WEBVTT 00:00:04.750 --> 00:00:13.910 You're listening to Raising Anchor on 990 WBOB. 00:00:18.289 --> 00:00:20.670 Welcome to the Raising Anchor Soccer Show with 00:00:20.670 --> 00:00:23.750 Matt Entrickett and Jason Carey. Your home for 00:00:23.750 --> 00:00:26.429 news, analysis, and everything Rhode Island FC. 00:00:27.210 --> 00:00:29.489 Each week they take you inside the locker room, 00:00:29.890 --> 00:00:32.109 inside the tactics, and inside the storyline 00:00:32.109 --> 00:00:38.609 shaping RISC. Here's Matt and Jackson. Rhode 00:00:38.609 --> 00:00:41.549 Island FC come up empty handed in Indianapolis 00:00:41.549 --> 00:00:45.429 following 1 -0 to Indy 11. Was this simply a 00:00:45.429 --> 00:00:48.590 case of one spectacular goal and a hot goalkeeper 00:00:48.590 --> 00:00:51.270 or are there larger concerns about turning possession 00:00:51.270 --> 00:00:54.520 and chances into points? We're going to find 00:00:54.520 --> 00:00:56.439 out all that and so much more. But first things 00:00:56.439 --> 00:00:58.460 first, got to check in with the co -host with 00:00:58.460 --> 00:01:00.920 the most all the way over at the Raising Anchor 00:01:00.920 --> 00:01:03.600 Soccer Show Studios. Mr. Jason Carey, how are 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:06.219 you doing, my friend? Doing good, my friend. 00:01:06.480 --> 00:01:09.780 Still trying to make the best of these weekends 00:01:09.780 --> 00:01:12.000 where it just keeps raining for some reason. 00:01:13.000 --> 00:01:15.659 Still not a great game. Still had a good weekend 00:01:15.659 --> 00:01:23.569 otherwise. So we continue on. I wish I could 00:01:23.569 --> 00:01:25.890 feel that for you right now, but the question 00:01:25.890 --> 00:01:28.950 remains, I don't know because I've been gone 00:01:28.950 --> 00:01:31.170 for so long. Jason, I might not ever return at 00:01:31.170 --> 00:01:34.549 this point. The weather is so nice out here and 00:01:34.549 --> 00:01:37.030 I'm not gonna be one to complain. This show's 00:01:37.030 --> 00:01:39.569 gonna be fun. It's gonna be sad. Everyone needs 00:01:39.569 --> 00:01:41.569 to kind of come in and get ready to commiserate. 00:01:42.170 --> 00:01:44.950 It's a story I feel like we've talked a lot about 00:01:44.950 --> 00:01:48.189 in terms of results and effort not matching where 00:01:48.189 --> 00:01:50.590 we need to go on the table standings. But before 00:01:50.590 --> 00:01:52.950 we get all into that, we've got some celebrations 00:01:52.950 --> 00:01:55.129 here and we can either go U .S. men's national 00:01:55.129 --> 00:01:58.189 team winning or Arsenal not winning. Which way 00:01:58.189 --> 00:02:00.890 do you want to go with this, buddy? All right. 00:02:01.109 --> 00:02:04.250 The USMNT actually won a game. You know, the 00:02:04.250 --> 00:02:08.430 last friendly kind of window got knocked out 00:02:08.430 --> 00:02:13.219 both games. Took a 3 -2 win over Senegal here, 00:02:13.300 --> 00:02:16.599 goals from Dest, Pulisic, and Balagan. Senegal 00:02:16.599 --> 00:02:23.129 is actually rated fairly highly, I think. Alleged 00:02:23.129 --> 00:02:25.689 Afghan champions. You never know how allegedly. 00:02:25.689 --> 00:02:27.909 Yeah, they don't really feel good about how they 00:02:27.909 --> 00:02:31.150 won that one. But I think you're right. You know, 00:02:31.250 --> 00:02:33.349 it was I think it's a good pressure test. Of 00:02:33.349 --> 00:02:36.009 course, Germany coming up in the weekend ahead. 00:02:36.069 --> 00:02:38.229 These are definitely teams that are going to 00:02:38.229 --> 00:02:42.210 prepare Poach's team with with or without Diego 00:02:42.210 --> 00:02:44.330 Luna, I guess, at this point. But the real question 00:02:44.330 --> 00:02:47.680 becomes, you know. I don't know if you watched 00:02:47.680 --> 00:02:49.719 the game. I certainly did. I had nothing else 00:02:49.719 --> 00:02:52.419 to do at 9 in the morning here in Hawaii. Was 00:02:52.419 --> 00:02:55.259 that a good game? Was that a good team early 00:02:55.259 --> 00:02:58.099 goals from especially Pulisic combining on both 00:02:58.099 --> 00:03:00.560 the assist and the goal? I'm trying not to become 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:02.719 a US men's national team podcast here, but I 00:03:02.719 --> 00:03:05.039 want to get hype for this team going into World 00:03:05.039 --> 00:03:08.780 Cup. Are we back? Like is this 2014 US men's 00:03:08.780 --> 00:03:13.639 national team? So I didn't see all the game. 00:03:13.719 --> 00:03:16.969 I saw some of it and I saw A lot of the highlights 00:03:16.969 --> 00:03:21.050 and looking at the attacking combinations, they, 00:03:21.050 --> 00:03:23.969 they looked good. And I think that's kind of 00:03:23.969 --> 00:03:26.650 what I'm hoping for at this point is just some 00:03:26.650 --> 00:03:28.870 entertainment, especially considering another 00:03:28.870 --> 00:03:30.169 store. We're going to talk about a little bit 00:03:30.169 --> 00:03:33.550 here where it seems like FIFA wants this game 00:03:33.550 --> 00:03:36.629 to these games to flow and be entertaining and 00:03:36.629 --> 00:03:40.870 not become slog fests. Um, I think Germany will 00:03:40.870 --> 00:03:43.629 be a good pressure test of like, how good are 00:03:43.629 --> 00:03:47.389 we actually? I think seeing us. Beat, you know, 00:03:47.509 --> 00:03:50.409 Senegal three, two, even though it was just a 00:03:50.409 --> 00:03:53.729 friendly makes me think that give me a little 00:03:53.729 --> 00:03:55.610 bit more hope that like, maybe we can at least 00:03:55.610 --> 00:03:57.830 get out of the group stage because before I was 00:03:57.830 --> 00:04:00.889 like, I don't know about that. Yeah, I saw some 00:04:00.889 --> 00:04:03.430 pretty condemning training videos where they 00:04:03.430 --> 00:04:05.669 were like we're not even to make it out of the 00:04:05.669 --> 00:04:08.270 group stage And you know here we are going through 00:04:08.270 --> 00:04:11.210 our best but listen I was happy about the US 00:04:11.210 --> 00:04:13.370 men's national team result But I know you were 00:04:13.370 --> 00:04:16.750 even more happy that soccer was restored in our 00:04:16.750 --> 00:04:19.790 country after a certain result in Champions League 00:04:19.790 --> 00:04:23.750 this weekend Go ahead and share we get one time 00:04:23.750 --> 00:04:27.470 as as city fans you get one time to enjoy this 00:04:27.470 --> 00:04:30.939 moment So the floor is yours I mean, you know, 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:33.639 I didn't really care too much if they win, but 00:04:33.639 --> 00:04:35.639 I thought it was funny, especially the way that 00:04:35.639 --> 00:04:39.660 they they did lose, you know, Arsenal lost PSG 00:04:39.660 --> 00:04:43.399 back to back Champions League titles here. Good 00:04:43.399 --> 00:04:46.339 thing. I'm glad I decided not to watch this and 00:04:46.339 --> 00:04:50.000 go watch backrooms instead, because apparently 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:52.480 that, you know, it was just a complete slog fast. 00:04:52.519 --> 00:04:56.720 I ended up catching the penalty shootout and 00:04:56.720 --> 00:05:01.139 got to enjoy that. Arsenal scored too early and 00:05:01.139 --> 00:05:03.879 kind of relied on their defense there and gave 00:05:03.879 --> 00:05:07.300 PSG a way to get back into the game So, you know 00:05:07.300 --> 00:05:10.019 Congrats to them PSG, you know, this iteration 00:05:10.019 --> 00:05:13.540 has been fun to watch compared to the old superstar 00:05:13.540 --> 00:05:16.160 version That was just a bunch of nonsense. So 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:19.600 Is it uh, I mean if you're an arsenal fan Whether 00:05:19.600 --> 00:05:21.920 you were watching back rooms or this game both 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:24.279 would have been a horror story in and of themselves 00:05:24.279 --> 00:05:28.000 You know, I I look at this I look at PSG winning. 00:05:28.699 --> 00:05:30.620 Obviously, it's not an entire French roster, 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:33.199 but there are some French players on that team, 00:05:33.220 --> 00:05:35.980 of course. Is this a, you know, if you were to 00:05:35.980 --> 00:05:38.060 grasp at straws, could this be an indication 00:05:38.060 --> 00:05:40.860 early on that maybe France could be a dark horse 00:05:40.860 --> 00:05:43.180 in some of the ways for going further in the 00:05:43.180 --> 00:05:45.439 World Cup coming off of the fuel of a Champions 00:05:45.439 --> 00:05:49.550 League victory? Yeah, I mean it's it's not one 00:05:49.550 --> 00:05:52.250 -to -one right that team is made up of a bunch 00:05:52.250 --> 00:05:54.970 of different internationals But they do have 00:05:54.970 --> 00:05:58.230 some some key talents there in you know French 00:05:58.230 --> 00:06:02.069 players So it it could be a precursor that at 00:06:02.069 --> 00:06:05.589 least France is going to do pretty well I don't 00:06:05.589 --> 00:06:07.310 think that would surprise many people though 00:06:07.949 --> 00:06:12.269 I mean, Sammy Latz over here in the chat saying 00:06:12.269 --> 00:06:15.170 France is a good soccer team. Who knew? I think 00:06:15.170 --> 00:06:17.149 a lot of us knew that one, Sam. I think a lot 00:06:17.149 --> 00:06:19.470 of us knew that. But speaking of France and speaking 00:06:19.470 --> 00:06:21.649 about the international game at large, Rhode 00:06:21.649 --> 00:06:25.089 Island FC announced today two midfielders going 00:06:25.089 --> 00:06:28.610 up on international call -up duties. We already 00:06:28.610 --> 00:06:30.870 reported last week as breaking coverage that 00:06:30.870 --> 00:06:33.629 Jojana Quisera was going to be away with the 00:06:33.629 --> 00:06:36.129 Rwanda national team. Weren't sure at the time 00:06:36.129 --> 00:06:38.089 if we could report Dwayne Atkins. So we had heard 00:06:38.089 --> 00:06:40.470 some things, but it hadn't been made official, 00:06:40.769 --> 00:06:44.370 but he also being called up for Jamaica to play 00:06:44.370 --> 00:06:47.410 with the reggae boys. Uh, first off and foremost, 00:06:47.709 --> 00:06:49.269 they're going to be playing a couple of games 00:06:49.269 --> 00:06:53.110 from the Rwandan side against Comoros and Tanzania. 00:06:53.350 --> 00:06:55.490 And then Atkinson with Jamaica will go up against 00:06:55.490 --> 00:06:58.230 South Africa, getting them ready as a prep or 00:06:58.230 --> 00:07:01.870 a tuneup match for their world. cup season. Interestingly, 00:07:02.350 --> 00:07:04.269 we've heard these two players, Jason, get called 00:07:04.269 --> 00:07:06.649 up in respective windows, but never at the same 00:07:06.649 --> 00:07:09.209 time. In fact, this is the first time in Rhode 00:07:09.209 --> 00:07:12.050 Island FC history that multiple RFC players have 00:07:12.050 --> 00:07:14.889 received call ups in one window. I thought that 00:07:14.889 --> 00:07:16.610 that was wrong when we saw that in the press 00:07:16.610 --> 00:07:20.100 release, but then I realized that It was because 00:07:20.100 --> 00:07:22.779 our my favorite Isaac Anking was not healthy 00:07:22.779 --> 00:07:25.459 enough to get called up for Puerto Rico at the 00:07:25.459 --> 00:07:28.259 time instead traveled To Pittsburgh in that match 00:07:28.259 --> 00:07:29.879 should have been he was he was he was literally 00:07:29.879 --> 00:07:32.939 on the poster for that Puerto Rican match But 00:07:32.939 --> 00:07:35.060 unfortunately not able to make the trip. So this 00:07:35.060 --> 00:07:37.980 is the first time in club history How do we feel 00:07:37.980 --> 00:07:41.079 about one the honor? I assume we can wax poetic 00:07:41.079 --> 00:07:43.519 here for a second on that but then to How do 00:07:43.519 --> 00:07:46.319 we also feel about losing two players for a match? 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:50.819 Whether it's it's USL Cup or not in a game that 00:07:50.819 --> 00:07:52.579 really doesn't matter at the international level 00:07:52.579 --> 00:07:54.459 with World Cup action and both these teams not 00:07:54.459 --> 00:07:59.000 in it Just you know a handful of days away Yeah, 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:01.259 I guess there's two sides to the coin, right? 00:08:01.339 --> 00:08:03.939 It's a great honor and to get kind of knowledge 00:08:03.939 --> 00:08:07.199 It brings more notoriety to to our FC, right? 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:11.339 Like oh they have actual, you know world world 00:08:11.339 --> 00:08:14.480 caliber caliber players who are out there playing 00:08:14.480 --> 00:08:18.750 for their national teams Um, but at the same 00:08:18.750 --> 00:08:20.709 time, like, you know, they're games that don't 00:08:20.709 --> 00:08:24.750 matter, but, you know, maybe at the same time 00:08:24.750 --> 00:08:27.490 for our FC, maybe we're in a spot right now, 00:08:27.490 --> 00:08:31.250 or maybe if they go out to their national teams, 00:08:31.269 --> 00:08:33.289 as long as they don't come back injured or anything, 00:08:33.330 --> 00:08:36.909 if they can kind of get some more confidence, 00:08:37.230 --> 00:08:39.570 bring some more goal scoring abilities back to 00:08:39.570 --> 00:08:42.629 the team, maybe we can miss them for a match 00:08:42.629 --> 00:08:46.309 or two. Would love to know if Panini had every 00:08:46.309 --> 00:08:48.970 club that was close to qualifying so Rwanda in 00:08:48.970 --> 00:08:51.669 their AFK on qualifications Obviously Jamaica 00:08:51.669 --> 00:08:53.950 in that play -in game almost making it to the 00:08:53.950 --> 00:08:56.690 World Cup I'd love to know the Panini rosters 00:08:56.690 --> 00:08:59.509 to see if I know quasar would've been a walk 00:08:59.509 --> 00:09:03.289 It's possible because I I've in the planet Panini 00:09:03.289 --> 00:09:06.710 collecting I found a few players Who I know have 00:09:06.710 --> 00:09:09.750 been transferred to other clubs in the January 00:09:09.750 --> 00:09:13.049 window, but it still has their club from the 00:09:13.049 --> 00:09:15.649 previous season so they didn't update them so 00:09:15.649 --> 00:09:19.929 they had to have made these a while back right 00:09:19.929 --> 00:09:22.889 and so waiting for those to just put the booklet 00:09:22.889 --> 00:09:25.110 together after we learned who actually made it 00:09:25.110 --> 00:09:28.450 in it's crazy to think that we could have had 00:09:28.450 --> 00:09:30.669 georgia quisera i know we would have had georgia 00:09:30.669 --> 00:09:33.029 quisera paninis i don't know if we would have 00:09:33.029 --> 00:09:35.350 had to win atkinson he seemed like a fringe call 00:09:35.350 --> 00:09:38.210 up is he think there's a full italy set out there 00:09:38.210 --> 00:09:40.610 of stickers that they were ready to like print 00:09:40.610 --> 00:09:43.190 but didn't get made It's like when the Super 00:09:43.190 --> 00:09:46.570 Bowl losers or the runners -up, all the gear 00:09:46.570 --> 00:09:50.950 goes to a country like Africa or into Asia and 00:09:50.950 --> 00:09:53.210 they get like, you know, you're the champions 00:09:53.210 --> 00:09:54.629 but you're not really the champions. I don't 00:09:54.629 --> 00:09:57.850 know. Hard to say, but it'd be fun to see paninis 00:09:57.850 --> 00:09:59.769 for some of our players. That's got to be a future 00:09:59.769 --> 00:10:02.370 thing that we pursue in the next World Cup cycle, 00:10:02.389 --> 00:10:05.110 of course. Listen, speaking of FIFA, speaking 00:10:05.110 --> 00:10:08.750 of the World Cup, I know... We are trying so 00:10:08.750 --> 00:10:11.330 hard to make sure that we do not end up in a 00:10:11.330 --> 00:10:13.070 space where we end up covering this. We want 00:10:13.070 --> 00:10:15.070 to stay niche to Rhode Island. We want to stay 00:10:15.070 --> 00:10:18.070 niche to USL. But it's hard not to get kind of 00:10:18.070 --> 00:10:20.769 talking about some of these points as the game, 00:10:20.789 --> 00:10:24.129 as the global game comes here. Providence making 00:10:24.129 --> 00:10:26.769 such an effort to be a part as a host but not 00:10:26.769 --> 00:10:29.580 host city. I know we talked about these FIFA 00:10:29.580 --> 00:10:31.500 rules that are coming up, but I think maybe this 00:10:31.500 --> 00:10:33.659 is an opportunity to teach some listeners who 00:10:33.659 --> 00:10:35.240 are going to be watching the World Cup about 00:10:35.240 --> 00:10:37.600 some of the changes that FIFA is announcing getting 00:10:37.600 --> 00:10:40.480 into this World Cup. Yeah, I kind of hinted out 00:10:40.480 --> 00:10:43.919 a little bit earlier, but FIFA has announced 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:47.259 that there are a little bit of changes here to 00:10:47.259 --> 00:10:49.539 kind of keep the game flowing for the World Cup. 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:52.480 Some of the highlights here. This is not a comprehensive 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:55.100 list. I just kind of skimmed some that were interesting 00:10:55.100 --> 00:10:58.580 to me. Throw ones can be taken away and given 00:10:58.580 --> 00:11:02.460 to the opposing team if the ref teams that the 00:11:02.460 --> 00:11:05.720 players are wasting too much time They said five 00:11:05.720 --> 00:11:08.820 seconds. I don't know how lenient or strict they're 00:11:08.820 --> 00:11:10.759 gonna be with that same thing here with goal 00:11:10.759 --> 00:11:14.000 kicks Where if a goalkeeper is taking too long 00:11:14.000 --> 00:11:16.679 on a goal kick that can actually be taken away 00:11:16.679 --> 00:11:19.360 from the the defending team there and given to 00:11:19.360 --> 00:11:24.970 the opposition as a corner so That could be exciting. 00:11:25.710 --> 00:11:28.610 Second yellows that are leading to a send off 00:11:28.610 --> 00:11:31.149 can actually be, as long as they said something 00:11:31.149 --> 00:11:32.850 about it being quick, so I don't know how they'll 00:11:32.850 --> 00:11:35.629 enforce that, but can be reviewed by VAR to make 00:11:35.629 --> 00:11:39.809 sure that we're not sending players off unnecessarily. 00:11:40.769 --> 00:11:43.110 If players don't leave the field in 10 seconds, 00:11:43.850 --> 00:11:46.590 the substitution can actually be forced to wait 00:11:46.590 --> 00:11:48.850 a minimum of one minute until the next stoppage 00:11:48.850 --> 00:11:51.389 before being allowed to be back on the play. 00:11:51.799 --> 00:11:54.379 So I remember a while they tried to have players 00:11:54.379 --> 00:11:56.519 like hey if you're always on the other side of 00:11:56.519 --> 00:11:59.799 the pitch just leave right right there walk around 00:11:59.799 --> 00:12:02.460 instead of slowly walking through the whole field 00:12:02.460 --> 00:12:05.139 clapping and kind of wasting 30 seconds if you 00:12:05.139 --> 00:12:08.539 will they're trying to speed that up um saw that 00:12:08.539 --> 00:12:11.159 real fast though we saw that in this most recent 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:14.279 friendly japan versus iceland I didn't want I 00:12:14.279 --> 00:12:16.080 only saw the highlight clip that was getting 00:12:16.080 --> 00:12:18.639 around the internet I didn't see the actual amount 00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:21.080 of time that seemed like it was infringed upon 00:12:21.440 --> 00:12:25.500 But they used that to the advantage Iceland playing 00:12:25.500 --> 00:12:27.840 a man down for that minute. And then the goal 00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:30.039 happens. I don't think there was enough, you 00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:32.200 know, catching Iceland in any kind of transition 00:12:32.200 --> 00:12:34.259 to where there was a man advantage. Obviously 00:12:34.259 --> 00:12:36.740 any person down though, like you're going to 00:12:36.740 --> 00:12:39.519 be at a disadvantage, but it felt more like Japan 00:12:39.519 --> 00:12:42.000 just moved the ball around enough to destabilize 00:12:42.000 --> 00:12:44.080 Iceland. But it's very interesting that one of 00:12:44.080 --> 00:12:46.159 the first glimpses we see of that particular 00:12:46.159 --> 00:12:48.850 rule. Immediately impact the game with a goal 00:12:48.850 --> 00:12:50.909 like that could be the sign of something to come. 00:12:51.009 --> 00:12:54.070 I'm not quite sure Yeah, and then the last one 00:12:54.070 --> 00:12:56.850 here similar players being treated for injury 00:12:56.850 --> 00:12:59.049 will be required to leave the field for play 00:12:59.049 --> 00:13:01.230 and must wait at least a minute before being 00:13:01.230 --> 00:13:04.169 allowed to return We've all seen people kind 00:13:04.169 --> 00:13:06.870 of you know, fake or exaggerate injuries and 00:13:06.870 --> 00:13:08.549 then as soon as they're like, okay I've killed 00:13:08.549 --> 00:13:10.230 enough time. Let me just get back up and start 00:13:10.230 --> 00:13:13.669 running Trying to trying to discourage that type 00:13:13.669 --> 00:13:17.320 of play. Um What do you think about these changes? 00:13:17.320 --> 00:13:19.759 I mean, I I think these are pretty positive here. 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:23.940 I Don't like the the things being taken away 00:13:23.940 --> 00:13:26.779 and giving to the opposite especially. Yeah that 00:13:26.779 --> 00:13:29.940 one. I'm not a corner. That's wild Yeah, that 00:13:29.940 --> 00:13:33.840 one. I'm curious to see how that's actually like 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:37.440 impacted and play But the other ones I'm kind 00:13:37.440 --> 00:13:41.389 of I'm kind of for it here I think maybe like 00:13:41.389 --> 00:13:43.269 if they're really strict with the five seconds 00:13:43.269 --> 00:13:45.389 that could be a little crazy I feel like maybe 00:13:45.389 --> 00:13:48.429 eight or something arbitrarily just give them 00:13:48.429 --> 00:13:51.230 a few more seconds especially at times when You're 00:13:51.230 --> 00:13:53.549 being pressed real deep and you you're taking 00:13:53.549 --> 00:13:55.490 an extra second. They're like, how can I find 00:13:55.490 --> 00:14:00.730 an actual open man for a throw -in? I the one 00:14:00.730 --> 00:14:03.210 I like the most is the second yellow card being 00:14:03.210 --> 00:14:05.990 reviewable I have I have lamented about that 00:14:05.990 --> 00:14:09.350 for years that if we have the policy in place 00:14:09.289 --> 00:14:12.870 for red cards to be evaluated, it should be any 00:14:12.870 --> 00:14:15.090 ejection. So that one I love the most because 00:14:15.090 --> 00:14:17.629 how many times have we seen something where, 00:14:17.730 --> 00:14:20.070 you know, it's a dive or it's it's it's acting 00:14:20.070 --> 00:14:22.250 and there's no contact, but the player gets sent 00:14:22.250 --> 00:14:24.429 off because it's not reviewable. That's probably 00:14:24.429 --> 00:14:26.250 the one that matters the most to me. I think 00:14:26.250 --> 00:14:27.990 all of these other ones will have an impact on 00:14:27.990 --> 00:14:29.870 the game, but I think the most rewarding one, 00:14:30.070 --> 00:14:31.769 especially to defenders and especially the way. 00:14:32.460 --> 00:14:34.600 disciplinary actions will accumulate now with 00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:37.500 the Expanse, the Expanse roster. I think this 00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:39.399 will probably be the best one for teams that 00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:42.419 want to be a little more physical. Absolutely. 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:46.100 Yeah. Well, we got to go to break because it's 00:14:46.100 --> 00:14:47.840 already that time. When we return, we're going 00:14:47.840 --> 00:14:51.240 to talk about how Coach Kano set this team up 00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:55.570 for its set up in Indian 11. We're also going 00:14:55.570 --> 00:14:56.970 to talk about the table standings and guess what, 00:14:57.049 --> 00:14:58.669 Jason? We haven't moved anywhere and we're going 00:14:58.669 --> 00:15:00.789 to talk about all that and so much more all here 00:15:00.789 --> 00:15:06.750 on the Raising Anchor Soccer Show. Thank you 00:15:06.750 --> 00:15:08.750 for listening to tonight's broadcast powered 00:15:08.750 --> 00:15:11.509 by Sprout Coworking. For all your business needs, 00:15:11.889 --> 00:15:15.710 large or small, visit sproutcoworking .com. Powering 00:15:15.710 --> 00:15:20.330 990 WBOB, that's sproutcoworking .com. Now let's 00:15:20.330 --> 00:15:28.440 get back to the Raising Anchor Soccer Show. Looking 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:31.080 at table standings, just like you said, there 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:34.639 didn't move the dial here. Rhode Island FC still 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:37.879 occupying ninth place after their one, no lost 00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:41.759 in the 11 now on a three, three and four without 00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:44.100 only a plus three goal difference there. I mean, 00:15:44.100 --> 00:15:46.639 it's still positive, I guess, if you will, at 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:49.980 least we only only lost by one there. Now when 00:15:49.980 --> 00:15:53.159 we look at the full time series though indie 00:15:53.159 --> 00:15:56.480 leads with three wins to our two Still going 00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:58.220 to play him one more time later in the season. 00:15:58.279 --> 00:16:01.580 Maybe we can kind of Trade those blows back and 00:16:01.580 --> 00:16:05.059 forth. I don't know So I was looking at the table 00:16:05.059 --> 00:16:07.019 standings and in my mind I know we talked with 00:16:07.019 --> 00:16:08.679 John Morrissey, which by the way I went back 00:16:08.679 --> 00:16:10.940 and listened to that show I've never laughed 00:16:10.940 --> 00:16:13.659 as much at John Morrissey's answers as I had 00:16:13.659 --> 00:16:16.139 in that I I know that with me here production 00:16:16.139 --> 00:16:18.639 value I was on my laptop mic that day long story 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:20.879 short don't let your father turn switches in 00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:24.159 the room It was still probably the funniest thing 00:16:24.159 --> 00:16:26.340 I've ever heard us do so I'm gonna pat our own 00:16:26.340 --> 00:16:28.940 backs and John's I hated also that John got a 00:16:28.940 --> 00:16:31.100 lot of the indie 11 predictions right on that 00:16:31.100 --> 00:16:33.970 show but You know, I'd said in that one that 00:16:33.970 --> 00:16:36.409 with a win and a couple of other things going 00:16:36.409 --> 00:16:39.009 our direction, we could have gotten as high as 00:16:39.009 --> 00:16:41.250 fifth place right outside of the home playoff 00:16:41.250 --> 00:16:44.529 berth looking in. I didn't even wax on the idea 00:16:44.529 --> 00:16:47.029 that if Indy won, that they would go to second 00:16:47.029 --> 00:16:49.750 place. So Indy Levin and the Brickyard Battalion 00:16:49.750 --> 00:16:51.590 and all the fans, you're welcome for getting 00:16:51.590 --> 00:16:55.230 you into second place. Weirdly enough, though. 00:16:55.580 --> 00:16:57.759 If you look at the rest of the table standings, 00:16:58.019 --> 00:17:00.759 we actually still would have been right there 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:03.340 in that we would have been tied technically on 00:17:03.340 --> 00:17:04.539 seventh. We wouldn't have made it the way that 00:17:04.539 --> 00:17:06.910 some of these results happen. But there's two 00:17:06.910 --> 00:17:08.250 things I want to bring up that are not Rhode 00:17:08.250 --> 00:17:10.490 Island specific. One, Hartford now all the way 00:17:10.490 --> 00:17:12.849 down right next to us, ready to be seller dwellers 00:17:12.849 --> 00:17:15.710 with us. And also, have you looked in the West 00:17:15.710 --> 00:17:18.869 Sacramento Republic out of playoff contention 00:17:18.869 --> 00:17:21.410 right now? Not something I would have ever told 00:17:21.410 --> 00:17:23.049 you at the beginning of the season was possible 00:17:23.049 --> 00:17:24.970 for one of the perennials out of the Western 00:17:24.970 --> 00:17:28.349 Conference. Yeah, this is this is definitely 00:17:28.349 --> 00:17:32.450 a weird season. It's it's still like, hey, if 00:17:32.450 --> 00:17:35.279 we could. find some level of consistency we could 00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:38.920 really get into some like good positions here 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:43.039 but no one is having any sort of consistency 00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:47.460 here it's i mean maybe you know to circle back 00:17:47.460 --> 00:17:51.339 maybe the reality is here that you know the playing 00:17:51.339 --> 00:17:54.200 field is a little more even here and there's 00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:56.980 a lot of good teams in this league so what a 00:17:56.980 --> 00:18:00.549 lot of mid teams you know One of the biggest 00:18:00.549 --> 00:18:03.269 questions we got in the mailbag, and we're not 00:18:03.269 --> 00:18:04.390 answering the mailbag because we're going to 00:18:04.390 --> 00:18:06.529 talk about it here, was should we start to be 00:18:06.529 --> 00:18:09.289 worried? Is there a situation now where this 00:18:09.289 --> 00:18:11.529 team is heading in the wrong direction? What 00:18:11.529 --> 00:18:13.950 do we do about it? went back and ran the numbers 00:18:13.950 --> 00:18:17.329 at least comparatively to 2025 season. And guess 00:18:17.329 --> 00:18:19.609 what? We're in the exact same spot in both the 00:18:19.609 --> 00:18:21.970 table and in the same spot in terms of points 00:18:21.970 --> 00:18:25.349 on the season. 12 points now here in 2026. 12 00:18:25.349 --> 00:18:28.309 points after this many matches last season. The 00:18:28.309 --> 00:18:30.509 only real exception here, and maybe this is part 00:18:30.509 --> 00:18:33.789 of the vibes test, is that we had a much stronger 00:18:33.789 --> 00:18:36.849 showing in Jaeger Cup or Jaeger Meister Cup action. 00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:39.299 which kind of smoothed over some of the cracks 00:18:39.299 --> 00:18:42.000 and the lost point opportunities last season. 00:18:42.299 --> 00:18:44.099 So, you know, you just said the word consistency 00:18:44.099 --> 00:18:46.359 a second ago. I almost have to say, you know, 00:18:46.380 --> 00:18:48.359 if you're talking about consistency, Kano has 00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:51.339 been nothing but consistent putting on the full 00:18:51.339 --> 00:18:54.119 display level here as he just does not want this 00:18:54.119 --> 00:18:56.480 team to excel in the first half of any of the 00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:59.220 seasons that he's been our head coach so far. 00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:03.660 I mean, I guess at least we're consistent, right? 00:19:03.779 --> 00:19:06.519 We start this year slow. I mean the the thing 00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:09.940 though to prove that consistency is that means 00:19:09.940 --> 00:19:13.680 at some point in July or August, we have to get 00:19:13.680 --> 00:19:18.220 good, right? So it's not July and it's not June 00:19:18.220 --> 00:19:20.759 and that's the crazy part. You know, I'll tease 00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:23.440 the question because I know where you're going 00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:26.079 to go with it, but we only have one last league 00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:29.599 match here before the World Cup break and you 00:19:29.599 --> 00:19:31.339 know, I look at it as like is are these three 00:19:31.339 --> 00:19:34.269 points essential? That we need to grab it'll 00:19:34.269 --> 00:19:36.529 be on the road to guess what? It's loud and it's 00:19:36.529 --> 00:19:38.509 our favorite team to play especially on the road 00:19:38.509 --> 00:19:42.069 Does this road result become critical for the 00:19:42.069 --> 00:19:45.170 advancement of our FC's goals going down the 00:19:45.170 --> 00:19:48.990 stretch? Potentially, I think it looks at like 00:19:48.990 --> 00:19:51.650 what do we define as our FC's goal for the season? 00:19:51.970 --> 00:19:56.390 I mean playoffs at this point It feels like you 00:19:56.390 --> 00:20:00.869 could just stumble into them like but you know 00:20:00.869 --> 00:20:03.210 that They want to show off Centerville Bank Stadium. 00:20:03.329 --> 00:20:08.769 The fans want a home playoff match. If you're 00:20:08.769 --> 00:20:11.509 going to go for that, you need all three points. 00:20:14.509 --> 00:20:17.369 We're getting to a point where we're a third 00:20:17.369 --> 00:20:20.369 into the season. We're still kind of in the basement, 00:20:20.470 --> 00:20:22.710 but we're remaining within striking difference. 00:20:24.009 --> 00:20:27.109 Those three points can be huge to put us into 00:20:27.109 --> 00:20:31.490 a position to really jump and make like a fourth 00:20:31.490 --> 00:20:34.849 or you know place option available like it's 00:20:34.849 --> 00:20:37.529 hard to tell i don't want to say like tampa's 00:20:37.529 --> 00:20:39.789 running away with it i don't expect them to to 00:20:39.789 --> 00:20:42.690 like kind of lose that everything else kind of 00:20:42.690 --> 00:20:45.089 feels a little bit up in the air right now we're 00:20:45.089 --> 00:20:47.089 just holding on to fourth place is the pipe dream 00:20:47.089 --> 00:20:49.769 at this point it's it's it's not even third it's 00:20:49.769 --> 00:20:52.049 not even seconds just can we somehow still get 00:20:52.049 --> 00:20:54.690 that last spot in the home playoff table i love 00:20:54.690 --> 00:20:59.809 it i love it yeah I mean, let's let's go ahead 00:20:59.809 --> 00:21:03.130 and then kind of take a look here at how Kano 00:21:03.130 --> 00:21:07.529 prepared for this match. No graphics here. It's 00:21:07.529 --> 00:21:11.789 vacation mode. We've got Koke Vegas and net net. 00:21:12.029 --> 00:21:15.250 We've got a back four here of Nick Scardina, 00:21:15.630 --> 00:21:21.210 Kareefa Yow and Grant Stoneman and Aldair Sanchez 00:21:21.210 --> 00:21:31.460 with a Clay Holstad who go back Iraq. You know, 00:21:31.619 --> 00:21:34.579 we kind of talked about this last week. Um, and 00:21:34.579 --> 00:21:38.799 in hindsight, I think we could have used Augustine 00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:40.680 Pitti Rodriguez in this match. We kind of talked 00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:43.359 about what's the, what's the difference between 00:21:43.359 --> 00:21:46.339 Amos Shapiro Thompson and Pitti? Well, Pitti 00:21:46.339 --> 00:21:48.759 is a little bit more of a creative player. Amos 00:21:48.759 --> 00:21:52.039 is more of that. Kind of workhorse that not to 00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:53.960 say that he doesn't have any sort of creative 00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:57.420 ability, but We're playing against a an indie 00:21:57.420 --> 00:22:01.279 team that likes to kind of counter defense it 00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:03.720 back like they average the lowest amount of possession 00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:08.440 in the team or the league I should say and you 00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:10.660 know, it was closer than we thought it would 00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:14.380 have been on the night, but I really think that 00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:15.859 we could have had a little bit more creative 00:22:15.859 --> 00:22:19.920 earlier on in the match. Yeah, I look at the 00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:22.019 skill sets of those two players, especially if 00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:23.519 we're going to really start comparing them as 00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:26.480 apples to apples. And for me, you know, Amish 00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:28.240 Shapiro Thompson, I know you call him like the 00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:31.859 junkyard dog, the bulldog. He to me offers more 00:22:31.859 --> 00:22:34.980 on the defensive front of engaging a high press, 00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:39.200 interrupting the flow of an oncoming attack and 00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:44.539 really being kind of a outlet, less a actual 00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:48.039 chance creator. And I think that's where Pitti's 00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:49.640 skill sets come in a little bit more. I've seen 00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:52.359 Pitti so far this season. He's much more technical 00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:54.700 with the ball in both his own dribbling and his 00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:57.640 passing rate, but also he seems to find places 00:22:57.640 --> 00:23:00.779 where he wants to be in space better. And I think 00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:03.400 that's. Probably as a proxy to the fact that 00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:05.779 like he he's anticipating the ball coming back 00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:08.420 his direction versus Amish Shapiro Thompson, 00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:10.500 you know chasing something down literally So 00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:13.079 I think you're getting a defensive showing more 00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:16.619 from Amos and an offensive output more from pity 00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:19.460 I don't think pity's gotten enough from the season 00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:23.559 yet to warrant his start I can see why Kano is 00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:26.039 is flipping between the two in this sense But 00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:28.099 I think in a game where you needed to figure 00:23:28.099 --> 00:23:31.700 out how to break down in D11 I don't know that 00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:34.380 Amos was the right matchup for it. I think that 00:23:34.380 --> 00:23:38.420 we're going to continue to see a kind of a difference 00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:41.059 of what type of setup, what type of matchup looks 00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:43.619 like versus like there's an out and out starter 00:23:43.619 --> 00:23:46.339 and that midfield role. But I want to talk about 00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:49.079 the other one, which I obviously Omidy Jope was 00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:51.220 a surprise on the availability report. We didn't 00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:53.380 get to get to media because I'm out of town. 00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:56.660 I think there was a major miss here in Omidy 00:23:56.660 --> 00:23:59.410 Jope. in his absence, you know, producer Torrin 00:23:59.410 --> 00:24:02.750 talks about at length that, you know, Omidy Jope 00:24:02.750 --> 00:24:05.170 is one of those ball playing center backs that, 00:24:05.170 --> 00:24:07.589 you know, has the ability to dribble out of press, 00:24:07.930 --> 00:24:10.890 go up the central channel and start breaking 00:24:10.890 --> 00:24:13.710 that first line without having the need to pass 00:24:13.710 --> 00:24:16.170 side to side and then going up the flanks, especially 00:24:16.170 --> 00:24:18.549 the connection that he's made with Hugo Baccarac. 00:24:18.849 --> 00:24:22.569 There's a fluidity that exists. His absence on 00:24:22.569 --> 00:24:24.769 the night, I think, was felt pretty heavily. 00:24:24.829 --> 00:24:28.880 Do you agree to disagree? I somewhat agree. I 00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:32.359 also think though that he's had a slight drop 00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:35.819 off this year in terms of his consistency and 00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:39.900 I don't know if that is maybe Like pairing combination 00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:42.740 where maybe with depending on who he's paired 00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:45.640 with as his partner He'd maybe not reaching some 00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:48.640 of the heights as he did last year. It's it's 00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:50.980 very slight I still think that he is a great 00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:54.640 player, but Maybe also it's just a slight adjustment 00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:58.019 to more of a somewhat traditional back four in 00:24:58.019 --> 00:25:01.440 terms of defense as opposed to the back that 00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:05.579 343 that we were playing last year. So then I'm 00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:07.299 going to ask this question because I felt like 00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:09.740 it was noticeable on the night. It was reminiscent 00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:14.779 of the Birmingham game. Grant Stoneman gets the 00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:17.500 start with Carifa Yao on the side. Now, we talked 00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:19.960 at length about the chemistry of these centerbacks 00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:22.680 not often playing on certain sides of each other 00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:25.099 in a long string of games because Carifa Yao 00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:28.819 has been such the anchor in that back line, that 00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:32.460 centerpiece. I felt like Stoneman and Carifa 00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:34.980 Yao were not the combination on the night. I 00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:37.019 felt like at times they were pedantic, they were 00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:39.519 lethargic. I felt that they wanted to occupy 00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:43.900 similar spaces. To me, when you need ball playing, 00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:47.440 you need forward progression center backs. I 00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:49.640 felt and we argued about this and you know, at 00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:52.380 the time it was Frank Nodarse for Nick Scardina. 00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:55.200 But I also kind of would advocate that I think 00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:57.359 there's a there's a case that Frank Nodarse needs 00:25:57.359 --> 00:25:59.559 to be starting over Grant Stoneman on any given 00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:02.160 day of the week. To me, Grant Stoneman is a legacy 00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:04.440 player. He's a leader in the locker room and 00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:07.759 he's the guy that probably can can kill games 00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:10.119 defensively if you need it. But from an attack 00:26:10.119 --> 00:26:12.359 creation perspective, I just don't know if I 00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:15.200 see that still in Stoneman's locker. Curious 00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:17.559 what you think about when we talk about the bravery 00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:19.140 of these teams moving forward. And I'm not trying 00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:21.099 to throw shade at Stoneman. I just feel like 00:26:21.099 --> 00:26:24.039 the Darcy is the better pick on the night. Would 00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:25.460 you think we would have seen something different 00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:27.980 if Darcy had been in this game instead of Stoneman? 00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:31.319 Potentially, I think when you compare the two, 00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:33.980 right? Like you said, Stoneman is that that leader, 00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:36.220 maybe like to kill a game, right? And you would 00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:40.500 kind of expect to see him play maybe against 00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:43.339 an opponent who's going to sit back more. He'd 00:26:43.339 --> 00:26:45.880 be able to be calm on the ball, distribute, kind 00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:48.779 of not have to worry about counters, if you will, 00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:51.900 as much because Indy was trying to hit us with 00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:53.839 with speed every time they got the opportunity 00:26:53.839 --> 00:26:56.460 on the counter. And I think that maybe that just 00:26:56.460 --> 00:27:00.619 wasn't his strong suit. We've seen a Darcey employed 00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:03.839 as just a straight up center back before. I mean, 00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:06.720 he was very good at the first season. Last year 00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:08.920 was kind of a mix where we saw him start to be 00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:11.960 employed more as like a fullback I mean, I don't 00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:14.319 know why he probably couldn't just slide back 00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:17.480 in and we could give it a try I I do know I think 00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:20.920 that the one thing about him is that He likes 00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:23.200 to play a little loose and fast is a little dangerous. 00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:25.799 So there'd maybe need to be some communication 00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:28.460 We're like he's going on adventure. Yeah, I was 00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:30.039 gonna have to that cool I'm gonna just sit back 00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:33.779 here for a second just to kind of you know guard 00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:38.279 the back line, but I down to see it. I wonder 00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:40.500 if he's at more of a disadvantage with a traditional 00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:42.599 center back pairing instead of a back three. 00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:44.779 It's it's something that we'll have to watch, 00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:47.500 but I just wasn't impressed so much. And I say 00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:49.980 that going directly into the heroes and zeros. 00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:52.359 My hero of the match was you go back Iraq. I 00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:54.559 thought he did the most with what he could. I'm 00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:56.380 always surprised when he comes off the pitch, 00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:58.299 especially if he's not on yellow card accumulation. 00:27:58.740 --> 00:28:00.579 You know, look at the back line pivot or excuse 00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:03.660 me, the center midfield pivot. Clay's on a yellow, 00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:06.200 stays in the game. Baccarac, not on a yellow, 00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:08.079 surprisingly. I mean, he's been on a lot this 00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:11.400 season so far, and he's the first one gone. I 00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:14.700 think that he offers the most combinations with 00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:16.559 the center back line, getting further up the 00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:18.240 pitch, especially when they let him go. If they 00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:20.259 give him space, Hugo's always going to take the 00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:22.400 ball and go, let me see what I can do with it. 00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:24.980 My zero, I said it as Stoneman, I just don't 00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:28.970 think he did enough on the night. Yeah, my hero 00:28:28.970 --> 00:28:32.089 here, Joe Jaya, the international call up here 00:28:32.089 --> 00:28:35.250 created five chances and had another strong performance 00:28:35.250 --> 00:28:40.029 despite the result. He was really creating opportunities 00:28:40.029 --> 00:28:42.569 there, just didn't get anybody to put that in 00:28:42.569 --> 00:28:46.170 the back of the net. My zero is the international 00:28:46.170 --> 00:28:48.150 window timing. We're going to be missing him 00:28:48.150 --> 00:28:52.309 again when he's probably having his best season 00:28:52.309 --> 00:28:56.700 for RFC right now. So two things. One, I'm going 00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:58.619 to have to have a long conversation that you 00:28:58.619 --> 00:29:01.119 cannot continue to get away with not naming players 00:29:01.119 --> 00:29:03.400 as zeros because you don't want to hurt your 00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:05.400 relationships with them. It's okay to call them 00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:08.019 out when they've done poorly. Second, I would 00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:10.539 argue that because it's Westchester and this 00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:12.720 would probably be the most likely game to see 00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:15.180 a player like Quasera and even, well, maybe not 00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:17.539 Dwayne, but at least Quasera, I think this is 00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:19.500 the best timing. So I disagree with your zero 00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:22.819 takes. Producer Torrin here. Scardino was his 00:29:22.819 --> 00:29:24.880 hero. It was a top shelf performance on his part. 00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:27.660 He continues to believe that he's a lock -on 00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:30.339 starter and his zero was Amish Shapiro Thompson 00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:33.140 for his lack of creativity. You don't get to 00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:35.119 advocate or state your case, Jason, because we're 00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:37.079 way over on our break so we got to go to break 00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:38.920 and when we return we're gonna break down each 00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:41.240 of these halves as well as the biggest storylines 00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:43.980 out of weekend's match all here on the Raising 00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:50.000 Anchor Soccer Show. Fans, as the weather becomes 00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:52.140 more and more unpredictable, be sure to check 00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:55.859 out 990 WBOB's weather page for all your temperature, 00:29:56.140 --> 00:29:59.160 storm, and travel info. Stay prepared for whatever 00:29:59.160 --> 00:30:02.720 Mother Nature has in store with the 990 WBOB 00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:06.079 weather page. Now, let's get back to the raising 00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:10.339 anchor soccer ship on 990 WBOB with Matt Entrickett 00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:14.759 and Jason Carey. Back here on the Raising Anchor 00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:16.680 Soccer Show, getting into these two halves and 00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:19.380 some of the biggest storylines. Jason, I'm going 00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:21.420 to start with Producer Torren's comments on it. 00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:23.460 He said it was a replay of the Champions League 00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:26.299 final earlier in the day. I disagree because 00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:28.819 at least in the first half, you had to see a 00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:31.460 goal, something we did not see from either camp. 00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:34.460 This game felt mostly flat in the first half. 00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:36.240 There were chances on both sides, especially 00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:39.740 like, I mean, 17 seconds in for Noble Akello 00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:42.900 for for India 11 on that side of things. But 00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:46.119 this game just never felt I never felt convinced 00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:48.859 that we were necessarily in it to win it. But 00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:50.660 I also didn't feel like we were potentially going 00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:53.279 to drop points. This had this had a draw. This 00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:55.900 had a nil nil draw for at least the first 45 00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:59.660 minutes to me. Yeah, I joked here in the notes 00:30:59.660 --> 00:31:02.240 is like, did the first half even happen? I mean, 00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:04.799 there definitely was a few opportunities there, 00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:07.799 but nothing super clear cut from either team 00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:09.400 that really felt like they were going to take 00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:12.240 the scruff of the game. Surprisingly, it was 00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:15.160 50 -50 % possession. It really didn't feel like 00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:17.940 that, but it was a little bit back and forth. 00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:20.200 Indy did have a little bit of a moment there 00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:22.259 where they kind of were controlling possession 00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:26.460 there. But yeah, do you think this is a situation 00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:29.259 where our AFC, knowing that maybe they struggle 00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:31.160 in first halves a little bit, they can be a bit 00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:33.160 of a second half team where they're like, let's 00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:36.059 just get to the first half without a goal being 00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:39.200 given in? And that's part of it, right? There's 00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:40.740 a part of it that says, gosh, we really need 00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:44.640 to score goals earlier. We need to dictate terms, 00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:47.039 dictate tempo of these types of matches. Because 00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:50.980 we see when Rhode Island's leading in 90 % of 00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:53.119 matches, they usually can walk away with three 00:31:53.119 --> 00:31:56.799 points. Or they can play stylistically that they 00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:59.759 can, again, they can set that tempo. When they 00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:02.279 come into a game nil nil, you could argue, especially 00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:04.859 on the road, OK, you're coming in. You've got 00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:07.490 to grow into the game. You got it. You got to 00:32:07.490 --> 00:32:09.630 make sure that you don't make or give up something 00:32:09.630 --> 00:32:13.529 silly in the first half. Like, I was OK with 00:32:13.529 --> 00:32:15.750 it at first, because to me, it's like, OK, if 00:32:15.750 --> 00:32:18.089 we're a second half team, you walk into the locker 00:32:18.089 --> 00:32:21.250 room at halftime, nil nil, the whole 45 minutes 00:32:21.250 --> 00:32:23.910 left for this is yours to have. It's it's it's 00:32:23.910 --> 00:32:27.069 the game needs to be broken open. And I kind 00:32:27.069 --> 00:32:28.869 of went into that with that optimism of thinking 00:32:28.869 --> 00:32:31.950 like, OK, we will do something spectacular in 00:32:31.950 --> 00:32:33.869 the second half. Instead, the spectacularness 00:32:33.869 --> 00:32:37.500 was from. the craziest goal of the weekend coming 00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:40.339 out of Indy 11's Brendan, uh, Brandon Rendon 00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:42.940 or Bruno Rendon. Excuse me. I, I don't know what 00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:44.819 to think of this team in that sense, because 00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:46.740 if we're putting all of our eggs in the basket 00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:48.519 of we're a second half team, and then you don't 00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:51.720 produce in that second half, like, what are we 00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:53.900 doing in those first 45 minutes to get to that 00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:59.079 if, if nothing happens? Yeah, that I don't know. 00:32:59.160 --> 00:33:02.670 I mean, To be able to get into the second half 00:33:02.670 --> 00:33:05.650 at nil -nil, I mean, it's probably not that bad 00:33:05.650 --> 00:33:07.529 of a result, right? I mean, I think this team 00:33:07.529 --> 00:33:11.569 was in fourth or fifth before they jumped to 00:33:11.569 --> 00:33:13.829 second there. So we knew that this was going 00:33:13.829 --> 00:33:16.769 to be potentially more of a challenge. We generally 00:33:16.769 --> 00:33:19.549 see that this team kind of rises to those challenges, 00:33:20.430 --> 00:33:22.529 but it really didn't feel like it that in that 00:33:22.529 --> 00:33:25.769 first half at all. I mean, nine shots, three 00:33:25.769 --> 00:33:28.509 on target, 12 opportunities inside the box in 00:33:28.509 --> 00:33:31.650 terms of touches. Again, it was like you're leading 00:33:31.650 --> 00:33:33.029 to something, right? We've talked at length. 00:33:33.130 --> 00:33:35.490 It's a quantity, necessarily not a quality thing. 00:33:35.970 --> 00:33:39.329 You're seeing the steps be put into place to 00:33:39.329 --> 00:33:42.170 see a goal come. But then we get into the second 00:33:42.170 --> 00:33:45.529 half. And collectively, if you combine both halves, 00:33:46.609 --> 00:33:51.799 Rhode Island outshoots into 11, 20 to 7. it's 00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:54.079 not enough. Like you can say there's season high 00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:57.200 crosses and 33 crosses. You can say we had 33 00:33:57.200 --> 00:33:59.619 touches in Indy's box compared to like the 11 00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:03.400 that they had all game. Sometimes that just doesn't 00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:05.660 matter. And then when you get to the 55th minute 00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:09.679 and Rendon, you know, sitting far post, shake 00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:13.659 Sanchez runs back across unmarked and does this 00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:17.960 like half volley chip across his body back towards 00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:21.369 the far post. And nobody can get to that. Like, 00:34:21.510 --> 00:34:23.489 Koke is just flabbergasted that that thing goes. 00:34:23.530 --> 00:34:27.170 I was, too. Like, we've talked at length, is 00:34:27.170 --> 00:34:29.010 this team lucky? And I don't think they are. 00:34:29.070 --> 00:34:30.650 I think they have to brute force almost every 00:34:30.650 --> 00:34:32.769 single one of the goals that they get. What do 00:34:32.769 --> 00:34:34.769 you do in those situations? Because now, because 00:34:34.769 --> 00:34:36.510 we couldn't get the early goal, we didn't have 00:34:36.510 --> 00:34:39.750 Quasera scoring for us, we're suddenly behind, 00:34:39.809 --> 00:34:41.610 and we know what happens when this team chases. 00:34:41.809 --> 00:34:45.679 And spoiler alert, it's not good. Yeah. And you 00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:48.219 say like, when we talk about that, like that 00:34:48.219 --> 00:34:50.559 second half goal that they got there, you know, 00:34:50.780 --> 00:34:54.119 in Indy kind of came out second half and they 00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:56.159 kind of pushed the tempo of the match a little 00:34:56.159 --> 00:35:00.139 bit into to next gear. I mean, maybe, maybe we 00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:02.239 could argue it's a fluke. Maybe it's lucky. I 00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:03.780 don't know. Maybe he scores those in training 00:35:03.780 --> 00:35:08.659 all the time, but like if there are times when 00:35:08.659 --> 00:35:10.619 no matter how good our defenses, they're going 00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:12.760 to give them a goal. And so in that case, we 00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:14.780 either need to match that with a goal to at least 00:35:14.780 --> 00:35:18.739 get at a point out of that or go in and get a 00:35:18.739 --> 00:35:21.880 second to win. But it kind of didn't feel like 00:35:21.880 --> 00:35:25.360 our FC really were playing, like you said, to 00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:27.559 win this match at all. And until that goal was 00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:30.099 scored and they realized like, Oh, we can't, 00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:32.139 we can't rest on our laurels here anymore. We're 00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:35.289 down now. Did you notice the intensity that Rhode 00:35:35.289 --> 00:35:37.289 Island suddenly flipped a switch once they went 00:35:37.289 --> 00:35:40.429 down like I and that's the thing is like I noticed 00:35:40.429 --> 00:35:41.849 in the first half we were playing I wouldn't 00:35:41.849 --> 00:35:44.010 say conservatively but like we knew that there 00:35:44.010 --> 00:35:46.389 was another gear we knew there was another step 00:35:46.389 --> 00:35:48.949 this team could take and Then I felt like we 00:35:48.949 --> 00:35:50.789 didn't see it. I'm not talking the subs I'm just 00:35:50.789 --> 00:35:53.389 talking the overall athleticism the overall energy. 00:35:53.630 --> 00:35:56.230 It's like suddenly we get dunked on and we woke 00:35:56.230 --> 00:35:59.019 up which I don't know if that's what makes us 00:35:59.019 --> 00:36:00.760 a second half team, whether we do the dunking 00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:02.980 or we get dunked against, but it was like, you 00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:05.599 got punched in the nose. What are you going to 00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:08.139 do about it? And why does it come after getting 00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:10.579 punched in the nose? Like, where is that fight? 00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:14.139 Where is that, that, you know, who's spa in the 00:36:14.139 --> 00:36:16.239 first 45? That was the biggest surprise because 00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:18.760 I didn't realize it till I saw it on the pitch. 00:36:18.800 --> 00:36:21.000 Like, oh, now they're playing, but it's too little 00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:23.860 too late. Yeah, and then you you saw all of a 00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:26.559 sudden that our FC dominate possession the second 00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:29.619 half getting close to 60 at 58 percent there 00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:32.780 You know, they they were looking to attack they 00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:35.519 they sent in, you know tons of crosses like you 00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:38.460 said a season high there but The problem was 00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:41.960 only 30 percent accuracy there it felt like it 00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:45.559 was a siege of Indy's box but Indy's defense 00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:48.559 along with Eric dick there kind of just gobbled 00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:51.619 everything up that we threw at him and You know 00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:53.539 he kind of came a big on the night here with 00:36:53.539 --> 00:36:57.000 six saves i mean at this point it feels like 00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:59.619 maybe he's our arch nemesis you know it was never 00:36:59.619 --> 00:37:04.099 pittsburgh it was always just eric dick um i 00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:07.219 i mean you know but i i wonder at a certain point 00:37:07.219 --> 00:37:11.760 were we just unlucky or did he stand on his head 00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:15.940 to keep a clean sheet for us I mean, I don't 00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:19.000 know. The guy is like what? Not 10 foot 10. He's 00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:21.820 a monster in the net. We've always had problems. 00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:23.900 I think we've only scored the one goal in Jaeger 00:37:23.900 --> 00:37:26.980 Meister Cup play. To your point, breaking down 00:37:26.980 --> 00:37:29.980 the two sides, you said the possession, but 11 00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:33.460 total shots to Indy's three. It's not just dick 00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:36.119 at that point. It's also the fact that once a 00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:38.460 team goes up on Rhode Island, they all have the 00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:40.920 blueprint. They know that they can just play 00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:43.039 compact. They can play reserve. They don't have 00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:45.380 to park the bus. They're not turtling, but they 00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:48.119 don't have to be as adventurous. They can invite 00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:50.539 the pressure and because Rhode Island. doesn't 00:37:50.539 --> 00:37:54.059 typically have a way to carve through teams and 00:37:54.059 --> 00:37:56.900 break down defenses. They are much more a transition 00:37:56.900 --> 00:37:59.719 team that can find the one, two, three quick 00:37:59.719 --> 00:38:03.940 combinations and rely on shot volume to get a 00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:06.780 goal into the net. We've seen, I mean, 21 touches 00:38:06.780 --> 00:38:08.960 in the opposition's box in the second half to 00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:11.199 India's six. Like they, Indy didn't care. They 00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:12.639 didn't need it because they knew they could hold 00:38:12.639 --> 00:38:15.889 on. And that's kind of becoming a problem. I 00:38:15.889 --> 00:38:17.630 don't know if that's a problem across the USL. 00:38:17.690 --> 00:38:19.849 I'd love to know. Maybe we can get John Morrissey 00:38:19.849 --> 00:38:23.210 to ask how many teams can come back from disadvantages 00:38:23.210 --> 00:38:26.309 or from being behind. But it's not something 00:38:26.309 --> 00:38:30.389 in Rhode Island's playing deck this season. It 00:38:30.389 --> 00:38:31.809 just doesn't seem like that's something that 00:38:31.809 --> 00:38:34.769 they're interested or they have a solution in 00:38:34.769 --> 00:38:37.829 how to find out and do. And also, unfortunately, 00:38:37.949 --> 00:38:39.969 it feels like when we have clawed one back, usually 00:38:39.969 --> 00:38:42.469 we get countered again right away and get scored 00:38:42.469 --> 00:38:45.130 on again. So I think that's going to be one of 00:38:45.130 --> 00:38:47.469 the big tests and question marks for Kano Smith 00:38:47.469 --> 00:38:49.750 for the rest of the season is, how do you claw 00:38:49.750 --> 00:38:52.409 one back if you can't get ahead in a match? And 00:38:52.409 --> 00:38:54.329 how is this going to set you up for success into 00:38:54.329 --> 00:38:56.929 a playoff run? Because if we're playing on the 00:38:56.929 --> 00:38:58.869 road like we did in this match, I know we saw 00:38:58.869 --> 00:39:03.130 success in a post -season result in Indy last 00:39:03.130 --> 00:39:05.769 go around, I guess, in 2024. We're going to have 00:39:05.769 --> 00:39:07.349 to learn how to do that again. And I don't know 00:39:07.349 --> 00:39:09.409 if this team has picked up those lessons yet 00:39:09.409 --> 00:39:13.610 here in this time. I want to talk one last thing 00:39:13.610 --> 00:39:15.849 before we go to break. Looking at the actual 00:39:15.849 --> 00:39:18.429 shot volume, I said a second ago, it seems like 00:39:18.429 --> 00:39:20.409 this team's finding it hard to find the back 00:39:20.409 --> 00:39:23.989 of the net. Interestingly, Williams now surpasses 00:39:23.989 --> 00:39:27.829 Afonso at 38 shots versus 34 on target for the 00:39:27.829 --> 00:39:30.630 season. We've talked at length about Afonso being 00:39:30.630 --> 00:39:35.590 a USL leading category of shot volume. Interestingly 00:39:35.590 --> 00:39:38.610 here, Jason Williams, his conversion rate is 00:39:38.610 --> 00:39:42.829 13 .5 % while Leos is second worst out of the 00:39:42.829 --> 00:39:47.369 top 10 at just 5 .9. Juan Carlos Obregon Jr is 00:39:47.369 --> 00:39:51.650 even worse at barely 3%. Is this a quantity thing 00:39:51.650 --> 00:39:54.590 now versus quality or should we be approaching 00:39:54.590 --> 00:39:58.170 how we consider shots and what the healthiness 00:39:58.170 --> 00:40:00.710 of this offense looks like? Because I'm quite 00:40:00.710 --> 00:40:05.489 not sure at this point if this is working. Yeah, 00:40:05.489 --> 00:40:07.889 I I mean, you know busy sitting there at the 00:40:07.889 --> 00:40:10.289 top of the charts breaking it down at per 90 00:40:10.289 --> 00:40:13.610 level He's at 33 .3 percent every five minutes. 00:40:13.690 --> 00:40:17.110 He doesn't Play enough for some reason which 00:40:17.110 --> 00:40:20.210 I mean, maybe we need to maybe need to get some 00:40:20.210 --> 00:40:23.190 more of him on the field because Honestly, I 00:40:23.190 --> 00:40:25.429 think Leo started out the season pretty good, 00:40:25.429 --> 00:40:28.030 but I think he's kind of in a funk I I feel like 00:40:28.030 --> 00:40:31.349 the last few matches he hasn't been living up 00:40:31.349 --> 00:40:35.070 to to what we saw, and he really hasn't been 00:40:35.070 --> 00:40:37.909 getting those goals that it felt like were eventually 00:40:37.909 --> 00:40:42.110 going to come. And to be fair, too, like when 00:40:42.110 --> 00:40:44.130 I say that the goals aren't coming, I would be 00:40:44.130 --> 00:40:46.710 remiss to not say we've had two games in the 00:40:46.710 --> 00:40:49.610 last five that have been four goal productions. 00:40:49.710 --> 00:40:52.230 I don't mean that we can't score goals. I mean, 00:40:52.369 --> 00:40:54.940 we can't score goals when we need a goal. It 00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:56.880 is a completely different category when you're 00:40:56.880 --> 00:40:59.420 up three nil on an opponent, then you just, you 00:40:59.420 --> 00:41:00.820 know, they're desperate. They're trying to do 00:41:00.820 --> 00:41:02.300 something different. They're changing tactics. 00:41:02.360 --> 00:41:04.000 They're not playing the style that they want 00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:06.559 and you find one or you get some luck. We need 00:41:06.559 --> 00:41:09.460 that luck in the games where we need to get back 00:41:09.460 --> 00:41:12.519 into a match or we need the go ahead goal earlier 00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:16.380 in. I would be okay if we start spreading these 00:41:16.380 --> 00:41:19.039 four, these three nil goal productions into two 00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:21.599 a game to where we can close the game down two 00:41:21.599 --> 00:41:24.280 nil two one. we need points more than we need 00:41:24.280 --> 00:41:26.360 goals at this point. So I don't know what the 00:41:26.360 --> 00:41:28.519 answer is, but I know that there's frustration 00:41:28.519 --> 00:41:30.860 in the team. I know there's frustration amongst 00:41:30.860 --> 00:41:33.400 the players that like we continue to drop points 00:41:33.400 --> 00:41:35.000 and I know there's frustration in the fandom. 00:41:35.739 --> 00:41:37.579 So I think Westchester, I don't really think 00:41:37.579 --> 00:41:39.519 it's a big test on the season at this point. 00:41:39.699 --> 00:41:42.460 I think it's a, we are on life support. We see 00:41:42.460 --> 00:41:44.280 what happens, but like you've said, we're not 00:41:44.280 --> 00:41:46.300 in control of our destiny when it comes to Pring's 00:41:46.300 --> 00:41:48.579 tires. And I think we have really one showing 00:41:48.579 --> 00:41:51.400 left before the world cup. in that Loudon matchup 00:41:51.400 --> 00:41:53.719 and well we've never won yet against Loudon so 00:41:53.719 --> 00:41:57.079 who knows maybe this is the time Jason we've 00:41:57.079 --> 00:41:58.960 got to go to break and when we return we've got 00:41:58.960 --> 00:42:00.739 the most important part of the show and that's 00:42:00.739 --> 00:42:03.340 of course the mailbag and it's all here on the 00:42:03.340 --> 00:42:06.300 Raising Anchor Soccer Show. Now let's get back 00:42:06.300 --> 00:42:10.079 to the Raising Anchor Soccer Show on 990 WBOB 00:42:10.079 --> 00:42:14.130 with Matt Entrickett and Jason Carey. reminder 00:42:14.130 --> 00:42:17.110 you can always write in questions live into the 00:42:17.110 --> 00:42:19.210 show if you did not get a chance to send one 00:42:19.210 --> 00:42:21.389 in via email or all the other social platforms 00:42:21.389 --> 00:42:24.730 but jumping right into this Lucas writes in are 00:42:24.730 --> 00:42:27.590 we missing Chico yet eight goal contributions 00:42:27.590 --> 00:42:29.809 and it's not even June technically it's June 00:42:29.809 --> 00:42:32.030 now but when he scored it it was still May oh 00:42:32.030 --> 00:42:33.889 man I didn't even realize he's been doing that 00:42:33.889 --> 00:42:37.789 good um I mean do we do we miss him maybe but 00:42:37.789 --> 00:42:41.429 realistically he just did not fit the style of 00:42:41.429 --> 00:42:44.000 play that we did. So unless we're going to like, 00:42:44.380 --> 00:42:46.519 we were going to get rid of JJ and move forward 00:42:46.519 --> 00:42:49.800 with Chico as our only striker. I think realistically, 00:42:50.179 --> 00:42:52.019 that's just a kind of unfortunate thing that 00:42:52.019 --> 00:42:54.599 just didn't work out for us. When you look at 00:42:54.599 --> 00:42:56.980 it, the comparison because of signings is Leo. 00:42:57.420 --> 00:43:00.139 Leo not even close to Chico's numbers. Does it 00:43:00.139 --> 00:43:02.659 feel a bit of remorse or a bit of buyer's regret 00:43:02.659 --> 00:43:05.219 at this point or because stylistically two different 00:43:05.219 --> 00:43:07.400 players, it's not even fair to compare them? 00:43:07.960 --> 00:43:09.780 I'd say stylistically two different players, 00:43:10.059 --> 00:43:13.219 but Leo is more comfortable playing out wide. 00:43:13.659 --> 00:43:16.480 We tried that with Chico and he had a few moments 00:43:16.480 --> 00:43:18.840 where it felt like maybe given enough time he 00:43:18.840 --> 00:43:22.000 could learn to do that, but it wasn't his actual 00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:26.710 thing. So Rachel H here saying when is the team 00:43:26.710 --> 00:43:30.449 going to wake up we start games way too slow 00:43:30.449 --> 00:43:33.969 I I didn't know at first if you meant like what 00:43:33.969 --> 00:43:35.789 part of the season will start to get hot that 00:43:35.789 --> 00:43:38.130 would tell us Scientifically, it's like August 00:43:38.130 --> 00:43:41.769 1st. So enjoy July go, you know Go to Narragansett 00:43:41.769 --> 00:43:43.690 go to the beaches do whatever you need to do 00:43:43.690 --> 00:43:47.130 and come back for August performances But in 00:43:47.130 --> 00:43:51.369 terms of waking up in like actual game day you 00:43:51.369 --> 00:43:55.469 know, 45 minute halves. I don't have the answer. 00:43:55.730 --> 00:43:58.789 I don't know if this is a technical decision 00:43:58.789 --> 00:44:01.949 by Kano to start games a little bit more conservatively 00:44:01.949 --> 00:44:03.730 and that there's a style and structure that he 00:44:03.730 --> 00:44:05.630 wants to implement, or if this is a mentality 00:44:05.630 --> 00:44:08.050 thing. I wrote this in the Discord. I don't know 00:44:08.050 --> 00:44:10.829 which one it is. If it's a mental thing, then 00:44:10.829 --> 00:44:13.789 Kano's got to address it with his team. If it's 00:44:13.789 --> 00:44:16.010 a Pep Guardiola level of tactics that we don't 00:44:16.010 --> 00:44:18.090 understand just yet, I think he needs to shake 00:44:18.090 --> 00:44:20.840 that off and get back to just some direct football 00:44:20.840 --> 00:44:24.599 terrorism and go at it. That being said, I don't 00:44:24.599 --> 00:44:26.139 know when they're going to do it, but it needs 00:44:26.139 --> 00:44:29.380 to happen yesterday. Ben S writes in, how can 00:44:29.380 --> 00:44:32.300 this team find consistency? Are we missing a 00:44:32.300 --> 00:44:35.360 piece that's going to make us click? I mean, 00:44:35.360 --> 00:44:37.940 I think this really ties into what Rachel is 00:44:37.940 --> 00:44:40.719 saying there. I think the problem is consistency 00:44:40.719 --> 00:44:43.519 is either one of two things. It's mental. Are 00:44:43.519 --> 00:44:45.860 there these these players are going out there 00:44:45.860 --> 00:44:49.239 and they're they're not Like engaged until they 00:44:49.239 --> 00:44:52.179 get sucker punched or it's some sort of tactics 00:44:52.179 --> 00:44:54.760 that they are like you said Maybe this is some 00:44:54.760 --> 00:44:57.599 crazy 4d underwater basket weaving that they 00:44:57.599 --> 00:44:59.559 just haven't grasped yet and they need a little 00:44:59.559 --> 00:45:03.840 bit more time I Think that it needs to be one 00:45:03.840 --> 00:45:05.500 of those two things you either need to get them 00:45:05.500 --> 00:45:08.639 to lock in or you need to like tighten up those 00:45:08.639 --> 00:45:12.039 tactics I mean it could be obviously both but 00:45:12.039 --> 00:45:14.579 at least with like tighter tactics it's a little 00:45:14.579 --> 00:45:17.099 bit more simpler in terms of like You know most 00:45:17.099 --> 00:45:19.300 these players are professionals for a reason 00:45:19.300 --> 00:45:22.119 they should be able to play pretty basic stuff 00:45:22.119 --> 00:45:26.219 Are we missing a piece? I I don't know. I I don't 00:45:26.219 --> 00:45:29.300 think so at this point, but we've consistently 00:45:29.300 --> 00:45:32.380 In least the first two years been able to bring 00:45:32.380 --> 00:45:35.739 on you know, midsummer signings that have kind 00:45:35.739 --> 00:45:39.139 of really helped us maybe Shore up and become 00:45:39.139 --> 00:45:42.599 stronger What that piece is just yet? I don't 00:45:42.599 --> 00:45:45.019 know. I don't know if the World Cup window is 00:45:45.019 --> 00:45:47.769 gonna maybe Cause that an issue because all of 00:45:47.769 --> 00:45:49.889 a sudden there's less games in this time frame 00:45:49.889 --> 00:45:53.349 to decide what it is. But I hope that our, our, 00:45:53.349 --> 00:45:59.210 our office knows, uh, Travis L here saying, I 00:45:59.210 --> 00:46:02.909 hate Dick. I don't care how that sounds. I listen. 00:46:03.130 --> 00:46:05.789 I understand what you're saying. Obviously we're 00:46:05.789 --> 00:46:08.909 replying or inferring to Eric Dick. Uh, I thought 00:46:08.909 --> 00:46:10.710 you were talking about spotted Dick. I mean, 00:46:11.070 --> 00:46:15.199 English is bad. So phrasing matters and it is 00:46:15.199 --> 00:46:17.659 pride month. So phrasing matters, terrible timing. 00:46:18.139 --> 00:46:20.920 But yes, I understand Travis, the sentiment there. 00:46:21.260 --> 00:46:24.519 Rich M writes in, is it time to give Logan a 00:46:24.519 --> 00:46:27.820 start over Leo and run with two upfront? Jason, 00:46:27.840 --> 00:46:29.380 this is an interesting tactical change. What 00:46:29.380 --> 00:46:32.139 do we think? I mean, possibly. I was just saying 00:46:32.139 --> 00:46:34.679 how I feels like Leo has been struggling a little 00:46:34.679 --> 00:46:38.469 bit. Maybe, you know, some. It depends. I don't 00:46:38.469 --> 00:46:40.610 know how he would respond. Some players respond 00:46:40.610 --> 00:46:42.329 when you bench them, right? Say, Hey, all right, 00:46:42.329 --> 00:46:45.090 I'm going to give the, you know, the kid, the, 00:46:45.090 --> 00:46:48.090 the college kid to try here to kind of give you 00:46:48.090 --> 00:46:50.909 a warning. Like you need to kind of step it up. 00:46:51.070 --> 00:46:53.090 Other players that destroys their confidence. 00:46:53.110 --> 00:46:55.170 So I don't know what type of person he is and 00:46:55.170 --> 00:46:57.969 how that would relation, how that could work. 00:46:58.210 --> 00:47:00.570 I think the only problem there is that Logan 00:47:00.570 --> 00:47:04.449 feels like, you know, we have JJ at home in a 00:47:04.449 --> 00:47:07.139 way. That he's like somewhat of a like a big 00:47:07.139 --> 00:47:10.679 battering ram type of player who wants So, I 00:47:10.679 --> 00:47:12.920 don't know with two battering rams up front if 00:47:12.920 --> 00:47:15.400 that'll work unless we just put a bunch of creativity 00:47:15.400 --> 00:47:19.199 behind him But hey, I mean, it's too bad to be 00:47:19.199 --> 00:47:22.579 the move, you know, that's all i'm gonna say 00:47:22.579 --> 00:47:27.239 Yeah Uh joe p here says they played well and 00:47:27.239 --> 00:47:29.559 had their chances, but you have to convert solid 00:47:29.559 --> 00:47:33.099 chances to spectacular ones to be dick Also, 00:47:33.360 --> 00:47:35.900 give credit to Rashid and Craig, marking out 00:47:35.900 --> 00:47:38.760 JJ in the air. Quazair also picked up where he 00:47:38.760 --> 00:47:42.019 left off, but he could not convert. Also, you 00:47:42.019 --> 00:47:46.219 can tell players to watch out for Quinn and Rendon, 00:47:46.239 --> 00:47:50.019 but in the end, they ended up cashing in. You 00:47:50.019 --> 00:47:51.980 know, Joe always makes a statement, never asks 00:47:51.980 --> 00:47:55.039 a question. I agree about JJ being isolated. 00:47:55.420 --> 00:47:58.300 Hence why I kind of agree with the previous question 00:47:58.300 --> 00:48:01.050 from Rich on, you know, Does Logan, just two 00:48:01.050 --> 00:48:03.650 bruisers up front, maybe increase our chances, 00:48:03.670 --> 00:48:06.210 at least from a set piece perspective, or just 00:48:06.210 --> 00:48:08.789 making back lines be a little more honest in 00:48:08.789 --> 00:48:12.949 their coverage? It felt like all the pieces were 00:48:12.949 --> 00:48:15.469 there, but against a quality world -class keeper 00:48:15.469 --> 00:48:17.989 like Dick. It just wasn't enough on the night. 00:48:18.070 --> 00:48:20.429 He is, like Jason said earlier, truly becoming 00:48:20.429 --> 00:48:23.869 our arch nemesis. Quickly, by the way, taking 00:48:23.869 --> 00:48:26.550 the ranks of some of the worst keepers that we 00:48:26.550 --> 00:48:29.130 don't love on this show, dispelling a certain 00:48:29.130 --> 00:48:30.949 former keeper out of Oakland whose name shall 00:48:30.949 --> 00:48:33.389 not be repeated because it gives him power. Brad 00:48:33.389 --> 00:48:36.309 K writes in, felt like we got more out of Rodriguez 00:48:36.309 --> 00:48:39.329 and Fuson when they moved into the game. Where 00:48:39.329 --> 00:48:42.010 is our athleticism? We need to see at least pity 00:48:42.010 --> 00:48:46.269 starting moving forward. I tend to agree. I feel 00:48:46.269 --> 00:48:48.269 like the team kind of didn't wake up there and 00:48:48.269 --> 00:48:51.150 I think pity gives a creative spark. I even think 00:48:51.150 --> 00:48:53.730 that you could probably start both him and AST 00:48:53.730 --> 00:48:56.570 at the same time if you maybe push a pity out 00:48:56.570 --> 00:49:00.489 wide. Stacey R says here does losing to a higher 00:49:00.489 --> 00:49:02.710 place team blow your theory out of the water 00:49:02.710 --> 00:49:05.429 about matching opponents? It seems like we're 00:49:05.429 --> 00:49:09.550 just bad. Stacey not drinking from the hopium 00:49:09.550 --> 00:49:15.730 tonight. I don't know. We talked. I mean, I think 00:49:15.730 --> 00:49:17.869 we said this on last week's show. We were either 00:49:17.869 --> 00:49:20.150 going to be in for like a 3 -2 barn burner or 00:49:20.150 --> 00:49:22.130 it was going to be a 1 -0 game either direction. 00:49:22.650 --> 00:49:25.150 And that's how these go. Indy's in fifth place. 00:49:25.710 --> 00:49:28.230 Again, Rhode Island didn't play a bad game. If 00:49:28.230 --> 00:49:31.949 you remove the fluky luckiness of Rendon's goal, 00:49:32.489 --> 00:49:35.869 that's a 0 -0 draw. And or maybe it's not maybe 00:49:35.869 --> 00:49:37.429 maybe Indy would have played a different style. 00:49:37.929 --> 00:49:40.989 I don't know. But like to me, Rhode Island didn't 00:49:40.989 --> 00:49:42.730 play a bad game. They just didn't have the conversion. 00:49:42.889 --> 00:49:44.849 They didn't have the finishing. There was a lot 00:49:44.849 --> 00:49:47.630 there that could have been improved. But to Indy's 00:49:47.630 --> 00:49:50.400 level, I don't know. Does it blow my theory out 00:49:50.400 --> 00:49:52.400 of the water? Probably at this point it was just 00:49:52.400 --> 00:49:54.119 a theory to begin with. They're meant to, you 00:49:54.119 --> 00:49:57.000 know, be scientifically corrected. Jacob A writes 00:49:57.000 --> 00:49:59.059 in, we lost this match on the physical front. 00:49:59.239 --> 00:50:02.019 Indy 11 couldn't even field an 18 man squad. 00:50:02.360 --> 00:50:04.719 And if we had just pushed harder, we could have 00:50:04.719 --> 00:50:06.900 won it with our subs through brute force in the 00:50:06.900 --> 00:50:09.940 second half. The boys didn't play hard enough. 00:50:10.460 --> 00:50:13.239 Jason, I was surprised Indy did not field a actual 00:50:13.239 --> 00:50:15.579 starting 18. They had players from like the Academy 00:50:15.579 --> 00:50:18.360 dress. for this match, they are they are riddled 00:50:18.360 --> 00:50:21.139 with injuries. Do you subscribe that we should 00:50:21.139 --> 00:50:23.099 have just been a battle of attrition and worn 00:50:23.099 --> 00:50:28.139 them down? Possibly. I mean, I think it really 00:50:28.139 --> 00:50:31.099 comes down to the kind of mentality there. It 00:50:31.099 --> 00:50:33.780 just didn't. It didn't feel like they went for 00:50:33.780 --> 00:50:38.239 it until we got scored on. Phil W here says, 00:50:38.239 --> 00:50:40.360 is there something I should be excited for right 00:50:40.360 --> 00:50:42.639 now about this team? It feels like I can't ever 00:50:42.639 --> 00:50:45.480 be happy for back to back weeks with these guys. 00:50:45.960 --> 00:50:48.659 I mean, luckily, it's Westchester. It's a USL 00:50:48.659 --> 00:50:51.199 one side. We should be beating them on the weekend. 00:50:51.360 --> 00:50:53.500 And then don't tune in the Loudon and just go 00:50:53.500 --> 00:50:55.719 straight into World Cup and you'll find some 00:50:55.719 --> 00:50:57.780 joy and bliss for the next couple of weeks of 00:50:57.780 --> 00:51:01.039 the summer when it comes to soccer. Rob P writes 00:51:01.039 --> 00:51:04.579 in, do we think we'll ever see RFC enter a team 00:51:04.579 --> 00:51:08.780 into the TST 77? Detroit City FC entered a team 00:51:08.780 --> 00:51:12.460 this year in the mixed results. If we do see 00:51:12.460 --> 00:51:14.820 a team, this is a long question. Would you make 00:51:14.820 --> 00:51:17.320 your own team? And if so, who's playing in it? 00:51:17.420 --> 00:51:19.260 Jason, let's just do let's just do our FC that 00:51:19.260 --> 00:51:20.800 we don't have time for the seven feet seven. 00:51:20.920 --> 00:51:23.880 We'll we'll do this in a later show. Rob, I promise. 00:51:23.940 --> 00:51:25.900 But let's just do tonight. Do we think Rhode 00:51:25.900 --> 00:51:29.500 Island FC will ever enter a 7v7? I hope so. That'd 00:51:29.500 --> 00:51:33.760 be cool. I mean, we don't have time to answer 00:51:33.760 --> 00:51:36.159 that, but I think like, you know, players like 00:51:36.159 --> 00:51:38.199 Clay Holstad and Amish Shapiro Thompson because 00:51:38.199 --> 00:51:40.179 of their flexibility would be good shouts for 00:51:40.179 --> 00:51:44.130 those for plants. Deezer says here. How do you 00:51:44.130 --> 00:51:46.150 think the team, players and staff will respond 00:51:46.150 --> 00:51:48.650 to the World Cup break? Will they be able to 00:51:48.650 --> 00:52:03.539 handle the influx of fans? If you're talking 00:52:03.539 --> 00:52:05.539 about the team, like taking a break, they will 00:52:05.539 --> 00:52:08.239 be taking at least a one week sabbatical, but 00:52:08.239 --> 00:52:10.340 it's a very short break so that they can get 00:52:10.340 --> 00:52:12.059 a little bit of time away because it's hard to 00:52:12.059 --> 00:52:14.400 get vacation time in between these things. But 00:52:14.400 --> 00:52:15.960 they also have to stay sharp. They have to stay 00:52:15.960 --> 00:52:18.460 crisp going into their next match on the 4th 00:52:18.460 --> 00:52:20.940 of July against Orange County. So from what I've 00:52:20.940 --> 00:52:22.199 been told, there's going to be about a seven 00:52:22.199 --> 00:52:25.800 to 10 day go out, do your thing, but then very 00:52:25.800 --> 00:52:27.800 much report back, be training the entire time, 00:52:27.840 --> 00:52:31.219 be ready to go as for fans. From what I'm hearing, 00:52:31.440 --> 00:52:33.420 Centerville Bank might not have as many activations 00:52:33.420 --> 00:52:35.940 as we think. It's very difficult when you're 00:52:35.940 --> 00:52:38.079 a like stadium, you're a crown jewel, you're 00:52:38.079 --> 00:52:41.139 a very public entity within a soccer landscape 00:52:41.139 --> 00:52:43.639 to be playing games. You have to hide advertising. 00:52:43.739 --> 00:52:45.519 You have to hide partnerships because it's all 00:52:45.519 --> 00:52:48.340 got to be FIFA's way. So I know that there's 00:52:48.340 --> 00:52:51.340 like the Ghana celebration. I know there's the 00:52:51.340 --> 00:52:54.139 Cape Verdean send off. But in terms of watching 00:52:54.139 --> 00:52:56.980 actual games and having fans attend. you're really 00:52:56.980 --> 00:52:58.960 only going to get the Orange County Independence 00:52:58.960 --> 00:53:00.300 game. And I think we talked about this a couple 00:53:00.300 --> 00:53:02.079 of weeks ago that that game might already be 00:53:02.079 --> 00:53:03.579 close to sold out just because it's a fireworks. 00:53:03.739 --> 00:53:05.579 It's it's the Fourth of July, independent of 00:53:05.579 --> 00:53:07.579 the World Cup. So I don't know how much that 00:53:07.579 --> 00:53:09.739 will impact the stadium. But from a staffing 00:53:09.739 --> 00:53:12.380 perspective, I think the players that care like 00:53:12.380 --> 00:53:13.860 I don't see no if you saw it even going or he's 00:53:13.860 --> 00:53:16.340 going to be running 16 miles on that pitch and 00:53:16.340 --> 00:53:18.059 practice every single day. And I just think that's 00:53:18.059 --> 00:53:20.780 how it's going to be. Yeah, I think there's more 00:53:20.780 --> 00:53:22.860 of a long trail to that that this that we could 00:53:22.860 --> 00:53:24.760 probably talk to at a later time. But it's more 00:53:24.760 --> 00:53:27.559 of like, how do you get that hype to continue 00:53:27.559 --> 00:53:30.539 on to convert those to maybe tickets in other 00:53:30.539 --> 00:53:33.159 July and August games. If Rhode Island FC is 00:53:33.159 --> 00:53:35.380 smart, they will find the tartan army and continue 00:53:35.380 --> 00:53:37.780 to sell Scotland scarves and be a part of that. 00:53:37.860 --> 00:53:39.679 Catch that action and try to build some fans 00:53:39.679 --> 00:53:42.380 that want to watch American products in addition 00:53:42.380 --> 00:53:44.519 to their own Scottish Premier League. Yeah. Street 00:53:44.519 --> 00:53:46.159 team is going to need to work hard. They're going 00:53:46.159 --> 00:53:48.280 to be out there advertising, be like, hey, when 00:53:48.280 --> 00:53:50.670 you're done with this, come check us out. The 00:53:50.670 --> 00:53:52.389 street team actually has to hit the streets. 00:53:52.610 --> 00:53:55.050 That's how it works. But Jason, we are way over 00:53:55.050 --> 00:53:57.449 time. It has been so much fun doing this show. 00:53:57.610 --> 00:54:00.409 A little bit of a just programming note. I probably 00:54:00.409 --> 00:54:02.289 will not be on the show and instead I will have 00:54:02.289 --> 00:54:05.070 the ever good friend and producer of the pod 00:54:05.070 --> 00:54:07.550 and producer Torrin Kelly on the show to talk 00:54:07.550 --> 00:54:09.849 all things Westchester preview. And then we'll 00:54:09.849 --> 00:54:11.949 get right back into it when we get ahead for 00:54:11.949 --> 00:54:14.329 that Westchester game. And I will see you guys 00:54:14.329 --> 00:54:16.409 all back in Rhode Island ahead of next week. 00:54:16.429 --> 00:54:19.900 But otherwise it's been a blast, bud. Yep. Thanks 00:54:19.900 --> 00:54:21.559 for joining us, y 'all. We'll catch you next 00:54:21.559 --> 00:54:26.340 time. Anchor's up. Anchor's up. You've been listening 00:54:26.340 --> 00:54:29.059 to the Raising Anchor Soccer Show. 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