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

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can't say it's cheating. Hello and welcome to

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another episode of Sounders Scuttlebutt. I'm

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your host, Nicholas Biela. I'm joined by my fellow

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host, Cameron Collins. Hello, Cameron. Hey, what's

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up, Nick? How you doing? Doing pretty good. It's

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been a busy, jam -packed weekend. It sounds like

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we're recording on Sunday night, fitting that

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in before the chaos of the work week gets to

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us. So Aaron, unfortunately, already began his

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chaos. He's currently at work right now with

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some unexpected business, so he won't be joining

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us. But we are coming off of a 0 -0 tie against

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Minnesota today, this morning. and we will obviously

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be talking about that today. Before we do that,

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we've got some stuff to do. We've got some traditions

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to get into. I think it's time to crack open

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a beverage and talk about some Scuttlebutt. So

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why don't you lead us off? Yeah, I wasn't expecting

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to have this. I bought it last night after the

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Superhawks game, and let me tell you, if you

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haven't made it out to a Superhawks game yet,

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I highly recommend it. You never know when Nick

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might be inside the Superhawk. We have a new

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mascot now, like a new person inside the mascot.

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And so when his schedule doesn't work out, you

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know who we're coming to to be the mascot. We've,

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of course, signed Jonte Porter, NBA player who

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was banned because he unfortunately made some

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dumb bets. bet on his own team i believe uh but

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he was 19 young and dumb and he's learned from

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that and right now he's trying to get his career

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back and he's playing for us and it is so much

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fun to watch him uh superhawks are undefeated

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so far this season he's been dominating the league

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and most importantly if you're listening to this

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wednesday or before of the week of this match

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so what today's the 22nd so 25th or before on

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the night of the 25th, Wednesday, the 25th is

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Supersonics night. Gary Payton is there every

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game since he's our associate head coach, but

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also in the house will be Sam Perkins, Sean Kemp,

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and a bunch of other Supersonics. So definitely

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going to be a fun night. So if you're a Sonics

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fan, I highly recommend coming out to Royal Brome

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Pavilion over at SPU on Wednesday night. I believe.

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tickets i guess i always am hesitant to say ticket

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prices but i forgot we're not on the radio live

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right now so i can say actual ticket prices uh

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i believe they're either 10 or 15 bucks but it's

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worth it correct me if i'm wrong is it not is

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that also not coinciding with the mba board of

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governors meeting this week that's interesting

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actually uh yeah it could be a celebration or

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it could be a crazy no right like because because

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uh two days so uh I think 23rd and 24th. So Monday,

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Tuesday are the NBA Board of Governors meeting

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where they will decide not just if they're expanding,

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but specifically if they're expanding to Seattle

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and Las Vegas. Yeah. It's sounding like franchises

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are going to be $9 billion, which is insane.

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Not my money. And the other thing is that OKC

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has already said they would give up the Sonics

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history. You know what? Can we just not talking

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about it like that, making it sound like they're

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doing us some sort of solid? I understand. But

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legally, there has to be contracts drafted up

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that give us that history and whatnot. No, I

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get it. I get it. But anyways, it's just a little

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bit of a sticking point there, making them sound

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like they're benevolent. Yeah, that was a long

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way of saying that after the game last night

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where we dominated, I had a rough day. The broadcast.

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wasn't working our computers are broken i ended

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up getting a new dongle and it worked but um

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i grabbed cider on the way out when i grabbed

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dinner at pcc because uh i knew that this morning

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i was supposed to be going to a kids uh soccer

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match and i thought what's better i grabbed like

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a 7 -eleven coffee cup and i was going to pour

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the cider in there so it looked like i was drinking

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coffee oh the good old brian schmetzer yeah yeah

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so uh i was super excited to try that. And then

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I ended up just going over and watching the Sounders

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instead. But because of that, I have Inclined

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Cider House Juicy Peach. And I don't know much

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about Inclined. I'm just adding letters to words

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today. I think I'm tired. But it's based out

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of Oregon. I can read that much. Eugene. Oh.

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Well, maybe they aren't Ducks fans. But anyways,

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I'm going to open this and I'm excited to drink

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it. That's got a good sound to it. There you

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go. In the meantime, I'm going to go with my

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Sunday night standard on this with a can of Rainier.

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Cheers to you, good sir. Oh, I see that 6 .9

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there. That's a big boy. Yeah. And it is a big

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boy. It's a tall boy. Yeah. That's what I'm saying.

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I may have some loose lips that are sinking ships

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by the end of this episode. Uh -oh. So, one,

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yes, to reiterate that I absolutely want to step

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in as mascot for a day. That is a big dream of

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mine. You know that everyone that knows me knows

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that I love mascots and I get incredibly excited

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about that. Very animated guy. With that in mind,

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pivoting a little bit, it's been a crazy week

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of soccer between U .S. Open Cup, Champions League,

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coaches getting fired, crazy cock -a -calf after

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dark games. Europa League, UEFA Champions League.

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Oh, Jesus, yeah. Just what's going on in the

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EFL. EFL final. Yeah, I mean, just so much, so

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much soccer. And we are under, what, 90 days

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away from the World Cup. We've got just a plethora

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of things going on. So the full complement of

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home and away jerseys for all the national teams

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have been announced, to the best of my knowledge,

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unless maybe, at least for Nike and Adidas they

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have, maybe Pumas and any other subsidiaries.

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I don't want to say sub, but any, um, yeah, not,

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not Nike Adidas. Um, but to my knowledge, pretty

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much all of them have been, uh, done. I actually

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picked up two jerseys myself. I had to go with

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the USA away kit. Um, I do like that, that stars

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sublimated into there, uh, went with a Christian

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rolled on number six. then i uh i had to get

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a germany away kit as well because i don't like

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i like the germany white kits i just don't wear

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white kits i i'm gonna stain them i'm gonna mess

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them up i feel like on my head's on a swivel

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every time i'm wearing one as a dad right the

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german kids they're super retro they're like

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throwback kits uh these ones are kind of nice

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they're this they're this blue with um they remind

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me a little bit of our pacific blue jerseys from

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a few years ago from 2016 2017 um that kind of

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two -tone blue it it looks nice um and i needed

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something for when i'm going to see germany play

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in toronto so i need it was time for me to update

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uh update my germany stuff i may be part german

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but i'm also part french and my great uncle great

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great uncle raul great uncle raul They lived

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in Alsace -Lorraine, and he punched a Nazi in

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the – or the other way around. He stood up and

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sang La Marseillaise in a Nazi's face, who then

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punched him out, and he fell out a window and

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landed in a garbage can and was able to get away.

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So he went, like, for Casablanca. Yeah. That's

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awesome. I didn't identify. I'd just been getting

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some French jerseys. So I've been getting – I

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got a 1998. World Cup final Zidane long sleeve.

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I got a 96 Euro Zidane home, and then I got a

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short sleeve home 98 final Thierry Henry. Very

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cool. I've been doing the throwbacks. You know,

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I actually got a throwback jersey my own last

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week. Team out of Ecuador, the BSC. Barcelona

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team, Barcelona BSC. And what is special about

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them is that in 2003, their sponsor was a local

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Ecuador beer company and they were called Biela

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Lager. So it turned out it was a Google or eBay

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search that I had. I was looking for. tap handle

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from biela lager i've never tried the beer i've

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never had a chance to find it i've looked for

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it um and when i type in biela cerveza this jersey

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came out and i'm like oh that is going in my

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cart right now but yeah did it come with the

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shorts no no no but i did get the electricity

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i did i did score on the electricity kit too

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the new with tags Paid $89 for it. Had it as

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a buy it now for $89, and it came with the shorts

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in tags as well. So I've got a mint condition

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Sounders Electricity with tags and shorts. Yeah.

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You're right. Yellow lager is hard to get. It's

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not for sale anywhere, like shipping to the U

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.S. So I'll tell you what, if someone can find

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me a six pack of Biela lager, we can make a deal.

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Single bottle from Ecuador. Well, that's the

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thing. I mean, if anyone's going to Ecuador,

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Central America, Latin America, South America,

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and they can find it, open invitation, I'll make

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it worth your while. We'll come up with something.

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The review this guy wrote said, Thin malt flavor

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with an odd pear fruitiness on the palate. The

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mouthfeel is vaguely crisp from a medium carbonation.

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Hot bitterness is of small stature and lets the

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sweetness take over mostly. Touch of astringent

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grain in the finish with an unwanted residual

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sweetness. This guy said more about beer in one

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paragraph than I have said my entire life as

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not a beer drinker. I've had beer. I'm just like,

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it tastes good. You know what? It truthfully

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doesn't sound like it tastes that good, but that's

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not the point. This one says Aromas de Viles

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Malta y Cereal. There we go. Malta and cereal,

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I assume. Yeah, what are we going to talk about?

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Well, I mean, Oscar Pereja got fired. Hell yeah.

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Yeah, after six seasons. So can I lay down some

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numbers for you? You know I'm a numbers guy.

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You know I geek out over that kind of stuff.

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So Oscar Pereja was the second longest coach

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in MLS behind Brian Schmetzer. So at this point,

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can you name... Any of the four longest tenured

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coaches in MLS that are behind Brian Schmetzer?

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Oh, wow. Here's the crazy thing. Three of the

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four, I look at the names and I see when they

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started in their current role, and I think of

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them still as head coaches at other MLS clubs.

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if that's a quote or a clue houston head coach

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maybe is that one of them i don't know ben olsen

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who formerly did dc united for for ages yeah

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um he's been around for a while uh and he's number

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five at uh at being hired in 2022 so if we're

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doing 2022 uh is one of them the guy up in vancouver

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No, no, no, no, no, no, no, because they had

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Mark Dos Santos. Then they had another guy, but

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no, not Timo Werner. Oh, my God, I can't think

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of his name, but last year was his first year.

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Okay, so it's only two years. Yeah. So then I'm

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trying to think of other teams. I have no idea

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how long the Portland coach has been there, but

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maybe him. No, no. Pablo Mastroni in RSL. There

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you go. There you go. By the way, Jesper Sorensen

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is who I was thinking of. Yeah. Pablo Mastroni

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was hired in 2021, December 2021, formerly with

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Colorado. Yeah. And then... We played one of

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them. One of them was our original color analyst

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and was... We played against three times in MLS

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Cup. Greg Vanney's been at LA that long? Yeah,

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2021, January 2021. Wow. Yeah, I thought it was

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like two years ago. My brain is breaking. But

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number four, actually, I thought was at his current

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post the longest, but it was Pat Noonan at FC

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Cincinnati. Yeah, he took over and turned them

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good, but they haven't been good for that long.

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But the point is, though, Brian Schmetzer was

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hired in 2016, so he's been head coach double

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the amount of time that the next person is. I

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think the Minnesota coach was playing for Portland

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at that time. That's crazy. I mean, yeah, because

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here's the thing. Schmetzer, the gap between

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Schmetzer at number one and Greg Vanney at number

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two is five years. The gap between the second

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longest and the present is five years. So that's

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just nuts. I mean, it's just appreciate Schmetzer.

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Well, we got him because it really is such a

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special story. It's been such a special story,

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and I'm just always grateful for having him lead

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this club. Is he still the oldest coach, or is

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Bruce Arena older now? Oh, Bruce is older. Bruce

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is in his 70s. Because Bruce was gone for a little

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bit, so I think Schmetzer took that for a bit.

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Yeah. Yeah, so... He's at 73, 74 years old. Schmetzer.

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No, but then you also have Martino over in Atlanta.

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He's 63 and just a few months older than Schmetzer.

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But he's also newer. He's newer back into the

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league. Yeah. They were both gone for a bit.

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And you want to hear something crazy? There are

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1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. How old are you?

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How old am I? 46? Okay, that's what I thought.

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Yeah, there's 10 MLS head coaches that are younger

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than us. You mean I should be coaching in the

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MLS right now? Okay, I'll work on this. I don't

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think that's how that works, but, you know. I

00:17:50.220 --> 00:17:54.140
mean, it was a trip when... When college players

00:17:54.140 --> 00:17:57.740
were suddenly younger than me, now that pro players

00:17:57.740 --> 00:18:01.900
are younger than me, it feels very strange. Yeah,

00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:04.539
that was always a bummer when you realize you

00:18:04.539 --> 00:18:07.400
are now older than every professional athlete

00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:12.099
out there. Oh, I mean, I'm still planning on

00:18:12.099 --> 00:18:14.299
playing for the Sounders. Well, now that Yarmir

00:18:14.299 --> 00:18:19.519
Yager finally announced his retirement. Yeah,

00:18:19.619 --> 00:18:27.019
no kidding. He'll be like 60. 54. Jaeger started

00:18:27.019 --> 00:18:34.079
in the NHL later than... There are people that

00:18:34.079 --> 00:18:36.900
are in the NHL now that weren't even born when

00:18:36.900 --> 00:18:44.099
he started in the NHL. Like, what a legend. Yeah,

00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:48.160
what a legend. Anyways, the other thing. So,

00:18:48.220 --> 00:18:51.869
Champions League. Really want to just kind of

00:18:51.869 --> 00:18:54.029
talk a little bit about our upcoming opponent

00:18:54.029 --> 00:18:58.509
after taking down Vancouver, that Tigris -Cincinnati

00:18:58.509 --> 00:19:01.730
game. Did you watch any of that game? Yeah, it

00:19:01.730 --> 00:19:05.630
was a painful, painful watch because let me tell

00:19:05.630 --> 00:19:07.289
you, traveling to Cincinnati would have been

00:19:07.289 --> 00:19:11.789
a lot nicer than traveling to Tigris. And for

00:19:11.789 --> 00:19:15.769
Tigris to continuously come back, get two goals

00:19:15.769 --> 00:19:20.410
in the first 10 minutes, get the lead. Give up

00:19:20.410 --> 00:19:23.869
a goal to be down on goal differential. Aggregate,

00:19:23.930 --> 00:19:26.730
yeah, and away goals in the 65th minute. Yeah,

00:19:26.730 --> 00:19:28.390
sorry, away goals, not goal differential. And

00:19:28.390 --> 00:19:32.849
then for Cincinnati to give up that goal in the

00:19:32.849 --> 00:19:37.369
eighth of nine injury minutes. Yeah. So 98th

00:19:37.369 --> 00:19:41.410
minute to give up a goal to fall apart and have

00:19:41.410 --> 00:19:43.829
Tigres go through, which meant the Sounders now

00:19:43.829 --> 00:19:48.109
have to travel there. So I have a question, though.

00:19:48.730 --> 00:19:52.109
Okay. We got six points, and they each got three,

00:19:52.190 --> 00:19:54.049
so we should be the home team, but we have to

00:19:54.049 --> 00:19:55.710
play on the road first. I figured we would have

00:19:55.710 --> 00:19:58.269
the home field advantage. Yeah. Home field advantage

00:19:58.269 --> 00:20:01.589
is playing at home second. You want to play home

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second because much like what happened with Tigris,

00:20:04.509 --> 00:20:07.269
they were down 3 -0, but they had home field

00:20:07.269 --> 00:20:09.710
advantage and were able to take it to them in

00:20:09.710 --> 00:20:11.410
the second leg. How did we have that over Vancouver

00:20:11.410 --> 00:20:16.509
then? Because we were the League's Cup champion.

00:20:17.309 --> 00:20:21.289
Oh, okay. Because the home field advantage kicks

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in based on points after starting with this round,

00:20:25.369 --> 00:20:28.549
with the results of this most recent round. Yeah,

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so we got six. That goal from Rothrock was huge.

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We would have won anyways, but it became big

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for sure. Yeah, the only team that is doing better

00:20:41.190 --> 00:20:44.589
than us in the standings is LA Galaxy. Yeah,

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which one? LA Galaxy. But we wouldn't play LA

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Galaxy until the final if that was the case.

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So we would host every round from now on except

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for against them? No, they recalculate it after

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each round. So we already have six points, so

00:21:05.539 --> 00:21:12.279
that's a good start. But yeah, so points will

00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:15.640
matter in this. You need a point at Tigris at

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least, and then three at home. If you want a

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chance to be hosting. Yeah, so the matchups are

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going to be Seattle and Tigris, Club America

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and Nashville. If we advance, we'd play the winner

00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:35.960
of Club America and Nashville. Then, and we won't

00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:38.039
even talk about the Nashville -Miami game, where

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it was 0 -0 on leg 1, 1 -1 on leg 2. Crazy finish

00:21:43.339 --> 00:21:48.369
there, knocking out Miami. Damn shame that was.

00:21:49.730 --> 00:21:53.049
LA Galaxy against Toluca, who Toluca is playing

00:21:53.049 --> 00:21:57.670
the best team in Liga MX right now. So Galaxy

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are in trouble there. And then LAFC versus Cruz

00:22:00.730 --> 00:22:06.509
Azul. So right now you've got the final eight,

00:22:07.009 --> 00:22:11.150
and each of the four matchups is an MLS versus

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Liga MX matchup. So this is... This is a dream

00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:18.420
scenario. This is what I love about CCC. I still

00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:22.500
want to call it CCL. CCL is so much better. You

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:24.319
know what's interesting is I was thinking as

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we went into this format that there were less

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teams than back when there was group stages,

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and that's not true. Because when there was group

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stages, it used to hop directly into the semis.

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:38.599
Or was it the quarterfinals? Either way, there

00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:42.980
are more teams now. Cause I think there's 25

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:45.420
currently. Well, well it's different because

00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:49.079
of the, they basically have like a major play

00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:51.940
in for those final spots. And so it's a little,

00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:56.839
it's a little, yeah. Let's go to the CONCACAF

00:22:56.839 --> 00:23:00.759
conference teams too. That's the last spot. Yeah.

00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:05.019
Their tournament. Yeah. So there, I mean, there's,

00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:07.039
there is a lot more going on below it, but we

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:08.440
also just have more teams in it, which is nice.

00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:15.470
I like that. Yeah, I would love... So I'll say

00:23:15.470 --> 00:23:17.950
this. I'll start with this. If anyone listening

00:23:17.950 --> 00:23:22.670
is thinking about it, going to Mexico for a CCC

00:23:22.670 --> 00:23:29.630
away match, do it. 100 % do it. There will be

00:23:29.630 --> 00:23:33.910
away traveling supporters with Sounders and ECS.

00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:37.079
I've done it a couple times. I did it for Club

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:40.579
America, Azteca. I did it for the Champions League

00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:46.500
final with Pumas. It's a hell of a trip. And

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:52.380
it looks like there is no problems with Monterey

00:23:52.380 --> 00:23:54.539
right now in terms of travel restrictions. Because

00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:57.599
we did have some travel restrictions pop up recently

00:23:57.599 --> 00:24:00.579
to certain parts of Mexico, like Puerto Vallarta.

00:24:01.359 --> 00:24:04.819
That was only like a four -day – they made a

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:08.039
very strong point for people that were paying

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:09.980
close attention. I had friends who were traveling

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:13.299
to Puerto Vallarta three days after the assassination.

00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:15.759
I had a friend who was going the next day and

00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:18.380
he had to cancel his trip because of it. Yeah.

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:23.119
So, yeah. I mean, it was pretty – Crazy. I mean,

00:24:23.119 --> 00:24:25.039
that's what happens when the U .S. meddles in

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:27.900
other countries' affairs, though. Now, I will

00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:29.779
say this. I was going to travel to Amsterdam

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:33.200
to see Wyclef perform when I was living in Paris

00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:35.559
because there was threats against Americans in

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:37.220
Brussels, and they wouldn't let me on the train

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:39.539
with an American passport because the train was

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:41.720
going to get blown up. And so I missed out on

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:45.319
seeing Wyclef live because of it. Hi, Summerwoodstock99.

00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:48.700
You didn't miss much. That would have been the

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:51.579
time to see him. No, he would have been the second

00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:54.660
album out by then. That was the Carnival. That

00:24:54.660 --> 00:24:57.980
was off the Carnival. 97, I think, was Carnival.

00:24:58.579 --> 00:25:03.480
It was at the end of that cycle. But it was weird.

00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:08.119
It was a weird performance. Anyways, yeah, that

00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:12.380
CCC was crazy this week. Open Cup was interesting.

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:15.319
They were eighth grader scoring in one of the

00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:19.619
games. Really? Yeah, eighth grader, like a 14

00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:23.980
-year -old kid, scored to get the game winner.

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:29.579
One of the minnows. In fact, the team is named.

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:34.559
The eighth grader, his dad owns the team, and

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:39.460
he got the same name. I can't remember the name

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:41.579
of that, but yeah, just crazy game. And then,

00:25:41.619 --> 00:25:44.259
of course, there was the brawl between Sacramento

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:51.140
and whoever they were playing on, someone else

00:25:51.140 --> 00:25:56.240
in California, Rio Grande Valley. I can't remember.

00:25:56.940 --> 00:26:02.289
Yeah, but it got ugly. It was one of the more

00:26:02.289 --> 00:26:05.730
ugly incidents since like up there with red card

00:26:05.730 --> 00:26:09.450
wedding level of ugliness. Maybe I'll have to

00:26:09.450 --> 00:26:11.150
go back and rewatch it. I just saw the very beginning

00:26:11.150 --> 00:26:13.430
of it. Yeah, it sounds like what happened was

00:26:13.430 --> 00:26:16.650
hearing conflicting stories, but it sounds like

00:26:16.650 --> 00:26:20.349
fans were kicking the wife and child of one of

00:26:20.349 --> 00:26:22.970
the players and one of the players hopped over

00:26:22.970 --> 00:26:25.750
and it just set off a brawl in the stands at

00:26:25.750 --> 00:26:29.259
the end of the game. But it also sounds like

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:33.240
these two teams. No, but as far as notoriety,

00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:39.039
this last year, Sacramento Republic played this

00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:45.420
team again, and it got really, really ugly. And

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:47.440
so it's just kind of one of those things where

00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:55.859
El Toro Lito was the team. And, yeah, just got

00:26:55.859 --> 00:27:01.839
ugly. um you never want to see that i hope yeah

00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:06.740
i hope it's not um i don't know i hope it's just

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:12.140
not something that becomes a norm uh so yeah

00:27:12.140 --> 00:27:16.220
the 40 people no that was just one that was at

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:19.640
sacramento state football game here so we do

00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:23.779
have some yeah we do have some other long videos

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:28.470
so they can watch the whole game Oh, Jesus. We

00:27:28.470 --> 00:27:32.410
do have some news. So the Sounders did announce

00:27:32.410 --> 00:27:39.589
the dates for the Tigris game. Leg 1 will be

00:27:39.589 --> 00:27:44.349
on April 8th. That's going to be at Estadio Universitario.

00:27:44.730 --> 00:27:50.970
And then Leg 2 will be here at Lumen Field. We'll

00:27:50.970 --> 00:27:55.930
have grass. It will be on April 15th. So that

00:27:55.930 --> 00:27:57.410
does mean that we're going to have some fixture

00:27:57.410 --> 00:27:59.509
congestion. We're going to have, as of right

00:27:59.509 --> 00:28:04.549
now, we are going to have games on April 4th,

00:28:04.569 --> 00:28:09.190
April 8th, April 12th, April 15th, and April

00:28:09.190 --> 00:28:13.069
18th. So that is one, two, three, four, five

00:28:13.069 --> 00:28:20.390
games in 14 days. I have a feeling that RSL game,

00:28:20.569 --> 00:28:22.650
and I think there are rumors that that RSL game

00:28:22.650 --> 00:28:26.539
is going to get moved. Because five games in

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:30.940
14 days, what's that? Four games in 14 days is

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:35.859
still kind of crazy. Yeah, but five is a little

00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:40.940
nuts. But the good news is the back half of that

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:43.539
is going to be home games. So we're going to

00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:45.759
travel to Houston on the road. We're going to

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:49.680
travel to Mexico City for Tigris. And then we'll

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:52.710
have... At least as of right now, a home game

00:28:52.710 --> 00:28:56.369
against Salt Lake, a home game against Tigris,

00:28:56.369 --> 00:28:58.750
and a home game against St. Louis. So we'll see

00:28:58.750 --> 00:29:04.089
how that shapes up. Speaking of rescheduling,

00:29:04.109 --> 00:29:07.369
there was some news that came out this week that

00:29:07.369 --> 00:29:13.730
the NFL announced that they plan on playing...

00:29:14.509 --> 00:29:18.390
The Seahawks opening game will be on September

00:29:18.390 --> 00:29:21.910
9th, Wednesday, September 9th. The only problem

00:29:21.910 --> 00:29:23.789
with that is the Sounders are playing Sporting

00:29:23.789 --> 00:29:26.950
Kansas City at Lumen Field on September 9th.

00:29:27.609 --> 00:29:31.769
And the Mariners play that night. So we'll see

00:29:31.769 --> 00:29:35.490
what happens there. I don't know. I don't know

00:29:35.490 --> 00:29:42.390
what's going on. Well, frankly, the Sounders

00:29:42.390 --> 00:29:46.180
schedule is set. Well, then why can we move RSL?

00:29:46.619 --> 00:29:49.279
The NFL is going to have priority over the Sounders.

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:52.059
They're going to move the Sounders match. Unless

00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:54.700
they're going to play Safeco, I would be shocked

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:58.319
if they're allowed to. The NFL is going to be

00:29:58.319 --> 00:30:01.460
always first on everything. But they don't get

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:05.839
to just take over. So to me, I'd be curious.

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:11.180
Not without a concession. I bet legally they

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:15.440
can't just force it. But Don Garber is from the

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:18.779
NFL. He's going to do whatever they want. Oh,

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:20.660
I'm not saying that it's not going to get moved,

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:24.180
but they don't have a legal leg to stand on.

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:26.099
So I imagine there's going to be some sort of

00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:30.460
concession involved here. I'd be curious to find

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:32.599
out more about that. Maybe that might be something

00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:34.140
we talk about in the Alliance Council. And if

00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:36.440
there is, we'll never know about it publicly.

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:39.559
But I would doubt that. I think they're just

00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:41.039
going to be like, we're the NFL. We're taking

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:48.519
it. Yeah, but that's not – they can try. I understand

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:50.460
that. That would be like Pub League telling the

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:52.400
Sounders, oh, we have the stadium tonight. I

00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:54.420
don't care if you want to take it. We have it

00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:56.140
scheduled. No, they're going to give it to the

00:30:56.140 --> 00:31:01.359
Sounders. I understand, but I understand the

00:31:01.359 --> 00:31:05.910
order of operations. But if it's already on the

00:31:05.910 --> 00:31:07.549
schedule, they're going to have to give some

00:31:07.549 --> 00:31:09.730
– it's not just a, oh, out of the goodness of

00:31:09.730 --> 00:31:11.289
their heart, we're going to do that. They have

00:31:11.289 --> 00:31:15.630
no leg to properly do that. Well, I don't know.

00:31:15.710 --> 00:31:19.250
It's that either you play the game another day

00:31:19.250 --> 00:31:22.130
or you ain't playing the fucking game. That's

00:31:22.130 --> 00:31:26.069
your options. We own the stadium. You don't own

00:31:26.069 --> 00:31:28.910
the stadium. We own the stadium. No, the Seahawks

00:31:28.910 --> 00:31:31.309
do not own the stadium. That's the thing. The

00:31:31.309 --> 00:31:34.200
Seahawks do not own the stadium. I understand

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:38.380
that. They can tell the Sounders to fuck off

00:31:38.380 --> 00:31:41.180
at any time they want. There might be something

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:42.960
in the contract that says what happens when they

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:46.519
do, but trust me, there's not going to be anything

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:49.240
that goes on here that is happening. It's just

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:52.779
a question of when the Sounders will play. But

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:55.420
again, what I'm saying is I'm not doubting and

00:31:55.420 --> 00:31:58.319
disputing that it would happen. But I am saying

00:31:58.319 --> 00:32:02.420
that they don't have a legal reason to do it

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:07.839
without the Sounders agreeing to it. I don't

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:12.059
know. I don't know. But I can't imagine that

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:17.519
there's the, oh, we get the right of first. We

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:20.579
can make you move. I don't think that's how that

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:23.720
works. It's a good question that I would love

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:25.980
to get some insight on. I mean, these are the

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:28.460
kind of questions we'd ask. That's true. I mean,

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:34.119
we're a third or fourth tier. What do you call

00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:36.960
it? Revenue. Revenue. Yeah. Yeah. But tenant,

00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:38.759
I mean, because Seahawks are obviously first

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:41.759
and then, I mean, so, and then be ahead of us

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:47.099
is conventions and concerts. Yeah. Not dirt bike

00:32:47.099 --> 00:32:50.619
rig, but it is conventions and concerts. We've

00:32:50.619 --> 00:32:52.940
been able to not play there midweek before because

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:57.859
of dirt. Remember? Yeah, but only because it's

00:32:57.859 --> 00:33:02.059
been on the schedule for over a year. Sure. So

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:06.099
that's the same exact reasoning. It's the same

00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:07.900
exact reasoning. If she said, I want to do a

00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:10.720
concert on this date, they would move us. She

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:13.200
might have to show up wearing a Sounders jersey.

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:20.519
Well, we'll see. I still think that when I told

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:24.839
them, I said, take the Nightfall jersey, grab

00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:28.119
Kim Kihei, go down to LA where Blackpink is performing,

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:32.000
and get a photo shoot of them in the jerseys.

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:33.799
It will become the highest selling jersey of

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:36.160
all time. And they didn't listen to me. And what

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:38.740
happened? Blackpink became one of the biggest

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:43.440
bands in the world. K -pop exploded in the US.

00:33:45.549 --> 00:33:49.869
Now, with that said, speaking of global soccer,

00:33:50.089 --> 00:33:53.769
news came out today that Anton Griezmann is agreeing

00:33:53.769 --> 00:33:56.829
to join Orlando City on a free transfer this

00:33:56.829 --> 00:34:02.890
summer. Now, do not mistake. Well, this is the

00:34:02.890 --> 00:34:06.650
thing is do not mistake this deal getting over

00:34:06.650 --> 00:34:10.949
the line coming days after Orlando City fired

00:34:10.949 --> 00:34:14.590
Oscar Pereja. I believe these are correlated

00:34:14.590 --> 00:34:16.969
because the rumor was they were trying to get

00:34:16.969 --> 00:34:20.070
this over the line on this transfer window. He

00:34:20.070 --> 00:34:23.650
came out to watch the team and didn't really

00:34:23.650 --> 00:34:28.849
like what he saw. Well, there's that too, but

00:34:28.849 --> 00:34:32.889
I think I have a feeling that it was a coach.

00:34:33.010 --> 00:34:36.849
I think those are related situations, but we

00:34:36.849 --> 00:34:40.329
may never know that. I mean, they lost 5 -0 in

00:34:40.329 --> 00:34:45.119
one of those games when he was here. So how do

00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:47.380
you feel about that? Do you think that moves

00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:52.300
the needle for you? I mean, Orlando, as far as

00:34:52.300 --> 00:34:54.099
I can tell, and I don't know if it's Pereja or

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:57.000
the management who's bringing in players, it's

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:58.820
surprising they're not very good this year because

00:34:58.820 --> 00:35:01.960
I think they've done a really good job of taking

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:04.519
the Sounders model of going down and getting

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:06.900
young South American players and bringing them

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:10.980
up and making them better as a team. which LA

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:14.019
Galaxy has also done. The Sounders apparently

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:15.900
aren't interested in doing it anymore, or it

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:19.380
just can't get moved across the line. But they

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:22.780
took this model that we transformed the MLS with,

00:35:22.860 --> 00:35:24.900
and they ran with it and got really fucking good,

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:28.760
just like LA Galaxy did when they won the championship.

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:36.039
So this is a different route for them, but I

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:37.820
think you can't pass up on a player like Griezmann.

00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:40.460
Like that's he, he could start for any team in

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:44.260
the league and just look at the five 35. I missed

00:35:44.260 --> 00:35:47.239
today. Like he changed, he tilted that field

00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:49.739
in a way that you don't see players doing the

00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:57.800
MLS. Yeah. I mean the, and I mean, they're both

00:35:57.800 --> 00:36:01.849
around the same age, but, um, But I feel like

00:36:01.849 --> 00:36:04.389
if you're trying to rely on them as a 90 -minute,

00:36:04.469 --> 00:36:08.309
65 -minute starter, that might not be a very

00:36:08.309 --> 00:36:13.010
successful path. But for those that are willing

00:36:13.010 --> 00:36:16.389
to take that risk, yeah. I mean, Messi's that

00:36:16.389 --> 00:36:19.849
old, too. He's fine. Well, we can't know. No,

00:36:19.929 --> 00:36:23.599
you know damn well you cannot compare. I mean,

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:27.559
Messi's the GOAT, but Griezmann is still a highly

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:30.739
valuable player in the world. It's not like he's

00:36:30.739 --> 00:36:35.679
a nobody now. Yeah. But with that in mind, you

00:36:35.679 --> 00:36:37.599
mentioned, you brought up another point that

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:39.820
I kind of wanted to talk about. This came out

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:42.480
earlier this week. You brought up, you know,

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:45.480
you feel like, oh, we're going away from signing

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:48.260
certain types of players and that, which can

00:36:48.260 --> 00:36:52.289
be true. But there was a report about long -term

00:36:52.289 --> 00:36:55.730
squad management, a global index from the CIES

00:36:55.730 --> 00:36:58.750
Football Observatory. I posted this in our Scuttlebutt

00:36:58.750 --> 00:37:03.070
Discord. And there was a global ranking of clubs

00:37:03.070 --> 00:37:06.469
whose squad management is most focused on the

00:37:06.469 --> 00:37:10.349
long -term based on an index combining four key

00:37:10.349 --> 00:37:13.030
indicators. The number of players used in league

00:37:13.030 --> 00:37:15.230
matches over the last three years, the lower

00:37:15.230 --> 00:37:18.929
the better. The average stay of current players

00:37:18.929 --> 00:37:21.570
in the first team squad, so longevity within

00:37:21.570 --> 00:37:25.030
the squad, the average remaining contract length

00:37:25.030 --> 00:37:28.769
of those same players, and the average age at

00:37:28.769 --> 00:37:30.829
the time of signing, the lower the better. So

00:37:30.829 --> 00:37:32.670
the idea being that if you're signing players

00:37:32.670 --> 00:37:35.969
young and they're staying with your squad and

00:37:35.969 --> 00:37:37.849
you're getting production out of them, that's

00:37:37.849 --> 00:37:42.469
a good sign. So number one on this global list

00:37:42.469 --> 00:37:46.030
with a long -term index rating of 100. was Real

00:37:46.030 --> 00:37:54.909
Madrid. Number four with an index of 93 .9 were

00:37:54.909 --> 00:37:57.530
the Seattle Sounders. Number five, Philadelphia

00:37:57.530 --> 00:38:01.630
Union with 93 .5. And that's it for MLS. There

00:38:01.630 --> 00:38:06.610
wasn't another MLS team in anywhere near. After

00:38:06.610 --> 00:38:11.469
that drop -off of 93 .9, 93 .5, the next highest

00:38:11.469 --> 00:38:15.530
ranking was 77 .1 with New York City. So, I mean,

00:38:15.550 --> 00:38:20.789
we're talking major differences there. Did you

00:38:20.789 --> 00:38:24.030
look into the coefficients and why? Because it

00:38:24.030 --> 00:38:25.829
seems like the thing that put us the highest

00:38:25.829 --> 00:38:29.050
was that our players' average stay is over three

00:38:29.050 --> 00:38:35.210
years. I'll get to that debt in a moment. I'm

00:38:35.210 --> 00:38:37.849
going to read off the top 10 because I think

00:38:37.849 --> 00:38:40.030
that would be interesting. So you had Real Madrid,

00:38:40.389 --> 00:38:44.070
Brentford FC out of England, Athletic Club out

00:38:44.070 --> 00:38:47.909
of Spain, Sounders, Philadelphia Union, then

00:38:47.909 --> 00:38:51.889
Liverpool, Red Bull Leipzig, Manchester City,

00:38:52.210 --> 00:38:57.650
Chelsea, and Real Sociedad out of Spain. Good

00:38:57.650 --> 00:39:00.409
stuff, right? Other teams in the top 15 include

00:39:00.409 --> 00:39:03.210
Bayern Munich, Everton, Newcastle, Man United,

00:39:03.449 --> 00:39:09.829
Arsenal. So even if you're going to argue, oh,

00:39:09.869 --> 00:39:11.949
well, we're just gaming the system data -wise,

00:39:12.090 --> 00:39:15.710
we're in good company. I think it'd be somewhat

00:39:15.710 --> 00:39:20.010
foolish to poo -poo these results. And I think

00:39:20.010 --> 00:39:22.429
this also passes the eye test with us building

00:39:22.429 --> 00:39:25.650
such a deep roster. Now, to answer your question,

00:39:27.389 --> 00:39:30.050
What differentiates us? What things were big?

00:39:30.369 --> 00:39:33.429
So now I'm going to focus on the MLS data because

00:39:33.429 --> 00:39:35.130
this will allow us to kind of think about it

00:39:35.130 --> 00:39:38.710
in comparison with other teams. So players fielded

00:39:38.710 --> 00:39:43.329
over three years. In the MLS, we led the MLS

00:39:43.329 --> 00:39:47.599
with 28 players fielded. Philadelphia 29, next

00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:51.440
highest was Orlando with 35, going to as many

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:55.639
as 59 players from LAFC, 54 players from Minnesota.

00:39:55.980 --> 00:40:00.920
So the 28 and 29, seriously outliers. So that

00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:04.619
is certainly going to help. The average stay,

00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:08.400
how long we've kept players here. Now, we blew

00:40:08.400 --> 00:40:11.320
everyone out of the water here, 3 .28 years.

00:40:15.660 --> 00:40:20.260
Portland with 2 .21, Cincinnati with 2 .1, and

00:40:20.260 --> 00:40:24.539
Vancouver with 2 .0. So five teams with an average

00:40:24.539 --> 00:40:29.760
stay of over two years and going as low as Sporting

00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:32.500
Kansas City, complete turnaround with 0 .92.

00:40:33.119 --> 00:40:35.400
Houston Dynamo, we're going to talk about them

00:40:35.400 --> 00:40:37.239
a little later because they are really turning

00:40:37.239 --> 00:40:42.059
things around, 1 .14. But then teams you expect

00:40:42.059 --> 00:40:46.679
to see with high turnover, Inter -Miami, you

00:40:46.679 --> 00:40:50.840
know, Atlanta United down there. I mean, it's

00:40:50.840 --> 00:40:54.639
interesting. You have people like Jordan and

00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:59.400
Nuhu and Christian that definitely skew it heavily

00:40:59.400 --> 00:41:02.300
towards having players. Don't forget Alex Roldan.

00:41:02.340 --> 00:41:05.800
You know, Alex Roldan. I mean, even at this point,

00:41:05.820 --> 00:41:12.480
obviously, Stephen Fry. Yeah. So we have some

00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:14.739
players. For all the young players we brought

00:41:14.739 --> 00:41:17.320
up, we have some players that are nearing the

00:41:17.320 --> 00:41:19.500
end of their careers. But this is where data

00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:21.699
comes into play is that balance. You're balancing

00:41:21.699 --> 00:41:24.360
young with old, but you're also keeping people.

00:41:25.119 --> 00:41:28.239
um so age at recruitment when what was their

00:41:28.239 --> 00:41:31.000
age when we brought them into the league so in

00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:34.079
this one we are kind of middle of the pack the

00:41:34.079 --> 00:41:38.320
youngest is colorado and 22 .5 with philadelphia

00:41:38.320 --> 00:41:43.340
22 .7 going as high as houston dynamo with 27

00:41:43.340 --> 00:41:50.510
.3 inner miami 26 .9 atlanta 26 .6 A lot of these

00:41:50.510 --> 00:41:53.250
teams that are bringing in players that are paying

00:41:53.250 --> 00:41:56.210
for players, LAFC down at the bottom of that

00:41:56.210 --> 00:42:00.889
list, Toronto, Galaxy. The Sounders are at 24

00:42:00.889 --> 00:42:06.050
.9. We're kind of in the middle to lower part

00:42:06.050 --> 00:42:08.429
of that. It makes sense, right? Because some

00:42:08.429 --> 00:42:11.110
of our quote -unquote young players were late

00:42:11.110 --> 00:42:15.190
bloomers like Reagan, like Rothrock, who went

00:42:15.190 --> 00:42:19.710
to college. Christian was the same way. Alex

00:42:19.710 --> 00:42:23.369
went to college. We're bringing in players from

00:42:23.369 --> 00:42:26.750
college and actually letting them play after

00:42:26.750 --> 00:42:28.750
that instead of signing them straight out of

00:42:28.750 --> 00:42:31.909
the academy, which we have those two. Yeah, and

00:42:31.909 --> 00:42:33.909
I think the key things that are really coming

00:42:33.909 --> 00:42:37.389
into play here really are the fact that we...

00:42:37.389 --> 00:42:39.909
I think the things that are really differentiating

00:42:39.909 --> 00:42:44.750
here is the fact that we... are keeping those

00:42:44.750 --> 00:42:47.449
core players together. I think that's really

00:42:47.449 --> 00:42:50.989
the big one. Because honestly, when you look

00:42:50.989 --> 00:42:53.550
at some of these other teams, when you're talking

00:42:53.550 --> 00:42:57.090
about players fielded, even in the top 10, you're

00:42:57.090 --> 00:42:59.690
going to have some that are as high as 55, 50.

00:43:00.090 --> 00:43:02.710
So that's not necessarily the differential point

00:43:02.710 --> 00:43:12.429
because the Sounders have such an advantage there.

00:43:13.190 --> 00:43:15.710
So it's really interesting just diving into this

00:43:15.710 --> 00:43:21.929
data. I'm looking forward to the next MLS collective

00:43:21.929 --> 00:43:23.909
bargaining agreement because I think we're really

00:43:23.909 --> 00:43:27.269
going to start taking the reins off of all this

00:43:27.269 --> 00:43:31.909
secondary gam -tam, wham -bam, thank you, ma

00:43:31.909 --> 00:43:34.170
'am, and just kind of go, hey, here's the dollar

00:43:34.170 --> 00:43:38.070
amount, go. Build your team how you want. And

00:43:38.070 --> 00:43:42.550
I think we're... And seeing right now, we're

00:43:42.550 --> 00:43:46.190
seeing that happen as we go. We're seeing different

00:43:46.190 --> 00:43:48.130
teams being successful with different models

00:43:48.130 --> 00:43:53.329
of how they build. And what works for one team

00:43:53.329 --> 00:43:55.369
doesn't work for another. And then, you know,

00:43:55.429 --> 00:43:57.449
it's just really fascinating to me. It's just

00:43:57.449 --> 00:44:00.190
really fascinating. You know, one thing that

00:44:00.190 --> 00:44:03.809
makes sense to me is why we don't have a lot

00:44:03.809 --> 00:44:06.550
of player turnover compared to some teams. We

00:44:06.550 --> 00:44:10.059
have had one coach. for so long. And despite

00:44:10.059 --> 00:44:12.739
having two GMs, and again, only two GMs though,

00:44:12.880 --> 00:44:17.000
and Craig didn't come in and upset the apple

00:44:17.000 --> 00:44:20.179
cart, he kind of, his philosophy may be a little

00:44:20.179 --> 00:44:23.079
different, but it's still driven from the youth

00:44:23.079 --> 00:44:28.219
system up. So I think having one coach and that

00:44:28.219 --> 00:44:32.840
coach likes, in fact, maybe if we had Craig the

00:44:32.840 --> 00:44:35.019
whole time, we have even less players who have

00:44:35.019 --> 00:44:37.820
played because you know, Garth would bring in

00:44:37.820 --> 00:44:39.380
some players that Brian would just not play.

00:44:40.079 --> 00:44:42.940
So maybe it's interesting that I think having

00:44:42.940 --> 00:44:45.119
a consistent coach and knowing the kind of player

00:44:45.119 --> 00:44:48.500
he likes, they can bring in those type of players

00:44:48.500 --> 00:44:53.199
when they do. That's a good point. Maybe we haven't,

00:44:53.199 --> 00:44:55.679
we haven't, it's funny to say this considering

00:44:55.679 --> 00:44:59.599
Jordan Morris is injured every other day. And

00:44:59.599 --> 00:45:06.599
we, and so is Pedro, but we, haven't had a lot

00:45:06.599 --> 00:45:09.079
of long -term injuries we've had players miss

00:45:09.079 --> 00:45:14.400
parts of seasons minus who ja paulo and um but

00:45:14.400 --> 00:45:19.800
he came back and paul areola well pedro and i

00:45:19.800 --> 00:45:22.139
wasn't like you're ending compared to some other

00:45:22.139 --> 00:45:26.000
teams maybe i i i get it i feel like we are still

00:45:26.000 --> 00:45:29.119
injury prone to a degree but when they're talking

00:45:29.119 --> 00:45:32.059
about a three -year average the thing is we're

00:45:32.059 --> 00:45:34.139
we're that's the thing is with the three -year

00:45:34.139 --> 00:45:40.329
average We are getting just good production from

00:45:40.329 --> 00:45:43.550
these players. We built the depth pretty well.

00:45:45.030 --> 00:45:48.809
We know who's going to start in maybe eight or

00:45:48.809 --> 00:45:54.809
nine of the positions every game. Barring rotation.

00:45:55.489 --> 00:45:57.610
Yeah, I get what you're saying. I get what you're

00:45:57.610 --> 00:46:03.809
saying. But anyway, I think that it's... Well,

00:46:03.929 --> 00:46:05.389
you know what? Let's take a look at this. Let's

00:46:05.389 --> 00:46:08.829
take a look at the MLS really quick. So the top

00:46:08.829 --> 00:46:12.630
five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10. Okay. So the

00:46:12.630 --> 00:46:17.050
top 10 teams in this list. Now, again, actually,

00:46:17.269 --> 00:46:18.989
you know, I'm not even going to do this. I was

00:46:18.989 --> 00:46:21.070
going to read off the top 10, but the reality

00:46:21.070 --> 00:46:23.590
is that after you get away from the Sounders

00:46:23.590 --> 00:46:25.750
in Philadelphia and reminder, Philadelphia won

00:46:25.750 --> 00:46:29.110
the shield last year. Once you get away from

00:46:29.110 --> 00:46:33.800
them, the drop off Sounders were 93 .9. Philadelphia,

00:46:33.800 --> 00:46:39.039
93 .5. Then the third place was 77 .1. The difference

00:46:39.039 --> 00:46:52.599
between third place and 25th is like 15 points.

00:46:52.920 --> 00:46:56.179
So it's the difference between third place and

00:46:56.179 --> 00:47:00.119
25th. is the same difference as second to third

00:47:00.119 --> 00:47:03.840
place so it's hard to use a correlation of because

00:47:03.840 --> 00:47:05.920
you lump all those teams in together and their

00:47:05.920 --> 00:47:08.960
numbers aren't that different set that create

00:47:08.960 --> 00:47:11.860
a correlation but i think it is saying something

00:47:11.860 --> 00:47:14.760
that the top two were the supporters shield winning

00:47:14.760 --> 00:47:19.400
team and a team that last year i do believe were

00:47:19.400 --> 00:47:22.159
the deepest team in mls history i stand by that

00:47:22.159 --> 00:47:26.519
the sounders last year were super deep and unfortunately

00:47:27.710 --> 00:47:29.889
the areas that they were getting the injuries

00:47:29.889 --> 00:47:33.489
were their key dp areas where we weren't having

00:47:33.489 --> 00:47:37.030
all three dps on the field and and i think we

00:47:37.030 --> 00:47:41.369
have with all three what's that do we have any

00:47:41.369 --> 00:47:45.590
games with all three not many but but i think

00:47:45.590 --> 00:47:47.590
but that's that's kind of what i'm getting at

00:47:47.590 --> 00:47:51.510
where we were successful despite that but i think

00:47:51.510 --> 00:47:54.909
that's i think that's a correlation with this

00:47:54.909 --> 00:48:00.230
you know this if you had given those same levels

00:48:00.230 --> 00:48:02.730
of injuries like if you took if you ranked other

00:48:02.730 --> 00:48:06.250
teams in mls based on here's your first top player

00:48:06.250 --> 00:48:08.429
all the way down to your last player in the roster

00:48:08.429 --> 00:48:11.550
and you matched it with the sounders top player

00:48:11.550 --> 00:48:13.510
to the bottom and then you you took the same

00:48:13.510 --> 00:48:17.250
injury days no team would have been anywhere

00:48:17.250 --> 00:48:20.130
near as successful as the sounders were like

00:48:20.130 --> 00:48:23.829
our depth was just insane that um i mean and

00:48:23.829 --> 00:48:26.539
i think i think we win the mls cup if we just

00:48:26.539 --> 00:48:32.539
had areola it it hurts but yeah i think i think

00:48:32.539 --> 00:48:38.659
we were one offensive piece away from from from

00:48:38.659 --> 00:48:41.820
that i i do think you're not wrong um and that's

00:48:41.820 --> 00:48:44.179
how much of an impact he was having now Let's

00:48:44.179 --> 00:48:47.440
move on from this just because. We did a huge

00:48:47.440 --> 00:48:49.780
scuttlebutt day. I mean, today was a lot going

00:48:49.780 --> 00:48:51.920
on. Like we talked about, so much going on in

00:48:51.920 --> 00:48:54.519
the soccer world the last couple of weeks. So

00:48:54.519 --> 00:48:56.619
I think, yeah, let's want to take a break and

00:48:56.619 --> 00:48:59.280
head to the recap. First, I just want to mention

00:48:59.280 --> 00:49:03.679
EAFC just had their birthday event. And so it

00:49:03.679 --> 00:49:07.639
allowed you to upgrade players that maybe wouldn't

00:49:07.639 --> 00:49:12.309
be in a starting roster on your. You know, when

00:49:12.309 --> 00:49:15.710
you play online. Yeah, your league play. Your

00:49:15.710 --> 00:49:18.449
foot, F -U -T, foot, whatever that is. Yeah.

00:49:18.469 --> 00:49:22.070
And so I was able to do something pretty cool.

00:49:22.170 --> 00:49:25.530
Yeah, ultimate team. Where I just want to tell

00:49:25.530 --> 00:49:28.389
you what my starting lineup is now. And then

00:49:28.389 --> 00:49:31.369
they have another special lineup. Starting at

00:49:31.369 --> 00:49:33.829
striker, rated at. I feel like you're going to

00:49:33.829 --> 00:49:38.849
piss me off here. Where did he go? Rated at 88

00:49:38.849 --> 00:49:43.539
is Landon Donovan. Starting at left wing, rated

00:49:43.539 --> 00:49:47.440
at 89, is Clint Dempsey. Started at right wing,

00:49:47.659 --> 00:49:52.900
rated at 90, is Pedro de la Vega. Right mid,

00:49:53.119 --> 00:49:58.159
rated at 90, I have Trinity Rodman. Left mid,

00:49:58.280 --> 00:50:05.219
rated at 91, I have Paul Rothrock. Center mid,

00:50:05.360 --> 00:50:10.380
rated at 89, I have Obed Vargas. Are these ratings

00:50:10.380 --> 00:50:12.739
based on the league that they're in or how are

00:50:12.739 --> 00:50:15.559
they? They were much lower, but they give you

00:50:15.559 --> 00:50:17.719
evolution cards where you can upgrade them. And

00:50:17.719 --> 00:50:19.639
because they had special ones for the birthday,

00:50:19.820 --> 00:50:23.320
I mean, Rodman would be like, I think she's an

00:50:23.320 --> 00:50:28.559
87 or 88. I'd already moved her up. I think Dempsey

00:50:28.559 --> 00:50:32.880
was like an 85 maybe. Donovan's around the same

00:50:32.880 --> 00:50:37.420
thing. But the highest players on Seattle, I

00:50:37.420 --> 00:50:44.000
think, are... uh, Russ snack and, uh, uh, the

00:50:44.000 --> 00:50:47.860
AMR. So I ended up with, uh, Christian who right

00:50:47.860 --> 00:50:49.739
now is only an 80 in my team, but now they have

00:50:49.739 --> 00:50:51.639
a thing where you can upgrade the team captain

00:50:51.639 --> 00:50:54.440
for a, for a national team. And so I made him

00:50:54.440 --> 00:50:56.159
the U S team captain. So he's going to be 93.

00:50:57.980 --> 00:51:02.420
Uh, and then on my bench is Pulisic. Who's going

00:51:02.420 --> 00:51:08.039
to be in 89. Uh, Gianluca Vialli, who's one of

00:51:08.039 --> 00:51:09.920
my favorite players of all time, played for Chelsea,

00:51:10.139 --> 00:51:15.400
is a 90 striker. I loved him when he captained

00:51:15.400 --> 00:51:19.340
the Enterprise, by the way. And I have Dansby

00:51:19.340 --> 00:51:22.559
Swanson coming off the bench as my left mid at

00:51:22.559 --> 00:51:28.300
an 89. And then Reagan. And Yamaha are both 89s

00:51:28.300 --> 00:51:32.219
in the back. So I have a pretty fun lineup of

00:51:32.219 --> 00:51:36.940
Sounders players, plus Tornado Rodman, Dansby

00:51:36.940 --> 00:51:41.559
Swanson, a couple other players from Europe,

00:51:41.679 --> 00:51:45.760
Gattoto, Giles, who plays for Bayern Munich,

00:51:45.820 --> 00:51:48.400
who's a Canadian national team player. Gattoto,

00:51:48.500 --> 00:51:56.650
is he from Africa? No, she's from France. you're

00:51:56.650 --> 00:52:01.610
welcome sorry sorry i'm derailing those and i

00:52:01.610 --> 00:52:04.030
got yielded so i mean i have a pretty fun lineup

00:52:04.030 --> 00:52:09.030
my plan is to add uh in john john franco zola

00:52:09.030 --> 00:52:10.530
who's one of my favorite players of all time

00:52:10.530 --> 00:52:13.250
and then to get z done so once i get those two

00:52:13.250 --> 00:52:16.929
i'll be complete i'll have a 89 or above roster

00:52:16.929 --> 00:52:20.730
all of my favorite sounders my favorite u .s

00:52:20.730 --> 00:52:24.070
women's national team players and uh my favorite

00:52:24.440 --> 00:52:27.619
Historical Chelsea players. With Zidane, remind

00:52:27.619 --> 00:52:32.639
me what the headbutt button is. Yeah, I wish.

00:52:32.780 --> 00:52:35.360
That was one of my favorite things of all time,

00:52:35.460 --> 00:52:37.239
despite the fact that it made him lose the World

00:52:37.239 --> 00:52:40.980
Cup. And any time Italy wins the World Cup, it's

00:52:40.980 --> 00:52:47.400
truly a sad day for the world. It's sad. For

00:52:47.400 --> 00:52:49.900
Christ's sake. I'm really hoping they don't.

00:52:50.059 --> 00:52:52.980
Let's go. I really have to root for Northern

00:52:52.980 --> 00:52:58.230
Ireland. over italy this is tough you know actually

00:52:58.230 --> 00:53:02.630
uh as we get closer this week is it is it this

00:53:02.630 --> 00:53:05.610
week that the playoff championships are uh it

00:53:05.610 --> 00:53:09.230
is right it's i think it's this week uh end of

00:53:09.230 --> 00:53:13.829
this week are we gonna record before yeah i mean

00:53:13.829 --> 00:53:16.090
that's the question are we gonna record before

00:53:16.090 --> 00:53:20.329
the world cup playoff um because it is international

00:53:20.329 --> 00:53:25.199
break it is When does that? No, it starts on

00:53:25.199 --> 00:53:30.760
Thursday. Yeah, so we have to talk about this

00:53:30.760 --> 00:53:31.940
little break. Do you want to talk about this

00:53:31.940 --> 00:53:33.659
before going to break or after going to break?

00:53:33.739 --> 00:53:36.099
No, let's take a break, and then we'll hit it

00:53:36.099 --> 00:53:37.559
right when we come back, and then we'll hit the

00:53:37.559 --> 00:53:39.739
Sounders match today, and then we'll look to

00:53:39.739 --> 00:53:43.019
what's coming up next. I mean, because let's

00:53:43.019 --> 00:53:44.960
be honest, this will be more entertaining than

00:53:44.960 --> 00:53:47.699
talking about today's Sounders match. Yeah, we

00:53:47.699 --> 00:53:50.380
can pile through today's Sounders match pretty

00:53:50.380 --> 00:53:53.920
quickly. I think so. Alright, let's go to break.

00:54:14.400 --> 00:54:16.699
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00:54:16.699 --> 00:54:19.460
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00:55:35.030 --> 00:55:38.349
-T -R -E -O -N dot C -O -M. Now back to your

00:55:38.349 --> 00:55:59.789
regularly scheduled programming. Yeah, we're

00:55:59.789 --> 00:56:01.690
back. You were looking down, so I'm just going

00:56:01.690 --> 00:56:06.869
to take it from you. You took it like a champ.

00:56:07.030 --> 00:56:11.969
So we got European playoffs coming up. Well,

00:56:11.989 --> 00:56:16.210
not just European, just everything. So the Interconfederation

00:56:16.210 --> 00:56:18.829
playoffs as well. So we do have a few different

00:56:18.829 --> 00:56:20.389
groups. Europe is the interesting one, minus

00:56:20.389 --> 00:56:23.050
maybe a team or two in the Intercontinental.

00:56:25.099 --> 00:56:26.639
Well, we're going to hit it up real quick. We're

00:56:26.639 --> 00:56:29.980
going to go through each pathway. So entering

00:56:29.980 --> 00:56:32.679
Group K, this is going to be intercontinental.

00:56:32.780 --> 00:56:36.139
It's going to be New Caledonia playing Jamaica

00:56:36.139 --> 00:56:40.860
with the winner going against Democratic Republic

00:56:40.860 --> 00:56:45.340
of Congo for a place in the World Cup. Do you

00:56:45.340 --> 00:56:47.559
have a preference there? I got to go Jamaica

00:56:47.559 --> 00:56:50.500
personally. Move off your mic a little bit there

00:56:50.500 --> 00:56:52.280
too, Nick. You're getting pretty hot right now.

00:56:52.320 --> 00:56:57.400
I know you're excited. Yeah. Excited. Yeah. Yeah.

00:56:57.539 --> 00:56:59.480
All right. So I'll tone that down a little bit.

00:57:00.039 --> 00:57:02.420
So, yeah. So I agree with you. I think Jamaica

00:57:02.420 --> 00:57:04.119
is the way to go. I mean, it's not going to be

00:57:04.119 --> 00:57:07.460
easy. And that's going to be all this week. Oh,

00:57:07.559 --> 00:57:11.699
no. No. No. None of this will be easy for anyone.

00:57:11.800 --> 00:57:15.340
I don't think there's a walk pathway for anyone

00:57:15.340 --> 00:57:19.940
that's easy. So the other inter -confederation

00:57:19.940 --> 00:57:24.719
playoff will involve Group I. and that's going

00:57:24.719 --> 00:57:27.900
to involve Bolivia and Suriname with the winner

00:57:27.900 --> 00:57:35.199
playing Iraq. In here, this could get interesting

00:57:35.199 --> 00:57:37.300
just because we still don't know what's going

00:57:37.300 --> 00:57:42.579
to happen with Iran. Iran players seem to think

00:57:42.579 --> 00:57:44.739
that they are going to play and they want to

00:57:44.739 --> 00:57:48.460
play. There isn't an official statement, but

00:57:48.460 --> 00:57:53.239
I'm just curious to see how that develops. The

00:57:53.239 --> 00:57:55.059
FIFA has already denied that. That's already

00:57:55.059 --> 00:58:03.139
been not happening. Wow. So in here, I honestly,

00:58:03.300 --> 00:58:06.199
I kind of want Iraq to make it just because I

00:58:06.199 --> 00:58:08.900
want all the teams that have beef with the United

00:58:08.900 --> 00:58:12.199
States to be in the United States. I mean, I

00:58:12.199 --> 00:58:14.860
want Suriname, but I would not think that they're

00:58:14.860 --> 00:58:17.760
going to be the team to go through. But it would

00:58:17.760 --> 00:58:19.579
be pretty amazing for a country of that size

00:58:19.579 --> 00:58:26.289
to make it that far. Yeah, I mean, I know that's

00:58:26.289 --> 00:58:29.829
a CONCACAF minnow, but I just, I would be shocked.

00:58:29.829 --> 00:58:31.190
Oh, yeah, I don't think it's going to happen.

00:58:31.309 --> 00:58:35.170
I mean, I think it'll depend on, Bolivia is traditionally

00:58:35.170 --> 00:58:38.670
okay. You know, they've had their years, but

00:58:38.670 --> 00:58:40.829
I think Iraq is probably the highest rated team

00:58:40.829 --> 00:58:48.409
of those. Yeah, I think that's right. So, the...

00:58:49.150 --> 00:58:52.289
Going into the European ones, that's going to

00:58:52.289 --> 00:58:56.010
be a little bit different. So the European playoffs

00:58:56.010 --> 00:59:03.530
are going to be, let's see, what is the European

00:59:03.530 --> 00:59:06.489
playoffs? So the European playoffs. The first

00:59:06.489 --> 00:59:08.849
one. Thank you. Why don't you hit me up with

00:59:08.849 --> 00:59:12.769
the first one? Path A, excuse me. The first match

00:59:12.769 --> 00:59:15.469
is Italy versus Northern Ireland, and they will

00:59:15.469 --> 00:59:18.489
play the winner of Wales versus Bosnia and Herzegovina.

00:59:19.130 --> 00:59:24.170
to make the World Cup. That's a tough one, right?

00:59:24.250 --> 00:59:26.690
Because I think Italy and Northern Ireland are

00:59:26.690 --> 00:59:30.449
probably the two best teams in that group. But

00:59:30.449 --> 00:59:33.389
I don't know which one's going to go through.

00:59:33.469 --> 00:59:36.630
Italy is probably the better team, but they have

00:59:36.630 --> 00:59:39.809
been snookered. It depends on which Italy shows

00:59:39.809 --> 00:59:44.690
up. Could you imagine three straight World Cups

00:59:44.690 --> 00:59:46.989
without Italy? But Wales is currently ranked

00:59:46.989 --> 00:59:52.619
35th. Iran is 20th, by the way. Italy is 12th

00:59:52.619 --> 00:59:55.139
in the world. They just jumped up. Senegal dropped

00:59:55.139 --> 01:00:00.119
two spots. Speaking of which. We didn't even

01:00:00.119 --> 01:00:02.900
talk about that. Oh, my God. They had their championship

01:00:02.900 --> 01:00:08.239
taken away and somehow dropped two spots. Did

01:00:08.239 --> 01:00:12.030
you see that? Someone took the medal ceremony

01:00:12.030 --> 01:00:16.429
and put it in reverse with the clip of Senegal

01:00:16.429 --> 01:00:19.989
returning their medals. Even Hakimi was like,

01:00:20.070 --> 01:00:26.889
no, we didn't win. This is stupid. They may not

01:00:26.889 --> 01:00:30.769
have won, but I understand the idea of taking

01:00:30.769 --> 01:00:33.170
away the championship for walking off the pitch.

01:00:33.289 --> 01:00:35.590
No one comes up good in that whole situation.

01:00:37.530 --> 01:00:43.239
I disagree. typical Afghan corruption. Did you

01:00:43.239 --> 01:00:45.280
see there's now another country who's a very

01:00:45.280 --> 01:00:47.960
small country who's not good at soccer that's

01:00:47.960 --> 01:00:51.659
petitioning to have Morocco's 1964 championship

01:00:51.659 --> 01:00:53.860
taken away when they did the exact same thing?

01:00:54.360 --> 01:00:56.739
I mean, it makes sense to me. If they did the

01:00:56.739 --> 01:00:58.820
exact same thing, fuck them. Take it away if

01:00:58.820 --> 01:01:01.159
you're going to push it through. It was in Morocco.

01:01:01.559 --> 01:01:05.219
It's all about corruption. It's fucked. I hate

01:01:05.219 --> 01:01:09.469
it. Yeah. Agreed. Agreed. I'd be embarrassed

01:01:09.469 --> 01:01:14.190
if I was a fan of the team and to feel like given

01:01:14.190 --> 01:01:18.650
that would be almost more insulting. But speaking

01:01:18.650 --> 01:01:20.889
of World Cup qualifying, can I just give a big

01:01:20.889 --> 01:01:23.269
shout out to the Philippines? The women's Philippines

01:01:23.269 --> 01:01:25.510
team qualified for the Women's World Cup next

01:01:25.510 --> 01:01:30.769
year. And they were the only team in Asia. They're

01:01:30.769 --> 01:01:33.409
the only team in Asia that had to take on the

01:01:33.409 --> 01:01:36.579
three giants. They had to take on Australia,

01:01:36.780 --> 01:01:40.579
they had to take on basically the top three women's

01:01:40.579 --> 01:01:44.460
teams in that region. Have you been watching

01:01:44.460 --> 01:01:47.960
any of the matches? I was going to say past your

01:01:47.960 --> 01:01:50.860
bedtime, but no, you're working during it. They've

01:01:50.860 --> 01:01:54.179
been free on YouTube. I will say that the Asian

01:01:54.179 --> 01:01:57.860
Confederation has done a fantastic job. Every

01:01:57.860 --> 01:02:00.619
single match in the Asian Women's Cup was on

01:02:00.619 --> 01:02:06.289
TV. I watched portions of most of them. I fell

01:02:06.289 --> 01:02:08.309
asleep before the ending of Japan -Australia,

01:02:08.309 --> 01:02:11.389
but I assume Japan pulled it out. I should have

01:02:11.389 --> 01:02:14.550
looked. But they also are showing – I'm trying

01:02:14.550 --> 01:02:16.190
to remember who the third team was. Australia,

01:02:16.269 --> 01:02:19.030
Japan, and was it Korea, the number three top

01:02:19.030 --> 01:02:21.670
women's team in Asia? Okay, there we go. They

01:02:21.670 --> 01:02:26.090
are incredible. Is it really? Okay. But South

01:02:26.090 --> 01:02:31.210
Korea is also very good. They also play all of

01:02:31.210 --> 01:02:34.489
the Asian Champions League matches, both the

01:02:34.489 --> 01:02:36.469
elite and the second tier, for free on YouTube.

01:02:36.789 --> 01:02:39.070
So if you're a soccer fan, there's matches going

01:02:39.070 --> 01:02:41.530
on starting at 1 o 'clock in the morning. It's

01:02:41.530 --> 01:02:43.190
like the old days when they used to play the

01:02:43.190 --> 01:02:48.110
A -League on Fox Soccer Channel. That's awesome.

01:02:48.210 --> 01:02:53.650
It's super fun. That's awesome. So moving along

01:02:53.650 --> 01:02:55.550
real quickly, we've still got three more teams,

01:02:55.710 --> 01:02:59.190
three more paths to go. Path B. involves ukraine

01:02:59.190 --> 01:03:02.469
playing sweden and then poland playing albania

01:03:02.469 --> 01:03:05.289
the winners of those games play each other for

01:03:05.289 --> 01:03:08.730
the uh right to go to the world cup me personally

01:03:08.730 --> 01:03:14.150
i gotta root for poland because um just just

01:03:14.150 --> 01:03:17.730
with their history uh and quality of play i mean

01:03:17.730 --> 01:03:20.230
they become a much better team historically if

01:03:20.230 --> 01:03:21.949
they don't lose two of their best players all

01:03:21.949 --> 01:03:28.559
time to germany To Germany? Yeah. Agreed. They're

01:03:28.559 --> 01:03:31.679
golden generation. They are a little down as

01:03:31.679 --> 01:03:34.860
of late, but they're still 34th in the world,

01:03:34.940 --> 01:03:37.219
so I think you've got to give them the favor.

01:03:37.300 --> 01:03:40.239
Ukraine, though, is 30th, so it's not going to

01:03:40.239 --> 01:03:42.719
be a cakewalk, but I think I'm picking Poland

01:03:42.719 --> 01:03:50.380
there. No. So, path C is Slovakia playing Kosovo.

01:03:51.389 --> 01:03:56.769
And then Turkey or Turkey playing Romania. Here,

01:03:58.050 --> 01:04:02.130
I don't really, yeah, I don't have much of a

01:04:02.130 --> 01:04:05.250
dog in this fight at all. So I just want to see

01:04:05.250 --> 01:04:07.210
exciting soccer. Yeah, I think Turkey is probably,

01:04:07.590 --> 01:04:11.210
they're traditionally very good. And I could

01:04:11.210 --> 01:04:16.349
see them. Although now that I say that out loud,

01:04:16.409 --> 01:04:18.949
I guess in this one, we want whoever's the worst.

01:04:19.449 --> 01:04:21.909
because that would be the USA's group. Yeah.

01:04:22.650 --> 01:04:29.489
Right? That's probably Kosovo. Yeah, so I guess

01:04:29.489 --> 01:04:33.070
you're kind of rooting for chaos. Yeah, so now

01:04:33.070 --> 01:04:35.150
if you get a red card in those games, does that

01:04:35.150 --> 01:04:38.710
mean you get to... Yes. Yeah, because that's

01:04:38.710 --> 01:04:40.789
part of qualifying. Kosovo is 79th in the world.

01:04:43.110 --> 01:04:50.369
Go Kosovo. Go Kosovo. And then path D would be

01:04:50.369 --> 01:04:53.190
Czech Republic or Czechia. Is that what they're

01:04:53.190 --> 01:04:58.289
calling themselves now? Czechia versus Republic

01:04:58.289 --> 01:05:01.849
of Ireland and Denmark versus North Macedonia,

01:05:01.949 --> 01:05:10.679
who features our very own Danny Mussovsky. Yeah,

01:05:10.679 --> 01:05:13.059
so Danny Mussofsky got called up. That's why

01:05:13.059 --> 01:05:15.820
he wasn't playing today because he will be called

01:05:15.820 --> 01:05:18.980
up for North Macedonia in this playoff against

01:05:18.980 --> 01:05:22.920
Denmark. So not going to lie, as much as I'd

01:05:22.920 --> 01:05:25.639
love to see Republic of Ireland advance, I got

01:05:25.639 --> 01:05:28.460
to root for giving Danny Mussofsky a shot at

01:05:28.460 --> 01:05:30.420
the World Cup. I mean, I got to root for Ireland.

01:05:30.500 --> 01:05:35.300
But Macedonia is 66th in the world. Excuse me,

01:05:35.320 --> 01:05:37.500
North Macedonia. I don't want to upset the Greeks.

01:05:37.519 --> 01:05:40.980
Come on. Because they own the rights to most

01:05:40.980 --> 01:05:46.219
of it. Come on. Just starting wars here. Ireland

01:05:46.219 --> 01:05:50.420
is somewhere in the 50s, 59th. So they are slightly

01:05:50.420 --> 01:05:54.239
better. And then, I mean, I think that Chechie

01:05:54.239 --> 01:05:57.079
is probably the team to beat. But Ireland's just

01:05:57.079 --> 01:06:00.559
been on so much fire. That run where they beat...

01:06:00.559 --> 01:06:07.159
Oh, my God. Those late game winners. Yeah. Just

01:06:07.159 --> 01:06:11.809
absolutely incredible. Just crazy. Bonkers, bonkers.

01:06:11.829 --> 01:06:15.710
I'm excited to see how those games go. I mean,

01:06:15.750 --> 01:06:19.130
Chechi has 43rd in the world, so it's going to

01:06:19.130 --> 01:06:21.429
be... Moments like that make me love soccer.

01:06:21.710 --> 01:06:23.550
This is the biggest match for Ireland probably

01:06:23.550 --> 01:06:26.500
since... Well, it was since the Thierry Henry

01:06:26.500 --> 01:06:30.800
handball game. Since the handball. And that was

01:06:30.800 --> 01:06:33.119
a tough one for me being a French national team

01:06:33.119 --> 01:06:35.920
fan and loving Thierry Henry. But, you know,

01:06:35.920 --> 01:06:38.019
he committed a handball, then scored a goal and

01:06:38.019 --> 01:06:42.219
knocked out Ireland. Not his fault. Not his fault.

01:06:42.260 --> 01:06:46.360
The refs didn't call it. I mean. So, yeah. So

01:06:46.360 --> 01:06:48.579
it should be interesting. We will find out very

01:06:48.579 --> 01:06:53.500
soon. I'm going to put some hands to TT tonight.

01:06:53.920 --> 01:07:04.800
What? And muted. But, yeah, it should be fun

01:07:04.800 --> 01:07:09.320
watching those. They, of course, play. The European

01:07:09.320 --> 01:07:11.619
ones are on the 26th and 31st. Do you see the

01:07:11.619 --> 01:07:18.059
intercontinental dates? Yeah, the Intercontinental

01:07:18.059 --> 01:07:21.940
dates are going to be the 26th and the 31st as

01:07:21.940 --> 01:07:24.159
well. There's going to be some fun days of soccer

01:07:24.159 --> 01:07:29.659
on Thursday and Tuesday. So definitely tune into

01:07:29.659 --> 01:07:35.480
those. One of my favorites was two World Cup

01:07:35.480 --> 01:07:40.199
cycles ago, was it? Where basically Sweden was

01:07:40.199 --> 01:07:44.739
playing Portugal. you were either going to have

01:07:44.739 --> 01:07:47.059
a World Cup without Zlatan or a World Cup without

01:07:47.059 --> 01:07:52.300
Ronaldo. Yeah, unfortunately. And... Yeah. We

01:07:52.300 --> 01:07:54.460
could do without Ronaldo. What a whiny little

01:07:54.460 --> 01:08:00.559
whiner. Yeah. By the way, speaking of hands of

01:08:00.559 --> 01:08:04.099
TT, Bernadette, my wife, was born on the exact

01:08:04.099 --> 01:08:09.539
same day, day, month, years, Ronaldo. A little

01:08:09.539 --> 01:08:14.219
bit of fun trivia. Okay. So let's talk about

01:08:14.219 --> 01:08:17.300
today's game. We've gone through all this. We've

01:08:17.300 --> 01:08:21.760
talked a little bit about everything else. Spoiler

01:08:21.760 --> 01:08:24.760
alert. It was not a particularly exciting game,

01:08:24.859 --> 01:08:26.800
but it was an effective game. Yeah, it felt like

01:08:26.800 --> 01:08:30.359
a traditional we can't beat the low block because

01:08:30.359 --> 01:08:32.239
all Minnesota does is stand around in the box

01:08:32.239 --> 01:08:37.300
game. But you know what? Here's the thing. So

01:08:37.300 --> 01:08:41.229
spoiler alert. I'm actually. pretty happy with

01:08:41.229 --> 01:08:47.550
this season of course yeah taking a point on

01:08:47.550 --> 01:08:51.409
the road we are in the middle of and i am counting

01:08:51.409 --> 01:08:54.710
spokane as playing away from lumen lumen field

01:08:54.710 --> 01:08:58.729
so we are in the middle of five straight games

01:08:58.729 --> 01:09:02.250
away from home and we have gotten 13 out of 15

01:09:02.250 --> 01:09:07.949
points we've had uh out of those 13 out of 15

01:09:07.949 --> 01:09:12.880
games Sorry, 13 out of 15 points. My apologies

01:09:12.880 --> 01:09:18.560
there. 13 out of 15 points. We have allowed just

01:09:18.560 --> 01:09:25.979
one goal. We've got four shutouts, one goal against

01:09:25.979 --> 01:09:28.899
Vancouver. Funny enough, that's the one game

01:09:28.899 --> 01:09:32.239
that wasn't true. Yeah, 13 out of 15 points.

01:09:32.319 --> 01:09:38.000
We have one loss and one draw. The loss was Salt

01:09:38.000 --> 01:09:40.000
Lake, but I'm talking about St. Louis, Vancouver,

01:09:40.300 --> 01:09:42.819
San Jose, Vancouver, and Minnesota, the last

01:09:42.819 --> 01:09:48.000
five games. No, I'm just talking about the last

01:09:48.000 --> 01:09:55.100
five games that we played as a team. And so we

01:09:55.100 --> 01:10:03.460
played five games in 15 days. And so I am not...

01:10:03.630 --> 01:10:06.050
complaining about this and especially with with

01:10:06.050 --> 01:10:09.789
this lineup that we put out normally and looking

01:10:09.789 --> 01:10:12.810
at champions league runs in the past these were

01:10:12.810 --> 01:10:15.470
the kind of games that were punts these were

01:10:15.470 --> 01:10:17.689
the kind of games that we lost we were not creating

01:10:17.689 --> 01:10:22.369
yeah we were getting crushed in those games um

01:10:22.369 --> 01:10:29.390
and and instead you know we still had Like, here's

01:10:29.390 --> 01:10:31.949
the thing. You look at our bench. Our bench had

01:10:31.949 --> 01:10:35.250
Jackson Reagan, had Jesus Ferrer, Jordan Morris,

01:10:35.529 --> 01:10:38.090
Stephen Fry, Cody Baker. I'm not going to talk

01:10:38.090 --> 01:10:39.529
about Baker because that's not really proving

01:10:39.529 --> 01:10:42.649
my point. Stephen Fry, Paul Areola. So you got

01:10:42.649 --> 01:10:45.970
some starting quality players on the bench. You

01:10:45.970 --> 01:10:51.850
have, you know, Rothrock, Russ Snack, Christian

01:10:51.850 --> 01:10:57.439
Roldan, New Who, and Alex Roldan. So you've got

01:10:57.439 --> 01:11:00.060
a mix of starters and then some bench players.

01:11:00.260 --> 01:11:03.060
And I thought we did a really good job of controlling

01:11:03.060 --> 01:11:11.060
possession. I think we also understandably, when

01:11:11.060 --> 01:11:13.939
we've seen time and time again with this team,

01:11:14.000 --> 01:11:18.220
when you have such high rate of turnover, especially

01:11:18.220 --> 01:11:21.079
when you're looking at the offensive players,

01:11:21.579 --> 01:11:24.369
we're going to struggle to get that goal. And

01:11:24.369 --> 01:11:27.470
that's just been historical. That's pretty normal.

01:11:27.609 --> 01:11:31.149
So I'm not shocked about that. But I'm very,

01:11:31.210 --> 01:11:34.130
very pleased to see the way we stood up defensively.

01:11:34.470 --> 01:11:37.470
Yeah, I mean, I don't think there's a lot to

01:11:37.470 --> 01:11:42.010
write home about this game. We played decently.

01:11:42.270 --> 01:11:44.250
We had a lot of possession, which has been the

01:11:44.250 --> 01:11:46.029
opposite of most of the other games this season.

01:11:46.430 --> 01:11:49.289
But we were forced into it from Minnesota. It

01:11:49.289 --> 01:11:53.020
felt like... We played very poorly in front of

01:11:53.020 --> 01:11:55.100
the goal, and we did everything from the left

01:11:55.100 --> 01:11:58.399
side until later in the game and just couldn't.

01:11:58.960 --> 01:12:01.180
Yeah, I feel like that was Minnesota pushing

01:12:01.180 --> 01:12:03.960
that. It felt like Minnesota was doing anything

01:12:03.960 --> 01:12:08.140
with it. We had some great chances on goal, but

01:12:08.140 --> 01:12:10.439
the ball kept not going where we wanted it. So

01:12:10.439 --> 01:12:13.840
it was an interesting game. I'm happy to get

01:12:13.840 --> 01:12:16.439
out with a point. I'm worried about the Alex

01:12:16.439 --> 01:12:19.340
injury considering. He had been so solid and

01:12:19.340 --> 01:12:23.699
that's the last thing we need more of. Press

01:12:23.699 --> 01:12:25.199
conference. Brian said, everything's going to

01:12:25.199 --> 01:12:28.840
be okay. Hit, hit pointer, hit pointer. They're

01:12:28.840 --> 01:12:31.500
going to reevaluate, but, but it's, it sounds

01:12:31.500 --> 01:12:34.439
like more precaution, not muscle, not ligament.

01:12:34.479 --> 01:12:37.359
It sounds, sounds like a best case scenario.

01:12:38.020 --> 01:12:42.640
And then knew who had a monster game. They were

01:12:42.640 --> 01:12:45.239
talking about it in the pregame show. In particular,

01:12:45.460 --> 01:12:50.579
I think Chance Fry was discussing it along with

01:12:50.579 --> 01:12:55.220
Jackson. And I have a Chance Fry signed jersey

01:12:55.220 --> 01:13:00.060
up in my closet upstairs. Nice. Congratulations

01:13:00.060 --> 01:13:02.539
on becoming a grandfather. They talked about

01:13:02.539 --> 01:13:09.020
that on the broadcast today. probably wouldn't

01:13:09.020 --> 01:13:11.779
have lasted on most teams with his antics throwing

01:13:11.779 --> 01:13:14.079
his hands in the air all the bullshit that he

01:13:14.079 --> 01:13:17.300
put the team through but brian smetzer didn't

01:13:17.300 --> 01:13:20.119
give up on him and he's turned into a captain

01:13:20.119 --> 01:13:22.880
quality player who we always knew he had the

01:13:22.880 --> 01:13:28.420
talent he he was our captain now he is a rock

01:13:28.420 --> 01:13:34.720
on the field if christian's not there yeah i

01:13:34.720 --> 01:13:38.350
mean um and let's shout out let's shout out A

01:13:38.350 --> 01:13:41.050
couple of the young guys. I thought Tino Lopez

01:13:41.050 --> 01:13:45.229
once again had a wonderful, solid performance.

01:13:46.090 --> 01:13:51.369
Another save. Yep. Andy comes out. I don't think

01:13:51.369 --> 01:13:53.949
it was the best decision, but I also don't think

01:13:53.949 --> 01:13:56.470
it was terrible. It was a great play from the

01:13:56.470 --> 01:14:00.909
Minnesota player to head it to the side. Well,

01:14:00.930 --> 01:14:03.149
the other thing is him coming out at that aggression.

01:14:03.609 --> 01:14:08.369
He forced the Minnesota player into panic. So

01:14:08.369 --> 01:14:10.189
I didn't really have a problem with it. But still,

01:14:10.390 --> 01:14:14.310
Tino gets over there and makes that huge save.

01:14:14.430 --> 01:14:16.409
And Snyder looked great when he came on and immediately

01:14:16.409 --> 01:14:21.729
started challenging people as well. Yeah, I'm

01:14:21.729 --> 01:14:23.710
really liking what I'm seeing from Snyder Brunel

01:14:23.710 --> 01:14:28.489
for sure. was very pleased to see Jordan get

01:14:28.489 --> 01:14:32.210
more than a cameo, get 25 minutes. That was really

01:14:32.210 --> 01:14:33.930
encouraging. A little bit when he first got on

01:14:33.930 --> 01:14:36.510
the field, though, just to get him back and going.

01:14:36.630 --> 01:14:38.810
Of course. And so I think that hurt us a little

01:14:38.810 --> 01:14:40.670
bit. There was no time where it felt like we

01:14:40.670 --> 01:14:43.210
were actually, you know, we had a chance here,

01:14:43.229 --> 01:14:45.810
a chance there that maybe we're part of an expected,

01:14:45.829 --> 01:14:47.710
you know, not a whole expected goal, but partial

01:14:47.710 --> 01:14:50.069
expected goal. There was no time during that

01:14:50.069 --> 01:14:52.090
game where I felt like, oh, we're going to score

01:14:52.090 --> 01:14:57.449
here, though. No, well, no, no, no. There wasn't

01:14:57.449 --> 01:14:59.409
that first half. There was that really nice cross

01:14:59.409 --> 01:15:03.970
from Nikola Petrovic who sends that right across

01:15:03.970 --> 01:15:07.189
the goal mouth. And if Callender doesn't make

01:15:07.189 --> 01:15:10.909
that little bit of a hand on it, De Rosario's

01:15:10.909 --> 01:15:14.909
got to tap in. I don't know. I've lost faith

01:15:14.909 --> 01:15:18.930
in De Roe. You know, he's young, but he's just...

01:15:19.659 --> 01:15:22.359
We hyped him up in preseason. I think that's

01:15:22.359 --> 01:15:25.180
unfair to him. Brian warned us about this. He

01:15:25.180 --> 01:15:27.880
said he's young. He's going to be inconsistent.

01:15:28.899 --> 01:15:31.420
But he's essentially lost the starting job at

01:15:31.420 --> 01:15:34.140
this point to Moose. And so it's a little bit

01:15:34.140 --> 01:15:39.640
of a bummer. Well, I like his physical play.

01:15:40.460 --> 01:15:46.819
I hope that as we as I mean, we're going to need

01:15:46.819 --> 01:15:49.779
players to contribute. So I'm hoping it could

01:15:49.779 --> 01:15:55.039
be – I will say this. I feel less confident about

01:15:55.039 --> 01:15:58.000
his ability to get on the score sheet than I

01:15:58.000 --> 01:16:00.779
did when Danny Mussofsky was struggling because

01:16:00.779 --> 01:16:03.180
I felt like Danny was getting into good, dangerous

01:16:03.180 --> 01:16:06.779
spots and creating opportunities. I'm not seeing

01:16:06.779 --> 01:16:12.699
that from D -Ro. I'm seeing someone who – I will

01:16:12.699 --> 01:16:15.659
say his last two starts, he's looked far better

01:16:15.659 --> 01:16:17.739
than he did. He's not pushing over to the left.

01:16:17.779 --> 01:16:20.659
He's getting a little bit higher. Whatever they're

01:16:20.659 --> 01:16:22.539
doing in practice is putting him in positions

01:16:22.539 --> 01:16:24.960
to be more dangerous, and he needs to continue

01:16:24.960 --> 01:16:28.720
that growth. I still think we need a number nine,

01:16:28.800 --> 01:16:33.279
but if we can make it to... Every team needs

01:16:33.279 --> 01:16:35.140
a number nine. If we can make it to the summer

01:16:35.140 --> 01:16:38.579
just with what we have and be in the hunt in

01:16:38.579 --> 01:16:41.239
the top five, we can make a real run at this

01:16:41.239 --> 01:16:43.800
if we make the decision to go out and sign a

01:16:43.800 --> 01:16:47.619
quality nine. I don't just want a starting level

01:16:47.619 --> 01:16:50.859
nine, which is what Danny is. I want a game change

01:16:50.859 --> 01:16:57.699
number nine. Again, keep in mind we have four

01:16:57.699 --> 01:17:02.039
road games. We've played four road games. We're

01:17:02.039 --> 01:17:04.640
not the best on the road. We have been this year.

01:17:04.779 --> 01:17:07.739
But for the last several years, when you watch

01:17:07.739 --> 01:17:10.560
us play on the road, it's not fun. It's a slog.

01:17:11.359 --> 01:17:15.180
And now we've made it through. And the only one

01:17:15.180 --> 01:17:18.800
that got us was RSL. And let me tell you, we

01:17:18.800 --> 01:17:22.479
don't win in RSL regardless. So that one kind

01:17:22.479 --> 01:17:27.920
of you can throw away. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, ultimately,

01:17:28.039 --> 01:17:31.140
we are certainly on pace for doing what we're

01:17:31.140 --> 01:17:34.479
supposed to do. If you get a draw on the road

01:17:34.479 --> 01:17:38.000
and you win at home, you're going to be a Shield

01:17:38.000 --> 01:17:41.520
-winning team. And right now, we have seven points

01:17:41.520 --> 01:17:46.479
in four games on the road. Yeah. In league play.

01:17:47.359 --> 01:17:50.359
And then we have three points in one game at

01:17:50.359 --> 01:17:55.659
home. Which is weird. oh wait no sorry i read

01:17:55.659 --> 01:17:57.539
that backwards yeah we've only had one home game

01:17:57.539 --> 01:18:02.079
that's the weird part yes yes there you go there

01:18:02.079 --> 01:18:04.560
you go i'm catching up i'm uh it's been frustrating

01:18:04.560 --> 01:18:07.399
it's been like almost like yeah i'm watching

01:18:07.399 --> 01:18:11.199
the games but i feel very disconnected from the

01:18:11.199 --> 01:18:13.039
sounders as a team right now because we haven't

01:18:13.039 --> 01:18:16.520
had the opportunity to see them in person it

01:18:16.520 --> 01:18:19.079
does feel weird yeah it almost feels like an

01:18:19.079 --> 01:18:22.880
extended pre -season in a lot of ways um but

01:18:22.880 --> 01:18:26.479
but The thing is, we've got a little bit of a

01:18:26.479 --> 01:18:32.739
rough schedule in front of us. But then we got

01:18:32.739 --> 01:18:35.939
a chance for some points. But I think the big

01:18:35.939 --> 01:18:40.659
thing, though, is trying to get people healthy.

01:18:40.720 --> 01:18:42.699
It sounds like Yamar is going to be out for another

01:18:42.699 --> 01:18:45.760
six weeks. Yeah, eight weeks total. It does not

01:18:45.760 --> 01:18:53.359
sound like Alex is going to be long -term. Well,

01:18:53.399 --> 01:18:54.979
with this international break, yeah, he might

01:18:54.979 --> 01:19:00.140
be fine when Houston comes around. So we'll see

01:19:00.140 --> 01:19:01.979
her when we go to Houston. By the way, Houston

01:19:01.979 --> 01:19:07.800
is looking pretty dangerous. I did get to watch

01:19:07.800 --> 01:19:13.119
some of their matches recently, and they look

01:19:13.119 --> 01:19:17.260
a little dynamic. When they're on, they're looking

01:19:17.260 --> 01:19:21.159
dynamic. They've got some players that can ball.

01:19:22.230 --> 01:19:25.050
Which I'm just hoping that they don't have it

01:19:25.050 --> 01:19:27.609
so organic that it's almost hard to recognize

01:19:27.609 --> 01:19:29.689
what they've done. You know what I mean? Like

01:19:29.689 --> 01:19:34.409
as a, as a, not a fan of their team. Yeah. And

01:19:34.409 --> 01:19:38.369
I'm not a fan of their team. Spoiler alert. But

01:19:38.369 --> 01:19:42.010
yeah, Guillermo Augusto has four goals already

01:19:42.010 --> 01:19:47.789
and three assists. So in their last going back

01:19:47.789 --> 01:19:52.239
to last year, one, two three four five six in

01:19:52.239 --> 01:19:56.060
their last seven games they have four red cards

01:19:56.060 --> 01:19:59.020
five red cards excuse me and in their last three

01:19:59.020 --> 01:20:01.300
games they have a red card in each of those games

01:20:01.300 --> 01:20:05.659
and they they lost to dallas they beat portland

01:20:05.659 --> 01:20:09.779
and they lost lafc and i imagine absent the red

01:20:09.779 --> 01:20:12.140
cards let's see went to 68th minute and then

01:20:12.140 --> 01:20:15.619
game winning goal came from musa late uh and

01:20:15.619 --> 01:20:19.619
then against uh that was the Dallas game against

01:20:19.619 --> 01:20:23.859
LAFC, yep, had the red card, and then the two

01:20:23.859 --> 01:20:28.960
goals came after the red card. So the two losses

01:20:28.960 --> 01:20:31.779
they have so far, I don't know if you can count

01:20:31.779 --> 01:20:33.460
on those being losses moving forward because

01:20:33.460 --> 01:20:35.319
I can't imagine they're going to red card every

01:20:35.319 --> 01:20:37.579
game, but three red cards in three games is pretty

01:20:37.579 --> 01:20:42.260
rough. Yeah, well, they've got some talent. They

01:20:42.260 --> 01:20:46.260
brought back into the league Mateusz Bogusz.

01:20:46.420 --> 01:20:51.720
Yeah, he's so good. if you're a Monster Squad

01:20:51.720 --> 01:20:55.100
fan. They've got Ezequiel Ponce. They've got...

01:20:55.100 --> 01:21:03.760
Oh, yeah. But Guillermo Augusto, who previously

01:21:03.760 --> 01:21:10.680
played in Brazil with Santos, so he's been lighting

01:21:10.680 --> 01:21:14.090
it up for them. They brought back Hector Herrera,

01:21:14.210 --> 01:21:16.529
so referees of the world, make sure you got your

01:21:16.529 --> 01:21:19.130
towels ready. Bogush is the biggest of those

01:21:19.130 --> 01:21:21.149
signings, and I think he kind of went under the

01:21:21.149 --> 01:21:22.890
radar just because he was a former MLS player.

01:21:23.210 --> 01:21:26.529
We, as Sounders fans, know. I don't know. Like

01:21:26.529 --> 01:21:28.850
I said, Augusto is balling. Sure, but I don't

01:21:28.850 --> 01:21:31.550
think he's a name that people around the league

01:21:31.550 --> 01:21:36.079
recognize. Oh, no, no, because he came from Brazil.

01:21:36.420 --> 01:21:39.720
So absolutely not. But this is a guy that in

01:21:39.720 --> 01:21:41.920
Brazil was scoring double -digit goals, double

01:21:41.920 --> 01:21:45.479
-digit assists. He's doing that here. That's

01:21:45.479 --> 01:21:47.260
what I want the Sounders to do. Come on, guys.

01:21:48.479 --> 01:21:52.739
It's like a Nico Lodeiro type of goal assist

01:21:52.739 --> 01:21:55.590
kind of guy, yeah. But then don't forget they

01:21:55.590 --> 01:21:58.670
also got Jack McGlynn, who is young, I think

01:21:58.670 --> 01:22:01.909
still has a very promising career. I would not

01:22:01.909 --> 01:22:04.369
be surprised if we eventually see him in a U

01:22:04.369 --> 01:22:08.289
.S. like a Gold Cup squad. I don't think he's

01:22:08.289 --> 01:22:11.670
going to be like a team level, but I think McGlynn

01:22:11.670 --> 01:22:15.329
can be a Gold Cup type of player. It's funny

01:22:15.329 --> 01:22:18.549
that he's young, which he is. He's 22. Because

01:22:18.549 --> 01:22:21.250
we've known him for so long, he's played almost

01:22:21.250 --> 01:22:24.289
100 matches for Philly. He played 99 matches

01:22:24.289 --> 01:22:28.270
for Philly. And he's played at the U -16, U -20,

01:22:28.329 --> 01:22:31.149
and U -23 level. He does have 13 matches and

01:22:31.149 --> 01:22:35.289
two goals for the USA nationally. Speaking of

01:22:35.289 --> 01:22:42.750
the U -level, who got called up? One of our players

01:22:42.750 --> 01:22:46.180
got called to the U -19 World Cup. Or U .S. roster.

01:22:48.439 --> 01:22:55.439
Was it... Oh, geez. Yeah. I'm trying to think

01:22:55.439 --> 01:23:03.640
who just got called up. Gonzalo Cigars? No, no,

01:23:03.659 --> 01:23:09.340
no. It was either Stu Hawkins or Snyder Brunel.

01:23:09.500 --> 01:23:11.430
I think it might have been Snyder Brunel. Did

01:23:11.430 --> 01:23:13.289
they both get called up? At least recently. I

01:23:13.289 --> 01:23:14.630
don't know if they were both this window, but

01:23:14.630 --> 01:23:19.789
yeah. Which Stu needs to get on the field, man.

01:23:24.310 --> 01:23:28.029
Yeah, well, I think – no, I'm pretty sure that

01:23:28.029 --> 01:23:33.390
Stu Hawkins got called up for the U -20. I think

01:23:33.390 --> 01:23:35.670
like – no, I think this window. I mean, last

01:23:35.670 --> 01:23:39.670
window he was in the U -20s. In this window he's

01:23:39.670 --> 01:23:43.279
not. We got Snyder Brunel. Okay, well, he's 18,

01:23:43.539 --> 01:23:48.039
so yeah. But, I mean, it's an interesting lineup

01:23:48.039 --> 01:23:53.239
there with Kevon Sullivan coming up, who we know

01:23:53.239 --> 01:23:56.960
from Philly. Aiden Hezekarney, who unfortunately

01:23:56.960 --> 01:23:59.800
we know from Salt Lake. He's been playing really

01:23:59.800 --> 01:24:04.600
well for them. I haven't heard of most of the

01:24:04.600 --> 01:24:09.970
midfielders outside of Snyder Brunel. Same with

01:24:09.970 --> 01:24:12.390
the defenders. And then the goalies, you have

01:24:12.390 --> 01:24:16.250
the young Rapids goalie, Campagnolo. And then,

01:24:16.270 --> 01:24:19.630
of course, Giorgi Di Marzi, who plays for Roma.

01:24:21.989 --> 01:24:25.289
Pretty safe to have a Roma player on our U -20

01:24:25.289 --> 01:24:31.649
team. U -19, excuse me. 2007, that's the year

01:24:31.649 --> 01:24:36.750
that they had to have been born or later. That

01:24:36.750 --> 01:24:42.350
feels wrong. Wow. Yeah, let's close up this game.

01:24:43.710 --> 01:24:49.489
Solid point. I'll take it. Once again, doing

01:24:49.489 --> 01:24:54.989
a good job of digging deep when we can. Loving

01:24:54.989 --> 01:24:59.909
our defensive effort as a team. I'm loving the

01:24:59.909 --> 01:25:06.130
fact that we're looking at the league standings

01:25:06.130 --> 01:25:11.029
right now. And we're currently – we've allowed

01:25:11.029 --> 01:25:14.609
two goals in five games. LAFC has allowed zero.

01:25:14.729 --> 01:25:21.909
Yes, please. The whole season. It's going to

01:25:21.909 --> 01:25:27.409
be an interesting season. I think – and we'll

01:25:27.409 --> 01:25:29.829
piggyback off of Dan the Bastard's question about

01:25:29.829 --> 01:25:32.069
we have one goal from the nine all year. Does

01:25:32.069 --> 01:25:34.710
Jordan Morris return change that? I don't think

01:25:34.710 --> 01:25:36.829
so because he's not going to play the nine. Uh,

01:25:36.949 --> 01:25:39.489
he's going to be, I think you're right. So will

01:25:39.489 --> 01:25:42.590
we get, uh, could it change it as in better service?

01:25:42.810 --> 01:25:44.729
I don't know if you get better. I mean, you get

01:25:44.729 --> 01:25:45.989
great service out of Jordan. I don't know if

01:25:45.989 --> 01:25:49.489
it's any better than Roth rock or Jesus or Russ

01:25:49.489 --> 01:25:51.949
snack or, you know what I mean? Like Areola,

01:25:51.989 --> 01:25:54.829
uh, arguably Areola is the best of them in my

01:25:54.829 --> 01:25:59.329
opinion, uh, outside of Pedro crossing. Well,

01:25:59.409 --> 01:26:00.750
yeah, I think, I think what you end up getting

01:26:00.750 --> 01:26:03.069
though, is I think what ends up happening is

01:26:03.069 --> 01:26:07.680
when you are, When you've got a band of three,

01:26:07.760 --> 01:26:12.739
presumably of like a Rothrock, Morris, Rusnak,

01:26:12.979 --> 01:26:16.439
Areola, Jesus Ferreira, three of those five,

01:26:16.640 --> 01:26:20.699
whoever's at the top is going to get opportunities

01:26:20.699 --> 01:26:26.140
because of what you have there. Yeah. Will it

01:26:26.140 --> 01:26:29.039
lead to more goals? I hope so, but I mean, we

01:26:29.039 --> 01:26:31.319
struggled with the low block again today. It

01:26:31.319 --> 01:26:33.550
seemed like... Maybe because it was a regular

01:26:33.550 --> 01:26:35.970
season game and we were rotated, we didn't go

01:26:35.970 --> 01:26:37.630
for it like we did in the playoffs because we

01:26:37.630 --> 01:26:41.689
showed we could break it. But today, we didn't

01:26:41.689 --> 01:26:43.970
use those tactics because when you break it,

01:26:43.989 --> 01:26:45.850
it also opens you up to more attacks at the back.

01:26:48.750 --> 01:26:53.970
Yeah, I mean, today, you know, I don't know if

01:26:53.970 --> 01:26:56.989
today is indicative of what we can expect to

01:26:56.989 --> 01:27:00.449
see because I do think that it is such a... I

01:27:00.449 --> 01:27:02.770
do think that it is such a unique team with Minnesota

01:27:02.770 --> 01:27:09.029
that their defensive tendencies are a little

01:27:09.029 --> 01:27:12.529
more cynical than most. So it's kind of hard

01:27:12.529 --> 01:27:18.470
to pin what we saw today as a correlation to

01:27:18.470 --> 01:27:23.730
what we see going into the future. Totally. Bob,

01:27:23.730 --> 01:27:25.930
what else do we got in the mail? We answered

01:27:25.930 --> 01:27:29.369
most that you answered already. Muffin top models

01:27:29.369 --> 01:27:36.250
question about Lumen and the usage. And just

01:27:36.250 --> 01:27:39.890
rip weapon X mentioned that opt out date is April

01:27:39.890 --> 01:27:44.829
8th for your CCC tickets. And if you don't opt

01:27:44.829 --> 01:27:48.989
out by then you'll get charged on that day. Well,

01:27:49.069 --> 01:27:50.550
let me ask you a couple, let me ask you a question

01:27:50.550 --> 01:27:55.039
though. Some available coaches that could be

01:27:55.039 --> 01:27:57.779
out there. Who do you think would be most likely

01:27:57.779 --> 01:28:01.380
to get hired by someone? You have Peter Vermees.

01:28:01.479 --> 01:28:05.300
You have Caleb Porter, Eric Winalda, Oscar Pereja,

01:28:05.619 --> 01:28:11.239
Wilfred Nancy, James Curtin, Chris Armas. There's

01:28:11.239 --> 01:28:16.840
some big names. Who went to Celtic? Was it Wilfred

01:28:16.840 --> 01:28:22.180
Nancy? I mean, I'd love... to see noncy coach

01:28:22.180 --> 01:28:23.739
somewhere because he's such an awesome coach

01:28:23.739 --> 01:28:28.140
i prefer if it's not in the mls uh it probably

01:28:28.140 --> 01:28:31.439
won't be i can't imagine he's coming back struggled

01:28:31.439 --> 01:28:35.000
at celtic i don't blame him for their poor play

01:28:35.000 --> 01:28:37.720
but i do blame him for how he was i watched most

01:28:37.720 --> 01:28:40.680
of their matches how he responded publicly and

01:28:40.680 --> 01:28:42.720
privately to what was happening with the poor

01:28:42.720 --> 01:28:45.960
play he was put into a shitty situation and was

01:28:45.960 --> 01:28:49.760
set up to fail uh Well, you also know it was

01:28:49.760 --> 01:28:52.119
bad when they brought back the guy they fired

01:28:52.119 --> 01:28:54.699
after they got rid of him. They brought back

01:28:54.699 --> 01:28:59.380
Brendan Rogers? Martin O 'Neill. Oh, well, he

01:28:59.380 --> 01:29:02.159
was before that. I mean, Brendan Rogers has been

01:29:02.159 --> 01:29:04.300
there for years. Martin O 'Neill is like a perennial

01:29:04.300 --> 01:29:14.600
caretaker there. Gotcha. Yeah. Or no, because

01:29:14.600 --> 01:29:19.420
Martin O 'Neill was the interim. Yeah, Nancy

01:29:19.420 --> 01:29:26.500
was just not up for the non -play aspects of

01:29:26.500 --> 01:29:29.100
it. He just seemed lost. And we also saw Ramsey

01:29:29.100 --> 01:29:31.260
get fired, left New York, went in, got fired.

01:29:33.000 --> 01:29:35.800
We had seen great results for, I think, who would

01:29:35.800 --> 01:29:40.340
be a great MLS coach is the one who came over

01:29:40.340 --> 01:29:46.659
to Chelsea from, what's the, Strasburg, Rosigny.

01:29:47.329 --> 01:29:48.930
he's going to get fired at Chelsea after the

01:29:48.930 --> 01:29:50.449
three, nothing lost to Everton. He might last

01:29:50.449 --> 01:29:52.050
a few more games, but if they don't improve it,

01:29:52.090 --> 01:29:55.689
so I don't see anyone big coming to the MLS right

01:29:55.689 --> 01:29:58.829
now. You would think that Jim Curtin, if he wants

01:29:58.829 --> 01:30:00.869
to keep coaching, would get a chance because

01:30:00.869 --> 01:30:03.649
of the amount of success he's had in this league.

01:30:05.170 --> 01:30:08.029
Hopefully Vermees. But I think he's, I think

01:30:08.029 --> 01:30:10.329
he's like a, I think, I think, I think Curtin's

01:30:10.329 --> 01:30:14.720
like a Oscar Prejas. He has a very specific set

01:30:14.720 --> 01:30:17.739
of skills, and if you're not looking to do a

01:30:17.739 --> 01:30:23.319
youth development, then he's the kind of coach,

01:30:23.460 --> 01:30:26.600
he's not going to want to go to a Colorado. I'm

01:30:26.600 --> 01:30:28.479
not saying Colorado's looking to sack their coach,

01:30:28.619 --> 01:30:33.239
but these teams that historically struggle to

01:30:33.239 --> 01:30:37.100
keep up with the rest of the league. like a colorado

01:30:37.100 --> 01:30:40.640
a montreal a they both have really good young

01:30:40.640 --> 01:30:43.380
players i mean they they would be a good option

01:30:43.380 --> 01:30:46.300
for him but montreal is winning now and colorado

01:30:46.300 --> 01:30:50.619
just has a new coach so um i can't see i mean

01:30:50.619 --> 01:30:53.420
but i think i think vermise i'm just hoping gets

01:30:53.420 --> 01:30:55.239
blackballed because he was everything that was

01:30:55.239 --> 01:30:56.979
wrong with the lee we heard time and time again

01:30:56.979 --> 01:30:59.560
one of the reasons why games called the way they

01:30:59.560 --> 01:31:01.340
were was because he pushed the rules committee

01:31:01.340 --> 01:31:05.039
to allow Just that chop down play that made the

01:31:05.039 --> 01:31:09.239
MLS. Such a piece of cake. There's no way that

01:31:09.239 --> 01:31:13.979
his play would be able to. It hurts the MLS.

01:31:14.479 --> 01:31:18.840
That's MLS 1 .0. It's MLS 1 .0. If they can get

01:31:18.840 --> 01:31:21.000
chopped down and not have a bad, you know, get

01:31:21.000 --> 01:31:27.529
card or whatever. You know. Like him and Dom

01:31:27.529 --> 01:31:33.149
Kinnear and that coaching tree of that cynical

01:31:33.149 --> 01:31:35.710
celebrate. Yes, I agree in terms of his style.

01:31:37.750 --> 01:31:41.449
You know, he did a great job. This league has

01:31:41.449 --> 01:31:44.850
evolved. The league has evolved. I don't think

01:31:44.850 --> 01:31:46.569
there's a place for them. I could see them going

01:31:46.569 --> 01:31:49.810
to USL Championship, especially as USL is making

01:31:49.810 --> 01:31:55.699
that push to be the top league. I get it. I get

01:31:55.699 --> 01:31:58.920
it. It's some serious shade. I mean, if they

01:31:58.920 --> 01:32:00.920
want to keep coaching. Well, Nolte's an interesting

01:32:00.920 --> 01:32:04.060
one. I think he loses out based on his personality.

01:32:05.079 --> 01:32:07.319
Personality? I think, yeah, he's like a Caleb

01:32:07.319 --> 01:32:10.439
Porter, very abrasive. Yeah, he's clearly a great

01:32:10.439 --> 01:32:12.399
coach. I mean, I hate to say it, same with Caleb

01:32:12.399 --> 01:32:15.520
Porter, but as I said in that Portland, Seattle

01:32:15.520 --> 01:32:17.399
documentary that you can go watch, most punchable

01:32:17.399 --> 01:32:22.390
face in the history of the MLS. uh i'm sorry

01:32:22.390 --> 01:32:25.050
michelle would have something to say about that

01:32:25.050 --> 01:32:30.409
man and caleb porter no no i mean he won championships

01:32:30.409 --> 01:32:33.229
in portland and columbus but he always seems

01:32:33.229 --> 01:32:40.949
to fail up yes caleb porter caleb porter should

01:32:40.949 --> 01:32:45.710
go back to soccer in college like that i don't

01:32:45.710 --> 01:32:47.609
think he could they're not going to put i mean

01:32:47.609 --> 01:32:51.600
because if you look at times have changed like

01:32:51.600 --> 01:32:54.300
his college teams i mean there's already people

01:32:54.300 --> 01:32:57.520
pissed off uh there is a lot of xenophobia going

01:32:57.520 --> 01:33:00.039
on in college soccer right now because the rosters

01:33:00.039 --> 01:33:02.279
are largely made up of people coming over from

01:33:02.279 --> 01:33:04.539
other countries to play at the college levels

01:33:04.539 --> 01:33:06.539
so that they can get that look to make the mls

01:33:06.539 --> 01:33:09.880
and so where the college soccer was largely irrelevant

01:33:09.880 --> 01:33:12.760
three or four years ago you're now getting some

01:33:12.760 --> 01:33:14.680
really good players coming in from other countries

01:33:14.680 --> 01:33:17.140
and if you're american you're having a hard time

01:33:17.140 --> 01:33:21.220
getting on some of those rosters And for me,

01:33:21.260 --> 01:33:23.119
I'm like, well, you signed the best player, especially

01:33:23.119 --> 01:33:27.760
in the age of NIL. Yeah, but at the same time,

01:33:27.800 --> 01:33:30.359
there's a lot of college teams. So maybe if more

01:33:30.359 --> 01:33:32.340
teams took their program seriously, they'd get

01:33:32.340 --> 01:33:34.460
more spots. I just don't think that Caleb Porter...

01:33:34.460 --> 01:33:41.119
You can't yell at kids like that. No. No. No,

01:33:42.079 --> 01:33:47.350
but I think... Largely of that list of players,

01:33:47.630 --> 01:33:50.170
I would not be surprised if, or sorry, that list

01:33:50.170 --> 01:33:53.350
of coaches, I would not be surprised if we don't

01:33:53.350 --> 01:33:55.149
see many of them ever again. I would think Caleb

01:33:55.149 --> 01:33:57.890
will get a shot just because of his success,

01:33:58.310 --> 01:34:02.449
but... I don't think so. I think he burned too

01:34:02.449 --> 01:34:05.210
many bridges. He did it in three. He burned in

01:34:05.210 --> 01:34:07.550
Portland, burned it in New England, burned it

01:34:07.550 --> 01:34:11.149
in Columbus. Those are... That represents three

01:34:11.149 --> 01:34:15.090
very distinct style of ownerships that are influential

01:34:15.090 --> 01:34:18.590
in different ways. You've got the old guard in

01:34:18.590 --> 01:34:22.729
Kraft. You've got the Merritt Paulsons of the

01:34:22.729 --> 01:34:29.390
world and the new money of Columbus. I just don't

01:34:29.390 --> 01:34:33.090
know if he gets a shot somewhere. I just don't.

01:34:39.459 --> 01:34:42.500
Maybe. I don't think Wilfred comes back to the

01:34:42.500 --> 01:34:50.500
league. Jim Curtin. Yeah. Yeah. But so, you know,

01:34:50.500 --> 01:34:53.060
it's interesting to see it. And I mean, that's

01:34:53.060 --> 01:34:55.000
another thing that let's talk about really quick

01:34:55.000 --> 01:34:57.939
is just let's acknowledge that as the league

01:34:57.939 --> 01:34:59.859
evolves, it's not just the players that are getting

01:34:59.859 --> 01:35:02.600
better. The coaches are getting better. I mean,

01:35:02.619 --> 01:35:05.500
I have a lot of respect for Jesper Sorensen.

01:35:06.950 --> 01:35:11.409
I'm really, I'm happy. Like every time they showed

01:35:11.409 --> 01:35:13.109
him, he had one eye looking one way and one eye

01:35:13.109 --> 01:35:17.869
looking the other way. Yeah. What are you talking

01:35:17.869 --> 01:35:20.510
about? I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed.

01:35:20.529 --> 01:35:22.670
I kept going. I turned to Steve and I'm like,

01:35:22.710 --> 01:35:25.369
Steve, he's cross -eyed, right? Like, I'm not

01:35:25.369 --> 01:35:32.189
crazy. You are crazy, but that's another story

01:35:32.189 --> 01:35:36.399
altogether. So why don't we look ahead to our

01:35:36.399 --> 01:35:39.640
international break. Actually, do you want to

01:35:39.640 --> 01:35:41.579
look ahead? We're going to record before the

01:35:41.579 --> 01:35:42.840
next game because we've got that international

01:35:42.840 --> 01:35:45.260
break. We'll probably talk about some World Cup

01:35:45.260 --> 01:35:47.920
stuff. Let's just tell us who the upcoming Sounders

01:35:47.920 --> 01:35:53.779
matches are. Yeah, so coming up we do have Houston

01:35:53.779 --> 01:35:58.399
on April 4th. So that's a bit of a break. So

01:35:58.399 --> 01:36:02.079
maybe next week. Maybe next week we'll know all

01:36:02.079 --> 01:36:04.140
the World Cup teams. Maybe we do a little World

01:36:04.140 --> 01:36:06.279
Cup preview. Yeah, I mean, we might record before

01:36:06.279 --> 01:36:10.319
then, after the first round of matches. But yeah,

01:36:10.460 --> 01:36:12.239
I mean, we could record after that as well. And

01:36:12.239 --> 01:36:16.800
I think also we will have a really good idea,

01:36:16.819 --> 01:36:20.279
potentially, maybe not, of Christian's chances

01:36:20.279 --> 01:36:21.880
of making the USA. I mean, they're already really

01:36:21.880 --> 01:36:25.460
good. In fact... Poach was talking about him

01:36:25.460 --> 01:36:27.600
again and talked about how he's the kind of player

01:36:27.600 --> 01:36:29.659
they want, someone they gave a chance to, and

01:36:29.659 --> 01:36:33.279
he grabbed that chance, and how he's not a superstar.

01:36:33.800 --> 01:36:35.560
He's a ride or die. And he's good at everything

01:36:35.560 --> 01:36:41.939
he does. He's a locker room glue, and he represented

01:36:41.939 --> 01:36:46.989
the time when Poach... shifted from players who

01:36:46.989 --> 01:36:49.609
weren't giving effort they brought him in and

01:36:49.609 --> 01:36:52.010
he set the tone on the effort that he expects

01:36:52.010 --> 01:36:56.229
to see he's the ride or die glue there's barring

01:36:56.229 --> 01:36:59.689
injury knock on wood i don't see a world in which

01:36:59.689 --> 01:37:02.350
christian doesn't i think so now i think he we

01:37:02.350 --> 01:37:04.810
saw him kind of drop off a little in sounders

01:37:04.810 --> 01:37:06.630
play and he needs to keep playing well but he

01:37:06.630 --> 01:37:10.270
was man of the match today uh if he continues

01:37:10.270 --> 01:37:13.409
to not score goals because he's not in that position

01:37:13.409 --> 01:37:16.810
anymore just show up and play well and lead the

01:37:16.810 --> 01:37:19.930
team uh yeah i can't see him not making it i

01:37:19.930 --> 01:37:21.609
mean there's a reason why you and i both have

01:37:21.609 --> 01:37:24.609
usa christian rolled on jerseys despite the fact

01:37:24.609 --> 01:37:26.970
they haven't announced the roster yet you have

01:37:26.970 --> 01:37:30.229
two i've got two i mean well i have my i have

01:37:30.229 --> 01:37:32.810
my gold cup because i i promised myself i would

01:37:32.810 --> 01:37:35.869
buy his jersey when he got his first us call

01:37:35.869 --> 01:37:39.810
up so i've got that beautiful Give me one second.

01:37:40.109 --> 01:37:43.130
You talked about something? Because now, even

01:37:43.130 --> 01:37:46.130
on the website, he is solidly listed as the number

01:37:46.130 --> 01:37:49.289
six, which is incredible. But, you know, it's

01:37:49.289 --> 01:37:52.329
like how Donovan – oh, yeah, number 17. You've

01:37:52.329 --> 01:37:56.930
got to get him to sign that. It's a really nice

01:37:56.930 --> 01:38:02.270
– the red and blue striped jersey with the number

01:38:02.270 --> 01:38:03.829
17 rolled on it. Yeah, you've got to get him

01:38:03.829 --> 01:38:09.020
to sign it. Oh, I did. Oh, nice. Where did you

01:38:09.020 --> 01:38:11.300
get that done? At a game you came over to ECS?

01:38:13.539 --> 01:38:19.279
This was at a preseason event. This is the same

01:38:19.279 --> 01:38:26.739
night that Garth Loggerwaite smashed eggs on

01:38:26.739 --> 01:38:31.510
my head. But what I love about this kit... One,

01:38:31.710 --> 01:38:34.350
the stars are great. The stripes are great. But

01:38:34.350 --> 01:38:38.270
you can see in here the stars on the blue stripes

01:38:38.270 --> 01:38:42.170
as well. That is really nice. Although I will

01:38:42.170 --> 01:38:44.289
say the authentic of the jersey you just got

01:38:44.289 --> 01:38:47.189
is maybe the best USA jersey I've ever seen.

01:38:49.189 --> 01:38:51.329
Well, yeah, that's why I got the authentic. I

01:38:51.329 --> 01:38:54.170
looked at that up close and then in here the

01:38:54.170 --> 01:38:57.670
little details on that. I normally don't want

01:38:57.670 --> 01:39:01.329
to spend the extra cash. For that kit, I did.

01:39:01.430 --> 01:39:03.609
And mine is not authentic, so I'm going to need

01:39:03.609 --> 01:39:09.029
to... And quite frankly, I'm kind of hoping they

01:39:09.029 --> 01:39:11.069
fuck it up. I'm kind of hoping they fuck it up

01:39:11.069 --> 01:39:14.090
because they fucked up... Last time I ordered

01:39:14.090 --> 01:39:17.670
from Soccer .com, they fucked up my Megan Rapinoe

01:39:17.670 --> 01:39:23.550
women's four -star when we won the World Cup.

01:39:24.430 --> 01:39:28.430
And they gave me the wrong number. And it's...

01:39:29.539 --> 01:39:32.380
imperceptible you cannot know but i i know because

01:39:32.380 --> 01:39:34.699
i'm anal attentive and they just sent me another

01:39:34.699 --> 01:39:37.279
jersey and told me to keep the old one so i gave

01:39:37.279 --> 01:39:39.899
it away as a gift to someone so it's like come

01:39:39.899 --> 01:39:42.520
on you said they gave you the wrong number what

01:39:42.520 --> 01:39:46.920
do you mean no like the the the numbers that

01:39:46.920 --> 01:39:51.340
they oh they used the wrong numbers well they

01:39:51.340 --> 01:39:54.760
used the right They used the right number, but

01:39:54.760 --> 01:39:57.000
the number was like a misprint because they had

01:39:57.000 --> 01:40:00.920
subtly in there like the states in the numbers.

01:40:00.979 --> 01:40:03.079
And there was something about it where it didn't

01:40:03.079 --> 01:40:04.579
show up right. I thought you meant they didn't

01:40:04.579 --> 01:40:06.619
send you number 15. And I was like, everyone's

01:40:06.619 --> 01:40:07.800
going to notice that, Nick. What are you talking

01:40:07.800 --> 01:40:10.939
about? No, they didn't. Yeah. No, no, no. It

01:40:10.939 --> 01:40:15.840
was one of those things that only. a select few

01:40:15.840 --> 01:40:18.020
would would ever notice but it basically meant

01:40:18.020 --> 01:40:20.899
that i got to give away a jersey another jersey

01:40:20.899 --> 01:40:23.579
for free i do i will say i think that whatever

01:40:23.579 --> 01:40:26.520
the big prize is this year should be for the

01:40:26.520 --> 01:40:31.739
person that wins the contest uh for the pick

01:40:31.739 --> 01:40:34.239
them because that's the one that actually effort

01:40:34.239 --> 01:40:39.100
you know you know i think i think i'm i'm open

01:40:39.100 --> 01:40:43.340
to that for sure um especially when this year

01:40:43.340 --> 01:40:47.369
we've seen a much better rate. Each game has

01:40:47.369 --> 01:40:51.949
had consistent high rates of play. And that's...

01:40:51.949 --> 01:40:56.430
Oh my goodness, we didn't. We did, yeah. Thank

01:40:56.430 --> 01:41:02.850
you for the reminder. So, starting with the San

01:41:02.850 --> 01:41:07.090
Jose game, Daniel Rowe, Sounders Dan, won. He

01:41:07.090 --> 01:41:11.409
had a perfect score. The Vancouver game, you

01:41:11.409 --> 01:41:19.060
had myself, Bernie, my wife, and Bryson, we all

01:41:19.060 --> 01:41:22.279
won. Did you guys know what the score was going

01:41:22.279 --> 01:41:26.960
to be? What happened here? I mean, the Vancouver

01:41:26.960 --> 01:41:29.899
game, well, I got the score right, but not the

01:41:29.899 --> 01:41:33.960
goal scorer. Were you hanging out beforehand?

01:41:34.279 --> 01:41:38.760
That is... No, funny enough, yeah, everyone was

01:41:38.760 --> 01:41:40.640
in different spots. Usually Bernie and I are

01:41:40.640 --> 01:41:45.859
not near each other right before kickoff. But

01:41:45.859 --> 01:41:49.159
Bernie was working. But I think Bernie, if I

01:41:49.159 --> 01:41:51.819
remember correctly, got the goal score right

01:41:51.819 --> 01:41:56.189
but didn't get the Vancouver goals right. Bryson

01:41:56.189 --> 01:41:58.689
didn't get the goal score right, and I got the

01:41:58.689 --> 01:42:02.130
score line right. And then Minnesota today, with

01:42:02.130 --> 01:42:04.390
a weird score line like this, there were too

01:42:04.390 --> 01:42:07.270
many people that were tied with only two points.

01:42:07.710 --> 01:42:10.029
So there were like seven or eight. Did you say

01:42:10.029 --> 01:42:15.130
Sounders Dan was there? You know what? Here,

01:42:15.189 --> 01:42:17.630
I'll read off the list here. Give me one second.

01:42:17.649 --> 01:42:23.960
I'll pull off the people that got it. Oh, I'm

01:42:23.960 --> 01:42:25.920
going to have to, yeah, give me one second. I'm

01:42:25.920 --> 01:42:28.300
going to have to cross -reference here. Okay,

01:42:28.340 --> 01:42:39.399
ready? So, Paul. Paul, we had Eric13. We had

01:42:39.399 --> 01:42:47.510
Roma, my daughter. She's killing it. Still cracks

01:42:47.510 --> 01:42:49.590
me up that she had the highest points per game

01:42:49.590 --> 01:42:51.890
average last year. So if she's playing all season

01:42:51.890 --> 01:42:58.050
long, she might destroy us all. Alex Diaz, right?

01:42:58.130 --> 01:43:02.350
I mean, she's adorable. When I'm pulling up the

01:43:02.350 --> 01:43:04.789
selectors, she insists on being the one that

01:43:04.789 --> 01:43:07.970
hits the phone numbers to enter the selections.

01:43:08.109 --> 01:43:10.909
She won't just tell me. But today Bernadette

01:43:10.909 --> 01:43:16.460
also got first place. Let's see, Cedar. Gap first

01:43:16.460 --> 01:43:22.880
place. SF Pat. Shout out to SF Pat. Got to hang

01:43:22.880 --> 01:43:25.060
out with him when he was in town a few months

01:43:25.060 --> 01:43:27.560
ago during the offseason, so that was great.

01:43:28.920 --> 01:43:34.699
And then that is it. So, yeah, like seven people.

01:43:34.960 --> 01:43:39.760
So big day for people. I had a rough day in fantasy.

01:43:40.100 --> 01:43:42.420
I don't know how you did, but I forgot to rotate

01:43:42.420 --> 01:43:44.460
for Champions League for the second straight.

01:43:45.039 --> 01:43:50.159
uh week and uh her halter got me four total points

01:43:50.159 --> 01:43:56.279
for himself and muller got me 19 points uh so

01:43:56.279 --> 01:43:58.619
a little rough little rough there and then of

01:43:58.619 --> 01:44:02.180
course uh buonga only got me 76 and son almost

01:44:02.180 --> 01:44:06.560
only got me 68 so uh i definitely had a rough

01:44:06.560 --> 01:44:09.720
week i'm glad i put in thomas instead of or whatever

01:44:09.720 --> 01:44:13.739
the San Diego goalie is named because we'll talk

01:44:13.739 --> 01:44:18.439
about it more on the Ultras edition because we

01:44:18.439 --> 01:44:22.020
get into this. But you got third place this week

01:44:22.020 --> 01:44:26.859
with 1 ,200 points right behind Alex with 1 ,260

01:44:26.859 --> 01:44:32.680
and Dan the Bastard won with 1 ,370. I am second

01:44:32.680 --> 01:44:35.680
to last – oh, I guess third to last place but

01:44:35.680 --> 01:44:39.670
struggling. the last few weeks because of Champions

01:44:39.670 --> 01:44:41.970
League, which has dropped me from third place

01:44:41.970 --> 01:44:46.569
overall to a distant fifth place. Better than

01:44:46.569 --> 01:44:49.949
you, though, right now. You had a rough few.

01:44:50.630 --> 01:44:54.229
Yeah, where's the overall? You hit the 26 on

01:44:54.229 --> 01:44:55.970
the right next to number five, where it says

01:44:55.970 --> 01:44:58.869
we were in week five. Alex is 8 ,000. Dan the

01:44:58.869 --> 01:45:05.329
Bastard is 7 ,700. Cedar has 7 ,300. uh i'm not

01:45:05.329 --> 01:45:09.149
sure who fish is has 7200 i'm at 68 you're at

01:45:09.149 --> 01:45:15.170
64 and uh whoever black zebra is is 48 that might

01:45:15.170 --> 01:45:18.350
be aaron and then i don't know who i i you know

01:45:18.350 --> 01:45:21.970
what it is black and yellow has yet to play this

01:45:21.970 --> 01:45:28.649
year sir not appearing in this league so uh alex

01:45:28.649 --> 01:45:30.670
is running away from it with it not surprising

01:45:30.670 --> 01:45:35.890
but really he's only uh you know, he's 2 ,500

01:45:35.890 --> 01:45:39.869
ahead of you when it's easy to make up four or

01:45:39.869 --> 01:45:43.489
500, 600 points a week without having a great.

01:45:44.050 --> 01:45:46.710
Yeah. Just take his phone away. Just take his

01:45:46.710 --> 01:45:49.310
phone away. So I'm confident that that's going

01:45:49.310 --> 01:45:50.909
to be fun, but we'll get more into that and break

01:45:50.909 --> 01:45:52.569
it down a little more on the ultras episode.

01:45:52.670 --> 01:45:55.050
Whenever we record, we were going to record on

01:45:55.050 --> 01:45:59.189
Thursday, but I think. there was only two of

01:45:59.189 --> 01:46:01.189
us, so we decided not to. But you and I, we can

01:46:01.189 --> 01:46:03.210
record two. Man, we got to get Aaron in here.

01:46:03.270 --> 01:46:04.550
We got to get all three of us here at the same

01:46:04.550 --> 01:46:09.810
time. Yeah, it's kind of a weird scheduling right

01:46:09.810 --> 01:46:11.329
now, which is part of the reason why we jumped

01:46:11.329 --> 01:46:13.609
to three hosts to make that a little easier.

01:46:15.130 --> 01:46:18.449
But it is always fun when we can get all three

01:46:18.449 --> 01:46:22.449
of us together. For sure. And I'm hoping to eventually

01:46:22.449 --> 01:46:25.090
start getting in on the Ultras episodes a little

01:46:25.090 --> 01:46:33.909
bit more as well. It's been the chickadee China.

01:46:34.050 --> 01:46:38.630
There we go. So why don't we wind it down there?

01:46:38.630 --> 01:46:40.630
Real quick, because you mentioned it. All right.

01:46:40.689 --> 01:46:43.630
I watched this reel from, I think it's like a

01:46:43.630 --> 01:46:46.529
podcaster who's like a mom that's our age with

01:46:46.529 --> 01:46:48.310
a young daughter. And she's like, do you want

01:46:48.310 --> 01:46:51.899
to hear the weirdest song? to his young daughter

01:46:51.899 --> 01:46:55.479
from the 90s, and she puts it on and then films

01:46:55.479 --> 01:46:59.100
her daughter's face as it starts going, Once

01:46:59.100 --> 01:47:04.199
there was this boy who... The whole time she's

01:47:04.199 --> 01:47:09.920
going, What the fuck is this? And for those who

01:47:09.920 --> 01:47:14.340
don't know, that's by Crash Test Dummies. Yeah,

01:47:14.399 --> 01:47:20.159
exactly. Not to be confused with Mbop. No. It

01:47:20.159 --> 01:47:22.640
is a good song. I love that song. The lyrics

01:47:22.640 --> 01:47:26.239
are wild. They make no sense. And the video is

01:47:26.239 --> 01:47:30.239
even wackier. I actually knew one of the touring

01:47:30.239 --> 01:47:33.680
members of Crash Test Dice. Were they in Bare

01:47:33.680 --> 01:47:36.960
Naked Ladies? They're a Canadian band. But yes,

01:47:36.960 --> 01:47:39.359
that's actually, well, there's a connection there.

01:47:39.920 --> 01:47:44.000
He was one of the drum techs. Anyways, yeah,

01:47:44.060 --> 01:47:47.699
there was a connection there. So you're not,

01:47:47.760 --> 01:47:53.239
where do they find you on the interwebs? Well,

01:47:53.399 --> 01:47:57.659
my only fans is, uh, uh, I don't really know

01:47:57.659 --> 01:47:59.239
where I'm going with that. So we'll just stop

01:47:59.239 --> 01:48:04.119
there. Uh, come find me on Instagram at cascades

01:48:04.119 --> 01:48:11.000
to see, uh, all letters, no numbers. So cascades

01:48:11.000 --> 01:48:15.760
T O S E A. From the Cascades to the sea. How

01:48:15.760 --> 01:48:17.939
about you? Wait a minute. Are you even, where

01:48:17.939 --> 01:48:19.539
aren't you banned right now? No, I'm just banned

01:48:19.539 --> 01:48:21.619
on Twitter. They've never unbanned me. I don't

01:48:21.619 --> 01:48:23.859
think there's anyone to unban me left at Twitter.

01:48:24.220 --> 01:48:26.859
And the reason I'm banned was for impersonation

01:48:26.859 --> 01:48:32.279
because I logged in in Bahrain and Columbia or

01:48:32.279 --> 01:48:34.340
somewhere like that at the exact same time. Rather

01:48:34.340 --> 01:48:37.079
than going, oh, you've been hacked, which I sent

01:48:37.079 --> 01:48:39.859
them notice of, I have been banned from Twitter

01:48:39.859 --> 01:48:44.489
since the Leagues Cup final day. You can get

01:48:44.489 --> 01:48:50.569
me at SSFCscuttlebutt on Twitter. I'm manning

01:48:50.569 --> 01:48:52.489
that Twitter, so you'll see me say things about

01:48:52.489 --> 01:48:55.909
Chelsea and PSG along with the Sounders. Usually

01:48:55.909 --> 01:48:58.529
I make it clear it's me when that's happening.

01:48:58.609 --> 01:49:01.289
And, of course, Legal Minded Punk on Blue Sky

01:49:01.289 --> 01:49:05.989
and Instagram. And on the Discord, of course.

01:49:06.050 --> 01:49:09.789
Join the Discord. Join the Patreon. Well, I was

01:49:09.789 --> 01:49:11.079
going to say, I thought... I thought you were

01:49:11.079 --> 01:49:12.779
telling me that you weren't able to send me messages

01:49:12.779 --> 01:49:18.920
on Instagram. So they were talking about, there's

01:49:18.920 --> 01:49:20.699
a post where they were talking about an album

01:49:20.699 --> 01:49:22.479
and everyone loved the singer's scratchy voice.

01:49:22.680 --> 01:49:25.319
And I know for a fact his voice is scratchy because

01:49:25.319 --> 01:49:27.920
he was doing a ton of cocaine at the time because

01:49:27.920 --> 01:49:30.000
I'm friends with one of his good friends. And

01:49:30.000 --> 01:49:35.539
I said in response, being funny, quoting the

01:49:35.539 --> 01:49:37.859
Chappelle show, cocaine is a hell of a drug.

01:49:38.960 --> 01:49:42.079
And they banned me not for mentioning drugs.

01:49:42.840 --> 01:49:45.380
When they did the review, they banned me because

01:49:45.380 --> 01:49:50.500
they said I was trying to sell cocaine. And I

01:49:50.500 --> 01:49:52.359
was like, it was a joke. And they're like, no.

01:49:52.479 --> 01:49:54.800
So I was banned from sending messages for three

01:49:54.800 --> 01:49:58.800
days. I can still use it. I can post. I just

01:49:58.800 --> 01:50:01.760
can't respond to people. So yeah, I did get banned

01:50:01.760 --> 01:50:05.060
from. uh messaging on instagram because they

01:50:05.060 --> 01:50:06.899
thought i was trying to sell cocaine which is

01:50:06.899 --> 01:50:12.399
the most ridiculous thing ever yeah that's a

01:50:12.399 --> 01:50:15.439
good note though it was in a call who is the

01:50:15.439 --> 01:50:19.479
band i'm not gonna say it because uh i have a

01:50:19.479 --> 01:50:21.260
tattoo of them and so i don't want them to know

01:50:21.260 --> 01:50:30.420
i was talking about it uh but um the uh the the

01:50:30.420 --> 01:50:33.289
thing is when they sent me the notice it did

01:50:33.289 --> 01:50:36.869
say it was automatic ai did it because it caught

01:50:36.869 --> 01:50:40.289
it and it can catch things in both comments and

01:50:40.289 --> 01:50:43.310
messages so remember when you're sending messages

01:50:43.310 --> 01:50:46.130
on instagram they are being read by the algorithm

01:50:46.130 --> 01:50:48.229
and instagram can pull them up and read them

01:50:48.229 --> 01:50:52.550
at any time they are not private uh and so do

01:50:52.550 --> 01:50:55.470
not believe that you are getting away with anything

01:50:55.470 --> 01:51:00.970
there By the way, just as a side note, putting

01:51:00.970 --> 01:51:06.289
a pin to that, remind me to tell you of my cocaine

01:51:06.289 --> 01:51:10.390
story of which lead singer was doing cocaine

01:51:10.390 --> 01:51:15.989
just down the street from my house. Whoa. I didn't.

01:51:16.010 --> 01:51:21.029
And got kicked out of their band. Whoa. That

01:51:21.029 --> 01:51:26.569
is crazy. I did not realize that you knew Sammy

01:51:26.569 --> 01:51:32.470
Hagar. did he get kicked out for coke no he didn't

01:51:32.470 --> 01:51:38.010
get kicked out for that um no uh all right on

01:51:38.010 --> 01:51:41.289
that note on that you know gossip time with cameron

01:51:41.289 --> 01:51:44.989
and nick i tell you it's this that's our that's

01:51:44.989 --> 01:51:48.210
our other podcast see it's it's kicked loose

01:51:48.210 --> 01:51:51.470
lips sink ships loose links ship sinks you know

01:51:54.620 --> 01:51:56.939
Okay, well, you know what? Let's hear from one

01:51:56.939 --> 01:51:59.180
other member of our squad who has a cocaine story

01:51:59.180 --> 01:52:01.819
or two. James, why don't you take us away and

01:52:01.819 --> 01:52:03.500
pull us to the border? No, no, no, no, no. Do

01:52:03.500 --> 01:52:05.760
not get James in trouble. No, no, no, no, no.

01:52:05.880 --> 01:52:10.720
No, no, no, no. Mr. The PA announcer from Sounders

01:52:10.720 --> 01:52:16.500
who is a retired cool person. I love James. Managerial

01:52:16.500 --> 01:52:20.380
person who is nothing but the kindest, most wonderful

01:52:20.380 --> 01:52:25.409
man ever. Please take it away. Yes, and public

01:52:25.409 --> 01:52:34.489
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01:52:42.310 --> 01:52:46.229
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01:53:13.310 --> 01:53:17.550
MLS team of all time? The Seattle Sounders are

01:53:17.550 --> 01:53:20.069
both unequivocally and irreparably the best MLS

01:53:20.069 --> 01:53:21.130
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