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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 Jixson. Rhode Island

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FC earns two points in their final round of Prinks

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Tires Cup action. drawing 1 -1 against Brooklyn

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FC before winning the additional point in penalties

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that saw Koke Vegas with an absolutely incredible

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performance in the net and from the spot. We're

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going to talk about so much that went on in this.

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We're going to talk about the overall implications

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of the tournament with Rhode Island FC now bowing

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out. What does this game mean? What does the

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result look like? And what does the momentum

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that happens beyond the results on the pitch

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on Saturday do for this amber and blue? And of

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course, you can bet we're going to talk some

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red cards. Joining me as always, Mr. Jason Carey.

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How are you doing, my friend? Doing pretty good.

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Doing pretty good. You know, it's been a while

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since I've been a Debbie Downer. RIP Sam Neal,

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Jurassic Park, Event Horizon, and the Mouth of

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Madness. Fantastic movies. We lost a good one

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today. You know, I forgot that that's one of

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your favorite things to do. We should be bringing

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that back because why not start a show with so

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much joy by bringing up so much death? That's

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a celebration of life. Those are some great movies

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there, you know? Speaking of celebrating, let's

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get into talking about this World Cup minute

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as we've been talking throughout our time here

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on the show. What do you want to open up with,

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buddy? Uh, I mean, we saw England, Norway, Argentina,

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Switzerland this weekend. Uh, some fun games,

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maybe not the result I was looking for per se,

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you know, being a, being a bit of an early in

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Holland stand is kind of hoping Norway could

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get the result there. Apparently he was maybe

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dealing with a bit of a health bug and maybe

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Sorloff wishes he could take back that, uh, non

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pass there. But I mean, this England team is

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looking really good. Both Kane and Jude have

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six goals each. I think Argentina is going to

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be scared unless bars going to be there to save

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him. We'll kind of see what that what that looks

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like. You know, Argentina, by the way, the only

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team in the World Cup that has not had a VAR

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intervention so far in the tournament. I know

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last week we talked about how they also have

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the highest foul to card conversion. We can talk

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about the Argentinian entire refereeing squad

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for that France match. I mean, there's been a

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lot of things, but I think you're right. I think

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the question I have for you that is talking about.

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Norway now going out they were they were the

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most recent version of the Dark Horse last Morocco

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now Norway with four teams left France Spain

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England and Argentina who's the Dark Horse at

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this point? It's hard to say because these are

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all like top teams in the world right so they

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should all be able to go toe -to -toe to each

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other I think the favorites are probably France

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Argentina but I wouldn't put anything past Spain

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or England to kind of maybe upset if you will,

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one of those matches. I think these are very

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even. matches to a certain extent if you will

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well we'll have to find out as those semi -finals

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take place this tuesday and wednesday both of

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them at 3 pm eastern you know i've joked with

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people on the side i don't think we've brought

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it up in the show as we've been going through

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this world cup cycle not a big fan of how as

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a host country now granted all three host countries

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are now out of the tournament all going out at

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the same time not really conducive to watching

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the sport in our nation considering it's at 3

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pm eastern or 12 o 'clock Pacific time. This

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doesn't feel like this was geared to us as hosting

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at all. Definitely not. These last rounds, they

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feel like they're aimed at the European audience.

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So I mean, maybe they knew that we would not

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make it this far or made sure that we didn't.

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I don't know. But like, come on, five, at least

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five o 'clock, right? That's still make you know,

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make the Europeans stay up late. I mean, if a

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European team is still in this or European fans

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of said European team is still in this, like.

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You're going to watch it. And with these big

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names, everyone everywhere is going to tune in.

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I have been up at two in the morning to watch

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games for teams that I didn't care about or could

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probably not pronounce and spell the correct

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way on first. What were some of those South Africa

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games like four a .m. or something like that?

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Well, I think there was a Qatar game where it

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was like two in the morning is the start time.

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Like I'm just saying, as the host nation, these

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should have been. We want to talk about growing

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the game. We want to talk about getting a bump.

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And there's a mailbag question we're going to

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talk about a little later about the World Cup

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cycle and the bump that we're supposed to get.

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that you're not getting people to show up and

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watch these games at three o 'clock they're gonna

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be at their desks at best or they're going to

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be waiting for the highlights or just like the

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you know the Google score indicator to let you

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know this is a shame and I think we need to prioritize

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whoever the host country is I think we need to

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prioritize that better in the future absolutely

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and then looking towards that feature apparently

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infantino saying they're considering 64 teams

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for the 2030 World Cup big mistake this is a

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terrible idea and not because I don't want to

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see it because you don't want to see Italy in

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the World Cup No, they still won't make it anyway.

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No, it's because like when you do things like

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this, like think about all the things we've learned

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from the Prinks Tires Cup action, right? Like

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there are building blocks to make a better tournament.

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I think this is just too fast. I do think it

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would have been inevitable to not get to 64 teams.

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That was always the next. you know incarnation

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of this but the problem is is it's more like

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okay what did we learn and yeah you can say that

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well there's four years to figure that out but

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you might need two to three cycles to make sure

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that you get this right jumping and springboarding

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this that quickly, like just from a host nation

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logistics perspective, like that is a huge undertaking

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to support that much stuff all at once. I'm not

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sure this should have been that quickly advanced.

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I would have liked to have seen two more World

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Cups where we saw this number of teams stabilize

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the format and then figure out where we need

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to build from there. Yeah, I think that's good,

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too, because we also don't know if this was an

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anomaly, right? We did see that a lot of the

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smaller teams actually turned up in a big way

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and put up a big fight. But what if in the next

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round, all of a sudden it becomes where there

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isn't any parody and all of a sudden you just

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have like Italy again. Yeah. A bunch of giants

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like, you know, like beaten up on people and

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then then that's no fun. Right. Yeah. No, that's

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going to be interesting. We'll have to wait and

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see what happens from it. Do we know when that

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vote goes through? Like, is there a date that

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that's been announced yet? I mean. FIFA is not

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very forthcoming with a lot of the information

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that they provide. So we'll find out 15 minutes

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before they announce the actual matches. Perfect,

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that works. What did you think of a certain Ted

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Lasso star finally getting his first start of

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the USL Championship season? Yeah, it was cool

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to finally see Christopher Hernandez get his

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debut there. Finally got some minutes. There

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was some sort of visa issue that he had to kind

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of get organized. Only played about 10 minutes,

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came on, got a yellow card for charging the keeper.

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Perfect. Perfect debut, right? I mean, so yeah,

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and for those asking like, well, he's been an

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actor. How did that not work? It's a different

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type of visa requirement to play as a player

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through the ITC and through FIFA regulation.

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So was on a different type of visa needed to

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get that rotated through. And, you know, you've

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heard of. bigger clubs with a lot of money being

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able to get those done like overnight. El Paso

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locomotive not exactly dropping coin to get their

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new star in there as fast as possible. I will

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now be really curious if we see him get at least

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a goal this season. Do you think there's a chance?

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I hope so. I'm gonna I'm gonna say a 33 % chance.

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So you're saying there's a chance. Let's get

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into these Prinks Tire Cup standings here now

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with the results on the weekend. Jason Rhode

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Island of Sea came out victors. but it still

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wasn't enough. Yeah. Uh, they ended up with a

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one, one draw against Brooklyn and got the extra

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point there as the, uh, tournament go straight

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to penalties. They, uh, they won the shootout

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there. It gets an extra point, two points there,

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but like you said, not enough to really springboard

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them. Uh, RFC ultimately remaining in third place

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in the group, not picking up enough points to

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advance or attain a wild card spot as Hartford

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ended up winning. And because we didn't beat

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brooklyn outright we weren't able to jump them

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you know it's funny is when i thought about that

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i remember the first tiebreaker going to how

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you bested your opponent in the game i thought

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that that was wrong because we technically did

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did not realize that since the match is recorded

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as a draw it does not count and you actually

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move to the next tiebreaker that can have the

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potential to be with that second point then where

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the points should have already eliminated that

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but in this case we didn't technically beat brooklyn

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and with their higher goal differential they

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remained on top. Not that any of it mattered

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because neither one of these teams won the wild

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card. So gonna ask you now, you know, we did

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the same exercise when the Open Cup was on and

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then we finally doubted who were the teams that

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we were going to root for. Looking at the rest

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of this tournament and the way it's going to

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shake out Group 1's winner Spokane Velocity,

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Group 2 Colorado Springs Switchbacks, Group 3

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San Antonio FC, Group 4 Louisville City FC, Group

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5 the pre -mentioned Hartford, Group 6 Charlotte

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Independence and Group 7 Tampa Bay Rowdies. Who

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are we rooting for at this point? I really like

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seeing some teams here like Spokane Velocity

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and Charlotte Independence. I think this is actually,

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this is what you want from this tournament to

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see that like, Hey, the parody is there. There

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are teams in the, in us L one who can go toe

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to toe with championship teams. I mean, looking

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at them. So the way they, they announced the

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matchups a few hours, we've got Rowdy's versus

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Lou city, independence versus Hartford velocity

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versus switchbacks and San Antonio versus the

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one and only Miami FC. Believe it or not, they

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are actually this year's wild card spot winner.

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I don't know if maybe that World Cup mojo they

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got from room in Locadia coming back. I mean,

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they also put five past Sarasota considering

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goals for is a very big deal here. That probably

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helped them. I mean, looking at these teams,

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I'm obviously going to root for independence

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against Hartford. You know, we always I am curious.

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I mean, you always love to see Miami being an

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underdog and something like this, but I am curious

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as well in the future if being in these groups

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again, learning from the format, expanding and

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making it better. Is it that a team that came

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from one of the groups that only had five teams?

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Was that a better opportunity than one of these

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groups that had six or even the one that had

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seven in it? I mean, six other clubs not making

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it, but two from one of the smallest groups.

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It doesn't surprise me that Miami advances on

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when you look at the competition there. I know

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FC Naples is a strong USL one side this season.

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Sarasota Paradise trying to figure theirself

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out, but then Sporting Jacks. I mean, they're

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not exactly championship level right now. No

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disrespect. They need a lot to work on. Miami's

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been doing well so far this season not so surprisingly.

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We haven't gotten points against them ourselves

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yet I feel like this is the right team to be

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in there. What's the what's the matchup? You're

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the most excited to see them here I am kind of

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curious like you do mention that I I wonder with

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Miami FC Maybe they've slipped a little bit,

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but they've been a little bit better this year

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than they have in the past I wonder if You know

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with room back having that stellar performance

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in the World Cup does that? you know give their

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defense an extra boost same with locadia coming

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back is that they give their offense like are

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they maybe a team to watch out for i'd be curious

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in this especially in a one -off competition

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where they can just have one good performance

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and move on i think that's right then my final

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question before we go to break it's good to see

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two teams from the usl1 here advance considering

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40 what two teams are in this in its entirety

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Is that indication that this format is being

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successful or like if we have seen no? USL one

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teams advance would we have had to have rethought

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the structure of this because if every single

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USL one team doesn't make it kind of what's the

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point of opening it up between the two leagues?

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Yeah, no, it's good question. I think last year

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we only had one right? I think it was triumph

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that moved on criminal triumph So it's good to

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see two of them move on this year. So I think

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that means there is some success here in the

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format I think with the way that it's not balanced

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there's maybe still room for improvement but

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overall I do enjoy this competition even if unfortunately

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we did not continue on this year. So we will

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all start rooting for Miami FC or maybe you want

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one of these USL one sides but it should still

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be a fun tournament to watch through but we've

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got to go to break and when we return we're going

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to talk all things about this Rhode Island FC

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result on the weekend and talk about how Kano

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prepared for the match. Don't go anywhere it's

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Getting back to this 1 -1 draw between Rhode

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Island FC and Brooklyn FC. Wanna get into some

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initial impressions here about the match. RAFC,

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like we said, not able to move on despite the

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two points. We knew going into that game, Jason,

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that this team was not in the driver's seat any

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longer as it was going to require not only a

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Rhode Island FC win but also Westchester to do

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some damage to Hartford Athletic. Neither one

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of those things end up coming true. But we also

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knew this game was going to be more than just

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the result. We knew that this was going to be

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a game about defending the honor of Rhode Island

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FC, the momentum that they've been trying to

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create and protect, but then also making sure

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that they delivered a performance in front of

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a home fan crowd. And I think that that's what

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they got on the night. And then some. Yeah. Circling

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back to what I said last week about like Clay's

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comments, you know, sometimes these games, whether

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or not maybe they mean anything per se in the

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grand scheme of like the Like the table, like

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they can definitely still build momentum, right?

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Showing grit, determination, pushing through

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adversity, you know, three, three games in seven

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days, kind of a, kind of a bit much there, especially

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after that West coast travel, the farthest that

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we're going to see this year. Um, you know, in

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learning at condos, not actually. A big fan of

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that he was mad like he didn't say it in the

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post game. We talked about going into Sacramento,

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but he absolutely had words and thoughts. Does

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not believe that a game of that level of distance

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should ever be sandwiched as a midweek rotation,

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and I think I have to agree with him on that.

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Yeah, especially as we saw where right when what's

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the? Orange County came out to visit us. They

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then tied that in to visiting Hartford. Like

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those travels make sense. Like, hey, if you're

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going to have them go halfway across the world,

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at least then have them stay close by afterwards.

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Like, hey, just travel an hour down the road

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and play the other team over there. So it as

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opposed to having to go back and forth, right?

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Could we have not played another game on the

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weekend against the West Coast team to like minimize

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that travel and looked at a different date for

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this? I mean at this point this is something

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that I think the USL will have to look at scheduling.

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But, you know, ultimately getting the result

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that we did, I think that'll the draw plus one

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will kind of help be somewhat of a boost for

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the team here. So it's a win, but it's not a

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win. Yeah. Well, here's Coach Cano on his opening

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statements and his very interesting comments

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about the red card. So we'll start things off

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with Coach Head Coach Cano Smith. So proud of

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the team. It was a tough week to play a good

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team, Orange County, the Django on our furthest

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trip away to play Sacramento across the country,

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which is. Ridiculous midweek, but we had to Do

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what we had to do and then we came home and I

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mean, I thought the officiating today was was

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top class And to play with Ten men and still

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come away with a result happy that we can send

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everybody home happy with a shootout win and

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cocaine cocaine scoring but obviously out of

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the competition, so now we get ready for Hartford

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next week next week will be slightly altered

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because We need to give them two days off in

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a row after such a long week. But yeah, it's

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just one game at a time, which is nice. And you

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prepare for it the best you can, which, Hartford,

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we're a really, really tough team. You mentioned

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the officiating did a great job tonight. Yeah,

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excellent. You think so? Yeah, excellent. You

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had no sarcasm whatsoever? What do you think?

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I think there's sarcasm there. I just went with

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it. I thought it was excellent. I'm not a sarcastic

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person. I thought they were. I'm just meeting

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you for the first time, so it's nice to meet

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you. Sorry, no, I'm not, yeah, I'm not being

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any way trying to be disrespectful to you. I'm

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just, that's my answer that I thought the officiating

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was fantastic. That's a good answer. Yeah. So

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there's so much to unpack on that one. I we did

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not go to this game. So let's just be upfront

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with everyone. We enjoyed our summer a little

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too much to World Cup. And so we did not go to

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this game. So I don't know who that reporter

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was, but they were a new reporter. And they got

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the coach kind of special right out the gate.

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And I've never heard Coach Kano apologize to

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someone before. So lots of progress made. But

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for anyone that's never met Coach Kano Smith

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to say he's not sarcastic is it's just a cherry

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on top. You know, Coach Kano hated hated. the

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that referee did not he just couldn't afford

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the fine probably because it would have Bankrupted

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him and maybe the entire state of Rhode Island

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for what he really wanted to say Yeah, I think

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at this point he has to Limit what he can say,

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especially in this case like at the end of the

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day. Okay, fine We have two players who miss

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a cup game next year Right like maybe maybe we'll

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talk maybe yeah, man. I will see like it's like

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it's not it's not worth him getting the fine

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to to complain about it, but You absolutely know

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that he was not happy with the ref. Yeah, and

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we'll discuss the red cards a little later in

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the show. So for now, let's talk about how Kano

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approached this roster construction on the night.

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Yeah, so bit of a some changes here. Koke Vegas

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and net no change there. No change there, but

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we saw a back line here comprised of Nick Scardina,

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Kareefa Yao, Frank Nodarse and Aldair Sanchez.

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Holy midfielders Dwayne Atkinson and Danny Rivera.

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Expected, expected, right? Attacking midfielders

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here, Joe J. Aquezera, Noel Fuson, and Augustin

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Rodriguez, with Leo Alfonso up top. You know,

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Jason, I mentioned last week on the show that

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when we saw the men that Conor was going to elect

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for this particular start, it was going to determine

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the tempo, the pace, and the strategy behind

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what he wanted to accomplish, again, knowing

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that they were so dependent on a result from

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Westchester to begin with. we asked ourselves,

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was Kano going to go for it or was he going to

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rotate heavily in the night here? What did you

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think of the overall setup of this, based on

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this initial lineup? Let's not talk about the

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result because that's putting the cart in front

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of the horse, but you see this lineup come out

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and does that scream Kano's going for it or does

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that scream something else? It's tough to say.

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You have a really interesting setup here for

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our holding midfielders, right? Two players you

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would not expect to see there, Dwayne and Danny.

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I mean, I've definitely seen teams who will pair

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someone who's maybe we'll say Danny as a, as

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a fullback has a bit more of the defensive qualities.

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And then Dwayne has a bit more of the kind of

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almost a cam attacking. Progress. So he, we clearly

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know that he could pass the ball and carry it

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forward. And so they're looking for some balance

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in that pivot. It is good to see Danny get some

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minutes. even if it's not in his natural position,

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I doubt that we'll see him there more once we

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have Zach and Clay healthy. I just, I wonder

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also too, is this something that Conno's been

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working on the background with Danny or is this

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just a need? It, it, it makes me wonder with

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how many injuries we have. It's hard to say if

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this is just, you know, if everyone was healthy

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and he, he put out this lineup, I'd say he's

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probably like, I don't want to say like throwing

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it, but he's not necessarily going for the game.

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But considering the injuries we have, I almost

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feel like this is somewhat of a necessity. Speaking

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of injuries, we saw Clay Holstead on the streets

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doing some, you know, on the ground reporting

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earlier this weekend. Saw him, you know, we've

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got the scoop directly from you that he was going

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to be ready and available in the near future.

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So that initial injury, not as bad as we thought.

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My guess is, and based on the mobility we saw

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from him, he's probably two weeks out at maximum

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at this point. So the good news is we'll have

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Clay Holstead returning much sooner. Don't think

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he'll be available for this Hartford match on

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the weekend ahead, but good to see him. Nevertheless,

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maybe we'll be surprised by something in training.

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He seems like a resilient young lad, but getting

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back to Danny and Dwayne. Do you think that the

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other benefit to this is unlike maybe in the

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last match against Sacramento where we saw a

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stylistic change with how they incorporated a

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back five line with Aldair and Frank kind of

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navigating some of those similar spaces and channels?

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Do you think that because we almost kind of kept

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the system in place better and it was a plug

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and play now granted completely different player

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profiles between Dwayne Atkinson and Hugo Bacharach.

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Let's not let's not kid ourselves. Do we think

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that that's more of a sign of the system starting

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to click and players understanding that even

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if it's a different player in that role in the

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night, the job is the same? Yeah, I think what

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we saw is that. You know our players have started

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to get comfortable defending in a back four.

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So we put them back into a back four. And so

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we saw a bit more of a solid defensive performance

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on the night there. And then from there, you

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have, you know, somewhat like you said, plug

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and play, maybe they're not exactly the right

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characteristics or styles, but these are all

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soccer players, right? They know how to kick

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and pass the ball. So put them in, put them in

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a position, give them some instructions and you

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have a system where everyone else kind of knows

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what they're doing. And we honestly didn't look

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that bad in the first half with them in the holding

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midfielder position there. There was a lot of

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attacking momentum there. Well, yeah, here's

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Coach Cano's words on Danny and Dwayne specifically.

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It was some of the best all year. It was really

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enjoyable to watch Dwayne play deeper inside

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the midfield. I thought he dictated a lot. He

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has a lot of ideas. He was spraying the ball

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everywhere. Danny had limited minutes this year.

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I thought he played well. So yeah, I thought

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up until that moment, I don't think they had

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much. I thought all they had was... Set pieces

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and we want to be aggressive and but we have

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to not give away unnecessary files I know they

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want to be aggressive and trying to do what we're

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asking, but you have to be calm and composed

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in those moments Yeah, and we'll talk about that

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at length in the next segment Dwayne Atkinson

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making his fourth start of the season Danny Rivera

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making his second career start with the club

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Obviously, it's his first USL Cup career. But

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again, maybe a player we thought we'd see more

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in this tournament You know CJ Williams finally

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we're getting to see him back on the pitch after

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a 13 -game injury absence the player we didn't

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see though Jason and we probably won't see him

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now No, Jacob Castro was this the final swan

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song because is there a world? where if we rotate

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Castro out at the end of the season that we just

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never see him actually on the pitch as an RFC

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keeper. Barring any sort of injury. Yeah, I don't

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see us seeing a keeper at all. It kind of makes

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me wonder like, are they? Clearly we're we are

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best with cocaine net, right? He he fits the

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style that we play. He's a great keeper. Like,

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you know, there's really no better option for

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us. However, in some of these cup games that

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you want to showcase that and give your backup

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keeper an opportunity to play for various reasons

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:09.940
to kind of keep them fresh. But then also there's

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:11.240
always there's always potential to move players

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:14.900
on right? You can sell sell value. But then also

00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:17.299
just give give your keeper rest. I mean cocaine

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:21.759
is not getting any younger. So I just I hope

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:25.059
I just hope that it doesn't come back to haunt

00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:27.759
us that we kind of wear him out. We shall see,

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:29.720
but we've got to go to break, and when we return,

00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:31.920
we're going to bring up the biggest storylines

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Jason Carey Taking a look here at the goal scores

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:10.359
on the night Augustine Petty Rodriguez here in

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:14.680
the 19th minute slots home a pass from Quasera

00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:17.160
right between the legs of the defenders I think

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:19.539
there was a slight deflection there, but still

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:22.430
made its way to that bottom corner Great to see

00:25:22.430 --> 00:25:24.170
him get on the score sheet. We've been talking

00:25:24.170 --> 00:25:26.769
for months now fans have been asking us You know,

00:25:27.009 --> 00:25:29.369
when will pity take the next step find a goal

00:25:29.369 --> 00:25:31.789
for himself? Obviously, I think what three assists

00:25:31.789 --> 00:25:34.170
on the season but no goals yet to show for it

00:25:34.170 --> 00:25:36.569
I think this is a huge turning point in his season

00:25:36.569 --> 00:25:39.630
for himself even if it wasn't in league play

00:25:39.630 --> 00:25:43.390
you got to ask yourself like the combination

00:25:43.390 --> 00:25:46.529
of a right time, right place. It's a thing that

00:25:46.529 --> 00:25:49.009
we don't see enough of from him. And now that

00:25:49.009 --> 00:25:51.589
I've seen it, I want more. But more specifically,

00:25:51.609 --> 00:25:54.130
I want to talk about the assist to that as well.

00:25:54.329 --> 00:25:56.910
Joe J out back out on the right side. He may

00:25:56.910 --> 00:25:59.940
have had an early night, but still. He looked

00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:02.539
good. It was reminiscent of what he's been so

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:05.079
successful for out on that right side. Surely

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:08.500
the experiment minus injuries is over about keeping

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:11.180
him on the left. I know we can do the rotate

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:12.819
in the middle of the game and throw defenses

00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:15.460
off. I'm fine with that. But if this has got

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:17.140
to be yet another case to be made that Quasar

00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:19.400
has to predominantly stay on the right. Yeah,

00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:22.799
I think this performance shows that Quasar has

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:24.900
found a spot here with us in the right wing.

00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:26.539
And like you said, there's always opportunities.

00:26:27.230 --> 00:26:29.809
Depending upon the way attacks pan out for them

00:26:29.809 --> 00:26:32.750
to be flexible and move around But he's looked

00:26:32.750 --> 00:26:35.490
the most lethal for us from that coming from

00:26:35.490 --> 00:26:38.650
that right wing being able to either Shoot because

00:26:38.650 --> 00:26:41.690
he's hit some some go lasso from there Or even

00:26:41.690 --> 00:26:43.910
just to get in there and kind of cause some havoc

00:26:43.910 --> 00:26:45.950
dribble and you know pass to one of the other

00:26:45.950 --> 00:26:48.869
teammates Unfortunately, the goal was short -lived

00:26:48.869 --> 00:26:52.289
as a go -ahead victory forward on NFC as Juan

00:26:52.289 --> 00:26:55.869
Carlos over gone jr. Would have different ideas

00:26:55.869 --> 00:26:58.740
on the night Jason, let's set this picture and

00:26:58.740 --> 00:27:01.099
let's talk this out. This only happens because

00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:04.059
of a Kreefer Yow emergency takedown that gives

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:06.680
them a dangerous look at goal mouth from the

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:09.359
top of the box. Definitely. And Kano just talked

00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:11.480
about it too, about them wanting to be aggressive

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:15.380
and defending. But I think if you look at this

00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:18.440
goal, you kind of have to give over gone his

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:21.619
flowers. This was a phenomenal free kick. He

00:27:21.619 --> 00:27:23.759
finds the top right corner with a spectacular

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:27.259
free kick that Really nothing you you can't you

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:29.940
can't really fault. Okay for that unless he knew

00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:31.920
that's where it was gonna go and even then it's

00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:35.619
it was was top bins as they say I don't like

00:27:35.619 --> 00:27:37.640
that over gone junior continues to find ways

00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:39.779
to score against this club. He's been a bit of

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:42.240
a boogeyman for us at times. Yeah. Yeah. I think

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:44.740
he may across all competitions because unfortunately

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:46.920
so much of it is coming to Moose from USL one,

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:49.420
but I think him into Moose might be like our

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:51.539
two main problematic strikers when we're going

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:54.759
up against them. Uh, we'll talk at length about

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:56.640
some of this stuff, but really quickly that most

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:58.380
of the game from then on, it becomes a one one,

00:27:58.420 --> 00:28:00.160
obviously some big moments, but from a scoring

00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:02.740
perspective, nothing else happens. Despite some

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:04.670
really good looks at goal from both sides of

00:28:04.670 --> 00:28:07.150
the teams. Getting into the penalties though,

00:28:07.369 --> 00:28:10.369
Rhode Island FC does win 4 -3 on those after

00:28:10.369 --> 00:28:13.410
an incredible save from Koke Vegas to start things

00:28:13.410 --> 00:28:16.910
off. But then, Cosmic Justice, my friend, is

00:28:16.910 --> 00:28:20.009
restored, Obergon Jr. going wide and missing

00:28:20.009 --> 00:28:22.369
the net. That's what you like to see after a

00:28:22.369 --> 00:28:25.109
player who caused us so many problems on the

00:28:25.109 --> 00:28:26.990
night, not just the goal. We're talking the red

00:28:26.990 --> 00:28:29.210
card. We're talking almost just harassing the

00:28:29.210 --> 00:28:31.509
back line for the entirety of 90 minutes. It

00:28:31.509 --> 00:28:33.890
was almost just like he needed to miss that for

00:28:33.890 --> 00:28:35.789
for the world to feel like justice can still

00:28:35.789 --> 00:28:38.369
be around. Yeah. And it's really good, too, to

00:28:38.369 --> 00:28:41.509
see if we kind of look quickly at our eyes scoring

00:28:41.509 --> 00:28:44.630
summary summary here. Scardina showed up, buried

00:28:44.630 --> 00:28:48.309
it. Same with Shapiro Thompson and then Leo Fonzo.

00:28:48.569 --> 00:28:50.289
JG Williams actually did take a good penalty.

00:28:50.470 --> 00:28:52.829
He put it towards the bottom corner. It's just

00:28:52.829 --> 00:28:55.970
unfortunately it was saved and then the Capitan

00:28:55.970 --> 00:28:59.890
himself, Koke Vega steps up and just passes it

00:28:59.890 --> 00:29:03.190
to the bottom opposite corner. I know it is possible.

00:29:03.190 --> 00:29:05.250
Obviously I know it is allowed. I don't think

00:29:05.250 --> 00:29:07.869
I've ever seen a keeper step up unless it's their

00:29:07.869 --> 00:29:09.970
natural time in the order, which is, you know,

00:29:09.970 --> 00:29:12.470
closer to the end. Maybe maybe not 11th, but

00:29:12.470 --> 00:29:14.660
maybe 9th. and it goes in there. I don't think

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:17.000
I've ever seen a keeper taking it at the fifth

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:19.579
because arguably the most important spot on the

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:23.839
night typically for how these can go. It was

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:25.700
just magical. We'll talk about that in a second.

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:28.200
I want to get back into what Kano mentioned when

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:30.819
we had his interview a second ago. He mentioned

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:32.839
that this was some of the best football he's

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:36.559
seen all season. Do we subscribe to that beyond

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:38.640
the Hollywood ending for Koke and knowing that

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:40.819
he was playing through a lot of injuries on the

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:43.920
squad? Yeah, I mean Brooklyn made it clear they

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:46.579
had two jobs on the night here kind of pressure

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:49.099
our back line with route one Tactics you speed

00:29:49.099 --> 00:29:51.339
and pace to try and dominate the set piece tactics.

00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:53.599
They they were definitely causing us some problems

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:56.720
there in the back line You know and they've won

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:58.420
ten corners on the night with the majority of

00:29:58.420 --> 00:30:01.039
them being generated from ill -attempted Crosses,

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:04.930
which were almost triple RFCs on the night Despite

00:30:04.930 --> 00:30:06.930
being a man down basically for half the game

00:30:06.930 --> 00:30:09.390
this match was more of our FC again shooting

00:30:09.390 --> 00:30:12.029
themselves in the foot with poor finishing Despite

00:30:12.029 --> 00:30:14.609
some high quality chances with shots I won't

00:30:14.609 --> 00:30:16.950
be surprised to find a high XG here with five

00:30:16.950 --> 00:30:19.950
shots on target and 11 of 19 from inside the

00:30:19.950 --> 00:30:22.890
box How many times have we seen this team to

00:30:22.890 --> 00:30:24.750
be so unlucky with their chances? I mean, I don't

00:30:24.750 --> 00:30:26.369
want to be too hard on them because they they

00:30:26.369 --> 00:30:28.509
did play down a man Oh, yes, no create a lot

00:30:28.509 --> 00:30:30.470
of good chances. I'm actually very happy with

00:30:30.470 --> 00:30:33.680
this performance, but it also feels like We kind

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:35.460
of probably should have won this to almost to

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:37.299
that point to like if you look at how they held

00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:39.900
them and still like they didn't just turtle for

00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:41.500
the rest of the game like they still took it

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:43.220
to Brooklyn. You almost would say like these

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:45.660
were evenly matched teams, but only once Rhode

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:47.680
Island went down a person on the night, right?

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:49.859
Yeah, like fight with one hand tied behind the

00:30:49.859 --> 00:30:52.359
back. Exactly. I don't want to call it a handicap,

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:54.440
but I also have to agree with Kano and what you

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:56.720
had said a second ago about talking about discipline

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:59.079
plaguing this team right now from their last

00:30:59.079 --> 00:31:02.259
five matches. Jason. 84 fouls. They're averaging

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:06.299
right now 16 .8 fouls per match. It's something

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:08.160
this team's going to have to figure out how to

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:10.400
balance between this aggressive play style and

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:12.480
the direction that they want to go moving forward.

00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:15.619
Yeah, and I think there's just kind of a recent

00:31:15.619 --> 00:31:17.619
moment in time, and I think we should see this

00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:20.079
kind of balance itself out. This kind of happened

00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:23.119
in the first year too, right? Conno's making

00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:26.759
a talking point here. RFC is currently 12th overall

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:28.420
around the league with very much the middle of

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:30.569
the table place where you kind of where you want

00:31:30.569 --> 00:31:33.390
to be. But I'd imagine that getting a red card

00:31:33.390 --> 00:31:35.390
might be at the start of the second half, only

00:31:35.390 --> 00:31:37.769
going to increase some emergency defending and

00:31:37.769 --> 00:31:40.269
testing attitudes. So they kind of put themselves

00:31:40.269 --> 00:31:42.470
in a position where like fouls just kind of had

00:31:42.470 --> 00:31:45.250
to happen there. But did they actually put themselves

00:31:45.250 --> 00:31:47.450
in that position? Because I mean, or were they

00:31:47.450 --> 00:31:51.190
put in that or did Guido Gonzalez Jr. make himself

00:31:51.190 --> 00:31:53.690
the man of the match and put them in that position?

00:31:54.789 --> 00:31:58.190
I know we joke about the levels of like the level

00:31:58.190 --> 00:32:02.900
of roughing. in the championship. But it's really

00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:05.059
hard not to make this a talking point. And I

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:07.259
think we have to mention it this time. There

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:09.099
are times, and we've been correct, we have some

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:11.220
fans and friends who are refs. And sometimes

00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:13.599
we'll say, like, I know you guys are frustrated

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:16.500
as fans, but those are fine refs. And we're always

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:19.059
willing to walk back our feelings if they'll

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:21.259
explain to us why. Unless it's Natalie Simon,

00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:24.900
I will be a stan of hers for life. But this was

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:26.720
a very poorly officiated match. Probably the

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:29.430
most poorly. there's no other way around it well

00:32:29.430 --> 00:32:31.750
and here's the weird thing is like even the commentators

00:32:31.750 --> 00:32:34.690
were were like yeah that that wasn't that wasn't

00:32:34.690 --> 00:32:37.529
even a foul so you know normally we do research

00:32:37.529 --> 00:32:39.190
on the refs ahead of time we are familiar with

00:32:39.190 --> 00:32:41.089
a majority of the names even when we see them

00:32:41.089 --> 00:32:43.910
as listed as fourth official or one of the ars

00:32:43.910 --> 00:32:46.190
like we're starting to develop a good understanding

00:32:46.190 --> 00:32:48.640
when these names going to crop up in these matches.

00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:51.000
I didn't see this name and I didn't because we

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:53.279
had too many podcasts to do that week as well.

00:32:53.380 --> 00:32:55.799
I didn't really put like any research into it

00:32:55.799 --> 00:32:57.940
so I just assumed either he was a lower league

00:32:57.940 --> 00:33:00.019
ref coming up to a big moment in tournament play

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:03.559
or maybe he was like in NWSL or in the women's

00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:05.619
game because I had never seen this name before

00:33:05.619 --> 00:33:09.119
amongst championship squads. Well guess what?

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:12.720
This guy hasn't overseen a championship match

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:16.099
of any kind since 2019 and you know why Jason?

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:19.220
because he's been reffing at the highest level

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:23.160
of soccer in America. He's been an MLS ref since

00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:26.359
2019. Not only has he been reffing at MLS games,

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:30.579
he also won the U .S. Soccer's Referee of the

00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:33.960
Year in 2024. This is a ref that's supposed to

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:38.420
be at the highest echelon of quality of ref opportunities

00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:42.000
and somehow We got that on the night. So when

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:44.200
you tell me that you're excited about us moving

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:45.740
up to division one and we're supposed to get

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:48.180
all these new resources and better access to

00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:50.579
things like better refs, I don't see it happening

00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:52.259
because if anything, it's going to get worse.

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:55.559
I mean, sometimes it has to get worse before

00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:59.359
it gets better. Let's talk about the red cards

00:33:59.359 --> 00:34:01.519
in questions. First, starting off with Franklin

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:04.849
Darcy's. His night was over, just five minutes

00:34:04.849 --> 00:34:07.069
into the second half. After collecting a pass

00:34:07.069 --> 00:34:10.150
from Kareefa Yow, cycling the ball, he gets the

00:34:10.150 --> 00:34:13.949
dribble past Obergon Jr. and starts to take off.

00:34:14.030 --> 00:34:16.210
Obergon then reaching out, grabbing a bit of

00:34:16.210 --> 00:34:18.670
jersey, grabbing a bit of an arm. They trade

00:34:18.670 --> 00:34:22.250
hands, touching shoulder to arm after the reach

00:34:22.250 --> 00:34:24.969
out, and then Obergon Jr. makes a meal out of

00:34:24.969 --> 00:34:26.969
it, claiming that he's been struck in the face,

00:34:27.289 --> 00:34:30.449
earning No Darcey a second yellow and an ejection.

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:34.579
Make that make sense to me, Jason. Make that

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:38.559
make sense. Yeah, that's the thing is it doesn't.

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:40.960
I mean, you know, because he not because I know

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:43.420
Darcy picked up his first on the 35th. There

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:45.639
are some kind of poor decision making, you know,

00:34:45.699 --> 00:34:47.820
from from the team a lot in regards to defensive.

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:51.300
They, you know, Brooklyn to their credit. We're

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:52.900
realizing, you know, these long balls over the

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:54.739
top, the speed that they have were really causing

00:34:54.739 --> 00:34:57.920
us some problems and the calls were going their

00:34:57.920 --> 00:35:02.030
way. So it's just kind of frustrating to see,

00:35:02.050 --> 00:35:05.309
especially because you watch that replay and

00:35:05.309 --> 00:35:07.070
at best he makes connection with a shoulder.

00:35:07.789 --> 00:35:09.869
Which then the question I have for you on that

00:35:09.869 --> 00:35:13.289
then is, is this card only coming out because

00:35:13.289 --> 00:35:16.050
of the believed contact to the face? Because

00:35:16.050 --> 00:35:19.090
the way I understand the game. Frank D 'Arcy

00:35:19.090 --> 00:35:21.409
has the ball. He's dribbling. Obergon Jr. is

00:35:21.409 --> 00:35:23.630
the one holding on him, trying to claw back and

00:35:23.630 --> 00:35:26.510
get that. To me, if I'm looking at this as a

00:35:26.510 --> 00:35:28.570
casual, if I'm only half invested in the game,

00:35:28.610 --> 00:35:30.690
I'm standing in the fans, my initial reaction

00:35:30.690 --> 00:35:33.150
is, well, at best, that's persistent infringement

00:35:33.150 --> 00:35:36.289
from Obergon Jr. unless there's that facial contact.

00:35:37.309 --> 00:35:39.730
Isn't that what this would be? Yeah, I mean,

00:35:39.789 --> 00:35:43.190
this is not a red. It's not even a yellow. I

00:35:43.190 --> 00:35:46.809
mean, Obergon is harassing him as he's trying

00:35:46.809 --> 00:35:49.889
to kind of pull forward. It's just a really bad

00:35:49.889 --> 00:35:55.369
call from Guido here. I mean, we have extra linesmen

00:35:55.369 --> 00:35:57.889
as well, too. I don't know why none of them could.

00:35:58.010 --> 00:36:00.449
Yeah, fourth officials right there. The AR is

00:36:00.449 --> 00:36:02.989
on that side of the pitch for that moment in

00:36:02.989 --> 00:36:07.760
time. I just, it doesn't make sense. Do we give

00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:10.019
Obergon Jr. the credit for selling the acting?

00:36:10.199 --> 00:36:12.420
Does he need to go now teach acting at a local

00:36:12.420 --> 00:36:14.880
community college? Because it just doesn't make

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:17.500
sense to me how this could have even happened.

00:36:17.840 --> 00:36:20.380
And more so to it than Jason, does something

00:36:20.380 --> 00:36:23.940
need to happen as a repercussion in retro? for

00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:26.039
this simulation from over gone junior like does

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:28.239
rfc need to make a case that had they been able

00:36:28.239 --> 00:36:30.179
to keep nodarse on the pitch that they might

00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:32.380
have found a winning goal in regular time i know

00:36:32.380 --> 00:36:34.019
that that wouldn't have changed the results overall

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:35.860
in the standings but you didn't know that at

00:36:35.860 --> 00:36:39.360
the time does over gone junior or brooklyn fc

00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:41.980
do are they responsible for some sort of penalty

00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:44.260
as a result of that because if that continues

00:36:44.260 --> 00:36:45.860
to happen it's going to diminish the quality

00:36:45.860 --> 00:36:48.340
of the league so i would think in a let's say

00:36:48.340 --> 00:36:50.699
this was a regular game or like a league game

00:36:50.699 --> 00:36:53.550
i i would think that you would I don't know if

00:36:53.550 --> 00:36:54.989
it'd be fair, but like you could just take the

00:36:54.989 --> 00:36:57.429
yellow from frank and give it to over gone and

00:36:57.429 --> 00:36:59.949
that way it's accumulated towards their yellow

00:36:59.949 --> 00:37:02.369
so they can still earn suspension. The problem

00:37:02.369 --> 00:37:04.389
is this is a cup game though so at that point

00:37:04.389 --> 00:37:05.989
it's really not going to do anything because

00:37:05.989 --> 00:37:10.190
those reset maybe just to kind of. I don't know

00:37:10.190 --> 00:37:12.130
mess up their transfer market stats that they

00:37:12.130 --> 00:37:15.530
have more yellows I don't know but there there

00:37:15.530 --> 00:37:17.949
should be some sort of discipline here I don't

00:37:17.949 --> 00:37:20.190
know if this is punishing the team punishing.

00:37:21.130 --> 00:37:23.750
Because these players are played so little, like

00:37:23.750 --> 00:37:26.849
it. Obviously we need to kind of correct the

00:37:26.849 --> 00:37:29.949
action, but like punishing the team so that they

00:37:29.949 --> 00:37:32.849
kind of then take the action down, trickle down

00:37:32.849 --> 00:37:35.050
to the player, and maybe there can be some kind

00:37:35.050 --> 00:37:37.190
of punishment or fine from there. Do you do a

00:37:37.190 --> 00:37:38.789
financial fine at that point? Do you do? Because

00:37:38.789 --> 00:37:41.670
like you're right, hurting the player isn't going

00:37:41.670 --> 00:37:44.130
to be what's good for the league. These are millionaires,

00:37:44.130 --> 00:37:49.199
so like what would you do in these moments? Mean

00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:52.219
it may spend him for his opening game of the

00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:54.860
next cup for the next one possibly like hey you

00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:58.659
you're acting Skills, you know caused another

00:37:58.659 --> 00:38:01.900
player to miss a match So now it's your turn

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:04.619
you you miss you missed the next the match because

00:38:04.619 --> 00:38:06.980
of that We talked about should the ref also face

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:09.039
a you know Some sort of punishment for this poor

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:11.059
officiating because the game completely got out

00:38:11.059 --> 00:38:13.199
of control The problem is and we've seen this

00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:15.260
in you know, bigger better leagues like Premier

00:38:15.260 --> 00:38:17.440
League. They send them down a league We don't

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:19.019
want this guy in the championship at this point,

00:38:19.880 --> 00:38:22.780
right? I mean, maybe all the way down to League

00:38:22.780 --> 00:38:26.300
one or USL two. I don't know. Maybe he's got

00:38:26.300 --> 00:38:28.119
to start from the bottom, work his way back up,

00:38:28.199 --> 00:38:31.119
you know, prove his worth. Really quickly, we

00:38:31.119 --> 00:38:32.940
got to move on though. Let's talk about Grant's

00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:35.599
red because that's the second spoiler of the

00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:39.199
night. This one almost feels even weirder to

00:38:39.199 --> 00:38:41.199
a certain. Yeah. And so in the dying seconds,

00:38:41.380 --> 00:38:43.840
Grant Stoneman comes in doing a flying ninja

00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:45.820
kick, doing the trying to do his best Latana

00:38:45.820 --> 00:38:49.010
impressing. And kind of just misses the ball.

00:38:49.349 --> 00:38:51.590
AST sent a cross in, but it was deflected off

00:38:51.590 --> 00:38:56.590
a Brooklyn player. And if you watch. the way

00:38:56.590 --> 00:38:59.690
a ball, when it hits a player, it kind of changes

00:38:59.690 --> 00:39:01.590
the trajectory. Jason, we don't need to explain

00:39:01.590 --> 00:39:04.570
physics to our fans. They know how that works.

00:39:04.730 --> 00:39:06.750
Apparently, who doesn't know is Guido Gonzalez

00:39:06.750 --> 00:39:09.130
Jr. He might need to go back to school. Maybe

00:39:09.130 --> 00:39:11.289
he can attend that acting class we mentioned

00:39:11.289 --> 00:39:14.110
a second ago. Stoneman, who's been watching,

00:39:14.170 --> 00:39:15.730
keep in mind, he's been on the bench this entire

00:39:15.730 --> 00:39:19.110
game, watching bad call after bad call. And to

00:39:19.110 --> 00:39:21.769
Guido's credit, he was bad for both teams. I

00:39:21.769 --> 00:39:24.230
mean, he was missing very bad tackles, very late

00:39:24.230 --> 00:39:28.289
challenges. challenges from our from from our

00:39:28.289 --> 00:39:30.650
players. They're like, it's what saw Marlon LeBlanc

00:39:30.650 --> 00:39:32.670
get a yellow card in addition to Conno Smith.

00:39:32.670 --> 00:39:35.090
And you better believe that I'm updating the

00:39:35.090 --> 00:39:37.170
graphics graphics package to include his new

00:39:37.170 --> 00:39:40.630
yellow card next week on the show. But it was

00:39:40.630 --> 00:39:43.150
it was not good at all. So Stoneman now coming

00:39:43.150 --> 00:39:45.929
to the game. It's the dying seconds. The whistle

00:39:45.929 --> 00:39:47.670
is going to get blown at the start of this goal

00:39:47.670 --> 00:39:50.210
kick. And Stoneman's out of his mind and not

00:39:50.210 --> 00:39:52.250
being able to understand, not being able to comprehend

00:39:52.250 --> 00:39:54.489
that this isn't being called for a corner kick.

00:39:55.590 --> 00:39:59.289
He runs by the he runs by the ref says something.

00:39:59.449 --> 00:40:03.449
He smiles and keeps running and Gonzalez just

00:40:03.449 --> 00:40:05.809
blows like it's it's just over for him. It was

00:40:05.809 --> 00:40:08.710
actually really funny because he was so angry

00:40:08.710 --> 00:40:11.190
that he's discombobulated. He grabs out his yellow

00:40:11.190 --> 00:40:13.250
drops it and then like trying to find his red

00:40:13.250 --> 00:40:16.690
like he forgot where it was. And then you know.

00:40:17.199 --> 00:40:20.340
Of course because they all all knew he was not

00:40:20.340 --> 00:40:22.039
roughing He was stoned and was like whatever

00:40:22.039 --> 00:40:24.159
of course is gonna happen and ends up getting

00:40:24.159 --> 00:40:26.340
a high five on his way off the pitch from car

00:40:26.340 --> 00:40:28.699
Now I'll say this because we did get a couple

00:40:28.699 --> 00:40:30.400
questions in the mailbag about it So just want

00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:32.780
to address it in this segment some mixed questions

00:40:32.780 --> 00:40:36.059
as to why it was a straight red card Per ifabs

00:40:36.059 --> 00:40:38.699
rule 12 an initial instinctive disagreement is

00:40:38.699 --> 00:40:41.989
usually accepted But clear, continual, or sarcastic

00:40:41.989 --> 00:40:45.570
arguing by word, action, or gesture is a cautionable

00:40:45.570 --> 00:40:47.929
offense. This includes sarcastically clapping

00:40:47.929 --> 00:40:50.730
or persistently showing a lack of respect. So

00:40:50.730 --> 00:40:55.369
these are the moments where a challenge can go

00:40:55.369 --> 00:40:57.010
from, all right, you had your initial outburst,

00:40:57.369 --> 00:40:59.409
you're continuing it, and now I'm going to have

00:40:59.409 --> 00:41:02.590
to warn you with a yellow card. Hold on, hold

00:41:02.590 --> 00:41:05.570
on. It changes and it crosses the line, which

00:41:05.570 --> 00:41:07.769
is something you do not want to see when it becomes

00:41:07.769 --> 00:41:11.010
offensive, insulting or abusive. And that is

00:41:11.010 --> 00:41:13.329
when the ref has no choice but to issue a red

00:41:13.329 --> 00:41:16.369
card. So the question now becomes, Jason, was

00:41:16.369 --> 00:41:19.429
what Grant Stoneman, whatever he said and as

00:41:19.429 --> 00:41:24.210
he ran off, was it offensive, insulting or abusive?

00:41:24.469 --> 00:41:28.260
Because that's the pressure test here. I mean,

00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:30.019
you know, unless they release the port, we'll

00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:31.940
never know. Or if we can ask Grant and he'll

00:41:31.940 --> 00:41:35.000
let us know. You know, hey, Grant, off the record,

00:41:35.019 --> 00:41:38.260
what did you say? But honestly, do we think that

00:41:38.260 --> 00:41:40.840
this was an ego hit to Guido? Or do you think

00:41:40.840 --> 00:41:44.179
Grant actually earned this? Because to me, as

00:41:44.179 --> 00:41:45.920
much as we've been kind of critical of Stoneman

00:41:45.920 --> 00:41:48.519
lately, he's always been a journeyman. He's always

00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:50.559
been a leader in this locker room. He's always

00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:53.460
been level headed, even in these kinds of situations

00:41:53.460 --> 00:41:56.340
and moments. I don't see a world where Stoneman

00:41:56.340 --> 00:41:59.599
would stupidly even in that moment, do something

00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:02.000
to earn a red card needlessly. I think it was

00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:04.699
probably some sarcastic comments and then Guido

00:42:04.699 --> 00:42:06.780
just kind of maybe, like you said, maybe took

00:42:06.780 --> 00:42:09.659
a bit of an ego hit in there and just used his

00:42:09.659 --> 00:42:14.340
discretion to upgrade it to a red card. So, um,

00:42:14.920 --> 00:42:18.400
now our AFC defenders, Frank Nodarse and Grant

00:42:18.400 --> 00:42:21.099
Stoneman are both going to be unavailable for

00:42:21.099 --> 00:42:24.000
the 2027 USL Cup matches, assuming they're still

00:42:24.000 --> 00:42:26.969
with our AFC. Uh, just so For those of you know,

00:42:27.090 --> 00:42:29.230
if they were for some reason to continue with

00:42:29.230 --> 00:42:32.969
another team, those will still carry over. Um,

00:42:33.150 --> 00:42:36.710
but I'm curious, like that was a very poor performance.

00:42:36.929 --> 00:42:39.369
Do, do we know if there's any ability for us

00:42:39.369 --> 00:42:42.170
to kind of call out question though, see if we

00:42:42.170 --> 00:42:45.230
can get any of that reviewed or overturned. So

00:42:45.230 --> 00:42:48.210
plenty of time for that. yeah so i reached out

00:42:48.210 --> 00:42:50.730
to the team they do not have an answer at this

00:42:50.730 --> 00:42:53.610
moment but i did reach into some rules uh if

00:42:53.610 --> 00:42:55.090
they are going to do it they have to treat it

00:42:55.090 --> 00:42:56.949
the same way they would before the next match

00:42:56.949 --> 00:42:58.949
so which means these things need to move quickly

00:42:58.949 --> 00:43:01.090
there are timelines to it even though there is

00:43:01.090 --> 00:43:03.809
no future tire Prinks Tires Cup match for Rhode

00:43:03.809 --> 00:43:05.949
Island FC, there still are deadlines for them

00:43:05.949 --> 00:43:07.769
to do that. So as long as we get a different

00:43:07.769 --> 00:43:09.449
sponsor, then it doesn't count. They just can't

00:43:09.449 --> 00:43:11.010
play a Prinks Cup match. Not sure how that works,

00:43:11.110 --> 00:43:14.210
buddy. Not sure how that works. So I can't imagine

00:43:14.210 --> 00:43:17.469
that they won't be charging or requesting a challenge,

00:43:17.469 --> 00:43:20.309
excuse me, against Frank Nodarce's sendoff. I

00:43:20.309 --> 00:43:22.289
don't think it's as black and white for Grant

00:43:22.289 --> 00:43:24.789
Stoneman because all Guido Gonzalez Jr. has to

00:43:24.789 --> 00:43:26.989
say is that like it was abusive to me. I think

00:43:26.989 --> 00:43:29.730
that's too subjective. And so maybe that gets

00:43:29.730 --> 00:43:32.199
under review because of what happened. But there's

00:43:32.199 --> 00:43:34.960
not enough in it for me to see Stoneman's overturned.

00:43:35.119 --> 00:43:37.099
I do think that as long as Rhode Island made

00:43:37.099 --> 00:43:39.079
the act of decision, because remember, it costs

00:43:39.079 --> 00:43:42.019
something like $3000 to make the challenge. And

00:43:42.019 --> 00:43:43.800
if you lose it, like you don't get that money

00:43:43.800 --> 00:43:47.099
back. So like, yeah, I guess that's also because

00:43:47.099 --> 00:43:49.119
it's not just the next match. And so far in the

00:43:49.119 --> 00:43:50.760
future, almost that's wonderful. And those things

00:43:50.760 --> 00:43:52.760
like whatever, which is hope we have enough defenders

00:43:52.760 --> 00:43:56.360
next year. But we've got to go to break. And

00:43:56.360 --> 00:43:58.280
when we return, we've got the mailbag. Don't

00:43:58.280 --> 00:44:00.119
go anywhere. It's the raising anchor soccer show.

00:44:00.429 --> 00:44:03.090
Now let's get back to the Raising Anchor Soccer

00:44:03.090 --> 00:44:07.409
Show on 990 WBOB with Matt Entrickett and Jason

00:44:07.409 --> 00:44:10.690
Carey. Back here on the Raising Anchor Soccer

00:44:10.690 --> 00:44:12.869
Show. Didn't get to talk about Koke Vegas' first

00:44:12.869 --> 00:44:15.309
professional goalkeeping kick in the penalty

00:44:15.309 --> 00:44:16.849
shootout, but you were already there. You know

00:44:16.849 --> 00:44:19.789
it. Instead, we're going to quickly discuss this

00:44:19.789 --> 00:44:21.349
conversation that's been happening on Reddit

00:44:21.349 --> 00:44:24.050
about attendance. Jason, what's your 30 -second

00:44:24.050 --> 00:44:27.750
take on it? I see a lot of the same answers.

00:44:28.699 --> 00:44:31.320
Parents are not happy about 730 kickoff. It is

00:44:31.320 --> 00:44:34.079
like 50 % if not more of the answers. We've heard

00:44:34.079 --> 00:44:36.539
this anecdotally from from our friends and just

00:44:36.539 --> 00:44:38.719
kind of like reiterating that because I know

00:44:38.719 --> 00:44:41.119
sometimes the club listens because they get mad

00:44:41.119 --> 00:44:44.500
at us when they don't like what we say. It like

00:44:44.500 --> 00:44:46.440
there are things like weather that people have

00:44:46.440 --> 00:44:48.440
been saying. Can't do anything about that World

00:44:48.440 --> 00:44:51.460
Cup. Maybe some better scheduling could have

00:44:51.460 --> 00:44:53.619
been around there, but you know it is what it

00:44:53.619 --> 00:44:56.980
is at this point. But yeah, clearly the the 730.

00:44:57.480 --> 00:45:00.440
Combine that with just the fact that like it's

00:45:00.440 --> 00:45:02.639
been raining a lot for some reason on Saturdays

00:45:02.679 --> 00:45:05.360
and we've been told from the front office that

00:45:05.360 --> 00:45:07.960
they will not be doing 7 30 p .m games next season

00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:10.139
so that doesn't mean it's 4 p .m games that could

00:45:10.139 --> 00:45:12.760
just mean 7 p .m games again but they are going

00:45:12.760 --> 00:45:14.579
to be looking at that very closely i would also

00:45:14.579 --> 00:45:16.619
argue too that like when you compare the numbers

00:45:16.619 --> 00:45:18.880
because what started is the decline in attendance

00:45:18.880 --> 00:45:21.099
but the summer months are always our strongest

00:45:21.099 --> 00:45:23.059
and we're really just entering that having not

00:45:23.059 --> 00:45:25.679
played a home game in the month of june in front

00:45:25.679 --> 00:45:28.199
of rod Island fc fans so we have all these games

00:45:28.199 --> 00:45:30.559
to kind of catch that up i would say if we really

00:45:30.559 --> 00:45:31.820
want to start getting worried about attendance

00:45:31.820 --> 00:45:33.920
in the needs to happen around the September break

00:45:33.920 --> 00:45:36.820
when kids are back in school and maybe some other

00:45:36.820 --> 00:45:38.219
things are going on. That's where we should be

00:45:38.219 --> 00:45:40.800
alerted. But moving on, Alan P writes in, was

00:45:40.800 --> 00:45:43.000
listening to soccer wise and heard that FIFA

00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:46.280
pays professional clubs around $10 ,000 a match

00:45:46.280 --> 00:45:49.280
played and that Miami FC is set to make around

00:45:49.280 --> 00:45:51.880
$70 ,000 for their players contributions in the

00:45:51.880 --> 00:45:54.500
World Cup. Does USL need to do more to get higher

00:45:54.500 --> 00:45:56.539
profile players into the league? To a certain

00:45:56.539 --> 00:46:00.519
extent, once we get D1 status, I think that'll

00:46:00.519 --> 00:46:03.719
kind of just naturally happen over time. But

00:46:03.719 --> 00:46:06.760
at the same time, I don't think we need to sacrifice

00:46:06.760 --> 00:46:11.119
our teams for just like getting players. I think

00:46:11.119 --> 00:46:13.539
if we continue to build strong and competitive

00:46:13.539 --> 00:46:15.699
league. It's just naturally going to happen.

00:46:15.940 --> 00:46:17.860
I looked at leagues that were below us in the

00:46:17.860 --> 00:46:21.619
rankings when it came to FIFA evaluations. The

00:46:21.619 --> 00:46:23.940
Uzbekistan Super League, Spanish Third Division

00:46:23.940 --> 00:46:26.440
and the Qatar Super League or Stars League. Excuse

00:46:26.440 --> 00:46:28.780
me. You could argue we're all on the same playing

00:46:28.780 --> 00:46:30.940
level as us. So those there were a couple of

00:46:30.940 --> 00:46:32.739
players that represented their national teams

00:46:32.739 --> 00:46:36.360
in those particular ways. Joe P here saying this

00:46:36.360 --> 00:46:39.179
was by far the worst job by a referee that I've

00:46:39.179 --> 00:46:41.679
seen in years of playing and watching the game.

00:46:42.159 --> 00:46:44.690
You know, it is bad when Each coach gets a yellow

00:46:44.690 --> 00:46:47.030
car for complaining, but the game overall was

00:46:47.030 --> 00:46:49.329
a good morale boost going into the Hartford match.

00:46:49.869 --> 00:46:51.750
I mean, hey, listen, you're not wrong about anything.

00:46:51.989 --> 00:46:53.809
The whole point now is that we never see him

00:46:53.809 --> 00:46:56.349
again. Rich W writes in, Hey, Matt, just want

00:46:56.349 --> 00:46:58.789
to remind you that RFC practices penalty kicks.

00:46:59.789 --> 00:47:02.250
You know, it's so crazy. So RFC has now won both

00:47:02.250 --> 00:47:06.070
penalty shootouts in 2026 Prinks Tires USL Cup

00:47:06.070 --> 00:47:09.130
campaign. So good for them. I almost wonder if,

00:47:09.130 --> 00:47:12.030
you know, the There's certain someone mentioning

00:47:12.030 --> 00:47:14.530
like do they practice penalty kicks? Maybe they

00:47:14.530 --> 00:47:17.030
they should they got that face is on the storyboard

00:47:17.030 --> 00:47:20.230
for them They're like and I took that personally

00:47:20.230 --> 00:47:24.730
If them hating me is what gets them going then

00:47:24.730 --> 00:47:31.570
that's all that matters. Yeah In this particular

00:47:31.570 --> 00:47:32.869
case, I don't think there's anything to look

00:47:32.869 --> 00:47:35.170
at it just yet. We have a lot of firepower that

00:47:35.170 --> 00:47:37.449
we can put in the attacking midfielder and wing

00:47:37.449 --> 00:47:39.889
positions right now, less so in like the center

00:47:39.889 --> 00:47:42.289
holding midfielder roles. But I think in this

00:47:42.289 --> 00:47:44.130
case, it was just yellow card management. He

00:47:44.130 --> 00:47:46.329
got a card for descent right after the D 'Arce

00:47:46.329 --> 00:47:48.909
ejection. And I think what mattered at that moment

00:47:48.909 --> 00:47:50.949
was just making sure Quisera like was pulled

00:47:50.949 --> 00:47:54.400
and cooled down. James, uh, in the chat writes

00:47:54.400 --> 00:47:57.880
in is, is, uh, over gone junior more hated than

00:47:57.880 --> 00:48:02.300
siaha now. Ooh, uh, no, because you, you kind

00:48:02.300 --> 00:48:06.880
of, you respect it. I almost respect the, the

00:48:06.880 --> 00:48:10.179
like, he's playing within the realm of the game

00:48:10.179 --> 00:48:13.380
where siaha just like, especially after the,

00:48:14.079 --> 00:48:16.480
uh, kind of the taunting afterwards, over gone,

00:48:16.480 --> 00:48:18.679
didn't like get up and immediately start laughing

00:48:18.679 --> 00:48:21.539
and be like, haha, I got away with one. He just,

00:48:21.690 --> 00:48:25.369
He knew what he was doing, and he's unfortunately

00:48:25.369 --> 00:48:30.590
good at it. Stacy L. saying here, I know we were

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down to 10 men, but after beating Brooklyn again,

00:48:34.389 --> 00:48:36.309
what does this result tell us about where Rhode

00:48:36.309 --> 00:48:39.289
Island FC stands in the Eastern Conference pecking

00:48:39.289 --> 00:48:41.570
order? Ninth place, because we're forever ninth

00:48:41.570 --> 00:48:44.050
until it's time to get into the playoffs, and

00:48:44.050 --> 00:48:46.349
then we're road warriors once again. I would

00:48:46.349 --> 00:48:49.139
chime in real quick and say full strength. I

00:48:49.139 --> 00:48:51.460
think we would have won in regular. I mean, again,

00:48:51.559 --> 00:48:54.519
one one draw with a man down and we had four

00:48:54.519 --> 00:48:56.739
starters not available. I think that this was

00:48:56.739 --> 00:48:59.719
an admirable performance. Jim S. writes, and

00:48:59.719 --> 00:49:01.719
did anyone impress you this weekend to earn a

00:49:01.719 --> 00:49:03.719
bigger role? It was great seeing Danny finally

00:49:03.719 --> 00:49:07.519
on the pitch. Viva Colombia. I kind of agree

00:49:07.519 --> 00:49:10.820
with coach. I think that I was kind of impressed

00:49:10.820 --> 00:49:13.000
with busy. I thought that he would struggle in

00:49:13.000 --> 00:49:16.000
that role, but he. Seem to do pretty well. I'd

00:49:16.000 --> 00:49:19.219
be curious to maybe see him Try that once or

00:49:19.219 --> 00:49:21.900
twice more if we want a bit more of an attacking

00:49:21.900 --> 00:49:25.739
flair there as one of our holy midfielders Chad

00:49:25.739 --> 00:49:28.280
be here says do we think England can take down

00:49:28.280 --> 00:49:30.980
Argentina or are we getting a rematch of the

00:49:30.980 --> 00:49:33.639
last World Cup final? Anything as possible Chad,

00:49:33.699 --> 00:49:35.800
but the story writers want the rematch, you know

00:49:35.800 --> 00:49:38.260
They do and so that's what it's gonna be because

00:49:38.260 --> 00:49:41.610
it is never coming home I don't know. I think,

00:49:41.610 --> 00:49:44.610
uh, France versus England or, or, you know, a

00:49:44.610 --> 00:49:48.590
hundred year war final could be fun. Anyways,

00:49:48.789 --> 00:49:51.869
guys, uh, that's it for today's show. Appreciate

00:49:51.869 --> 00:49:55.130
y 'all joining us. Uh, we will talk to you soon.

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