WEBVTT 00:00:05.389 --> 00:00:12.390 You're listening to Raising Anchor on 990 WBOB. 00:00:18.609 --> 00:00:21.309 Welcome to the Raising Anchor Soccer Show with 00:00:21.309 --> 00:00:24.390 Matt Entrickett and Jason Carey. Your home for 00:00:24.390 --> 00:00:27.030 news, analysis, and everything Rhode Island FC. 00:00:27.870 --> 00:00:30.129 Each week, they take you inside the locker room, 00:00:30.530 --> 00:00:32.729 inside the tactics, and inside the storyline 00:00:32.729 --> 00:00:39.170 shaping RIFC. Here's Matt and Jixit. Rhode Island 00:00:39.170 --> 00:00:42.329 FC head to Segre Field to take on Loudoun United 00:00:42.329 --> 00:00:46.530 in championship action on the weekend. Can Kano 00:00:46.530 --> 00:00:48.869 and the gang find a way to grab three points 00:00:48.869 --> 00:00:52.570 and earn their first ever win against this Virginia 00:00:52.570 --> 00:00:55.630 side or will history repeat itself? And we've 00:00:55.630 --> 00:00:58.189 got World Cup action, all of that in between 00:00:58.189 --> 00:01:00.859 and so much more. Joining me first and foremost, 00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:03.820 of course, is co -host Mr. Jason Carey. Jason, 00:01:03.859 --> 00:01:06.459 how is it going, my friend? I am doing fantastic. 00:01:06.799 --> 00:01:10.459 The World Cup in America and Canada, Mexico is 00:01:10.459 --> 00:01:14.439 here and I am so ready for it. But on top of 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:17.000 that, I also get the honor of welcoming back 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:20.159 a very good friend of the show. One of the best 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:23.560 voices providing analysis and play by play for 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:27.099 action in the championship here, the one and 00:01:27.099 --> 00:01:30.500 only Ryan Davis. Welcome back, Ryan. Thanks guys. 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:32.700 Back in your friendly confines of the raising 00:01:32.700 --> 00:01:36.159 anchor show. Love it. Ryan, it's so good to have 00:01:36.159 --> 00:01:38.420 you back on the show. You are one of the most 00:01:38.420 --> 00:01:41.359 requested guests we have every season. I don't 00:01:41.359 --> 00:01:44.200 know if it's because of the accuracy of your 00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:47.120 analytics and the stories you tell, or if it's 00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:49.959 just that smooth, smooth voice that you have. 00:01:50.250 --> 00:01:53.049 But it's so great to have you back. We talked 00:01:53.049 --> 00:01:55.750 earlier in the season and I was shocked when 00:01:55.750 --> 00:01:58.109 we were trying to get you on for a certain particular 00:01:58.109 --> 00:02:01.640 match and you had educated us that... You've 00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:04.420 grown, you have evolved in the coverage that 00:02:04.420 --> 00:02:07.739 you provide. Originally a Rowdies broadcaster, 00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:11.659 now moving past that, covering USL at a larger 00:02:11.659 --> 00:02:14.139 capacity. I mean, we heard you on several Rhode 00:02:14.139 --> 00:02:16.699 Island FC games earlier this season. Your voice 00:02:16.699 --> 00:02:19.439 is now being quickly cemented as one of the name 00:02:19.439 --> 00:02:23.120 stakes here in USL Championship. How did you 00:02:23.120 --> 00:02:25.319 get from Rowdies coverage now to the broader 00:02:25.319 --> 00:02:27.590 ecosystem? Well, first of all, I want to take 00:02:27.590 --> 00:02:29.629 full credit for the Rowdies being unbeaten this 00:02:29.629 --> 00:02:31.750 season. As soon as I leave the club, they go 00:02:31.750 --> 00:02:34.870 unbeaten. So you're welcome, Rowdies fans. It's 00:02:34.870 --> 00:02:38.569 all me. I'll take a bow. But I've always, first 00:02:38.569 --> 00:02:40.389 of all, the Rowdies are like a family to me. 00:02:40.430 --> 00:02:44.270 It was incredible to learn broadcasting in that 00:02:44.270 --> 00:02:46.789 family setting, working with Drew Felios, who's 00:02:46.789 --> 00:02:50.550 an absolute master. But I always, when there 00:02:50.550 --> 00:02:53.550 were weekends that I was available, I would actually 00:02:53.550 --> 00:02:56.650 do some games in USL. whether it's a West Coast 00:02:56.650 --> 00:03:00.270 game or whatever. But this year, being a Freyjaunt, 00:03:00.509 --> 00:03:03.849 I've committed to doing USL every single weekend, 00:03:04.449 --> 00:03:07.050 different matches. This weekend, I have Charleston 00:03:07.050 --> 00:03:11.569 versus Tulsa. So Ted Lasso will be coming around 00:03:11.569 --> 00:03:14.990 this weekend. It should be fun. So anyway, that's 00:03:14.990 --> 00:03:17.370 my match this weekend. And loving the fact that 00:03:17.370 --> 00:03:20.590 I get to see everyone rather than just who comes 00:03:20.590 --> 00:03:24.689 into Allang. So it's really a joy. and especially 00:03:24.689 --> 00:03:27.990 to cover Rhode Island at least three times already 00:03:27.990 --> 00:03:31.009 this season. It's been a blast. If you need any 00:03:31.009 --> 00:03:34.169 Logan Dorsey notes for the FC Tulsa game this 00:03:34.169 --> 00:03:37.110 weekend, let us know. We are happy to provide 00:03:37.110 --> 00:03:40.650 the cheat sheet, the cliff notes on his departure 00:03:40.650 --> 00:03:43.150 from Rhode Island now to FC. I think that'll 00:03:43.150 --> 00:03:45.449 be the first game then that gets the coverage 00:03:45.449 --> 00:03:47.409 will be potentially if he makes the starting. 00:03:47.849 --> 00:03:51.370 11 or probably more likely the 18 -man roster. 00:03:52.069 --> 00:03:54.150 It's so great to have you. I guess I'll ask quickly 00:03:54.150 --> 00:03:56.550 because we have so much to do in this show and 00:03:56.550 --> 00:03:58.710 we are in a tight timeline. We're already late 00:03:58.710 --> 00:04:00.889 and we've got World Cup coverage because people 00:04:00.889 --> 00:04:04.449 are waiting to get to that South Korea Chesney 00:04:04.449 --> 00:04:08.009 game really quickly here. So I'll ask you from 00:04:08.009 --> 00:04:10.560 the standpoint of covering the games. From Rhode 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:12.699 Island's perspective, from the rest of the USL 00:04:12.699 --> 00:04:14.819 championship, has anything changed for you as 00:04:14.819 --> 00:04:17.240 you've started to branch out into the broader 00:04:17.240 --> 00:04:21.019 USL ecosystem? I get to work with a lot more 00:04:21.019 --> 00:04:23.939 commentators, but people that I've worked before 00:04:23.939 --> 00:04:25.899 in the past, but I get to work with them on a 00:04:25.899 --> 00:04:28.500 more regular basis, which is always fun. And 00:04:28.500 --> 00:04:31.220 I get a chance to talk to so many other coaches 00:04:31.220 --> 00:04:33.720 before every game. Like tomorrow, I have two 00:04:33.720 --> 00:04:36.139 coaches calls, the Charleston call and then the 00:04:36.139 --> 00:04:38.540 Tulsa call. and you get to just talk to these 00:04:38.540 --> 00:04:41.480 guys and ask them just about everything and hear 00:04:41.480 --> 00:04:44.939 their insights. So, yes, it was great being in 00:04:44.939 --> 00:04:47.860 Tampa and great hearing that insight. But now 00:04:47.860 --> 00:04:50.639 I get to talk to other teams, a lot more teams, 00:04:51.220 --> 00:04:54.540 and I get to make fun of them. We'll have to 00:04:54.540 --> 00:04:56.699 share notes at the end of the season and ask 00:04:56.699 --> 00:05:00.500 you off the cuff how great Kano is in his interviews 00:05:00.500 --> 00:05:04.410 ahead of these broadcasts because I'm not complaining, 00:05:04.750 --> 00:05:07.009 but Kano is a tough nut to crack when it comes 00:05:07.009 --> 00:05:09.629 to getting. He's got a high level soccer IQ, 00:05:09.689 --> 00:05:12.610 but it is tough sometimes to get that extracted 00:05:12.610 --> 00:05:14.689 knowledge out of him, depending on the way I 00:05:14.689 --> 00:05:17.689 ask questions. So Ryan, very curious on how you 00:05:17.689 --> 00:05:20.189 approach Kano Smith, but we got to keep going. 00:05:20.529 --> 00:05:22.470 Got to get into World Cup because it would be 00:05:22.470 --> 00:05:25.009 crazy if we didn't at least open the show with 00:05:25.009 --> 00:05:28.250 that. Obviously we have the Mexico versus South 00:05:28.250 --> 00:05:31.689 Africa game today. It was a goal affair for the 00:05:31.689 --> 00:05:34.870 Mexico side as they win very Very easily, it 00:05:34.870 --> 00:05:36.730 felt like at times. More of a red card affair. 00:05:37.029 --> 00:05:39.350 And then many red cards coming from both South 00:05:39.350 --> 00:05:41.970 Africa and Mexico with three red cards on this. 00:05:42.449 --> 00:05:44.550 Want to get your overall impression of the opening 00:05:44.550 --> 00:05:46.670 statement that this game meant to this World 00:05:46.670 --> 00:05:48.670 Cup. Obviously, we have so much skin in the game 00:05:48.670 --> 00:05:51.589 with this being nationally close to our hearts. 00:05:52.089 --> 00:05:53.829 Ryan, we'll start with you. How did you feel 00:05:53.829 --> 00:05:55.769 about the game and what was the statement meant? 00:05:56.009 --> 00:05:58.449 What's been the impression? What's been the appetite 00:05:58.449 --> 00:06:00.810 of people you've talked to as this open cup is 00:06:00.810 --> 00:06:04.430 or is this World Cup has started? Mexico, Mexico, 00:06:04.509 --> 00:06:07.389 Mexico. This is their third World Cup they are 00:06:07.389 --> 00:06:10.430 hosting. And boy do they know how to host a party. 00:06:10.970 --> 00:06:14.870 The Azteca Stadium was bouncing. I mean, they 00:06:14.870 --> 00:06:18.310 would just rock us in Azteca Stadium. So as the 00:06:18.310 --> 00:06:21.430 world tuned in, they saw a party, they saw a 00:06:21.430 --> 00:06:24.569 gathering, they saw intensity. And then the Mexican 00:06:24.569 --> 00:06:27.250 national team picked up on that energy. Poor 00:06:27.250 --> 00:06:30.149 South Africa. They felt the nerves. they felt 00:06:30.149 --> 00:06:32.189 all the eyes on them and they felt that crowd 00:06:32.189 --> 00:06:35.569 just sort of crunching in like only Azteca can 00:06:35.569 --> 00:06:39.589 so it was uh it was all Mexico and what I did 00:06:39.589 --> 00:06:41.850 take away and everyone has to pay attention to 00:06:41.850 --> 00:06:49.769 this the line has dropped for red cards so things 00:06:49.769 --> 00:06:52.709 that may be a yellow or sometimes the referee 00:06:52.709 --> 00:06:55.389 be hesitant to give that second yellow to send 00:06:55.389 --> 00:06:59.459 the player off gone red card I mean, so the players 00:06:59.459 --> 00:07:03.319 have to adjust, which is a good thing. Yeah. 00:07:03.480 --> 00:07:05.899 The ref really was very strict there. I didn't 00:07:05.899 --> 00:07:08.240 agree with that second red card for South Africa 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:11.000 at all. Yeah, that one was tough. Yeah, I agree. 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:13.160 I thought the Mexican player actually instigated 00:07:13.160 --> 00:07:15.560 him as he was trying to run through the Mexican, 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:18.480 um, through his body into him and he just reacted 00:07:18.480 --> 00:07:20.879 angrily. But, um, I think both of them would 00:07:20.879 --> 00:07:22.959 have had to been reprimanded, not just see South 00:07:22.959 --> 00:07:25.980 African. Yeah, I think that one was the softest 00:07:25.980 --> 00:07:28.339 the final one was very much a needless challenge 00:07:28.339 --> 00:07:31.480 You're up to nil you do not need to body someone 00:07:31.480 --> 00:07:34.240 that close to the box Yeah, it's just that's 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:36.060 that's soccer IQ right there You should know 00:07:36.060 --> 00:07:38.199 better than to do that try and try and push them 00:07:38.199 --> 00:07:41.060 away as far as you can towards the corner flag 00:07:41.060 --> 00:07:45.160 It was fantastic to see Mexican reception to 00:07:45.160 --> 00:07:48.959 the game like it's so amazing. It's difficult 00:07:48.959 --> 00:07:52.290 to tell where we're at Because we have not had 00:07:52.290 --> 00:07:54.449 any games yet here in America. We have one more 00:07:54.449 --> 00:07:59.589 game tonight, but you know So Jason, since America 00:07:59.589 --> 00:08:02.269 is going last in this right, Canada gets to host 00:08:02.269 --> 00:08:04.870 their first game tomorrow before America versus 00:08:04.870 --> 00:08:08.230 Paraguay. Do you think that America will now 00:08:08.230 --> 00:08:10.829 be behind the eight, Paul, of like we've seen 00:08:10.829 --> 00:08:13.790 the Mexican opening act. We've seen the Mexican 00:08:13.790 --> 00:08:16.250 delivery of this. Canada, of course, will be 00:08:16.250 --> 00:08:18.329 next tomorrow. But like, will all eyes be on 00:08:18.329 --> 00:08:20.470 America to rise to the occasion or has Mexico 00:08:20.470 --> 00:08:22.949 already left them in the dust just just on opening 00:08:22.949 --> 00:08:25.170 ceremonies alone? They definitely set the standard. 00:08:25.509 --> 00:08:29.850 So at this point, USA needs to turn up. I saw 00:08:29.850 --> 00:08:32.169 the other night that first opening match is still 00:08:32.169 --> 00:08:35.610 not sold out. So we will see. Hopefully the hype 00:08:35.610 --> 00:08:37.970 starts to catch up to people. And, you know, 00:08:38.049 --> 00:08:39.830 from last minute, some tickets will drop and 00:08:39.830 --> 00:08:43.850 people turn up. I mean, I'm, I'm super looking 00:08:43.850 --> 00:08:45.990 forward to it. Like I said, it's just, it's hard 00:08:45.990 --> 00:08:48.529 to tell what the reception here is yet because 00:08:48.529 --> 00:08:51.019 I don't think it's fully hit us just yet. Ryan, 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:53.299 if you had to rate this, what would you score 00:08:53.299 --> 00:08:57.120 this Mexican opening event compared to all the 00:08:57.120 --> 00:08:59.460 tournaments you've watched since you've been 00:08:59.460 --> 00:09:03.179 consuming soccer? On average, an opening game 00:09:03.179 --> 00:09:08.159 is usually very, very, let's say, cautious because 00:09:08.159 --> 00:09:11.840 nobody wants to lose. It's almost like a cup 00:09:11.840 --> 00:09:15.340 final where it's very, very cagey. However, this 00:09:15.340 --> 00:09:18.460 one was a lot more open. Thank you to the Mexicans. 00:09:19.049 --> 00:09:22.669 And I think this is a 9 .5 out of 10, just with 00:09:22.669 --> 00:09:26.549 the raucous atmosphere and how Mexico played 00:09:26.549 --> 00:09:30.090 to the stage. And they absolutely showed up and 00:09:30.090 --> 00:09:31.970 it was a great game. It was fun. It was sort 00:09:31.970 --> 00:09:34.809 of end to end. Mexico could have scored three 00:09:34.809 --> 00:09:39.789 or four. I shouldn't say that South Africa had 00:09:39.789 --> 00:09:41.450 many chances, but Mexico definitely took the 00:09:41.450 --> 00:09:45.529 show. I think everyone would agree. I mean, South 00:09:45.529 --> 00:09:48.559 Africa's best chances came from 30. plus yards 00:09:48.559 --> 00:09:51.820 outside of the box. So I agree. My first World 00:09:51.820 --> 00:09:54.200 Cup was always my favorite Germany, Costa Rica. 00:09:55.019 --> 00:09:57.580 You can't you can't hate on a four to thriller 00:09:57.580 --> 00:10:01.539 in Alliance field Germany somewhere. Yeah. uh 00:10:01.539 --> 00:10:03.399 but it's going to be exciting nevertheless and 00:10:03.399 --> 00:10:05.120 so to that point we got to get through some of 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:06.659 the business side of this we've got to mention 00:10:06.659 --> 00:10:09.000 the watch parties as Rhode Island FC is hosting 00:10:09.000 --> 00:10:12.139 several watch parties on June 14th June 19th 00:10:12.139 --> 00:10:15.519 and June 27th of course there's it's on the screen 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:17.419 for those who that watch on the video or you'll 00:10:17.419 --> 00:10:19.240 consume it on the podcast later but basically 00:10:19.240 --> 00:10:21.899 if you want to go to any of the guild hosted 00:10:21.899 --> 00:10:24.919 events in Patucket. Make sure you get the free 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:27.740 ticket link. This is a ticketed event. They will 00:10:27.740 --> 00:10:30.159 turn you away. So go in and get those tickets 00:10:30.159 --> 00:10:33.340 before they run out. And I would be remiss, Jason, 00:10:33.360 --> 00:10:36.399 if I didn't also mention that even though Bill 00:10:36.399 --> 00:10:38.980 Burr will be at Centerville Bank Stadium having 00:10:38.980 --> 00:10:42.679 his comedy night right as the USA Paraguay game 00:10:42.679 --> 00:10:45.029 is kicking off. There's two things that I need 00:10:45.029 --> 00:10:46.730 to tell everyone right now. If you're a season 00:10:46.730 --> 00:10:48.669 ticket member, you already know this. There's 00:10:48.669 --> 00:10:52.009 a 50 % off ticket link for the comedy event. 00:10:52.429 --> 00:10:54.370 If you don't have access to that ticket link, 00:10:54.529 --> 00:10:56.980 find a season ticket member friend. Find us. 00:10:57.059 --> 00:10:59.659 We will help you out. Get that ticket so that 00:10:59.659 --> 00:11:02.620 you can go to Bill Burr. And then this is unofficial, 00:11:02.679 --> 00:11:05.899 but I have it on good standing that the game 00:11:05.899 --> 00:11:08.080 will be put on immediately at the conclusion 00:11:08.080 --> 00:11:10.679 of that comedy show. So if you're worried that 00:11:10.679 --> 00:11:13.480 it's right in the midst of the USA game, if you 00:11:13.480 --> 00:11:15.559 want to do both, if you love Bill Burr, if you 00:11:15.559 --> 00:11:17.259 want to go out for an exciting night, you'll 00:11:17.259 --> 00:11:19.799 be able to catch both. I'm curious how many Scots 00:11:19.799 --> 00:11:22.379 has the Tartan army has invaded Providence already. 00:11:22.379 --> 00:11:25.539 We've seen many pictures of it so far. I'm curious 00:11:25.539 --> 00:11:27.970 how will follow Bill Burr and go and watch his 00:11:27.970 --> 00:11:30.509 show, but it's exciting to see nevertheless. 00:11:30.970 --> 00:11:33.929 Ryan, are you a Bill Burr fan? I am a Bill Burr 00:11:33.929 --> 00:11:36.629 fan. I think he's absolutely funny. And a quick 00:11:36.629 --> 00:11:39.710 story on the Scots coming across my very, very 00:11:39.710 --> 00:11:42.070 good friend. She's a flight attendant and she 00:11:42.070 --> 00:11:45.870 was on the flight coming from Scotland to Canada. 00:11:46.250 --> 00:11:51.490 200 Scots coming across Rokas. The plane was 00:11:51.490 --> 00:11:53.950 bobbing up and down as it flew across the Atlantic 00:11:53.950 --> 00:11:56.850 to come to Canada. They're ready and they're 00:11:56.850 --> 00:11:58.909 making the whole stretch. So they start in Canada. 00:11:58.970 --> 00:12:01.690 They come down to the US, go wherever the Canada 00:12:01.690 --> 00:12:04.129 is or the games they want to see and then come 00:12:04.129 --> 00:12:06.789 back up. Yeah, there's going to be a lot of tartan 00:12:06.789 --> 00:12:08.889 army presence over the next two weeks as they 00:12:08.889 --> 00:12:12.320 have two games at Boston Stadium. But hashtag 00:12:12.320 --> 00:12:14.539 not a World Cup show people are here tonight 00:12:14.539 --> 00:12:17.659 to listen to Rhode Island FC and all things usl 00:12:17.659 --> 00:12:19.899 championship That's why we brought the big dog 00:12:19.899 --> 00:12:22.419 in ryan davis want to quickly get through this 00:12:22.419 --> 00:12:25.419 team of the round winners in pranks cup action 00:12:25.419 --> 00:12:28.460 Clay holstead gets named to team of the round 00:12:28.460 --> 00:12:32.159 and frank nodarse gets honors on the bench Jason 00:12:32.159 --> 00:12:34.139 first and foremost, we'll start with you vibes 00:12:34.139 --> 00:12:37.259 on how these two players entered into that selection 00:12:37.259 --> 00:12:39.659 Great to see them getting some nominations there. 00:12:39.679 --> 00:12:42.090 Clay did have a great game Uh, he worked really 00:12:42.090 --> 00:12:44.070 hard there in midfield. He pressed up there and 00:12:44.070 --> 00:12:46.350 kind of, you know, was able to catch that ball, 00:12:46.450 --> 00:12:49.190 get himself a goal. And then we saw Frank get 00:12:49.190 --> 00:12:51.509 a return to a center back position after he's 00:12:51.509 --> 00:12:54.190 been kind of pushed out wide RB to, I won't follow 00:12:54.190 --> 00:12:56.889 that narrative anymore. He's LCB to till the 00:12:56.889 --> 00:12:59.529 day I died. And you know, honestly, he had a 00:12:59.529 --> 00:13:01.570 great game. He kind of looked like he didn't 00:13:01.570 --> 00:13:04.509 skip a beat. after having not been in that position 00:13:04.509 --> 00:13:06.789 for a while. Ryan, I mean, the standard bearer, 00:13:06.789 --> 00:13:08.789 you get a goal, you make the major contributions, 00:13:08.809 --> 00:13:10.929 you have solid defensive actions and a clean 00:13:10.929 --> 00:13:13.570 sheet. Is it anything other than par for the 00:13:13.570 --> 00:13:15.169 course for these two players to get named to 00:13:15.169 --> 00:13:17.370 team of the round? I want to talk about Clay 00:13:17.370 --> 00:13:19.950 Ho's start real quick. Marcelo Bielsa, who's 00:13:19.950 --> 00:13:23.070 the coach for Uruguay, Pep Guardiola is a disciple 00:13:23.070 --> 00:13:25.710 of Bielsa's teachings, just like Pochettino. 00:13:26.149 --> 00:13:29.009 And he said the most valuable player on the field 00:13:29.009 --> 00:13:31.490 is what they call a two -way midfielder. You 00:13:31.490 --> 00:13:34.279 can get back. He can break plays up and while 00:13:34.279 --> 00:13:37.960 breaking the play up has the ability now to create 00:13:37.960 --> 00:13:41.039 an attack or have that decisive pass to break 00:13:41.039 --> 00:13:44.720 lines and create a chance. Clay Holstad is a 00:13:44.720 --> 00:13:47.820 two -way midfielder, so he's a gem for Rhode 00:13:47.820 --> 00:13:50.980 Island. And I'm so glad he got his props this 00:13:50.980 --> 00:13:54.220 week. All I'm hearing is if Pep was sticking 00:13:54.220 --> 00:13:56.799 with Man City, Clay Holstad would be getting 00:13:56.799 --> 00:14:00.440 recruited and signed for the Premier side. in 00:14:00.440 --> 00:14:04.799 any moment in time. Let's get into this head 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:07.279 -to -head record really quickly. Want to start 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:10.580 talking about the Loudoun match overall. Obviously, 00:14:10.620 --> 00:14:13.220 this is not a team that we have seen or done 00:14:13.220 --> 00:14:16.559 things well against. Jason, the floor is yours 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:19.779 to commiserate the lack of success against this 00:14:19.779 --> 00:14:22.480 Loudoun United side. Yeah, so the matches against 00:14:22.480 --> 00:14:25.159 Loudoun, we've not seen a lot of success. There's 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:28.740 been one win for Loudoun where Abdelif Aboukura, 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:33.029 you know, Some would say the loud and Salah, 00:14:33.029 --> 00:14:36.269 you know, he kind of put the boots to us, went 00:14:36.269 --> 00:14:38.690 up to nil first half. They're kind of cooked 00:14:38.690 --> 00:14:42.090 us there, but you know, that, that game was a 00:14:42.090 --> 00:14:44.509 bit feisty. We saw some red cards there, Learman 00:14:44.509 --> 00:14:47.789 and Harvo both being ejected, but we played each 00:14:47.789 --> 00:14:51.330 other four times. All other three matches have 00:14:51.330 --> 00:14:55.330 been nil nil draws. Not exactly barn burners. 00:14:55.470 --> 00:14:58.669 It feels like under Ryan Martin, just something 00:14:58.669 --> 00:15:01.389 about our tactics. We both kind of canceled each 00:15:01.389 --> 00:15:03.409 other out and they're very cagey matches. It 00:15:03.409 --> 00:15:05.830 was the elbow tweed patches on the jacket and 00:15:05.830 --> 00:15:09.889 the golf hat. Ryan Martin just had too much style 00:15:09.889 --> 00:15:13.029 on the night for Kano's monotone vibes. Ryan, 00:15:13.509 --> 00:15:15.649 we've talked at length. This is a boogie. This 00:15:15.649 --> 00:15:18.309 is a boogeyman team for us, surprisingly so much. 00:15:18.590 --> 00:15:20.870 So I didn't realize that we haven't even scored 00:15:20.870 --> 00:15:23.110 against Loudon in the entire history of Rhode 00:15:23.110 --> 00:15:27.169 Island FC's career as a club. What are your thoughts 00:15:27.169 --> 00:15:29.350 when you look at a lineup where one team has 00:15:29.350 --> 00:15:32.350 seen so little success against another one? Well, 00:15:32.350 --> 00:15:34.289 I'll give you my thoughts after seeing two goals 00:15:34.289 --> 00:15:36.769 being scored in four matches between two teams. 00:15:37.350 --> 00:15:39.629 Let's all get our pillows and blankets out and 00:15:39.629 --> 00:15:41.889 watch this game so we can all fall asleep very 00:15:41.889 --> 00:15:44.639 comfortably halfway through this match. But I 00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:47.580 tell you what, it's, and this Loudon team is 00:15:47.580 --> 00:15:50.240 very pragmatic. Coach Limbric, fantastic guy 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:53.179 from New Zealand. He coached in Wales, did a 00:15:53.179 --> 00:15:56.059 great job with the team over there, got his recognition, 00:15:56.399 --> 00:16:00.000 came over here and he builds like Cano from the 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:02.200 bottom up. So they play five at the back with 00:16:02.200 --> 00:16:04.580 three centre backs, two wing backs, and they 00:16:04.580 --> 00:16:06.919 play two holding midfielders. They push Akinyuri 00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:10.679 sometimes, big strong guy in midfield, sometimes 00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:13.169 to help out break up plays. So they take care 00:16:13.169 --> 00:16:15.990 of business defensively. They've conceded 17 00:16:15.990 --> 00:16:18.610 only because they've conceded like seven goals 00:16:18.610 --> 00:16:21.850 in the last three matches before that. I mean, 00:16:21.950 --> 00:16:24.629 they were really hard to score on Loud United. 00:16:25.549 --> 00:16:29.509 So Rhode Island, it's the sun, one nil either 00:16:29.509 --> 00:16:33.549 way. It looks to be one of those scenarios. We're 00:16:33.549 --> 00:16:35.789 gonna figure that out as we unpack both the Rhode 00:16:35.789 --> 00:16:37.889 Island FC side of things as well as the loud 00:16:37.889 --> 00:16:40.590 inside I can tell both of you right now Everything 00:16:40.590 --> 00:16:43.149 is leaning towards me of the opinion that I wish 00:16:43.149 --> 00:16:45.929 we had had these guys in the home opener when 00:16:45.929 --> 00:16:48.450 they were injury -plagued To the level they were 00:16:48.450 --> 00:16:50.669 back then But we're gonna find out all of that 00:16:50.669 --> 00:16:53.049 and so much more after we unpack this Rhode Island 00:16:53.049 --> 00:16:55.590 of seaside here in a second We got to go to break 00:16:55.590 --> 00:16:58.350 don't go anywhere. It's the raising anchor soccer 00:16:58.350 --> 00:17:03.570 show Thank you for listening to tonight's broadcast 00:17:03.570 --> 00:17:06.470 powered by Sprout Coworking. For all your business 00:17:06.470 --> 00:17:09.190 needs, large or small, visit sproutcoworking 00:17:09.190 --> 00:17:14.190 .com. Powering 990 WBOB, that's sproutcoworking 00:17:14.190 --> 00:17:16.910 .com. Now let's get back to the Raising Anchor 00:17:16.910 --> 00:17:20.890 Soccer Show on 990 WBOB with Matt Entrickett 00:17:20.890 --> 00:17:24.430 and Jason Carey. All right, back here on the 00:17:24.430 --> 00:17:26.869 Raising Anchor Soccer Show with our guest Ryan 00:17:26.869 --> 00:17:30.950 Davis. from USL Broadcast and Analytics. He is 00:17:30.950 --> 00:17:33.029 our lead pundit on the night. So we're going 00:17:33.029 --> 00:17:34.849 to start things off with your impressions. You've 00:17:34.849 --> 00:17:37.490 covered several games for Rhode Island FC this 00:17:37.490 --> 00:17:40.210 season. Obviously you have to keep track of the 00:17:40.210 --> 00:17:42.029 entire Eastern Conference, Western Conference 00:17:42.029 --> 00:17:45.369 at a whole. Ryan, what's your overall take so 00:17:45.369 --> 00:17:47.549 far looking at how Rhode Island FC has performed 00:17:47.549 --> 00:17:50.390 so far this season? Well, Chris Zerup going back 00:17:50.390 --> 00:17:52.190 out to the right hand side, at least he played 00:17:52.190 --> 00:17:54.130 on the right for a couple of games that I covered 00:17:54.130 --> 00:17:57.690 him. I think it's a great move for him to So 00:17:57.690 --> 00:18:00.029 when he gets the ball, he can now look inside 00:18:00.029 --> 00:18:03.170 with his left foot and now create room or passes 00:18:03.170 --> 00:18:06.890 for people. They can runs. I mean, Alfonso is 00:18:06.890 --> 00:18:09.230 just fun though. The Brazilian. He's so much 00:18:09.230 --> 00:18:12.569 fun. Um, he has that MLS predegree and you can 00:18:12.569 --> 00:18:15.490 see it when he's on the ball and JJ Williams, 00:18:15.609 --> 00:18:18.890 his story continues. Talk about emotional leader 00:18:18.890 --> 00:18:21.869 and the leader on the field, five goals, two 00:18:21.869 --> 00:18:25.009 assists. He really not only the goals and the 00:18:25.009 --> 00:18:27.750 assists, but he provides such an outlet. for 00:18:27.750 --> 00:18:30.750 Alfonso for whole start because era so they could 00:18:30.750 --> 00:18:33.069 play the ball into him and then run off of him 00:18:33.069 --> 00:18:37.130 so that's such a big a big tool that he can use 00:18:37.130 --> 00:18:40.670 but also his pressing so that has come a long 00:18:40.670 --> 00:18:43.710 way in the last two years JJ Williams was not 00:18:43.710 --> 00:18:46.869 very good at his pressing game he totally rectified 00:18:46.869 --> 00:18:52.039 that and now he's a force in this league I can't 00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:54.059 deny any of those things. And we want to kind 00:18:54.059 --> 00:18:56.400 of get into a special segment here with you on 00:18:56.400 --> 00:18:59.019 the show of all people, because I feel like we 00:18:59.019 --> 00:19:02.039 get to kind of put a thumbs up or a thumbs down, 00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:04.880 a yay or a nay, if you will, on some critical 00:19:04.880 --> 00:19:07.900 questions that both pundits as well as fans have 00:19:07.900 --> 00:19:11.140 been asking of this team as we've watched them 00:19:11.140 --> 00:19:13.799 through the first almost half of the season now. 00:19:14.099 --> 00:19:15.900 So I'm going to open things up here and ask the 00:19:15.900 --> 00:19:17.799 very first question. Jason, we'll start this 00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:21.140 round with you. Is RFC a top four team in the 00:19:21.140 --> 00:19:23.759 Eastern Conference? They can be, but they need 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:26.140 to seize their own destiny. We see here in the 00:19:26.140 --> 00:19:28.180 Eastern Conference, teams like Charleston and 00:19:28.180 --> 00:19:31.380 Louisville are not the same teams. Outside of 00:19:31.380 --> 00:19:33.299 Tampa Bay, who was just running away with the 00:19:33.299 --> 00:19:36.799 league, there's a lot of parity here in the East 00:19:36.799 --> 00:19:39.339 Coast. So if you just string a few wins together, 00:19:39.619 --> 00:19:41.819 you can get into a good position. Ryan, do you 00:19:41.819 --> 00:19:44.890 agree with that or disagree? I'm going to disagree 00:19:44.890 --> 00:19:47.630 on this one. You're 10 games in now. You have 00:19:47.630 --> 00:19:50.769 a very good idea of where your team stands. Of 00:19:50.769 --> 00:19:52.710 course, injuries to other teammates, to other 00:19:52.710 --> 00:19:55.789 teams can change the league, but I don't think 00:19:55.789 --> 00:19:59.130 that dramatically. I think you've got a good 00:19:59.130 --> 00:20:01.869 look at Rhode Island and I think they can get 00:20:01.869 --> 00:20:05.150 into maybe the sixth spot, the fifth spot. I 00:20:05.150 --> 00:20:06.910 tell you what, Detroit looks really good. Louisville 00:20:06.910 --> 00:20:09.730 is always a cog in the Eastern Conference and 00:20:09.730 --> 00:20:12.390 the Rowdies are off in the horizon somewhere. 00:20:12.569 --> 00:20:14.650 We can't see them anymore. So they're long gone. 00:20:15.250 --> 00:20:17.210 So I think in the 11, I mean, you guys found 00:20:17.210 --> 00:20:19.329 out that the last much, they're a tough team 00:20:19.329 --> 00:20:22.730 to break that one nil. I think it was one nil. 00:20:22.730 --> 00:20:25.269 Yeah, that was one nil. They are a tough team 00:20:25.269 --> 00:20:27.970 to break down Charleston battery. They toasted 00:20:27.970 --> 00:20:30.950 the town in the East for the last two years. 00:20:30.990 --> 00:20:34.109 So to break into that top four or five is going 00:20:34.109 --> 00:20:38.230 to be really hard for Rhode Island. I'm not worried 00:20:38.230 --> 00:20:41.660 about. of clubs like Indy is it's to me it's 00:20:41.660 --> 00:20:43.319 it's the and I'm not worried about Charleston 00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:45.339 the Indy I feel like got a fluke goal against 00:20:45.339 --> 00:20:48.279 us for me it's the it's the pinnacles of Detroit 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:50.859 I think Detroit's a team that we sometimes struggle 00:20:50.859 --> 00:20:52.660 through Pittsburgh if they get their momentum 00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:55.440 behind them I I don't I don't want to say from 00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:58.779 a counterpoint that I disagree I I do think to 00:20:58.779 --> 00:21:02.180 both points that if they can get the right things 00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:05.079 better that they could be. But I also think there's 00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:07.779 some steep opposition in front of them. And Brian, 00:21:07.779 --> 00:21:09.660 to your point, I don't know if Tampa is going 00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:11.559 to lose a single game up until the playoffs at 00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:14.339 this point. So we just need to be ready for that. 00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:17.339 Yeah. Juggernaut. And they started, they had 00:21:17.339 --> 00:21:19.700 poor recruiting for the last two years before. 00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:23.640 And new coach comes in, they did the right thing. 00:21:23.660 --> 00:21:26.240 He came in halfway through the season. He saw 00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:29.279 what he needed to see. And then in the off season, 00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:31.460 now it's his turn. He gets to bring in the players 00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:34.900 that he wants. And boy did the new owners support 00:21:34.900 --> 00:21:40.039 his wants. The whole different whole I mean, 00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:42.960 the locker room was cleared out. Whole different 00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:46.059 mentality came in. Lewis Hilton is one of the 00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:49.500 heroes left behind and he's a strong character 00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:51.960 in the locker room and on the field. And this 00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:56.279 team has just gelled their workman like team, 00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:59.619 pressing wise, and they finished the conversion 00:21:59.619 --> 00:22:03.569 rate is so good. It's so good. Loudness is one 00:22:03.569 --> 00:22:05.150 of the worst in the league, by the way. So you 00:22:05.150 --> 00:22:08.369 guys are going to go up against that. But I'm 00:22:08.369 --> 00:22:10.589 going to be spoiler conversion rates. Unbelievable. 00:22:12.109 --> 00:22:14.470 Listen, this isn't the Dom Kashiado show and 00:22:14.470 --> 00:22:16.529 if anyone has been paying attention to all the 00:22:16.529 --> 00:22:19.910 good he did at Union Omaha Back in the USL one 00:22:19.910 --> 00:22:23.289 time you've been missing out Next question here. 00:22:23.289 --> 00:22:26.029 Rhode Island FC has already gone through their 00:22:26.029 --> 00:22:28.490 toughest stretch of their schedule We got asked 00:22:28.490 --> 00:22:30.930 this a couple weeks ago Jason by a listener. 00:22:31.089 --> 00:22:33.950 I'm gonna start this one off I would argue that 00:22:33.950 --> 00:22:36.329 we have not yet experienced the toughest moment 00:22:36.329 --> 00:22:38.930 in the schedule. In fact, I believe looking at 00:22:38.930 --> 00:22:42.309 what we have remaining I think the last 30 days 00:22:42.309 --> 00:22:44.470 of the calendar are going to be the toughest 00:22:44.470 --> 00:22:47.289 for Rhode Island. You look at it and we've got 00:22:47.289 --> 00:22:49.990 Indy returning to to Centreville Bank Stadium, 00:22:50.430 --> 00:22:52.890 Brooklyn. OK, no one's really sure about that 00:22:52.890 --> 00:22:54.829 yet. Obviously, we've done some damage to them. 00:22:55.130 --> 00:22:58.210 But then in the final week of championship regular 00:22:58.210 --> 00:23:01.529 season, we've got Detroit. We've got a midweek 00:23:01.529 --> 00:23:04.509 matchup of Loudon getting that game where we 00:23:04.509 --> 00:23:06.910 had to make it up from the home opener. And then 00:23:06.910 --> 00:23:10.039 we've got Pittsburgh. So in in seven days, we've 00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:12.900 got detroit loud in pittsburgh and then guess 00:23:12.900 --> 00:23:15.279 what we get to end the season away to heartford 00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:18.220 I think that's going to be the the white knuckle 00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:20.220 part of the season the squeaky bum time if you 00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:22.819 will and to piggyback off that real quick, uh 00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:25.779 pittsburgh that is fan appreciation day, which 00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:29.420 is Absolutely diabolical because we are terrible 00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:32.200 against pittsburgh So I don't know if they think 00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:35.140 that fans appreciate football terrorism and they're 00:23:35.140 --> 00:23:38.000 expecting a nil nil draw because we cannot score 00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:41.059 against that game. So we've only scored one goal 00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:43.940 against Pittsburgh in the history. It was in 00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:46.960 Jägermeister. Right. So Ryan, just in case you 00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:49.079 don't know this, for fan appreciation games, 00:23:49.359 --> 00:23:52.660 we have now scored collectively all time in two 00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:54.819 fan appreciation games. We've scored 13 goals. 00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:57.839 I don't know if we're going to continue that 00:23:57.839 --> 00:24:00.660 in this third outing of a fan appreciation match 00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:03.539 against Pittsburgh. Quick insight on Pittsburgh. 00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:05.680 I covered them last week when they played Charleston. 00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:08.779 They play in a 4 -4 -2 but the four in the midfield 00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:10.579 come together like a diamond so they move like 00:24:10.579 --> 00:24:13.640 a group so they allow you to go to the side as 00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:15.420 you pass your halfway line and then they try 00:24:15.420 --> 00:24:18.319 to pin you to the to the sidelines so then you 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:20.119 have to recycle the ball again and then they 00:24:20.119 --> 00:24:22.519 come back across here so the quicker they can 00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:24.460 change that point of attack from the left to 00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:26.700 the right that's where you'll catch Pittsburgh 00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:28.720 trying to shuffle across. And that's when you 00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:31.200 could use that space. But as soon as the ball 00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:34.299 comes inside the whole stud, it's going to be 00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:38.359 a rough house. They don't hold back. We'll save 00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:40.519 that and forward it to Kano. And since you said 00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:44.400 it, he'll listen. We just have to figure out 00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:46.380 if it's Pittsburgh Riverhounds that are a nemesis 00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:49.579 or if it's Eric Dick, because right now all signs 00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:52.460 point to that it's the keeper in the sticks in 00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:55.440 Eric Dick. All right. Last question before we 00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:59.160 get into Rhode Island's preview. Will JJ Williams 00:24:59.160 --> 00:25:03.039 surpass his all -time season goal record in USL 00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:06.319 championship of 13 goals while with Tampa Bay? 00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:10.569 Right now, if you compare this guys... Looking 00:25:10.569 --> 00:25:13.170 back to that record season with Tampa, he was 00:25:13.170 --> 00:25:16.569 at six goals already by week 13, but that had 00:25:16.569 --> 00:25:19.210 a hat trick fueled in between it. And then if 00:25:19.210 --> 00:25:21.250 you look at the tail end of the season, only 00:25:21.250 --> 00:25:24.190 scored twice in his final 10 games of the season. 00:25:24.309 --> 00:25:28.289 Do we see JJ Williams elevate beyond his best 00:25:28.289 --> 00:25:30.309 ever record in the championship? Ryan, we'll 00:25:30.309 --> 00:25:34.789 start with you. I say yes. I see the people playing 00:25:34.789 --> 00:25:38.150 behind him, the service that he has coming in 00:25:38.150 --> 00:25:40.450 from the sides. or to his feet for him to run 00:25:40.450 --> 00:25:44.069 onto. I think he has enough quality behind him 00:25:44.069 --> 00:25:46.690 to create enough chances for him to convert. 00:25:47.529 --> 00:25:51.089 Yes. I'd have to agree. I, at this point, it 00:25:51.089 --> 00:25:54.609 looks like he is, you know, unstoppable. So as 00:25:54.609 --> 00:25:57.710 long as he stays healthy, I'm all bar for him 00:25:57.710 --> 00:26:01.059 getting double digits and Getting well past beyond 00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:03.359 that 13 goal mark. The only reason he wouldn't 00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:06.140 get 13 goals is because Joe Jack was there Goes 00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:08.759 on an absolute tear and gets like 22 and gets 00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:11.319 golden boot for the season other than that I 00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:13.980 don't see how he doesn't getting into this Rhode 00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:15.900 Island FC side of things from an availability 00:26:15.900 --> 00:26:18.779 report We still have CJ Williams and Amity joke 00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:22.200 Listed as questionable probably close to returning 00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:25.599 as I've not heard any major Injury related news 00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:28.960 to these two players. So it's probably at a status 00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:31.359 of game by game at this point But because of 00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:34.200 World Cup we are not doing media sessions with 00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:36.579 this team right now So we only can go off of 00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:39.579 what was listed last week Jason when I look at 00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:42.339 the starting 11 out of this I've got us returning 00:26:42.339 --> 00:26:45.039 to a little bit of what we already know and that 00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:47.420 of course is Koke Vegas in that because Koke 00:26:47.420 --> 00:26:50.660 Vegas will never not be in net this season with 00:26:50.660 --> 00:26:53.000 the back four of Nick Scardina, Kareefa Yow. 00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:55.559 I've got Frank D 'Arcy continuing to fill in 00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:58.059 for Omidy Joop and Aldair Sanchez returning to 00:26:58.059 --> 00:27:00.680 that left back side. The double pivot in the 00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:02.700 center defensive midfielder of Clay Holstead 00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:05.559 and Hugo Baccarac. That front midfield three 00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:08.019 of Jojea Quisera back out on the right returning 00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:11.240 from international duty. I've got Augustine Rodriguez 00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:13.859 Pitti coming into the cam roll. We'll talk about 00:27:13.859 --> 00:27:16.539 that in a second. Leo Alfonso getting back out 00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:18.740 to the left wing and of course, JJ Williams, 00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:20.980 because there's no other option right now other 00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:23.619 than JJ Williams. He's both too hot and there's 00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:27.460 no one behind him to fill in for that role. Jason, 00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:28.839 we're going to start with you because I think 00:27:28.839 --> 00:27:30.700 you're going to be the disagree or if anything's 00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:33.299 wrong with this predicted 11. What say you, my 00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:36.559 friend? Yeah, I think we actually need to acknowledge 00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:38.900 how good Amish Shapiro Thompson has been. He 00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:42.289 is leading the team in big chance creation. So 00:27:42.289 --> 00:27:45.250 it would seem that the gap isn't as wide as maybe 00:27:45.250 --> 00:27:47.190 some of us have seen in comparing it to pity. 00:27:47.190 --> 00:27:49.430 And I'll admit even myself, I had to go back 00:27:49.430 --> 00:27:51.750 and realize like, Oh, maybe I haven't been getting 00:27:51.750 --> 00:27:55.109 him as enough credit as he deserves. And from 00:27:55.109 --> 00:27:57.289 what I've seen of loud in this year, the midfield 00:27:57.289 --> 00:27:59.809 has been pretty open the way that they like to 00:27:59.809 --> 00:28:02.950 play there with their wing backs. The one concert 00:28:02.950 --> 00:28:05.569 there would be the battle against Polu Akinode. 00:28:06.009 --> 00:28:08.589 He has been a monster in the midfield there just 00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:11.279 absolutely causing terror against teams. His 00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:13.200 defensive stats have been in some of the best 00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:15.519 of the league, so that could be some concern 00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:18.579 going forward. Ryan, how do you agree with that 00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:21.500 starting 11? Is there something you'd like to 00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:23.339 tweak or adjust that you think we might see on 00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:26.279 the weekend? No, I love it. Petty Rodriguez, 00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:30.819 the Argentine. I think when he gets comfortable, 00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:33.519 and I know this is him still trying to feel his 00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:36.039 way out, he has two assists this season already. 00:28:36.269 --> 00:28:38.809 But I think when he starts to get the ball in 00:28:38.809 --> 00:28:40.910 the back of the net, it's going to take a lot 00:28:40.910 --> 00:28:43.549 of pressure off of players, even takes takes 00:28:43.549 --> 00:28:46.390 pressure off of J .J. Williams with that, with 00:28:46.390 --> 00:28:48.950 that goal supports. And I think Rodriguez owes 00:28:48.950 --> 00:28:51.210 you guys some goals. And I think he's going to 00:28:51.210 --> 00:28:56.069 get some. Brian, is that a pity Rodriguez Argentine 00:28:56.069 --> 00:28:58.450 Argentinian jersey you have on? I'm sure that 00:28:58.450 --> 00:29:00.569 must be for pity, even though he hasn't made 00:29:00.569 --> 00:29:03.470 it into the national team just yet, right? Well, 00:29:03.470 --> 00:29:05.289 it's an Argentine shirt. Let's just go with that. 00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:08.460 Argentine shit. Three stars, by the way. Three 00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:12.019 stars. Do you have a name on the back of it? 00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:14.599 I will leave it at that. Okay. Okay. So listen 00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:18.000 quick. I'm an Argentine fanatic. My first World 00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:21.920 Cup, 1986. I know I'm going to date myself, but 00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:25.140 I was swept up like somebody else. I was 12 years 00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:29.019 old. I was swept up like so many other fans by 00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:32.700 Diego Maradona. Never looked back. It was amazing 00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:35.880 just to see him play. And of course, I followed 00:29:35.880 --> 00:29:40.460 him in Napoli. I went to Napoli last summer and 00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:43.299 to visit his, you know, his shrine and so on. 00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:47.019 It is absolutely incredible. I got a chance to 00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:48.859 go to Napoli myself. I didn't get to catch a 00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:52.180 game. I did get AS Roma's final match of the 00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:56.059 season, but did not get to see a Napoli match, 00:29:57.079 --> 00:30:00.500 but Maradona is... God in Italy like you think 00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:03.779 he's a god in Argentina. He is a god in at least 00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:07.880 that part of Italy. Yeah Jason who's our X factor 00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:10.079 on this match? We saw the lineup Who do we think's 00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:11.920 gonna do the most damage allowed? Oh, it's got 00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:14.539 to be JJ I think it's it's gonna come down to 00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:16.880 the service to get to him But because of the 00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:18.980 way he started the season he will get the credit 00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:22.119 But I think JJ is gonna do some damage to their 00:30:22.119 --> 00:30:26.359 back line Brian. Who do you got? Guys I think 00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:28.599 you see they're gonna be a 1 -nil It's going 00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:34.400 to be in Loudon. So. All right, I take it back. 00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:38.279 1 -1 draw. 1 -1 draw away. Getting a point in 00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:42.779 Loudon, who are very stingy. I think you will 00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:45.380 do well to get a point out there. But you have 00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:47.319 an X factor. At least there's goals. I'll take 00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:50.799 that. Is there a player that will? OK, of course, 00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:54.119 the Argentine. He owes Rhode Island some goals, 00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:57.869 and I think he's going to start delivering. I 00:30:57.869 --> 00:31:00.730 need that. I want that more than anything else. 00:31:01.329 --> 00:31:03.630 I think the battle will be determined on the 00:31:03.630 --> 00:31:06.650 wings. I watched three or four of the last games 00:31:06.650 --> 00:31:09.210 of Loudon. It seems like they're in transition. 00:31:09.589 --> 00:31:12.109 Not entirely sure if it's a Prinks Cup situation. 00:31:12.190 --> 00:31:13.730 We're going to talk about that in a second after 00:31:13.730 --> 00:31:16.549 the break. But they do like to favor the wings 00:31:16.549 --> 00:31:18.190 and they haven't had a lot of their key players 00:31:18.190 --> 00:31:21.009 back in yet. So a lot of the talent goes wide. 00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:24.240 I think what we will see is more of a defensive 00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:25.619 performance. And I think we're going to have 00:31:25.619 --> 00:31:28.900 to rise to the occasion in Scardina and Sanchez. 00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:30.299 I think they're going to have to show up in a 00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:32.420 big way. And maybe it's not the glamorous, get 00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:34.500 assists, get goal, you know, get goal contributions. 00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:36.880 Maybe it's more of the defensive work that we 00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:39.579 see there. But we do have to go to break. And 00:31:39.579 --> 00:31:41.579 when we return, we're going to cover everything 00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:44.420 Loudon United with the expert in Ryan Davis. 00:31:44.599 --> 00:31:46.960 Don't go anywhere. It's the Raising Anchor soccer 00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:52.609 show. Fans, as the weather becomes more and more 00:31:52.609 --> 00:31:56.029 unpredictable, be sure to check out 990 WBOB's 00:31:56.029 --> 00:31:58.309 weather page for all your temperature, storm, 00:31:58.450 --> 00:32:01.349 and travel info. Stay prepared for whatever Mother 00:32:01.349 --> 00:32:04.970 Nature has in store with the 990 WBOB weather 00:32:04.970 --> 00:32:08.369 page. Now, let's get back to the Raising Anchor 00:32:08.369 --> 00:32:12.289 Soccer Show on 990 WBOB with Matt Entrickett 00:32:12.289 --> 00:32:16.309 and Jason Carey. Back here with the raising anchor 00:32:16.309 --> 00:32:19.609 soccer show and we are blessed tonight with Trinidad 00:32:19.609 --> 00:32:23.849 and Tobago specialist Ryan Davis Gotta start 00:32:23.849 --> 00:32:26.150 talking about this loud United side. It feels 00:32:26.150 --> 00:32:28.549 disgusting to have to do it considering they've 00:32:28.549 --> 00:32:31.599 been the proverbial bogeyman for Rhode Island 00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:34.480 FC, but it's a completely changed team since 00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:37.400 the last time we saw them as Ryan Martin has 00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:40.640 departed to greener pastures or Western pastures 00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:43.380 in the Oakland roots and taking a sizable number 00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:45.980 of players along with him, he literally took 00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:49.720 his ball and went away to Oakland. Jason, how 00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:52.960 do we feel about this new team with Martin departed? 00:32:53.210 --> 00:32:56.289 Yeah, like Ryan mentioned Anthony limbrick here. 00:32:56.289 --> 00:32:59.789 He's he's got some pedigree here from from the 00:32:59.789 --> 00:33:03.049 Welsh Premier League played with TNS there and 00:33:03.049 --> 00:33:05.730 actually won a championship with them a little 00:33:05.730 --> 00:33:08.329 bit of the other, you know, kind of experience 00:33:08.329 --> 00:33:10.970 there with Woking Grimsby Town and Harpill United. 00:33:11.869 --> 00:33:14.150 Definitely a kind of a big change there. Like 00:33:14.150 --> 00:33:16.630 Ryan said, they're very kind of a build from 00:33:16.630 --> 00:33:19.170 the back kind of coach. Yeah. No, gentlemen, 00:33:19.230 --> 00:33:22.309 like to talk just to limbrick CV for a second 00:33:22.309 --> 00:33:25.369 here. One of the comparisons I hear all the time 00:33:25.369 --> 00:33:27.789 about the USL Championship in particular is that 00:33:27.789 --> 00:33:30.730 it falls somewhere between League One and League 00:33:30.730 --> 00:33:33.750 Two, depending on the money spent and the tactical 00:33:33.750 --> 00:33:37.009 resume, if you will. Knowing Limerick has basically 00:33:37.009 --> 00:33:40.630 only tasted National League, a stint in League 00:33:40.630 --> 00:33:43.049 Two, and then, of course, that Welsh Premier 00:33:43.049 --> 00:33:47.509 League title. Is this a indication of a coach 00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:50.859 getting himself promoted to a higher level of 00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:53.039 competition than he's ever experienced? Or is 00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:56.059 he right in the pocket of where he should be? 00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:58.839 And was this the right decision for Loudon to 00:33:58.839 --> 00:34:01.740 bring a coach like Limbrick on? Ryan, we'll start 00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:04.220 with you. I think this is exactly where he's 00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:06.940 supposed to be. He's going to learn. He's going 00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:09.699 to get his bumps and bruises along the way. And 00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:13.119 he's learning really quickly how much transition 00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:15.920 there is in the USL championship. How quickly 00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:19.539 teams go from defense to attack. So I think that's 00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:22.519 why they try to slow things down and manage that 00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:25.159 pace just a little bit. But they like to play 00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:27.699 through the middle. I mean they have Murphy who's 00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:30.699 fantastic on the ball. He's their orchestrator. 00:34:31.179 --> 00:34:33.400 They try to get the ball to Pedro Santos to his 00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:36.619 feet. Pedro Santos is very old. He's very old. 00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:38.719 So they have to try to get the ball to his laces 00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:42.480 rather than in front of him. And I mean Richie 00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:45.500 Amann, he's very skillful. He comes in from the 00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:48.519 left -hand side. He comes left the center and 00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:51.099 he can off balance defenders. He's one of those 00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:54.239 players that can be an X factor. If the game 00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:57.320 is really deadlocked, he can take on a player 00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:59.820 or two and create some space for somebody else. 00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:02.659 Never trust a player that goes by the first name 00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:06.400 of Richie, in my opinion. But I leave it at that. 00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:08.539 Jason, do you agree with Brian's statements or 00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:11.300 do you want to offer a different set of opinions 00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:15.079 there? No, I think. From what we've seen, you 00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:18.099 know, we also been a kind of slow start to the 00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:20.659 season. So we can't like judge them too much 00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:23.460 in that regards. He did well with the Welsh premier 00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:26.539 league team TNS there, although maybe not a lot 00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:29.219 with harder pool. He had a big task at hand, 00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:33.619 right? 16 players leave the club. So just seven 00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:36.519 players remain post -Martin. It's crazy. When 00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:38.739 we continue to be spoiled by Rhode Island FC 00:35:38.739 --> 00:35:42.019 retaining 16 players or more every single season, 00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:45.019 we have not yet seen the levels of what I would 00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:48.840 consider average USL championship turnover. All 00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:50.619 of our listeners need to understand you're spoiled 00:35:50.619 --> 00:35:53.320 and enjoy it while it lasts. That's all I'm going 00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:56.739 to say. To be fair, he did keep seven pretty 00:35:56.739 --> 00:35:59.699 good players here in Pedro Santos, Kwame Awa, 00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:03.199 Jacob Erlinson, Lucas Piras, Quimio Artones. 00:36:03.530 --> 00:36:07.949 Boyle Akinyode and, you know, Loudon's one and 00:36:07.949 --> 00:36:13.409 only Salah in Abdelif Abakura. So I think he 00:36:13.409 --> 00:36:16.210 got himself a pretty good starting hand there. 00:36:17.630 --> 00:36:19.929 Ryan, how do you grade this rebuild? I mean, 00:36:19.969 --> 00:36:23.449 a lot of clubs had to turn over the entire roster, 00:36:23.489 --> 00:36:26.269 but they didn't also have to turn over the head 00:36:26.269 --> 00:36:29.050 office, the technical team. How do you grade 00:36:29.050 --> 00:36:31.570 this from an observer and watching these games 00:36:31.570 --> 00:36:33.960 unfold in front of you? Very good. You always 00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:36.380 look at the spine. Ethan Bandre in goal. He's 00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:38.960 very good. Mazel Faro. Good defender as well. 00:36:39.179 --> 00:36:41.559 Then you have Murphy. Excellent player. You have 00:36:41.559 --> 00:36:44.500 Pedro Santos. And then you move, you have Aman 00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:48.119 as well. So, and then of course, Akinyuri. So 00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:51.360 that spine for Loudon is very secure. And then 00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:54.760 outside, well, you have a lot of runners, a lot 00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:57.420 of engines, if you will, on the outside. But 00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:59.800 the players in the middle are actually very, 00:36:59.800 --> 00:37:03.380 very adept, very technical. I think I have to 00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:05.139 give them an A plus as well considering what 00:37:05.139 --> 00:37:07.179 they were working with obviously also you have 00:37:07.179 --> 00:37:09.480 to look limbrick did not come in with more than 00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:12.739 just a handful of weeks really to shape the destiny 00:37:12.739 --> 00:37:15.260 for loud in the season you get Thor Ulferson 00:37:15.260 --> 00:37:18.340 as the striker coming in he's a he's an Iceland 00:37:18.340 --> 00:37:21.840 test and he's up the league. You get Elvis Amo 00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:24.079 on depth at this point. Obviously, he's probably 00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:26.679 more towards the twilight of his career, but 00:37:26.679 --> 00:37:29.539 what a depth player to get. A lot of teams can't 00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:32.199 say that. And then defensively, Ezra Armstrong 00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:33.840 from North Carolina. I know he hasn't played 00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:36.179 a game yet, but we saw how good he was in getting 00:37:36.179 --> 00:37:39.440 North Carolina to playoffs last season. Pacific, 00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:42.360 Nairobi, like he's amazing. You get Richie Ahman 00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:44.480 on loan from DC United. And of course, James 00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:47.940 Murphy in that midfield. I hate to say this last 00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:50.860 name, everybody, but you also get Jack Panayiotu 00:37:50.860 --> 00:37:53.219 on loan from the Revolution. And what I don't 00:37:53.219 --> 00:37:56.599 see fans, they know a thing or two about Panayiotu. 00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:59.500 I anticipate he will be sensational not only 00:37:59.500 --> 00:38:02.800 in this match, but in the many months and games 00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:06.639 ahead for Loudon. But it's not been all sunshine 00:38:06.639 --> 00:38:08.900 and roses for Loudon so far. Looking at the form 00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:11.980 in their last five, two, one and two across their 00:38:11.980 --> 00:38:14.699 last five in all competitions, including pranks, 00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:18.599 you know, Their recent form has been topsy -turvy 00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:20.360 is the best way I could say it if you're looking 00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:23.980 not just championship. They get absolutely mauled 00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:27.900 by Sebastian LeJet and Monterey Bay FC in a 4 00:38:27.900 --> 00:38:31.739 -1 just drubbing. They then rally in a 2 -0 victory 00:38:31.739 --> 00:38:33.980 against their Virginia rivals and the Richmond 00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:37.099 Kickers in pranks action. But then they get spanked 00:38:37.099 --> 00:38:40.059 just last night against Greenville Triumph in 00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:43.860 a 3 -1 loss. I don't know what to make of this 00:38:43.860 --> 00:38:48.079 team, Jason. The more I see the inconsistency, 00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:49.739 the more we'll talk probably about the injuries 00:38:49.739 --> 00:38:52.619 and what's been plaguing this group, the gelling. 00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:55.099 It feels like I really wish the home opener had 00:38:55.099 --> 00:38:56.539 happened because I feel like that might have 00:38:56.539 --> 00:38:58.900 been a guaranteed three points. I mean, yeah, 00:38:58.900 --> 00:39:01.400 beyond the leadership, the injuries, this team 00:39:01.400 --> 00:39:04.440 is struggling to kind of solidify its identity 00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:07.780 on the pitch. Just one win from the first nine 00:39:07.780 --> 00:39:10.239 matches this season, and that was against the 00:39:10.239 --> 00:39:13.500 NPSL team in the Open Cup. Their only other two 00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:16.699 wins come from Brooklyn FC and that USL prank 00:39:16.699 --> 00:39:20.219 won Prinks Cup victory, but they lost to the 00:39:20.219 --> 00:39:23.440 Kickers earlier season and Open Cup sitting on 00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:26.139 a negative five goal differential that they have 00:39:26.139 --> 00:39:28.739 the fourth lowest scoring offense in the Eastern 00:39:28.739 --> 00:39:31.739 Conference right now. Things have really not 00:39:31.739 --> 00:39:34.219 turned a corner for them yet. And Ryan, you've 00:39:34.219 --> 00:39:35.719 been saying that since the beginning of the show, 00:39:35.800 --> 00:39:38.820 the offense is in serious lack right now. I think 00:39:38.820 --> 00:39:42.260 we know why, but They're not doing all so well 00:39:42.260 --> 00:39:44.300 when it comes to what's going on down in Sagra 00:39:44.300 --> 00:39:48.480 field. Scored only 12 goals in 10 matches. I 00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:50.900 mean, that's tough. What happens when you don't 00:39:50.900 --> 00:39:53.480 score? Everything has to be perfect at the back. 00:39:53.880 --> 00:39:55.820 No mistakes can be made. As soon as they make 00:39:55.820 --> 00:39:58.300 a mistake, you go down a goal. You've been struggling 00:39:58.300 --> 00:40:00.840 to score goals. So everybody's like humming and 00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:03.559 hiring. So and so everything gets really, really 00:40:03.559 --> 00:40:06.380 tight when when goals aren't flowing. When the 00:40:06.380 --> 00:40:08.599 ball gets in the back of the net, everybody feels 00:40:08.599 --> 00:40:11.429 good. Everybody gets confident, but when you're 00:40:11.429 --> 00:40:14.610 either 0 -0 or down 1 -0, it's really hard to 00:40:14.610 --> 00:40:17.250 go uphill for long periods of time. So goals, 00:40:17.349 --> 00:40:20.250 as we all know, change matches. But I don't think 00:40:20.250 --> 00:40:22.349 this Loudon team, we talked about the spine, 00:40:22.449 --> 00:40:25.269 which is great. They don't have enough of a roster 00:40:25.269 --> 00:40:29.349 to compete Pring's Cup and USL Jap Egypt. So 00:40:29.349 --> 00:40:32.730 they start to struggle when they have to play 00:40:32.730 --> 00:40:35.130 in two different tournaments as the season goes 00:40:35.130 --> 00:40:38.380 on. And it has been a tough week for Loudon, 00:40:38.559 --> 00:40:41.519 now three games in seven days. Talking about 00:40:41.519 --> 00:40:44.239 that, not to hamstring them in a pun with this 00:40:44.239 --> 00:40:47.059 availability report. Got to talk about the players 00:40:47.059 --> 00:40:50.380 that we know are out. Ezra Armstrong and Aidan 00:40:50.380 --> 00:40:52.699 O 'Connor continue to be out. They've been injured 00:40:52.699 --> 00:40:55.639 since the preseason or even beyond. But the big 00:40:55.639 --> 00:40:57.659 question, which we thought we'd be talking about 00:40:57.659 --> 00:41:00.820 in reporting, would be Jordan Farr signing back 00:41:00.820 --> 00:41:04.000 with Loudon United to augment their goalkeeping 00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:06.929 core. he gets an injury against this Greenville 00:41:06.929 --> 00:41:10.010 Triumph side in Prinks Cup action removed basically 00:41:10.010 --> 00:41:12.949 at the halftime in mid -week action. So we have 00:41:12.949 --> 00:41:15.789 him listed as questionable, you know, and beyond 00:41:15.789 --> 00:41:17.690 those injuries. And Ryan, if you know more as 00:41:17.690 --> 00:41:20.510 an insider, please feel free to expand. But like 00:41:20.510 --> 00:41:22.210 beyond just the injuries themselves, we also 00:41:22.210 --> 00:41:26.650 know that Mazza Furo... Christian Torres, and 00:41:26.650 --> 00:41:30.130 then of course Abdullatif Awakura and Jacob Erlinson 00:41:30.130 --> 00:41:32.849 all returning from injuries that have basically 00:41:32.849 --> 00:41:35.250 kept them out of a majority of the season. They're 00:41:35.250 --> 00:41:37.989 all just right now starting to get minutes. None 00:41:37.989 --> 00:41:41.210 of them have played a full game this entire season. 00:41:41.750 --> 00:41:44.210 It seems like injuries have plagued this team 00:41:44.210 --> 00:41:47.130 and like I don't want to use the injury bug as 00:41:47.130 --> 00:41:49.949 an excuse for Loudon's performance or their standings, 00:41:50.269 --> 00:41:53.400 but Ryan you almost would it would be irresponsible 00:41:53.400 --> 00:41:56.460 to not say that this is a chief component into 00:41:56.460 --> 00:41:58.739 what's been going on in Loudoun. Yeah, they had 00:41:58.739 --> 00:42:02.239 a great nil -nil draw away to Detroit, I believe, 00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:03.800 a couple of hours, let's say about just over 00:42:03.800 --> 00:42:07.199 a week ago. Then they traveled to Monterey across 00:42:07.199 --> 00:42:10.460 the country and Monterey just made a coaching 00:42:10.460 --> 00:42:13.179 change. They were chomping at the bit. No matter 00:42:13.179 --> 00:42:15.699 who came through that door that day on the field, 00:42:16.179 --> 00:42:18.539 the Crispin Kelp were going to maul them. And 00:42:18.539 --> 00:42:20.519 it so happened to be Loudoun. to be the team 00:42:20.519 --> 00:42:22.579 to show up that night. I got a chance to call 00:42:22.579 --> 00:42:26.380 that game. Monterrey looked fantastic. Now going 00:42:26.380 --> 00:42:28.980 into the Prince Cup now, we start talking about 00:42:28.980 --> 00:42:32.059 the roster being stretched. Players now coming 00:42:32.059 --> 00:42:34.039 back from injury. You're not going to play them 00:42:34.039 --> 00:42:35.840 a lot of minutes. You're not going to play them 00:42:35.840 --> 00:42:38.940 on the Saturday and the Wednesday. So the struggle 00:42:38.940 --> 00:42:41.500 in the Prince Cup. I think this Loudon team though, 00:42:41.880 --> 00:42:44.380 because they're focusing of course on the championship, 00:42:44.599 --> 00:42:47.199 like you should, they're going to use their best 00:42:47.199 --> 00:42:50.230 players on Saturday. And they should be pretty 00:42:50.230 --> 00:42:54.030 competitive. I mean, we all know that Monterey 00:42:54.030 --> 00:42:57.090 Bay's secret sauce was that Becky G showed up 00:42:57.090 --> 00:43:00.030 for Sebastian LeJet and, you know, motivated 00:43:00.030 --> 00:43:03.849 him to help assist Monterey Bay on the win on 00:43:03.849 --> 00:43:05.500 the night. I thought it was Kelpie. It might 00:43:05.500 --> 00:43:08.159 have been Kelpie, too. He's a good mascot. But 00:43:08.159 --> 00:43:10.360 then, you know, with these injuries aside, with 00:43:10.360 --> 00:43:12.880 some of the strategy that Limerick has had to 00:43:12.880 --> 00:43:15.739 deploy in getting the most miles out of this 00:43:15.739 --> 00:43:17.920 team through these three matches, Jason, how 00:43:17.920 --> 00:43:20.940 do we think Loudon might show up on this match 00:43:20.940 --> 00:43:24.019 on the weekend? Yeah, with Jordan far out, we 00:43:24.019 --> 00:43:26.559 think Ethan Bantry is going to be there in net. 00:43:27.099 --> 00:43:30.300 I think they'll have a back line here of Pacific 00:43:30.300 --> 00:43:35.869 in Goberari, Noah Adnan. Asel Esengwe, Jacob 00:43:35.869 --> 00:43:40.469 Erlinson, Kwa Awa, with a midfield there, kind 00:43:40.469 --> 00:43:44.329 of Jack Paniotou, James Murphy, Bolu Akinode, 00:43:44.670 --> 00:43:48.849 and Richie Ammon, with Thor Ulfarsson up top. 00:43:49.750 --> 00:43:52.210 So when I look at this lineup, you know, we have 00:43:52.210 --> 00:43:55.469 both of the wing backs in Nijeronabe and Oahu 00:43:55.469 --> 00:43:59.090 as the kind of deployed fullbacks. We haven't 00:43:59.090 --> 00:44:00.989 seen Limerick use either one of these players 00:44:00.989 --> 00:44:03.869 since that Detroit match. So it feels like he's 00:44:03.869 --> 00:44:05.989 been resting them to get the most out of them 00:44:05.989 --> 00:44:09.110 into the championship side of things. You know, 00:44:09.150 --> 00:44:12.110 I think maybe in... And Ryan, we're going to 00:44:12.110 --> 00:44:14.170 look to you here in a second. There could be 00:44:14.170 --> 00:44:17.469 some center back chess here with Erlandson only 00:44:17.469 --> 00:44:20.050 getting 45 minutes. Maybe he's not match fit 00:44:20.050 --> 00:44:22.789 yet enough to play it. Obviously, Akinyode is 00:44:22.789 --> 00:44:24.929 a natural center back. So if you needed to kind 00:44:24.929 --> 00:44:27.190 of drop him back deeper, there's probably some 00:44:27.190 --> 00:44:30.269 midfield reserves like Lucas that could come 00:44:30.269 --> 00:44:32.969 into that role. Obviously, this is all waiting 00:44:32.969 --> 00:44:35.090 to see. But the one I want to talk the most about 00:44:35.369 --> 00:44:38.489 is Panayotu on the right wing of this deployment. 00:44:38.630 --> 00:44:40.570 Now, we saw him centrally in the two pranks games 00:44:40.570 --> 00:44:43.309 we watched, but we also know that the Rebs want 00:44:43.309 --> 00:44:45.429 to see him as a right midfielder. That's where 00:44:45.429 --> 00:44:47.510 they usually play him when he's back playing 00:44:47.510 --> 00:44:50.949 for his home team. We experimented with that 00:44:50.949 --> 00:44:54.869 ourselves in Rhode Island FC. Never saw success 00:44:54.869 --> 00:44:58.489 when Panayotu was out on the far right side. 00:44:58.750 --> 00:45:00.590 If anything, I feel like Loudon should be taking 00:45:00.590 --> 00:45:02.949 notes from Hartford when they saw him playing 00:45:02.949 --> 00:45:05.989 in a more central role. He's a creator and he 00:45:05.989 --> 00:45:08.829 does the most damage when he's playing centrally. 00:45:09.010 --> 00:45:10.949 Thoughts on this lineup construction as we have 00:45:10.949 --> 00:45:13.769 it, Ryan? Well, Paniat too, like you said, if 00:45:13.769 --> 00:45:15.869 he's good technically, you want him in the middle 00:45:15.869 --> 00:45:18.730 of the park, directing traffic and playing in 00:45:18.730 --> 00:45:21.010 tight spaces. Because if he gets through the 00:45:21.010 --> 00:45:23.269 tight spaces, then there's space ahead of him. 00:45:23.550 --> 00:45:27.369 If he does not have that trickery or engine on 00:45:27.369 --> 00:45:30.960 the outsides, Like I said, if his game is more 00:45:30.960 --> 00:45:33.599 set to be more technical and playing in 10 yard 00:45:33.599 --> 00:45:36.860 spaces, 10 yard radiuses, then definitely he 00:45:36.860 --> 00:45:38.860 needs to slide into the middle of the park or 00:45:38.860 --> 00:45:42.199 such a let's call it an inside right and allow 00:45:42.199 --> 00:45:44.360 younger Barry to come around the right hand side 00:45:44.360 --> 00:45:48.300 to provide that with as if he can stay disciplined 00:45:48.300 --> 00:45:51.940 and stay in that right inside right section for 00:45:51.940 --> 00:45:54.840 this loading team. Ryan, who do you have as your 00:45:54.840 --> 00:45:57.519 X Factor in terms of a player from this Loudon 00:45:57.519 --> 00:45:59.800 side that can do the most damage to Rhode Island 00:45:59.800 --> 00:46:03.619 FC on the weekend? Thor Ulferson. Five goals 00:46:03.619 --> 00:46:06.360 out of the 12, and guess what? He doesn't need 00:46:06.360 --> 00:46:08.880 anything fantastic to score. Like JJ Williams, 00:46:09.340 --> 00:46:11.320 Nyong 'e Berry can get down the line, cross one 00:46:11.320 --> 00:46:13.760 in, he rises above us, center back, nudge it 00:46:13.760 --> 00:46:17.730 in the corner of the goal, 1 -0. I would go with 00:46:17.730 --> 00:46:21.349 Bolu Akinori. I think if he can boss that midfield, 00:46:21.610 --> 00:46:23.789 I think he can cause us problems and kind of 00:46:23.789 --> 00:46:26.980 negate our ability to attack. I've got richie 00:46:26.980 --> 00:46:29.039 almond there's something about his game right 00:46:29.039 --> 00:46:32.039 now. He is clicking on all cylinders He's making 00:46:32.039 --> 00:46:35.800 a case to get back to DC United as fast as possible 00:46:35.800 --> 00:46:38.420 And he's been doing a lot of the heavy lifting 00:46:38.420 --> 00:46:41.300 in the midfield Absent of some of these injuries 00:46:41.300 --> 00:46:43.400 that we haven't seen and of course, you know 00:46:43.400 --> 00:46:45.699 We have all these other players that probably 00:46:45.699 --> 00:46:49.039 will get substitution minutes and it would be 00:46:49.130 --> 00:46:52.250 It would be almost, again, irresponsible to not 00:46:52.250 --> 00:46:55.250 consider a certain player in Abukura who, if 00:46:55.250 --> 00:46:57.750 he gets a chance, he did some major damage to 00:46:57.750 --> 00:47:00.969 us last time we saw him. So I would not be surprised 00:47:00.969 --> 00:47:03.190 there at all. We've got to go to our final break. 00:47:03.210 --> 00:47:05.090 And when we get back, we're going to cover the 00:47:05.090 --> 00:47:07.869 major storylines that should shape out for this 00:47:07.869 --> 00:47:09.590 match here on the weekend. Don't go anywhere. 00:47:09.869 --> 00:47:12.090 It's the Raising Anchor Soccer Show. Now let's 00:47:12.090 --> 00:47:14.489 get back to the Raising Anchor Soccer Show on 00:47:14.489 --> 00:47:18.670 990 WBOB with Matt Entrickett and Jason Carey. 00:47:19.480 --> 00:47:21.760 All right back here on the raising anchor soccer 00:47:21.760 --> 00:47:23.900 show with Ryan Davis and Ryan We're gonna start 00:47:23.900 --> 00:47:26.780 this off with a loud in question Is this the 00:47:26.780 --> 00:47:29.059 toughest week of their season not because of 00:47:29.059 --> 00:47:32.280 the Prinks Cup, you know schedule makeup But 00:47:32.280 --> 00:47:34.960 the fact it's three games in seven days and they 00:47:34.960 --> 00:47:37.800 still are Pretty much unfit with a lot of injured 00:47:37.800 --> 00:47:40.639 players returning and trying to get minutes and 00:47:40.639 --> 00:47:42.739 they have Rhode Island FC coming to town So this 00:47:42.739 --> 00:47:44.900 is definitely the toughest toughest stretch of 00:47:44.900 --> 00:47:48.989 the season. So yeah, I think I think Because 00:47:48.989 --> 00:47:51.489 of the amount of gains and so little time and 00:47:51.489 --> 00:47:54.590 the other factor of players a group of players 00:47:54.590 --> 00:47:57.090 coming back from injury It's so hard for the 00:47:57.090 --> 00:48:02.050 coaching staff to pick and choose and a lot the 00:48:02.050 --> 00:48:04.489 right amount of time for these players Sometimes 00:48:04.489 --> 00:48:07.050 you sacrifice quality just to give the players 00:48:07.050 --> 00:48:09.510 the amount of time that they need to get better 00:48:09.510 --> 00:48:12.210 And I think loudness going through that stretch 00:48:12.210 --> 00:48:14.730 where they would like these players to be on 00:48:14.730 --> 00:48:17.289 the pitch for long periods of time to raise equality 00:48:17.559 --> 00:48:21.199 But they just can't do it just yet. Jason, we're 00:48:21.199 --> 00:48:23.780 at NFC. This is the Boogeyman in Loudon. Again, 00:48:24.019 --> 00:48:25.920 no goals have ever been scored against this club. 00:48:26.340 --> 00:48:29.199 Is this the moment in time? Is this team hot 00:48:29.199 --> 00:48:31.940 enough? Is this team at the right level of maturity 00:48:31.940 --> 00:48:35.719 and seasoned veteran ship that this is the moment 00:48:35.719 --> 00:48:38.159 where this all comes undone? We see a goal against 00:48:38.159 --> 00:48:40.960 Loudon and maybe we even see three points. I 00:48:40.960 --> 00:48:44.239 think if any time to get that like kind of Boogeyman 00:48:44.239 --> 00:48:47.289 off our back, this would be the time. Maybe this 00:48:47.289 --> 00:48:49.769 is going to be more of the test of was it Ryan 00:48:49.769 --> 00:48:52.150 Martin or is it was just something about Loudon 00:48:52.150 --> 00:48:55.369 itself that kind of rubs us the wrong way. But 00:48:55.369 --> 00:48:57.369 considering the long week that they've had all 00:48:57.369 --> 00:48:59.789 the injuries, I think this is a very good opportunity 00:48:59.789 --> 00:49:04.949 for RFC to finally get a win over Loudon. Brian, 00:49:04.949 --> 00:49:06.909 do you believe that this is Rhode Island FC's 00:49:06.909 --> 00:49:10.789 time or will history repeat itself? Well, looking 00:49:10.789 --> 00:49:14.949 at the two wins, two losses, one draw. in the 00:49:14.949 --> 00:49:17.809 last five matches. Don't give me the PTSD, Ryan. 00:49:18.150 --> 00:49:21.889 I know. I'm just going through the thoughts in 00:49:21.889 --> 00:49:27.269 my mind. I think. Yeah, I think this has to be 00:49:27.269 --> 00:49:29.789 right. You're 10 games in. You're 10 games in. 00:49:30.190 --> 00:49:32.789 You have to be able to. This is when I always 00:49:32.789 --> 00:49:34.769 see any broadcast. There comes a time in the 00:49:34.769 --> 00:49:37.190 season where you stick your cleats into the ground 00:49:37.190 --> 00:49:39.230 and you said, I'm not going to be pushed back 00:49:39.230 --> 00:49:42.170 any further. This is it. And the dressing room 00:49:42.170 --> 00:49:45.230 has to take that stand. saying we will we will 00:49:45.230 --> 00:49:48.670 not lose if we drop points that's fine but this 00:49:48.670 --> 00:49:50.190 is a we're sticking the clits in the ground right 00:49:50.190 --> 00:49:51.909 here and they're not going to budge us anymore 00:49:51.909 --> 00:49:54.670 and i think it's it's arriving to that time where 00:49:54.670 --> 00:49:57.789 the group has to take that stand it's a memphis 00:49:57.789 --> 00:50:00.489 901 moment it's ryan this is the memphis 901 00:50:00.489 --> 00:50:04.039 moment for us so famously Rhode Island in the 00:50:04.039 --> 00:50:07.800 year one we had some bad outcomes against Memphis 00:50:07.800 --> 00:50:10.480 901 where we were up 2 -0 and they equalized 00:50:10.480 --> 00:50:12.539 with two goals and like three minutes after a 00:50:12.539 --> 00:50:15.380 coca Vegas red card and we said enough's enough 00:50:15.380 --> 00:50:18.539 and it changed the entire trajectory of the season 00:50:18.539 --> 00:50:21.079 so yeah you can you can have that for your broadcast 00:50:21.079 --> 00:50:23.079 notes at a later game that you cover with Rhode 00:50:23.079 --> 00:50:26.420 Island this might whenever the Memphis 901 moment 00:50:26.420 --> 00:50:29.599 happens then that's wherever it has. Hopefully 00:50:29.599 --> 00:50:32.559 it's this night. I want to ask you then the question 00:50:32.559 --> 00:50:35.159 back to Loudon here for a second. If Jordan Farr 00:50:35.159 --> 00:50:38.000 is in fact injured, all eyes on Bondre, and what 00:50:38.000 --> 00:50:40.260 does that say about a keeper that has been trying 00:50:40.260 --> 00:50:43.179 to hold on the fort through some very elusive 00:50:43.179 --> 00:50:46.530 challenges? gets basically sidelined by an upgrade 00:50:46.530 --> 00:50:49.110 and then that upgrade immediately gets defaulted 00:50:49.110 --> 00:50:53.690 back to the bench or worse. What should his mindset 00:50:53.690 --> 00:50:55.750 be? On top of that, they had another goalkeeper 00:50:55.750 --> 00:50:59.869 who was recalled to Colorado Rapids, right? So 00:50:59.869 --> 00:51:01.829 there's definitely been some kind of flux in 00:51:01.829 --> 00:51:03.989 that goalkeeping position. I wonder what that's 00:51:03.989 --> 00:51:06.710 doing to Bondre's head there. Yeah, that was 00:51:06.710 --> 00:51:10.010 Adam Baudry. He's a US youth national keeper. 00:51:10.429 --> 00:51:13.250 So he went back to Colorado, but like you said, 00:51:13.920 --> 00:51:16.780 It plays so much in your confidence and center 00:51:16.780 --> 00:51:19.199 back position and the goalkeeper position are 00:51:19.199 --> 00:51:21.840 very, very similar. They really, it's all about 00:51:21.840 --> 00:51:24.719 being confident. I always talk about goalkeepers 00:51:24.719 --> 00:51:27.059 being like the pitcher in baseball. They're standing 00:51:27.059 --> 00:51:29.599 in the middle of the, on the mound all by themselves, 00:51:30.079 --> 00:51:32.619 all the pressures on them. They're the last player. 00:51:33.039 --> 00:51:35.500 If the ball gets past them, it's a goal. So they're 00:51:35.500 --> 00:51:37.960 kind of, it's all about confidence and feeling 00:51:37.960 --> 00:51:41.050 good about yourself going into the match. And 00:51:41.050 --> 00:51:43.269 I think Ethan Boundary just has to be professional 00:51:43.269 --> 00:51:46.550 at this point to try and dig himself out of this 00:51:46.550 --> 00:51:50.010 hole, which he didn't create. All right. And 00:51:50.010 --> 00:51:52.269 then Jason, getting into this, we always talk 00:51:52.269 --> 00:51:54.690 about Rhode Island FC alumni doing damage to 00:51:54.690 --> 00:51:58.469 the squad. Jack Paniotou has, if any player has 00:51:58.469 --> 00:52:01.010 a bone to pick, it's a player that was recalled 00:52:01.010 --> 00:52:03.389 from loan and then never used when he was brought 00:52:03.389 --> 00:52:06.519 back to the team. He played for Hartford. We 00:52:06.519 --> 00:52:09.219 didn't see him at that time with Hartford. If 00:52:09.219 --> 00:52:10.559 there's a player that's ever wanted to score 00:52:10.559 --> 00:52:12.480 against us more, I can't imagine it's anyone 00:52:12.480 --> 00:52:15.039 other than Jack Panagiotou. Maybe, but I would 00:52:15.039 --> 00:52:18.760 also argue that when he came back to us, we were 00:52:18.760 --> 00:52:22.000 in a significantly different position. And I'd 00:52:22.000 --> 00:52:24.039 say, to be fair, coach gave him some opportunities, 00:52:24.039 --> 00:52:27.159 but he just really couldn't couldn't shine. Maybe 00:52:27.159 --> 00:52:28.920 it's because not the right position. Like you 00:52:28.920 --> 00:52:31.039 said, he really didn't play against us against 00:52:31.039 --> 00:52:34.679 in Hartford Athletic last year. I don't know 00:52:34.679 --> 00:52:37.860 if he's really going to do the damage to us that 00:52:37.860 --> 00:52:40.119 I would think maybe some other alumni's might. 00:52:40.940 --> 00:52:43.639 Do you, Ryan, subscribe to the idea that alumni 00:52:43.639 --> 00:52:46.539 just have the secret sauce, the key to unlock 00:52:46.539 --> 00:52:48.739 the door and do damage to their former teams? 00:52:50.000 --> 00:52:52.820 Yeah, they often know the setup. At least if 00:52:52.820 --> 00:52:55.159 the group or the coaching staff has been there 00:52:55.159 --> 00:52:57.179 before and he's paid for that coaching staff, 00:52:57.619 --> 00:53:00.119 he'll understand what they're trying to do within 00:53:00.119 --> 00:53:02.340 about five minutes of the game when he sees the 00:53:02.340 --> 00:53:04.670 formation and he starts to see them either bill 00:53:04.670 --> 00:53:07.309 out at the back or go long outside, he would 00:53:07.309 --> 00:53:10.449 start to figure things out. So, yes, I do believe 00:53:10.449 --> 00:53:14.190 that he will cue in his coach and tell them these 00:53:14.190 --> 00:53:15.909 are the two things they're going to try to do 00:53:15.909 --> 00:53:19.349 against us. World Cup reporter Caleb Pongratz 00:53:19.349 --> 00:53:21.789 does not want Jack Panayot to slander. It's not 00:53:21.789 --> 00:53:23.929 slander to say that he could do some damage to 00:53:23.929 --> 00:53:27.469 us Caleb So you got to stay with the program? 00:53:28.210 --> 00:53:30.090 Gentlemen, this is the question for both teams 00:53:30.090 --> 00:53:32.809 Jason for RFC Ryan. I'm gonna ask you to answer 00:53:32.809 --> 00:53:35.889 for Loudon It's the last game for Rhode Island 00:53:35.889 --> 00:53:38.989 in the 21 day break. I'm not clear on Loudon's 00:53:38.989 --> 00:53:41.190 time off I think because of a buy Rhode Island 00:53:41.190 --> 00:53:44.340 has an extended streak here, but how important 00:53:44.340 --> 00:53:47.320 is a win for both these organizations right now 00:53:47.320 --> 00:53:49.599 when you look at table standing perspectives, 00:53:49.800 --> 00:53:52.079 momentum, and the fact that while we're not at 00:53:52.079 --> 00:53:54.300 the true halfway mark in terms of games played, 00:53:54.300 --> 00:53:56.519 we are kind of at the halfway month of calendar 00:53:56.519 --> 00:53:59.659 timing. I think this is huge for Rhode Island 00:53:59.659 --> 00:54:02.559 because they want to be the team in the discussion 00:54:02.559 --> 00:54:06.400 in the East. They want to be at that table where 00:54:06.400 --> 00:54:08.920 they are part of the best teams of the East, 00:54:09.099 --> 00:54:11.300 the Charleston batteries, Pittsburgh River Hounds. 00:54:11.480 --> 00:54:14.900 Loudon and Tampa Bay Rowdies. So I think because 00:54:14.900 --> 00:54:17.980 of the expectations, it's bigger for Rhode Island 00:54:17.980 --> 00:54:21.920 to get a victory this weekend. Loudon, remember, 00:54:22.000 --> 00:54:24.260 Loudon comes from that DC United feeder team. 00:54:24.460 --> 00:54:26.639 Yes, they have pride in what they're doing right 00:54:26.639 --> 00:54:29.079 now, but they're kind of playing with a little 00:54:29.079 --> 00:54:31.239 bit of house money because of all the changes 00:54:31.239 --> 00:54:34.039 that were made in the off season. I think more 00:54:34.039 --> 00:54:37.019 pressure on the group that Rhode Island has that's 00:54:37.019 --> 00:54:39.619 been there for so long and the expectations are 00:54:39.619 --> 00:54:42.550 higher than Loudon. Yeah, nobody considers them 00:54:42.550 --> 00:54:44.550 the DC United feeder team anymore. They're the 00:54:44.550 --> 00:54:48.110 Virginia Dream Academy program now at this point. 00:54:48.730 --> 00:54:53.329 So they've changed ownership and entire ecosystems. 00:54:54.190 --> 00:54:57.030 Jason, Rhode Island FC, we heard Clay Holtz in 00:54:57.030 --> 00:54:59.349 the press conference last week talk about how 00:54:59.349 --> 00:55:01.670 even a prinks game that might not matter towards 00:55:01.670 --> 00:55:04.190 the final result, it's all about momentum and 00:55:04.190 --> 00:55:06.949 stacking wins. Should we see anything less from 00:55:06.949 --> 00:55:09.559 this Rhode Island FC camp? I wouldn't say that 00:55:09.559 --> 00:55:11.800 the team absolutely needs the wind going into 00:55:11.800 --> 00:55:15.340 the break, but a result I think is important. 00:55:15.599 --> 00:55:17.860 I don't think they want to go into it. Losing 00:55:17.860 --> 00:55:20.719 a draw. Obviously no one wants that, but at least 00:55:20.719 --> 00:55:22.980 they didn't lose. I think they'll have a nice 00:55:22.980 --> 00:55:25.639 long break there to kind of recharge. This team 00:55:25.639 --> 00:55:28.280 historically has. played better in the second 00:55:28.280 --> 00:55:30.960 half of the season. So even if results don't 00:55:30.960 --> 00:55:34.059 go our way, I wouldn't write anything off for 00:55:34.059 --> 00:55:36.719 the rest of this team season. Plays better in 00:55:36.719 --> 00:55:38.440 the second half of the season, plays better in 00:55:38.440 --> 00:55:40.639 the second half of games. We're just a second 00:55:40.639 --> 00:55:43.820 half kind of group. Looking at the key takeaways, 00:55:43.980 --> 00:55:45.920 specifically to Rhode Island FC now, we don't 00:55:45.920 --> 00:55:48.039 want to hear anything about Loud and Ryan. Just 00:55:48.039 --> 00:55:50.860 keep that thought to yourself. How does Rhode 00:55:50.860 --> 00:55:53.239 Island get their first win against this club 00:55:53.239 --> 00:55:56.300 in club history? We'll start with you. I think 00:55:56.300 --> 00:55:58.679 I'm playing through the middle with Holstad and 00:55:58.679 --> 00:56:01.500 company and Baccarat and then eventually gonna 00:56:01.500 --> 00:56:05.340 have to go outside to Alfonso or Quisiro. So 00:56:05.340 --> 00:56:07.860 yeah I think Clay Holstad is going to begin with 00:56:07.860 --> 00:56:10.539 him and I think it's going to end with him as 00:56:10.539 --> 00:56:14.539 he arrives late into the box to tap one in from 00:56:14.539 --> 00:56:16.380 the penalty spot as the ball is squared back 00:56:16.380 --> 00:56:19.059 from Quisiro one nil Rhode Island and you guys 00:56:19.059 --> 00:56:22.940 are off to the races. So Clay Holstad the X factor 00:56:22.940 --> 00:56:25.739 beginning and ending the move. I think he has 00:56:25.739 --> 00:56:27.920 a lot of pressure on his shoulders. Basic type 00:56:27.920 --> 00:56:31.820 of guy that can deliver. I mean, that sounds 00:56:31.820 --> 00:56:35.380 like the dream, right? I think it's going to 00:56:35.380 --> 00:56:38.380 be important for RFC to shut down Loudon's wing 00:56:38.380 --> 00:56:41.340 play. So like you said, I think Skardina and 00:56:41.340 --> 00:56:43.480 Sanchez, they're going to have a big task at 00:56:43.480 --> 00:56:46.500 hand, but I tend to agree with Ryan. I think 00:56:46.500 --> 00:56:48.880 if they can win that midfield battle, they can 00:56:48.880 --> 00:56:52.170 get past Bolo Akinyole. I think this is kind 00:56:52.170 --> 00:56:55.070 of the opportunity for RFC to finally get some 00:56:55.070 --> 00:56:57.449 points here against Loudon. And I think they 00:56:57.449 --> 00:56:59.789 just need to continue to kind of be direct, continue 00:56:59.789 --> 00:57:03.369 to put up shots, even if it is to a certain extent 00:57:03.369 --> 00:57:06.309 quality over quantity. We've seen if they get 00:57:06.309 --> 00:57:08.309 enough shots under the belt, eventually one of 00:57:08.309 --> 00:57:10.610 them is going to go in. Yeah, I think one of 00:57:10.610 --> 00:57:13.130 the big challenges looking again at Loudon's 00:57:13.130 --> 00:57:16.409 recent tactics and style of play is they abandon 00:57:16.409 --> 00:57:19.869 a lot of the space in the midfield in their opponents 00:57:19.869 --> 00:57:22.429 half like they they they will tighten up and 00:57:22.429 --> 00:57:25.289 play compact and defensively in that double pivot 00:57:25.289 --> 00:57:28.550 but there's a lot of room depending on how they've 00:57:28.550 --> 00:57:30.750 progressed in their own attack on on either the 00:57:30.750 --> 00:57:33.130 counters or just building into the game there's 00:57:33.130 --> 00:57:35.250 a lot of space for Rhode Island to occupy and 00:57:35.250 --> 00:57:36.989 play into and I think that that's going to be 00:57:36.989 --> 00:57:39.010 the key they have to learn they have to be able 00:57:39.010 --> 00:57:41.969 to exploit that space whether it's in transition 00:57:41.969 --> 00:57:45.329 or in build We've talked now, and this is going 00:57:45.329 --> 00:57:48.170 to be a continuing storyline, that they fail 00:57:48.170 --> 00:57:51.849 spectacularly at defeating the low block, right? 00:57:51.889 --> 00:57:54.449 Like playing through and finding goals against 00:57:54.449 --> 00:57:57.070 teams that start to just compact in and play 00:57:57.070 --> 00:57:59.989 the turtle game. I don't know if this is the 00:57:59.989 --> 00:58:02.329 game to showcase that, but I do think that Rhode 00:58:02.329 --> 00:58:04.630 Island can take advantage of that in that midfield 00:58:04.630 --> 00:58:07.969 space. And if they can command that, I think 00:58:07.969 --> 00:58:10.900 they've got a good shot at it. but also I think 00:58:10.900 --> 00:58:13.219 we're going to get very few chances with a back 00:58:13.219 --> 00:58:16.000 five. If we've already seen the low block be 00:58:16.000 --> 00:58:18.159 a problem for Rhode Island, it's going to be 00:58:18.159 --> 00:58:20.860 even more extension, or accentuated, excuse me, 00:58:20.920 --> 00:58:23.059 here on the night. So I think that they're going 00:58:23.059 --> 00:58:24.920 to have to take their chances and transition 00:58:24.920 --> 00:58:27.099 more, and they're going to probably get just 00:58:27.099 --> 00:58:29.139 a handful. So that clinicalness, whether it's 00:58:29.139 --> 00:58:32.320 JJ or Afonso, or maybe even Quasera. You know, 00:58:32.400 --> 00:58:34.639 the guy is red hot. Both Quasar and Williams 00:58:34.639 --> 00:58:37.000 are red hot right now. Seeing one of them continue 00:58:37.000 --> 00:58:39.019 to stay on the scoreboard would not hurt my feelings 00:58:39.019 --> 00:58:41.219 in any way, shape or form. So I think that's 00:58:41.219 --> 00:58:43.699 where they can take advantage of this of this 00:58:43.699 --> 00:58:46.820 group. But what are the refs looking like? Do 00:58:46.820 --> 00:58:49.420 we have to complain? We usually ask our pundits. 00:58:49.420 --> 00:58:51.039 We usually ask our guests how they feel about 00:58:51.039 --> 00:58:53.119 roughing so that they get in trouble and get 00:58:53.119 --> 00:58:56.099 fined from USL HQ. Who are the refs on the night 00:58:56.099 --> 00:58:59.579 for this match? Yeah, we got head ref here, Edson 00:58:59.579 --> 00:59:02.360 Carvajal. Uh, it's in Kavani's cousin there, 00:59:02.360 --> 00:59:06.079 uh, assistant referee Colin Ashley and, uh, Karsten 00:59:06.079 --> 00:59:08.360 Gilwald with the fourth official being Marie 00:59:08.360 --> 00:59:11.300 Durr. Ryan, without getting you in trouble, we've 00:59:11.300 --> 00:59:13.559 been asking every pundit and analyst that comes 00:59:13.559 --> 00:59:16.239 on who their favorite ref is. Do you have a favorite 00:59:16.239 --> 00:59:20.119 ref so far in the 2026 championship season? I 00:59:20.119 --> 00:59:23.000 don't. I, you know, I'm so old school when it 00:59:23.000 --> 00:59:25.679 comes to this. You really can't focus on the 00:59:25.679 --> 00:59:27.960 refs. If you're focusing on the refs, you already 00:59:27.960 --> 00:59:30.500 lost the game. They're doing their best. The 00:59:30.500 --> 00:59:32.260 striker is trying to do their best. The center 00:59:32.260 --> 00:59:34.320 back is trying to do their best. It really does 00:59:34.320 --> 00:59:38.579 come to your chance of executing. And so I really 00:59:38.579 --> 00:59:40.840 kind of stay off of the whole ref bandwagon. 00:59:40.980 --> 00:59:43.659 I know that's very diplomatic. I get it. But 00:59:43.659 --> 00:59:46.940 I really do believe it comes down to the team's 00:59:46.940 --> 00:59:49.239 execution. So I try to stay away from the refs. 00:59:49.280 --> 00:59:53.400 Oh, one quick thing, because Lowden plays a three 00:59:53.400 --> 00:59:56.300 at the back, the five, the two wing backs have 00:59:56.300 --> 00:59:59.389 so much work to do. that the space is behind 00:59:59.389 --> 01:00:01.650 the wing backs and you want to make that back 01:00:01.650 --> 01:00:04.409 three move you can't have them stay stationary 01:00:04.409 --> 01:00:07.030 so what you do is you attack the edges of the 01:00:07.030 --> 01:00:08.909 back three either the right center back or the 01:00:08.909 --> 01:00:11.530 left center back which means jj williams may 01:00:11.530 --> 01:00:14.570 have to pull out wide and attack that space and 01:00:14.570 --> 01:00:17.329 whole southern company have to fill that in I 01:00:17.329 --> 01:00:19.369 think that's right. And two, with a back four, 01:00:19.550 --> 01:00:23.170 it gives JJ, it gives Jaja and Leo, or whoever 01:00:23.170 --> 01:00:24.889 they put on the left wing, a little bit more 01:00:24.889 --> 01:00:26.809 freedom because they don't have as many defensive 01:00:26.809 --> 01:00:29.789 responsibilities. So again, if the wing backs 01:00:29.789 --> 01:00:33.329 explore up, we can capitalize and destabilize 01:00:33.329 --> 01:00:36.469 that back three, no matter who starts on the 01:00:36.469 --> 01:00:38.809 night. And listen, Ryan, you don't have to apologize 01:00:38.809 --> 01:00:40.909 about the refs. We try not to bring them into 01:00:40.909 --> 01:00:43.530 the equation. They insert themselves into the 01:00:43.530 --> 01:00:46.130 recap of the game when we do the review show 01:00:46.130 --> 01:00:48.860 on Mondays. We try not to make them a story, 01:00:48.920 --> 01:00:50.980 but sometimes they just do that for themselves. 01:00:51.480 --> 01:00:53.760 We are trying to do two things. And since we 01:00:53.760 --> 01:00:56.460 have an official USL broadcaster on, we're trying 01:00:56.460 --> 01:00:59.940 to pump two narratives. One, JJ gets way too 01:00:59.940 --> 01:01:03.079 many missed calls. And it's because he's a big 01:01:03.079 --> 01:01:08.079 guy. A lot of calls don't go his way. Exactly. 01:01:08.280 --> 01:01:12.400 And we're trying to elevate Natalie Simon to 01:01:12.400 --> 01:01:14.360 referee of the year. I don't know how many championship 01:01:14.360 --> 01:01:17.539 games she's ref so far this season, but she is 01:01:17.539 --> 01:01:18.900 our favorite ref. So we won't complain about 01:01:18.900 --> 01:01:21.500 the ones we don't like, but we will exalt and 01:01:21.500 --> 01:01:24.739 honor the ones we do. Stay positive. I love it. 01:01:24.880 --> 01:01:27.539 That's all you can do. Where do we vote? There 01:01:27.539 --> 01:01:30.900 needs to be. There needs to be a ref of the year 01:01:30.900 --> 01:01:32.360 vote for championship. You gotta turn it over 01:01:32.360 --> 01:01:35.809 to the fans. Yeah, 100%. I mean, it'd probably 01:01:35.809 --> 01:01:39.070 be a negative count at that point, but it's like, 01:01:39.070 --> 01:01:41.090 it's like golf. Keep it, keep it positive, right? 01:01:41.150 --> 01:01:42.969 So you're not, you're not focused on the negative. 01:01:43.190 --> 01:01:45.550 You're, you're lifting up what was great. So 01:01:45.550 --> 01:01:47.630 then you can at least have a, like, this is the 01:01:47.630 --> 01:01:49.329 shining beacon. This is what everyone else should 01:01:49.329 --> 01:01:51.789 aspire to be too. Have a talk with whoever's 01:01:51.789 --> 01:01:54.230 running and coordinating a USL operations. You're 01:01:54.230 --> 01:01:56.250 closer to it than we are. And we'll go from there. 01:01:56.269 --> 01:02:00.010 Yeah, I will. I'm on it. Getting to this watch 01:02:00.010 --> 01:02:02.610 information, the game is on at 6 p .m. It's the 01:02:02.610 --> 01:02:04.849 same time as the Morocco versus Brazil World 01:02:04.849 --> 01:02:07.949 Cup match, so figure out your situation ahead 01:02:07.949 --> 01:02:10.869 of time. Defiance 1636, the supporters group 01:02:10.869 --> 01:02:13.769 is hosting watch parties for both the RFC game 01:02:13.769 --> 01:02:16.150 at the Guild and a separate watch party for the 01:02:16.150 --> 01:02:18.730 Morocco -Brazil game at Trinity Brew House. I 01:02:18.730 --> 01:02:21.579 ask the president of Defiance... if there would 01:02:21.579 --> 01:02:23.400 be both games at Trinity Brew House. And he said, 01:02:23.460 --> 01:02:26.059 I will have my cell phone for anyone who wants 01:02:26.059 --> 01:02:29.800 to watch it. So plan accordingly. We'll have 01:02:29.800 --> 01:02:32.380 to find out more about that. But obviously there's 01:02:32.380 --> 01:02:34.699 too much soccer going on with this World Cup. 01:02:34.820 --> 01:02:36.880 It's a shame that we have to compete over these. 01:02:36.920 --> 01:02:38.920 And of course, got to do the Bill Burr reminder. 01:02:39.300 --> 01:02:41.559 Go watch the show. It's a half off if you're 01:02:41.559 --> 01:02:43.199 a season ticket member. And if you can't get 01:02:43.199 --> 01:02:45.360 that, find a friend who's a season ticket member 01:02:45.360 --> 01:02:49.280 or reach out to us. And then allegedly. There 01:02:49.280 --> 01:02:51.619 is a watch party for the US men's national team 01:02:51.619 --> 01:02:53.840 right afterwards We can't even say it confirmed 01:02:53.840 --> 01:02:56.219 because Hartford confirmed one today for a watch 01:02:56.219 --> 01:02:58.219 party for the opening one and they got their 01:02:58.219 --> 01:03:00.179 party canceled because FIFA stepped in and said 01:03:00.179 --> 01:03:02.139 you can't do that because of sponsorships and 01:03:02.139 --> 01:03:05.159 so many other things so Allegedly is the key 01:03:05.159 --> 01:03:09.090 term in all things we talk about Ryan it is so 01:03:09.090 --> 01:03:11.869 great to have you on this show. I I need you 01:03:11.869 --> 01:03:14.070 on more often personally I didn't get you last 01:03:14.070 --> 01:03:16.630 year you fill it you filled in for me How do 01:03:16.630 --> 01:03:18.969 we get you more often on our show? And then also 01:03:18.969 --> 01:03:20.889 where can all of our fans follow you in your 01:03:20.889 --> 01:03:23.329 journey? How can we find out what matches you 01:03:23.329 --> 01:03:25.510 actually covering ahead of time? Because maybe 01:03:25.510 --> 01:03:27.070 they just want to hear your voice and soothe 01:03:27.070 --> 01:03:30.300 them Well, maybe if I wasn't so lousy and posting 01:03:30.300 --> 01:03:33.059 every weekend, people would know, but I'm really 01:03:33.059 --> 01:03:36.539 lousy on putting matches on X. I think I'm going 01:03:36.539 --> 01:03:38.139 to start doing that. You know what, Matt? You 01:03:38.139 --> 01:03:40.380 said it. I'm going to deliver it. I'm going to 01:03:40.380 --> 01:03:42.619 start posting the matches I'm going to call on 01:03:42.619 --> 01:03:47.440 the weekend on X. And I'm Ryan at C -O -Y -R 01:03:47.440 --> 01:03:51.940 on X. So at Ryan C -O -Y -R. So anyway. I love 01:03:51.940 --> 01:03:53.840 that you still have the C -O -Y -R by the way. 01:03:54.039 --> 01:03:58.159 Shake it. It's been so long. it's been so long 01:03:58.159 --> 01:04:01.880 uh do we have while we have you do we have any 01:04:01.880 --> 01:04:03.719 projected winner of the world cup that you want 01:04:03.719 --> 01:04:07.639 to say with your chest guys this is gonna this 01:04:07.639 --> 01:04:13.079 is expensive so we have spain we have spain and 01:04:13.079 --> 01:04:15.659 france that's the easy ones okay spain and france 01:04:15.659 --> 01:04:19.920 in the final you get out who wins is england 01:04:19.920 --> 01:04:22.000 i think england's gonna get to the semi -final 01:04:22.000 --> 01:04:24.199 i think england's gonna go to the get to the 01:04:24.199 --> 01:04:28.260 semi -final I'm going to say that France's midfield 01:04:28.260 --> 01:04:30.559 and back line are a little overrated and they're 01:04:30.559 --> 01:04:33.880 focusing on all attack. So they're clearly going 01:04:33.880 --> 01:04:36.679 to get far, but I wonder we get to the later 01:04:36.679 --> 01:04:39.360 stages. If they're not as balanced of a team 01:04:39.360 --> 01:04:41.159 as people think there, it's going to cause some 01:04:41.159 --> 01:04:43.539 problems. I think Spain is a very complete team, 01:04:43.719 --> 01:04:45.940 but I also just don't know if they have the firepower 01:04:45.940 --> 01:04:50.119 in them. Yeah. Well, you're right. But I did, 01:04:50.119 --> 01:04:51.619 they come in, they come in at number one and 01:04:51.619 --> 01:04:53.599 number two, they're the favorites England is 01:04:53.599 --> 01:04:56.119 going to get to the semis. But here comes the 01:04:56.119 --> 01:04:58.679 dark horse around the corner. Nobody sees it 01:04:58.679 --> 01:05:03.500 coming. The Netherlands, the best team to never 01:05:03.500 --> 01:05:05.679 win the World Cup is going to come around through 01:05:05.679 --> 01:05:08.739 the back door, show up in the semi -finals. Good 01:05:08.739 --> 01:05:11.320 luck. That's it. You know why? Because they're 01:05:11.320 --> 01:05:14.739 such a team. They're not, they don't have the 01:05:14.739 --> 01:05:16.940 flair and the stars, but they're whoop and like, 01:05:17.239 --> 01:05:19.260 they're going to press you till you fall dead 01:05:19.260 --> 01:05:23.400 on the ground and they don't have any egos. I'm 01:05:23.400 --> 01:05:25.820 sorry. Did you just say the best team that has 01:05:25.820 --> 01:05:29.480 never won the World Cup and then you ignore Belgium? 01:05:30.519 --> 01:05:34.659 These the the 20 the two note the 2000 and what 01:05:34.659 --> 01:05:36.920 the dark horse for the last five World Cups? 01:05:36.940 --> 01:05:40.480 Yeah, come on. It's the same team Belgium if 01:05:40.480 --> 01:05:43.699 you're gonna say they're all 40 years old, but 01:05:43.699 --> 01:05:48.599 Okay, guys, hold on 1974 lose to Germany to 178 01:05:48.599 --> 01:05:50.940 lose to Argentina any final three one and then 01:05:50.940 --> 01:05:56.530 lose this to Spain, 2010, 1 -0 or 2 -1 in the 01:05:56.530 --> 01:05:59.929 extra time. Best team ever to win it. Listen, 01:06:00.030 --> 01:06:02.090 listen, you can say best teams ever to win it, 01:06:02.090 --> 01:06:05.610 but you can't diminish the golden generation 01:06:05.610 --> 01:06:08.010 out of that Belgium side. And it doesn't matter 01:06:08.010 --> 01:06:09.989 because Morocco is the dark horse. It's the real 01:06:09.989 --> 01:06:12.389 dark horse. Oh man, this is so good. You know, 01:06:12.489 --> 01:06:15.250 Brazil, Morocco, five time World Cup winners 01:06:15.250 --> 01:06:18.869 against the African nation winners and last World 01:06:18.869 --> 01:06:22.750 Cup semi -finalists. Should be a good game. We're 01:06:22.750 --> 01:06:24.210 going to have to bring you back on closer to 01:06:24.210 --> 01:06:25.969 the end of the World Cup and just cycle back 01:06:25.969 --> 01:06:27.409 through this. We're going to have to do it. Yeah, 01:06:27.530 --> 01:06:30.690 we'll talk World Cup. Ryan, it's been such a 01:06:30.690 --> 01:06:33.170 pleasure to get to talk shop with you. What's 01:06:33.170 --> 01:06:34.989 the next game you're covering in the championship? 01:06:35.050 --> 01:06:36.730 Do you know it or is the schedule too far out 01:06:36.730 --> 01:06:39.909 for you? Yeah, Charleston versus FC Tulsa. It's 01:06:39.909 --> 01:06:43.769 going to be 8 p .m. in Charleston. Let's hope 01:06:43.769 --> 01:06:46.190 Ted Lasso shows up and we can have some other 01:06:46.190 --> 01:06:50.250 storylines on Saturday. Watch Rhode Island, watch 01:06:50.250 --> 01:06:52.449 the Charleston game, and of course, continue 01:06:52.449 --> 01:06:54.789 to watch everything World Cup. Ryan, it's been 01:06:54.789 --> 01:06:56.989 such a pleasure to have you on. Thanks, guys. 01:06:57.050 --> 01:06:59.329 I really, really appreciate it. Always fun coming 01:06:59.329 --> 01:07:03.630 on. You guys do such a great, great job. Appreciate 01:07:03.630 --> 01:07:05.989 it, Ryan. Thanks, everyone, for joining us. We'll 01:07:05.989 --> 01:07:08.710 catch you next time. Anchors up. Anchors up. 01:07:10.710 --> 01:07:12.750 You've been listening to the Raising Anchor Soccer 01:07:12.750 --> 01:07:15.809 Show. 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