> 00:45:42.480 Let's hit that up. Let's finish the prediction 00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:44.599 at the very end. Okay, right now? Let's do it 00:45:44.599 --> 00:45:47.980 now. Let's do it now. Okay. Who's winning? I'm 00:45:47.980 --> 00:45:50.619 taking the Sounders in a do -or -die game three, 00:45:50.780 --> 00:45:53.719 especially after the confidence here, especially 00:45:53.719 --> 00:45:56.420 if we go up a goal because I think Minnesota 00:45:56.420 --> 00:45:58.699 is just expecting another heartbreak from Seattle. 00:45:59.760 --> 00:46:03.750 Yeah, let's see. I originally picked whomever 00:46:03.750 --> 00:46:07.150 wins game one. I mean, whoever scores first and 00:46:07.150 --> 00:46:08.869 also who win game one is going to win the series. 00:46:08.989 --> 00:46:10.969 So I got to pick Minnesota. I think they're going 00:46:10.969 --> 00:46:13.449 to win in penalties. I don't know because Sounders 00:46:13.449 --> 00:46:19.329 scored first and no one won game one. Yeah. I 00:46:19.329 --> 00:46:20.670 mean, I don't know if they count as a scoring 00:46:20.670 --> 00:46:23.070 when it's a penalty. I'm not counting it. All 00:46:23.070 --> 00:46:26.110 right. So we have a mailbox. Tim Hamilton asks, 00:46:26.190 --> 00:46:28.050 how do you bring a sign or poster into the stadium? 00:46:30.320 --> 00:46:32.000 I mean, I think the easiest thing is to get it 00:46:32.000 --> 00:46:34.300 to a supporter group. I don't know the actual 00:46:34.300 --> 00:46:37.119 rules. Some people can do it every single match. 00:46:37.199 --> 00:46:39.079 And then other times security just decides to 00:46:39.079 --> 00:46:43.960 not let you do it. So as Tim knows. Yep. Yep. 00:46:44.159 --> 00:46:46.559 I mean, getting pre, I would say, call your ticket 00:46:46.559 --> 00:46:49.420 rep. Get that, get that, call someone at the 00:46:49.420 --> 00:46:53.519 club. Get that okay in advance. Yeah, I think 00:46:53.519 --> 00:46:55.699 it's also going to depend on how big the sign 00:46:55.699 --> 00:47:00.369 is. Oh, sure. But I mean, I know that. What he 00:47:00.369 --> 00:47:02.610 was denied for was a small sign that he would 00:47:02.610 --> 00:47:06.210 bring in any other game. So they just decided 00:47:06.210 --> 00:47:09.670 not to let him have it in this last game. Yeah. 00:47:09.710 --> 00:47:11.929 So, yeah, I would say, you know, you got those 00:47:11.929 --> 00:47:14.570 contacts. But if all else fails, call your techie 00:47:14.570 --> 00:47:18.789 rep, start there. Of course, we... And when you 00:47:18.789 --> 00:47:20.429 get denied at one, go to a different insurance. 00:47:20.849 --> 00:47:22.630 Yeah, we may not have another home game. Eric13 00:47:22.630 --> 00:47:24.909 asks, regarding World Cup tickets for here in 00:47:24.909 --> 00:47:27.550 Seattle, out of all the possible opponents, how 00:47:27.550 --> 00:47:31.039 much would cause... or how many would cause FIFA 00:47:31.039 --> 00:47:33.980 to increase the price of the USA game here? All 00:47:33.980 --> 00:47:36.059 of them. I mean, yeah, I don't think we're going 00:47:36.059 --> 00:47:38.380 to... Tickets are already on sale. We don't know 00:47:38.380 --> 00:47:39.380 who they're going to play, and you're going to 00:47:39.380 --> 00:47:41.139 buy them before you know who the US is playing. 00:47:41.519 --> 00:47:43.699 So once it's announced, it's going to go up. 00:47:44.280 --> 00:47:48.059 Yeah. The draw will be in early December, then 00:47:48.059 --> 00:47:51.860 the final... If it's Haiti, maybe, or Cape Verde, 00:47:51.960 --> 00:47:56.820 maybe it doesn't go up, but... No, they're not 00:47:56.820 --> 00:47:59.349 going down. yeah i wouldn't expect them to go 00:47:59.349 --> 00:48:02.150 down other games other group stage games i do 00:48:02.150 --> 00:48:05.449 expect them to go down sure not the u .s and 00:48:05.449 --> 00:48:07.409 keep in mind the u .s game in seattle is like 00:48:07.409 --> 00:48:11.750 30 cheaper than the u .s game in la and the new 00:48:11.750 --> 00:48:17.429 york one yeah it's bad it's bad uh shout out 00:48:17.429 --> 00:48:19.389 to rowdy rousey who asked could you talk more 00:48:19.389 --> 00:48:21.690 about the sounders looking for investors how 00:48:21.690 --> 00:48:23.829 do you feel about a stadium specifically in renton 00:48:25.159 --> 00:48:27.280 Could it also be to prepare for an increase in 00:48:27.280 --> 00:48:30.039 salary cap? So on and so forth. Of course, it 00:48:30.039 --> 00:48:33.179 was announced this, and there's another great 00:48:33.179 --> 00:48:35.920 question after that that we should talk about, 00:48:35.980 --> 00:48:39.219 because I know the answer, but it was announced 00:48:39.219 --> 00:48:41.219 that the Sounders are actively seeking an investor, 00:48:41.440 --> 00:48:44.900 or investors, plural, potentially, and they've 00:48:44.900 --> 00:48:48.099 hired a firm to help do that, the same firm that 00:48:48.099 --> 00:48:53.059 sold Vancouver. Whitecaps and did something with 00:48:53.059 --> 00:48:54.599 one of the LA teams. I can't remember which one. 00:48:55.900 --> 00:48:59.199 But I mean, we don't know that it's for the stadium, 00:48:59.280 --> 00:49:03.440 but I would assume it's for some sort of stadium. 00:49:03.639 --> 00:49:07.539 I know talking to folks I know who are internal 00:49:07.539 --> 00:49:10.039 Seahawks employees, there's already chatter over 00:49:10.039 --> 00:49:12.219 there about the Sounders leaving eventually. 00:49:14.049 --> 00:49:15.989 When that would be, I have no idea. We don't 00:49:15.989 --> 00:49:17.889 have any inside information. We only know what's 00:49:17.889 --> 00:49:23.409 public. But I can say that I think a move to 00:49:23.409 --> 00:49:28.690 Renton would be catastrophic. I mean, it depends 00:49:28.690 --> 00:49:31.670 on what they want. Do they want a fan base or 00:49:31.670 --> 00:49:35.409 do they want to make money? I think one doesn't 00:49:35.409 --> 00:49:38.530 necessarily preclude the other, but one could 00:49:38.530 --> 00:49:41.130 absolutely torpedo the other. Well, I think a 00:49:41.130 --> 00:49:43.840 fan base makes you money, but... If you're just 00:49:43.840 --> 00:49:45.760 going for the money, you're going to lose so 00:49:45.760 --> 00:49:47.300 many people if you move down there. There's not 00:49:47.300 --> 00:49:50.800 mass transit to get there. The infrastructure 00:49:50.800 --> 00:49:54.300 is not built yet. Adrian, if you want the money, 00:49:54.420 --> 00:49:58.400 sell the team. With that valuation, there's plenty 00:49:58.400 --> 00:49:59.980 of money. More money than you could ever make. 00:50:00.119 --> 00:50:02.760 If you want the money, sell the team. I also 00:50:02.760 --> 00:50:04.900 think that I understand why they would want to 00:50:04.900 --> 00:50:06.960 sell the team. You get no money from parking. 00:50:07.079 --> 00:50:09.880 You get no money from concessions. You mean build 00:50:09.880 --> 00:50:12.469 a stadium. Oh, excuse me. Yeah, you said sell 00:50:12.469 --> 00:50:14.429 the teams. I know why they would want to build 00:50:14.429 --> 00:50:16.110 the same. You get no money. The Sounders get 00:50:16.110 --> 00:50:17.909 no money from parking, no money from concessions, 00:50:17.909 --> 00:50:20.849 no money from events inside the stadium. There's 00:50:20.849 --> 00:50:25.449 no grass. They have a bit of a raw deal. Absolutely. 00:50:25.750 --> 00:50:31.349 I will point out that I do largely believe that 00:50:31.349 --> 00:50:34.889 both things can be true, that both Adrian would, 00:50:35.090 --> 00:50:38.329 in a perfect world, want his own stadium, but 00:50:38.329 --> 00:50:42.750 he also... understands that if you're not publicly 00:50:42.750 --> 00:50:45.170 talking about these things, you lose your negotiating 00:50:45.170 --> 00:50:48.909 position. Think about the last time the Sounders 00:50:48.909 --> 00:50:52.010 lease was up, was in negotiations, and they were 00:50:52.010 --> 00:50:54.610 trying to talk about, well, the turf schedule 00:50:54.610 --> 00:50:56.570 was supposed to be replaced on this level, and 00:50:56.570 --> 00:50:57.989 it was never being done, and they were talking 00:50:57.989 --> 00:50:59.030 about exploring. I don't know the date that it's 00:50:59.030 --> 00:51:02.829 up, but it's soon. I mean, I think it's within 00:51:02.829 --> 00:51:06.389 a year, I think. I think the exercise, yeah. 00:51:08.259 --> 00:51:10.559 But, but I do know that the sounder, I mean, 00:51:10.559 --> 00:51:12.880 the, the Seahawks have made fourth and goal has 00:51:12.880 --> 00:51:14.940 made a bunch of improvements to work with the 00:51:14.940 --> 00:51:17.059 sounders already and are planning to put more 00:51:17.059 --> 00:51:19.460 in. So even if they build a stadium, it's not 00:51:19.460 --> 00:51:22.079 happening for next season. This is a next season 00:51:22.079 --> 00:51:25.139 thing. This is a long -term. Can I say something 00:51:25.139 --> 00:51:29.860 that maybe people will find controversial? I 00:51:29.860 --> 00:51:32.139 think soccer specific stadiums are fucking stupid. 00:51:32.300 --> 00:51:36.380 I think they're for small clubs that have no 00:51:36.380 --> 00:51:39.010 ambition. And just want to make more money by 00:51:39.010 --> 00:51:42.190 having less seats. You're going to outgrow that 00:51:42.190 --> 00:51:43.590 stadium. Then you have to build another fucking 00:51:43.590 --> 00:51:45.630 stadium. And then it's going to cost the taxpayers 00:51:45.630 --> 00:51:52.309 more money. So one of the things I guess I'll 00:51:52.309 --> 00:52:00.190 say first off is, is the Sounders lease is set 00:52:00.190 --> 00:52:04.289 to expire around 2032. Okay. So that means they 00:52:04.289 --> 00:52:08.219 did one renewal within the last. Few years. Potentially. 00:52:08.219 --> 00:52:11.860 Because it was supposed to be up in the 2020s 00:52:11.860 --> 00:52:13.340 at some point. Yeah, it was supposed to be up 00:52:13.340 --> 00:52:19.760 at 2028. But that was a few years ago. But then 00:52:19.760 --> 00:52:22.880 they probably ran an extension because the Seahawks 00:52:22.880 --> 00:52:25.920 lease runs out in 2032 as well. And they probably 00:52:25.920 --> 00:52:30.179 recognize that the value of having them both 00:52:30.179 --> 00:52:32.380 running out at the same time would give maximum 00:52:32.380 --> 00:52:34.820 leverage. Sure. Maybe the Seahawks can move. 00:52:35.340 --> 00:52:37.280 Well, that's what I think is the more likely 00:52:37.280 --> 00:52:41.119 scenario is the Seahawks go to, you know, suburbia. 00:52:41.800 --> 00:52:44.920 Every team that leaves the downtown core to go 00:52:44.920 --> 00:52:48.380 to suburbia, it's always a shit show. Yep. But 00:52:48.380 --> 00:52:50.099 I will say for the Seahawks, most people are 00:52:50.099 --> 00:52:54.500 coming from suburbia. Yes. But the impact isn't 00:52:54.500 --> 00:52:55.199 as bad for football. The Seahawks game is red 00:52:55.199 --> 00:52:58.000 state America. It is not a Seahawks. I mean, 00:52:58.019 --> 00:53:01.400 it's not a Seattle crowd. I think we see a Seattle 00:53:01.400 --> 00:53:05.050 crowd. Everyone's not from Seattle. we see a 00:53:05.050 --> 00:53:07.269 largely seattle crowd at seattle games would 00:53:07.269 --> 00:53:09.510 be my compared to other teams would be my guess 00:53:09.510 --> 00:53:11.969 not not large i wouldn't say it's like the majority 00:53:11.969 --> 00:53:15.130 but compared to other teams yeah i mean at the 00:53:15.130 --> 00:53:16.949 same time i guess i would i would want to say 00:53:16.949 --> 00:53:20.349 um this is not the first time that that these 00:53:20.349 --> 00:53:23.530 things have have come up into conversation um 00:53:23.530 --> 00:53:30.110 and and it feels to me like I think the last 00:53:30.110 --> 00:53:33.269 time, let's see, the Sounders signed a 10 -year 00:53:33.269 --> 00:53:38.050 extension of their lease in 2015. But also around 00:53:38.050 --> 00:53:40.010 that time is when we were really talking about 00:53:40.010 --> 00:53:44.690 what happens. Can we do a feasibility for, you 00:53:44.690 --> 00:53:47.550 know, because they did a stadium feasibility 00:53:47.550 --> 00:53:51.710 in 2014, one year before they signed the 10 -year 00:53:51.710 --> 00:53:55.320 extension. So this is part of the playbook. Absolutely. 00:53:55.400 --> 00:53:57.539 And why wouldn't you? You want to maximize your 00:53:57.539 --> 00:54:02.440 negotiating power. Here's what I'll say real 00:54:02.440 --> 00:54:05.460 quick. There's a lot of land available right 00:54:05.460 --> 00:54:09.480 now. I mean, it's not for sale. Oh, I'm talking 00:54:09.480 --> 00:54:11.480 about the land that Chris Hansen bought to build 00:54:11.480 --> 00:54:15.360 Sonic's Arena. It's ready to go. You could fit 00:54:15.360 --> 00:54:18.400 a soccer -specific, a large soccer -specific 00:54:18.400 --> 00:54:23.699 stadium there. It's true. Long Acres is not where 00:54:23.699 --> 00:54:26.800 it's at. Period, exclamation point. If there 00:54:26.800 --> 00:54:30.440 was light rail that went to it, I think you could 00:54:30.440 --> 00:54:34.579 make an argument. For me, driving, it makes very 00:54:34.579 --> 00:54:36.579 little difference. It is equidistant for me. 00:54:37.340 --> 00:54:39.800 But I'm not the person that will be affected 00:54:39.800 --> 00:54:43.079 by it then. We're talking about anyone who lives 00:54:43.079 --> 00:54:45.619 north of downtown. It makes the commute to the 00:54:45.619 --> 00:54:48.260 game, especially on a weeknight, over an hour. 00:54:48.780 --> 00:54:51.619 Think about how hard it is for us to get to Auburn 00:54:51.619 --> 00:54:55.139 to go to White River Amphitheater. yeah you have 00:54:55.139 --> 00:54:57.440 to cut through downtown auburn in in rush hour 00:54:57.440 --> 00:54:59.139 traffic it can take that's why you and i when 00:54:59.139 --> 00:55:01.980 we've gone to concerts leave at 3 p .m yeah because 00:55:01.980 --> 00:55:04.099 otherwise if you leave later you're going to 00:55:04.099 --> 00:55:06.079 get caught in the traffic then it it takes a 00:55:06.079 --> 00:55:09.800 8 30 yeah it takes a 45 minute drive and makes 00:55:09.800 --> 00:55:13.960 it a a three hour drive but i mean anyone who 00:55:13.960 --> 00:55:16.800 doesn't think that stadium location matters i 00:55:16.800 --> 00:55:21.539 would just say go to a sounders game if you live 00:55:21.539 --> 00:55:25.900 north Park at Northgate. Park at Linwood. Take 00:55:25.900 --> 00:55:30.059 light rail down and see what happens. See what 00:55:30.059 --> 00:55:33.039 happens with the transit. Look at Husky Stadium 00:55:33.039 --> 00:55:35.860 right on the light rail. Look at games and events 00:55:35.860 --> 00:55:39.400 at T -Mobile Park, at Lumen. Look at the weekend 00:55:39.400 --> 00:55:41.000 a couple weeks ago when the Mariners were in 00:55:41.000 --> 00:55:42.940 the playoffs. Sounders were playing Portland. 00:55:45.440 --> 00:55:47.659 all that going on over a hundred thousand people 00:55:47.659 --> 00:55:50.239 in two days and in that area. And people were 00:55:50.239 --> 00:55:53.539 getting around because of public transit. Yep. 00:55:53.760 --> 00:55:56.340 And, and my dad takes it to every game. I mean, 00:55:56.340 --> 00:55:58.800 not to Husky games because they park at Husky 00:55:58.800 --> 00:56:01.719 stadium, but outside of Husky games, he, anytime 00:56:01.719 --> 00:56:03.579 he has to come downtown, they park at Husky stadium, 00:56:03.699 --> 00:56:05.599 my parents and take it down. They're in their 00:56:05.599 --> 00:56:07.739 eighties. Oh, my mom's in her seventies, but 00:56:07.739 --> 00:56:10.539 regardless they're there, they are elderly and 00:56:10.539 --> 00:56:12.599 that's how they get to games. And it, and it's. 00:56:13.039 --> 00:56:14.800 I mean, it's so convenient. That's how I get 00:56:14.800 --> 00:56:16.239 to every game but Sounders because I have to 00:56:16.239 --> 00:56:19.920 park to put up banner. Now, the second part of 00:56:19.920 --> 00:56:25.860 Rowdy Rousey's question, estimates of the stadium 00:56:25.860 --> 00:56:28.159 capacity. I mean, if you're doing a soccer -specific 00:56:28.159 --> 00:56:29.659 stadium, they're probably going to be looking 00:56:29.659 --> 00:56:33.659 at between 20 ,000 to 30 ,000. I would hope they 00:56:33.659 --> 00:56:35.019 would go a little bigger, but I think you're 00:56:35.019 --> 00:56:37.969 right. You would hope so, but the reality is 00:56:37.969 --> 00:56:39.530 they're going to go lower because they're going 00:56:39.530 --> 00:56:41.510 to maximize the ticket revenue by pricing it 00:56:41.510 --> 00:56:42.670 higher. And they're going to lose season tickets. 00:56:42.769 --> 00:56:45.090 Yes, exactly. And that's going to be the – they're 00:56:45.090 --> 00:56:46.789 going to rip the Band -Aid. Maybe they would 00:56:46.789 --> 00:56:48.969 get some from Tacoma. I don't know. Maybe they 00:56:48.969 --> 00:56:52.269 would get some more South End support. But I 00:56:52.269 --> 00:56:57.550 think the negative – what's the opposite of goodwill? 00:56:57.590 --> 00:56:59.650 Badwill? I don't think that's the word I'm looking 00:56:59.650 --> 00:57:02.110 for. That it creates would make people not buy 00:57:02.110 --> 00:57:05.880 in. Look at – The scrambling and adjusting that 00:57:05.880 --> 00:57:08.159 the Kraken are trying to do here now that the 00:57:08.159 --> 00:57:11.420 third year is up and people who can get out of 00:57:11.420 --> 00:57:13.980 their three -year lease on season tickets are 00:57:13.980 --> 00:57:16.619 doing so in droves and all the impact. I'll be 00:57:16.619 --> 00:57:18.699 honest. The only reason I still have season ticket 00:57:18.699 --> 00:57:20.719 to the Kraken is last year I was able to break 00:57:20.719 --> 00:57:24.480 even selling them or only lose a little bit. 00:57:24.559 --> 00:57:29.559 And I get pre -sale for concerts. Yeah. Literally 00:57:29.559 --> 00:57:32.059 the only reason is because I got to see, I can 00:57:32.059 --> 00:57:34.119 go see any. band i want to see that plays there 00:57:34.119 --> 00:57:36.940 if i can afford it unlike rush tickets that were 00:57:36.940 --> 00:57:41.940 330 bucks each yikes but but yeah i mean that's 00:57:41.940 --> 00:57:45.400 exactly so i i i would expect 25 that would be 00:57:45.400 --> 00:57:48.820 um so the other question there uh that i can 00:57:48.820 --> 00:57:51.360 speak to as well is why are flares banned at 00:57:51.360 --> 00:57:53.260 lumen and would that change if we had a new stadium 00:57:53.260 --> 00:57:55.860 i have a lot of information on that yeah part 00:57:55.860 --> 00:57:59.369 of it is Part of it is going to be, what is the 00:57:59.369 --> 00:58:01.809 fire marshal going to say? There are rules about 00:58:01.809 --> 00:58:05.489 how it's handled, how it's done, etc. They were 00:58:05.489 --> 00:58:09.510 briefly allowed at Starfire when S2 first started 00:58:09.510 --> 00:58:14.570 for a few games, but then they kind of rescinded 00:58:14.570 --> 00:58:19.090 that. More importantly, it is considered a bomb 00:58:19.090 --> 00:58:23.150 by the ATF, so it has to be stored in a bomb 00:58:23.150 --> 00:58:27.090 safe. And so the club has to store it. That's 00:58:27.090 --> 00:58:28.750 a new rule that's happened in the last three 00:58:28.750 --> 00:58:31.170 years. And so the federal government has essentially 00:58:31.170 --> 00:58:35.809 banned them. And if you have them, you can be 00:58:35.809 --> 00:58:38.250 charged by the ATF if you're not properly storing 00:58:38.250 --> 00:58:41.489 them. So the club can hold up a flare in the 00:58:41.489 --> 00:58:49.329 stadium. Yeah. The other side of that is the... 00:58:51.150 --> 00:58:54.389 nature of cooperation with supporter culture 00:58:54.389 --> 00:58:59.949 and and not and and it's not a dig it's more 00:58:59.949 --> 00:59:06.610 the if if if it's oh yeah if if if a supporters 00:59:06.610 --> 00:59:08.670 group was going to handle these rules and do 00:59:08.670 --> 00:59:11.429 it the right way yep we'd allow it it would potentially 00:59:11.429 --> 00:59:14.469 happen if it was 100 happen i've already gotten 00:59:14.469 --> 00:59:16.369 the okay to have it for gorilla fc if i want 00:59:16.369 --> 00:59:18.150 to do it the only reason i haven't is because 00:59:18.150 --> 00:59:20.809 there's people in the front row who are allergic 00:59:20.809 --> 00:59:22.750 to the smoke and it bothers them but the other 00:59:22.750 --> 00:59:25.989 side of it is if it's if the conditions are that 00:59:25.989 --> 00:59:28.309 it's completely controlled by the club and done 00:59:28.309 --> 00:59:31.409 by the club it's yeah i know i mean it's not 00:59:31.409 --> 00:59:34.130 the club has to the club has to hold it and the 00:59:34.130 --> 00:59:36.510 club has to drop it into a bucket when it's done 00:59:36.510 --> 00:59:39.010 but they do it at the direction of the supporter 00:59:39.010 --> 00:59:42.099 group Yes. No, I get that. But I think there's... 00:59:42.099 --> 00:59:46.119 I think it's a little complicated. Like you mentioned, 00:59:46.239 --> 00:59:49.280 it is a little complicated. It's definitely something 00:59:49.280 --> 00:59:53.039 I'm okay with not having. But it does... Yeah, 00:59:53.039 --> 00:59:54.659 it's not going to happen. I mean, the fire codes 00:59:54.659 --> 00:59:58.380 alone make it rough. Also, I mean, for a long 00:59:58.380 --> 01:00:00.820 time they made it so banners had to be pre -treated 01:00:00.820 --> 01:00:02.739 just because flares were allowed and they no 01:00:02.739 --> 01:00:05.369 longer require pre -treated fire. pre -treated 01:00:05.369 --> 01:00:07.630 banners because that makes the cost of making 01:00:07.630 --> 01:00:10.769 tifos and banners significantly higher when you 01:00:10.769 --> 01:00:13.949 have to pre -treat them for fire uh i will also 01:00:13.949 --> 01:00:17.090 say though uh one thing that i hope just doesn't 01:00:17.090 --> 01:00:20.250 catch on is during league's cup after we started 01:00:20.250 --> 01:00:22.769 scoring some of those goals late there was a 01:00:22.769 --> 01:00:25.730 lot of liquids being thrown up into the air um 01:00:25.730 --> 01:00:29.309 yeah a championship game a crazy moment like 01:00:29.309 --> 01:00:33.039 that i get it I never want to see that for a 01:00:33.039 --> 01:00:36.019 random goal against San Jose in the regular season. 01:00:36.539 --> 01:00:39.500 No, it's got to be something special. Yeah, just 01:00:39.500 --> 01:00:43.079 putting it out there. So we have one more, and 01:00:43.079 --> 01:00:46.860 that was what's next year's lineup going to be, 01:00:46.900 --> 01:00:49.900 but I think it's specifically more, is Andy Thomas 01:00:49.900 --> 01:00:52.320 going to be starting next year? And shout out 01:00:52.320 --> 01:00:54.800 to Yaya for putting this one in. I mean, yeah, 01:00:54.920 --> 01:00:58.449 yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah. Never mind. My bad. No, 01:00:58.590 --> 01:01:01.449 all kidding aside, I think it really is going 01:01:01.449 --> 01:01:09.369 to come down to, I think officially, if Stephen 01:01:09.369 --> 01:01:13.769 Fry comes back, it will be under the guise and 01:01:13.769 --> 01:01:19.090 the promise of a true goalkeeper competition 01:01:19.090 --> 01:01:24.070 in training camp. Yeah. I do think that whoever 01:01:24.070 --> 01:01:27.789 wins that competition, the Sounders will do what 01:01:27.789 --> 01:01:31.130 they've always done and give the equivalent of 01:01:31.130 --> 01:01:33.150 League's Cup. There probably won't be a League's 01:01:33.150 --> 01:01:37.630 Cup next year because of the World Cup or Open 01:01:37.630 --> 01:01:42.510 Cup or whatever. They give one of those tournaments 01:01:42.510 --> 01:01:48.369 to the backup keeper. And not necessarily, I 01:01:48.369 --> 01:01:49.989 mean, this is the first year I think we've seen 01:01:49.989 --> 01:01:52.530 a whole tournament go to the backup keeper. No, 01:01:52.530 --> 01:01:56.150 it's been stated that, but we've just never had 01:01:56.150 --> 01:01:57.670 to put it to a test because we've never gotten 01:01:57.670 --> 01:01:59.369 to, like, the final four games. Oh, we've had 01:01:59.369 --> 01:02:01.690 plenty of time, though, in the U .S. Open Cup 01:02:01.690 --> 01:02:03.570 where we have our backup keeper in until the 01:02:03.570 --> 01:02:05.710 final two games. Well, that's what I mean, but 01:02:05.710 --> 01:02:08.409 what I'm saying is the difference is in the last 01:02:08.409 --> 01:02:10.489 maybe four or five, like in the Stephen Cleveland 01:02:10.489 --> 01:02:13.969 era, the Tyler Miller era of backup keepers. 01:02:14.529 --> 01:02:16.849 Brian has said this is their tournament, but 01:02:16.849 --> 01:02:18.530 we've never... Oh, interesting. This is the first 01:02:18.530 --> 01:02:20.190 time I've ever heard him say that personally. 01:02:20.789 --> 01:02:23.369 Okay, yeah. But he has said that in the past, 01:02:23.530 --> 01:02:27.090 but it's never really been put to the test that 01:02:27.090 --> 01:02:30.170 late in the tournament. Yeah. I mean, I think 01:02:30.170 --> 01:02:33.269 at this point, it's Andy Thomas' job to lose 01:02:33.269 --> 01:02:35.530 for next year. I think that's fair. By the way, 01:02:35.550 --> 01:02:37.230 did you see him warming up at the end of the 01:02:37.230 --> 01:02:39.510 game? No, I saw him warming up at the beginning. 01:02:39.630 --> 01:02:42.230 Because he didn't play, he was having to go out 01:02:42.230 --> 01:02:44.309 and run. No, I'm sorry. Let me rephrase that. 01:02:44.889 --> 01:02:47.989 Warming up before we brought on Osase De Rosario 01:02:47.989 --> 01:02:50.590 when it was still a one -goal game. He was warming 01:02:50.590 --> 01:02:54.449 up on the sidelines. I love it. You know that's 01:02:54.449 --> 01:02:56.829 what I want. You know that I'm – I know. Put 01:02:56.829 --> 01:03:00.269 in – I mean, keepers – and this is not a hit 01:03:00.269 --> 01:03:03.090 on Fry. Keepers have – uh, good qualities and 01:03:03.090 --> 01:03:04.510 bad qualities. It's like when you're training 01:03:04.510 --> 01:03:06.869 people on FIFA and you want to train up diving 01:03:06.869 --> 01:03:09.710 versus whatever, you know, I think I, I do think 01:03:09.710 --> 01:03:13.429 Andy is better at, uh, penalties. But the question 01:03:13.429 --> 01:03:15.909 is now, now here's where this is where it gets 01:03:15.909 --> 01:03:21.349 complicated. Yes. In a nutshell, if both goalies 01:03:21.349 --> 01:03:24.769 are coming in cold, doing a game penalties, I'm 01:03:24.769 --> 01:03:26.769 taking Andy Thomas over Stephen Fry every time. 01:03:27.559 --> 01:03:30.579 But where it gets complicated as well, does a 01:03:30.579 --> 01:03:33.300 keeper who's been on the bench the entire time 01:03:33.300 --> 01:03:36.059 have that same advantage over someone who's been 01:03:36.059 --> 01:03:39.980 in the game the entire time? Look at Danny Leyva 01:03:39.980 --> 01:03:46.340 and Julian Gressel hit post and he came on. His 01:03:46.340 --> 01:03:48.119 first touch of the game was the penalty kick. 01:03:48.300 --> 01:03:53.429 I was going to call him Malfoy. Um, but so, so, 01:03:53.429 --> 01:03:54.989 but then there's the other side. I mean, I keep 01:03:54.989 --> 01:03:56.989 thinking about something Andy Thomas told us 01:03:56.989 --> 01:03:58.829 in the Alliance council meeting last year when 01:03:58.829 --> 01:04:01.750 we met with him, uh, about this whole thing. 01:04:01.869 --> 01:04:04.530 He's like, well, there's the, um, there's the 01:04:04.530 --> 01:04:08.449 counterpoint, which is the coach that does that 01:04:08.449 --> 01:04:11.550 is, you know, definitely putting a big, a big 01:04:11.550 --> 01:04:13.889 target on their back. Because if, if, if you 01:04:13.889 --> 01:04:19.179 go in and you don't perform. There's going to 01:04:19.179 --> 01:04:22.320 be some serious second -guessing because it's 01:04:22.320 --> 01:04:26.579 such an unheard -of technique that I can only 01:04:26.579 --> 01:04:30.420 think of a handful of times. Only a handful of 01:04:30.420 --> 01:04:36.139 times does it happen. But then again, we'll see. 01:04:36.219 --> 01:04:39.500 I'm not opposed to it. I'm definitely not opposed 01:04:39.500 --> 01:04:43.099 to having Thomas warm up and running on the sidelines 01:04:43.099 --> 01:04:49.139 just to keep the possibility open. Yep, definitely. 01:04:49.440 --> 01:04:56.639 So I think we covered the mail bag, which means 01:04:56.639 --> 01:04:59.659 that you can probably go to work. I can, I can. 01:05:01.380 --> 01:05:03.420 Shout out to Aaron who couldn't be here because 01:05:03.420 --> 01:05:09.739 it is mom's birthday today. Indeed. Happy birthday, 01:05:10.019 --> 01:05:14.699 Aaron's mom. Happy birthday, Aaron's mom. Hey, 01:05:14.880 --> 01:05:18.489 you know what? Where can they find you? Legal 01:05:18.489 --> 01:05:22.489 -minded punk everywhere, but Twitter. Did we 01:05:22.489 --> 01:05:26.230 make our predictions for game three? Yeah, we 01:05:26.230 --> 01:05:28.269 did. That's it. We did. We picked the Sounders. 01:05:28.269 --> 01:05:30.630 I picked Minnesota and penalties. That's right. 01:05:30.710 --> 01:05:36.389 That's right. Does that change if Andy Thomas 01:05:36.389 --> 01:05:39.610 goes in for Stephen Fry and penalties? Then I'm 01:05:39.610 --> 01:05:46.340 picking Seattle. And just to start it off right, 01:05:46.500 --> 01:05:51.460 just first penalty taker, Andy Thomas. And just 01:05:51.460 --> 01:05:57.059 tongue out. And Andy Thomas pointing to the team, 01:05:57.139 --> 01:06:01.539 I got this. And then looking over at Dane St. 01:06:01.679 --> 01:06:03.719 Clair and going, hey, I'll tell you what, you 01:06:03.719 --> 01:06:05.440 put the ball down. You tell me where you want 01:06:05.440 --> 01:06:16.909 the ball. Bitch. Andy. That was what I'm hearing 01:06:16.909 --> 01:06:19.170 him tell his story about, you know, what was, 01:06:19.170 --> 01:06:23.190 what was his best, his, his moment where he got 01:06:23.190 --> 01:06:25.329 under the skin of another opponent. And he was 01:06:25.329 --> 01:06:27.610 talking about his time at Stanford and, and a 01:06:27.610 --> 01:06:29.610 college game that got a little bit out of hand. 01:06:30.409 --> 01:06:33.530 Yeah. Just what, what a character. Yeah. What 01:06:33.530 --> 01:06:36.090 a character. I mean, I love this team. This team 01:06:36.090 --> 01:06:40.349 has so many wonderful, likable people. Last month 01:06:40.349 --> 01:06:45.849 we had, we had Paul Rothrock. Spend a good couple 01:06:45.849 --> 01:06:47.949 hours with us in the Alliance Council and just 01:06:47.949 --> 01:06:50.530 chat. Couldn't be there because I teach on Tuesday 01:06:50.530 --> 01:06:57.429 nights now. Yeah, and it's just very, very wonderful 01:06:57.429 --> 01:07:03.849 to see the team represented by people who clearly 01:07:03.849 --> 01:07:10.329 love the city, the culture, and to not feel like 01:07:10.329 --> 01:07:14.239 it's just an obligation. Just really, really 01:07:14.239 --> 01:07:15.679 wonderful. That's the other thing about moving 01:07:15.679 --> 01:07:18.500 a team. I'm a Seattle kid. I'm not a suburban 01:07:18.500 --> 01:07:21.420 kid. I've lived in Seattle all my life but five 01:07:21.420 --> 01:07:22.900 years, and those were the five years I moved 01:07:22.900 --> 01:07:25.659 away from college. I've never lived in the suburbs. 01:07:26.059 --> 01:07:28.739 I think all of our teams should play in the city 01:07:28.739 --> 01:07:32.599 limits. We are the Seattle Sounders. The S -curve 01:07:32.599 --> 01:07:35.119 sounders. You think Brian Schmetzer's got opinions 01:07:35.119 --> 01:07:39.460 on this one? I think very much so. Nathan Hale 01:07:39.460 --> 01:07:44.420 kid. I mean, this is honestly, I do genuinely 01:07:44.420 --> 01:07:46.960 believe that more than anything, it's a negotiating 01:07:46.960 --> 01:07:50.800 tactic. Yeah, they're potentially exploring it. 01:07:50.900 --> 01:07:53.480 Would they be open to it if it was in Seattle 01:07:53.480 --> 01:07:56.019 in that downtown core? I think that that changes 01:07:56.019 --> 01:07:58.639 the dynamic. And maybe there's an amazing investor 01:07:58.639 --> 01:08:00.239 out there that wants to make something amazing 01:08:00.239 --> 01:08:03.429 happen. And you can't say no. So they would be 01:08:03.429 --> 01:08:07.190 stupid not to look into this. Yeah. And unfortunately, 01:08:07.630 --> 01:08:15.710 venture capital is kind of the way a lot of things 01:08:15.710 --> 01:08:21.050 are going and trending. But as long as Adrian 01:08:21.050 --> 01:08:27.569 maintains his, you know, his. majority stake 01:08:27.569 --> 01:08:30.949 yeah then then i think that that keeps keeps 01:08:30.949 --> 01:08:32.609 things good now the other thing you got to keep 01:08:32.609 --> 01:08:39.909 in mind is that these um percentages these these 01:08:39.909 --> 01:08:42.930 sell -offs would be dipped from the existing 01:08:42.930 --> 01:08:48.670 owners shares this is completely separate from 01:08:48.670 --> 01:08:52.899 the 25 that's owned by jody allen Potentially. 01:08:52.920 --> 01:08:55.760 I mean, it could be part of a deal. It depends 01:08:55.760 --> 01:08:58.939 on what an investor wants to do. Well, no, it 01:08:58.939 --> 01:09:00.760 depends on what Jody Allen wants to do. Well, 01:09:00.760 --> 01:09:04.399 sure. An investor could make an offer, I'm sure, 01:09:04.460 --> 01:09:06.960 to entice her. 100%. Considering she has just 01:09:06.960 --> 01:09:10.960 sold the Trailblazers. Yes. 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All right. 01:09:56.569 --> 01:09:59.489 You can find me at Cascades2C on Instagram. Thank 01:09:59.489 --> 01:10:02.770 you so much for listening. Just so you know, 01:10:02.789 --> 01:10:05.350 in the future, when this season is over, hopefully 01:10:05.350 --> 01:10:10.770 in another month or so, we will have our end 01:10:10.770 --> 01:10:13.250 of season wrap up. We will go over our beginning 01:10:13.250 --> 01:10:15.289 of the season predictions, see how we did. 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