WEBVTT 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:24.339 He's a tough kid. All I gotta say is the public 00:00:24.339 --> 00:01:02.780 can't say he's cheating! Sounders Scuttlebutt. 00:01:03.219 --> 00:01:08.879 Episode 151 Malibu Rum. Just noticed that we 00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:11.180 didn't get to do episode 50. The Ultras took 00:01:11.180 --> 00:01:14.680 it. That's kind of a big deal but congratulations 00:01:14.680 --> 00:01:21.060 guys. Started off with an expletive there. Explicit. 00:01:21.480 --> 00:01:25.290 Explicit. Okay, well, this is a more positive 00:01:25.290 --> 00:01:28.170 episode between you and me. Nicholas Cameron 00:01:28.170 --> 00:01:32.310 is out on the IL nursing his knee injury. Or 00:01:32.310 --> 00:01:36.569 I guess knee aggregation. He's fine. But we did 00:01:36.569 --> 00:01:40.709 beat St. Louis. 1 -0. We're recording just two 00:01:40.709 --> 00:01:43.909 days after on Monday the 9th. It's true. It's 00:01:43.909 --> 00:01:49.709 true. So, yay. Positive episode. Let's go. Let's 00:01:49.709 --> 00:01:52.590 do it. You know, I am going to have to take one 00:01:52.590 --> 00:01:55.950 quick... glide two feet to the left and grab 00:01:55.950 --> 00:01:59.930 a can. I will be getting us ready for our beverage. 00:02:00.530 --> 00:02:04.769 Okay. You take a glide. I myself will grab mine. 00:02:06.609 --> 00:02:09.330 Thank you for your patience. No patience needed. 00:02:09.330 --> 00:02:13.669 I edited the gap. Oh, look at you. That's probably 00:02:13.669 --> 00:02:19.870 a wise decision. Professional. Shall we? Go ahead. 00:02:19.930 --> 00:02:22.770 You crack yours first. An ode to Cameron there 00:02:22.770 --> 00:02:29.669 with your liquid death? Doing a liquid death 00:02:29.669 --> 00:02:34.409 root beer wrap. It's the only carbonated beverage 00:02:34.409 --> 00:02:38.050 in my fridge right there. I am recording from 00:02:38.050 --> 00:02:44.289 work today. I'm recording from home, so here 00:02:44.289 --> 00:02:49.080 we go. Whoa. Lovely. Someone came prepared. Yeah. 00:02:49.139 --> 00:02:52.719 This is Mike Hess Brewing here locally in San 00:02:52.719 --> 00:03:02.479 Diego. Hop Cloud Hazy IPA. How is it? It's okay. 00:03:03.259 --> 00:03:06.840 Fair enough. Seven. Fair enough. Okay. Sorry, 00:03:06.860 --> 00:03:11.080 Mike. Sorry, Mike. All right. Let's get to it. 00:03:11.080 --> 00:03:13.659 Let's get some scuttlebutt. Do you have the Discord 00:03:13.659 --> 00:03:15.360 pulled up? Does anyone know we're recording today? 00:03:15.520 --> 00:03:18.129 Did we do any of that? Yeah, I did post up in 00:03:18.129 --> 00:03:21.169 Discord, but it was fairly late, so I don't know 00:03:21.169 --> 00:03:23.750 if anyone has a specific mailbag question. But, 00:03:23.770 --> 00:03:25.270 you know, let's talk about some stuff that's 00:03:25.270 --> 00:03:28.530 been going on around the league. First and foremost, 00:03:28.669 --> 00:03:31.590 congratulations to Kalani Kosarienzi for being 00:03:31.590 --> 00:03:36.389 one of the team of the match day. So congratulations 00:03:36.389 --> 00:03:40.930 to him. And his first MLS goal, right? No, he 00:03:40.930 --> 00:03:44.120 scored. He scored a few times. Really? Yeah, 00:03:44.259 --> 00:03:46.439 I remember last year against LAFC coming off 00:03:46.439 --> 00:03:49.460 the bench and Manning, you know, out -muscling 00:03:49.460 --> 00:03:53.199 with LAFC or LA Galaxy, out -muscling the defender, 00:03:53.500 --> 00:03:56.699 making him look like a child. It was pretty nice. 00:03:56.800 --> 00:04:03.939 No, Kalani's had a few. My bad. But, yeah, so 00:04:03.939 --> 00:04:09.400 Kalani's been a nice spot of offense from that 00:04:09.400 --> 00:04:13.449 defensive position. So that's been great. But 00:04:13.449 --> 00:04:16.889 holy cow, we got some interesting scuttlebutt. 00:04:16.970 --> 00:04:20.029 First off, if you look on Major League Soccer's 00:04:20.029 --> 00:04:24.209 homepage, you will find no news about this anywhere 00:04:24.209 --> 00:04:26.209 on that page. Because they have it up, right? 00:04:26.629 --> 00:04:29.949 But if you go to The Athletic, you're going to 00:04:29.949 --> 00:04:32.829 see a pretty big headline. And it's a big deal, 00:04:32.829 --> 00:04:35.250 big news, and shocking that it's not available 00:04:35.250 --> 00:04:39.209 on the MLS website. Two MLS players banned for 00:04:39.209 --> 00:04:43.089 life. for gambling on games including their own 00:04:43.089 --> 00:04:50.670 oh so this came out the allegations came out 00:04:50.670 --> 00:04:54.629 last year uh but it's gonna be derek jones who 00:04:54.629 --> 00:04:56.930 was playing with the columbus crew and yahya 00:04:56.930 --> 00:05:01.410 boa who was uh with lafc and previously with 00:05:01.410 --> 00:05:06.290 columbus uh with jones so in the fall they were 00:05:06.290 --> 00:05:09.720 placed on administrative leave And then I'm going 00:05:09.720 --> 00:05:12.720 to read some highlights for you. Now, first off, 00:05:12.779 --> 00:05:15.360 is any of this news to you? It's news to me, 00:05:15.379 --> 00:05:17.740 but so is their names. Okay, fair enough, fair 00:05:17.740 --> 00:05:23.980 enough. So MLS received some suspicious betting 00:05:23.980 --> 00:05:28.519 alerts, and they found that they had done extensive 00:05:28.519 --> 00:05:31.100 gambling on soccer, including their own teams 00:05:31.100 --> 00:05:35.959 in the 2024 and 2025 seasons. In one instance, 00:05:36.240 --> 00:05:39.649 both players bet on. derrick jones to receive 00:05:39.649 --> 00:05:43.189 a yellow card during uh during a game and he 00:05:43.189 --> 00:05:47.649 sure did in the 35th minute for a foul uh and 00:05:47.649 --> 00:05:51.870 so they uh determined that players likely shared 00:05:51.870 --> 00:05:53.970 confidential information with other betters about 00:05:53.970 --> 00:05:58.589 their intent to draw yellow and so uh yeah big 00:05:58.589 --> 00:06:04.670 deal um how do you feel about this i mean obviously 00:06:07.509 --> 00:06:12.670 What a waste of your career. Yeah, I mean, I 00:06:12.670 --> 00:06:16.670 think Jones was making $600K, and Yeboah was 00:06:16.670 --> 00:06:20.709 making about $400K, and gone. And, I mean, yeah, 00:06:20.769 --> 00:06:25.329 you're banned from MLS. But, I mean, no league 00:06:25.329 --> 00:06:31.110 of any sport wants to have someone in their clubhouse 00:06:31.110 --> 00:06:35.949 and on their team who does that, right? Especially 00:06:35.949 --> 00:06:37.750 clearly, it's not like you're betting a different 00:06:37.750 --> 00:06:40.569 sport, let alone your own team. I think that's 00:06:40.569 --> 00:06:45.449 the worst part of it. I get if a baseball player 00:06:45.449 --> 00:06:48.769 is betting on European soccer. Let's take Pete 00:06:48.769 --> 00:06:51.949 Rose as an example. Betting on his own team, 00:06:52.089 --> 00:06:55.230 but always to win. Do you draw the line there? 00:06:56.629 --> 00:07:01.170 I mean, no. That's unethical. I don't think you 00:07:01.170 --> 00:07:05.149 allow a gray area for the betting. There shouldn't 00:07:05.149 --> 00:07:07.769 be a conversation. Just draw a line. You don't 00:07:07.769 --> 00:07:10.589 bet. You've been given the privilege to play 00:07:10.589 --> 00:07:14.149 a game for your career. Your profession is playing 00:07:14.149 --> 00:07:18.290 a game. You get to have fun. This is your dream. 00:07:19.329 --> 00:07:25.889 Live your dream and let the rest of us bet. It's 00:07:25.889 --> 00:07:29.370 just stupid. Do I think it's the dirtiest thing? 00:07:29.509 --> 00:07:37.120 No, it's greedy. Well, it opens the door to a 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:41.360 lot of issues, especially if you go into gambling 00:07:41.360 --> 00:07:43.560 debt and then all of a sudden, oh, well, now 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:48.639 we need you to take a yellow to guarantee us 00:07:48.639 --> 00:07:52.160 some money. So the integrity of the game is of 00:07:52.160 --> 00:07:55.279 the utmost importance, and I do believe in that. 00:07:55.839 --> 00:08:01.779 But I also think you... have to have that ingrained 00:08:01.779 --> 00:08:04.379 into you are a professional athlete you cannot 00:08:04.379 --> 00:08:11.399 gamble on sports you just you just can't and 00:08:11.399 --> 00:08:15.939 i think i think gambling in general the issue 00:08:15.939 --> 00:08:18.300 is not so much oh what's okay if he's gambling 00:08:18.300 --> 00:08:22.680 on this or that it's not mls but the problem 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:26.259 becomes that they can open themselves up to being 00:08:26.259 --> 00:08:30.209 susceptible to um to influence if they go into 00:08:30.209 --> 00:08:32.730 gambling debt. I think that's the big concern 00:08:32.730 --> 00:08:41.070 there. Yeah. It's weird to me that MLS doesn't 00:08:41.070 --> 00:08:43.970 have this. I clicked more on their news page. 00:08:44.309 --> 00:08:49.750 It's not next. There's nothing. No mention of 00:08:49.750 --> 00:08:51.529 this. Why do you think that is? I mean, I feel 00:08:51.529 --> 00:08:54.149 like this is something like lesson learned, right, 00:08:54.230 --> 00:08:56.269 guys? Like, look at these guys. Don't be them. 00:08:56.330 --> 00:08:58.820 Like, we're not fucking around. Exactly. Yeah. 00:09:00.220 --> 00:09:07.019 I don't know. I don't know. It's a good question. 00:09:07.139 --> 00:09:08.860 When did the news break on athletic? Oh, not 00:09:08.860 --> 00:09:10.980 that. They would be the first people to know. 00:09:11.080 --> 00:09:14.379 MLS clearly knows. Yeah. I mean, it broke today. 00:09:16.919 --> 00:09:23.370 But then again, you know, MLS. is you know sponsored 00:09:23.370 --> 00:09:27.090 with draft kings or bet 360 so those kind of 00:09:27.090 --> 00:09:29.429 bets though like aren't those like what do you 00:09:29.429 --> 00:09:31.309 call them i don't i don't gamble but those kind 00:09:31.309 --> 00:09:34.730 of like not the normal parlay not the normal 00:09:34.730 --> 00:09:38.110 over unders the ones that the weird ones a yellow 00:09:38.110 --> 00:09:42.049 card before the 40th 45th minute yeah those poly 00:09:42.049 --> 00:09:44.570 bets or something i think that kind of stuff 00:09:44.570 --> 00:09:49.250 just is it's just really susceptible to corruption 00:09:50.250 --> 00:09:52.549 But it sounds like because this is similar to 00:09:52.549 --> 00:09:57.929 the NBA one that happened where they found suspicious 00:09:57.929 --> 00:10:02.990 patterns. And yeah, if all of a sudden no one 00:10:02.990 --> 00:10:04.889 ever gets... Are you talking about the refs from 00:10:04.889 --> 00:10:08.250 like 20 years ago? No, no, no. Just this last 00:10:08.250 --> 00:10:10.970 year, I think a Toronto Raptor player got banned 00:10:10.970 --> 00:10:16.809 for life for betting on NBA games. But yeah, 00:10:16.830 --> 00:10:20.549 so I mean... Though the point is that when you 00:10:20.549 --> 00:10:23.669 have these prop bets, and all of a sudden, hey, 00:10:23.769 --> 00:10:27.169 there's a lot of action on this really random 00:10:27.169 --> 00:10:29.750 prop bet, you don't think that's suspicious? 00:10:30.049 --> 00:10:36.710 I mean, you know. It's almost like politicians 00:10:36.710 --> 00:10:42.230 and stocks, right? Oh, huh, yeah. I wonder how 00:10:42.230 --> 00:10:45.559 that goes. Meanwhile, Cameron is somewhere. pulling 00:10:45.559 --> 00:10:52.340 his hair out. All four of them. You're not here. 00:10:52.379 --> 00:10:55.600 We can make fun of you. It's true. So what else 00:10:55.600 --> 00:10:58.740 is there? Any good news? That's a big one. I 00:10:58.740 --> 00:11:04.159 mean, I will say Jorge Mas came out and quoted 00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:08.139 that he's paying Messi 70 to 80 million a year. 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:15.639 So that's pretty... That's pretty crazy. For 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:19.019 the layman. Who is Jorge Mas? The owner of Inter 00:11:19.019 --> 00:11:23.279 Miami. Oh, okay. So, yeah. So, paying $70 million, 00:11:23.379 --> 00:11:25.840 $80 million a year across everything. So, that's 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:30.240 definitely salary. Entire team salary. Understandable. 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:34.840 Understandable. You know, it's crazy, though. 00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:41.240 But, yeah. And then I think a lot of World Cup 00:11:41.240 --> 00:11:44.490 discourse is up in the news. Have you heard about 00:11:44.490 --> 00:11:47.730 what's going on in New England and Foxborough? 00:11:48.250 --> 00:11:50.509 It's really cute of you to keep asking me if 00:11:50.509 --> 00:11:53.129 I've heard of what's going on. I use our own 00:11:53.129 --> 00:11:55.629 scuttlebutt to find out what's going on in the 00:11:55.629 --> 00:11:59.330 league. All right. Well, let me tell you. Kosarienzi 00:11:59.330 --> 00:12:02.230 has never scored a goal before. He's scored three 00:12:02.230 --> 00:12:05.850 goals and three assists before this year. Okay. 00:12:05.909 --> 00:12:12.000 There we go. I should do a podcast. See. I knew 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:14.899 you were just riding our coattails. You know, 00:12:14.919 --> 00:12:19.220 how dare you? How dare you? It's that the professional 00:12:19.220 --> 00:12:22.899 editing skills, that's why I'm here. Well, fair 00:12:22.899 --> 00:12:26.720 enough. And explicit? I don't know how explicit 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:29.659 that is. No, I just meant the voice. So basically, 00:12:29.899 --> 00:12:35.860 so what's going on, the short version is with 00:12:35.860 --> 00:12:39.559 the government shutdown, partial shutdown, and 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:45.250 Trump being Trump. They have not paid the funding 00:12:45.250 --> 00:12:49.350 that was in the Big Beautiful Bill to provide 00:12:49.350 --> 00:12:53.309 security for the World Cup. The town of Foxborough, 00:12:53.529 --> 00:12:57.289 where Boston's games are being played, is like 00:12:57.289 --> 00:13:02.429 a town of 3 ,000, something like that. The police 00:13:02.429 --> 00:13:06.570 bill to secure the stadium during the funding 00:13:06.570 --> 00:13:10.730 will cost about $8 million. not so much of a 00:13:10.730 --> 00:13:14.289 headline not not a huge shock but you know you 00:13:14.289 --> 00:13:18.029 got to secure it but they were promised that 00:13:18.029 --> 00:13:21.809 that would be covered by by fifa or the big beautiful 00:13:21.809 --> 00:13:27.129 bill and the money's not coming and they're at 00:13:27.129 --> 00:13:29.529 the point where they need to actually put money 00:13:29.529 --> 00:13:32.490 down so foxborough's like no we're not doing 00:13:32.490 --> 00:13:37.070 it and the the board of the town board which 00:13:37.070 --> 00:13:40.460 has maybe three members on it has basically said, 00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:44.100 we are not issuing the necessary permits for 00:13:44.100 --> 00:13:48.440 you to host an event until you give us the money 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:55.019 to pay for the security. And they had FIFA and 00:13:55.019 --> 00:13:59.779 a member of Robert Kraft's company, the Kraft 00:13:59.779 --> 00:14:05.919 Group, in a room in the most recent town meeting. 00:14:06.649 --> 00:14:10.049 And they're both kind of playing dumb. And it 00:14:10.049 --> 00:14:12.070 was great if you watched a video clip of it. 00:14:12.129 --> 00:14:15.110 It's really great if you're anti... You should 00:14:15.110 --> 00:14:18.629 find the video clip. Yeah, I will have to forward 00:14:18.629 --> 00:14:21.809 it. And I'll put it in the show notes. But yeah, 00:14:22.570 --> 00:14:25.090 so basically right now they said, here's the 00:14:25.090 --> 00:14:29.450 deadline next week. If you don't have the money 00:14:29.450 --> 00:14:34.309 for us, we are not issuing the permits. So... 00:14:35.080 --> 00:14:43.500 It's going to be fun to watch them blink. It's 00:14:43.500 --> 00:14:49.080 some good stuff right there. $7 .8 million gap. 00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:53.799 I'll share with you the Athletic article in the 00:14:53.799 --> 00:15:01.519 chat there. There's a great video clip from the 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:06.659 town. That's just fantastic. So a story to follow. 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:09.919 I did have it wrong. I said 3 ,000. Three months 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:14.159 away. It's an 18 ,000 town, so a little bigger. 00:15:14.860 --> 00:15:19.279 I got to cover up. Still less than 20 ,000 people. 00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:21.919 That's a tiny town. And then the other piece 00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:28.019 of news is that the Seattle World Cup app has 00:15:28.019 --> 00:15:31.840 launched the See and Win, S -E -A and Win app. 00:15:32.220 --> 00:15:35.500 app and that is a way where you can get some 00:15:35.500 --> 00:15:39.639 prizes learn about the seattle area it's uh an 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:43.320 interesting app it'll have uh some some interesting 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:48.340 pins if you earn enough points um and then the 00:15:48.340 --> 00:15:51.659 top point getters can get you know in stadium 00:15:51.659 --> 00:15:56.500 prizes uh not really looking forward that but 00:15:56.500 --> 00:15:59.039 the pins are cute so something to keep an eye 00:15:59.039 --> 00:16:02.909 on it's a free app Something to check out for 00:16:02.909 --> 00:16:06.409 those that are so inclined. I'm sure there's 00:16:06.409 --> 00:16:10.029 plenty of people listening that are. I'm bummed. 00:16:10.090 --> 00:16:13.409 I mean, it's beautiful down here in San Diego. 00:16:14.210 --> 00:16:17.389 Obviously, it was the right move for my career 00:16:17.389 --> 00:16:20.669 and my family. And I've said it multiple times 00:16:20.669 --> 00:16:23.909 that this podcast pretty much keeps me rooted 00:16:23.909 --> 00:16:27.070 back in Seattle just to keep in touch, obviously, 00:16:27.070 --> 00:16:31.039 with you guys. Like the Seahawks winning the 00:16:31.039 --> 00:16:34.799 Super Bowl and walking out the door from the 00:16:34.799 --> 00:16:36.940 place where I was watching the game at my boss's 00:16:36.940 --> 00:16:41.080 house, who's from Seattle. And no one gave a 00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:43.600 shit. Like just like people going about their 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:47.259 day, going about their evening. And I just knew 00:16:47.259 --> 00:16:49.220 after, especially after witnessing the first 00:16:49.220 --> 00:16:53.539 one, what was going on in town. And then the 00:16:53.539 --> 00:16:55.860 World Cup being in Seattle. Like obviously LA 00:16:55.860 --> 00:17:00.559 is, it's close, but it's not. It's not like you 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:06.220 just go to L .A. And I think the cultural differences 00:17:06.220 --> 00:17:08.420 between San Diego and L .A. too. There is like 00:17:08.420 --> 00:17:11.339 a we don't like L .A. Like a Portland, Seattle 00:17:11.339 --> 00:17:18.380 vibe? Yeah, I guess. I think there's more like 00:17:18.380 --> 00:17:24.140 we're more closely related. Portland and Seattle, 00:17:24.319 --> 00:17:26.220 right? You know, we are. There's almost like 00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:31.519 a sibling rivalry. Like definitely Pacific Northwest 00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:34.779 is its own culture. And then within that is what 00:17:34.779 --> 00:17:37.059 Portland is and what Seattle is. It's like, we're 00:17:37.059 --> 00:17:40.440 the one that went to college. Right. Wow. And 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:42.859 then it's just the dumb brother. Yeah. Okay. 00:17:42.980 --> 00:17:45.859 That's fair. I'll take it. Having, having a dumb 00:17:45.859 --> 00:17:49.660 brother myself. Yeah. Yeah. Love you, John. LA 00:17:49.660 --> 00:17:52.980 is just the city is totally different. The culture 00:17:52.980 --> 00:17:55.759 is totally different. it's just it's just totally 00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:58.119 different and there is quite a divide when you 00:17:58.119 --> 00:18:01.319 like to drive there like you're going anyway 00:18:01.319 --> 00:18:04.859 so it's that's close it's just it's my point 00:18:04.859 --> 00:18:07.640 is it just kind of sucks it's the year i leave 00:18:07.640 --> 00:18:11.160 is the year we win the super bowl and The Mariners 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:13.799 almost make it to the World Series. To be able 00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:16.759 to watch those games, ALCS at bars in Seattle 00:18:16.759 --> 00:18:19.940 would have been cool. Obviously, just to be around 00:18:19.940 --> 00:18:21.579 the energy of the World Cup, which is not just 00:18:21.579 --> 00:18:25.099 one day. It's going to be weeks. There's still 00:18:25.099 --> 00:18:28.940 a chance maybe I can come up there, but it's 00:18:28.940 --> 00:18:31.079 not like flights are going to be very cheap. 00:18:33.380 --> 00:18:36.200 Do you think you might make it out for a little 00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:38.240 bit of it? I mean, it's a pipe dream. There would 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:41.359 have to be a right scenario. Maybe if a thousand 00:18:41.359 --> 00:18:44.400 people join our Patreon. Hello. We can do a show 00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:48.680 up there. I can expense it. We are an LLC. I 00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:56.680 could. There we go. What are your thoughts about 00:18:56.680 --> 00:19:02.339 the LA Olympics? If you have not joined the ticket 00:19:02.339 --> 00:19:04.960 lottery for that, it closes, I think, this week. 00:19:05.259 --> 00:19:07.980 So I would recommend joining because there's 00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:10.069 going to be Olympic soccer. And then, of course, 00:19:10.089 --> 00:19:12.410 other events. So you should join just to see 00:19:12.410 --> 00:19:14.930 if you get selected and can have the opportunity 00:19:14.930 --> 00:19:20.230 to pick up tickets. That's a fair point. I generally 00:19:20.230 --> 00:19:23.829 don't even put myself in the... It's the big 00:19:23.829 --> 00:19:26.529 concerts where I'll chase down and get in line 00:19:26.529 --> 00:19:29.049 for pre -sale stuff, but that kind of... Maybe 00:19:29.049 --> 00:19:31.650 I should. Well, the ticket draw, you have to 00:19:31.650 --> 00:19:35.009 sign up by March 18th. Sign up. Sign up. I will. 00:19:35.069 --> 00:19:37.819 Because worst case scenario... I buy tickets, 00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:40.400 I come down, and we have an excuse to hang out. 00:19:41.220 --> 00:19:44.539 LA Olympics, I'll put it up. See, that's what 00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:46.119 I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about. 00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:52.079 I'll follow you, Sensei. Yeah, that's what I'm 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:54.559 talking about. I know you've got to roll in about 00:19:54.559 --> 00:19:58.140 20 or so minutes. Yeah, let's get this up. What 00:19:58.140 --> 00:20:01.920 about our scores? Yeah, yeah. Let me go over 00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:04.460 that, and we'll take a break. We had a much better 00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:08.460 showing this time around. Previous game against 00:20:08.460 --> 00:20:14.180 Salt Lake, no one had more than one point. This 00:20:14.180 --> 00:20:17.180 time, though, we had someone with four out of 00:20:17.180 --> 00:20:20.759 five points. No one got Kalani Kosarienzi as 00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:24.220 the first goal scorer, understandably. I did. 00:20:24.339 --> 00:20:31.480 Just kidding. But the winner this week is Bernadette 00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:35.299 Biela. Okay. We were just talking about gambling. 00:20:37.069 --> 00:20:40.569 last episode well last non -ultras episode who 00:20:40.569 --> 00:20:44.809 was like the most the one who got the most right 00:20:44.809 --> 00:20:50.829 uh per oh per per game an average yeah it was 00:20:50.829 --> 00:20:53.710 roma it was roma who's your daughter six years 00:20:53.710 --> 00:20:58.289 old and then your wife wins this last week yeah 00:20:58.289 --> 00:21:02.819 okay i'm starting to see a trend yeah that we 00:21:02.819 --> 00:21:05.960 should listen to our the women in our lives okay 00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:10.000 that they're pretty smart i guess so from six 00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:13.839 to whatever your wife's age is yeah they're all 00:21:13.839 --> 00:21:17.460 smart smart enough that's for sure publicly but 00:21:17.460 --> 00:21:21.680 no um yeah it was uh she did predict the one 00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:24.740 nothing uh the one nothing game uh but she did 00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:29.920 have osase de rosario as the goal scorer I'm 00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:32.059 going to keep doing it because as soon as I don't, 00:21:32.059 --> 00:21:33.799 he's going to spoil it. Maybe for him I should 00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:40.299 probably not. Yeah, so why don't we go to break 00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:45.519 and then come back and talk about the game and 00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:49.660 look ahead to some Champions League this week. 00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:53.880 It is Champions League. All right, let's do it. 00:21:54.119 --> 00:22:15.779 All right. Hey, everybody. This is one of your 00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:18.759 hosts, Cameron Collins. Now, I know we said this 00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:21.839 time's time for a break. But really, it's a time 00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:24.599 for me to talk to you about our corporate overlords. 00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:27.240 And our corporate overlords are us. That's right. 00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:29.680 We would love it if you would head on over to 00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:33.900 Patreon .com and look for Sounders Scuttlebutt 00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:36.500 Podcast. 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It was Ben 00:24:01.769 --> 00:24:05.349 Affleck, and he was hosting, and he did it a 00:24:05.349 --> 00:24:08.069 few other times, but I forget the, I get the 00:24:08.069 --> 00:24:10.490 name of the sketch and really who's in it, but. 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:13.039 He did a really good job about being that kind 00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:16.039 of shock jock radio host. And it was always like, 00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:19.920 and we're back. Man in the box, get back in the 00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:24.160 box. Like that. Some gadgety little thing. Anyway, 00:24:24.359 --> 00:24:30.859 I'm stupid. Yeah. I hate that too. So yeah, it's 00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:35.059 Champions Week. We did just play a game. And 00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:38.220 then we'll have a game. Probably. We're not recording 00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:40.539 until after the Vancouver Champions League game 00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:44.259 and the San Jose game. So I can't imagine us 00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:46.099 trying to fit that in. Ultras might be recording 00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:49.259 in between then, but they normally record on 00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:52.339 Thursday, I think. Which is 7 p .m. is the game 00:24:52.339 --> 00:24:54.779 against Vancouver on Thursday. That may not happen. 00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:59.700 I don't know if we could fit all of us in one. 00:25:00.099 --> 00:25:02.279 We've never done that. Why not? But I don't know 00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:04.720 if we'll have to figure it out. That would be 00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:07.430 a chaos. Do you know the difference between jelly 00:25:07.430 --> 00:25:12.470 and jam? Is this an explicit? Oh, it sure is. 00:25:12.769 --> 00:25:18.829 If you know, you know. And I'm not hinting. I 00:25:18.829 --> 00:25:21.670 am just asking. You need jelly to jam it in? 00:25:24.009 --> 00:25:26.009 Getting there? Okay. We're going to move on. 00:25:26.650 --> 00:25:31.089 So, lineup comes out. St. Louis. You're thinking, 00:25:31.150 --> 00:25:35.920 okay, no Rothrock. Interesting. And why was that 00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:39.539 again? Injury? The lineup against St. Louis. 00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:43.220 Oh, he got his foot stepped on at the end of 00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:46.660 the Salt Lake game. That's why he needs Lego 00:25:46.660 --> 00:25:50.279 brick boots like me. Because no one wants to 00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:54.079 step on Lego. He did have the baller shoes. That 00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:55.599 is true. Does everyone still talk about him? 00:25:55.980 --> 00:26:03.799 Just say yes. Oh, of course. People are unconsolable. 00:26:05.520 --> 00:26:07.839 without you there. I bet. It's really tough. 00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:10.400 I bet. It's really tough. I mean, come back. 00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:13.440 Baby, please come home. Come back. Come back 00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:16.400 to me. Depeche Mode. I miss you. I miss you so 00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:17.920 much. Okay, this is getting weird. I promise. 00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:21.359 I didn't know it was your sister. I didn't know. 00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:25.859 I didn't know. Please forgive me. Okay. Speaking 00:26:25.859 --> 00:26:28.880 of our sister, Vancouver. No, wait. We're talking 00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:30.960 St. Louis. No, no, no. We're going to talk a 00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:33.099 little St. Louis here. Do a little recap there, 00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:37.099 and obviously a few minutes into the game, Yamar 00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:39.819 comes out with an injury, which you never want 00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:45.500 to see. But again, I mean, we've got good depth, 00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:48.440 but can we please stop testing that theory and 00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:51.400 testing that statement? Because we're currently 00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:54.380 starting with Brunel up top on the right wing. 00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:59.660 That's our, what, fourth choice, maybe? Right 00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:03.210 back, or right wing? To start a game, yeah, right? 00:27:03.309 --> 00:27:06.410 Because I don't think they start Georgie. Well, 00:27:06.430 --> 00:27:08.190 yeah, because I think when Georgie is coming 00:27:08.190 --> 00:27:11.130 off of injury, Areola is probably not a 90 -minute 00:27:11.130 --> 00:27:16.170 fit. Rothrock's injured. De La Vega is injured. 00:27:17.789 --> 00:27:20.369 Jordan, for that matter. I don't think we'd put 00:27:20.369 --> 00:27:22.170 him on the right, but he's definitely played 00:27:22.170 --> 00:27:25.329 there and he'd be an option there. Yeah, so already 00:27:25.329 --> 00:27:30.589 we're... having these injury issues. So hopefully 00:27:30.589 --> 00:27:33.089 this will not be a portent of what's going to 00:27:33.089 --> 00:27:35.410 come this season. As long as you substitute correctly. 00:27:36.670 --> 00:27:41.529 Well, I mean, I like the move taking Amar out 00:27:41.529 --> 00:27:46.130 and putting in Kosirienzi. Well, that moves Alex 00:27:46.130 --> 00:27:49.589 Roldan back over to center back, which, you know, 00:27:49.589 --> 00:27:52.250 hasn't been an experiment since last season that 00:27:52.250 --> 00:27:55.710 hasn't really gone wrong when we needed it to 00:27:55.710 --> 00:27:58.970 happen. He's been very serviceable. I mean, I 00:27:58.970 --> 00:28:01.210 think he even was center back against Paris Saint 00:28:01.210 --> 00:28:03.490 -Germain at one point during the Club World Cup. 00:28:04.490 --> 00:28:11.670 So that's great. But that first goal, the only 00:28:11.670 --> 00:28:15.430 goal, talk me through, what did you see on the 00:28:15.430 --> 00:28:22.289 goal? A lot of composure from a young player. 00:28:23.329 --> 00:28:25.529 Patience on the ball and not just immediately? 00:28:25.609 --> 00:28:28.920 That was not. An easy ball that came with some 00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:32.980 mustard on it. Popped up on him. He's getting 00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:37.000 closed in on and slots it right where it needed 00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:42.200 to go. It was just clean, clear, and under control. 00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:47.700 I was very impressed by it. That is something 00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:53.680 you'd expect a starter to put away. And I honestly, 00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:58.299 I mean, I don't know. I was thinking a blowout. 00:28:58.339 --> 00:29:01.259 I put it in 4 -0. I thought we would definitely 00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:02.779 get a shutout against St. Louis. They played 00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:06.619 better than I thought. But that was a kind of 00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:10.900 clean -up. If you got a shot, take it, put it 00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:12.539 on frame, and we're going to get a goal. I thought 00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:14.599 we would get multiple of them. So when that happened, 00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:18.359 I was like, here we go. Yeah, so I want to talk 00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:20.079 a little bit about the lead -up to that goal. 00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:25.309 Okay. So leading into that goal, Rusnak... does 00:29:25.309 --> 00:29:27.829 a really nice one -two situation, not even a 00:29:27.829 --> 00:29:30.970 one -two. He gives this pass to Osase at the 00:29:30.970 --> 00:29:34.230 top of the box, who just deflects it off his 00:29:34.230 --> 00:29:38.029 foot towards Jesus into space, which was really 00:29:38.029 --> 00:29:40.910 nice in itself, but it came in a little hot, 00:29:41.029 --> 00:29:44.049 so Jesus had to run for it. He gets it. He keeps 00:29:44.049 --> 00:29:47.490 it in, kind of like Rothrock last week. The difference 00:29:47.490 --> 00:29:52.680 is St. Louis corrals it, and when he's got the 00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:56.299 ball on his foot knew who's pressing up forcing 00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:58.519 the st louis player into this freezing moment 00:29:58.519 --> 00:30:01.799 he just kind of lays it off to his guy not even 00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:04.119 realizing jesus is running behind him and just 00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:06.960 picks the pocket beautifully so i just thought 00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:11.200 it was a really good uh press by the sounders 00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:13.819 there uh let's not kid ourselves it was really 00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:18.200 bad play out of the back for st louis but you 00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:20.220 got to put the pressure to make that happen and 00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:24.069 so i think I think both Nuhu and Jesus did really 00:30:24.069 --> 00:30:27.470 good work there to make that happen. And then, 00:30:27.509 --> 00:30:32.369 like you said, once Jesus passes that ball with 00:30:32.369 --> 00:30:35.890 Mustard to Kalani, I mean, it was one of those 00:30:35.890 --> 00:30:39.349 passes that just before it came, it kind of skipped 00:30:39.349 --> 00:30:42.329 off the turf, skipped off the grass, and came 00:30:42.329 --> 00:30:44.609 up a little hotter than he expected. And he just 00:30:44.609 --> 00:30:49.109 stayed with it. Just really well done. Just, 00:30:49.109 --> 00:30:53.450 just, just. Nice goal from Kalani. Yeah, and 00:30:53.450 --> 00:30:56.910 you have all the... Immediately, you're in the 00:30:56.910 --> 00:30:58.349 middle of the box. Well, not in the middle. You 00:30:58.349 --> 00:30:59.490 know what I mean, though. You're in the box. 00:30:59.990 --> 00:31:02.410 Yeah. You have everyone around you closing in 00:31:02.410 --> 00:31:04.789 on you to slide, get in front of you, like try 00:31:04.789 --> 00:31:07.670 to block that shot. And just to just pretend 00:31:07.670 --> 00:31:09.789 they're not there for the ball where it's supposed 00:31:09.789 --> 00:31:12.349 to be. If it gets deflected, it gets deflected. 00:31:12.349 --> 00:31:13.950 You're not going to have it knuckle from there 00:31:13.950 --> 00:31:17.150 or move around anybody. Just focus. And I thought 00:31:17.150 --> 00:31:19.470 that was just a lot of great composure. You know, 00:31:19.470 --> 00:31:23.559 and for... I thought that more so than I do now, 00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:25.440 considering he has three goals and three assists 00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:29.960 in 1 ,400 minutes. But I was like, man, for a 00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:33.660 kid who's only played 80 minutes. He's fearless. 00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:39.859 He's fearless against grown men where last year, 00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:43.220 re -watch his first goal that he ever scored 00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:47.420 against LA and watch the way he muscles around 00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:53.640 the guy. Because same thing here. where he doesn't 00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:57.420 get phased. He basically does that little faint 00:31:57.420 --> 00:32:01.019 thing where he just kind of does a little sidestep 00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:03.259 to himself, making the St. Louis defender look 00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:07.140 extremely silly. Yeah, nice. And then taking 00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:09.819 the shot. So it's just really nice to see him 00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:14.799 so composed in tight space. Just really great. 00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:17.380 And then, of course, we get a return of the oba 00:32:17.380 --> 00:32:22.210 flip. Gotta love that. yeah there's a lot of 00:32:22.210 --> 00:32:24.430 times where they land kind of at a you know leaning 00:32:24.430 --> 00:32:27.190 forward and almost like a 45 degree angle and 00:32:27.190 --> 00:32:30.670 i'm like oh you're shaking he landed just perfect 00:32:30.670 --> 00:32:36.869 good job 10 out of 10 so and he did the uh i 00:32:36.869 --> 00:32:39.809 remember it was u .s open cup at starfire yes 00:32:39.809 --> 00:32:43.109 yeah that was a very was that his first like 00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:46.579 With the Sounders? Yeah, because he wasn't even 00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:50.059 on the team. He was a defiance call -up for that 00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:51.980 game. Yeah, I remember that. He was a hardship 00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:59.819 call -up. So, yeah. So KKR is definitely embodying 00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:05.940 that next man up attitude. Love to see it. Going 00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:07.839 the rest of the way, though, what I think I'm 00:33:07.839 --> 00:33:13.339 proud about with this game is this was... a game 00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:16.299 where the Sounders didn't necessarily park the 00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:20.720 bus, but I think they did a really good job of 00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:25.359 committing to defending and being okay without 00:33:25.359 --> 00:33:30.180 the ball. Yeah. If that makes sense, especially 00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:33.240 in that second half once they got that lead. 00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:37.460 Well, so the AMR was pretty early halfway through 00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:40.220 the first half. I think a lot of that was, you 00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:43.980 know, we have to focus on support on the defense 00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:47.279 versus, oh, what are you showing me? It slid 00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:49.720 over there on your phone. Oh, yeah. So just, 00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:52.559 you know how I am about my facts. And then after 00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:56.480 the goal here, it's just all red. All red. Just 00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:59.640 all red. So we just said, we don't think you 00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:02.619 can score tonight. Yeah. And we're not going 00:34:02.619 --> 00:34:07.640 to let you. And I think Mazovsky for De Rosario. 00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:13.440 Mazovsky's a more, not cerebral, no knock on 00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:16.460 De Rosario, but he's been around. He knows how 00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:20.099 to play his role. He, as an offensive player, 00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:23.400 is going to be probably more defensive, at least 00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:30.199 in support. Yeah. Yeah, it just, it clearly wasn't, 00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:31.599 if we're going to get a goal, it's just going 00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:33.159 to happen, but we're not going to be pushing 00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:35.219 for it. We're going to make sure we don't give 00:34:35.219 --> 00:34:39.179 up one. You mean a second goal? Yes, of course. 00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:41.719 We're not going to push for a second goal. We're 00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:44.679 going to prevent you from getting a goal. Yeah. 00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:47.900 And to that point, we scored in the 47th minute. 00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:50.019 So it's the beginning of the second half. And 00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:52.860 I'm going to read the second half stats. The 00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:54.679 second half stat line. Are you ready for this? 00:34:54.760 --> 00:34:57.159 So basically, we've already established that 00:34:57.159 --> 00:35:01.159 St. Louis was just given the ball and dared to 00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:07.480 do something. Their XG was a .3. They had 71%. 00:35:07.929 --> 00:35:11.309 percent possession but they only gathered four 00:35:11.309 --> 00:35:17.090 shots two of them on target no big chances seven 00:35:17.090 --> 00:35:20.329 fouls committed to our two fouls committed so 00:35:20.329 --> 00:35:23.650 not only did we play great defensively we played 00:35:23.650 --> 00:35:28.590 clean so we just were frustrating them left and 00:35:28.590 --> 00:35:32.670 right we gave them seven corners but we're like 00:35:32.670 --> 00:35:36.480 we got we got the numbers we're comfortable And 00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:38.400 you're not going to get anything on us. We did 00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:41.780 have three yellow cards. I don't remember them 00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:47.420 all exactly, but, I mean, three's average for 00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:50.579 any club, right? They only had one. Yeah, but 00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:57.099 that's also a big part of what we talked about 00:35:57.099 --> 00:36:02.119 last year after the Club World Cup was one of 00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:04.800 the biggest lessons that we learned in the Club 00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:08.719 World Cup. was seeing how the Atletico Madrid's, 00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:12.480 the Paris Saint -Germain's of the world know 00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:18.539 when to commit a foul. And the art of, and not 00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:23.159 even in a cynical manner, just in a, we are going 00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:28.360 to be tactical here and recognize this is a great 00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:32.340 time for us to just shut down the opportunity 00:36:32.340 --> 00:36:35.800 that's coming. Yeah, like any moment. Hey, you 00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:38.260 mentioned their, as I reach for a beer, pardon 00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:47.599 me, their shots. Yeah. Andrew Thomas. Yeah. They 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:51.219 had a really good game. I'm not surprised, but 00:36:51.219 --> 00:36:54.639 I just, I think we, especially in the era of 00:36:54.639 --> 00:37:01.019 post -Fry, that sounds bad, but, you know, he's 00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:04.420 still on the team. but we know he's not started 00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:11.239 Andrew Thomas I think we need to give I'm sure 00:37:11.239 --> 00:37:14.619 some people out there that still think maybe 00:37:14.619 --> 00:37:17.099 Fry should have had or still want to live in 00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:22.300 the Fry era I am of the mindset that we have 00:37:22.300 --> 00:37:36.360 we have we are spoiled I don't know how many 00:37:36.360 --> 00:37:39.400 more points over the course of the season Andrew 00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:46.039 Thomas might give us over Stephen Fry. But I 00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:55.639 know that I don't know if it's enough to make 00:37:55.639 --> 00:38:00.139 it obvious. Like, I think... And we'll never 00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:03.099 know the answer to this, obviously. But I think 00:38:03.099 --> 00:38:05.340 that the difference between putting Fry in goal 00:38:05.340 --> 00:38:15.579 and putting Thomas in goal is maybe five points 00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:19.900 either direction over the course of a season. 00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:28.179 I think Andrew Thomas being good... and deserving 00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:32.480 of a starting role is not the same as Stephen 00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:36.579 Fry is deserving of being a second string. Those 00:38:36.579 --> 00:38:39.699 are not the same statements. Like, Stephen Fry 00:38:39.699 --> 00:38:45.519 could easily be starting for this team, but Andrew 00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:51.199 Thomas is the future, and at some point you need 00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:57.059 to decide, do you give him the reins? Because 00:38:57.059 --> 00:39:01.760 if you don't, you risk potentially losing him 00:39:01.760 --> 00:39:06.420 long term. I have to admit something. I had my 00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:10.099 mic on a different setting. Did you hear me burp? 00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:14.880 I plead the fifth. God damn it. Sorry, everybody. 00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:23.809 I was like, strategically turn it down. It was 00:39:23.809 --> 00:39:28.289 not bad. But, yeah, so I mean, what do you think 00:39:28.289 --> 00:39:31.309 about that? Do you think that that makes sense? 00:39:33.090 --> 00:39:37.750 It does. I mean, there was going to be this transition. 00:39:38.869 --> 00:39:45.690 It had to happen. And I think giving him the 00:39:45.690 --> 00:39:48.269 League's Cup last year and the performance that 00:39:48.269 --> 00:39:52.090 he had and winning it, it's like, okay. Job is 00:39:52.090 --> 00:39:55.889 won. And I think Schmetzer and co. did it the 00:39:55.889 --> 00:39:59.289 right way. That was the interview. Let Steph 00:39:59.289 --> 00:40:04.389 finish the regular season. And, you know, maybe 00:40:04.389 --> 00:40:06.289 there's a conversation if he has a phenomenal 00:40:06.289 --> 00:40:08.670 playoffs and we win the MLS Cup, right? It's 00:40:08.670 --> 00:40:11.730 like, oh, well, shit. Now it's maybe, maybe. 00:40:13.409 --> 00:40:19.010 But Steph's here. He knows, he knows, he knows. 00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:20.800 He knows his role. Like I said, he knows the 00:40:20.800 --> 00:40:25.539 assignment. And I expect to have him be the Andrew 00:40:25.539 --> 00:40:27.940 Thomas of last year, getting League's Cup. Well, 00:40:27.980 --> 00:40:30.079 they already said that, right? Yeah, no, I mean, 00:40:30.099 --> 00:40:31.719 that's just the way the Sounders have always 00:40:31.719 --> 00:40:36.239 operated, where the second string gets... And 00:40:36.239 --> 00:40:39.940 now we have... Steph's still got it. It's just, 00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:41.960 he's probably... He's not going to be as springy. 00:40:42.380 --> 00:40:46.019 He's going to get up slower than... And I think 00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:50.090 there's... You look at Andrew Thomas, you don't 00:40:50.090 --> 00:40:53.030 want to run into the guy. That guy, he's stacked. 00:40:54.789 --> 00:41:00.989 He's stacked. White Russian. Because he's Russian, 00:41:01.050 --> 00:41:05.469 right? Yes. His family lived in Moscow. Yeah. 00:41:05.869 --> 00:41:08.030 I just wanted to say white Russian. But anyway, 00:41:08.150 --> 00:41:10.389 I think as the season goes on, he's going to 00:41:10.389 --> 00:41:15.010 get even better. You'd expect that. And if he's 00:41:15.010 --> 00:41:18.929 this good now, this is his base. then we're in 00:41:18.929 --> 00:41:23.050 for, I think, another generation or fourth generation 00:41:23.050 --> 00:41:27.030 of top five goalkeeper in the league for a while. 00:41:27.610 --> 00:41:35.550 Yeah, I mean, it definitely gives me cause for 00:41:35.550 --> 00:41:40.269 optimism and excitement. Speaking of excitement, 00:41:40.469 --> 00:41:42.710 Champions, let's get into that game. Let's talk 00:41:42.710 --> 00:41:46.150 a little bit about the game in Vancouver on Thursday. 00:41:47.849 --> 00:41:51.349 CONCACAF Champions Cup you got Vancouver coming 00:41:51.349 --> 00:41:59.349 out of the the previous round They Coming out 00:41:59.349 --> 00:42:06.309 of the previous round against carton his So the 00:42:06.309 --> 00:42:10.409 Costa Rican team So they get out of there. We're 00:42:10.409 --> 00:42:12.570 going to play the first game Thursday in Vancouver 00:42:12.570 --> 00:42:17.309 with the return leg coming next week in Spokane. 00:42:19.030 --> 00:42:21.929 Sold out Spokane Stadium, so that'll be exciting 00:42:21.929 --> 00:42:27.650 for the dry -siders for sure. I don't know what 00:42:27.650 --> 00:42:33.530 to expect. It's going to be a tough draw. Like, 00:42:33.530 --> 00:42:36.559 if you haven't looked at our... If you haven't 00:42:36.559 --> 00:42:41.360 looked at our draw with the Champions League, 00:42:41.440 --> 00:42:47.199 it's not easy. If we advance past Vancouver, 00:42:47.400 --> 00:42:49.579 we play the winner of Cincinnati and Tigris. 00:42:51.159 --> 00:42:57.980 The other four teams for the potential Final 00:42:57.980 --> 00:43:00.659 Four, the four teams that we would potentially 00:43:00.659 --> 00:43:03.320 play would be Miami, Nashville, Club America, 00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:09.960 or Philly. That'll be interesting. But I think 00:43:09.960 --> 00:43:14.239 it's also doable. I think this is a doable bracket, 00:43:14.239 --> 00:43:21.500 but it is going to be tough. Vancouver is a talented 00:43:21.500 --> 00:43:25.480 team. So what do you expect to see out of this 00:43:25.480 --> 00:43:32.849 game? I guess to me it all depends on... I mean, 00:43:32.849 --> 00:43:35.230 do you think we put our, and I'm sorry if I missed 00:43:35.230 --> 00:43:41.329 it, do we think we put our, quote, finger bunnies, 00:43:41.389 --> 00:43:43.489 air bunnies, air quotes, whatever you want to 00:43:43.489 --> 00:43:47.389 call it, first team against Vancouver? I do. 00:43:47.510 --> 00:43:50.750 I expect, well, keep in mind we have multiple 00:43:50.750 --> 00:43:52.769 players at the wing position that could be first 00:43:52.769 --> 00:43:54.849 team. We have multiple players at the wing position 00:43:54.849 --> 00:44:00.530 we can't play. Yeah, I mean, that's true, but 00:44:00.530 --> 00:44:05.849 I mean, I do think, I think you see... I think 00:44:05.849 --> 00:44:10.769 you see a lot of the same people in this 18 as 00:44:10.769 --> 00:44:13.889 this most recent game. Hopefully with the addition 00:44:13.889 --> 00:44:19.030 of... Hopefully with the addition of Rothrock. 00:44:21.349 --> 00:44:25.590 And maybe Kim Kihee instead of Yamar. Kim Kihee, 00:44:25.650 --> 00:44:29.389 mind you, would not be the starter. I expect 00:44:29.389 --> 00:44:35.510 to see the starter... Maybe. Maybe being Alex 00:44:35.510 --> 00:44:41.510 as a center back starter. Possibly. Because I 00:44:41.510 --> 00:44:45.170 don't think Kim Keehy is 90 minutes fit. What 00:44:45.170 --> 00:44:48.829 about Hawkins? I think he's still injured right 00:44:48.829 --> 00:45:00.329 now. It's a rivalry match. It's a Darby. It's 00:45:00.329 --> 00:45:03.780 either I feel like no matter what lineup you 00:45:03.780 --> 00:45:09.920 put out there, it's going to be a... It's going 00:45:09.920 --> 00:45:13.360 to be a boxing match. It's two quality clubs, 00:45:13.639 --> 00:45:18.940 subs, clubs, coming head -to -head. And, you 00:45:18.940 --> 00:45:22.719 know, I think Mueller just got a brace, right? 00:45:22.920 --> 00:45:25.980 So he's not off a cliff yet. Yeah, but it was 00:45:25.980 --> 00:45:28.199 against Portland, so, I mean, what is that, Matt? 00:45:28.480 --> 00:45:31.619 Yeah, well, hey, that's... That's a rivalry match 00:45:31.619 --> 00:45:35.519 too, right? I think it almost doesn't matter 00:45:35.519 --> 00:45:38.840 who you put out there. Everyone's going to be 00:45:38.840 --> 00:45:41.840 up for it. And they're going to be exhausted 00:45:41.840 --> 00:45:46.019 when the game is over. And I can't tell you that 00:45:46.019 --> 00:45:50.019 I want us to win, obviously. I can't say who's 00:45:50.019 --> 00:45:53.300 got an advantage in this one. Maybe I would actually 00:45:53.300 --> 00:45:55.179 give it to Vancouver because they're definitely 00:45:55.179 --> 00:45:57.059 hotter than us right now. They're the home team. 00:45:58.019 --> 00:46:01.079 We do have one of the best center backs in the 00:46:01.079 --> 00:46:05.119 league not available, more than likely, or 100%. 00:46:05.119 --> 00:46:07.820 I don't know what the latest is, but it looked 00:46:07.820 --> 00:46:09.340 pretty obvious that he's not going to be out 00:46:09.340 --> 00:46:13.840 or available for a week plus. I think it's going 00:46:13.840 --> 00:46:16.500 to have to take maybe a magical kind of match 00:46:16.500 --> 00:46:19.659 to be a win, and I think you hope for a draw 00:46:19.659 --> 00:46:25.099 here. Yeah, you don't have to win. You don't 00:46:25.099 --> 00:46:29.800 have to win. So, you know, that's definitely 00:46:29.800 --> 00:46:36.519 true. But we'll see. We'll see. They've only 00:46:36.519 --> 00:46:40.440 given up one goal in league play. Yeah, yeah. 00:46:40.579 --> 00:46:46.800 San Jose's going to have none. We'll see. I think 00:46:46.800 --> 00:46:49.659 it'll be a good match. I think the San Jose match 00:46:49.659 --> 00:46:52.159 will be an opportunity for someone like Cody 00:46:52.159 --> 00:46:54.920 Baker to shine. Maybe get his first start in 00:46:54.920 --> 00:46:58.800 a while. Maybe you can get to see Georgie get 00:46:58.800 --> 00:47:02.400 a start. But then again, it all also depends 00:47:02.400 --> 00:47:06.380 on what are we looking at numbers -wise. So we'll 00:47:06.380 --> 00:47:09.820 kind of find out how that goes. A couple other 00:47:09.820 --> 00:47:11.739 things I did want to bring up. They did announce 00:47:11.739 --> 00:47:15.599 the League's Cup schedule. And interesting this 00:47:15.599 --> 00:47:18.500 year that, and I'm really happy about this, because 00:47:18.500 --> 00:47:20.920 as long as the games were always being played 00:47:20.920 --> 00:47:24.260 in the U .S., it didn't feel legit. We will be 00:47:24.260 --> 00:47:26.760 traveling to Mexico for one of the three stage 00:47:26.760 --> 00:47:31.860 games. So we'll be playing Toluca, which is just 00:47:31.860 --> 00:47:36.280 outside Mexico City. That'll be August 5th. Then 00:47:36.280 --> 00:47:41.059 we'll play Carataro at home. And then Chivas 00:47:41.059 --> 00:47:44.559 Guadalajara at home as well. So that'll be a 00:47:44.559 --> 00:47:50.960 fun one, two, three punch. We'll see how that 00:47:50.960 --> 00:47:55.079 goes. But, yeah, happy to see that we're going 00:47:55.079 --> 00:48:00.940 to play in Mexico for a game. Yeah, that was 00:48:00.940 --> 00:48:04.820 a long time coming. For a legitimate tournament, 00:48:04.960 --> 00:48:07.679 that needed to happen. I will say this. I'm going 00:48:07.679 --> 00:48:10.940 to promise you right now. If the Sounders end 00:48:10.940 --> 00:48:14.119 up playing Tijuana in Tijuana, I'm coming down. 00:48:14.599 --> 00:48:18.860 Yeah? I'm coming down, yeah. I'll walk the border 00:48:18.860 --> 00:48:21.190 with you. We'll go Tijuana. I mean, you literally 00:48:21.190 --> 00:48:25.489 can walk across. Yeah. But it's been a little 00:48:25.489 --> 00:48:28.789 weird down here since that cartel shit. I know. 00:48:28.929 --> 00:48:31.889 I know. I know. Which is part of the reason why 00:48:31.889 --> 00:48:35.269 I ended up pivoting from my World Cup dream, 00:48:35.550 --> 00:48:38.070 which was to go to one game in each country. 00:48:38.130 --> 00:48:42.110 That was always my dream, my goal. Oh, Canada. 00:48:43.170 --> 00:48:46.170 Obviously, U .S. and then Mexico. Yeah. I was 00:48:46.170 --> 00:48:48.909 planning to fly to Mexico, drive to Vancouver, 00:48:49.030 --> 00:48:53.389 and go to U .S. here in seattle um but now my 00:48:53.389 --> 00:48:57.449 plans have pivoted i am doing u .s australia 00:48:57.449 --> 00:49:01.369 here in seattle getting on a plane that night 00:49:01.369 --> 00:49:04.969 flying a red eye overnight to toronto because 00:49:04.969 --> 00:49:08.449 the next day after usa australia is germany ivory 00:49:08.449 --> 00:49:11.570 coast and i have tickets for that yeah with uh 00:49:11.570 --> 00:49:15.110 alex davis so so we'll be doing that it's going 00:49:15.110 --> 00:49:17.489 to be a great father's day weekend That sounds 00:49:17.489 --> 00:49:19.769 awesome. Yeah, but it does mean giving up on 00:49:19.769 --> 00:49:22.630 the Mexico. It bums me out because I love going 00:49:22.630 --> 00:49:26.730 to games in Mexico. It's really a blast. Hey, 00:49:26.730 --> 00:49:30.210 you know what? I'm game. If they're playing in 00:49:30.210 --> 00:49:33.869 TJ, come on down. I mean, even if they're not, 00:49:34.050 --> 00:49:36.590 when I do eventually make it down to San Diego 00:49:36.590 --> 00:49:39.510 to come see you, we're going to go to a Sheldon's 00:49:39.510 --> 00:49:45.730 game while we're down there. Sounds good. All 00:49:45.730 --> 00:49:48.789 right, let's wrap it. You got to get going. I 00:49:48.789 --> 00:49:51.570 guess. I don't really want to work, but I guess 00:49:51.570 --> 00:49:54.550 I should. So what are your thoughts? What do 00:49:54.550 --> 00:49:57.210 you think about Thursday's matchup on the road 00:49:57.210 --> 00:50:02.710 against Vancouver, CONCACAF, Champions Cup, round 00:50:02.710 --> 00:50:06.650 of 16? What do you got for round one? I think 00:50:06.650 --> 00:50:12.369 it's a draw. A hard -fought one. And I think 00:50:12.369 --> 00:50:14.940 we'll be happy with that. Because I feel like 00:50:14.940 --> 00:50:17.380 Spokane's going to be one of those matches that 00:50:17.380 --> 00:50:21.500 we remember. I think it's such an interesting 00:50:21.500 --> 00:50:25.119 reason to be with FIFA and the other side of 00:50:25.119 --> 00:50:27.960 the state. It's going to have something to it. 00:50:28.059 --> 00:50:30.300 So I think it's just like, let's get a draw. 00:50:30.659 --> 00:50:34.099 Let's not get injured. It's going to be a heavyweight 00:50:34.099 --> 00:50:39.579 fight. Okay. So you're predicting how many goals 00:50:39.579 --> 00:50:41.739 on that draw? I think 1 -1. Okay, you're going 00:50:41.739 --> 00:50:45.900 to say 1 -1. And by the way, after that game, 00:50:46.099 --> 00:50:50.960 Vancouver stays at home against Minnesota. So 00:50:50.960 --> 00:50:54.960 they have Thursday, Sunday, Wednesday. And then 00:50:54.960 --> 00:50:59.280 our lineup is going to be a little bit different. 00:50:59.300 --> 00:51:02.679 We're going to go on the road, then Sunday go 00:51:02.679 --> 00:51:05.480 to San Jose, and then back in Seattle. So at 00:51:05.480 --> 00:51:09.559 least San Jose is not too terribly far. As far 00:51:09.559 --> 00:51:11.440 as two road games. It's like a 90 minute flight. 00:51:11.679 --> 00:51:13.659 Yeah. I mean, as far as these two stretches go, 00:51:13.760 --> 00:51:16.940 it could be much, much worse. Yeah. And Vancouver 00:51:16.940 --> 00:51:20.659 is basically, you know, backyard. I mean, it's 00:51:20.659 --> 00:51:22.900 going to be closer to get to Vancouver than it 00:51:22.900 --> 00:51:24.699 is to Spokane. I was just going to say that. 00:51:24.739 --> 00:51:26.159 I was like, actually Spokane is further away. 00:51:26.280 --> 00:51:27.300 I mean, technically it won't be because we'll 00:51:27.300 --> 00:51:29.840 actually drive the bus to Vancouver and they'll 00:51:29.840 --> 00:51:34.489 fly to Spokane, but you get. Yeah. Yeah, I think 00:51:34.489 --> 00:51:37.130 I want to say it's going to be a draw, but I 00:51:37.130 --> 00:51:39.630 honestly think Vancouver is going to come ahead 00:51:39.630 --> 00:51:42.309 on this one. I think Vancouver is probably going 00:51:42.309 --> 00:51:44.929 to get a 2 -1 victory on this one. That sounds 00:51:44.929 --> 00:51:51.210 about right. I think they're a good team. Jesper 00:51:51.210 --> 00:51:56.989 Sorensen is fun. I'm genuinely happy for Vancouver. 00:51:57.650 --> 00:52:02.900 They've been the littlest brother. in this Cascadia 00:52:02.900 --> 00:52:08.440 trio for too long. So it's nice to see them helping 00:52:08.440 --> 00:52:13.639 us kick the crap out of Portland. So, yeah. But 00:52:13.639 --> 00:52:17.559 I do think we're coming out, at least my early 00:52:17.559 --> 00:52:20.119 prediction is that we do come out of this round, 00:52:20.360 --> 00:52:28.559 but that it may go to penalties. Well, we'll 00:52:28.559 --> 00:52:31.860 see how this week goes. And do you want to talk 00:52:31.860 --> 00:52:33.880 a little bit about, real quick, about a prediction 00:52:33.880 --> 00:52:36.559 in San Jose? What do you expect to see? I mean, 00:52:36.579 --> 00:52:44.159 that's what, I can't even give a, I can't. I 00:52:44.159 --> 00:52:47.260 do think this game against Vancouver is going 00:52:47.260 --> 00:52:51.380 to be a slog, not a slog fest, but like I said, 00:52:51.480 --> 00:52:55.480 a heavyweight fight. And it's so hard to see 00:52:55.480 --> 00:53:00.130 what the team might be afterwards. And San Jose's 00:53:00.130 --> 00:53:03.889 playing very well. They haven't given up a goal. 00:53:04.090 --> 00:53:06.210 So I think it's going to be tough to come out 00:53:06.210 --> 00:53:11.389 with a draw or a win against Vancouver and then 00:53:11.389 --> 00:53:13.889 expect a draw or a win out of San Jose. I think 00:53:13.889 --> 00:53:19.670 if we get blown out in Vancouver, we win in San 00:53:19.670 --> 00:53:24.570 Jose. Other than that, I'm hoping for a draw 00:53:24.570 --> 00:53:27.599 and a draw. I think it's going to be tough. They're 00:53:27.599 --> 00:53:30.460 two good teams. Or maybe San Jose's smoking mirrors 00:53:30.460 --> 00:53:34.119 and they just have a... I don't know enough about 00:53:34.119 --> 00:53:35.800 it. I'm just looking at the stats. They haven't 00:53:35.800 --> 00:53:38.539 given up a goal. So that tells me good defense 00:53:38.539 --> 00:53:40.460 and we're not blowing people out of the water 00:53:40.460 --> 00:53:43.860 with our scoring right now. Yeah, but again, 00:53:44.139 --> 00:53:48.619 Kansas City and Atlanta are not two teams that 00:53:48.619 --> 00:53:52.519 you want to be puffing your chest out over. They 00:53:52.519 --> 00:53:54.360 were two of the three worst teams. Okay, so that's 00:53:54.360 --> 00:53:57.719 who they played. yeah okay so how about this 00:53:57.719 --> 00:54:01.980 one one one draw one nothing win okay well fair 00:54:01.980 --> 00:54:05.179 enough because just just for context uh kansas 00:54:05.179 --> 00:54:09.280 city's uh still has no points or they have one 00:54:09.280 --> 00:54:12.820 point this season they're oh one and two uh so 00:54:12.820 --> 00:54:15.400 they're not exactly they're not exactly lighting 00:54:15.400 --> 00:54:21.219 it up um Yeah, so just kind of as an FYI there. 00:54:21.519 --> 00:54:25.199 That's fine. St. Louis is 14th in the table, 00:54:25.340 --> 00:54:30.019 and we only got one goal on them. And then Atlanta 00:54:30.019 --> 00:54:33.880 has their own set of problems. They've lost all 00:54:33.880 --> 00:54:38.139 three of their games. They are just imploding. 00:54:38.900 --> 00:54:42.219 And once again, I don't want to be a broken record 00:54:42.219 --> 00:54:45.809 year after year, but... Things like this are 00:54:45.809 --> 00:54:49.050 a perfect example of why just throwing money 00:54:49.050 --> 00:54:52.050 at players does not guarantee success. You've 00:54:52.050 --> 00:54:56.329 got to build correctly because you've got millions 00:54:56.329 --> 00:54:59.989 of dollars tied up in Almarone and La Tella and 00:54:59.989 --> 00:55:06.949 this team is bad. They are just so bad. I'm curious 00:55:06.949 --> 00:55:10.909 what Cameron's thoughts are with Garth. Well, 00:55:11.050 --> 00:55:13.190 keep in mind Garth had to step down because of 00:55:13.190 --> 00:55:16.809 the cancer. What? Okay, wait, you don't remember 00:55:16.809 --> 00:55:22.010 last year? Clearly not. How drunk are you? Okay. 00:55:23.110 --> 00:55:27.369 Last summer, Garth was dealing with cancer and 00:55:27.369 --> 00:55:30.230 had to step down. Oh shit, did not know that. 00:55:30.730 --> 00:55:34.949 And they announced that he will not return to 00:55:34.949 --> 00:55:41.219 Atlanta. Dude, okay. Yeah. so so unfortunately 00:55:41.219 --> 00:55:46.420 um he took a leave of absence in october and 00:55:46.420 --> 00:55:53.559 then um yeah so love garth he is and we've said 00:55:53.559 --> 00:55:57.980 this multiple times both both cameron and i have 00:55:57.980 --> 00:56:03.199 very positive relationships with garth um and 00:56:03.199 --> 00:56:04.619 just want nothing for the best of him because 00:56:04.619 --> 00:56:10.469 honestly i genuinely believe He is my go -to 00:56:10.469 --> 00:56:15.909 pick for the Don Garber replacement to be the 00:56:15.909 --> 00:56:21.889 next commissioner of the league. I genuinely 00:56:21.889 --> 00:56:27.449 believe he not only has the mindset for that. 00:56:27.570 --> 00:56:35.920 The business acumen. So, yeah. So I was showing 00:56:35.920 --> 00:56:40.059 you a little video of Alex Roldan laughing as 00:56:40.059 --> 00:56:42.719 Garth Lagoway slaps an egg on my head. And then 00:56:42.719 --> 00:56:44.840 it looks like he's almost trying to sniff it 00:56:44.840 --> 00:56:48.400 like it was something else. No, no. Okay, so 00:56:48.400 --> 00:56:51.039 here's the thing. We were playing egg Russian 00:56:51.039 --> 00:56:55.440 roulette. I pick an egg, and he slacks it over. 00:56:55.500 --> 00:56:57.219 It's either hard -boiled and everything's fine, 00:56:57.340 --> 00:57:02.019 or it's broken. the first time and the first 00:57:02.019 --> 00:57:06.119 person to get hit twice is out so what he's saying 00:57:06.119 --> 00:57:09.260 to me the first time it happened he leans over 00:57:09.260 --> 00:57:12.219 he's like man i i thought that was a hard -boiled 00:57:12.219 --> 00:57:15.179 egg i thought you were safe the second time when 00:57:15.179 --> 00:57:17.539 the video that you saw he's leaning over goes 00:57:17.539 --> 00:57:24.460 i knew you were done that time so um but no garth 00:57:24.460 --> 00:57:28.579 is garth is a great guy um so i just can't believe 00:57:30.190 --> 00:57:33.150 I don't know what they did wrong between Garth 00:57:33.150 --> 00:57:35.349 and Chris Henderson. I don't know if they just 00:57:35.349 --> 00:57:41.409 didn't get the timing right or if they just needed 00:57:41.409 --> 00:57:43.369 more time. It's not a one -man show either. There's 00:57:43.369 --> 00:57:50.210 a team in the front office as well. Yeah. So 00:57:50.210 --> 00:57:53.289 anyways, yeah. So don't read too much into San 00:57:53.289 --> 00:57:58.650 Jose starting off hot. other than it just gives 00:57:58.650 --> 00:58:02.030 them a little bit of confidence. It'll be like 00:58:02.030 --> 00:58:04.750 a St. Louis win then, with that little context. 00:58:04.869 --> 00:58:07.710 I think we'll get the job done, and they'll try 00:58:07.710 --> 00:58:11.429 hard, and we'll come out ahead. I hope so. I 00:58:11.429 --> 00:58:14.929 hope so. I think that game, honestly, I do predict 00:58:14.929 --> 00:58:17.929 that game to be a draw. And I'd like to see, 00:58:18.150 --> 00:58:20.369 and it might be a 0 -0 draw, it might be a 1 00:58:20.369 --> 00:58:22.070 -1 draw. I don't think it's going to be an exciting 00:58:22.070 --> 00:58:25.409 game. I think that's going to be a bit of a slog 00:58:25.409 --> 00:58:30.809 of a game. But I do think that with the earthquakes, 00:58:31.289 --> 00:58:38.030 I think that they're one of those teams that 00:58:38.030 --> 00:58:40.469 can give some people fits this year. So we'll 00:58:40.469 --> 00:58:43.630 see how that goes. All right, well, why don't 00:58:43.630 --> 00:58:48.070 we end there. Where can they find you? If you 00:58:48.070 --> 00:58:50.670 want to drop something on social media, it's 00:58:50.670 --> 00:58:54.530 at Aaron Lingley on Twitter, or really it's here. 00:58:55.420 --> 00:58:57.199 Throw something on the Discord. I'm the Scuttlebutt. 00:58:57.940 --> 00:59:00.739 And I look at that more. Where can they find 00:59:00.739 --> 00:59:04.559 you? Yeah, you can find me on Discord at Nicholas. 00:59:05.579 --> 00:59:11.079 You can also find me on Instagram at Cascades2C. 00:59:12.179 --> 00:59:14.699 I definitely don't really use Twitter anymore. 00:59:14.900 --> 00:59:19.159 I'm kind of on Blue Sky more just as a news collating 00:59:19.159 --> 00:59:22.380 thing. I don't really post too much. But mostly 00:59:22.380 --> 00:59:27.079 on Discord. Come find me. And obviously here 00:59:27.079 --> 00:59:29.539 on the podcast. Oh, you know what? Let's just 00:59:29.539 --> 00:59:33.239 also recap. We did give away all three of our 00:59:33.239 --> 00:59:35.460 prizes from the end of the year last year. So 00:59:35.460 --> 00:59:39.659 big congratulations to our winners. We had a 00:59:39.659 --> 00:59:45.639 Sounders jersey for Dan the Bastard for getting 00:59:45.639 --> 00:59:48.170 the most points for the end of the season. We 00:59:48.170 --> 00:59:52.130 had a team sign that Sounders Jersey to Bryce, 00:59:52.250 --> 00:59:57.889 Bryce to Hefe for that. And then the, what do 00:59:57.889 --> 01:00:00.949 you get? Like how do you get it? Oh, he was random. 01:00:01.610 --> 01:00:04.829 Well, oh yeah. Team sign was because of what? 01:00:04.909 --> 01:00:09.079 Yeah. Yeah. Cause I, I wanted to. I really wanted 01:00:09.079 --> 01:00:11.880 our biggest prizes to be able to be eligible 01:00:11.880 --> 01:00:14.880 for everyone. This way, what I didn't want is 01:00:14.880 --> 01:00:16.980 people to stop playing in the middle of the season 01:00:16.980 --> 01:00:18.739 because they didn't think they had a chance at 01:00:18.739 --> 01:00:21.500 the big prize. That's kind of the mindset that 01:00:21.500 --> 01:00:25.420 I have. Trying, because I want buy -in. I want 01:00:25.420 --> 01:00:27.300 people to be participating, and we already got 01:00:27.300 --> 01:00:29.579 a great start to the season. A lot of people 01:00:29.579 --> 01:00:33.280 participating makes me really happy to see. But 01:00:33.280 --> 01:00:40.519 then JesusM509, I told you in the last episode 01:00:40.519 --> 01:00:44.519 that we were going to get with him and see what 01:00:44.519 --> 01:00:46.659 kind of things he's interested in so I can pick 01:00:46.659 --> 01:00:49.880 an appropriate prize for my stash. And he ended 01:00:49.880 --> 01:00:55.639 up with a Raul Ruiz Diaz training top. A training 01:00:55.639 --> 01:00:59.139 top that he wore during his last season with 01:00:59.139 --> 01:01:03.420 the Souders. Wait, so you've connected with him 01:01:03.420 --> 01:01:06.219 since our last recording? And he's confirmed 01:01:06.219 --> 01:01:11.599 his name is Jesus? Not Jesus? Oh, I'm... No, 01:01:11.780 --> 01:01:14.840 I didn't confirm that. I did. I kind of want 01:01:14.840 --> 01:01:20.579 it to be Jesus now. Jesus M. Jesus M. 509. Thank 01:01:20.579 --> 01:01:22.679 you, Jesus. I'm going with that. I'm going with 01:01:22.679 --> 01:01:24.460 that. We did not, because it was connecting over 01:01:24.460 --> 01:01:27.760 text and not... Jesus married in 509. It could 01:01:27.760 --> 01:01:31.579 be. It could be. Why not? Okay, so Cameron can 01:01:31.579 --> 01:01:34.420 be found at Legal Minded Pump when he's not banned 01:01:34.420 --> 01:01:37.619 from being... Legal Minded Pump. You know, pump 01:01:37.619 --> 01:01:42.780 it up. And then, last but not least, why don't 01:01:42.780 --> 01:01:47.800 we talk with our very own James. Are you going 01:01:47.800 --> 01:01:53.159 to take it away? That was weak. We have to bring 01:01:53.159 --> 01:01:55.980 it into port first. I don't want to bring it 01:01:55.980 --> 01:01:58.519 into port. I just want to stay here and be safe, 01:01:58.760 --> 01:02:03.230 secure. Ew, take it away, James. 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The 01:02:46.519 --> 01:02:48.900 Seattle Sounders are both unequivocally and incredibly 01:02:48.900 --> 01:02:51.179 the best MLS team of all time.