WEBVTT 00:00:05.149 --> 00:00:12.150 You're listening to Raising Anchor on 990 WBOB. 00:00:18.390 --> 00:00:21.050 Welcome to the Raising Anchor Soccer Show with 00:00:21.050 --> 00:00:24.129 Matt Entregate and Jason Carey. Your home for 00:00:24.129 --> 00:00:26.809 news, analysis, and everything Rhode Island FC. 00:00:27.609 --> 00:00:29.949 Each week they take you inside the locker room, 00:00:30.269 --> 00:00:32.469 inside the tactics, and inside the storyline 00:00:32.469 --> 00:00:41.390 shaping R -I -F -C. Rhode Island FC get set to 00:00:41.390 --> 00:00:45.310 take on USL One opponents Westchester SC in Prinks 00:00:45.310 --> 00:00:49.509 Cup Tire action this weekend. Can RFC turn their 00:00:49.509 --> 00:00:52.189 fortunes around in time to find a path to advance 00:00:52.189 --> 00:00:55.450 in tournament play? Will Westchester SC finally 00:00:55.450 --> 00:00:58.009 find a spark to kick off a rather tepid season 00:00:58.009 --> 00:01:01.130 so far, or have the USL scriptwriters already 00:01:01.130 --> 00:01:03.689 penned this as a draw that nobody wants to think 00:01:03.689 --> 00:01:06.519 about? Don't you put that evil on us, Ricky Bobby. 00:01:07.260 --> 00:01:09.239 With Matt out on assignment, I'll be driving 00:01:09.239 --> 00:01:11.500 the boat tonight. Your favorite co -host, Jason 00:01:11.500 --> 00:01:14.819 Carey. Joining me is producer extraordinaire, 00:01:14.900 --> 00:01:17.280 Mr. Torn Kelly. Torn, how are you doing, my friend? 00:01:18.140 --> 00:01:19.939 I'm doing great. I'm doing great. I love it when 00:01:19.939 --> 00:01:22.340 I get called up to the main show. I think this 00:01:22.340 --> 00:01:24.840 is our first, like, host rotation with this. 00:01:24.939 --> 00:01:26.439 You know, I've subbed in for you a couple of 00:01:26.439 --> 00:01:28.560 times with Matt. We've done all three of us, 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:30.099 but I think this is the first time you've just 00:01:30.099 --> 00:01:34.200 got the two soccer geeks in the seats. Now I 00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:36.239 think about it, this might be the first permutation 00:01:36.239 --> 00:01:41.219 of just you and me. So should be a fun one. I'm 00:01:41.219 --> 00:01:44.700 doing great too. But also, did you see FIFA banned, 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:47.540 officially banned Vuvisuelas from the 2026 World 00:01:47.540 --> 00:01:50.719 Cup? I did. That is an absolute travesty, an 00:01:50.719 --> 00:01:53.560 absolute travesty. How are we going to take the 00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:56.209 Hobbist to Isengard? It's like, it's just not 00:01:56.209 --> 00:01:58.930 going to happen. Yeah. I feel like the more news 00:01:58.930 --> 00:02:00.930 that comes out about this world cup, the more 00:02:00.930 --> 00:02:03.329 I'm just like, Oh God, I just like, I can't do 00:02:03.329 --> 00:02:06.849 it anymore. Please, please make it stop. An actual 00:02:06.849 --> 00:02:09.229 hot take here though. Um, so they also, did you 00:02:09.229 --> 00:02:12.629 say they banned reusable water bottles? I didn't. 00:02:12.870 --> 00:02:16.210 So they did. And I actually think that is, uh, 00:02:16.270 --> 00:02:18.650 perfectly acceptable. Cause for those of you 00:02:18.650 --> 00:02:21.729 who don't know outside of American soccer fandom, 00:02:22.530 --> 00:02:24.889 international soccer fans can get absolutely 00:02:24.889 --> 00:02:28.370 wild and sometimes they throw things onto the 00:02:28.370 --> 00:02:33.090 field so you know water bottles whatever it is 00:02:33.090 --> 00:02:35.990 they have beer cups things like that so it's 00:02:35.990 --> 00:02:39.129 one of those things that sucks because it's seems 00:02:39.129 --> 00:02:41.110 personally perfectly rational that you should 00:02:41.110 --> 00:02:42.930 be able to bring water in the stadium with you 00:02:42.930 --> 00:02:44.990 but we also can't trust people because they're 00:02:44.990 --> 00:02:48.889 idiots so it sucks but I completely understand 00:02:48.889 --> 00:02:53.419 why they have done that So yeah, I mean now that 00:02:53.419 --> 00:02:55.919 you say that like that makes perfect sense, you 00:02:55.919 --> 00:02:58.539 know I just I think especially with like you've 00:02:58.539 --> 00:03:01.699 got countries from all over where the the norms 00:03:01.699 --> 00:03:04.099 I think are different in the sense of what you 00:03:04.099 --> 00:03:06.219 can do at a game You know, there's a lot of countries 00:03:06.219 --> 00:03:08.419 where I think you buy a ticket and you can kind 00:03:08.419 --> 00:03:11.060 of do whatever you want to an extent So I would 00:03:11.060 --> 00:03:13.379 definitely say that that's thinking about that 00:03:13.379 --> 00:03:16.159 in hindsight You know, I'll give FIFA this one. 00:03:16.300 --> 00:03:19.180 They can get that one. Yeah. The American soccer 00:03:19.180 --> 00:03:20.979 fandom doesn't always like, oh, man, my team 00:03:20.979 --> 00:03:24.139 lost. I need to burn the stadium down. It's like, 00:03:24.199 --> 00:03:26.039 oh, man, I'm just going to go say mean things 00:03:26.039 --> 00:03:29.259 online about people. You know? Yeah. Yeah. I 00:03:29.259 --> 00:03:31.719 think, surprisingly, we're not the ones to be 00:03:31.719 --> 00:03:34.939 worried about for this one, for sure. All right. 00:03:34.979 --> 00:03:38.620 Let's get into some actual USL related news here. 00:03:39.419 --> 00:03:43.460 USL names five clubs in its 2027 sanctioning 00:03:43.460 --> 00:03:46.639 application. The United Soccer League has included 00:03:46.639 --> 00:03:48.620 five additional clubs in its application for 00:03:48.620 --> 00:03:51.819 US Soccer for continued sanctioning of its professional 00:03:51.819 --> 00:03:55.560 leagues ahead of the 2027 season, further strengthening 00:03:55.560 --> 00:03:58.039 the league's national footprint across the USL 00:03:58.039 --> 00:04:01.159 Championship and USL League One. The following 00:04:01.159 --> 00:04:03.759 clubs have been included in the USL's application 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:07.900 to US Soccer for the 2027 season, which is scheduled 00:04:07.900 --> 00:04:11.580 to begin in March 2027. The clubs here in question, 00:04:11.919 --> 00:04:14.500 Atletico Dallas, that's going to be a championship 00:04:14.500 --> 00:04:19.699 team. Then we also have Sporting Cascades, that's 00:04:19.699 --> 00:04:24.480 over in Eugene, Oregon. We've got Point St. Lucie 00:04:24.480 --> 00:04:28.040 FC, Florida, of course. Another Florida team, 00:04:28.339 --> 00:04:31.399 Fort Lauderdale United. And then Thousand Oaks, 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:33.519 that's in California, their name is still pending. 00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:36.420 Those last ones are all set to be, I think, League 00:04:36.420 --> 00:04:41.360 1 there. Yeah, I think for me, you know, I think 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:43.800 the Thousand Oaks announcement seems a little 00:04:43.800 --> 00:04:45.959 bit suspicious timing for those that don't know. 00:04:46.220 --> 00:04:48.500 Ventura County FC, which was meant to be an MLS 00:04:48.500 --> 00:04:50.699 Next Pro team, had been in the works for a little 00:04:50.699 --> 00:04:52.819 bit of time now. They were meant to partner with 00:04:52.819 --> 00:04:55.839 LA Galaxy, are set to discontinue after this 00:04:55.839 --> 00:05:00.129 season, who play nearby. the fact that this team 00:05:00.129 --> 00:05:03.329 really wasn't on anyone's radar until this announcement. 00:05:03.750 --> 00:05:06.490 Maybe this is the USL trying to muscle back into 00:05:06.490 --> 00:05:09.449 this sort of market in the LA region. And I mean, 00:05:09.569 --> 00:05:13.490 I'm all for it. Yeah. And Alta Vista FC has actually 00:05:13.490 --> 00:05:16.089 been doing pretty well. So it would be kind of 00:05:16.089 --> 00:05:19.170 cool to get them some additional, you know, competition 00:05:19.170 --> 00:05:21.750 there, throw in the fact that there's, you know, 00:05:22.129 --> 00:05:24.629 other teams such as Orange County, and then you 00:05:24.629 --> 00:05:27.800 have Sacramento, Monterey Bay. I mean, if any 00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:30.819 of these other ones eventually come online. California 00:05:30.819 --> 00:05:34.139 is such a big animal. There's definitely an appetite 00:05:34.139 --> 00:05:37.680 for soccer there. It's just, it really has to 00:05:37.680 --> 00:05:40.339 be done well because they, they really only, 00:05:40.699 --> 00:05:42.579 they, you know, similar to New England out here, 00:05:42.639 --> 00:05:45.319 they really care about winners. So they're, they're 00:05:45.319 --> 00:05:47.000 going to need to kind of come out and hit the 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:50.160 ground running. But thinking about like the teams 00:05:50.160 --> 00:05:52.319 that they're, they're setting up here. Do you 00:05:52.319 --> 00:05:54.540 think that we're finding the right balance? You 00:05:54.540 --> 00:05:55.740 know, of course we've got, of course we've got 00:05:55.740 --> 00:05:59.449 more Florida teams. Uh, maybe because the league 00:05:59.449 --> 00:06:01.629 is stationed there. I don't know. Um, but it 00:06:01.629 --> 00:06:04.550 is good to see some West coast teams over there, 00:06:04.750 --> 00:06:09.629 you know, Boise, Spokane, Alta. At certain point, 00:06:09.670 --> 00:06:12.689 do you think that we need to maybe look even 00:06:12.689 --> 00:06:15.769 further into regional play until like more money 00:06:15.769 --> 00:06:17.889 starts to kind of shore up into this league? 00:06:18.990 --> 00:06:21.889 I mean, I think realistically it's probably not 00:06:21.889 --> 00:06:24.350 the best balance. Think again. We could, there's 00:06:24.350 --> 00:06:26.170 probably a better way to do it. It is such a 00:06:26.170 --> 00:06:27.850 massive country and it's so different from every 00:06:27.850 --> 00:06:29.850 other, you know, sporting league in the world 00:06:29.850 --> 00:06:31.470 where the countries are a lot smaller. So it's 00:06:31.470 --> 00:06:34.029 a lot easier to get that regional play. But at 00:06:34.029 --> 00:06:36.269 the end of the day, the USL is rapidly growing. 00:06:36.470 --> 00:06:38.850 It's been growing for so long. Is it not just 00:06:38.850 --> 00:06:40.949 a case of let's get as many teams in the door 00:06:40.949 --> 00:06:42.910 as possible that aren't going to fold? Cause 00:06:42.910 --> 00:06:44.230 we're going to get into it in just a moment, 00:06:44.529 --> 00:06:45.990 but there's so many new projects that are sort 00:06:45.990 --> 00:06:48.629 of folding in the past two years. Is it just 00:06:48.629 --> 00:06:50.769 kind of a case of let's just get as many teams 00:06:50.769 --> 00:06:55.769 in as we possibly can? Possibly, uh, I mean you 00:06:55.769 --> 00:06:57.569 would think that there was the change of leadership 00:06:57.569 --> 00:06:59.970 that kind of recently got announced Maybe that's 00:06:59.970 --> 00:07:03.430 something that will inevitably change as we get 00:07:03.430 --> 00:07:06.189 closer to pro rel I think some of that, you know, 00:07:06.509 --> 00:07:09.550 we'll start to see what that looks like But with 00:07:09.550 --> 00:07:12.329 the good comes the unsurprisingly bad the buffalo 00:07:12.329 --> 00:07:15.149 usl project come out and announce they will not 00:07:15.149 --> 00:07:19.769 be starting in the 2027 season they listed a 00:07:19.769 --> 00:07:22.870 bunch of different reasons for as you know what 00:07:22.870 --> 00:07:25.290 they're why this is not going to happen what 00:07:25.290 --> 00:07:27.730 they're going to do in the coming like the coming 00:07:27.730 --> 00:07:30.889 months ahead of this but they're they're not 00:07:30.889 --> 00:07:34.110 committed to 2027 you know there's still radio 00:07:34.110 --> 00:07:38.449 silence on milwaukee and iowa expansions with 00:07:38.449 --> 00:07:42.829 okc and reno further down the road i think the 00:07:42.829 --> 00:07:44.509 big news that's kind of swept under the rug is 00:07:44.509 --> 00:07:47.329 here is that you know nothing from santa barbara 00:07:47.329 --> 00:07:51.550 sky still And you know Rodeo soccer club for 00:07:51.550 --> 00:07:55.649 usl1 nothing from there either It's unclear if 00:07:55.649 --> 00:07:58.230 they don't have to you know have to acquire us 00:07:58.230 --> 00:08:00.089 soccer sanctioning before both of these club 00:08:00.089 --> 00:08:03.069 inherited the roster spot from you know, the 00:08:03.069 --> 00:08:07.449 disembodied Memphis 901 and texoma FC, but You 00:08:07.449 --> 00:08:11.050 think we'd see some additional sort of like news 00:08:11.050 --> 00:08:14.430 come alongside this announcement we see success 00:08:14.430 --> 00:08:16.310 stories from a lot of these projects constantly 00:08:16.310 --> 00:08:20.550 and Me and Matt have talked about this in regards 00:08:20.550 --> 00:08:22.529 to the USL, especially under the new leadership 00:08:22.529 --> 00:08:26.089 that I just mentioned. What do you think is the 00:08:26.089 --> 00:08:28.310 right path forward here for the USL as they're 00:08:28.310 --> 00:08:32.269 looking to expand? I think it's tough. I think 00:08:32.269 --> 00:08:33.690 ultimately, I think that the main thing is you 00:08:33.690 --> 00:08:36.909 need to find out why this keeps happening. Because 00:08:36.909 --> 00:08:39.490 obviously with Buffalo, is it a wrong start date? 00:08:39.710 --> 00:08:42.389 Are they not being realistic? But also, my thought 00:08:42.389 --> 00:08:45.200 is like... Cities as well or regions like are 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:47.379 we picking the best sort of regions? And I guess 00:08:47.379 --> 00:08:49.960 we mentioned that briefly a second ago But are 00:08:49.960 --> 00:08:51.980 we picking the right regions that are ready for 00:08:51.980 --> 00:08:54.700 this that want this? I think we you look at when 00:08:54.700 --> 00:08:57.100 we started as a club This was a you know, New 00:08:57.100 --> 00:08:59.360 England area that loves this game. You know that 00:08:59.360 --> 00:09:00.899 they've loved this game, especially Rhode Island 00:09:00.899 --> 00:09:03.799 So it felt just right and you can see you know, 00:09:03.799 --> 00:09:06.169 we had so many new fans coming straight through 00:09:06.169 --> 00:09:07.669 the door on our first season. So I'm wondering, 00:09:08.129 --> 00:09:10.210 maybe are they picking the wrong cities for these 00:09:10.210 --> 00:09:12.529 higher level teams in the championship that sort 00:09:12.529 --> 00:09:17.070 of need big audiences straight away? Yeah, I 00:09:17.070 --> 00:09:19.649 think part of this is, is going to be a trial 00:09:19.649 --> 00:09:22.049 and error, right? This is still a developing 00:09:22.049 --> 00:09:26.509 sport in this country. So to a certain extent, 00:09:26.509 --> 00:09:28.710 it's almost like maybe there's in some ways, 00:09:28.850 --> 00:09:30.990 no wrong decisions as if they're, they're getting 00:09:30.990 --> 00:09:32.330 it out there. Like they're definitely things 00:09:32.330 --> 00:09:34.730 are not going to go their way. and they're just 00:09:34.730 --> 00:09:37.549 going to kind of have to learn from other people's 00:09:37.549 --> 00:09:41.110 mistakes. Kind of moving on here to our next 00:09:41.110 --> 00:09:45.269 topic. We've got an event here coming up. Centerville 00:09:45.269 --> 00:09:48.549 Bank Stadium is hosting the Cape Verdean National 00:09:48.549 --> 00:09:51.809 Team this Sunday, June 7th, in a free event. 00:09:51.950 --> 00:09:53.769 You just need to go on there, request tickets. 00:09:53.809 --> 00:09:56.850 You can do that online. The event runs 12 to 00:09:56.850 --> 00:09:59.289 5 p .m. with interactive experiences, culture 00:09:59.289 --> 00:10:01.730 performances, and our regional men's soccer tournament. 00:10:02.400 --> 00:10:05.860 Sounds like a great time however in classic New 00:10:05.860 --> 00:10:09.659 England fashion looking at the weather here Looks 00:10:09.659 --> 00:10:11.740 like there's potential thunderstorms. Of course. 00:10:12.080 --> 00:10:15.580 I mean our game so far Looking like we're gonna 00:10:15.580 --> 00:10:17.299 get some good weather, but you know I'm not sure 00:10:17.299 --> 00:10:19.720 how this is gonna pan out for for that event 00:10:19.720 --> 00:10:22.639 Do you think us weather permitting you you'll 00:10:22.639 --> 00:10:27.000 you'll turn up for this? I mean I'd love to if 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:28.899 I can it sounds like it's gonna be an absolute 00:10:28.899 --> 00:10:31.960 blast I think I remember when we were in World 00:10:31.960 --> 00:10:35.320 Cup qualifiers and seeing all of the Cape Verdean 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:37.460 like watch parties for when they were qualifying 00:10:37.460 --> 00:10:39.860 for the World Cup and how big they were so I 00:10:39.860 --> 00:10:41.899 just know for a fact that Rhode Island is gonna 00:10:41.899 --> 00:10:43.919 show out there's gonna be so many fans there 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:46.039 so if you can make it that I think I'd highly 00:10:46.039 --> 00:10:47.799 recommend it hopefully you'll see me there as 00:10:47.799 --> 00:10:52.200 well yeah same thing I think you know Weather 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:54.620 permitting and as long as I've got the time, 00:10:54.700 --> 00:10:57.440 I think i'll i'm gonna try and put that uh As 00:10:57.440 --> 00:11:00.320 a something on my to -do list here. Uh, speaking 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:04.100 of cape verde though It looks like rafc Got their 00:11:04.100 --> 00:11:06.500 friendly of the season with bermuda after all 00:11:06.500 --> 00:11:10.000 as the bermuda fa traveled down To play a tune 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:13.259 -up match against cape verde Which included a 00:11:13.259 --> 00:11:16.659 friendly against rhodisland fc? According to 00:11:16.659 --> 00:11:20.220 Defiance 1636, President Urban Vargas, RAFC won 00:11:20.220 --> 00:11:23.480 the friendly 4 -0. Uh, Torrin, thoughts on a 00:11:23.480 --> 00:11:25.600 midweek match like this heading into the weekend? 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:28.899 Do you subscribe to the superstition that we 00:11:28.899 --> 00:11:30.639 aren't going to make it to the Eastern Conference 00:11:30.639 --> 00:11:33.259 final without testing our medal against Bermuda 00:11:33.259 --> 00:11:35.820 as we've done so every other season in this club's 00:11:35.820 --> 00:11:39.360 existence? I mean, look, I'm all for a superstition. 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:43.259 That might be a little... Far -fetched, but I 00:11:43.259 --> 00:11:46.100 mean, if we're two for two, then why not? You 00:11:46.100 --> 00:11:48.659 know, let's make sure that we keep doing it until 00:11:48.659 --> 00:11:52.200 it fails. I think it's honestly, it feels like 00:11:52.200 --> 00:11:54.360 weirdly good timing. I think when I first kind 00:11:54.360 --> 00:11:55.720 of thought of it, I was like, oh, I don't know 00:11:55.720 --> 00:11:57.860 about this, especially if you had told me before 00:11:57.860 --> 00:12:00.059 the season had started. But we're coming to a 00:12:00.059 --> 00:12:03.299 very weird point. We're very up and down. Again, 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:05.559 especially with the indie result, there's probably 00:12:05.559 --> 00:12:08.500 some lack of confidence in there. So to go against 00:12:08.500 --> 00:12:10.919 maybe a lower level side, I think is great for 00:12:10.919 --> 00:12:13.080 that confidence. Obviously, if we... you know, 00:12:13.139 --> 00:12:14.879 shout out to Irvin Vargas that we did win that 00:12:14.879 --> 00:12:16.700 game 4 -0 and that's great for the confidence, 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:18.659 especially for the attackers who weren't able 00:12:18.659 --> 00:12:20.740 to score against Indy, but also just to kind 00:12:20.740 --> 00:12:23.159 of keep that match readiness going and get us 00:12:23.159 --> 00:12:26.100 into a weekend where it may or may not be a must 00:12:26.100 --> 00:12:28.100 win. We're going to talk about that later. I 00:12:28.100 --> 00:12:30.500 think it's pretty, I think it's a, again, oddly 00:12:30.500 --> 00:12:33.980 good timing. Yeah. I think with the upcoming 00:12:33.980 --> 00:12:36.600 break and the fact that this is potentially, 00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:38.679 you know, lower opposition, you have ability 00:12:38.679 --> 00:12:42.830 to rotate players, you know, I don't hate it. 00:12:43.289 --> 00:12:47.470 So, but we got to take a quick break here. And 00:12:47.470 --> 00:12:49.210 when we return, we're going to break down some 00:12:49.210 --> 00:12:51.929 table standings, head to head records and start 00:12:51.929 --> 00:12:54.389 to look up to this upcoming match here. Don't 00:12:54.389 --> 00:12:56.690 go anywhere. It is the Raising Anchor Soccer 00:12:56.690 --> 00:13:02.549 Show. Thank you for listening to tonight's broadcast 00:13:02.549 --> 00:13:05.450 powered by Sprout Coworking. For all your business 00:13:05.450 --> 00:13:08.149 needs, large or small, visit sproutcoworking 00:13:08.149 --> 00:13:13.169 .com. Powering 990 WBOB. That's sprout coworking 00:13:13.169 --> 00:13:15.809 .com. Now let's get back to the raising anchor 00:13:15.809 --> 00:13:20.289 soccer ship on 990 WBOB with Matt intricate and 00:13:20.289 --> 00:13:23.429 Jason Carey. Alright, as we start getting to 00:13:23.429 --> 00:13:26.429 previewing this match, looking at Westchester 00:13:26.429 --> 00:13:28.690 in our short history with them, what can you 00:13:28.690 --> 00:13:30.750 tell us about the our head to head there with 00:13:30.750 --> 00:13:33.860 them torn? So, of course, we only have one match 00:13:33.860 --> 00:13:36.879 between the two sides so far, which was last 00:13:36.879 --> 00:13:39.820 year, which came at a 4 -1 win for Rhode Island 00:13:39.820 --> 00:13:41.759 in what obviously used to be the Jager Meister 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:45.080 Cup is now the Prinks Cup. Two goals for JJ Williams 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:47.980 saw the boys get an emphatic win on the road 00:13:47.980 --> 00:13:50.220 to start what was our great cup run last year 00:13:50.220 --> 00:13:52.519 getting all the way to the semifinals. And it 00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:54.600 was a pretty dominant game for us, you know. 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:57.419 All in all, we won the possession battle 56 % 00:13:57.419 --> 00:14:00.960 to 44%, won the shots battle 16 to seven, and 00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:02.820 then won the shots on target battle eight to 00:14:02.820 --> 00:14:06.139 five. So, I mean, pretty all in all, that's a 00:14:06.139 --> 00:14:07.899 pretty good result. It was actually funny, I 00:14:07.899 --> 00:14:09.639 was looking at it, and I think it might have 00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:13.100 been one of, if not the first game that we saw 00:14:13.100 --> 00:14:15.340 Kano kind of experiment into this back four. 00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:17.980 So it's interesting, a year later, this back 00:14:17.980 --> 00:14:20.799 four has become the regular now. Um, and even 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:22.639 though we saw us change back to the three at 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:25.039 the end of last year, we're like a year later 00:14:25.039 --> 00:14:27.240 and we've pretty much reverted back to what works 00:14:27.240 --> 00:14:30.159 so well against Westchester. Yeah. I mean, talking 00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:32.179 to him in the very first season, you know, he, 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:35.039 he mentioned the end and like lock it down, but 00:14:35.039 --> 00:14:36.960 he kind of thought of a four three three. So, 00:14:36.960 --> 00:14:39.899 I mean, maybe that was always the goal there 00:14:39.899 --> 00:14:42.759 was to, uh, to get back to a four back line. 00:14:43.139 --> 00:14:46.799 Um, looking ahead to this match here, checking 00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:51.990 out our availability report here. Um, we've got, 00:14:51.990 --> 00:14:54.950 you know, CJ Williams here being questionable, 00:14:55.309 --> 00:14:58.090 similar there with Omidy Joe kind of carries 00:14:58.090 --> 00:15:00.470 over carryovers from last week's availability 00:15:00.470 --> 00:15:03.830 until we see an update, you know, not going to 00:15:03.830 --> 00:15:06.590 kind of say that they're ready. Unfortunate for 00:15:06.590 --> 00:15:08.769 CJ, you know, remains off Scott. Cause this is 00:15:08.769 --> 00:15:10.649 really a match where you think we could have 00:15:10.649 --> 00:15:13.169 seen him get some minutes and really, you know, 00:15:13.409 --> 00:15:17.309 test himself against that opposition. Obviously, 00:15:17.409 --> 00:15:19.169 with the recent announcements, and we talked 00:15:19.169 --> 00:15:22.370 about this recently, Joe J. Aquezera and Dwayne 00:15:22.370 --> 00:15:25.889 Atkinson are also missing for international duty. 00:15:26.549 --> 00:15:29.049 What can you tell us about Westchester's availability 00:15:29.049 --> 00:15:32.269 here? So for Westchester, they face some pretty 00:15:32.269 --> 00:15:35.029 major health concerns, maybe not as in terms 00:15:35.029 --> 00:15:37.190 of quantity, but definitely in terms of quality 00:15:37.190 --> 00:15:39.690 as it's been specifically in net as both goalkeeper 00:15:39.690 --> 00:15:42.090 options at the start of the year. Starting goalkeeper 00:15:42.090 --> 00:15:45.049 Andrew Hammersley went down with a pretty extensive 00:15:45.049 --> 00:15:47.429 injury back in April. And then following that 00:15:47.429 --> 00:15:50.690 backup keeper, Mateus Molino will be sidelined 00:15:50.690 --> 00:15:53.190 with a knee injury. In response to this though, 00:15:53.230 --> 00:15:55.570 they have made A pretty decent response. They 00:15:55.570 --> 00:15:58.769 have signed keeper Luca Marinelli to a 25 day 00:15:58.769 --> 00:16:01.070 contract, similar to what we did with Rio Hope 00:16:01.070 --> 00:16:02.690 Gunned last year. We saw how that turned out 00:16:02.690 --> 00:16:06.350 for us. And then they later extended to the remainder 00:16:06.350 --> 00:16:09.029 of the season. Again, so much Rio Hope Gunned. 00:16:09.090 --> 00:16:11.210 And then they have just recently activated goalkeeper 00:16:11.210 --> 00:16:14.129 coach, Gianna Santucci to the roster, which was 00:16:14.129 --> 00:16:15.549 a pretty big surprise to me. I don't think I've 00:16:15.549 --> 00:16:17.529 ever seen that happen. I don't know if you have, 00:16:17.710 --> 00:16:22.350 Jason. Not that I can say in the the USL I feel 00:16:22.350 --> 00:16:25.129 like I've heard of that happening Somewhere in 00:16:25.129 --> 00:16:27.110 my like it's triggering a vague memory. I'll 00:16:27.110 --> 00:16:29.009 probably remember it in a few hours You don't 00:16:29.009 --> 00:16:32.610 want to go to bed or of course I'm looking at 00:16:32.610 --> 00:16:35.070 the ref report here. I was able to pull pull 00:16:35.070 --> 00:16:38.110 who the refs are admittedly they're not triggering 00:16:38.110 --> 00:16:40.190 any bells and I just didn't have the time to 00:16:40.190 --> 00:16:43.730 research whether or not they uh, Repped us before 00:16:43.730 --> 00:16:48.720 so maybe the sicko. Yeah maybe the sickos out 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:50.419 there will get triggered and be like oh no that 00:16:50.419 --> 00:16:52.940 guy but uh i don't this doesn't ring a bell we've 00:16:52.940 --> 00:16:57.320 got a head ref here of denny uh kula kula nasaq 00:16:57.320 --> 00:17:00.259 um with assistant referees of nicolas seymour 00:17:00.259 --> 00:17:03.879 marcus barnett and a fourth official of shay 00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:09.400 lane uh as we look at rafc so far in pranks cup 00:17:09.400 --> 00:17:13.569 action here um you know RFC haven't started the 00:17:13.569 --> 00:17:16.049 Prinks Cup nearly as well as they did last year 00:17:16.049 --> 00:17:19.329 in the Jager Meister Cup. After two rounds last 00:17:19.329 --> 00:17:22.230 year, they beat Westchester and Pittsburgh Riverhounds, 00:17:22.750 --> 00:17:25.910 putting them on six points. You know, impressive 00:17:25.910 --> 00:17:27.589 when they're against Pittsburgh, especially because 00:17:27.589 --> 00:17:31.089 we've always struggled against them. Looking 00:17:31.089 --> 00:17:33.670 at this year in the first round, we saw RFC travel 00:17:33.670 --> 00:17:36.440 to Hartford. Of course, on another rainy New 00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:39.660 England weekend, and that match saw RFC put 20 00:17:39.660 --> 00:17:42.380 shots on Hartford, but they were unable to find 00:17:42.380 --> 00:17:45.099 a winner there. Hartford's defense coming up 00:17:45.099 --> 00:17:47.519 big there for them. The match went to penalties 00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:50.099 where RFC bested Hartford there four to three, 00:17:50.259 --> 00:17:52.660 getting them that extra point due to league rules. 00:17:52.839 --> 00:17:55.380 We're giving us the two points that we kind of 00:17:55.380 --> 00:17:59.279 remain on here. Next match saw us travel up to 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:01.400 Portland, Maine there to take on the Hearts of 00:18:01.400 --> 00:18:04.480 Pine. Appeared to be struggling at the time and 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:07.220 we kind of all thought like yeah They they will 00:18:07.220 --> 00:18:09.500 give us a fight, but we kind of thought that 00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:12.599 we were gonna we're gonna get that one but That 00:18:12.599 --> 00:18:15.339 uh that was not the uh that the plan there They 00:18:15.339 --> 00:18:17.380 kind of sucker -punched RFC and took the lead 00:18:17.380 --> 00:18:20.519 after only three minutes Gave up a penalty another 00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:22.480 20 minutes later and kind of found themselves 00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:26.579 down to nil at the half Second half surge and 00:18:26.579 --> 00:18:29.119 a goal from Logan Dorsey just wasn't enough to 00:18:29.119 --> 00:18:32.500 claw back any points on the day Without getting 00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:34.579 too far ahead of ourselves say predictions or 00:18:34.579 --> 00:18:37.759 anything. What have you make of our cop run so 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:42.000 far here? It really does feel like a bit of a 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:44.019 like going from I mean I know the settings going 00:18:44.019 --> 00:18:46.079 from zero to a hundred kind of the opposite we 00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:48.680 went from a hundred to zero I think even though 00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:51.019 the heart for game was only two points you look 00:18:51.019 --> 00:18:54.170 at the context of we the last away day didn't 00:18:54.170 --> 00:18:56.150 go to plan with that three no loss and we were 00:18:56.150 --> 00:18:58.369 just coming off of another penalty shootout loss 00:18:58.369 --> 00:19:01.490 against the revolution to play so well as we 00:19:01.490 --> 00:19:04.230 did, you know, putting 20 shots on them and then 00:19:04.230 --> 00:19:06.210 going on and getting a result in penalties, which 00:19:06.210 --> 00:19:08.569 I don't think a lot of us expected to do. That 00:19:08.569 --> 00:19:10.900 really felt like an all time high. And it kind 00:19:10.900 --> 00:19:13.160 of comes plummeting down with the results of 00:19:13.160 --> 00:19:15.880 Portland, I think, in a lot of ways. I mean, 00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:17.240 we talked about, I know there was a question 00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:19.160 on the pod, of course, being, is this one of 00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:21.839 the worst games in around NFC history? I know 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:24.160 you and Matt both disagree, and I would disagree 00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:26.400 as well. But just to be put in that category, 00:19:26.579 --> 00:19:29.000 I think that warrants saying that we went from 00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:31.579 100 to zero in this moment. So maybe not the 00:19:31.579 --> 00:19:33.660 best start, especially compared to last year. 00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:36.880 But I still have some maybe delusional hope for 00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:40.559 us moving forward in this competition. I'd say 00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:43.980 I'm somewhat of kind of similar there. I do have 00:19:43.980 --> 00:19:46.339 a bit of delusional hope. I think when we look 00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:48.799 at the Hartford match, I don't think that's necessarily 00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:52.920 a bad result there, considering that they were 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:56.400 the champions last year. And while they have 00:19:56.400 --> 00:19:59.259 struggled to find the back of the net, they've 00:19:59.259 --> 00:20:02.759 still remained somewhat strong defensively. And 00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:05.079 we know with the rivalry, their team that's going 00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:08.079 to turn up against us, you know, We ultimately 00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:10.180 we were able to kind of best see aha there if 00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:12.519 you will in that penalty shootout but I Baron 00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:15.359 I guarantee that he is he gets fired up every 00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:18.559 time that we play him so It's just when you get 00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:21.299 to that Portland match. It's just a bit of a 00:20:21.299 --> 00:20:25.140 head -scratcher there this this team just Feels 00:20:25.140 --> 00:20:28.039 like they like the game starts and they're just 00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:32.200 like five minutes behind So it's hard to kind 00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:34.880 of explain what what's going on in their head 00:20:34.880 --> 00:20:38.910 there as the ref blows the whistle and it's not 00:20:38.910 --> 00:20:41.369 a it's not a good look especially in a knockout 00:20:41.369 --> 00:20:44.009 tournament like this you know the season is long 00:20:44.009 --> 00:20:46.130 there's plenty of opportunities to kind of correct 00:20:46.130 --> 00:20:50.309 that and get things back in gear but in a cup 00:20:50.309 --> 00:20:54.509 run you have such few opportunities to actually 00:20:54.509 --> 00:20:57.829 move forward that fall asleep at the wheels not 00:20:57.829 --> 00:21:01.109 going to do you any good um let's take a quick 00:21:01.109 --> 00:21:04.230 look here at our guaranteed to be wrong lineup 00:21:04.230 --> 00:21:08.390 predictions here We're gonna we're gonna take 00:21:08.390 --> 00:21:11.750 a wild guess here This is probably wrong. Like 00:21:11.750 --> 00:21:15.769 hey, what if we saw Castro in that? Why not? 00:21:15.769 --> 00:21:18.069 Why not? Maybe maybe one day maybe one day the 00:21:18.069 --> 00:21:21.410 guy gets some minutes Yeah, so we're predicting 00:21:21.410 --> 00:21:23.670 it. Like I said guaranteed to be wrong But you 00:21:23.670 --> 00:21:26.130 know, I think honestly this is probably a good 00:21:26.130 --> 00:21:29.329 opportunity for him to get some minutes here 00:21:29.329 --> 00:21:32.349 We're thinking a back line here of Nick's Gardena 00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:36.339 Kareefa Yao, Grant Stoneman, and Frank Nodarse. 00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:41.799 Holding midfield here of Zach Haraveau, Hugo 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:47.319 Baccarac with Leo Alfonso, Noel Fuson, and Augustin 00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:51.940 Rodriguez as your tacky midfielders with Logan 00:21:51.940 --> 00:21:57.660 Dorsey there up top. How do you feel about this 00:21:57.660 --> 00:22:02.269 lineup here? Any changes you would make? Any 00:22:02.269 --> 00:22:04.829 insights there? I mean I feel good about it to 00:22:04.829 --> 00:22:08.509 be fair. I think the it's a thing I like and 00:22:08.509 --> 00:22:11.990 don't like I would say with that sort of Attacking 00:22:11.990 --> 00:22:14.450 three right below Dorsey. I think you can kind 00:22:14.450 --> 00:22:17.910 of play them wherever you know in my mind I had 00:22:17.910 --> 00:22:20.450 it as a Fonzo on the right Fuson as like that 00:22:20.450 --> 00:22:22.730 second striker and Augustine on the left But 00:22:22.730 --> 00:22:24.529 you could easily see that honestly all three 00:22:24.529 --> 00:22:27.450 of them could play anywhere. I think It can cause 00:22:27.450 --> 00:22:29.829 some confusion, but if you get it right on the 00:22:29.829 --> 00:22:31.990 night, I think you've seen kind of do it well 00:22:31.990 --> 00:22:34.849 with Afonso and Joe J at times, switching them 00:22:34.849 --> 00:22:36.809 in the middle of games. That could definitely 00:22:36.809 --> 00:22:38.990 be something that could confuse Westchester a 00:22:38.990 --> 00:22:41.329 lot, especially as a team that maybe is a bit 00:22:41.329 --> 00:22:43.049 weaker defensively, which we'll get into later 00:22:43.049 --> 00:22:45.910 on in the show. But I definitely would be okay 00:22:45.910 --> 00:22:47.769 with this line. I think it's a good mix of rotation, 00:22:47.789 --> 00:22:49.750 but also a strong side that should be able to 00:22:49.750 --> 00:22:52.450 get three points at home. Yeah, and like as we 00:22:52.450 --> 00:22:55.069 mentioned no Joe Jaya, no busy So definitely 00:22:55.069 --> 00:22:57.950 you see some rotation here and I think this is 00:22:57.950 --> 00:23:00.349 a good opportunity Especially because while the 00:23:00.349 --> 00:23:03.750 team needs to to go for it. We are playing a 00:23:03.750 --> 00:23:06.809 lesser opposition here and You know, we're coming 00:23:06.809 --> 00:23:09.910 up on on a break here, right? We've got no we 00:23:09.910 --> 00:23:12.609 know midweek matches in the following week unless 00:23:12.609 --> 00:23:14.569 there's another surprise friendly or something 00:23:14.569 --> 00:23:17.569 here and we've got a World Cup break looming 00:23:17.569 --> 00:23:21.380 I think that like We really want to keep this 00:23:21.380 --> 00:23:24.240 cup run alive. Uh, so I think it's, it's kind 00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:27.000 of a good opportunity, but at the same time, 00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:29.299 considering it's Westchester and they're, they're 00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:31.960 second in the last table, you know, is there 00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:34.339 an argument to actually even go further than 00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:37.400 what we did and start even more rotational slash 00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:39.359 fringe players? Like should we see being seen 00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:42.420 the likes of Dana Rivera, Kevin Vang, Jamie Peters? 00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:47.730 I think it depends. I think for me. And it's 00:23:47.730 --> 00:23:49.710 what i think annoys me more about portland is 00:23:49.710 --> 00:23:51.630 if we had gone and gone three points on the road 00:23:51.630 --> 00:23:54.430 to portland. I think you have a lot more sort 00:23:54.430 --> 00:23:56.569 of wiggle room to start these players and if 00:23:56.569 --> 00:23:59.289 it's a half time and you are either a goal down 00:23:59.289 --> 00:24:01.450 or you're still tied then you can maybe bring 00:24:01.450 --> 00:24:04.490 on your jj's. You are augustine's you're you 00:24:04.490 --> 00:24:06.509 know no food songs that are gonna sort of turn 00:24:06.509 --> 00:24:08.910 the game around and should get you the win in 00:24:08.910 --> 00:24:12.970 forty five minutes but to be a game where you 00:24:12.970 --> 00:24:16.400 sort of need it. At a minimum two points realistically, 00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:18.640 again, we'll get into it later. You kind of need 00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:20.519 three points. If you want to continue in this 00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:23.099 cut, you've got to go somewhat strong. I think 00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:24.539 definitely you should see those players on the 00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:26.960 bench. Cause of course it is a game where I think 00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:29.680 I could see you going into halftime or maybe 00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:32.119 even like the 60 or 70 minute up by two, maybe 00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:34.319 even three goals. In which case you should definitely 00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:35.880 see Revere getting minutes. You should definitely 00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:37.539 see Kevin van getting minutes. Cause he's always 00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:39.599 going to get the crowd going, especially with 00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:42.480 a sold out stadium. I think definitely keep them 00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:44.740 on the bench, but. Sadly, I think with that Portland 00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:47.039 loss, we're just not at a point where we can 00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:50.519 sort of do that and still, you know, lose some 00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:53.000 points here. Yeah. No, I think that's a perfectly 00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:56.420 fair assessment. I'm looking at what could be 00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:59.000 our X factor in this match against Westchester. 00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:02.180 I'm going to go with no Fuson. I feel like he's 00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:04.259 been starting to get some momentum. I feel like 00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:06.619 there's kind of a spark there. And even if it's 00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:10.289 against the lesser offer, like opposition. I 00:25:10.289 --> 00:25:12.170 think this is an opportunity for him to put up 00:25:12.170 --> 00:25:13.869 some numbers. And I think at the end of the day, 00:25:14.089 --> 00:25:16.089 like, he's not going to be like, oh, well, that 00:25:16.089 --> 00:25:18.269 assistant goal didn't count because it was against 00:25:18.269 --> 00:25:20.109 Westchester is like, no, that's going to build 00:25:20.109 --> 00:25:22.750 his confidence and kind of get him back so that 00:25:22.750 --> 00:25:26.910 he can start testing, you know, pushing the starting 00:25:26.910 --> 00:25:30.420 lineup to maybe get himself back in there. Oh, 00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:33.099 yeah, for sure. I think he sort of needs that 00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:35.500 confidence, I think, and I fully agree with you. 00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:37.180 And I've gone with a similar route in terms of 00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:38.859 players gaining momentum. I think he's been really 00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:40.579 good these last few weeks. I think especially 00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:42.500 coming on against India, but he was one of our 00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:45.759 best players and kind of switch the game immediately 00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:48.660 and to sort of have him who's a very different 00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:52.920 option to an Augustine or an AST. available and 00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:54.799 playing really well, I think would be really 00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:57.619 important going into the middle and later stages 00:25:57.619 --> 00:26:01.140 of this year. For me, again, similar in terms 00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:02.640 of a player that's gaining momentum. I've gone 00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:05.519 with Logan Dorsey. I'm here with Ben Johnson 00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:07.579 in the chat right now agreeing. I think over 00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:09.619 the last three or four games, he's been really 00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:11.839 good, and I think he's really due for that sort 00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:14.460 of breakout performance, especially against a 00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:16.839 side who's conceded five goals in the first two 00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:19.339 games in this tournament. They're clearly not 00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:22.390 the best defensively, so to me, get him one maybe 00:26:22.390 --> 00:26:24.450 even two goals in this game I think this would 00:26:24.450 --> 00:26:27.710 be major yeah I mean he scored against Portland 00:26:27.710 --> 00:26:32.109 so why not against Westchester we got to take 00:26:32.109 --> 00:26:34.650 another quick break here but when we return we'll 00:26:34.650 --> 00:26:36.710 break down Westchester's role to play on the 00:26:36.710 --> 00:26:39.170 weekend all here on the Raising Acres soccer 00:26:39.170 --> 00:26:45.799 show Fans, as the weather becomes more and more 00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:49.240 unpredictable, be sure to check out 990 WBOB's 00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:51.519 weather page for all your temperatures, storm, 00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:54.579 and travel info. Stay prepared for whatever Mother 00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:58.180 Nature has in store with the 990 WBOB weather 00:26:58.180 --> 00:27:01.519 page. Now, let's get back to the raising anchor 00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:05.500 soccer ship on 990 WBOB with Matt Entrickett 00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:09.859 and Jason Cameron. Last year was Westchester's 00:27:09.859 --> 00:27:12.759 first year in USL League One. They had a bit 00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:15.180 of a rough start to it. They started to figure 00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:18.579 things out a bit later on, but never really reached 00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:21.799 any like actual like, like real heights there. 00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:24.859 Um, how have they been doing so far this season? 00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:28.200 I think it's, it's been a bit of the same, definitely 00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:30.799 a rough start to their season and look as someone 00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:33.359 that can, you know, as, as an RFC fan, I get 00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:35.940 the rough starts. I feel for you. All right. 00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:40.539 Um, yeah. Yeah, it still hurts. All right. It 00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:43.890 still hurts. They are a 2, 1, and 6 record at 00:27:43.890 --> 00:27:46.670 the moment in the USL League One. They're four 00:27:46.670 --> 00:27:49.069 losses on the bounce in all competitions, so 00:27:49.069 --> 00:27:51.569 definitely not going the way they want. And it's 00:27:51.569 --> 00:27:53.829 not really picked up as well. I think you kind 00:27:53.829 --> 00:27:56.470 of expect around this time, maybe if you are 00:27:56.470 --> 00:27:58.470 a good team, you're underperforming. This is 00:27:58.470 --> 00:28:01.089 when it starts to pick up. We saw it with us 00:28:01.089 --> 00:28:03.509 last season, even the season before, maybe a 00:28:03.509 --> 00:28:05.690 bit later. But you kind of expect to at least 00:28:05.690 --> 00:28:07.829 see some better performances. And these last 00:28:07.829 --> 00:28:09.869 four games have definitely been rough for them. 00:28:10.069 --> 00:28:12.339 They currently rank bottom in clean sheets in 00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:15.099 League One and they rank 14th for goals conceded 00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:17.319 per match. So you can kind of start to see where 00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:20.559 the issues are lying for this team. Yeah, they 00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:24.359 definitely have been doing too well. Um, when 00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:27.539 we, we kind of look at like the more of their, 00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:29.880 uh, their stats there, the only one things that 00:28:29.880 --> 00:28:32.180 they're actually doing well here are in top five 00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:34.460 of the league is interceptions, clearances and 00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:37.579 safes. So that just tells me they're doing a 00:28:37.579 --> 00:28:39.359 lot of defending and they're kind of holding 00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:42.599 on for dear life there Yeah, they're definitely 00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:45.079 this is a you know last ten minutes of the game 00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:47.839 is the full 90 in your own fight in your own 00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:51.519 third Just praying get that ball loose Yeah, 00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:54.480 so with that being said if we're gonna look just 00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:57.920 specifically at their they're kind of their form 00:28:57.920 --> 00:29:01.359 You know all comps in the lap. They have one 00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:05.240 win in five Four consecutive losses like they're 00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:09.259 they're definitely struggling here Yeah, you 00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:11.619 know I mentioned it it's it's again. It's a point 00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:13.740 of time in the season where you'd started as 00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:17.299 a fan hope to you know, think that it's going 00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:19.400 to start to turn around that this is actually 00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:21.680 a team that's good, that's underperforming. And 00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:23.400 it's just not really happened, especially if 00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:25.500 you look at the Pranks Cup, it's definitely been 00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:28.420 an even more rough start somehow. They've conceded 00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:30.940 the second most goals out of all teams in the 00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:33.200 Pranks Cup. They had a 2 -2 against Portland 00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:34.680 where they did get the win on penalties. That 00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:37.059 is obviously a great point to have in the Pranks 00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:39.539 Cup rules. But then they had a 3 -2 loss against 00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:42.440 the Cosmos, which was a pretty insane game. You 00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:44.980 had fights amongst the fan bases during the matches, 00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:47.829 I think. Fans are trying to tear down each other's 00:29:47.829 --> 00:29:50.329 flags. Maybe are we getting a little bit of a 00:29:50.329 --> 00:29:55.069 new New York rivalry there Yeah, maybe I mean 00:29:55.069 --> 00:29:58.349 obviously don't condone any of that but it is 00:29:58.349 --> 00:30:00.809 it is kind of good like it's fun in a way to 00:30:00.809 --> 00:30:04.029 see that like we're starting to maybe take this 00:30:04.029 --> 00:30:06.069 sport a little more seriously not not to the 00:30:06.069 --> 00:30:07.750 point where like we talked about the top of the 00:30:07.750 --> 00:30:10.329 show where we have to ban items because people 00:30:10.329 --> 00:30:13.609 are gonna use them as weapons, but You know It 00:30:13.609 --> 00:30:15.789 is fun to see that this board is growing some 00:30:15.789 --> 00:30:18.269 momentum in this country and fan bases are taking 00:30:18.269 --> 00:30:20.670 a little more seriously and kind of kind of getting 00:30:20.670 --> 00:30:24.309 a little more heated there. You know, we might 00:30:24.309 --> 00:30:27.309 as well incorrectly predict their teams line 00:30:27.309 --> 00:30:29.630 up Ross. Why not? Because, yeah, we don't care 00:30:29.630 --> 00:30:32.049 about them. So let's let's give this shot here. 00:30:32.879 --> 00:30:35.640 Yeah, so for Westchester's projected 11 we've 00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:37.799 gone with Marinelli and that seems to be the 00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:39.380 only option unless they would like to put their 00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:42.160 goalkeeper coach in that At right back we have 00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:44.779 gone with Jennings who seems to be the out -and 00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:47.039 -out starter same with the two center backs Bowman 00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:50.839 and Pierre with powder One of the brothers starting 00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:53.700 at left back. They normally go with a four three 00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:55.920 three You could also call it a four two three 00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:58.319 one that midfield sort of rotates a little bit 00:30:58.319 --> 00:31:01.099 normally McGlynn and Armas the two more defensive 00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:04.589 ones with Evan in at the 10 position, but again, 00:31:04.769 --> 00:31:06.970 he is sort of a midfield three that likes to 00:31:06.970 --> 00:31:09.569 rotate around. Berko will start on the right 00:31:09.569 --> 00:31:11.890 with Dean Gezen, again, seems to be their danger 00:31:11.890 --> 00:31:13.890 man, which we'll get onto later in the show on 00:31:13.890 --> 00:31:15.789 left. Stryker's a tough one. They've got a couple 00:31:15.789 --> 00:31:18.250 different options. No one seemed to really find 00:31:18.250 --> 00:31:20.849 their footing yet, despite them being a pretty 00:31:20.849 --> 00:31:24.809 good goal scoring side, but we've gone with Blumestein. 00:31:24.950 --> 00:31:27.049 I'm gonna hope that I said that right. I'm very 00:31:27.049 --> 00:31:31.009 sorry if I didn't. Some that we can only do our 00:31:31.009 --> 00:31:33.309 best here. Some of these, uh, those names, you 00:31:33.309 --> 00:31:35.750 know, unless we're actually fans watching the 00:31:35.750 --> 00:31:37.990 team, you know, it's, it's hard to get those 00:31:37.990 --> 00:31:42.069 right. Um, looking at this lineup here, thinking 00:31:42.069 --> 00:31:44.730 about like, you know, how much of last week starting 00:31:44.730 --> 00:31:47.569 to 11 or our lock ons to this point, like if 00:31:47.569 --> 00:31:50.470 we look at this team schedule here, they've got 00:31:50.470 --> 00:31:53.650 a pretty busy week. They're, uh, taken on Fort 00:31:53.650 --> 00:31:57.509 Wayne at home on Wednesday. I don't I don't know 00:31:57.509 --> 00:31:59.630 if you've seen any of Fort Wayne, but I actually 00:31:59.630 --> 00:32:02.450 watched one of their their games against Indy 00:32:02.450 --> 00:32:05.170 doing some homework against them. They are a 00:32:05.170 --> 00:32:07.309 fun team to watch. I don't know what it is about 00:32:07.309 --> 00:32:09.329 them. They've got they're they're very direct. 00:32:09.410 --> 00:32:11.809 They've got really good ball movement. They're 00:32:11.809 --> 00:32:14.170 really great about finding passing lanes like. 00:32:15.349 --> 00:32:18.990 They are a fun team, so the way the game should 00:32:18.990 --> 00:32:22.210 be played, not firing a shot of at any London 00:32:22.210 --> 00:32:28.859 team at the moment. Yeah, but. I digress fun 00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:32.380 team to watch but we're also taking on Greenville 00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:37.880 triumph the following Sunday, so Looking at how 00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:41.380 they're doing in the the you know, the Prinks 00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:43.460 Cup and we'll bring up the standings here real 00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:45.480 quick there they're down there at the bottom 00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:48.599 in the basement with us like Their coach might 00:32:48.599 --> 00:32:51.859 not be taking this match very seriously. It's 00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:55.220 you know, he might be thinking of having one 00:32:55.220 --> 00:33:01.210 eye on on these league games. What are we thinking 00:33:01.210 --> 00:33:04.789 about? Do you think we're going to see the strongest 00:33:04.789 --> 00:33:06.490 lineup for out there? Are they maybe already 00:33:06.490 --> 00:33:09.630 going to cash in and just say maybe next year? 00:33:10.210 --> 00:33:12.109 I mean, it's tough for me to imagine two games 00:33:12.109 --> 00:33:16.109 in that you'll see anyone cashing in even league 00:33:16.109 --> 00:33:19.049 one sides, I think. This sort of feels like the 00:33:19.049 --> 00:33:21.329 last like best option. Like I think if either 00:33:21.329 --> 00:33:25.390 team loses here, it's kind of them done. So if 00:33:25.390 --> 00:33:27.650 Iowa Westchester, I would just go all out. Same 00:33:27.650 --> 00:33:29.329 thing where you need a confidence game. You've 00:33:29.329 --> 00:33:32.509 lost four out of your last five. It's not looking 00:33:32.509 --> 00:33:35.630 good for them as a coach. If you could go in 00:33:35.630 --> 00:33:38.730 a way to a sold out central bank stadium and 00:33:38.730 --> 00:33:41.410 get a win, not only the confidence for the players, 00:33:41.549 --> 00:33:44.099 but for the fan base. That would be huge. So 00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:46.779 in my opinion, it feels like, and obviously we 00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:48.240 talked about the world cup break coming up soon. 00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:51.180 So you do have some rest coming. If we'd feel 00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:54.000 dumb, not to sort of put everything in. And if 00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:56.019 it doesn't work out, you have, you can kind of 00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:57.680 throw in the towel after that with the next three 00:33:57.680 --> 00:34:00.920 games coming up. Yeah. No, I mean, that absolutely 00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:03.700 makes sense. It's just each coach has a different 00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:06.039 approach to, to how they want to handle things. 00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:09.000 And we've all seen teams, you know, in different 00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:10.900 leagues, kind of just be like, eh, you know, 00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:15.909 cup competitions. next year. Um, you know, when 00:34:15.909 --> 00:34:18.269 we look at this Westchester team, you know, looking 00:34:18.269 --> 00:34:20.809 at where they're kind of their most dangerous, 00:34:20.989 --> 00:34:22.889 where they're most vulnerable in terms of their 00:34:22.889 --> 00:34:26.369 lineup and tactically, like vulnerability is 00:34:26.369 --> 00:34:28.929 pretty clear. It's, it's their defense, right? 00:34:29.090 --> 00:34:31.889 They, they've only kept one clean sheet this, 00:34:31.889 --> 00:34:35.090 this season in the league and allowing goals 00:34:35.090 --> 00:34:37.929 in both Brinks Cup matches, you know, they're 00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:41.420 Simultaneously given up two goals in each us 00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:44.519 L cup match, you know, they're, they're, they 00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:46.599 have the ability to score though. And that's 00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:48.800 the thing is that they put up some, they've scored 00:34:48.800 --> 00:34:53.360 four, you know, but at the same time, they, Can't 00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:57.199 defend to to a certain extent To save their lives. 00:34:57.219 --> 00:34:59.239 I think was the the word you were looking for 00:34:59.239 --> 00:35:01.619 there. I think yeah, I've got a great I think 00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:03.539 defensively is definitely the issues again. We've 00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:05.699 read all the stats. It's pretty clear to see 00:35:05.699 --> 00:35:09.260 which is honestly interesting to me as Obviously, 00:35:09.260 --> 00:35:10.699 you've had the goalkeeper issues with injury, 00:35:10.719 --> 00:35:13.300 but the back line has stayed very similar throughout 00:35:13.300 --> 00:35:14.960 the season I'm surprised we haven't seen more 00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:18.079 sort of tinkering from the coach, you know again 00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:20.920 I am not a Westchester super supporter. So maybe 00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:22.619 there's some issues there that I don't know about. 00:35:22.739 --> 00:35:25.179 Maybe there's a lack of depth. But for me, that 00:35:25.179 --> 00:35:28.079 dynamic attack is a tough one. I think as well 00:35:28.079 --> 00:35:30.320 as being a good, you know, good attacking players, 00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:32.699 it's very sort of different. We mentioned that 00:35:32.699 --> 00:35:35.039 midfield three likes to sort of change a lot. 00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:37.219 Those wingers are very dynamic. The three that 00:35:37.219 --> 00:35:39.480 we're going to talk about Kyle Evans, Dean Gezen, 00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:41.599 and obviously returning to central bank stadium, 00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:44.599 Connor McGlynn. Uh, those are the three that 00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:47.179 I think were the most dynamic in this team and 00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:50.400 really can cause a lot of team issues. So I definitely 00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:52.500 would not be in any way sleeping on this Westchester 00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:56.380 side. Yeah, no, definitely not. Um, we've seen, 00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:59.920 you know, when we play us all one teams that 00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:02.239 most of the time they are up for it and you, 00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:04.780 you kind of can't sleep on them. The actual gap 00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:08.039 between the championship and league one is not 00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:10.480 that huge, especially for most teams. Right. 00:36:11.299 --> 00:36:14.480 Maybe, you know, Louisville of seasons past is, 00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:16.579 you know, head and shoulders above them. But 00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:19.320 for the most part, most teams, there's very minimal 00:36:19.320 --> 00:36:21.000 gap there. And if you don't take them seriously, 00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:23.500 you could kind of, you know, be, be left wanting 00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:26.139 more speaking of that dynamic attack and some 00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:28.519 of their, their attackers here to kind of watch 00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:31.460 out for you. You mentioned one, uh, Dean goes 00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:34.539 in here. He's a Dutch left -footed winger. Uh, 00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:36.059 it's been kind of playing well for Westchester 00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:38.539 here has recorded four goals so far this season. 00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:41.420 And he's got some past experience in the, uh, 00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:43.960 the Dutch air division there in the Polish league 00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:47.440 there. He's. He's a creator and attacker. He's 00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:49.920 looking to kind of cause some issues there on 00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:53.619 our right side. Likes to, uh, he creates plenty 00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:55.619 of chances. It's not recorded in any cysts yet, 00:36:56.300 --> 00:36:59.139 but you know, his numbers are up there in the 00:36:59.139 --> 00:37:03.880 top of the USL one division. Yeah, and for me, 00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:07.000 the big X factor has to be Kyle Evans. This really 00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:09.119 good, young, attacking talent. I know some of 00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:11.380 the sickos will know who I'm talking about. He 00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:13.440 typically plays on the right or through the middle. 00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:15.699 I think he kind of plays best in that 10 position 00:37:15.699 --> 00:37:17.880 from what I've seen. He spent some time with 00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:20.599 the New York Red Bulls Academy at Marist College 00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:23.739 and the Hudson Valley Hammers. He hasn't exploded 00:37:23.739 --> 00:37:26.179 yet in terms of the numbers, but when you really 00:37:26.179 --> 00:37:28.920 look at the eye tests, I think you can see that 00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:30.519 he is a phenomenal player. He's only got one 00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:33.579 goal and one assist to his name so far, but he's 00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:35.380 very consistent player too. It feels like every 00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:36.900 game he's putting really strong performances, 00:37:37.320 --> 00:37:39.500 both sides of the ball too. He's not just an 00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:41.739 attacking threat. He's very solid when he's pressing 00:37:41.739 --> 00:37:43.860 and trying to win that ball back. So he's definitely 00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:46.159 someone that's looking to make a name for himself. 00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:48.099 And what better to do that than at a sold out 00:37:48.099 --> 00:37:51.239 stadium against the USL championship team. Yeah. 00:37:51.760 --> 00:37:54.619 And like speaking of X factors, I mean, it potentially 00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:57.619 could be one of these two players here kind of, 00:37:57.619 --> 00:38:01.340 kind of thinking, breaking that down. Like. Westchester 00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:03.500 has struggled to defend away. They've given up 00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:05.739 11 goals on the road so far this season, and 00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:10.260 they've only scored two. I think if they have 00:38:10.260 --> 00:38:13.519 any sort of X factor, I think it will be that 00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:15.699 kind of their mentality, like their chip on the 00:38:15.699 --> 00:38:18.900 shoulder, it kind of will be... Maybe a self 00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:21.380 -inflicted room by RFC if they underestimate 00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:24.320 them and kind of allow them the opportunity to 00:38:24.320 --> 00:38:26.739 play into the match. You know, the only wins 00:38:26.739 --> 00:38:29.539 that this Westchester team have so far this season 00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:33.300 are at home. Yeah. I mean, look, I fully agree 00:38:33.300 --> 00:38:35.159 with you that this game is going to come down 00:38:35.159 --> 00:38:37.260 to us. It's how that typically works when you 00:38:37.260 --> 00:38:40.460 are a bigger side playing against a side in the 00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:43.420 league below you. If I had to go for a specific 00:38:43.420 --> 00:38:45.619 player, as much as I think Kyle Evans is great. 00:38:45.769 --> 00:38:48.090 I've got to stick with you and go Dean Goosen. 00:38:48.530 --> 00:38:50.610 I think he's already double his goal tally from 00:38:50.610 --> 00:38:52.610 last season. He had two goals all last season 00:38:52.610 --> 00:38:55.230 and he already has four. If that shows you that 00:38:55.230 --> 00:38:57.550 the players in form, I don't know what does. 00:38:57.889 --> 00:38:59.610 And he's also leading the team in both shots 00:38:59.610 --> 00:39:02.130 and chances created. So he's easily been their 00:39:02.130 --> 00:39:05.210 sort of danger man this season. So, you know, 00:39:05.429 --> 00:39:07.570 as with us who sort of struggled on that counter 00:39:07.570 --> 00:39:10.210 attack to have a quick left footed left winger 00:39:10.210 --> 00:39:12.130 who wants to score goals, wants to get in the 00:39:12.130 --> 00:39:15.420 box. That could definitely be a bit of a tricky 00:39:15.420 --> 00:39:17.699 moment for RFC in some moments in this game. 00:39:18.800 --> 00:39:22.579 I don't, I hate to bring it up, but like at the 00:39:22.579 --> 00:39:24.699 same time, you know, I don't believe in jinxes 00:39:24.699 --> 00:39:26.460 are superstitious. You know, whatever's going 00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:28.360 to happen is going to happen based upon things 00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:31.639 that my words have no control over. So with the 00:39:31.639 --> 00:39:34.360 recent performances thinking about the Portland 00:39:34.360 --> 00:39:38.059 results, like is there. any possibility that 00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:40.500 this is like a team with their back against the 00:39:40.500 --> 00:39:43.539 wall. We underestimate them and they kind of 00:39:43.539 --> 00:39:48.380 get a shock result against us. I mean, look, 00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:51.199 I think as much as I'd love to sit here and say 00:39:51.199 --> 00:39:54.300 that we're too good for that, I think we've evidently 00:39:54.300 --> 00:39:58.719 seen that we are not. This game is again, we 00:39:58.719 --> 00:40:02.900 see how we learned our lesson. I guess. I mean, 00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:06.260 we'll find out. Sorry to all those that tune 00:40:06.260 --> 00:40:08.559 in for the great analysis, but my analysis is 00:40:08.559 --> 00:40:12.280 we'll find out on Saturday. But no, I think for 00:40:12.280 --> 00:40:16.219 me, this is like really eerily similar to the 00:40:16.219 --> 00:40:19.980 Portland game where... everything sort of feels 00:40:19.980 --> 00:40:22.179 right. It's a team that's not doing well. They're 00:40:22.179 --> 00:40:24.360 not doing great defensively. They're maybe not 00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:25.840 doing good as they should have. They're definitely 00:40:25.840 --> 00:40:27.860 underperforming. You know, we're going into a 00:40:27.860 --> 00:40:30.119 game where we should definitely win as a league 00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:32.719 side below. Obviously, the Portland game didn't 00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:34.639 turn out the way that we wanted it to. I think 00:40:34.639 --> 00:40:36.980 the fact that it's home is a big thing for us 00:40:36.980 --> 00:40:38.579 and the fact that it is the first allowed game 00:40:38.579 --> 00:40:40.860 of the season. You'd hope the players would feel 00:40:40.860 --> 00:40:43.239 that sort of pressure on them and wouldn't underestimate 00:40:43.239 --> 00:40:46.239 them. But for sure, this could easily be a sort 00:40:46.239 --> 00:40:49.239 of bounce back game for Westchester. In no way. 00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:51.739 If we underestimate them, it will end up like 00:40:51.739 --> 00:40:55.000 Portland for sure. Hopefully that's not the case. 00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:58.000 Uh, we gotta take our last break here and when 00:40:58.000 --> 00:41:00.699 we return We've got the biggest story lines for 00:41:00.699 --> 00:41:03.880 saturday's showdown all here on the raising anchor 00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:07.280 soccer show Now let's get back to the raising 00:41:07.280 --> 00:41:11.420 anchor soccer show on 990 wvob with matt intricate 00:41:11.420 --> 00:41:16.860 and jason care All right, torrin, this is kind 00:41:16.860 --> 00:41:19.599 of a bad word around here, but here so it's okay. 00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:23.429 We're gonna bring this up. Um, you know Is this 00:41:23.429 --> 00:41:27.050 a must -win game? If we think about this, this 00:41:27.050 --> 00:41:30.909 is a cup competition. And while we do need some 00:41:30.909 --> 00:41:34.269 results to go our way, if we want any chance 00:41:34.269 --> 00:41:36.949 of survival here, this kind of actually is a 00:41:36.949 --> 00:41:41.130 must -win game. This team has to pick up points 00:41:41.130 --> 00:41:45.070 here to get the... To kind of put themselves 00:41:45.070 --> 00:41:48.190 in a position to move forward and this is a team 00:41:48.190 --> 00:41:51.050 that we should be beating But like we've talked 00:41:51.050 --> 00:41:53.989 about it. It doesn't always translate well to 00:41:53.989 --> 00:41:57.210 to rfc Yeah, I mean look we've kicked out matt 00:41:57.210 --> 00:41:59.269 so we can ask the real questions here. You know, 00:41:59.269 --> 00:42:02.289 we've got control now Uh for those of you watching, 00:42:02.289 --> 00:42:05.070 uh dawg you two just know that me and ben johnson 00:42:05.070 --> 00:42:07.309 in the chat are completely locked in right now 00:42:07.309 --> 00:42:10.579 Every single answer has been the same Um, I fully 00:42:10.579 --> 00:42:12.579 agree. Ben Johnson says back against the wall, 00:42:12.780 --> 00:42:14.500 kind of can't lose two games to a league one 00:42:14.500 --> 00:42:18.340 side. And he's fully right that this game is 00:42:18.340 --> 00:42:21.280 huge. I think as much as it's huge for the cup, 00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:23.559 I think it's more big for like the confidence 00:42:23.559 --> 00:42:25.380 and momentum of this team. I think you're coming 00:42:25.380 --> 00:42:27.880 in one day lost to Indy. We haven't seen the 00:42:27.880 --> 00:42:29.559 bounce back that I think we thought we were going 00:42:29.559 --> 00:42:31.920 to get with results against Tampa Bay. Even if 00:42:31.920 --> 00:42:34.079 you look back further against Lexington, those 00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:36.900 games like, Oh, we're back now, but then we drop 00:42:36.900 --> 00:42:40.400 another game. I think. You need to see one or 00:42:40.400 --> 00:42:44.800 two games in a row that continue. And especially 00:42:44.800 --> 00:42:47.719 when we talk about the cup, as much as I think 00:42:47.719 --> 00:42:51.400 I am mainly pessimistic on our odds of getting 00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:53.280 through at the end of this and getting to the 00:42:53.280 --> 00:42:57.460 next round. If we lose, this does feel like a 00:42:57.460 --> 00:42:59.719 sort of thing where that's it. That's it for 00:42:59.719 --> 00:43:02.619 us. This is a must win game. If we want to look 00:43:02.619 --> 00:43:05.420 forward onto the next round of the cup. Yeah, 00:43:05.480 --> 00:43:08.400 but like if we get knocked out I want to see 00:43:08.400 --> 00:43:11.500 us win both of our last games and just say hey 00:43:11.500 --> 00:43:14.760 We maybe kind of had a bit of a slip up there 00:43:14.760 --> 00:43:17.559 against Portland But hey, we did our best and 00:43:17.559 --> 00:43:19.739 just results didn't go our way. Like I would 00:43:19.739 --> 00:43:23.340 feel okay about that If we don't put up the performances 00:43:23.340 --> 00:43:27.159 here That like we can at least feel proud of 00:43:27.159 --> 00:43:29.500 and just say hey, we kind of messed up one It 00:43:29.500 --> 00:43:33.630 is what it is on to next year I think fans might 00:43:33.630 --> 00:43:36.889 be a little little upset there but at the same 00:43:36.889 --> 00:43:39.389 time like bringing up a counterpoint in regards 00:43:39.389 --> 00:43:41.269 to this match you think there's any chance that 00:43:41.269 --> 00:43:44.449 like Both of the coaches don't take this seriously 00:43:44.449 --> 00:43:47.190 and just say like we're at the bottom. We're 00:43:47.190 --> 00:43:49.849 knocked out Let's just do some sort of tune -up 00:43:49.849 --> 00:43:52.510 tactics. Let's all play the kids and we're both 00:43:52.510 --> 00:43:56.110 worried about our league play I Guess in theory 00:43:56.110 --> 00:43:59.909 it could be but again, it's a cup. It's the magic 00:43:59.909 --> 00:44:03.599 of the cup as they say like If you do that, and 00:44:03.599 --> 00:44:06.239 let's say you draw whoever wins on penalties, 00:44:06.699 --> 00:44:08.659 and then you look at the results and Hartford's 00:44:08.659 --> 00:44:12.199 lost and Brooklyn's lost, as coaches, you are 00:44:12.199 --> 00:44:14.400 the ones that look like the fools here, because 00:44:14.400 --> 00:44:16.840 if you had won, we would have put ourselves in 00:44:16.840 --> 00:44:19.400 a great scenario. As I said earlier, it feels 00:44:19.400 --> 00:44:22.800 like this is sort of the last one. If either 00:44:22.800 --> 00:44:25.340 team come out with a loss against this one, then 00:44:25.340 --> 00:44:28.320 it's done, then mathematically. there's no real 00:44:28.320 --> 00:44:30.980 point but this is the kind of last game where 00:44:30.980 --> 00:44:33.320 if you win there's still a chance and you've 00:44:33.320 --> 00:44:34.719 got to leave it up to the match of the cup you 00:44:34.719 --> 00:44:36.119 never know what's going to happen in the games 00:44:36.119 --> 00:44:40.860 next to us yeah we got another reunion here uh 00:44:40.860 --> 00:44:43.260 connor mcglynn coming back to centerville bank 00:44:43.260 --> 00:44:46.280 stadium here um you know he's kind of solidified 00:44:46.280 --> 00:44:48.679 himself in the center of the park for westchester 00:44:48.679 --> 00:44:51.460 and has been doing well for himself so far this 00:44:51.460 --> 00:44:55.300 season despite his team's results He has also 00:44:55.300 --> 00:44:58.440 picked up four goals this, uh, this team. Do 00:44:58.440 --> 00:45:00.400 you think he's going to cause any problems for 00:45:00.400 --> 00:45:03.480 RAFC on the night? Well, I think it's definitely 00:45:03.480 --> 00:45:06.820 possible. I think I, and this may just be me, 00:45:06.960 --> 00:45:08.699 like I love Connor McGlynn. I loved him when 00:45:08.699 --> 00:45:10.340 he played for this team before, even though he 00:45:10.340 --> 00:45:13.260 maybe wasn't on the best forum for us and obviously 00:45:13.260 --> 00:45:15.559 left after one season, but I loved him in that 00:45:15.559 --> 00:45:17.860 year. For me, McLean has really sort of settled 00:45:17.860 --> 00:45:20.260 into this new role at Westchester in the past 00:45:20.260 --> 00:45:22.699 season and a half. He's a much more attacking 00:45:22.699 --> 00:45:25.380 sort of goal scoring midfielder. He's not really 00:45:25.380 --> 00:45:27.460 the most creative player, but he always seems 00:45:27.460 --> 00:45:30.019 to be in the box at the right space at the right 00:45:30.019 --> 00:45:32.539 time to get himself on the score sheet. I think 00:45:32.539 --> 00:45:36.519 - Poor man's Frank Lampard, if you will. Okay. 00:45:36.679 --> 00:45:38.800 I was going to say Scott McTominay from Manchester 00:45:38.800 --> 00:45:41.840 United. I was going with the deep cuts here. 00:45:42.500 --> 00:45:44.719 One of your heartstrings with Chelsea. Yeah. 00:45:45.139 --> 00:45:48.000 Yeah, I mean, maybe that's a bit less. Let's 00:45:48.000 --> 00:45:50.440 not compare him too much to, you know, the best 00:45:50.440 --> 00:45:54.159 player in my club's history. But I think he reminds 00:45:54.159 --> 00:45:57.280 me a lot of Scott McTominay in the way of you 00:45:57.280 --> 00:46:00.300 sort of. You're not worried about him for 90 00:46:00.300 --> 00:46:02.559 minutes, but if you forget about him for one 00:46:02.559 --> 00:46:04.760 moment, he will get on the score sheet and he 00:46:04.760 --> 00:46:07.599 will hurt you. So as much as maybe he's not a 00:46:07.599 --> 00:46:09.550 player that. Throughout the whole entire game 00:46:09.550 --> 00:46:12.110 is going to be a constant threat. If you give 00:46:12.110 --> 00:46:15.070 him that bit of space to get a shot away, he 00:46:15.070 --> 00:46:17.329 will score and he will cause problems for this 00:46:17.329 --> 00:46:21.170 RFC in and around the 18 yard box. Looking onto 00:46:21.170 --> 00:46:24.190 whether or not RFC have any opportunity to get 00:46:24.190 --> 00:46:27.030 to the next round here. You know, we kind of 00:46:27.030 --> 00:46:28.210 got, like I mentioned, we got to look at what 00:46:28.210 --> 00:46:30.690 the other team here, Hartford, hearts of pine, 00:46:31.030 --> 00:46:33.570 both top of the group here, four points gap being 00:46:33.570 --> 00:46:36.730 only two points to the bottom makes it mathematically 00:46:36.730 --> 00:46:39.519 possible, but like. Some results I kind of also 00:46:39.519 --> 00:46:41.440 have to go our way because we do not play those 00:46:41.440 --> 00:46:45.800 teams anymore. Um, looking at this round specifically, 00:46:46.260 --> 00:46:50.239 Hartford has New York Cosmos away who haven't 00:46:50.239 --> 00:46:52.219 been great, but I don't know. Maybe we'll start 00:46:52.219 --> 00:46:54.079 a fight and then it'll, it'll, the game will 00:46:54.079 --> 00:46:57.539 be camped. You know, um, hearts of pine just 00:46:57.539 --> 00:47:00.539 had a midweek game away to Corpus Christi. Uh, 00:47:00.539 --> 00:47:03.079 they actually just lost last night. Three, two, 00:47:03.139 --> 00:47:05.699 um, sorry, but did you see that game? Did you 00:47:05.699 --> 00:47:08.559 watch that game? No, I was kind of like actually 00:47:08.559 --> 00:47:10.360 working on the show notes. I saw that it was 00:47:10.360 --> 00:47:12.340 like 1 -1 or something. I was like, okay, I'll 00:47:12.340 --> 00:47:14.659 check back in later. I think I was saying, I 00:47:14.659 --> 00:47:16.239 think I had the notes up. I had the game on in 00:47:16.239 --> 00:47:18.119 the background. Portland actually played like 00:47:18.119 --> 00:47:21.639 a really solid 90 minutes. And then in the last 00:47:21.639 --> 00:47:22.980 like eight minutes, it was a pretty close game. 00:47:23.039 --> 00:47:24.099 I think a little bit closer than they would have 00:47:24.099 --> 00:47:26.119 liked with Christie being bottom of the league, 00:47:26.420 --> 00:47:29.159 but they had a corner. They crossed it in and 00:47:29.159 --> 00:47:31.599 Hunter Morrissey literally dropped it into his 00:47:31.599 --> 00:47:34.840 own net. Like, no contested, no one was on him, 00:47:34.980 --> 00:47:37.420 hands up, dropped into his own net. And I was 00:47:37.420 --> 00:47:39.019 like, oh, that's, I can't believe they just dropped 00:47:39.019 --> 00:47:40.400 two points because of that. And Hunter Morse, 00:47:40.420 --> 00:47:43.420 he's been great all season long. And maybe 30 00:47:43.420 --> 00:47:45.699 seconds later, Chrissy went another corner and 00:47:45.699 --> 00:47:49.119 they score immediately after to win their first 00:47:49.119 --> 00:47:51.800 ever game in league one. And in their history, 00:47:52.119 --> 00:47:53.760 maybe in their history, I don't know if they've 00:47:53.760 --> 00:47:56.500 won in the cup. It was the most bizarre ending 00:47:56.500 --> 00:48:00.989 I think I've ever seen in a USL game. You gotta 00:48:00.989 --> 00:48:04.269 love USL. It's absolutely for the sickos. But 00:48:04.269 --> 00:48:07.469 to get back here to this that there's a lot of 00:48:07.469 --> 00:48:10.349 permutations on what can happen here. Any predictions 00:48:10.349 --> 00:48:12.670 on how or thoughts how this group is going to 00:48:12.670 --> 00:48:16.789 pan out here? Yeah, I think for me as sad as 00:48:16.789 --> 00:48:18.869 to say, I think Hartford should claim a pretty 00:48:18.869 --> 00:48:20.989 easy three points away to the Cosmos. They're 00:48:20.989 --> 00:48:23.409 also similar to Westchester, Winless in four. 00:48:23.809 --> 00:48:26.110 At the moment, I think Hartford will pretty easily 00:48:26.110 --> 00:48:28.309 claim a three points. You never know, the Cosmos 00:48:28.309 --> 00:48:30.849 might start some fights, might use that New York 00:48:30.849 --> 00:48:34.369 grit, and maybe we'll see a result there. Portland, 00:48:34.369 --> 00:48:36.440 Brooklyn. That should be an interesting game 00:48:36.440 --> 00:48:38.380 brooklyn are coming off of what i thought was 00:48:38.380 --> 00:48:40.219 a very lucky draw to sporting jackson I don't 00:48:40.219 --> 00:48:41.780 know if you watched that game, but obviously 00:48:41.780 --> 00:48:44.059 the weather saw that it got called off early 00:48:44.059 --> 00:48:46.579 And I and this was coming off sporting jack scoring 00:48:46.579 --> 00:48:49.159 two goals pretty much back to back and definitely 00:48:49.159 --> 00:48:51.260 had the momentum moving forward Something woke 00:48:51.260 --> 00:48:53.420 up in that team though, too They got a four four 00:48:53.420 --> 00:48:56.500 draw against san antonio just before that so 00:48:56.500 --> 00:48:58.619 I don't know what's going on down there Yeah, 00:48:58.619 --> 00:49:00.940 they look like they're kind of starting to fight 00:49:00.940 --> 00:49:03.920 back here. Um which is obviously good for them. 00:49:04.659 --> 00:49:06.199 So again, Brooklyn not looking great. And then, 00:49:06.320 --> 00:49:08.199 of course, the game before that being against 00:49:08.199 --> 00:49:11.099 us, which was, you know, not great for them, 00:49:11.179 --> 00:49:12.960 a very good win for us. And then, of course, 00:49:13.099 --> 00:49:16.059 Portland coming off of this bizarre freak game 00:49:16.059 --> 00:49:19.280 against Corpus Christi. But they are they they 00:49:19.280 --> 00:49:21.000 do have a very good history of Cup sets, you 00:49:21.000 --> 00:49:22.860 know, just recently, obviously, they beat us 00:49:22.860 --> 00:49:25.400 at home as well as being Detroit at home last 00:49:25.400 --> 00:49:28.139 season. Think I would narrowly give it to Brooklyn 00:49:28.139 --> 00:49:30.099 because I do think that the hearts home field 00:49:30.099 --> 00:49:32.619 advantage is a big thing and the fact that it 00:49:32.619 --> 00:49:35.559 is in Brooklyn Will maybe see them play a little 00:49:35.559 --> 00:49:37.900 bit less and maybe not get that cup set that 00:49:37.900 --> 00:49:40.039 they're used to But that should definitely be 00:49:40.039 --> 00:49:42.619 an interesting one to watch. Yeah, we're running 00:49:42.619 --> 00:49:44.460 late here. We got to wrap it up real quick So 00:49:44.460 --> 00:49:46.719 what are these teams need to do to take three 00:49:46.719 --> 00:49:50.079 points this team? This should be a foregone conclusion 00:49:50.079 --> 00:49:53.599 RFC cannot afford to go down early. They need 00:49:53.599 --> 00:49:56.750 to take this serious They need to put out a professional 00:49:56.750 --> 00:49:59.150 performance as coach would say. What do you got 00:49:59.150 --> 00:50:02.800 torn? I think obviously for Westchester, I think 00:50:02.800 --> 00:50:04.460 you need to see a bit more balance, you know, 00:50:04.559 --> 00:50:06.639 defense to attack. You need to kind of be disciplined 00:50:06.639 --> 00:50:09.000 throughout that full 90. You've seen them, you 00:50:09.000 --> 00:50:11.519 know, lack off in moments. And I think for REFC, 00:50:11.760 --> 00:50:13.900 you just need to break down that defense. Honestly, 00:50:14.099 --> 00:50:15.760 you need, you know, we need to look at forward 00:50:15.760 --> 00:50:18.320 passing. We can't just be looking sideways and 00:50:18.320 --> 00:50:20.039 backwards all game. Like we kind of did against 00:50:20.039 --> 00:50:22.519 Indy and Portland, as I talked about with our 00:50:22.519 --> 00:50:25.119 player ratings on our Raising and Anchoring Instagram. 00:50:25.619 --> 00:50:28.500 So For us, I think really it's just, can you 00:50:28.500 --> 00:50:31.260 break down a low block? And if you can, I want 00:50:31.260 --> 00:50:34.139 to see a rain of goals. Yeah, I would love to 00:50:34.139 --> 00:50:36.460 see it. Speaking of rain here, weather watch 00:50:36.460 --> 00:50:38.719 is looking pretty good, partly cloudy in the 00:50:38.719 --> 00:50:40.860 eighties. Maybe this is the first match where 00:50:40.860 --> 00:50:43.300 we don't have rain. I will believe it when I 00:50:43.300 --> 00:50:46.119 see it. It's supposed to be pretty close to a 00:50:46.119 --> 00:50:49.659 sold out match. So hopefully, you know, we'll 00:50:49.659 --> 00:50:52.420 pray that it doesn't happen here. 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