WEBVTT 00:00:05.119 --> 00:00:12.140 You're listening to Raising Anchor on 990 WBOB. 00:00:18.379 --> 00:00:21.039 Welcome to the Raising Anchor Soccer Show with 00:00:21.039 --> 00:00:24.100 Matt Entrickett and Jason Carey. Your home for 00:00:24.100 --> 00:00:26.760 news, analysis, and everything Rhode Island FC. 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:29.820 Each week, they take you inside the locker room, 00:00:30.219 --> 00:00:32.439 inside the tactics, and inside the storyline, 00:00:32.479 --> 00:00:38.810 Shaking R -I -F -C. Here's Matt and Jason. Rhode 00:00:38.810 --> 00:00:42.270 Island FC take on Brooklyn FC for the first time 00:00:42.270 --> 00:00:46.350 in club history. Can RISC find their first win 00:00:46.350 --> 00:00:49.549 in this month of May or will Brooklyn FC look 00:00:49.549 --> 00:00:52.009 to make early expansion history at Centerville 00:00:52.009 --> 00:00:55.210 Bank Stadium? First things first though, gotta 00:00:55.210 --> 00:00:57.450 check in with the co -host with the most, Mr. 00:00:57.590 --> 00:01:00.310 Jason Carey. Jason, how are you doing, my friend? 00:01:00.869 --> 00:01:04.239 Doing great, buddy. Looking forward to a exciting 00:01:04.239 --> 00:01:07.799 weekend of soccer here Go hitting up two games 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:10.239 this this week, right? That's right Boston legacy 00:01:10.239 --> 00:01:12.900 on Friday and then of course, Rhode Island FC 00:01:12.900 --> 00:01:17.140 on the Saturday game It should be a slammin time 00:01:17.140 --> 00:01:19.819 at Centerville Bank Stadium We got to jump right 00:01:19.819 --> 00:01:21.879 into this because as always we've got an action 00:01:21.879 --> 00:01:23.780 -packed show So want to start things off with 00:01:23.780 --> 00:01:25.359 some of the things that the city of Pawtucket 00:01:25.359 --> 00:01:28.379 announced with their summer of soccer events 00:01:28.890 --> 00:01:30.930 Big ones that you want to pay attention to, whether 00:01:30.930 --> 00:01:34.109 you're a fan of the team or not, is that Cape 00:01:34.109 --> 00:01:36.370 Verde is going to be sending off the Blue Sharks 00:01:36.370 --> 00:01:39.530 with a meet and greet and farewell good luck 00:01:39.530 --> 00:01:42.430 for them as they head off to take their place 00:01:42.430 --> 00:01:45.730 in World Cup glory. Interestingly, I didn't, 00:01:45.870 --> 00:01:47.930 I mean I knew that Rhode Island was a big community 00:01:47.930 --> 00:01:49.390 when it came to these kinds of things Jason, 00:01:49.469 --> 00:01:51.950 but the fact that there isn't a single match 00:01:51.950 --> 00:01:55.170 nearby... almost a criminal shame. I think it's 00:01:55.170 --> 00:01:57.430 Houston and Atlanta is where they're playing. 00:01:58.030 --> 00:02:01.409 So kind of unfortunate that the biggest immigration 00:02:01.409 --> 00:02:04.709 population of Cape Verdeans is here and they 00:02:04.709 --> 00:02:07.030 have to only still say goodbye. But hey, at least 00:02:07.030 --> 00:02:08.909 they get to meet them and then send them off. 00:02:09.110 --> 00:02:11.530 And then amongst that or even beyond that, of 00:02:11.530 --> 00:02:13.030 course, there's going to be a bunch of other 00:02:13.030 --> 00:02:15.789 youth soccer participations from academies, camps, 00:02:16.030 --> 00:02:18.500 a mini pitch unveil. there's going to be watch 00:02:18.500 --> 00:02:20.780 parties that get a little bit more detail coming 00:02:20.780 --> 00:02:23.439 up. And I'm still waiting to see, Jay, where 00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:25.360 these watch parties all manifest, not just Pawtucket, 00:02:25.479 --> 00:02:27.080 but overall within Rhode Island. We've talked 00:02:27.080 --> 00:02:28.740 to like our favorite bars. We've talked to our 00:02:28.740 --> 00:02:30.900 favorite establishments. I was like surprised 00:02:30.900 --> 00:02:32.620 and Eric Gansett said that they weren't going 00:02:32.620 --> 00:02:34.580 to be really committing resources to do anything 00:02:34.580 --> 00:02:37.719 right there on the riverfront. So it's really 00:02:37.719 --> 00:02:38.960 exciting. And then they're going to capstone 00:02:38.960 --> 00:02:41.639 all of it with a team Ghana reception and cultural 00:02:41.639 --> 00:02:43.580 collaboration. So if you are interested in any 00:02:43.580 --> 00:02:45.909 of those things, make sure you check it out. 00:02:46.009 --> 00:02:48.629 Any thoughts from Pawtucket organizing and announcing 00:02:48.629 --> 00:02:51.370 the stuff? No, I mean, it's just awesome to see 00:02:51.370 --> 00:02:54.270 that like there's so many events going on. Kind 00:02:54.270 --> 00:02:57.550 of looking forward to doing somewhat of merry 00:02:57.550 --> 00:02:59.469 -go -round going, checking out all the different 00:02:59.469 --> 00:03:01.530 kind of events and seeing what kind of different 00:03:01.530 --> 00:03:04.229 vibes, what kind of different groups are meeting 00:03:04.229 --> 00:03:06.789 at different places to watch the teams together. 00:03:07.530 --> 00:03:09.710 Just also a quick reminder here, if you're interested 00:03:09.710 --> 00:03:12.210 in volunteering for any of the soccer experiences 00:03:12.210 --> 00:03:15.919 or programs, head over to GoProvidence .com. 00:03:16.099 --> 00:03:18.400 Yeah, so the R .I. Summer of Soccer team from 00:03:18.400 --> 00:03:20.479 United Way, they're looking for volunteers. We're 00:03:20.479 --> 00:03:22.360 going to have them on the programming in the 00:03:22.360 --> 00:03:24.139 week to come to get more information. I found 00:03:24.139 --> 00:03:26.139 it today. You can volunteer for just one game. 00:03:26.520 --> 00:03:28.919 You can volunteer for one segment of ours. And 00:03:28.919 --> 00:03:30.819 it's just about putting the best foot forward 00:03:30.819 --> 00:03:33.620 for Rhode Island's representation on the world 00:03:33.620 --> 00:03:35.400 stage. You know, getting into it really quick 00:03:35.400 --> 00:03:37.060 back to the watch parties and stuff. A lot of 00:03:37.060 --> 00:03:38.379 people have been asking us where we're setting 00:03:38.379 --> 00:03:39.919 up base camp. I know you just said we're going 00:03:39.919 --> 00:03:42.819 to kind of be nomadic. Is there a place that 00:03:42.819 --> 00:03:46.300 we're going to plant down roots most or is it 00:03:46.300 --> 00:03:47.960 something where we're not sure yet? Do you have 00:03:47.960 --> 00:03:49.080 ideas because we haven't really figured that 00:03:49.080 --> 00:03:51.840 out? Yeah, I'm not sure. I think it might a lot 00:03:51.840 --> 00:03:54.780 of come to like kind of day of vibes, you know, 00:03:54.840 --> 00:03:57.120 do I have to just drive somewhere from the office 00:03:57.120 --> 00:03:59.780 right after work, you know, kind of kind of what's 00:03:59.780 --> 00:04:03.379 open, who's what's calling my name. I'm kind 00:04:03.379 --> 00:04:05.479 of, like I said, willing to try a few different 00:04:05.479 --> 00:04:08.620 places. Right. Obviously, you know, we love going 00:04:08.620 --> 00:04:11.240 to moniker. So I mean, Monica, I want that to 00:04:11.240 --> 00:04:13.139 be base camp just because they put on such an 00:04:13.139 --> 00:04:15.479 effort in previous World Cups. But then also 00:04:15.479 --> 00:04:17.660 if that is kind of the Mecca of places to go 00:04:17.660 --> 00:04:20.100 from an establishment perspective, I can't be 00:04:20.100 --> 00:04:21.899 calling out sick and then running into other 00:04:21.899 --> 00:04:24.339 people who also called out sick. So I guess our 00:04:24.339 --> 00:04:25.879 recommendation is, you know, people have asked 00:04:25.879 --> 00:04:27.759 us where they can meet us. If you want to pay 00:04:27.759 --> 00:04:30.680 our tab, we'll go wherever you are. That's that's 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:32.560 where I'm looking at it. But we got to move on 00:04:32.560 --> 00:04:34.180 and. Jason, I don't know why we're talking about 00:04:34.180 --> 00:04:36.839 this. It feels diabolical to even bring this 00:04:36.839 --> 00:04:40.120 up on the raising anchor soccer show, but I give 00:04:40.120 --> 00:04:42.779 you the floor, sir. Yeah, no, I just a quick 00:04:42.779 --> 00:04:45.699 open cup roundup. The only reason why it continues 00:04:45.699 --> 00:04:48.199 because I think it's important to pay attention 00:04:48.199 --> 00:04:50.620 to this competition, even if it unfortunately 00:04:50.620 --> 00:04:53.839 does not have any us all championship teams and 00:04:53.839 --> 00:04:56.839 we're not go too deep into it. So. just kind 00:04:56.839 --> 00:04:58.720 of running through Orlando knocked out Atlanta 00:04:58.720 --> 00:05:02.560 here for one pretty big victory for them. St. 00:05:02.699 --> 00:05:05.079 Louis knocked out Houston. It's actually St. 00:05:05.160 --> 00:05:07.740 Louis's first open cup semi -final appearance 00:05:07.740 --> 00:05:10.759 for them. You know, X lower level team. They're 00:05:10.759 --> 00:05:13.120 kind of maybe the only one maybe you could still 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:17.860 kind of root for. Columbus beat NYCFC and then 00:05:17.860 --> 00:05:23.610 Colorado sent San Jose packing. So Semifinals 00:05:23.610 --> 00:05:25.449 are going to take place on September 15th and 00:05:25.449 --> 00:05:28.990 16th. Hashtag non and MLS Open Cup show. I hate 00:05:28.990 --> 00:05:31.910 to see it happen. I do hope Orlando or St. Louis, 00:05:32.129 --> 00:05:34.269 both original USL teams, if there's going to 00:05:34.269 --> 00:05:35.949 be one team now to watch, it's probably one of 00:05:35.949 --> 00:05:38.209 them. Moving on, we got to talk World Cup here 00:05:38.209 --> 00:05:40.839 a little bit more in expansion here. Curacao, 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:46.199 Colorado Springs Switchbacks, and El Paso Locomotive 00:05:46.199 --> 00:05:49.540 all have call -ups to the World Stage 4 World 00:05:49.540 --> 00:05:52.160 Cup. First with Miami FC, you've got Elroy Room 00:05:52.160 --> 00:05:55.519 and Juergen Locadia for Curacao. I've already 00:05:55.519 --> 00:05:57.319 seen his cards in the Panini packs we've gotten, 00:05:57.399 --> 00:06:00.529 so I took a photo and was like... world's biggest 00:06:00.529 --> 00:06:03.029 league right there. For the switchbacks, Duke 00:06:03.029 --> 00:06:05.250 Lacroix, you know, he's been an incredible force 00:06:05.250 --> 00:06:07.490 for them. And of course then El Paso locomotive, 00:06:07.529 --> 00:06:10.310 Carl Saint. So it's exciting to see USL representation. 00:06:10.410 --> 00:06:13.310 I hope in the next cycle we see even more players. 00:06:13.430 --> 00:06:16.529 I was desperately hoping that maybe Zach Harivow 00:06:16.529 --> 00:06:19.050 could get named to the provisional roster and 00:06:19.050 --> 00:06:21.129 then see what happened. Obviously, of course, 00:06:21.189 --> 00:06:23.990 you know, with Jojana Quisera and Dwayne Atkinson 00:06:23.990 --> 00:06:26.629 not making it in. I can't wait to where we see 00:06:26.629 --> 00:06:29.819 multiple players on that stage at you know four 00:06:29.819 --> 00:06:31.860 eight years maybe 12 years down the road yeah 00:06:31.860 --> 00:06:34.300 absolutely there it is kind of funny in a way 00:06:34.300 --> 00:06:39.439 that Miami FC team who historically kind of underperforms 00:06:39.439 --> 00:06:42.240 i know they're doing okay right now but it remains 00:06:42.240 --> 00:06:44.480 to be seen whether or not that will kind of continue 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:47.519 throughout the season also a team who doesn't 00:06:47.519 --> 00:06:50.680 particularly have a big following has two players 00:06:50.680 --> 00:06:53.240 in the world cup so that's just kind of kind 00:06:53.240 --> 00:06:56.060 of funny i'll be curious to see if All of a sudden, 00:06:56.079 --> 00:06:58.040 there's like a slight spike in their attendance 00:06:58.040 --> 00:07:00.399 when they're like, oh, they're World Cup players. 00:07:00.579 --> 00:07:03.759 They go from 50 to 55. Yeah. Or at least maybe 00:07:03.759 --> 00:07:05.939 like an additional three followers on Instagram 00:07:05.939 --> 00:07:08.860 or something. I don't know. So they have a ton 00:07:08.860 --> 00:07:12.339 of followers because when Messi signed with Inter, 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:15.699 people did not know which one. So Miami FC got 00:07:15.699 --> 00:07:18.860 a ton. And some of those people just never unsubscribed 00:07:18.860 --> 00:07:21.540 from the club. They have an insane following 00:07:21.540 --> 00:07:23.779 on their digital online footprint. I actually 00:07:23.779 --> 00:07:26.730 wonder how many people have gone to Pitbull Stadium 00:07:26.730 --> 00:07:31.250 and then realize the travesty of air, like unintentionally. 00:07:31.480 --> 00:07:33.120 I mean, there was a bunch of people there with 00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:34.720 messy jerseys when we went there. But that was 00:07:34.720 --> 00:07:36.139 just because they were on a budget night, you 00:07:36.139 --> 00:07:38.699 know, not everyone can afford at that new stadium 00:07:38.699 --> 00:07:41.160 of theirs. And I agree with you, though, it is 00:07:41.160 --> 00:07:42.759 interesting to see Miami be in that spot. But 00:07:42.759 --> 00:07:45.360 it's also slanderous to talk down to Miami, considering 00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:47.519 I'm looking at the table and we'll get to it 00:07:47.519 --> 00:07:49.800 in a second. But I feel like I said historically, 00:07:49.819 --> 00:07:53.620 I feel like it's an insult to all of the 55 fans 00:07:53.620 --> 00:07:56.180 in Miami. But before we get to that, want to 00:07:56.180 --> 00:07:57.920 finish things off on a sad note, because you 00:07:57.920 --> 00:07:59.670 know, that's how we do things around here. We 00:07:59.670 --> 00:08:01.949 don't, we don't climb high to then stay high. 00:08:02.029 --> 00:08:04.750 We, we tear you back down. And unfortunately, 00:08:04.829 --> 00:08:07.970 another club within the USL family fades away 00:08:07.970 --> 00:08:10.250 to nothingness. This time though, it's not the 00:08:10.250 --> 00:08:12.290 championship. It's not USL. When it's not even 00:08:12.290 --> 00:08:15.790 USL too, Jason, it's the USL super league, our 00:08:15.790 --> 00:08:18.550 current only active division one league. And 00:08:18.550 --> 00:08:23.610 we see Spokane Zephyr are no more. Lots of things 00:08:23.610 --> 00:08:26.529 to talk about on that. Hashtag not in USL super 00:08:26.529 --> 00:08:29.410 show, but there are some. There are some ramifications, 00:08:29.529 --> 00:08:32.690 some trickle -down effects. One, the USLPA right 00:08:32.690 --> 00:08:34.509 on the heels of this starting to talk about the 00:08:34.509 --> 00:08:37.029 importance of that there's no CBA in place for 00:08:37.029 --> 00:08:39.570 super players, so it's an ongoing problem. I 00:08:39.570 --> 00:08:44.230 imagine this quickly escalates into a CBA starting 00:08:44.230 --> 00:08:46.090 to get discussed so that they can be brought 00:08:46.090 --> 00:08:48.429 into the fold from that perspective. But overall 00:08:48.429 --> 00:08:51.830 optics, overall concerns about a team and a very 00:08:51.830 --> 00:08:55.350 small founding of the USL Super League already 00:08:55.350 --> 00:08:57.620 biting the dust after just two seasons. Yeah, 00:08:57.620 --> 00:08:59.500 you, you hate to see it. And like you said, they, 00:08:59.500 --> 00:09:01.580 they are very small league. They're, they're 00:09:01.580 --> 00:09:04.679 still fairly new. I'm curious to see how they 00:09:04.679 --> 00:09:07.299 continue to grow, especially against the, like 00:09:07.299 --> 00:09:09.980 the NWSL, which is, you know, seems a lot kind 00:09:09.980 --> 00:09:13.000 of bigger, more kind of, I'll say well run, but 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:14.539 like they, they have a little bit more of an 00:09:14.539 --> 00:09:16.220 established history. It's the same thing as demolished. 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:17.879 They had this, they had a longer runway. They 00:09:17.879 --> 00:09:19.820 had a lot of clubs fail at the beginning too. 00:09:20.139 --> 00:09:22.659 It's the same exact thing. They just have 10, 00:09:22.679 --> 00:09:25.179 20 years. Not even that. They like 10 years further 00:09:25.179 --> 00:09:27.639 ahead than Super does at this point. Yeah. I 00:09:27.639 --> 00:09:29.700 hope that this is more of just a similar thing 00:09:29.700 --> 00:09:33.179 we're seeing in the championship where it's just 00:09:33.179 --> 00:09:35.820 some of the kind of weaker markets maybe are 00:09:35.820 --> 00:09:38.820 being weeded out in terms of, did you not set 00:09:38.820 --> 00:09:40.440 this up right? Do we not have enough backing? 00:09:40.659 --> 00:09:43.519 Was this kind of a paper tiger or something, 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:46.460 if you will. So hopefully we don't see any more. 00:09:46.620 --> 00:09:48.659 Well, we shouldn't because the Papadakis family 00:09:48.659 --> 00:09:50.379 is out from calling the shots on these kinds 00:09:50.379 --> 00:09:53.159 of things So I don't know shade at them But like 00:09:53.159 --> 00:09:55.299 sometimes I wonder if we made quick decisions 00:09:55.299 --> 00:09:58.320 as a league to get teams in a lot of fans online 00:09:58.320 --> 00:10:01.440 of Spokane of the Super League or us all at as 00:10:01.440 --> 00:10:03.679 a large We're saying they're on such an island 00:10:03.679 --> 00:10:05.419 It's it's like basically trying to start a team 00:10:05.419 --> 00:10:07.779 in Hawaii where your travel costs your expansion 00:10:07.779 --> 00:10:10.919 like everything is a long distance hall to find 00:10:10.919 --> 00:10:13.179 all the other teams and saying that you almost 00:10:13.179 --> 00:10:15.200 have to build your league like you're expanding 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:17.100 locally and you just kind of continue to grow 00:10:17.100 --> 00:10:19.720 and grow. Manifest destiny, just slowly. Exactly. 00:10:19.879 --> 00:10:21.879 So we'll have to see. The question I have for 00:10:21.879 --> 00:10:23.480 you, though, before we get to the table standings, 00:10:23.899 --> 00:10:26.480 Brett Johnson has told us multiple times he intends 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:30.179 to bring a super team into the fold. Do you think 00:10:30.179 --> 00:10:33.440 seeing this volatility puts that idea or that 00:10:33.440 --> 00:10:35.759 desire for him to launch it quicker at risk? 00:10:35.759 --> 00:10:37.460 Or does he say, hey, you know what? I've got 00:10:37.460 --> 00:10:39.350 all the time in the world. I've got the commitment. 00:10:39.570 --> 00:10:41.970 I've got the like I've got the region locked 00:10:41.970 --> 00:10:45.370 down to start my team until USL says I got to 00:10:45.370 --> 00:10:47.470 pull the trigger on this. Do you think he starts 00:10:47.470 --> 00:10:49.250 doing a wait and see and just focuses on the 00:10:49.250 --> 00:10:51.730 men's game? I don't think there's probably any 00:10:51.730 --> 00:10:53.950 rush. I mean, I think it couldn't hurt to wait 00:10:53.950 --> 00:10:56.649 and see how they're how the women's game pans 00:10:56.649 --> 00:10:59.830 out in regards to the Super League. Like you 00:10:59.830 --> 00:11:02.610 said, I think we've got a pretty good representation 00:11:02.610 --> 00:11:04.870 here on the East Coast. You mentioned like travel 00:11:04.870 --> 00:11:09.210 costs of how far Spokane is. I don't know. Admittedly, 00:11:09.210 --> 00:11:11.029 I don't follow the Super League, so I can't tell 00:11:11.029 --> 00:11:13.990 if regards to is that very much something where 00:11:13.990 --> 00:11:18.190 it's because it's small league, right? They don't 00:11:18.190 --> 00:11:19.730 have divisions or anything. Everyone kind of 00:11:19.730 --> 00:11:22.990 just plays each other. Correct. So I mean, being 00:11:22.990 --> 00:11:25.389 on the East Coast, most of the teams are going 00:11:25.389 --> 00:11:28.230 to play also kind of this side of the country, 00:11:28.629 --> 00:11:31.509 not going to be kind of eating as much cost there. 00:11:31.509 --> 00:11:33.789 So I don't think this affects his decision that 00:11:33.789 --> 00:11:36.080 anyway. Agreed. All right. Well, then let's get 00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:37.879 into the table standings before we go to break 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:40.279 here and You know for those of you that don't 00:11:40.279 --> 00:11:42.600 remember we played prinks tires cup on the weekend 00:11:42.600 --> 00:11:45.720 So we're now back into regular league play and 00:11:45.720 --> 00:11:48.039 paint a picture for us over there Jason Yeah, 00:11:48.039 --> 00:11:50.980 we got our FC here still in tenth feels like 00:11:50.980 --> 00:11:52.720 we've been there for quite some time where we 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:56.519 like to live Sitting on a two three and three 00:11:56.519 --> 00:12:00.200 record here I'm you know looking at the table 00:12:00.200 --> 00:12:03.659 like looking at the full picture here Like also 00:12:03.659 --> 00:12:05.659 look we see a lot of parity here, right? No one 00:12:05.659 --> 00:12:08.320 is really running away with the league this season 00:12:08.320 --> 00:12:10.419 I mean even the the leaders like you look there 00:12:10.419 --> 00:12:13.480 at the top Tampa Bay three draws in the last 00:12:13.480 --> 00:12:17.879 five games So they're they're still holding on 00:12:17.879 --> 00:12:20.899 to being unbeaten But they're not stopping people 00:12:20.899 --> 00:12:22.960 the way that normally like historically Louisville 00:12:22.960 --> 00:12:24.940 will right? It's just all green. It's just like 00:12:24.940 --> 00:12:28.539 four nil five nil three They're they're they're 00:12:28.539 --> 00:12:30.200 hanging on there. But like you look at Louisville 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:33.860 there three losses in their last five Sporting 00:12:33.860 --> 00:12:36.440 jacks in the basement sporting jacks competing 00:12:36.440 --> 00:12:39.139 by a point They are competing with Hartford for 00:12:39.139 --> 00:12:42.039 the worst season in the record I think 11 points 00:12:42.039 --> 00:12:45.100 is the worst season I've seen so far it was either 00:12:45.100 --> 00:12:47.299 them or Miami that got that so sporting jacks 00:12:47.299 --> 00:12:49.000 really trying to live up to that legacy Yeah, 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:51.659 we just got a couple more matches here before 00:12:51.659 --> 00:12:54.559 we're going to World Cup break. So, you know, 00:12:54.559 --> 00:12:56.840 there's still opportunity I'm not gonna say anything 00:12:56.840 --> 00:13:00.289 like You know, I still think home playoff is 00:13:00.289 --> 00:13:02.289 probably out of the question with where we're 00:13:02.289 --> 00:13:04.889 at. But like, string a few wins together, we 00:13:04.889 --> 00:13:07.850 can get above that playoff line. Yeah, we shall 00:13:07.850 --> 00:13:10.929 see. But we've got to go to break and we will 00:13:10.929 --> 00:13:14.570 find out how would INFC can fix their fortunes 00:13:14.570 --> 00:13:19.590 all here on the Raising Anchor Soccer Show. Thank 00:13:19.590 --> 00:13:21.750 you for listening to tonight's broadcast powered 00:13:21.750 --> 00:13:24.529 by Sprout Coworking. For all your business needs, 00:13:24.889 --> 00:13:28.730 large or small, visit SproutCoworking .com. Powering 00:13:28.730 --> 00:13:33.389 990 WBOB, that's SproutCoworking .com. Now, let's 00:13:33.389 --> 00:13:35.809 get back to the raising anchor soccer ship on 00:13:35.809 --> 00:13:40.529 990 WBOB with Matt Entrickett and Jason Carey. 00:13:41.029 --> 00:13:43.470 I always appreciate when I see a smaller live 00:13:43.470 --> 00:13:45.570 audience. I always try to figure, have people 00:13:45.570 --> 00:13:48.259 finally given up on us? Or is there something 00:13:48.259 --> 00:13:50.320 else going on? Completely forgot that the NBA 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:53.120 playoffs are still alive and firing right now. 00:13:53.299 --> 00:13:55.740 So thank you to those Copa Libertadores games. 00:13:56.100 --> 00:13:58.440 And I was about to say, exactly. So appreciate 00:13:58.440 --> 00:13:59.980 everyone still coming along for the journey. 00:14:00.019 --> 00:14:01.840 And for those of you listening in your commute 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:04.700 tomorrow, I hope your commute across the Washington 00:14:04.700 --> 00:14:07.700 Bridge is extra slow and long. But I digress, 00:14:07.820 --> 00:14:10.000 Jason. We got to get into this availability report. 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:13.360 Sometimes you got to take the you got to bite 00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:15.889 the hand that feeds. Listen, Rhode Island FC, 00:14:16.029 --> 00:14:18.210 there's only one real one to report, and it's 00:14:18.210 --> 00:14:20.070 not even a report if people are already panicking 00:14:20.070 --> 00:14:22.490 and saying, oh, what is this name doing on there? 00:14:22.529 --> 00:14:25.450 I've got Leo Afonso, list is questionable. And 00:14:25.450 --> 00:14:28.009 I only have that because of insider information. 00:14:28.409 --> 00:14:30.289 We recorded an interview today that we're going 00:14:30.289 --> 00:14:33.389 to put during the World Cup break. And you guys 00:14:33.389 --> 00:14:36.070 will see on the weekend, Leo Afonso looks like 00:14:36.070 --> 00:14:39.210 he was shot in the head because there is a massive 00:14:39.210 --> 00:14:42.120 wound and bandage across his forehead. props 00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:44.320 for him to come on to the show with video on 00:14:44.320 --> 00:14:47.259 and not request audio only. But he reported that 00:14:47.259 --> 00:14:49.960 he got kicked in the head while while working 00:14:49.960 --> 00:14:52.500 at the office. And when I asked him which name 00:14:52.500 --> 00:14:54.960 of the player that did this to him, he said he 00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:57.580 couldn't burn one of his friends like that. So 00:14:57.580 --> 00:14:59.320 now we just have to figure out which one of these 00:14:59.320 --> 00:15:01.340 people he calls friends and we'll know who did 00:15:01.340 --> 00:15:03.320 this injury to him. He said he was good to go 00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:05.000 for the weekend, so I don't think there's much 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:07.700 to it. But nevertheless, if we don't see him, 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:09.679 it could be because he's got a giant gash on 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:11.740 his forehead. So his girlfriend's going to have 00:15:11.740 --> 00:15:14.820 to figure out how to still like him despite the 00:15:14.820 --> 00:15:17.840 scar. From Brooklyn FC's side of things, the 00:15:17.840 --> 00:15:20.340 head coach, Leon Blanc, he's, or Marion Blanc 00:15:20.340 --> 00:15:22.799 has said, on a couple of interviews that there 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:25.059 are several players with knocks and lingering 00:15:25.059 --> 00:15:27.779 injuries, which has affected his ability to play 00:15:27.779 --> 00:15:30.039 certain players for certain minutes. But the 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:31.879 only official player that's still reported out 00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:34.639 at this time is Pierre de Silva. We don't know 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:36.960 his timeline. So for all intent and purpose, 00:15:37.419 --> 00:15:39.340 Brooklyn might be at full strength. We just don't 00:15:39.340 --> 00:15:40.519 know enough about the team. There's not enough 00:15:40.519 --> 00:15:43.779 people reporting on them at this moment. So we 00:15:43.779 --> 00:15:45.980 got to get to the head ref. And Jason, you're 00:15:45.980 --> 00:15:48.000 about to make a lot of people really, really 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:50.710 mad. Oh what everyone doesn't love head referee 00:15:50.710 --> 00:15:54.789 Joshua incarnation um with uh his pals here assistant 00:15:54.789 --> 00:15:58.169 referees Josh Pitt and Miklos Hendrix with the 00:15:58.169 --> 00:16:01.730 fourth official being Gern Dolgen I had a I had 00:16:01.730 --> 00:16:05.190 a friend of the pod and fellow d d 36er asked 00:16:05.190 --> 00:16:08.669 who is the worst ref by road infc standards and 00:16:08.669 --> 00:16:10.149 it's really hard to say that because like when 00:16:10.149 --> 00:16:11.809 you go back and look at some of the missed calls 00:16:11.809 --> 00:16:13.850 and some of the mistakes that were made or just 00:16:13.850 --> 00:16:15.509 the way they manage the game there's a lot of 00:16:15.509 --> 00:16:17.429 refs I think that they could throw their their 00:16:17.429 --> 00:16:19.450 hat in the ring for that. But like when we talk 00:16:19.450 --> 00:16:22.389 about infamous moments, big moments, and Carl 00:16:22.389 --> 00:16:24.830 Nassian's name always ends up finding its way 00:16:24.830 --> 00:16:27.190 to the top. So who knows what we're in store 00:16:27.190 --> 00:16:29.570 for here on the weekend. Got to move on, though, 00:16:29.570 --> 00:16:31.190 and start talking about this Rhode Island FC 00:16:31.190 --> 00:16:33.690 preview. They come into the weekend looking to 00:16:33.690 --> 00:16:36.190 respond after that frustrating 2 -1 loss away 00:16:36.190 --> 00:16:38.789 to the Portland Hearts of Pine in Prink's Tires 00:16:38.789 --> 00:16:42.309 Cup action. It was a match where RFC showed up 00:16:42.309 --> 00:16:45.409 extremely late, put the fight on, but still ultimately 00:16:45.409 --> 00:16:47.950 left Maine feeling like points and opportunities 00:16:47.950 --> 00:16:51.110 had slipped away. Yeah, we talked about on the 00:16:51.110 --> 00:16:53.110 Monday show, but the team kind of just needing 00:16:53.110 --> 00:16:55.690 to hit that reset button. I think the important 00:16:55.690 --> 00:16:58.129 thing here is kind of separating the performance 00:16:58.129 --> 00:17:00.269 from the result and focusing kind of getting 00:17:00.269 --> 00:17:02.769 back into league play right. They eventually 00:17:02.769 --> 00:17:06.329 got into gear. And if they kind of remember that 00:17:06.329 --> 00:17:08.430 part of the game, maybe kind of forget the early 00:17:08.430 --> 00:17:11.630 part and just kind of lock in right away. I think 00:17:11.630 --> 00:17:13.309 we should hopefully see a better result here 00:17:13.309 --> 00:17:15.509 this weekend. Yeah, a couple of additional mailbag 00:17:15.509 --> 00:17:18.230 questions came after we did the scrape for it. 00:17:18.470 --> 00:17:20.490 A lot of people suggesting that this was more 00:17:20.490 --> 00:17:23.769 performance result driven. The second half surge 00:17:23.769 --> 00:17:26.730 was appreciated, but like you said, not enough. 00:17:27.069 --> 00:17:29.150 And it was less about actual game management 00:17:29.150 --> 00:17:31.490 from Kano Smith. He made the necessary changes. 00:17:31.569 --> 00:17:33.430 He wanted to flip the script as much as he could. 00:17:34.299 --> 00:17:36.079 I think it really comes down to what I enough 00:17:36.079 --> 00:17:38.259 see continuing to get caught off guard in these 00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:40.579 big moments And you have to think with no wins 00:17:40.579 --> 00:17:43.960 in may so far Is this the turning point in the 00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:46.779 month and maybe even the season? I know we're 00:17:46.779 --> 00:17:48.799 going to talk about a little later in the in 00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:50.279 the final segment, but you got to start asking 00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:52.319 yourself When do we get to that like it's now 00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:54.799 or never? Yeah, like when when is that moment 00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:58.460 when things like truly start to click? Um, you 00:17:58.460 --> 00:18:00.079 know, you're probably gonna hear us as well as 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:02.039 the broadcast team on the weekend talk about 00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:04.400 being clinical I think that's going to be the 00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:06.759 key to this game heading into a matchup against 00:18:06.759 --> 00:18:10.079 a pretty inconsistent Brooklyn FC team here. 00:18:11.140 --> 00:18:13.640 The challenge from there becomes kind of straightforward. 00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:17.319 Can Rhode Island FC clean up the details while 00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:19.099 leaning back into the identity that helped them 00:18:19.099 --> 00:18:21.740 go unbeaten in four of their last five league 00:18:21.740 --> 00:18:24.720 matches before that Portland result? When Rhode 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:26.660 Island has looked the best their season, it's 00:18:26.660 --> 00:18:28.680 been because the team has played aggressively, 00:18:29.180 --> 00:18:31.740 vertically, and with tempo. being a bit more 00:18:31.740 --> 00:18:34.140 direct than what we've used to expect in the 00:18:34.140 --> 00:18:36.940 past. They're dangerous when they, they turn 00:18:36.940 --> 00:18:39.319 games transitionally. Don't tell Conno that don't 00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:41.940 help. Don't you tell Conno that I know it's all 00:18:41.940 --> 00:18:45.559 about possession. Um, you know, when they, when 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:47.859 they turn their forwards, they're running downhill 00:18:47.859 --> 00:18:49.940 with defenders. They're kind of make making them 00:18:49.940 --> 00:18:53.279 run towards their back at goal and being a little 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:56.140 bit more decisive in regards to like, let's not 00:18:56.140 --> 00:18:59.000 take too many passes to create this sequence. 00:18:59.000 --> 00:19:01.430 Let's Go forward and see what we can create. 00:19:01.680 --> 00:19:03.380 And they're especially dangerous when they can 00:19:03.380 --> 00:19:05.599 win second balls and immediately attack space 00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:07.819 before the kind of opponents have that opportunity 00:19:07.819 --> 00:19:10.519 to reset and get their defense back into position. 00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:13.819 Yeah, we saw a lot of the the attack from Portland 00:19:13.819 --> 00:19:16.140 side winning second balls and immediately transitioning. 00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:18.160 It's something Rhode Island likes to do to their 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:21.079 opponent and it'll be interesting to watch. Now, 00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:22.660 here's the weird thing I want to ask you. We've 00:19:22.660 --> 00:19:25.359 talked at times this season about the tactics, 00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:27.859 the style and the formation that Connor chooses 00:19:27.859 --> 00:19:30.579 to deploy. We've also talked about a lot of parity 00:19:30.579 --> 00:19:32.410 in the league, especially especially formationally, 00:19:32.630 --> 00:19:35.329 back three lines very often, single striker systems. 00:19:36.150 --> 00:19:38.289 When I think about like mere tactics and like 00:19:38.289 --> 00:19:41.130 how these could be very close games, we haven't 00:19:41.130 --> 00:19:43.529 really found that match where it's like in the 00:19:43.529 --> 00:19:45.910 rock paper scissors course of advantage. I haven't 00:19:45.910 --> 00:19:48.730 seen one of those yet. If we look at that transition 00:19:48.730 --> 00:19:51.509 ball where we excel at, I don't think we've played 00:19:51.509 --> 00:19:54.109 another team that's heavily possession focused 00:19:54.109 --> 00:19:57.089 or at least as much as us. This is probably the 00:19:57.089 --> 00:20:00.230 first time where I've seen a team like Brooklyn 00:20:00.230 --> 00:20:02.890 FC, that want to hold on to a majority of the 00:20:02.890 --> 00:20:05.410 ball. And this could be the most well -suited 00:20:05.410 --> 00:20:08.029 lineup and matchup for Rhode Island, completely 00:20:08.029 --> 00:20:09.990 separate from the narrative of them being a new 00:20:09.990 --> 00:20:12.630 team and expansion side. This just stylistically 00:20:12.630 --> 00:20:15.069 feels like this is probably one of our biggest 00:20:15.069 --> 00:20:18.109 opportunities in the season. Yeah, I think this 00:20:18.109 --> 00:20:21.109 is definitely a big opportunity. They are a new 00:20:21.109 --> 00:20:23.390 team, but like you said, they do like to kind 00:20:23.390 --> 00:20:25.650 of hold on to the ball and we'll kind of break 00:20:25.650 --> 00:20:28.700 down them here in the next segment here. Uh, 00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:30.160 the focus is on understanding that, you know, 00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:32.759 Brooklyn are a pretty possession heavy side. 00:20:33.220 --> 00:20:34.980 They want control and they want long stretches 00:20:34.980 --> 00:20:36.940 of the ball. They want to push their full backs 00:20:36.940 --> 00:20:40.079 high and kind of suffocate their teams territorially. 00:20:40.779 --> 00:20:43.160 Uh, you know, that means our favorite words, 00:20:43.299 --> 00:20:45.779 maybe not Connors, but well, transition ball, 00:20:45.779 --> 00:20:48.660 I think could work pretty well to kind of counter 00:20:48.660 --> 00:20:51.420 that. Um, especially if our defense can kind 00:20:51.420 --> 00:20:53.960 of sort itself out and get back to the, the, 00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:56.019 the strong kind of brick wall that we know that 00:20:56.019 --> 00:20:58.549 they can be. Against Portland, there are moments 00:20:58.549 --> 00:21:00.289 where Rhode Island won the ball in promising 00:21:00.289 --> 00:21:02.509 areas, but didn't make the next pass quickly 00:21:02.509 --> 00:21:05.309 enough or lack precision in that kind of final 00:21:05.309 --> 00:21:08.210 action. Against Brooklyn, those transition windows 00:21:08.210 --> 00:21:10.490 may even be more valuable because Brooklyn commit 00:21:10.490 --> 00:21:13.970 numbers for consistently and haven't had a very 00:21:13.970 --> 00:21:16.119 strong defense this year. Yeah, there's definitely 00:21:16.119 --> 00:21:19.519 been questions left for Brooklyn's back line. 00:21:19.539 --> 00:21:21.539 Some of our favorite players amongst that, but 00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:23.019 we will talk about that in the next segment. 00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:26.259 Right now it's all about focusing on Rhode Island 00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:28.240 FC, so I want to break it down. I think we're 00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:30.420 just getting back to basics here, right? I don't 00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:32.059 think that this should surprise anybody, but 00:21:32.059 --> 00:21:34.380 after last weekend's result, I think we gotta 00:21:34.380 --> 00:21:37.279 we gotta reset like Koke Vegas said, and I think 00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:41.500 that starts with our ever familiar 352 or 4231. 00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:45.160 However you want to put that rotating. of side 00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:48.200 where it shapes to the attack that comes in. 00:21:48.420 --> 00:21:50.759 But I think that's Koke Vegas Annette with a 00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:52.759 back three. I'm going back to Frank Nodarse, 00:21:52.940 --> 00:21:56.339 Kareefa Yow, and Omidy Jope. that double pivot 00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:59.420 in the back of Clay Holstead and Hugo Bachrach 00:21:59.420 --> 00:22:01.900 supporting the midfield column. And then you've 00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:04.400 got your winger and Joje Kozera back out on the 00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:07.339 right with Agustin Rodriguez driving the action 00:22:07.339 --> 00:22:10.099 in the center and Aldair Sanchez out to the left. 00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:12.880 And then JJ Williams and Leo Afonso reunited 00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:17.059 after not playing together last week. This has 00:22:17.059 --> 00:22:19.380 to be, normally we joke that we get it wrong. 00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:21.920 But barring any health injury or a concussion 00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:25.559 protocol for, uh, for Leo, we have to see this 00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:27.440 team. Like there's no exceptions if we don't 00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:29.900 see this starting 11. Yeah. I was going to say 00:22:29.900 --> 00:22:32.240 with the exception of maybe Leo, depending on 00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:34.480 what that injury looks like, I think we're going 00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:38.039 to go back to what has been basically our strongest 00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:41.000 lineup here, getting clay and who go back there 00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:43.880 to kind of maybe disrupt the tempo of Brooklyn 00:22:43.880 --> 00:22:45.880 and kind of control the game there. We know, 00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:48.440 I think that they can. they can be physical and 00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:50.599 they can be that dynamic duo when everything's 00:22:50.599 --> 00:22:52.900 kind of working out for them being able to kind 00:22:52.900 --> 00:22:54.980 of transition back and forth between attack and 00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:57.759 defense. Producer Torin wrote in our side of 00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:59.980 it you know commenting that the attack was a 00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:02.019 little bit stale at least in the conversion of 00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:04.920 goals Leo could be the much needed start here 00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:07.380 but then he also asked and I kind of want I kind 00:23:07.380 --> 00:23:08.839 of think this is a conversation that we need 00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:11.880 to consider at some point Is there a moment to 00:23:11.880 --> 00:23:14.660 say that there needs to be a start for JJ Williams 00:23:14.660 --> 00:23:17.579 and Logan Dorsey? Because we've seen one or the 00:23:17.579 --> 00:23:20.380 other in starting opportunities. We've only seen 00:23:20.380 --> 00:23:23.700 them play together as the game progresses. At 00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:25.619 some point, do we just have to put two bruisers 00:23:25.619 --> 00:23:27.619 on the front line and muscle our way to a victory? 00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:30.779 I mean, possibly. I think it couldn't hurt, and 00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:32.819 maybe this actually could be a good opportunity 00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:36.359 to try, especially if Leo is hurt there. Maybe 00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:38.559 give him a little bit more time for that cut 00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:41.150 there to heal. And especially against a team 00:23:41.150 --> 00:23:43.710 who so far this season has been inconsistent 00:23:43.710 --> 00:23:46.630 and have somewhat of a leaky defense. All right, 00:23:46.630 --> 00:23:48.390 getting into the X factors for the game. Who 00:23:48.390 --> 00:23:51.329 do you have as the defining decision maker in 00:23:51.329 --> 00:23:53.789 this result? Yeah, I think it's going to be JJ 00:23:53.789 --> 00:23:56.789 Williams here. Their defense has not been stellar 00:23:56.789 --> 00:23:59.869 this season. So I'm looking for him to cause 00:23:59.869 --> 00:24:02.549 some problems there in the back line, especially 00:24:02.549 --> 00:24:05.869 maybe against some old friends there maybe want 00:24:05.869 --> 00:24:09.960 to kind of rub it in. I say I'm most interested 00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:12.920 in the matchup on the right wing and so I'm looking 00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:16.319 at Joe J Quasar producer torn also kind of commenting 00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:19.019 on that because he'll be going up against a Gabby 00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:21.039 Alves whether Gabby is playing a true fullback 00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:23.279 role or he's playing in the sometimes they do 00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:25.500 play with a back three and Alves converts into 00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:27.920 a left center back to get more players upfield 00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:31.579 either way containing a player like Quasar who 00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:34.619 gets his opportunities and gets shots at net 00:24:34.809 --> 00:24:36.470 I think that that's where they're going to have 00:24:36.470 --> 00:24:39.190 the hardest time. Torin goes on to say that they 00:24:39.190 --> 00:24:42.349 have a hard time dealing with tricky right wingers. 00:24:42.369 --> 00:24:44.910 So maybe we got to give a nickname to Joe J as 00:24:44.910 --> 00:24:46.829 like tricky quiz or something like that. I don't 00:24:46.829 --> 00:24:48.910 know. But I'll be really interested to see how 00:24:48.910 --> 00:24:51.250 they attack that that back line at speed to your 00:24:51.250 --> 00:24:53.670 point. So you'll have JJ's physicality in the 00:24:53.670 --> 00:24:56.150 moments of Ariel Duel's set pieces. But then 00:24:56.150 --> 00:24:58.329 at speed, whether it's Afonso, it's Sanchez, 00:24:58.329 --> 00:25:00.710 or it's probably going to be Quisera. I think 00:25:00.710 --> 00:25:03.269 they're going to be a problem here for Brooklyn 00:25:03.269 --> 00:25:06.000 on the night. We've got to go to break and when 00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:08.180 we return, we're going to break down the Brooklyn 00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:10.920 side of things all here on the Raising Anchor 00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:16.700 Soccer Show. Fans, as the weather becomes more 00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:18.880 and more unpredictable, be sure to check out 00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:22.240 990 WBOB's weather page for all your temperature, 00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:25.539 storm, and travel info. Stay prepared for whatever 00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:29.099 Mother Nature has in store with the 990 WBOB 00:25:29.099 --> 00:25:32.500 weather page. Now, let's get back to the Raising 00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:36.759 Anchor Soccer Show. on 990 WVOB with Matt Entrickett 00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:40.710 and Jason Carey. It's always fun to try to build 00:25:40.710 --> 00:25:43.089 a head -to -head record and then go. Oh, there 00:25:43.089 --> 00:25:45.849 is no such thing Jason We didn't even get to 00:25:45.849 --> 00:25:48.450 play a scrimmage against this team in the preseason 00:25:48.450 --> 00:25:52.130 due to weather So unlike sporting Club Jacksonville 00:25:52.130 --> 00:25:54.730 unlike other teams that have come into the league 00:25:54.730 --> 00:25:57.910 We truly have had no new look at this group yet. 00:25:57.930 --> 00:26:00.970 It's all tape at this point So Kano's calculations 00:26:00.970 --> 00:26:03.750 are as good as what we've seen on our own reviews 00:26:03.750 --> 00:26:06.150 and watching of this group But listen, it's still 00:26:06.150 --> 00:26:08.390 the first clash in club history. We get to start 00:26:08.329 --> 00:26:11.170 that experience at home at Centerville Bank Stadium. 00:26:11.809 --> 00:26:13.309 Since there's going to be so many firsts for 00:26:13.309 --> 00:26:16.190 these two teams, what do we think those should 00:26:16.190 --> 00:26:18.190 look like? What's the scoop on Brooklyn for the 00:26:18.190 --> 00:26:20.410 uninitiated fan base that hasn't seen this team 00:26:20.410 --> 00:26:23.670 play yet? Yeah, so under their head coach Marlon 00:26:23.670 --> 00:26:26.690 LeBlanc, Brooklyn have quickly built an identity 00:26:26.690 --> 00:26:29.869 around possession, patience, territorial control, 00:26:29.930 --> 00:26:32.950 but they're also a team that wants to play stylistically. 00:26:33.529 --> 00:26:36.930 LeBlanc set himself on USL All Access that He 00:26:36.930 --> 00:26:39.289 wants his team to play brave soccer, which means 00:26:39.289 --> 00:26:41.750 this isn't a team that wants to sit deep in counter 00:26:41.750 --> 00:26:44.430 for 90 minutes. They want the ball, they want 00:26:44.430 --> 00:26:46.769 rhythm, and they want to dictate the match through 00:26:46.769 --> 00:26:50.390 sustained attacking pressure. But being brave, 00:26:50.589 --> 00:26:52.769 unfortunately on the other side, has kind of 00:26:52.769 --> 00:26:55.890 caused them some problems. Things haven't exactly 00:26:55.890 --> 00:26:58.029 gone their way at this season. There have been 00:26:58.029 --> 00:27:00.549 moments where you can really try and see what 00:27:00.549 --> 00:27:02.390 they're trying to build in Brooklyn. But I think 00:27:02.390 --> 00:27:04.430 very much similar to our first season, when we 00:27:04.430 --> 00:27:06.759 look back, there's Those moments are like, Oh, 00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:10.299 this is, this is where we're trying to go. But 00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:14.240 that identity is, is it's clear, but it's not 00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:17.740 like defined in a way that the players are really 00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:20.650 exemplifying it yet. Yeah, I'd say one of the 00:27:20.650 --> 00:27:22.990 things that first jumped off the page statistically 00:27:22.990 --> 00:27:25.210 at least when I was trying to understand and 00:27:25.210 --> 00:27:27.250 like normally when we do these previews we we 00:27:27.250 --> 00:27:29.829 go to FATMA we go to SOFA score we start looking 00:27:29.829 --> 00:27:31.630 at like who are the outliers who are the leaders 00:27:31.630 --> 00:27:33.569 and in all the categories both from a player 00:27:33.569 --> 00:27:36.789 perspective and then a team perspective and one 00:27:36.789 --> 00:27:38.769 of the things I noticed right away is just the 00:27:38.769 --> 00:27:41.509 insane amount of possession and the rate of that 00:27:41.509 --> 00:27:44.029 possession for this Brooklyn of seaside despite 00:27:44.029 --> 00:27:47.579 whatever the result is on the night. I mean, 00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:49.420 just recently talking about the Hartford match 00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:51.859 in Prink's Tires action, they held almost 70 00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:54.759 % of the possession for that match, generating 00:27:54.759 --> 00:28:00.200 26 shots. You know, Hartford didn't do a lot, 00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:02.980 but they did what they needed to do to advance 00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:05.759 that game. I mean, Hartford had injuries early 00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:08.339 in that match, too. But if you hadn't seen those 00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:09.920 goals get converted and scored, you would have 00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:11.900 thought that that game was very much in Brooklyn's 00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:14.619 destiny. This approach, like you said, it tells 00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:16.640 me similar to what Kano's been trying to create. 00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:20.059 It's this possess the ball, circulate it, pin 00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:22.039 opponents back. You know, put that pressure. 00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:24.259 Don't let them escape out of their final third 00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:27.000 and then just rinse and rinse and repeat. To 00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:29.160 me, that's not exciting football, but like if 00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:31.079 it's going to get results, you can't deny it. 00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:32.980 I just don't know if the results have shown up 00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:37.299 yet for Brooklyn. Yeah, I'm speaking about like 00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:39.900 how they they kind of form their tactics. They 00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:42.269 they like to build from the back, right? Um, 00:28:42.509 --> 00:28:44.490 instead of trying to bypass the midfield kind 00:28:44.490 --> 00:28:46.690 of long ball forward, like hit to a big striker, 00:28:46.809 --> 00:28:49.950 it's not really their move, uh, center back, 00:28:50.369 --> 00:28:54.109 including former RFC defender, Gabby Alves. Uh, 00:28:54.289 --> 00:28:56.410 they're encouraged to stay composed and possession 00:28:56.410 --> 00:28:58.710 building up combinations with the midfield to 00:28:58.710 --> 00:29:01.410 kind of create some passing triangles. There's 00:29:01.410 --> 00:29:04.529 a heavy emphasis on progressing through pressure 00:29:04.529 --> 00:29:08.509 rather than simply going long early. Except for 00:29:08.509 --> 00:29:10.650 when it comes to defendant defending they're 00:29:10.650 --> 00:29:12.730 pretty high up there aren't Clarence's so that 00:29:12.730 --> 00:29:15.529 that part of their their defense is kind of shaky 00:29:15.529 --> 00:29:18.589 and I think maybe that's What has hurting them 00:29:18.589 --> 00:29:21.450 stylistically? But for the most part they don't 00:29:21.450 --> 00:29:23.890 like to go quickly rather than trying to find 00:29:23.890 --> 00:29:27.369 like breakouts to exploit Remind me because I 00:29:27.369 --> 00:29:29.549 may have this wrong, but when we used to compare 00:29:29.549 --> 00:29:32.710 Koke and Jackson together wasn't Jackson the 00:29:32.710 --> 00:29:38.349 better long -range Jackson could hit pretty pretty 00:29:38.349 --> 00:29:40.589 good long balls right and like Koke I mean Koke 00:29:40.589 --> 00:29:42.670 can also do but I thought Jackson Lee could do 00:29:42.670 --> 00:29:44.710 that a little bit better I might have that backwards 00:29:44.710 --> 00:29:47.849 it's been a minute now but if I do remember obviously 00:29:47.849 --> 00:29:50.309 I remember the Tampa Bay assist to Chico in our 00:29:50.309 --> 00:29:53.230 second game ever but Thinking that through if 00:29:53.230 --> 00:29:55.150 this is a team that wants to play out the back 00:29:55.150 --> 00:29:57.829 I'm curious how that has potentially hampered 00:29:57.829 --> 00:30:00.589 Jackson When he can't just bomb a ball to the 00:30:00.589 --> 00:30:02.769 midfield and see if they can win a second ball 00:30:02.769 --> 00:30:05.490 higher up the pitch I mean that could be tying 00:30:05.490 --> 00:30:07.269 into something we'll talk a little bit later 00:30:07.269 --> 00:30:09.390 about there There is a bit of a carousel there 00:30:09.390 --> 00:30:11.769 in the back. Absolutely, you know getting back 00:30:11.769 --> 00:30:14.769 to it though talking about that possession and 00:30:14.769 --> 00:30:18.329 talking about the aesthetics of it it's not just 00:30:18.329 --> 00:30:20.579 taking possession for the sake of it like they 00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:24.619 do have structure. You can see players are getting 00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:26.599 themselves in a space and position with it. It's 00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:29.099 not just, I tried up the left lane, it didn't 00:30:29.099 --> 00:30:31.400 work, I'm reversing it and I'm recycling it out 00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:34.039 the right side. You do see some intention behind 00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:36.740 LeBlanc's strategy for it. I see a lot of movement 00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:38.480 in the midfield, so that should be something 00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:41.160 for fans to watch. When Brooklyn has the ball 00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:43.279 and even when they don't, there's a lot of motion. 00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:45.420 There's a lot of movement. Sometimes I feel like 00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:47.119 midfields in the USL can get a little static 00:30:47.119 --> 00:30:49.460 and it's wait for the ball to come to them. That's 00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:51.619 not something Brooklyn does. They want to overload. 00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:53.299 Specifically, they want to try to overload in 00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:57.019 the center, less the wings. But it's just that 00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:59.160 continued pressure, like you said, that that's 00:30:59.160 --> 00:31:01.859 if Rhode Island can weather that and break it, 00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:04.259 that should have a field day, whether it's transition 00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:06.640 or not, because I feel like once Brooklyn's plan 00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:09.579 a breaks, they don't have a good plan B or plan 00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:12.900 C. Yeah. And like you said that you'll often 00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:15.700 see them kind of probing patiently before suddenly 00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:17.819 accelerating some combinations there through 00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:20.980 the half space. They want quick one to touch 00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:23.759 interplay near the penalty area rather than hopeful 00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:26.720 crosses from deep positions Yeah, so let's get 00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:30.099 into Brooklyn's projected starting 11 I'm going 00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:32.640 off of the last championship non pranks game 00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:34.180 that they went through and then looking at where 00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:36.180 the majority of starters have come this season 00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:38.819 So this is probably more likely guaranteed to 00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:41.059 be wrong than anything. We've got on the Rhode 00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:44.059 Island's FC side of the camp today Walk us through 00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:45.660 what we think this four two three one might look 00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:49.140 like. Yeah, so we're thinking old friend of the 00:31:49.140 --> 00:31:52.740 team here, Jackson Lee and net with a back line 00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:56.339 here of Ryan McLaughlin, uh, Thomas van Kaisel, 00:31:56.339 --> 00:32:02.039 uh, book Lutanovic, Gabby Alves with a, uh, holy 00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:05.339 midfielders of time. Who and Tommy McNamara with 00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:09.400 a Stefan Storanovic, Jayden Savonia and Christopher 00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:12.420 only junior as they're kind of attacking midfielders 00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:15.660 with Marcus Anderson up top there. Yeah. I mean, 00:32:15.900 --> 00:32:18.559 Just getting straight into Anderson so successful 00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:21.559 as a Philadelphia lonely to Brooklyn this year, 00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:24.400 but it is crazy to me Considering that they have 00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:28.099 won Carlos over gone jr. On the bench not starting 00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:30.720 a majority of these matches and he was last year's 00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:33.799 usl1 golden boots player like What kind of statement 00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:35.880 is that if you're to the team, to the league, 00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:39.839 that you went and scalped or sniped the best 00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:42.299 striker in USL one and he's not even getting 00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:44.000 starting minutes for this club? Because he's 00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:46.420 fit, like for everything I've seen. He just can't 00:32:46.420 --> 00:32:48.640 edge out Marcus Anderson right now. Yeah, it 00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:50.920 is kind of surprising to see him in that position. 00:32:51.059 --> 00:32:53.160 I mean, he's getting some minutes, but he's not 00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:55.240 where you would think he would be. And I mean, 00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:57.680 the trajectory that he's gone from, from Charlotte 00:32:57.680 --> 00:33:00.609 Independence. Over to Westchester last year, 00:33:00.829 --> 00:33:03.430 and now back to the championship in Brooklyn. 00:33:03.609 --> 00:33:06.190 I mean, it's pretty impressive what he's done 00:33:06.190 --> 00:33:07.970 there. I know we're going to talk about Jackson 00:33:07.970 --> 00:33:09.809 Lee in a second here, but I do want to make a 00:33:09.809 --> 00:33:13.549 comparison. Do we see Stovanovic or Lee with 00:33:13.549 --> 00:33:16.049 the better mustache? I didn't update the graphic 00:33:16.049 --> 00:33:18.329 there. It's the only player I forgot to do. But 00:33:18.329 --> 00:33:20.029 down in that right winger, who's got the better 00:33:20.029 --> 00:33:22.380 stash on the night? I'm gonna have to go with 00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:25.140 my boy Lee there. Always. It wasn't even a question. 00:33:25.579 --> 00:33:27.380 But talking about Jackson Lee, talking about 00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:31.140 Taimi Okyoshi, and of course, Gabby Alves, it's 00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:33.619 good to see the boys coming home, but now the 00:33:33.619 --> 00:33:35.619 boys aren't playing for us. Thoughts and feelings 00:33:35.619 --> 00:33:37.859 on how this might all transpire on the night? 00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:40.640 Yeah, we've got a hat trick here of ex -RAFC 00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:43.700 players and really don't want to see them score 00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:48.049 against us. I mean, especially Jackson Lee, you 00:33:48.049 --> 00:33:49.690 would hate to see a keeper score against you. 00:33:50.150 --> 00:33:53.789 That's always rough. If you had to make a guess 00:33:53.789 --> 00:33:57.710 on who, for the lulls, who would you say is going 00:33:57.710 --> 00:33:59.230 to do some damage to this team? I think it would 00:33:59.230 --> 00:34:03.130 be Gabby, out of all of them. Timu was a very 00:34:03.130 --> 00:34:06.309 tidy player, reminiscent of like Marquee Barra, 00:34:06.470 --> 00:34:09.150 right, in that sense. So, you know, if he has 00:34:09.150 --> 00:34:11.389 a good game against us, that'll be one of those 00:34:11.389 --> 00:34:13.579 ones where... You don't even, you barely even 00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:15.380 notice it, right? Cause he's doing the right 00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:18.260 things and just kind of recycling possession 00:34:18.260 --> 00:34:22.300 and helping his team move forward. I mean, Jackson 00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:24.219 Lee can hurt us if he, if he makes some stellar 00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:28.599 saves against us, but we know that, uh, Elvis 00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:31.860 can, can strike it pretty hard. I mean, he took 00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:34.840 some, some pretty wild shots that are against 00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:37.480 us. Uh, I mean, against some other teams when, 00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:41.440 um, Like he would kind of kind of took the leash 00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:43.099 off a little bit there in that first season of 00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:46.900 letting push up Never really got to see I think 00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:49.960 what a lot of fans wanted to from him So I feel 00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:52.539 like if out of any of the players, maybe he would 00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:55.409 want to prove himself the most against us So 00:34:55.409 --> 00:34:57.369 what you're saying is it's a long ball to Taimou 00:34:57.369 --> 00:34:59.969 in the midfield. He wins the second ball, diverts 00:34:59.969 --> 00:35:02.989 it out to Gabby for a wonder goal out of the 00:35:02.989 --> 00:35:05.190 top left corner of the box. Absolutely not. It's 00:35:05.190 --> 00:35:07.190 a nightmare. Perfect. I mean, if every player 00:35:07.190 --> 00:35:09.090 gets involved, you can't hate it, I guess, right? 00:35:10.150 --> 00:35:12.949 Let's get into Lee speaking specifically to him 00:35:12.949 --> 00:35:18.280 on this. Hasn't exactly been the storybook. uh 00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:20.159 landing for him that we all kind of thought we 00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:22.599 knew at the end of the season Jackson had felt 00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:24.239 that he had done everything he could for Rhode 00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:27.019 Island was never going to be able to dethrone 00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:30.480 Koke Vegas didn't want to waste years you know 00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:33.320 waiting for that opportunity and I mean I don't 00:35:33.320 --> 00:35:35.699 know how this season would have transpired with 00:35:35.699 --> 00:35:37.960 Lee still here considering Vegas has played every 00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:41.239 game so far Lee goes on and, you know, wants 00:35:41.239 --> 00:35:44.119 to apply his craft to the expansion side in Brooklyn 00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:46.699 FC. And then we don't even see him in the starting 00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:49.500 match, right? Then when we do see him in some 00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:52.179 games, he suddenly is rotated out for former 00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:54.219 Providence College player, Portland Timbers, 00:35:54.840 --> 00:35:57.880 to player Lucas Burns, so a Rhode Islander over 00:35:57.880 --> 00:36:02.659 here. It seems like LeBlanc doesn't know what 00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:05.860 he wants yet out of his keeper. You know, we've 00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:08.550 seen Lee play some games. and then it's burns. 00:36:09.050 --> 00:36:11.670 We see Lee return in Prink's action which historically 00:36:11.670 --> 00:36:14.550 that's a secondary keeper tournament regardless 00:36:14.550 --> 00:36:18.130 of your championship or a USL one side and then 00:36:18.130 --> 00:36:20.489 he rotates again and that's not even to mention 00:36:20.489 --> 00:36:22.230 the fact that when we talk about those two keepers 00:36:22.230 --> 00:36:25.190 there was originally a third keeper that not 00:36:25.190 --> 00:36:27.789 only gets the first win and the clean sheet in 00:36:27.789 --> 00:36:29.869 Brooklyn's history But he's not even with the 00:36:29.869 --> 00:36:33.110 club anymore. As Kyan Rizvanich goes back to 00:36:33.110 --> 00:36:34.929 Minnesota United, too, after just three matches 00:36:34.929 --> 00:36:37.170 with Brooklyn, he gets his loan recalled and 00:36:37.170 --> 00:36:40.449 now he's back playing with the two. If you're 00:36:40.449 --> 00:36:42.570 LeBlanc, if you're Lee, if you're Burns, like 00:36:42.570 --> 00:36:44.630 who started? I feel like they got the same problems 00:36:44.630 --> 00:36:47.329 we have, at least in Prinks action. But now this 00:36:47.329 --> 00:36:49.090 is league play. Who are we seeing in the back 00:36:49.090 --> 00:36:51.909 of the down the week? I I want to say it's Lee. 00:36:52.369 --> 00:36:55.809 But like you said, it seems like, you know, LeBlanc 00:36:55.809 --> 00:36:59.070 there is kind of having. like second thoughts. 00:36:59.670 --> 00:37:02.190 The thing, though, like this is not a position 00:37:02.190 --> 00:37:05.369 you rotate, right? You pick. I've been told it's 00:37:05.369 --> 00:37:07.170 dangerous to rotate keepers because they have 00:37:07.170 --> 00:37:09.789 one bad game. It guts their confidence. Yeah, 00:37:09.789 --> 00:37:13.530 absolutely. You stick with a keeper and then 00:37:13.530 --> 00:37:15.829 you continue with them. I mean, we saw we saw 00:37:15.829 --> 00:37:17.570 Arsenal do it a few years ago and it did not 00:37:17.570 --> 00:37:18.809 work out for them. We're not talking about Arsenal 00:37:18.809 --> 00:37:20.949 this week, buddy. We are not talking about Arsenal. 00:37:21.230 --> 00:37:24.550 Hashtag not a Premier League show. So it just 00:37:24.550 --> 00:37:26.510 doesn't work no matter what level you play it. 00:37:26.730 --> 00:37:29.550 That that keeper needs to build a relationship 00:37:29.550 --> 00:37:32.510 with that defense. It's one thing if you're doing 00:37:32.510 --> 00:37:35.449 a rotation for open cup matches and things like 00:37:35.449 --> 00:37:37.230 that, cause the rest of the team is generally 00:37:37.230 --> 00:37:40.889 rotating as well too. And it's expected, but 00:37:40.889 --> 00:37:42.730 you, you can't keep going back and forth. So 00:37:42.730 --> 00:37:44.429 I think he needs to kind of make that decision 00:37:44.429 --> 00:37:46.710 sooner than later, especially with about a third 00:37:46.710 --> 00:37:50.170 of the season kind of under a belt here. If they're 00:37:50.170 --> 00:37:52.110 going to want to get out of the basement and 00:37:52.110 --> 00:37:54.690 kind of build something, they really need to 00:37:54.690 --> 00:37:56.289 solidify who's going to be in that for them. 00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:59.679 Hear me out, but it's an evil timeline. I hope 00:37:59.679 --> 00:38:02.239 Lee doesn't play on the weekend because I want 00:38:02.239 --> 00:38:04.440 to score a ton of goals against this team. And 00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:06.519 I'd rather him be the bench. And then we put 00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:08.559 Lucas Burns, no disrespect to the Providence 00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:13.260 College alumni, but I'd rather put him in LeBlanc's 00:38:13.260 --> 00:38:15.639 ill will and non -good graces so that Lee can 00:38:15.639 --> 00:38:18.679 rise above for the remainder of the season. So 00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:20.440 selfishly, I don't want to see Lee there other 00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:22.000 than the bench and give him a high five after 00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:24.179 the game. But if he isn't that, he's going to 00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:26.199 be a formidable force. We got to go to break, 00:38:26.280 --> 00:38:28.519 but before we do, I want to ask quickly 30 seconds 00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:30.420 or less. Who's Brooklyn's X factor on this match? 00:38:30.980 --> 00:38:33.380 I don't know if he's going to play, but one over 00:38:33.380 --> 00:38:35.579 gone junior has hurt us in the past. You know, 00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:37.739 he's going to get 15 minutes. He doesn't start 00:38:37.739 --> 00:38:41.320 every game. I mean, if he channels his, uh, his 00:38:41.320 --> 00:38:43.000 time with Charlotte independence, I wouldn't 00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:45.440 be surprised if you know, he can sneak one past 00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:48.380 us, but you know, he didn't do so well against 00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:51.519 us with Westchester last year. So now I went 00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:53.360 back and double checked. It was, it was one of 00:38:53.360 --> 00:38:55.150 the other guys. Oh, I thought you got the goal 00:38:55.150 --> 00:38:57.309 on that. I thought he did too. I think we were 00:38:57.309 --> 00:39:00.570 just triggered from from getting smoked by him 00:39:00.570 --> 00:39:04.530 and Charlotte. So, you know, I if he gets service, 00:39:04.530 --> 00:39:06.889 I think he can be dangerous. Fair enough. I've 00:39:06.889 --> 00:39:09.409 got Johnny Klein. They just signed him from Monterey 00:39:09.409 --> 00:39:12.030 Bay FC. He's a left winger in a position. I think 00:39:12.030 --> 00:39:13.769 they don't have the depth in whether that's the 00:39:13.769 --> 00:39:16.050 injuries LeBlanc was referring to. But he's a 00:39:16.050 --> 00:39:19.469 former St. Louis MLS player. He had time with 00:39:19.469 --> 00:39:22.659 Charleston battery. He just joined the team like 00:39:22.659 --> 00:39:24.460 six days ago, so I don't know if that's enough 00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:26.659 time to integrate and play, but if they're that 00:39:26.659 --> 00:39:29.739 hamstrung on people that can play sizable minutes, 00:39:30.059 --> 00:39:32.219 we could see him. And since there's no real conversation 00:39:32.219 --> 00:39:34.300 about that, we'll have to wait and see. But when 00:39:34.300 --> 00:39:36.380 we return, we've got the biggest storylines for 00:39:36.380 --> 00:39:39.159 Saturday showdown. Don't go anywhere. It's the 00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:41.480 Raising Anchor Soccer Show. Now let's get back 00:39:41.480 --> 00:39:45.179 to the Raising Anchor Soccer Show on 990 WBOB 00:39:45.179 --> 00:39:49.519 with Matt Entrickett and Jason Carey. All right, 00:39:49.659 --> 00:39:51.679 Jason we are back here on the raising anchor 00:39:51.679 --> 00:39:54.699 soccer show getting into the biggest storylines 00:39:54.699 --> 00:39:59.300 of the week want to ask you do we think as far 00:39:59.300 --> 00:40:01.960 as an opening statement either one of these teams 00:40:01.960 --> 00:40:04.500 deserves a win considering how bad a form they 00:40:04.500 --> 00:40:08.119 are in right now I RFC are winless in their last 00:40:08.119 --> 00:40:10.880 four matches and I think they need to get themselves 00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:14.519 kind of back in gear They are a first -year team 00:40:14.519 --> 00:40:16.579 like they can they can start a little bit more. 00:40:16.760 --> 00:40:21.480 I think Not to, you know, it's at the end of 00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:24.280 the day, whoever goes out there and puts out 00:40:24.280 --> 00:40:26.639 the performance and, you know, can't argue who 00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:30.039 deserves it or more or not. But I think our FC 00:40:30.039 --> 00:40:34.559 third year, we have ambition. We're, you know, 00:40:34.599 --> 00:40:37.820 a much better team in terms of cohesion. I think 00:40:37.820 --> 00:40:40.119 our FC needs these these three points a lot more. 00:40:40.440 --> 00:40:43.079 Agree, but I also look at Brooklyn three losses 00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:45.880 in a row. That's not something any club wants 00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:49.079 to go in through we get like trajectory Those 00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:51.400 always make me feel like these are caged animal 00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:53.360 situations, right? Like their backs into the 00:40:53.360 --> 00:40:55.559 corner if they continue to lose games I mean 00:40:55.559 --> 00:40:57.920 Jacksonville at this point is almost mathematically 00:40:57.920 --> 00:41:00.300 eliminated from the playoffs despite how tight 00:41:00.300 --> 00:41:03.119 the parity is in the table Like I think they 00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:06.460 have to get ten points in the next by the end 00:41:06.460 --> 00:41:11.269 of July to remain viable for a playoff run. That's 00:41:11.269 --> 00:41:14.230 how much the margins can go here. I think if 00:41:14.230 --> 00:41:16.809 they stack a fourth loss in a row across all 00:41:16.809 --> 00:41:19.389 competitions, that's just something that breaks 00:41:19.389 --> 00:41:21.650 certain types of teams, especially expansion 00:41:21.650 --> 00:41:24.889 sides. And again, they've had advantages in some 00:41:24.889 --> 00:41:26.469 of these matches. They couldn't convert against 00:41:26.469 --> 00:41:29.030 Hartford, despite I think they lost like Angelina 00:41:29.030 --> 00:41:31.989 or maybe he scored. But they lost two marquee 00:41:31.989 --> 00:41:33.409 play like they weren't they weren't alternates 00:41:33.409 --> 00:41:35.050 like they're two players that if they're out 00:41:35.050 --> 00:41:36.869 for a while that helps us down the road when 00:41:36.869 --> 00:41:38.969 we see them again for seven more times this season, 00:41:38.989 --> 00:41:42.070 so we have to see getting into Brooklyn itself 00:41:42.070 --> 00:41:44.670 though. Not only have they been bad, but they 00:41:44.670 --> 00:41:46.550 struggle on the road. They might be the worst 00:41:46.550 --> 00:41:50.710 road team in the championship right now. Thoughts 00:41:50.710 --> 00:41:54.510 on how this has worked for Brooklyn FC. I mean, 00:41:54.789 --> 00:41:57.690 they also really haven't done. done very, you 00:41:57.690 --> 00:41:59.650 know, very well at home. I mean, they did get 00:41:59.650 --> 00:42:03.730 that first win. Um, but you know, only three 00:42:03.730 --> 00:42:06.250 points on the road this season. It it's been 00:42:06.250 --> 00:42:08.510 tough for them and that was against New York 00:42:08.510 --> 00:42:11.030 cosmos, right? They, they were able to, to kind 00:42:11.030 --> 00:42:12.989 of pick up a win there in the Prinks cup action. 00:42:13.170 --> 00:42:15.030 And it's not even a road road game because they 00:42:15.030 --> 00:42:17.110 just had to go to New Jersey to get it done. 00:42:17.670 --> 00:42:20.730 I, you know, history of New York soccer teams, 00:42:20.829 --> 00:42:23.250 right? Like NYFC playing on tiny baseball pitches. 00:42:23.409 --> 00:42:26.019 I mean, it, it's been difficult for even the 00:42:26.019 --> 00:42:28.219 opponents they're having to adjust be playing 00:42:28.219 --> 00:42:32.559 on a very narrow field. So they're just especially 00:42:32.559 --> 00:42:35.280 considering the way that they want to play. It 00:42:35.280 --> 00:42:37.880 requires them to be very tight and precise with 00:42:37.880 --> 00:42:39.940 their passing because there's not a lot of room 00:42:39.940 --> 00:42:43.000 to spread out there and kind of give yourself 00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:45.820 some room for error. Agreed. Getting into the 00:42:45.820 --> 00:42:48.519 Rhode Island FC side of things. Is this the Memphis 00:42:48.519 --> 00:42:50.539 moment? We talked earlier, but they're winless 00:42:50.539 --> 00:42:53.199 in May so far. don't really have a lot of showing, 00:42:53.539 --> 00:42:56.079 still not even in a double digit point on the 00:42:56.079 --> 00:42:59.420 standings. Is this the Memphis moment or do we 00:42:59.420 --> 00:43:01.260 hear the other narrative that we've quietly been 00:43:01.260 --> 00:43:03.519 trying to construct that they never play well 00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:05.679 against teams that are lower than them on the 00:43:05.679 --> 00:43:07.639 opposition table? I mean, I'm really excited 00:43:07.639 --> 00:43:09.599 about the Prince Cup now because we're at the 00:43:09.599 --> 00:43:11.440 bottom. So by our theory, that means we're going 00:43:11.440 --> 00:43:12.820 to blow through the rest of this tournament because 00:43:12.820 --> 00:43:15.739 everyone is beneath us. Here at the league table, 00:43:15.960 --> 00:43:17.699 Brooklyn's one of the few teams still further 00:43:17.699 --> 00:43:21.070 down than us. Survey says... We aren't going 00:43:21.070 --> 00:43:24.969 to do well just by that vibe check. Yeah. I was 00:43:24.969 --> 00:43:27.050 thinking about kind of bringing up that we've 00:43:27.050 --> 00:43:29.010 talked about this once or twice in the last few 00:43:29.010 --> 00:43:31.010 weeks about this kind of Memphis moment. Like 00:43:31.010 --> 00:43:35.309 at what point does this team realize that they're 00:43:35.309 --> 00:43:37.849 a lot better than what they put out on display? 00:43:38.269 --> 00:43:40.889 We've seen a few flashes of brilliance from this 00:43:40.889 --> 00:43:43.809 team. We've seen them be a little bit more free 00:43:43.809 --> 00:43:46.429 scoring that they have in the past, but that 00:43:46.429 --> 00:43:48.650 defense all of a sudden, like that pendulum swing, 00:43:48.750 --> 00:43:52.719 it's getting kind of creaky at the back. This 00:43:52.719 --> 00:43:55.980 is probably the most talented iteration of Kano's 00:43:55.980 --> 00:43:59.840 RISC teams, but it just doesn't feel like it 00:43:59.840 --> 00:44:02.480 is yet. Like there's still some kind of work 00:44:02.480 --> 00:44:05.059 to do or some sort of spark that needs to switch 00:44:05.059 --> 00:44:09.139 for them to really get it in gear. I think that 00:44:09.139 --> 00:44:11.760 makes sense. Brooklyn getting back to them, rating 00:44:11.760 --> 00:44:14.159 them as an expansion club. How do you rate them 00:44:14.159 --> 00:44:16.440 so far? I mean, for me, I'm still amazed that 00:44:16.440 --> 00:44:18.079 they're a team playing. I mean, they had a delay 00:44:18.079 --> 00:44:20.760 last year where they pulled out schedule was 00:44:20.760 --> 00:44:22.400 done and they had to rewrite the schedule because 00:44:22.400 --> 00:44:25.179 they had to pull out very last minute. And then 00:44:25.179 --> 00:44:27.739 even despite that, they didn't like sign a head 00:44:27.739 --> 00:44:29.909 coach. the day after that. They waited all the 00:44:29.909 --> 00:44:32.829 way until the latest possible minute early into 00:44:32.829 --> 00:44:35.530 or late into last season. It felt like the team 00:44:35.530 --> 00:44:39.349 wasn't even at 18 players by February. And it's 00:44:39.349 --> 00:44:40.769 just like they've been throwing things against 00:44:40.769 --> 00:44:43.630 the wall. Here they are now. And despite their 00:44:43.630 --> 00:44:46.449 results and standings on the table, you do see 00:44:46.449 --> 00:44:48.369 an identity tactically from this group. Like 00:44:48.369 --> 00:44:50.969 they have a style that they want to play. They 00:44:50.969 --> 00:44:53.949 just haven't gotten that style gelled with the 00:44:53.949 --> 00:44:56.360 rest of the team so far. So if you're looking 00:44:56.360 --> 00:44:58.119 at this and rating them, how do you rate Brooklyn 00:44:58.119 --> 00:45:00.320 as an expansion side, especially comparing them 00:45:00.320 --> 00:45:03.360 to the amber and blue? It's tough to like give 00:45:03.360 --> 00:45:05.820 them a score per se this early in the season. 00:45:06.260 --> 00:45:09.400 They, they haven't exactly been getting results 00:45:09.400 --> 00:45:13.480 and stats don't always tell too much, but they 00:45:13.480 --> 00:45:16.260 can paint a picture. And if you look at their 00:45:16.260 --> 00:45:18.440 underlying stats, they're, they're very poor. 00:45:18.739 --> 00:45:21.719 They're towards the bottom. If not one of the 00:45:21.719 --> 00:45:24.340 worst teams in the league, I mean, you know, 00:45:24.340 --> 00:45:25.940 there's a certain team in Florida that's kind 00:45:25.940 --> 00:45:28.639 of outpacing right now. Um, and it's not Miami 00:45:28.639 --> 00:45:33.659 for one. Yeah. Funny enough. I, I hope, you know, 00:45:33.659 --> 00:45:35.880 I, I want all of these teams to be successful, 00:45:35.880 --> 00:45:38.719 but I, I wonder if the New Yorkers are, are going 00:45:38.719 --> 00:45:41.360 to get behind them when they're like, New York 00:45:41.360 --> 00:45:43.920 city FC has been there for a while now and they're 00:45:43.920 --> 00:45:46.719 finally going to get their own stadium. It's, 00:45:46.719 --> 00:45:48.659 I think they really need to solve something. 00:45:48.679 --> 00:45:50.539 I think they'll get a little bit of a leeway, 00:45:50.659 --> 00:45:52.320 but they need to figure something out towards 00:45:52.320 --> 00:45:55.849 the end of the season. or I'd be worried for 00:45:55.849 --> 00:45:59.190 their future, especially without a clear definition 00:45:59.190 --> 00:46:01.150 of like, where do they play? You know what I 00:46:01.150 --> 00:46:03.010 noticed? That they don't have the liquid death 00:46:03.010 --> 00:46:05.389 sponsorship on the kids anymore. I don't know 00:46:05.389 --> 00:46:07.289 if it's on the women's team still, but like that 00:46:07.289 --> 00:46:09.710 was a big part of their branding, you know, two 00:46:09.710 --> 00:46:11.269 years ago before they ever kicked a ball. And 00:46:11.269 --> 00:46:13.730 then with the delay, obviously branding deals 00:46:13.730 --> 00:46:15.550 can only last one or two years, but I'm wondering 00:46:15.550 --> 00:46:17.989 if that was also something worth... I mean, that's 00:46:17.989 --> 00:46:21.190 huge too, especially like, you know... I don't 00:46:21.190 --> 00:46:23.110 have the finances to buy that, but that's a funny 00:46:23.110 --> 00:46:25.610 thing. Like I would buy a liquid death Brooklyn 00:46:25.610 --> 00:46:28.190 shirt. Do you think similar to the Miami things? 00:46:28.289 --> 00:46:30.190 The owner thought he was buying into like New 00:46:30.190 --> 00:46:32.789 York City FC. And then I was like, wait, this 00:46:32.789 --> 00:46:34.750 isn't the New York soccer team. I thought I was 00:46:34.750 --> 00:46:36.610 someone in the marketing department. Didn't do 00:46:36.610 --> 00:46:38.989 enough research. Wait, what is this? Oh, that 00:46:38.989 --> 00:46:40.949 would be, that would be hilarious. All right. 00:46:40.949 --> 00:46:42.349 We got to wrap things up though. How does Rhode 00:46:42.349 --> 00:46:44.269 Island FC take all three points in this match? 00:46:44.929 --> 00:46:47.590 If they, if we find ourselves where Brooklyn 00:46:47.590 --> 00:46:50.769 are, are possessing a lot of the ball. Easy enough. 00:46:50.929 --> 00:46:52.809 We just need to be a little bit more clinical 00:46:52.809 --> 00:46:54.650 on our counter attack, play the style that we 00:46:54.650 --> 00:46:57.550 know. My fear is that, you know, if I, I've looked 00:46:57.550 --> 00:47:00.250 back at the last four games and we've either 00:47:00.250 --> 00:47:03.130 tied or had more of the possession battle. So 00:47:03.130 --> 00:47:05.969 I almost wonder too, if just that Brooklyn's 00:47:05.969 --> 00:47:07.949 that bad that we actually might win the possession 00:47:07.949 --> 00:47:10.909 battle. If we do, we need to make sure that we're 00:47:10.909 --> 00:47:13.329 not playing sideways, passing, wasting the ball. 00:47:13.530 --> 00:47:17.369 We need to be direct and like, just kind of move 00:47:17.369 --> 00:47:19.429 forward with that possession yeah one thing i 00:47:19.429 --> 00:47:22.010 didn't see from brooklyn is they don't press 00:47:22.010 --> 00:47:25.170 high they they set up in a midfield press so 00:47:25.170 --> 00:47:27.710 the way this looks to me is it's this is a defensive 00:47:27.710 --> 00:47:31.750 first game which sounds probably anti where we 00:47:31.750 --> 00:47:34.130 all want it to be but if we're not i think can 00:47:34.130 --> 00:47:36.610 reset on their defensive triggers absorb the 00:47:36.610 --> 00:47:39.969 pretz invite brooklyn into the the spider's nest 00:47:39.969 --> 00:47:42.769 or into the lion's den with the way they can 00:47:42.769 --> 00:47:45.849 then you know They can do a high press on like 00:47:45.849 --> 00:47:47.289 a wave, right? They don't have to sustain high 00:47:47.289 --> 00:47:48.949 press, but they can just every once in a while 00:47:48.949 --> 00:47:51.909 punch out. They're going to disrupt this Brooklyn 00:47:51.909 --> 00:47:54.650 team pretty spectacularly. And so if they stay 00:47:54.650 --> 00:47:57.170 compact defensively, intercept the ball, they 00:47:57.170 --> 00:47:59.050 can, they're off to the races. We've got the 00:47:59.050 --> 00:48:00.949 speed, we've got the, we've got the ability. 00:48:01.369 --> 00:48:03.449 They just need one or two clinical finishes. 00:48:03.670 --> 00:48:06.050 Again, clinicalness, I think is the last piece 00:48:06.050 --> 00:48:07.929 missing from the offensive side of things. But 00:48:07.929 --> 00:48:09.250 this game is really, to me, going to be more 00:48:09.250 --> 00:48:11.579 about the defense. Think if they can get those 00:48:11.579 --> 00:48:13.619 things done I think Rhode Islanders may be treated 00:48:13.619 --> 00:48:17.119 to a second win at homeville at homeville at 00:48:17.119 --> 00:48:20.579 Centerville Bank Stadium on The weekend and we 00:48:20.579 --> 00:48:22.840 need it my friend. We need it desperately. We 00:48:22.840 --> 00:48:25.320 need it like we need that summer weather Speaking 00:48:25.320 --> 00:48:27.400 of summer weather you can catch all the action 00:48:27.400 --> 00:48:30.199 this Saturday May 23rd at Centerville Bank Stadium 00:48:30.400 --> 00:48:32.639 Jason, it looks like the rain has gone. So whoever 00:48:32.639 --> 00:48:35.519 did the anti rain dance, thank you so much, but 00:48:35.519 --> 00:48:37.219 we're still going to be dealing with high fifties, 00:48:37.320 --> 00:48:40.599 low sixties. So dress accordingly or insulate 00:48:40.599 --> 00:48:44.719 as needed. Can't complain about that. Yeah. Looking 00:48:44.719 --> 00:48:47.719 a lot better. Uh, M7 tailgate is going to open 00:48:47.719 --> 00:48:50.739 at 4 30 PM. Rest of the parking lots at five 00:48:50.739 --> 00:48:54.219 30 gates open at six 30 for a seven 30 kickoff. 00:48:54.409 --> 00:48:56.110 If you can't make it to the game, you can catch 00:48:56.110 --> 00:48:59.070 all the action on CBS Sports Network, ESPN Plus, 00:48:59.090 --> 00:49:01.030 and of course, listen to the radio dial with 00:49:01.030 --> 00:49:04.210 Tom and Nick on 790 The Score. We'll catch you 00:49:04.210 --> 00:49:24.309 guys next time. Anchor's up. Anchor's up. or 00:49:24.309 --> 00:49:26.650 wherever you listen by searching for Raising 00:49:26.650 --> 00:49:29.289 Anchor. Make sure to check out all of our coverage 00:49:29.289 --> 00:49:31.849 over at The Blazing Musket for all your New England 00:49:31.849 --> 00:49:36.010 soccer coverage, including RAFC news at theblazingmusket 00:49:36.010 --> 00:49:39.650 .com. 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