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You're listening to Raising Anchor on 990 WBOB.

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Welcome to the Raising Anchor Soccer Show with

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Matt Entrickett and Jason Carey. Your home for

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news, analysis, and everything Rhode Island FC.

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Each week they take you inside the locker room,

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inside the tactics, and inside the storyline

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shaping RISC. Here's Matt and Jason. Rhode Island

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F .C. opened the floodgates, drowning Brooklyn

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F .C. four to one in a goal fest that saw the

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amber and blue. get the job done at Cent on the

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weekend. We're gonna today. Is this a sign for

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of Rhode Island F. C. Or is not out after besting

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thi to go over all of that, galore. But first

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and fo in with the co host with the East Coast

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in one Mr. J How are you doing my frien I mean,

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I'm not you know, not in Hawaii, but you know,

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it's weather's nice outside today but you know,

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not exactly related to our IFC but It a lot of

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soccer news has come out. I'm not sure which

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one is the worst of these maybe depending on

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what you know band of a team you are but You

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know Tottenham survived a lot of us were hoping

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for the memes that they weren't Diego Luna got

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snubbed from the US men's national team. A lot

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of us are upset about that But also Bryant University

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where our FC played their first season apparently

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is relocated to Boston as a lot of the You know

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base camps got announced So I'm sure from a popularity

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standpoint. It's probably Tottenham surviving

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since it felt like the entire world was against

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them on Decision day you hate to see Luna snub

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to your point, but I got to go with you on the

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whole Boston Bryant University thing If this

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is now where we are going to land and plant the

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soccer flag across the global game, does that

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mean then that Rhode Island FC is the first professional

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men's team to play in Boston? Because we opened

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our season at Bern. I think that means we get

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this credit forever. Update the wiki somebody

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because Revolution, you're never going to sing

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that now. I mean, yeah, I didn't think about

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that. I guess we are the, you know, if that's

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where Bern Stadium is now, apparently we were

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the first team to play in Boston then. I again

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update the Wikipedia, but no, I agree. The weather

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is great here. I'm sure that the weather is great

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there, although by the time we get to game day

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on the weekend or the weekend in general, who

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knows how New England is going to treat people.

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Got to get right into this action here for the

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show ahead, starting with goal of the week considerations.

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Jason, make the plea for why it's Georgia was

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there because there were some wonder strikes

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in this week's competition. Yeah most of the

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time you know one of our players gets nominated

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for goal of the week and sure maybe we're a little

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bit biased but honestly objectively i think there

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been quite a few weeks where ours was the best

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goal. I'm there some absolute bangers out there

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that air maloy goal and also that demetri effort

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even goal i'm still as goal is pretty decent

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as well too. Would you you gotta get out there

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and vote for a boy jose i mean that that curling

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shot it's phenomenal i think. It'd be great to

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see one of our players get the nod. I got to

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kind of go with Ewan for a second here. No JJ

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Williams. We're going to talk about it at length

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during the breakdown of that half, but I kind

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of almost feel like we've seen the Joe J a goal

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before. He feels very lethal in that top right

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corner. I kind of have to put more respect on

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what Williams did. I'm still glad that either

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one of these players got it. Obviously you do

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a curl like this past a former keeper like Jackson

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Lee. It's kudos to him. But, like, I don't even

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know if JJ's goal was the best goal on the night.

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And we'll definitely talk about that a little

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later in the episode. Yeah, I'd say for me it

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was. But but I can see how that volley that JJ

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made was pretty close there. So agreed. But we

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got to move on and start talking about the team

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of the week. Obviously, Jason, when you put four

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in, one of these players is going to make it

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into the team of the week. And we are We are

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privileged. We get to enjoy the fact that not

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only do we see one, not only do we see two, but

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we see three players make it to the team of the

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week. First and foremost, we're going to talk

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about Georgia Quasera, the Rwandan international.

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Obviously, if you were paying attention to the

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game, had three shots on target while notching

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two of them in. He also completed 22 of 30 passes

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and he won two of the three doles, which earned

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him this spot. It wasn't just the goals. These

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players have to sometimes do more than just have

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wonder strikes. And it's a fair nod to Georgia

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being the first player nominated to this team

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of the week. Yeah, but not only that, Nick Scardina

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got nominated here too. The 24 -year -old recorded

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one assist and completed 28 of 40 passes in RFC's

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victory against Brooklyn FC while winning five

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of six ground duels and three of four tackles

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and recording four recoveries and one interception

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at Centerville Bank Stadium. The chat is continuing

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to make the case for why Nick Scardino needs

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to be on the pitch. There's a chat conversation

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we're gonna have to have in the mailbag a little

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bit later, but we gotta capstone this off with

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the man up front, JJ Williams, the veteran forward

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recording his brace in this after getting four

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shots with four shots on target, six overall

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in this match. We're gonna talk about the woodwork

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and how the crossbar and the post were probably

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Brooklyn's 12th man on the night. you have to

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honor and re all the work he put in on want to

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talk about a cou this down here. These hon leading

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for the ninth of rsc career. They've both times.

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Scardina's first sh for team of the week. Want

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have already been seven i of players being nominated

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the team of the week action. If you had to guess,

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I'll let you either choose. You can guess is

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it one player, two players, and you got to name

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them. I'll let you choose which destiny you want

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to take here. Can you guess who else is in team

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of the week honors here for Rhode Island FC?

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For this season specifically? Yep, so we have

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two other mentions so far this season. Clay and

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Hugo. Incorrect. That would be Frank Nodarse

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getting both additional nods to team. We've now

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had just four players this season get announced.

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But hey, listen, you love to see it. Kudos to

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all these players. It's well earned. I can't

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wait to when we find out when they get silly

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accomplishments like this, that they earn additional

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incentives or or bonuses, if you will, played

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out in their contracts. Hey, we're ratified on

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the CBA now. So let's start making some fun out

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of this. Getting into the game itself, want to

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ask you some initial impressions before we get

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to how Connor prepared this team on the weekend.

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Yeah, ultimately I think it was a good result.

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This is one of those teams you look at and they're

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low on the table. They're leaking goals left

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and right. And honestly, it's one of the teams

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that we should be beating if we have intentions

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to make the playoffs. I think the first start

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was a little rough, but ultimately we got it

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done. I agree with that entirely. I was very

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scared in the first half. We saw so many opportunities

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not capitalized on. And I can't even say it wasn't

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clinical because it's hitting the post. It's

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hitting a player. You know, their back line is

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defending from the goal line. Jackson Lee is

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scrambling and crawling on the ground trying

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to deny Rhode Island. You see several instances

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where the ball just can't find that extra inch

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to go in and you start wondering, hey, is this

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going to be enough on the night? First half left

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me with some questions, not because the team

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wasn't good enough, but we've seen Rhode Island

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too many times this season need a little extra

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in the gas tank and then it not go their way

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by the end of 90 minutes. Obviously, second half

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completely flips the script. It's a story that

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we're going to have to start talking about about

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this team being a second half team. It was great

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to see on the night, but. Still some questions

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in that first half. Glad the adjustments came.

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But I still would like to see this team come

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out a little bit stronger out the gate. Getting

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into table standings here in the Eastern Conference.

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Are you surprised that with the win, we're still

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not in playoff contention at this moment in time?

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Because I was shocked by that fact. No, I think

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I recently mentioned we need more than just one

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result, especially as teams above us are still

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picking up points. So RFC has now got to ninth

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out of tenth. Um, they're just on the outside

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looking in the playoff spots here on a three,

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three and three record now, 12 points with a

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plus four goal difference. You know, if we, we

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look at the league here, three, just the league,

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right. We take away the other competitions, three

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wins and one draw in the last five matches. Honestly,

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that form doesn't feel too bad. I think the,

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when we throw in the, the pranks cup and maybe

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even, you know, like It's been a minute, but

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the Open Cup, I think some of those results maybe

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have mirrored, admired our overall form. Agree.

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You know, on the other side of it, you could

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argue clearly you're a glass half full guy tonight.

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I commend that. If you look at it from a glass

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half empty side of things, we were winless in

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May until this result. And the form, if you look

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at the last five games, you're right. It is not

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a bad position to be in. I think there may have

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been some doom and gloom from a fan optics perspective,

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especially coming off of the loss in Brinks Cup

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action. I think the key point here and it's something

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we're going to have to talk about a little later

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in the show is does this win spark that catalyst?

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Is this the turning point? Is this the Memphis

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moment? Are we going through that? now, or is

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this a situation where, yeah, you go out and

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beat teams like this? Something we haven't historically

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done very well so far this season. Again, the

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only club. in the USL championship to have given

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Sporting Club Jackson any points on the season.

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It'll be interesting to see where we take this

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result and the momentum we can generate getting

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up into that World Cup break. But we got to start

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talking about how Coach Cano constructed the

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roster on the day, because I think that's probably

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where we need to start looking into what we think

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the best starting 11 is moving forward. Yes,

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we saw a little bit of change here. OK, Vegas

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and net here. with a back line there of Scardina,

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Amadi Jeop, Aldair Sanchez, and Yao there with

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Baccarac and Holstad in the holding midfielder.

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Alfonso, Amos Shapiro -Thompson, and Quisera

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as your attacking midfielders, with JJ Williams

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there up top. I'm a bit surprised to see Pithy

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dropped here for Amos. Interesting to see Scardina

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kind of make the cut as well. I think Scardina

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is Finally starting to like grow into the team

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here. I think he had a bit of a shaky start I

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think we we definitely saw some potential from

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him, but maybe not Initially what we thought

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like he would just jump right into this team.

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Maybe it's been taking him a little longer to

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gel You're right. I mean, we didn't even think

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Rodriguez was going to be a starting caliber

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player, at least initially as he needed time

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to integrate with this team. We didn't see that

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at the beginning of the season. I kind of want

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to direct attention to the fact that it's great

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to see Kree Fiao and Clay Holstead return to

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the starting 11, especially when you get the

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privilege of hindsight in the impact that Clay

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personally had in this match with the contribution

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to the score sheet. I still don't know and because

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Kano wasn't in the post game presser, we didn't

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ask the question to the, we'll call it surrogate

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coach that came in for the match to talk about

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the performance. I still don't understand why

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we didn't see those two. two players in the last

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two matches get their starts, but instead coming

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in as impact subs. I'd love to find out more

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as to what that is. You know, we also look at

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this. I'm not sure if the case is ready to be

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made. If a back four with again, I know it kind

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of it pivots on that dime of, you know, as the

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team moves up one flank or the other, it becomes

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a back three. But you know, we're seeing Aldair

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Sanchez, we're seeing Nick Scardina drop a little

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bit deeper back in a more defensive posture until

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we get the ball. I'm curious where this all goes

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transformatively in the formation selection.

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And then, of course, like you said, Amos Shapira

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Thompson thought he had a good enough game. Specifically

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want to ask on this setup, do you think that

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this was a matchup of midfielders and what coach

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wanted to see out of Amos specifically? Or do

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you think that there is going to be a continuous

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battle for that starting role in the attacking

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midfielder spot for Rhode Island? It's hard to

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say this early with him just coming back recently

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from injury, but I think this was kind of a matchup

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based decision. We'll have to see what that looks

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like as the weeks progress, especially for this

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Indy 11 game on the road on the weekend. Before

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we go to break, though, got to get through the

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heroes and zeros here. I'll let you start. Who

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were the heroes and who were the zeros? Yeah,

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Joe J Quisera for her that that second half goal

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that felt like it kind of got the team back into

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it and let us his victory. uh zero gonna have

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to be in carnation i i don't enjoy the way that

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he wraps games i uh i almost don't want to spoil

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it but there was a conversation that we had that

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in carnation might not be a factor on the match

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and then we saw him factor all over this match

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so i may have to call you out on it when we get

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to that segment my hero i'm going to go with

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jj it's the counter to joe j both both guys getting

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their braces on the night. Again, I thought some

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of what JJ had to do on the night was just spectacular.

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I'm going to give my zero as Leo Afonso here,

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and not because he deserves the zero title that

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definitely goes in Carnation, but just to be

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different. You know, it felt like Afonso was

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kind of. absent in big moments of this game disappeared

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a lot on the pitch. The looks that he did get,

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especially in the 53rd minute, he's going to

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want that back when he wasn't able to convert

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it to a goal. By no means do I think that he's

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an out and out player that we need to consider,

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you know, relegating to the bench or whatnot.

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Sometimes strikers have bad games, and I think

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Afonso, this may have been his his roughest one

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of the season so far. But hey, we got to go to

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break, Jason. And when we return, we're going

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to break down the biggest moments of each of

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these halves all here on the raising anchor soccer

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and Jason Carey. Here back on the raising anchor

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soccer show Jason. We talked about it in our

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initial impressions of the match It was a sloppy

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first half between the attack chances that weren't

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capitalized on Looking at the passing sequence

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at times Brooklyn I felt in the first half did

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a little bit better in swarming their back line

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was a deeper line their press was not nearly

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as strong but When we started to encroach into

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their half or even their final third they kind

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of became busy bees to take that ball away I

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think if you're Kano, you want to look back on

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that and say we need to do better to start these

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games stronger instead of having to work harder

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on those second halves. Yeah, I'd say if there

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wasn't a goal in the first half, I think that

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would have been a pretty poor first half. There's

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just a few too many misplaced passes and the

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team just kind of looked a bit off of it. Like

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you said, that they've struggled to kind of come

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out and start games well. Brooklyn honestly just

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to look a bit more sharper more physical and

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just kind of one step ahead of RFC With the exception

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of that final product there. That's kind of been

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letting them down I think you know, they maybe

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could be a better team this year if they could

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kind of get that figured out I don't disagree.

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I think sometimes you just have to have luck

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on your side. And while it didn't feel like it

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for the first 30 -ish minutes, as we saw opportunity

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after opportunity get squandered, we did finally

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see Lightning get captured in the bottle with

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Quisera's goal in the 38th minute. Quisera rotates

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the wings, switches for Afonso for a minute.

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They're running with Brooklyn, running at their

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own goal. It's a it's a layover from Amish Shapira

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Thompson to a drifting Quasera he comes back

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into the box and Just I it that ball doesn't

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have a lot of pace on it But it was low and it

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was in the right spot Lee can't get his glove

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to it in time and we see the first goal for Rhode

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Island come in a Statement for them scoring against

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the expansion side in the first half Overall

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thoughts on the goal was it we know the better

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goal was the second one of course, but overall

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thoughts on Joe J's first goal No, I mean it

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it was a good goal there in some way it almost

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felt like we got it against the run of play I

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think that You know for the most part Brooklyn

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was having somewhat of the better half there

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and we kind of you know Got an actual counter

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that went well our way and then we're able to

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capitalize it on it Yeah, I mean it comes, I

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think it was Clay that started from the from

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the high press to displace Brooklyn off the ball

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and they just didn't have enough numbers forward.

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They were cheating a little bit too high up trying

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to counter Rhode Island on their own. You know,

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in terms of the goal itself to Amish Shapiro

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Thompson collects his second career RFC assist.

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It's his second in as many games across all competitions.

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So again, we're seeing the case for Amish Shapiro

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Thompson to deserve to be on the pitch. But then.

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Jason, we gotta talk about Quasera's goal scoring

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abilities here because there's an interesting

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fact that we kind of pulled the thread on here.

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And I don't know if a lot of fans understand

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exactly what Quasera's impact is, especially

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those first half performances actually might

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be. Yeah, he's been having a huge year for us.

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That was his fifth and that's of Rhode Island

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17 league goals this season, which is 29 % of

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our goals. So a third of them from one player

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there. 29 % the first half which rfc been averaging

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point five six first half goals per league match

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this year so not very good the other 71 % goals.

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I've all been in the second half there. Yeah,

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so 1 .36 goal production after the half, just

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0 .56 at the beginning half. Weirdly enough though,

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Kuzera himself, and I couldn't believe this,

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but he's responsible for three of the five opening

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half goals. So it's almost like you're talking

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about the players that are consistently finding

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their way into the back of the net early on.

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Quasera is the out and out front runner. He may

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not have the leading goal score because JJ Williams

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gets that honor, but Quasera is putting a lot

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of pressure and a lot of problems on back lines

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in those earlier moments. I'm not sure if that's

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a trend that's sustainable. I think we need the

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rest of the team to get into the game earlier.

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Like you said, not wait to grow into it, but

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you can't deny that Quasera has been nothing

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but success. I want to say on the right side,

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but that goal came from the left, so it's almost

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like this guy can do no no wrong on any place

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in the pitch right now. Yeah, I think we've kind

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of been expecting either Leo or pity to kind

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of be that second guy and. Honestly, I'm a little

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bit surprised to see, but pleasantly surprised

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I should say to see Quasera kind of pushing JJ

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there to for that Golden Boot this season in

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our team. Yeah, getting into the second half

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where I think Rhode Island really. really showed

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the fans what this club can be all about. We

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have to start on the negative of CJ Only Jr.

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getting the equalizer in the 60 second minute.

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We talked and we're going to hear this in the

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post game interviews in a second. Everyone on

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the World NFC side of the camp, and I bet you

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Brooklyn would say the same, that that was not

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a shot, but this is very reminiscent of what

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was his name, Luke. Luke Adams, is that his name

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for for Lucidi and the cross that got just into

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the back of the net? Everyone was saying post

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game that that wasn't a shot that was just a

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cross gone wrong and that they didn't maybe deserve

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that. But you know, I guess kudos to CJ only

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for netting that. Yeah, second time they've conceded

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a cross shot. Unfortunate to see RFC get caught

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up in the crossfire, you know. I see what you

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did there. Cross shot, cross fire, moving quickly

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through it. Hugo again, the cross bar in our

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way all night. Hugo gets a deflection off of

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a spillout from Leo Afonso. ball drops back into

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the box for the 65th minute. Hugo tries to put

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it on frame, but there's just enough deflection

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from Lee to deflect that back into the bar. So

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Hugo does not see scoring, but then Giorgia Quisera

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says, hey, in the 72nd minute, I'm going to do

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what I do better than anyone else. And that is

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curl shots from the top right corner. Jason,

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when are defenders of our opponent's teams going

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to realize you can't let Quisera be in that spot

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uncontested for a goal? I mean, if he makes a

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habit of this, I mean, there was players in the

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past, you know, like I and Robin would just do

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that and you couldn't stop him. So, I mean, I

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don't think was there is there yet, but I mean,

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he's doing a pretty good impression. Uh, that

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goal was actually our FC's 100th regular season

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goal as a club there. Uh, and that was hit fourth

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and fifth goal that he scored of the season and

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his first career brace for Rhode Island FC. fifth

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player here to record a multi -goal game for

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the club. Yeah, he probably regrets not converting

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that initial attempt in the first half with his

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pelvis when the ball spilled out right in front

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of him. He just ran out and could have put a

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foot to it. That probably would have been Hattie

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worthy in that instance. You know, we talked

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about Quizera's impact. We talked about last

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year, the drop off in Quizera, the drop off in

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Fuson, and it's just like there's a Renaissance.

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There's a resurgence in Quizera's game this year.

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We're going to talk about whether it's because

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he's now on the right side or something has opened

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up in his game a little later. But this may be

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the most important offensive storyline of the

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year. We expect JJ to continue. He's always been

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pretty even keel on his goal contributions and

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his production. It's been shaky on the wings,

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you know, I mean, no, if you saw him getting

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getting assists now, not necessarily goals yet,

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but this may be the most important X factor to

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the season for Rhode Island. And then, of course,

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we got to quickly bring up for the goal, though.

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Clay Holstead getting his second assist of the

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season. It's the 10th of his career, and he's

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the third player in club history to record double

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digit assist totals with Rhode Island. Again,

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you got to have Clay Holstead starting every

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game, Kano. I don't know what else to tell you.

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Quickly moving into JJ Williams now. It's the

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JJ Williams show for a second. He gets the 83rd

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minute goal So now we're just we're just the

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floodgates are open Like I said, and I think

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this was the best goal of the night just because

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I am a sucker for volleys Jason Scardina floats

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one in it's it's at pace. It is not like a lob

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It is kicked hard at like waist height and JJ

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Williams has no other time but to just one time

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it in the air acrobatic volleying it to the side

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net he's near post like like Jackson Lee should

00:23:25.369 --> 00:23:27.950
have got this one near post -op. So he wasn't

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caught off guard. He just couldn't handle it

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at that speed I think this was the best goal

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of the night, but prove me wrong if you disagree.

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I Mean, I I just kind of his personal preference.

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I prefer quasars a bit, but this was a fantastic

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goal as well That was actually Nick Scardina's

00:23:44.690 --> 00:23:48.430
third assist team leading by the way, too So

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if I could mention maybe he's a kind of finally

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showing his worth here to the team I agree. We'll

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talk about him at length again in a little bit.

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We got to get to JJ's final goal because he can't

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be stopped at this point. He gets the corner

00:24:00.190 --> 00:24:02.250
kick. Chicken happened. I hope people got their

00:24:02.250 --> 00:24:04.650
chicken if they're into that kind of thing after

00:24:04.650 --> 00:24:08.509
a cross from the corner from Noah Fuson. And

00:24:08.509 --> 00:24:11.089
he just hit that with just anger. Like he told

00:24:11.089 --> 00:24:13.589
Jackson Lee, go back to Brooklyn. We don't want

00:24:13.589 --> 00:24:15.190
to see you anymore, even though there were hugs

00:24:15.190 --> 00:24:18.089
all over the place after the game. But what a

00:24:18.089 --> 00:24:19.549
header. I mean, we want to see more of those.

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And sometimes JJ just can't get to the ball.

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He's held down. He's physically fouled in the

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box, but he was miles above. His aerial dualer

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and put that one to bed seeing Rhode Island get

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the four one victory there. You got it. You got

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:36.380
to love seeing JJ Williams stay hot. Yeah. And

00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:38.920
so Williams there scored his seventh career multi

00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:42.940
-game, uh, goal game for RFC, uh, as team leading

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:45.920
second brace of the season. Williams leads the

00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:48.619
team with seven goals this year, and he's the

00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:51.299
club's all -time leading scorer so far with 26

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:54.259
career goals for RFC. And know if you saw and

00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:56.200
assisted his second goal this season, tallying

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:58.859
his club leading 17th career assist for Rhode

00:24:58.859 --> 00:25:01.559
Island FC. Maybe he's finally kind of getting

00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:05.390
back into form here too. Build the erect the

00:25:05.390 --> 00:25:07.549
statues. That's all I'm saying. Like let's get

00:25:07.549 --> 00:25:09.190
the JJ and you know, it's gonna be it's gonna

00:25:09.190 --> 00:25:11.329
be this one, right? It's it has to be this statue

00:25:11.329 --> 00:25:14.269
at this point You know getting into JJ leading

00:25:14.269 --> 00:25:16.309
from a goal -scoring perspective. There was a

00:25:16.309 --> 00:25:18.390
moment in this game where Georgia was leading

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and Again, we haven't seen Georgia is at his

00:25:21.589 --> 00:25:25.349
highest apex of goal production in his time with

00:25:25.349 --> 00:25:28.130
Rhode Island across all three seasons if we were

00:25:28.130 --> 00:25:31.210
talking about who could actually be the golden

00:25:31.210 --> 00:25:33.029
boot for Rhode Island specifically by the end

00:25:33.029 --> 00:25:36.230
of the season. Who are you at making a case for

00:25:36.230 --> 00:25:38.109
at this point with, you know, half the season

00:25:38.109 --> 00:25:43.970
still to go? I mean, I would say it's probably

00:25:43.970 --> 00:25:46.450
JJ. I mean, at this point, as long as he can

00:25:46.450 --> 00:25:48.849
stay healthy, I mean, he seems like he's going

00:25:48.849 --> 00:25:52.230
to get a goal at least every other game, if not

00:25:52.230 --> 00:25:56.430
more. I just don't see anyone stopping him as

00:25:56.430 --> 00:25:59.309
long as we can keep him in tip top shape, you

00:25:59.309 --> 00:26:02.019
know. Agreed. And I mean, we talk about goals

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:04.099
galore. We've seen four goals against Charleston

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:06.859
earlier in the, I guess not the month, but in

00:26:06.859 --> 00:26:09.319
the last 30 days, we'll say. Uh, but this is

00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:12.579
the first time since a very famous match where

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:15.119
we won eight to one over Miami FC, where there

00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:17.299
have been two players recorded scoring multiple

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:19.519
goals. So we've hit the five mark. We've hit

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:21.779
the four mark before, but we haven't seen two

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:24.000
players taste that level of success in a single

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:26.339
game since all the way back. So it's exciting

00:26:26.339 --> 00:26:28.710
to see cannot wait. to see where these things

00:26:28.710 --> 00:26:31.569
go and open up where the possibilities are for

00:26:31.569 --> 00:26:33.009
Rhode Island. But we've got to go to our next

00:26:33.009 --> 00:26:34.809
break. And when we return, we're going to break

00:26:34.809 --> 00:26:37.230
down the biggest storylines coming out of this

00:26:37.230 --> 00:26:39.950
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00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:05.880
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00:27:05.880 --> 00:27:10.609
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00:27:10.609 --> 00:27:13.049
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00:27:13.049 --> 00:27:16.170
segment that will be an exclusive for our YouTube

00:27:16.170 --> 00:27:19.569
and podcast listeners So only you're only gonna

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to see them always Please check out the YouTube

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channel. So here's judge. Here's JJ Williams.

00:27:25.549 --> 00:27:49.319
Excuse me after the match Absolutely, I mean,

00:27:49.660 --> 00:27:51.920
a great finish, especially whenever we get transition

00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:54.220
opportunities like that. We make them count.

00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:56.720
I mean, that's a guy that's in form right now,

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:58.839
who's got confidence, he's flowing. Whenever

00:27:58.839 --> 00:28:01.480
he cuts inside like that, especially if he can

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:04.609
get that shot away cleanly, I mean. I've seen

00:28:04.609 --> 00:28:06.049
we've seen what to hit the back in that like

00:28:06.049 --> 00:28:08.049
that this year. I mean, if he's going to be in

00:28:08.049 --> 00:28:14.250
that kind of form, we're going to be Ari. Yeah,

00:28:19.150 --> 00:28:20.710
I mean, we got a couple of chances in the first

00:28:20.710 --> 00:28:25.089
half. I had one off the crossbar. We had another

00:28:25.089 --> 00:28:27.890
two or three that were really good chances that

00:28:27.890 --> 00:28:29.630
we just have to be a little bit better in transition.

00:28:30.910 --> 00:28:32.950
But to be honest, we create so many of those

00:28:32.950 --> 00:28:36.009
opportunities that Whenever we do put a couple

00:28:36.009 --> 00:28:37.730
away, that's what it looks like the game opens

00:28:37.730 --> 00:28:40.250
up and if we get a lead Then it's very hard for

00:28:40.250 --> 00:28:41.950
teams if that they're gonna open up to try to

00:28:41.950 --> 00:28:45.210
get back in the game To complete to compete with

00:28:45.210 --> 00:28:47.589
us because I think that plays right into our

00:28:47.589 --> 00:28:56.430
strength What was the conversation at the halftime

00:28:56.430 --> 00:28:58.829
in the locker room to make the adjustments? Because

00:28:58.829 --> 00:29:01.210
the final product was basically there. It was

00:29:01.210 --> 00:29:02.650
just, you know, the post getting in the way.

00:29:02.690 --> 00:29:05.170
Yeah. How did you make those adjustments? I think

00:29:05.170 --> 00:29:09.289
that we just had to stay, stay disciplined, stay

00:29:09.289 --> 00:29:11.869
confident. I mean, we honestly conceded one much.

00:29:12.109 --> 00:29:14.630
It's another shot cross against us where the

00:29:14.630 --> 00:29:17.509
guys going across it ends up going to over cocaine

00:29:17.509 --> 00:29:20.490
side netting. I mean, exactly. Completely unlucky,

00:29:20.490 --> 00:29:23.069
but we had to stay disciplined and realize that.

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:25.319
as long as we keep a clean sheet for 45 minutes,

00:29:25.619 --> 00:29:28.000
that we're going to get a result. We ended up

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:29.920
giving up that, so we knew that we had to come

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:31.880
right back and do what we were doing in the first

00:29:31.880 --> 00:29:34.839
half. You can't start trying to do something

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:37.680
now and chasing the game whenever you're already

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:39.240
dominant in the game. We just had to put away

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:40.500
a couple of those chances, and that's what we

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:42.859
did. Speaking of being dominant, what's it like

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:45.000
going up against former goalkeeper Jackson Lee

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:46.900
with Rhode Island FC? Is there an advantage to

00:29:46.900 --> 00:29:49.359
the way you two play against each other, especially,

00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:50.940
you know, this is just like training almost to

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:53.059
a certain degree, right? Did you have an advantage

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:54.819
in that or because he knew who you were as the

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:56.279
type of player? Did you have to do something

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:57.839
differently on the night to get those goals in

00:29:57.839 --> 00:30:00.940
the net? No, I mean, to be honest, I just I scored

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:03.160
really good goals that that he can't do much

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:05.680
about. He's a fantastic goalkeeper, amazing person.

00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:08.359
I mean, absolutely love this guy to death. So

00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:11.259
it's just unfortunate that we had so many chances

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:13.539
for him tonight because I mean, look at Joe J's

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:15.519
goal. Look at my goal. I mean, there's the goals

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:17.180
that we scored. I don't think he can do too much

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:20.220
about. So it's more his team than than him, but

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:22.430
he's fantastic all the way around. We've asked

00:30:22.430 --> 00:30:24.029
this a few times. Can this be the building block

00:30:24.029 --> 00:30:26.670
of something if you can harness some of what

00:30:26.670 --> 00:30:29.109
you did in the last 15 minutes? That's right.

00:30:29.849 --> 00:30:31.849
I mean, I think that it really can be because

00:30:31.849 --> 00:30:35.190
you see whenever we're playing well what the

00:30:35.190 --> 00:30:36.809
results look like, what a half of football looks

00:30:36.809 --> 00:30:40.910
like for us. But you also see last weekend whenever

00:30:40.910 --> 00:30:43.109
we don't come out, we don't start well, we start

00:30:43.109 --> 00:30:46.450
behind, and we're chasing the game, what 90 minutes

00:30:46.450 --> 00:30:48.509
looks like for us. So I've said it time and time

00:30:48.509 --> 00:30:49.609
again, and you guys are probably going to hear

00:30:49.609 --> 00:30:51.980
me say it. a whole lot more. It's what team walks

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:55.960
out of our locker room will be how the day goes

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:58.059
for us. If we come out on the front foot, attacking,

00:30:58.279 --> 00:31:00.859
creating chances, putting away our chances, being

00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:02.980
clinical, doing the simple things, out running

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:04.900
the other team, out tackling the other team,

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:06.920
then we're going to come out on the right side

00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:09.160
of it time and time again. But whenever we don't

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:10.880
do those things and we're late, we're behind,

00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:13.920
we're a step off, we're a little bit late in

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:17.140
our press, they can score early off of something

00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:19.690
of us just not being disciplined. then that's

00:31:19.690 --> 00:31:26.369
whenever we struggle. Yeah, I mean it's it's

00:31:26.369 --> 00:31:28.630
absolutely disgraceful how how that's allowed.

00:31:29.029 --> 00:31:31.170
Absolutely disgraceful how that's allowed and

00:31:31.170 --> 00:31:33.769
that's all I gotta say. It's just absurd. Yeah,

00:31:33.789 --> 00:31:37.009
I'm fine. I'm fine. It's just insane. Absolutely

00:31:37.009 --> 00:31:40.470
insane to me. It's my son would be able to call

00:31:40.470 --> 00:31:42.430
that and I'm talking about my one year old that

00:31:42.430 --> 00:31:44.589
just turned one. He would be able to call this.

00:31:45.049 --> 00:31:47.859
It's ridiculous. I mean. You don't have to see,

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:52.400
you don't have to see. My future son that we

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:55.480
haven't even had yet could be able, it's just

00:31:55.480 --> 00:32:00.500
crazy to me. Absolutely, absolutely. But if you.

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:04.900
Right, especially the way that I got the yellow

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:08.940
card, crazy as well. And so then you sit there

00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:11.299
and go, something is happening that we cannot

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:15.119
explain. And we just see that. Every single 50

00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:17.880
-50 that we go into is not going our way. And

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:20.400
so whenever we go in there at halftime, guys,

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:22.380
we can't say anything because then what's going

00:32:22.380 --> 00:32:24.119
to happen? We're going to get somebody sent off

00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:26.660
when we don't deserve that. So for me, especially

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:28.660
being as big and physical as I am, I have to

00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:31.079
not go into challenges the way that I normally

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:34.440
do. Because anything around, I see my first yellow

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:36.119
card. I don't even have a foul in the game. And

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:38.720
I get a yellow for almost getting in a choke

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:41.509
hold. I don't really understand it. We just knew

00:32:41.509 --> 00:32:43.190
that we couldn't say anything. We just had to

00:32:43.190 --> 00:32:46.289
go and outperform, outplay. And that's what we

00:32:46.289 --> 00:32:48.170
did in the second half. Speaking about performing,

00:32:48.710 --> 00:32:51.109
you get your first win in the month of May. What

00:32:51.109 --> 00:32:53.730
does this do for the objective of getting to

00:32:53.730 --> 00:32:56.170
that home left? What's the conversation happening

00:32:56.170 --> 00:32:58.789
in the locker room at practice before game day?

00:32:59.230 --> 00:33:01.930
How do you guys feel this kind of win transports

00:33:01.930 --> 00:33:06.849
you into that goal? Yeah, to be honest, I think.

00:33:07.630 --> 00:33:09.049
That's the one thing that we struggle with a

00:33:09.049 --> 00:33:10.950
lot is because we're all so goal -driven and

00:33:10.950 --> 00:33:13.109
we understand what we want to achieve. But if

00:33:13.109 --> 00:33:14.630
you ever want to accomplish your goals, and this

00:33:14.630 --> 00:33:16.049
is something I have to tell myself every single

00:33:16.049 --> 00:33:18.769
day, is you have to focus on what you can control

00:33:18.769 --> 00:33:21.970
in the process. And the process for us looks

00:33:21.970 --> 00:33:24.329
like focusing on the next game, getting as healthy

00:33:24.329 --> 00:33:26.670
as we can, getting as ready as we can, and being

00:33:26.670 --> 00:33:29.089
the best team. If we look at wanting to be there

00:33:29.089 --> 00:33:31.309
at the end of the year, that's what every team

00:33:31.309 --> 00:33:33.769
wants to do. But we can't have performance like

00:33:33.769 --> 00:33:35.769
we had last weekend. We have to have performances

00:33:35.769 --> 00:33:37.930
like this weekend. consistently and we'll be

00:33:37.930 --> 00:33:42.950
there. JJ your next home game is kids night.

00:33:46.129 --> 00:33:48.789
All right, I am going to leave the Kids Night

00:33:48.789 --> 00:33:50.750
interviews for a special bit of Rhode Island

00:33:50.750 --> 00:33:52.690
FC content that they are cooking up with our

00:33:52.690 --> 00:33:55.029
kid reporters. So I will hold off on that and

00:33:55.029 --> 00:33:57.230
not ruin that fun, which we'll see on social

00:33:57.230 --> 00:34:00.329
media in the near future. Quickly talking about

00:34:00.329 --> 00:34:03.589
this, we are going to avoid the incarnation impact

00:34:03.589 --> 00:34:05.349
here because that is a whole other part of the

00:34:05.349 --> 00:34:07.990
talking segment. But I noticed two things of

00:34:07.990 --> 00:34:10.550
importance that JJ said. One is he found a new

00:34:10.550 --> 00:34:13.150
way of saying we take it game by game. I really

00:34:13.150 --> 00:34:15.030
appreciated him not just saying that outright.

00:34:15.550 --> 00:34:18.710
kudos to JJ for giving me a different version

00:34:18.710 --> 00:34:21.329
of that. But second, I noticed he mentioned something

00:34:21.329 --> 00:34:23.429
about like getting to the 45th minute, getting

00:34:23.429 --> 00:34:26.130
to halftime with a clean sheet or at least not

00:34:26.130 --> 00:34:29.210
letting clubs score against Rhode Island really

00:34:29.210 --> 00:34:31.710
improves their result because they even it sounds

00:34:31.710 --> 00:34:33.329
like JJ admitted that they're not a team that

00:34:33.329 --> 00:34:36.150
does well when they're chasing the game. Obviously,

00:34:36.650 --> 00:34:38.449
you're working in five minute segments, you're

00:34:38.449 --> 00:34:40.530
working in the minute, the moment of the gameplay

00:34:40.530 --> 00:34:43.670
itself. But it seems like that they also agree,

00:34:43.670 --> 00:34:47.170
Jason, that This is a team that once that once

00:34:47.170 --> 00:34:49.889
that adjustment or once that mentality gets fortified

00:34:49.889 --> 00:34:52.670
in that locker room, come the end of halftime.

00:34:52.889 --> 00:34:54.849
This is a this is an entirely different animal

00:34:54.849 --> 00:34:58.889
on the pitch. Yeah, I think it feel if they can

00:34:58.889 --> 00:35:01.690
get to halftime either leading or keeping a clean

00:35:01.690 --> 00:35:03.590
sheet. I think it feels like it gives them a

00:35:03.590 --> 00:35:05.650
sense of control and they can go out there and

00:35:05.650 --> 00:35:09.610
say, hey, just 45 minutes more and like we can

00:35:09.610 --> 00:35:11.489
we can take control of this game and then we

00:35:11.489 --> 00:35:15.139
can make it ours. But yeah, like we've seen it,

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:17.800
unfortunately, few too many times where when

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:20.219
they fall behind, they really struggle to get

00:35:20.219 --> 00:35:23.840
back into the match. Thoughts on his comments

00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:26.019
about getting beat up again, not in Carnation,

00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:28.260
but just the overall physicality. And I mean,

00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:30.719
he got completely laid out. That's a that's an

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:33.760
injury for lesser lesser people. Yeah, it is

00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:37.079
unfortunate to see. It feels like JJ and a lot

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:40.480
of other bigger strikers kind of get lumped into

00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:43.190
this kind of You know, oh, well, you're strong.

00:35:43.190 --> 00:35:45.250
You should be fine. Like, you know, you can take

00:35:45.250 --> 00:35:50.849
the hits, but at a certain point, you know, it's,

00:35:50.889 --> 00:35:54.150
there is a physical aspect to this game, but

00:35:54.150 --> 00:35:57.789
this is not WWE. This is not MMA. They're not,

00:35:57.909 --> 00:36:00.130
they're not out there to be knocking each other

00:36:00.130 --> 00:36:03.929
out. And, and sometimes these big strikers, they,

00:36:04.110 --> 00:36:07.750
they take hits that, you know, lesser, lesser

00:36:07.750 --> 00:36:11.099
opposition would go down and get fouls for. I

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:13.440
think it's unfortunate, too, because the league,

00:36:13.619 --> 00:36:16.119
the teams, the refs have already seen JJ's game.

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:18.360
So I don't think it's something he can change

00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:20.579
now at this point, because maybe he'll get with

00:36:20.579 --> 00:36:23.360
simulation like we saw another player a little

00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:25.519
in that match get hit with. So it's unfortunate.

00:36:25.860 --> 00:36:28.260
We're going to hear from Coach Agarte in a second

00:36:28.260 --> 00:36:30.440
here. He feels the same way. I know Kano has

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:34.750
advocated for that. How, you know, in fact, we're

00:36:34.750 --> 00:36:36.510
going to answer that question when Negarte comes

00:36:36.510 --> 00:36:39.710
on. Let's get to Joe J. Equazera on his wonder

00:36:39.710 --> 00:36:42.590
goal of a night. I think Clay played the ball

00:36:42.590 --> 00:36:45.510
for you down the wing there. Yeah. No, I had

00:36:45.510 --> 00:36:48.190
a lot of space. I was like, hey, man, I saw Jax

00:36:48.190 --> 00:36:49.949
in that kind of little peak. I saw he was a bit

00:36:49.949 --> 00:36:51.909
off his line. So I was like, you know what, let

00:36:51.909 --> 00:36:54.070
me test my luck. So, you know, I don't know how

00:36:54.070 --> 00:36:56.769
to go tonight. So I was like, you know, why not?

00:36:57.010 --> 00:36:59.710
Luckily, thank God it went in. I think we've

00:36:59.710 --> 00:37:01.429
asked you about this before. You're playing a

00:37:01.429 --> 00:37:03.150
different side of the field now. And you are

00:37:03.150 --> 00:37:05.530
a goal scorer internationally. Yeah. Is it just

00:37:05.530 --> 00:37:06.929
you're getting those more opportunities and more

00:37:06.929 --> 00:37:08.730
forward places, and you're taking advantage of

00:37:08.730 --> 00:37:10.849
them? Yeah, exactly. So it's like I'm closer

00:37:10.849 --> 00:37:13.590
to the goal. Usually I don't have to defend as

00:37:13.590 --> 00:37:15.690
much. So that helps. And I have a lot more energy

00:37:15.690 --> 00:37:18.349
going forward. So yeah, it helps a lot. Just

00:37:18.349 --> 00:37:20.570
to test your luck, when you have a game like

00:37:20.570 --> 00:37:24.860
tonight, do you feel like you're? you're on almost

00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:27.760
in basketball, you know when your shot is good.

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:29.920
Do you know when your shot is good like that?

00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:32.380
Yeah, it's like once you have to, you know, I've

00:37:32.380 --> 00:37:33.719
had like, especially in the first half, there

00:37:33.719 --> 00:37:35.880
was one that kind of came off the shin, you know,

00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:37.659
and you kind of, you kind of have a taste of,

00:37:37.719 --> 00:37:39.260
oh, there's going to be opportunities tonight.

00:37:39.619 --> 00:37:41.639
So, and you kind of start off early where we

00:37:41.639 --> 00:37:43.559
have some good and you can, you can feel it.

00:37:43.739 --> 00:37:45.500
So, and I felt it pretty early on. What's that

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:47.760
feeling? It's just a good little thing. It's

00:37:47.760 --> 00:37:49.719
like, oh, I'm going to get some tonight. So yeah.

00:37:50.799 --> 00:37:53.360
JJ, I talked to you yesterday at the legacy game

00:37:53.360 --> 00:37:54.840
last year. You're going to do something special

00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:58.380
like that tonight. You pull it off in so much

00:37:58.380 --> 00:38:01.340
and so much more. Walking through a game like

00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:03.659
this, how does this separate from the rest of

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:05.219
the season of your performances? You get the

00:38:05.219 --> 00:38:08.639
brace. It's like a loss over goal. How do you

00:38:08.639 --> 00:38:10.480
differentiate this match amongst the rest of

00:38:10.480 --> 00:38:11.820
the other ones you've played so far this season?

00:38:13.880 --> 00:38:18.780
We won. So I think the last. The first game that

00:38:18.780 --> 00:38:21.820
I scored, we didn't win. So this is the second

00:38:21.820 --> 00:38:24.219
game that I've scored that we won. So we were

00:38:24.219 --> 00:38:27.000
trying to get points and climb the table. So

00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:29.679
enjoy it. When we score goals and you get the

00:38:29.679 --> 00:38:31.320
three points, it's also a really good feeling.

00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:33.679
So you can sleep good at night. How important

00:38:33.679 --> 00:38:35.340
was that goal in the 77? Because it was a one

00:38:35.340 --> 00:38:36.599
-one game. It's feeling like a lot of those games

00:38:36.599 --> 00:38:38.719
you played this year where you dominate and it's

00:38:38.719 --> 00:38:40.480
one to one and you're frustrated. That goal,

00:38:40.659 --> 00:38:42.579
as nice as it was, was also a huge goal for you

00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:45.139
guys in the context of the season. No, it was

00:38:45.139 --> 00:38:47.780
good because it's like I said earlier. You feel

00:38:47.780 --> 00:38:49.219
like there's a lot of chances, even though we

00:38:49.219 --> 00:38:51.139
let them get into the game and stuff. But you

00:38:51.139 --> 00:38:52.800
didn't really feel like, you know, a lot of times

00:38:52.800 --> 00:38:55.199
when you play like a tight game and you feel

00:38:55.199 --> 00:38:57.699
like, oh, they just got one. And like, the team

00:38:57.699 --> 00:38:59.760
feels down and the momentum shifts. Like, we

00:38:59.760 --> 00:39:01.699
didn't feel like the momentum shifted. So we

00:39:01.699 --> 00:39:03.699
still had the momentum. It just, the confidence

00:39:03.699 --> 00:39:05.639
is there to say, oh, we still have like 30 minutes

00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:08.139
left to get one. So it felt good to get one,

00:39:08.619 --> 00:39:10.860
to open it up. Like, that one was in and JJ started

00:39:10.860 --> 00:39:13.539
scoring. The game started flowing for us. Have

00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:15.219
you ever scored a goal like that against Jackson

00:39:15.219 --> 00:39:16.820
in practice? Have you ever pulled one on him

00:39:16.820 --> 00:39:20.360
like that? I think I have. I don't know. I have

00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:23.480
to remember. Two years together, so I think I

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:25.969
have. Maybe some Albright. What was it like playing

00:39:25.969 --> 00:39:28.090
with him again? I mean, obviously, you guys were

00:39:28.090 --> 00:39:29.750
here. He was here for the formative years of

00:39:29.750 --> 00:39:32.690
this team. No, it was good. We love Jackson.

00:39:32.909 --> 00:39:34.630
He was such a big part of our locker room for

00:39:34.630 --> 00:39:37.630
two years. So it was also nice to see him, also

00:39:37.630 --> 00:39:39.809
with Gabby as well. He was here our first year.

00:39:40.489 --> 00:39:42.610
So it's always nice to play against friends and

00:39:42.610 --> 00:39:44.969
to have those. Now we get a little banter against

00:39:44.969 --> 00:39:48.070
them. We scored a few on him. So that was nice.

00:39:48.570 --> 00:39:50.789
What's the next text message to Jackson, Lee,

00:39:50.789 --> 00:39:55.769
and Gabby? You're the next one, maybe. Better

00:39:55.769 --> 00:39:58.909
luck next time. But it just goes back to, you

00:39:58.909 --> 00:40:04.329
know, yeah. Anything else for JaJay? JaJay, your

00:40:04.329 --> 00:40:07.690
next home game is... All right, and that is JaJay

00:40:07.690 --> 00:40:10.570
Kozera. His text, better luck next time to Jackson

00:40:10.570 --> 00:40:13.349
Lee and Gabby Alves. Probably Taimou Okyoshi

00:40:13.349 --> 00:40:16.469
as well, although he didn't get a showing like

00:40:16.469 --> 00:40:20.250
those two players. You know, Jake from the Providence

00:40:20.250 --> 00:40:22.469
Journal, he asked the question, What did it feel

00:40:22.469 --> 00:40:24.349
like? Were you in the flow state? And he said

00:40:24.349 --> 00:40:26.030
something. He said something interesting. He

00:40:26.030 --> 00:40:28.969
said it. You got the taste early on and he knew.

00:40:29.909 --> 00:40:31.969
Obviously he gets to say that in hindsight, scoring

00:40:31.969 --> 00:40:34.670
two wonderful goals. What are your impressions

00:40:34.670 --> 00:40:38.210
on Georgia's abilities here? Because I almost

00:40:38.210 --> 00:40:40.650
want to ask the question too. We're seeing such

00:40:40.650 --> 00:40:43.269
an amazing performance out of him in this early

00:40:43.269 --> 00:40:46.179
part of the season on the right side. Part of

00:40:46.179 --> 00:40:48.239
me wants to go to Kano in the time machine and

00:40:48.239 --> 00:40:50.079
go, go back and put him on the right. Like, what

00:40:50.079 --> 00:40:52.400
are you doing with this left side experiment?

00:40:52.840 --> 00:40:56.940
The game, Jason, by the way, 47 % traction or

00:40:56.940 --> 00:40:58.800
action on the right side of the pitch. I think

00:40:58.800 --> 00:41:01.340
that's the first time in club history where we've

00:41:01.340 --> 00:41:04.579
had more activity on the right side than the

00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:07.019
left channel or central column. So this might

00:41:07.019 --> 00:41:09.800
be the quiz show at this point. What do you what

00:41:09.800 --> 00:41:12.420
are your overall takes on all of that? Yeah,

00:41:12.420 --> 00:41:15.190
I mean, so. He definitely has played on the right

00:41:15.190 --> 00:41:18.650
a few times, but it just felt like maybe it didn't

00:41:18.650 --> 00:41:20.909
work. And when we look at this team, it's kind

00:41:20.909 --> 00:41:24.449
of evolved over the three years. We're making

00:41:24.449 --> 00:41:26.750
slight adjustments to tactics and formations

00:41:26.750 --> 00:41:29.150
and things like that. It just feels like though

00:41:29.150 --> 00:41:33.289
he's finally flourishing as more of a traditional

00:41:33.289 --> 00:41:35.469
winger than what we saw like in the first season

00:41:35.469 --> 00:41:37.949
where there's a wing back last year, he had a

00:41:37.949 --> 00:41:40.610
little bit of an off year. I mean, the team kind

00:41:40.610 --> 00:41:44.400
of did for a lot of the year as well, too. I

00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:46.960
think the impressive part though is if you look

00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:49.539
at staff wise, he's still putting in a pretty

00:41:49.539 --> 00:41:51.539
good amount of work on the defensive side of

00:41:51.539 --> 00:41:54.559
things too. So he's just adding more layers to

00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:56.760
his game instead of like taking things away.

00:41:57.480 --> 00:41:59.159
I mean, I thought it was interesting. He talked

00:41:59.159 --> 00:42:01.840
about not having to defend as much, and it got

00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:04.840
me thinking, like, is this the add -on effect

00:42:04.840 --> 00:42:07.940
of Nick Scardina being in position for these

00:42:07.940 --> 00:42:10.739
matches? Because Quisera definitely is going

00:42:10.739 --> 00:42:13.519
to do better if he has to do less defensive work,

00:42:13.760 --> 00:42:17.739
despite what that might be. I almost want to

00:42:17.739 --> 00:42:20.340
ask you then, when you look at that from a larger

00:42:20.340 --> 00:42:23.760
standpoint, do we think that Quisera is at his

00:42:23.760 --> 00:42:27.539
best when Scardina is on the pitch? I think allowing

00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:32.000
him to move forward and putting like a more Like

00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:34.980
traditional fullback if you will behind him has

00:42:34.980 --> 00:42:37.159
kind of helped unlock that aspect of this game

00:42:37.159 --> 00:42:39.239
I think in the past maybe we're expecting him

00:42:39.239 --> 00:42:43.500
to kind of do everything and I think his his

00:42:43.500 --> 00:42:45.480
stats would lean heavier towards the defensive

00:42:45.480 --> 00:42:47.820
side He's still putting in the work, you know

00:42:47.820 --> 00:42:50.239
defensively and I think that's just the mentality

00:42:50.239 --> 00:42:52.960
of this team, right? Everyone gets back and works

00:42:52.960 --> 00:42:55.989
together defensively as a unit But yeah, I think

00:42:55.989 --> 00:42:59.349
the the adding of maybe a more traditional backline,

00:42:59.349 --> 00:43:02.730
if you will, has allowed him to kind of really

00:43:02.730 --> 00:43:05.429
flourish. And I mean, who knows? Maybe we'll

00:43:05.429 --> 00:43:07.750
see. Maybe he can get to double digit goals this

00:43:07.750 --> 00:43:10.590
year. I mean at this point you almost want to

00:43:10.590 --> 00:43:13.230
put a stamp on that as it has to be right like

00:43:13.230 --> 00:43:15.909
when when a player is this consistent across

00:43:15.909 --> 00:43:18.590
what he's because remember to he he's the player

00:43:18.590 --> 00:43:20.969
that gets hit with international breaks in fact

00:43:20.969 --> 00:43:22.989
the question that was asked to him from the kids

00:43:22.989 --> 00:43:25.269
corner of this was what will it be like to play

00:43:25.269 --> 00:43:27.630
at the next game and he admitted that he's going

00:43:27.630 --> 00:43:30.309
to be playing for Rwanda in some international

00:43:30.309 --> 00:43:32.610
friendlies ahead of the World Cup so for a player

00:43:32.610 --> 00:43:34.889
that sees probably the fewest minutes from a

00:43:34.889 --> 00:43:38.280
forward winger availability You can't not hate

00:43:38.280 --> 00:43:40.579
the results you've seen so far on the season.

00:43:41.340 --> 00:43:44.400
Yeah. Alright, and then now here is assistant

00:43:44.400 --> 00:43:46.760
coach Marco Sagarte as he comes in and steps

00:43:46.760 --> 00:43:49.980
in for Kano Smith on the 4 -1 victory. We had

00:43:49.980 --> 00:43:54.300
a really productive week coming off a poor result

00:43:54.300 --> 00:43:57.539
and a poor performance against Portland. So I

00:43:57.539 --> 00:44:01.019
think a big thing this week was stressing a response

00:44:01.019 --> 00:44:03.239
and we had a good week of training and I think

00:44:03.239 --> 00:44:07.789
the whole squad really locked in and I think

00:44:07.789 --> 00:44:10.449
we had a really clear and simple game plan, and

00:44:10.449 --> 00:44:13.090
I think it certainly showed within the performance.

00:44:13.809 --> 00:44:15.670
At 1 -1, it felt a little like some games in

00:44:15.670 --> 00:44:18.309
the past maybe. Why was this one different? Yeah,

00:44:18.329 --> 00:44:22.170
no question. I'd be lying if from the bench,

00:44:23.849 --> 00:44:26.210
that feeling of maybe it could go either way

00:44:26.210 --> 00:44:29.590
was definitely, I think for me personally, was

00:44:29.590 --> 00:44:31.809
there. I think it was pretty, even though we

00:44:31.809 --> 00:44:35.170
had a good spell in the second half goals change

00:44:35.170 --> 00:44:37.769
games and when they made it 1 -1 you never know

00:44:37.769 --> 00:44:40.650
but again another example of the group responding

00:44:40.650 --> 00:44:43.630
which was really really good to see and scoring

00:44:43.630 --> 00:44:46.309
three goals in quick succession i think was was

00:44:46.309 --> 00:44:49.250
really positive so yeah I mean the goal came

00:44:49.250 --> 00:44:51.070
out of nothing right it was what looked like

00:44:51.070 --> 00:44:57.030
an accidental cross and I don't think so I think

00:44:57.030 --> 00:44:59.889
he honestly miss hit it and miss hit it and found

00:44:59.889 --> 00:45:02.690
the you know the back of the net so it was unfortunate

00:45:02.690 --> 00:45:05.389
but yeah we went we went back at it and scored

00:45:05.389 --> 00:45:16.699
some three really good goals You're sitting on

00:45:16.699 --> 00:45:19.559
the bench watching that, and then you see the

00:45:19.559 --> 00:45:22.179
only cross goal, which we've seen before from

00:45:22.179 --> 00:45:24.860
New City last year, Kyle Adams did that. What's

00:45:24.860 --> 00:45:26.760
going through your mind making those second half

00:45:26.760 --> 00:45:28.900
adjustments so that you can come back out on

00:45:28.900 --> 00:45:30.300
top and make sure that you put the game to bed?

00:45:30.599 --> 00:45:33.880
Yeah. I mean, listen, you need a little bit of

00:45:33.880 --> 00:45:35.619
luck. And I think with some of those moments,

00:45:36.300 --> 00:45:39.059
we've just been unlucky. I mean, we worked the

00:45:39.059 --> 00:45:41.539
long throw really well. JJ's in. point -blank

00:45:41.539 --> 00:45:44.699
position, gets clean contact, and it doesn't

00:45:44.699 --> 00:45:49.440
quite cross the line. So it's fine margins, it's

00:45:49.440 --> 00:45:53.239
inches. But the halftime was really about continuing

00:45:53.239 --> 00:45:55.900
the momentum that we had in the second part of

00:45:55.900 --> 00:46:00.019
the first half. Didn't really adjust too many

00:46:00.019 --> 00:46:03.320
things, was just more so aware of where maybe

00:46:03.320 --> 00:46:07.219
they could be dangerous. And again, I think we

00:46:07.219 --> 00:46:09.340
started the second half pretty well. And again,

00:46:09.340 --> 00:46:12.699
the goal comes. You know, sort of out of nothing.

00:46:14.000 --> 00:46:16.539
Does this feel like you'd be a turning point

00:46:16.539 --> 00:46:19.139
today as goal in particular broke open this game?

00:46:19.480 --> 00:46:22.260
Can you keep rolling it on almost? For sure.

00:46:22.320 --> 00:46:24.440
I think that's the challenge for this group is

00:46:24.440 --> 00:46:27.679
momentum, you know, and I think we had a little

00:46:27.679 --> 00:46:31.099
bit in April having an unbeaten month and it

00:46:31.099 --> 00:46:36.880
was really good to see the group take on that

00:46:36.880 --> 00:46:41.400
momentum and then. May, almost a new month, stifled

00:46:41.400 --> 00:46:47.019
a bit of that momentum. So now we have India

00:46:47.019 --> 00:46:50.239
at the weekend, Westchester at home, and then

00:46:50.239 --> 00:46:52.739
Loudon before a little bit of a break. So I think,

00:46:52.760 --> 00:46:55.139
again, these are crucial, crucial games where

00:46:55.139 --> 00:46:59.179
we can gather some real momentum before this

00:46:59.179 --> 00:47:01.179
break. So that'll be the challenge, right, is

00:47:01.179 --> 00:47:05.280
can we make this result and feed off of it. Before

00:47:05.280 --> 00:47:08.239
this result tonight. most of the opponents that

00:47:08.239 --> 00:47:11.059
have been below you on the table have been dropped

00:47:11.059 --> 00:47:12.980
point opportunities, going all the way back to

00:47:12.980 --> 00:47:15.360
the home opener against Sporting Club Jacksonville.

00:47:16.019 --> 00:47:19.900
It felt like at times Birmingham and others where

00:47:19.900 --> 00:47:22.260
it just didn't quite work out. But then against

00:47:22.260 --> 00:47:24.980
much tougher opponents like Tampa Bay, even at

00:47:24.980 --> 00:47:28.659
Lew City, you took it to them. It felt like it's

00:47:28.659 --> 00:47:30.739
matching the opponent's level almost at the table

00:47:30.739 --> 00:47:33.000
standings. How important is it to make sure that

00:47:33.000 --> 00:47:36.440
you win games against teams that, not just because

00:47:36.440 --> 00:47:38.440
they're below you on the table, but they're teams

00:47:38.440 --> 00:47:40.579
that you should be defeating solidly in matches

00:47:40.579 --> 00:47:42.300
like this? What does that say as a statement

00:47:42.300 --> 00:47:45.860
for the club at this point? Yeah, the league

00:47:45.860 --> 00:47:50.579
is so competitive top to bottom. So I personally

00:47:50.579 --> 00:47:53.179
don't look at the table very much, but the team

00:47:53.179 --> 00:47:55.619
in 12th in our conference versus the team in

00:47:55.619 --> 00:47:59.299
first, it's going to be a tight match. Whether

00:47:59.299 --> 00:48:01.639
you know we're at home, so we the expectation

00:48:01.639 --> 00:48:05.019
the standard is to win Games at home for sure

00:48:05.019 --> 00:48:06.719
we want to win every game, and I think we're

00:48:06.719 --> 00:48:10.179
capable of winning Excuse me winning a lot of

00:48:10.179 --> 00:48:13.519
games But I think more than anything to those

00:48:13.519 --> 00:48:15.440
to those games that you pointed out Birmingham

00:48:15.440 --> 00:48:19.300
and Jacksonville. It just shows the Moments can

00:48:19.300 --> 00:48:21.900
change games. I mean Jacksonville. It's again.

00:48:22.380 --> 00:48:25.050
It's It's a shot from distance that gets parried

00:48:25.050 --> 00:48:27.469
away. It's a rebound goal. It's such fine margins.

00:48:27.869 --> 00:48:31.889
Birmingham as well, I mean, chances on our end

00:48:31.889 --> 00:48:34.530
and we have an error on the set piece and all

00:48:34.530 --> 00:48:36.650
of a sudden they make it 2 -1. So it's really

00:48:36.650 --> 00:48:38.809
just about moments and I think that was a big

00:48:38.809 --> 00:48:41.110
stressor this week is not shooting ourselves

00:48:41.110 --> 00:48:43.010
in the foot, being really good at the basics,

00:48:43.329 --> 00:48:48.349
limiting those errors, right? And I think we

00:48:48.349 --> 00:48:52.190
will. We have firepower, so we back our team

00:48:52.190 --> 00:48:55.230
to score goals. I don't think anyone in this

00:48:55.230 --> 00:48:57.389
room or amongst the fans don't believe that a

00:48:57.389 --> 00:48:59.809
playoff hunt is within reach. Everyone believes

00:48:59.809 --> 00:49:02.050
in this team, but do you guys feel that a home

00:49:02.050 --> 00:49:05.170
playoff berth is still within your grasp? Yeah,

00:49:05.329 --> 00:49:09.949
anything is possible. It still may. There's so

00:49:09.949 --> 00:49:12.449
much that can happen. There's so many points

00:49:12.449 --> 00:49:16.840
on the table. Certainly Tampa is at the forefront

00:49:16.840 --> 00:49:19.820
to finish first in the league, but anything after

00:49:19.820 --> 00:49:34.659
that is You know is it anyone's reach? Okay I'm

00:49:34.659 --> 00:49:36.360
going to preface something right now we're going

00:49:36.360 --> 00:49:38.280
to have the kid reporter for this one because

00:49:38.280 --> 00:49:41.039
he opens the floodgates for a very important

00:49:41.039 --> 00:49:44.340
conversation so everyone bear with this is the

00:49:44.340 --> 00:49:46.659
most important part to listen to for the entirety

00:49:46.659 --> 00:49:49.519
of this interview setup so here we go back to

00:49:49.519 --> 00:49:59.360
the interview okay I'm ready terrific terrific

00:49:59.360 --> 00:50:03.510
question it affects it math massively And when

00:50:03.510 --> 00:50:07.369
the energy is really, really high and really,

00:50:07.369 --> 00:50:09.369
really positive, which we saw tonight, and I

00:50:09.369 --> 00:50:11.630
know that we'll continue to see, it gives the

00:50:11.630 --> 00:50:14.710
group a lift. So when we're 1 -1 and it's tight,

00:50:15.929 --> 00:50:19.630
that energy can be our 12th man. What do you

00:50:19.630 --> 00:50:23.050
think about the equalizer from Brooklyn? I thought

00:50:23.050 --> 00:50:29.170
it was a bit of luck, a bit of... It was unfortunate

00:50:29.170 --> 00:50:31.550
for us because it really came out of nothing.

00:50:31.650 --> 00:50:34.530
It was an accidental cross, what it would seem

00:50:34.530 --> 00:50:38.010
like, and it just found its way behind, you know,

00:50:38.030 --> 00:50:41.829
Koke and hits the post and trickles in. Leading

00:50:41.829 --> 00:50:45.590
up to the goal, we can certainly do better, and

00:50:45.590 --> 00:50:47.449
we'll look at that, right? There's a moment where

00:50:47.449 --> 00:50:49.369
we can play the ball in behind, and so we're

00:50:49.369 --> 00:50:51.909
not continuing to be in our defensive third,

00:50:51.949 --> 00:51:02.219
but the actual goal was unlucky. That's a fantastic

00:51:02.219 --> 00:51:05.099
question and I'm glad you brought that up because

00:51:05.099 --> 00:51:09.000
I wanted to address this. I think the biggest

00:51:09.000 --> 00:51:14.019
thing that stands out is, and I'm sure you can

00:51:14.019 --> 00:51:20.880
tell, is the abuse that JJ gets, right? And it's

00:51:20.880 --> 00:51:24.940
something that really needs to be corrected because

00:51:24.940 --> 00:51:26.980
the abuse that he gets, the punishment that he

00:51:26.980 --> 00:51:31.480
gets, he's bound to get injured. the refs need

00:51:31.480 --> 00:51:34.420
to do a much much better job protecting him because

00:51:34.420 --> 00:51:38.059
he receives contact that if it was The other

00:51:38.059 --> 00:51:40.679
way around and he would be delivering that the

00:51:40.679 --> 00:51:44.400
contact he'd be getting yellows or sent off and

00:51:44.400 --> 00:51:49.960
You know he he gets abused and it's just it's

00:51:49.960 --> 00:51:52.400
a routine foul and sometimes not even called

00:51:52.400 --> 00:51:56.320
so It's it's something that on a serious note

00:51:56.320 --> 00:52:00.480
certainly You know has to improve or if not,

00:52:00.480 --> 00:52:02.519
he's gonna get he's gonna get injured and player

00:52:02.519 --> 00:52:21.420
safety is the most important Yeah, there's a

00:52:21.420 --> 00:52:24.829
there's a there's a there's a process after every

00:52:24.829 --> 00:52:27.829
game where we can provide feedback, we can provide

00:52:27.829 --> 00:52:31.550
evidence. Certainly that example that you just

00:52:31.550 --> 00:52:34.409
mentioned was, I haven't looked back at it, but

00:52:34.409 --> 00:52:36.210
I mean it would look pretty clear -cut. He's

00:52:36.210 --> 00:52:39.070
going to compete for the ball and he gets undercutted

00:52:39.070 --> 00:52:43.329
and he slams his body on the ground. It could

00:52:43.329 --> 00:52:46.889
be really seriously seriously injured and it's

00:52:46.889 --> 00:52:49.809
a no -call. It's really baffling and then even

00:52:49.809 --> 00:52:53.159
stuff in the run of play like you know, center

00:52:53.159 --> 00:52:58.139
backs just smashing into it. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

00:52:58.139 --> 00:52:59.480
yeah. So what do you get? Like when you send

00:52:59.480 --> 00:53:01.039
stuff in like that, it's happened many times.

00:53:01.340 --> 00:53:03.420
No question. What do they say back to you? What

00:53:03.420 --> 00:53:05.699
do you what's the messaging back to you guys?

00:53:06.699 --> 00:53:09.519
You know, it's it's pretty much same old story.

00:53:09.639 --> 00:53:11.840
Yeah, we'll look at it. We'll look to improve.

00:53:11.840 --> 00:53:14.179
We'll let the rest know prior to the game, but

00:53:14.179 --> 00:53:15.880
there's there's there's not enough being done.

00:53:16.159 --> 00:53:19.130
There's not enough being done and it's. It's

00:53:19.130 --> 00:53:20.289
something that really needs to get addressed.

00:53:20.289 --> 00:53:22.550
So what can you do then? If that's the way it's

00:53:22.550 --> 00:53:25.710
going to be adjudicated, what can you do to make

00:53:25.710 --> 00:53:27.489
sure he doesn't get frustrated? Because he's

00:53:27.489 --> 00:53:29.590
clearly frustrated. Yeah, and as he should. As

00:53:29.590 --> 00:53:32.510
he should. And we try and check in with JJ all

00:53:32.510 --> 00:53:34.429
the time to do his best to keep his head. And

00:53:34.429 --> 00:53:36.650
I think for the amount of abuse that he's getting,

00:53:37.230 --> 00:53:39.349
I think he is. Although there's frustration,

00:53:39.409 --> 00:53:42.510
which is normal, I think he is doing a good job

00:53:42.510 --> 00:53:45.789
trying to get on with it. You know, knowing that.

00:53:46.090 --> 00:53:49.590
He hardly gets any calls thrown his way. So all

00:53:49.590 --> 00:53:52.530
we can do is follow the process which has been

00:53:52.530 --> 00:53:55.510
given to us and hopefully hope for a change.

00:53:56.949 --> 00:53:59.150
But again, I always go back to player safety.

00:53:59.650 --> 00:54:01.969
No one wants to see any player get injured and

00:54:01.969 --> 00:54:05.409
he's on his way if the referees don't do something

00:54:05.409 --> 00:54:07.730
about it. You've coached across multiple programs

00:54:07.730 --> 00:54:10.250
across the country. What would be a solution

00:54:10.250 --> 00:54:12.889
if you could come up with one for yourself to

00:54:12.889 --> 00:54:14.849
implement and change in the pro -referee system?

00:54:25.940 --> 00:54:31.500
Yeah, I'm not sure I have the the answer I think

00:54:31.500 --> 00:54:33.719
What's most important is that the referees prior

00:54:33.719 --> 00:54:36.139
to the game are doing their homework are very

00:54:36.139 --> 00:54:40.320
sensitive to the fact that Again in JJ's case.

00:54:40.320 --> 00:54:45.099
It's been a trend they need to understand Ultimately,

00:54:45.260 --> 00:54:48.440
the game, and the game is there's going to be

00:54:48.440 --> 00:54:52.440
a lot of contact going his way, right? And they

00:54:52.440 --> 00:54:55.440
need to be sensitive to that. And ultimately,

00:54:55.699 --> 00:55:00.559
they need to referee in a manner where if he's

00:55:00.559 --> 00:55:03.239
getting a certain level of contact, that there's

00:55:03.239 --> 00:55:06.599
repercussions for those moments, right? Cards,

00:55:06.940 --> 00:55:09.820
whatever the case may be, just calls, right?

00:55:09.820 --> 00:55:11.500
Sometimes we're not even just getting calls and

00:55:11.500 --> 00:55:17.949
he's getting smashed, so. Yeah, I think referees

00:55:17.949 --> 00:55:21.389
being more sensitive to it prior to the game,

00:55:21.510 --> 00:55:24.949
I think, is in this incident of what needs to

00:55:24.949 --> 00:55:30.269
happen. All right. So that is Coach Agarte talking

00:55:30.269 --> 00:55:33.550
about the refing kudos. And he said it afterwards

00:55:33.550 --> 00:55:35.949
that the best question was talking about the

00:55:35.949 --> 00:55:37.969
refs. Jason, that's a territory we don't normally

00:55:37.969 --> 00:55:41.050
go into anymore inside the post game because

00:55:41.050 --> 00:55:43.550
normally when we ask those questions, it becomes

00:55:43.550 --> 00:55:46.510
a fine for a coach or a player. I mean, JJ Williams,

00:55:46.789 --> 00:55:49.730
after the microphones were off, we had some additional

00:55:49.730 --> 00:55:52.429
conversations with him. And he said some expletives

00:55:52.429 --> 00:55:54.869
that we couldn't repeat on this show or probably

00:55:54.869 --> 00:55:57.730
anywhere else about how he really felt in regards

00:55:57.730 --> 00:56:00.690
to the reffing. Let's talk about Joshua Encarnacion

00:56:00.690 --> 00:56:03.570
now. You know, Agarte just saying that there's

00:56:03.570 --> 00:56:07.409
a expectation or a priority to keep players safe

00:56:07.409 --> 00:56:10.150
beyond all of the calls that Encarnacion had

00:56:10.150 --> 00:56:13.610
on the night. How big of a failure is this from

00:56:13.610 --> 00:56:17.690
pro and usl to not protect players like jj williams

00:56:17.690 --> 00:56:20.730
because that was a terrible uh that was a terrible

00:56:20.730 --> 00:56:23.309
crash in the box and those things can't happen

00:56:23.309 --> 00:56:26.690
moving forward yeah i think it's important to

00:56:26.690 --> 00:56:29.809
highlight the way that they uh highlighted their

00:56:29.809 --> 00:56:33.449
that is about player safety right we saw jj go

00:56:33.449 --> 00:56:36.639
up for a ball And kind of get undercut there

00:56:36.639 --> 00:56:39.639
and just land really, really awkwardly on his

00:56:39.639 --> 00:56:43.019
back there and that can probably really hurt.

00:56:43.559 --> 00:56:45.940
Unfortunately, he didn't get injured. Um, but

00:56:45.940 --> 00:56:49.159
I mean, we've also seen that in his career, JJ's

00:56:49.159 --> 00:56:50.980
kind of struggled with injuries here a bit and

00:56:50.980 --> 00:56:55.579
he's constantly getting beat up here. And it,

00:56:55.579 --> 00:56:59.159
you know, fouls should be looked at, you know,

00:56:59.280 --> 00:57:02.000
objectively in regards of this is what a foul

00:57:02.000 --> 00:57:05.869
is. And it doesn't matter who is the one like

00:57:05.869 --> 00:57:08.789
causing the foul, right? It's like, well, this

00:57:08.789 --> 00:57:12.050
guy's big. So, you know, he can, he can take

00:57:12.050 --> 00:57:14.050
it or this guy's small. He can't hurt you that

00:57:14.050 --> 00:57:16.789
much. So if he goes in for a challenge, you know,

00:57:16.809 --> 00:57:20.130
he's not doing any damage. It should be kind

00:57:20.130 --> 00:57:23.760
of across the board, the same. I agree. I mean,

00:57:23.880 --> 00:57:26.019
we also talk at times refs insert themselves

00:57:26.019 --> 00:57:28.699
as a character into the game very much did this

00:57:28.699 --> 00:57:31.119
on the night I'm feeling you're gonna agree with

00:57:31.119 --> 00:57:33.980
me. He was not consistent at all in this match

00:57:33.980 --> 00:57:37.559
Yeah, I mean like looking at the match here,

00:57:37.559 --> 00:57:42.699
so We are FC got five cards for 11 fouls which

00:57:42.699 --> 00:57:45.719
feels kind of harsh compared to Brooklyn had

00:57:45.719 --> 00:57:50.480
two cards for 19 fouls So I still don't even

00:57:50.480 --> 00:57:53.260
know how JJ Williams got his yellow card because

00:57:53.260 --> 00:57:55.539
there's no replay of it I you had to see it in

00:57:55.539 --> 00:57:58.059
the moment and we're not in the press box anymore

00:57:58.059 --> 00:58:01.780
to watch a replay and so I don't know what he

00:58:01.780 --> 00:58:06.139
did as Encarnacion was watching the game as the

00:58:06.139 --> 00:58:09.179
as Brooklyn advanced it whatever the action was

00:58:09.179 --> 00:58:11.440
it happened behind him JJ wanted to go to the

00:58:11.440 --> 00:58:13.360
AR to talk about Encarnacion was having none

00:58:13.360 --> 00:58:16.559
of it like there were multiple instances where

00:58:16.559 --> 00:58:19.280
it felt like Rhode Island FC didn't get their

00:58:19.280 --> 00:58:21.860
fair day in court and Brooklyn got away with

00:58:21.860 --> 00:58:25.420
murder in this game. Yeah, I didn't. So to be

00:58:25.420 --> 00:58:28.940
fair, not all fouls are created equal. But for

00:58:28.940 --> 00:58:32.539
a lot of our FC players, it was their first challenge.

00:58:32.559 --> 00:58:37.000
It was a card. Whereas it took some Brooklyn,

00:58:37.559 --> 00:58:40.260
the two Brooklyn players quite a lot longer to

00:58:40.260 --> 00:58:42.900
actually get their cards. I think one of them

00:58:42.900 --> 00:58:45.889
made for something else like. It's so weird to

00:58:45.889 --> 00:58:48.289
the way that he rests games that they're often

00:58:48.289 --> 00:58:50.969
very tight and very frustrating to watch. He

00:58:50.969 --> 00:58:56.070
doesn't let anything go, but it's also not consistent.

00:58:56.250 --> 00:59:00.570
He really, he really messes with the flow of

00:59:00.570 --> 00:59:02.309
the game and it's just not enjoyable to watch

00:59:02.309 --> 00:59:05.250
at times. I think he gets a lot of these calls

00:59:05.250 --> 00:59:08.400
wrong. I think that he Even though we've seen

00:59:08.400 --> 00:59:10.360
some success under him because you brought this

00:59:10.360 --> 00:59:13.000
up last week that we're not. We haven't lost

00:59:13.000 --> 00:59:16.000
every game that he's been in charge of. It just

00:59:16.000 --> 00:59:17.920
feels like there's a case be made that he might

00:59:17.920 --> 00:59:21.659
be the most infamous ref in our overall grouping.

00:59:21.739 --> 00:59:24.739
He's no Natalie Simon or Alyssa Pennington as

00:59:24.739 --> 00:59:27.420
mentioned in the comments here. Frankly, I don't

00:59:27.420 --> 00:59:29.900
want to see him ever in front of Rhode Island

00:59:29.900 --> 00:59:32.079
FC matches unless it says the fourth official

00:59:32.079 --> 00:59:34.800
because. I'm just not impressed with him overall.

00:59:35.219 --> 00:59:37.579
And to Agarté's point about we can challenge

00:59:37.579 --> 00:59:39.539
the pro organization to do better, it doesn't

00:59:39.539 --> 00:59:41.619
seem like there's an improvement from this particular

00:59:41.619 --> 00:59:44.699
ref. And I know it's a hard job. But like one

00:59:44.699 --> 00:59:46.079
of the other things we need to get is we need

00:59:46.079 --> 00:59:48.159
to get pool reporting where we can ask pro refs.

00:59:48.179 --> 00:59:51.019
They have it in the MLS, hashtag not an MLS soccer

00:59:51.019 --> 00:59:54.840
show. Reporters should be able to ask and challenge

00:59:54.840 --> 00:59:57.099
when refs make decisions post game. There's a

00:59:57.099 --> 00:59:59.380
process for it. And I think we need that in the

00:59:59.380 --> 01:00:01.260
USL because I think a spotlight needs to get

01:00:01.260 --> 01:00:03.539
start to be put on these guys and gals as they

01:00:03.539 --> 01:00:05.659
want to move up the ranks themselves. I don't

01:00:05.659 --> 01:00:08.380
see it from Encarnacion and I would be completely

01:00:08.380 --> 01:00:11.239
okay if he was never in charge of a match for

01:00:11.239 --> 01:00:13.760
the amber and blue ever again. Want to tie this

01:00:13.760 --> 01:00:16.139
off to the most questionable one of the night

01:00:16.139 --> 01:00:19.699
and that was the Zach Haravos simulation. Overall

01:00:19.699 --> 01:00:22.360
thoughts on what you saw from that in the moment

01:00:22.360 --> 01:00:24.719
watching it at Centerville Bank Stadium. It's

01:00:24.719 --> 01:00:27.820
hard to tell from the angle we are at. Um, certain

01:00:27.820 --> 01:00:31.059
players get reputations. I know Chico got caught

01:00:31.059 --> 01:00:33.139
embellishing once or twice and, you know, kind

01:00:33.139 --> 01:00:37.000
of, kind of believed it in those cases. Um, but

01:00:37.000 --> 01:00:40.059
Zach Harrevo don't feel like he's a, he's a guy

01:00:40.059 --> 01:00:43.440
that just goes down that easily. Uh, I mean,

01:00:43.539 --> 01:00:46.300
also sometimes things that can also just be no

01:00:46.300 --> 01:00:51.360
calls, right? Like if it's not a foul and it's,

01:00:51.360 --> 01:00:55.400
it's not a dive, maybe it's just nothing. And

01:00:55.400 --> 01:00:57.619
I think that's the key is it's the embellishment

01:00:57.619 --> 01:01:01.019
of it. I mean Haribo is at pace He he has a harder

01:01:01.019 --> 01:01:04.159
touch than he wants going into the box and there's

01:01:04.159 --> 01:01:07.559
enough contact there from the other player It's

01:01:07.559 --> 01:01:10.139
not enough to send him careening forward But

01:01:10.139 --> 01:01:12.460
it's also not nothing and I know some people

01:01:12.460 --> 01:01:14.840
saw the replay and absolutely agree that it's

01:01:14.840 --> 01:01:16.619
definitely not penalty worthy and it's closer

01:01:16.619 --> 01:01:19.199
to simulation, but There's also an opportunity

01:01:19.199 --> 01:01:20.940
where, like, Harribo didn't make a meal of it.

01:01:20.980 --> 01:01:23.260
He didn't sit on the ground and flounder and

01:01:23.260 --> 01:01:26.739
flop around. He got up almost as quickly as he

01:01:26.739 --> 01:01:30.179
fell. And I agree with you, like, fine. If you

01:01:30.179 --> 01:01:31.579
don't want to call it a penalty, you don't want

01:01:31.579 --> 01:01:33.579
to call it a foul in the box, leave it as a 50

01:01:33.579 --> 01:01:36.579
-50 and... don't worry about it like to give

01:01:36.579 --> 01:01:39.559
players simulation cards in this day and age,

01:01:39.920 --> 01:01:42.940
unless it is a gross non contact over the top

01:01:42.940 --> 01:01:46.300
eccentric, you know, duping, if you will, I just

01:01:46.300 --> 01:01:48.320
again, it reminds me like that's not the spirit

01:01:48.320 --> 01:01:51.179
of the game. Like, they were running at full

01:01:51.179 --> 01:01:53.619
speed. This was not something where Harrivo had

01:01:53.619 --> 01:01:55.239
a lot of other options. He may have had to do

01:01:55.239 --> 01:01:57.230
that just because That's the way his momentum

01:01:57.230 --> 01:01:59.329
was carrying him. I just didn't see enough on

01:01:59.329 --> 01:02:01.789
it to be a simulation. At the same time, I don't

01:02:01.789 --> 01:02:04.090
I don't think it was anything close to a foul

01:02:04.090 --> 01:02:06.650
or penalty worthy from Brooklyn side of things.

01:02:06.949 --> 01:02:10.070
Yeah, exactly. Moving into this here, talking

01:02:10.070 --> 01:02:11.710
about we already kind of talked about Amish Pier

01:02:11.710 --> 01:02:14.570
Thompson in for Augustine Rodriguez. But overall,

01:02:14.690 --> 01:02:18.070
from a player profile perspective, does AST offer

01:02:18.070 --> 01:02:20.349
something similar to Rodriguez in that regard?

01:02:20.750 --> 01:02:22.869
I feel like once Augustine came on. Again, we

01:02:22.869 --> 01:02:25.429
saw some of the production. They didn't one for

01:02:25.429 --> 01:02:27.030
one swap. I thought that was pretty interesting

01:02:27.030 --> 01:02:30.690
initially. Do we do we see Rodriguez being a

01:02:30.690 --> 01:02:32.789
different type of player than what Amos is offering?

01:02:33.050 --> 01:02:35.130
Or do we see Amos is kind of the utility player

01:02:35.130 --> 01:02:38.690
in the midfield? I think Amos leads more towards

01:02:38.690 --> 01:02:40.909
the utility, right? That there are some similarities

01:02:40.909 --> 01:02:43.130
between the two players, but ultimately they're

01:02:43.130 --> 01:02:45.929
different styles. If you look at Augustine Petit

01:02:45.929 --> 01:02:48.630
Rodriguez, he's more of your traditional 10,

01:02:48.690 --> 01:02:51.829
right? He's trying to. Link up play looking to

01:02:51.829 --> 01:02:55.050
create an attack. Um, you know, I, I mentioned

01:02:55.050 --> 01:02:58.570
to everyone on this team works hard on to contribute

01:02:58.570 --> 01:03:01.469
to defense, but when you look at AST, I think

01:03:01.469 --> 01:03:05.210
he, he's going to be a little bit more of that

01:03:05.210 --> 01:03:06.989
bulldog in the midfield. Who's kind of going

01:03:06.989 --> 01:03:09.989
all over the place. You know, one of his strong

01:03:09.989 --> 01:03:12.679
point at strong points is his work rate. Right.

01:03:12.780 --> 01:03:14.880
He kind of just doesn't stop. He keeps going

01:03:14.880 --> 01:03:17.860
and is going to like press probably a little

01:03:17.860 --> 01:03:19.900
bit more, maybe effectively than you would get

01:03:19.900 --> 01:03:22.980
from Augustine. You know, earlier on in the season,

01:03:23.000 --> 01:03:25.179
we, we've kind of looked at this team and we

01:03:25.179 --> 01:03:28.239
questioned maybe exactly where his positioning

01:03:28.239 --> 01:03:31.719
would be. Maybe going forward. This is kind of

01:03:31.719 --> 01:03:35.400
the move you look at on the night, what you,

01:03:35.480 --> 01:03:37.000
what the opponent looks like, how they're going

01:03:37.000 --> 01:03:39.989
to set up the structuring and Maybe depending

01:03:39.989 --> 01:03:42.510
if you need a little bit more grit and kind of

01:03:42.510 --> 01:03:45.690
steel if you will in the midfield You know you

01:03:45.690 --> 01:03:48.309
throw ast in there maybe tire them out and then

01:03:48.309 --> 01:03:51.289
bring in pity If it's a team, maybe that's gonna

01:03:51.289 --> 01:03:54.110
set off or doesn't like sit back doesn't press

01:03:54.110 --> 01:03:57.130
as well Maybe you want the creativity of pity

01:03:57.130 --> 01:04:00.599
instead talking about the creativity leading

01:04:00.599 --> 01:04:03.699
to goals here. This team now, Jason, has the

01:04:03.699 --> 01:04:06.719
second highest goal differential positively in

01:04:06.719 --> 01:04:09.719
the Eastern Conference at four goals. Tampa Bay,

01:04:09.739 --> 01:04:12.019
of course, running away with things at a positive

01:04:12.019 --> 01:04:14.500
12. But even if you expand it to the Western

01:04:14.500 --> 01:04:16.800
Conference, they'd still be a top five team in

01:04:16.800 --> 01:04:19.139
goal differentials alone. And yet they're ninth

01:04:19.139 --> 01:04:23.000
in the table standings. You know, goals don't

01:04:23.000 --> 01:04:26.510
equal wins. Why is it that this team can't see

01:04:26.510 --> 01:04:29.309
better table success early on despite the fact

01:04:29.309 --> 01:04:31.170
that this might be one of the highest? Scoring

01:04:31.170 --> 01:04:34.550
offenses we've seen across club history Yeah,

01:04:34.550 --> 01:04:37.190
I think it's because of the way this team kind

01:04:37.190 --> 01:04:40.349
of like when it's on it's on right kind of the

01:04:40.349 --> 01:04:43.230
way that Kwazara Mentioned in the in the interview

01:04:43.230 --> 01:04:45.670
that like you've kind of feeling at that if you

01:04:45.670 --> 01:04:48.429
will They tend to score in bunches right when

01:04:48.429 --> 01:04:50.429
things go well for the attack. They'll score

01:04:50.429 --> 01:04:52.940
multiple Or this team has scored four against

01:04:52.940 --> 01:04:55.599
Charleston and Brooklyn. They scored three against

01:04:55.599 --> 01:04:58.260
Lexington. I mean, even in our, our loss against

01:04:58.260 --> 01:05:00.820
Louisville, we put two against them. So it seems

01:05:00.820 --> 01:05:03.679
like when the team is hot, like they will, they'll

01:05:03.679 --> 01:05:07.280
kind of just lay it on. But when, when, when

01:05:07.280 --> 01:05:09.119
not there, they're not firing on cylinders is

01:05:09.119 --> 01:05:11.960
kind of not working. But when we do end up losing

01:05:11.960 --> 01:05:14.099
then right, because we, we've been able to maintain

01:05:14.099 --> 01:05:15.960
a pretty decent goal there for differential,

01:05:16.619 --> 01:05:19.400
they don't lose by much usually. When they're

01:05:19.400 --> 01:05:21.539
hot, they're hot. When they're not, they're not.

01:05:22.159 --> 01:05:24.920
We asked Ugarte, is this a home playoff possible

01:05:24.920 --> 01:05:26.960
team? And of course, he's got to say yes in the

01:05:26.960 --> 01:05:29.460
interview. But when we talk about it mathematically,

01:05:30.059 --> 01:05:32.980
outside of that first position, Tampa Bay probably

01:05:32.980 --> 01:05:35.380
won't be edged out. It's still possible, but

01:05:35.380 --> 01:05:38.159
looking not like it, is there a home playoff

01:05:38.159 --> 01:05:40.719
berth in this club's future at ninth place right

01:05:40.719 --> 01:05:43.360
now? At this point, I'm starting to think it's

01:05:43.360 --> 01:05:45.380
a little bit more of a possibility than I did

01:05:45.380 --> 01:05:48.920
a few weeks ago. uh some of the and if we look

01:05:48.920 --> 01:05:51.000
at the results and if you can even like bring

01:05:51.000 --> 01:05:52.500
you don't need to bring the table back up but

01:05:52.500 --> 01:05:54.820
if you go back and look at it and look at the

01:05:54.820 --> 01:05:57.539
the kind of form that a lot of teams in like

01:05:57.539 --> 01:06:00.280
look at louisville right they've lost three games

01:06:00.280 --> 01:06:03.579
in a row so and then now pittsburgh's all the

01:06:03.579 --> 01:06:05.639
way down there an eighth we thought that maybe

01:06:05.639 --> 01:06:07.199
they would be a little bit stronger this year

01:06:07.199 --> 01:06:09.900
like some of the teams that we expected to be

01:06:09.900 --> 01:06:12.940
doing better than they are right now are slipping

01:06:12.940 --> 01:06:16.650
up so There's definitely a lot of parity in this

01:06:16.650 --> 01:06:19.809
year's iteration of the championship so far With

01:06:19.809 --> 01:06:22.090
the exception of Tampa who's just probably not

01:06:22.090 --> 01:06:24.929
gonna lose an entire game this season, you know,

01:06:25.090 --> 01:06:27.610
like But when you look at the form real fast

01:06:27.610 --> 01:06:30.750
beyond Tampa the only other three teams in current

01:06:30.750 --> 01:06:34.309
five game form that have one loss or less are

01:06:34.309 --> 01:06:38.110
Positions 9 through 11 in Rhode Island FC Birmingham

01:06:38.110 --> 01:06:41.079
Legion and Loudon Every other team the championship

01:06:41.079 --> 01:06:43.920
has lost two or more of their last five in the

01:06:43.920 --> 01:06:46.559
Eastern Conference right now Yeah, so it's it's

01:06:46.559 --> 01:06:49.500
it's kind of chaos right now. So I definitely

01:06:49.500 --> 01:06:51.840
think it's a bit more possible and you also look

01:06:51.840 --> 01:06:55.099
at the games played Some of the top teams there

01:06:55.099 --> 01:06:57.800
have 10 and 11 matches our FC there what's still

01:06:57.800 --> 01:07:02.519
at nine? So there's a potential another Six points

01:07:02.519 --> 01:07:04.800
that are potentially up for grabs that could

01:07:04.800 --> 01:07:07.900
immediately shoot us right up the table So at

01:07:07.900 --> 01:07:10.539
this point I think it's it's it's possible, but

01:07:10.539 --> 01:07:12.780
we're gonna need to like continue that momentum

01:07:12.780 --> 01:07:15.500
like regard They said you talk about the opponent

01:07:15.500 --> 01:07:18.199
to talk about the points available We only have

01:07:18.199 --> 01:07:21.840
two more championship matches in in the 11 and

01:07:21.840 --> 01:07:24.739
Loudon before the World Cup break How many of

01:07:24.739 --> 01:07:26.380
the available six points and of course, there's

01:07:26.380 --> 01:07:29.300
the USL Cup with prinks tires But of those two

01:07:29.300 --> 01:07:32.119
matches how many of those points do we need to

01:07:32.119 --> 01:07:35.130
still stay in contention for home playoff? Yeah,

01:07:35.210 --> 01:07:37.829
Prinkskup, they have to win that or just to even

01:07:37.829 --> 01:07:39.789
have a chance because also that's kind of out

01:07:39.789 --> 01:07:42.510
of our hands. But looking at the league, Indy's

01:07:42.510 --> 01:07:46.610
currently in fifth. We tend to play against better

01:07:46.610 --> 01:07:48.750
against teams that are higher up. Our record

01:07:48.750 --> 01:07:51.210
against Indy is a little, if I remember back

01:07:51.210 --> 01:07:53.630
and forth, we'll talk about that later this week.

01:07:54.550 --> 01:07:57.050
But, you know, that's a team that that's a match

01:07:57.050 --> 01:08:00.429
where we need at least a draw. And then you look

01:08:00.429 --> 01:08:03.659
at Loudon and I think that's fine. It's time

01:08:03.659 --> 01:08:05.400
to finally break the curse, and I think we need

01:08:05.400 --> 01:08:07.039
to go out there and beat Loudon, right? They

01:08:07.039 --> 01:08:09.559
don't have Ryan Martin anymore. They blew up

01:08:09.559 --> 01:08:12.820
their entire team. I mean, they're unfortunately,

01:08:12.960 --> 01:08:16.920
their form looks pretty strong there. But let's

01:08:16.920 --> 01:08:19.180
let's put a loss in their column. I'd say four

01:08:19.180 --> 01:08:21.640
points out of league would be would be a good

01:08:21.640 --> 01:08:23.979
return. Seven. If you're going to count the Prinks

01:08:23.979 --> 01:08:27.100
Cup, it would have been great to play them earlier

01:08:27.100 --> 01:08:29.239
in the season when they were at all of their

01:08:29.239 --> 01:08:32.119
losses. But hey, You can't always get what you

01:08:32.119 --> 01:08:34.800
want. And what we got to do right now is go to

01:08:34.800 --> 01:08:37.460
our final break. When we return, it's going to

01:08:37.460 --> 01:08:40.100
be the mail bag all here on the Raising Anchor

01:08:40.100 --> 01:08:43.239
Soccer Show. Now let's get back to the Raising

01:08:43.239 --> 01:08:47.439
Anchor Soccer Show on 990 WBOB with Matt Entrickett

01:08:47.439 --> 01:08:51.119
and Jason Carey. All right, getting right into

01:08:51.119 --> 01:08:54.539
it here. Joe P says, great game plan of pressing

01:08:54.539 --> 01:08:57.500
their shaky back line, which led to turnovers

01:08:57.500 --> 01:09:00.630
and chances. Could have won this game 7 -1 if

01:09:00.630 --> 01:09:03.170
we had converted those close goal line chances.

01:09:03.710 --> 01:09:05.829
Quisera and JJ have been playing their best that

01:09:05.829 --> 01:09:09.069
I've seen this season. Let us hope their 1 -2

01:09:09.069 --> 01:09:12.960
punch carries over to Indy. I agree. I still

01:09:12.960 --> 01:09:14.819
like to see a little bit more activation from

01:09:14.819 --> 01:09:19.119
a Fonzo Rodriguez. I think we need to get more

01:09:19.119 --> 01:09:21.899
players into this in our best season so far to

01:09:21.899 --> 01:09:24.880
date being 2024. You know, the goals did come

01:09:24.880 --> 01:09:27.859
from our strikers and Chico and Williams who

01:09:27.859 --> 01:09:29.800
got double digit production. But then we had

01:09:29.800 --> 01:09:32.880
all of the secondary, you know, the assembly

01:09:32.880 --> 01:09:34.800
of the rest of those goal scores and like Frank

01:09:34.800 --> 01:09:37.760
D 'Arce, Marquis Barra. So I think we're going

01:09:37.760 --> 01:09:39.760
to need to see a little bit more and I don't

01:09:39.760 --> 01:09:42.500
want to hang our hats just on two really good

01:09:42.500 --> 01:09:44.920
players, but I agree you can't deny the brilliance

01:09:44.920 --> 01:09:48.060
right now and the consistency that that Quasera

01:09:48.060 --> 01:09:51.039
and Williams are on. Rachel M writes in, are

01:09:51.039 --> 01:09:54.399
we a good team again or not yet? Three out of

01:09:54.399 --> 01:09:56.720
the last four home games have been pretty good

01:09:56.720 --> 01:10:00.180
watches. What are your thoughts? I think we're

01:10:00.180 --> 01:10:04.220
very close. I think the momentum here is going

01:10:04.220 --> 01:10:06.699
to be the key word of the night is we need to

01:10:06.699 --> 01:10:09.859
carry that momentum forward. Uh, looking at the

01:10:09.859 --> 01:10:11.739
form, like we talked about earlier, like things

01:10:11.739 --> 01:10:13.300
look like they're kind of going in the right

01:10:13.300 --> 01:10:15.859
direction, but there's still concerns about the

01:10:15.859 --> 01:10:18.899
way that this team starts matches. That has me

01:10:18.899 --> 01:10:22.119
a little hesitant to say that they're, they're

01:10:22.119 --> 01:10:26.119
a good team just yet. Uh, Ben SS here, not a

01:10:26.119 --> 01:10:28.420
question for the bag, but shout out to Joe J.

01:10:28.619 --> 01:10:31.920
Quizera having his best goal scoring season wise,

01:10:31.920 --> 01:10:35.460
uh, seven goals this year, total with us and

01:10:35.460 --> 01:10:38.449
his nation. His previous high is three, playing

01:10:38.449 --> 01:10:41.909
out of his mind. Shout out to him. I don't disagree.

01:10:42.069 --> 01:10:43.689
I mean, again, we, we talked about this earlier.

01:10:43.810 --> 01:10:46.109
We need, we didn't know we needed this and now

01:10:46.109 --> 01:10:48.270
that we have it, we can't let it go. So it's

01:10:48.270 --> 01:10:50.090
such a, it's such a shame that they did not make

01:10:50.090 --> 01:10:53.789
the world cup because that I imagine that that

01:10:53.789 --> 01:10:56.189
would have been the most sought after Panini

01:10:56.189 --> 01:11:00.210
card of the, uh, of the RFC fandom. That or Jamaica

01:11:00.210 --> 01:11:02.710
Jamaica with Dwayne Atkinson. They were just

01:11:02.710 --> 01:11:05.930
as close maybe even closer to that regard I mean

01:11:05.930 --> 01:11:09.390
we pulled the Panini cards for was it Lucario

01:11:09.390 --> 01:11:13.409
in or look at Lucado in Curacao for Miami Patrick

01:11:13.409 --> 01:11:16.710
Yeah, I mean he's he's Miami FC is in Panini,

01:11:16.789 --> 01:11:18.770
but Rhode Island is not that is the criminal

01:11:18.770 --> 01:11:22.409
shame here But Ben I agree with you 100 % I think

01:11:22.409 --> 01:11:24.890
early on not knowing where these players are

01:11:24.890 --> 01:11:27.270
out in their contracts I think Joe Jaya is making

01:11:27.270 --> 01:11:30.489
a case for a 2027 extension before any other

01:11:30.489 --> 01:11:32.590
player. I don't know if he's got a multi -year.

01:11:32.649 --> 01:11:35.050
I'd have to go check my sheets and I'm in Hawaii

01:11:35.050 --> 01:11:36.810
right now, so I don't have that information in

01:11:36.810 --> 01:11:39.149
front of me. But I almost would be curious if

01:11:39.149 --> 01:11:41.430
we see Quasera be the first to get a renewal

01:11:41.430 --> 01:11:43.949
contract offer, especially because his last one

01:11:43.949 --> 01:11:46.729
came so much later than the rest of the players.

01:11:46.890 --> 01:11:49.869
So shout out to him. Eric N writes in, should

01:11:49.869 --> 01:11:52.250
there be an argument that Nick Scardina is a

01:11:52.250 --> 01:11:54.789
lock on starter at this point? That would mean

01:11:54.789 --> 01:11:56.670
D 'Arce is out. What do we think about that?

01:11:56.779 --> 01:11:59.239
I think it's conversation to be had. I think

01:11:59.239 --> 01:12:01.560
this could also be another situation where you

01:12:01.560 --> 01:12:04.000
compare it to the way we were just talking about

01:12:04.000 --> 01:12:07.340
AST and Pity where depending upon the matchup

01:12:07.340 --> 01:12:09.939
and how you want to set up for the day, you could

01:12:09.939 --> 01:12:14.100
maybe swap those two in or out. Maybe if you

01:12:14.100 --> 01:12:17.300
want to have a little more grit, maybe a little

01:12:17.300 --> 01:12:19.739
more street football, if you will, throwing a

01:12:19.739 --> 01:12:22.159
Darcey in there, see if you can. You know cause

01:12:22.159 --> 01:12:24.220
some chaos. I mean, I think he's also a bit bigger

01:12:24.220 --> 01:12:26.359
of a body So he's gonna kind of give you that

01:12:26.359 --> 01:12:29.760
extra Like kind of strength and defense, but

01:12:29.760 --> 01:12:32.020
scardina going forward is is looking pretty good

01:12:32.020 --> 01:12:34.579
right now So I I would expect to see more of

01:12:34.579 --> 01:12:38.100
him Brad elves here says sucks to see Lee have

01:12:38.100 --> 01:12:41.000
to watch four go past him from former teammates

01:12:41.000 --> 01:12:45.359
Do you think he's cooked in Brooklyn? I don't

01:12:45.359 --> 01:12:49.890
know I We have not seen Marlon Leblanc do a consistent

01:12:49.890 --> 01:12:52.909
goalkeeper rotation. Got some insider information

01:12:52.909 --> 01:12:55.989
that Leblanc is trying to still find who his

01:12:55.989 --> 01:12:58.250
lock on starters would be, including in the keeper

01:12:58.250 --> 01:13:01.189
position. I don't think that that's a great look

01:13:01.189 --> 01:13:03.489
for teams as they try to form their identity,

01:13:03.630 --> 01:13:06.729
especially in that. I think that's where so much

01:13:06.729 --> 01:13:11.159
of your... tactical style and ability is is demanded

01:13:11.159 --> 01:13:13.220
of is in the net because everything else is chance,

01:13:13.220 --> 01:13:14.880
right? Like if you're especially if you're a

01:13:14.880 --> 01:13:16.479
team that's building out the back like Brooklyn

01:13:16.479 --> 01:13:19.739
wants to by holding on to possession, I don't

01:13:19.739 --> 01:13:21.760
know that that's good. And I think Lee brings

01:13:21.760 --> 01:13:24.399
a lot more to the table than Lucas Burns. But

01:13:24.399 --> 01:13:27.579
also then having four go past we've seen LeBlanc

01:13:27.579 --> 01:13:29.920
kind of pivot pretty quickly and pretty hard.

01:13:30.380 --> 01:13:33.020
Your guess is as good as mine. If if if Lee's

01:13:33.020 --> 01:13:34.699
in the net this weekend, I think Lee is going

01:13:34.699 --> 01:13:37.479
to get another chance if if LeBlanc moves back

01:13:37.479 --> 01:13:40.180
away from him but uh it definitely doesn't help

01:13:40.180 --> 01:13:42.699
his case considering he hasn't been that lock

01:13:42.699 --> 01:13:44.739
on starter yet so we'll have to see but no i

01:13:44.739 --> 01:13:46.159
don't think he's cooked i think he's gonna get

01:13:46.159 --> 01:13:48.720
the defense the defense isn't doing him any favors

01:13:48.720 --> 01:13:51.159
either so it's really not alves is cooked is

01:13:51.159 --> 01:13:54.800
what you're saying maybe they just need to restructure

01:13:54.800 --> 01:13:56.880
that he's a left he should be playing left back

01:13:56.880 --> 01:14:00.640
not left center back or whatever Agreed. Sarah

01:14:00.640 --> 01:14:02.920
M writes in here, did either of you guys pick

01:14:02.920 --> 01:14:05.159
up any of the international scarves? They're

01:14:05.159 --> 01:14:09.479
my new favorite for the World Cup. Uh, no, at

01:14:09.479 --> 01:14:11.960
least not yet. I mean, I think they're specifically

01:14:11.960 --> 01:14:14.520
for season ticket members. We'll see what we

01:14:14.520 --> 01:14:16.300
can do to get one. You know, I'd love to get

01:14:16.300 --> 01:14:19.239
a Ireland scarf, get Robbie Keene to sign it

01:14:19.239 --> 01:14:20.439
right there. They're going to playing in the

01:14:20.439 --> 01:14:23.390
World Cup this year, right? I listen I will say

01:14:23.390 --> 01:14:26.789
this. I have a request out to the team and so

01:14:26.789 --> 01:14:30.210
communications ownership. I've made the request

01:14:30.210 --> 01:14:33.430
for a Scotland and Ireland for you buddy and

01:14:33.430 --> 01:14:35.789
a Cape Verde and so I've been told that there

01:14:35.789 --> 01:14:38.109
are three that will find their way to me. I will

01:14:38.109 --> 01:14:39.949
pay for them. I'm not looking for free gifts,

01:14:40.409 --> 01:14:42.229
but did not get a chance to buy one as season

01:14:42.229 --> 01:14:45.010
ticket members were all over that. But Sarah

01:14:45.010 --> 01:14:47.630
to your question, the Scotland one is mine. So

01:14:47.630 --> 01:14:49.569
for the ownership. Please make sure you put an

01:14:49.569 --> 01:14:51.550
email and go make sure Matt and Raising Anchor

01:14:51.550 --> 01:14:54.510
get what they need to promote our wonderful club.

01:14:55.189 --> 01:14:57.909
Next question here. Luke K says that ref was

01:14:57.909 --> 01:15:00.649
terrible. I know you warned on the show to keep

01:15:00.649 --> 01:15:02.909
expectations low, but why isn't the league doing

01:15:02.909 --> 01:15:05.750
something about refs if they constantly screw

01:15:05.750 --> 01:15:09.789
up? I mean, you know, I can't say it better than

01:15:09.789 --> 01:15:12.710
coach Agarte. You know, there's it looks like

01:15:12.710 --> 01:15:15.869
there's a disciplinary review or. or complaint

01:15:15.869 --> 01:15:19.149
process and it sounds like pro refs don't take

01:15:19.149 --> 01:15:21.069
anything into consideration aren't answering

01:15:21.069 --> 01:15:23.189
those kinds of things that say, yeah, we hear

01:15:23.189 --> 01:15:25.470
you and we'll see what we can do when police

01:15:25.470 --> 01:15:27.829
are policing themselves. It's not like you're

01:15:27.829 --> 01:15:30.569
going to see change. Uh I think the best we could

01:15:30.569 --> 01:15:33.109
do is just hope that Joshua and Carnacion gets

01:15:33.109 --> 01:15:35.390
sick or his flight get cancelled every time he

01:15:35.390 --> 01:15:38.470
heads to New England moving forward because I

01:15:38.470 --> 01:15:41.050
do agree with you, Luke. He was not a good ref

01:15:41.050 --> 01:15:43.710
and I I think we deserve better. I think the

01:15:43.710 --> 01:15:45.750
larger conversation, Jason, and we don't have

01:15:45.750 --> 01:15:47.930
enough time to talk about it today, but I think

01:15:47.930 --> 01:15:49.310
at some point we're going to have to explore

01:15:49.310 --> 01:15:52.229
what does this look like for Premier? Because

01:15:52.229 --> 01:15:55.149
when MLS was going through their strike, we got

01:15:55.149 --> 01:15:59.109
some of the MLS pro level refs to come down and

01:15:59.109 --> 01:16:00.970
ref USL games because they needed to stay sharp.

01:16:01.029 --> 01:16:02.689
They needed to stay fit and they were getting

01:16:02.689 --> 01:16:05.840
paid from the contractual obligation. now that

01:16:05.840 --> 01:16:08.039
this is back in full swing, what does that premiere

01:16:08.039 --> 01:16:10.220
level of roughing look like in the future? Do

01:16:10.220 --> 01:16:13.819
we get some of MLS's core groups siphoned off?

01:16:14.220 --> 01:16:16.260
Like that's the bigger scare for me because when

01:16:16.260 --> 01:16:18.539
there's table standings and and then Carnacion

01:16:18.539 --> 01:16:21.260
has the ability to impact that, like we complain

01:16:21.260 --> 01:16:23.800
about refs now. We may complain about them at

01:16:23.800 --> 01:16:26.800
a whole new level if that's the, you know, live

01:16:26.800 --> 01:16:29.119
or die situation for a club moving up or moving

01:16:29.119 --> 01:16:33.529
down. Alex L writes in, I love this question

01:16:33.529 --> 01:16:38.350
Jason. RFC score four in a CBS Sports Network

01:16:38.350 --> 01:16:42.750
game. Has the CBS curse been lifted? I think

01:16:42.750 --> 01:16:45.710
so. I think the funny thing maybe is because

01:16:45.710 --> 01:16:49.329
we didn't even make a big deal of it all. I honestly

01:16:49.329 --> 01:16:52.949
like only realized it was a CBS Sports game the

01:16:52.949 --> 01:16:57.079
day of. I was like, oh, this is on TV. Generally

01:16:57.079 --> 01:16:58.680
not something we want to think about because

01:16:58.680 --> 01:17:02.220
usually ends up in a new little draw Yeah, that

01:17:02.220 --> 01:17:05.539
completely went past me too. So Alex kudos on

01:17:05.539 --> 01:17:07.560
reflecting on that I think the curse has been

01:17:07.560 --> 01:17:10.060
lifted, but that is the end of the show It's

01:17:10.060 --> 01:17:11.699
been a long one for those who that watched along

01:17:11.699 --> 01:17:13.840
on YouTube or listening on the podcast side of

01:17:13.840 --> 01:17:16.119
things We thank you so much for joining us a

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reminder We're gonna have the John Morrissey

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