WEBVTT 00:00:30.859 --> 00:00:34.460 Hello and welcome to raising anchor your podcast 00:00:34.460 --> 00:00:37.799 and source for all things Rhode Island FC I'm 00:00:37.799 --> 00:00:40.500 your host manager can coming to you on this Monday, 00:00:40.500 --> 00:00:44.780 May 5th RFC opens the doors in front of a sold 00:00:44.780 --> 00:00:47.799 out crowd at Central Bank Stadium in what was 00:00:47.799 --> 00:00:50.679 a thrilling Neil Neil draw that proved once and 00:00:50.679 --> 00:00:54.420 for all that Rhode Island is a soccer state We're 00:00:54.420 --> 00:00:56.659 gonna go over that match and get you ready for 00:00:56.990 --> 00:01:00.289 The preview of the open cup round of 32 against 00:01:00.289 --> 00:01:02.710 the New England Revolution. Our good friend from 00:01:02.710 --> 00:01:04.870 the Blazins must get Seth Maycomers going to 00:01:04.870 --> 00:01:07.049 join us to preview that game. But for now, the 00:01:07.049 --> 00:01:10.150 one and only Jason Carey. Jason joins us. Jason, 00:01:10.390 --> 00:01:12.209 first, you're on time. You're late, but you're 00:01:12.209 --> 00:01:15.569 also on time. How are you doing, my friend? I'm 00:01:15.569 --> 00:01:18.829 doing great. You know, I think maybe still still 00:01:18.829 --> 00:01:21.450 riding the high a bit from Saturday. You know, 00:01:21.549 --> 00:01:25.569 that was it was as close to as perfect as you 00:01:25.569 --> 00:01:28.359 could be. You know, one goal, I think maybe, 00:01:28.359 --> 00:01:32.000 maybe would have make it, you know, quote, quote, 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:34.900 best day ever or something. But, you know, I 00:01:34.900 --> 00:01:38.340 think that ultimately, you know, I don't know 00:01:38.340 --> 00:01:41.140 if we could really ask for more. Um, not the 00:01:41.140 --> 00:01:43.980 result we necessarily wanted, but maybe the result 00:01:43.980 --> 00:01:45.959 we deserved. Right. Good. I don't know about 00:01:45.959 --> 00:01:48.519 that. I mean, we were, we were knocking on the 00:01:48.519 --> 00:01:50.939 door in that final 20 minutes. The rain there 00:01:50.939 --> 00:01:53.950 and the rainbow at the end and, you know, You 00:01:53.950 --> 00:01:56.450 know the draw Kings return for a brief visit 00:01:56.450 --> 00:02:00.609 It just felt like we had to have a draw right 00:02:00.609 --> 00:02:02.650 like we forgot where we came from for a moment 00:02:02.650 --> 00:02:05.090 there We drew and burned of course. We were gonna 00:02:05.090 --> 00:02:07.609 draw at Centerville Bank Stadium Yeah, that rainbow 00:02:07.609 --> 00:02:10.710 signified a lot to me It showed the kind of the 00:02:10.710 --> 00:02:12.610 fair weather fans literally that's not a that 00:02:12.610 --> 00:02:14.669 is upon but also literally like the rain starts 00:02:14.669 --> 00:02:17.689 coming down and people start Vacating the the 00:02:17.689 --> 00:02:19.110 stadium trying to get under some of the protection 00:02:19.110 --> 00:02:21.879 and then the soccer sickos are like This team's 00:02:21.879 --> 00:02:23.900 got five minutes left. I'm gonna give them all 00:02:23.900 --> 00:02:26.599 five minutes of my of my life soaking here in 00:02:26.599 --> 00:02:28.800 the rain You know, we'll talk about the roof 00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:30.800 and actually I had an interview with Brett Johnson, 00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:32.960 which we'll release in the coming weeks We talked 00:02:32.960 --> 00:02:34.960 about that as part of the strategy for phase 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:37.560 two of Centerville Bank Stadium But listen, we've 00:02:37.560 --> 00:02:39.340 got a very tight show because we have a guest 00:02:39.340 --> 00:02:41.240 coming on and we have to be mindful of their 00:02:41.240 --> 00:02:44.080 time So we can talk at length about the stable. 00:02:44.300 --> 00:02:45.400 We'll touch into a little bit more here in a 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:47.379 second, but let's get straight into this news 00:02:47.379 --> 00:02:49.990 here Big, big things coming out of last Friday. 00:02:50.430 --> 00:02:53.330 Another defender signing with the club. We've 00:02:53.330 --> 00:02:56.349 got our, you know, I think CB number seven now. 00:02:56.629 --> 00:02:59.389 We went from CB four to CB seven in a matter 00:02:59.389 --> 00:03:01.430 of weeks. Let's what do we need to know about 00:03:01.430 --> 00:03:06.090 about IMA? Yeah, so RFC just signed IMA Mavika. 00:03:06.310 --> 00:03:08.409 If you hadn't noticed they announced this last 00:03:08.409 --> 00:03:12.229 Friday for the 2025 season pending league in 00:03:12.229 --> 00:03:15.229 Federation approval. The experienced 26 -year 00:03:15.229 --> 00:03:17.490 -old defender reunites with a pair of former 00:03:17.490 --> 00:03:21.289 teammates in the Ocean State and brings 50 Major 00:03:21.289 --> 00:03:24.389 League Soccer appearances across Stints with 00:03:24.389 --> 00:03:28.430 InterMiami, CF and Toronto FC, hashtag non -MLS 00:03:28.430 --> 00:03:31.969 podcast. Mbica spent the last two seasons with 00:03:31.969 --> 00:03:36.189 MLS Club Toronto FC making 20 starts and 33 appearances 00:03:36.189 --> 00:03:40.310 during that stretch and logging nearly 2 ,000 00:03:40.310 --> 00:03:43.509 minutes with the Canadian club. Prior to his 00:03:43.509 --> 00:03:46.530 time up north the Zambia native spent two seasons 00:03:46.530 --> 00:03:50.909 with Inter Miami First team after being selected 00:03:50.909 --> 00:03:54.610 as the 26 overall pick in the 2021 MLS super 00:03:54.610 --> 00:03:58.310 draft He began his career in 2021 with Inter 00:03:58.310 --> 00:04:02.349 Miami 2 formerly for Lauderdale CF who used to 00:04:02.349 --> 00:04:05.590 play in USL League 1 I think at the time Playing 00:04:05.590 --> 00:04:08.270 alongside current RFC defender Frank Nodarse 00:04:08.750 --> 00:04:11.650 making 14 appearances for Miami Reserve during 00:04:11.650 --> 00:04:16.050 the 2021 U .S .L. League One season. Forest Time 00:04:16.050 --> 00:04:18.490 is a professional. Mabika enjoyed a five -year 00:04:18.490 --> 00:04:21.470 collegiate career at the University of Kentucky, 00:04:21.629 --> 00:04:24.029 spending three seasons playing alongside current 00:04:24.029 --> 00:04:27.670 RFC midfielder Clay Holstead, earning multiple 00:04:27.670 --> 00:04:30.509 accolades along the way. Good to see there's 00:04:30.509 --> 00:04:33.430 already some chemistry there between Frank and 00:04:33.430 --> 00:04:35.470 Clay. Yeah, you know, a lot of people were worried 00:04:35.470 --> 00:04:38.089 how would a player come in this late integrate 00:04:38.089 --> 00:04:41.230 into this team and already a connection to kind 00:04:41.230 --> 00:04:44.269 of that right side in terms of the midfield there 00:04:44.269 --> 00:04:46.850 on the on the defensive side with Frank Nadar 00:04:46.850 --> 00:04:49.569 say really exciting to see this prospect. You 00:04:49.569 --> 00:04:51.829 know, another thing I remember fans that were 00:04:51.829 --> 00:04:54.170 either rooting for RFC to fail or questioning 00:04:54.170 --> 00:04:57.519 how we had been so successful in that post. You 00:04:57.519 --> 00:04:59.879 know playoff run. It was looking back at the 00:04:59.879 --> 00:05:02.540 amount of MLS depth. We really had in the team 00:05:02.540 --> 00:05:05.079 Mabika now kind of just adding to that, you know, 00:05:05.100 --> 00:05:07.279 and I'll be honest He's not it was just also 00:05:07.279 --> 00:05:10.079 temper expectations. He is not necessarily a 00:05:10.079 --> 00:05:11.860 dug in replacement I just want to be clear both 00:05:11.860 --> 00:05:14.420 in position as well as you know qualities and 00:05:14.420 --> 00:05:16.339 skills We're gonna have to wait and see kind 00:05:16.339 --> 00:05:19.160 of what his game is producer torn had mentioned. 00:05:19.279 --> 00:05:22.120 He's a very tactical very smart defender I talked 00:05:22.120 --> 00:05:24.579 with Kano last week during practice about the 00:05:24.579 --> 00:05:27.439 arrival of Mabika and I asked, like, could we 00:05:27.439 --> 00:05:29.860 see him on the weekend for the home opener? And 00:05:29.860 --> 00:05:32.060 he was really upfront and transparent about saying 00:05:32.060 --> 00:05:34.980 that because he's an international and that his 00:05:34.980 --> 00:05:37.939 playing certificate is with Toronto still, even 00:05:37.939 --> 00:05:40.000 though he's a free agent, he was still going 00:05:40.000 --> 00:05:41.939 to be waiting on that ITC or that international 00:05:41.939 --> 00:05:45.300 transfer certificate to move from Canada into 00:05:45.300 --> 00:05:47.290 the United States. There was a couple of jokes 00:05:47.290 --> 00:05:49.589 back and forth about tariffs and whatnot, and 00:05:49.589 --> 00:05:52.110 Conno didn't take the debate on that one. So 00:05:52.110 --> 00:05:53.889 that's the only thing we're worried about. I 00:05:53.889 --> 00:05:56.069 asked if there could be any slowdown in the expediting 00:05:56.069 --> 00:05:58.629 of that ITC, and he said that usually working 00:05:58.629 --> 00:06:00.829 with a country like Canada, those things happen 00:06:00.829 --> 00:06:03.769 pretty quick. I couldn't pin him to saying, would 00:06:03.769 --> 00:06:06.759 Mabika be ready for... The open cut match this 00:06:06.759 --> 00:06:08.720 Wednesday, but you know, he said that they move 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:10.939 fast. So there's probably some intent and some 00:06:10.939 --> 00:06:13.839 desire to see him be available for selection. 00:06:14.120 --> 00:06:15.439 You know, maybe the bench. I don't think he'll 00:06:15.439 --> 00:06:17.480 get a start right away, but we could see him 00:06:17.480 --> 00:06:20.480 as early as this Wednesday for his first appearances 00:06:20.480 --> 00:06:23.500 in front of a home crowd. And I may is tall, 00:06:24.079 --> 00:06:27.339 like legit, super tall. We're both pretty tall 00:06:27.339 --> 00:06:29.319 dudes. Yeah, we're 6 '3, 6 '4 on a good day. 00:06:29.339 --> 00:06:33.579 Yeah, he towers over us. I remember we took a 00:06:33.579 --> 00:06:35.839 picture with him. He was walking around the stadium 00:06:35.839 --> 00:06:38.620 We met so many cool people so many great people 00:06:38.620 --> 00:06:41.319 at the stadium and I tried to get the picture 00:06:41.319 --> 00:06:45.240 and He's I couldn't get him in the shot And so 00:06:45.240 --> 00:06:46.699 he's like do you want me to take it and he took 00:06:46.699 --> 00:06:49.339 it and just you know And from the angle like 00:06:49.339 --> 00:06:51.100 you don't realize how much further back, you 00:06:51.100 --> 00:06:53.180 know, it's that depth thing But yeah, but he 00:06:53.180 --> 00:06:56.800 got very very tall dude Interesting to see how 00:06:56.800 --> 00:06:58.660 he'll fit in the starting 11 right now. It's 00:06:58.660 --> 00:07:00.939 a position of need. We have these injuries. We 00:07:00.939 --> 00:07:03.550 have these depth problems But if we get healthy 00:07:03.550 --> 00:07:06.829 come end of July, we're something going to have 00:07:06.829 --> 00:07:09.209 a real tough fight on our hands when it comes 00:07:09.209 --> 00:07:11.529 to coaches' game day selections. You think down 00:07:11.529 --> 00:07:13.750 the road, since this isn't a loan, since this 00:07:13.750 --> 00:07:15.810 isn't a 25 -day contract, is this going to create 00:07:15.810 --> 00:07:18.250 problems for us? Or is that a tomorrow problem? 00:07:19.050 --> 00:07:21.769 That's kind of a tomorrow problem. At this point, 00:07:21.910 --> 00:07:25.589 we need to get through these next couple of months, 00:07:25.810 --> 00:07:27.910 it looks like, where we're going to be kind of 00:07:27.910 --> 00:07:31.939 light till maybe Early mid -summer depending 00:07:31.939 --> 00:07:35.079 on how you want to look at it until we kind of 00:07:35.079 --> 00:07:38.379 get everyone back And the reality is injuries 00:07:38.379 --> 00:07:41.259 are going to continue to happen So hopefully 00:07:41.259 --> 00:07:43.279 not all at once like right now that we're dealing 00:07:43.279 --> 00:07:46.759 with so Plenty of games. You know if we continue 00:07:46.759 --> 00:07:49.540 in some of these cup competitions, there's going 00:07:49.540 --> 00:07:52.810 to be plenty more games for rotation So moving 00:07:52.810 --> 00:07:55.389 on to the next bit of news, your ID Inc., which 00:07:55.389 --> 00:07:58.110 is such an interesting name, they announced today 00:07:58.110 --> 00:08:00.470 the first ever international soccer friendly 00:08:00.470 --> 00:08:02.569 that's going to be held at Centerville Bank Stadium. 00:08:02.949 --> 00:08:06.189 And it's set to take place on Sunday, June 1st, 00:08:06.189 --> 00:08:09.689 2025. Don't worry, everyone. This does not compete 00:08:09.689 --> 00:08:11.910 with a Rhode Island FC match. That one will be 00:08:11.910 --> 00:08:14.870 on Saturday, the day before against the Riverhounds 00:08:14.870 --> 00:08:17.800 away. So you'll be able to get All types of soccer 00:08:17.800 --> 00:08:20.560 in on your on your soccer weekend there. This 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:22.279 landmark match is going to feature the men's 00:08:22.279 --> 00:08:24.879 national teams of Puerto Rico and Nicaragua. 00:08:25.240 --> 00:08:29.079 So Isaac Yankees home team coming into town and 00:08:29.079 --> 00:08:32.539 it's scheduled to kick off at 4 p .m. This is 00:08:32.539 --> 00:08:34.419 a big deal for these two teams as they get ready 00:08:34.419 --> 00:08:37.539 for competition in conca cap to earn one of the 00:08:37.539 --> 00:08:40.500 remaining, you know World Cup qualifier spots 00:08:40.500 --> 00:08:43.480 within conca cap. So many of those are kind of 00:08:43.480 --> 00:08:46.620 already It's deluded in the sense that with three 00:08:46.620 --> 00:08:48.960 teams in conca -calf already getting a top -seated 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:51.039 berth It makes it a little bit more challenging 00:08:51.039 --> 00:08:53.600 for the remaining group selections within the 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:55.320 conca -calf league So these are kind of extra 00:08:55.320 --> 00:08:58.220 special moments and it's gonna be exciting. Your 00:08:58.220 --> 00:09:00.100 idea is gonna be putting on a first of its kind 00:09:00.100 --> 00:09:03.360 soccer event at Centerville Bank Stadium They're 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:06.000 gonna have fan a fan fest kind of like what rodeo 00:09:06.000 --> 00:09:08.220 NFC does They're gonna have a pregame session 00:09:08.220 --> 00:09:10.399 with live music, you know vendors. This isn't 00:09:10.399 --> 00:09:12.340 gonna be just show up and watch soccer. They're 00:09:12.340 --> 00:09:14.659 trying to make an entire production of it. I 00:09:14.659 --> 00:09:17.279 can tell you that they already have the pre -sale 00:09:17.279 --> 00:09:20.240 available. Someone wrote the code on our Twitter 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:23.220 account. I can't multitask, so I don't know what 00:09:23.220 --> 00:09:25.279 it is. If someone wants to pull the Twitter or 00:09:25.279 --> 00:09:26.659 if they know the pre -code, I'll throw it up 00:09:26.659 --> 00:09:30.139 on the screen right now. But there is a discount, 00:09:30.440 --> 00:09:32.320 so really important. If you are interested in 00:09:32.320 --> 00:09:35.019 going to that game, as long as you purchase tickets 00:09:35.019 --> 00:09:38.200 either today, Or tomorrow you'll get 15 % off. 00:09:38.279 --> 00:09:41.299 So don't wait if you want to go see it and it's 00:09:41.299 --> 00:09:42.519 going to be a really big deal. There's a lot 00:09:42.519 --> 00:09:45.000 of Puerto Ricans that live within Rhode Island. 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:46.720 I think this is a great way to start the fan 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:49.399 base off, get people excited and what better 00:09:49.399 --> 00:09:51.059 way to bring an international team in than that. 00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:54.179 So are you going to go? I think I'll try and 00:09:54.179 --> 00:09:55.659 go. Silly question, right? Of course you're going 00:09:55.659 --> 00:09:59.860 to go. When I look at this and like part of me 00:09:59.860 --> 00:10:02.879 wants and King to play it in front of his crowd, 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:05.929 but the other the RFC half of me is like I'm 00:10:05.929 --> 00:10:07.929 not Puerto Rican. I don't care about that. But 00:10:07.929 --> 00:10:10.210 like I would be a big deal for him. Oh, yeah, 00:10:10.230 --> 00:10:13.870 and like I want him to have that but You know, 00:10:13.909 --> 00:10:17.429 I will I just want RFC to do well and You know, 00:10:17.470 --> 00:10:20.450 he's he's been struggling with injury and you 00:10:20.450 --> 00:10:23.210 know, if he's not ready, he's not ready Matthew 00:10:23.210 --> 00:10:25.870 Jean writes in the pre code might be your ID 00:10:25.870 --> 00:10:30.750 pre so why oh you are ID PR E so go use that 00:10:30.750 --> 00:10:34.470 and get your 15 % off and like you said, I I 00:10:34.470 --> 00:10:36.090 really want him to succeed I'd love to see him 00:10:36.090 --> 00:10:38.809 be able to there'd be nothing more special Maybe 00:10:38.809 --> 00:10:40.710 he just dresses though because like we need him 00:10:40.710 --> 00:10:43.889 back so bad I mean I'm sure dress up on for like 00:10:43.889 --> 00:10:46.649 the last few minutes just to jog around the pitch 00:10:46.649 --> 00:10:50.100 Yeah, exactly Exactly. But we got to move on 00:10:50.100 --> 00:10:52.440 for the sake of time. So let's get into this 00:10:52.440 --> 00:10:55.240 overall experience and recap of the game against 00:10:55.240 --> 00:10:58.179 San Antonio. Jason, first and foremost, let's 00:10:58.179 --> 00:11:01.039 get through this stadium. I mean, we could do 00:11:01.039 --> 00:11:03.720 a whole another hour and a half podcast on just 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:07.289 the overall. Experience the overwhelming sensation 00:11:07.289 --> 00:11:09.889 of seeing that many people ten thousand seven 00:11:09.889 --> 00:11:12.690 hundred fans in attendance So they were over 00:11:12.690 --> 00:11:15.070 their city their seating capacity there were 00:11:15.070 --> 00:11:17.250 standing room only tickets number one attended 00:11:17.250 --> 00:11:19.649 us on match of the weekend We could not get tickets 00:11:19.649 --> 00:11:21.470 into the pressable tickets We couldn't get spaces 00:11:21.470 --> 00:11:23.590 into the press box because there was so much 00:11:23.590 --> 00:11:25.470 there were so many journalists there cover I 00:11:25.470 --> 00:11:27.419 mean to be clear. I want to be really courteous 00:11:27.419 --> 00:11:29.740 to RIC communications. They absolutely offered 00:11:29.740 --> 00:11:32.019 to bend over backwards for us, but we don't write 00:11:32.019 --> 00:11:33.720 in the moment. So we didn't need the amenities 00:11:33.720 --> 00:11:35.980 that way. Yeah. No, they still took care of us. 00:11:36.379 --> 00:11:38.899 We had our own space. It was just not, you know, 00:11:38.960 --> 00:11:40.419 it's not the process. I love the seats. Yeah, 00:11:40.440 --> 00:11:42.320 it was fantastic. I was in the shade. So I was 00:11:42.320 --> 00:11:45.059 worthy to burn. No, it was a fantastic showing 00:11:45.059 --> 00:11:47.700 overall. What were your big takeaways about the 00:11:47.700 --> 00:11:52.539 overall experience at that stadium? You've been 00:11:52.539 --> 00:11:55.000 to the stadium numerous times. I'd actually only 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:58.779 first been when we did the the food event thing. 00:11:59.240 --> 00:12:02.679 Yeah. So I was really impressed with how with 00:12:02.679 --> 00:12:06.720 how everything went. I think that it's as close 00:12:06.720 --> 00:12:08.879 to as perfect as you can get. I think there's 00:12:08.879 --> 00:12:10.919 always going to be a few things that people can 00:12:10.919 --> 00:12:15.519 kind of nitpick on here and there. I think when 00:12:15.519 --> 00:12:18.179 we extrapolate it to the whole experience is 00:12:18.179 --> 00:12:22.679 like as a whole package. Everyone was afraid 00:12:22.679 --> 00:12:24.980 parking was going to be a nightmare. I didn't 00:12:24.980 --> 00:12:27.059 hear any complaints about parking. It didn't 00:12:27.059 --> 00:12:29.039 seem like it was that big of a deal. I think 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:31.559 that there was so many different options and 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:34.080 ways to get there. We even took the... I mean, 00:12:34.120 --> 00:12:36.200 we got the early park, but then we used the bus. 00:12:36.419 --> 00:12:38.299 We got there at like 10 .45 in the morning, and 00:12:38.299 --> 00:12:40.179 they were turning us away from places because 00:12:40.179 --> 00:12:42.600 we got there too early. I wanted to get B -roll, 00:12:42.679 --> 00:12:44.759 so yeah, we did the bus the fun. But the crazy 00:12:44.759 --> 00:12:46.899 thing is we were not the only people. There was 00:12:46.899 --> 00:12:50.409 a lot of other people already there. So and we 00:12:50.409 --> 00:12:53.889 took the bus the defines route up into the M7 00:12:53.889 --> 00:12:55.889 lot Yeah, we thought we got on the train one 00:12:55.889 --> 00:12:57.710 by accident. So that was a learning curve as 00:12:57.710 --> 00:13:00.090 well Now it was it was a great time, you know 00:13:00.090 --> 00:13:03.149 speaking about that 430 kickoff or the speaking 00:13:03.149 --> 00:13:04.970 of parking I should say get this in order here 00:13:04.970 --> 00:13:07.350 one of the reasons that the game was actually 00:13:07.350 --> 00:13:10.190 You know kind of moved back is there was there 00:13:10.190 --> 00:13:13.169 was some you know Concerns that people couldn't 00:13:13.169 --> 00:13:15.389 get into the stadium on time and they wanted 00:13:15.389 --> 00:13:18.169 to make sure that everyone Was able to find their 00:13:18.169 --> 00:13:20.529 seat and be available in that stadium to watch 00:13:20.529 --> 00:13:23.769 the opening ceremonies of the game So a little 00:13:23.769 --> 00:13:25.970 bit of planned deliverance and making sure I 00:13:25.970 --> 00:13:27.549 know that not everyone kind of understood that 00:13:27.549 --> 00:13:29.049 so they were certainly like 30 minutes going 00:13:29.049 --> 00:13:31.210 I thought this was I thought this kickoff was 00:13:31.210 --> 00:13:33.909 at 4 p .m. But you know looking back on it. That's 00:13:33.909 --> 00:13:36.029 the way you have to do it That's that contingency 00:13:36.029 --> 00:13:38.559 where you want to be like, okay? i need to i 00:13:38.559 --> 00:13:40.220 need to understand how are we going to be best 00:13:40.220 --> 00:13:42.039 set up for success and i think it worked because 00:13:42.039 --> 00:13:45.100 how many times it burned last season did we get 00:13:45.100 --> 00:13:47.039 15 minutes in the game before people would kind 00:13:47.039 --> 00:13:49.879 of meander and find their seats it was it wasn't 00:13:49.879 --> 00:13:51.519 problematic because everyone enjoys the game 00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:53.620 at their own pace at their own speed but being 00:13:53.620 --> 00:13:58.139 able to see 10 500 strong in their seats at kickoff 00:13:58.139 --> 00:14:01.549 with the helicopter flyover i mean fireworks 00:14:01.549 --> 00:14:03.889 it was just spectacular yeah for the occasion 00:14:03.889 --> 00:14:05.370 i definitely i don't think they're they're not 00:14:05.370 --> 00:14:07.909 gonna start every game thirty minutes later there's 00:14:07.909 --> 00:14:11.250 a learning curve for a lot of the the newer soccer 00:14:11.250 --> 00:14:14.129 fans if you will that. These games are kind of 00:14:14.129 --> 00:14:16.730 prompt right you so if anything you want to get 00:14:16.730 --> 00:14:18.990 there a little early if you if you want to get 00:14:18.990 --> 00:14:21.549 yourself something to drink some snacks and kinda 00:14:21.549 --> 00:14:24.070 get yourself settled in because. When it hits 00:14:24.070 --> 00:14:26.029 four you maybe got a few minutes of the opening 00:14:26.029 --> 00:14:28.070 ceremony and then boom the game starts Yeah, 00:14:28.110 --> 00:14:30.350 we got to move on but so many people came up 00:14:30.350 --> 00:14:33.289 and said hi from coach Conno's mom found me in 00:14:33.289 --> 00:14:35.210 the crowd came over gave me a hug We took a picture. 00:14:35.450 --> 00:14:37.710 We saw Nate Silvera there asked him how he was 00:14:37.710 --> 00:14:39.730 doing at the police academy. He's doing great 00:14:39.730 --> 00:14:43.029 Ran into Noah's parents. I ran into all the families 00:14:43.029 --> 00:14:45.610 Someone told me there was a Gabby Alva sighting. 00:14:45.649 --> 00:14:48.720 So I was like looking around Ramp it for him 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:50.879 but other than he reached out like no, I couldn't 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:53.179 make the game but he had wanted to go up so just 00:14:53.179 --> 00:14:55.480 really exciting we'll talk more about it in the 00:14:55.480 --> 00:14:58.259 weeks to come. Anyone that has a really personal 00:14:58.259 --> 00:14:59.860 experience that they want to share some moment 00:14:59.860 --> 00:15:01.960 of pride let us know in the comments will put 00:15:01.960 --> 00:15:04.179 it up for people to read along but we do have 00:15:04.179 --> 00:15:06.419 to move on. I will say that I made a promise 00:15:06.419 --> 00:15:08.759 to a little girl and I told us that we know that 00:15:08.759 --> 00:15:11.720 chip is an avid listener of the show. And we 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:13.820 told her we would move the message along. So 00:15:13.820 --> 00:15:16.120 Chip, as you're listening, we need to somehow 00:15:16.120 --> 00:15:19.259 figure out how to get chip, chip, hooray, incorporated 00:15:19.259 --> 00:15:21.980 into celebrating you as a mascot. I think when 00:15:21.980 --> 00:15:24.059 he heads over to Defiance, I mean, that's just, 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:26.200 they just, that becomes a champ. We, we, we, 00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:28.440 we just, we just move, we move the, we move the 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:30.600 message along. We don't, we don't make them, 00:15:30.899 --> 00:15:32.500 like I want to make sure that's organic and that 00:15:32.500 --> 00:15:34.700 people don't go, here's Matt and Jason imposing 00:15:34.700 --> 00:15:36.600 that, well, this was a little girl, a wonderful 00:15:36.600 --> 00:15:38.620 little girl who wants to hear chip, chip, hooray 00:15:38.620 --> 00:15:41.120 with her favorite mascot. at request of her. 00:15:41.379 --> 00:15:43.200 Yeah, of course. Of course. All right. So let's 00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:46.679 get into this game recap itself. You know, it's 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:49.440 it's been 189 days since we saw a home game in 00:15:49.440 --> 00:15:52.399 front of home fans. Not a lot was able to happen. 00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:54.799 Unfortunately, we do end up still in 10th place 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:56.899 with the Neil Neil draw. So didn't really move 00:15:56.899 --> 00:16:00.039 up or down in the Eastern Conference. But overall 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:01.960 thoughts, just quick impressions of the match 00:16:01.960 --> 00:16:05.700 overall. Yeah, a bit rough there. You know, draw 00:16:05.700 --> 00:16:11.539 Kings are back. I I went re like went back and 00:16:11.539 --> 00:16:14.899 rewatched like some of the game In the second 00:16:14.899 --> 00:16:17.000 half, I'm like, I I don't know how we didn't 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:20.539 score there There are so many there were so many 00:16:20.539 --> 00:16:23.840 chances. I think that on a on a different day 00:16:23.840 --> 00:16:28.559 we put one of those away um San Antonio maybe 00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:31.460 wasn't incredibly threatening. It's not to say 00:16:31.460 --> 00:16:33.379 that they didn't have some opportunities and 00:16:33.379 --> 00:16:37.309 You know We ended up was able to kind of shut 00:16:37.309 --> 00:16:39.470 them down the few times that they did venture 00:16:39.470 --> 00:16:42.870 forward. I think maybe to a certain extent, I 00:16:42.870 --> 00:16:45.269 don't know if they completely showed up to play 00:16:45.269 --> 00:16:50.690 soccer. It very felt like when they realized 00:16:50.690 --> 00:16:53.269 the way that the ref was going to call the game, 00:16:54.009 --> 00:16:57.129 they were maybe taken full advantage of that. 00:16:58.090 --> 00:17:02.169 Absolutely. I mean, we were also depleted, right? 00:17:02.370 --> 00:17:05.230 Eight players unavailable. Six injured one red 00:17:05.230 --> 00:17:08.789 card suspension and one still pending the registration 00:17:08.789 --> 00:17:13.430 with the league so Considering how well the team 00:17:13.430 --> 00:17:17.269 did I think that overall like I'm not I'm not 00:17:17.269 --> 00:17:19.789 upset. I would have loved to have a win there 00:17:19.789 --> 00:17:22.910 to celebrate with the fans, but like It wasn't 00:17:22.910 --> 00:17:25.470 a boring nail -nail draw if anything How do you 00:17:25.470 --> 00:17:27.470 how do you rank this game across the five regular 00:17:27.470 --> 00:17:30.329 season games we've played so far? It's it's hard 00:17:30.329 --> 00:17:33.410 to like rank them. But I think when you look 00:17:33.410 --> 00:17:37.869 at how well some of the players did specifically, 00:17:39.049 --> 00:17:43.130 right, I mean, you know, Sanchez was just Sanchez 00:17:43.130 --> 00:17:44.890 had a phenomenal game. And I don't mean all your 00:17:44.890 --> 00:17:49.410 Sanchez. I mean, Richard Richard Sanchez from 00:17:49.410 --> 00:17:53.230 the gold San Antonio. Like he was he was keeping 00:17:53.230 --> 00:17:58.069 San Antonio in that match. So. I think what's 00:17:58.069 --> 00:18:00.369 important here is that we saw the resilience 00:18:00.369 --> 00:18:02.369 from the team. We saw them fight back. We've 00:18:02.369 --> 00:18:06.289 been concerned that maybe this team is a first 00:18:06.289 --> 00:18:09.630 half only team, but we saw a really good fight 00:18:09.630 --> 00:18:10.990 from there in the second half, especially because 00:18:10.990 --> 00:18:14.009 the first half was maybe a little dull at times. 00:18:14.210 --> 00:18:17.710 It was just constant fouling to a certain extent, 00:18:18.029 --> 00:18:20.509 and they couldn't really get it going until that 00:18:20.509 --> 00:18:23.859 second half there. Yeah, I think that the fouling 00:18:23.859 --> 00:18:25.460 though, you know, I think you said a minute ago 00:18:25.460 --> 00:18:27.480 credit to the San Antonio for the gamesmanship 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:30.599 of selling the meals out of the opportunities 00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:33.940 they had Had ref Alissa Nichols really had a 00:18:33.940 --> 00:18:37.380 tough time on on managing this game, you know 00:18:37.630 --> 00:18:40.049 There was arguments for a PK each direction. 00:18:40.470 --> 00:18:43.029 First one was against them or was for Alde or 00:18:43.029 --> 00:18:45.569 Sanchez in the box. I didn't see enough of it 00:18:45.569 --> 00:18:48.410 to warrant it. And likewise, the one where I 00:18:48.410 --> 00:18:50.990 think it was a grieve that went down. Just I 00:18:50.990 --> 00:18:53.069 wasn't convinced, but you saw these teams go 00:18:53.069 --> 00:18:55.009 at each other early on with a lot of attitude, 00:18:55.490 --> 00:18:57.730 a lot of pushing and shoving. And then once they 00:18:57.730 --> 00:18:59.910 got the game going, it felt like every bit of 00:18:59.910 --> 00:19:02.430 contact was just, you know, especially from the 00:19:02.430 --> 00:19:05.029 San Antonio side, just kind of selling it. Coach 00:19:05.029 --> 00:19:07.430 Conno very frustrated with the refing in this 00:19:07.430 --> 00:19:09.150 game. I don't know how they're going to do it 00:19:09.150 --> 00:19:10.930 in the future, but there might be some damage 00:19:10.930 --> 00:19:13.450 control they need to worry about with how closely 00:19:13.450 --> 00:19:16.089 the sideline is mic'd. They may need to think 00:19:16.089 --> 00:19:18.069 about moving those mics to the side. I went back 00:19:18.069 --> 00:19:19.490 and listened to the broadcast and you could hear 00:19:19.490 --> 00:19:22.599 Coach Conno. the entire time from the amount 00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:25.259 of f bombs that he dropped to everything in between. 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:27.720 He was very frustrated with Nichols. Even if 00:19:27.720 --> 00:19:30.299 you watch the highlights, there's no, you know, 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:32.220 profanity in there, but you can hear Miellen 00:19:32.220 --> 00:19:34.579 on the side being unhappy with with Files being 00:19:34.579 --> 00:19:36.000 called. I mean, he was yelling at his player. 00:19:36.140 --> 00:19:38.680 I mean, he's a passionate coach. He's a he's 00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:40.519 a coach that like is trying to always make his 00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:42.740 team the best that it can be. But specifically 00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:44.740 back to Nichols, you know, he was picked up multiple 00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:47.420 times on the mic saying that she can't keep stopping 00:19:47.420 --> 00:19:49.119 the game like this. She's killing the momentum 00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:52.779 of her team. RFC really wanted to take as many 00:19:52.779 --> 00:19:54.799 of the quick whistles as possible before San 00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:57.160 Antonio could grow into the game It felt like 00:19:57.160 --> 00:19:59.279 RFC wanted to try to do something those first 00:19:59.279 --> 00:20:02.259 15 minutes and and Nichols kind of kept getting 00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:04.119 in the way and then I remember one point a little 00:20:04.119 --> 00:20:06.180 deeper into the game You know Conor just said 00:20:06.180 --> 00:20:08.839 you know She's having way too much influence 00:20:08.839 --> 00:20:10.460 on this game because of the way she's starting 00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:13.400 and stopping and that no one came to see her 00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:15.519 She needed to stop inserting herself as kind 00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:17.880 of like that main character energy So it was 00:20:17.880 --> 00:20:20.160 it was a tough thing to see but you know credit 00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:23.180 san Antonio This is what makes them so dangerous 00:20:23.180 --> 00:20:24.859 on the road. This is why they haven't lost the 00:20:24.859 --> 00:20:27.900 game yet this season When they're traveling away 00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:30.420 because they are a difficult team when they're 00:20:30.420 --> 00:20:32.180 not shooting Which they you know, we'll talk 00:20:32.180 --> 00:20:34.740 about that here in a second But san Antonio were 00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:37.359 kind of the heels of of the I guess they might 00:20:37.359 --> 00:20:39.220 be the heels of the west this year They might 00:20:39.220 --> 00:20:41.380 be the Detroit city, but it was definitely a 00:20:41.380 --> 00:20:44.369 frustrating first 30 minutes, especially the 00:20:44.369 --> 00:20:48.170 first 15 for Rhode Island of Sea. Yeah. I think 00:20:48.170 --> 00:20:50.970 one thing we should highlight here is we talked 00:20:50.970 --> 00:20:55.690 a few minutes ago about here of like when you 00:20:55.690 --> 00:20:58.609 have this big squad, right? And if some of these 00:20:58.609 --> 00:21:00.769 players start performing, you put yourself in 00:21:00.769 --> 00:21:03.589 a kind of a headache situation, right? Well, 00:21:03.609 --> 00:21:05.930 I think we need to give Amos Shapiro Thompson 00:21:05.930 --> 00:21:10.640 his due. We weren't really sure, like, What exactly 00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:13.460 type of player he was right? He was injured for 00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:15.839 a lot of last year. He started making some kind 00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:19.220 of cameos here and there and There's definitely 00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:21.380 a bit of a bite to him kind of like almost like 00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:23.759 a bit of a bulldog there You know, he he had 00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:26.160 a lot of spirit and fight, but we didn't really 00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:29.420 know how or where he fit into the team But he 00:21:29.420 --> 00:21:31.740 had a phenomenal performance this match. I think 00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:36.309 he was maybe wearing a Angolo Conte jersey underneath 00:21:36.309 --> 00:21:38.470 because he was, he was all over the pitch, right? 00:21:38.529 --> 00:21:41.569 He was, he was that kind of like industrious, 00:21:41.589 --> 00:21:43.930 hardworking midfielder who would just get where 00:21:43.930 --> 00:21:46.690 he needed to go after the ball, pick it up. He 00:21:46.690 --> 00:21:49.230 was winning tackles. He was distributing the 00:21:49.230 --> 00:21:52.190 ball well and just constantly fighting to keep 00:21:52.190 --> 00:21:55.890 the team in. And I just think that, you know, 00:21:56.410 --> 00:22:00.069 seeing that he could do this, like if he can 00:22:00.069 --> 00:22:02.170 do this again, like our midfield has been a very 00:22:02.170 --> 00:22:04.980 strong point in the squad, right? So like. You're 00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:06.539 not gonna take off Hervo. You're not gonna take 00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:08.339 off Holstad. You're not gonna take off Rodriguez, 00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:12.640 but Well, how good AST performed if he continued 00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:16.559 if he can per replicate that performance You're 00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:18.579 gonna want to get him some some minutes in there 00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:21.119 maybe even some starting minutes if that continues 00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:23.359 Yeah, I mean, let's talk about the starting 11, 00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:26.119 you know It wasn't exactly the roster that I 00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:28.240 think people expected to see on the game day 00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:30.160 And it was a pleasant surprise, you know going 00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:33.059 back to that AST moment there. Okay, Vegas in 00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:35.720 the net Coach Kano definitely kind of continuing 00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:38.799 the evolution now of this 4 -2 -3 -1 or some 00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:41.200 kind of Morphosis of at least that back four 00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:43.700 line you saw all day your Sanchez out at left 00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:46.220 back with Grant Stoneman and then Zach Haribo 00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:48.319 being the player we dropped back We weren't sure 00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:50.720 if we'd see Zach or clay in there So Zach Haribo 00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:53.319 slots into that center back roll Surprisingly 00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:55.539 too because the team naturally starts to move 00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:58.680 forward as a back three Zach was the center of 00:22:58.680 --> 00:23:00.380 the center back. So he was kind of the anchor 00:23:00.380 --> 00:23:02.700 and the pivot for the back line instead of Grant 00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:05.240 Stoneman. So that was exciting to see. Rio Hope 00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:08.259 Gunn gets his second start in this team now and 00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:10.980 in two consecutive games, the double pivot. So 00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:13.440 Amish Shapiro Thompson dropping back into more 00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:16.700 of a defensive or full CM instead of where we've 00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:18.420 seen a more kind of the tip of the spear in the 00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:21.640 midfield partnered alongside Clay Holstead. Then 00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:24.019 you had that midfield three of Joe Burrito out 00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:25.400 on the left wing. I don't know that we've seen 00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:28.119 Joe ever out on the left side like that. Typically 00:23:28.119 --> 00:23:31.500 he hugs the right Maxi Rodriguez in that attacking 00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:33.980 midfielder role and Joe J. Acuasera continue. 00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:35.759 his right side. And that was the interesting 00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:37.619 part, right? Like, you know, Joje is a natural 00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:40.019 left wing. Why we didn't see those two switch. 00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:43.039 Coach Conno knew that probably Quasaro was needed 00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:45.099 more for his shooting than his crossing and passing. 00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:47.279 Also, with how well it did against Westchester, 00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:49.720 I think we might, we might continue to see him 00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:51.900 play in that position. And I know that Amos Shapiro 00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:53.940 Thompson was the man of the match for Defiance. 00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:56.039 I think it was well earned and well fought. But 00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:58.779 I also do have to agree with Torren that, you 00:23:58.779 --> 00:24:00.799 know, Joje and Quasaro's contribution on the 00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:03.859 day was second to none. I mean, he's just Becoming 00:24:03.859 --> 00:24:07.259 such a such a problem for defense on the opposite 00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:09.700 team when it comes to the way he builds up his 00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:11.980 attack Whether he's gonna be redistributing the 00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:14.059 ball or just going in he looked really dangerous 00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:16.339 No, if you saw him the lone striker up there, 00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:18.980 he struggled on the game pretty much But not 00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:21.460 because of anything where it was his fault. He's 00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:23.460 just not a striker He's not that player that 00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:25.500 you're gonna want stationary in the midfield 00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:28.140 to collect balls He's better when he's at pace 00:24:28.140 --> 00:24:31.099 when he's at speed out on the wings. And so, 00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:33.170 you know, he was doing a role that You know he 00:24:33.170 --> 00:24:36.049 did the best that he could but in reality It's 00:24:36.049 --> 00:24:38.329 not his preferred spot and we saw when chico 00:24:38.329 --> 00:24:40.990 came on in the 60th minute We saw immediately 00:24:40.990 --> 00:24:42.789 what the transformation of that could look like 00:24:42.789 --> 00:24:45.869 when we had a striker kind of jump on board I 00:24:45.869 --> 00:24:47.849 do want to say real hope gun, you know with those 00:24:47.849 --> 00:24:50.430 two starts now undefeated as long as he is starting 00:24:50.430 --> 00:24:53.269 on the team So that is exciting to see continued 00:24:53.269 --> 00:24:55.609 headaches for conno when everyone else gets when 00:24:55.609 --> 00:24:57.809 everyone gets healthy It's gonna be it's gonna 00:24:57.809 --> 00:25:00.049 be a real problem. You know the only other thing 00:25:00.049 --> 00:25:03.569 I guess I would ask is You know, is this the 00:25:03.569 --> 00:25:06.549 team that we thought we would see on the day 00:25:06.549 --> 00:25:09.490 or is this just the circumstance of the people 00:25:09.490 --> 00:25:11.529 that we had available? Are you surprised time 00:25:11.529 --> 00:25:15.710 who didn't get the start over amus or joe? I'm 00:25:15.710 --> 00:25:17.750 a little surprised in the sense that maybe we've 00:25:17.750 --> 00:25:21.470 seen time a lot more But considering how well 00:25:21.470 --> 00:25:25.329 Shapiro Thompson performed I like You know, I'm 00:25:25.329 --> 00:25:27.970 very happy with what we saw like you said the 00:25:27.970 --> 00:25:32.980 roster itself is very much a It's it's the circumstances 00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:35.559 weren't right there. There was not even a full 00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:39.099 bench with two keepers on the bench. So You know, 00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:42.259 I'm happy with with what we saw out there would 00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:44.039 have loved to get a win But at least we didn't 00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:46.619 lose and then kind of talking through really 00:25:46.619 --> 00:25:48.799 quickly the two big talking points because it's 00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:50.660 it's hard to unpack a lot of things that are 00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:52.599 no performance But kind of going through these 00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:55.200 rapid fire. I do want to talk about the defensive 00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:57.740 actions and the saves from coke You know, he 00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:59.480 wasn't really heavily challenged on the night 00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:01.880 only facing two shots, but they were the two 00:26:01.880 --> 00:26:04.359 most important shots to keep Rhode Island FC 00:26:04.359 --> 00:26:07.039 in this game. First, the early, what I think 00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:08.960 is going to be an early save of the year contender, 00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:11.380 when Jimmy Adron to tries to do that lob in like 00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:14.759 the 34th minute, 35th minute, trying to catch 00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:17.000 Vegas, who, who likes to range. He's a little 00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:19.500 bit far forward out the box. Koke tracks back 00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:22.160 like a, like a baseball outfielder fully extends 00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:24.740 and just, you know, pushes the ball away from 00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:27.950 the net. Incredible. incredible opportunity there. 00:26:28.490 --> 00:26:29.930 And then, of course, he takes on the one -on 00:26:29.930 --> 00:26:32.690 -one later in the game, shuts down the lane after 00:26:32.690 --> 00:26:36.289 a pretty, pretty damaging Stoneman giveaway, 00:26:36.769 --> 00:26:38.549 which, you know, it felt very reminiscent of 00:26:38.549 --> 00:26:41.170 the Zac Carrivo goal against Westchester and 00:26:41.170 --> 00:26:44.539 just shows up really big. But just not on top 00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:46.660 of the Coque Vegas saves themselves, the defense 00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:48.720 really played out of their minds. And it might 00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:50.440 not have felt like it because the game wasn't 00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:53.099 really as crispy as we could have seen. There 00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:56.819 were over 257 instances of lost possession in 00:26:56.819 --> 00:27:00.880 this game. These teams were stumbling through 00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:02.759 each other a lot of the way. Part of that, again, 00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:05.339 was probably the head ref. Part of it was getting 00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:07.180 used to this turf, especially once it started 00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:11.480 getting wet. Clumsiness and a little bit of risky 00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:13.700 turnovers created a lot of dangerous attack. 00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:16.240 It was still an exciting game And I think both 00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:18.460 of these teams really had some good looks but 00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:20.599 just didn't come through so credit to coca Vegas 00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:24.079 on those clean sheets on this clean sheet and 00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:26.640 that defensive move from El Capitan any thoughts 00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:30.519 on coca overall No, he he did well when he was 00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:33.420 called upon his distribution was good as always 00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:37.059 So I mean what more can you ask from him? I will 00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:39.420 say this, you know, on top of the defensive work, 00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:42.000 it was the first time the Western Conference 00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:44.940 leaders were held scoreless. It's their first 00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:47.359 game where they have not scored a goal. So credit 00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:49.259 to the defense. In fact, San Antonio only had 00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:52.819 six touches in our box the entire match. So we 00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:55.500 definitely kept them, they kept them at bay as 00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:56.700 best they could. And I think it was a really 00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:59.640 good admirable defensive performance. Are you 00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:02.119 ready to pay? Okay. Vegas is a lobster roll tab. 00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:06.809 How dare you? Hey, you got to start showing up 00:28:06.809 --> 00:28:08.150 to the practice sessions. Otherwise, I'm gonna 00:28:08.150 --> 00:28:10.490 use your name as I see fit clearly at work there 00:28:10.490 --> 00:28:12.869 Jason without you We wouldn't have gotten a cheat 00:28:12.869 --> 00:28:16.250 It's I guess it's worth it at this point. Where 00:28:16.250 --> 00:28:18.170 do you think he's gonna go for his lobster rolls 00:28:18.170 --> 00:28:23.369 with his wife? Hmm. I don't know. I'm not I'm 00:28:23.369 --> 00:28:25.769 not sure. Do you think he do you think he's a 00:28:26.290 --> 00:28:28.789 uh, a cold lobster roll guy or that's that's 00:28:28.789 --> 00:28:30.410 what i'm gonna i'm gonna have to ask him before 00:28:30.410 --> 00:28:35.089 we we fund his uh, his dinner or his lunch with 00:28:35.089 --> 00:28:37.309 his family is we have to know if you think i 00:28:37.309 --> 00:28:39.630 think he's a hot i think he's a hot lobster guy 00:28:39.630 --> 00:28:41.910 i don't think he's a cold but if he is a cold 00:28:41.910 --> 00:28:43.950 i won't hold that against him either i mean both 00:28:43.950 --> 00:28:46.250 are good i'll eat both of them i i kind of want 00:28:46.250 --> 00:28:48.049 to trick him into going we will go with you to 00:28:48.049 --> 00:28:49.950 have lunch so that you know we get out we get 00:28:49.950 --> 00:28:52.349 something out of it too but as long as the price 00:28:52.349 --> 00:28:54.369 on the lobster roll isn't market price you know 00:28:54.369 --> 00:28:56.869 there's an actual dollar amount You know you're 00:28:56.869 --> 00:28:58.410 going to be paying $40 a pipe here, but yeah, 00:28:58.450 --> 00:28:59.829 that's what you deserve You got to start showing 00:28:59.829 --> 00:29:02.150 up these practices and contribute more to this 00:29:02.150 --> 00:29:06.769 podcast Jason. That's on you. Um, my job Final 00:29:06.769 --> 00:29:08.650 kind of touch point on the night want to talk 00:29:08.650 --> 00:29:11.589 about Chico's return big time. It wasn't a positive 00:29:11.589 --> 00:29:14.250 We were speculating could we see him return to 00:29:14.250 --> 00:29:16.009 the bench? He looked healthy, but you know, we 00:29:16.009 --> 00:29:18.130 weren't sure if he was quite ready for a match 00:29:18.130 --> 00:29:21.480 he puts in a 30 minute performance, but Even 00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:23.720 with the and he had some amazing looks like there 00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:25.440 was probably the one where he headed it on and 00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:28.180 it just didn't it went a little too wide But 00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:30.019 there still seems to be some scoring opportunities 00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:32.039 We talked last week about the importance of JJ 00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:34.640 Williams in terms of the offensive Contribution 00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:37.500 and what would I NFC what their score lines typically 00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:40.319 look like when JJ is running on all cylinders 00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:43.619 right now This RAFC team has now failed to score 00:29:43.619 --> 00:29:47.000 in four of their six games No team is worse off 00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:49.279 when it comes to that kind of stat, you know 00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:51.700 We talked about how when this team gets to the 00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:54.539 15 to 20 shot range, normally things kind of 00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:57.900 unlock. They had 16 shots, five on target. Maxi 00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:59.740 led the charge. Again, he was doing a phenomenal 00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:03.279 amount of work. It just didn't seem to fall into 00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:05.319 place. Is there something more that we need to 00:30:05.319 --> 00:30:07.140 look through on this, or is this just things 00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:08.839 will work themselves out and just getting out 00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:12.000 of the Centerville Bank Stadium jitters? Sometimes 00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:14.480 it just happens like that. I wouldn't be too 00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:17.240 concerned about it. If it continues, then you 00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:20.009 start to see a trend. Well, then maybe there's 00:30:20.009 --> 00:30:23.309 a little more to it. But maybe to a certain extent, 00:30:23.309 --> 00:30:25.430 even for them, like maybe the nerves got to them 00:30:25.430 --> 00:30:30.069 a little bit. So I think I'm happy with the performance. 00:30:31.170 --> 00:30:33.750 You know, I think it's good, the momentum that 00:30:33.750 --> 00:30:36.650 we've been kind of slowly building up here after 00:30:36.650 --> 00:30:39.930 maybe a bit of a rocky start. Things are potentially 00:30:39.930 --> 00:30:41.750 looking pretty good on the horizon here once 00:30:41.750 --> 00:30:44.869 everyone kind of gets healthy, get back together 00:30:44.869 --> 00:30:47.990 as a squad. Yeah. I still think this draw. is 00:30:47.990 --> 00:30:50.170 everything you expected out of it, just one or 00:30:50.170 --> 00:30:52.589 two pieces of a little more clinical finishing 00:30:52.589 --> 00:30:56.170 and this ship is ready to go. During the press 00:30:56.170 --> 00:30:58.789 conference, Coach was very impressed with the 00:30:58.789 --> 00:31:01.109 team, was very proud of the effort put in. Really 00:31:01.109 --> 00:31:03.470 appreciated the hard work across everyone that 00:31:03.470 --> 00:31:05.670 had delivered, not just the stadium, but that 00:31:05.670 --> 00:31:07.269 game day experience. I mean, it really truly 00:31:07.269 --> 00:31:10.250 was a core memory now for myself and I hope many, 00:31:10.430 --> 00:31:14.089 many, I hope 10 ,700 people along with us. So 00:31:14.089 --> 00:31:16.940 it was just an exciting way. Really fun fact, 00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:18.720 you know, he had mentioned how San Antonio didn't 00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:20.420 set up the same way that they had been preparing 00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:23.019 for and planning So not sure how much of that 00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:25.400 went into it, but I also really enjoyed one of 00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:28.819 the one of the people in the press room Jim from 00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:31.779 false and a webbo He asked about what it was 00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:33.700 like playing against his former New England Revolution 00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:37.059 teammate and Carlos Yamosa Had no idea that they 00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:39.019 were former revs team players together. This 00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:42.059 was really exciting to bring back the 2005 New 00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:45.960 England Revolution there for a minute Yeah, they 00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:48.660 must have been I think you most so was on kind 00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:51.039 of towards the end of his career trajectory I 00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:53.500 think he's almost oh, he's over a decade older 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:56.059 than yeah, I mean Carlos Carl I think he moved 00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:59.900 on to Shiva's USA for his retirement So yeah 00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:02.339 conno ever much the the young impression of a 00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:05.619 winger talking to the the defender and you know 00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:08.720 kind of for I'd say maybe guy who held it but 00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:10.240 in the back for new England Revolution there 00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:12.730 So exciting to see you know, it's again It's 00:32:12.730 --> 00:32:15.049 a small world. Soccer connections run deep, and 00:32:15.049 --> 00:32:16.690 apparently everything points through the New 00:32:16.690 --> 00:32:19.710 England Revolution, which is a perfect segue 00:32:19.710 --> 00:32:23.410 into moving into our guest joining us for the 00:32:23.410 --> 00:32:26.049 New England Revolution versus Rhode Island FC 00:32:26.049 --> 00:32:30.390 Open Cup match in the round of 32 here at Centerville 00:32:30.390 --> 00:32:33.289 Bank Stadium this Wednesday. And who could ask 00:32:33.289 --> 00:32:36.769 for more than the one and only Seth Micomer, 00:32:37.309 --> 00:32:40.069 who points by the way, not only is he the senior 00:32:40.069 --> 00:32:44.049 editor, But he's also a co -host of Rebels Should 00:32:44.049 --> 00:32:46.509 Be Happened. And that's a feature that you've 00:32:46.509 --> 00:32:48.809 not been covering the Rebs for over 10 years 00:32:48.809 --> 00:32:52.109 now? Wow, you really know how to quickly Google 00:32:52.109 --> 00:32:55.549 and find information. Yes, over 10 years. I think 00:32:55.549 --> 00:32:58.230 it's like 13 years or something like that. But 00:32:58.230 --> 00:33:00.109 yeah, I love being a part of this show. I really 00:33:00.109 --> 00:33:01.529 appreciate all you guys are doing out on Rhode 00:33:01.529 --> 00:33:04.230 Island. I was at the game this weekend with my 00:33:04.230 --> 00:33:07.009 five -year -old kid. He absolutely loved it. 00:33:07.289 --> 00:33:09.670 We then went up to Portland the next day, so 00:33:09.670 --> 00:33:11.910 we are a soccer family going to bring him and 00:33:11.910 --> 00:33:14.509 maybe he'll be a junior reporter for the Blazing 00:33:14.509 --> 00:33:17.289 Musket. Seth, is it going to be difficult? You've 00:33:17.289 --> 00:33:20.769 now seen these two hyper -local soccer communities. 00:33:21.289 --> 00:33:23.829 Is it going to be almost artificial when you 00:33:23.829 --> 00:33:26.269 have to go back to Gillette? I guess not this 00:33:26.269 --> 00:33:27.829 weekend, but maybe the next weekend when you 00:33:27.829 --> 00:33:30.960 have to cover the revs from an NFL stadium. You 00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:33.299 guys, this is becoming like a big thing. Like 00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:35.819 you guys want to poke things as much as possible 00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:38.000 to try to get this rivalry big, which is great. 00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:39.759 I mean, I think in this soccer world, you want 00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:41.519 rivalries, right? You want these things to be 00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:44.599 meaningful. And it's only meaningful if the fans 00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:46.339 make it meaningful. Like, you know, you see so 00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:49.660 often rivalries are trying to be forced. It's 00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:51.619 constantly this question of who is the rival 00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:53.859 for the New England Revolution. And the reality, 00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:56.220 it just really hasn't come up much. When the 00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:58.160 league was smaller, you know, the Houston Dynamo 00:33:58.160 --> 00:34:01.150 because of all the playoffs and DC. United. And 00:34:01.150 --> 00:34:02.609 there's been this little bit of a force thing 00:34:02.609 --> 00:34:04.230 with the Philadelphia Union, because we played 00:34:04.230 --> 00:34:07.569 them so much during the COVID years. But I think 00:34:07.569 --> 00:34:09.130 that this will be really exciting, because you 00:34:09.130 --> 00:34:11.409 guys down in Rhode Island really want to make 00:34:11.409 --> 00:34:14.590 this a rivalry. And there's definitely an itch 00:34:14.590 --> 00:34:17.610 to see what happens on Wednesday night. I always 00:34:17.610 --> 00:34:19.389 thought that the rival right now for the New 00:34:19.389 --> 00:34:21.730 England Revolution was Mer -Woo in Boston. But 00:34:21.730 --> 00:34:25.010 sometimes I get my sources a little mixed up 00:34:25.010 --> 00:34:26.650 there. Depends who you ask. It could be the crafts, 00:34:26.869 --> 00:34:30.429 too. There's been different articles and different 00:34:30.429 --> 00:34:33.590 theories on those things. I will say this though, 00:34:33.710 --> 00:34:35.710 you know, Seth, I know we haven't had a chance 00:34:35.710 --> 00:34:38.269 in a while to connect. You know, one of the best 00:34:38.269 --> 00:34:40.170 parts of these band bases right now really is 00:34:40.170 --> 00:34:41.989 though, that there are people that are going 00:34:41.989 --> 00:34:43.809 to be going down that are fans of both teams, 00:34:44.250 --> 00:34:46.510 right? Like that's the reality of it. This is 00:34:46.510 --> 00:34:48.389 a very rare occurrence. This is not something 00:34:48.389 --> 00:34:51.800 we may see very often. So, you know, Rivalry 00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:54.500 I think is fun in the terms of the charged circumstance 00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:57.159 of the shiny new thing that is us at Rhode Island 00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:59.599 FC versus You know the group and full credit 00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:01.179 to the revolution I mean they've been holding 00:35:01.179 --> 00:35:03.440 down the soccer landscape for you know What is 00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:06.639 it now 26 years in MLS is that the is that the 00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:09.639 no 30 30 30 years there man I can count guys 00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:12.820 I can count 30 years in the MLS I mean full credit 00:35:12.820 --> 00:35:15.519 to that team where it was a barren wasteland 00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:18.599 of at least professional Soccer until these things 00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:20.639 all came in line So you have to pay your respect 00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:22.159 you have to pay it to the heritage of what the 00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:24.659 revolution have done And I'll be really interested 00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:26.719 to see how fans react and respond to that when 00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:28.219 they come to when they come to Centerville Bank 00:35:28.219 --> 00:35:32.119 Stadium this weekend Anything else real fast 00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:33.840 before we get going like any initial thoughts 00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:36.440 or you know impressions of that match that you 00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:38.760 got to see in person Seth Yeah, that was great 00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:43.280 My kid was really excited. The fan zone right 00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:45.679 next to the water was really a cool opportunity 00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:47.920 for him. He grabbed anything free that he could 00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:50.400 possibly have. He then showed it off the next 00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:52.780 morning to mom and brother and brother immediately 00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:56.059 says, I want those things. I want to meet Chippy. 00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:59.110 All those types of good things. I think we're 00:35:59.110 --> 00:36:00.929 still waiting in the line for chicken fingers. 00:36:01.710 --> 00:36:04.349 I think that line is a little bit longer than 00:36:04.349 --> 00:36:07.190 some of the lines at Gillette Stadium. But yeah, 00:36:07.309 --> 00:36:08.849 other than that, I'm sure that thing is going 00:36:08.849 --> 00:36:11.210 to be worked out. I'm sure they're aware of it. 00:36:11.489 --> 00:36:13.650 Obviously, that's max capacity. That's beyond 00:36:13.650 --> 00:36:15.389 max capacity, right? Because you were selling 00:36:15.389 --> 00:36:18.809 standing tickets for that game. No, I really 00:36:18.809 --> 00:36:21.650 enjoyed the game. I was six rows back. I'll be 00:36:21.650 --> 00:36:25.050 down again for sure. I think to your bigger point, 00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:27.880 The more soccer that you can see in New England, 00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:30.539 I think the better. My kid is getting older. 00:36:30.739 --> 00:36:32.780 He's super into it. We were up in Portland on 00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:34.920 Sunday night. Highly recommend you guys make 00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:38.159 the trip up there at some point. The atmosphere 00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:40.460 they had was electric. I don't know if you saw 00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:42.340 the stuff I posted on social media or other people. 00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:46.840 6 ,000 people for the inaugural game, all clapping 00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:49.079 in unison saying the same thing. And I'm not 00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:51.820 sure how many stadiums that happens, certainly 00:36:51.820 --> 00:36:53.920 in New England where every single person is on 00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:57.739 the same page and it's really electric. So I'm 00:36:57.739 --> 00:37:00.360 all for the growth of soccer everywhere. I think 00:37:00.360 --> 00:37:02.699 the more soccer the better and make it accessible 00:37:02.699 --> 00:37:06.219 and fun for everyone involved. Yeah, absolutely 00:37:06.219 --> 00:37:08.619 and and that's really going to kind of crescendo 00:37:08.619 --> 00:37:11.260 I think here with this open cup match So kind 00:37:11.260 --> 00:37:13.659 of just getting straight into it Jason, you know, 00:37:13.659 --> 00:37:16.059 we've been talking at length about the proximity 00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:19.360 of these two teams when it comes to usl to MLS 00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:22.320 comparisons How how significant now is this? 00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:26.280 I mean we have no we have no dog in the MLS part 00:37:26.280 --> 00:37:27.940 of this right? We were never revolution fans 00:37:27.940 --> 00:37:30.400 from the beginning So we didn't have our allegiances 00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:32.860 tested here, but looking at the overall landscape. 00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:36.320 How significant is this? Yeah, I think that the 00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:40.619 proximity thing is is kind of a big interesting 00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:45.659 I don't know if like I don't say issue but You 00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:49.460 know Rhode Island is very close to Foxboro. So 00:37:49.460 --> 00:37:52.099 there's probably a lot of conflicted fans here 00:37:52.099 --> 00:37:56.539 who Now have their own team at home Granted they 00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:58.820 don't play in the same league and in some people, 00:37:59.019 --> 00:38:01.719 you know, I'll say soccer snob or something but 00:38:01.719 --> 00:38:04.150 there's there's can be differences in quality. 00:38:04.750 --> 00:38:07.309 I think to the average regular fan who doesn't 00:38:07.309 --> 00:38:09.150 watch either leagues, they probably couldn't 00:38:09.150 --> 00:38:12.570 tell. But, you know, to the sickos like us, we 00:38:12.570 --> 00:38:15.429 have to admit, there is a difference in quality 00:38:15.429 --> 00:38:19.510 to a certain extent. So some of them won't necessarily 00:38:19.510 --> 00:38:22.170 have to make a choice. At least I would hope 00:38:22.170 --> 00:38:25.269 they would on Wednesday, maybe. I really don't 00:38:25.269 --> 00:38:28.150 want to see those split kits and split scarfs. 00:38:28.409 --> 00:38:31.989 Like I'm absolutely not a fan of those, but long 00:38:31.989 --> 00:38:35.559 term. I think when we think about the soccer 00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:41.539 landscape, Portland, Maine now has a team. Sure, 00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:43.179 they don't play all the time, but Vermont Green. 00:38:44.699 --> 00:38:46.380 All of the New England states now have their 00:38:46.380 --> 00:38:50.579 own teams to a certain extent. So with the Revs 00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:53.480 trying to claim all of New England in terms of 00:38:53.480 --> 00:38:56.679 fandom, I don't know how that's going to look 00:38:56.679 --> 00:39:00.239 long term. If all of New England gets You know, 00:39:00.300 --> 00:39:02.500 like Seth said, if everyone's getting into soccer, 00:39:02.659 --> 00:39:05.599 that's better for everyone. But at the same time, 00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:09.760 a lot of their fan base has accused the ownership 00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:12.360 of the team not caring enough about their team. 00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:16.900 So if everyone else starts doing well, I think 00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:19.960 they could run into an issue where they could 00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:22.840 be losing fan base. Yeah. And I mean, the reality 00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:25.000 is this too right in open cup. you're watching 00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:27.239 it the way some people watch NASCAR, you're looking 00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:29.619 for the car crashes, you're not looking for the 00:39:29.619 --> 00:39:31.500 performance. The magic of the cup, if you will. 00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:34.480 Right. And, you know, but cup sets are far and 00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:37.260 few between, right? This is now a depleted USL. 00:39:37.300 --> 00:39:39.760 Unless you're a Farrarolito, you just do it every 00:39:39.760 --> 00:39:42.699 day. Even their journey ended, right? So you're 00:39:42.699 --> 00:39:45.159 looking now at a USL championship side, preparing 00:39:45.159 --> 00:39:48.340 to take on almost full strength MLS team that 00:39:48.340 --> 00:39:51.699 has an MLS2 reserve system that they they can 00:39:51.699 --> 00:39:53.320 go from. They can draw from the well because 00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:56.420 their next pro team did not enter this tournament. 00:39:56.960 --> 00:39:59.519 So when we start thinking about this logically 00:39:59.519 --> 00:40:01.519 and strategically, there are some predictable 00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:04.800 outcomes that I think we can start kind of basing 00:40:04.800 --> 00:40:07.360 our predictions on. But what I think is really 00:40:07.360 --> 00:40:09.400 important, and I think of the significance of 00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:12.579 this, And Seth, I'd love to be corrected from 00:40:12.579 --> 00:40:14.400 what you've seen over the last two or three years. 00:40:14.800 --> 00:40:18.079 It seems that the fan base for the revolution 00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:20.920 have just grown tired over a certain amount of 00:40:20.920 --> 00:40:22.719 things that have been happening at the club beyond 00:40:22.719 --> 00:40:25.019 the performance on the pitch. And so what I think 00:40:25.019 --> 00:40:27.559 that this is going to do is put a magnifying 00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:31.960 glass on the culture war part of the teams that 00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:35.460 are growing here in New England. No one would 00:40:35.460 --> 00:40:38.219 discount how the revolution have performed over 00:40:38.219 --> 00:40:40.320 the last five years at a macro level They've 00:40:40.320 --> 00:40:41.760 had some of the highest highs and they've had 00:40:41.760 --> 00:40:44.139 some of the lowest lows, but they are a top flight 00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:47.079 team that being said all of the people that have 00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:49.940 been let's call it Stadium curious because they've 00:40:49.940 --> 00:40:52.099 heard the noise out of Pawtucket. There's a good 00:40:52.099 --> 00:40:53.980 chance they're gonna be tuning into this game 00:40:53.980 --> 00:40:57.159 now and Seeing what an environment can look like 00:40:57.159 --> 00:40:59.820 because I think you know one of the biggest Problems 00:40:59.820 --> 00:41:01.519 for the revs is you know, it's the fact that 00:41:01.519 --> 00:41:04.119 they do play in the NFL Stadium and even on a 00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:08.519 26 ,000 30 ,000 Fan attended game it can still 00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:11.260 look empty when you pan that camera back now 00:41:11.260 --> 00:41:13.900 You're going to see 10 ,000 tightly packed and 00:41:13.900 --> 00:41:16.670 I have heard from the club that they are going 00:41:16.670 --> 00:41:19.849 strong on ticket sales to hit that 10 ,000. The 00:41:19.849 --> 00:41:21.429 only reason that they're going to miss that mark 00:41:21.429 --> 00:41:22.949 is because of the inclement weather that may 00:41:22.949 --> 00:41:25.110 be coming in, but you're going to see a brand 00:41:25.110 --> 00:41:28.150 new experience. And so, Seth, for you, we'll 00:41:28.150 --> 00:41:30.929 get into the actual performance expectations 00:41:30.929 --> 00:41:33.469 here in a second, but just with all eyes on the 00:41:33.469 --> 00:41:36.190 fan experience here, the audience and the culture 00:41:36.190 --> 00:41:38.809 that's being built, is there anything at Jeopardy 00:41:38.809 --> 00:41:41.070 or the significance of these two clubs meeting 00:41:41.070 --> 00:41:43.150 for the first time, especially with it being 00:41:43.150 --> 00:41:45.989 in Rhode Island FC's backyard? Yeah, I mean, 00:41:46.190 --> 00:41:49.670 I think right now, not necessarily, because if 00:41:49.670 --> 00:41:51.070 you even look at the schedule, it seems pretty 00:41:51.070 --> 00:41:53.289 clear that they obviously collaborated in some 00:41:53.289 --> 00:41:55.050 way. There are multiple times that you can go 00:41:55.050 --> 00:41:57.389 to a Rhode Island FC game in the afternoon and 00:41:57.389 --> 00:41:59.150 make it home for New England Revolution game 00:41:59.150 --> 00:42:01.690 and watch that game. If you look at, you know, 00:42:01.789 --> 00:42:03.849 Portland, they're playing a lot of games on Sunday. 00:42:04.030 --> 00:42:06.050 So I think there's a lot to kind of go around, 00:42:06.409 --> 00:42:08.829 obviously at some point. you're not spending 00:42:08.829 --> 00:42:10.969 your entire weekend watching soccer. You know, 00:42:11.030 --> 00:42:13.050 your wife's probably your significant other is 00:42:13.050 --> 00:42:14.449 probably getting mad at you at some point if 00:42:14.449 --> 00:42:16.230 you're spending that much time in stadiums or 00:42:16.230 --> 00:42:18.510 watching soccer or being part of it. But I think 00:42:18.510 --> 00:42:22.730 right now it's not necessarily, hey, are we getting 00:42:22.730 --> 00:42:26.429 tickets to Gillette Stadium? Are we getting tickets 00:42:26.429 --> 00:42:29.869 to the Brand New Stadium, Century Bank Stadium 00:42:29.869 --> 00:42:33.380 down there? I think it's eventually, yeah. I 00:42:33.380 --> 00:42:36.380 think eventually if a team is not winning, if 00:42:36.380 --> 00:42:38.960 it's too expensive to go to a stadium, you're 00:42:38.960 --> 00:42:40.340 going to think about location. You're going to 00:42:40.340 --> 00:42:42.380 think about the worthwhile, where the kids are 00:42:42.380 --> 00:42:44.940 having most fun. I think that something really 00:42:44.940 --> 00:42:47.019 positive that I experienced is that you're right 00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:49.260 on top of the field. You have that autograph 00:42:49.260 --> 00:42:51.280 alley that my five -year -old was all about. 00:42:51.440 --> 00:42:53.570 He held that poster up the rest of the way. He 00:42:53.570 --> 00:42:55.550 showed it to every single security person as 00:42:55.550 --> 00:42:58.010 we were walking out of the stadium. So he loves 00:42:58.010 --> 00:42:59.969 that type of stuff, but we haven't quite been 00:42:59.969 --> 00:43:01.750 to a Gillette game because I'm often covering 00:43:01.750 --> 00:43:04.469 it from that journalistic viewpoint. So I mean, 00:43:04.489 --> 00:43:06.489 yeah, I mean, eventually there's only a sort 00:43:06.489 --> 00:43:09.019 of amount of money to go around. But I think 00:43:09.019 --> 00:43:12.360 right now it's so new. And right now the Reds 00:43:12.360 --> 00:43:14.739 are so established that a lot of people have 00:43:14.739 --> 00:43:17.119 had those tickets for a really long time. And 00:43:17.119 --> 00:43:18.300 it's not going to be that they're immediately 00:43:18.300 --> 00:43:21.639 cancel their tickets to go to these other games. 00:43:21.719 --> 00:43:23.980 Maybe they're doing both situations. Plus, I'm 00:43:23.980 --> 00:43:25.760 not sure if you guys know there's someone named 00:43:25.760 --> 00:43:29.500 Lionel Messi in Major League Soccer. And basically, 00:43:29.679 --> 00:43:32.380 if you want that game, you have to buy season 00:43:32.380 --> 00:43:34.139 tickets. It makes the most sense to buy season 00:43:34.139 --> 00:43:36.360 tickets. So maybe in a few years when he goes 00:43:36.360 --> 00:43:39.980 to Hartford Athletic, Maybe obviously that'll 00:43:39.980 --> 00:43:41.940 be a really great thing for USL championship 00:43:41.940 --> 00:43:43.940 and their pro rally that happens at that point. 00:43:44.599 --> 00:43:48.119 I have heard that he is a big fan of New Haven 00:43:48.119 --> 00:43:51.840 style pizza. I wouldn't think he'd be allowed 00:43:51.840 --> 00:43:54.519 to eat pizza as a part of his diet. I always 00:43:54.519 --> 00:43:57.239 also thought he would just buy the Miami FC and 00:43:57.239 --> 00:43:59.909 call them the messy FC and and still live in 00:43:59.909 --> 00:44:01.889 Miami then afterwards. That was always my vision 00:44:01.889 --> 00:44:03.789 for it. As long as they still play at Pitbull 00:44:03.789 --> 00:44:06.170 Stadium, I'm all for that. Of course. And so 00:44:06.170 --> 00:44:08.150 the same record, the same losing record you have 00:44:08.150 --> 00:44:11.670 to. He'll have to be one of those player coach 00:44:11.670 --> 00:44:13.590 owners, you know, who just jump in periodically. 00:44:14.550 --> 00:44:16.110 All right, well then let's jump into the open 00:44:16.110 --> 00:44:18.070 cup here itself and talk about the history of 00:44:18.070 --> 00:44:20.690 it for these two teams. Jason, I mean, it's pretty 00:44:20.690 --> 00:44:22.909 immediate. We've got some recency here, but what's 00:44:22.909 --> 00:44:26.840 our IFC been up to? Yeah, so RFC have been flying 00:44:26.840 --> 00:44:29.360 high this year into the open cup after a hard 00:44:29.360 --> 00:44:32.400 -fought battle against Hearts of Pine up in Lowston, 00:44:32.539 --> 00:44:35.280 Maine that earned the Amber and Blue a 2 -1 victory. 00:44:36.320 --> 00:44:39.619 But it came at a cost. We did lose Karifa Yao 00:44:39.619 --> 00:44:42.880 to a red card late on, but it did advance for 00:44:42.880 --> 00:44:46.480 the first time after our disappointing exit against 00:44:46.480 --> 00:44:50.070 Charlotte Independence last year. It was very 00:44:50.070 --> 00:44:52.230 much an exciting moment, especially getting to 00:44:52.230 --> 00:44:54.949 see a Portland Hearts of Pine team that had made 00:44:54.949 --> 00:44:57.889 a run themselves after first knocking out Hartford 00:44:57.889 --> 00:45:00.190 Athletic. On the New England Revolution side 00:45:00.190 --> 00:45:02.550 of things, it's been a bit of a love and hate 00:45:02.550 --> 00:45:04.610 relationship with the US Open Cup over their 00:45:04.610 --> 00:45:07.070 tenure. Before they were the winners of it back 00:45:07.070 --> 00:45:11.030 in 2007, they fell short in 2001, losing in 2 00:45:11.030 --> 00:45:14.710 -1 in extra time to the Los Angeles Galaxy. And 00:45:14.710 --> 00:45:17.590 then in 2016, they were finalists again, but 00:45:17.590 --> 00:45:20.829 were defeated. for to buy FC Dallas in Toyota 00:45:20.829 --> 00:45:24.309 Stadium. Since then, over the last 10 years, 00:45:24.369 --> 00:45:26.389 it's been a bit of a mixed bag for the Revolution, 00:45:26.829 --> 00:45:29.369 seeing some round of 16 exits, a quarter -final 00:45:29.369 --> 00:45:32.170 exit. But most recently, when you look at their 00:45:32.170 --> 00:45:34.550 two performances before they were not in the 00:45:34.550 --> 00:45:37.250 cup last year, they failed to make it out of 00:45:37.250 --> 00:45:39.289 the round of 32, first losing to the New York 00:45:39.289 --> 00:45:42.250 Red Bulls, but then most recently getting outed 00:45:42.250 --> 00:45:45.469 by the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, failing to advance 00:45:45.469 --> 00:45:47.170 past that. It was the first time they've ever 00:45:47.239 --> 00:45:50.519 lost to a USL championship team in the modern 00:45:50.519 --> 00:45:53.960 era. Seth, looking back at the history of performances 00:45:53.960 --> 00:45:56.820 for this revolution side, I didn't realize how 00:45:56.820 --> 00:45:59.139 many times the Red Bulls have ejected the revolution 00:45:59.139 --> 00:46:03.300 from the cup. Is this tournament something that 00:46:03.300 --> 00:46:06.320 the revolution wake up for or is this just always 00:46:06.320 --> 00:46:08.960 been something that they play it as best they 00:46:08.960 --> 00:46:12.099 can and they make as much of a meaningful entrance 00:46:12.099 --> 00:46:15.119 and then exit as they can? Well, the history 00:46:15.119 --> 00:46:17.119 of it is that normally there's a storm and a 00:46:17.119 --> 00:46:19.699 giant weather delay in the middle of it. I remember 00:46:19.699 --> 00:46:22.119 we actually listening to like a radio call. There 00:46:22.119 --> 00:46:24.739 was actually no television or no stream. It was 00:46:24.739 --> 00:46:26.800 just a radio call. And there was some sort of 00:46:26.800 --> 00:46:29.960 long, you know, storm that kind of delayed the 00:46:29.960 --> 00:46:32.699 game. Yeah, I mean, I think the history of the 00:46:32.699 --> 00:46:34.820 Cup has obviously changed. We see that obviously 00:46:34.820 --> 00:46:36.860 with, you know, certain Major League soccer teams 00:46:36.860 --> 00:46:40.619 not participating in and prioritizing other tournaments. 00:46:41.000 --> 00:46:44.969 Oftentimes it's in a ability for the younger 00:46:44.969 --> 00:46:47.909 guys or for guys who aren't playing to get minutes 00:46:47.909 --> 00:46:49.769 to kind of show themselves, especially during 00:46:49.769 --> 00:46:52.789 those early rounds. Kayla Porter said last week 00:46:52.789 --> 00:46:55.650 that he had brought in some reps to guys to take 00:46:55.650 --> 00:46:58.250 a look at them because obviously if you're performing 00:46:58.250 --> 00:47:02.650 well, the MLS next. pro level or a usl championship 00:47:02.650 --> 00:47:04.710 level. It doesn't necessarily mean that you're 00:47:04.710 --> 00:47:07.469 going to do well in major league soccer. So you 00:47:07.469 --> 00:47:09.250 got to bring some of those guys in to see what 00:47:09.250 --> 00:47:11.829 it looks like in a training session and then 00:47:11.829 --> 00:47:14.130 decide are any of those guys going to be guys 00:47:14.130 --> 00:47:17.530 that brought into the open cup. And so I think 00:47:17.530 --> 00:47:19.309 that you're going to see rotation this week. 00:47:19.630 --> 00:47:21.570 And I think that's going to be actually a pretty 00:47:21.570 --> 00:47:23.170 competitive lineup because even if you look at 00:47:23.170 --> 00:47:25.550 the bench guys plus some of those guys in MLS 00:47:25.550 --> 00:47:27.929 next pro there's some talented players there. 00:47:28.090 --> 00:47:29.920 And that's not to say anything bad about out 00:47:29.920 --> 00:47:32.119 Rhode Island. Rhode Island has some very talented 00:47:32.119 --> 00:47:33.900 players, especially if you guys are healthy. 00:47:34.019 --> 00:47:35.900 Obviously you're dealing with a number of knocks 00:47:35.900 --> 00:47:38.019 this past weekend and a busy schedule yourself, 00:47:38.260 --> 00:47:40.980 luckily all at home. So you have to kind of think 00:47:40.980 --> 00:47:43.460 about what are you going to prioritize? You saw 00:47:43.460 --> 00:47:46.480 how to get with Portland Hearts of Pine. They 00:47:46.480 --> 00:47:48.619 put out a really strong lineup when they faced 00:47:48.619 --> 00:47:51.059 Rhode Island FC because it was at home. It was 00:47:51.059 --> 00:47:53.340 an opportunity to make a statement to advance 00:47:53.340 --> 00:47:55.440 the tournament. Imagine if Portland right now 00:47:55.440 --> 00:47:57.820 is about to host the New England Revolution. 00:47:58.329 --> 00:48:00.429 That's a marquee game. Just like this weekend, 00:48:00.769 --> 00:48:02.530 I'm sorry, this Wednesday is a marquee game for 00:48:02.530 --> 00:48:05.530 Rhode Island FC. So I think that depending on 00:48:05.530 --> 00:48:08.579 where you are, is how seriously you take that 00:48:08.579 --> 00:48:12.039 tournament. The Revs right now are on a situation 00:48:12.039 --> 00:48:14.659 where they have won five of six. Let's not forget 00:48:14.659 --> 00:48:16.920 last year they missed the playoffs. Last year 00:48:16.920 --> 00:48:18.679 they tried to play Kaka Kaka Champions League 00:48:18.679 --> 00:48:20.480 and try to balance both of them and play a lot 00:48:20.480 --> 00:48:22.239 of starting lineups. Didn't work out for them. 00:48:22.400 --> 00:48:24.920 Lots of injuries. So Caleb Porter, who's trying 00:48:24.920 --> 00:48:26.800 to get this team into the playoffs this year, 00:48:26.860 --> 00:48:29.239 maybe work that Caleb Porter magic and get an 00:48:29.239 --> 00:48:32.039 MLS Cup. He might not really be prioritizing 00:48:32.039 --> 00:48:34.900 this early game, but I think that there's still 00:48:34.900 --> 00:48:37.760 an ability to put out a a decent lineup to have 00:48:37.760 --> 00:48:45.860 a in the time that you've been covering it, was 00:48:45.860 --> 00:48:48.039 there ever any importance to the fact that the 00:48:48.039 --> 00:48:50.019 open cup kind of originated in Rhode Island? 00:48:50.139 --> 00:48:51.920 You know, looking again at the New England side 00:48:51.920 --> 00:48:54.559 of things, the open cup hasn't been actually 00:48:54.559 --> 00:48:57.719 held in Rhode Island since 1997 with the stingrays. 00:48:58.280 --> 00:49:00.519 Has that ever been a badge of honor that the 00:49:00.519 --> 00:49:02.179 rest have carried through in their 30 year career 00:49:02.179 --> 00:49:04.119 to your knowledge? Or is that just kind of like, 00:49:04.199 --> 00:49:06.360 okay, that's a fun stat, but we play as we play. 00:49:07.079 --> 00:49:09.260 Yeah, I think it's more of a fun stat situation. 00:49:09.440 --> 00:49:11.659 I know 2007 was a big deal when they won the 00:49:11.659 --> 00:49:13.820 championship and they had fans down there. And 00:49:13.820 --> 00:49:16.139 obviously anytime you could put a cup in there 00:49:16.139 --> 00:49:18.559 is an important part of your history. I'm not 00:49:18.559 --> 00:49:21.579 sure if they've leaned too much in the idea of 00:49:21.579 --> 00:49:25.780 like, hey, here's how many times the other teams 00:49:25.780 --> 00:49:27.699 have won the championship that have been in this 00:49:27.699 --> 00:49:31.949 area. I think it's more about. you know, seeing 00:49:31.949 --> 00:49:33.949 what happens. And then when you get to a certain 00:49:33.949 --> 00:49:36.389 point within the tournament, then it gets a little 00:49:36.389 --> 00:49:38.090 bit more serious because obviously you're talking 00:49:38.090 --> 00:49:40.610 about this year, especially increased amount 00:49:40.610 --> 00:49:42.789 of money that's going into the tournament, increased 00:49:42.789 --> 00:49:44.829 coverage with Paramount. I'm really excited to 00:49:44.829 --> 00:49:47.889 see their continued ability to cover this tournament. 00:49:48.150 --> 00:49:50.469 And obviously opportunities to participate in 00:49:50.469 --> 00:49:52.670 other tournaments if you win that tournament. 00:49:53.010 --> 00:49:55.650 So I think it's more about like, hey, this is 00:49:55.650 --> 00:49:58.750 our club. This is our history with it. And then 00:49:58.750 --> 00:50:01.590 seeing how far you can make it. Got it. And then 00:50:01.590 --> 00:50:04.630 you just mentioned kind of the change in the 00:50:04.630 --> 00:50:06.849 direction of the sales for New England Revolution 00:50:06.849 --> 00:50:09.309 kind of going on this win streak now. But it 00:50:09.309 --> 00:50:12.429 hasn't been all roses at the New England side 00:50:12.429 --> 00:50:14.670 under Caleb Porter this season. Can you walk 00:50:14.670 --> 00:50:16.690 fans that maybe aren't connected through the 00:50:16.690 --> 00:50:19.510 revolution as much as the soccer sick goes around 00:50:19.510 --> 00:50:21.329 here? Can you kind of walk us through what's 00:50:21.329 --> 00:50:23.469 been the overall performance trend and changes 00:50:23.469 --> 00:50:26.329 this year for the revolution side? Yeah. I mean, 00:50:26.329 --> 00:50:28.289 last year was a difficult season for the New 00:50:28.289 --> 00:50:30.210 England Revolution. You had, you know, a new 00:50:30.210 --> 00:50:32.130 sporting director come in with Kurt Onofa. You 00:50:32.130 --> 00:50:34.570 had a new head coach that come in with Kayla 00:50:34.570 --> 00:50:36.230 Porter. And they didn't make a lot of changes 00:50:36.230 --> 00:50:38.489 to the lineup. And they didn't make a lot of 00:50:38.489 --> 00:50:40.909 changes to the roster. And as a result, you had 00:50:40.909 --> 00:50:42.889 a coach that played a different style of soccer, 00:50:43.090 --> 00:50:44.809 a little bit more possession based soccer that 00:50:44.809 --> 00:50:47.150 wanted to control the game in that way. And it 00:50:47.150 --> 00:50:50.639 just didn't work out. And when you look at what 00:50:50.639 --> 00:50:52.579 happened last year, I really look at the stat 00:50:52.579 --> 00:50:54.760 of how many multi -goal losses they have. If 00:50:54.760 --> 00:50:56.719 I remember correctly, there's 15 multi -goal 00:50:56.719 --> 00:50:59.199 losses. And so there's something that happened 00:50:59.199 --> 00:51:00.679 there. There's a disconnect that's happening 00:51:00.679 --> 00:51:04.480 there. So what they did, what the team did is 00:51:04.480 --> 00:51:06.969 they showed up the back line. They got rid of 00:51:06.969 --> 00:51:09.949 every single center back basically, except for 00:51:09.949 --> 00:51:12.170 Andrew Ferrell. And they brought in new guys. 00:51:12.329 --> 00:51:14.170 They brought in Fofana. They brought in Sabayos. 00:51:14.389 --> 00:51:16.150 Two foreign signing that have been really good 00:51:16.150 --> 00:51:18.929 this year. Tanner Beeson from the San Jose earthquake 00:51:18.929 --> 00:51:21.960 that came in. Keegan Hughes, who might start 00:51:21.960 --> 00:51:24.159 on Wednesday. He's a guy who was over in Columbus 00:51:24.159 --> 00:51:26.260 and originally signed for the second team and 00:51:26.260 --> 00:51:28.039 was promoted to the first team. Someone that 00:51:28.039 --> 00:51:30.920 K .O. Porter knows really well. Wyatt Olsberg, 00:51:31.000 --> 00:51:33.940 who I think is who I know is a main native who 00:51:33.940 --> 00:51:36.219 might play in Portland one year at some point. 00:51:36.599 --> 00:51:38.840 He comes in and he's a really good player. Chicago 00:51:38.840 --> 00:51:41.619 fire guy. Unfortunately, he's questionable right 00:51:41.619 --> 00:51:43.380 now. We'll kind of see what happens with him. 00:51:43.679 --> 00:51:47.539 But they really made that back line. Recently, 00:51:47.679 --> 00:51:50.460 what Caleb Porter said is that one of our mantras 00:51:50.460 --> 00:51:53.000 is that defending is like breathing. If you don't 00:51:53.000 --> 00:51:55.719 do it, you're going to die. And so everyone's 00:51:55.719 --> 00:51:57.719 going to be defending. And so when you see this 00:51:57.719 --> 00:51:59.519 team, it's actually kind of remarkable that someone 00:51:59.519 --> 00:52:02.099 like Carlos Hill, who's so good, who is someone 00:52:02.099 --> 00:52:04.920 that can make magic at any moment, he's coming 00:52:04.920 --> 00:52:07.079 back into the box and slide tackling people. 00:52:07.460 --> 00:52:10.139 He is like leading the press, Leo Capone on the 00:52:10.139 --> 00:52:12.579 same type of way. There's a real dedication to 00:52:12.579 --> 00:52:15.440 defending. Now the issue was this year, that 00:52:15.440 --> 00:52:16.780 there was so much defending that there was no 00:52:16.780 --> 00:52:18.920 attack. And we're talking about games where the 00:52:18.920 --> 00:52:22.300 XG was 0 .5, you know, and that's okay because 00:52:22.300 --> 00:52:26.860 in some ways you're trying to prevent those multi 00:52:26.860 --> 00:52:28.960 -goal losses. You're trying to keep the game 00:52:28.960 --> 00:52:31.900 close. But the issue was that they kept keeping 00:52:31.900 --> 00:52:34.239 the game close and they ended up on the opposite 00:52:34.239 --> 00:52:36.539 side. They were losing. So now they're finding 00:52:36.539 --> 00:52:38.360 that balance a little bit more. They're figuring 00:52:38.360 --> 00:52:40.800 out stuff. They're still keeping it really well. 00:52:41.199 --> 00:52:44.440 The best defensive start. ever in New England 00:52:44.440 --> 00:52:47.300 Revolution history, seven goals this season conceded. 00:52:47.400 --> 00:52:49.679 Pretty remarkable to think about that. And now 00:52:49.679 --> 00:52:51.260 they're getting a little bit more goals. Most 00:52:51.260 --> 00:52:53.179 of them through colorless heel, but other guys 00:52:53.179 --> 00:52:55.699 like Leo Kampana, two goals on the season. And 00:52:55.699 --> 00:52:58.659 Kanago is getting a little bit more opportunities 00:52:58.659 --> 00:53:00.940 in front of net as well. So the team is figuring 00:53:00.940 --> 00:53:03.780 out that balance, I think. I mean, you could 00:53:03.780 --> 00:53:07.219 be supporting Kansas City and score a goal with 00:53:07.219 --> 00:53:12.179 .0 XG. So zero shots as well, too. Historic. 00:53:12.819 --> 00:53:15.659 Like LA Galaxy sold it all for a cup, you know, 00:53:15.679 --> 00:53:17.900 that's all there is to it but not an LA Galaxy 00:53:17.900 --> 00:53:21.139 podcast So Seth I want to kind of get into then 00:53:21.139 --> 00:53:23.400 what we know right now as far as the injuries 00:53:23.400 --> 00:53:25.880 that are kind of at least plaguing the Rhode 00:53:25.880 --> 00:53:28.420 Island FC side of things And that, you know, 00:53:28.440 --> 00:53:30.260 right now a long list, you know, it's getting 00:53:30.260 --> 00:53:33.039 shorter and shorter by the day, but unfortunately 00:53:33.039 --> 00:53:35.860 still some problems here. Isaac Anking getting 00:53:35.860 --> 00:53:38.920 closer and closer to the return after that ACL 00:53:38.920 --> 00:53:41.280 tear. We talked to him at the game. He kind of 00:53:41.280 --> 00:53:43.019 winked and nodded when we were talking about 00:53:43.019 --> 00:53:45.460 a June return. We made the joke earlier before 00:53:45.460 --> 00:53:47.219 you got on about he'd probably play his first 00:53:47.219 --> 00:53:49.360 minutes with the Puerto Rican international team. 00:53:49.480 --> 00:53:51.880 But I don't want to see that. I want to make 00:53:51.880 --> 00:53:54.159 sure he is as healthy as possible. You go back 00:53:54.159 --> 00:53:56.900 to racks still going to be another about four 00:53:56.900 --> 00:54:00.059 to six weeks at this point as he recovers through 00:54:00.059 --> 00:54:02.320 his injury. Danny Rivera also at the game we 00:54:02.320 --> 00:54:05.059 talked to him, he's at least four weeks out from 00:54:05.059 --> 00:54:08.579 his return. JJ Williams was the major blow that 00:54:08.579 --> 00:54:10.619 was dealt to this team as he got injured last 00:54:10.619 --> 00:54:13.460 week in training right before the San Antonio 00:54:13.460 --> 00:54:16.139 match. They're calling it a calf strain. We don't 00:54:16.139 --> 00:54:18.559 know the severity of the grade of the strain 00:54:18.559 --> 00:54:21.019 or if it's a tear. Right now, you know, they're 00:54:21.019 --> 00:54:23.800 saying we need more time to analyze it and figure 00:54:23.800 --> 00:54:25.960 it out. But you know, you can do the math on 00:54:25.960 --> 00:54:28.019 these things. It's either going to be two to 00:54:28.019 --> 00:54:30.760 as many as 12 weeks. As far as I'm concerned, 00:54:30.920 --> 00:54:33.219 until we hear more news, we shouldn't anticipate 00:54:33.219 --> 00:54:36.500 seeing him until some point in late July. And 00:54:36.500 --> 00:54:39.730 then, you know, Marquis Barra, he's I don't have 00:54:39.730 --> 00:54:42.090 a time for him yet. He was in a boot still kind 00:54:42.090 --> 00:54:44.750 of limping heavily I asked him if his girlfriend 00:54:44.750 --> 00:54:46.829 has been you know stepping on his feet at night 00:54:46.829 --> 00:54:48.909 and we kind of all had a laugh about it But he 00:54:48.909 --> 00:54:50.570 wouldn't give me a timeline, you know, nor should 00:54:50.570 --> 00:54:52.849 he and then creepy out. That's the double whammy 00:54:52.849 --> 00:54:55.130 for the red eye on the seaside He's both been 00:54:55.130 --> 00:54:57.530 injured. He's closer and closer to game day fitness 00:54:57.530 --> 00:54:59.750 But he's also dealing with the red card suspension 00:54:59.750 --> 00:55:01.730 So you could kind of take it either way on that 00:55:01.730 --> 00:55:04.050 one in terms of the ones for the rev set Do these 00:55:04.050 --> 00:55:05.489 look right? These are just what we pulled from 00:55:05.489 --> 00:55:08.059 last week's MLS injured Are these still the three 00:55:08.059 --> 00:55:10.000 that we're expecting not to be able to even be 00:55:10.000 --> 00:55:12.920 available for selection on the open cup? I think 00:55:12.920 --> 00:55:15.360 Andrew Farrell might be available. He's been 00:55:15.360 --> 00:55:17.199 training recently. He was out in training when 00:55:17.199 --> 00:55:20.119 I was there last week. So I have him as someone 00:55:20.119 --> 00:55:22.119 that could potentially start. You know, obviously 00:55:22.119 --> 00:55:24.099 someone who played for a very long time for the 00:55:24.099 --> 00:55:26.059 club. Someone that's a club legend, probably 00:55:26.059 --> 00:55:28.920 getting near the end of his career. But with 00:55:28.920 --> 00:55:31.840 Andrew Farrell, he is someone who everyone on 00:55:31.840 --> 00:55:35.000 the team loves. Every time you hear someone say, 00:55:36.480 --> 00:55:38.460 Who's helping you around the team? It's always 00:55:38.460 --> 00:55:40.780 Andrew Farrell. So you'd be really interested 00:55:40.780 --> 00:55:43.380 to see if he's able to start this game. Maybe 00:55:43.380 --> 00:55:46.099 pairing with someone like Keegan Hughes. And 00:55:46.099 --> 00:55:48.480 then Malcolm Fry and Wyatt are probably most 00:55:48.480 --> 00:55:50.840 likely a scratch. Yeah, I saw those guys off 00:55:50.840 --> 00:55:53.500 to the side last week. I mean, we'll see. Wyatt 00:55:53.500 --> 00:55:55.719 is getting closer. He was working with a trainer, 00:55:56.219 --> 00:55:58.639 but I saw Malcolm Fry leaving the building and 00:55:58.639 --> 00:56:00.099 coming out in the field. He didn't really look 00:56:00.099 --> 00:56:01.739 like he was that close, but, you know, we'll 00:56:01.739 --> 00:56:04.469 see. And then moving into the predictions, at 00:56:04.469 --> 00:56:07.170 least on the RAFC side of things, Jason, let's 00:56:07.170 --> 00:56:08.849 talk through who we believe the starting 11 most 00:56:08.849 --> 00:56:10.909 likely will be. Yeah, guaranteed to be wrong. 00:56:11.590 --> 00:56:14.150 Jackson, Lee and Net, we're thinking here with 00:56:14.150 --> 00:56:18.090 a back line of Rio Hopegund, Grant Stoneman, 00:56:18.630 --> 00:56:21.550 Frank Nodarse and Aldair Sanchez, I think as 00:56:21.550 --> 00:56:24.489 we continue to see this team, you know, play 00:56:24.489 --> 00:56:28.030 their quote -unquote four back line now. With 00:56:28.030 --> 00:56:30.449 Holy Midfielders here of Clay Holstead and Zach 00:56:30.449 --> 00:56:34.650 Harrevo. with a forward three in front of them 00:56:34.650 --> 00:56:38.210 of Joe J. Quasarra, Maxi Rodriguez, Joe Brito, 00:56:38.429 --> 00:56:41.449 and Noah Fuson with a bench here consisting of 00:56:41.449 --> 00:56:45.130 Amos Shapiro Thompson, Chico, Taimo Okyoshi, 00:56:45.730 --> 00:56:49.150 Ame Mabika, Kevin Vang. Cole Dewhurst and Koke 00:56:49.150 --> 00:56:51.289 Vegas. So you may, if you're watching along, 00:56:51.409 --> 00:56:53.969 you're like, well, the graphic has Koke, and 00:56:53.969 --> 00:56:55.610 that's because we're pretty split down the middle 00:56:55.610 --> 00:56:58.309 on this, right? This is a big time game. There's 00:56:58.309 --> 00:57:00.710 a lot at stake against an MLS sided team that, 00:57:00.969 --> 00:57:03.090 you know, even if they're not playing a starting 00:57:03.090 --> 00:57:06.309 11 full of senior players, this is going to be 00:57:06.309 --> 00:57:08.710 a big test. And I could really see this going 00:57:08.710 --> 00:57:11.070 either way. What is your argument that Jackson 00:57:11.070 --> 00:57:14.050 Lee gets the nod here? I think it's bad juju 00:57:14.050 --> 00:57:17.900 when you. You decide before you go into a cup 00:57:17.900 --> 00:57:19.960 if you're going to play your ultimate keeper. 00:57:20.659 --> 00:57:23.360 And you continue to play them throughout those 00:57:23.360 --> 00:57:28.639 cup games. So I don't think you bring in Kokei 00:57:28.639 --> 00:57:31.000 even as quote -unquote momentous as this is an 00:57:31.000 --> 00:57:33.699 occasion can be. I think you trust Jackson Lee. 00:57:34.299 --> 00:57:37.360 to get the job done. I mean, this is mostly the 00:57:37.360 --> 00:57:40.139 exact same team that dominated the USL one side 00:57:40.139 --> 00:57:42.519 in Westchester. The different tiers than now 00:57:42.519 --> 00:57:45.480 out JJ Williams. So Joe Brito tucking in on that 00:57:45.480 --> 00:57:47.380 left side again with no if you saw him back up 00:57:47.380 --> 00:57:49.559 front. But I want to ask you about the two players 00:57:49.559 --> 00:57:50.920 that people are going to be looking the most 00:57:50.920 --> 00:57:54.079 to get excited about here in Mabika and Chico. 00:57:54.559 --> 00:57:55.820 What kind of minutes do you think they'll be 00:57:55.820 --> 00:57:58.960 getting on this game day? It is a long week and 00:57:58.960 --> 00:58:02.170 Chico's just coming back from injury. So I would 00:58:02.170 --> 00:58:05.110 expect him to play, but he's not going to start. 00:58:05.530 --> 00:58:07.590 I think maybe it depends on how a match is going 00:58:07.590 --> 00:58:11.449 to. If we're getting thumped or something, no 00:58:11.449 --> 00:58:13.989 point to bring him on. But if it's a close match, 00:58:14.469 --> 00:58:16.449 20, 30 minutes left, you bring him on. Because 00:58:16.449 --> 00:58:18.809 then you still have to look forward to that Monterey 00:58:18.809 --> 00:58:21.869 Bay game at home on Saturday. When it comes to 00:58:21.869 --> 00:58:23.989 Mbika, he didn't have a lot of time with the 00:58:23.989 --> 00:58:27.630 team. Compared to like others like we found Rio 00:58:27.630 --> 00:58:29.530 had been maybe trained with the team for a while 00:58:29.530 --> 00:58:32.409 So it felt like a much more seamless fit where 00:58:32.409 --> 00:58:34.829 he just went right into the team and looked like 00:58:34.829 --> 00:58:38.929 he belonged That being said with how injured 00:58:38.929 --> 00:58:43.030 everyone is and how long of a week it is I Think 00:58:43.030 --> 00:58:44.730 you get him some minutes here a bit of trial 00:58:44.730 --> 00:58:48.050 by fire You know if he is the type of profile 00:58:48.050 --> 00:58:51.449 player that we believe him to be I Think he'll 00:58:51.449 --> 00:58:54.300 figure it out Yeah minutes manage is definitely 00:58:54.300 --> 00:58:56.019 gonna be a topic We're gonna have to talk about 00:58:56.019 --> 00:58:58.579 here as we bring up what's going to be the big 00:58:58.579 --> 00:59:00.559 storylines of the game But when you're so roster 00:59:00.559 --> 00:59:04.019 depleted it's going to be a very telling tale 00:59:04.019 --> 00:59:06.619 Especially on that frontline attack We just don't 00:59:06.619 --> 00:59:08.699 have another striker and those you know that 00:59:08.699 --> 00:59:10.880 we hear it on we hear it online all the time 00:59:10.880 --> 00:59:12.760 You know that people saying this is why you go 00:59:12.760 --> 00:59:15.280 and pick up a third striker and you know It's 00:59:15.280 --> 00:59:17.159 easy to say it now in hindsight, but you know 00:59:17.159 --> 00:59:20.260 the offense the chance creation is there It's 00:59:20.260 --> 00:59:21.960 been more of a problem, I think, when the defense 00:59:21.960 --> 00:59:23.880 this season than it has been the offense. So 00:59:23.880 --> 00:59:25.820 there's going to be some answers there, but we'll 00:59:25.820 --> 00:59:28.139 see what happens on this game day. Seth, I know 00:59:28.139 --> 00:59:31.900 we talked about it's almost impossible to predict 00:59:31.900 --> 00:59:34.739 a starting 11 when you have what collectively 00:59:34.739 --> 00:59:39.219 you've got the 26 team senior squad, and then 00:59:39.219 --> 00:59:41.380 you've got the entire Revolution Academy behind 00:59:41.380 --> 00:59:44.179 it. How do you go about deciding what kind of 00:59:44.179 --> 00:59:46.519 players Caleb Porter may select on game day? 00:59:47.340 --> 00:59:50.119 Yeah, as I was waiting for the show to start 00:59:50.119 --> 00:59:52.139 with me in it, you guys already had a great show 00:59:52.139 --> 00:59:54.199 beforehand before you ruined it with me coming 00:59:54.199 --> 00:59:56.900 on. I was thinking about what would this team 00:59:56.900 --> 00:59:58.920 look like if they completely rotated? If they 00:59:58.920 --> 01:00:01.219 went with no starting guys, what would it look 01:00:01.219 --> 01:00:04.679 like? So first team guys, reserve guys, and maybe 01:00:04.679 --> 01:00:07.739 some MLS next pro guys. Bono is talking. Alex 01:00:07.739 --> 01:00:09.739 Bono tomorrow is talking to the media, which 01:00:09.739 --> 01:00:11.699 would probably indicate that he is going to start 01:00:11.699 --> 01:00:14.440 a very experienced goalkeeper, someone that played 01:00:14.440 --> 01:00:17.570 at DC United, among other places. pretty safe 01:00:17.570 --> 01:00:20.150 hands there. Will Sands, someone that was starting 01:00:20.150 --> 01:00:23.389 earlier this year, MLS experience, Columbus crew. 01:00:24.289 --> 01:00:26.369 Obviously, Caleb Porter knows him well. Left 01:00:26.369 --> 01:00:29.090 back at the right back position, Brandon By, 01:00:29.289 --> 01:00:31.730 everyone knows that name. He's been kind of relegated 01:00:31.730 --> 01:00:33.489 to the bench right now. He's been coming off 01:00:33.489 --> 01:00:35.329 the bench and actually seeing out games. It's 01:00:35.329 --> 01:00:38.429 been kind of a cool role for him as a more experienced 01:00:38.429 --> 01:00:40.590 player, but he obviously has plenty left in the 01:00:40.590 --> 01:00:42.730 tank. In the middle would be kind of interesting. 01:00:42.730 --> 01:00:44.570 Are you going to go with a three? Because they've 01:00:44.570 --> 01:00:47.949 been recently playing like a three. or are you 01:00:47.949 --> 01:00:50.230 going to go with a four? I went with a four just 01:00:50.230 --> 01:00:53.250 because the revs don't have a lot of healthy 01:00:53.250 --> 01:00:55.389 center backs right now. So I went with Keegan 01:00:55.389 --> 01:00:57.650 Hughes and Andrew Ferrell in that situation. 01:00:58.230 --> 01:01:01.489 I then went with five in the midfield with kind 01:01:01.489 --> 01:01:03.929 of Chonkoi being up top but floating in that 01:01:03.929 --> 01:01:07.190 space. So as holding midfielder, Jackson Ewell, 01:01:07.489 --> 01:01:09.190 someone that was actually brought in as a TAM 01:01:09.190 --> 01:01:11.030 signing, someone that was starting earlier this 01:01:11.030 --> 01:01:14.190 year. Guy from San Jose, international experience. 01:01:14.869 --> 01:01:16.510 He would be. I think he's going to be pretty 01:01:16.510 --> 01:01:19.460 obviously starting in my opinion. Next to him, 01:01:19.679 --> 01:01:24.139 maybe someone that is a Revs two player. I don't 01:01:24.139 --> 01:01:26.159 know your earth. I'm really high on him. He's 01:01:26.159 --> 01:01:29.119 someone that came from Uganda. Plays for Uganda 01:01:29.119 --> 01:01:32.000 has scored for Uganda. He actually recently scored 01:01:32.000 --> 01:01:35.039 a really nice goal for Revs two. He is a first 01:01:35.039 --> 01:01:38.420 team player currently down with revs two. He 01:01:38.420 --> 01:01:40.639 did not play with revs two this weekend, which 01:01:40.639 --> 01:01:42.960 to me would indicate that he's probably being 01:01:42.960 --> 01:01:45.400 being saved for Wednesday. So I would really 01:01:45.400 --> 01:01:48.230 like to see him start. If not him, Eric Klein, 01:01:48.690 --> 01:01:50.469 who has been around with the first team for quite 01:01:50.469 --> 01:01:53.369 a while. Eric Klein's dad actually played for 01:01:53.369 --> 01:01:55.849 the Revolution back in the day. Both of those 01:01:55.849 --> 01:01:58.230 players are young players, talented players. 01:01:58.670 --> 01:02:00.329 I think it'd be really exciting to give those 01:02:00.329 --> 01:02:02.349 guys minutes, especially with so much experience 01:02:02.349 --> 01:02:05.750 around them. On one wing, I have Luca Langoni, 01:02:06.230 --> 01:02:08.429 the club record signing for the New England Revolution, 01:02:08.949 --> 01:02:11.469 playing in this game. He is someone who has now 01:02:11.469 --> 01:02:13.710 been coming off the bench, recently had an assist 01:02:13.710 --> 01:02:16.590 to Carlos Heel, although he didn't necessarily 01:02:16.590 --> 01:02:18.969 do a lot on that assist. It was more Carlos Heel 01:02:18.969 --> 01:02:21.349 magic, but he's someone that can produce on the 01:02:21.349 --> 01:02:24.710 field. On the other side, I have Luis Diaz, someone 01:02:24.710 --> 01:02:27.389 who used to be a young DP. for Columbus crew. 01:02:27.630 --> 01:02:31.550 I have a DP coming back from an ACL injury. So 01:02:31.550 --> 01:02:33.050 it'd be interesting to see how they use him. 01:02:33.170 --> 01:02:35.690 He's mostly been coming off and being a sub. 01:02:35.809 --> 01:02:37.369 He has been coming off and being a sub at this 01:02:37.369 --> 01:02:39.590 point. And then up top is a Rudy, someone who's 01:02:39.590 --> 01:02:42.230 older, I believe 34 years old, but obviously 01:02:42.230 --> 01:02:44.150 scored a lot of goals in major league soccer. 01:02:44.469 --> 01:02:48.280 So if they went with no. starting players right 01:02:48.280 --> 01:02:50.840 now. No one that started this weekend. It's still 01:02:50.840 --> 01:02:54.519 a pretty strong lineup. You got guys like DeMario 01:02:54.519 --> 01:02:56.639 McIntosh, who's a first team player playing with 01:02:56.639 --> 01:02:59.500 Revs2. He could come on as a right back type 01:02:59.500 --> 01:03:02.500 of situation. Alex Moniz didn't play. He's a 01:03:02.500 --> 01:03:05.500 former Chicago player who's now playing for Revs2, 01:03:05.659 --> 01:03:09.280 has international experience. And there's another 01:03:09.280 --> 01:03:11.960 guy that I'm forgetting right now. But there's 01:03:11.960 --> 01:03:14.619 some guys out there that have experience with 01:03:14.619 --> 01:03:18.000 Revs2 that could certainly come up. Does surprise 01:03:18.000 --> 01:03:20.460 you I mean looking through the genocide of so 01:03:20.460 --> 01:03:24.659 many of those, you know revs to into Alternate 01:03:24.659 --> 01:03:26.619 players that couldn't quite penetrate the first 01:03:26.619 --> 01:03:28.500 team, you know, I think of the jack patio to 01:03:28.500 --> 01:03:32.739 learn loan I think of the the buck sale is Is 01:03:32.739 --> 01:03:35.019 this something where this is that new crop? Is 01:03:35.019 --> 01:03:37.280 this the chance for the guys coming up through 01:03:37.280 --> 01:03:39.219 the New England Revolution to side to really 01:03:39.219 --> 01:03:41.139 this is their one shot for the season to kind 01:03:41.139 --> 01:03:43.820 of earn their mark Yeah, potentially. I mean, 01:03:43.860 --> 01:03:45.280 every time that you're on the field, it's an 01:03:45.280 --> 01:03:47.480 audition, right? It doesn't matter. Every time 01:03:47.480 --> 01:03:49.199 you're out there, I remember talking to John 01:03:49.199 --> 01:03:52.579 Bell after he was selected in the expansion draft. 01:03:53.019 --> 01:03:54.940 And he was like, you never know who's watching 01:03:54.940 --> 01:03:57.059 you. And he was like, people were watching me. 01:03:57.099 --> 01:03:58.480 And I wasn't aware of that. And they actually 01:03:58.480 --> 01:04:00.179 picked me as one of the five players that they 01:04:00.179 --> 01:04:02.300 wanted all throughout the league. And he's gone 01:04:02.300 --> 01:04:04.380 on to have himself a little bit of a good career. 01:04:04.760 --> 01:04:06.659 So anytime you can put yourself out there, it's 01:04:06.659 --> 01:04:08.900 an opportunity to see, hey, look at what I can 01:04:08.900 --> 01:04:11.260 do. I need more minutes here or maybe another 01:04:11.260 --> 01:04:13.460 team is going to bring me on loan or maybe next 01:04:13.460 --> 01:04:15.820 year when they're, you know, making a trade, 01:04:15.940 --> 01:04:19.079 that's your opportunity. The reality is, is that 01:04:19.079 --> 01:04:22.099 not every player is the right fit for every club, 01:04:22.619 --> 01:04:25.219 right? And every player has to also find where 01:04:25.219 --> 01:04:27.739 they best fit. I'm a big fan of Jack Ponyatu. 01:04:27.920 --> 01:04:29.780 I think he's a really talented individual, but 01:04:29.780 --> 01:04:31.900 he really wasn't getting opportunities with the 01:04:31.900 --> 01:04:36.009 first team. And now he goes down to originally 01:04:36.009 --> 01:04:38.610 RFC and had that really good run last year. And 01:04:38.610 --> 01:04:40.329 unfortunately when he goes back on that second 01:04:40.329 --> 01:04:42.389 loan, you guys had kind of already figured things 01:04:42.389 --> 01:04:44.349 out and he really wasn't going to factor in that 01:04:44.349 --> 01:04:46.829 situation. Well, now he's over at Hartford and 01:04:46.829 --> 01:04:48.809 you saw what happened in that first game. He 01:04:48.809 --> 01:04:51.610 has two goals. Is he a major league soccer player? 01:04:51.849 --> 01:04:53.269 Maybe, maybe not. Maybe he's just not in the 01:04:53.269 --> 01:04:55.030 right system. Maybe he has to go somewhere else. 01:04:55.309 --> 01:04:57.070 Or maybe like right now what he's going to do 01:04:57.070 --> 01:04:59.730 is make his career in the championship. So I 01:04:59.730 --> 01:05:03.010 think that like you get any opportunity that 01:05:03.010 --> 01:05:05.110 you have. I think one of the hardest things for 01:05:05.110 --> 01:05:07.809 anyone on the outside, myself included, you guys 01:05:07.809 --> 01:05:10.090 that are in the media, we don't see training 01:05:10.090 --> 01:05:13.210 every single day. And so oftentimes people will 01:05:13.210 --> 01:05:15.889 say, Oh, why isn't so -and -so playing? That's 01:05:15.889 --> 01:05:18.170 clearly the solution. But we don't see every 01:05:18.170 --> 01:05:20.369 single day what they're looking like, how they're 01:05:20.369 --> 01:05:23.090 playing. So this is an opportunity to see what 01:05:23.090 --> 01:05:27.070 they look like on TV, to see them against a really 01:05:27.070 --> 01:05:30.230 tough opponent. Obviously, RAFC made the championship 01:05:30.230 --> 01:05:33.829 last year. They want to win this game. Kayla 01:05:33.829 --> 01:05:36.369 Porter talked about how they're hungry to prove 01:05:36.369 --> 01:05:39.590 that the guys on that team belong in major league 01:05:39.590 --> 01:05:41.429 soccer, right? You know, you talk to these guys, 01:05:41.550 --> 01:05:43.070 they often say, I want to play at the highest 01:05:43.070 --> 01:05:45.530 level. But right now, major league soccer is 01:05:45.530 --> 01:05:48.429 the highest level. So it's a really good opportunity 01:05:48.429 --> 01:05:50.369 to see whoever is on the field, whether you're 01:05:50.369 --> 01:05:52.889 an academy guy, you're an 18 year old from Uganda, 01:05:53.090 --> 01:05:54.570 who is just coming to the United States right 01:05:54.570 --> 01:05:56.949 now to have an opportunity to show what you can 01:05:56.949 --> 01:06:00.369 do. And then kind of touching into that, I look 01:06:00.369 --> 01:06:02.969 at this team completely transformed now over 01:06:02.969 --> 01:06:05.389 their last five games. Seth, what's been going 01:06:05.389 --> 01:06:07.349 on with this New England group to switch their 01:06:07.349 --> 01:06:09.849 fortunes? They've rided the ship. They've strung 01:06:09.849 --> 01:06:11.889 together this win streak for the first time this 01:06:11.889 --> 01:06:15.690 season. What has that been? Why has that now 01:06:15.690 --> 01:06:18.239 happened? And then also, does that create? the 01:06:18.239 --> 01:06:20.500 pressure for Porter to change his tactics on 01:06:20.500 --> 01:06:23.019 the way he treats the open cup. You know, before 01:06:23.019 --> 01:06:25.119 I'm thinking, does he give it the Jim Curtin 01:06:25.119 --> 01:06:26.760 treatment of like, I'm not going to win hardware. 01:06:27.119 --> 01:06:29.179 So I'm going to go all in on the open cup performance. 01:06:29.659 --> 01:06:32.199 But now Porter's got a little bit more leeway. 01:06:32.400 --> 01:06:34.659 He's got this this performance win streak on 01:06:34.659 --> 01:06:37.219 his on his mind. Does he have to prepare differently 01:06:37.219 --> 01:06:39.380 to not only tackle this game, but also Orlando 01:06:39.380 --> 01:06:42.460 on the weekend? Yeah. I mean, again, I think 01:06:42.460 --> 01:06:45.300 he hasn't said anything about this, but I think 01:06:45.300 --> 01:06:49.980 the standings really matter. And as you start 01:06:49.980 --> 01:06:52.099 to collect more wins, especially in the league, 01:06:52.579 --> 01:06:54.780 then people start to say, okay, the Stalingrad 01:06:54.780 --> 01:06:57.880 Revolution team. can maybe do something. You 01:06:57.880 --> 01:07:00.179 know, now it's worth going to more games. Now 01:07:00.179 --> 01:07:01.940 it's worth buying more merch. Now it's worth, 01:07:01.960 --> 01:07:03.940 you know, really supporting this team more and 01:07:03.940 --> 01:07:07.239 more. And so, you know, like this game on Wednesday 01:07:07.239 --> 01:07:10.179 obviously matters. But the standings I think 01:07:10.179 --> 01:07:12.920 for the revolution matter a little bit more that 01:07:12.920 --> 01:07:15.280 you have to make the playoffs. Last year they 01:07:15.280 --> 01:07:17.800 didn't make the playoffs. So I think with the 01:07:17.800 --> 01:07:19.940 lineup that I gave you, there's still a lot of 01:07:19.940 --> 01:07:21.920 experience there. There's still a lot of talent 01:07:21.920 --> 01:07:24.440 there. And I think oftentimes what you see is 01:07:24.440 --> 01:07:28.820 that you go with a more rotated lineup and you 01:07:28.820 --> 01:07:31.920 put someone like Carlos Heel on the bench. So 01:07:31.920 --> 01:07:34.619 that may be the last 20 minutes. Hey, Heel, go 01:07:34.619 --> 01:07:36.460 out there. Let's see what you can do. You know, 01:07:36.519 --> 01:07:38.559 you put someone like Leo Campana out there and 01:07:38.559 --> 01:07:40.599 then they can go after the game if you need those 01:07:40.599 --> 01:07:42.980 types of moments. So I don't think you're necessarily 01:07:42.980 --> 01:07:46.119 going to see a first choice lineup for the revolution 01:07:46.119 --> 01:07:48.900 because things are going pretty well in the league 01:07:48.900 --> 01:07:50.800 and unfortunately there is roster congestion. 01:07:51.320 --> 01:07:53.840 The worst thing that could happen on Wednesday 01:07:53.840 --> 01:07:56.119 is someone like Carlos Hill getting injured. 01:07:57.019 --> 01:08:00.099 Because then all of a sudden, yeah, maybe you 01:08:00.099 --> 01:08:03.539 advance in the open cup, but Orlando becomes 01:08:03.539 --> 01:08:07.239 more difficult. The next game is May 17th against 01:08:07.239 --> 01:08:09.739 Bruce Arena and all of the former New England 01:08:09.739 --> 01:08:13.320 Revolution players. They're going to have a hard 01:08:13.320 --> 01:08:14.980 time figuring out which locker room to go to 01:08:14.980 --> 01:08:17.159 because so many of them were here last year. 01:08:17.859 --> 01:08:22.189 So again, I know I know that it's a bummer in 01:08:22.189 --> 01:08:24.970 some sense. You want to see this team, this rivalry 01:08:24.970 --> 01:08:27.550 be a big deal. But I don't think you're going 01:08:27.550 --> 01:08:29.189 to see a lot of those guys out there. In terms 01:08:29.189 --> 01:08:30.989 of the turnaround, part of it has to do with 01:08:30.989 --> 01:08:33.550 like Matt Poulster coming back. Kayla Porter 01:08:33.550 --> 01:08:35.529 talked about how the players are taking ownership, 01:08:35.770 --> 01:08:37.989 the leadership council are leading the way. You 01:08:37.989 --> 01:08:40.170 know, Carlos Hill finding his magic, guys getting 01:08:40.170 --> 01:08:43.250 healthier, and then becoming the wingbacks, you 01:08:43.250 --> 01:08:45.930 know, switching out formation and getting guys 01:08:45.930 --> 01:08:48.829 like Peyton Millers, you know, 17 years old, 01:08:49.289 --> 01:08:51.350 really good player. And on the other side is 01:08:51.350 --> 01:08:54.029 a 20 year old Israeli international named Eli 01:08:54.029 --> 01:08:56.000 Feingold. And those guys are a lot of fun. to 01:08:56.000 --> 01:08:59.159 watch. So that's part of the turn around is, 01:08:59.560 --> 01:09:01.279 but to your point, I think what's going to be 01:09:01.279 --> 01:09:03.520 interesting is that they might not necessarily 01:09:03.520 --> 01:09:06.239 go with that formation. They might go with a 01:09:06.239 --> 01:09:09.460 451, which is more of a trademark for Kayla Porter, 01:09:09.659 --> 01:09:12.180 or maybe more of like a 442 type of situation 01:09:12.180 --> 01:09:14.779 where Chonkoi is up top with someone like a Rudy. 01:09:16.000 --> 01:09:18.100 And then Jason, kind of the same question for 01:09:18.100 --> 01:09:21.279 you on the RAFC side of things. Obviously, Kano's 01:09:21.279 --> 01:09:23.680 hands much more tied behind his back with the 01:09:23.680 --> 01:09:27.840 limitations of this roster. We're not in the 01:09:27.840 --> 01:09:30.020 basement, but we haven't made the progress we'd 01:09:30.020 --> 01:09:32.720 probably like to see in the regular season performance 01:09:32.720 --> 01:09:35.859 so far, now still just in 10th place in the Eastern 01:09:35.859 --> 01:09:38.979 Conference. Does coach Kano need to prepare for 01:09:38.979 --> 01:09:41.399 the longer game or does he need to be all in 01:09:41.399 --> 01:09:43.340 because of, you know, the optics because he's 01:09:43.340 --> 01:09:46.119 a former New England Revolution open cup winner? 01:09:46.699 --> 01:09:49.000 You know, how does he prioritize these matches, 01:09:49.140 --> 01:09:50.920 especially with the fact that he can't rely on 01:09:50.920 --> 01:09:53.960 rotating players for minutes? Yeah, I wouldn't 01:09:53.960 --> 01:09:58.619 be surprised here if we saw RFC be a little more 01:09:58.619 --> 01:10:00.979 tentative to start the match to kind of feel 01:10:00.979 --> 01:10:04.170 it out in terms of. There's a lot of injuries 01:10:04.170 --> 01:10:06.409 a lot of people missing we need to conserve energy 01:10:06.409 --> 01:10:08.810 We need to think about the game on this on Saturday. 01:10:08.810 --> 01:10:12.250 We can't afford to get other people injured and 01:10:12.250 --> 01:10:14.229 Then there's also the reality against playing, 01:10:14.470 --> 01:10:16.510 you know, the the quote -unquote higher opposition 01:10:16.510 --> 01:10:19.649 right here This is the the division one team 01:10:19.649 --> 01:10:23.130 that we're gonna be playing against here So you 01:10:23.130 --> 01:10:25.810 try and keep it tight and then maybe try and 01:10:25.810 --> 01:10:28.170 go for it second half and we see this a lot with 01:10:28.170 --> 01:10:31.539 a lot of open -cut matches where They start to 01:10:31.539 --> 01:10:34.939 open up in that second half where it you you 01:10:34.939 --> 01:10:37.279 get yourself into a good position like okay now 01:10:37.279 --> 01:10:40.159 now we're only looking at about 45 more minutes 01:10:40.159 --> 01:10:45.140 can we Make some changes can we kind of you know 01:10:45.140 --> 01:10:46.840 put the pedal to the metal here a little bit 01:10:46.840 --> 01:10:49.520 and try and go for something the same way that 01:10:49.520 --> 01:10:51.579 the revs might be approaching it in the sense 01:10:51.579 --> 01:10:54.720 that We both have league games. We need to worry 01:10:54.720 --> 01:10:59.869 about So I and I think that you know The revs 01:10:59.869 --> 01:11:02.229 are on the up and up right now. I think that 01:11:02.229 --> 01:11:04.649 it would do well for them to like make the playoffs 01:11:04.649 --> 01:11:07.470 for in that sense and You know, obviously, I 01:11:07.470 --> 01:11:10.609 think RFC maybe in a similar sense. We made the 01:11:10.609 --> 01:11:12.569 playoffs last year, but we kind of scraped in 01:11:12.569 --> 01:11:17.210 I think that Kano would love to have a home playoff 01:11:17.210 --> 01:11:23.289 game and I think so with this this team so You 01:11:23.289 --> 01:11:25.369 know, I think they both go out there kind of 01:11:25.369 --> 01:11:28.680 feel it out see how it is and Maybe we see a 01:11:28.680 --> 01:11:30.819 bit of an explosive second half, but the first 01:11:30.819 --> 01:11:32.399 half might be a little a little bit of poking 01:11:32.399 --> 01:11:36.020 or prodding That feels very anti -RFC for a team 01:11:36.020 --> 01:11:38.539 that has scored now I think what it's it's either 01:11:38.539 --> 01:11:41.220 scored or been scored against 15 times in the 01:11:41.220 --> 01:11:43.260 first half of all of their gameplay across all 01:11:43.260 --> 01:11:46.779 competitions this season So that's that I just 01:11:46.779 --> 01:11:48.460 don't know if they have that dog in them quite 01:11:48.460 --> 01:11:51.090 yet. Yeah, maybe not But that being said too, 01:11:51.149 --> 01:11:52.789 I can absolutely tell you, you know, it was one 01:11:52.789 --> 01:11:54.710 of the main interview points and I'm sure if 01:11:54.710 --> 01:11:56.489 there's a media day before the open cup, I don't 01:11:56.489 --> 01:11:58.630 know if there's time for it now. But a lot of 01:11:58.630 --> 01:12:01.489 the focus was on asking Kano, you know, where 01:12:01.489 --> 01:12:03.670 are his loyalties? Where are his allegiances? 01:12:03.930 --> 01:12:06.729 And how fired up is he to take on his former 01:12:06.729 --> 01:12:09.109 side? And, you know, I don't want to I don't 01:12:09.109 --> 01:12:11.810 want to dismay any revolution fans or or or loyal 01:12:11.810 --> 01:12:14.869 Kano, you know, I was there in 2007. I watched 01:12:14.869 --> 01:12:18.579 it with my own eyes, but he's very much not Talking 01:12:18.579 --> 01:12:21.020 about his ties to the revolution for this particular 01:12:21.020 --> 01:12:23.579 match. He is very much an amber and blue and 01:12:23.579 --> 01:12:26.159 it seems like it's somewhat personal It seems 01:12:26.159 --> 01:12:28.960 like there's some I don't want to call it vendetta, 01:12:28.960 --> 01:12:30.460 but it seems like there's some stakes involved 01:12:30.460 --> 01:12:34.140 like I'm going to best this team So I think he 01:12:34.140 --> 01:12:37.000 will show up, but to your point It's a long stretch 01:12:37.000 --> 01:12:39.180 of the over these next seven days and without 01:12:39.180 --> 01:12:41.020 those reinforcements Well, you know, we only 01:12:41.020 --> 01:12:43.579 have the two new defenders. I just don't know 01:12:44.030 --> 01:12:46.829 what kind of style we're going to see. I feel 01:12:46.829 --> 01:12:49.010 like there's going to be a much different version 01:12:49.010 --> 01:12:51.449 of the high block and the counter -press, you 01:12:51.449 --> 01:12:53.229 know, or excuse me, the counter -attack with 01:12:53.229 --> 01:12:55.949 the high press. I feel like we could see a team 01:12:55.949 --> 01:12:57.890 that drops back a little bit deeper into a low 01:12:57.890 --> 01:12:59.829 block, especially if Jackson Lee gets the nod 01:12:59.829 --> 01:13:02.590 and, you know, tries to absorb what the revolution 01:13:02.590 --> 01:13:04.649 may throw at them and then see what they can 01:13:04.649 --> 01:13:06.649 do from there. But I don't expect to see the 01:13:06.649 --> 01:13:09.050 same kind of tactics in the way Kano sets up 01:13:09.050 --> 01:13:13.020 typically for a USL championship opponent. Seth, 01:13:13.100 --> 01:13:14.739 I want to kind of ask this final question about 01:13:14.739 --> 01:13:16.859 the New England side because you brought this 01:13:16.859 --> 01:13:18.880 up earlier. You're absolutely right about this 01:13:18.880 --> 01:13:20.659 defense. It's one of the best in the league. 01:13:20.760 --> 01:13:22.640 It's one of the best performances that the Revs 01:13:22.640 --> 01:13:25.060 have had themselves regardless of the competition 01:13:25.060 --> 01:13:28.600 across the 30 teams in MLS. But it also seems 01:13:28.600 --> 01:13:31.399 that it's coming at The offense may be suffering. 01:13:31.600 --> 01:13:33.000 I know you mentioned a minute ago about heal 01:13:33.000 --> 01:13:36.520 needing to take his time to get into this season 01:13:36.520 --> 01:13:38.920 and start scoring goals. But you've got the best 01:13:38.920 --> 01:13:41.020 defense in the league, but you think I think 01:13:41.020 --> 01:13:43.720 it's the fourth or fifth worst offense. How does 01:13:43.720 --> 01:13:45.979 Caleb Porter adjust that so he can be kind of 01:13:45.979 --> 01:13:48.060 a more complete team? Or does that not matter? 01:13:48.199 --> 01:13:49.840 Does it just matter that the results are going 01:13:49.840 --> 01:13:52.239 in the revolution's direction? Or should he use 01:13:52.239 --> 01:13:54.359 the open cup to experiment with some new attacking 01:13:54.359 --> 01:14:01.090 pieces? You're muted, Seth. I think the answer 01:14:01.090 --> 01:14:05.329 that the coach would give is that the goals will 01:14:05.329 --> 01:14:07.350 come. There doesn't every single coach say that, 01:14:07.529 --> 01:14:09.189 you know, the goals will come. And that's usually 01:14:09.189 --> 01:14:10.789 the last thing that does happen. I think there 01:14:10.789 --> 01:14:14.130 is truth to that too, you know, that if you can 01:14:14.130 --> 01:14:16.899 get the defense right. and start then figuring 01:14:16.899 --> 01:14:18.920 out what are the moments that we want to attack 01:14:18.920 --> 01:14:21.100 that we don't want to open up too much. Then 01:14:21.100 --> 01:14:22.680 you kind of create those opportunities in that 01:14:22.680 --> 01:14:25.100 way. I always go back to 2021 when the New England 01:14:25.100 --> 01:14:27.420 Revolution won the supporter's shield. And then 01:14:27.420 --> 01:14:29.579 they go into that first round game against New 01:14:29.579 --> 01:14:31.920 York City FC. Granted, it was like a 30 day break 01:14:31.920 --> 01:14:34.979 in terms of things. And when they go into that 01:14:34.979 --> 01:14:38.279 game, they play to open. and they end up getting 01:14:38.279 --> 01:14:40.800 knocked out by NYCFC. Who then go on to win the 01:14:40.800 --> 01:14:43.020 championship? But that was an opportunity for 01:14:43.020 --> 01:14:45.640 the refs to actually host every single game, 01:14:45.640 --> 01:14:48.000 including the championship game. But they just 01:14:48.000 --> 01:14:51.060 played to open. The situation was Matt Pulsar 01:14:51.060 --> 01:14:52.880 playing in the middle there, and it was just 01:14:52.880 --> 01:14:55.319 too much for him to do. Well, now you have a 01:14:55.319 --> 01:14:58.539 situation where you have a good solid defensive 01:14:58.539 --> 01:15:01.560 base. And then you try to figure out when are 01:15:01.560 --> 01:15:03.380 those opportunities to get forward? Where are 01:15:03.380 --> 01:15:05.760 the patterns of play looking like? And then how 01:15:05.760 --> 01:15:10.180 do we get Carlos Hill in the best spots. So now 01:15:10.180 --> 01:15:12.260 that you have all these players behind them. 01:15:12.539 --> 01:15:14.359 Carlos Heal could basically float anywhere he 01:15:14.359 --> 01:15:16.800 wants and try to pick up the ball. And then the 01:15:16.800 --> 01:15:19.760 team becomes more dangerous in that way. A lot 01:15:19.760 --> 01:15:21.399 of people were looking at this formation switch 01:15:21.399 --> 01:15:23.220 and being like, okay, you have three center backs. 01:15:23.399 --> 01:15:25.420 That was way more defensive. I don't necessarily 01:15:25.420 --> 01:15:28.659 think of it that way. I think of it as more simplifying 01:15:28.659 --> 01:15:32.640 the tactics and allowing guys like Heal, the 01:15:32.640 --> 01:15:36.739 two outside guys there, Eli Feingold and Peyton 01:15:36.739 --> 01:15:38.939 Miller, and then the strikers up top to kind 01:15:38.939 --> 01:15:41.640 of carry the burden while these other guys just 01:15:41.640 --> 01:15:44.329 hold things down defensively. So I think it actually 01:15:44.329 --> 01:15:46.170 becomes a little bit more free and a little bit 01:15:46.170 --> 01:15:48.529 more attacking that sense. They're probably never 01:15:48.529 --> 01:15:50.850 going to be the most attacking team in major 01:15:50.850 --> 01:15:53.229 league soccer. I think Kayla Porter believes 01:15:53.229 --> 01:15:56.930 in defense first, the idea of being a good defensive 01:15:56.930 --> 01:15:59.869 team and having control of the game. And I think 01:15:59.869 --> 01:16:02.550 honestly, when it comes to the playoffs, that's 01:16:02.550 --> 01:16:04.609 the type of soccer that you want to play. You 01:16:04.609 --> 01:16:06.489 want to be disciplined and you want to win the 01:16:06.489 --> 01:16:08.609 game on the margins. I think about last year, 01:16:08.750 --> 01:16:12.029 right, the USL championship. Final, if you guys 01:16:12.029 --> 01:16:13.350 want to talk about that, I know you guys are 01:16:13.350 --> 01:16:15.550 still going through some stuff. You're talking 01:16:15.550 --> 01:16:17.529 to your own people on the outside. That's okay. 01:16:17.949 --> 01:16:20.590 I understand. But I think that you guys at that 01:16:20.590 --> 01:16:24.189 moment played a little too open and you got punished 01:16:24.189 --> 01:16:25.970 about that. There was gaps that were happening 01:16:25.970 --> 01:16:28.010 and then all of a sudden the game got out of 01:16:28.010 --> 01:16:30.670 hand. And after the first goal and then the second 01:16:30.670 --> 01:16:33.050 goal, it really didn't feel like the team necessarily 01:16:33.050 --> 01:16:35.529 was going to come back even though they had that 01:16:35.529 --> 01:16:37.399 identity that they would come back. you know, 01:16:37.439 --> 01:16:39.260 it was just too much of a situation. So I think 01:16:39.260 --> 01:16:41.760 Caleb is kind of building the team in that way, 01:16:41.939 --> 01:16:45.020 that if we can win the game on the margins, and 01:16:45.020 --> 01:16:46.840 that doesn't always mean one zero, you know, 01:16:46.880 --> 01:16:49.300 we're seeing now two zeros, but kind of build 01:16:49.300 --> 01:16:52.640 in that sense. So this weekend, so this Wednesday, 01:16:53.420 --> 01:16:56.779 I think what's really hard though is that you're 01:16:56.779 --> 01:16:59.180 probably not having a lot of those starting guys. 01:16:59.659 --> 01:17:02.220 So it's not necessarily about, hey, let's test 01:17:02.220 --> 01:17:04.220 out what this thing looks like. I think it's 01:17:04.220 --> 01:17:06.310 maybe more of an opportunity to say, Hey, Luca 01:17:06.310 --> 01:17:09.149 Langoni, what do you got? Like, we know you're 01:17:09.149 --> 01:17:11.310 good. We know you're talented. Let's see what 01:17:11.310 --> 01:17:13.649 you got if you were putting in the starting lineup. 01:17:14.149 --> 01:17:16.189 Thomas Chonkalei, how are you feeling? How's 01:17:16.189 --> 01:17:18.750 the ACL situation? Are you ready to start with 01:17:18.750 --> 01:17:21.050 Leo Campana up top? Or are we still playing with 01:17:21.050 --> 01:17:23.510 Gonzaga in that situation? Jackson, you all, 01:17:23.590 --> 01:17:26.270 what can you bring to the table here? So I think 01:17:26.270 --> 01:17:28.350 it's an opportunity more for some of those other 01:17:28.350 --> 01:17:31.109 guys to kind of showcase themselves and then 01:17:31.109 --> 01:17:33.899 think about... What's going to happen with those 01:17:33.899 --> 01:17:37.579 other 24 games in the season? Question for you 01:17:37.579 --> 01:17:40.060 both. We'll start with Jason. You know, there's 01:17:40.060 --> 01:17:42.159 so many former Revolution players on this Rhode 01:17:42.159 --> 01:17:45.140 Island F .C. side. You know, we hear it all the 01:17:45.140 --> 01:17:47.380 time. It's Rev's light. It's the Rev's Academy 01:17:47.380 --> 01:17:50.170 rejects. Does this game have more significance? 01:17:50.489 --> 01:17:52.350 We talked about the fan importance and the impact 01:17:52.350 --> 01:17:54.430 to them a little bit earlier. But when you have 01:17:54.430 --> 01:17:56.430 this many players who didn't make it in the revolution 01:17:56.430 --> 01:17:59.270 system, now all here playing against their former 01:17:59.270 --> 01:18:01.750 team, does this amplify the stakes for them? 01:18:01.930 --> 01:18:03.329 Are these players going to be showing up with 01:18:03.329 --> 01:18:04.670 a little bit more of a chip on their shoulder? 01:18:05.689 --> 01:18:09.470 I think so. I think there'll be a bit of a sense 01:18:09.470 --> 01:18:13.430 of pride that a lot of the RAFC team will have 01:18:13.430 --> 01:18:17.449 in that trying to prove their worth, so to say. 01:18:17.930 --> 01:18:20.130 I mean that the reality is all of these players 01:18:20.130 --> 01:18:22.689 want to to play at the highest level right and 01:18:22.689 --> 01:18:26.430 maybe Some of them felt a bit slighted that they 01:18:26.430 --> 01:18:28.430 maybe they didn't didn't get through whether 01:18:28.430 --> 01:18:31.210 or not that has anything to do with it being 01:18:31.210 --> 01:18:33.409 You know the revolutions fall, but it's you very 01:18:33.409 --> 01:18:36.649 much want to put your best foot forward show 01:18:36.649 --> 01:18:40.189 how great of a player can be there's always You 01:18:40.189 --> 01:18:41.869 know like like Seth was saying you never know 01:18:41.869 --> 01:18:45.130 who is watching you play right so this could 01:18:45.130 --> 01:18:47.560 be Big for people, especially now this is on 01:18:47.560 --> 01:18:49.739 Paramount. There's a lot more eyes on the cup. 01:18:49.920 --> 01:18:53.140 So this is a big opportunity. So I think that 01:18:53.140 --> 01:18:55.079 they will go out there fired up. If anything, 01:18:55.319 --> 01:18:59.079 I think that this match is significantly more 01:18:59.079 --> 01:19:03.000 important for Rhode Island in the sense of they 01:19:03.000 --> 01:19:05.539 have a certain pride on the line to show like, 01:19:05.680 --> 01:19:08.319 no, we are a serious competitor out here and 01:19:08.319 --> 01:19:10.819 we're going to go out there and prove that to 01:19:10.819 --> 01:19:15.270 everyone with the Rebs. I think that they have 01:19:15.270 --> 01:19:18.069 the league to worry about, and we've all seen 01:19:18.069 --> 01:19:21.470 this in the history of the open cup. They don't 01:19:21.470 --> 01:19:23.649 always take it as serious in the early rounds. 01:19:24.329 --> 01:19:25.710 Seth, how about you? Do you feel the same way? 01:19:26.909 --> 01:19:28.930 Yeah, I mean, I think that any time that you're 01:19:28.930 --> 01:19:30.750 not the highest level, you feel a little bit 01:19:30.750 --> 01:19:33.170 slighted. I think that when I was talking to 01:19:33.170 --> 01:19:35.170 Zach Harreville last year, he kind of mentioned 01:19:35.170 --> 01:19:37.449 that some of these guys like Noah Fuson, like 01:19:37.449 --> 01:19:40.970 they were at a different point of their career. 01:19:41.319 --> 01:19:44.039 and Kano brings them in and they get to the championship 01:19:44.039 --> 01:19:46.039 last year and they're kind of showing themselves. 01:19:47.899 --> 01:19:49.979 Unfortunately, I think there's a situation that 01:19:49.979 --> 01:19:51.899 some of these guys, maybe they could be in a 01:19:51.899 --> 01:19:55.680 Major League Soccer, but now as they get older, 01:19:56.159 --> 01:19:58.520 as they are put in, they've kind of been labeled 01:19:58.520 --> 01:20:00.739 in some way, they don't get some of those opportunities. 01:20:01.420 --> 01:20:03.640 So what better way to kind of showcase that you 01:20:03.640 --> 01:20:07.090 can roll with the big dogs than to playing a 01:20:07.090 --> 01:20:09.850 game like this and show really well and and knock 01:20:09.850 --> 01:20:12.630 out a major league soccer team. Even if they're 01:20:12.630 --> 01:20:15.869 not playing all of their best players, the headline 01:20:15.869 --> 01:20:18.430 is going to be out there, right? RFC defeats 01:20:18.430 --> 01:20:20.229 the New England Revolution. Well, what New England 01:20:20.229 --> 01:20:22.789 Revolution? You know, I know that, you know, 01:20:23.149 --> 01:20:25.329 earlier, Portland Hearts of Pine beat Hartford 01:20:25.329 --> 01:20:29.350 Athletic during preseason. What Hartford Athletic? 01:20:29.590 --> 01:20:31.430 Sounds like there's a lot of younger guys. It 01:20:31.430 --> 01:20:33.149 wasn't the first team guys, but the headline 01:20:33.149 --> 01:20:36.710 was there, right? So I think when you think about 01:20:36.710 --> 01:20:40.090 this game, RAFC are going to want to make a statement. 01:20:40.630 --> 01:20:42.590 I think a guy like Zach Harreville wants to make 01:20:42.590 --> 01:20:45.649 a statement. Anyone that's on that field wants 01:20:45.649 --> 01:20:47.050 to make a little bit of a statement. And it might 01:20:47.050 --> 01:20:53.029 not be, hey, you passed on me. Hey, you cut me. 01:20:53.449 --> 01:20:55.350 It just might be, hey, look at how good of a 01:20:55.350 --> 01:20:57.710 player I am. Look at the ability that I can make. 01:20:57.970 --> 01:21:00.390 Because you never know, at any moment, your career 01:21:00.390 --> 01:21:02.810 could be over. And that's for every single level, 01:21:02.930 --> 01:21:05.239 right? Next year, it might be like, well, We're 01:21:05.239 --> 01:21:06.659 not going to pick up your option and you look 01:21:06.659 --> 01:21:08.720 around and no one's going to pick up. They don't 01:21:08.720 --> 01:21:10.720 want to sign a new contract. And the career is 01:21:10.720 --> 01:21:13.760 over. So the more great moments you have, the 01:21:13.760 --> 01:21:15.539 longer you extend that career. And I'm sure all 01:21:15.539 --> 01:21:17.100 of these guys want to make sure they have those 01:21:17.100 --> 01:21:19.500 longest careers possible and continue to find 01:21:19.500 --> 01:21:21.800 success because they're having success, they're 01:21:21.800 --> 01:21:23.659 finding success. And the hope is to continue 01:21:23.659 --> 01:21:26.100 to have that feeling. I mean, my career was over 01:21:26.100 --> 01:21:28.920 before it ever started. So that that that hits 01:21:28.920 --> 01:21:32.069 me deep. Gentlemen, let's talk about what these 01:21:32.069 --> 01:21:34.409 two teams are going to need to do to carry the 01:21:34.409 --> 01:21:36.810 win for the day. Obviously, this is an elimination 01:21:36.810 --> 01:21:40.130 tournament at this point, so there will not be 01:21:40.130 --> 01:21:42.449 a draw. Excuse me. It could go into added time, 01:21:42.569 --> 01:21:44.930 and then it could go down to penalties. But if 01:21:44.930 --> 01:21:47.470 you're Caleb Porter or your coach, Kano, what 01:21:47.470 --> 01:21:48.930 are you doing to set this team up for success 01:21:48.930 --> 01:21:51.909 on Wednesday? Jason, we'll start with you. I 01:21:51.909 --> 01:21:53.550 think the squad's really going to need to bring 01:21:53.550 --> 01:21:56.409 their quote -unquote A game here. You're playing 01:21:56.409 --> 01:21:59.319 against the big dogs, if you will. They're gonna 01:21:59.319 --> 01:22:01.600 need to defend as a collective, right? These 01:22:01.600 --> 01:22:05.140 little mistakes that you give away against USL 01:22:05.140 --> 01:22:07.699 teams where they don't punish you. Well, we could 01:22:07.699 --> 01:22:09.720 be playing against some MLS guys and they will 01:22:09.720 --> 01:22:12.079 punish you if you give them some opportunities 01:22:12.079 --> 01:22:14.300 there. So they're gonna need to keep it tight 01:22:14.300 --> 01:22:16.640 at the back. They're gonna need to win that midfield 01:22:16.640 --> 01:22:19.939 battle. If not that, at least keep them away 01:22:19.939 --> 01:22:22.720 from their final third, which RFC can be good 01:22:22.720 --> 01:22:26.239 at times in terms of pressing. So keep it tight 01:22:26.239 --> 01:22:29.539 at the back. Press your opponent. Maybe see what 01:22:29.539 --> 01:22:31.899 you can get on a counter. So how about you for 01:22:31.899 --> 01:22:34.359 the revs? Yeah, I think the revs have to avoid 01:22:34.359 --> 01:22:36.500 the big mistake You know, obviously when you 01:22:36.500 --> 01:22:38.340 go into a game like this with guys that maybe 01:22:38.340 --> 01:22:40.880 aren't playing together all the time Something 01:22:40.880 --> 01:22:43.260 could happen, you know, and then all of a sudden 01:22:43.260 --> 01:22:46.859 if Like Jason said, you know, you make a bad 01:22:46.859 --> 01:22:49.020 pass and the press is there and you get scored 01:22:49.020 --> 01:22:51.760 on. What happens then if the fans are cheering, 01:22:52.060 --> 01:22:54.479 the noise is happening? And then who do you bring 01:22:54.479 --> 01:22:56.819 off the bench in that situation? I mean, I think 01:22:56.819 --> 01:22:58.960 you're obviously looking for a bit of magic from 01:22:58.960 --> 01:23:01.619 some of those highly paid players. You know, 01:23:01.659 --> 01:23:04.479 guys like Langone, if he's playing out there. 01:23:04.939 --> 01:23:07.380 He can do it, man. Like he's a fast player. He's 01:23:07.380 --> 01:23:09.840 a talented player. Chanceli, we saw that when 01:23:09.840 --> 01:23:11.779 he first came in, he scored a lot of goals in 01:23:11.779 --> 01:23:14.100 that first half season. He scored in the second 01:23:14.100 --> 01:23:17.420 minute when that Gillette stadium was full and 01:23:17.420 --> 01:23:20.159 Messi was there. And so everyone went to see 01:23:20.159 --> 01:23:22.300 the Argentine with the name Messi on the back 01:23:22.300 --> 01:23:24.739 and then Thomas Chanceli scored it. Everyone's 01:23:24.739 --> 01:23:26.560 like, look at this guy. There's some talent there. 01:23:27.119 --> 01:23:29.779 So, you know, there are weapons on this team. 01:23:30.039 --> 01:23:31.159 Jackson, you will someone that can obviously 01:23:31.159 --> 01:23:34.439 move the ball and spring the ball. I think that 01:23:34.439 --> 01:23:37.840 they have to try to use those weapons. And I 01:23:37.840 --> 01:23:40.460 think ideally get a early goal in that situation. 01:23:40.739 --> 01:23:42.039 The revs have been better when they're scoring 01:23:42.039 --> 01:23:44.800 in the first half. That obviously gives a situation 01:23:44.800 --> 01:23:46.880 that can control the game a little bit and then 01:23:46.880 --> 01:23:48.979 maybe bring off some guys off the bench. But 01:23:48.979 --> 01:23:50.659 yeah, definitely avoid that mistake and kind 01:23:50.659 --> 01:23:53.050 of see what happens. Yeah, I've got kind of the 01:23:53.050 --> 01:23:55.270 same thing for Rhode Island FC. I think I know 01:23:55.270 --> 01:23:56.729 we had talked, you know, with the minutes they 01:23:56.729 --> 01:23:59.350 have to manage. Do they do they wait to see what 01:23:59.350 --> 01:24:00.989 they can do in a second half performance? But 01:24:00.989 --> 01:24:03.770 I think what works best for them is getting on 01:24:03.770 --> 01:24:07.750 the attack early and, you know, not letting revolution 01:24:07.750 --> 01:24:10.369 kind of figure them out. You know, I'm assuming 01:24:10.369 --> 01:24:13.289 Porter has done his tape. I'm not I don't believe 01:24:13.289 --> 01:24:14.890 for a minute that he's just ignored this and 01:24:14.890 --> 01:24:16.770 said I'm just going to pick my 11 best. I'm sure 01:24:16.770 --> 01:24:19.149 he's prepared for this team. And so Rhode Island 01:24:19.149 --> 01:24:22.210 FC really needs to catch. the revolution before 01:24:22.210 --> 01:24:24.670 they can figure out what they want to do and 01:24:24.670 --> 01:24:27.369 implement against the amber and blue. I think 01:24:27.369 --> 01:24:29.170 also too, you know, you guys are both talking 01:24:29.170 --> 01:24:31.430 about the mistakes and the capitalization. But 01:24:31.430 --> 01:24:33.010 I think for Rhode Island FC, it's also going 01:24:33.010 --> 01:24:35.090 to be about, you know, that next level, right? 01:24:35.210 --> 01:24:37.550 There's a reason that it's a division one. team 01:24:37.550 --> 01:24:40.130 against the Division 2 team. And that speed and 01:24:40.130 --> 01:24:41.909 that technicality is usually one of the things 01:24:41.909 --> 01:24:44.369 that separates the performances across these 01:24:44.369 --> 01:24:47.390 two leagues. So if revolution come out tighter, 01:24:47.949 --> 01:24:49.890 if they come out crispier on their passing, it's 01:24:49.890 --> 01:24:52.850 going to be a faster game. The Rhode Island FC 01:24:52.850 --> 01:24:55.409 group needs to be prepared for that. And that 01:24:55.409 --> 01:24:57.609 could mean that they play a little bit more conservatively 01:24:57.609 --> 01:24:59.869 because they don't want to get overexposed and 01:24:59.869 --> 01:25:02.189 encountered. If that happens, that's a complete 01:25:02.189 --> 01:25:06.270 change to Rhode Island FC's kind of main trick, 01:25:06.329 --> 01:25:08.210 if you will. So there's a little bit of concern 01:25:08.210 --> 01:25:09.810 there, but that being said, too, if they play 01:25:09.810 --> 01:25:11.930 their version of the game better and they catch 01:25:11.930 --> 01:25:13.970 the New England Revolution off guard, that may 01:25:13.970 --> 01:25:16.949 be able to set the tone regardless. I don't know 01:25:16.949 --> 01:25:18.689 if he can't afford to let this go into added 01:25:18.689 --> 01:25:21.289 time at this point. Extra time is not what this 01:25:21.289 --> 01:25:22.829 team is going to want going into the Monterey 01:25:22.829 --> 01:25:25.270 Bay game later this week. They have to find a 01:25:25.270 --> 01:25:28.630 solution to end this in 90 minutes because if 01:25:28.630 --> 01:25:31.220 they don't. Well, one, expect the revolution 01:25:31.220 --> 01:25:33.180 to be better at penalties because again, it's 01:25:33.180 --> 01:25:35.619 an MLS side and what I don't see hasn't exactly 01:25:35.619 --> 01:25:37.840 been the best penalty takers across their time 01:25:37.840 --> 01:25:40.359 in the championship so far. But those are going 01:25:40.359 --> 01:25:42.560 to be also just some very tired legs and there 01:25:42.560 --> 01:25:45.239 isn't exactly the roster depth to help support 01:25:45.239 --> 01:25:48.420 going in beyond 90 into that extra time. So what 01:25:48.420 --> 01:25:50.479 I don't see has to figure this out, hopefully 01:25:50.479 --> 01:25:52.840 in the first 45, but at least in the total game 01:25:52.840 --> 01:25:55.920 and not let it go into extra. So, Seth, any score 01:25:55.920 --> 01:25:57.359 predictions that you like to do? I don't know 01:25:57.359 --> 01:25:59.420 if you ever do that because on the recap side 01:25:59.420 --> 01:26:01.100 of things. You guys like to just more focus on, 01:26:01.199 --> 01:26:04.140 on what the performance was versus the prediction. 01:26:04.279 --> 01:26:05.500 You want to take a shot at what you think this 01:26:05.500 --> 01:26:08.539 result might look like? I mean, I, no offense, 01:26:08.659 --> 01:26:10.640 Matt, but these is one of my least favorite questions 01:26:10.640 --> 01:26:12.340 because like it could be anything, right? Like 01:26:12.340 --> 01:26:15.920 it could be 17, zero. I don't know. Like I just, 01:26:16.380 --> 01:26:19.779 how about this? Let's rewind it here. I'll ask 01:26:19.779 --> 01:26:24.699 it again. Do you expect this to be a high scoring 01:26:24.699 --> 01:26:27.359 affair given the talent that the revolution have, 01:26:27.539 --> 01:26:31.340 and a shaky word INFC defense, or do you expect 01:26:31.340 --> 01:26:33.300 this to be a tight game given how the defense 01:26:33.300 --> 01:26:35.020 has played overall for the revolution this season? 01:26:35.600 --> 01:26:38.279 I like that question better. I'm going to say 01:26:38.279 --> 01:26:40.659 a tight game. I think that all the revolution 01:26:40.659 --> 01:26:43.279 games have been tight so far, although I think 01:26:43.279 --> 01:26:46.770 that It would be really fun to see a shootout, 01:26:46.949 --> 01:26:49.350 a 4 -3 shootout. I think everyone at the stadium 01:26:49.350 --> 01:26:51.010 would really like that. I think to your point, 01:26:51.489 --> 01:26:53.510 I think probably both teams would love to see 01:26:53.510 --> 01:26:57.270 this game and after 90 minutes. I think to your 01:26:57.270 --> 01:26:59.270 point, 100 % Matt, that you guys are an interesting 01:26:59.270 --> 01:27:02.409 situation where, OK, yeah, you had a really exciting 01:27:02.409 --> 01:27:05.909 game this past weekend, but you didn't get a 01:27:05.909 --> 01:27:09.289 win. And so at some point, you want to have that 01:27:09.289 --> 01:27:12.039 stadium be something that you're collecting wins. 01:27:12.739 --> 01:27:14.500 And yeah, maybe you want to win on Wednesday 01:27:14.500 --> 01:27:18.920 against the Revs, but would you take that over 01:27:18.920 --> 01:27:22.199 sacrificing Saturday? I'm not totally sure, especially 01:27:22.199 --> 01:27:24.619 right now when you have the standings. I mean, 01:27:24.779 --> 01:27:28.479 let's be honest, is RFC going to win the tournament? 01:27:29.079 --> 01:27:32.460 Probably not, right? And so wouldn't you rather 01:27:32.460 --> 01:27:34.939 have a home playoff game? So I think this game 01:27:34.939 --> 01:27:37.300 is going to matter for both teams in a sense, 01:27:37.720 --> 01:27:40.350 but I think For both teams, Saturday probably 01:27:40.350 --> 01:27:44.069 matters a little bit more. I agree with that, 01:27:44.189 --> 01:27:46.149 Jason. You know, I mean, the statistics on this 01:27:46.149 --> 01:27:48.710 from all the different betting websites, especially 01:27:48.710 --> 01:27:52.130 since we have it as an MLS side, it's down to 01:27:52.130 --> 01:27:55.090 30. Again, 4 % of people believe the open cup 01:27:55.090 --> 01:27:56.729 match will be a draw. So they're looking for 01:27:56.729 --> 01:27:59.970 the penalty shootout, apparently. But it's down 01:27:59.970 --> 01:28:03.770 to what is that 34 % then believe that Rhode 01:28:03.770 --> 01:28:06.470 Island of Sea will win the day and then 62 % 01:28:06.470 --> 01:28:08.470 are going to take. the victory on the revolution 01:28:08.470 --> 01:28:10.729 side of things, I will hold you to a prediction 01:28:10.729 --> 01:28:13.890 because we have a long -standing game. The gentleman's 01:28:13.890 --> 01:28:16.229 bet at the end of the season, so what say you? 01:28:17.750 --> 01:28:20.890 I'm going to go with a 2 -1 scrappy win, but 01:28:20.890 --> 01:28:25.369 also, like, very dependent upon what the refs 01:28:25.369 --> 01:28:29.109 put out there. I think that, you know, obsessed 01:28:29.109 --> 01:28:32.869 predicted lineup is quite a strong lineup. I 01:28:32.869 --> 01:28:34.789 wouldn't be surprised if there was a few more 01:28:34.789 --> 01:28:37.430 MLS next -pro names in that starting lineup, 01:28:37.489 --> 01:28:41.270 but it's so hard to tell until I actually see 01:28:41.270 --> 01:28:44.630 that starting line. So, 2 -1 either way. I'm 01:28:44.630 --> 01:28:46.750 hoping for RFC though. You're legally contractually 01:28:46.750 --> 01:28:49.310 obligated to... Yeah, I'm not ready to start 01:28:49.310 --> 01:28:54.890 betting against them yet. I will say it's 3 -2, 01:28:55.329 --> 01:28:57.529 just because I want to see it. If there's that 01:28:57.529 --> 01:28:59.729 many goals, then the New England soccer community 01:28:59.729 --> 01:29:03.069 wins. beyond just what happens for an INFC. And 01:29:03.069 --> 01:29:04.850 no matter what, and I will say this for all the 01:29:04.850 --> 01:29:06.890 defiance, loyal listening, we've already won 01:29:06.890 --> 01:29:08.350 in the stands at that point because they're going 01:29:08.350 --> 01:29:10.149 to have such a good showing of it regardless 01:29:10.149 --> 01:29:12.850 of that result. So before we close things down 01:29:12.850 --> 01:29:15.689 here, I do have one last question. Seth, what 01:29:15.689 --> 01:29:18.210 do we think the likelihood that one of the crafts 01:29:18.210 --> 01:29:20.189 will be in attendance in a luxury suite watching 01:29:20.189 --> 01:29:23.850 how a soccer specific stadium can operate in 01:29:23.850 --> 01:29:26.369 New England? My understanding is that every single 01:29:26.369 --> 01:29:28.409 craft is going to be at the stadium. I think 01:29:28.409 --> 01:29:30.739 there's going to be 10 ,000 crafts. at the stadium. 01:29:31.399 --> 01:29:33.920 They brought out the entire stadium for this 01:29:33.920 --> 01:29:37.960 game. Perfect. That's what I like to hear. All 01:29:37.960 --> 01:29:39.439 crafts as long as they're wearing what I don't 01:29:39.439 --> 01:29:41.220 see kits. That's all that matters for the day. 01:29:41.800 --> 01:29:44.300 So let's wrap things up here as a reminder everyone. 01:29:44.460 --> 01:29:47.859 Rhode Island FC does return to the U .S. Open 01:29:47.859 --> 01:29:50.260 Cup action this Wednesday as they get set to 01:29:50.260 --> 01:29:52.760 face the first ever major league soccer opponent 01:29:52.760 --> 01:29:55.859 in the New England Revolution. The game kicks 01:29:55.859 --> 01:30:00.100 off on Wednesday, May 7th at 7 .30 p .m. Please 01:30:00.100 --> 01:30:03.020 come early again. I know there was a lot of wins 01:30:03.020 --> 01:30:04.939 in the parking lot and the arrivals and getting 01:30:04.939 --> 01:30:07.539 to the game, but this is still early days. And 01:30:07.539 --> 01:30:09.859 remember, too, there will be commuters coming 01:30:09.859 --> 01:30:13.220 home. you know, operating on 95, getting home 01:30:13.220 --> 01:30:15.760 to their homes in Pawtucket. So plan accordingly 01:30:15.760 --> 01:30:18.479 if you can show up early. Jason, I think you're 01:30:18.479 --> 01:30:19.859 a leaving worker. I don't know if I'm getting 01:30:19.859 --> 01:30:21.520 you in trouble with your job, but I think you're... 01:30:21.520 --> 01:30:23.880 I have PTO. That's perfect. Yeah, Jason's leaving 01:30:23.880 --> 01:30:26.600 early for work. So make sure you plan accordingly. 01:30:27.119 --> 01:30:28.880 And then also speaking to that plan, remember 01:30:28.880 --> 01:30:31.619 the weather report as of right now, potential 01:30:31.619 --> 01:30:34.479 afternoon showers, maybe even thunderstorms with 01:30:34.479 --> 01:30:36.920 the temperatures in the high 60s. So about as 01:30:36.920 --> 01:30:39.579 New England as it gets, I think maybe Seth... 01:30:39.600 --> 01:30:41.479 cursed it by talking about how open cups are 01:30:41.479 --> 01:30:43.939 designated to have rain delays and inclement 01:30:43.939 --> 01:30:45.859 weather. So just plan on that and make sure that 01:30:45.859 --> 01:30:48.300 you're prepared for it and you'll be all set 01:30:48.300 --> 01:30:51.359 to watch an exciting game for the battle of the 01:30:51.359 --> 01:30:53.199 soul of New England here with this open cup. 01:30:53.760 --> 01:30:55.600 Seth, thank you so much for joining us. I really 01:30:55.600 --> 01:30:57.920 appreciate everything you do within the New England 01:30:57.920 --> 01:31:01.560 soccer system. Can't express enough how happy 01:31:01.560 --> 01:31:03.039 it is to finally have you on Raising Anchor. 01:31:03.460 --> 01:31:05.779 How can fans follow along on your journey and 01:31:05.779 --> 01:31:07.300 where can they catch you for all the socials? 01:31:08.470 --> 01:31:10.409 Yeah, honestly, I think there's sometimes too 01:31:10.409 --> 01:31:12.189 much negativity that's out there. I think that 01:31:12.189 --> 01:31:14.550 you guys do an amazing job. You guys are super 01:31:14.550 --> 01:31:17.670 professional. I know that when I am trying to 01:31:17.670 --> 01:31:20.090 cover the team or understand the team or just 01:31:20.090 --> 01:31:22.550 be a fan of the team, as I start to go to more 01:31:22.550 --> 01:31:25.630 games with my five year old and my family, you 01:31:25.630 --> 01:31:27.590 guys do an amazing job with everything that you 01:31:27.590 --> 01:31:29.850 do. So kudos to you guys and thank you so much 01:31:29.850 --> 01:31:32.250 for having me on, for finally inviting me on. 01:31:32.329 --> 01:31:35.449 I've been in their DMs for the last two years 01:31:35.449 --> 01:31:38.590 and they finally hit the you know, the people 01:31:38.590 --> 01:31:39.909 that they aren't following and they realize, 01:31:40.029 --> 01:31:41.949 hey, Seth's right there. So I was able to come 01:31:41.949 --> 01:31:44.409 on to the show. I believe Matt, you're gonna 01:31:44.409 --> 01:31:46.430 join me later this week and we'll do like a little 01:31:46.430 --> 01:31:50.390 post game opportunity. But yeah, SethMan 31 on 01:31:50.390 --> 01:31:53.189 Twitter if you still use that thing. Hey, what 01:31:53.189 --> 01:31:56.109 I'm trying to do is I'm trying to build something 01:31:56.109 --> 01:31:59.989 called an Instagram account. It's new, okay? 01:32:00.050 --> 01:32:02.430 Maybe one day a Facebook account. It's called 01:32:02.430 --> 01:32:05.489 New England Soccer Insider. So if I can get, 01:32:05.710 --> 01:32:08.630 Anyone one person that's watching this show to 01:32:08.630 --> 01:32:10.949 follow me there. Uh, that'd be awesome. Cause 01:32:10.949 --> 01:32:13.409 I am trying to, uh, grow that account. It's new. 01:32:13.569 --> 01:32:16.930 It's called Instagram and you can find me on 01:32:16.930 --> 01:32:19.590 it. I've heard that one. I'll have to look it 01:32:19.590 --> 01:32:22.859 up. We will make sure to attach you to the show 01:32:22.859 --> 01:32:26.859 invitations collaboration so people can join 01:32:26.859 --> 01:32:28.939 along on the journey. Seth, you do incredible 01:32:28.939 --> 01:32:30.979 work beyond just the sub -stack and the blazing 01:32:30.979 --> 01:32:33.119 musket. It's always great. And I really also 01:32:33.119 --> 01:32:35.319 do enjoy your interviews. We've learned a lot 01:32:35.319 --> 01:32:37.619 through you and your work as we've been preparing 01:32:37.619 --> 01:32:40.079 for the show. So thanks for being a mentor to 01:32:40.079 --> 01:32:42.460 us. And then also apologies on the late response 01:32:42.460 --> 01:32:46.020 to the... the reply on the DNs. When you got 01:32:46.020 --> 01:32:48.239 a blue checkmark, it's hard. Okay. Like life 01:32:48.239 --> 01:32:51.779 just gets really complicated out there. No, you 01:32:51.779 --> 01:32:54.600 guys are awesome. I appreciate you. By the way, 01:32:54.619 --> 01:32:56.819 once we finish this podcast, we're going to continue 01:32:56.819 --> 01:32:58.920 to compliment each other for another hour. If 01:32:58.920 --> 01:33:02.199 you join our Patreon, you can listen into that 01:33:02.199 --> 01:33:06.119 conversation. I will get it started right now. 01:33:06.220 --> 01:33:08.399 I'll start working on the back end, but appreciate 01:33:08.399 --> 01:33:11.800 you again, Seth. Jason, any final thoughts? No. 01:33:12.270 --> 01:33:15.689 Thank you so much Seth for joining us and make 01:33:15.689 --> 01:33:18.109 sure to check out our friends over at the Blazee 01:33:18.109 --> 01:33:20.550 Musket for all your New England soccer coverage 01:33:20.550 --> 01:33:23.229 including the great work from Seth here covering 01:33:23.229 --> 01:33:26.029 the New England Revolution as well as RFC News. 01:33:42.859 --> 01:33:45.899 Anchors up buddy. Anchors up and let's go restart 01:33:45.899 --> 01:33:48.260 the revolution. See you guys on Wednesday.