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year i am your host cameron collins i'm here
with my fellow hosts alex and cedar what is up
gentlemen how about those seahawks yeah that
was awesome yeah yeah we uh alex and i went to
the parade the other day how was it um well we
were inside the ceremony in lumen field so by
the time we got outside We were more than a full
block away worth of people from the parade. There's
no way we would have been able to see anything.
Right, right, right. How was the ceremony? Like
being in person, I saw some video. It seemed
cool. It was hard to hear. Yeah. What did you
think, Alex? Yeah, I thought it was cool, but
it was hard to hear. But the Seahawks put the
video of what they said on their YouTube, so
we just watched. watch that back and then we're
like oh so that's what they were saying yeah
a lot of a lot of cussing and then and then everyone
got mad at the seahawks for cussing too much
and they had to edit out they like had to edit
out the t -shirt that ernest jones was wearing
and all sorts of other stuff no i think they
put it the full thing no no no the news did so
like espn and places like that were like editing
it yeah but the seahawks on their official accounts
yeah it's fine they it's not edited at all i
think the seahawks were fine with it uh but this
is not a seahawk show other than to say that
was awesome right like yeah uh i think we all
knew that was going to happen but we're afraid
to say it well especially when uh when the patriots
scored their first touchdown that little twinge
of like Like, oh man, if somehow, some way they
were able to come back, that would be like the
worst. That would be the worst thing to ever
happen. Most Seattle thing to ever happen. I
think you'd have to. I mean, I'd take a break
from football if that had happened, but fortunately
it didn't because this team is freaking awesome.
That was a lot of fun. And the beauty of it is
now we get to roll right into the Sounders season.
I know. It's right now. Everyone was like, football
led us to baseball. And it's like, yeah, we're
not watching spring training. Sorry. The Sounders
start one week from today. One week from right
now, a match will be going on. Absolutely. And
they had a game today. They did have a game today,
which we can get to. Some big moments. But before
we get there, are we going to do everything on
this list that we drew up, Cedar? I did online
vegan dating tonight. It was interesting. Yeah.
Any prospects? Yeah. I mean, they kind of screwed
up. Usually they try to get you with people that
are local, but I had one person from Florida,
one person from Milwaukee, and one person from
Los Angeles. So they were out automatically,
but I did talk to a nice woman from Vancouver,
British Columbia. So maybe I'll have to become
a Canadian citizen. Ooh. Yeah, there you go.
Get the healthcare, man. Absolutely. Absolutely.
Well, nice. Nice. So yeah, it was, it was interesting,
but it's over with. And now we can talk about,
I think the Sounders, They played weird things.
They played three 30 -minute halves in one game.
They played two back -to -back games at another
time. It was a very interesting preseason in
Spain. Yeah, Spain was interesting because the
weather was bad. Yeah. Because there was a chance
of games getting canceled. Yeah, especially that
last one against... Did they play Hammerby again?
Who did they play in the last one? They played
a Swedish team. First episode of the year, people.
We're getting it together. They played some team,
but it was horrible. The field was like... And
they got their butts flooded. Yeah. And then
they played like Metal Music FC or something
also. Metalisha. Yeah, like Metalist or something.
So, I mean, I think it was a successful trip
to Spain, though. You know, they beat Brondy.
and Hammerby in one of them. We saw Osaze really
come out firing. We saw Jordan playing on the
right a lot, except for then they played them
on the left one time. So that was really interesting
to see them move the offense around. And then,
of course, today the Sounders beat Louisville
City. Is Louisville City FC? Yeah, 3 -1 with
two more D -row goals. And then 5 -0 in the second
game. Oh, I didn't know they had a second game.
Wow. Yeah, I think they played two 90s. Okay.
Well, we had mostly starters in the first game.
Was it our backups that killed them in the second
game? I want to say yeah. That's cool. That's
cool. I can double check. It looks like for the
first match, the lineup was Andrew Thomas. alex
roldan uh yamar jackson reagan knew who hasani
dotson snyder brunel ages ferreira albert jordan
and asaze and then yeah so the only non -starter
there is probably christian not playing and instead
uh snyder playing and nobody they didn't substitute
anybody um And then the next game was, the lineup
was Steph Kalani, Kosa Rienzi, Antino Lopez,
Danny Musavsky came on for him, Gallatin Sandez,
which is a name I haven't heard, Cody Baker,
Peter Kingston, Nikola Petkovic, Paul Areola,
Sebastian Gomez, Georgie Menungu, and Paul Rothrock.
And then a few. Whose name is missing from there?
Whose name did we just not list who is a regular
contributor to the Sounders? Obed. No, I mean,
yes, but we'll talk about Obed being gone. Who's
still on the Sounders whose name you did not
list? No Pejo, no Party. Well, yeah, that's true
too, but he's hurt still. No Reed Baker Whiting.
Oh, yeah. And that's because it looks like he's
on his way out of town. Yeah, to Nashville. It
looks like we might be sending him off to Nashville.
You know what? People are mad that we might be
trading our youth, but I'm just like, give him,
it gives him an opportunity. And if we can consistently
send players out to like, if they're not going
to have a spot on our team, even laying like
as the first backup and you can send them to
another team, then players are going to want
to come here because it'll make them believe
that, okay, they'll do the right thing. Yeah.
I mean, if, if, I mean, most likely, you know,
Reed wanted the move to somewhere where he felt
like he could probably get more starting minutes.
Cause again, we are pretty, we are pretty loaded,
you know? And so if, if I were a soccer player,
professional soccer player, I'd want to be somewhere
where I could, you know, play. I mean, all these
guys want to play. This is some good stats you
have though. Uh, here's Cedar 75 matches played
in all competitions, 28 starts 3000 plus minutes,
one goal, three assists. Uh, but I felt like
when he come up, when he came up, they really
were going to try and play him on the right.
And it just never materialized. Uh, and he ended
up being new who's backup. Right. Yeah. I'm it,
it, I feel like, uh, uh, It was really cool to
see him start at the Club World Cup and get that
opportunity. And he held his own. He really held
his own. I think that was also the game where
he had those really short shorts on. So it was
just a whole experience. It was the Reed Baker
Whiting experience that day. But yeah, he will
be missed. Is there a memory? See, that's the
thing is I feel like he wasn't starting, so I
don't remember a lot of him on the field. I remember
him being able to actually play offense unlike
Nuhu. I think the one that comes to mind is when
his game against Miami in League's Cup because
Nuhu was out. Oh, yeah. Solid. I think he slide
tackled Messi or Allende. out of the corner flag
and they got into it for a little bit yeah it's
good stuff that's like what comes that's what
comes to mind i definitely like reed and i i
will miss him uh i wonder what that eight hundred
thousand dollars opens up because that's you
get that and the rosters uh the cap space that
it opens up plus of course we sent danny leva
to mexico and as we'll talk about in a minute
obed was sold atletico madrid which means that
we suddenly have uh Not a ton because they were
both on lower contracts, but we do have some
cap space for potentially some summer moves now
that the roster, they're frozen now, right? I
don't know if the MLS rosters are frozen, but
the quality of player we would like are no longer
allowed to be transferred to us. Gotcha. Like
Europe is closed. Closed for business. So, yeah,
I don't know. I think I'm okay with it. It feels
like we've lost some of our youth core, though,
with Reed leaving, with Danny leaving, with Obed
being sold to Atletico Madrid. Is this the Sounders
saying, okay, we're moving on from youth? We
also signed a bunch of youth players, but do
we expect them to get minutes? I don't know.
What do you all think? I think what we're going
to see is them try to move to a different formation.
Or not a different formation because you know
how semester is about the formation, but a different
personnel. Yeah, you think we'll see five at
the back? Yeah, five in the back, three in the
back. Yeah, however they want to put it. Yeah,
but I mean, three at the back with two wingbacks.
Well, they talked about like Areola playing as
a wingback. So he's back now. And maybe he was
ahead of Reed in the depth chart, so more often
than not, we can profit more off Reed than we
would off Areola because he's older. Yeah. So
let's talk Obed then because I think that's an
important thing. Sadly, Dan is not here to express
his joy at Obed being sold, not because he doesn't
like Obed, but because I think quite the opposite.
The feeling that the front office wasn't going
to get any value for Obed and he was going to
walk away. And yet they were able to sell him
to Atletico Madrid, where he has already seen
some decent minutes against Real Batiste. And
I can't remember who the other team they played.
I think they played Real Batiste twice in a row,
actually, didn't they? One in the cup and one
in the regular season. He did not get in that
Barcelona match where they won 4 -0, though,
sadly. But it's been cool to see him out there.
His game -used jersey from the Real Batiste match
went for $648 or something like that, I saw,
through the site that sells the game used. Oh,
that's cool. Atletico jerseys. I was surprised
it went for so much, but it sold to somebody
in the US, so it was probably a Sounders fan.
He got 35 minutes today. Oh, nice. But they lost
3 -0 against Rayo Vallecano. It's weird. I don't
know how Atletico Madrid beats Barca 4 -0 and
then they lose to a mid -table team 3 -0. They
must have really been disjointed or had an injury
for him to come in that early. The 55 -minute
mark? Yeah. Well, they're really short -handed
right now in the midfield position with other
injuries. Yeah. So, well, it's good to see him
there then because it shows that, I think, for
him, if he gets minutes like this regularly,
maybe he does get that Mexico call -up. I hope
so. That would be awesome. I feel like he...
I mean, we're biased. We love him, and we've
seen him progress throughout the years. But I
feel like Mexico could totally use him at the
World Cup. Yeah, 102 starts and 122 total matches,
almost 10 ,000 minutes, six goals, seven assists.
This one I think might be easier. What's your
favorite Obed memory? What's something from him
that just screams to you like, This was the moment.
I got one. There's two goals against Minnesota
in the playoffs. Oh, no. You know what that means?
Does that mean his... Oh, my gosh. His final
play for the Sounders was that missed penalty.
Oh, my gosh. That's like Ozzy's final play for
the Sounders was a missed penalty. painful yeah
but you know what we'll really remember though
is is the uh is the league's cup final and like
him just being just a hound dog on messy and
like getting under their skin and them really
trying to like get in his head and him just being
cool as a cucumber for being such a a young player
uh, against, you know, some of the greatest players
of all time, obviously. I mean, that was amazing.
And then for me, my mind always goes to the,
uh, the Austin match with Raul and all the teenagers.
And obviously I was one of them and just like,
that was such a, that was such a fun night. And
it was, it was the beginning of like, it's so
weird. Like now, like all these, I mean, we've
watched these guys for. a half a decade now,
you know, and they're still so young and now
they're moving on. And, and, but it's like, they're
already old pros, you know, it's cool to see.
I'm, I'm really excited for him. I really hope
he, he really takes off over in La Liga. For
me, I think it was the, the champions league
final after Joe Paolo got hurt and he had to
come in and, you know, I don't think he was,
there wasn't anything that was like super. Like,
oh, this is an amazing play. But he was able
to hold his own as a 16 -year -old in the final
of Champions League at the time. Now Champions
Cup, of course. So it was fantastic. That's when
I got his jersey after that. So I have an Obed.
It's too big for me now. But Obed jersey with
the CONCACAF Champions badge. And I remember
Coach Schmetzer saw me wearing it. And he was
like, why did you decide to get an Obed jersey?
And I was like, because I really like him. And
he's like. Well, he's going to be a really big
player someday, so enjoy him while he's here.
That's awesome. Yeah, so everyone knew that his
time here was limited, so it's good to see him
move on, and to get to move to his favorite team
is pretty incredible. Yeah, what a dream. That's
really, really cool. It would be like if they
sold Alex to the Oklahoma City Thunder. What,
as the water boy? Good. Although we keep hearing
stuff about maybe the Sonic's coming back, so
that's when we'll start Super Sonic Scuttlebutt.
I'm not holding my breath. There's always talk
about it, and then they punt on it. I'm not holding
my breath. Let's talk about the off -season.
What did y 'all think about it? I mean, it was
an interesting off season where, I mean, we signed
Hassani Dotson. We bring over the center defensive,
the young center defensive mid from Carolina,
Charlotte, excuse me, and bring up a bunch of
young players. I mean, it felt like potentially
these were some significant moves, at least.
I mean, Dotson's local, of course, grew up here,
so for him to come home and be able to play,
it seems like maybe we were making moves to jump,
take that next step, I'll say, which last year
we felt like there was a few things missing.
What do you all think? I mean, it was a quiet
offseason. I mean, compared to the rest of the
league, right? Yeah, it wasn't too flashy. I
mean, we got our business done early. The biggest
transfer saga offseason news was what was going
to happen with Obed. So then once that happened,
then it was like, okay, let's start the season.
Yeah. Yeah, I mean, there was... It was not a...
very exciting offseason I mean we got our business
done but there's nothing like too exciting I
mean Dawson looks exciting but other than that
then for me I I've it it definitely on paper
isn't like super flashy but I mean that's kind
of how the the Sounders operate, but I do see
there's just a ton of, I do see a ton of potential
here because like Petkovic, like if he turns
out to be, you know, like a really solid player,
like, you know, he's young. He could be, he could
be great. I love Snyder Brunel in the, you know,
in the spots that we saw him last season. He's
on the team. We've still got guys like Kalani
Kosarianzi, you know, Georgie. Let's see if Georgie
levels up, right? I mean, although you see all
the rumors about him going to Sweden, teams want
him there. And to me, that's a step down, except
for that he would actually get minutes. Yeah,
because, I mean, look, we're pretty loaded on
the wings, right? Yeah, I mean, it's a good thing
that people want him. Yes, it's Sweden. But we
also, I feel like part of that too, my takeaway
on that is, well, we also have a relationship
with these clubs because we tend to play these
teams for preseason in Spain, right? We have
this established, like we know each other to
a certain extent. So I think that that plays
into it. But yeah, and I mean, look, if the...
there's a good number you know i mean i could
see them making that move if he wanted to move
but um but i i just see a lot of like we've got
some really just like rock solid vets leaders
on this team and then a lot of you know uh younger
guys who are gonna be super hungry to get those
minutes so i i mean let's talk about new who
as the leader the captain of cameroon in the,
in the Afcon, like that's incredible to see,
to see him take control of the field and telling
other players what to do. I mean, that's a huge
step up in his maturity, which I think can only
be good for him. Absolutely. Cause we've, I mean,
we've, we've gotten the full, you know, new who
experience over the years. Like we've seen. He's
a multifaceted individual. We've seen all these
different sides of him on the field during games.
And we know how good he can be. We know where
maybe there are some flaws and some blind spots.
So to see him be a captain for his national team,
that is huge. Like you're saying, that is absolutely...
It means that, you know, He's probably taken
a step forward too in his maturity, how he conducts
himself. And he's got a good soccer IQ. He's
a great player. And so I know that you're always
ragging on his offensive. decision making we
don't need offense from him he can stay on defense
and be the best defender in the league there
we go there we go exactly if he can if he can
lead you know if he can be a field captain and
uh lead his area and just lock it down i mean
we just saw defense wins championships right
so yeah And the nice thing, I think, is when
Petkovic is out there, he was a captain on the
Serbian under -19 national team. He's only made
one appearance for Serbia's adult national team,
but it was a friendly against the USA where Serbia
won 2 -1, and he started that match. He's got
some experience there. We've seen with him and
Dotson coming in, knew who getting that experience.
Of course, we have... uh, yeah, Mar back. Reagan's
been there for a while. Christian will be out
there. Like this is a very, very experienced
team, not necessarily an old team, although we
do have some older players in, uh, I mean, it's
weird to say, but in Christian and Jordan, uh,
and, and Dotson, uh, but, uh, I guess for, for
soccer players, but, uh, at the same time, it
seems like there's a lot of leadership out on
that field and that can only be good. I think
he was going to take a job. I mean, he looked
good during the preseason matches. Yeah, my preseason
takeaways was Jesus and D 'Abro had the biggest
showings. I mean, two more goals today, including
one in the 90th minute versus Louisville. And
Alex, weren't you saying that he's come in bigger
and stronger? Yeah, he's put on some muscle.
So he's a bigger body. And I saw one of the goals
he had today against Louisville, and it was a
rocket. That's cool. Absolutely smashed it. That's
cool. So, I mean, that's interesting when it
comes to, like, so if D -Roll starts up top,
what happens to our wingers? Yeah, because, I
mean. Who plays on the left, who plays on the
right. Because during the playoffs, you were
seeing Jordan start on the right with Danny up
top. But if you put. Diro up top, then yeah.
Who's playing center attacking mid? Who's playing
on the left? I mean, it's an embarrassment of
riches. And let's not forget how good the Sounders
were before Areola got hurt. It just felt like
he was all over the field. He and Ferreira were
on the same page. They were passing it to each
other in dangerous positions constantly. I think
last season is very different if Areola doesn't
get hurt. Or Pedro gets hurt. Yeah, I mean, that
too. When Pedro comes back, they have so many
players to play all of those positions. It's
kind of wild. And there's not really that much
fixture congestion either. So it's like, what
are we going to do? Yeah, I mean, we got Leagues
Cup, Champions Cup. Is that it? Yeah, because
I mean, really. the only person that's probably
not going to be, that's probably heading to the
world cup right now. It's for sure. Christian.
Yeah. I mean, he was, he was of course the USA
representative at the super bowl. He was the
only us player that was like officially there
for us soccer. Do you see his interview with
Landon Donovan and Timmy Howard? No. Oh, it was
fantastic. It was on their podcast and you know,
him talking about, Tim Howard talking about how
Seattle is the closest thing to a European atmosphere.
And like the first time he came out as a goalie,
he couldn't believe how awesome it was. And the
no other atmosphere in the United States is even
close. And the Seattle's the best. And then,
you know, Christian talked about, he's not afraid
to yell at Pulisic. Like he's going to go tell
him what to do because that's his job. And I
think that's what Poach likes about him, right?
That's why he's out there is because he's, he's
a leader. And he's older than most of those guys.
So I think his grit and his ability to step up,
you know, we may not see a lot of minutes from
him in the World Cup, but we definitely will
see a bit. I mean, he'll be a factor, I think.
You really think he's the only person going?
There's got to be. I mean, Danny, didn't Danny
get called up for, what country did he get called
up for the qualifying? I think they, are they
still? Was it North? Are they still in it? They
might be in the European playoffs. Yeah. Because
remember Gretzky said it wrong. Oh man. Oh yeah.
Yeah. So potentially Danny could Burkina Faso,
I think is, are they in the world cup or are
they just, did they finally get knocked out?
I think they finally got knocked out. So maybe
not there, but Cameroon of course got knocked
out sadly. So it's, it's maybe his shoes. Nah,
I don't think he gets that us call up. I think
it's too late. Unless he goes on a tear. Yeah,
I guess that's true. The only, the question with
the rosters, who's going to play nine outside
of the ball again. Yeah. And we know it's not
going to be Josh Sargent with him. Basically.
trying to force his way back to the MLS and his
coach being like, Nope, you're just going to
sit on the bench now. Yeah. To go to Toronto.
I mean, I, Christian still needs to put up minutes,
right? I mean, I'm sorry, numbers. He can't,
he can't just play. He's got to play well, but
it's exciting to think that he might be there.
I've already in my DH gate. what do you call
it? The place where you put stuff, where you're
going to buy it in my shopping cart. I have a
Christian bootleg jerseys ready to be sent over.
Yeah. I can wear them for the world. Hell yeah.
Yeah. No, but I think with, with the way Christian
plays is that it's not, you can't tell he played
good by looking at his box. That's like, no,
you have to watch the film. Yeah. Yeah. And I
think that's what, a lot of people don't get
from opposing teams or or even like fans of the
national team they just look at the foot mob
sets yeah exactly they they don't really watch
the game and they're very critical of anyone
who plays for seattle on that team it's very
interesting i'm i'm really curious as to when
um you know if ever if if jackson reagan ever
you know, breaks through. Cause I, he's so big.
He's got, I mean, he's, his passing is incredible.
He can play up a little bit. I mean, I, I, I
just see so much potential there and I'm like,
and there's just zero buzz for him. Yeah. Is
an inability to head the wall, which, you know,
he's gotten a little bit better last season,
but I think that might be part of it is that
he doesn't provide any aerial threat and they,
and you need that at times. That's fair. But
with Cameron Carter Vickers getting hurt, I mean,
yeah, there potentially could have been a spot
there, but I think he's just too late in the
grand scheme of things. Yeah, I don't see any
other players that would get called up. Well,
and didn't Chris Richards get hurt just like
a month ago or something like that? Yeah, yeah,
bad. So, like, you know, obviously that's terrible,
but... That's that's kind of like one of the
it feels like one of the weaker, you know areas
of The starting 11. I'm just I mean who knows
what potch is gonna do, right? Maybe he's like
in leadership that poach once from his center
backs. Yeah, I mean he's not I mean I heard Smith
said challenges Jackson to be more of a leader.
Yeah, that's fair He's not even on the radar,
though. He's so far down the roster that when
you're looking at who are the bubble players,
who's in and who's out, he's not even a name
on the radar. Because, I mean, here's the current
roster. On Defender, you have Max Arfsten. I
mean, I'll name the wingbacks too. Dest, Alex
Freeman, Mark McKenzie, Tim Rehm, Miles Robinson,
Joe Scali, J .R .R. Tolkien. I mean, John Tolkien.
Austin Trusty. I mean, they're all pretty solid
defenders. And so I can't see him stepping in
over any of them. I mean, I wouldn't mind seeing
him step in over Tim Rehm. i just i've never
really liked him i think they'll go they'll take
blackman over reagan before yeah for sure anybody
else i mean and you know christian being in that
lineup with all these other players is interesting
i mean the big one for me and this is off topic
of course is diego luna like he's gonna have
to show out if he wants to to make it i mean
clearly poach likes him but He needs to play
well every game in his club stuff if he wants
to be successful. Especially if he wants to start
over Gino Reina. Yeah, but I mean just to make
the roster. I mean right now he's not a lot to
make that roster at all for the World Cup. So
he needs to do some work. But maybe there will
be a player that will surprise us. uh maybe reagan
tears it up and makes it so he has to to be considered
for it um but you know for whatever reason we
don't we don't see a lot of uh defenders making
it um from the mls i mean richards could be back
it depends on where how how bad that actually
injury is and then you've got reeman freeman
so uh those are your probably your starters right
and so It really comes back to, yeah, I mean,
Blackman, Austin Trussie can play back there.
Walker Zimmerman is still there. There's players
that are way ahead of him. Yeah, and when's the
last time Reagan got called up? It's been a while.
To a youth? I think I was reading something.
He got called up in 2024, but he withdrew because
he had a knee injury. And so, you know, maybe
he just missed the boat kind of on that whole
thing. Well, I mean, he was called up in January
camp last year, but he didn't go. Yeah. And Christian,
I mean, he seems like a lock to me at this point,
but Tyler Adams, Tanner Tessman, Sebastian Berhalter,
Johnny Cardoso. I mean, Gianluca Busio is playing
in the second division somewhere. So I, I think
he's still at, is he still at Venice, Venezia?
But Luca De La Torre, Aiden Moore, like Eunice
Musa, there's a lot of players there that potentially
could jump Christian if they have a fantastic
season. But, but leading up to it, I think also,
I mean, Berhalter's not a lock. He's going to
have to play well. I've liked what I've seen
from him. I think he, has earned it, but we'll
see. Yeah. Well, let's talk. Oh, let's take a
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I thought it was funny. One of our friendly competitor
podcasts had some clickbaity stuff where they
were like, they can't play at Husky Stadium because
it's not FIFA ready. And it's like, yeah, we
already know that. There's only three FIFA rated
stadiums where you could play Champions Cup.
That's Spokane, Vancouver, and Portland. So where
do you think the Sounders should play out of
those three? Hmm. You don't want to play Vancouver
because that's who we're probably going to be
playing against, right? Did they play their second
leg yet? I don't think so. I don't think they
played their first leg. Yeah, I thought they
played their first leg, didn't they? The Champions
Cup is going on. right now we've seen a bunch
of the games they've been really interesting
uh of course Cruz Azul destroyed Vancouver FC
uh which is too bad I would have liked to see
them go through um but yeah looking at the schedule
Wednesday the 25th is when Vancouver plays uh
sorry for this butchering uh so And that is,
is that only one match? They don't, wow, okay.
I think it's a two -legged. Yeah, it's two legs.
So they play the 18th. So they play tomorrow,
or excuse me, in Cartagena. And then they come
back on the 25th and play. That's so interesting
that some people have already played two legs
and other teams haven't played any. What a weird
schedule right now. It is kind of weird, but
that's why you go and win the League's Cup, right?
You get that first round buy. We get to skip
that, which is definitely nice. That's good.
So, so far, Pumas advanced. Excuse me. That's
incorrect. San Diego advanced 4 -2 over Pumas
because of that fantastic first game where they
went like, go, go, go. Tigres advanced over Forge
4 -1. Club America advanced over Olympia 2 -1
on aggregate. And Monterey advanced over, wow,
Jelaju 2 -0. Oh, and then Cruz Azul, of course,
8 -0 over Vancouver FC. So we've got Nashville,
Ottawa coming up. LAFC, Real España. Cincinnati
versus Universidad O &M. LA Galaxy versus Sporting
San Miguelito. Philadelphia versus Defense Force.
Is that the Haitian team? And Vancouver versus
Cardenas. No, Defense Force is Trinidad and Tobago.
That's cool. So are you all going to Spokane?
Alex, you're the closest. No, it's midweek. Wednesday
night? Come on, that'd be fantastic. Yeah, I
gotta wake up at 4 o 'clock on Thursday. That's
not... It's actually farther away for me to drive
to Spokane than Seattle. Well, sure. But it's
farther away for me to drive to Spokane than
you. I'm thinking about it. My big problem is
I don't have a free place to stay there anymore.
My parents used to have a condo out there, but
my sister now lives in it. And she has cats,
which I'm allergic to. So I can't go just stay
in Coeur d 'Alene for free anymore. Otherwise,
that would be really fun to go out. and see a
match in a uh i don't know if if you all been
to starfire for a match before but it was so
fun watching u .s open cup matches there and
i mean we had a um that match versus lafc there
too uh a couple years ago it was really cool
but just because you're like sitting right there
on the field and it's just a different atmosphere
than you get in the big stadium I've never gotten
to experience that, but it would be really awesome.
Watching those games, you really are right there.
You've said a few times about, oh, you're just
sitting right behind Schmetzer and his assistant
coaches and hearing them talk about it. That's
incredible. That's awesome. It was really cool.
I mean Garth would come hang out with me for
a bit and say hi. Adrian would say hello. Like
it was, it was always a fun time. That's super
cool. Yeah. But rain are playing there as well.
And I think rain fans are a little more annoyed
because I think they lose three home games. So
I get it, but come on, we want grass for the
world cup. This is, this is the time where they're
installing it. That's why we can't be there.
And you know what? It's a good opportunity to,
again, market more soccer to the eastern part
of the state. They have the USL Super League
team out there. And I think there's a USLW team
as well. They might have a lower division one
as well. And there's a men's team somewhere USL
related. So it'll be cool. I mean, there are
soccer fans there. I've had the chance to meet
a few of the supporter groups from there. And
I've got to say, like, it'll be cool. It makes
me sad that I won't be there. But since it's
probably going to be against Vancouver FC, I
mean, sorry, that would be cool. Since it's probably
going to be against the Vancouver Whitecaps.
Speaking of which, Vancouver FC's coach is now
Martin Nash. Steve Nash is... older brother used
to play for vancouver uh whitecaps when they
were in the minor leagues my cousin played for
them my cousin's husband played for them then
too and told me some funny stories about steve
and martin nash when uh they were the 86ers i
think vancouver 86ers but yeah it's pretty cool
but uh yeah i mean spokane like yeah get the
east side of the state in it i mean i know it's
still far from view alex but uh Maybe they got
to play a match out there in Yakima too. Yeah,
come play out in Yakima. We got a stadium. It's
not FIFA regulated, but it's grass. Let's send
the Portland match out there. Make the Timbers
play out there. So what's up with Resnack? What
are we thinking? Another good season incoming.
I'm interested to see if he plays down the line.
for some games. Yeah. We know he can. Especially
with Obed not here anymore. Last year, I felt
like maybe, although he, I mean, you like center
attacking mid, you like him there, but we saw
some success from Ferreira at center attacking
mid, and maybe the drop -off would have been
less on the right wing. at times with Russ and
I'd be interested to see, cause he's, I mean,
he played on the right before we moved him to
the center. Remember like when we still had Nico.
So we know he can, and he's dropped back before.
So we know that he can play all over the field.
It's kind of great that all these players can
play all these different positions, but it is
also like. I mean, what a problem. I mean, it's
a good problem, but that's literally Schmetzer's
job is to figure out who's going to play where
because these guys are so versatile. I can't
even begin to think about all the different combinations.
Who knows? Yeah. I wouldn't want to be Schmetzer
right now having to make all these decisions.
And there's a lot of tough ones and it only gets
harder when Pedro comes back and then we have
to start the free Pedro campaign again. You know,
you know, you know, we're going to be doing that.
Yeah. They stole your idea that week sauce. Yeah.
Well, I mean, at least, at least Thomas is going
to be the starter is what it looks like. Yeah.
I think, I mean, I think we've seen that solidly
throughout the, that he, I mean, sorry, the preseason
that he's been the one starting the big, like
when they had the starters in there. So pretty
cool. I mean, it's something that I, of course,
I'm excited about. I don't know, Cedar, what
do you think? You think it's Thomas's time? Yeah,
I think so. I mean, we also have, you know, we
don't have like, I mean, we have the leagues
cup. We've got, champions cup so i think there's
going to be plenty of minutes that need to be
filled anyway um so it's not it's not like we're
never going to see you know fry out there i don't
think but um yeah i i definitely think that i
would prefer to see thomas start until you know
hopefully everything goes well but maybe as a
rough patch and then it's like okay we're popping
fry back in there for a time but um yeah i i
i think the the potential for thomas is is really
really high and he's probably i mean he's still
young he's only gonna get better yeah i think
that's true i wish fifa rated or ea fc rated
him higher yeah see what's they rate this card
mls card slow yeah that's like the big name stars
that's true yeah because mls sucks I tell you
what, though. I got Dempsey on my team, and he's
been tearing it up. It's been so fun having him
up there. We're going to have to start a movement
for Thomas. We're going to have to say all aboard
the Thomas train. Thomas the tank engine? Yeah.
I love that when I was growing up. Oh, yeah.
Reminiscing. I mean, he's, he's from like, he's
an English citizen, right? So, I mean, well,
yeah, I think he's American citizen now, but
he, he was, he came to us from England. So, uh,
he probably knows all about Thomas the tank that
the, cause that's, that's where it originated.
Like there. Yes. It's been there forever. So.
Oh yeah. Oh yeah. He was born. Wasn't he born?
I should have researched this, but he was either
born in Russia. Yeah, he was born in Russia.
And then his parents emigrated. For sure. He's
such a cool dude. I'm so excited for him. Having
got to spend some time with him at Alliance Council
stuff. And not that Fry wasn't. Fry... has been
one of the most open honest players i've ever
encountered for the sounders he'll just tell
us what's going on with his contract stuff like
he's just like whatever man so uh you know it's
it's cool times but um yeah so what what do you
think is gonna happen this season then what what
uh i guess let's start with short term we got
colorado coming up what are we gonna see in that
match and then and then what are your pre like
what do you think is gonna happen throughout
the season where the sounder is gonna be what
are they gonna do Of course, we don't know who
won the Pick 'em Challenge because Nicholas has
that. And I think we're going to record later
this week with Nicholas sometime. So we will
hear that soon. So if you're waiting for that
from Scuttlebutt, you'll be getting that very
soon. But Alex, why don't we start with you?
What are you expecting from the Sounders against
Colorado? And what do you think the season is
going to be like? I think against Colorado, I
think it's going to be a rocky first half, but
we're going to clean it up in the second half.
We've always been a second -half team. What I
do see is getting, you know, edging out a 2 -1
or a 1 -0. Maybe 2 -0. I see us winning that
game. Dan Boniface was very excited that the
Colorado Rapids are currently listed in first
place in the West. Because alphabetically, they're
the first team. Well, tell them to take a picture
of it because that's the only time they'll ever
be first place this season. Oh, we'll see. And
I think long term, I see us finishing top five.
Okay. What about you, Cedar? In terms of Colorado,
I think first match is going to be at home. I
think people are going to be really excited,
maybe even more so because of the Seahawks' success.
There's just been a lot of good sports energy
in the city. I think it's going to get people
out. Colorado looks like their new head coach,
Matt Wells, he was an assistant for the past
couple of years at Tottenham. And he worked with
Pochettino, Postacoglu, and Thomas Frank. He's
only 37. So I think that kind of, for Colorado,
it always feels like they have a former, like,
you know, USMNT, like, coach, player, like, just
kind of like one of those kind of guys. Like,
they had Chris Armas just before the... They
hired Matt Wells. So this feels like kind of
like a, an interesting direction for them because
I don't know. They've never really like, like
Colorado just feels like, Oh, it's, you know,
we're playing Colorado again. Like, you know,
they're not really, they don't really have the
same sort of like, kind of like the, you know,
when you go to play RSL and like, like, Oh, we
haven't won there. And you know what? 10 years
or something like that. Something crazy. It's
just Colorado. So I think it'll be, if we're
up for it, it should be, I would go with a 2
-1 scoreline like Alex said. What about on the
season? For the season? I honestly don't know.
I mean, I want to feel pretty optimistic. I think
having Paul Areola back. You know, it's going
to be, it's going to be, that should make us,
you know, like you were saying before he got
hurt last season, we, you know, we looked like
a completely different team with him there. And
then you add in Pedro and you add in, you know,
you kind of get to see like, oh, what does, you
know, Snyder Brunel, you know, bring, what does
this Petkovic guy bring, right? I think there's
a lot of potential there for us to be really,
really good. Even though again, we didn't like
go out and get Timo Werner like the earthquakes
did. And that's honestly, I'm like, that's fine.
Like, do we need Timo Werner? I don't think so.
Do we need Hamas Rodriguez? Like Minnesota got,
I, you know, I don't really think so. So I, I
think, I think obviously you just want, you know,
knock on wood, you want everybody to be relatively
healthy, keep injuries to a minimum and yeah,
let's, let's win another trophy. I mean, take
your pick. That's the expectation, right? Is
to win trophies. It has to be, it has to be.
I mean, we, we've got back in the saddle last
year and that was a great trophy to win. I guess
we're really good Miami side. So, you know, let's
win another one. But maybe like, you know, not
leagues cup and maybe let's go win champions
cup or MLS cup, you know? Yeah. That'd be nice.
Definitely nice. That would be nice. I think
a lot of what, what happens to Minnesota will
be interesting. I mean, is there a coach still
in, is he still over there? Did he get fired
already? Like he started out so poor and then
to lose their goalie and then to lose. Yeah.
I mean, it's got to be rough. I mean, I think
that puts the Sounders in a solid position to
finish top four, depending on if LA Galaxy come
back to form or not. But I would say I would
like to see Timo Werner on the Sounders. I wouldn't
mind that. I think he would be a big addition.
We don't need Jaime Rodriguez, though. I think
he's a mercenary. He's just there until the World
Cup. Yeah, he has a track history of not showing
up for his club team, but when he puts on the
Colombian shirt, he tears it up. Yeah, for sure.
Cedar, are you coming up for the match next Sunday?
You going to find a way to get up here? No, I
am not going to be, but I will be off of work.
I get off at 3 .30 next Sunday. So I'll have
plenty of time to pregame, get in the mood. get
to watch it live. It's going to be great. And
Alex is bringing the whole family. Yeah. Nice.
Yeah, there we go. So it's going to be, it's
going to be fun times. I'll be there early. Uh,
every weekend match this season, we should have
a grill FC table set up, which will also, uh,
I better get on this cause it's a week away.
Uh, we'll have a sounder schedule, but, uh, that
you can pass out to all your friends and tell
people, hey, listen to this podcast. We should
make stickers or something, too, to give away.
Yeah, stickers and start putting them all around
the city. Yeah, all over the stadium, too. Oh,
I like that. Put them in the bathroom. Yeah,
not in the urinal, though. Merch. We got to do
some merch, too. We can print some shirts. It
would be fun. It would be a lot of fun. I'll
be there, I presume, with my dad. I got to go
to both the... nfc championship game and the
the game against the 49ers with him so yeah yeah
you know that's awesome it's it's so cool my
dad's 85 he's turning 86 this year and i'm still
getting to go to uh all sorts of games with him
so it's it's it's pretty awesome that's the best
yeah yeah let's uh wait does anybody have a world
cup tickets uh do you care yeah i have usa australia
tickets i did not get Anything else? But I also
put in for the round of 32 and the round of 16.
The people I know who got tickets put in for
Egypt, Iran, and Belgium, Egypt. So in the final
one, I think I might put in for those just to
try and get some tickets. Alex, you don't know
who's playing, right? But you have the round
of 32 or the round of 16? One of those? I have
round of 16. Nice. So I'll probably show up in
a random kit. I mean, it could be USA, though.
They make it that far. That's where they're playing.
As long as they get first in the group, they
would be in Seattle for that match if they make
it that far. Yeah, I think it would be USA -Belgium.
That's like what people are saying. Potentially.
I mean, that'd be both teams playing at home.
Home, quote -unquote home. Because Belgium will
be... One of the teams training in Seattle. Longacres.
Is that, is that what they're saying? I don't
know. Yeah. I mean, I remember Manchester United
trained at Seattle U. That was pretty cool, but
I figured they won't have them do that. Back
in the day when my cousin was going to Santa
Clara, Brazil trained there and he said it was
the best experience of his life in 94. Wow. Because
they have a whole like. party that follows them
around everywhere. Yeah. Bring Brazil to Seattle.
We can party. I know. I kind of want to go to
the Brazil Haiti match since I'm a part of a
nonprofit that does work in Haiti. Like that
would be incredible. Is that, can we do that?
Can we put that on the company credit card? Yeah.
Just put that on. You're a diplomat for Haiti.
I'm excited guys. The Sounders are back. Week
away. It always feels weird, though, because
it feels so disjointed to start the season. It
feels like no team in the MLS is ready to play.
None of them are in the regular season form.
You never know what's going to happen. Was it
last year where we blew the lead against Charlotte?
Yeah, it was 2 -2. So we don't want that. We
need to, which was interesting because we did
turn Lumen Field into a fortress again, which
it hadn't been for a long time. So, yeah. You
guys ready for some Sounders season? Yeah, I
mean. Absolutely. Will Sounders send out the
Apple subscription today? Oh, you only get it
today? I had mine on the 12th or whatever. I
think I got the email yesterday. I don't know.
And they're sending out more info soon. There's
a lot of info to come. Tickets should, if you
have season tickets, they should already be in
your account. Alex, you said that the discount
card is not in your account yet, though? Oh,
I haven't checked, but I think they were going
to add it soon, and they're going to add the
concession. Yeah, I know that's not being there
yet. They're going to make an update to an app,
to the app, which is where everything's going
to be. That's cool. So definitely excited, excited
to do this podcast with you all this season and
just keep it going. And, you know, I think we're
not there yet, but the plan is in the words of
what, 2013, we're going to pivot to video. So
you may be seeing us on YouTube sooner rather
than later. I mean, you can find us on YouTube.
It's just our voices. Now, interestingly, Netflix
is picking up podcasts, video podcasts. So maybe
we'll be on Netflix soon. But those are like
exclusive to Netflix. Yeah. I mean, they had
to leave YouTube to move there. So yeah, I'm
saying we'll leave YouTube for you, Netflix.
But I don't think they're on Spotify either.
Yeah, they are. They're on audio. They're on
everything. It's only video. That is not. Are
we going to become a DraftKings podcast? Yeah.
FanDuel. We're going to have to start sponsoring
FanDuel. What's the new? I've gotten nonstop
ads for the new MLS Fantasy. that looks like
a gambling app, but it does the fantasy for it
this season. They aren't doing it themselves.
They have a new app that are doing it instead.
Oh, we got to be sponsored by Kelsey or sleeper
price picks. What's the over under on the amount
of steps that Reagan takes before he falls over?
That's the kind of thing you get on that Kelsey
app, right? I don't know how it would work for
soccer. Yeah, betting on soccer is rough. I was
listening to a bookie talk about it and how difficult
it is because you can only win if your team wins.
Because if it's a tie, you don't win. Even if
they go on to win in regulation in soccer with
betting, it's the score at the end of regulation
that matters. So if you win in penalties, you
don't get that win. Just bet on the game to be
tied. Yeah. Yeah. Or, I mean, I'm sure there's
a way that you can bet that it'll go to penalties
or so -and -so will win in penalties, but, but
yeah. So even, even the playoffs, like it's,
it's not an easy bet though. Shout out to, to
our buddy Scott, who is good with numbers and
knows how to bet soccer very well. He, he will
tell you all about it if you want to know, but
I've tried and I'm not as smart as him. I can't
figure it out. I find that stuff more fascinating
for me personally, not for like betting, but
just like, just the analytics behind it. It's
like, you know, it's like, Oh, they, what, you
know, what are they looking at? You know? Yeah.
What, what matters to them? What's popping out
to them? And lots of times it's, it's the expected
goals and stuff like that, that, that lead to
which way you should bet. I believe. Well, here's
the line. What's the over -under on how many
more years of Brian Schmetzer do we have coaching
the Sounders? I'll put the line at two and a
half. Yeah, I think that's interesting because
that would mean that he's fired mid -season to
be a tie. Although we have a half season, so
maybe not. That would mean he would retire at
the end of the first summer. No. Yeah. First
summer season. That would just mean if he's going
to be here at 2028. Yeah. Or if he's going to
be here or is he going to be gone by 2029? I
think it depends. I mean, if we win MLS Cup a
bunch of times, I think he goes out on top, right?
It just depends. It's more likely. When does
he retire and not when does he get fired? Yeah,
yeah, yeah. That's why I'm saying the half is
rough, but we actually literally have a half
season, so maybe it's not. Well, I mean, when
you put a line, it's hard to put a full number,
because what if he ends at two and you bet the...
Yeah. No, totally. That's why they used the half.
I would say two is a good number. I mean, to
make it interesting, you could go one and a half.
Yeah. But it's almost... More than likely it's
the over. Yeah. Especially with that half season
coming where they get like a short break and
then have to play that little mini season before
the, the schedule changes to the summer schedule.
I mean the, the no summer schedule to the winter
schedule. Well, sprint sprint season. Yeah. Now
whoever wins that, like, are we, is that, you
know, kind of an MLS is back kind of territory.
Like, you know, you get a half star on your Jersey.
It just depends who wins. It depends who wins.
Yeah, if it's us, it's us. It's all the trophies.
I mean, we didn't get him a mini trophy. We saw
a mini Lombardi at the ceremony. That's true.
We did. There was someone pulling up a mini Lombardi.
It was pretty cool. I was like, I need one of
those. Yeah, it was nice. I'm surprised you don't
have the Lombardi Lego set. Well, there's no
Lombardi Lego set. What? that's wild what is
the nfl doing oh because they're not they're
not lego they're foco or whatever they use that
other block company funko i mean they could do
that it's it's like a different um i think it's
foco maybe they did a lot of the they did that
remember i sent over that uh oh yeah the two
thousand dollars yeah three yeah all sam darnold
bobblehead jesus If you can afford that, hey,
good for you. That's awesome. There's a World
Cup trophy Lego. I'm buying that. That's the
closest thing I'm going to have to the World
Cup trophy. Yeah, it looks like they might have
a... Oh, no, you can just buy a replica Lombardi
on eBay. That's cool. Well, I guess the Lombardi
is a Belvia. And Tiffany and co. It's apparently,
didn't you tell me it was super light? That's
what McDonald's said. It was really light. Yeah.
I mean, there's some, if you go to FOGO, there's
some interesting, interesting stuff, including
that ridiculously expensive Sam Darnold thing.
They, they have a regular size one. They also
have a $900 18 inch blitz. uh super bowl bobblehead
i think i'll just and the 18 inch uh sam donald
one it's a it's a what's that a foot and a half
i think i'll just walk my myself down to the
pro shop and pick up the new sounders kit at
a much cheaper price you don't want the six My
tattoo I just got. I just squished it. Ouch.
I got one earlier today. You don't want the three
feet tall Kenneth Walker, the third MVP bobblehead
for $1 ,600? I can get. Only $1 ,600. Only $1
,600. I mean, compared to the other one, I mean,
that's pretty good. Three feet tall? Yeah. See,
now that's the bargain. I mean, it's $1 ,000
for the 18 -inch one, so you're getting double
the size for only $600 instead of $1 ,000. I
think you'd be losing money if you didn't buy
it. How much to get a cameo of John Schneider
drunk? Yeah, that's probably easy. I mean, let's
finish there then. What are we thinking about
this new jersey that just came out? I went to
try and see it, but they didn't have it at the
Renton Pro Shop, and we couldn't wait. We weren't
going to wait two hours in line at the Seahawks
parade to get into the Pro Shop to see it. I
think my initial reaction, I mean, I like it.
It's simple. I like it. There's more details
than... I think it's one of those kits that you
have to see in person. Yeah, it's going to look
better on the field. There's a lot of details
when you look at it. So the authentic one's going
to be super cool. I mean, I was lucky enough
to see it from the beginning of its planning
two years ago and then see it as it went out
through the planning and what they're doing.
And so I'm super excited to see how it turned
out in the version that we can buy. Because the
green kit is never my favorite. I'm one of the
people that average Sounders fans hate because
I think we should move away from green and just
have like a blue main kit. I was really trying
to get them to do a light, like the Mariners
do for spring training, that light blue. It looks
like Tampa. I wanted the Sounders to play. The
teal? No, not teal. It's like a light blue. Teal
is the, that's Northwest green, I think, isn't
it? That's what it's called. And that's a Saturday
jersey. It's a light, a light blue. Yeah, I know
that blue you're talking about. Yeah, it's almost
like, I don't know if it's Carolina blue or UCLA.
I think it's higher than UCLA, like lighter than
UCLA. But I'm a big fan of that. I really wanted
the Sounders. And they were like, they shut me
down quick. They were like, nope. Well, it is
kind of their whole, you know, rave green, you
know. We just have so many green kits. Rave Foundation.
Well, it's kind of like Manchester United. The
classic red, iconic. Yeah, or Liverpool, right?
You know what you're going to get. Or the Chelsea
Blue. The Chelsea's has pretty amazing second
and third kits for a while. Even their first
kits have been pretty great lately. But the throwback,
the black throwbacks right now, I'm just loving.
And they just came out with throwback training
tops, which look like the... uh 90 i think 95
96 chelsea coors orange and gray jersey and so
it's really cool to see see those ugly jerseys
that i love come back that's awesome good for
you man that's great yeah i just want to say
remember people if you want the sounders to benefit
from the jersey don't buy it online buy it from
the pro shop even if you have to call them and
they ship it from you that's the only way the
sounders get paid so don't buy it from fanatics
buy it from the pro shop oh god yeah contribute
to the transfer from the dp funding yeah we need
we need that budget ready for that summer signing
yes yeah no fanatics does not deserve anybody's
money god they ruined hl jerseys They're horrible.
They ruined baseball jerseys, too, right? Yeah.
For Christmas, I was going to get a Mariners
jersey, and then it was like a month later, they're
like, sorry, out of stock. And then here's your
refund. They're bad quality, though. I mean,
first off, the pants are see -through, and then
the numbers are like the size of the little kids'
numbers of the old jerseys. It's ridiculous.
I really miss Majestic. yeah those jerseys were
oh my god just perfect absolutely perfect yeah
i have a few of those they're they're pretty
great they're so nice the cool base ones especially
yeah just they're just everything gets you know
most things get worse over time it seems like
well i really like i really like the seattle
the negro league jerseys Steelhead jerseys that
they're going to wear. They're going to wear
them on Sunday. I like it. The lettering is just
simple, clean. It's great. It's historic. That's
super cool. I'm glad they're doing that. I like
the cream with the yellow and the blue on Sundays,
but I'm fine with... For me, it's like there
is a cream team. It's the San Francisco Giants.
Why are we stealing their thunder? Also, stealing
thunder. Also, I really miss both for the Seahawks
and the Mariners, the all gray. For the Mariners,
obviously, road grays. They got rid of those
Seahawks. They got rid of the Wolf Greys. Although
on Fortnite, you can only do the Wolf Greys or
the Action Green. You can't get any other Seahawks
jersey. Like, come on, guys. That's really funny,
actually. They would have got so much money if
they would have dropped special skins for the
Super Bowl. Yeah, they did it when the 49ers
were in the Super Bowl last. I know that. Well,
I mean, I think. The Chiefs uniforms were in
there a while ago. They had dropped a whole bunch
of ref skins. Yeah, so it's dumb. It's dumb,
but maybe we'll get a sounder skin in there again
one day. They weren't the real jerseys. That's
the one reason I have not updated my Xbox avatar
to the new avatars because I have the old one
because at the game they gave, at one of the
games in 2009, they gave everyone... a code where
you could make your avatar where the original
2009 Sounders kit. And so my avatar is in the
Sounders kit. So I will not upgrade it. It's
got the Sounders kit and a Supersonics hat, neither
of which you can get anymore. So I'm like, I'm
not changing that until they get rid of that.
I'm keeping that. Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. Well,
gentlemen, where can they find you on the discord?
Discord. You can get Alex in the ECS on game
day. Yeah, you can find me there. You can find
me walking around San Francisco on the streets
here. If you see me, say hi. Not that anybody
knows what I look like. Isn't there a San Francisco
supporter group for the Sounders? Yes. They had
a Facebook I don't know how active they are.
I tried to join their Facebook group and they
just haven't approved it. Fog City Faithful.
Also, honestly, it's fun to go to bars and watch
games and stuff, but I prefer watching Sounders,
Mariners, Seahawks, all that kind of stuff with
my dad when I get the chance. That's kind of
my thing. It's a lot cheaper too. Fog City Faithful.
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, if you, it's pretty, it won't,
it won't be hard to spot Cedar. He'll be the,
the one person wearing blue and I see a red.
Yeah. Oh, seriously. It was so funny. Like, you
know, obviously it's super bolts and Santa Clara.
I guess I get it. Cause like, you know, at all
NFL fans, they love wearing, you know, their,
their team's jerseys, all that stuff, obviously
live in San Francisco. tons of niners gear out
and about but i'm kind of like i'm like really
like you know like your biggest rival is playing
in your home stadium like i would put i put it
all in the closet i'd be wearing like giant stuff
you know like i i'd be like i'm you know i'm
moving on they can raise the banner they can
raise the seahawks banner and say one in our
stadium Oh, my goodness. That's the ultimate.
Whenever they want to talk trash, we'll just
show them a picture. Look, we won a Lombardi
in your stadium. They're never going to win one
in Lumen because they're never going to host
a Super Bowl in Lumen. No. That will never happen.
No, it's really nice that we get to lord that
over them. And honestly, I mean, they didn't
have much to say before that because, you know,
since realignment, since we've been in the same
division, we're, you know, clearly the best team
in the division. Yeah, next year, McVay's going
to need a lot of therapy. Oh, my God. It feels
so good to be him. Fortuitous bust. oh yeah he
was so oh i i love he was so so salty about that
oh it's so good so good okay what 40 year old
man like has a faux hawk like come on guys like
what are we doing mental identity crisis i was
like did did i have i might have had a faux hawk
when i was 40 but uh no i think was that when
covid was happening it was the year before i
probably but i could have No, I just like seeing
all the edits on TikTok. They were like, oh,
the Niners were eating the turkey on our field.
And then they switch over to the Seahawks winning
Lombardi in their stadium. I'm like, you just
can't top that. We ate the turkey in their field
on Thanksgiving. Yeah, we did that first. But
in recent memory. It was Sherman and I can't
remember. Russ. Yeah. I think it was Russ. Yeah,
that's right. I remember bearded Russ. I watched
that game in Queen Anne. The old, I forget the
name of the bar, the old dive bar that moved.
Anyways, we're not a Seahawks podcast. It's hard
just not to talk about Seahawks right now, right?
It's hard not to talk about Seattle sports when
it's, you know, when they're good. Long playoff
run. Mariners start in five days. Camp starts.
in Arizona. Five days from baseball, seven days
from meaningful soccer. Beautiful. Hockey's going
on. The Kraken are currently sitting, I believe,
in a playoff spot. What about the Turrent? I
don't know because they struggled in the beginning.
I don't know where they sit. I've unfortunately
been unable to attend a game yet, which I really
want to. I also want their jersey. It's awesome.
It was pretty nice when we saw it at the store.
Yeah. So it looks like their next game is Friday,
February 27th at 7 p .m. And all the games are
on YouTube, which is nice. Oh, that's awesome.
Let's see where the standings are. Dead last.
Dead last with 16 points, one place out of seventh.
Four wins, one overtime win, two overtime losses,
and seven overall losses. There's two teams with
eight losses, though, so it's this lack of regulation
wins is the big problem. Vancouver is only two
spots ahead of us, three points ahead of us,
so I'm not worried. We can pass the Golden Eyes.
They just really love that old James Bond video
game from Nintendo 64, Golden Eye. Well, it is
a classic. Yeah, I played that a lot. And actually,
you can get the HD updated version, even though
it's real boxy on Xbox right now. Which, have
you gotten a PS4, PS5 yet, Cedar? No, I have
other priorities. We didn't say that you could
buy one. Someone listening, you probably have
an extra PS5. Send it Cedar's way. Don't you
have an extra PS5? Sure. I don't. I have one
PS5. I have an extra Xbox, potentially. And an
extra Xbox 360 right over there, I can see. The
only video game I play these days is Battlefield
1. I'm playing. I don't really need anything
because I'm playing and it's like nine years
old now. Still has active servers. Still the
best first -person shooter. welcome to scuttlebutt
where we talk about all things not just sounders
that's what scuttlebutt's about right like uh
come on the discord we have all sorts of awesome
discussions it's good times we'll talk about
the sounders when they give us something to talk
about yeah let's give them something to talk
about i don't remember give it give they should
give us a quote give us a we did not care quote
like something like that like when schmetzer
said that he was gonna he'd skipped uh the school
when he was a junior at Nathan Hale to go to
the Sonics championship parade. So he was going
to skip practice to go to the Seahawks parade.
And then he comes up the next day. Yeah, I was
at practice. Yeah, of course he was. So we will
see everybody next time. You can get me at League
of Minded Punk on Blue Sky and on the Discord.
Yeah, that's where I am. Do we have James to
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