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You're listening to Raising Anchor on 990 WBOB.

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Welcome to the Raising Anchor Soccer Show with

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Matt Entrickett and Jason Carey. Your home for

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news, analysis, and everything Rhode Island FC.

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Each week they take you inside the locker room,

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inside the tactics, and inside the storyline

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shaping RIFC. Here's Matt and Jixon. Rhode Island

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FC hold the best of the West to a draw, securing

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one point against Orange County Soccer Club in

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a night that had goals for, goals against, and

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of course, rain at Centerville Bank Stadium.

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Was this as good of a game as we deserved? And

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was this, more importantly, a pressure test for

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some midweek action as the boys in amber and

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blue head all the way to California to take on

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the Sacramento Republic? We're going to figure

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that out. We're going to break down the game.

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We're going to preview the next one here. It's

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a double show week because World Cup is going

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to be on a pause, and the only thing you should

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be watching tomorrow is Rhode Island FC. First

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and foremost, though, got to check in with the

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co -host with the most Mr. Jason Carey. Jason,

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how are you doing, my friend? Uh, doing all right,

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trying to get over the, uh, the, uh, stinging

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exit there that was, uh, last night's, uh, USA

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match. Um, kind of a bit of a reality check for

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us. I think there was a lot of hype around the

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team and, uh, I mean, the, the tournament overall,

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with the exception of maybe a few issues at the

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beginning, Guinea was going really well and the

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USA was doing well. I mean, the other host nations

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were to a certain extent as well. And it all

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kind of came crashing down here in the, uh, the

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round of 16. I don't really believe in karma

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or jinxes, but in this case, I think that there

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was a, whether or not he actually did it, there

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was some political intervention, someone claim

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or at least claim that they did. And I think

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it brads some kind of maybe bad karma to the

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team. I've watched this Belgium team play a lot

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and they were clueless in the, in the group stages.

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They look abysmal. Completely different team.

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Completely different than what we saw. And they

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showed up with a chip on their shoulder like

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they had something to prove. And it didn't help

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that we also shot ourselves in the foot with

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a really lot of poor defensive errors, but that

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was not a performance from them that, you know,

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we should have lost maybe 2 -1, right? It shouldn't

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have been. an absolute thrashing. A lot of people

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online complaining about the fact that we lost

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as both the host nation and not advancing past

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the round of 16 something again we have not done

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since 2002 when we made it to the quarterfinals.

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You could argue well we still made it through

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one knockout round because of the expanded format.

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but i don't think there was a lot of american

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fans that thought we could go all the way i think

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maybe in the back of our minds you know those

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dark recesses where we don't speak those parts

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out loud we keep them quiet in ourselves maybe

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we believe maybe we're like This team's good

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enough to compete. And then it all came crashing

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down. Like you said, it wasn't just a loss. It

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was a complete collapse from the U .S. men's

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national team side, not the game that we wanted

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to exit and bow out of the tournament. And I

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think to your point, if it had been a closer

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game, whether it was a 2 -1, a 1 -0 loss, a 0

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-0 that went to penalties and they just didn't

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go our way, some... better answers as to the

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future of the squad the future of soccer in this

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country but instead when you're on the highest

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pedestal and the nation's eyes are upon you it's

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like they just didn't show up to this game it

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was disjointed disconnected it was disappointing

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i said that last night to a couple people at

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high motor it just felt like They never woke

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up and realized that they had to play the biggest

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game of their lives. And, you know, I've heard

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pundits talk about they didn't have fight, they

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didn't have tenacity. It just felt like to me.

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that they didn't realize that they had to play

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soccer that day because I was by the end of the

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game with about 30 minutes to go the people that

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were sitting at my table we started playing a

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game of can America string together more than

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three passes before they get dispossessed off

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the ball and guess what Jason they never did

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it again for almost 30 minutes it was trying

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to move the ball as fast as forward as possible

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and then it would just get shut down by a Belgian

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side that definitely had something to play for

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and ironically from Belgium They didn't start

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Lukaku or De Bruyne. Lukaku does amazing damage

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at the end just to put like the cherry on top

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of that defeat and it is what it is. So I'm gonna

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ask you this question because we're gonna reminisce

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just for a little bit before we get in to all

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of the Rhode Island of Sea action. Was this a

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worse game when we talk US versus Belgium in

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World Cup? Was this a worse performance than

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the 2014 result and do we owe Chris Wandelowski

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an apology? I'm not going to go as far as to

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say we owe Chris Wandelowski an apology, because

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I do not care for the San Jose earthquakes at

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all. However, I do think that this was a worse

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performance. I think when we go and look back

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to that game, we took it to 120 minutes. Remember,

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that game had fight in it. And that's just what

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was missing from this game. There wasn't that

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like claw back into the game. Felt like there

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was a few moments where we are maybe going to

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get back into it. One of those moments is kind

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of right before Matt Freecy forgot how to kick

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a ball. He just wanted to kick the ground as

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hard as he could. It's not that he forgot the

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ball. He hates the ground that he was standing

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on. He was just spamming fake shot and just and

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it's completely missed. But before that it kind

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of felt like there was a little bit of like fight

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in the team to get back in and that maybe just

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killed the spark in them. I would rather them

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to see them even if there is no hope to kind

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of continue to go for it. And it just kind of

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felt like hopeless long balls and that they just

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really couldn't string anything together. Yeah,

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I think after the freeze mistake, I think that's

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kind of took the wind out of the sails. Maybe

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the team still thinking there was a possibility

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after Tillman had scored in that free kick. I'll

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tell you this right now, you talk about fight

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and who would have brought it had they been substituted

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on. We saw Burrhalter, we saw Raynaud to a certain

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extent really trying to like change the attitude

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on the pitch. You know who would have been the

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dog you needed in that fight? Diego Luna. Oh,

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absolutely. That's that's all there is to it

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at this point. So I didn't see Christian Roldan

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I think even play in the tournament. He was like

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injured. Again, my point to it. So I also want

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to say I don't know if this is a hot take, but

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I think that after this tournament, I think Polisic

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is a fraud. I don't I'm not really impressed

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with him. I don't think he's at the levels of

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Landon Donovan or Clint Dempsey like we have

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elevated him to. I think he's a perfectly mid

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-range player that can augment a team. Like a

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Jermaine Jones was never gonna be the star of

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the show, had some sensational moments, but he

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was never leading that locker room. He was never,

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the hope was on his shoulders. There's talent

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there, but I don't think he is Mr. or Captain

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America by any sense of the matter. I don't think

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he has that dog in him. Apparently after the

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the game the interview he's like well now we

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get to rest for the upcoming season. I was like

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You play for the badge in front not the name

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on the back. Hence the Diego Luna comment Look,

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we'll see what happens with this roster They'll

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go into gold cup here in the year to come and

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we'll see how they do in concrete calf time Jason

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right now looking at the quarterfinal lineup.

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There are no concrete calf teams left There's

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only one calf team one cotton ball team left

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the rest of this. This is back to the UEFA show

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Do we dare put any predictions in as to who might

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go all the way at this point? Or is there, is

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there a team that we're rooting for now that

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the U S is out? Um, I mean, probably, probably

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Norway, just the Vikings, cause that's fun. It'd

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be a fun storyline. Um, realistically, I still

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think this is France's tournament until proven

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otherwise. Maybe some people based upon a game

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that happened earlier today might think that,

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you know, Certain organization wants a certain

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South American team to win but the script is

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in all right Argentina's gonna win the whole

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thing just because that's what Egypt is telling

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everyone it's not the fact that Egypt Let in

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three goals uncontested and unanswered. It's

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because the script writers for FIFA want Argentina

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to win the entirety of that game. Think what

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you want about it, but all you had to do is stop

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one of those goals from going in and you could

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have still been at least talking a different

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story if it had gone all the way to extra time

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plus pens. But listen, hashtag not a World Cup

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soccer show. I think Norway is the right fit.

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We'll have to see how they do against England.

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We got to get into this Rhode Island of Sea conversation

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and let's talk about league standings. Obviously

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Rhode Island of Sea come off of a 1 -1 draw.

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We earn a point. So Jason, that should mean For

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all intents and purposes, we've moved up the

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table, right? We're no longer in 9th, right?

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Well, we still find ourselves kind of in the

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basement there, never ending 9th place. RFC now

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back to a perfectly balanced 4 -4 -4 record.

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16 points here after that 1 -1 draw. I guess

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the silver line is you could say that was a first

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place team in the West. But we're still two to

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three games behind most teams. So, I'd say a

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draw isn't the worst result, especially maybe

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considering the opponents. Maybe we'll talk a

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little bit, unpack that a little bit more later,

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but there's still plenty of game time for us

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to kind of claw some points back and move up

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that table. So, we've drawn against Orange County

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at home. We've now drawn against Tampa Bay at

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home. Definitely contenders to make things difficult

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for teams at the top of the table. Speaking about

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Sacramento as our next opponents. Meanwhile,

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they also sit on a 4 -4 -4 record. Weirdly enough,

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though, in the Western Conference, that's only

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good enough to get you tenth. So, you know, you

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talked about Silver Linings a second ago. Maybe

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that's the Eastern Silver Lining, despite the

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fact that we have an extra team in our conference

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this season. This game screams big midweek opportunity,

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I should say. Both of these teams, a win could

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get them back over the playoff line and get some

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of those... you know, casual eyes and concerns

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on where the performance of these individual

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teams are. But this is also going to be a question

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because it is midweek action for Rhode Island

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FC. It is a team in Sacramento that probably

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should be higher up the table, but it's not.

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Again, you could say the same thing. And it's

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going to be a curiosity as these two teams have.

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They're the only teams, by the way, in the Western

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Conference and Eastern Conference that have seen

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each other every single year. Oddly enough last

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year and the year before that Sacramento has

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come and played at home in Rhode Island three

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times So it's one of those weird things where

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we've seen them in two home games of the season

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And then we got them in that the Jaeger Meister

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tournament play where we don't like to talk about

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that match But as far as Western Conference teams

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go, we've we've had a lot of looks at Sacramento

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We just never have gone to Sacramento to ply

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our trade there a very interesting match ahead

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on that But we're going to go to our first break

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because we have tons to break down tonight. And

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when we return, we're going to look at how Rhode

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Island of Sea set themselves up for success against

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Orange County last weekend on the 4th of July.

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soccer ship on 990 WBOB with Matt intricate and

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Jason here. All right, taking a quick look at

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how Kano set up here for the match. As always,

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we've got Koke Vegas and net here. Uh, back four

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of Nick's Gardena, Creafy, yow, Grant Stoneman

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and Frank no Darcy. holding midfielders here

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of Clay Holstad and Hugo Baccarac, with your

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attacking midfielders being Jojea Quisera, Amos

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Shapiro -Thompson, and Augustine Piteira -Rigas.

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with JJ Williams up top as that lone striker.

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Looking back at the predictions we made on this

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game, only one that we really got wrong. We weren't

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sure about Grant Stoneman versus Frank D 'Odarse.

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We've seen limited success from that pair so

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far this season. Grant Stoneman gets the nod

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to the start, makes his 150th USL regular season

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appearance. So what a milestone, what a feather

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to put in your hat there. Frakener and I say

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back out wide, we had predicted maybe Al Dyer

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had earned a way back into this starting lineup.

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Not the case here. But one other interesting

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thing that we saw on the night, got to talk about

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it. Djurjeik Wazera, no longer the inverted winger,

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but instead playing back on the left like we

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had seen for extended Periods in this game now,

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of course one of Kano's favorite tricks is to

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you know Swap his wingers and flip them throughout

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the game to kind of Disorient defenders and cause

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some chaos going into the final third but Predominantly

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saw jr. Jake was there on the left this night

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Didn't really see him and didn't have an impact

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feeling him out on the right thoughts on what

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we were thinking that was all about Yeah, I was

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it was interesting to see him kind of move back

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over there especially where we've seen him have

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some success while playing on the right and being

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able to kind of, you know, contribute a lot of

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goals here this season with something we haven't

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seen him do as much in the past. I wonder if

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that comes down to to pity, right? Is this Conno

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trying to get more out of pity by like kind of

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testing where he, what his best position is on

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the field? You know, we saw Amos Shapiro Thompson

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come back into the fold and he kind of has made

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that center attacking midfielder position, his

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old, his own as kind of like the, the tipping

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point of the, with the two holding midthrows

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behind him there. And so we're kind of playing

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around with the wings to find what's that best

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combination. I think for Quesaro, we've seen

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that it potentially is the right there, but he

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played in the left in the first seasons. So.

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Maybe this is an opportunity to try and get out

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more of pity. Is pity doing enough? You know,

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I know we talked about this, I think a few episodes

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ago with the break, it's hard to like just immediately

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go back and recall it. But we know that, you

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know, pity might not be the player that's going

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to be a 10 and 10, you know, midfielder attacking

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midfielder. He he may only get single digits

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in one category. He may not score a single goal

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this season and only be from the assist side

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of things. Is this is he doing enough? that we've

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seen to demonstrate, because we've had cases

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about, you know, Leo Afonso, should he be starting

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over pity? You know, Amos Shapiro Thompson, I

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think, has solidified a spot in the starting

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11. Is pity doing enough at this point in your

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impressions? I don't know. It's hard to say with

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him. I feel like he doesn't have bad games per

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se, but I feel like the expectations were that

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he would bring goals and assists. There's not

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really getting that out of them. I think we are

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getting Better numbers from Leo as he's coming

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off the bench So I maybe we could Try something

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similar with Augustine. I don't know. But then

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who do you who do you put back out there? I mean

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do you try and just throw Sanchez up there make

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him play a winger It's it's kind of a interesting

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problem for a Kano to kind of figure out like

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what is his best position and how can we get

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the best out of them. It'll be something we have

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to watch as the injuries are starting to pile

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up. We'll talk about that in the preview here

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in a bit. Getting back to the roster that was

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selected for game day, getting back into the

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Frank Nardarse versus Aldair Sanchez component

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of it. Look at some of the overlying stats, you

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know, It's hard to qualify one player versus

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the other. I think both of them provide a couple

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of different things. There's a willingness to

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dribble and duel on that left side and there

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is a solid defensive composure. I think Aldair

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offers more from the crossing game. I think he's

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a little bit more accurate with getting the ball

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into the mixer, but I think Sanchez. Excuse me,

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I think Nodar Seh brings a little bit more stability

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to the back line and his presence in set piece

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offense and set piece defending has not been

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ignored or missed. It has been a key component

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of some of the recent success. Knowing that and

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now kind of seeing it looks like it's Nodar Seh's

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spot to lose now, is this a case where Kano Smith

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is leaning more towards that stability that Nodar

00:17:00.909 --> 00:17:03.309
Seh brings in the set piece part of it and the

00:17:03.309 --> 00:17:05.650
management there of the game? Or is it something

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where all day or Sanchez's game needs to evolve

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to the next level expectation? Because if we

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know one thing about Kano when you're not doing

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what he wants to see get done, it gets hard to

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suddenly find starts. I'm looking at you, you

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know, Gabby Alves. I'm looking at you, Steven

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Turnbull. Like, how do those moments happen to

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where Sanchez can find his way back into that

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starting 11? It's hard to say. I also wonder,

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too, in regards to. The way that Kano looks at

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this team defensively. We know that he really

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wants to be like, I have a solid defense and

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I know that we, we have, but also that there

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are times when the season we've looked a little

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shaky and I don't know, maybe that's him kind

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of, like you said, relying on no Darcy for that

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solidity of stability, whereas Sanchez is a left

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back, but he also is kind of bit more of an attacking

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left back, if you will. The Sanchez need to start

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trying more bikes more often because clearly

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that's what Frank's been trying to do to wow

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the crowd lately. I don't know how maybe maybe

00:18:07.769 --> 00:18:10.529
we just need to see a little bit more flair from

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Sanchez's game for him to kind of sneak his way

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back in. He's that brilliant street baller, but

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also it's a long season, right? We've got three

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games this week. I mean, we could very well see

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Sanchez start tomorrow. and then just kind of

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get some rotation. I know that the guys are rested,

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but at the same time, you don't want to have

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them come off of rest and immediately run them

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right into the ground. Agreed. Who are your heroes

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and Zeros in the match? Hero's going to be AST.

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I wasn't sure where he'd fit into this lineup,

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but he's really made himself a first choice and

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just consistently playing super well. Zero's

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going to be Tim Ream. He really had a poor performance.

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I can't believe that he didn't. Oh wait, we're

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not talking about that game, are we? I see what

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you did there. Uh, my heroes for the game got

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to be who go back Iraq with the lone goal, but

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just also his attacking prowess on the night

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and multiple looks at net from range, uh, multiple

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set piece attempts, uh, really provided a lot

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of spark when the game was kind of dying off

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on the wings. Um, you know, Orange County was

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compact. They stayed they stayed very defensively

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Deep and you know, it was hard to find those

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opportunities even though there was a ton of

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shots Jason which we'll talk about here in a

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second Hugo's got to be the man of the match

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for me or at least my hero The zero has got to

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be the rain. I'm when we looked at the weather

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and did the last show It was 80 degrees. There

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was no rain within like 38 hour corridor on either

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side and then by the time it's game day I'm suddenly

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seeing warnings that the rain is 10 30 p .m.

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Now it's 8 p .m. We got to stop getting washed

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out at Centerville Bank Stadium. I'm not complaining

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about it for me, but fans are not going to show

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up. The stadium continues to get rain like this.

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It's something's got to be done. I don't know

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if it's afternoon games. It wouldn't help today.

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It's been raining all day, but like, man, I'm

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getting sick and tired of the rain. Yeah, I really

00:20:05.710 --> 00:20:07.750
need to get some more people in there. It just

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worked. We're cursed this year. I don't know

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what it is. Absolutely. So let's start things

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off now with Kano's opening statement. We'll

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listen to what he had to say about the game and

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then kind of reflect and open it up with our

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own. So here's Coach Kano Smith on the performance

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against Orange County Soccer Club. Good teams,

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two pretty evenly matched. Wasn't much between

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the teams. I think they had a period in the first

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half where they were 10 to 15 minutes where they

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were superior. Then after the water break, I

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thought we were, we went in halftime with momentum.

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We came out of halftime with momentum. Obviously,

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we scored, had enough corner kicks, had enough

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set pieces. Probably not enough in open play

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to be dangerous, but I think we still had some.

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But I don't think they caused us many problems.

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I think they had good possession, but we're really

00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:58.559
dangerous with it. But yeah, then the kid, Sela,

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I thought he was probably the best player on

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the field tonight. And he had one moment and

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decided the game. I can't disagree with anything

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Connor just said I do want to quickly call out

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the hydration breaks It was warm enough. I guess

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to warrant I'm not sure what the USL handbook

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determines is like What's the necessary temperature

00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:20.940
or humidity that you would have to do? Hydration,

00:21:21.140 --> 00:21:24.700
you know positive dehydration But it was kind

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of weird to see considering how much chatter

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that that has gotten and then the first game

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during the World Cup That's at home at Sonoma

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Bank Stadium there's a hydration break. Do you

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think this is something that's going to start

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living within you? Cause if the USO could do

00:21:35.809 --> 00:21:37.650
one thing right now, it's make more money. Are

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we getting a hydration breaks in the USO? I really

00:21:39.730 --> 00:21:43.430
hope not. It's hydration breaks are our thing

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that have been around, but like you said it,

00:21:45.470 --> 00:21:47.470
there's usually some sort of criteria. I don't

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know exactly what that criteria criteria is,

00:21:50.390 --> 00:21:53.230
but it's never been more than like 30 seconds

00:21:53.230 --> 00:21:56.690
to a minute. So to see this kind of sneak into

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the game. Not a fan agreed getting into the actual

00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:03.319
match again I have to go I have to agree with

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:06.359
Kano here This game did not feel like Orange

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County was ever in the driver's seat. Yes. They

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did have the lion chair possession But when you

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look at how much Rhode Island was trying to dominate

00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:17.900
their will on this match, it just never really

00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:20.660
felt like Orange County was in this game for

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anything other than a draw and was just happy

00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:25.380
to walk away with a point at that. You know,

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I look at the shots, total shots, 24 total shots

00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:31.920
for Rhode Island of C, just three on target there.

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We've talked about the clinicalness. We've talked

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about the need to finish in these opportunities.

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44 touches in the opposition box. Jason, they

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only found the ball nine times in Rhode Island

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:46.539
FC's box. This just did not feel like they were

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tested. They did not feel like they were put

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to task by this number one team in the Western

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Conference. And again, I know that they're coming.

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They're playing away. They're not playing at

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their own home stadium in Championship Park,

00:22:58.359 --> 00:23:01.460
but it just felt like Orange County's job on

00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:04.579
the night was to recycle possession, try to keep

00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:06.640
the ball away from Rhode Island FC as much as

00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:09.339
possible, and then just lock down whenever Rhode

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:11.579
Island looked at their goal mouth. And that's

00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:13.680
all there was to it. Yeah. I mean, even with

00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:15.599
all that possession you talk about, they barely

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went for it with along with those nine touches.

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They only had two shots on target. I mean, with

00:23:21.609 --> 00:23:24.390
Well, one on target, sorry, two shots and one

00:23:24.390 --> 00:23:27.109
on target. So with that, they got one goal. I

00:23:27.109 --> 00:23:29.309
mean, part of that, I think the other one hit

00:23:29.309 --> 00:23:32.089
the woodwork on that deflection. But yeah, I

00:23:32.089 --> 00:23:35.049
hear what you're saying. Yeah. So it's just maybe

00:23:35.049 --> 00:23:37.069
a bit of luck on their side, considering how

00:23:37.069 --> 00:23:39.369
much RAFC dominated the game. It wasn't able

00:23:39.369 --> 00:23:41.930
to convert there. Just 85 passes in Rhode Island

00:23:41.930 --> 00:23:45.910
FC's own half for the entirety of that game considering.

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:50.200
Orange County by trade, 238 passes in their own

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half. Rhode Island should have won this game.

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They absolutely should have. And I think a couple

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of things come from this. I think we talked about

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the importance of could they continue that momentum

00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:03.740
out of the Loudoun game or would this break stifle

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:06.059
some of that? And I think we saw it. I wouldn't

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:07.839
say necessarily that the players were tired,

00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:10.160
but I think that there's a mentality going into

00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:13.150
these moments, these matches that just didn't

00:24:13.150 --> 00:24:16.390
quite settle in in this game and that's why we

00:24:16.390 --> 00:24:18.500
saw it because it felt like so many times. if

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:20.799
they took the extra pass, if they just lifted

00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:23.359
their head and took the extra touch, that a ball

00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:25.279
could have found its way past an Orange County

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:27.359
defender. Instead, it was, and we've seen this

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:29.460
before, it was it was impatience. It was hurry.

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:32.079
It was send it in without waiting for the player

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:34.480
to find the channel to connect with the ball

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:37.539
on the cross or the secondary recovery or the

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:40.119
deflection. We just never seem to be in the right

00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:43.059
place to take advantage of goals that we've seen

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:45.579
success from this season. And unfortunately,

00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:48.359
it does not come to pass as the match. ends up

00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:51.559
one to one. Want to talk about what Kano said

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:54.920
about the extended break and the momentum of

00:24:54.920 --> 00:24:57.279
the team. Yeah, just keep doing what they're

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:59.400
doing. I think it was important for them to rest

00:24:59.400 --> 00:25:02.299
and recover and relax. Like it's been a difficult

00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:04.200
six months, not more difficult than anybody else,

00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:07.799
but it's pro sports. It's difficult. So it was

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:09.619
good for them to get away and relax. But I thought

00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:11.200
they came back in pretty good shape. You could

00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:13.599
see a little bit of fatigue tonight, but honestly

00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:18.079
it wasn't, it was more just get away. Recover

00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:21.380
mentally Anything you disagree about that you

00:25:21.380 --> 00:25:23.759
we asked ourselves, you know was did this time

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:26.799
off create rust? Did it slow these players down?

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:29.460
Was this physical fatigue or was this probably

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:32.619
maybe like a mental lapse in just getting things

00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:35.000
done at home? I think it's just a probably a

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:37.240
little bit of mental lapse less rust if you will

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:40.900
if you're Doing something we can week out. It

00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:43.480
kind of builds that routine you take a few weeks

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:48.150
off Maybe you need a, you know, an extra game

00:25:48.150 --> 00:25:50.470
or two to get back into a groove. If you will,

00:25:50.809 --> 00:25:53.109
I think considering the way that this, this game

00:25:53.109 --> 00:25:54.789
could have gone very differently against the

00:25:54.789 --> 00:25:57.869
top, you know, place opponent can't hate it too

00:25:57.869 --> 00:26:00.809
much, but definitely felt like you said that

00:26:00.809 --> 00:26:03.130
RFC really had a good opportunity to win this

00:26:03.130 --> 00:26:06.130
game. And maybe had this been a continuation

00:26:06.130 --> 00:26:08.930
from after the Loudon game without such a long

00:26:08.930 --> 00:26:11.299
break. Maybe we would have found a second goal

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:13.680
there to get away with all three points. You

00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:15.359
know, one of the things I do want to talk about

00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:17.200
as well in this game and just to bring it up

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:19.099
now, and it's not the same story that people

00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:20.859
always hear from us, but I want to talk about

00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:22.980
the refereeing experience here for a moment.

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:25.420
One of the things that surprised me about Orange

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:27.559
County's defense and the way that they wanted

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:30.539
to play the game was the amount of fouls that

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:33.490
were committed or interpreted. by the referee.

00:26:33.730 --> 00:26:35.829
We've heard this story to a certain extent in

00:26:35.829 --> 00:26:38.269
the past about referees controlling the game,

00:26:38.549 --> 00:26:41.349
about referees inserting themselves into the

00:26:41.349 --> 00:26:43.809
narrative. But I got to tell you, man, after

00:26:43.809 --> 00:26:45.910
watching the World Cup and there's been such

00:26:45.910 --> 00:26:50.009
a emphasis on letting the play continue, letting

00:26:50.009 --> 00:26:54.339
the game flow, a almost kind of restriction or

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:57.839
rescinding of cards and fouls that we would see

00:26:57.839 --> 00:27:01.900
at all levels of the game across the world. It

00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:04.319
felt like the mandate this time around with FIFA

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:07.779
has been, let the boys play. It's been really

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:10.940
difficult to watch that last game and go from,

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:14.240
you know, hacks and slashes and, you know, bruises

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:16.539
and shoves that historically have been fouls

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:19.039
around the planet, not getting called, right?

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:21.559
Just seeing that, that, that, you know, You know

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:24.160
dudes coming together fighting and battling for

00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:27.420
the ball and now it's like the wind blows over

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:30.079
an Orange County player They flop to the ground

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:32.799
and a foul has been committed a murder has been

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:36.059
committed if you will 22 fouls from Rhode Island

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:39.539
FC side just 12 from Orange County It reminds

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:41.759
me of the early days of this club when we we

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:44.859
asked Kano you know is there a physicality problem

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:47.099
in this league it felt like we went right back

00:27:47.099 --> 00:27:49.539
to that and i don't know if it was jc griggs

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:51.579
i started searching like where does he come from

00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:53.619
spoiler alert everyone he's a referee that was

00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:57.240
born and raised in southern california but also

00:27:57.240 --> 00:28:00.460
like is this just i've i've now seen what it

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:02.839
should look like from a pace and a flow in world

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:05.640
cup action and i just have to re i have to reset

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:09.059
my own expectations here in usl play I think

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:10.700
it's a little bit of column A, a little bit of

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:13.039
column B. There's definitely a reset of expectations

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:16.799
that these are lower division refs. They're not

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:18.880
going to, unfortunately, be nearly as good as

00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:20.619
what we're getting to experience here in the

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:23.220
World Cup. But also at the same time, we've seen

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:25.039
the other side of the coin too, right? We've

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:29.000
seen games where they're just beating up on JJ

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:32.920
and there's just nothing being called. So it's,

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:36.130
how do we find that happy middle ground? Maybe

00:28:36.130 --> 00:28:38.970
with the World Cup here, maybe we'll get a few

00:28:38.970 --> 00:28:41.529
more soccer fans and it'll just kind of, it'll

00:28:41.529 --> 00:28:44.569
be a slow burn. We'll kind of keep building it

00:28:44.569 --> 00:28:47.230
up, but it's definitely, definitely frustrating.

00:28:47.230 --> 00:28:50.250
I noticed it too with the refs compared to what

00:28:50.250 --> 00:28:53.049
we've been experiencing. So getting back to this

00:28:53.049 --> 00:28:55.210
draw, you know, Rhode Island have seen now unbeaten

00:28:55.210 --> 00:28:57.769
in their last three games across all competitions.

00:28:58.130 --> 00:29:02.309
Also now holding a six win. five draws and one

00:29:02.309 --> 00:29:05.670
loss record through 12 games across all competitions

00:29:05.670 --> 00:29:08.569
at Centerville Bank Stadium. The only loss coming

00:29:08.569 --> 00:29:12.789
from that Birmingham Legion game because you

00:29:12.789 --> 00:29:15.089
can't remember, you can't count the Revolution

00:29:15.089 --> 00:29:17.210
Open Cup match because it wasn't a home game.

00:29:17.750 --> 00:29:19.910
But otherwise, this team still flying high. Want

00:29:19.910 --> 00:29:23.720
to ask, was this the momentum? that you build

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:26.880
upon or was this just a stop in time and the

00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:29.220
performance still needs to also reset as they

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:31.819
take it to Sacramento here in a bit. You could

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:34.579
definitely build on this momentum. You know,

00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:37.220
look at it as we got a point against a top place

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:39.759
team in the West. Same way as we got a point

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:43.059
against Tampa Bay. It's you know, we didn't lose.

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:46.200
We scored a goal. So I think there's definitely

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:49.039
a lot that can be built upon here. I think if

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:52.309
we. Go out to Sacramento and have a bad time.

00:29:52.470 --> 00:29:54.109
Well, then maybe you think okay Maybe was that

00:29:54.109 --> 00:29:56.450
just a blip and we kind of need a little bit

00:29:56.450 --> 00:29:59.250
more time to get back into a groove Asked Connor

00:29:59.250 --> 00:30:02.289
how he felt about playing the best in the West

00:30:02.289 --> 00:30:05.490
and here's what he had to say about that Possibly.

00:30:05.509 --> 00:30:07.529
I don't know if that's the first of how many

00:30:07.529 --> 00:30:09.529
Western conference teams have we played against?

00:30:13.150 --> 00:30:15.819
But you say they standard Bear in the West or

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:18.920
totally in the league? Yeah, who else would be

00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:21.779
playing in the West? I don't know. I wouldn't.

00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:23.559
Have we played anybody else? I can't think of

00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:27.480
us playing anybody else. Yeah, yeah. I mean,

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:29.359
yeah, for me, they're better than Lexington.

00:30:29.619 --> 00:30:31.400
I mean, Sacramento, they're going to be difficult,

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:34.440
too. But yeah, clearly, clearly the top of the

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:38.170
West for a reason. Yeah. So, you know, he he

00:30:38.170 --> 00:30:40.369
agrees that they are the top of the West for

00:30:40.369 --> 00:30:42.710
a reason Didn't really want to commit whether

00:30:42.710 --> 00:30:45.029
or not they were a good team that he saw and

00:30:45.029 --> 00:30:48.130
I think he wanted to mind his P's and Q's on

00:30:48.130 --> 00:30:51.269
that one as you know If that is the best like

00:30:51.269 --> 00:30:53.509
the Western Conference shouldn't be too terrifying,

00:30:53.990 --> 00:30:56.309
but nevertheless, you know I still think that

00:30:56.309 --> 00:30:58.470
Rhode Island really ran through Orange County

00:30:58.470 --> 00:31:00.970
want to talk about the goal from Hugo Bacharach

00:31:00.970 --> 00:31:03.990
in the 51st minute Amos Shapiro Thompson taking

00:31:03.990 --> 00:31:07.950
the corner kick finding who go back on the in

00:31:07.950 --> 00:31:10.329
-swinger. You know, we talk about set pieces

00:31:10.329 --> 00:31:14.410
and it was abysmal last season. It was depressing

00:31:14.410 --> 00:31:17.369
to see Rhode Island FC attempt set piece offense

00:31:17.369 --> 00:31:20.190
and sometimes set piece defense. I don't think

00:31:20.190 --> 00:31:22.569
we can say that anymore here with this Rhode

00:31:22.569 --> 00:31:25.089
Island FC side. Now, I think when you go across

00:31:25.089 --> 00:31:27.750
all competitions, I think fans have been treated

00:31:27.750 --> 00:31:30.490
to what, six chickens? filet chicken sandwiches

00:31:30.490 --> 00:31:33.470
now. Uh, you know, the fans want chicken and

00:31:33.470 --> 00:31:36.089
Kano Smith and company are delivering this season.

00:31:36.430 --> 00:31:39.150
You gotta love what happens with Hugo Bacharach

00:31:39.150 --> 00:31:42.190
connecting on that goal with Amish Shapiro Thompson.

00:31:42.650 --> 00:31:46.109
Yeah, it was great to see, uh, that was actually

00:31:46.109 --> 00:31:48.490
Hugo Bacharach second professional goal for Rhode

00:31:48.490 --> 00:31:51.750
Island FC and a second straight game with a goal

00:31:51.750 --> 00:31:54.670
contribution. And those Amish Shapiro's third

00:31:54.670 --> 00:31:57.009
assist of the season across all competitions.

00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:59.539
and his assisted goals and back -to -back home

00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:02.319
games. Yeah, I talked to Kano about the importance

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:05.059
of a player like Hugo Backwreck on this team.

00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:09.099
And this is what he had to say about that. Yeah,

00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:12.200
Hugo's physical, his size, he's good at breaking

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:15.720
stuff up. But yeah, he's, I mean, so many of

00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:17.500
them are key. But yeah, I think you can tell

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:20.720
by the minutes played since he's been back and

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:25.960
been healthy how much we value him. So not much

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:29.599
to say about the six five six six midfielder

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:31.980
But I do it did have a conversation with Hugo

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:34.599
we can share that in a second But getting back

00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:37.539
into the set piece part here wanted to ask Conno

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:40.519
what the significance of? The set piece strategy

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:43.240
had become this season and this is what he had

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:48.440
to add about that He saw it as an area that we

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:50.259
needed to improve so that was from all of us

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:52.740
from for me the coaching staff the players like

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:56.309
we we needed to be more effective in those situations

00:32:56.309 --> 00:32:59.210
and as you can see games when you cannot generate

00:32:59.210 --> 00:33:02.170
a lot from open play set pieces are so important

00:33:02.170 --> 00:33:04.069
but you see them all over the world so it was

00:33:04.069 --> 00:33:06.250
an area that we needed to get better and it started

00:33:06.250 --> 00:33:09.190
started with me and trickles down to the players.

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:14.460
I like the answer. It's accountability on him

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:16.740
first and foremost before the players were now

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:18.940
seeing that success. So having said that, you

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:21.140
know, we get the initial goal in the 51st minute.

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:25.160
Unfortunately, Osamani Silla equalizes in the

00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:28.059
67th for Orange County. He's going out far wide

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:31.279
on a recovery for a second ball. He just does

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:34.160
enough body movement to get to Joe J as left

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:37.619
takes the in swinger shot for himself. Scardina

00:33:37.619 --> 00:33:40.079
is leaning the wrong way and Koke is obviously

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:42.359
protecting near post there for the shot and it

00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:45.359
just finds the gap right between them. It was

00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:47.559
a good goal. I have to give credit. It's not

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:49.740
like it's not like the US men's national team

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:51.440
where we were just giving up goals because of

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:54.369
sloppy mistakes. That being said, we can't find

00:33:54.369 --> 00:33:56.930
a way to get back into the game and score another

00:33:56.930 --> 00:34:00.130
goal despite multiple looks at net. Leo Afonso

00:34:00.130 --> 00:34:02.529
with some chances, Pity with some chances, JJ

00:34:02.529 --> 00:34:05.170
with some chances. I think the biggest one came

00:34:05.170 --> 00:34:07.710
in the final seconds of the game. Amos Shapiro

00:34:07.710 --> 00:34:11.840
-Thompson on a breakaway. skirts the skirts Rondo

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:14.679
and as the goalkeeper for Orange County and slots

00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:16.960
went across and it's four inches if it's four

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:19.559
inches closer to the right that ball is in and

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:22.139
Amish Shapiro Thompson is a hero he's already

00:34:22.139 --> 00:34:23.880
a hero but he's a real hero you guys start building

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:26.599
the statue what is missing from Rhode Island

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:28.420
FC at this point to not win that game outright

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:31.000
because it feels like they should have yeah I

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:32.980
agree with you on the goal I think that's one

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:35.719
of those you look at and there's really not a

00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:37.440
lot you could do about that that's where you

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:39.739
need to go out and just score another um and

00:34:39.739 --> 00:34:43.019
we tried and tried and tried but I think that's

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:46.199
just a bit of the rust if you will from not playing

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:48.760
you know competitive matches if you will for

00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:51.900
the for like two feels like three weeks however

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:55.199
long that was felt like forever it was forever

00:34:55.199 --> 00:35:00.159
um yeah I wouldn't be too concerned unless we

00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:02.860
continue on putting up 20 shots and only getting

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:07.099
one goal Well, we shall see as we head to Sacramento.

00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:10.260
It is the farthest travel that we have to do

00:35:10.260 --> 00:35:12.800
this season as they have already headed out to

00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:16.019
take on this action tomorrow on Wednesday. We've

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:18.480
got to go to break and when we return we will

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:20.500
break down everything going on for what I know

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:23.559
see ahead of this midweek game all here on the

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:29.199
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00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:47.639
back to the raising anchor soccer ship on 990

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:52.969
WBOB with Matt Entrickett and Jason Carey. Breaking

00:35:52.969 --> 00:35:55.630
down our FC's head -to -head record with Sacramento.

00:35:55.889 --> 00:35:58.309
We played two regular season matches against

00:35:58.309 --> 00:36:02.010
them and one USL Cup match. First meeting was

00:36:02.010 --> 00:36:05.210
back in Bern. That was that 2 -2 draw that saw

00:36:05.210 --> 00:36:08.250
Jack P kind of arrive on to the stadium and we

00:36:08.250 --> 00:36:10.349
kind of felt like, oh, maybe something is finally

00:36:10.349 --> 00:36:12.530
building here. He was the chosen one. He was

00:36:12.530 --> 00:36:16.369
the chosen one. We saw an attack from the team

00:36:16.369 --> 00:36:19.369
that we hadn't really seen previously and kind

00:36:19.369 --> 00:36:22.010
of Didn't hit the ground running right away after

00:36:22.010 --> 00:36:24.909
that as of course we all know that he had he

00:36:24.909 --> 00:36:28.369
left again But it was it was a glimpse of hope

00:36:28.369 --> 00:36:32.889
there following year saw our FC meetup with Sacramento

00:36:32.889 --> 00:36:37.469
twice Once in a two nil loss in the regular season

00:36:37.469 --> 00:36:40.849
and the second where they knocked us out on penalties

00:36:41.210 --> 00:36:43.289
after a nil -nil draw on the Jaeger -Meister

00:36:43.289 --> 00:36:45.730
Cup. I still will never forget that Jaeger -Meister

00:36:45.730 --> 00:36:47.869
game because I brought friends out from work

00:36:47.869 --> 00:36:50.329
and said, hey, this is the new exciting thing

00:36:50.329 --> 00:36:52.630
to do in the city, inside the town, inside the

00:36:52.630 --> 00:36:55.210
state. And when it went to nil -nil, I was like,

00:36:55.309 --> 00:36:57.230
it's OK. This was a bulletproof plan because

00:36:57.230 --> 00:36:59.670
no matter what, you'll see electricity, you'll

00:36:59.670 --> 00:37:02.289
see sparks in that penalty shootout. I totally

00:37:02.289 --> 00:37:04.409
forgot that it's still possible to never convert

00:37:04.409 --> 00:37:08.139
a goal in a penalty shootout. Sometimes you get

00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:10.559
those terribly wrong and then of course in that

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:13.659
regular season lost to nil cool will in the chat

00:37:13.659 --> 00:37:17.280
reminding us of the row row Messy esque goal

00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:19.960
that he had before he retired and hung up the

00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:23.860
boots forever. This is a team that You have to

00:37:23.860 --> 00:37:25.820
admit like right now they have our number in

00:37:25.820 --> 00:37:27.460
the sense of at least the head -to -head record

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:30.750
We've talked at length about how Fantastic. This

00:37:30.750 --> 00:37:33.610
team has been in as a contender in the West and

00:37:33.610 --> 00:37:36.030
every time we've met with them, these these have

00:37:36.030 --> 00:37:38.409
been hard fought battles. Even if the results

00:37:38.409 --> 00:37:41.510
don't go our way. It'll be really curious to

00:37:41.510 --> 00:37:45.570
see how Sacramento looks now in this new version

00:37:45.570 --> 00:37:48.090
of themselves under Neil Collins, but we're not

00:37:48.090 --> 00:37:50.780
on the Sacramento part just yet. We got a talk

00:37:50.780 --> 00:37:53.619
shop Rhode Island FC and fans buckle up because

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:55.940
you are not going to like what I'm about to say

00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:58.860
next. As far as the availability report goes

00:37:58.860 --> 00:38:02.579
at this time, we still have CJ Williams marked

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:06.039
as questionable. We asked in the post game if

00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:08.619
CJ Williams and Omidy Jope would be available

00:38:08.619 --> 00:38:11.840
anytime soon. CJ Williams was almost game to

00:38:11.840 --> 00:38:14.659
game. Omidy Jope was probably a couple more weeks

00:38:14.659 --> 00:38:17.519
out. Talk with Omidy directly out and about around

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:19.559
the stadium. He's itching to get back in. So

00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:22.159
it's probably one of those precautionary wait

00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:25.239
and like wait and see moments because they don't

00:38:25.239 --> 00:38:27.300
want to rush whatever that nagging injury is

00:38:27.300 --> 00:38:29.780
to Omidy. So Omidy will not be available. And

00:38:29.780 --> 00:38:32.280
then based on what we saw from last weekend's

00:38:32.280 --> 00:38:34.960
availability report, Jamin Gogo -Peters also

00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:37.780
listed as questionable and Zach Harivow remaining

00:38:37.780 --> 00:38:40.579
questionable until we know more. The big one

00:38:40.579 --> 00:38:42.320
though, unfortunately, and I think a lot of people

00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:44.199
saw this that attended the game or watched the

00:38:44.199 --> 00:38:46.940
match, Clay Holstead going down after taking

00:38:46.940 --> 00:38:50.230
a knock. Early or I should say midway through

00:38:50.230 --> 00:38:53.170
the first half got back up continued to play

00:38:53.170 --> 00:38:56.250
on went down again Struggling as it was getting

00:38:56.250 --> 00:38:58.769
into the final minutes of the first half comes

00:38:58.769 --> 00:39:03.000
out as a substitute in the halftime, saw Clay

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:06.139
Holstead in a immobilizer boot, knew that he

00:39:06.139 --> 00:39:10.320
was going to go get some x -rays and some recovery

00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:12.800
research done on him, but for all intent and

00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:15.239
purpose, it did not look good as he was limping

00:39:15.239 --> 00:39:17.800
out of the stadium. I can imagine right now he

00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:20.940
did not make the trip down or over to Sacramento,

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:23.719
so he will not be available for this match. What

00:39:23.719 --> 00:39:25.960
we have to wait and see now, Jason, is we have

00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:28.460
to come to terms with how long could this injury

00:39:28.460 --> 00:39:31.539
possibly be? Is this just a bruise, a contusion?

00:39:31.659 --> 00:39:34.179
Is this a fracture? Is this a break? Is this

00:39:34.179 --> 00:39:36.480
something more in the ligature? We don't know

00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:38.659
anything yet, but we could see Clay holstered

00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:41.280
out for as little as maybe two weeks or it could

00:39:41.280 --> 00:39:43.960
be, you know, three to four months. So everyone

00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:46.480
should be just hoping and ready to see Clay holstered

00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:48.800
back as soon as possible. But as of right now,

00:39:48.800 --> 00:39:51.559
he will not be available for that Wednesday match.

00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:54.420
So this makes predicting the starting 11, I think

00:39:54.420 --> 00:39:56.929
a little bit harder than usual. Already depleted

00:39:56.929 --> 00:40:00.110
in that midfield. What do you got Jason? Yeah,

00:40:00.110 --> 00:40:02.710
so we're obviously gonna have koke vegas and

00:40:02.710 --> 00:40:05.170
net here Uh, we're thinking the back four is

00:40:05.170 --> 00:40:06.949
going to remain pretty much the same there with

00:40:06.949 --> 00:40:10.489
nix gardena carifa yow grant stoneman frank nodarse

00:40:10.489 --> 00:40:14.769
With no clay. I think in that amish chapiro thompson

00:40:14.769 --> 00:40:17.739
will kind of sit there next to ugo vacarac in

00:40:17.739 --> 00:40:20.460
the holding midfielder position. We'll see Joe

00:40:20.460 --> 00:40:23.719
J. Quisera, Augustine Rodriguez, and Leo Alfonso

00:40:23.719 --> 00:40:26.460
as you're attacking midfielders with JJ Williams

00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:29.900
up top. I think at this point, not knowing the

00:40:29.900 --> 00:40:32.320
status of Zach Harivow and whether or not he's

00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:36.159
ready to be reinserted into this roster. Midfield

00:40:36.159 --> 00:40:38.739
was kind of always going to be one of the smallest

00:40:38.739 --> 00:40:42.679
places in the squad this year. We lost what we

00:40:42.679 --> 00:40:45.679
lost Maxi Rodriguez. We lost Marky Barra. We

00:40:45.679 --> 00:40:48.119
lost more midfielders than we gained when it

00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:51.460
came time for preseason and into regular season

00:40:51.460 --> 00:40:54.820
play. Now with so many possibly laid up. I think

00:40:54.820 --> 00:40:57.780
there's no other answer to this other than you

00:40:57.780 --> 00:41:00.539
either drop Amos Shapiro Thompson down to be

00:41:00.539 --> 00:41:03.380
the double pivot and partner with Hugo or you

00:41:03.380 --> 00:41:07.500
leave Hugo as the independent individualistic

00:41:07.500 --> 00:41:10.320
number six and you bring a double pivot more

00:41:10.320 --> 00:41:12.820
forward towards the eight position or like a

00:41:12.820 --> 00:41:15.510
pair of double tens. Either way, whether it's

00:41:15.510 --> 00:41:17.710
Amos dropping back or staying up, I think this

00:41:17.710 --> 00:41:20.590
forces Augustine back into the middle and we

00:41:20.590 --> 00:41:23.369
see Leo Afonso out on the wing. I can't see this

00:41:23.369 --> 00:41:25.530
go. I mean, you could put Noah if you saw him

00:41:25.530 --> 00:41:27.730
in for one of those two positions, but I think

00:41:27.730 --> 00:41:30.150
no matter what, if we're going with who's in

00:41:30.150 --> 00:41:32.289
the best shape, who's ready to take on this this

00:41:32.289 --> 00:41:34.590
match on Wednesday, that's got to be it. It's

00:41:34.590 --> 00:41:36.150
just where you move that pivot at this point,

00:41:36.150 --> 00:41:38.969
right? Yeah, like we'll most likely see Noah

00:41:38.969 --> 00:41:42.550
in busy, but I just don't see them as starting

00:41:42.550 --> 00:41:46.230
caliber just yet. Is there an argument that Noah's

00:41:46.230 --> 00:41:48.230
tucked into the middle and Leo still rides the

00:41:48.230 --> 00:41:52.789
bench? It's possible. I guess it depends on where

00:41:52.789 --> 00:41:56.269
we see Or where coach I guess should say sees

00:41:56.269 --> 00:41:59.530
Leo Alfonso I think we played him in enough games

00:41:59.530 --> 00:42:03.070
on that in that position and I think he's Done.

00:42:03.170 --> 00:42:05.909
Well, he's just not converted enough chances.

00:42:05.909 --> 00:42:08.289
So I miss the sitter Well, it wasn't a sinner,

00:42:08.309 --> 00:42:09.829
but he missed probably one of the best looks

00:42:09.829 --> 00:42:12.809
at goal on the weekend, at least trying to get

00:42:12.809 --> 00:42:15.730
Rhode Islanders back up above Orange County.

00:42:15.789 --> 00:42:18.349
So I agree. I think he's done enough to be in

00:42:18.349 --> 00:42:20.550
the start, but I think he's got a lot more that

00:42:20.550 --> 00:42:22.730
he needs to do. He needs to he needs to put more

00:42:22.730 --> 00:42:24.989
in the tank and show us that he can be a little

00:42:24.989 --> 00:42:27.230
bit more clinical when it comes to these matches

00:42:27.230 --> 00:42:29.909
ahead. So having said that, then looking at with

00:42:29.909 --> 00:42:32.530
this depleted roster going in against Sacramento.

00:42:32.909 --> 00:42:35.550
You know, we talk about who are the x -factor

00:42:35.550 --> 00:42:37.030
players here. I think it's just anyone who's

00:42:37.030 --> 00:42:39.630
healthy at this point is the x -factor. So let's

00:42:39.630 --> 00:42:41.889
talk more about the duels. The most interesting

00:42:41.889 --> 00:42:44.309
one for me right now, Sacramento's Arturo Rodriguez

00:42:44.309 --> 00:42:49.170
versus either Hugo Baccarac or if we do a double

00:42:49.170 --> 00:42:52.130
pivot in the back with the sixes. I think this

00:42:52.130 --> 00:42:54.730
is what's going to control and dictate both the

00:42:54.730 --> 00:42:58.150
tempo and who controls this matchup. Rodriguez

00:42:58.150 --> 00:43:01.030
of Sacramento's metronome really just setting

00:43:01.030 --> 00:43:04.630
pace, setting fluidity, setting transition out

00:43:04.630 --> 00:43:08.090
of the back for Sacramento Republic. He also

00:43:08.090 --> 00:43:09.869
has the ability defensively to close down passing

00:43:09.869 --> 00:43:12.710
lanes as they then take on the opponent's attack.

00:43:13.289 --> 00:43:17.159
I guess the question here for you is... When

00:43:17.159 --> 00:43:19.500
you have a player like Arturo Rodriguez, we just

00:43:19.500 --> 00:43:21.579
talked a second ago, do you do the deeper double

00:43:21.579 --> 00:43:23.800
pivot or the more forward one? Does your answer

00:43:23.800 --> 00:43:25.539
change because you have a player like Arturo

00:43:25.539 --> 00:43:28.539
Rodriguez in the middle? I don't think so. I

00:43:28.539 --> 00:43:32.699
think this is one of those situations where we

00:43:32.699 --> 00:43:36.380
have to kind of trust our own individual players

00:43:36.380 --> 00:43:40.519
to kind of do what's required of them. I think

00:43:40.519 --> 00:43:43.179
he is a player that you need to be aware of.

00:43:43.280 --> 00:43:45.900
But at the same time, I also don't think he I

00:43:45.900 --> 00:43:48.619
don't look at him as a quote unquote world beater

00:43:48.619 --> 00:43:51.219
where we need to put a game plan around him.

00:43:51.300 --> 00:43:53.639
Just kind of keep an eye on him if you will.

00:43:53.960 --> 00:43:56.099
And then the other duel that I'm the most interested

00:43:56.099 --> 00:43:59.179
in is it's whoever will play on that left side

00:43:59.179 --> 00:44:02.719
in terms of was it Joe J. Cozera? Is it Leo Afonso?

00:44:02.760 --> 00:44:04.460
I don't know if you saw him, but who's taking

00:44:04.460 --> 00:44:08.119
on Jack Gur? on that right wing back side. Jacker,

00:44:08.139 --> 00:44:11.219
one of the best players in the championship.

00:44:12.059 --> 00:44:13.639
You know, there's a reason Sacramento has locked

00:44:13.639 --> 00:44:15.699
him down for probably the better part of a decade.

00:44:15.780 --> 00:44:18.179
I know the contract's not that long, but humor

00:44:18.179 --> 00:44:21.119
me here. Meanwhile, Jojea, one of the best wingers

00:44:21.119 --> 00:44:23.460
that are in the league right now, but we didn't

00:44:23.460 --> 00:44:26.039
see him on the left in the last game. Is this

00:44:26.039 --> 00:44:28.139
an opportunity? Do you want your best winger

00:44:28.139 --> 00:44:31.909
to be dueling? their best wing back and full

00:44:31.909 --> 00:44:34.889
back, or do you keep intentionally, do you keep

00:44:34.889 --> 00:44:37.489
Joe Jaya on the other side now just so that he

00:44:37.489 --> 00:44:39.369
doesn't have to run into Jack Gurr on the night?

00:44:40.869 --> 00:44:43.730
Yeah, it's interesting. I think considering what

00:44:43.730 --> 00:44:46.469
Kano likes to continue his experiments for, I

00:44:46.469 --> 00:44:49.650
think we might see Joe Jaya out on the right

00:44:49.650 --> 00:44:52.960
again. Also, realistically, we know that while

00:44:52.960 --> 00:44:55.559
he can contribute defensively. It's never been

00:44:55.559 --> 00:44:57.900
his strong suit. I mean, he was part of the reason

00:44:57.900 --> 00:45:00.340
that goal happened from Silla in Orange County.

00:45:00.519 --> 00:45:03.559
Yeah. So in that regards, I think you'd be counting

00:45:03.559 --> 00:45:06.420
on the Darcy or even maybe if we see a reappearance

00:45:06.420 --> 00:45:10.320
of Sanchez there to do his best along with potentially

00:45:10.320 --> 00:45:13.380
Leo Alfonso, or even if we see someone like Noah

00:45:13.380 --> 00:45:16.860
end up starting, have them kind of combat against

00:45:16.860 --> 00:45:19.809
Jack or their Do we think then that there's a

00:45:19.809 --> 00:45:22.630
call here in this match for Aldair Sanchez? I

00:45:22.630 --> 00:45:25.519
feel like I'm like an apologist slash Homer at

00:45:25.519 --> 00:45:26.960
this point for him, because I do want to see

00:45:26.960 --> 00:45:29.920
him find his way back into the starting 11. But

00:45:29.920 --> 00:45:33.079
then also you have to remember he comes from

00:45:33.079 --> 00:45:35.119
Sacramento Republic. It's the only place that

00:45:35.119 --> 00:45:37.619
he's ever spent time outside of Rhode Island

00:45:37.619 --> 00:45:40.159
in championship action. It's that that club is

00:45:40.159 --> 00:45:42.679
the club that gave him the ability to play at

00:45:42.679 --> 00:45:44.840
the professional level to begin with. And if

00:45:44.840 --> 00:45:47.079
there's one player who's practiced, who's scrimmaged,

00:45:47.179 --> 00:45:49.559
who's done five aside more against a player like

00:45:49.559 --> 00:45:52.519
Jacker, it's got to be a left back like all day

00:45:52.519 --> 00:45:55.289
or Sanchez. Is there a case that he sees the

00:45:55.289 --> 00:45:57.489
pitch on the night? Because we've seen Cano do

00:45:57.489 --> 00:46:00.190
these 40 chess moves before by bringing legacy

00:46:00.190 --> 00:46:02.210
players against their former teams. I'll remind

00:46:02.210 --> 00:46:04.610
you of Mark Gibara in last year's Eastern Conference

00:46:04.610 --> 00:46:07.289
final against the Riverhounds. Do we see a case

00:46:07.289 --> 00:46:09.710
for Sanchez on the night to start? I think that

00:46:09.710 --> 00:46:12.750
is a very good case. He'd be very well experienced

00:46:12.750 --> 00:46:15.750
with the system. He'd played with Jack Gur there

00:46:15.750 --> 00:46:18.150
for how long he's been there. I think there's

00:46:18.150 --> 00:46:20.150
a really good possibility that we could see him.

00:46:20.449 --> 00:46:23.440
It's just... with how long we've done this. It's

00:46:23.440 --> 00:46:25.820
so hard to guess what Kyle wants to do. And it

00:46:25.820 --> 00:46:27.960
feels like he's all, you know, like he said,

00:46:28.079 --> 00:46:30.719
he's doing 40 chess and we're always, you know,

00:46:30.840 --> 00:46:33.559
a step or two behind him. As we always will be.

00:46:33.639 --> 00:46:36.659
Before we go to our next break, want to ask you,

00:46:36.880 --> 00:46:38.880
I, you know, we talked about momentum from Orange

00:46:38.880 --> 00:46:41.619
County, but let's talk about the fact this is

00:46:41.619 --> 00:46:45.000
a midweek match. It's the farthest travel. of

00:46:45.000 --> 00:46:49.019
the club's entire season going coast to coast

00:46:49.019 --> 00:46:51.639
here, and then they got to come back home for

00:46:51.639 --> 00:46:53.900
some Prinks Tire Cup action against Brooklyn.

00:46:55.380 --> 00:46:57.300
We've talked at length a couple of times when

00:46:57.300 --> 00:47:00.019
midweek games happen about how does a coach like

00:47:00.019 --> 00:47:02.420
Kano Smith stack the deck one direction or the

00:47:02.420 --> 00:47:04.739
other? Which game is the more important one to

00:47:04.739 --> 00:47:07.320
go out and win? I don't think that's really the

00:47:07.320 --> 00:47:09.800
case here because we most likely are already

00:47:09.800 --> 00:47:13.179
out of Pring's tire action. So really the more

00:47:13.179 --> 00:47:15.739
important game of the week is this midweek game

00:47:15.739 --> 00:47:17.599
against Sacramento where you can get some points

00:47:17.599 --> 00:47:20.900
and claw back up the table. But it's also so

00:47:20.900 --> 00:47:23.500
far away and you're so roster depleted. Does

00:47:23.500 --> 00:47:26.820
that have anything to do with how coach selects

00:47:26.820 --> 00:47:29.940
this roster here on the week? I think so. I don't

00:47:29.940 --> 00:47:32.599
think he will admit it, but I think the reality,

00:47:32.619 --> 00:47:35.980
like you said, Is unfortunately with how tight

00:47:35.980 --> 00:47:40.000
the point spread is in the Prinks Cup. And us

00:47:40.000 --> 00:47:42.159
unfortunately losing that hearts of pine game.

00:47:42.619 --> 00:47:44.840
We kind of dug our own grave at that point. So

00:47:44.840 --> 00:47:47.539
that game while I think the team is still going

00:47:47.539 --> 00:47:51.769
to go for it. we really have to rely on it's

00:47:51.769 --> 00:47:53.909
like the remember the meme when it's like how

00:47:53.909 --> 00:47:56.610
does scotland qualify for the world cup it's

00:47:56.610 --> 00:47:58.429
one of those it's like well every other team

00:47:58.429 --> 00:48:01.429
needs to lose or and or draw and get multiple

00:48:01.429 --> 00:48:03.909
red cards so so you're saying we need gonna to

00:48:03.909 --> 00:48:06.289
get a result to advance in the pring's tire cup

00:48:06.289 --> 00:48:10.130
at this point it's pretty much so at that point

00:48:10.130 --> 00:48:12.829
tomorrow's in the game or tonight depending when

00:48:12.829 --> 00:48:15.179
you listen is becomes the quote, quote, more

00:48:15.179 --> 00:48:16.980
important match if you will. So I think we're

00:48:16.980 --> 00:48:20.000
going to see a stronger squad here and kind of

00:48:20.000 --> 00:48:22.440
save the rotation for the weekend, especially

00:48:22.440 --> 00:48:25.059
if we just came after that long break, you know,

00:48:25.139 --> 00:48:26.820
the guys should be refreshed and ready to go

00:48:26.820 --> 00:48:28.679
with the exception of the injuries that we got.

00:48:28.840 --> 00:48:30.460
I just don't know how many players will even

00:48:30.460 --> 00:48:32.760
have available for Saturday's match to rotate.

00:48:33.239 --> 00:48:35.039
You know, I mean, think about we've got Kevin

00:48:35.039 --> 00:48:39.079
Vang, Danny Rivera, and CJ Williams might be

00:48:39.079 --> 00:48:41.960
available again. Connor said he was close. Maybe

00:48:41.960 --> 00:48:44.039
Castro gets a look finally. We've been joking

00:48:44.039 --> 00:48:46.980
about that all season, but like know if he's

00:48:46.980 --> 00:48:49.579
on to Wayne Atkinson get starts in that match.

00:48:50.219 --> 00:48:52.500
Our midfield mostly will have to play all three

00:48:52.500 --> 00:48:54.860
of these games this week because of the depletion.

00:48:55.019 --> 00:48:57.420
Unless we find out some things that Zach Harris

00:48:57.420 --> 00:48:59.880
closer than we realized, it's just interesting.

00:48:59.940 --> 00:49:02.719
I asked Conno how he felt about the travel and

00:49:02.719 --> 00:49:04.599
what this would do for the guys. And here's what

00:49:04.599 --> 00:49:06.440
coach Conno Smith said about the travel to the

00:49:06.440 --> 00:49:09.250
West Coast. I'm not asking them to do that. The

00:49:09.250 --> 00:49:10.829
schedule and the games are asking them to do

00:49:10.829 --> 00:49:13.449
that. We say that to them all the time, tracking

00:49:13.449 --> 00:49:15.650
back and running backwards. That's not me asking

00:49:15.650 --> 00:49:17.269
you to do that. That's the game demanding that.

00:49:18.070 --> 00:49:20.130
So the schedule and the travel is demanding that

00:49:20.130 --> 00:49:22.710
they have to be there. So I don't think I need

00:49:22.710 --> 00:49:25.110
to get them to that place. I think they'll get

00:49:25.110 --> 00:49:31.650
there because it's what's demanded. So, you know,

00:49:31.670 --> 00:49:33.570
he's saying, hey, these guys are professionals.

00:49:34.010 --> 00:49:35.809
They know what they need to do. We're not going

00:49:35.809 --> 00:49:38.230
to sit here and wax poetic about the fact that

00:49:38.230 --> 00:49:40.289
this is just one of the more complicated trips

00:49:40.289 --> 00:49:43.710
of their season. We've got to go to break. And

00:49:43.710 --> 00:49:45.570
when we return, we're going to talk all things

00:49:45.570 --> 00:49:47.809
Sacramento Republic, at least as we know it.

00:49:47.929 --> 00:49:49.650
I know there's a couple experts here in the chat

00:49:49.650 --> 00:49:51.849
to help us along the way. Don't go anywhere.

00:49:52.030 --> 00:49:54.349
It's the Raising Anchor Soccer Show. Now let's

00:49:54.349 --> 00:49:56.690
get back to the Raising Anchor Soccer Show on

00:49:56.690 --> 00:50:02.260
990 WBOB. with Matt Entrickett and Jason Carey.

00:50:02.380 --> 00:50:04.760
Back here on the Raising Anchor Soccer Show talking

00:50:04.760 --> 00:50:07.940
about now Sacramento Republic FC, the opponents

00:50:07.940 --> 00:50:10.079
for this midweek match as Rhode Island FC heads

00:50:10.079 --> 00:50:13.159
to California to take them on. And listen, this

00:50:13.159 --> 00:50:16.539
team is a tale of very fine margins in my opinion.

00:50:16.599 --> 00:50:20.360
They are no longer the perennial champions, the

00:50:20.360 --> 00:50:24.389
outliers, the top of the crop. when it comes

00:50:24.389 --> 00:50:27.389
to how we consider the Western Conference. Currently,

00:50:27.489 --> 00:50:29.630
like we said, in 10th place, although I don't

00:50:29.630 --> 00:50:31.949
feel like that standing or position is necessarily

00:50:31.949 --> 00:50:34.579
fair. to where they are actually at in terms

00:50:34.579 --> 00:50:37.739
of their performance. But it's a team that isn't

00:50:37.739 --> 00:50:39.780
really under a rebuild, but kind of is under

00:50:39.780 --> 00:50:42.039
a rebuild when you look at the legacy of some

00:50:42.039 --> 00:50:43.940
of their tenured players and some of their tenured

00:50:43.940 --> 00:50:46.940
leaders. Head coach Neil Collins, not a stranger

00:50:46.940 --> 00:50:50.420
to USL Championship, but in on his first year

00:50:50.420 --> 00:50:53.840
as head coach with Sacramento, not necessarily

00:50:53.840 --> 00:50:56.519
seeing the same consistency. that we've seen

00:50:56.519 --> 00:50:58.940
out of other coaches at Sacramento Republic,

00:50:59.059 --> 00:51:00.820
very reminiscent of what Louisville is going

00:51:00.820 --> 00:51:03.559
through in their transition between coaches now

00:51:03.559 --> 00:51:05.820
in the season. The key here, though, for what

00:51:05.820 --> 00:51:07.940
I've noticed from Sacramento watching their games

00:51:07.940 --> 00:51:10.400
and looking at where they're at is a lot of these

00:51:10.400 --> 00:51:13.780
games are very tight affairs. Jason, a lot of

00:51:13.780 --> 00:51:16.019
these matches are just determined by one single

00:51:16.019 --> 00:51:18.739
goal. And, you know, maybe that's a three, two,

00:51:18.739 --> 00:51:21.519
or maybe that's a one nil. But a lot of the times

00:51:21.519 --> 00:51:24.059
Sacramento has been keeping these games very

00:51:24.059 --> 00:51:27.159
close, not necessarily putting them away, not

00:51:27.159 --> 00:51:30.079
putting them to bed, but also still in control.

00:51:30.420 --> 00:51:32.960
Very squeaky bum time by the time you get to

00:51:32.960 --> 00:51:35.960
those 90 minutes. This first half of the campaign,

00:51:36.079 --> 00:51:38.039
although they only have 12 games so far, so you

00:51:38.039 --> 00:51:40.539
could say the first third, it looks like what

00:51:40.539 --> 00:51:42.860
Sacramento is trying to set up for as a reputation

00:51:42.860 --> 00:51:46.039
is defense first, and then we'll figure the rest

00:51:46.039 --> 00:51:48.900
out later. It's very reminiscent of Rhode Island's

00:51:48.900 --> 00:51:50.900
campaign last year about, hey, we're going to

00:51:50.900 --> 00:51:52.980
make sure no team scores against us, and we're

00:51:52.980 --> 00:51:55.340
going to rack up the clean sheets. We'll figure

00:51:55.340 --> 00:51:57.679
out the offense if we figure the offense out

00:51:57.679 --> 00:52:00.860
at a later date. And so far, that consistency

00:52:00.860 --> 00:52:02.840
just isn't there and they're attacking third.

00:52:03.780 --> 00:52:06.480
Yeah, Collins is really emphasize organization,

00:52:06.579 --> 00:52:09.360
compactness and really trying to limit the opponent's

00:52:09.360 --> 00:52:11.559
quality chances there, allowing the Republic

00:52:11.559 --> 00:52:14.099
to stay in nearly every match regardless of the

00:52:14.099 --> 00:52:16.639
opponent. Like you said, there's such fine margins

00:52:16.639 --> 00:52:19.139
between the amount of goals that they've scored

00:52:19.139 --> 00:52:23.079
and let in. Um, it's improved. It's produced

00:52:23.079 --> 00:52:25.880
a few impressive road victories against defending

00:52:25.880 --> 00:52:28.739
champions, Colorado Springs, switchbacks, but

00:52:28.739 --> 00:52:31.260
it also means that every mistake carries very

00:52:31.260 --> 00:52:32.940
significance when you're playing within those

00:52:32.940 --> 00:52:35.760
fine margins. Um, when they score first, they're

00:52:35.760 --> 00:52:37.800
comfortable managing the game, slowing down the

00:52:37.800 --> 00:52:41.300
tempo, forcing opponents to break down. defensive

00:52:41.300 --> 00:52:43.780
block if you will. I mean and we've said that

00:52:43.780 --> 00:52:45.639
about Rhode Islander C at times too when they

00:52:45.639 --> 00:52:48.320
score first the way they set those expectations

00:52:48.320 --> 00:52:50.789
different than when they're chasing games. I

00:52:50.789 --> 00:52:53.409
haven't seen Sacramento chase too many times

00:52:53.409 --> 00:52:55.929
when they have. They still have the mental discipline.

00:52:55.949 --> 00:52:58.590
They still have the fortitude, but it is a different

00:52:58.590 --> 00:53:00.010
approach. It's kind of like what we've seen in

00:53:00.010 --> 00:53:02.949
the World Cup where when goals happen, it opens

00:53:02.949 --> 00:53:05.329
up the playing of the rest of the teams, right?

00:53:05.349 --> 00:53:07.809
Like you see Brazil suddenly go down and it's

00:53:07.809 --> 00:53:10.309
like they wake up. Sacramento has that ability

00:53:10.309 --> 00:53:12.250
within them, but they don't want to wake the

00:53:12.250 --> 00:53:14.570
beast up within themselves. They just want to

00:53:14.570 --> 00:53:16.230
play the way that they practice every single

00:53:16.230 --> 00:53:18.210
weekend. I think we're gonna see is going to

00:53:18.210 --> 00:53:20.010
be tested in this manner as they head up to.

00:53:19.820 --> 00:53:22.159
Heart Health Park, they're going to face this

00:53:22.159 --> 00:53:26.440
side that right now it's like a paper tiger where

00:53:26.440 --> 00:53:28.380
it looks good, they have some incredible talent,

00:53:28.800 --> 00:53:30.639
just the results haven't necessarily come their

00:53:30.639 --> 00:53:33.340
way, but even saying that it feels kind of sacrilegious

00:53:33.340 --> 00:53:35.360
because they've only lost four games similar

00:53:35.360 --> 00:53:38.480
to what I don't see, that stands for the third

00:53:38.480 --> 00:53:43.030
best defensive games, you know, or losses, I

00:53:43.030 --> 00:53:45.750
should say, earned for the season. There's only

00:53:45.750 --> 00:53:48.170
a couple teams that are better, and that's Tampa

00:53:48.170 --> 00:53:52.670
Bay at three or two, excuse me, and Louisville

00:53:52.670 --> 00:53:55.090
at three losses. Everything else has been a draw.

00:53:55.429 --> 00:53:56.869
Otherwise, the rest of the league, they already

00:53:56.869 --> 00:53:59.269
have five, six, seven or more losses. Talking

00:53:59.269 --> 00:54:02.079
to you, Sporting Jacksonville with... your infinite

00:54:02.079 --> 00:54:05.460
loss column there. Sacramento is still going

00:54:05.460 --> 00:54:07.980
to cause Rhode Island FC problems. It's just

00:54:07.980 --> 00:54:10.179
going to come completely from their defensive

00:54:10.179 --> 00:54:12.619
side of things. And we've seen Rhode Island time

00:54:12.619 --> 00:54:16.500
and time again, struggle to break down well -organized

00:54:16.500 --> 00:54:18.820
defenses. It's why like Kano said in the last

00:54:18.820 --> 00:54:21.320
segment, set piece goal scoring, it might be

00:54:21.320 --> 00:54:24.119
the key unlock in this match. Absolutely. And

00:54:24.119 --> 00:54:27.099
the reason being too here is that while they

00:54:27.099 --> 00:54:30.889
will definitely frustrate our FC, in regards

00:54:30.889 --> 00:54:33.389
to their defense. They really haven't clicked

00:54:33.389 --> 00:54:35.550
when it comes to their offense. They've actually

00:54:35.550 --> 00:54:37.750
scored the second least amount of goals in the

00:54:37.750 --> 00:54:41.409
entire league with only 13. Only Hartford has

00:54:41.409 --> 00:54:45.530
scored less with 10. It's really that defense

00:54:45.530 --> 00:54:47.750
that's kind of kept them from being absolute

00:54:47.750 --> 00:54:49.829
rock bottom at this, you know, only allowing

00:54:49.829 --> 00:54:53.750
12 goals, one average per game there. Same as

00:54:53.750 --> 00:54:55.849
the league leaders tampa vey routies i see ben

00:54:55.849 --> 00:54:57.789
johnson the chat already got to the joke but

00:54:57.789 --> 00:54:59.429
this is basically the pittsburgh river hounds

00:54:59.429 --> 00:55:02.309
of twenty twenty five. That's what i'm here to

00:55:02.309 --> 00:55:04.010
a certain extent but remember that the pittsburgh

00:55:04.010 --> 00:55:06.510
river hounds also had i feel like they had a

00:55:06.510 --> 00:55:09.130
few more goals in their locker though but. Pretty

00:55:09.130 --> 00:55:11.369
not and not in the postseason they didn't but

00:55:11.369 --> 00:55:13.670
nevertheless Well, so let's talk about the X

00:55:13.670 --> 00:55:15.429
factors as we understand it and how this will

00:55:15.429 --> 00:55:17.710
really shape up on the pitch I've got our true

00:55:17.710 --> 00:55:19.389
Rodriguez. I know we mentioned him in the last

00:55:19.389 --> 00:55:22.230
segment, but he really is Sacramento's engine

00:55:22.230 --> 00:55:25.309
right now He's not necessarily the player who's

00:55:25.309 --> 00:55:27.289
going to be doing all the finishing for Sacramento

00:55:27.289 --> 00:55:29.469
as they have other problems on the forward line

00:55:29.469 --> 00:55:31.650
for that But he is the player that's usually

00:55:31.650 --> 00:55:34.369
creating the spark and starting the offense in

00:55:34.369 --> 00:55:37.090
that transition He already has three assists

00:55:37.090 --> 00:55:39.199
and a goal on the side and that's nothing to

00:55:39.199 --> 00:55:41.719
scoff at. His vision, his passing range, I mean,

00:55:42.219 --> 00:55:44.659
he's been an excellent player across the league

00:55:44.659 --> 00:55:48.139
for a long time. He's going to be a player that

00:55:48.139 --> 00:55:50.519
Rhode Island FC is going to have to find a way

00:55:50.519 --> 00:55:53.500
to limit his touches and his spaces, because

00:55:53.500 --> 00:55:56.880
if you give Arturo time, he may set the terms

00:55:56.880 --> 00:55:59.139
for how Sacramento wants to play, and that's

00:55:59.139 --> 00:56:01.380
not going to bode well for Rhode Island. So it's

00:56:01.380 --> 00:56:02.599
going to be one of those things where you really

00:56:02.599 --> 00:56:05.820
have to concentrate. on making sure that he does

00:56:05.820 --> 00:56:08.340
not connect the defense to the attack. If he

00:56:08.340 --> 00:56:10.900
has time to make those kinds of passes, you're

00:56:10.900 --> 00:56:12.940
going to see something become a really big problem

00:56:12.940 --> 00:56:14.900
for Rhode Island on the night. Yeah. And speaking

00:56:14.900 --> 00:56:17.219
of stubborn defense, Danny Vidiello has been

00:56:17.219 --> 00:56:19.659
one of the USL championship's most dependable

00:56:19.659 --> 00:56:23.059
goalkeepers. Two keepers. Two keepers in two

00:56:23.059 --> 00:56:25.360
weeks. I like that you've got this. I mean, when

00:56:25.360 --> 00:56:28.659
you when you only let in 12 goals, I mean, he's

00:56:28.659 --> 00:56:31.599
the foundation of their defensive identity. Um,

00:56:31.739 --> 00:56:33.579
especially in matches that are decided by one

00:56:33.579 --> 00:56:35.699
goal, he's actually going to be pretty much the

00:56:35.699 --> 00:56:38.480
difference maker there. I mean, this Rhode Island

00:56:38.480 --> 00:56:41.539
team has shown some improved finishing this year,

00:56:41.860 --> 00:56:44.559
scoring more goals than recently. I think video

00:56:44.559 --> 00:56:47.019
is really going to make them work for it this

00:56:47.019 --> 00:56:50.219
weekend. He is an excellent shop stopper, commands

00:56:50.219 --> 00:56:53.719
the penalty area and crosses. and gives sacramental

00:56:53.719 --> 00:56:56.440
confidence when defending deep yeah i mean every

00:56:56.440 --> 00:56:58.559
time i think okay vegas is going to win any kind

00:56:58.559 --> 00:57:01.139
of keeper award whether it's golden glove or

00:57:01.139 --> 00:57:03.039
any other kind of stat line i always look where

00:57:03.039 --> 00:57:06.440
is danny vediello on that because you know he's

00:57:06.440 --> 00:57:08.940
he's always going to be at the forefront of those

00:57:08.940 --> 00:57:11.460
types of awards you know we don't have time for

00:57:11.460 --> 00:57:13.280
but some honorable mentions or at least some

00:57:13.280 --> 00:57:16.739
players to watch i think uh forester uh ahago

00:57:17.070 --> 00:57:20.869
is going to be a big moment for them potentially.

00:57:21.250 --> 00:57:23.269
He is one of their strikers at the top of the

00:57:23.269 --> 00:57:26.469
formation, hasn't scored since May, but he has

00:57:26.469 --> 00:57:28.489
the physicality and the ball movement to where

00:57:28.489 --> 00:57:30.989
he can be lethal. If we're going to see falls

00:57:30.989 --> 00:57:33.530
asleep on their on their own back line, a player

00:57:33.530 --> 00:57:35.909
like Forster could definitely punish them. And

00:57:35.909 --> 00:57:38.869
then they also have the legendary substitute

00:57:38.869 --> 00:57:42.489
goal score himself in Kyle Edwards from Hartford

00:57:42.489 --> 00:57:44.730
Athletic move there. You know, Kyle Edwards is

00:57:44.730 --> 00:57:47.869
not a player that can play more than like 40

00:57:47.869 --> 00:57:49.650
minutes. He just doesn't have it in the tank.

00:57:50.269 --> 00:57:52.909
You know, it's like he's like a Fabregas player,

00:57:52.909 --> 00:57:54.530
like, you know, that a certain age, a certain

00:57:54.530 --> 00:57:56.929
time, he just can't play more than that amount

00:57:56.929 --> 00:57:59.849
of time. And but he's still the He still has,

00:57:59.929 --> 00:58:02.130
I think, two, maybe three goals coming off of

00:58:02.130 --> 00:58:04.730
only substitute appearances in the league so

00:58:04.730 --> 00:58:06.949
far this season, and we know how lethal he was

00:58:06.949 --> 00:58:09.570
last year for Hartford. So those are two players

00:58:09.570 --> 00:58:12.329
that, you know, they could cause problems if

00:58:12.329 --> 00:58:15.369
Rhode Island NFC allows them to. Yeah. One more

00:58:15.369 --> 00:58:18.369
just to mention here, LAFC legend Mark Anthony

00:58:18.369 --> 00:58:20.949
Kaye. How dare you? He's definitely at the end

00:58:20.949 --> 00:58:24.010
of his career, but he's got quite a bit of experience

00:58:24.010 --> 00:58:27.599
there. You know, excels at breaking up. opposition

00:58:27.599 --> 00:58:31.059
attacks controlling possession or pressure depending

00:58:31.059 --> 00:58:33.920
on how this game goes we might see him that he

00:58:33.920 --> 00:58:36.860
tends to play more of a sub role but there's

00:58:36.860 --> 00:58:38.760
a good possibility we'll see we'll see him sub

00:58:38.760 --> 00:58:41.159
in as well we'll ask who's the better keeper

00:58:41.159 --> 00:58:44.760
Danny or Koke I mean we're legally required to

00:58:44.760 --> 00:58:48.449
say Koke but we can respect what Danny video

00:58:48.449 --> 00:58:51.769
offers to that too. I think this is a, a good

00:58:51.769 --> 00:58:55.570
example of comparison of when you look at, um,

00:58:55.570 --> 00:58:57.369
when Liverpool and city dominate the primary

00:58:57.369 --> 00:59:00.550
league, you look at Alison and Anderson, two

00:59:00.550 --> 00:59:03.230
very good keepers. And Alison is probably is

00:59:03.230 --> 00:59:06.469
the better shot stopper. But if you want to have

00:59:06.469 --> 00:59:08.829
the better ball playing, you go with Anderson.

00:59:09.030 --> 00:59:11.750
That's the exact same thing here. If your team

00:59:11.750 --> 00:59:15.130
wants to have a goalkeeper who can hit a ball

00:59:15.130 --> 00:59:18.260
to a dime, you know, 39 yards away with 100 %

00:59:18.260 --> 00:59:21.860
accuracy. You pick okay every time I agree 100

00:59:21.860 --> 00:59:25.099
% So I mean looking at this key takeaways for

00:59:25.099 --> 00:59:27.300
this matchup What does Rhode Island FC need to

00:59:27.300 --> 00:59:29.579
do in your opinion? To take all three points

00:59:29.579 --> 00:59:31.840
for the first time ever both against Sacramento,

00:59:32.059 --> 00:59:35.639
but also away at Sacramento I think it's important

00:59:35.639 --> 00:59:39.280
here that our FC plays quickly after regaining

00:59:39.280 --> 00:59:41.280
possessions We don't want them to let it turn

00:59:41.280 --> 00:59:44.780
into a slow methodical match They're gonna really

00:59:44.780 --> 00:59:48.659
want to bring the tempo down here and not allow

00:59:48.659 --> 00:59:52.099
our FC opportunities to create chances here.

00:59:52.820 --> 00:59:56.480
To try and force Sacramento to defend while retreating,

00:59:56.739 --> 01:00:00.159
try to hit them on speed there, and kind of avoid

01:00:00.159 --> 01:00:02.699
spells of long predictable possession that kind

01:00:02.699 --> 01:00:06.199
of will lull our FC into kind of asleep there,

01:00:06.199 --> 01:00:08.679
if you will. If we can get this game to be played

01:00:08.679 --> 01:00:11.860
faster, to be played quicker with Sacramento

01:00:11.860 --> 01:00:14.440
kind of retreating. I think RFC will have a good

01:00:14.440 --> 01:00:17.340
opportunity to kind of sneak a few in. Agree.

01:00:17.380 --> 01:00:19.780
I've got, and I feel like a broken record here,

01:00:19.780 --> 01:00:21.880
but it's really going to be limiting Arturo Rodriguez.

01:00:22.599 --> 01:00:24.840
Like I said earlier, everything flows to him.

01:00:25.119 --> 01:00:27.380
Everything. He's a conduit, both forward and

01:00:27.380 --> 01:00:29.539
backwards. He's very much the Hugo back rack

01:00:29.539 --> 01:00:32.260
of this team right now. So making sure you stifle

01:00:32.260 --> 01:00:35.300
him is probably the most important thing that

01:00:35.300 --> 01:00:37.420
you have because remembering, you know, Sacramento

01:00:37.420 --> 01:00:42.269
is wants to build through you. and you need to

01:00:42.269 --> 01:00:43.989
make sure that Rhode Island FC is pushing them

01:00:43.989 --> 01:00:46.469
out wide and building around you. You cannot

01:00:46.469 --> 01:00:49.809
let a player like Arturo Rodriguez find that,

01:00:49.809 --> 01:00:52.690
you know, dissecting pass, that through pass

01:00:52.690 --> 01:00:55.190
that's going to unlock the back line. It would

01:00:55.190 --> 01:01:00.250
be curtains for Rhode Island FC. Exactly. Taking

01:01:00.250 --> 01:01:02.630
a quick look at our ref report here for this

01:01:02.630 --> 01:01:07.250
match. We have referee Elvis Osmanovich. Doesn't

01:01:07.250 --> 01:01:09.489
immediately ring any negative bells. So hopefully

01:01:09.489 --> 01:01:11.929
that won't he's like ref every single Tampa Bay

01:01:11.929 --> 01:01:13.630
match and that's all you need to worry about

01:01:13.630 --> 01:01:17.070
assistant refs of Jeremy Hansen and Christian

01:01:17.070 --> 01:01:22.960
clerk with fourth official Conrado Garcia Yeah,

01:01:22.960 --> 01:01:25.260
and you know if you are watching this game reminder

01:01:25.260 --> 01:01:29.119
that it is a 1030 Eastern time kickoff so like

01:01:29.119 --> 01:01:31.000
those crazy late World Cup games we've been watching

01:01:31.000 --> 01:01:33.059
you know we thought it's weird because this is

01:01:33.059 --> 01:01:35.679
the only break in the World Cup is this one particular

01:01:35.679 --> 01:01:38.500
day every other day up until once quarterfinals

01:01:38.500 --> 01:01:40.659
are over then you actually have to give the players

01:01:40.659 --> 01:01:42.460
rest. But when you think about back -to -back

01:01:42.460 --> 01:01:45.619
days, tomorrow is the first day off of the World

01:01:45.619 --> 01:01:47.380
Cup since the beginning of the World Cup, and

01:01:47.380 --> 01:01:49.320
we're stacking it with another late -night game

01:01:49.320 --> 01:01:52.039
in Rhode Island FC action. So, having said that,

01:01:52.280 --> 01:01:55.380
a reminder, okay? Defiance will not be at the

01:01:55.380 --> 01:01:57.059
Guild because the Guild will not be open. So

01:01:57.059 --> 01:01:59.119
don't go to the Guild to watch this game. It

01:01:59.119 --> 01:02:02.079
will be at High Motor instead. So come and hang

01:02:02.079 --> 01:02:04.960
out, eat some dollar dogs with us, catch all

01:02:04.960 --> 01:02:06.940
the action there, and if, of course, you can't...

01:02:06.969 --> 01:02:08.570
catch the action with us, or you just don't want

01:02:08.570 --> 01:02:10.710
to be out that late. The game will be on Nessun

01:02:10.710 --> 01:02:13.690
Plus, ESPN Plus, or you can let Tom and Nick

01:02:13.690 --> 01:02:17.309
serenade you on 790 to score. Jason, I'm expecting

01:02:17.309 --> 01:02:19.190
a lot of fun out of this match. I think it's

01:02:19.190 --> 01:02:21.409
Rhode Island's to take. They are a second half

01:02:21.409 --> 01:02:24.050
team when it comes to their abilities. If they

01:02:24.050 --> 01:02:25.789
can weather the storm of Sacramento, I think

01:02:25.789 --> 01:02:27.769
they'll be good. But the final thing I got to

01:02:27.769 --> 01:02:30.929
say about Sacramento is they are amazing at home.

01:02:31.389 --> 01:02:34.610
11 of their 16 points have come. from Heart Health

01:02:34.610 --> 01:02:37.150
Park. So they are doing the work at home. They've

01:02:37.150 --> 01:02:39.429
just been struggling more on the road. So this

01:02:39.429 --> 01:02:41.130
will be a very good test for Rhode Island FC.

01:02:41.769 --> 01:02:44.409
Well, maybe it's time for RFC to spoil the party.

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