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

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I can't say is CHEAT! And welcome to Sounders

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Scuttlebutt. We are recording on March 1st, and

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we've got some bad news. Though I think we all,

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well, I predicted a win, but I don't know why

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I did. We lost to RSL 2 -1. We got myself, Aaron

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Lingley, and Nicholas Biela. How are you doing,

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my friend? Good. How about yourself? Pretty,

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pretty good. I'm proud of us for getting a recording

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in. or the weekend of a match we got a whole

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week to let this marinate for everybody so uh

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yeah but uh it's a bummer it's a bummer we uh

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don't have better things to talk about i guess

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we could just wait until the end to talk about

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the match but um yeah bummer it is a bummer it

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is a bummer i mean we will obviously get that

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in the in the uh in the show you know we got

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a lot to cover today we are a little behind we

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we got a few things to to go over some stuff

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to talk about some some joy some prizes to give

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away um you know we've got a a uh wheel picker

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to go with um A wheel picker? What do you mean?

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Sorry. I was pasting to the scuttlebutt the actual

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wheel of all the people that have entered. Oh,

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is that your notification? Yeah. I realized that.

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But all the entries. Okay. Interesting. Hey,

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you're not included. Why'd you put me in? We're

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not going to be eligible to win, but I just want

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to see if we do win. I think it'd be fun. We're

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not going to be eligible to win. But before we

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do that, I actually do have a little bit of housekeeping

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to do. Yes. There we go. B minus on that one.

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It's fine. We're in early season mode. so so

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it's quite okay get mine going let me get mine

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going what about you oh okay well someone's been

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practicing someone's shown up a minus a minus

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uh you're gonna think it's a solid a it's a solid

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a solid a i'll take it and this is actually this

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beer is a solid a it's a local here down in san

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diego i think it is i should probably double

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check that about it's from ballast point brewing

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i thought nautical Might as well go for it. Yeah,

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San Diego. San Diego. It's our IPA. Sculpin IPA.

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All right. Yeah, cool. So get in our Discord.

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Link in the show description to see what Spinner

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Nicholas is talking about. We did show game predictions

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throughout all of last season. We're doing it

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again this year. And that's where you'll get

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your submissions, right, is our Discord. So you're

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going to be spinning for what? Well, we do have

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a few different prizes to give away. First off,

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we do have the announcement of the end of the

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year of who had the overall top score for the

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prediction challenge for the whole year. And

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that will be a Sounders jersey, Bruce Lee kit.

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Then we're going to draw, we're going to do a

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couple drawings because I'm feeling a little

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generous. The first drawing will be a runner

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-up drawing, and that will be for an item to

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be determined. I have a lot of fun Sounders items

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that I've accumulated over the years, and depending,

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I will reach out to the winner. and figure out

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what kind of things that they have that they

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don't have and kind of come up with something

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that'll be a fun thing. I don't want to just

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give away something that they can't use, you

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know? But then the grand prize, which we'll draw

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today as well, the second drawing, will be for

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the team -signed Bruce Lee kit jersey. So it'll

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be a lot of fun. So three drawings. Three drawings.

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Well, two drawings and an announcement of a winner

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because the overall top... top goal scorer gets

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the one jersey that's not signed. So two spins

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and then the winner. Scuttlebutt champion. Yeah,

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we want to reward the people who have been playing

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throughout the year. And we also want to make

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sure that, hey, every time you enter... You get

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a chance to win. So with that, let's talk about

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those scores. Well, hold on. So here, I just

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thought of this. We're going to be teasers here.

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We're not going to do this all at once. I think

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we start with the two spins throughout the first

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half. And at some time during the second half,

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maybe, we'll announce the winner. So you've got

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to stay tuned in. Well, wait, wait. Do you want

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to do the... Do you think that the autographed

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jersey would be the last thing that we do? Yeah.

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Okay, so then let's start by announcing the overall

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winner of the score prediction challenge. Let's

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talk about that. Yeah. So, some fun, fun facts.

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We had, I got the top 10 here. Coming in at number

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10 is... Our very own Aaron Lingley. Okay. 55

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points. Coming in at number nine, we have Julie

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Z. How many total people did we have? Out of

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11? No, no, no. We've got a significant number

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of total, almost 50. Almost 50 people. Oh, shit.

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Okay, so I'm top 10 out of 50? Yeah. Julie Z

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with 56. Number eight, 59 points, Daniel Rowe.

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Number seven with 66 points, Cedar. Number six

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with 68 points, Nicholas Biela. Which means number

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five with 70 points, Cameron Collins. Cameron

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crashed in the top five. Number four with 73

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points is Paul. Number three with 76 points,

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Eric Thirteen. number two with 77 points alex

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diaz meaning our winner drum roll please with

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79 points is the one the only dan the bastard

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hey congratulations dan so we got a jersey coming

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your way so how many in the top 10 speaking to

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the microphone throughout our scuttlebutt uh

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season that we had you said alex dan obviously

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the winner you mean cedar Cameron. So all of

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us. Nice. Top 10. The ultras and the OGs. One

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thing that's really impressive about Dan the

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Bastard is he won while he was third with the

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most number of entries. So he was getting a lot

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of points per game. But I will say the highest

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average, the minimum of 10 games. So coming in

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at number 10 was my wife, Bernie Viella. She

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destroyed me, destroyed you, destroyed Cameron.

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So if she had participated every time, she could

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have made a big impact. Number nine was Bryce

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Steph, Bryson. Dan the Bastard coming in with

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number eight with 1 .72 a game. Asian Man 74

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and Julie Z tied for sixth. Eric 13 in fifth.

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Daniel Rowe with fourth. Our very own professional

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gambler, Toontz's number three. I'll tie for

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number two, rather, with Jeff Ram. And believe

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it or not, the highest average with a minimum

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of number of 10 games played. It is Roma. Six

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-year -old. With a 2 .28. She destroyed everyone

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else. She had a bigger gap. From first to second,

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then from second to fifth. Something tells me

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you just did not give her the computer after

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she kept winning because she doesn't even know

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how to open a laptop. Oh, she knows how to play.

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She knows the technology. But it's fun. But I'll

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pull out the starting 11. And like yesterday,

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she was like, is Jordan Morris playing? Like,

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no, no, Jordan Morris isn't playing. So anyways,

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just really fun. Overall, you did have the highest

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per game average. And then me and Cameron bringing

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up the rear there. Of the three of us? Of three

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of us. 1 .6, 1 .61. I'll take that win. Then

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Cameron was 1 .52, and I was 1 .51. So those

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are all the geeky, nerdy stats for those that

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are into that stuff. Overall, though, let's talk

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a little bit about the other predictions that

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we had at the end of last season. At the beginning

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of last season, we did a... We did a season prediction

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of, you know, would the Sounders finish where

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in the regular season? Where would we finish

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at the end of the playoffs? CONCACAF Champions

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Cup, Club World Cup, Cascadia Cup, all that.

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And we also did the standings for all of the

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teams. And so for all the Seattle stuff, Cameron

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had five points. I had four. You had four. Kenny

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Sloth and Alex Diaz both had five. So, you know,

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we're kind of up there. But then when you took

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into effect all of the over -unders for where

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each team would finish, your overall winner for

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last year was Alex Diaz with 26 points. Kenny

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Sloth with 25 points. You won with 23. Cameron

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had 22. I had 21, along with Eric, 13, and Asian

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Man, 1974, with 21 points. So we're going to

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keep that one up. So that was for winning what?

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That one was for where we were going, okay, here's

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each team in the league. Do you think they're

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going to win their points? Yeah. So we've got

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that one up. I won? You won. You won. All right,

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I guess we'll keep doing this show. I know what

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I'm talking about. All right. Now, with that

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said, we are going to keep that one up. We just

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launched the 2026 version of that. It'll be,

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you know, how many sound will be finalists for

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the year -end awards, who's going to be the team

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MVP, all these predictions. We'll get that in,

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and I think we'll have some fun with that this

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year, see how that looks at the end of the year.

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I feel like this should have been a, you know,

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you know. post -season, pre -season thing. But

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we kind of got away from some episodes. Yeah,

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well. We're scuttlebutt. It's fine. It's all

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good. Alright, so what do you got for scuttlebutt

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right now? What's going on in the world that

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doesn't involve political violence? Oh, Jesus.

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Yeah. Or... Depression. Right. drink to that

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um this is mainly more for uh we got some scuttlebutt

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from alex um in the discord so we'll go there

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but just some stuff that i noticed that one i

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just have some questions on um and maybe and

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hopefully you have the answers too but i was

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kind of hoping and cameron's just not not he's

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not feeling too great so he's just bound this

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one out obviously he uh heads up our ultras episodes

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too throughout the week too so um That's another

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reason we kind of got the three -headed monster

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here so that we could always try to get a show

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out during the season. But F1 is on Apple this

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year, and I am really stoked on that. And I know

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you're not. You never really got into it, did

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you? No, I never really watched the show. The

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show? the sport you mean no no i mean the show

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the the the show that got everyone really into

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all the americans into driving to drive and survive

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is what it's called yeah thank you thank you

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it does i mean it does really help kind of give

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you just some context on the sport um but uh

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especially you being you know a nerd um you love

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numbers you love you know this this is your stuff

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this is this is some interesting stuff um Anyway,

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I'm just really curious to see how F1 covers

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it. It's formerly with ESPN. And I had all the

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ESPN channels, Uno through Ocho, back up in Seattle.

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But down here, I got Spectrum. And the package

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I have doesn't have to be strategic with choices.

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I also share a TV with my wife, or at least a

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house. So she has her channels. I have mine.

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Some of the coverage was on ESPNU, the practices,

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which I do like to watch. I kind of like to be

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a completist, really to understand what's going

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on throughout the weekend. So I've been missing

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all that stuff, and you have to pay for F1 TV

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for $90 a month or a year, that kind of stuff,

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to get all that extra kind of footage and behind

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-the -scenes stuff. So I'm wondering if Apple,

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it looks like they have some really cool kind

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of catchy up on the off -season. of F1, and some

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behind -the -scenes stuff, some of the science

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behind things. It looks like they just got a

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really robust coverage of the sport, and I'm

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really excited to kind of dive into it. The first

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race of the year is next week, and there's a

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true American team, Cadillac, in it this year.

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Technically, Haas is an American team, but the

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cars are built by millions of parts from different...

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different teams essentially um they aren't a

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true build your own car american team so anyway

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i'm just excited to see i i don't know why i

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didn't notice that last week um i must have just

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dove right into mls um to watch the game but

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i noticed that f1's on it this year so yeah anyway

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i mean it's nice that we got the apple tv for

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season two holders you know it makes that a little

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um All in one spot makes it a little easier not

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to have the whole separate package, plus people

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who already naturally have Apple TV will get

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it. I was asking you guys, because Cameron has

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T -Mobile, I don't know if you do, but he had

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offered me up one of his two codes for ML Season

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Pass last year, and I had already renewed, and

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I was like, shit! It was like two days later.

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So I asked him this year, so I'm like, I'm about

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to renew. He's like, actually, it's for everybody

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now. I'm like, oh, okay. But that's cool. The

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way you go about it is you have your Apple TV,

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and then you go into your Apple settings and

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add people to your family plan. And so you can

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have up to, I believe, six people on your family

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plan. So I currently have my brother, my good

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friend over in Norway. who's a Sounders season

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ticket holder, great guy. How? He moved to Norway

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from Seattle just a couple years ago. Still a

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season ticket holder? Yeah, he was sharing with

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another one of my good friends. Oh, okay. Yeah.

00:17:36.470 --> 00:17:41.809
And then, actually, my buddy Chris, who was my

00:17:41.809 --> 00:17:44.789
plus one at the Sounders game, the Sounders home

00:17:44.789 --> 00:17:47.970
game. Might be one of the only games he gets

00:17:47.970 --> 00:17:50.250
to go to this year because he's got a baby coming

00:17:50.250 --> 00:17:52.390
on the way. So congratulations, Chris. Yes, it

00:17:52.390 --> 00:17:58.130
will be. I mean, there's only a few parents that

00:17:58.130 --> 00:18:02.250
are like you and Bernie who have the fortitude

00:18:02.250 --> 00:18:06.180
and the patience to. Take a baby to every single

00:18:06.180 --> 00:18:10.180
match. The first year was a little tough. We

00:18:10.180 --> 00:18:13.960
took Roma to, you know, her first match was beginning

00:18:13.960 --> 00:18:17.359
of the 2020 season, the first couple games before

00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:22.099
the pandemic. She was three months old, but she

00:18:22.099 --> 00:18:24.599
wasn't going to go to all the games. That's true,

00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:26.799
and the pandemic kind of gave you a little bit

00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:30.759
of a gap there to age out. Exactly, exactly.

00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:34.900
Okay. Well, yeah, see, the family plan, that's

00:18:34.900 --> 00:18:38.000
a good point. I wonder if that's a loophole that

00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:39.299
they haven't really, they're like, oh, shit.

00:18:39.700 --> 00:18:43.500
No, no, no, that's straight up a feature of Apple.

00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:46.140
It is a feature of, you know, see what family

00:18:46.140 --> 00:18:48.700
members can access and share. I think I actually

00:18:48.700 --> 00:18:51.779
have like one or two more spots available on

00:18:51.779 --> 00:18:55.799
my family plan. I usually try and hold that for,

00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:58.480
you know, for the right opportunity. Maybe the

00:18:58.480 --> 00:19:00.779
next drawing, next drawing winner will get to

00:19:00.779 --> 00:19:06.529
be in your family. No, no, no, no. So, do we

00:19:06.529 --> 00:19:09.390
want to go over a little bit of scuttlebutt?

00:19:09.450 --> 00:19:11.490
Do we want to talk about anything going on around

00:19:11.490 --> 00:19:13.990
the league? You talk about some scores this week.

00:19:14.630 --> 00:19:16.349
Yeah, let's go down to scores. I saw something

00:19:16.349 --> 00:19:18.529
pretty interesting. Well, I don't know if it's

00:19:18.529 --> 00:19:21.109
interesting or not, or maybe I'm just... But

00:19:21.109 --> 00:19:23.710
there was all the matches this week. How many?

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2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, right? There were

00:19:30.930 --> 00:19:35.670
only four matches. No, three matches. No, four,

00:19:35.789 --> 00:19:39.349
including ours. One, two, three, four. Four matches

00:19:39.349 --> 00:19:41.910
where both teams scored at least one goal. That

00:19:41.910 --> 00:19:46.730
means there were 11 shutouts. And I don't know

00:19:46.730 --> 00:19:49.650
what to make of that. I mean, it's early season.

00:19:50.029 --> 00:19:53.509
It's early season, man. It's early season for

00:19:53.509 --> 00:19:57.029
everybody, though. Yeah, yeah, but cohesion,

00:19:57.049 --> 00:20:00.309
you know, when that's... That's the key. Strong

00:20:00.309 --> 00:20:04.730
defenses can really make a big impact. I guess

00:20:04.730 --> 00:20:09.109
so, yeah. Between us, our match, Kansas City

00:20:09.109 --> 00:20:12.309
and Columbus drew 2 -2. We got New York City

00:20:12.309 --> 00:20:16.789
FC over Philly 2 -1, Miami over Orlando 4 -2.

00:20:17.609 --> 00:20:20.849
And that is, that's it. Everything else was a

00:20:20.849 --> 00:20:26.710
shutout. Yeah. And only, how many? no draws there

00:20:26.710 --> 00:20:28.910
no draws there one draw that's the kansas city

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i mentioned dallas nashville that's it only two

00:20:33.109 --> 00:20:40.750
draws yeah and teresante anyway yeah that's uh

00:20:40.750 --> 00:20:42.910
that's something that stood out to me and uh

00:20:42.910 --> 00:20:49.589
we are sitting at number nine number nine in

00:20:49.589 --> 00:20:55.880
the west Uh, it was a frustrating game, you know,

00:20:55.900 --> 00:21:02.279
but it, it literally been, you know, the last

00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:06.200
time we beat RSL in RSL and regular season play,

00:21:06.380 --> 00:21:09.880
we were wearing the sport Rogers. That was like

00:21:09.880 --> 00:21:15.160
what? 2010, 2011. Didn't we, didn't we, didn't

00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:18.259
we win with Raul? No, not like four years ago,

00:21:18.299 --> 00:21:20.740
not at home or not, not during the regular season.

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Really? Uh -huh. I thought there was one out

00:21:27.569 --> 00:21:35.690
of the last 15 years. Okay. Negatory. No. We

00:21:35.690 --> 00:21:37.269
were wearing what jerseys? Because I have a comment

00:21:37.269 --> 00:21:44.730
on jerseys. The sports bra. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Okay.

00:21:45.049 --> 00:21:48.210
Well, maybe it's because we're just not wearing

00:21:48.210 --> 00:21:51.210
the right jerseys. I don't know, man. This time

00:21:51.210 --> 00:21:55.049
we had the... Usually we place RSL in midweek

00:21:55.049 --> 00:21:58.910
or when we're in the middle of a cup run where

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we don't have our whole lineup. We didn't have

00:22:02.109 --> 00:22:04.990
a lot of excuses, which is probably why I knew

00:22:04.990 --> 00:22:09.509
better than to pick a draw or a loss. I'm like,

00:22:09.569 --> 00:22:10.970
you know what? We're going to do it this time.

00:22:11.829 --> 00:22:13.829
Charlie Brown and the football, man. Charlie

00:22:13.829 --> 00:22:16.569
Brown and the football. I was just thinking we're

00:22:16.569 --> 00:22:20.299
just due at this point, but I'm just next. prediction

00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:22.640
next year no we're just not winning until we

00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:25.440
do um i do have a comment though as you mentioned

00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:29.079
the kits and i know you and cameron are involved

00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:33.960
in the in the design process and whatnot yeah

00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:39.539
i am i have nothing against uh pardon me the

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:45.880
the tops uh the green's fine I haven't really

00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:49.220
taken a lot of time to kind of dig into the deep

00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:51.119
cuts that it has. I understand that it does.

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:55.740
I am not a fan of the combo of the shorts and

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:58.680
the green, the light, whatever. It's like a weird,

00:22:58.859 --> 00:23:02.759
I'm kind of with you. It looks like someone packed

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:05.859
the wrong shorts, man. It looks like the shorts

00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:08.059
should be the blue that the numbers are and the

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:10.440
same accent of the jerseys, which is that light

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:13.079
ice blue. whatever you want to call it, of the

00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:16.400
shorts, the accent that the jersey has needs

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:19.380
to be the accent on the shorts that are blue.

00:23:19.640 --> 00:23:23.259
I feel like it's like a washed -out color palette.

00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:27.720
Sure, I guess. It's not really the palette. It's

00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:30.460
just the pairing to me. It's just so contrasting

00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:33.660
that it doesn't flow together. I don't. It bothers

00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:35.900
me to watch the match, actually. I don't know

00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:38.019
if I'm going to get used to it. Well, we've got

00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:42.250
two years to do that. I don't want to. Can we

00:23:42.250 --> 00:23:46.190
fix it? I'm not a huge fan of it. It was pretty

00:23:46.190 --> 00:23:50.869
milquetoast. But maybe they'll make an adjustment

00:23:50.869 --> 00:23:53.950
on those shorts. Honestly, if you make those

00:23:53.950 --> 00:23:56.750
shorts be the same color as the numbers on the

00:23:56.750 --> 00:23:58.589
back of the jersey. That's exactly what I said.

00:23:58.829 --> 00:24:02.509
Yeah. Sleepy head. I just said it needs to be

00:24:02.509 --> 00:24:04.569
the same color as the blue. And the accent can

00:24:04.569 --> 00:24:08.710
be the same as the jersey. That light blue, ice

00:24:08.710 --> 00:24:13.299
blue. But yeah. But we'll see. I don't think

00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:17.599
there's going to be a change this season. Maybe

00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:19.500
we'll just run out and pants them and throw some

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:22.480
new ones on there. What could go wrong? What

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:27.240
could go wrong? Yeah, so Alex Diaz has some in

00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:31.779
the Discord here. Let's see. And they're pretty

00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:35.740
much RSL related, but why not? Let's just get

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:39.180
into it. What were your positive thoughts about

00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:43.640
RSL? And you're negative. My positive thoughts

00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:46.319
about RSLs, I thought they passed really effectively,

00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:55.319
directly attacking the Sounders. That's not what

00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:57.500
he meant. That's not what he meant, but you still

00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:59.160
answered the second half of the question. No,

00:24:59.160 --> 00:25:06.299
about the RSL match. Honestly, though, I thought

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:11.720
we... You know, I thought we had some good opportunities.

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:18.859
XG says so, yeah. Well, not just that. Cabral

00:25:18.859 --> 00:25:21.599
had some great saves, like early in the first

00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:26.779
10 minutes, a save off an open header. That was

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:31.039
a training ground play, too. That ball that came

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:33.099
across, I think it was Reagan that headed it

00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:37.299
back into the box. the six -yard box to Yamar,

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:39.200
right? Is that one of the plays you're talking

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:42.240
about? Yeah. Yeah, now I would like to see that

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:46.240
go more. Getting a goal off the corner, a set

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:50.500
piece goal, that was a huge positive. Ten corners,

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:57.700
by the way. Honestly, I'm not worried with altitude.

00:25:58.420 --> 00:26:02.140
Altitude is a big deal. Having just been up at

00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:06.059
altitude playing pond hockey last week or two

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:08.559
weeks ago now at this point. But, yeah, it's

00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:16.000
my ass every time. It's a great home field advantage

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:18.619
for them. And they take full advantage of it.

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:22.000
But I thought we had a good amount of shots.

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:25.420
Offensively, I was happy with our performance.

00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:29.000
I thought we were creating opportunities. Defensively,

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:33.980
I was a little worried. Because RSL was really

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:37.140
quick on the transition with three passes in

00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:43.160
on goal. And Thomas made some good saves. Knew

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:46.960
who made some less ditch defending. I'm being

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:51.059
completely honest. I really do think it felt

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:55.940
like Yamar had an off game. And I don't know

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:57.700
if it just sometimes you feel like you're running

00:26:57.700 --> 00:27:07.069
in quicksand. Yeah, so I'm not feeling super

00:27:07.069 --> 00:27:10.910
negative about it. It's one thing when we lose

00:27:10.910 --> 00:27:14.430
a game and we just can't get anything that looks

00:27:14.430 --> 00:27:19.829
positive. I didn't really feel that. Yeah, I

00:27:19.829 --> 00:27:25.490
agree with you. I think the only real negatives

00:27:25.490 --> 00:27:27.990
I saw, there seemed to be maybe some just kind

00:27:27.990 --> 00:27:31.460
of, I know it's... We already played a match,

00:27:31.619 --> 00:27:35.839
and we won that match. But Colorado seemed like

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:38.700
they were in a different league, not in a good

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:43.099
way. RSL was a completely different team to play

00:27:43.099 --> 00:27:45.420
against. Yeah. And I felt like there were some

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:49.160
passes, though we did have some decisive ones,

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:51.420
and we had great possession again. We finished

00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:56.380
the game at 58%, but we were in the 60s, just

00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:58.670
like we were the week before. The thing is, is

00:27:58.670 --> 00:28:00.849
just when RSL got the ball, they were very decisive.

00:28:01.029 --> 00:28:03.750
One, two, three. They're in. Gozo, they're a

00:28:03.750 --> 00:28:08.849
little guy. He is a good young player. He's kind

00:28:08.849 --> 00:28:12.190
of annoying, but yeah. He's just frustrating.

00:28:12.630 --> 00:28:18.049
Yeah, yeah. And yeah. And honestly, I feel like

00:28:18.049 --> 00:28:20.049
that it could have really, I mean, we should

00:28:20.049 --> 00:28:23.390
have had another goal probably. Like I said,

00:28:23.450 --> 00:28:29.599
XG says so. We were, we were. Nine shots on target,

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:33.759
17 shots total to their 15 -4. And that last

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:38.299
second chance that... Oh, my God. Oh, that would

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:41.000
have pissed them off so much because it was already

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:46.099
past the added time. Yeah, 30 seconds past. But

00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:49.500
the ref added time on for the time wasting during

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:52.119
added time. So I thought Penso did a really great

00:28:52.119 --> 00:28:56.839
job as a ref. But I do want to mention, though,

00:28:57.079 --> 00:29:02.920
I feel like – no, we'll talk about it now. Dotson

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:08.500
with that – during their first goal where Gozo

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:11.680
kind of diced us up. And then Dotson does a great

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:15.819
job of intercepting that ball. But then, even

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:18.319
though he's in the box, he tries to make this

00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:21.660
smooth operator pass just to – instead of clearing

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:23.420
it. just getting rid of it. I mean, you just

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:25.900
had the entire defense go on their heels. Don't

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:27.740
try to just pass this ball out. Like we're just

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:29.700
going to counter from back here. He should have

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:31.700
cleared it because he basically was part of their

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:33.960
sequence of that goal when he could have been

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:38.140
a hero on that play. And I, that just kind of

00:29:38.140 --> 00:29:39.880
kept bugging me throughout the match. And I,

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:43.640
I, I still, I don't know enough about him. I

00:29:43.640 --> 00:29:46.279
mean, I know who he is, right. He's been around

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:48.640
for a while, but I have, I've watched him a lot

00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:50.859
and it's going to take some time when you have.

00:29:51.369 --> 00:29:55.069
the cohesion that this lineup already has rolling

00:29:55.069 --> 00:29:57.289
over from really not just last year, but the

00:29:57.289 --> 00:30:01.910
year before, that he is a new piece, right? And

00:30:01.910 --> 00:30:05.990
that's, I think, a learning moment for him. Just

00:30:05.990 --> 00:30:09.289
when we're on our heels on defensive, we seem

00:30:09.289 --> 00:30:11.049
to give up the stupid goal, and that was one

00:30:11.049 --> 00:30:13.490
of them, in my opinion. Generally, we're pretty

00:30:13.490 --> 00:30:16.009
stout. It's just we kind of have boneheaded,

00:30:16.130 --> 00:30:19.990
just like... We just got turned upside down right

00:30:19.990 --> 00:30:21.650
there by Gozo. We need to get rid of this ball.

00:30:22.529 --> 00:30:24.710
So I feel like it should have been a draw, whether

00:30:24.710 --> 00:30:26.549
we scored an extra one or we take that goal back.

00:30:26.769 --> 00:30:28.990
And that's my negative. It was bugging me the

00:30:28.990 --> 00:30:34.490
whole match. Yeah, I mean, it was really frustrating

00:30:34.490 --> 00:30:39.309
when there was a – I keep thinking about some

00:30:39.309 --> 00:30:42.529
of the other opportunities. There was a – I mean,

00:30:42.549 --> 00:30:44.809
obviously the Yamar header, like 10 minutes into

00:30:44.809 --> 00:30:48.759
the – seven minutes into the game. Cabral just

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:51.599
had our number. It was just really frustrating.

00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:55.279
I was hoping that post would take him out. Yeah.

00:30:56.700 --> 00:31:00.500
He kind of landed a little awkwardly there. I

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:04.779
think he was more scared than anything. Slow

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:07.359
-mo makes it maybe look worse than it really

00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:13.589
was. Let's see what the next one is. i would

00:31:13.589 --> 00:31:15.569
like to carry over some of these alex questions

00:31:15.569 --> 00:31:17.950
about they're kind of rolling over to st louis

00:31:17.950 --> 00:31:21.309
um for the second half of the show yeah let's

00:31:21.309 --> 00:31:23.150
hold off on some of them i do i have a question

00:31:23.150 --> 00:31:28.990
that is um something i noticed and you know how

00:31:28.990 --> 00:31:30.549
we're changing our schedule right we're going

00:31:30.549 --> 00:31:32.109
to kind of be more aligned with the rest of the

00:31:32.109 --> 00:31:35.359
world Tell us how that transition is going to

00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:36.660
work. I'm sure you've thought about it, right?

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:40.880
So it's the 2027 to 2020 schedule. We'll be starting

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:44.720
mid -July. It is 2026 now. So we're talking in

00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:49.680
a year and four months, the next, next season

00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:52.539
will start. But technically, it's the next season?

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:54.819
How is that? Is there going to be a seven -month

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:57.660
break from the end of this season to July? No,

00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:59.619
we're going to have a mini -season. Think MLS's

00:31:59.619 --> 00:32:03.579
back tournament. Think... Along those lines a

00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:06.920
little bit. Okay, so the season ends December

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:09.519
18th, right? With the MLS Cup. With MLS Cup,

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:14.420
yeah. Yeah, so... So walk us through it. So what's

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:16.160
going to happen is we are going to transition.

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:20.079
So before that, we're going to do a 14 -game

00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:24.720
season in early 2027. So it'll be a 14 -game

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:28.839
regular season between February and May of 2027

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:33.859
with the playoffs starting in May. then the calendar

00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:39.839
shift will start July 2027. And then what's going

00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:42.579
to happen is it's going to run from summer to

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:46.599
spring. There will be a few weeks of a break

00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:50.000
between mid -December through January. That might

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:52.960
be a great opportunity to do Selig's Cup, for

00:32:52.960 --> 00:33:00.079
example. But we'll see. Yeah, so I'm curious

00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:03.779
to see how they're going to do that break in

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:06.779
there. How long is the Premier League break?

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:08.619
It's only a couple of weeks, right? It's like

00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:11.819
over Christmas. Well, I think more Bundesliga

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:14.180
than Premier League because Premier League plays

00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:17.039
on Christmas. They play on Boxing Day. Oh, yeah.

00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:24.359
But more like Bundesliga. Okay, so there'll be

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:28.599
a little mini season. Yeah, and in Bundesliga,

00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:31.859
for example, this year, their break was from

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:36.099
December 22nd to January 8th. Okay, so they just

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:40.119
have a break. Yeah. How do you feel about it?

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:43.160
Are you excited we're going to be more aligned

00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:45.039
with the rest of the world in terms of signings

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:55.000
and whatnot? I'm optimistic. I like the idea.

00:33:58.019 --> 00:34:02.000
of having summers. Yeah, I love going to a game

00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:03.599
in the middle of the summer. There's some really

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:06.440
nice parts about that. But sometimes in the middle

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:08.119
of the summer, you're trying to do other stuff

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:10.719
and you don't really want to, you know, sometimes

00:34:10.719 --> 00:34:12.679
like, oh, kind of wish I didn't have to go to

00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:17.340
this game today. I don't mind the colder weather

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:21.090
stuff. It sounds like, honestly, it's not going

00:34:21.090 --> 00:34:23.989
to be that much different because we've been

00:34:23.989 --> 00:34:27.010
playing pretty much most of our, most of our,

00:34:27.130 --> 00:34:31.670
I want to say career, but that's not what I,

00:34:31.690 --> 00:34:34.349
not the word I want. Most of the Sounders history,

00:34:34.670 --> 00:34:37.130
we've been playing games late into November,

00:34:37.269 --> 00:34:40.329
you know, in the playoffs. The season starts

00:34:40.329 --> 00:34:43.809
in February, March. We've been starting the season

00:34:43.809 --> 00:34:46.769
in February. So it's not. That different is a

00:34:46.769 --> 00:34:50.250
couple extra games. And knowing MLS, they're

00:34:50.250 --> 00:34:52.449
probably going to try and schedule those games

00:34:52.449 --> 00:35:02.369
to be more non -Northern teams. Yeah. But yeah,

00:35:02.489 --> 00:35:07.210
I think there will be some benefits. Not playing

00:35:07.210 --> 00:35:09.869
through FIFA international windows anymore. Yeah,

00:35:09.889 --> 00:35:15.159
I think that is a big pro. For me, I don't know

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:17.019
if there's many cons. I don't really like the

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:19.599
break. What's the explanation for such a long

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:24.400
break? The weather? Because we are a larger map?

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:29.500
Oh, you mean the winter break? Yeah. All of January?

00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:35.500
No, I think they want to say they say mid -December

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:39.380
through January. Yeah, I'm curious to see. how

00:35:39.380 --> 00:35:42.360
what the actual date cycle look like on that

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:44.760
i don't even know unless it's what you're saying

00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:46.739
like league scott fill it up because if i was

00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:50.519
a player right i mean i get weather's not an

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:54.719
excuse for me i mean there that's not the whole

00:35:54.719 --> 00:35:57.360
league right there's minnesota yeah st louis

00:35:57.360 --> 00:36:02.300
montreal montreal uh there are some teams that

00:36:02.300 --> 00:36:05.260
they will get cold we'll play through it um Put

00:36:05.260 --> 00:36:07.960
a gap there. Okay, a couple weeks. Bundesliga

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:12.000
it, right? But schedule around it. Make them

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:14.900
go away for a couple weeks or play through some

00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:16.820
bad weather. But I think if they're making a

00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:18.940
pocket in preparation to put the League's Cup

00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:21.199
right there, then I'm fine with it. As a player,

00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:26.739
I wouldn't want that break. You want maybe a

00:36:26.739 --> 00:36:29.539
kind of bi -week type break, but a month and

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:31.579
a half, it seems. Well, this time around the

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:35.519
month and a half. The one we know about for sure

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:41.179
is the 27 to 28 winter break, and that is the

00:36:41.179 --> 00:36:46.820
switch to the new schedule. So you might not

00:36:46.820 --> 00:36:53.940
be a consistent thing. Yeah. So I don't know

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:57.559
if... I don't know if this year is a one time

00:36:57.559 --> 00:37:00.159
where they're making that extra long or if they're

00:37:00.159 --> 00:37:01.980
going to dial it in. I'm sure they're going to

00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:04.179
dial it in and adjust a little bit here and there.

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:10.420
But we'll, we'll see. We'll see. All right. Well,

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:13.079
yeah, just stood out to me. I hadn't really been

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:17.039
paying attention. Then I took the off season

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:19.139
as, as, as for what it was and it was an off

00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:22.039
season for me. So I was like, Caught up on a

00:37:22.039 --> 00:37:24.480
lot of things, and that one kind of caught me

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:27.440
by surprise. I forgot to mention it last week.

00:37:27.679 --> 00:37:31.719
But keep in mind, it also means that our Champions

00:37:31.719 --> 00:37:35.760
League runs will be when we're in mid -season

00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:43.980
form. Or just coming back from a winter break.

00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:51.739
And just outside of a winter window, too, for

00:37:51.739 --> 00:37:55.599
signings. But the only challenge there is if

00:37:55.599 --> 00:38:00.360
you're trying to run for MLS Cup and Champions

00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:04.079
Cup at the same time, you're going to have some

00:38:04.079 --> 00:38:07.679
tough decisions to make. Yeah, I think that's

00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:11.519
something we've been used to. Yeah. No, not really,

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:13.260
because we've been able to go, oh, well, we'll

00:38:13.260 --> 00:38:15.940
go all in on Champions Cup. No, I said we're

00:38:15.940 --> 00:38:17.739
going to have to get used to it. Oh, we're going.

00:38:17.800 --> 00:38:20.420
I thought you were saying we've had to get. No,

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:22.480
we're going to have to get used to it. But also,

00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:27.820
if you think about it, right, the other European

00:38:27.820 --> 00:38:31.219
leagues, they're playing Champions League through

00:38:31.219 --> 00:38:34.239
their fun. They're trying to get to. I mean,

00:38:34.260 --> 00:38:35.639
obviously, they don't have playoffs, but they

00:38:35.639 --> 00:38:38.349
are there. Every point matters in the last third

00:38:38.349 --> 00:38:40.690
of the season for Premier League, for Bundesliga,

00:38:40.710 --> 00:38:43.250
right? All those matches matter unless you're,

00:38:43.250 --> 00:38:46.630
you know, blowing the number two away. Your gap's

00:38:46.630 --> 00:38:50.449
huge, but you just got to have depth. And obviously

00:38:50.449 --> 00:38:52.630
this league wants to grow. Obviously this league

00:38:52.630 --> 00:38:55.230
wants to have better quality players and better

00:38:55.230 --> 00:38:58.349
depth across the league. So we should be able

00:38:58.349 --> 00:39:00.510
to compete for both. The best teams should be

00:39:00.510 --> 00:39:03.889
able to compete for both. I do have a quote from

00:39:03.889 --> 00:39:06.989
Clint Dempsey about this, by the way. Ooh, not

00:39:06.989 --> 00:39:10.710
your dog. I know, I know. Clint Dempsey, having

00:39:10.710 --> 00:39:12.750
MLS... His dog is named Dempsey, by the way,

00:39:12.809 --> 00:39:18.110
for new listeners. Having MLS on the same timetable

00:39:18.110 --> 00:39:20.449
as the rest of the world is great. Whether you're

00:39:20.449 --> 00:39:22.789
in MLS, Europe, or anywhere else, being aligned

00:39:22.789 --> 00:39:25.090
means players are sharper when they get called

00:39:25.090 --> 00:39:27.150
to camp, and it's easier for everyone, players,

00:39:27.170 --> 00:39:29.369
coaches, fans, to follow the game year -round.

00:39:30.590 --> 00:39:38.599
Okay? But... Why don't we do one of our drawings?

00:39:39.420 --> 00:39:41.440
Let's do a drawing and then go to break. Yep,

00:39:41.440 --> 00:39:43.659
love it. Let's do that. Which drawing is this?

00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:47.280
So this is going to be for a prize to determine.

00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:52.980
I will reach out directly to the winner. I will

00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:55.039
kind of find out, all right, what's your jersey

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:58.300
size? What kind of things do you have? And I'll

00:39:58.300 --> 00:40:02.239
try and I'll come up with something that'll be

00:40:02.239 --> 00:40:06.199
good. Right on. With that said, So we have, you

00:40:06.199 --> 00:40:11.460
know, 50 plus entries. It is a weighted draw.

00:40:11.679 --> 00:40:15.780
So if you entered 18 games, then you have 18

00:40:15.780 --> 00:40:20.360
entries. So your piece of the wheel is 18 times

00:40:20.360 --> 00:40:23.940
as big as someone who's entered one time. So

00:40:23.940 --> 00:40:27.579
here we go. This is for the random item that

00:40:27.579 --> 00:40:32.400
we're going to spin to win. Ready? Sound effect,

00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:34.659
sound effect, sound effect. I probably could

00:40:34.659 --> 00:40:37.679
have put on the sound. I'll try to find something.

00:40:37.679 --> 00:40:50.519
Here we go. It is going to be JesusM509. Okay.

00:40:50.780 --> 00:40:54.019
He's our winner. I don't recognize that name.

00:40:54.480 --> 00:41:01.219
I do have all that information, so I am going

00:41:01.219 --> 00:41:07.170
to... that we are going to save that we're gonna

00:41:07.170 --> 00:41:10.989
go right to the break jesus congratulations jesus

00:41:10.989 --> 00:41:33.940
all right welcome back um we I want to talk about

00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:37.280
a few things. We've got some new things going

00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:39.940
on with the show. I spent some time this weekend

00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:46.039
making a little merch shop. I'll actually give

00:41:46.039 --> 00:41:48.480
Alex some credit here, listening to the Ultras

00:41:48.480 --> 00:41:53.019
episode a week ago. I forgot what they were talking

00:41:53.019 --> 00:41:56.780
about, but he said, oh, we should do some merch.

00:41:57.019 --> 00:41:59.679
It's a merch idea. And I was like, you know what?

00:41:59.739 --> 00:42:02.059
We say some funny shit. There's some times, you

00:42:02.059 --> 00:42:04.739
know, I think we could put a funny idea. And

00:42:04.739 --> 00:42:08.360
also, I like our logo. I like our little ball

00:42:08.360 --> 00:42:12.119
and helm. It's what I call it. I made that. I'm

00:42:12.119 --> 00:42:14.420
pretty proud of it. It's simple, but it's very,

00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:18.179
very us. And that on a hat. And, you know, maybe

00:42:18.179 --> 00:42:20.320
it's not the coolest thing walking down the street,

00:42:20.360 --> 00:42:23.139
but if you want to support the show and you want

00:42:23.139 --> 00:42:26.039
to get a hat or a mug or a shirt that says Free

00:42:26.039 --> 00:42:30.320
Pedro on it. or a Ziggy line shirt, which I've

00:42:30.320 --> 00:42:33.099
got in the works. I'll probably have that up

00:42:33.099 --> 00:42:35.860
in a couple of days, but yeah, it's just, it's,

00:42:35.860 --> 00:42:38.000
you know, and we're not making the shirts ourselves,

00:42:38.199 --> 00:42:40.199
but we're making the designs themselves and it

00:42:40.199 --> 00:42:43.280
goes to support the show. Yeah. We don't make

00:42:43.280 --> 00:42:45.699
them ourselves. We, we hire 10 year olds in,

00:42:45.760 --> 00:42:50.599
in other countries to do it. 12, 12, 12 or up.

00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:54.800
Yep. Oh, pretty firm on that. Yeah. Okay. Good

00:42:54.800 --> 00:42:59.210
on you. Actually, I should probably double check

00:42:59.210 --> 00:43:02.570
and make sure it's not one of those third parties.

00:43:04.170 --> 00:43:06.309
It's a good partnership, it looks like. But yeah.

00:43:06.449 --> 00:43:08.750
So anyway, if you want to support the show, Discord,

00:43:09.070 --> 00:43:11.969
Patreon, of course. We got our ultras and we

00:43:11.969 --> 00:43:13.690
got our Patreon members. That does really help.

00:43:14.230 --> 00:43:17.409
And obviously doing the little ratings. That's,

00:43:17.409 --> 00:43:20.610
you know, I always kind of hate asking for that.

00:43:20.670 --> 00:43:22.769
I feel thirsty. But, you know, it really does

00:43:22.769 --> 00:43:25.650
help. Brings the more we rate, the more we look

00:43:25.650 --> 00:43:28.230
better. The more audience we get and the more

00:43:28.230 --> 00:43:29.730
audience we get, the more scuttlebutt we get.

00:43:30.010 --> 00:43:33.130
That's how it funds my World Cup trips. Yeah.

00:43:34.309 --> 00:43:39.409
And that's not a joke. You got some World Cup

00:43:39.409 --> 00:43:41.449
matches. That's pretty fucking awesome to say.

00:43:41.690 --> 00:43:44.889
Yeah, I've got a USA -Australia game on June

00:43:44.889 --> 00:43:49.530
19th. And then that game's at noon. I'm going

00:43:49.530 --> 00:43:52.210
to get on a flight at 10 o 'clock that night.

00:43:52.889 --> 00:43:55.510
Flying overnight to Toronto. And then at 4 o

00:43:55.510 --> 00:43:58.730
'clock the next day, we'll go to Germany versus

00:43:58.730 --> 00:44:04.929
Ivory Coast in Toronto with one of my good friends,

00:44:05.110 --> 00:44:13.829
Alex. He's Roma's godfather. And I was born in

00:44:13.829 --> 00:44:16.150
Germany. He lived in Germany. We used to watch

00:44:16.150 --> 00:44:19.710
German games all the time. So getting to see

00:44:19.710 --> 00:44:22.760
U .S. on day one. germany on day two and then

00:44:22.760 --> 00:44:26.260
father's day for you know the next day couldn't

00:44:26.260 --> 00:44:28.360
ask for a better father's day weekend that's

00:44:28.360 --> 00:44:32.300
pretty awesome that's pretty awesome yeah well

00:44:32.300 --> 00:44:35.000
cool um let's wrap a little bit let's wrap up

00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:39.119
rsl yeah um the prediction challenge uh spoiler

00:44:39.119 --> 00:44:42.559
alert no one got more than one point so we all

00:44:42.559 --> 00:44:46.440
sucked okay just we all thought we were gonna

00:44:46.440 --> 00:44:53.380
no one got more than one So we're all winners,

00:44:53.579 --> 00:44:56.719
actually, in a weird way. Let's talk about that

00:44:56.719 --> 00:45:00.320
highlight, though, because that corner kick was

00:45:00.320 --> 00:45:03.920
really nice. It was a good set piece. And we've

00:45:03.920 --> 00:45:06.179
struggled for the last few years on set pieces.

00:45:07.340 --> 00:45:12.039
And earlier in the game, we had a nice cross

00:45:12.039 --> 00:45:16.619
that Yamar almost put in off a set piece. So

00:45:16.619 --> 00:45:21.599
this is... encouraging to have two big opportunities

00:45:21.599 --> 00:45:27.039
cashing in on one. What stood out to me on that

00:45:27.039 --> 00:45:33.659
goal, I don't recall many times seeing a player,

00:45:33.739 --> 00:45:36.579
let alone Christian, running into the goal and

00:45:36.579 --> 00:45:40.420
around the keeper to lose whatever mark he's

00:45:40.420 --> 00:45:45.010
got on him. I don't know. I don't know if that's

00:45:45.010 --> 00:45:47.010
just me not paying attention or if that was a

00:45:47.010 --> 00:45:51.929
unique little set piece run, but it worked. He

00:45:51.929 --> 00:45:56.409
was wide open and right there. Perfect pass from,

00:45:56.489 --> 00:46:01.070
of course, that was Rosnack, right? Off the corner,

00:46:01.190 --> 00:46:05.230
yeah. Yeah, he's always him. My guy. So it just

00:46:05.230 --> 00:46:09.849
looked just solid. Finally, not 210 corners without

00:46:09.849 --> 00:46:12.750
a goal. Was that last year or the year before?

00:46:13.239 --> 00:46:18.000
We just led the league in corners and couldn't

00:46:18.000 --> 00:46:21.980
score off of them. That was last year. So just

00:46:21.980 --> 00:46:26.679
as an FYI, Roldan's goal passed Obathemi Martin's

00:46:26.679 --> 00:46:29.260
for sixth on the club's all -time scoring list.

00:46:30.860 --> 00:46:35.780
And Rusnak's assist... puts him fourth in club

00:46:35.780 --> 00:46:39.440
history with 39 assists all competitions but

00:46:39.440 --> 00:46:41.619
he's got i'm curious i'm curious what his total

00:46:41.619 --> 00:46:44.460
goal contribution goal and assist is not not

00:46:44.460 --> 00:46:48.139
with secondaries he's got to be two or one at

00:46:48.139 --> 00:46:50.260
this well maybe we would have heard about one

00:46:50.260 --> 00:46:54.000
already if he was number one but he's in my mind

00:46:54.000 --> 00:46:56.059
he's going to be he's still got you know five

00:46:56.059 --> 00:47:00.239
six years in him maybe more um the way the style

00:47:00.239 --> 00:47:02.539
he plays if he stays with us he's going to be

00:47:03.440 --> 00:47:07.079
it's gonna be hard to argue i think nicholas

00:47:07.079 --> 00:47:09.840
is landing the way he did and what happened right

00:47:09.840 --> 00:47:11.699
after he landed like literally off the plane

00:47:11.699 --> 00:47:14.219
pick the team up on his shoulders and take us

00:47:14.219 --> 00:47:16.880
to a mls cup is going to live in him like that

00:47:16.880 --> 00:47:20.960
it's just going to be one of the greatest few

00:47:20.960 --> 00:47:24.599
months is of this career of this club's it's

00:47:24.599 --> 00:47:26.940
still history right but it's still my argument

00:47:26.940 --> 00:47:33.159
that nicolo darrow was the best dp signing in

00:47:33.159 --> 00:47:38.739
mls history for impact and and trajectory for

00:47:38.739 --> 00:47:40.739
the club yes i totally have to agree with you

00:47:40.739 --> 00:47:44.320
for exactly what you want that that type of player

00:47:44.320 --> 00:47:50.199
to do he did not including messy i mean messy

00:47:50.199 --> 00:47:55.039
is probably going to or david beckham well back

00:47:55.039 --> 00:47:58.679
he was literally the designated player but la

00:47:58.679 --> 00:48:03.530
galaxy were winning trophies were doing that

00:48:03.530 --> 00:48:09.050
seattle was not and so yeah galaxy galaxy has

00:48:09.050 --> 00:48:11.789
like six trophies at this point so yeah but before

00:48:11.789 --> 00:48:13.929
david beckham yeah i know they had a few in the

00:48:13.929 --> 00:48:17.309
early 2000s but then they have a i thought they

00:48:17.309 --> 00:48:19.630
were kind of sucking for a couple years before

00:48:19.630 --> 00:48:23.170
him but yeah so that's that's kind of the the

00:48:23.170 --> 00:48:28.769
thing about uh nico is he just the the way that

00:48:28.769 --> 00:48:33.750
the sounders just completely uh decade of dominance

00:48:33.750 --> 00:48:37.389
i mean just watching all the trophies we've had

00:48:37.389 --> 00:48:43.570
all the mls cup finals just yeah i i i think

00:48:43.570 --> 00:48:48.110
he's absolutely a top five it's my argument that

00:48:48.110 --> 00:48:53.250
he's the number one or number two best dp um

00:48:53.250 --> 00:49:01.349
can't just screw that um And see, and then I

00:49:01.349 --> 00:49:04.730
had, I was pretty, obviously we lost, but, and

00:49:04.730 --> 00:49:07.210
we didn't get a shutout, but I did like seeing

00:49:07.210 --> 00:49:11.690
how the varying types of passes that Thomas had

00:49:11.690 --> 00:49:16.809
at a goal, his distribution, it was not, you

00:49:16.809 --> 00:49:21.050
couldn't anticipate if you were the RSL, what

00:49:21.050 --> 00:49:22.829
he was going to do. You couldn't always rush

00:49:22.829 --> 00:49:25.650
him. You couldn't always play deep. He was doing

00:49:25.650 --> 00:49:28.510
short to the corner center back. Sorry. Short.

00:49:28.909 --> 00:49:33.630
to to new who short to um alex rolled on leading

00:49:33.630 --> 00:49:36.590
them both also so they were on a run he was he

00:49:36.590 --> 00:49:39.349
was launching he again he's got a leg right he

00:49:39.349 --> 00:49:43.929
was launching it to to um there was ario so you

00:49:43.929 --> 00:49:48.269
kind of have to have your distribution be kind

00:49:48.269 --> 00:49:51.429
of not random but you have to change it up you

00:49:51.429 --> 00:49:55.969
can't let the the team always know what you're

00:49:55.969 --> 00:49:59.860
gonna do once you get the ball and I thought

00:49:59.860 --> 00:50:01.119
he did a good job, and he was pretty accurate.

00:50:01.260 --> 00:50:05.280
So I like what I've seen. We knew what Thomas

00:50:05.280 --> 00:50:08.139
was, right? Yeah. We knew what Andrew was, and

00:50:08.139 --> 00:50:10.960
I'm just glad to see that, okay, you're officially

00:50:10.960 --> 00:50:13.519
our starter. We had a lot of faith in you. We

00:50:13.519 --> 00:50:16.659
expected this, and it is coming to fruition.

00:50:17.340 --> 00:50:21.320
It's not smoke and mirrors. you're going to be

00:50:21.320 --> 00:50:24.559
a solid keeper this year. I don't think any keeper

00:50:24.559 --> 00:50:26.920
stops the goals that happened against him, and

00:50:26.920 --> 00:50:30.519
he had some wonderful saves. So pretty confident

00:50:30.519 --> 00:50:33.519
with – I think what's going to be key is his

00:50:33.519 --> 00:50:35.639
communication with the back line. He had one

00:50:35.639 --> 00:50:40.780
keeper for a decade talking to a few – I keep

00:50:40.780 --> 00:50:42.659
saying cornerbacks, just out of football season,

00:50:42.860 --> 00:50:45.659
center back pairings, because I think we're pretty

00:50:45.659 --> 00:50:47.380
fortunate also to have pretty consistent center

00:50:47.380 --> 00:50:50.639
backs over the last 10, 15 years at least. through

00:50:50.639 --> 00:50:54.519
Stefan Frye's career with us. So that's going

00:50:54.519 --> 00:50:57.320
to be an interesting, that's got to be key for

00:50:57.320 --> 00:50:59.659
him to make sure he's communicating. That's been

00:50:59.659 --> 00:51:01.659
the secret to the Sounders' success, though,

00:51:01.739 --> 00:51:05.179
is the stability. Because I think it's often

00:51:05.179 --> 00:51:08.000
overlooked when talking from the same ownership

00:51:08.000 --> 00:51:13.599
the entire time. We've had these two coaches,

00:51:13.960 --> 00:51:18.460
you know, Z, and then Brian was the assistant

00:51:18.460 --> 00:51:21.579
coach. And became the coach, obviously. Everyone

00:51:21.579 --> 00:51:25.320
knows that. We've had three goalkeepers, now

00:51:25.320 --> 00:51:29.500
four. All three top -notch. Stephen Fry, Michael

00:51:29.500 --> 00:51:33.639
Sperning, Casey Keller. And Thomas is certainly

00:51:33.639 --> 00:51:36.480
looking the part from what we've seen of him.

00:51:37.260 --> 00:51:43.500
We've had amazing number sixes. From Ozzie to

00:51:43.500 --> 00:51:52.019
Gustav Svensson to Christian. JP, we've just

00:51:52.019 --> 00:51:54.380
been spoiled. These are key things you've got

00:51:54.380 --> 00:51:57.800
to get right. And we've had very minimal turnover

00:51:57.800 --> 00:52:01.300
in those positions. There are teams that go through

00:52:01.300 --> 00:52:06.420
as many as we have. Roman Torres as center back.

00:52:06.880 --> 00:52:11.400
Obviously, Chad Marshall. John Kennedy Hurtado.

00:52:12.539 --> 00:52:22.510
I mean, Yamar. The back four all have over 150

00:52:22.510 --> 00:52:26.389
games played with the club. Alex, yeah, it's

00:52:26.389 --> 00:52:30.329
funny. It's Alex, you know, he followed his brother.

00:52:30.469 --> 00:52:33.750
He got cut, came back within, you know, it felt

00:52:33.750 --> 00:52:38.190
like days, but whatever. He's got it would be

00:52:38.190 --> 00:52:43.150
on his, what, sixth season? Maybe more. 2018,

00:52:43.489 --> 00:52:47.420
maybe. Yeah, so seven, eight seasons, right?

00:52:47.519 --> 00:52:52.800
And then you have, obviously, New Who is ageless,

00:52:52.980 --> 00:53:00.179
but he's been our left back since Joven, right?

00:53:00.480 --> 00:53:03.599
Yeah, well, I mean, New Who's got 281 appearances.

00:53:03.960 --> 00:53:06.559
That's insane. New Who's been with the club since

00:53:06.559 --> 00:53:13.579
2016. It's just nuts. You know, it's just crazy.

00:53:14.159 --> 00:53:16.400
It just seems like the exact same team except

00:53:16.400 --> 00:53:19.360
with the Sonny Donson. And it was obviously De

00:53:19.360 --> 00:53:21.840
Rosario starting up top. Everything else is the

00:53:21.840 --> 00:53:24.900
same. Which is great. Obviously, Andrew Thomas,

00:53:24.980 --> 00:53:26.000
too. We were just talking about him, though.

00:53:26.300 --> 00:53:31.280
But anyway, he looked the part. You're right.

00:53:32.000 --> 00:53:39.349
Yeah, like going into this season. Jackson Reagan

00:53:39.349 --> 00:53:43.889
has the least amount of all competition appearances

00:53:43.889 --> 00:53:47.829
for the Sounders as far as the back four with

00:53:47.829 --> 00:53:54.510
154 games. Yamar's got 209. Alex has 249. And

00:53:54.510 --> 00:53:58.969
who's got 281? What the fuck? Let's just not

00:53:58.969 --> 00:54:03.889
talk about who's behind them. because I think

00:54:03.889 --> 00:54:06.090
that's more of a question than a comment. Well,

00:54:06.130 --> 00:54:08.610
I don't know. Kim Key, he's got 87 games. He's

00:54:08.610 --> 00:54:11.510
got a good amount of games. That's true. That's

00:54:11.510 --> 00:54:19.230
true. So, you know, it's... And I like Kalani

00:54:19.230 --> 00:54:23.030
Kosa -Rienzi. My nickname for him is Creedence

00:54:23.030 --> 00:54:29.530
Clearwater -Rienzi. There you go. KKR. But yeah,

00:54:29.610 --> 00:54:33.369
Cody Baker, I thought, had a... really rough

00:54:33.369 --> 00:54:36.769
last year he got injured but i liked what i saw

00:54:36.769 --> 00:54:39.329
out of him i'm not expecting him to be a full

00:54:39.329 --> 00:54:42.489
-time starter but a spot starter someone that

00:54:42.489 --> 00:54:45.369
can can fill in for some minutes absolutely yeah

00:54:45.369 --> 00:54:48.809
you know i would have liked to see you know georgie

00:54:48.809 --> 00:54:50.429
get some minutes in this last game if there's

00:54:50.429 --> 00:54:52.449
any game i feel like it should have been so i

00:54:52.449 --> 00:54:55.590
my initial reaction after their their goal right

00:54:55.590 --> 00:54:58.789
after the second half started uh was you time

00:54:58.789 --> 00:55:01.150
for georgie Like, shake this up. If we're going

00:55:01.150 --> 00:55:03.789
to lose the match, let's just go. We still have

00:55:03.789 --> 00:55:06.650
plenty of subs left, which he clearly, he being

00:55:06.650 --> 00:55:12.309
Brian, showed by seven on, was it Moose? Oh,

00:55:13.050 --> 00:55:15.010
at the same time, yeah, we had Brunel, Moose,

00:55:15.070 --> 00:55:18.250
and Rienzi. Yeah, that's where I wrote down Creedence,

00:55:18.250 --> 00:55:20.929
Clearwater, Rienzi. I was like, okay, we're not.

00:55:21.150 --> 00:55:23.130
It's these three, which I totally understood.

00:55:23.230 --> 00:55:26.909
I'm fine with it. Georgie wasn't in the 18. A

00:55:26.909 --> 00:55:34.989
little bit. I feel like the speed and the, I

00:55:34.989 --> 00:55:38.769
guess, I don't know. But no, Aaron, Georgie wasn't

00:55:38.769 --> 00:55:41.489
in the 18 yesterday. He wasn't? No, no, he had

00:55:41.489 --> 00:55:43.869
a foot injury. I'm stupid. Leave me alone. I'm

00:55:43.869 --> 00:55:48.869
sorry. Well, then I love every sub that he did.

00:55:50.230 --> 00:55:52.150
Yeah, but we... What happened to his foot? I

00:55:52.150 --> 00:55:55.690
didn't know that. Pekovic even got a chance to

00:55:55.690 --> 00:56:01.420
play. That is crazy, yeah. Yeah. My last note

00:56:01.420 --> 00:56:03.460
for the match was can't wait for Areola to start.

00:56:04.519 --> 00:56:09.039
Yeah. I was just like, man, he's so good. Even

00:56:09.039 --> 00:56:11.239
in his few minutes he had, I was just like, yeah,

00:56:11.280 --> 00:56:16.599
yeah. Get worked up. Get ready. His touch, he's

00:56:16.599 --> 00:56:21.599
got a deft touch. How did you not lose that ball

00:56:21.599 --> 00:56:23.239
right there? He had three guys on him, and then,

00:56:23.280 --> 00:56:27.119
boop, it pops out. I'm like, he's going to look

00:56:27.119 --> 00:56:28.840
good. He's going to look good when he's up and

00:56:28.840 --> 00:56:31.429
ready. So, anyway, let's talk about St. Louis.

00:56:31.909 --> 00:56:34.170
Do we have another drawing, though? Or we're

00:56:34.170 --> 00:56:36.170
done? We got one more. We got the big one. We

00:56:36.170 --> 00:56:38.110
got one more. The big jersey. The big kahuna.

00:56:38.449 --> 00:56:41.389
Yeah. Let's do that and talk St. Louis predictions

00:56:41.389 --> 00:56:43.190
and get out of here. All right. Let's do it.

00:56:43.389 --> 00:56:45.429
Okay. So, here's this one. We're going to do

00:56:45.429 --> 00:56:48.409
this. This is going to be for the team -signed

00:56:48.409 --> 00:56:52.250
jersey. Once again, we have one. Which team?

00:56:53.230 --> 00:56:55.869
The Sounders. It's an RSL jersey. Team signed

00:56:55.869 --> 00:56:58.150
jersey. No, I meant like when was this signed?

00:56:59.230 --> 00:57:08.710
2020. And our winner is Bryce DeHeff. Bryce DeHeff

00:57:08.710 --> 00:57:12.989
is our winner. Wasn't he, what was his stat for,

00:57:13.190 --> 00:57:16.829
wasn't he the best? He was best at something

00:57:16.829 --> 00:57:22.190
for the predictions. Yeah, he was. Sorry, that

00:57:22.190 --> 00:57:24.289
was a curveball. Yeah, no, you threw me off.

00:57:25.070 --> 00:57:29.510
While you're looking, congrats, Bryce. Look at

00:57:29.510 --> 00:57:36.789
that. No, he was in the top 10 for points per

00:57:36.789 --> 00:57:41.570
game. Points per game. Okay, well, good job,

00:57:41.650 --> 00:57:46.829
Bryce. But yeah, all right. So we got that going.

00:57:48.169 --> 00:57:50.869
So congratulations to everyone. It's kind of

00:57:50.869 --> 00:57:53.210
funny because part of me is like, oh, no matter

00:57:53.210 --> 00:57:56.489
who wins, it's like, oh, people that I consider

00:57:56.489 --> 00:57:59.809
friends. So it's like, hey, congratulations,

00:57:59.889 --> 00:58:02.590
everyone. We don't know what we're going to give

00:58:02.590 --> 00:58:06.409
away this year, but we'll always come up with

00:58:06.409 --> 00:58:08.469
something fun. I don't think we knew exactly

00:58:08.469 --> 00:58:09.929
what we were going to give away at this time

00:58:09.929 --> 00:58:14.329
last year. That's also true. Yeah. I thought

00:58:14.329 --> 00:58:17.980
I had this jersey. team signed jersey i thought

00:58:17.980 --> 00:58:22.219
it'd be a good prize um that's awesome i'll i'll

00:58:22.219 --> 00:58:24.760
i'll come up with something i'll i'll come up

00:58:24.760 --> 00:58:27.699
with something we'll get it going get it going

00:58:27.699 --> 00:58:31.340
yeah and which we've already got going right

00:58:31.340 --> 00:58:33.639
so and we you just sent out on the discord for

00:58:33.639 --> 00:58:36.360
the predictions to today or yesterday uh that

00:58:36.360 --> 00:58:40.139
sheet to fill out um our homework all right that's

00:58:40.139 --> 00:58:46.579
gonna be um that's gonna be a uh full mls season

00:58:46.579 --> 00:58:50.079
as far as each team you'll see the total point

00:58:50.079 --> 00:58:53.280
the total points that they got last year i add

00:58:53.280 --> 00:58:56.320
a 0 .5 as the over and under and you just pick

00:58:56.320 --> 00:58:59.980
will it be more or less um but then it'll also

00:58:59.980 --> 00:59:03.539
be like i said um how many all -stars will the

00:59:03.539 --> 00:59:05.940
sounders have how many best 11 players will the

00:59:05.940 --> 00:59:09.300
sounders have um some other you know where will

00:59:09.300 --> 00:59:11.460
we finish in the heritage cup which is currently

00:59:11.460 --> 00:59:15.619
sitting in cameron's house i think uh at least

00:59:15.619 --> 00:59:17.639
it was on halloween yeah it's because they found

00:59:17.639 --> 00:59:22.920
it right it's true um you know where where we

00:59:22.920 --> 00:59:26.880
finish in the in the cascadia cup standings etc

00:59:26.880 --> 00:59:31.019
well right on why don't we go quickly we got

00:59:31.019 --> 00:59:34.039
four minutes why don't we have alex ds's final

00:59:34.039 --> 00:59:36.320
questions that's exactly what i was gonna say

00:59:36.320 --> 00:59:39.119
look at us in simpatico how many matches have

00:59:39.119 --> 00:59:43.210
we done together look at you all right well let's

00:59:43.210 --> 00:59:46.510
do it what changes tweaks need to be made get

00:59:46.510 --> 00:59:51.809
a result away at st louis and would you like

00:59:51.809 --> 00:59:54.590
to see the same starting 11 at st louis for many

00:59:54.590 --> 00:59:56.929
changes to the lineup so i think those are kind

00:59:56.929 --> 00:59:59.989
of similar questions uh why don't we start with

00:59:59.989 --> 01:00:04.579
you there And St. Louis, just for the heads up,

01:00:04.639 --> 01:00:06.840
for those not paying attention, they lost 2 -0

01:00:06.840 --> 01:00:11.059
today to San Diego. And they tied Charlotte last

01:00:11.059 --> 01:00:16.079
week at home in the first game. Yeah, so we played

01:00:16.079 --> 01:00:21.059
them. This is when we just started our away.

01:00:21.760 --> 01:00:23.940
That was the first. Those will be the second

01:00:23.940 --> 01:00:27.809
of four or five away matches, right? We got a

01:00:27.809 --> 01:00:30.250
lot of away matches. Yeah, and this will be on

01:00:30.250 --> 01:00:33.690
the 7th. So we still get a week off. None of

01:00:33.690 --> 01:00:36.510
these are five days apart for Vancouver. That'll

01:00:36.510 --> 01:00:38.570
be huge. Okay, so actually now that I see that,

01:00:38.650 --> 01:00:41.150
we're going to play Vancouver and BC, which is

01:00:41.150 --> 01:00:45.889
a short jaunt from our homes. Not including me,

01:00:45.969 --> 01:00:48.750
but when I'm speaking to you, my heart's in Seattle.

01:00:48.989 --> 01:00:53.949
Yeah. I think Vancouver is a huge match. It's

01:00:53.949 --> 01:00:58.949
on Fubo, One Soccer, FS2, Tudin. How do you say

01:00:58.949 --> 01:01:03.130
that? T -U -D -N? Tudin. Tudin. Anyway, people

01:01:03.130 --> 01:01:06.349
are going to be watching that one. And I think

01:01:06.349 --> 01:01:10.010
that'll have a good barometer of where both these

01:01:10.010 --> 01:01:12.989
good clubs are. Everyone knows Seattle's good.

01:01:13.030 --> 01:01:15.789
We just happen to lose against, I think, a pretty

01:01:15.789 --> 01:01:20.210
talented young RSL team. Flashy. Vancouver showing

01:01:20.210 --> 01:01:23.050
that they're... carrying right over from when

01:01:23.050 --> 01:01:26.650
they left off and they're looking hungry um 7

01:01:26.650 --> 01:01:29.610
p .m on the 12th is that that's right after st

01:01:29.610 --> 01:01:32.730
louis which which tells me you know i i don't

01:01:32.730 --> 01:01:39.630
think you have to bench anybody um but maybe

01:01:39.630 --> 01:01:42.750
some time when i mean benching i mean like bench

01:01:42.750 --> 01:01:46.190
the starters um you got to treat we got to get

01:01:46.190 --> 01:01:48.610
it we got to get some points here um we just

01:01:48.610 --> 01:01:51.519
lost right We've got to get some points. I do

01:01:51.519 --> 01:01:53.960
think, though, Brian does need to make sure that

01:01:53.960 --> 01:01:58.119
Vancouver is that availability of players and

01:01:58.119 --> 01:02:02.480
health of some players is ready to go. I think

01:02:02.480 --> 01:02:05.519
we really need to go at Vancouver 100%, and I

01:02:05.519 --> 01:02:09.099
wouldn't be pissed if we didn't chase St. Louis

01:02:09.099 --> 01:02:16.860
down despite Vancouver. I'd rather win Vancouver

01:02:16.860 --> 01:02:20.179
over St. Louis, and I just want to see. Either

01:02:20.179 --> 01:02:22.699
the lineup or the substitution tactics reflect

01:02:22.699 --> 01:02:28.480
that effort. That's just my opinion. I know it's

01:02:28.480 --> 01:02:31.480
early. I'm not worried about anything. But we

01:02:31.480 --> 01:02:33.360
just came off a loss. We're playing a crappy

01:02:33.360 --> 01:02:36.000
team. And then we're going to play a really good

01:02:36.000 --> 01:02:39.940
team. That's our rival. I want to win that other

01:02:39.940 --> 01:02:45.489
game. Yeah, I think there's enough of a gap between

01:02:45.489 --> 01:02:48.010
the two games that you don't have to worry about

01:02:48.010 --> 01:02:53.949
rotation too much. It's not seven days. It's

01:02:53.949 --> 01:02:57.469
five, but you may work with your, you know, this

01:02:57.469 --> 01:03:01.510
is not the one that would need the rotation.

01:03:01.849 --> 01:03:06.440
I think, honestly. The one after that, the San

01:03:06.440 --> 01:03:09.380
Jose game, that's the one that falls right in

01:03:09.380 --> 01:03:12.239
between the two Vancouver games. So the 12th,

01:03:12.239 --> 01:03:15.340
the 15th, the 18th. I needed to scroll one more

01:03:15.340 --> 01:03:17.780
click down on my wheel to see the other Vancouver

01:03:17.780 --> 01:03:20.659
game. Wow, we're playing them in six days? What

01:03:20.659 --> 01:03:22.579
kind of scheduling? Oh, it's CONCACAF. That makes

01:03:22.579 --> 01:03:25.420
sense. That's the one that will be in Spokane.

01:03:27.099 --> 01:03:28.840
Let's make sure they have a match in between,

01:03:28.940 --> 01:03:33.940
too. Yeah, I'm sure they do. They better. Yeah,

01:03:34.300 --> 01:03:38.940
they got they got us. Then they they've got they

01:03:38.940 --> 01:03:44.659
got Portland this weekend. Then they've got us,

01:03:44.860 --> 01:03:52.760
Minnesota, us. And Minnesota, they're games at

01:03:52.760 --> 01:04:00.429
home, though. So. But. Yeah, so ultimately, I

01:04:00.429 --> 01:04:03.369
think to answer the question, I think it wouldn't

01:04:03.369 --> 01:04:09.409
change too much. I would definitely make sure

01:04:09.409 --> 01:04:18.730
that we are being aggressive. If you get a win

01:04:18.730 --> 01:04:22.489
in this game, it negates the loss. Because you

01:04:22.489 --> 01:04:26.880
want to draw on the road and win at home. So

01:04:26.880 --> 01:04:29.159
we can get a win on this. It kind of clears our

01:04:29.159 --> 01:04:32.860
balance there. Because on this road trip, we've

01:04:32.860 --> 01:04:37.039
got St. Louis and San Jose. San Jose is going

01:04:37.039 --> 01:04:41.219
to be tough, not because they're good, but because

01:04:41.219 --> 01:04:44.920
we're going to be rotating. So that could be

01:04:44.920 --> 01:04:47.219
a tricky game, but that could also be a great

01:04:47.219 --> 01:04:50.820
opportunity. where our young kids and the guys

01:04:50.820 --> 01:04:53.139
that are not getting the main playing time can

01:04:53.139 --> 01:04:57.059
really step up and show why they should be getting

01:04:57.059 --> 01:05:00.099
more play time. That might be a great competitive

01:05:00.099 --> 01:05:04.119
match. San Jose, it's been only two matches,

01:05:04.159 --> 01:05:06.219
and both of them have been at home, just like

01:05:06.219 --> 01:05:09.460
San Diego, but they have not given up a goal.

01:05:10.179 --> 01:05:14.420
Yeah, I mean, they're coming out swinging. But

01:05:14.420 --> 01:05:23.400
wait. Those two teams. SKC and Atlanta. So let's

01:05:23.400 --> 01:05:27.219
not. Those were two of the three worst teams

01:05:27.219 --> 01:05:29.400
in the league last year. Fair enough. Fair enough.

01:05:30.260 --> 01:05:31.920
Fair enough. What was that? Would you like to

01:05:31.920 --> 01:05:33.539
see the same starting 11? Okay. We kind of just

01:05:33.539 --> 01:05:36.599
talked about that. Yeah. So, I mean, mostly,

01:05:36.980 --> 01:05:40.699
mostly, I think we get, we see more minutes from

01:05:40.699 --> 01:05:43.420
Paul. Maybe, maybe a second half start. Probably

01:05:43.420 --> 01:05:46.690
not. Probably. Yeah. Probably comes in. probably

01:05:46.690 --> 01:05:53.889
around 60 instead of 85 -ish. Yeah. And Georgie,

01:05:53.889 --> 01:05:59.530
hopefully his foot's better. Yeah, no, I think

01:05:59.530 --> 01:06:02.929
you're right. Mostly the same lineup, but I don't

01:06:02.929 --> 01:06:05.210
think we're chasing the win if we happen to be

01:06:05.210 --> 01:06:08.889
in a position. I'd really like to make sure we're

01:06:08.889 --> 01:06:13.389
not gassed. Well, the worst part is, going back

01:06:13.389 --> 01:06:17.070
to this RSL game, we had two. great opportunities

01:06:17.070 --> 01:06:19.250
in the first 20 minutes before we allowed a goal.

01:06:19.349 --> 01:06:24.590
We could have been up 2 -0. Go up fast. That's

01:06:24.590 --> 01:06:27.969
the right idea. And the way that we came out

01:06:27.969 --> 01:06:30.889
in this game, I thought we dominated the first

01:06:30.889 --> 01:06:36.349
10 -15 minutes. And then it was kind of a little

01:06:36.349 --> 01:06:40.769
bit cagey. RSL got that goal kind of against

01:06:40.769 --> 01:06:44.900
a run of play. Then we immediately answered for

01:06:44.900 --> 01:06:47.219
the rest of the half with just dominating play,

01:06:47.420 --> 01:06:50.800
trying to get back into it. It didn't work out,

01:06:50.860 --> 01:06:53.019
but I liked the energy that I saw. Yeah, we're

01:06:53.019 --> 01:06:56.139
not going to go undefeated, right? And I like

01:06:56.139 --> 01:06:58.039
losses like that where we still look like the

01:06:58.039 --> 01:07:00.960
better team and just sometimes the ball goes

01:07:00.960 --> 01:07:03.880
in the wrong net sometimes. I'll be honest though,

01:07:03.900 --> 01:07:06.789
I don't know. if we looked like the better team.

01:07:07.090 --> 01:07:11.090
Because RSL, even though we had the majority

01:07:11.090 --> 01:07:16.449
of the possession, they were getting chances.

01:07:17.250 --> 01:07:20.710
So I don't want to say you're absolutely the

01:07:20.710 --> 01:07:23.510
better team, but it was actually a winnable game.

01:07:23.710 --> 01:07:33.200
Play 10 times, I think we win 6 or 7. 6? Play

01:07:33.200 --> 01:07:39.119
ten times. Play ten times. We don't lose at least

01:07:39.119 --> 01:07:42.719
five games. Okay. Don't lose six games. We get

01:07:42.719 --> 01:07:50.800
a result in six or more games. Yeah. I'll take

01:07:50.800 --> 01:07:56.739
that. Just because, yeah. Let's be honest here.

01:07:57.159 --> 01:08:00.679
All right. Well, let's wrap this up. Do you think

01:08:00.679 --> 01:08:03.300
we're going to win? With the St. Louis game,

01:08:03.360 --> 01:08:06.219
I do think we're going to win on this one. I

01:08:06.219 --> 01:08:11.920
don't think St. Louis has done enough this year

01:08:11.920 --> 01:08:19.079
to improve on their team last year. And I just

01:08:19.079 --> 01:08:21.859
don't see it. I just don't see it right now.

01:08:23.039 --> 01:08:28.340
Maybe I'll be surprised, but I think we've got

01:08:28.340 --> 01:08:32.000
to win in this one. I'd like to see Andrew Thomas

01:08:32.000 --> 01:08:36.260
get his first road shot out of the season. Yeah,

01:08:36.260 --> 01:08:44.159
I think it's a win. They're near the bottom,

01:08:44.260 --> 01:08:47.319
second from bottom. I know it's two matches.

01:08:47.680 --> 01:08:50.199
I know, I know, I know, but they've only scored

01:08:50.199 --> 01:08:53.880
a goal. They've only scored half a goal a game.

01:08:56.520 --> 01:08:59.409
And they're just not a great team. They're just

01:08:59.409 --> 01:09:01.810
not a great team. That's just the honest truth.

01:09:02.250 --> 01:09:05.409
And there's going to be hunger for three points

01:09:05.409 --> 01:09:08.949
after. The only X -Factor is Berkey can have

01:09:08.949 --> 01:09:15.930
a game. Yeah, and so can Paul Rothrock. And Asante,

01:09:16.149 --> 01:09:20.590
De Rosario needs his goal because I keep putting

01:09:20.590 --> 01:09:23.489
him as my first center to score a goal in my

01:09:23.489 --> 01:09:26.869
two predictions because of preseason. He wants

01:09:26.869 --> 01:09:30.319
to stay up top. then I think he needs to score

01:09:30.319 --> 01:09:33.420
probably this match or at least have a goal contribution

01:09:33.420 --> 01:09:37.359
because other than that, we've seen what Danny

01:09:37.359 --> 01:09:40.920
Wazowski can do. I mean, it could be a matchup

01:09:40.920 --> 01:09:44.340
situation. Brian may decide that he likes the

01:09:44.340 --> 01:09:47.279
tactics better. This is a game where the starting

01:09:47.279 --> 01:09:50.159
11 could be different, but if it is different,

01:09:50.279 --> 01:09:52.739
I don't know if it's necessarily because of ineffectual

01:09:52.739 --> 01:09:57.119
play. I think it will be tactics. Yeah, well,

01:09:57.220 --> 01:10:01.600
and then I'm fine with that. We know Danny is

01:10:01.600 --> 01:10:04.859
a more veteran. He understands where to run,

01:10:04.939 --> 01:10:08.260
when to run, how to play off the shoulders. He's

01:10:08.260 --> 01:10:12.960
got the guile, right? Which, let's not say he's

01:10:12.960 --> 01:10:16.600
24, which kind of blows my mind. I feel like

01:10:16.600 --> 01:10:20.060
he's 22, 21, but he's 24, so he should be. This

01:10:20.060 --> 01:10:22.300
is it. This is his prime career opportunity.

01:10:22.720 --> 01:10:26.579
Well, he came into the preseason ready and bulked

01:10:26.579 --> 01:10:28.859
up. Huge. I think he's got the right mentality.

01:10:28.859 --> 01:10:32.140
His neck is wider than his head. He saw his team

01:10:32.140 --> 01:10:37.239
shot. I got to say, though, do you think with

01:10:37.239 --> 01:10:39.760
a player like Danny Mussofsky, where we've talked

01:10:39.760 --> 01:10:41.899
about all last season about being that player,

01:10:42.039 --> 01:10:45.100
that Wondolowski -type player that is always

01:10:45.100 --> 01:10:49.260
in dangerous positions, I feel like... He would

01:10:49.260 --> 01:10:52.680
be better served with a Paul Areola versus a

01:10:52.680 --> 01:10:55.880
Paul Rothrock on that wing. I don't know who.

01:10:56.079 --> 01:11:00.840
He was off by half a yard, and Rothrock got that

01:11:00.840 --> 01:11:06.020
ball in, and he scored. I mean, that's not shade

01:11:06.020 --> 01:11:08.979
at Rothrock. I just know that Areola can bring

01:11:08.979 --> 01:11:11.699
some balls in. Anyway, I think we are loaded.

01:11:15.020 --> 01:11:20.090
Areola can bring some balls in. Don't you start

01:11:20.090 --> 01:11:24.670
that. Explicit. Look who's talking. Jesus Christ.

01:11:24.770 --> 01:11:27.270
You almost took your pants off in the last episode

01:11:27.270 --> 01:11:29.229
and you weren't even on it. We got to design

01:11:29.229 --> 01:11:39.609
a and muted. Explicit? Question mark? It doesn't

01:11:39.609 --> 01:11:43.909
work without the voice. That's why you got to

01:11:43.909 --> 01:11:45.729
put the question mark. I'll put it in italics.

01:11:46.409 --> 01:11:51.159
Explicit? All right. Where can they find you?

01:11:51.180 --> 01:11:55.119
Good, sir. Here. I'm just, honestly, I can't

01:11:55.119 --> 01:11:57.840
even do our fantasy league and I'm just not on,

01:11:57.880 --> 01:12:00.619
I'm just not on socials and I'm just going to

01:12:00.619 --> 01:12:02.199
be confident about it. I'm just not going to

01:12:02.199 --> 01:12:05.279
be. If something crazy happens, maybe you'll

01:12:05.279 --> 01:12:08.020
see me, but I'm Aaron Lingley and I am scuttlebutt.

01:12:08.079 --> 01:12:11.979
I'll be right here for you. All right. Well,

01:12:12.119 --> 01:12:17.180
I am Nicholas on discord. I am cascades to see

01:12:17.180 --> 01:12:22.289
on Instagram. Come find us. Come play with us.

01:12:22.470 --> 01:12:26.130
Come see us down in Section 121 for any home

01:12:26.130 --> 01:12:31.390
games. Next month. Yeah, that's right. In 40

01:12:31.390 --> 01:12:34.649
days. Alex Diaz. We had Eric, our team. We had

01:12:34.649 --> 01:12:39.069
Dan the Bastard. We had a couple other player

01:12:39.069 --> 01:12:41.710
people. So come join us. It's a party down there.

01:12:41.750 --> 01:12:45.270
We got a Scuttlebutt section down in 121. Ooh,

01:12:45.350 --> 01:12:47.859
get a Scuttlebutt two -pole going on. with basically

01:12:47.859 --> 01:12:50.819
everyone from our discord in that section and

01:12:50.819 --> 01:12:54.060
uh you already mentioned some ultras which you

01:12:54.060 --> 01:12:55.899
know this is exactly what the podcast was supposed

01:12:55.899 --> 01:12:58.920
to be right it's it's it's fans talking having

01:12:58.920 --> 01:13:02.779
a couple beers afterwards and um you know i'm

01:13:02.779 --> 01:13:05.880
just uh happy that i'm one down shoot i gotta

01:13:05.880 --> 01:13:09.050
get caught up What the hell? We're going to chug

01:13:09.050 --> 01:13:11.510
it next 30 seconds. Hey, big congratulations.

01:13:11.829 --> 01:13:14.369
All kidding aside, big congratulations to Dan

01:13:14.369 --> 01:13:17.569
the Bastard for winning last season. Again, you've

01:13:17.569 --> 01:13:23.670
got a jersey coming your way. JesusM509 gets

01:13:23.670 --> 01:13:26.850
a TBD prize. I will be contacting you for that,

01:13:26.949 --> 01:13:29.109
and we'll figure out something that you'd like

01:13:29.109 --> 01:13:32.859
that you could use, et cetera. I got a few cool

01:13:32.859 --> 01:13:36.899
ideas there. And then Bryce to have wear of the

01:13:36.899 --> 01:13:39.659
autographed jersey. Congratulations, Bryson.

01:13:40.479 --> 01:13:43.539
Congratulations. And for all you losers, go buy

01:13:43.539 --> 01:13:48.079
merch. There you go. Buy a scuttlebutt hat. You

01:13:48.079 --> 01:13:50.319
know what? Honestly, keep participating. Free

01:13:50.319 --> 01:13:54.779
Pedro shirt. There's actually a promo. I think

01:13:54.779 --> 01:13:58.239
it's like 25 % off for two weeks for a grand

01:13:58.239 --> 01:14:02.510
opening. Well, let's get some more designers

01:14:02.510 --> 01:14:05.689
in there. Yeah, that's the plan. I'm going to

01:14:05.689 --> 01:14:07.149
be working on it all week. If you've got ideas,

01:14:07.350 --> 01:14:10.710
if there's any designers out there, come shout

01:14:10.710 --> 01:14:12.689
out us. If you've got some fun Scuttlebutt ideas

01:14:12.689 --> 01:14:14.710
from listening to the shows, that's all I kind

01:14:14.710 --> 01:14:16.590
of really want to do is just do shout outs to

01:14:16.590 --> 01:14:18.449
some funny things we've said over the shows.

01:14:19.569 --> 01:14:23.569
Yeah, I like it. I like it. And if you've got

01:14:23.569 --> 01:14:32.850
a two -pole idea, I'm all ears. I never used

01:14:32.850 --> 01:14:35.189
it to make pool, so it's something maybe I want

01:14:35.189 --> 01:14:39.689
to try and do this year. There you go. All right.

01:14:39.689 --> 01:14:44.470
Well, great talking to you, my friend. Let's

01:14:44.470 --> 01:14:46.789
get a win. Let's get a win in St. Louis. Let's

01:14:46.789 --> 01:14:50.130
do it. All right. Take it away, James. You can

01:14:50.130 --> 01:14:53.130
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01:15:30.000 --> 01:15:34.109
who's the best MLS team of all time? The Seattle

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Sounders are both unequipped and they are arguably

01:15:36.409 --> 01:15:38.449
the best MLS team of all time.