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It's time for Scuttlebutt Ultras. Quick takes

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from our Patreon Ultras, sharing their soundest

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thoughts straight from the heart. Your voice,

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your moment. of sounders scuttlebutt of the new

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year i am your host cameron collins i'm here

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with my fellow hosts alex and cedar what is up

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gentlemen how about those seahawks yeah that

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was awesome yeah yeah we uh alex and i went to

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the parade the other day how was it um well we

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were inside the ceremony in lumen field so by

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the time we got outside We were more than a full

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block away worth of people from the parade. There's

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no way we would have been able to see anything.

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Right, right, right. How was the ceremony? Like

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being in person, I saw some video. It seemed

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cool. It was hard to hear. Yeah. What did you

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think, Alex? Yeah, I thought it was cool, but

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it was hard to hear. But the Seahawks put the

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video of what they said on their YouTube, so

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we just watched. watch that back and then we're

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like oh so that's what they were saying yeah

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a lot of a lot of cussing and then and then everyone

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got mad at the seahawks for cussing too much

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and they had to edit out they like had to edit

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out the t -shirt that ernest jones was wearing

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and all sorts of other stuff no i think they

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put it the full thing no no no the news did so

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like espn and places like that were like editing

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it yeah but the seahawks on their official accounts

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yeah it's fine they it's not edited at all i

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think the seahawks were fine with it uh but this

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is not a seahawk show other than to say that

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was awesome right like yeah uh i think we all

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knew that was going to happen but we're afraid

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to say it well especially when uh when the patriots

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scored their first touchdown that little twinge

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of like Like, oh man, if somehow, some way they

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were able to come back, that would be like the

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worst. That would be the worst thing to ever

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happen. Most Seattle thing to ever happen. I

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think you'd have to. I mean, I'd take a break

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from football if that had happened, but fortunately

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it didn't because this team is freaking awesome.

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That was a lot of fun. And the beauty of it is

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now we get to roll right into the Sounders season.

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I know. It's right now. Everyone was like, football

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led us to baseball. And it's like, yeah, we're

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not watching spring training. Sorry. The Sounders

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start one week from today. One week from right

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now, a match will be going on. Absolutely. And

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they had a game today. They did have a game today,

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which we can get to. Some big moments. But before

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we get there, are we going to do everything on

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this list that we drew up, Cedar? I did online

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vegan dating tonight. It was interesting. Yeah.

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Any prospects? Yeah. I mean, they kind of screwed

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up. Usually they try to get you with people that

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are local, but I had one person from Florida,

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one person from Milwaukee, and one person from

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Los Angeles. So they were out automatically,

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but I did talk to a nice woman from Vancouver,

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British Columbia. So maybe I'll have to become

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a Canadian citizen. Ooh. Yeah, there you go.

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Get the healthcare, man. Absolutely. Absolutely.

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Well, nice. Nice. So yeah, it was, it was interesting,

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but it's over with. And now we can talk about,

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I think the Sounders, They played weird things.

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They played three 30 -minute halves in one game.

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They played two back -to -back games at another

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time. It was a very interesting preseason in

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Spain. Yeah, Spain was interesting because the

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weather was bad. Yeah. Because there was a chance

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of games getting canceled. Yeah, especially that

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last one against... Did they play Hammerby again?

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Who did they play in the last one? They played

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a Swedish team. First episode of the year, people.

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We're getting it together. They played some team,

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but it was horrible. The field was like... And

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they got their butts flooded. Yeah. And then

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they played like Metal Music FC or something

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also. Metalisha. Yeah, like Metalist or something.

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So, I mean, I think it was a successful trip

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to Spain, though. You know, they beat Brondy.

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and Hammerby in one of them. We saw Osaze really

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come out firing. We saw Jordan playing on the

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right a lot, except for then they played them

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on the left one time. So that was really interesting

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to see them move the offense around. And then,

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of course, today the Sounders beat Louisville

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City. Is Louisville City FC? Yeah, 3 -1 with

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two more D -row goals. And then 5 -0 in the second

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game. Oh, I didn't know they had a second game.

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Wow. Yeah, I think they played two 90s. Okay.

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Well, we had mostly starters in the first game.

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Was it our backups that killed them in the second

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game? I want to say yeah. That's cool. That's

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cool. I can double check. It looks like for the

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first match, the lineup was Andrew Thomas. alex

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roldan uh yamar jackson reagan knew who hasani

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dotson snyder brunel ages ferreira albert jordan

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and asaze and then yeah so the only non -starter

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there is probably christian not playing and instead

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uh snyder playing and nobody they didn't substitute

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anybody um And then the next game was, the lineup

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was Steph Kalani, Kosa Rienzi, Antino Lopez,

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Danny Musavsky came on for him, Gallatin Sandez,

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which is a name I haven't heard, Cody Baker,

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Peter Kingston, Nikola Petkovic, Paul Areola,

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Sebastian Gomez, Georgie Menungu, and Paul Rothrock.

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And then a few. Whose name is missing from there?

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Whose name did we just not list who is a regular

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contributor to the Sounders? Obed. No, I mean,

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yes, but we'll talk about Obed being gone. Who's

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still on the Sounders whose name you did not

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list? No Pejo, no Party. Well, yeah, that's true

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too, but he's hurt still. No Reed Baker Whiting.

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Oh, yeah. And that's because it looks like he's

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on his way out of town. Yeah, to Nashville. It

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looks like we might be sending him off to Nashville.

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You know what? People are mad that we might be

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trading our youth, but I'm just like, give him,

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it gives him an opportunity. And if we can consistently

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send players out to like, if they're not going

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to have a spot on our team, even laying like

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as the first backup and you can send them to

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another team, then players are going to want

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to come here because it'll make them believe

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that, okay, they'll do the right thing. Yeah.

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I mean, if, if, I mean, most likely, you know,

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Reed wanted the move to somewhere where he felt

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like he could probably get more starting minutes.

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Cause again, we are pretty, we are pretty loaded,

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you know? And so if, if I were a soccer player,

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professional soccer player, I'd want to be somewhere

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where I could, you know, play. I mean, all these

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guys want to play. This is some good stats you

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have though. Uh, here's Cedar 75 matches played

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in all competitions, 28 starts 3000 plus minutes,

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one goal, three assists. Uh, but I felt like

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when he come up, when he came up, they really

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were going to try and play him on the right.

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And it just never materialized. Uh, and he ended

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up being new who's backup. Right. Yeah. I'm it,

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it, I feel like, uh, uh, It was really cool to

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see him start at the Club World Cup and get that

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opportunity. And he held his own. He really held

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his own. I think that was also the game where

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he had those really short shorts on. So it was

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just a whole experience. It was the Reed Baker

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Whiting experience that day. But yeah, he will

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be missed. Is there a memory? See, that's the

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thing is I feel like he wasn't starting, so I

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don't remember a lot of him on the field. I remember

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him being able to actually play offense unlike

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Nuhu. I think the one that comes to mind is when

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his game against Miami in League's Cup because

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Nuhu was out. Oh, yeah. Solid. I think he slide

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tackled Messi or Allende. out of the corner flag

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and they got into it for a little bit yeah it's

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good stuff that's like what comes that's what

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comes to mind i definitely like reed and i i

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will miss him uh i wonder what that eight hundred

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thousand dollars opens up because that's you

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get that and the rosters uh the cap space that

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it opens up plus of course we sent danny leva

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to mexico and as we'll talk about in a minute

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obed was sold atletico madrid which means that

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we suddenly have uh Not a ton because they were

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both on lower contracts, but we do have some

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cap space for potentially some summer moves now

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that the roster, they're frozen now, right? I

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don't know if the MLS rosters are frozen, but

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the quality of player we would like are no longer

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allowed to be transferred to us. Gotcha. Like

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Europe is closed. Closed for business. So, yeah,

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I don't know. I think I'm okay with it. It feels

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like we've lost some of our youth core, though,

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with Reed leaving, with Danny leaving, with Obed

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being sold to Atletico Madrid. Is this the Sounders

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saying, okay, we're moving on from youth? We

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also signed a bunch of youth players, but do

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we expect them to get minutes? I don't know.

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What do you all think? I think what we're going

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to see is them try to move to a different formation.

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Or not a different formation because you know

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how semester is about the formation, but a different

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personnel. Yeah, you think we'll see five at

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the back? Yeah, five in the back, three in the

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back. Yeah, however they want to put it. Yeah,

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but I mean, three at the back with two wingbacks.

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Well, they talked about like Areola playing as

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a wingback. So he's back now. And maybe he was

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ahead of Reed in the depth chart, so more often

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than not, we can profit more off Reed than we

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would off Areola because he's older. Yeah. So

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let's talk Obed then because I think that's an

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important thing. Sadly, Dan is not here to express

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his joy at Obed being sold, not because he doesn't

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like Obed, but because I think quite the opposite.

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The feeling that the front office wasn't going

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to get any value for Obed and he was going to

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walk away. And yet they were able to sell him

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to Atletico Madrid, where he has already seen

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some decent minutes against Real Batiste. And

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I can't remember who the other team they played.

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I think they played Real Batiste twice in a row,

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actually, didn't they? One in the cup and one

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in the regular season. He did not get in that

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Barcelona match where they won 4 -0, though,

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sadly. But it's been cool to see him out there.

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His game -used jersey from the Real Batiste match

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went for $648 or something like that, I saw,

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through the site that sells the game used. Oh,

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that's cool. Atletico jerseys. I was surprised

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it went for so much, but it sold to somebody

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in the US, so it was probably a Sounders fan.

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He got 35 minutes today. Oh, nice. But they lost

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3 -0 against Rayo Vallecano. It's weird. I don't

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know how Atletico Madrid beats Barca 4 -0 and

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then they lose to a mid -table team 3 -0. They

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must have really been disjointed or had an injury

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for him to come in that early. The 55 -minute

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mark? Yeah. Well, they're really short -handed

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right now in the midfield position with other

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injuries. Yeah. So, well, it's good to see him

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there then because it shows that, I think, for

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him, if he gets minutes like this regularly,

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maybe he does get that Mexico call -up. I hope

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so. That would be awesome. I feel like he...

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I mean, we're biased. We love him, and we've

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seen him progress throughout the years. But I

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feel like Mexico could totally use him at the

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World Cup. Yeah, 102 starts and 122 total matches,

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almost 10 ,000 minutes, six goals, seven assists.

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This one I think might be easier. What's your

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favorite Obed memory? What's something from him

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that just screams to you like, This was the moment.

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I got one. There's two goals against Minnesota

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in the playoffs. Oh, no. You know what that means?

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Does that mean his... Oh, my gosh. His final

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play for the Sounders was that missed penalty.

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Oh, my gosh. That's like Ozzy's final play for

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the Sounders was a missed penalty. painful yeah

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but you know what we'll really remember though

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is is the uh is the league's cup final and like

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him just being just a hound dog on messy and

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like getting under their skin and them really

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trying to like get in his head and him just being

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cool as a cucumber for being such a a young player

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uh, against, you know, some of the greatest players

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of all time, obviously. I mean, that was amazing.

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And then for me, my mind always goes to the,

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uh, the Austin match with Raul and all the teenagers.

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And obviously I was one of them and just like,

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that was such a, that was such a fun night. And

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it was, it was the beginning of like, it's so

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weird. Like now, like all these, I mean, we've

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watched these guys for. a half a decade now,

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you know, and they're still so young and now

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they're moving on. And, and, but it's like, they're

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already old pros, you know, it's cool to see.

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I'm, I'm really excited for him. I really hope

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he, he really takes off over in La Liga. For

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me, I think it was the, the champions league

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final after Joe Paolo got hurt and he had to

00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:44.820
come in and, you know, I don't think he was,

00:16:44.899 --> 00:16:48.370
there wasn't anything that was like super. Like,

00:16:48.429 --> 00:16:50.309
oh, this is an amazing play. But he was able

00:16:50.309 --> 00:16:55.850
to hold his own as a 16 -year -old in the final

00:16:55.850 --> 00:16:58.309
of Champions League at the time. Now Champions

00:16:58.309 --> 00:17:01.990
Cup, of course. So it was fantastic. That's when

00:17:01.990 --> 00:17:04.289
I got his jersey after that. So I have an Obed.

00:17:04.329 --> 00:17:06.529
It's too big for me now. But Obed jersey with

00:17:06.529 --> 00:17:09.369
the CONCACAF Champions badge. And I remember

00:17:09.369 --> 00:17:12.250
Coach Schmetzer saw me wearing it. And he was

00:17:12.250 --> 00:17:14.430
like, why did you decide to get an Obed jersey?

00:17:14.789 --> 00:17:16.369
And I was like, because I really like him. And

00:17:16.369 --> 00:17:19.529
he's like. Well, he's going to be a really big

00:17:19.529 --> 00:17:21.509
player someday, so enjoy him while he's here.

00:17:22.950 --> 00:17:27.630
That's awesome. Yeah, so everyone knew that his

00:17:27.630 --> 00:17:30.410
time here was limited, so it's good to see him

00:17:30.410 --> 00:17:33.609
move on, and to get to move to his favorite team

00:17:33.609 --> 00:17:37.569
is pretty incredible. Yeah, what a dream. That's

00:17:37.569 --> 00:17:40.789
really, really cool. It would be like if they

00:17:40.789 --> 00:17:46.289
sold Alex to the Oklahoma City Thunder. What,

00:17:46.289 --> 00:17:51.549
as the water boy? Good. Although we keep hearing

00:17:51.549 --> 00:17:53.609
stuff about maybe the Sonic's coming back, so

00:17:53.609 --> 00:17:56.509
that's when we'll start Super Sonic Scuttlebutt.

00:17:56.710 --> 00:18:00.450
I'm not holding my breath. There's always talk

00:18:00.450 --> 00:18:04.269
about it, and then they punt on it. I'm not holding

00:18:04.269 --> 00:18:10.829
my breath. Let's talk about the off -season.

00:18:11.529 --> 00:18:13.750
What did y 'all think about it? I mean, it was

00:18:13.750 --> 00:18:17.730
an interesting off season where, I mean, we signed

00:18:17.730 --> 00:18:24.910
Hassani Dotson. We bring over the center defensive,

00:18:25.049 --> 00:18:28.509
the young center defensive mid from Carolina,

00:18:28.809 --> 00:18:33.930
Charlotte, excuse me, and bring up a bunch of

00:18:33.930 --> 00:18:37.910
young players. I mean, it felt like potentially

00:18:37.910 --> 00:18:40.789
these were some significant moves, at least.

00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:47.119
I mean, Dotson's local, of course, grew up here,

00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:48.779
so for him to come home and be able to play,

00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:55.960
it seems like maybe we were making moves to jump,

00:18:56.000 --> 00:19:00.559
take that next step, I'll say, which last year

00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:01.920
we felt like there was a few things missing.

00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:06.680
What do you all think? I mean, it was a quiet

00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:10.789
offseason. I mean, compared to the rest of the

00:19:10.789 --> 00:19:13.930
league, right? Yeah, it wasn't too flashy. I

00:19:13.930 --> 00:19:17.730
mean, we got our business done early. The biggest

00:19:17.730 --> 00:19:21.650
transfer saga offseason news was what was going

00:19:21.650 --> 00:19:25.390
to happen with Obed. So then once that happened,

00:19:25.490 --> 00:19:28.029
then it was like, okay, let's start the season.

00:19:30.170 --> 00:19:35.789
Yeah. Yeah, I mean, there was... It was not a...

00:19:37.420 --> 00:19:42.039
very exciting offseason I mean we got our business

00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:48.960
done but there's nothing like too exciting I

00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:52.660
mean Dawson looks exciting but other than that

00:19:52.660 --> 00:19:58.599
then for me I I've it it definitely on paper

00:19:58.599 --> 00:20:02.420
isn't like super flashy but I mean that's kind

00:20:02.420 --> 00:20:05.559
of how the the Sounders operate, but I do see

00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:08.960
there's just a ton of, I do see a ton of potential

00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:13.400
here because like Petkovic, like if he turns

00:20:13.400 --> 00:20:19.200
out to be, you know, like a really solid player,

00:20:19.359 --> 00:20:23.819
like, you know, he's young. He could be, he could

00:20:23.819 --> 00:20:26.859
be great. I love Snyder Brunel in the, you know,

00:20:26.859 --> 00:20:31.559
in the spots that we saw him last season. He's

00:20:31.559 --> 00:20:34.180
on the team. We've still got guys like Kalani

00:20:34.180 --> 00:20:37.759
Kosarianzi, you know, Georgie. Let's see if Georgie

00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:42.819
levels up, right? I mean, although you see all

00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:45.839
the rumors about him going to Sweden, teams want

00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:48.880
him there. And to me, that's a step down, except

00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:51.839
for that he would actually get minutes. Yeah,

00:20:51.859 --> 00:20:56.339
because, I mean, look, we're pretty loaded on

00:20:56.339 --> 00:21:02.069
the wings, right? Yeah, I mean, it's a good thing

00:21:02.069 --> 00:21:05.849
that people want him. Yes, it's Sweden. But we

00:21:05.849 --> 00:21:10.390
also, I feel like part of that too, my takeaway

00:21:10.390 --> 00:21:13.289
on that is, well, we also have a relationship

00:21:13.289 --> 00:21:16.650
with these clubs because we tend to play these

00:21:16.650 --> 00:21:19.230
teams for preseason in Spain, right? We have

00:21:19.230 --> 00:21:21.950
this established, like we know each other to

00:21:21.950 --> 00:21:24.910
a certain extent. So I think that that plays

00:21:24.910 --> 00:21:28.910
into it. But yeah, and I mean, look, if the...

00:21:29.609 --> 00:21:33.650
there's a good number you know i mean i could

00:21:33.650 --> 00:21:36.069
see them making that move if he wanted to move

00:21:36.069 --> 00:21:40.650
but um but i i just see a lot of like we've got

00:21:40.650 --> 00:21:44.410
some really just like rock solid vets leaders

00:21:44.410 --> 00:21:48.730
on this team and then a lot of you know uh younger

00:21:48.730 --> 00:21:51.609
guys who are gonna be super hungry to get those

00:21:51.609 --> 00:21:54.990
minutes so i i mean let's talk about new who

00:21:54.990 --> 00:21:59.180
as the leader the captain of cameroon in the,

00:21:59.180 --> 00:22:02.859
in the Afcon, like that's incredible to see,

00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:07.539
to see him take control of the field and telling

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:10.200
other players what to do. I mean, that's a huge

00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:13.279
step up in his maturity, which I think can only

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:20.440
be good for him. Absolutely. Cause we've, I mean,

00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:23.480
we've, we've gotten the full, you know, new who

00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:26.869
experience over the years. Like we've seen. He's

00:22:26.869 --> 00:22:30.950
a multifaceted individual. We've seen all these

00:22:30.950 --> 00:22:36.109
different sides of him on the field during games.

00:22:36.309 --> 00:22:40.490
And we know how good he can be. We know where

00:22:40.490 --> 00:22:45.009
maybe there are some flaws and some blind spots.

00:22:45.390 --> 00:22:50.309
So to see him be a captain for his national team,

00:22:50.410 --> 00:22:53.930
that is huge. Like you're saying, that is absolutely...

00:22:53.930 --> 00:22:57.960
It means that, you know, He's probably taken

00:22:57.960 --> 00:23:03.660
a step forward too in his maturity, how he conducts

00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:07.660
himself. And he's got a good soccer IQ. He's

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:13.960
a great player. And so I know that you're always

00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:18.859
ragging on his offensive. decision making we

00:23:18.859 --> 00:23:21.059
don't need offense from him he can stay on defense

00:23:21.059 --> 00:23:22.980
and be the best defender in the league there

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:26.279
we go there we go exactly if he can if he can

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:31.000
lead you know if he can be a field captain and

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:34.839
uh lead his area and just lock it down i mean

00:23:34.839 --> 00:23:37.660
we just saw defense wins championships right

00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:42.559
so yeah And the nice thing, I think, is when

00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:45.380
Petkovic is out there, he was a captain on the

00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:49.160
Serbian under -19 national team. He's only made

00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:52.720
one appearance for Serbia's adult national team,

00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:55.279
but it was a friendly against the USA where Serbia

00:23:55.279 --> 00:24:00.240
won 2 -1, and he started that match. He's got

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:03.660
some experience there. We've seen with him and

00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:07.559
Dotson coming in, knew who getting that experience.

00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:12.869
Of course, we have... uh, yeah, Mar back. Reagan's

00:24:12.869 --> 00:24:14.690
been there for a while. Christian will be out

00:24:14.690 --> 00:24:17.650
there. Like this is a very, very experienced

00:24:17.650 --> 00:24:20.450
team, not necessarily an old team, although we

00:24:20.450 --> 00:24:23.210
do have some older players in, uh, I mean, it's

00:24:23.210 --> 00:24:25.730
weird to say, but in Christian and Jordan, uh,

00:24:25.950 --> 00:24:31.589
and, and Dotson, uh, but, uh, I guess for, for

00:24:31.589 --> 00:24:35.450
soccer players, but, uh, at the same time, it

00:24:35.450 --> 00:24:37.369
seems like there's a lot of leadership out on

00:24:37.369 --> 00:24:42.130
that field and that can only be good. I think

00:24:42.130 --> 00:24:45.289
he was going to take a job. I mean, he looked

00:24:45.289 --> 00:24:51.549
good during the preseason matches. Yeah, my preseason

00:24:51.549 --> 00:24:54.809
takeaways was Jesus and D 'Abro had the biggest

00:24:54.809 --> 00:24:58.930
showings. I mean, two more goals today, including

00:24:58.930 --> 00:25:02.930
one in the 90th minute versus Louisville. And

00:25:02.930 --> 00:25:06.529
Alex, weren't you saying that he's come in bigger

00:25:06.529 --> 00:25:10.589
and stronger? Yeah, he's put on some muscle.

00:25:10.970 --> 00:25:15.490
So he's a bigger body. And I saw one of the goals

00:25:15.490 --> 00:25:17.769
he had today against Louisville, and it was a

00:25:17.769 --> 00:25:21.029
rocket. That's cool. Absolutely smashed it. That's

00:25:21.029 --> 00:25:23.470
cool. So, I mean, that's interesting when it

00:25:23.470 --> 00:25:26.450
comes to, like, so if D -Roll starts up top,

00:25:26.569 --> 00:25:29.650
what happens to our wingers? Yeah, because, I

00:25:29.650 --> 00:25:31.349
mean. Who plays on the left, who plays on the

00:25:31.349 --> 00:25:33.109
right. Because during the playoffs, you were

00:25:33.109 --> 00:25:35.750
seeing Jordan start on the right with Danny up

00:25:35.750 --> 00:25:38.069
top. But if you put. Diro up top, then yeah.

00:25:38.250 --> 00:25:40.410
Who's playing center attacking mid? Who's playing

00:25:40.410 --> 00:25:43.150
on the left? I mean, it's an embarrassment of

00:25:43.150 --> 00:25:46.690
riches. And let's not forget how good the Sounders

00:25:46.690 --> 00:25:49.809
were before Areola got hurt. It just felt like

00:25:49.809 --> 00:25:52.490
he was all over the field. He and Ferreira were

00:25:52.490 --> 00:25:55.690
on the same page. They were passing it to each

00:25:55.690 --> 00:25:59.589
other in dangerous positions constantly. I think

00:25:59.589 --> 00:26:02.349
last season is very different if Areola doesn't

00:26:02.349 --> 00:26:07.509
get hurt. Or Pedro gets hurt. Yeah, I mean, that

00:26:07.509 --> 00:26:11.730
too. When Pedro comes back, they have so many

00:26:11.730 --> 00:26:13.869
players to play all of those positions. It's

00:26:13.869 --> 00:26:17.710
kind of wild. And there's not really that much

00:26:17.710 --> 00:26:23.009
fixture congestion either. So it's like, what

00:26:23.009 --> 00:26:26.250
are we going to do? Yeah, I mean, we got Leagues

00:26:26.250 --> 00:26:32.930
Cup, Champions Cup. Is that it? Yeah, because

00:26:32.930 --> 00:26:35.190
I mean, really. the only person that's probably

00:26:35.190 --> 00:26:37.769
not going to be, that's probably heading to the

00:26:37.769 --> 00:26:39.490
world cup right now. It's for sure. Christian.

00:26:39.730 --> 00:26:42.250
Yeah. I mean, he was, he was of course the USA

00:26:42.250 --> 00:26:45.410
representative at the super bowl. He was the

00:26:45.410 --> 00:26:47.490
only us player that was like officially there

00:26:47.490 --> 00:26:49.609
for us soccer. Do you see his interview with

00:26:49.609 --> 00:26:56.130
Landon Donovan and Timmy Howard? No. Oh, it was

00:26:56.130 --> 00:27:00.829
fantastic. It was on their podcast and you know,

00:27:00.849 --> 00:27:04.650
him talking about, Tim Howard talking about how

00:27:04.650 --> 00:27:07.769
Seattle is the closest thing to a European atmosphere.

00:27:07.890 --> 00:27:09.869
And like the first time he came out as a goalie,

00:27:09.869 --> 00:27:12.789
he couldn't believe how awesome it was. And the

00:27:12.789 --> 00:27:15.470
no other atmosphere in the United States is even

00:27:15.470 --> 00:27:18.829
close. And the Seattle's the best. And then,

00:27:18.829 --> 00:27:22.289
you know, Christian talked about, he's not afraid

00:27:22.289 --> 00:27:24.869
to yell at Pulisic. Like he's going to go tell

00:27:24.869 --> 00:27:27.670
him what to do because that's his job. And I

00:27:27.670 --> 00:27:30.170
think that's what Poach likes about him, right?

00:27:30.250 --> 00:27:32.109
That's why he's out there is because he's, he's

00:27:32.109 --> 00:27:35.000
a leader. And he's older than most of those guys.

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:40.539
So I think his grit and his ability to step up,

00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:42.420
you know, we may not see a lot of minutes from

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:45.940
him in the World Cup, but we definitely will

00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:52.299
see a bit. I mean, he'll be a factor, I think.

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:54.099
You really think he's the only person going?

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:57.599
There's got to be. I mean, Danny, didn't Danny

00:27:57.599 --> 00:28:00.259
get called up for, what country did he get called

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:01.900
up for the qualifying? I think they, are they

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:05.420
still? Was it North? Are they still in it? They

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:09.839
might be in the European playoffs. Yeah. Because

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:15.819
remember Gretzky said it wrong. Oh man. Oh yeah.

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:20.859
Yeah. So potentially Danny could Burkina Faso,

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:23.279
I think is, are they in the world cup or are

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:25.400
they just, did they finally get knocked out?

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:29.529
I think they finally got knocked out. So maybe

00:28:29.529 --> 00:28:32.230
not there, but Cameroon of course got knocked

00:28:32.230 --> 00:28:39.549
out sadly. So it's, it's maybe his shoes. Nah,

00:28:39.650 --> 00:28:41.509
I don't think he gets that us call up. I think

00:28:41.509 --> 00:28:45.549
it's too late. Unless he goes on a tear. Yeah,

00:28:45.650 --> 00:28:48.509
I guess that's true. The only, the question with

00:28:48.509 --> 00:28:50.710
the rosters, who's going to play nine outside

00:28:50.710 --> 00:28:55.109
of the ball again. Yeah. And we know it's not

00:28:55.109 --> 00:28:57.750
going to be Josh Sargent with him. Basically.

00:28:58.299 --> 00:29:00.299
trying to force his way back to the MLS and his

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:01.940
coach being like, Nope, you're just going to

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:05.279
sit on the bench now. Yeah. To go to Toronto.

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:13.599
I mean, I, Christian still needs to put up minutes,

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:16.099
right? I mean, I'm sorry, numbers. He can't,

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:19.859
he can't just play. He's got to play well, but

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:22.940
it's exciting to think that he might be there.

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:31.559
I've already in my DH gate. what do you call

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.960
it? The place where you put stuff, where you're

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:35.220
going to buy it in my shopping cart. I have a

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:38.720
Christian bootleg jerseys ready to be sent over.

00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:42.099
Yeah. I can wear them for the world. Hell yeah.

00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:47.420
Yeah. No, but I think with, with the way Christian

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:51.099
plays is that it's not, you can't tell he played

00:29:51.099 --> 00:29:53.119
good by looking at his box. That's like, no,

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:56.420
you have to watch the film. Yeah. Yeah. And I

00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:58.359
think that's what, a lot of people don't get

00:29:58.359 --> 00:30:04.480
from opposing teams or or even like fans of the

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:06.200
national team they just look at the foot mob

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:10.240
sets yeah exactly they they don't really watch

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:14.180
the game and they're very critical of anyone

00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:16.059
who plays for seattle on that team it's very

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:19.700
interesting i'm i'm really curious as to when

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:26.619
um you know if ever if if jackson reagan ever

00:30:27.150 --> 00:30:31.150
you know, breaks through. Cause I, he's so big.

00:30:31.349 --> 00:30:34.930
He's got, I mean, he's, his passing is incredible.

00:30:35.269 --> 00:30:39.369
He can play up a little bit. I mean, I, I, I

00:30:39.369 --> 00:30:41.309
just see so much potential there and I'm like,

00:30:41.450 --> 00:30:45.250
and there's just zero buzz for him. Yeah. Is

00:30:45.250 --> 00:30:47.589
an inability to head the wall, which, you know,

00:30:47.589 --> 00:30:49.450
he's gotten a little bit better last season,

00:30:49.509 --> 00:30:52.509
but I think that might be part of it is that

00:30:52.509 --> 00:30:55.069
he doesn't provide any aerial threat and they,

00:30:55.109 --> 00:30:57.430
and you need that at times. That's fair. But

00:30:57.430 --> 00:31:00.190
with Cameron Carter Vickers getting hurt, I mean,

00:31:00.230 --> 00:31:02.529
yeah, there potentially could have been a spot

00:31:02.529 --> 00:31:06.289
there, but I think he's just too late in the

00:31:06.289 --> 00:31:09.369
grand scheme of things. Yeah, I don't see any

00:31:09.369 --> 00:31:11.410
other players that would get called up. Well,

00:31:11.450 --> 00:31:15.130
and didn't Chris Richards get hurt just like

00:31:15.130 --> 00:31:17.930
a month ago or something like that? Yeah, yeah,

00:31:18.009 --> 00:31:24.049
bad. So, like, you know, obviously that's terrible,

00:31:24.130 --> 00:31:27.359
but... That's that's kind of like one of the

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:30.700
it feels like one of the weaker, you know areas

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:35.220
of The starting 11. I'm just I mean who knows

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:39.900
what potch is gonna do, right? Maybe he's like

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:43.180
in leadership that poach once from his center

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:46.940
backs. Yeah, I mean he's not I mean I heard Smith

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:50.619
said challenges Jackson to be more of a leader.

00:31:50.619 --> 00:31:53.609
Yeah, that's fair He's not even on the radar,

00:31:53.710 --> 00:31:58.210
though. He's so far down the roster that when

00:31:58.210 --> 00:32:00.190
you're looking at who are the bubble players,

00:32:00.349 --> 00:32:06.650
who's in and who's out, he's not even a name

00:32:06.650 --> 00:32:13.630
on the radar. Because, I mean, here's the current

00:32:13.630 --> 00:32:22.099
roster. On Defender, you have Max Arfsten. I

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:24.960
mean, I'll name the wingbacks too. Dest, Alex

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:28.359
Freeman, Mark McKenzie, Tim Rehm, Miles Robinson,

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:32.460
Joe Scali, J .R .R. Tolkien. I mean, John Tolkien.

00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:38.000
Austin Trusty. I mean, they're all pretty solid

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:43.519
defenders. And so I can't see him stepping in

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:48.180
over any of them. I mean, I wouldn't mind seeing

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:52.359
him step in over Tim Rehm. i just i've never

00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:56.440
really liked him i think they'll go they'll take

00:32:56.440 --> 00:33:00.799
blackman over reagan before yeah for sure anybody

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:07.140
else i mean and you know christian being in that

00:33:07.140 --> 00:33:11.079
lineup with all these other players is interesting

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:13.259
i mean the big one for me and this is off topic

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:16.380
of course is diego luna like he's gonna have

00:33:16.380 --> 00:33:18.799
to show out if he wants to to make it i mean

00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:22.089
clearly poach likes him but He needs to play

00:33:22.089 --> 00:33:28.430
well every game in his club stuff if he wants

00:33:28.430 --> 00:33:32.130
to be successful. Especially if he wants to start

00:33:32.130 --> 00:33:36.170
over Gino Reina. Yeah, but I mean just to make

00:33:36.170 --> 00:33:38.650
the roster. I mean right now he's not a lot to

00:33:38.650 --> 00:33:44.049
make that roster at all for the World Cup. So

00:33:44.049 --> 00:33:47.690
he needs to do some work. But maybe there will

00:33:47.690 --> 00:33:51.279
be a player that will surprise us. uh maybe reagan

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:54.240
tears it up and makes it so he has to to be considered

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:59.539
for it um but you know for whatever reason we

00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:04.019
don't we don't see a lot of uh defenders making

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:09.179
it um from the mls i mean richards could be back

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:12.619
it depends on where how how bad that actually

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:14.320
injury is and then you've got reeman freeman

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:17.820
so uh those are your probably your starters right

00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:23.989
and so It really comes back to, yeah, I mean,

00:34:24.010 --> 00:34:26.349
Blackman, Austin Trussie can play back there.

00:34:26.389 --> 00:34:28.090
Walker Zimmerman is still there. There's players

00:34:28.090 --> 00:34:32.250
that are way ahead of him. Yeah, and when's the

00:34:32.250 --> 00:34:38.150
last time Reagan got called up? It's been a while.

00:34:39.030 --> 00:34:42.570
To a youth? I think I was reading something.

00:34:42.590 --> 00:34:46.409
He got called up in 2024, but he withdrew because

00:34:46.409 --> 00:34:50.190
he had a knee injury. And so, you know, maybe

00:34:50.190 --> 00:34:54.369
he just missed the boat kind of on that whole

00:34:54.369 --> 00:34:58.269
thing. Well, I mean, he was called up in January

00:34:58.269 --> 00:35:05.909
camp last year, but he didn't go. Yeah. And Christian,

00:35:06.150 --> 00:35:08.429
I mean, he seems like a lock to me at this point,

00:35:08.510 --> 00:35:12.809
but Tyler Adams, Tanner Tessman, Sebastian Berhalter,

00:35:12.869 --> 00:35:16.300
Johnny Cardoso. I mean, Gianluca Busio is playing

00:35:16.300 --> 00:35:21.039
in the second division somewhere. So I, I think

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:23.280
he's still at, is he still at Venice, Venezia?

00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:28.460
But Luca De La Torre, Aiden Moore, like Eunice

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:31.460
Musa, there's a lot of players there that potentially

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:34.059
could jump Christian if they have a fantastic

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:37.940
season. But, but leading up to it, I think also,

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:40.480
I mean, Berhalter's not a lock. He's going to

00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:42.960
have to play well. I've liked what I've seen

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:45.820
from him. I think he, has earned it, but we'll

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:54.199
see. Yeah. Well, let's talk. Oh, let's take a

00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:57.500
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00:38:10.449 --> 00:38:18.389
I thought it was funny. One of our friendly competitor

00:38:18.389 --> 00:38:22.469
podcasts had some clickbaity stuff where they

00:38:22.469 --> 00:38:25.389
were like, they can't play at Husky Stadium because

00:38:25.389 --> 00:38:28.050
it's not FIFA ready. And it's like, yeah, we

00:38:28.050 --> 00:38:32.349
already know that. There's only three FIFA rated

00:38:32.349 --> 00:38:35.010
stadiums where you could play Champions Cup.

00:38:35.769 --> 00:38:39.769
That's Spokane, Vancouver, and Portland. So where

00:38:39.769 --> 00:38:40.989
do you think the Sounders should play out of

00:38:40.989 --> 00:38:48.750
those three? Hmm. You don't want to play Vancouver

00:38:48.750 --> 00:38:50.030
because that's who we're probably going to be

00:38:50.030 --> 00:38:51.630
playing against, right? Did they play their second

00:38:51.630 --> 00:38:56.949
leg yet? I don't think so. I don't think they

00:38:56.949 --> 00:39:00.090
played their first leg. Yeah, I thought they

00:39:00.090 --> 00:39:03.610
played their first leg, didn't they? The Champions

00:39:03.610 --> 00:39:07.480
Cup is going on. right now we've seen a bunch

00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:08.820
of the games they've been really interesting

00:39:08.820 --> 00:39:13.639
uh of course Cruz Azul destroyed Vancouver FC

00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:16.440
uh which is too bad I would have liked to see

00:39:16.440 --> 00:39:22.219
them go through um but yeah looking at the schedule

00:39:22.219 --> 00:39:27.519
Wednesday the 25th is when Vancouver plays uh

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:36.349
sorry for this butchering uh so And that is,

00:39:36.429 --> 00:39:40.190
is that only one match? They don't, wow, okay.

00:39:40.429 --> 00:39:44.730
I think it's a two -legged. Yeah, it's two legs.

00:39:44.809 --> 00:39:47.429
So they play the 18th. So they play tomorrow,

00:39:47.670 --> 00:39:53.030
or excuse me, in Cartagena. And then they come

00:39:53.030 --> 00:39:55.889
back on the 25th and play. That's so interesting

00:39:55.889 --> 00:39:57.829
that some people have already played two legs

00:39:57.829 --> 00:40:01.730
and other teams haven't played any. What a weird

00:40:01.730 --> 00:40:05.650
schedule right now. It is kind of weird, but

00:40:05.650 --> 00:40:09.429
that's why you go and win the League's Cup, right?

00:40:09.690 --> 00:40:12.309
You get that first round buy. We get to skip

00:40:12.309 --> 00:40:16.030
that, which is definitely nice. That's good.

00:40:16.250 --> 00:40:20.150
So, so far, Pumas advanced. Excuse me. That's

00:40:20.150 --> 00:40:22.909
incorrect. San Diego advanced 4 -2 over Pumas

00:40:22.909 --> 00:40:26.369
because of that fantastic first game where they

00:40:26.369 --> 00:40:31.550
went like, go, go, go. Tigres advanced over Forge

00:40:31.550 --> 00:40:36.480
4 -1. Club America advanced over Olympia 2 -1

00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:42.880
on aggregate. And Monterey advanced over, wow,

00:40:43.159 --> 00:40:50.360
Jelaju 2 -0. Oh, and then Cruz Azul, of course,

00:40:50.360 --> 00:40:53.400
8 -0 over Vancouver FC. So we've got Nashville,

00:40:53.539 --> 00:40:56.619
Ottawa coming up. LAFC, Real España. Cincinnati

00:40:56.619 --> 00:41:00.380
versus Universidad O &M. LA Galaxy versus Sporting

00:41:00.380 --> 00:41:03.630
San Miguelito. Philadelphia versus Defense Force.

00:41:03.869 --> 00:41:06.570
Is that the Haitian team? And Vancouver versus

00:41:06.570 --> 00:41:13.889
Cardenas. No, Defense Force is Trinidad and Tobago.

00:41:14.050 --> 00:41:18.329
That's cool. So are you all going to Spokane?

00:41:18.650 --> 00:41:23.889
Alex, you're the closest. No, it's midweek. Wednesday

00:41:23.889 --> 00:41:28.130
night? Come on, that'd be fantastic. Yeah, I

00:41:28.130 --> 00:41:31.010
gotta wake up at 4 o 'clock on Thursday. That's

00:41:31.010 --> 00:41:34.590
not... It's actually farther away for me to drive

00:41:34.590 --> 00:41:37.110
to Spokane than Seattle. Well, sure. But it's

00:41:37.110 --> 00:41:38.949
farther away for me to drive to Spokane than

00:41:38.949 --> 00:41:44.409
you. I'm thinking about it. My big problem is

00:41:44.409 --> 00:41:46.590
I don't have a free place to stay there anymore.

00:41:46.909 --> 00:41:48.989
My parents used to have a condo out there, but

00:41:48.989 --> 00:41:54.489
my sister now lives in it. And she has cats,

00:41:54.630 --> 00:41:56.869
which I'm allergic to. So I can't go just stay

00:41:56.869 --> 00:41:59.530
in Coeur d 'Alene for free anymore. Otherwise,

00:41:59.590 --> 00:42:02.010
that would be really fun to go out. and see a

00:42:02.010 --> 00:42:05.190
match in a uh i don't know if if you all been

00:42:05.190 --> 00:42:07.650
to starfire for a match before but it was so

00:42:07.650 --> 00:42:11.110
fun watching u .s open cup matches there and

00:42:11.110 --> 00:42:16.829
i mean we had a um that match versus lafc there

00:42:16.829 --> 00:42:20.349
too uh a couple years ago it was really cool

00:42:20.349 --> 00:42:22.329
but just because you're like sitting right there

00:42:22.329 --> 00:42:24.210
on the field and it's just a different atmosphere

00:42:24.210 --> 00:42:28.039
than you get in the big stadium I've never gotten

00:42:28.039 --> 00:42:32.260
to experience that, but it would be really awesome.

00:42:32.460 --> 00:42:36.760
Watching those games, you really are right there.

00:42:36.940 --> 00:42:40.679
You've said a few times about, oh, you're just

00:42:40.679 --> 00:42:44.719
sitting right behind Schmetzer and his assistant

00:42:44.719 --> 00:42:47.300
coaches and hearing them talk about it. That's

00:42:47.300 --> 00:42:52.440
incredible. That's awesome. It was really cool.

00:42:53.460 --> 00:42:56.000
I mean Garth would come hang out with me for

00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:58.500
a bit and say hi. Adrian would say hello. Like

00:42:58.500 --> 00:43:02.539
it was, it was always a fun time. That's super

00:43:02.539 --> 00:43:08.019
cool. Yeah. But rain are playing there as well.

00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:10.119
And I think rain fans are a little more annoyed

00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:14.199
because I think they lose three home games. So

00:43:14.199 --> 00:43:18.039
I get it, but come on, we want grass for the

00:43:18.039 --> 00:43:20.300
world cup. This is, this is the time where they're

00:43:20.300 --> 00:43:22.480
installing it. That's why we can't be there.

00:43:24.369 --> 00:43:26.730
And you know what? It's a good opportunity to,

00:43:26.809 --> 00:43:33.809
again, market more soccer to the eastern part

00:43:33.809 --> 00:43:40.710
of the state. They have the USL Super League

00:43:40.710 --> 00:43:46.489
team out there. And I think there's a USLW team

00:43:46.489 --> 00:43:48.369
as well. They might have a lower division one

00:43:48.369 --> 00:43:53.849
as well. And there's a men's team somewhere USL

00:43:53.849 --> 00:43:57.469
related. So it'll be cool. I mean, there are

00:43:57.469 --> 00:44:00.150
soccer fans there. I've had the chance to meet

00:44:00.150 --> 00:44:02.150
a few of the supporter groups from there. And

00:44:02.150 --> 00:44:06.150
I've got to say, like, it'll be cool. It makes

00:44:06.150 --> 00:44:08.769
me sad that I won't be there. But since it's

00:44:08.769 --> 00:44:11.469
probably going to be against Vancouver FC, I

00:44:11.469 --> 00:44:13.389
mean, sorry, that would be cool. Since it's probably

00:44:13.389 --> 00:44:15.010
going to be against the Vancouver Whitecaps.

00:44:15.170 --> 00:44:17.449
Speaking of which, Vancouver FC's coach is now

00:44:17.449 --> 00:44:20.940
Martin Nash. Steve Nash is... older brother used

00:44:20.940 --> 00:44:24.139
to play for vancouver uh whitecaps when they

00:44:24.139 --> 00:44:27.900
were in the minor leagues my cousin played for

00:44:27.900 --> 00:44:29.599
them my cousin's husband played for them then

00:44:29.599 --> 00:44:32.619
too and told me some funny stories about steve

00:44:32.619 --> 00:44:35.059
and martin nash when uh they were the 86ers i

00:44:35.059 --> 00:44:38.539
think vancouver 86ers but yeah it's pretty cool

00:44:38.539 --> 00:44:44.219
but uh yeah i mean spokane like yeah get the

00:44:44.219 --> 00:44:46.480
east side of the state in it i mean i know it's

00:44:46.480 --> 00:44:48.800
still far from view alex but uh Maybe they got

00:44:48.800 --> 00:44:52.280
to play a match out there in Yakima too. Yeah,

00:44:52.280 --> 00:44:55.239
come play out in Yakima. We got a stadium. It's

00:44:55.239 --> 00:44:59.659
not FIFA regulated, but it's grass. Let's send

00:44:59.659 --> 00:45:03.900
the Portland match out there. Make the Timbers

00:45:03.900 --> 00:45:09.139
play out there. So what's up with Resnack? What

00:45:09.139 --> 00:45:14.400
are we thinking? Another good season incoming.

00:45:14.760 --> 00:45:16.860
I'm interested to see if he plays down the line.

00:45:17.289 --> 00:45:23.449
for some games. Yeah. We know he can. Especially

00:45:23.449 --> 00:45:28.949
with Obed not here anymore. Last year, I felt

00:45:28.949 --> 00:45:33.130
like maybe, although he, I mean, you like center

00:45:33.130 --> 00:45:36.309
attacking mid, you like him there, but we saw

00:45:36.309 --> 00:45:39.969
some success from Ferreira at center attacking

00:45:39.969 --> 00:45:41.750
mid, and maybe the drop -off would have been

00:45:41.750 --> 00:45:45.849
less on the right wing. at times with Russ and

00:45:45.849 --> 00:45:48.289
I'd be interested to see, cause he's, I mean,

00:45:48.289 --> 00:45:50.309
he played on the right before we moved him to

00:45:50.309 --> 00:45:52.289
the center. Remember like when we still had Nico.

00:45:52.929 --> 00:45:55.889
So we know he can, and he's dropped back before.

00:45:55.929 --> 00:45:58.789
So we know that he can play all over the field.

00:46:02.349 --> 00:46:04.789
It's kind of great that all these players can

00:46:04.789 --> 00:46:07.849
play all these different positions, but it is

00:46:07.849 --> 00:46:14.840
also like. I mean, what a problem. I mean, it's

00:46:14.840 --> 00:46:18.179
a good problem, but that's literally Schmetzer's

00:46:18.179 --> 00:46:21.400
job is to figure out who's going to play where

00:46:21.400 --> 00:46:24.699
because these guys are so versatile. I can't

00:46:24.699 --> 00:46:29.719
even begin to think about all the different combinations.

00:46:30.920 --> 00:46:36.800
Who knows? Yeah. I wouldn't want to be Schmetzer

00:46:36.800 --> 00:46:38.260
right now having to make all these decisions.

00:46:42.119 --> 00:46:44.699
And there's a lot of tough ones and it only gets

00:46:44.699 --> 00:46:46.599
harder when Pedro comes back and then we have

00:46:46.599 --> 00:46:50.280
to start the free Pedro campaign again. You know,

00:46:50.380 --> 00:46:52.559
you know, you know, we're going to be doing that.

00:46:52.619 --> 00:46:58.500
Yeah. They stole your idea that week sauce. Yeah.

00:46:58.579 --> 00:47:00.360
Well, I mean, at least, at least Thomas is going

00:47:00.360 --> 00:47:05.079
to be the starter is what it looks like. Yeah.

00:47:05.199 --> 00:47:07.360
I think, I mean, I think we've seen that solidly

00:47:07.360 --> 00:47:12.679
throughout the, that he, I mean, sorry, the preseason

00:47:12.679 --> 00:47:15.320
that he's been the one starting the big, like

00:47:15.320 --> 00:47:18.599
when they had the starters in there. So pretty

00:47:18.599 --> 00:47:21.559
cool. I mean, it's something that I, of course,

00:47:21.579 --> 00:47:24.920
I'm excited about. I don't know, Cedar, what

00:47:24.920 --> 00:47:28.800
do you think? You think it's Thomas's time? Yeah,

00:47:28.860 --> 00:47:33.199
I think so. I mean, we also have, you know, we

00:47:33.199 --> 00:47:37.239
don't have like, I mean, we have the leagues

00:47:37.239 --> 00:47:42.070
cup. We've got, champions cup so i think there's

00:47:42.070 --> 00:47:44.190
going to be plenty of minutes that need to be

00:47:44.190 --> 00:47:47.869
filled anyway um so it's not it's not like we're

00:47:47.869 --> 00:47:51.389
never going to see you know fry out there i don't

00:47:51.389 --> 00:47:55.449
think but um yeah i i definitely think that i

00:47:55.449 --> 00:48:00.610
would prefer to see thomas start until you know

00:48:00.610 --> 00:48:03.710
hopefully everything goes well but maybe as a

00:48:03.710 --> 00:48:06.349
rough patch and then it's like okay we're popping

00:48:06.349 --> 00:48:12.519
fry back in there for a time but um yeah i i

00:48:12.519 --> 00:48:17.079
i think the the potential for thomas is is really

00:48:17.079 --> 00:48:19.820
really high and he's probably i mean he's still

00:48:19.820 --> 00:48:23.699
young he's only gonna get better yeah i think

00:48:23.699 --> 00:48:26.679
that's true i wish fifa rated or ea fc rated

00:48:26.679 --> 00:48:31.960
him higher yeah see what's they rate this card

00:48:31.960 --> 00:48:35.079
mls card slow yeah that's like the big name stars

00:48:35.079 --> 00:48:39.239
that's true yeah because mls sucks I tell you

00:48:39.239 --> 00:48:41.380
what, though. I got Dempsey on my team, and he's

00:48:41.380 --> 00:48:44.340
been tearing it up. It's been so fun having him

00:48:44.340 --> 00:48:47.519
up there. We're going to have to start a movement

00:48:47.519 --> 00:48:49.139
for Thomas. We're going to have to say all aboard

00:48:49.139 --> 00:48:54.900
the Thomas train. Thomas the tank engine? Yeah.

00:48:56.900 --> 00:49:02.239
I love that when I was growing up. Oh, yeah.

00:49:04.719 --> 00:49:10.400
Reminiscing. I mean, he's, he's from like, he's

00:49:10.400 --> 00:49:12.699
an English citizen, right? So, I mean, well,

00:49:12.840 --> 00:49:14.440
yeah, I think he's American citizen now, but

00:49:14.440 --> 00:49:17.699
he, he was, he came to us from England. So, uh,

00:49:17.860 --> 00:49:20.539
he probably knows all about Thomas the tank that

00:49:20.539 --> 00:49:22.320
the, cause that's, that's where it originated.

00:49:22.480 --> 00:49:25.579
Like there. Yes. It's been there forever. So.

00:49:26.639 --> 00:49:30.500
Oh yeah. Oh yeah. He was born. Wasn't he born?

00:49:33.480 --> 00:49:37.139
I should have researched this, but he was either

00:49:37.139 --> 00:49:39.539
born in Russia. Yeah, he was born in Russia.

00:49:39.760 --> 00:49:49.719
And then his parents emigrated. For sure. He's

00:49:49.719 --> 00:49:52.760
such a cool dude. I'm so excited for him. Having

00:49:52.760 --> 00:49:58.019
got to spend some time with him at Alliance Council

00:49:58.019 --> 00:50:02.320
stuff. And not that Fry wasn't. Fry... has been

00:50:02.320 --> 00:50:04.699
one of the most open honest players i've ever

00:50:04.699 --> 00:50:06.099
encountered for the sounders he'll just tell

00:50:06.099 --> 00:50:08.119
us what's going on with his contract stuff like

00:50:08.119 --> 00:50:13.320
he's just like whatever man so uh you know it's

00:50:13.320 --> 00:50:16.980
it's cool times but um yeah so what what do you

00:50:16.980 --> 00:50:18.960
think is gonna happen this season then what what

00:50:18.960 --> 00:50:21.519
uh i guess let's start with short term we got

00:50:21.519 --> 00:50:24.500
colorado coming up what are we gonna see in that

00:50:24.500 --> 00:50:27.079
match and then and then what are your pre like

00:50:27.079 --> 00:50:28.980
what do you think is gonna happen throughout

00:50:28.980 --> 00:50:30.360
the season where the sounder is gonna be what

00:50:30.360 --> 00:50:34.670
are they gonna do Of course, we don't know who

00:50:34.670 --> 00:50:38.769
won the Pick 'em Challenge because Nicholas has

00:50:38.769 --> 00:50:40.829
that. And I think we're going to record later

00:50:40.829 --> 00:50:44.849
this week with Nicholas sometime. So we will

00:50:44.849 --> 00:50:47.869
hear that soon. So if you're waiting for that

00:50:47.869 --> 00:50:49.769
from Scuttlebutt, you'll be getting that very

00:50:49.769 --> 00:50:53.050
soon. But Alex, why don't we start with you?

00:50:53.090 --> 00:50:55.449
What are you expecting from the Sounders against

00:50:55.449 --> 00:50:59.010
Colorado? And what do you think the season is

00:50:59.010 --> 00:51:01.920
going to be like? I think against Colorado, I

00:51:01.920 --> 00:51:05.579
think it's going to be a rocky first half, but

00:51:05.579 --> 00:51:08.260
we're going to clean it up in the second half.

00:51:08.480 --> 00:51:11.219
We've always been a second -half team. What I

00:51:11.219 --> 00:51:15.980
do see is getting, you know, edging out a 2 -1

00:51:15.980 --> 00:51:21.599
or a 1 -0. Maybe 2 -0. I see us winning that

00:51:21.599 --> 00:51:24.719
game. Dan Boniface was very excited that the

00:51:24.719 --> 00:51:27.280
Colorado Rapids are currently listed in first

00:51:27.280 --> 00:51:30.000
place in the West. Because alphabetically, they're

00:51:30.000 --> 00:51:32.619
the first team. Well, tell them to take a picture

00:51:32.619 --> 00:51:34.460
of it because that's the only time they'll ever

00:51:34.460 --> 00:51:38.019
be first place this season. Oh, we'll see. And

00:51:38.019 --> 00:51:43.019
I think long term, I see us finishing top five.

00:51:43.840 --> 00:51:52.599
Okay. What about you, Cedar? In terms of Colorado,

00:51:52.699 --> 00:51:58.449
I think first match is going to be at home. I

00:51:58.449 --> 00:52:00.550
think people are going to be really excited,

00:52:00.650 --> 00:52:04.889
maybe even more so because of the Seahawks' success.

00:52:06.989 --> 00:52:10.070
There's just been a lot of good sports energy

00:52:10.070 --> 00:52:16.829
in the city. I think it's going to get people

00:52:16.829 --> 00:52:21.829
out. Colorado looks like their new head coach,

00:52:22.250 --> 00:52:24.769
Matt Wells, he was an assistant for the past

00:52:24.769 --> 00:52:29.139
couple of years at Tottenham. And he worked with

00:52:29.139 --> 00:52:36.500
Pochettino, Postacoglu, and Thomas Frank. He's

00:52:36.500 --> 00:52:41.699
only 37. So I think that kind of, for Colorado,

00:52:41.739 --> 00:52:44.219
it always feels like they have a former, like,

00:52:44.219 --> 00:52:48.900
you know, USMNT, like, coach, player, like, just

00:52:48.900 --> 00:52:51.800
kind of like one of those kind of guys. Like,

00:52:51.860 --> 00:52:56.050
they had Chris Armas just before the... They

00:52:56.050 --> 00:52:59.309
hired Matt Wells. So this feels like kind of

00:52:59.309 --> 00:53:02.929
like a, an interesting direction for them because

00:53:02.929 --> 00:53:06.050
I don't know. They've never really like, like

00:53:06.050 --> 00:53:08.309
Colorado just feels like, Oh, it's, you know,

00:53:08.309 --> 00:53:11.409
we're playing Colorado again. Like, you know,

00:53:11.429 --> 00:53:13.369
they're not really, they don't really have the

00:53:13.369 --> 00:53:17.710
same sort of like, kind of like the, you know,

00:53:17.730 --> 00:53:20.989
when you go to play RSL and like, like, Oh, we

00:53:20.989 --> 00:53:23.289
haven't won there. And you know what? 10 years

00:53:23.289 --> 00:53:26.039
or something like that. Something crazy. It's

00:53:26.039 --> 00:53:30.039
just Colorado. So I think it'll be, if we're

00:53:30.039 --> 00:53:33.940
up for it, it should be, I would go with a 2

00:53:33.940 --> 00:53:37.219
-1 scoreline like Alex said. What about on the

00:53:37.219 --> 00:53:47.219
season? For the season? I honestly don't know.

00:53:47.320 --> 00:53:50.880
I mean, I want to feel pretty optimistic. I think

00:53:50.880 --> 00:53:55.940
having Paul Areola back. You know, it's going

00:53:55.940 --> 00:54:00.820
to be, it's going to be, that should make us,

00:54:00.840 --> 00:54:02.760
you know, like you were saying before he got

00:54:02.760 --> 00:54:05.179
hurt last season, we, you know, we looked like

00:54:05.179 --> 00:54:08.000
a completely different team with him there. And

00:54:08.000 --> 00:54:13.500
then you add in Pedro and you add in, you know,

00:54:13.539 --> 00:54:16.360
you kind of get to see like, oh, what does, you

00:54:16.360 --> 00:54:19.380
know, Snyder Brunel, you know, bring, what does

00:54:19.380 --> 00:54:24.360
this Petkovic guy bring, right? I think there's

00:54:24.360 --> 00:54:29.480
a lot of potential there for us to be really,

00:54:29.599 --> 00:54:32.380
really good. Even though again, we didn't like

00:54:32.380 --> 00:54:34.860
go out and get Timo Werner like the earthquakes

00:54:34.860 --> 00:54:38.440
did. And that's honestly, I'm like, that's fine.

00:54:38.579 --> 00:54:41.099
Like, do we need Timo Werner? I don't think so.

00:54:41.159 --> 00:54:43.840
Do we need Hamas Rodriguez? Like Minnesota got,

00:54:43.980 --> 00:54:48.519
I, you know, I don't really think so. So I, I

00:54:48.519 --> 00:54:51.940
think, I think obviously you just want, you know,

00:54:51.960 --> 00:54:54.260
knock on wood, you want everybody to be relatively

00:54:54.260 --> 00:54:59.400
healthy, keep injuries to a minimum and yeah,

00:54:59.480 --> 00:55:02.340
let's, let's win another trophy. I mean, take

00:55:02.340 --> 00:55:04.159
your pick. That's the expectation, right? Is

00:55:04.159 --> 00:55:06.880
to win trophies. It has to be, it has to be.

00:55:06.960 --> 00:55:09.239
I mean, we, we've got back in the saddle last

00:55:09.239 --> 00:55:12.519
year and that was a great trophy to win. I guess

00:55:12.519 --> 00:55:17.360
we're really good Miami side. So, you know, let's

00:55:17.360 --> 00:55:21.909
win another one. But maybe like, you know, not

00:55:21.909 --> 00:55:24.510
leagues cup and maybe let's go win champions

00:55:24.510 --> 00:55:28.869
cup or MLS cup, you know? Yeah. That'd be nice.

00:55:29.190 --> 00:55:31.369
Definitely nice. That would be nice. I think

00:55:31.369 --> 00:55:34.989
a lot of what, what happens to Minnesota will

00:55:34.989 --> 00:55:37.250
be interesting. I mean, is there a coach still

00:55:37.250 --> 00:55:39.469
in, is he still over there? Did he get fired

00:55:39.469 --> 00:55:44.949
already? Like he started out so poor and then

00:55:44.949 --> 00:55:48.710
to lose their goalie and then to lose. Yeah.

00:55:49.550 --> 00:55:52.449
I mean, it's got to be rough. I mean, I think

00:55:52.449 --> 00:55:54.510
that puts the Sounders in a solid position to

00:55:54.510 --> 00:55:59.650
finish top four, depending on if LA Galaxy come

00:55:59.650 --> 00:56:03.630
back to form or not. But I would say I would

00:56:03.630 --> 00:56:06.969
like to see Timo Werner on the Sounders. I wouldn't

00:56:06.969 --> 00:56:09.190
mind that. I think he would be a big addition.

00:56:09.809 --> 00:56:12.050
We don't need Jaime Rodriguez, though. I think

00:56:12.050 --> 00:56:14.510
he's a mercenary. He's just there until the World

00:56:14.510 --> 00:56:18.139
Cup. Yeah, he has a track history of not showing

00:56:18.139 --> 00:56:20.159
up for his club team, but when he puts on the

00:56:20.159 --> 00:56:24.219
Colombian shirt, he tears it up. Yeah, for sure.

00:56:25.179 --> 00:56:26.960
Cedar, are you coming up for the match next Sunday?

00:56:27.059 --> 00:56:31.000
You going to find a way to get up here? No, I

00:56:31.000 --> 00:56:35.320
am not going to be, but I will be off of work.

00:56:35.820 --> 00:56:39.820
I get off at 3 .30 next Sunday. So I'll have

00:56:39.820 --> 00:56:44.579
plenty of time to pregame, get in the mood. get

00:56:44.579 --> 00:56:47.179
to watch it live. It's going to be great. And

00:56:47.179 --> 00:56:51.659
Alex is bringing the whole family. Yeah. Nice.

00:56:52.079 --> 00:56:54.460
Yeah, there we go. So it's going to be, it's

00:56:54.460 --> 00:56:56.920
going to be fun times. I'll be there early. Uh,

00:56:57.340 --> 00:57:00.599
every weekend match this season, we should have

00:57:00.599 --> 00:57:03.119
a grill FC table set up, which will also, uh,

00:57:03.260 --> 00:57:04.980
I better get on this cause it's a week away.

00:57:05.280 --> 00:57:09.419
Uh, we'll have a sounder schedule, but, uh, that

00:57:09.419 --> 00:57:11.179
you can pass out to all your friends and tell

00:57:11.179 --> 00:57:12.840
people, hey, listen to this podcast. We should

00:57:12.840 --> 00:57:14.239
make stickers or something, too, to give away.

00:57:15.619 --> 00:57:17.360
Yeah, stickers and start putting them all around

00:57:17.360 --> 00:57:21.219
the city. Yeah, all over the stadium, too. Oh,

00:57:21.239 --> 00:57:23.440
I like that. Put them in the bathroom. Yeah,

00:57:23.519 --> 00:57:26.860
not in the urinal, though. Merch. We got to do

00:57:26.860 --> 00:57:29.599
some merch, too. We can print some shirts. It

00:57:29.599 --> 00:57:32.000
would be fun. It would be a lot of fun. I'll

00:57:32.000 --> 00:57:35.159
be there, I presume, with my dad. I got to go

00:57:35.159 --> 00:57:38.619
to both the... nfc championship game and the

00:57:38.619 --> 00:57:41.539
the game against the 49ers with him so yeah yeah

00:57:41.539 --> 00:57:44.440
you know that's awesome it's it's so cool my

00:57:44.440 --> 00:57:46.739
dad's 85 he's turning 86 this year and i'm still

00:57:46.739 --> 00:57:49.599
getting to go to uh all sorts of games with him

00:57:49.599 --> 00:57:53.179
so it's it's it's pretty awesome that's the best

00:57:53.179 --> 00:57:57.539
yeah yeah let's uh wait does anybody have a world

00:57:57.539 --> 00:58:01.739
cup tickets uh do you care yeah i have usa australia

00:58:01.739 --> 00:58:05.719
tickets i did not get Anything else? But I also

00:58:05.719 --> 00:58:09.139
put in for the round of 32 and the round of 16.

00:58:09.460 --> 00:58:11.820
The people I know who got tickets put in for

00:58:11.820 --> 00:58:16.239
Egypt, Iran, and Belgium, Egypt. So in the final

00:58:16.239 --> 00:58:18.119
one, I think I might put in for those just to

00:58:18.119 --> 00:58:21.300
try and get some tickets. Alex, you don't know

00:58:21.300 --> 00:58:22.340
who's playing, right? But you have the round

00:58:22.340 --> 00:58:24.920
of 32 or the round of 16? One of those? I have

00:58:24.920 --> 00:58:30.519
round of 16. Nice. So I'll probably show up in

00:58:30.519 --> 00:58:34.280
a random kit. I mean, it could be USA, though.

00:58:34.480 --> 00:58:36.260
They make it that far. That's where they're playing.

00:58:37.079 --> 00:58:40.619
As long as they get first in the group, they

00:58:40.619 --> 00:58:45.260
would be in Seattle for that match if they make

00:58:45.260 --> 00:58:50.019
it that far. Yeah, I think it would be USA -Belgium.

00:58:50.139 --> 00:58:54.820
That's like what people are saying. Potentially.

00:58:54.880 --> 00:58:57.139
I mean, that'd be both teams playing at home.

00:58:57.559 --> 00:59:01.079
Home, quote -unquote home. Because Belgium will

00:59:01.079 --> 00:59:06.409
be... One of the teams training in Seattle. Longacres.

00:59:07.730 --> 00:59:11.530
Is that, is that what they're saying? I don't

00:59:11.530 --> 00:59:15.550
know. Yeah. I mean, I remember Manchester United

00:59:15.550 --> 00:59:17.309
trained at Seattle U. That was pretty cool, but

00:59:17.309 --> 00:59:19.309
I figured they won't have them do that. Back

00:59:19.309 --> 00:59:22.150
in the day when my cousin was going to Santa

00:59:22.150 --> 00:59:24.090
Clara, Brazil trained there and he said it was

00:59:24.090 --> 00:59:29.070
the best experience of his life in 94. Wow. Because

00:59:29.070 --> 00:59:32.420
they have a whole like. party that follows them

00:59:32.420 --> 00:59:36.699
around everywhere. Yeah. Bring Brazil to Seattle.

00:59:36.800 --> 00:59:38.380
We can party. I know. I kind of want to go to

00:59:38.380 --> 00:59:40.440
the Brazil Haiti match since I'm a part of a

00:59:40.440 --> 00:59:43.940
nonprofit that does work in Haiti. Like that

00:59:43.940 --> 00:59:47.519
would be incredible. Is that, can we do that?

00:59:47.559 --> 00:59:50.139
Can we put that on the company credit card? Yeah.

00:59:50.159 --> 00:59:53.000
Just put that on. You're a diplomat for Haiti.

00:59:56.280 --> 00:59:59.860
I'm excited guys. The Sounders are back. Week

00:59:59.860 --> 01:00:01.860
away. It always feels weird, though, because

01:00:01.860 --> 01:00:04.400
it feels so disjointed to start the season. It

01:00:04.400 --> 01:00:06.699
feels like no team in the MLS is ready to play.

01:00:07.079 --> 01:00:12.699
None of them are in the regular season form.

01:00:12.920 --> 01:00:17.039
You never know what's going to happen. Was it

01:00:17.039 --> 01:00:19.800
last year where we blew the lead against Charlotte?

01:00:21.139 --> 01:00:26.429
Yeah, it was 2 -2. So we don't want that. We

01:00:26.429 --> 01:00:29.929
need to, which was interesting because we did

01:00:29.929 --> 01:00:32.670
turn Lumen Field into a fortress again, which

01:00:32.670 --> 01:00:38.510
it hadn't been for a long time. So, yeah. You

01:00:38.510 --> 01:00:41.429
guys ready for some Sounders season? Yeah, I

01:00:41.429 --> 01:00:45.170
mean. Absolutely. Will Sounders send out the

01:00:45.170 --> 01:00:49.090
Apple subscription today? Oh, you only get it

01:00:49.090 --> 01:00:52.750
today? I had mine on the 12th or whatever. I

01:00:52.750 --> 01:00:55.329
think I got the email yesterday. I don't know.

01:00:56.849 --> 01:01:00.489
And they're sending out more info soon. There's

01:01:00.489 --> 01:01:04.949
a lot of info to come. Tickets should, if you

01:01:04.949 --> 01:01:06.510
have season tickets, they should already be in

01:01:06.510 --> 01:01:12.750
your account. Alex, you said that the discount

01:01:12.750 --> 01:01:15.289
card is not in your account yet, though? Oh,

01:01:15.289 --> 01:01:17.789
I haven't checked, but I think they were going

01:01:17.789 --> 01:01:19.269
to add it soon, and they're going to add the

01:01:19.269 --> 01:01:23.199
concession. Yeah, I know that's not being there

01:01:23.199 --> 01:01:26.519
yet. They're going to make an update to an app,

01:01:26.639 --> 01:01:29.460
to the app, which is where everything's going

01:01:29.460 --> 01:01:35.619
to be. That's cool. So definitely excited, excited

01:01:35.619 --> 01:01:38.519
to do this podcast with you all this season and

01:01:38.519 --> 01:01:43.199
just keep it going. And, you know, I think we're

01:01:43.199 --> 01:01:47.840
not there yet, but the plan is in the words of

01:01:47.840 --> 01:01:51.610
what, 2013, we're going to pivot to video. So

01:01:51.610 --> 01:01:54.050
you may be seeing us on YouTube sooner rather

01:01:54.050 --> 01:01:56.630
than later. I mean, you can find us on YouTube.

01:01:56.710 --> 01:02:03.989
It's just our voices. Now, interestingly, Netflix

01:02:03.989 --> 01:02:07.909
is picking up podcasts, video podcasts. So maybe

01:02:07.909 --> 01:02:10.769
we'll be on Netflix soon. But those are like

01:02:10.769 --> 01:02:15.250
exclusive to Netflix. Yeah. I mean, they had

01:02:15.250 --> 01:02:17.650
to leave YouTube to move there. So yeah, I'm

01:02:17.650 --> 01:02:19.070
saying we'll leave YouTube for you, Netflix.

01:02:19.769 --> 01:02:21.349
But I don't think they're on Spotify either.

01:02:22.150 --> 01:02:24.489
Yeah, they are. They're on audio. They're on

01:02:24.489 --> 01:02:29.610
everything. It's only video. That is not. Are

01:02:29.610 --> 01:02:33.110
we going to become a DraftKings podcast? Yeah.

01:02:34.369 --> 01:02:36.550
FanDuel. We're going to have to start sponsoring

01:02:36.550 --> 01:02:40.730
FanDuel. What's the new? I've gotten nonstop

01:02:40.730 --> 01:02:45.559
ads for the new MLS Fantasy. that looks like

01:02:45.559 --> 01:02:48.019
a gambling app, but it does the fantasy for it

01:02:48.019 --> 01:02:49.940
this season. They aren't doing it themselves.

01:02:50.139 --> 01:02:52.139
They have a new app that are doing it instead.

01:02:52.559 --> 01:02:55.480
Oh, we got to be sponsored by Kelsey or sleeper

01:02:55.480 --> 01:03:02.099
price picks. What's the over under on the amount

01:03:02.099 --> 01:03:07.539
of steps that Reagan takes before he falls over?

01:03:08.579 --> 01:03:10.780
That's the kind of thing you get on that Kelsey

01:03:10.780 --> 01:03:15.710
app, right? I don't know how it would work for

01:03:15.710 --> 01:03:19.230
soccer. Yeah, betting on soccer is rough. I was

01:03:19.230 --> 01:03:22.849
listening to a bookie talk about it and how difficult

01:03:22.849 --> 01:03:25.929
it is because you can only win if your team wins.

01:03:26.409 --> 01:03:29.429
Because if it's a tie, you don't win. Even if

01:03:29.429 --> 01:03:31.550
they go on to win in regulation in soccer with

01:03:31.550 --> 01:03:34.010
betting, it's the score at the end of regulation

01:03:34.010 --> 01:03:37.130
that matters. So if you win in penalties, you

01:03:37.130 --> 01:03:41.309
don't get that win. Just bet on the game to be

01:03:41.309 --> 01:03:44.420
tied. Yeah. Yeah. Or, I mean, I'm sure there's

01:03:44.420 --> 01:03:46.019
a way that you can bet that it'll go to penalties

01:03:46.019 --> 01:03:49.579
or so -and -so will win in penalties, but, but

01:03:49.579 --> 01:03:52.500
yeah. So even, even the playoffs, like it's,

01:03:52.500 --> 01:03:55.780
it's not an easy bet though. Shout out to, to

01:03:55.780 --> 01:03:59.239
our buddy Scott, who is good with numbers and

01:03:59.239 --> 01:04:02.500
knows how to bet soccer very well. He, he will

01:04:02.500 --> 01:04:04.880
tell you all about it if you want to know, but

01:04:04.880 --> 01:04:07.739
I've tried and I'm not as smart as him. I can't

01:04:07.739 --> 01:04:12.480
figure it out. I find that stuff more fascinating

01:04:12.480 --> 01:04:15.260
for me personally, not for like betting, but

01:04:15.260 --> 01:04:18.159
just like, just the analytics behind it. It's

01:04:18.159 --> 01:04:21.320
like, you know, it's like, Oh, they, what, you

01:04:21.320 --> 01:04:23.519
know, what are they looking at? You know? Yeah.

01:04:23.659 --> 01:04:25.980
What, what matters to them? What's popping out

01:04:25.980 --> 01:04:28.760
to them? And lots of times it's, it's the expected

01:04:28.760 --> 01:04:31.460
goals and stuff like that, that, that lead to

01:04:31.460 --> 01:04:38.619
which way you should bet. I believe. Well, here's

01:04:38.619 --> 01:04:43.599
the line. What's the over -under on how many

01:04:43.599 --> 01:04:47.719
more years of Brian Schmetzer do we have coaching

01:04:47.719 --> 01:04:52.619
the Sounders? I'll put the line at two and a

01:04:52.619 --> 01:04:56.519
half. Yeah, I think that's interesting because

01:04:56.519 --> 01:05:01.980
that would mean that he's fired mid -season to

01:05:01.980 --> 01:05:05.440
be a tie. Although we have a half season, so

01:05:05.440 --> 01:05:08.659
maybe not. That would mean he would retire at

01:05:08.659 --> 01:05:14.780
the end of the first summer. No. Yeah. First

01:05:14.780 --> 01:05:17.960
summer season. That would just mean if he's going

01:05:17.960 --> 01:05:21.119
to be here at 2028. Yeah. Or if he's going to

01:05:21.119 --> 01:05:24.300
be here or is he going to be gone by 2029? I

01:05:24.300 --> 01:05:26.739
think it depends. I mean, if we win MLS Cup a

01:05:26.739 --> 01:05:28.900
bunch of times, I think he goes out on top, right?

01:05:29.199 --> 01:05:31.599
It just depends. It's more likely. When does

01:05:31.599 --> 01:05:33.769
he retire and not when does he get fired? Yeah,

01:05:33.789 --> 01:05:35.550
yeah, yeah. That's why I'm saying the half is

01:05:35.550 --> 01:05:38.070
rough, but we actually literally have a half

01:05:38.070 --> 01:05:40.909
season, so maybe it's not. Well, I mean, when

01:05:40.909 --> 01:05:44.929
you put a line, it's hard to put a full number,

01:05:45.050 --> 01:05:48.050
because what if he ends at two and you bet the...

01:05:48.050 --> 01:05:52.329
Yeah. No, totally. That's why they used the half.

01:05:52.449 --> 01:05:58.269
I would say two is a good number. I mean, to

01:05:58.269 --> 01:05:59.989
make it interesting, you could go one and a half.

01:06:00.730 --> 01:06:03.690
Yeah. But it's almost... More than likely it's

01:06:03.690 --> 01:06:06.130
the over. Yeah. Especially with that half season

01:06:06.130 --> 01:06:08.369
coming where they get like a short break and

01:06:08.369 --> 01:06:11.190
then have to play that little mini season before

01:06:11.190 --> 01:06:14.110
the, the schedule changes to the summer schedule.

01:06:14.190 --> 01:06:16.510
I mean the, the no summer schedule to the winter

01:06:16.510 --> 01:06:20.829
schedule. Well, sprint sprint season. Yeah. Now

01:06:20.829 --> 01:06:24.530
whoever wins that, like, are we, is that, you

01:06:24.530 --> 01:06:28.030
know, kind of an MLS is back kind of territory.

01:06:28.170 --> 01:06:30.530
Like, you know, you get a half star on your Jersey.

01:06:30.989 --> 01:06:34.690
It just depends who wins. It depends who wins.

01:06:35.170 --> 01:06:38.469
Yeah, if it's us, it's us. It's all the trophies.

01:06:38.829 --> 01:06:42.010
I mean, we didn't get him a mini trophy. We saw

01:06:42.010 --> 01:06:43.989
a mini Lombardi at the ceremony. That's true.

01:06:43.989 --> 01:06:46.210
We did. There was someone pulling up a mini Lombardi.

01:06:46.210 --> 01:06:49.789
It was pretty cool. I was like, I need one of

01:06:49.789 --> 01:06:53.489
those. Yeah, it was nice. I'm surprised you don't

01:06:53.489 --> 01:06:56.710
have the Lombardi Lego set. Well, there's no

01:06:56.710 --> 01:07:00.239
Lombardi Lego set. What? that's wild what is

01:07:00.239 --> 01:07:02.960
the nfl doing oh because they're not they're

01:07:02.960 --> 01:07:05.420
not lego they're foco or whatever they use that

01:07:05.420 --> 01:07:08.840
other block company funko i mean they could do

01:07:08.840 --> 01:07:13.159
that it's it's like a different um i think it's

01:07:13.159 --> 01:07:16.980
foco maybe they did a lot of the they did that

01:07:16.980 --> 01:07:21.679
remember i sent over that uh oh yeah the two

01:07:21.679 --> 01:07:25.599
thousand dollars yeah three yeah all sam darnold

01:07:25.599 --> 01:07:31.900
bobblehead jesus If you can afford that, hey,

01:07:32.039 --> 01:07:34.659
good for you. That's awesome. There's a World

01:07:34.659 --> 01:07:40.480
Cup trophy Lego. I'm buying that. That's the

01:07:40.480 --> 01:07:42.219
closest thing I'm going to have to the World

01:07:42.219 --> 01:07:47.940
Cup trophy. Yeah, it looks like they might have

01:07:47.940 --> 01:07:52.079
a... Oh, no, you can just buy a replica Lombardi

01:07:52.079 --> 01:07:56.679
on eBay. That's cool. Well, I guess the Lombardi

01:07:56.679 --> 01:08:02.320
is a Belvia. And Tiffany and co. It's apparently,

01:08:02.460 --> 01:08:05.900
didn't you tell me it was super light? That's

01:08:05.900 --> 01:08:09.980
what McDonald's said. It was really light. Yeah.

01:08:10.039 --> 01:08:11.900
I mean, there's some, if you go to FOGO, there's

01:08:11.900 --> 01:08:14.320
some interesting, interesting stuff, including

01:08:14.320 --> 01:08:18.300
that ridiculously expensive Sam Darnold thing.

01:08:20.039 --> 01:08:22.439
They, they have a regular size one. They also

01:08:22.439 --> 01:08:27.670
have a $900 18 inch blitz. uh super bowl bobblehead

01:08:27.670 --> 01:08:32.630
i think i'll just and the 18 inch uh sam donald

01:08:32.630 --> 01:08:36.170
one it's a it's a what's that a foot and a half

01:08:36.170 --> 01:08:39.630
i think i'll just walk my myself down to the

01:08:39.630 --> 01:08:43.130
pro shop and pick up the new sounders kit at

01:08:43.130 --> 01:08:46.720
a much cheaper price you don't want the six My

01:08:46.720 --> 01:08:49.520
tattoo I just got. I just squished it. Ouch.

01:08:49.899 --> 01:08:54.319
I got one earlier today. You don't want the three

01:08:54.319 --> 01:08:57.939
feet tall Kenneth Walker, the third MVP bobblehead

01:08:57.939 --> 01:09:04.699
for $1 ,600? I can get. Only $1 ,600. Only $1

01:09:04.699 --> 01:09:06.800
,600. I mean, compared to the other one, I mean,

01:09:06.819 --> 01:09:11.960
that's pretty good. Three feet tall? Yeah. See,

01:09:12.060 --> 01:09:14.739
now that's the bargain. I mean, it's $1 ,000

01:09:14.739 --> 01:09:17.859
for the 18 -inch one, so you're getting double

01:09:17.859 --> 01:09:23.380
the size for only $600 instead of $1 ,000. I

01:09:23.380 --> 01:09:25.640
think you'd be losing money if you didn't buy

01:09:25.640 --> 01:09:30.699
it. How much to get a cameo of John Schneider

01:09:30.699 --> 01:09:36.800
drunk? Yeah, that's probably easy. I mean, let's

01:09:36.800 --> 01:09:40.359
finish there then. What are we thinking about

01:09:40.359 --> 01:09:44.850
this new jersey that just came out? I went to

01:09:44.850 --> 01:09:47.329
try and see it, but they didn't have it at the

01:09:47.329 --> 01:09:49.729
Renton Pro Shop, and we couldn't wait. We weren't

01:09:49.729 --> 01:09:51.510
going to wait two hours in line at the Seahawks

01:09:51.510 --> 01:09:55.069
parade to get into the Pro Shop to see it. I

01:09:55.069 --> 01:09:57.930
think my initial reaction, I mean, I like it.

01:09:57.970 --> 01:10:01.970
It's simple. I like it. There's more details

01:10:01.970 --> 01:10:04.069
than... I think it's one of those kits that you

01:10:04.069 --> 01:10:06.239
have to see in person. Yeah, it's going to look

01:10:06.239 --> 01:10:08.319
better on the field. There's a lot of details

01:10:08.319 --> 01:10:11.359
when you look at it. So the authentic one's going

01:10:11.359 --> 01:10:14.079
to be super cool. I mean, I was lucky enough

01:10:14.079 --> 01:10:17.460
to see it from the beginning of its planning

01:10:17.460 --> 01:10:20.020
two years ago and then see it as it went out

01:10:20.020 --> 01:10:21.479
through the planning and what they're doing.

01:10:21.640 --> 01:10:26.619
And so I'm super excited to see how it turned

01:10:26.619 --> 01:10:30.600
out in the version that we can buy. Because the

01:10:30.600 --> 01:10:35.819
green kit is never my favorite. I'm one of the

01:10:35.819 --> 01:10:38.399
people that average Sounders fans hate because

01:10:38.399 --> 01:10:40.119
I think we should move away from green and just

01:10:40.119 --> 01:10:42.039
have like a blue main kit. I was really trying

01:10:42.039 --> 01:10:44.439
to get them to do a light, like the Mariners

01:10:44.439 --> 01:10:47.539
do for spring training, that light blue. It looks

01:10:47.539 --> 01:10:49.479
like Tampa. I wanted the Sounders to play. The

01:10:49.479 --> 01:10:53.619
teal? No, not teal. It's like a light blue. Teal

01:10:53.619 --> 01:10:56.039
is the, that's Northwest green, I think, isn't

01:10:56.039 --> 01:10:58.279
it? That's what it's called. And that's a Saturday

01:10:58.279 --> 01:11:02.689
jersey. It's a light, a light blue. Yeah, I know

01:11:02.689 --> 01:11:04.149
that blue you're talking about. Yeah, it's almost

01:11:04.149 --> 01:11:07.930
like, I don't know if it's Carolina blue or UCLA.

01:11:08.390 --> 01:11:10.630
I think it's higher than UCLA, like lighter than

01:11:10.630 --> 01:11:14.090
UCLA. But I'm a big fan of that. I really wanted

01:11:14.090 --> 01:11:16.310
the Sounders. And they were like, they shut me

01:11:16.310 --> 01:11:20.810
down quick. They were like, nope. Well, it is

01:11:20.810 --> 01:11:23.729
kind of their whole, you know, rave green, you

01:11:23.729 --> 01:11:26.789
know. We just have so many green kits. Rave Foundation.

01:11:27.529 --> 01:11:32.079
Well, it's kind of like Manchester United. The

01:11:32.079 --> 01:11:37.340
classic red, iconic. Yeah, or Liverpool, right?

01:11:37.819 --> 01:11:40.239
You know what you're going to get. Or the Chelsea

01:11:40.239 --> 01:11:43.460
Blue. The Chelsea's has pretty amazing second

01:11:43.460 --> 01:11:45.020
and third kits for a while. Even their first

01:11:45.020 --> 01:11:49.000
kits have been pretty great lately. But the throwback,

01:11:49.060 --> 01:11:51.279
the black throwbacks right now, I'm just loving.

01:11:52.140 --> 01:11:56.079
And they just came out with throwback training

01:11:56.079 --> 01:12:01.539
tops, which look like the... uh 90 i think 95

01:12:01.539 --> 01:12:06.140
96 chelsea coors orange and gray jersey and so

01:12:06.140 --> 01:12:08.479
it's really cool to see see those ugly jerseys

01:12:08.479 --> 01:12:12.819
that i love come back that's awesome good for

01:12:12.819 --> 01:12:20.239
you man that's great yeah i just want to say

01:12:20.239 --> 01:12:23.560
remember people if you want the sounders to benefit

01:12:23.560 --> 01:12:28.710
from the jersey don't buy it online buy it from

01:12:28.710 --> 01:12:30.270
the pro shop even if you have to call them and

01:12:30.270 --> 01:12:31.729
they ship it from you that's the only way the

01:12:31.729 --> 01:12:35.310
sounders get paid so don't buy it from fanatics

01:12:35.310 --> 01:12:38.710
buy it from the pro shop oh god yeah contribute

01:12:38.710 --> 01:12:42.289
to the transfer from the dp funding yeah we need

01:12:42.289 --> 01:12:44.289
we need that budget ready for that summer signing

01:12:44.289 --> 01:12:50.289
yes yeah no fanatics does not deserve anybody's

01:12:50.289 --> 01:12:53.880
money god they ruined hl jerseys They're horrible.

01:12:54.680 --> 01:12:57.000
They ruined baseball jerseys, too, right? Yeah.

01:12:57.180 --> 01:13:00.319
For Christmas, I was going to get a Mariners

01:13:00.319 --> 01:13:04.260
jersey, and then it was like a month later, they're

01:13:04.260 --> 01:13:06.840
like, sorry, out of stock. And then here's your

01:13:06.840 --> 01:13:08.979
refund. They're bad quality, though. I mean,

01:13:09.100 --> 01:13:11.899
first off, the pants are see -through, and then

01:13:11.899 --> 01:13:14.600
the numbers are like the size of the little kids'

01:13:14.720 --> 01:13:18.359
numbers of the old jerseys. It's ridiculous.

01:13:18.560 --> 01:13:23.189
I really miss Majestic. yeah those jerseys were

01:13:23.189 --> 01:13:26.689
oh my god just perfect absolutely perfect yeah

01:13:26.689 --> 01:13:28.510
i have a few of those they're they're pretty

01:13:28.510 --> 01:13:31.210
great they're so nice the cool base ones especially

01:13:31.210 --> 01:13:36.869
yeah just they're just everything gets you know

01:13:36.869 --> 01:13:40.130
most things get worse over time it seems like

01:13:40.130 --> 01:13:43.810
well i really like i really like the seattle

01:13:43.810 --> 01:13:48.710
the negro league jerseys Steelhead jerseys that

01:13:48.710 --> 01:13:51.189
they're going to wear. They're going to wear

01:13:51.189 --> 01:13:57.229
them on Sunday. I like it. The lettering is just

01:13:57.229 --> 01:14:04.229
simple, clean. It's great. It's historic. That's

01:14:04.229 --> 01:14:06.649
super cool. I'm glad they're doing that. I like

01:14:06.649 --> 01:14:11.270
the cream with the yellow and the blue on Sundays,

01:14:11.489 --> 01:14:17.229
but I'm fine with... For me, it's like there

01:14:17.229 --> 01:14:19.569
is a cream team. It's the San Francisco Giants.

01:14:19.569 --> 01:14:25.229
Why are we stealing their thunder? Also, stealing

01:14:25.229 --> 01:14:32.689
thunder. Also, I really miss both for the Seahawks

01:14:32.689 --> 01:14:36.869
and the Mariners, the all gray. For the Mariners,

01:14:36.890 --> 01:14:40.250
obviously, road grays. They got rid of those

01:14:40.250 --> 01:14:43.289
Seahawks. They got rid of the Wolf Greys. Although

01:14:43.289 --> 01:14:46.029
on Fortnite, you can only do the Wolf Greys or

01:14:46.029 --> 01:14:49.189
the Action Green. You can't get any other Seahawks

01:14:49.189 --> 01:14:52.149
jersey. Like, come on, guys. That's really funny,

01:14:52.270 --> 01:14:56.729
actually. They would have got so much money if

01:14:56.729 --> 01:15:00.489
they would have dropped special skins for the

01:15:00.489 --> 01:15:02.470
Super Bowl. Yeah, they did it when the 49ers

01:15:02.470 --> 01:15:05.270
were in the Super Bowl last. I know that. Well,

01:15:05.529 --> 01:15:08.310
I mean, I think. The Chiefs uniforms were in

01:15:08.310 --> 01:15:11.210
there a while ago. They had dropped a whole bunch

01:15:11.210 --> 01:15:14.789
of ref skins. Yeah, so it's dumb. It's dumb,

01:15:14.989 --> 01:15:18.250
but maybe we'll get a sounder skin in there again

01:15:18.250 --> 01:15:21.590
one day. They weren't the real jerseys. That's

01:15:21.590 --> 01:15:25.869
the one reason I have not updated my Xbox avatar

01:15:25.869 --> 01:15:29.149
to the new avatars because I have the old one

01:15:29.149 --> 01:15:31.949
because at the game they gave, at one of the

01:15:31.949 --> 01:15:35.170
games in 2009, they gave everyone... a code where

01:15:35.170 --> 01:15:37.430
you could make your avatar where the original

01:15:37.430 --> 01:15:41.409
2009 Sounders kit. And so my avatar is in the

01:15:41.409 --> 01:15:44.350
Sounders kit. So I will not upgrade it. It's

01:15:44.350 --> 01:15:47.489
got the Sounders kit and a Supersonics hat, neither

01:15:47.489 --> 01:15:49.550
of which you can get anymore. So I'm like, I'm

01:15:49.550 --> 01:15:52.510
not changing that until they get rid of that.

01:15:52.590 --> 01:15:57.510
I'm keeping that. Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. Well,

01:15:57.630 --> 01:16:00.670
gentlemen, where can they find you on the discord?

01:16:02.150 --> 01:16:06.350
Discord. You can get Alex in the ECS on game

01:16:06.350 --> 01:16:11.090
day. Yeah, you can find me there. You can find

01:16:11.090 --> 01:16:14.489
me walking around San Francisco on the streets

01:16:14.489 --> 01:16:17.689
here. If you see me, say hi. Not that anybody

01:16:17.689 --> 01:16:22.270
knows what I look like. Isn't there a San Francisco

01:16:22.270 --> 01:16:27.869
supporter group for the Sounders? Yes. They had

01:16:27.869 --> 01:16:31.510
a Facebook I don't know how active they are.

01:16:31.569 --> 01:16:36.189
I tried to join their Facebook group and they

01:16:36.189 --> 01:16:40.869
just haven't approved it. Fog City Faithful.

01:16:41.170 --> 01:16:45.430
Also, honestly, it's fun to go to bars and watch

01:16:45.430 --> 01:16:49.149
games and stuff, but I prefer watching Sounders,

01:16:49.170 --> 01:16:51.369
Mariners, Seahawks, all that kind of stuff with

01:16:51.369 --> 01:16:54.229
my dad when I get the chance. That's kind of

01:16:54.229 --> 01:16:58.970
my thing. It's a lot cheaper too. Fog City Faithful.

01:16:59.430 --> 01:17:01.989
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, if you, it's pretty, it won't,

01:17:01.989 --> 01:17:04.350
it won't be hard to spot Cedar. He'll be the,

01:17:04.369 --> 01:17:06.689
the one person wearing blue and I see a red.

01:17:06.909 --> 01:17:11.510
Yeah. Oh, seriously. It was so funny. Like, you

01:17:11.510 --> 01:17:14.289
know, obviously it's super bolts and Santa Clara.

01:17:15.489 --> 01:17:19.430
I guess I get it. Cause like, you know, at all

01:17:19.430 --> 01:17:22.149
NFL fans, they love wearing, you know, their,

01:17:22.270 --> 01:17:24.850
their team's jerseys, all that stuff, obviously

01:17:24.850 --> 01:17:28.909
live in San Francisco. tons of niners gear out

01:17:28.909 --> 01:17:31.430
and about but i'm kind of like i'm like really

01:17:31.430 --> 01:17:35.270
like you know like your biggest rival is playing

01:17:35.270 --> 01:17:38.109
in your home stadium like i would put i put it

01:17:38.109 --> 01:17:40.470
all in the closet i'd be wearing like giant stuff

01:17:40.470 --> 01:17:43.390
you know like i i'd be like i'm you know i'm

01:17:43.390 --> 01:17:46.189
moving on they can raise the banner they can

01:17:46.189 --> 01:17:48.510
raise the seahawks banner and say one in our

01:17:48.510 --> 01:17:54.109
stadium Oh, my goodness. That's the ultimate.

01:17:54.329 --> 01:17:57.369
Whenever they want to talk trash, we'll just

01:17:57.369 --> 01:18:00.670
show them a picture. Look, we won a Lombardi

01:18:00.670 --> 01:18:04.090
in your stadium. They're never going to win one

01:18:04.090 --> 01:18:05.550
in Lumen because they're never going to host

01:18:05.550 --> 01:18:10.840
a Super Bowl in Lumen. No. That will never happen.

01:18:10.979 --> 01:18:14.199
No, it's really nice that we get to lord that

01:18:14.199 --> 01:18:16.479
over them. And honestly, I mean, they didn't

01:18:16.479 --> 01:18:19.779
have much to say before that because, you know,

01:18:19.800 --> 01:18:21.720
since realignment, since we've been in the same

01:18:21.720 --> 01:18:25.979
division, we're, you know, clearly the best team

01:18:25.979 --> 01:18:28.880
in the division. Yeah, next year, McVay's going

01:18:28.880 --> 01:18:34.079
to need a lot of therapy. Oh, my God. It feels

01:18:34.079 --> 01:18:38.699
so good to be him. Fortuitous bust. oh yeah he

01:18:38.699 --> 01:18:43.539
was so oh i i love he was so so salty about that

01:18:43.539 --> 01:18:47.039
oh it's so good so good okay what 40 year old

01:18:47.039 --> 01:18:50.220
man like has a faux hawk like come on guys like

01:18:50.220 --> 01:18:54.199
what are we doing mental identity crisis i was

01:18:54.199 --> 01:18:56.239
like did did i have i might have had a faux hawk

01:18:56.239 --> 01:19:01.039
when i was 40 but uh no i think was that when

01:19:01.039 --> 01:19:03.739
covid was happening it was the year before i

01:19:03.739 --> 01:19:09.800
probably but i could have No, I just like seeing

01:19:09.800 --> 01:19:13.520
all the edits on TikTok. They were like, oh,

01:19:13.600 --> 01:19:17.180
the Niners were eating the turkey on our field.

01:19:17.539 --> 01:19:20.140
And then they switch over to the Seahawks winning

01:19:20.140 --> 01:19:22.340
Lombardi in their stadium. I'm like, you just

01:19:22.340 --> 01:19:25.600
can't top that. We ate the turkey in their field

01:19:25.600 --> 01:19:28.760
on Thanksgiving. Yeah, we did that first. But

01:19:28.760 --> 01:19:33.800
in recent memory. It was Sherman and I can't

01:19:33.800 --> 01:19:36.640
remember. Russ. Yeah. I think it was Russ. Yeah,

01:19:36.640 --> 01:19:39.340
that's right. I remember bearded Russ. I watched

01:19:39.340 --> 01:19:43.539
that game in Queen Anne. The old, I forget the

01:19:43.539 --> 01:19:44.939
name of the bar, the old dive bar that moved.

01:19:45.340 --> 01:19:48.560
Anyways, we're not a Seahawks podcast. It's hard

01:19:48.560 --> 01:19:50.319
just not to talk about Seahawks right now, right?

01:19:50.460 --> 01:19:52.859
It's hard not to talk about Seattle sports when

01:19:52.859 --> 01:19:57.840
it's, you know, when they're good. Long playoff

01:19:57.840 --> 01:20:03.220
run. Mariners start in five days. Camp starts.

01:20:03.840 --> 01:20:07.659
in Arizona. Five days from baseball, seven days

01:20:07.659 --> 01:20:11.420
from meaningful soccer. Beautiful. Hockey's going

01:20:11.420 --> 01:20:13.880
on. The Kraken are currently sitting, I believe,

01:20:13.979 --> 01:20:18.960
in a playoff spot. What about the Turrent? I

01:20:18.960 --> 01:20:21.960
don't know because they struggled in the beginning.

01:20:22.119 --> 01:20:25.260
I don't know where they sit. I've unfortunately

01:20:25.260 --> 01:20:27.840
been unable to attend a game yet, which I really

01:20:27.840 --> 01:20:30.079
want to. I also want their jersey. It's awesome.

01:20:31.239 --> 01:20:33.340
It was pretty nice when we saw it at the store.

01:20:33.739 --> 01:20:40.220
Yeah. So it looks like their next game is Friday,

01:20:41.739 --> 01:20:47.539
February 27th at 7 p .m. And all the games are

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on YouTube, which is nice. Oh, that's awesome.

01:20:52.060 --> 01:20:55.920
Let's see where the standings are. Dead last.

01:20:56.439 --> 01:21:02.100
Dead last with 16 points, one place out of seventh.

01:21:02.939 --> 01:21:07.180
Four wins, one overtime win, two overtime losses,

01:21:07.300 --> 01:21:10.060
and seven overall losses. There's two teams with

01:21:10.060 --> 01:21:12.960
eight losses, though, so it's this lack of regulation

01:21:12.960 --> 01:21:17.859
wins is the big problem. Vancouver is only two

01:21:17.859 --> 01:21:19.739
spots ahead of us, three points ahead of us,

01:21:19.760 --> 01:21:21.899
so I'm not worried. We can pass the Golden Eyes.

01:21:23.439 --> 01:21:27.800
They just really love that old James Bond video

01:21:27.800 --> 01:21:33.300
game from Nintendo 64, Golden Eye. Well, it is

01:21:33.300 --> 01:21:36.699
a classic. Yeah, I played that a lot. And actually,

01:21:36.779 --> 01:21:39.520
you can get the HD updated version, even though

01:21:39.520 --> 01:21:42.760
it's real boxy on Xbox right now. Which, have

01:21:42.760 --> 01:21:47.279
you gotten a PS4, PS5 yet, Cedar? No, I have

01:21:47.279 --> 01:21:51.180
other priorities. We didn't say that you could

01:21:51.180 --> 01:21:55.579
buy one. Someone listening, you probably have

01:21:55.579 --> 01:22:00.000
an extra PS5. Send it Cedar's way. Don't you

01:22:00.000 --> 01:22:04.609
have an extra PS5? Sure. I don't. I have one

01:22:04.609 --> 01:22:09.149
PS5. I have an extra Xbox, potentially. And an

01:22:09.149 --> 01:22:12.869
extra Xbox 360 right over there, I can see. The

01:22:12.869 --> 01:22:17.529
only video game I play these days is Battlefield

01:22:17.529 --> 01:22:21.270
1. I'm playing. I don't really need anything

01:22:21.270 --> 01:22:23.930
because I'm playing and it's like nine years

01:22:23.930 --> 01:22:28.789
old now. Still has active servers. Still the

01:22:28.789 --> 01:22:32.399
best first -person shooter. welcome to scuttlebutt

01:22:32.399 --> 01:22:35.079
where we talk about all things not just sounders

01:22:35.079 --> 01:22:38.260
that's what scuttlebutt's about right like uh

01:22:38.260 --> 01:22:40.920
come on the discord we have all sorts of awesome

01:22:40.920 --> 01:22:43.319
discussions it's good times we'll talk about

01:22:43.319 --> 01:22:44.939
the sounders when they give us something to talk

01:22:44.939 --> 01:22:48.319
about yeah let's give them something to talk

01:22:48.319 --> 01:22:51.739
about i don't remember give it give they should

01:22:51.739 --> 01:22:54.880
give us a quote give us a we did not care quote

01:22:54.880 --> 01:22:57.180
like something like that like when schmetzer

01:22:57.180 --> 01:23:01.720
said that he was gonna he'd skipped uh the school

01:23:01.720 --> 01:23:03.760
when he was a junior at Nathan Hale to go to

01:23:03.760 --> 01:23:06.739
the Sonics championship parade. So he was going

01:23:06.739 --> 01:23:09.920
to skip practice to go to the Seahawks parade.

01:23:10.699 --> 01:23:12.500
And then he comes up the next day. Yeah, I was

01:23:12.500 --> 01:23:21.520
at practice. Yeah, of course he was. So we will

01:23:21.520 --> 01:23:26.300
see everybody next time. You can get me at League

01:23:26.300 --> 01:23:29.100
of Minded Punk on Blue Sky and on the Discord.

01:23:30.319 --> 01:23:33.760
Yeah, that's where I am. Do we have James to

01:23:33.760 --> 01:23:37.979
take it away? We do. Take it away, James. You

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01:24:17.340 --> 01:24:22.199
Alexa, who's the best MLS team of all time? Seattle

01:24:22.199 --> 01:24:24.199
Sounders are both unequivocally and individually

01:24:24.199 --> 01:24:26.500
the best MLS team of all time.