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You're listening to Raising Anchor on 990 WBOB.

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Welcome to the Raising Anchor Soccer Show with

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Matt Entrigan and Jason Carey. Your home for

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news, analysis, and everything Rhode Island FC.

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Each week they take you inside the locker room,

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inside the tactics, and inside the storyline

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shaping RIFC. That's right we are live officially

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coming off of the Saudi Arabia Uruguay game ending

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1 -1 and doing a live podcast in the middle of

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World Cup action and World Cup fever. Listen

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if you were watching the Brazil -Morocco game

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last weekend you missed Rhode Island FC conquer

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Loudon United 4 -1 in a win. During that action

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on the weekend, we're going to unpack this historic

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victory for Rhode Island FC and discuss one why

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this team isn't higher in the standings. What's

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in store for this club during this break and

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how is that going to impact the momentum that

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they've started to create as they have seen?

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back -to -back wins for the first time in this

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2026 campaign. We're going to talk a little bit

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of World Cup, because why not? We're right between

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two matches as we speak, strategically positioned

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to be able to do this. And I think it's only

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fair we talk about the biggest sporting tournament

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to ever hit our shores. Back in action, of course,

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as always, is Mr. Jason Carey. Jason, how are

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you doing, my friend? I'm doing fantastic, but

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simultaneously exhausted. This is going to be

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a tournament. It's going to... It's going to

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challenge our sleep schedules. You know what's

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funny is we were talking about this the other

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night and it didn't dawn on me until we got into

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the nooks and crannies of exploring this World

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Cup. Didn't realize that despite this being a

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host nation. We are still succumbing to some

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very terrible watch times. One o 'clock and three

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o 'clock trying to work and, you know, be able

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to watch these games. But then having a 12 a

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.m. game for the East Coast side of things, I

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would have thought that, you know, I know we

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are already afflicted with that when it comes

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to like Eastern, Western Coast sports, NBA finals,

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whatever like. But I kind of thought for the

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World Cup, we'd have games more strategically

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positioned right in the middle, so that at least

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as a host nation, we wouldn't have a 12 AM pajama

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party to watch Tunisia versus Japan. Yeah, it

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makes you wonder, are they trying to be favorable

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to kind of the rest of the world in regards to

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what their watch times are? I don't put too much

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thought into that, but it could be. I mean, especially

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considering the. hydration breaks that are actually

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just commercial breaks now. So yeah, I don't

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know. It is a little weird the way that they

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time those. Be interesting to see what the timelines

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are going to look like for the next one. Portugal,

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Morocco, Spain. Are they all going to be late

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at night or? Well, the the nine o 'clock Scotland

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Haiti game saw my entire feet has been invaded

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by the Tartan army and saw a bunch of Scots that

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didn't get to make it to America for the game,

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talking about how they had never been more, let's

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say, intoxicated in their life at three thirty

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four thirty in the morning. I don't believe that

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from a Scottish side of things, but massive win

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for Scotland over Haiti. Overall thoughts on

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the tournament so far. It's been a lot of fun.

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I mean, we only just had our first no no draw

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today. We've seen plenty of goals already to

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42 goals so far. I think that's a record for

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any World Cup before the first round is over

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in the group stage. And despite the the annoying

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commercial break thing that they've been doing,

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you could also just watch Telemundo. They don't

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do that. But I've kind of like the changes. None

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of the games have really dragged. There's definitely

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been a few where it took a little while for the

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teams to get in. But then you saw really exciting

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second halves where they kind of opened up there.

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And they're really keeping the game flowing so.

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So far so good, I'm I'm having a blast. I think

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one of the big changes and we've seen it with

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the way players take injuries is they do not

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stay down on the pitch anymore. I think we've

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had what three games where they've had to apply

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the minute of like you're off to the sideline

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waiting to come back into the game. It's been

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kind of enjoyable to like because you've seen

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in so many. I'm thinking like back to conquer

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calf matches where you get to those last 10 minutes

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of a match and when one team is holding on, it's

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just injury after injury, fatigue after fatigue,

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a stretch here. I really have enjoyed the pace

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to that point. I also think though the level

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of competition, you know, we just watched the

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Saudi game and I think everyone thought Uruguay

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was the shoe in and you know the. Kudos to the

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KSA. They were putting it to him for the entirety

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of all 90 minutes. It tells you that the quality

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of these teams are elevating all across. Like,

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I don't think we can continue to just say that,

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oh, these are always going to be the best teams,

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whether it's in Europe, South America, North

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America, Asia, like other teams are starting

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to rise to the occasion. Yeah. So, so far the

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expansion has done well in that regards that

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even some of the smaller teams have like showed

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up in a big way. Sure. You know, curse out. Maybe

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got a little little hammered there but for them

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to uh to get that that goal To kind of keep it

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alive there for a moment, too And you saw how

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they're how their fans were elated. I mean you've

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seen the joke on Twitter about He's like I can't

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even score against Neuer's and FIFA You know

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he did it in real life. I mean it's and then

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the story earlier with Cape Verde holding Spain

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to a moment Like people don't realize just yet

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that the first nil -nil of the tournament might

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actually have dire consequences for Spain down

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the stretch, depending on positioning. Yeah.

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And that was a no way shaper or form a boring

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nil -nil draw. I mean, Spain was, was putting

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on work there to, to make them really earn that

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draw. And then, you know, Cape bird, when they

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got the chance, they were adventurous. I mean,

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they, they ultimately didn't have that kind of

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final touch to get a complete upset, but you

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know, they didn't give it. They didn't make it

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easy for Spain. Spain should maybe play their

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starters to the beginning of a game and not disrespect

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their opponents. We've also had some drama around

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the first separation of a coach in this World

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Cup cycle. I don't I don't know what you do when

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you only have three games and you say, hey, we

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can't even keep our gaffer for the entirety of

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those three group stage matches. But Tunisia's

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head coach departs the club after a thumping

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from Sweden and a five one. Again, if you stayed

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up late enough to watch that game. Uh, it was,

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it was quite the, quite the great time for, if

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you're a Swedish fan or just, you know, you want

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to see a team get murdered. Yeah, just a neutral

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getting to watch some goals before we get into

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Rhode Island stuff. I want to ask you this question

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though. What's been the most impressive match

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of the tournament so far for you made their performance.

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Maybe it was a particular goal. What, what game

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is resonating with you more than anything right

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now? I mean, I have to side with the fact that

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the Scotland Haiti, it maybe wasn't the best

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match, but attending it in person is. Something

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very special, like no other match. So that's

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kind of going to be the match I always go back

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to. If we think maybe quality, it's tough to

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say right now. It's gotta be Netherlands, Japan.

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Yeah. I think that's a good shout. Um, that one,

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that was a great match. I mean, you know, also

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on a heart to the USA match just because of,

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that was maybe the single best us performance

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I think I've ever seen. And maybe even in their,

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in their history, if you go back, if not the

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best, like a top three game ever. And you finally

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get to tell the world you're a Raina apologist

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as you've been shouting from the rooftops for

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decades, clearly. Yeah. To come on there and

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score such a, such a fantastic goal outside of

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the booth there. It was, it was so sick. Yeah.

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Unfortunately, Luna wasn't there to, uh, you

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know, maybe give him the assist there or something,

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but you know, maybe next tournament we'll see

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Luna would have scored all of those goals. That's

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all that matters. Uh, real fast. Then you talked

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about the world cup. We did get the privilege

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of going to the Scotland Haiti game. I won't

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wax on it too much, but you're right. It was

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a once in a lifetime experience. I challenge

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anyone. If you're looking at prices, it's just

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money. Sell a kidney, sell, donate blood, you

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know, donate. something, sell a car, whatever

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you have to do. But it truly was special. And

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it wasn't just the Scottish. I mean, the Tartan

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Army did show up. They are continuing to show

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up. There's going to be a march next week right

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before the June 19th game. But even the Haitians,

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they showed up in force, too, and they were having

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a blast. And that game was close. Haiti was in

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it for a majority of that game as well. It was

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never Scotland's to run away with. But hearing

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Boogie Oogie at the end of that game, I didn't

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know I had a favorite song in my life. And it's

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either that or I would walk. 500 miles by the

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proctor. So life is complete, Jason. We don't

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even need to do the show anymore. It's over now.

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Oh, that's weird. We're just done, I guess. OK,

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let's wrap it up. As for watch parties, I know

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we've been talking about places we've been going.

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I will just give a shout out to G Pub. They've

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been doing a lot to host both the Tartan Army,

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making sure that the TVs are all going. The food

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is flowing. Drinks could flow a little faster,

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but it's been doing well. And a fan zone. I didn't

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think it was going to be well coordinated. I

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thought it came together very last minute. The

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PVD fan zone is an incredible experience. So

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if you've been thinking about going to a game

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there, highly recommend you do, but maybe wait

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till it gets dark because those daylight games

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in that 80 to 90 degree weather with humidity

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has been a bit much unless you're lubricating.

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So just take that for what it's worth. And then

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we did confirm if you are interested in going

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to any of the 12 AM games, we are going to the

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Tunisia -Japan game at High Motor. So for those

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of you that have been trying to find a place

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to go and partake in enjoying that match out

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in the wild, we'll be there. I think we've already

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got like five or six Defiance members who have

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locked in with us. So something to think about.

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Any final thoughts on watch parties before we

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get into the real stuff, which is Rhode Island

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FC? No, let's just jump into RFC so then we can

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get back to this World Cup. All right. So listen,

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we won a game, Jason, but we didn't move on the

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table. We moved on the table and then we moved

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right back into the table positioning. It's crazy.

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So RFC cross the playoff line threshold early

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into the weekend. But just for a brief moment

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there, Hartford went and did the impossible.

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I honestly, because of the World Cup, I was paying

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attention to the Rhode Island game to see what's

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happening. But I did not look at any of the other

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league scores and come back later to see that

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they actually gave Tampa Bay their first loss

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at ally. That is insane. So because of RFC are

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still in ninth, like you said, not moving anywhere

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on the table up to 15 points now, but it's still

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like we're broken record versus keep saying this,

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but it is still very tight. There's still just

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two points out of playoff in six points out of

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four position. That's just two wins. So It's

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unless you are Tampa or you're. You know, maybe

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Jacksonville at the very bottom like they're

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running the right wrong directions there It's

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it's still very open there in the middle. So

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I think it's anyone's game. So I wouldn't be

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too concerned just yet It's funny you mentioned

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and the Hartford stuff does just it just disgusts

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me I hate having to even bring it up, you know

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that they have defender goalkeeper of the year

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potential honors coming their way now the they

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upset Tampa at all Lang to it wasn't even score

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goal for a whole month for me It's OK. We have

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a question in the mail bag tonight that's going

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to come back and we're going to be able to to

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to rain on Hartford's parade a little bit. But

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until then, talking about Jax for a second, you

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mentioned something and it came to my mind. We

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look at the table standings and you talk about

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how tight the Eastern Conference really is this

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season. I didn't realize it until just now that

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Tampa Bay, Miami and Detroit have all gone through

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sporting Jax for both their home and away legs

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or fixtures of the season. So we talk about.

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You know that benefit has a stat padding there.

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Unfortunately, again, we are one of the few teams

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that has not been able to accomplish that. But

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like it reminds me of the first year where when

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we were first watching the league in 23 and Hartford

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was kind of the kicking bag, right? And we said,

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oh. guaranteed two wins. The first season we

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entered the league, it was Miami, and we did

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that in our fan appreciation game. So it's interesting

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to see some of these teams all take advantage

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of seeing a win or even two so far against Sporting

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Jacks. What that tells me, though, is that they've

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got until September, when we see them to write

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their ship, they'll figure it out and everything

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will be fine. You said something also, though,

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a second ago about how we're six points basically

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away from a fourth place positioning. Got to

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tell fans that they need to Maybe pump the brakes

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a little bit. Because we have a buy and we have

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the coordinated mental health week, we aren't

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playing until July 4th. A lot of our fans know

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that. What they might not realize is that it's

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not a league, you know, two to three week break.

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Other teams are playing multiple games during

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this World Cup cycle. That's why USL is not respecting

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the international calendar or the FIFA window

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here. So while unfortunately it feels like we're

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knocking on the door of both cracking into the

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playoffs and then also maybe making a jump deeper

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into fourth or fifth place. Unfortunately, the

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teams below us in Loudon and Birmingham both

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have enough matches and they both have three

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matches. One of them is against each other, but

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they also have enough points available that should

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they win all of their games and then draw or

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even if one team wins and the other team loses.

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both teams could jump us. So by the time we get

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back into USL championship action, we could be

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back in 11th position, despite the fact we're

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coming off of back to back wins simply because

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we haven't played games in three weeks. Brooklyn

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could even catch us on points. We'd still have

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the tiebreaker. Otherwise we'd be sitting in

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12th second to last right behind sport or right

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in front of sporting Jacks. And, and there's

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nothing we can do about it. It's hilarious. You

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know, what else can you do? I mean, you look

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back and think, man, maybe we. Maybe we wanted

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some of those matches and to think that we could

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be as low as 11th and also be like the second

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best offense in the country right now, like in

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the league, I should say, like it's probably

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the country, too. It's US. They got a four one.

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We got a four one. Why not? Why not? We're right

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there, right behind them. It I mean, is this

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just setting us up then for the that? You know,

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it's probably going to be a slog, but that second

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half kind of come back that we have seen the

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last two years. I mean, it's going to have to

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be right because of the way the schedule is going

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to work. And if you think about, okay, where

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do we make these games up? Where do those games

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in hand work for us or work against us? There's

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three weeks where there's midweek games that

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would help us close the gap. We do have one immediately

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coming back in the beginning of July. So we'll

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have a three game in seven days set. But then

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the next two are in September, second week of

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September, and then third week of October. Last

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week when we were talking with Ryan Davis, we

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asked, like, where is the toughest part of the

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schedule? It still remains. That last October

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month is really going to be a test because despite

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not only being tough opposition, in addition

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to that might be that point where we need that

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game in hand to go our way. And games in hand

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are only good on the stat line until you win

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said game. So imagine where we're possibly in

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like a sixth place pole position. We have the

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points available because of games in hand to

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get to fourth or third. But then we've got to

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go through getting wins against teams like Pittsburgh

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or Tampa. Tampa is not in the mix at that point,

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but we could have some stiff opponents. It's

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going to feel like we're either chasing down

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something even. Hartford could play spoiler on

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the last day of the the season depending on how

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like how close it is. Could you imagine if Hartford

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is the the team that gets to set up to try to

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take us out of a home playoff berth like just

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the diabolicalness of it. But yeah it's gonna

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be a weird time and it's why really we can't

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wait till September when we can start catching

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up those games because other teams are gonna

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go through their buys and we'll eventually start

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to even things out. We really need to see this

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team take the next step. when it comes to this

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July, August corridor, I don't think we want

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to be asking ourselves in September, is it still

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within reach just because we have a couple extra

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games going our way. But when we got to go to

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break and when we return, we're going to break

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down how Coach Cano completed this roster for

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the game against Loudon and talk about some of

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the biggest talking points in that match all

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All right, getting into this game. We're going

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to talk about our initial impressions here in

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a moment. Obviously, we were splitting duty between

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the Brazil -Morocco game and the Loudon match,

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so we had to kind of go back and watch this again.

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First thing that we were still tweeting live

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as it was happening. First surprise of the night,

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though, this starting 11. I think that has to

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be the loudest talking point of the night. And

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the weirdest thing is it worked when you look

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at the score line with no graphics. It's World

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Cup time. But walk listeners through who we saw

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on the night. Yeah. So we had a Koke Vegas there

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in net with a back four of Nick Skardina, Kareefa

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Yow, Grant Stoneman and Frank Nodarse. Holy midfielders

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there. Clay Olstad, Hugo Baccarac. You're attacking

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midfielders of Joe J Quisera, Amish Shapiro Thompson,

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and Augustine Rodriguez with JJ Williams up top

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there. So we'll talk about Frank Nadarse at length

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because it was the biggest mailbag question we

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got unrelated to the World Cup. But I do want

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to talk more about why we thought Aldair Sanchez

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wouldn't have gotten in this. And are we surprised

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to see Frank go from right back to left center

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back to now to left back to I mean, he's obviously

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utility player, and he did well on the night.

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But when it was all working with Sanchez, unless

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there's something we don't understand about Sanchez's

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game, if you're Kano Smith, why are you? Why

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are you rotating your back line like this? I

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don't know. I think, you know, like I said, I

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was a little initially surprised by the lineup,

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too. I think that Kano is very much a matchups

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kind of guy at times, and I think maybe he just

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saw something and wanted some extra physicality

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there. to bring in a larger dude like frank nodarse

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into the mixer there i think that's kind of what

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it is like you said it ultimately ended up working

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he played he played well i mean honestly even

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grant played well too in this game so i mean

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you kind of got to give him the kudos there for

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his selection I don't disagree. I think it might

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have been a matchup, not trying to jump into

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the mailbag. But I also think maybe it might

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have had something to do with Jack Panayiotou

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out on the right side as that attacking midfielder

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slash forward. He was kind of roaming all on

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the right side. Maybe Nodar Seh knows his game

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a bit more, a bit better than Sanchez does. Sanchez

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has never seen him in league play. At least I

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don't think he has. I know Rivera has. I don't

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think Sanchez has. So it could have been a better

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matchup and lineup for that. The other one, though.

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Quisera obviously is going to return to the starting

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11. We had asked ourselves, Amish Shapiro -Thompson

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or Augustin Rodriguez, thinking Leo Afonso would

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potentially return to his rightful spot on the

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other side of that attacking midfield trio. Not

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the case. AST stays in the center and it's Pitti

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who's out on the wing inverting and rotating

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with Quisera throughout the match. Thoughts on

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Afonso and why we're seeing him, I don't want

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to say relegated to super sub, but This more

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because we don't have a backup striker with Dorsey

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gone Or is this just that this was the right

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play for Rodriguez to come into this game. I

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Think we've seen Some good minutes there between

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AST and Rodriguez. So I think they're trying

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to he's trying to kind of develop that that right

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there and Despite Leo getting the goal. I think

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he's been a bit wasteful with his chances I wonder

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if he's trying so him let's say being slightly

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out of form despite scoring a goal Maybe coaches

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just trying to kind of kind of rotate, keep them

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fresh and kind of keep that offense potent. Interesting

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thoughts. I wonder if there's something else

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to what he sees in what he needs for 65 minutes

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versus what he needs to close down games. Obviously,

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you know, at the time of Fonzo gets substituted

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in, it's only a two one game. It's not like we've

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ran away with it yet. Rodriguez, there's a question

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about him too on his contributions so far. We'll

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talk about that a little later, but I don't hate

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it and obviously it worked on the night. It's

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just weird that this isn't the best starting

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11 we had been saying all season, and yet this

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is a starting 11 that's capable of going out

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only allowing one against them, and it was. It

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was it was a good enough goal on loud inside

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to like. They earned it, but then us getting

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four on this team like something we've again

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never done in the history of what I see is when

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we saved all those goals from those little matches,

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cash them all in once. It's just so then I'll

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ask this question. Is this the best starting

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11? I don't know it at this point. I thought

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what we previously established as the the best

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starting 11 was, but then you know we saw Omidy

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joke. Maybe have a slight kind of dip there.

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Then he's also potentially injured. So we don't

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know what's going on. He's got to be injured

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at this point, unless he just went home to Senegal

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to watch all of the matches for the World Cup.

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And he's just been a super fan for the entirety

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of the time. He's got to be injured. Yeah. So

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it's tough to say with the with the evolution

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of the squad. I think it could be close to it.

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I still think that while Grant Stoneman can clearly

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still do a job for us, I think our best starting

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lineup maybe doesn't have him in there. He's

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definitely like the B plus like a minus kind

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of version of the squad So it's very close though.

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All right, who are your heroes and zeros of this

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match? I want to I've given a lot of praise to

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JJ and clearly he is he is a monster But I want

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to give a shout out to Nick Scardino We questioned

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whether or not he was gonna we initially thought

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he was part on the team lock on Then he was clearly

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not and now he's back in so he had a good game

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there took his goal well so nice to see um zero

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did you see how many of the tartan army were

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at the red sox game yeah imagine if we actually

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had a game this weekend how many i mean clearly

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on saturday wouldn't have worked because there

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was a game then but if it was you know a friday

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or a sunday or something you know and i think

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that's the biggest oof from the from the team

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specifically is they They knew enough of the

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World Cup schedule at that point. They knew that

00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:08.460
the Tartan Army was coming. You know, a lot of

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fans have asked, and in fact, even Redditors

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for that, just around like the Rhode Island and

00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:15.019
Providence Reddits, they've they're like not

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they don't represent the club. They don't they're

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they're fans or they're like lukewarm fans. It's

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like something to go do. They're not defiance

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members. And even they were saying it's a shame

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we don't have a Rhode Island FC game so that

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you could come and watch us because they would

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have shown up just to watch local soccer. And

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that would have been a sellout game, because

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there's at least five to ten thousand of them

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around the Providence area. It is a big miss

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on behalf of the club to not get a game that

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then was also not conflicting with any of the

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World Cup matches. Maybe that's a day game where

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it's, you know, an 11 a .m. game on a Saturday

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or it's a one o 'clock game. I don't remember

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the earliest ones. I think Friday's games started

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at three. Do a one o 'clock game on Friday. I

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don't have all the answers in this world. For

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instance, for Saturday, the first game was 3

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p .m. You could have had a one o 'clock game

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or something. I don't know for the Tardin Army.

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They were already at Boston Stadium at like four

00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:14.079
o 'clock. But even if it wasn't for that, I mean,

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you could kind of still with the buzz that is

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maybe in a more soccer centric city like Providence.

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It could have worked. Yeah, I agree with that.

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My hero's JJ Williams. He just did too much in

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this game. He even had an offside goal and another

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assist that was called called back. So like to

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:35.880
me this guy is exactly where we need him. We

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:38.019
need him to stay hot. We need him stay healthy

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:40.599
now more than ever, but you gotta give JJ his

00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:43.059
praise. I'm gonna go the opposite of not having

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:45.079
the Tartan Army see a game. I'm gonna just say

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:48.430
having Loudon. play this game directly at the

00:24:48.430 --> 00:24:50.549
Brazil's time. Like of all the games to probably

00:24:50.549 --> 00:24:52.990
go for where this country is invested in, it

00:24:52.990 --> 00:24:55.589
can't be Brazil. Like you could have slotted

00:24:55.589 --> 00:24:57.809
this game at a different time within the day

00:24:57.809 --> 00:25:01.289
and had maybe a different outcome. There was

00:25:01.289 --> 00:25:04.569
only probably 200 fans at that stadium. So that's

00:25:04.569 --> 00:25:07.170
the zero, Loudon gets the zero. But wanting to

00:25:07.170 --> 00:25:08.990
get into the goals, break down the kind of first

00:25:08.990 --> 00:25:11.029
and second halves here. We've talked at length

00:25:11.029 --> 00:25:13.049
that this team needs to start becoming a first

00:25:13.049 --> 00:25:16.130
half goal scoring machine. Over 90 % of their

00:25:16.130 --> 00:25:18.329
goals so far this season, it's a trend that continues,

00:25:18.630 --> 00:25:21.670
are coming in the second half of matches. It's

00:25:21.670 --> 00:25:23.529
a great thing to see in the opening, but before

00:25:23.529 --> 00:25:26.190
we even get there, I had a panic attack in this

00:25:26.190 --> 00:25:30.349
game. We see Jack P. miss an open net in the

00:25:30.349 --> 00:25:33.130
first 90 seconds of the match and then five seconds

00:25:33.130 --> 00:25:35.450
later, Grant Stoneman assassinates Frank D 'Arcy

00:25:35.450 --> 00:25:37.410
with a kick to the back of the head from from

00:25:37.410 --> 00:25:40.230
a ball, of course, but like we felt so discombobulated

00:25:40.230 --> 00:25:42.990
in those first five minutes. The early impressions

00:25:42.990 --> 00:25:45.109
were this is this is our boogeyman. This is a

00:25:45.109 --> 00:25:46.730
team that's going to destroy us. It was definitely

00:25:46.730 --> 00:25:49.029
a rough start and you were starting to think

00:25:49.029 --> 00:25:52.970
this could be a long night here. Maybe I'm just

00:25:52.970 --> 00:25:56.230
going to turn this off, you know. See what Vinny's

00:25:56.230 --> 00:26:00.569
doing over there. But, uh, you know, it, we got

00:26:00.569 --> 00:26:04.349
a first half goal there. I mean, that was a great

00:26:04.349 --> 00:26:08.289
throw in there from clay, a redirect there from,

00:26:08.289 --> 00:26:11.950
from back Iraq and Williams is there. And I mean,

00:26:12.170 --> 00:26:15.509
within the first 30 minutes, it puts us in a

00:26:15.509 --> 00:26:17.869
great position there. We have talked at length

00:26:17.869 --> 00:26:20.700
that Rhode Island FC does not really have the

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:24.319
ability to chase down games because what happens

00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:26.700
when they get scored on first, the other team

00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:28.720
sets up the low block. They start getting compact.

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:30.420
They don't try to score multiple goals against

00:26:30.420 --> 00:26:32.579
us. And then if anything, they have a breakout

00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:35.240
counter as we continue to try to find new creative

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:37.680
options to break past these defenses. We've seen

00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:40.319
it in every game that we go behind initially

00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:44.329
in. starting with this level of intent, it set

00:26:44.329 --> 00:26:46.490
the narrative that Loudon, Loudon might have

00:26:46.490 --> 00:26:48.250
looked good in the first five minutes, but for

00:26:48.250 --> 00:26:50.430
the rest of the first half, they were not looking

00:26:50.430 --> 00:26:52.990
good at all. They felt disjointed in much of

00:26:52.990 --> 00:26:56.289
their attack. It felt like Erlandson and Abukura

00:26:56.289 --> 00:26:58.349
came back too early in these games, like they

00:26:58.349 --> 00:27:01.150
weren't really ready to play a full 90, and it

00:27:01.150 --> 00:27:02.869
felt like they still hadn't gotten their legs

00:27:02.869 --> 00:27:05.329
back under them from the talent that we've seen

00:27:05.329 --> 00:27:08.630
in the past. And so, yeah, it's no surprise Williams

00:27:08.630 --> 00:27:11.500
getting that header. It's what he does best in

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:14.180
this league. Fun facts about the header, by the

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:16.319
way, it's his ninth goal of the year across all

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:19.420
comps, sixth in the regular season. He's now

00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:21.839
not only has he surpassed the all of the records,

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:24.160
right? He's the highest goal scoring player on

00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:25.599
the team. We've talked about that at length.

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:28.539
But what's interesting, he's already eclipsed

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:33.259
his 2025 season high when you look at all comps.

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:37.269
So It's kind of crazy to think about what he's

00:27:37.269 --> 00:27:39.490
already done when he's healthy and we don't have

00:27:39.490 --> 00:27:41.630
these prolonged injuries. We have to keep him

00:27:41.630 --> 00:27:44.029
there. Back rack, of course, getting his first

00:27:44.029 --> 00:27:47.049
assist of the season. It's a second total career

00:27:47.049 --> 00:27:49.069
assist there. And then that's kind of the first

00:27:49.069 --> 00:27:51.509
half, Jay. That's where we see things. We're

00:27:51.509 --> 00:27:54.910
on a good feeling. But we also know this loud

00:27:54.910 --> 00:27:57.009
and team, you know, after that first, you know,

00:27:57.029 --> 00:27:58.589
obviously they score the goal there. But after

00:27:58.589 --> 00:28:00.250
that first kind of scare, they start to grow

00:28:00.250 --> 00:28:02.450
into the game and really kind of put themselves

00:28:02.450 --> 00:28:05.089
in a good position to Kind of deal with anything

00:28:05.089 --> 00:28:07.029
that loud and was thrown at them. But I mean,

00:28:07.269 --> 00:28:09.410
surprisingly, though, I mean Nick Scardina getting

00:28:09.410 --> 00:28:11.069
the 40th minute goal. We're getting right into

00:28:11.069 --> 00:28:13.529
the second half and it's just right away. Punch

00:28:13.529 --> 00:28:15.990
in the nose like getting those early goals, doing

00:28:15.990 --> 00:28:18.190
that damage. It changes the way loud and has

00:28:18.190 --> 00:28:21.670
to play. Thoughts on how Scardina scored that

00:28:21.670 --> 00:28:24.109
goal. What I loved about this goal was that after

00:28:24.109 --> 00:28:27.079
the overlap run he stayed in the box there. was

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:29.279
so he was in a dangerous position. We never see

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:31.460
that from our outside backs, right? It does feel

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:34.789
like too often our team is too far back. And

00:28:34.789 --> 00:28:37.829
not there to kind of get those easy tap ins there.

00:28:37.829 --> 00:28:40.210
The Chico tap in merchant goals as we used to

00:28:40.210 --> 00:28:42.289
hear all the time. No, it's fantastic. I mean,

00:28:42.349 --> 00:28:44.410
Scardina could have easily recycled. You know

00:28:44.410 --> 00:28:46.869
how many times do those fullbacks they they go

00:28:46.869 --> 00:28:49.269
out wide? They send the cross or they recombine

00:28:49.269 --> 00:28:52.210
with a two person system to then redistribute

00:28:52.210 --> 00:28:54.450
the ball, recycle it to the other side. Instead,

00:28:54.609 --> 00:28:57.789
Scardina gives it and then just goes and. We

00:28:57.789 --> 00:28:59.230
haven't lost possession of the ball yet. He's

00:28:59.230 --> 00:29:00.769
like I'm going to stay up here and he's right

00:29:00.769 --> 00:29:03.789
place, right time. I think we would have scored

00:29:03.789 --> 00:29:06.690
at least 15 more goals last season had we had

00:29:06.690 --> 00:29:09.410
that second runner or just that player that's

00:29:09.410 --> 00:29:11.630
not being positioned and marked as well. Because

00:29:11.630 --> 00:29:13.609
you know those defenders, they're not looking

00:29:13.609 --> 00:29:16.029
for Scardina to be there. He's brand completely

00:29:16.029 --> 00:29:18.329
into a position that's not normal for them. They

00:29:18.329 --> 00:29:20.269
see him, and then it gets too late. They missed

00:29:20.269 --> 00:29:23.990
the cross, the ability to block the cross, I

00:29:23.990 --> 00:29:26.390
should say, and Scardina picks it up and cleans

00:29:26.390 --> 00:29:28.869
it up. Second career goal now for ROC. Like you

00:29:28.869 --> 00:29:30.990
said, Jason, he's just getting better and better.

00:29:31.390 --> 00:29:33.730
And then, of course, Williams picking up his

00:29:33.730 --> 00:29:35.910
fourth and fifth assists of the season. Obviously,

00:29:36.009 --> 00:29:38.089
this first one, the fourth one, and then the

00:29:38.089 --> 00:29:40.819
fifth one coming a little bit later. Rhode Island

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:43.519
have seen now flying high two nil you think that

00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:45.359
they can't ever be touched by loud and again

00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:48.200
and then of course Thorol for some touches them.

00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:52.720
Yeah thoughts on Thor's goal. I Mean, you know,

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:56.079
it was low right -wing cross. They said he they

00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:59.319
kind of earned it They took it well and he had

00:29:59.319 --> 00:30:01.700
he'd been kind of threatening us I think for

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:03.859
the most part we are able to contain him. There's

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:06.180
that free kick He took earlier on the match to

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:08.980
that He kind of sat down low. Koke was able to

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:13.839
get it. So, you know, I think ultimately it was

00:30:13.839 --> 00:30:16.720
fair for them to get one and we kind of responded.

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:20.359
We did respond, but it took a while to get those

00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:23.160
responses on there from the from the 58th to

00:30:23.160 --> 00:30:27.960
about the 70. What fifth is when the 71st is

00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:31.799
when Leo got his goal. But in that about 15 minutes

00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:34.599
between. I noticed something, and I'm curious

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:36.740
from your tactical mindset because John Morrissey

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:38.480
has crowned you the smartest person on the show.

00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:43.140
Did you notice that we transitioned from what

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:46.940
we had in the 4 -2 -3 -1 to a back five immediately

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:49.700
after Thor scored that goal and we were down

00:30:49.700 --> 00:30:53.079
to just a one goal difference? Yeah, it was interesting.

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:57.019
So we rotate our wide players. Alfonso and Pisan,

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:59.799
they're coming on. Um, for Quasar and Pitti,

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:03.339
but Sanchez first comes on for AST. So that's,

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:05.359
you know, kind of midfielder for winger wing

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:07.220
back there. So definitely some kind of lineup

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:10.460
changes there. Looking at the players, they brought

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:13.660
on Fusan as an engine and Alfonso's got, you

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:15.180
know, he's technical enough that he can kind

00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:17.900
of move the ball up there at pretty well up there

00:31:17.900 --> 00:31:22.200
without a lot of support. I'd say, you know,

00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:25.779
it worked. Conno's tinkering like got it right

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:29.079
in this time, you know, with With loud and rotating

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:30.940
their center backs and they're they're kind of

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:32.680
attacking threats like you said abacore upon

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:35.119
do to in the second half they're being taken

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:39.059
out like There wasn't a huge kind of threat from

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:43.019
them anymore with maybe Thor and I'm on So I

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:45.059
think this is where he was able to to kind of

00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:46.779
take control of the game there Yeah, I mean if

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:48.480
Thor's your only attacking threat and you've

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:51.140
got five players including your three of your

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:53.160
center backs They're ready to contain. I mean

00:31:53.390 --> 00:31:55.630
it did kind of stifle Loudoun. They definitely

00:31:55.630 --> 00:31:57.410
had a lion's share of the possession through

00:31:57.410 --> 00:31:59.890
that 20 -minute circuit, but it was all mostly,

00:32:00.130 --> 00:32:02.329
you know, it wasn't before final third. It was

00:32:02.329 --> 00:32:04.589
very much in, you know, the second or their own

00:32:04.589 --> 00:32:08.130
third. I do think that that is something we could

00:32:08.130 --> 00:32:10.049
see more of. The thing I don't like is that it

00:32:10.049 --> 00:32:12.750
comes at the expense of Aldair Sanchez being

00:32:12.750 --> 00:32:15.410
relegated to possibly a substitute role. I don't

00:32:15.410 --> 00:32:18.910
know if Frank made enough of a case to, you know,

00:32:19.459 --> 00:32:21.940
Strip Aldair of his starting role again, like

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:23.619
you said, it was kind of a match to match thing

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:26.359
But it was interesting seeing us go to a back

00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:28.680
five against the team that has one of the worst

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:30.819
offenses in the league That was a big shocker

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:33.160
for me, but really quickly going to talk about

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:36.279
the final two goals the nails in the coffin Afonso

00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:41.319
71st minute across from Noah Fuson it's It's

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:43.160
a goal where, like, the ball's just floating

00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:45.079
through the box. Like, no one wants to put a

00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:47.180
foot to it. It's just rolling through. Afonso

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:49.400
comes in from the top left corner, goes, I can

00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:52.319
bury this if no one's going to stop me. And it

00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:55.460
was a textbook goal. It's a goal that he should

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:58.099
be scoring every time. But we've seen him not

00:32:58.099 --> 00:33:01.339
do that time and time again. How much of a confidence

00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:03.240
booster is that goal for him? It's got to be

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:05.640
huge. It's now his fourth career goal for RFC.

00:33:06.140 --> 00:33:08.279
And he scored off the bench in two straight games

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:11.509
across all competitions. That's now know a few

00:33:11.509 --> 00:33:13.650
songs their third assist speaking of someone

00:33:13.650 --> 00:33:16.009
else so kind of getting that confidence Maybe

00:33:16.009 --> 00:33:19.829
getting back to his 2024 type of season You know

00:33:19.829 --> 00:33:22.329
Noah's now the ease the clubs all -time assist

00:33:22.329 --> 00:33:25.970
leader with 18 there impressive But beyond the

00:33:25.970 --> 00:33:28.509
stats there too. It's just good to see you know

00:33:28.509 --> 00:33:31.190
two of the substitute wingers kind of Combine

00:33:31.190 --> 00:33:34.490
and score together and then a cue another substitute

00:33:34.490 --> 00:33:38.259
here in the 89th year with Atkinson tapping in

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:40.539
a close range cross there from Williams to kind

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:43.579
of just seal the final nail in the coffin there.

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:46.440
Listen, if you're a Reina apologist, I'm an Atkinson

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:49.339
apologist. We can we can both live in these worlds

00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:52.579
together. It's a shame he couldn't do a substitute

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:54.420
goal like within five minutes like he normally

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:57.240
does, but. Fun fact about Dwayne Atkinson, not

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:59.119
only is it his third goal this season, it's like

00:33:59.119 --> 00:34:02.240
it's so easy to forget that he's scored as many

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:05.759
goals as Afonso, at least in regular season.

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:09.079
Afonso has one more in time with the Prinks Cup,

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:12.500
but it's crazy that he scored every single one

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:15.559
of goals off the bench and he has the highest

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:18.739
goals per 90 in the entirety of the league by

00:34:18.739 --> 00:34:21.519
like the widest margin. Like he's basically,

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:24.420
who was Hartford's player last year? Was it Kyle

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:27.969
Adams? No, who was there? Who was their guy that

00:34:27.969 --> 00:34:30.750
like would come in for 15 minutes and score goals

00:34:30.750 --> 00:34:33.329
less? I try not to remember Hartford stats, but

00:34:33.329 --> 00:34:35.750
he was one of the reasons like he couldn't be

00:34:35.750 --> 00:34:37.469
a player of the year was because he wasn't a

00:34:37.469 --> 00:34:39.909
starter. He wasn't even starting minutes and

00:34:39.909 --> 00:34:41.630
oh Kyle Edwards. There you go. Not Adams Kyle

00:34:41.630 --> 00:34:45.610
Edwards. That the Wayne Atkins is making a case

00:34:45.610 --> 00:34:47.329
for being that type of player across the league

00:34:47.329 --> 00:34:50.489
this season and you love to see it. I'm curious

00:34:50.489 --> 00:34:53.219
what he could do with more time or if. just being

00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:56.219
a super sub is just the role he has to prepare

00:34:56.219 --> 00:34:58.780
to play. Maybe it's the kind of role that kind

00:34:58.780 --> 00:35:01.300
of gets him motivated to give that little bit

00:35:01.300 --> 00:35:05.039
of extra to give us those performances. But then

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:06.460
you guys, like you said, you wonder what does

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:08.639
that look like for him to be able to maybe get

00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:11.079
himself some more, you know, time out there on

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:13.059
the pitch? Time will tell, but we've got to go

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:14.840
to our break. And when we return, we're going

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:16.840
to break down the biggest storylines out of this

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and Jason Carey. The Boogeyman in Loudon is no

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:52.230
more. We've kind of got that curse off our back.

00:35:52.489 --> 00:35:57.809
We can move on. He can't hurt you anymore. I

00:35:57.809 --> 00:36:00.329
mean, it's almost like a tale of two different

00:36:00.329 --> 00:36:03.190
things here, right? Like one, we finally score

00:36:03.190 --> 00:36:06.510
a goal and we finally win against Loudon. But

00:36:06.510 --> 00:36:08.269
then the larger conversation is like, are we

00:36:08.269 --> 00:36:10.570
back? Like is this team? We've been asked so

00:36:10.570 --> 00:36:12.349
many times in the mailbag. We also just talked

00:36:12.349 --> 00:36:17.130
about how we could be an 11th. But I know what

00:36:17.130 --> 00:36:20.030
you mean, though, like. Table table standings

00:36:20.030 --> 00:36:22.010
aside like because at the end of the day like

00:36:22.010 --> 00:36:25.570
if you don't look at that and just Focus on form

00:36:25.570 --> 00:36:28.530
and how the team is doing the table standings

00:36:28.530 --> 00:36:30.809
will just correct themselves eventually, right?

00:36:32.050 --> 00:36:34.650
I'm gonna pull up Nicholas Murray's power rankings

00:36:34.650 --> 00:36:37.590
right now. I didn't even do it We are in ninth

00:36:37.590 --> 00:36:40.409
in power rankings. We went up three positions

00:36:40.409 --> 00:36:44.329
since the game against Loudon That puts us especially

00:36:44.329 --> 00:36:45.650
when I look at the teams that are in the Western

00:36:45.650 --> 00:36:47.980
Conference listed here That puts us in a home

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:51.000
playoff position. And by Nicholas Murray, I stand

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:55.019
third highest rated statistically in FOMO. I

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:57.960
don't know what that means either. But but like,

00:36:58.280 --> 00:37:00.139
okay, consistently performance wise, like if

00:37:00.139 --> 00:37:02.699
we ask ourselves that question, are we back?

00:37:02.739 --> 00:37:05.079
Because we've gone and we've now taken down one

00:37:05.079 --> 00:37:08.480
of the final two giants that we have not slayed.

00:37:08.659 --> 00:37:11.440
The other one being Pittsburgh, of course. And

00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:13.119
I go and I look at the I look at some of the

00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:15.280
key details. We're outpacing our win percentage

00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:18.280
for 2024. which was arguably the better season

00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:20.860
between last year's and the first season the

00:37:20.860 --> 00:37:24.639
club we have a 1 .4 ppg it's not as high as 1

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:27.480
.5 because of the 25 uh excuse me because of

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:31.019
the games in in 2024 we have to it's it maneuvers

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:33.219
that prinks cup removal of those four matches

00:37:33.219 --> 00:37:36.059
so yeah the numbers are off but technically on

00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:38.559
the stat lines but then also on the results columns

00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:42.460
we are doing better as a team than we did at

00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:45.219
this time. And for the regular season in its

00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:47.960
entirety when we were draw kings right now here

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:51.340
in this 2026 season, is this team flying higher

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:54.239
than it ever has? Possibly. And I think another

00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:57.659
thing to tie into that was RFC was able to snap

00:37:57.659 --> 00:38:00.260
a winless road streak here and kind of turn that

00:38:00.260 --> 00:38:02.659
into a win streak. I was surprised when you put

00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:05.599
this in the notes. I had no idea that we were

00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:08.550
that bad at home, but then also that good or

00:38:08.550 --> 00:38:11.449
sorry, that bad away and that good at home. Yeah.

00:38:12.210 --> 00:38:13.750
Um, you know, when this is far back as their

00:38:13.750 --> 00:38:15.869
last loss and penalties against the home team

00:38:15.869 --> 00:38:18.690
in the new England revolution, when we, uh, we

00:38:18.690 --> 00:38:21.309
all traveled up to Boston stadium to watch that.

00:38:21.909 --> 00:38:25.590
Um, but RSC has not seen, you know, much success

00:38:25.590 --> 00:38:28.570
if they, they've been, you know, known for the

00:38:28.570 --> 00:38:30.550
season, dropping points in the open cup pranks

00:38:30.550 --> 00:38:34.269
of tire championship play. You know, we, we used

00:38:34.269 --> 00:38:36.889
to be the road warriors, but it, it kind of faded.

00:38:37.260 --> 00:38:40.380
I want to say, and it was like, like you said,

00:38:40.420 --> 00:38:42.420
maybe, maybe we're back. Maybe this is just kind

00:38:42.420 --> 00:38:45.900
of turning the screw there, if you will. And

00:38:45.900 --> 00:38:48.980
I think on top of that, it kind of dovetails

00:38:48.980 --> 00:38:51.800
perfectly into talking about why we haven't seen

00:38:51.800 --> 00:38:54.340
back to back wins yet this season. You know,

00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:57.059
the league is there's enough schedule parity

00:38:57.059 --> 00:38:59.699
that it's usually one home, one away. If you

00:38:59.699 --> 00:39:02.059
do have a midweek game, normally you'll be favored

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:04.860
for two home matches that week. So it minimizes

00:39:04.860 --> 00:39:08.269
the travel. If we've been that bad on the road,

00:39:08.530 --> 00:39:11.730
then of course we won't normally have seen any

00:39:11.730 --> 00:39:14.090
kind of consistency in that momentum. It's a

00:39:14.090 --> 00:39:16.769
lot of start and then stop, a lot of start then

00:39:16.769 --> 00:39:20.309
stop. I mean, look at, just look at how we've

00:39:20.309 --> 00:39:23.070
played since the Lexington game where we won

00:39:23.070 --> 00:39:26.690
3 -1, win, then we lose in Penns in the Open

00:39:26.690 --> 00:39:29.369
Cup to New England, then we win Charleston at

00:39:29.369 --> 00:39:32.289
home, then we travel to Hartford, we again go

00:39:32.289 --> 00:39:35.610
to penalties, we win that one, but it's a loss.

00:39:35.760 --> 00:39:38.619
It's not at least a win, I should say. Come home,

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:41.639
we lose to Birmingham. Then we draw to Tampa

00:39:41.639 --> 00:39:45.019
Bay the next time. Then we lose to Portland,

00:39:45.300 --> 00:39:47.800
hearts of pine. And then we win against Brooklyn.

00:39:48.159 --> 00:39:50.420
So you'd think, OK, momentum again. Nope, we're

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:52.480
going to lose to Indy 11 on the road. We're going

00:39:52.480 --> 00:39:54.139
to come home. We're going to beat Westchester.

00:39:54.460 --> 00:39:57.500
And now we've beaten Loudon. I know some people

00:39:57.500 --> 00:40:00.500
are going to say, hey, That's a Prinks Tires

00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:03.340
Cup game. That's not a back -to -back yet. There

00:40:03.340 --> 00:40:05.400
needs to be better momentum than beating a USL

00:40:05.400 --> 00:40:08.179
One team. But remember what Clay told us, sometimes

00:40:08.179 --> 00:40:11.320
these games become just momentum builders. The

00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:13.199
Rhode Island of C knows they may not, and they

00:40:13.199 --> 00:40:14.900
probably won't advance out of Prinks Tires Cups.

00:40:15.239 --> 00:40:17.739
They're gonna use these matches as tune -ups

00:40:17.739 --> 00:40:19.900
to continue to improve their form and be the

00:40:19.900 --> 00:40:21.760
best version of themselves. So in that regard,

00:40:21.820 --> 00:40:24.519
I think it does count, but still the first time

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:26.159
in the season that we put two back -to -back

00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:28.000
games together and victories and getting three

00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:30.690
points. I think that's got to be a bigger statement

00:40:30.690 --> 00:40:33.510
than just, oh, it's a USL one side that you whooped

00:40:33.510 --> 00:40:36.469
on and then you beat up a pretty deflated loud

00:40:36.469 --> 00:40:38.969
and it doesn't matter. We drew to sporting jacks.

00:40:38.969 --> 00:40:42.610
It does not matter. And I mean, part of the reason

00:40:42.610 --> 00:40:44.710
this is happening is because apparently we are

00:40:44.710 --> 00:40:47.809
on our goals galore era. I mean, it's it's perfectly

00:40:47.809 --> 00:40:51.210
tying into folklore night when it comes later

00:40:51.210 --> 00:40:53.130
on in the season. I think we're doing that again,

00:40:53.130 --> 00:40:55.809
right? I think we already did it, buddy. I think

00:40:55.809 --> 00:40:58.170
we've already did folklore this year. I don't

00:40:58.170 --> 00:41:00.340
know. The theme nights mean nothing to me at

00:41:00.340 --> 00:41:02.860
this point. The results are all... In fact, the

00:41:02.860 --> 00:41:04.840
theme nights only mean something because we typically

00:41:04.840 --> 00:41:07.159
don't win theme nights. That's the reason why

00:41:07.159 --> 00:41:09.380
theme nights don't matter. But yes, you're right.

00:41:09.599 --> 00:41:12.239
Rhode Island FC is in its goals -glor era, pulling

00:41:12.239 --> 00:41:15.119
up the stats. Last four games, all competitions.

00:41:15.260 --> 00:41:18.800
We've outscored opponents 11 -3, and we've scored

00:41:18.800 --> 00:41:21.380
at least three goals in three of the last four

00:41:21.380 --> 00:41:24.840
matches. Jason, I went and looked... we have

00:41:24.840 --> 00:41:27.760
won every game this season across all comps by

00:41:27.760 --> 00:41:30.699
three goals or more. So it's like when we're

00:41:30.699 --> 00:41:33.559
on and we're winning, the goals cometh. When

00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:35.599
we're not doing good or maybe we've been scored

00:41:35.599 --> 00:41:39.119
on first, the reservoir dries up a little bit.

00:41:39.760 --> 00:41:43.260
But we have the third most goals in the league

00:41:43.260 --> 00:41:45.920
right now. We have the fourth most shots we've

00:41:45.920 --> 00:41:48.599
started to dip down. Louisville's been eclipsing

00:41:48.599 --> 00:41:51.130
us a little bit there. we have this we have a

00:41:51.130 --> 00:41:53.750
six a positive six or plus six goal differential

00:41:53.750 --> 00:41:57.309
that's second best in the league and we are in

00:41:57.309 --> 00:42:02.230
ninth place and outside playoffs right now make

00:42:02.230 --> 00:42:05.909
that make sense it's wild i i don't know if you

00:42:05.909 --> 00:42:09.489
can um i mean we talked about a little bit earlier

00:42:09.489 --> 00:42:12.829
here nix gardena making his presence known on

00:42:12.829 --> 00:42:16.090
the pitch to the fans he's starting to make you

00:42:16.090 --> 00:42:18.130
know a lot of work there he's been doing on the

00:42:18.130 --> 00:42:21.550
defensive side too Which is is huge for this

00:42:21.550 --> 00:42:24.389
team? Because we've seen a slight dip in our

00:42:24.389 --> 00:42:26.030
defensive performance compared to the previous

00:42:26.030 --> 00:42:28.090
years Which is probably what's keeping us in

00:42:28.090 --> 00:42:30.230
a ninth place position in cocaine Vegas only

00:42:30.230 --> 00:42:32.670
two clean sheets so far this season There's a

00:42:32.670 --> 00:42:34.730
stat that we're gonna pull up here in its completion

00:42:34.730 --> 00:42:38.250
a user or fan Excuse me reached out and asked

00:42:38.250 --> 00:42:40.150
the question about but I think it's probably

00:42:40.150 --> 00:42:43.070
our defense has slipped a bit To get this better

00:42:43.070 --> 00:42:44.849
offensive production and the worst part is Jason.

00:42:44.889 --> 00:42:48.010
This is exactly what we asked for We talked and

00:42:48.010 --> 00:42:50.449
said we want more goals. We want more exciting

00:42:50.449 --> 00:42:52.929
games. We don't care about clean sheets and now

00:42:52.929 --> 00:42:54.849
we're not in a playoff position. The only the

00:42:54.849 --> 00:42:56.730
only part that like you said just doesn't make

00:42:56.730 --> 00:42:58.610
any sense is when you look at the table settings,

00:42:58.789 --> 00:43:02.349
but like I I'm enjoying watching the goals flow.

00:43:02.769 --> 00:43:06.409
But back to Skardina here real quick. And speaking

00:43:06.409 --> 00:43:09.289
of goals, the offensive like aspect that he's

00:43:09.289 --> 00:43:11.510
bringing to the game is pushed him into a top

00:43:11.510 --> 00:43:14.760
five fullback in the league with. Half as many

00:43:14.760 --> 00:43:17.179
starts because of the limited amount of minutes

00:43:17.179 --> 00:43:19.079
these plays, you know Who leaves the league in

00:43:19.079 --> 00:43:21.340
offensive production as a fullback in this league

00:43:21.340 --> 00:43:28.739
right now? Is it a certain left back from If

00:43:28.739 --> 00:43:32.599
it's not Rhode Island I want it to always be

00:43:32.599 --> 00:43:35.480
all there Sanchez, but it is a former Rhode Island

00:43:35.480 --> 00:43:39.989
left back. Oh, yeah, of course Charleston's one

00:43:39.989 --> 00:43:43.030
and only. Nathan Messer, Charleston's only. No,

00:43:43.110 --> 00:43:45.070
I agree. And listen, you're so right, though,

00:43:45.130 --> 00:43:46.750
about talking about Scardino's growth and how

00:43:46.750 --> 00:43:49.670
fans have now started to codify him and really

00:43:49.670 --> 00:43:53.070
get behind what he is doing for this team. It's

00:43:53.070 --> 00:43:55.349
interesting because it always goes back to immediately

00:43:55.349 --> 00:43:57.789
what they were talking about with Logan Dorsey

00:43:57.789 --> 00:43:59.989
leaving the squad in the last conversation we

00:43:59.989 --> 00:44:03.210
had with Kano, where he said, hey, yeah, we've

00:44:03.210 --> 00:44:05.409
lost a player, but I'm only going to upgrade

00:44:05.409 --> 00:44:07.449
if... If it's an upgrade, I'm not going to go

00:44:07.449 --> 00:44:10.070
get a player just because we're a body short

00:44:10.070 --> 00:44:13.050
on the on the head count on the roster. This

00:44:13.050 --> 00:44:14.690
feels kind of like that thing too. Last year

00:44:14.690 --> 00:44:17.349
we had, you know, we had Franklin Darcy fly in

00:44:17.349 --> 00:44:19.670
on the right side. We had Danny Rivera returning

00:44:19.670 --> 00:44:22.170
to health. And when we got Scardino, we remember

00:44:22.170 --> 00:44:23.889
Charlotte FC fans were reaching out and saying,

00:44:23.889 --> 00:44:25.650
oh, he's the greatest player ever. You're so

00:44:25.650 --> 00:44:27.369
lucky to get him. That's always a good sign,

00:44:27.369 --> 00:44:29.369
right? Versus like, oh, good luck that he didn't

00:44:29.369 --> 00:44:32.289
work out for us. Now we're seeing that upgrade

00:44:32.289 --> 00:44:34.409
come true, right? It's paying its dividends.

00:44:35.130 --> 00:44:37.329
I always wonder like what other positions he's

00:44:37.329 --> 00:44:39.210
looking at to give it like the Nick Scardina

00:44:39.210 --> 00:44:41.110
effect because if Nick Scardina continues on

00:44:41.110 --> 00:44:43.869
this trajectory, he's going to be a top player.

00:44:44.110 --> 00:44:46.170
He should be in the running for at least one

00:44:46.170 --> 00:44:48.690
of the internal Rhode Island FC player stats

00:44:48.690 --> 00:44:50.389
of the year as long as he continues to start.

00:44:50.409 --> 00:44:52.190
He's going to have to get more starts to do that.

00:44:53.050 --> 00:44:54.730
Want to ask this question then before we go to

00:44:54.730 --> 00:44:57.550
the mailbag. We talked a minute ago about Afonso's

00:44:57.550 --> 00:45:00.530
impact now off the bench as a super sub, two

00:45:00.530 --> 00:45:04.719
goals in two games. We talked about The impact

00:45:04.719 --> 00:45:07.320
busy Atkinson is having in his season three goals

00:45:07.320 --> 00:45:10.519
now all coming from the bench. Is this going

00:45:10.519 --> 00:45:12.320
to be a battle of the super subs? Like is this

00:45:12.320 --> 00:45:13.579
something we're going to have to start watching?

00:45:13.719 --> 00:45:16.099
Is a is a Fonzo going to be relegated to this

00:45:16.099 --> 00:45:19.440
role for the near future? It's possible. I think

00:45:19.440 --> 00:45:21.980
part of it and you know someone mentioned in

00:45:21.980 --> 00:45:23.940
a question here in the mailbag kind of. I think

00:45:23.940 --> 00:45:26.679
it also maybe it depends on how pity. Continues

00:45:26.679 --> 00:45:29.659
to perform. I don't think he's been bad in any

00:45:29.659 --> 00:45:32.800
way, shape or form, but maybe the contributions

00:45:32.800 --> 00:45:36.469
that. some of us expected him to be like putting

00:45:36.469 --> 00:45:39.570
up those numbers haven't really come just yet.

00:45:39.750 --> 00:45:42.110
Is it selfish of me to say this isn't a bad problem

00:45:42.110 --> 00:45:44.750
to have because if you have quality options coming

00:45:44.750 --> 00:45:48.809
off like Afonso, Poussin and Atkinson and they're

00:45:48.809 --> 00:45:51.190
all contributing to a goal or an assist to keep

00:45:51.190 --> 00:45:53.090
the I mean again we've seen 90 % of the goals

00:45:53.090 --> 00:45:55.610
come in the second half whether that's them or

00:45:55.610 --> 00:45:58.150
them helping influence it to me this just says

00:45:58.150 --> 00:46:00.929
like if we can wear a team down These guys will

00:46:00.929 --> 00:46:03.469
be primed to go and do the most maximum lethal

00:46:03.469 --> 00:46:06.710
damage they possibly can. Yeah, no, it is a great

00:46:06.710 --> 00:46:09.809
problem to have, honestly. Yeah. All right. Well,

00:46:09.809 --> 00:46:12.130
we got to go to the mailbag and when we return,

00:46:12.250 --> 00:46:14.369
we're going to answer your questions, whether

00:46:14.369 --> 00:46:16.650
they're hot takes or burning, burning things

00:46:16.650 --> 00:46:18.849
that you need to know. Don't go anywhere. It

00:46:18.849 --> 00:46:21.190
is the Raising Anchor Soccer Show. Now let's

00:46:21.190 --> 00:46:23.590
get back to the Raising Anchor Soccer Show on

00:46:23.590 --> 00:46:27.630
990 WBOB with Matt Entrickett and Jason Carey.

00:46:28.690 --> 00:46:31.050
Right Lisa V wants to know whether the chicken

00:46:31.050 --> 00:46:35.269
or the egg came first. Was it the US M &T game

00:46:35.269 --> 00:46:38.329
scheduled first or was Bill Burr scheduled? You

00:46:38.329 --> 00:46:41.909
know, I I'd assume it was the US men's national

00:46:41.909 --> 00:46:44.750
team game as that schedule came out back in December

00:46:44.750 --> 00:46:48.110
I think is when we did the draw January that

00:46:48.110 --> 00:46:49.809
sounds right. I don't know, but I certainly know

00:46:49.809 --> 00:46:52.929
it was not bill burr I think you know, you probably

00:46:52.929 --> 00:46:55.030
have to look at a comedian schedule. That's the

00:46:55.030 --> 00:46:58.699
spot that he had available And listen, I heard

00:46:58.699 --> 00:47:00.619
a lot of complaints about it. I also heard some

00:47:00.619 --> 00:47:03.880
really good things about it. It feels like Centreville

00:47:03.880 --> 00:47:05.639
Bank Stadium is going to have to fight the identity

00:47:05.639 --> 00:47:08.539
of one being a soccer specific stadium, but how

00:47:08.539 --> 00:47:11.679
they coordinate and educate people on their first

00:47:11.679 --> 00:47:15.340
time coming to that stadium. We all know the

00:47:15.340 --> 00:47:17.659
pain points of trying to get into the stadium,

00:47:17.699 --> 00:47:19.760
whether it's the march to the match, finding

00:47:19.760 --> 00:47:22.440
parking in the local community area. and how

00:47:22.440 --> 00:47:25.059
all that works, go back to game one and remember

00:47:25.059 --> 00:47:27.199
how awkward it was and how difficult it was.

00:47:27.559 --> 00:47:29.239
Now imagine someone who's never gone to that

00:47:29.239 --> 00:47:31.179
stadium before. It's not a great experience.

00:47:31.719 --> 00:47:33.760
They have to continue to work on that. It will

00:47:33.760 --> 00:47:35.420
get better with time. They had to learn a lot

00:47:35.420 --> 00:47:37.199
of lessons too. But from what I'm hearing, it

00:47:37.199 --> 00:47:40.820
was an overall success. Probably it's still disappointing

00:47:40.820 --> 00:47:46.050
about the soccer lack thereof. Tim M added a

00:47:46.050 --> 00:47:48.210
caveat to it and said, I wonder if the more relevant

00:47:48.210 --> 00:47:50.030
question is whether or not there's a significant

00:47:50.030 --> 00:47:52.949
overlap, excuse me, a significant enough overlap

00:47:52.949 --> 00:47:56.309
between Bilber and soccer fans that led to anything

00:47:56.309 --> 00:47:58.269
in the attendance or the fact that it didn't

00:47:58.269 --> 00:48:00.869
sell out. It was still pretty close to a sellout,

00:48:01.010 --> 00:48:02.610
but I think that's the other part, too. Centerville

00:48:02.610 --> 00:48:07.429
Bank Stadium wants to distinguish themselves

00:48:07.429 --> 00:48:12.210
as a multi -entertainment experience and venue.

00:48:12.989 --> 00:48:14.829
It's not always going to be soccer. Just because

00:48:14.829 --> 00:48:17.429
it's our dojo, we have to be okay with the idea

00:48:17.429 --> 00:48:19.570
that some things are going to come there that

00:48:19.570 --> 00:48:21.570
some of the soccer fans won't be interested in,

00:48:21.630 --> 00:48:23.090
right? Like, we'll probably go through the same

00:48:23.090 --> 00:48:26.230
experience with the Rhode Island Vibes summer

00:48:26.230 --> 00:48:28.550
reggae tour that's coming through. Like, I don't

00:48:28.550 --> 00:48:30.869
imagine that's a one -to -one for every soccer

00:48:30.869 --> 00:48:33.550
fan that's hitting the streets there. Yeah, I

00:48:33.550 --> 00:48:36.389
don't know if there was enough people who would

00:48:36.389 --> 00:48:38.710
have gone that really would have made it worth

00:48:38.710 --> 00:48:42.389
their time to kind of move that event. Nate here.

00:48:42.489 --> 00:48:45.190
saying USA, any African team or Netherlands,

00:48:45.510 --> 00:48:48.210
what percentage of a chance to win at all? I

00:48:48.210 --> 00:48:50.309
know the favorites, but these teams specifically

00:48:50.309 --> 00:48:53.789
he's thinking of. I mean, if you want USA, any

00:48:53.789 --> 00:48:56.489
African team or Netherlands, I would say USA

00:48:56.489 --> 00:49:00.309
is like 10%. And that's that feels really good

00:49:00.309 --> 00:49:02.869
to say after watching that for one victory. Nate

00:49:02.869 --> 00:49:05.429
African teams. Morocco is my dark horse, especially

00:49:05.429 --> 00:49:09.139
after holding Brazil. hostage in a draw like

00:49:09.139 --> 00:49:12.119
that. I think Morocco is going to very much do

00:49:12.119 --> 00:49:14.440
a similar thing that what we saw last time around

00:49:14.440 --> 00:49:17.639
and probably get to the quarterfinals. And then

00:49:17.639 --> 00:49:20.320
Netherlands, I mean, they looked good. Japan

00:49:20.320 --> 00:49:22.579
looked just as good. I think it's going to come

00:49:22.579 --> 00:49:24.480
down to where they end up on the bracket based

00:49:24.480 --> 00:49:26.760
on positioning and who they have to run into

00:49:26.760 --> 00:49:29.809
first. In terms of winning it all, I've got Morocco

00:49:29.809 --> 00:49:32.230
still as the team, especially out of this category.

00:49:32.690 --> 00:49:34.150
Do you any have any different opinion? We're

00:49:34.150 --> 00:49:36.989
to just throw in another African team there.

00:49:37.349 --> 00:49:40.150
Senegal is going to be good. I don't know if

00:49:40.150 --> 00:49:42.769
they're going to go the distance, but I think

00:49:42.769 --> 00:49:45.690
they're going to give people some trouble. I

00:49:45.690 --> 00:49:48.909
think Ghana's got too many kind of midfield and

00:49:48.909 --> 00:49:52.869
injury issues. I don't know how well they're

00:49:52.869 --> 00:49:54.230
going to do. I thought you were going to be an

00:49:54.230 --> 00:49:57.159
Ivory Coast homer over here. You know, I love

00:49:57.159 --> 00:49:59.679
my boy Tori, but he also doesn't play for them

00:49:59.679 --> 00:50:02.420
anymore because he retired. So I don't know.

00:50:03.179 --> 00:50:05.219
You know, I, I look at that team and I think

00:50:05.219 --> 00:50:07.059
there's some talent there, but there's, they're

00:50:07.059 --> 00:50:09.980
kind of young. So I, you know, I I'll be watching

00:50:09.980 --> 00:50:11.320
them, but I don't think they're going to get

00:50:11.320 --> 00:50:13.280
too, too deep into this. They're going to buy

00:50:13.280 --> 00:50:15.840
their kit. Oh, it's, it's a beautiful kid. I

00:50:15.840 --> 00:50:18.280
don't know. I mean, I'm pretty broke from this

00:50:18.280 --> 00:50:20.480
world of cup. I don't know if I can. I can afford

00:50:20.480 --> 00:50:23.539
this everyone send a donation to jason carrey's

00:50:23.539 --> 00:50:26.579
venmo so that he can buy his ivory coast adidas

00:50:26.579 --> 00:50:29.659
kit um or no it's puma kit actually it's not

00:50:29.659 --> 00:50:31.280
it's actually pretty cheap if i remember going

00:50:31.280 --> 00:50:34.400
looking uh dave here has a question but it's

00:50:34.400 --> 00:50:37.119
not a question it's a statement all of my questions

00:50:37.119 --> 00:50:40.840
were answered at fan zone tonight and then some

00:50:40.840 --> 00:50:46.139
i i smoked vienna sausages i don't know uh mike

00:50:46.139 --> 00:50:49.000
m here says a casual asked me at a usa watch

00:50:49.000 --> 00:50:53.230
party If the US had a chance of winning, I told

00:50:53.230 --> 00:50:56.469
him this game. Yes. But the World Cup? No, not

00:50:56.469 --> 00:51:00.409
even a chance. It would be like the 1980s hockey

00:51:00.409 --> 00:51:03.510
team. Was I wrong in saying that? You were wrong

00:51:03.510 --> 00:51:04.989
in saying that because we need to be able to

00:51:04.989 --> 00:51:07.809
make the movie afterwards. And then the spin

00:51:07.809 --> 00:51:10.269
off Mighty Ducks equivalent when a bunch of street

00:51:10.269 --> 00:51:13.269
kids get together to play street soccer and then

00:51:13.269 --> 00:51:18.250
end up at like the Olympics in the U -15s. Listen.

00:51:19.199 --> 00:51:22.300
I don't like zero percent anything. There's always

00:51:22.300 --> 00:51:25.739
that's the beauty of the World Cup. Is it likely?

00:51:26.159 --> 00:51:28.719
No, but not even a chance, Mike. I mean, come

00:51:28.719 --> 00:51:30.659
on, get some rose tinted glasses on and just

00:51:30.659 --> 00:51:33.059
believe for a second. Don't make us sing the

00:51:33.059 --> 00:51:36.079
chant that everyone hates to see get sung at

00:51:36.079 --> 00:51:37.840
watch parties these days, because I will make

00:51:37.840 --> 00:51:40.860
you sing it at the next time we hang out until

00:51:40.860 --> 00:51:43.019
you believe. So, yeah, I don't believe five percent.

00:51:43.019 --> 00:51:45.260
Why not? I said 10 a second ago. Why not? Yeah,

00:51:45.260 --> 00:51:47.760
I think there's there's context in there. Like

00:51:47.760 --> 00:51:50.039
you said. It's unlikely, but it's not impossible.

00:51:50.280 --> 00:51:52.199
I'll tell you this. If there was a team that's

00:51:52.199 --> 00:51:53.920
going to do it, it would probably be this team

00:51:53.920 --> 00:51:56.380
right now, at least in comparison to like the

00:51:56.380 --> 00:51:59.400
2014 generation of players up till now. We're

00:51:59.400 --> 00:52:01.599
the best we've been in a very long time. And

00:52:01.599 --> 00:52:03.829
so if it's going to be a group. I don't see why

00:52:03.829 --> 00:52:06.269
it couldn't be these guys. Joe P writes in, well,

00:52:06.369 --> 00:52:08.510
guys, we are on a hot streak. Too bad we have

00:52:08.510 --> 00:52:10.849
a break now. Let's hope we don't lose this momentum

00:52:10.849 --> 00:52:13.590
when we play a tough Orange County team on the

00:52:13.590 --> 00:52:15.389
fourth. Enjoy attending your World Cup games.

00:52:15.570 --> 00:52:18.489
I attended the quarterfinal in 1994 between Italy

00:52:18.489 --> 00:52:21.190
and Spain. It is an experience you will never

00:52:21.190 --> 00:52:25.309
forget. Anyways, go USA. Always great insight

00:52:25.309 --> 00:52:28.670
from Joe there. Thank you. Mike S says, saw the

00:52:28.670 --> 00:52:31.489
video complaining RAFC doesn't celebrate goals.

00:52:32.010 --> 00:52:35.179
Thoughts? I don't even want to give this fuel

00:52:35.179 --> 00:52:38.280
to the fire this person don't don't go look this

00:52:38.280 --> 00:52:40.780
up because you don't go chasing waterfalls you

00:52:40.780 --> 00:52:44.039
don't need to be giving this guy I won't say

00:52:44.039 --> 00:52:46.480
their name but there's a salacious usl video

00:52:46.480 --> 00:52:49.880
maker and all they do is make hot takes and like

00:52:49.880 --> 00:52:52.460
challenge the status quo his claim is is that

00:52:52.460 --> 00:52:54.519
rod Island fc doesn't celebrate its goals and

00:52:54.519 --> 00:52:57.420
then therefore ruins the fan experience and sours

00:52:57.420 --> 00:53:00.519
the overall usl league because we're not bringing

00:53:00.519 --> 00:53:03.380
enough emotion into it I don't agree with it.

00:53:03.400 --> 00:53:05.500
I've never heard a single World INOC fan complain.

00:53:05.659 --> 00:53:09.079
I've had several, several reels of pictures from

00:53:09.079 --> 00:53:11.059
Dan Chase as well as our photographers on the

00:53:11.059 --> 00:53:13.480
Blazing Musket of this team celebrating goals.

00:53:13.500 --> 00:53:16.159
So maybe it's not the extravagant, flamboyant

00:53:16.159 --> 00:53:18.159
World Cup celebrations, but it's not supposed

00:53:18.159 --> 00:53:20.280
to be. And you know what? Even if they're not

00:53:20.280 --> 00:53:23.420
celebrating goals, I'll take the plus six goal

00:53:23.420 --> 00:53:25.440
differential and the second best attack we have

00:53:25.440 --> 00:53:27.500
in the league if they just want to keep it a

00:53:27.500 --> 00:53:29.679
little humble. That yeah, I'm completely fine

00:53:29.679 --> 00:53:31.639
with that So I don't know where this person's

00:53:31.639 --> 00:53:34.119
coming from and they need to not comment about

00:53:34.119 --> 00:53:35.780
our team unless they're there in person is my

00:53:35.780 --> 00:53:38.880
thoughts Yeah, Adam Z writes in loud and has

00:53:38.880 --> 00:53:41.800
200 people at the stadium tops Are they that

00:53:41.800 --> 00:53:43.940
poorly attended or was this World Cup related

00:53:43.940 --> 00:53:46.739
if that's attendance? No way they survive as

00:53:46.739 --> 00:53:49.840
a club also schedule your game at any time other

00:53:49.840 --> 00:53:53.420
than Brazil's kickoff Yeah, they reported 1500

00:53:53.420 --> 00:53:56.659
did not look like 1500. I had this loud and team

00:53:56.659 --> 00:54:00.909
has had Kind of some attendance issues like 900,

00:54:00.909 --> 00:54:03.429
like 900 for their home opener against Miami.

00:54:04.090 --> 00:54:08.130
Probably something like that. So I also don't

00:54:08.130 --> 00:54:12.030
think that it's the smartest idea to have a league

00:54:12.030 --> 00:54:16.010
run during a global tournament, especially when

00:54:16.010 --> 00:54:19.269
it's in your own country. But what are you going

00:54:19.269 --> 00:54:22.050
to do again? I mean, we talked about it earlier

00:54:22.050 --> 00:54:23.590
on the show, though, like if you could find a

00:54:23.590 --> 00:54:27.500
way to do a morning game or a 12 o 'clock noon

00:54:27.500 --> 00:54:30.260
game and then that way people could watch the

00:54:30.260 --> 00:54:32.699
other events like the other matches like okay

00:54:32.699 --> 00:54:35.239
fine there's room enough to do it but to compete

00:54:35.239 --> 00:54:37.460
against arguably what was supposed to be one

00:54:37.460 --> 00:54:40.039
of the biggest duels in the world cup so far

00:54:40.039 --> 00:54:42.320
like kind of everyone was saying like that the

00:54:42.320 --> 00:54:44.940
games to watch were going to be USA Paraguay

00:54:44.940 --> 00:54:48.119
Brazil Morocco and netherlands japan as far as

00:54:48.119 --> 00:54:50.679
like competency level like that's a tough sell

00:54:50.679 --> 00:54:52.440
and you've known for months that that game was

00:54:52.440 --> 00:54:54.820
going to be competing with it so i don't know

00:54:54.820 --> 00:54:58.280
i I don't know how to do that. Sharon K says,

00:54:58.400 --> 00:55:01.019
heard you mention at the fan zone that Hartford

00:55:01.019 --> 00:55:03.099
got in trouble, but couldn't hear the whole story.

00:55:03.139 --> 00:55:07.880
Can you explain? Love the show. Sharon, I was

00:55:07.880 --> 00:55:10.440
thinking back on this and I wish I knew which

00:55:10.440 --> 00:55:13.619
day. I think this is the Hartford. So I'm going

00:55:13.619 --> 00:55:15.840
to say if this isn't the right one, I apologize.

00:55:16.380 --> 00:55:18.849
But Hartford got in trouble. because they were

00:55:18.849 --> 00:55:21.869
scheduling a watch party for either the first

00:55:21.869 --> 00:55:24.090
game of the World Cup or it was the US Men's

00:55:24.090 --> 00:55:26.230
National Team game and they made this big old

00:55:26.230 --> 00:55:29.650
production of saying come register tickets like

00:55:29.650 --> 00:55:32.550
get free tickets come watch the game at Trinity

00:55:32.550 --> 00:55:35.210
Health Stadium. Right before the match they had

00:55:35.210 --> 00:55:37.670
to cancel the event they offered free tickets

00:55:37.670 --> 00:55:41.050
to a future Hartford Athletic match and it all

00:55:41.050 --> 00:55:44.690
came down to the fact that the FIFA Gestapo saw

00:55:44.690 --> 00:55:46.750
and found out that they were having a watch party

00:55:47.039 --> 00:55:49.360
And that that's not something you can do, because

00:55:49.360 --> 00:55:51.980
we were asking these same questions of Rhode

00:55:51.980 --> 00:55:53.960
Islander C and saying, hey, like, is there going

00:55:53.960 --> 00:55:57.219
to be watch party integrations and coordination?

00:55:57.260 --> 00:56:00.460
And they said we cannot do that because of sponsorship

00:56:00.460 --> 00:56:02.500
conflicts. We would have to wrap our stadium

00:56:02.500 --> 00:56:04.860
the same way these World Cup sites are doing

00:56:04.860 --> 00:56:07.679
it. We have different vendors for drinks and

00:56:07.679 --> 00:56:10.659
food and all that stuff. We cannot do it, especially

00:56:10.659 --> 00:56:12.679
because they operate within the same soccer worlds.

00:56:12.820 --> 00:56:15.639
It's a big no, no. I don't know if that's the

00:56:15.639 --> 00:56:17.239
entirety of the truth. That's just part of the

00:56:17.239 --> 00:56:19.460
story that I've heard. And so, yes, Hartford

00:56:19.460 --> 00:56:22.380
got hurt so hard by this, but they got like FIFA

00:56:22.380 --> 00:56:25.119
slapped. that the rest of the USL said, nope,

00:56:25.420 --> 00:56:28.320
not even going to mess around with this. So if

00:56:28.320 --> 00:56:30.940
you're a USL fan and you're doing some sort of

00:56:30.940 --> 00:56:32.820
activation for World Cup, just keep it on the

00:56:32.820 --> 00:56:35.559
down low. I think James in the Discord had mentioned,

00:56:35.760 --> 00:56:38.460
don't use the hashtags, don't talk about it online,

00:56:38.880 --> 00:56:41.880
and just go enjoy some, I guess, I don't know,

00:56:42.099 --> 00:56:44.260
physical piracy of World Cup matches. I don't

00:56:44.260 --> 00:56:46.860
know how else to say it, but that's the Harvard

00:56:46.860 --> 00:56:49.090
story I think you're looking for. If it's something

00:56:49.090 --> 00:56:51.789
else, let me know and we'll keep telling you

00:56:51.789 --> 00:56:54.889
Hartford Tales in the near future, I guess. Rachel

00:56:54.889 --> 00:56:58.369
H. writes in, why is Nadarse at left back? I

00:56:58.369 --> 00:57:00.170
think kind of like I mentioned earlier, I think

00:57:00.170 --> 00:57:03.110
it was very much a kind of tactical decision

00:57:03.110 --> 00:57:06.349
by coach. And we've also seen that Nadarse can

00:57:06.349 --> 00:57:09.849
kind of play anywhere in that back line. I think

00:57:09.849 --> 00:57:12.309
it worked out. I think we'll obviously with how

00:57:12.309 --> 00:57:14.789
Sanchez has been, how great he's been this season,

00:57:14.989 --> 00:57:17.969
though, like. He'll be back in the squad. I wouldn't

00:57:17.969 --> 00:57:21.670
be too worried about that Stacey L says is JJ

00:57:21.670 --> 00:57:24.210
a contender for golden boots would have said

00:57:24.210 --> 00:57:28.210
yes until we saw Darren Smith score five goals

00:57:28.210 --> 00:57:30.489
against Sporting Jacks this weekend alongside

00:57:30.489 --> 00:57:34.389
Detroit City FC Tied the record that's been in

00:57:34.389 --> 00:57:38.210
place since 2013 in the USL like talk about history

00:57:38.210 --> 00:57:42.070
right there So now he's a he's six. He's five

00:57:42.070 --> 00:57:45.170
goals behind the golden boot in Darren Smith

00:57:45.840 --> 00:57:47.699
Obviously, Darren Smith is not going to put up

00:57:47.699 --> 00:57:50.139
five gold performances, and they've played Sporting

00:57:50.139 --> 00:57:52.739
Jacks twice, so, you know, JJ's gotten several

00:57:52.739 --> 00:57:54.980
hot tricks in the past for us, so maybe when

00:57:54.980 --> 00:57:58.019
it's Sporting Jacks' turn next time around, maybe

00:57:58.019 --> 00:58:00.019
he can catch up. Do I think he's a contender?

00:58:00.340 --> 00:58:03.460
Yes, absolutely. I think that maybe even Quasera,

00:58:03.500 --> 00:58:05.559
if he can start getting some additional momentum,

00:58:05.679 --> 00:58:08.239
he could do it to all the wingers in Quasera's

00:58:08.239 --> 00:58:10.500
role and probably not as often, but there's no

00:58:10.500 --> 00:58:12.480
reason to think a healthy JJ couldn't at least

00:58:12.480 --> 00:58:15.820
be... top three or even that dangerous of a close

00:58:15.820 --> 00:58:18.940
of a contender for golden boot brian are do we

00:58:18.940 --> 00:58:21.380
think pity will get ten gold contributions this

00:58:21.380 --> 00:58:24.119
season still i don't know and i was just kind

00:58:24.119 --> 00:58:25.840
of mentioned this a little earlier i i think

00:58:25.840 --> 00:58:28.760
he's maybe somewhere in that five to eight range

00:58:28.760 --> 00:58:31.320
i think he only has what two assists right now

00:58:31.320 --> 00:58:36.659
yeah so it it's it's tough to see it if he turns

00:58:36.659 --> 00:58:39.679
it on the right time and kind of you know pads

00:58:39.679 --> 00:58:43.639
of stats Like Darren Smith there, maybe maybe

00:58:43.639 --> 00:58:45.960
he could get close I mean think about too like

00:58:45.960 --> 00:58:48.679
in Maybe we'll see more of it now as he's getting

00:58:48.679 --> 00:58:51.579
pushed out wider and wider In the midfield like

00:58:51.579 --> 00:58:53.860
those roles have not always been glamorous when

00:58:53.860 --> 00:58:56.280
it comes to those types of stats Like think back

00:58:56.280 --> 00:58:58.420
to Markie bar. We called him the trash man because

00:58:58.420 --> 00:59:00.619
it wasn't his goal contributions. It was his

00:59:00.619 --> 00:59:02.969
defensive work Hugo Bacharach only now getting

00:59:02.969 --> 00:59:05.570
his second assist in club history with his time

00:59:05.570 --> 00:59:08.349
with Rhode Island FC. Clay's usually only good

00:59:08.349 --> 00:59:11.510
for maybe five goal contributions a season, but

00:59:11.510 --> 00:59:13.429
you can't deny the work that he does on and off

00:59:13.429 --> 00:59:15.230
the ball. Amish Shapiro -Thompson, same thing.

00:59:15.449 --> 00:59:18.429
So like, I think if anything, the wing might

00:59:18.429 --> 00:59:21.090
give him more flexibility to get some assists,

00:59:21.150 --> 00:59:23.650
maybe even goals, but I wouldn't diminish what

00:59:23.650 --> 00:59:26.809
he does when he's on the pitch because he's not

00:59:26.809 --> 00:59:29.070
getting those contributions to pad his stats.

00:59:29.420 --> 00:59:33.059
Yeah, no, I'd agree. Eric N says, statement when

00:59:33.059 --> 00:59:35.920
to get past loud and finally, should we be concerned

00:59:35.920 --> 00:59:38.400
that we only have two clean sheets so far when

00:59:38.400 --> 00:59:41.519
we had 14 last season? So this is the stat. So

00:59:41.519 --> 00:59:43.639
when we talk about why we're not winning games,

00:59:43.679 --> 00:59:46.659
it's not necessarily related to this, although

00:59:46.659 --> 00:59:49.780
letting in a couple of these goals has taken

00:59:49.780 --> 00:59:54.179
us from three points to just one. I don't care

00:59:54.179 --> 00:59:56.360
as much about clean sheets as much as I care

00:59:56.360 --> 00:59:59.769
about the way we concede goals. and I don't think

00:59:59.769 --> 01:00:02.329
there's been a ton of times this season like

01:00:02.329 --> 01:00:05.429
think back to the first five games of 2025 when

01:00:05.429 --> 01:00:07.610
we were just getting like embarrassed in set

01:00:07.610 --> 01:00:10.510
piece defense we asked ourselves multiple times

01:00:10.510 --> 01:00:13.050
like what is this team doing why are they so

01:00:13.050 --> 01:00:16.489
like stiff and static why aren't they like continuing

01:00:16.489 --> 01:00:19.900
to shut down spaces i think that sometimes the

01:00:19.900 --> 01:00:22.159
goals that come against us are just good goals

01:00:22.159 --> 01:00:24.699
i also think that there's been a couple of deflections

01:00:24.699 --> 01:00:27.019
that have not gone our way where second balls

01:00:27.019 --> 01:00:28.980
have bounced right into the position of an oncoming

01:00:28.980 --> 01:00:31.059
runner and like we're out of we're out of position

01:00:31.059 --> 01:00:33.559
like a lot of times connor will throw players

01:00:33.559 --> 01:00:35.239
and throw numbers forward to try to get back

01:00:35.239 --> 01:00:38.099
into games and then we just get punished you

01:00:38.099 --> 01:00:41.179
know we've only lost a couple games by like just

01:00:41.179 --> 01:00:43.440
one goal usually when we start getting the game

01:00:43.440 --> 01:00:45.659
kind of gets away from us or like we get away

01:00:45.659 --> 01:00:49.179
from the game and so I don't know like do you

01:00:49.179 --> 01:00:50.719
think clean sheet should matter this much like

01:00:50.719 --> 01:00:52.659
they they just don't matter to me other than

01:00:52.659 --> 01:00:54.619
giving coca vegas a reason to stay and get a

01:00:54.619 --> 01:00:57.940
bigger contract yeah as long as the result is

01:00:57.940 --> 01:01:00.480
there ultimately and like you said we're not

01:01:00.480 --> 01:01:02.440
give it it's the way that we give up goals if

01:01:02.440 --> 01:01:06.159
we're giving up really poor lazy goals like that

01:01:06.159 --> 01:01:09.590
then I would start to be concerned I think we'll

01:01:09.590 --> 01:01:13.170
see potentially as this team goes into its second

01:01:13.170 --> 01:01:16.170
half. We'll probably pick up a few more and get

01:01:16.170 --> 01:01:18.369
to maybe he'll get closer to 10 or something

01:01:18.369 --> 01:01:21.179
like that. I agree, I agree. Programming note,

01:01:21.219 --> 01:01:22.860
we're going to be off for the next couple of

01:01:22.860 --> 01:01:24.800
weeks now as Rhode Island FC takes both their

01:01:24.800 --> 01:01:26.619
bi -week and their mental health week break.

01:01:27.000 --> 01:01:29.280
We do have player interviews lined up for you

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guys, so you will hear from some of the players

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as well as some other special guests during that

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time. So the next interview will be with defender

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Omidy Jope next Monday, and then I'll let you

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guys find out the rest as we go. And we'll pick

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up programming right before the 4th of July game

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on July 3rd, previewing Orange County. And then

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we're going to be on the soccer for Orange County

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as well as have them on. So go enjoy Iran and

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New Zealand and enjoy the World Cup. We will

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catch up with all of you on Discord and all the

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other places you can find us and have a great

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first couple of weeks of the World Cup. We'll

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see you all soon. Thanks for joining us. Anchors

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forward to seeing you again. Until then, I'm

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Anchor crew, goodbye for now. And as always,

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we are Rhode Island FC.