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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 R -I -F -C. Here's Matt and Jixon. Rhode

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Island FC gets ready to take on Hartford Athletic

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in the eighth installment of El Clamaco. Does

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RAFC have the roster strength to take on their

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derby rivals inside Connecticut now here in Rhode

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Island or Will there be something else in order

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as we see Hartford, despite the fact that they

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have been in playoff contention this entire season,

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now stand to lose it all in a game of do or die

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that could see one team go up and one team drop

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out. Jason, it's going to be a sold out game

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here at Centerville Bank standing in front of

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a home crowd. How are you doing, my friend, and

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how excited are you for yet another edition of

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El Clamaco? Oh, I am super excited. I am I'm

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doing better. I started out the week by getting

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sick. So that's always fun. Maybe Hartford fans

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sabotage me. I don't know. There's there's no

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way to prove it. We'll never know. But it's starting

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to feel better. I did eat a salad for lunch,

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though, so I still might die. But, you know,

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that that's a tomorrow problem. We'll figure

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out what happens then. But but, yeah, I'm really

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looking forward to a big weekend of soccer. So

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I mean, we have the El Clamico and then there's

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also a World Cup final. who could have asked

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for more are we do we need to prepare to read

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your own obituary because you you die by diarrhea

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lettuce later this week like let's let's talk

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this out let's just put like a copy of organ

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trail on my gravestone and be perfect you know

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All right. Well, let's get in. This should be

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a really fun show. Let's start things off, of

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course, with the World Cup minute. It's the last

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because by the time we have another show, the

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World Cup will be done and dusted. Obviously,

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Spain besting France and then Argentina doing

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what Argentina seems to be doing all tournament

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in some scoring late action to upset England

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and advance into the finals. Our finals now set.

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It's going to be Spain versus Argentina. Thoughts

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overall on the semis? Yeah. I kind of had some

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doubts about France, but then they kind of just

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kept winning. And then I guess they finally came

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up against a big team, if you will, in Spain.

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In Spain, really bossed them in the midfield.

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And I think that's kind of where they lost out

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there. Rodri showed why he is a Ballon d 'Or

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winner, that he is basically the current version

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of Sergio Busquets. And I think France just doesn't

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have someone like a Conte to kind of dominate

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Boston midfield. And they Maybe some of their

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tactics really kind of let them down there a

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bit. You can say the same about England. It seems

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like both of these teams set up in a way to get

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in their own way, get into trouble all on their

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own, and less rely on what we've seen be stellar

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performances from both of these groups throughout

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the entire run. Yeah, England definitely was

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like, Hey, we're only up one no, let's just defend.

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Let's just get the double decker out and park

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it against messy when you know, he's always got

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some sort of black magic up his sleeve. It's

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not something you should probably ever think

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about. There's actually a really interesting

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conversation that's been floating around online,

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um, talking to a coach about, you know, like,

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should you ever do that? And base is like, no,

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you're going to swing momentum. The, the, the,

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you know best form of defense sometimes is attack

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and They really got let down by too cool there

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Also funny to see that a lot of people were complaining

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online. Like why do we even play this third cup

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final? I mean I mean for there's a lot of a golden

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boot kind of potential there if they want to

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just You know stat pad against each other. I

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don't know Or you could argue that you let the

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young lads play and get a taste of World Cup

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exposure if you don't care about it anymore so

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that they can get that understanding and be more

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prepared for the next time around. Listen, I

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don't care either way. I think it's important

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to play this game. I think one, it allows fans

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to continue to get access to World Cup matches

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even if this one doesn't have the same skin in

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the game. The only argument that I've heard and

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we actually kind of... did a mock exercise at

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Murphy's when we were, uh, enjoying the game

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was, do you, uh, do you just go off of the stats?

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Do you go off of like goals, like goal difference

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and how you've performed in the group stages

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that come back to support your case? Cause obviously

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every match you went up until that point you've

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advanced. So is it something like goal differential

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and how you did in the groups that comes back

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kind of like in survivor where when you're down

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to the last two, it's everyone you voted off

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in the meantime, they all get to come back and

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pick the winner. How did you play the game all

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the way through the tournament? I could see it

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either way. I also understand people that think

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that this third place game is the equivalent

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of the Pro Bowl and NFL. Needless to say, we

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all should just be enjoying the fact we get to

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watch France play one more time against England.

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Whether you are angry or happy at that result,

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it's still a time to watch soccer, and I'm going

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to be super excited to see it. As soon as the

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game starts, they're going to go out there and

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go for it because you do get a third place trophy

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for it. Sure, it's a consolation prize, but at

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the end of the day, it's still something. Got

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to represent the country. Got to move on. Getting

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back into USL space. Big news coming out today

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in the USL ecosystem. We finally have a name

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for the the Renaissance or the resurrection of

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one OK City Energy. They're back and surprise

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surprise, Jason. They've got a new name along

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the way. I don't know how you feel about this,

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but. Ladies and gentlemen, we give you Oklahoma

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City United. Thoughts on the name? Oh, City United.

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I mean, if you if you remove Oklahoma, that's

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a terrible that is the darkest timeline. It sounds

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it sounds terrible. It's just it's like a it's

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like there's some sort of combination thing where

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you just like roll dice and you're like, what

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kind of soccer acronym names can we combine on

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here? Wouldn't it have been great if they didn't

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even have Oklahoma. They just called themselves

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City United FC That or soccer club so City United

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SC just for fun that could have been that could

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have been really terrible for like the most cursed

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name But like You know, what about something

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a little more fun like Thunderbird FC or something?

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I don't know. Well, so, you know, like that's

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the thing is there were five names that Oklahoma

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City United put out to vote upon, and some of

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them were a bit eccentric. There was Thunderbird

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FC. There was Bison FC, the one I liked the most.

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There was OK City Lightning as to be opposite

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or foil to the Thunder. I thought that could

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have been good. There was also Oklahoma City

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Wind, which I don't know. That doesn't really

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feel good. They could just call themselves Tornado

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FC at that point. I mean, they are in that corridor,

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you know? Absolutely. But they went with United,

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and this is one of those cases where I almost

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want to see the voting tallies. I want to see

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the results. Show me the Chads. Show me the polls,

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because I just don't believe that Oklahoma City,

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who come from a rich history of energy was a

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great name, When you look at the expansive side

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of it, you have Tulsa, which was the Roughnecks

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before that. I just am not ready to sign off

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on that the entire city of Oklahoma City wanted

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to go with name, then United. That just does

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not... Even for us with Rhode Island FC, everyone

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loves this club, but everyone also goes, man,

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couldn't we have been something else? Couldn't

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we have been the riptide or the renegade or bring

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back the stingrays or the ocean? Couldn't we

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have leaned one direction or other? We're here.

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It's fine. And I'm sure Oklahoma City will be

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the same. but we could have been gifted with

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Thunderbird FC or even Tornado FC. We'll see

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what happens, but want to get into the crest

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here for a second because I think this is where

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they did get it right. And gotta look at this

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really intelligently designed by Matthew Wolf.

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He's the guy that has invented probably every

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crest in the championship in USL one that we

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think is good. He's had his like hands and helping

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influence or directly design it. I know he's

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also got LAFC. He's got the revamped the good

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Chicago Fire rebrand. He's also got New York

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City FC, so like this is a creator who has done

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incredible work. Some of my favorite things.

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Oakland Roots. I think that's a great one. Also

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he had he had influences on. the Hearts of Pine

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logo. So this is his fingerprints all over this.

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What are your thoughts on the crest itself? Yeah,

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I, I respect it. Um, but for me it's a little

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bit MLSy and it makes sense though, because of

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a lot of the teams that you named that he has

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done. So it makes sense where that comes from.

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I don't hate it. I think it is pretty good, but

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it's just, it's just not my cup of tea. I'm curious

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if fans in the chat like this logo and like this

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name. I think the name, everyone will probably

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eh about, but maybe the logo, the saving grace.

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I like the fact that it has a rich tie back into

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the history of Oklahoma, as well as some of its

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tribal roots. Curious thing for you though, you

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know, you mentioned a second ago connections

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back to MLS. There is conversation that with

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the expansion and how we're looking into Premier

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and this club coming back into the fold in 2028.

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with a new stadium online. Do we think this is

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a team that will immediately jump directly into

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USL Premier, or do you think they're going to

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have to earn their way through championship in

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that first year or two? It's tough to say because

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I don't really know a lot about what this team

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was like before. You know, anything basically

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pre 2023 USL. I'm not going to lie. No proper

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road items. I've looked at the stats, but I can't

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speak to it. So I don't did they have good attendance,

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right? If they average something like, let's

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say around 10 K. You know, I think that immediately

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would have a good opportunity to make the jump,

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but we're talking somewhere around five or lower.

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I think they're going to have some work to do

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to kind of build themselves up. And also like

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it's been years, like, is there still an appetite

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there? It'd be hard to say. I mean, maybe part

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of it with the world cup just about to wrap up.

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If they can kind of harness some of that energy

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and get a real good campaign going. Maybe I don't

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see why not the chat is alive tonight with some

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zingers got to respect that and yes James You

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can do that. It's like Voldemort situation as

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to answer. Yes. They are going with a type of

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pink It looks like it's an off salmon color I

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I don't know anything beyond the 12 to 24 Crayola

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crayons that you know I eat when I'm having fun

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apparently but having said that it is some offshoot

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of that now I will say Jason the one thing I

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do know about this team is that the only reason

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they shut down operations originally, they were

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on a leased piece of property that did not fit

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the USL needing to solidify its field regulations.

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So it was the only team that could not meet the

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standards that they wanted to set in place ahead

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of all these other moves they've been trying

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to make. So they only closed down because of

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that needing to find the right parcel of land

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to rebuild. Now, granted, it has been a few years.

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Who knows what that appetite looks like? Has

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it decreased or has it increased? I don't know,

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but we shall see where they land in the years

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to come. Again, onlining in 2028, but we've got

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to get into the championship itself. And that

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starts with league standings. We had a week off

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with Prinks Tire Cup action, but now back into

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the league. And I think it's important that we

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bring our listeners back up to the fold because

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they may forget where we're at in these state

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table standings. Yeah. Before we run down the

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Eastern Conference table, um, something crazy

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just happened. Sporting Jack's got their first

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regular season win and it came at the expense

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of the current champions Pittsburgh Riverhounds,

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which is wild to say but it is the USL and Anything

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is possible Taking a look at where we're at.

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I don't know if you guys have guessed but spoiler.

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We're still ninth four four and five Still holding

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on there but there is some possibility of movement

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here depending upon results this weekend i know

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we've been saying that for how many weeks now

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but All I wanna draw attention to in this table

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standing, obviously the top two in Tampa Bay

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in the first spot, Charleston battery right behind

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them. Not a lot of shakeup there. Detroit City

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continuing to hold on to one of those top four.

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Louisville creeping back into the top four for

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the first time after a couple of weeks of inconsistency.

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They seem to have kind of righted the ship down

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there. Miami picked up a win last night too.

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But Miami FC, if you remember, just a week ago

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in regular league play before the Brooklyn match,

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we could have... thrown them down into the cellar

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and gotten back into eighth, I think maybe even

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seventh, but they were in eighth place. Now look

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where they are on the table settings, Jason.

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Fifth place and one win could bring them back

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up to fourth, tied with Lew City. Again, that's

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how tight this table is. Curacao FC is on the

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rise. You love to see it. But yes, there is the

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big talking point, which we're getting into a

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little later in the show. Hartford Athletic currently

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in eighth on 19 points. What I end up seeing

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on in ninth with 16 points. A win will switch

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these table positionings because of goal differential

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and some other tiebreakers. So there's a lot

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at stake here, but then you've got the basement

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in Birmingham Legion, Brooklyn FC, Loudoun United.

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I did not realize Loudoun was as far down as

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they have fallen. That's a bit of a surprise.

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Maybe not. Yeah, not a single, not a single win

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in their last five. And then of course, Sporting

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Jacks sparking something coming to life in that

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Pittsburgh result. We shall see how these things

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all break out, but we've got to go to break.

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And when we return, we're going to start talking

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El Clamaco round number eight. Don't go anywhere.

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990 WBOB with Matt and Jason care. RFC have a

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lot of history in their short time as a club

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against Hartford. They played more matches against

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Hartford than any other team in the league with

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seven official matches. So that's not even counting

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our alleged dustups, you know, um, from. From

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those matches, RAFC have two wins, four draws,

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and one loss. But let's be honest here. Most

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of us look at the draw in the Jägermeister Cup

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as a loss, where Hartford won on a penalty shootout.

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Especially considering that point got them into

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the wild card spot and ultimately saw them lifting

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the Jägermeister Cup at the end of the year.

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Why are you hurting our fans right now? They

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don't need to be reminded of 2025. It's 2026.

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Look. We need to remember history so we can learn

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from it and move on. So we don't repeat that

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Hartford advanced in the Jägermeister because

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they've exactly done that again. Yeah, well,

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maybe we should have. Maybe we should have just

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beat them outright. Tell how many times they're

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going to teach you this lesson. You know, it's

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definitely a match that I think has left a bad

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taste in the mouth of RFC fans. It's it's something,

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you know, we look back and be like. Really should

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have knocked him out there in in regular time,

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but we we move on our FC We're able to get a

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bit of revenge though. Like you mentioned this

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year. We did go there into the pranks cup And

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we're able to beat them away in penalty shootout.

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So that was kind of a nice step in the right

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direction We also knocked him out of the open

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cup this year. So So far a little bit more favorable

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of year if we look back to last year You know,

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I mentioned that Jägermeister Cup, but we didn't

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have a lot of success against them. So there

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was that nil -nil draw at home in July. There

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was also a three -nil loss away in Hartford in

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August. And I mean, those were all condensed

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too. If you go back and look at those matches,

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all three of those happened within a month in

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a week. So it was a very quick, like, let's just

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get all of this kind of right out of the way.

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We really didn't see a lot of success against

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Hartford last year. Initial year was a little

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bit better, first away match 1 -1, we got a draw.

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And then we're able to come back home and get

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a 3 -0 comfortable win with fireworks in the

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stands. Now looking to this year, we've already

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played them twice. Well, guess what? We still

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got to play them two more times. And this weekend

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is going to be the first of two league matches

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with El Clamaco, with the second being the last

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game of the season, which Imagine if that game

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has any sort of like implication towards positioning

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that it that'll be a fiery match Speaking of

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fiery speaking of fireworks in the stands Do

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we not do firework matches for Hartford because

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we don't want to reward their fans with anything?

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Especially after what they did to us at burn

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stadium. That's actually a good call I wonder

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if there's like asterisks like nope, you cannot

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do fireworks on this match. No fire it what I

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mean, I think They're hoping for fireworks on

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the pitch, I guess, right? That's a good answer.

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And then, of course, Matt Del Creco with the

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famous now crying. Curious how that motivates

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this Hartford side. Getting into this in terms

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of form between these two teams right now. So

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not the head -to -head, but how they've been

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doing in league play. Rhode Island FC coming

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into this match on a 2 -1 -2 record in their

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last five league play. Of course, they also get

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to catapult themselves with this most recent

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penalty victory in Prinks action. But I don't

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know, Jason, this team feels kind of like a mixed

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bag. I know thinking back to some of the shows

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we did in May, seeing this team start to build

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momentum, start to build trajectory, you know,

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they do get great victories against teams like

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Brooklyn and Loudoun. And earlier in the season,

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we would tell ourselves you have to be able to

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put away teams that are lower on the standings.

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They've done that now. They've shown that. but

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then kind of get their own you know bells rung

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a little bit dropping points to indiana one -nil

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fluke of a game losing very poorly most recently

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at sacramento republic's stadium you know in

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midweek action and of course you know there's

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the draw one one for orange county that felt

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like it should have been a win we're happy to

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take the point but everyone kind of asking themselves

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didn't we deserve more on that and let's not

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even start with the injuries Hartford, meanwhile,

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they enter this match on Saturday. They're looking

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to snap a three game win this streak right now.

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They've definitely been on the decline. but you

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have to then actually give them a little bit

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of credit while on a 1 -3 -1 record in that time.

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They've been put through the wringer themselves,

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arguably probably one of the toughest, let's

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call it six game stretches of their schedule.

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When you add us as a bookend here, you know,

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they get the win against Tampa Bay, something

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that very few teams, in fact just two, have been

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able to say this year. But then they drop points

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with draws against Pittsburgh. Orange County,

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and New Mexico United. All teams of higher caliber

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in the league right now, which they're very,

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you know, back and forth, very tough games. And

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then they lose to Lew City, something that we've

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also done this season. So, you know, I don't

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want to sugarcoat anything, Hartford, because

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it's Hartford, but they've definitely probably

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played a tougher schedule over these last five,

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six games, Prinks Cup notwithstanding. If you

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look at them, and we'll talk at length, their

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biggest problem right now, though, is that, or

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I guess... Yeah, it is their biggest problem

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is scoring they cannot find the back of the net

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to save themselves Just scoring three times in

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their last five league games their defense. That's

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a completely different story We'll unpack in

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a minute, but these two teams it's like the unstoppable

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Offense versus the impenetrable defense. I'm

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wondering how that clash will look on the night

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Yeah, I got a chance to talk to Oliver from the

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Blazing Musket who does cover Hartford Yesterday

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and he is concerned about the offense. They are

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a team that is confident in their defense. They've

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been able to keep a lot of draws. Even most of

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their losses to a certain extent have been close.

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You know siaja you know the villain himself it

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you know if he if he has it on game he can he

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can be one of the better keepers in the league.

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But sometimes he can drop stinkers so the problem

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though is not only injuries. is they just, they

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can't find a scoring rhythm. And that's going

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to be a problem for them. Well, let's get into

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the injuries that we're experiencing currently

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as Rhode Island FC. It's the same four carried

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over from last week. We still have Zach Haraveau

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out, Jamin Peters out, Omni Jobe close to, would

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not be surprised if we see him maybe on the bench

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for this game. I don't think he has a start in

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his future on the night. And then Clay Holstead.

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Again be curious to see if he's already back

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on the bench or not he's within a week of coming

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back and Since he wasn't out for too long his

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form shouldn't have dropped too terribly But

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right now those four players out and I've heard

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although cannot yet confirm with the club that

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you know, it's not It's not Clay and it's not

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Omidy, but one of those two in either Zach or

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Jamin have maybe possibly had a extended, they're

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going to have an extended absence with some additional

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treatment and needs. So trying to get those timelines

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on those two players, we should find that out

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on Saturday's match. But let's talk about how

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Kano is most likely going to set up for this

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match in El Clamaco action. Yeah, we think we're

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going to see Koke Vegas here in net as always

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looking at a back four here of Nick's Gardena.

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Carifa Yao, Frank Nodarse, and Aldair Sanchez.

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Holding midfielders, we think we're going to

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see AST line up there next to Hugo Baccarac as

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we're still kind of injury ridden there. Our

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attacking midfielders, we'll have Joe J. Acuizara

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out on the left there, Augustin Rodriguez here

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in the center, with Leo Alfonso out left, and

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of course, JJ Williams up top. I feel like this

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isn't a difficult roster to predict right now,

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considering some key injuries in key places.

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We've had the argument of, does Stoneman start

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over a player like Nodarse maybe in this game?

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You bring that, but I think Nodarse brings more

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intensity and more speed and more flexibility

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into the game. And of course, too, if some of

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these players we've talked about are healthy

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enough, it's going to change. The construction

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of this roster where I want to narrow in and

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talk right now, though, is Amish Shapiro Thompson

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in this game. We've seen how important he has

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been offensively and defensively both sides of

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the ball this season. in a game like this where

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you may be forced to start a Fonz or just be

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or Fuson like you could you could decide then

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and there how you want to see it but in a game

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like this that will most likely see both Pity

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and AST on the pitch at the same time do you

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go with the double six in the back or do you

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go with the double eight and try to spark more

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offense considering Hartford Athletic has been

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so attack absent in their game right now? Yeah

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I I feel that this would be a good lineup here.

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I feel like AST can drop right next in to go.

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We've seen that he has that engine, that battery

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and that he can keep going. Um, but he has been

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a bit, I don't want to say a bit of a revelation,

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but I feel like his attacking prowess has shown

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its teeth a little bit more of the season, something

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we didn't see as much last year. Um, he was just

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a workhorse. Um, but I guess there's another

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question here leading, like we did see Dwayne

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Atkinson play a really good game. as a kind of

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six slash eight, do you see a world where we

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could drop him in there next to Ugo and continue

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that experience, push AST up, maybe either drop

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Leo or Subban Fusan or something like that? I

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think it comes down to who are the auxiliaries

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coming off the bench then, right? Like I almost

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wanted to dress up like Wayne's World tonight.

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I'm like, Dwayne's World, Dwayne's World. In

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my world, I do think that Dwayne could eventually

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make an argument for it. I just don't know if

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he's going to upset and replace a player like

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Pity or even Leo or even Noah at this time. And

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then also too, though, with so few striker options

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in terms of backup, if we aren't seeing the game

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go our way, whether it's through card management,

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fatigue and stamina, or just we need to mix things

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up. A player like Dwayne, we've seen how lethal

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he can be off the bench. If you start putting

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players like that in a completely alienated role,

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despite how good they looked against a team like

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Brooklyn, are we doing ourselves favors to play

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a full, complete 90? I don't know that we are.

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I don't also know if this is the game to be experimenting.

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I mean, you could make the same argument about

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the double six versus the double eight. Is this

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the game? to mess up with a good thing or do

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:09.440
you almost have to keep it with a natural pair

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:12.240
of holding midfielders versus attacking midfielders

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:14.420
i don't think connor wants to do too much in

00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:16.460
this game and just make sure that first and foremost

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:19.039
they play their game at the absolute peak level

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:21.339
to put the hurt on heartford so i i don't i don't

00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:22.859
have an answer do you have a feeling one way

00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:25.180
or another i i mean personally i think going

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:27.700
with a little bit more traditional defensive

00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:31.160
would work you know if you give heartford the

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:33.420
ball like we kind of did when we played them

00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:36.059
in the open cup They're not really going to know

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:38.160
too much what to do with it. They would actually

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:40.900
prefer that we dominate possession and then look

00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:43.640
to counter us on the break, which RFC are kind

00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:46.380
of good at too. But if you sit back, let them

00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:49.180
have the ball, wait for your opportunity and

00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:52.079
try and like draw them out and then hit them

00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:54.079
on a transition or counter. I think RFC would

00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:56.420
have a lot of success. I think if you almost

00:25:56.420 --> 00:26:00.480
go to kind of attacking in a certain way, you

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:03.079
might end up controlling too much possession

00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:06.430
and then just. you know, we see that too much

00:26:06.430 --> 00:26:08.950
side -to -side passing. We'll have to wait and

00:26:08.950 --> 00:26:11.230
see what happens on the match. We're going to

00:26:11.230 --> 00:26:13.009
go to our next break and when we return, we've

00:26:13.009 --> 00:26:15.150
got the biggest storylines coming out of this

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and Jason Carey. Back here on the Raising Anchor

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Soccer Show, big milestone coming up this weekend,

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:53.980
and I'm talking nothing about El Clamaco. Jason,

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:57.240
this is going to be the 100th game in Rhode Island

00:26:57.240 --> 00:27:01.109
FC club history. Is it the stars aligning? Did

00:27:01.109 --> 00:27:03.930
they intend for this to be the 100th game as

00:27:03.930 --> 00:27:07.230
a derby, or is this just something that's coincidence

00:27:07.230 --> 00:27:10.589
and we get to celebrate and we do need to celebrate,

00:27:10.630 --> 00:27:13.430
which means a win has to happen on this 100th

00:27:13.430 --> 00:27:16.690
game? I think it's possible to do a little bit

00:27:16.690 --> 00:27:19.069
of planning, but you also then have to look at

00:27:19.069 --> 00:27:21.210
things and say, guarantee, I'm going to make

00:27:21.210 --> 00:27:25.849
it this far in this cup. So that's very much

00:27:25.849 --> 00:27:29.200
kind of, you know, betting. to make it to a certain,

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:31.880
you know, they maybe looked at it and said, what

00:27:31.880 --> 00:27:34.519
if we imagine we get to here, we run into an

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:36.960
MLS team and get knocked out? That would make

00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:39.119
this match the 100th match. And if that all worked

00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:40.740
out, it would be awesome. It'd be perfect. If

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:43.140
not, whatever, it'll happen a few games later.

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:45.720
Are you saying we lost to the hearts of pine

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:49.480
intentionally so that this wasn't game 101 or

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:51.500
we lost to the revolution in the open cup. So

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:54.019
this wasn't game 101. It could be could be could

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:56.640
be 40 chess from Connor right there. Listen,

00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:58.779
I think this is great. It just it's fun to kind

00:27:58.779 --> 00:28:00.380
of think back and reflect I know they have like

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:03.460
a time vault like throwback post that they did

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:05.579
the other day I think back, you know, this is

00:28:05.579 --> 00:28:11.180
our 230 second show and So 232 shows 100 games,

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:13.559
you know, it's it's it's a fun thing like think

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:15.920
back to the very first game It still feels very

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:18.420
fresh. It still feels very new. I wonder when

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:22.099
this club will lose that new club smell or that

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:24.200
that shine and polish you know we have that new

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:26.779
stadium still it's five years or ten thousand

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:29.220
miles it doesn't feel like a hundred yet is all

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:31.900
i'm saying but yet here we are uh excited to

00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:34.799
see it i think the only thing to put as like

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:37.920
a you know if this is the hundredth game like

00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:41.299
what else like what's the next milestone are

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:43.200
we going to count 150 are we going to count 200

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:45.880
like how how does this work what do we celebrate

00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:48.980
for in the next round but Getting into the result

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:50.700
that needs to happen on the weekend. We mentioned

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:52.980
the win that is required. You know, we said this

00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:55.079
during we were talking about the league standings.

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:58.359
This this game has some real potential for like

00:28:58.359 --> 00:29:00.660
chaotic swing here, right? Hartford currently

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:03.079
in 8th, Rhode Island FC in 9th. Rhode Island

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:05.980
winning this game allows Hartford to be jumped.

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:09.019
They fall out of playoff contention and we get

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:12.079
into it for the first time this season. Is it

00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:14.240
sweeter more than ever that this is final the

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:16.039
time where we can get out of 9th and get out

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:19.230
of our own way? Oh, absolutely. If you can leapfrog

00:29:19.230 --> 00:29:21.250
your opponent and that opponent happens to be

00:29:21.250 --> 00:29:23.930
your rival and you can, I'm not going to say

00:29:23.930 --> 00:29:26.650
relegate them, but you know, if you can push

00:29:26.650 --> 00:29:28.849
them out of playoff contention and kind of steal

00:29:28.849 --> 00:29:31.509
that spot from them. I think it would make a

00:29:31.509 --> 00:29:33.829
win that much sweeter. Yeah, Matt McGinn asking

00:29:33.829 --> 00:29:36.630
in the chat, would this actually jump us? And

00:29:36.630 --> 00:29:38.490
it would for a couple of different reasons. One,

00:29:38.809 --> 00:29:41.410
we have the higher goal differential. We currently

00:29:41.410 --> 00:29:45.509
are experiencing a goal renaissance, especially

00:29:45.509 --> 00:29:47.910
at home this season. I heard you on the average

00:29:47.910 --> 00:29:50.650
fan podcast for Hartford talk about how we've

00:29:50.650 --> 00:29:54.490
just been so good at scoring goals in front of

00:29:54.490 --> 00:29:57.990
the home crowds this season. Currently with a

00:29:57.990 --> 00:30:01.569
plus five goal differential, Hartford has a negative

00:30:01.569 --> 00:30:04.529
one. So even if we win and it's three to two,

00:30:04.549 --> 00:30:07.109
that doesn't change that. So we will jump them

00:30:07.109 --> 00:30:10.029
in the standings for at least a week. The other

00:30:10.029 --> 00:30:11.829
thing I want to ask you about this game, though,

00:30:11.829 --> 00:30:14.130
not just the standings and the points that matter,

00:30:14.549 --> 00:30:16.690
but I feel like a couple of these Hartford matches

00:30:16.690 --> 00:30:19.630
in the past have been sandwiched between three

00:30:19.630 --> 00:30:22.220
games and seven days. It kind of feels really

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:23.900
good to know that there's nothing in front or

00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:26.140
behind for them to be able to really stick it

00:30:26.140 --> 00:30:27.779
to Hartford this way. Like both teams are kind

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:29.940
of getting to show up and not worry about, you

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:32.039
know, man management coming into this. Like think

00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:35.539
about the Pittsburgh Indy Hartford series we

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:37.119
had to deal with where we threw that Indy game

00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:39.519
away. None of that happening on this particular

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:43.279
match. Yeah, it's great to be able to come into

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:45.940
a match as full strength as you possibly can,

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:48.410
right? Bar any sort of injuries like that. the

00:30:48.410 --> 00:30:50.529
guys are able to rest and practice and get ready

00:30:50.529 --> 00:30:53.890
for a big match and it's good to see it on both

00:30:53.890 --> 00:30:57.130
sides too right we really do want this rivalry

00:30:57.130 --> 00:31:01.150
to flourish and we want to still beat them but

00:31:01.150 --> 00:31:03.390
we want to get the best out of them to make it

00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:05.640
entertaining for the fans. I want to talk about

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:07.819
the rivalry, the entertainment of that. You mentioned

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:10.440
on the average fan for the Blazing Musket that

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:12.740
one of the things that could be possibly holding

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:16.200
this rivalry from reaching its peak form is the

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:18.480
fact that neither one of these teams seems to

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:21.160
ever be in sync when it comes to their form,

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:23.279
whether one team is hot and the other is not.

00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:25.940
You've even joked that it could be OK if both

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:28.019
teams were just absolutely garbage at that time,

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:30.579
because then they would match each other's fitness

00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:34.220
form and skills levels of that time. Right now

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:36.140
I want to ask do you believe both of these teams

00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:38.559
are at similar trajectories similar? He I mean

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:40.200
the table standings would tell us that these

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:42.220
teams are neck and neck I don't know that we've

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:44.599
seen it ever be this close. Would you say right

00:31:44.599 --> 00:31:48.380
now that this is the best? Alignment or synergy

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:50.859
that these possible teams could have in terms

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:54.680
of table position. Yes, but The thing is that

00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:59.019
it's look stats can lie, right? We you look at

00:31:59.019 --> 00:32:01.599
our FCs underlying stats and we're a we're a

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:06.079
top 10 team the league And we are behind quite

00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:09.720
a few games and we've, I think, built a lot of

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:13.539
that based on home performances. So in this case,

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:16.259
I think there is a bit of disparity here where

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:18.619
our FC is going to come into this match. They're

00:32:18.619 --> 00:32:21.660
going to play very well at home against a Hartford

00:32:21.660 --> 00:32:23.259
team that's really been struggling to score.

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:25.819
They're not going to make it easy for us because

00:32:25.819 --> 00:32:28.039
their defense has been keeping them in games.

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:30.799
And we all know that Siaha is going to be fired

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:34.970
up. And so it's going to be a bit of a tough

00:32:34.970 --> 00:32:38.410
match, but I think realistically, our FC are

00:32:38.410 --> 00:32:41.150
just a notch or two above Hartford at the moment,

00:32:41.609 --> 00:32:43.690
unless all of a sudden this wakes them up and

00:32:43.690 --> 00:32:46.430
kind of gets them to rise to the occasion and

00:32:46.430 --> 00:32:49.170
play at our level. We shall see if this becomes

00:32:49.170 --> 00:32:52.309
a good proper rivalry based on how this goes.

00:32:52.470 --> 00:32:54.970
We could even ask then, you know, we know how

00:32:54.970 --> 00:32:57.109
important both of these keepers are between Siaha

00:32:57.109 --> 00:32:59.900
and Koke Vegas. If both these players or both

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:01.900
of these keepers stand on their heads in this

00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:04.599
match, should we be expecting anything less than

00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:09.119
a nil -nil? I hope not. I mean, for the for the

00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:11.440
sickos, you can absolutely have an exciting nil

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:14.039
-nil game, right? As long as there's lots of

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:16.180
shots on targets and both keepers are making

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:20.339
just absolute worldies of saves. But I think

00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:23.079
the fans of. kind of come to expect goals at

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:25.299
home. And I think that they're going to, they're

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:27.200
going to want to see that. I mean, when we kind

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:30.240
of take a look at, you know, our FCs home field

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:32.839
advantage, they've got five wins, one loss and

00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:35.579
six ties record at Centerville bank stadium in

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:38.859
2026 and is unbeaten in five straight home games

00:33:38.859 --> 00:33:41.240
dating back to May 2nd, that only loss coming

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:43.980
from that Birmingham game, which to a certain

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:46.019
extent, I don't want to say it was a freak accident,

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:49.299
but it almost felt like we kind of tripped in

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:51.730
and fell and couldn't get ourselves picked back

00:33:51.730 --> 00:33:56.230
up um rfc is unbeaten versus hartford and all

00:33:56.230 --> 00:33:58.430
four meanings and the ocean state i know there's

00:33:58.430 --> 00:34:01.630
the one technicality but technically they're

00:34:01.630 --> 00:34:05.430
unbeaten That being said though, RFC have not

00:34:05.430 --> 00:34:07.609
won an El Clamico in league play since August

00:34:07.609 --> 00:34:10.670
10th, 2024. Joe Brito, I miss you so much. I

00:34:10.670 --> 00:34:12.769
know. Can we, can we get them on the bench real

00:34:12.769 --> 00:34:15.130
quick? 25 day contract. We need to do a wellness,

00:34:15.230 --> 00:34:16.809
not a wellness check. Cause I know he's thriving.

00:34:16.989 --> 00:34:18.949
We need to do a check -in on our boys, Joe Brito

00:34:18.949 --> 00:34:20.289
and find out how he is. I'm going to, I'm going

00:34:20.289 --> 00:34:22.389
to text him afterwards. Like, Hey, thinking of

00:34:22.389 --> 00:34:24.969
you in this big day where your family lives East

00:34:24.969 --> 00:34:27.070
Hartford and you're, you know, your former team

00:34:27.070 --> 00:34:29.719
is playing this weekend. But listen, you're right.

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:32.280
And despite not winning league play for Rhode

00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:34.039
Island, though, and I think there is, again,

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:36.300
we talk about momentum, they have kind of had

00:34:36.300 --> 00:34:39.079
the upper hand, at least this season, eliminated

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:41.739
them in the U .S. Open Cup, 2 -0, right? We saw

00:34:41.739 --> 00:34:44.539
them get out of there. They beat them. Again,

00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:46.440
if we're calling it technicalities, beat them

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:50.760
in the USL Prinks Tire Cup action. And we've

00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:53.940
never lost to them at home, right? So, minus

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:55.980
the Yeager Master Cup, we're not going to talk

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:59.139
about that. It feels like this is ready to boil

00:34:59.139 --> 00:35:01.460
over though. I feel like we do need our next

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:04.059
commanding win, whether it's us or them. I feel

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:07.420
like the next step this this Darby needs to go

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:09.280
as a team needs to get back in the driver's seat

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:11.260
of it and not play these like, oh, we're going

00:35:11.260 --> 00:35:13.400
to draw and hold on or we're just too afraid

00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:16.539
to win or we're too scared to lose. I don't want

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:17.940
Hart and I shouldn't have even said Hartford

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:19.960
could do it. It will come at one point, fans.

00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:21.619
We have to understand Hartford will win a game

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:24.119
at some point in this rivalry. But I think what

00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:26.420
I see to make a statement and then use that again

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:28.420
to build more momentum. We talk about the importance

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:32.019
of this July, August slide into home, so to speak,

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:34.179
and getting all the success. I think this is

00:35:34.179 --> 00:35:37.090
the game to do it. So having said that. Going

00:35:37.090 --> 00:35:39.829
back to this offense versus defense, here's the

00:35:39.829 --> 00:35:42.289
stats for you, buddy. RFC has found the back

00:35:42.289 --> 00:35:44.829
of the net 10 times in their last five matches.

00:35:45.429 --> 00:35:47.989
Hartford, though, has, while they've only found

00:35:47.989 --> 00:35:50.909
it three, they've also only allowed three goals

00:35:50.909 --> 00:35:53.849
in the last five matches against all those tough

00:35:53.849 --> 00:35:56.429
opponents that we were talking about. For contrast,

00:35:56.590 --> 00:35:58.809
just so you understand, Hartford has the second

00:35:58.809 --> 00:36:01.860
best defense in the league. They have the 25th

00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:04.900
or the worst offense in the league. Meanwhile,

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:06.840
Rhode Island, by those same coins, you could

00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:10.619
argue Rhode Island has the, I think it's the

00:36:10.619 --> 00:36:13.400
fifth best. Let me see. I had the stats up. Sorry.

00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:16.480
They have the 12th now. We've scored. We've allowed

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:19.199
too many goals. So they have the 12th, uh, worst

00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:20.940
or I guess best because that's right there in

00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:22.500
the middle of the table, but they've got the

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:24.280
third best offense in the league right now. And

00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:26.559
that's not even like looking at some of the averages

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:28.820
between shots on target versus shots converted.

00:36:29.429 --> 00:36:31.150
What do we what do we say when it's the third

00:36:31.150 --> 00:36:33.510
best offense versus the second best defense?

00:36:34.469 --> 00:36:37.030
unstoppable force versus an immovable object

00:36:37.030 --> 00:36:40.969
I Think because this is at home. I think we will

00:36:40.969 --> 00:36:44.429
have the slight edge That's why you saw we went

00:36:44.429 --> 00:36:47.090
away and we were at the end of the day able to

00:36:47.090 --> 00:36:50.050
kind of pull off the victory But I think because

00:36:50.050 --> 00:36:53.550
of that this is not gonna be a three nil thrashing

00:36:53.550 --> 00:36:56.900
good like back at burn could be But I would think

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:59.219
this is going to be a bit more tighter of a game,

00:36:59.460 --> 00:37:03.360
maybe one or two. Oliver brought up something

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:05.280
interesting yesterday when I was talking to him,

00:37:05.719 --> 00:37:08.719
and I kind of tend to agree with him. If we try

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:10.980
to look at this objectively, not as a fan of

00:37:10.980 --> 00:37:15.400
RFC, have we actually had any good El Clamacos?

00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:18.980
If you look at them, they've been a lot of haram

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:21.900
ball, a lot of football terrorism, or one team

00:37:21.900 --> 00:37:24.420
has just kind of dominated the other either like.

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:26.940
when we lost away they just kind of thrashed

00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:29.539
us or when they came to burn we thrashed them

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:32.460
do you think there's been an objectively good

00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:34.400
game between the two of us where you can look

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:38.179
at it no matter the victor there was excitement

00:37:38.179 --> 00:37:40.699
from both sides where it's kind of their trading

00:37:40.699 --> 00:37:44.079
blows they're going back and forth i mean i i

00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:45.599
think you'd have to say it was the two two in

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:48.400
jägermeister but unfortunately that's that the

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:50.400
the sour note of the penalty part like if the

00:37:50.400 --> 00:37:52.929
game had just ended at two two Maybe you could

00:37:52.929 --> 00:37:54.570
say but you would also argue from a Rhode Island

00:37:54.570 --> 00:37:56.650
of sea perspective that that we were had a man

00:37:56.650 --> 00:37:59.110
advantage for almost an entire half and They

00:37:59.110 --> 00:38:02.929
clawed back into that game. So That's the hard

00:38:02.929 --> 00:38:05.349
part is eliminating the fan out of it the fan

00:38:05.349 --> 00:38:08.050
and he wants any good game to be in Rhode Island

00:38:08.050 --> 00:38:12.929
of seas favor so By the definition I think the

00:38:12.929 --> 00:38:14.630
casual would have probably thought that to two

00:38:14.630 --> 00:38:16.769
was the best thing they've seen so far in it

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:19.099
But whether you're a Hartford fan in their 3

00:38:19.099 --> 00:38:21.380
-0 win or you're a Rhode Island fan in our 3

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:24.460
-0 win, yeah, maybe we haven't had a proper rivalry

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:26.659
match, which is why, again, I ask, like, does

00:38:26.659 --> 00:38:28.500
this rivalry still have some legs that needs

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:30.739
to grow to really take itself? I still think

00:38:30.739 --> 00:38:32.780
it's the best rivalry in the USL. I know the

00:38:32.780 --> 00:38:34.340
legacy pundits will say, like, oh, you haven't

00:38:34.340 --> 00:38:35.880
been around long enough to claim that title.

00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:38.119
But we spark enough interest and spark enough

00:38:38.119 --> 00:38:40.260
conversations online about it that I disagree.

00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:43.320
That being said, what I do know happens is these

00:38:43.320 --> 00:38:45.360
games get shippy. These games get squirrely and

00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:48.039
there's going to be a lot of emotion and attitude

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:50.579
and aggression on the night. How many red cards

00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:53.480
are we seeing in this game? Oh, I'd say there's

00:38:53.480 --> 00:38:56.480
at least a red card in this match. The thing

00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:59.099
that I worry about, though, is we cannot afford.

00:38:59.679 --> 00:39:03.679
We we have too many injuries right now, so I'm

00:39:03.679 --> 00:39:06.119
hoping it's on their side. Maybe if things are

00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:10.440
not going their way. So I mean, I'm going to

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:14.139
say at least one. I wouldn't be surprised if

00:39:14.139 --> 00:39:16.900
both teams get someone sent off. What are your

00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:20.000
what's your key takeaway for what I see to find

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:21.880
their way to getting three points in this match?

00:39:22.559 --> 00:39:25.400
Yeah, our FC is the reality. They're better when

00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:28.679
they score first, but I think they also need

00:39:28.679 --> 00:39:31.860
some patience here to more than scoring first

00:39:31.860 --> 00:39:33.840
that the rivalry, like you said, produced a lot

00:39:33.840 --> 00:39:36.429
of cagey games. So i don't think they need to

00:39:36.429 --> 00:39:38.230
force the issue and say we need to score in the

00:39:38.230 --> 00:39:40.070
first twenty minutes or we need to score in the

00:39:40.070 --> 00:39:42.750
first half they. They need to be patient and

00:39:42.750 --> 00:39:44.469
know that the opportunity will come and they

00:39:44.469 --> 00:39:47.030
don't want to leave themselves exposed and i

00:39:47.030 --> 00:39:48.929
think that they also need to stay disciplined

00:39:48.929 --> 00:39:51.809
emotionally. Hartford wants that chaos they want

00:39:51.809 --> 00:39:54.070
to get under their skin they want to taunt us.

00:39:55.030 --> 00:39:56.710
And they want to become a physical emotional

00:39:56.710 --> 00:39:58.909
game broken up with fouls where they put us into

00:39:58.909 --> 00:40:01.650
a situation to get one of our guys sent off so

00:40:01.650 --> 00:40:05.500
they need to kind of. Rise above be a bit mature

00:40:05.500 --> 00:40:07.780
Yeah, they still need to play with that aggression.

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:09.760
Yeah, they can't get bullied off the pitch, right?

00:40:09.780 --> 00:40:12.059
Oh absolutely not like and I have a fear I don't

00:40:12.059 --> 00:40:14.039
have a fear but I have an overcorrection concern.

00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:16.400
We heard from Kano last week that their aggression

00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:19.530
is leading to compromises or getting themselves

00:40:19.530 --> 00:40:22.090
into fouling trouble. I hope that that's not

00:40:22.090 --> 00:40:23.769
something like this isn't the week to work on

00:40:23.769 --> 00:40:26.289
that, right? Like this isn't where you take any

00:40:26.289 --> 00:40:28.829
foot off of the gas. If anything, you get through

00:40:28.829 --> 00:40:30.809
this week and then you start making the micro

00:40:30.809 --> 00:40:33.170
adjustments and the course corrections. We can't

00:40:33.170 --> 00:40:36.570
be neutering our guys right before a match like

00:40:36.570 --> 00:40:39.489
this. Like there's too much at stake on for the

00:40:39.489 --> 00:40:41.369
badge and there's too much at stake in the head

00:40:41.369 --> 00:40:43.829
right now. I don't want to see any adjustments

00:40:43.829 --> 00:40:45.389
of that kind of nature coming from the squad.

00:40:45.769 --> 00:40:47.730
They need to be aggressive, but sportsmanlike.

00:40:48.170 --> 00:40:49.670
At the end of the day, it's nothing personal.

00:40:49.869 --> 00:40:52.070
It's them playing their game. Oh, it's very personal.

00:40:52.429 --> 00:40:55.570
At least it's personal for us. I heard on the

00:40:55.570 --> 00:40:57.630
podcast that you were doing, you know, Hartford

00:40:57.630 --> 00:41:00.110
has had so much rotation. For a lot of these

00:41:00.110 --> 00:41:02.869
guys now. after what Siaha did to them personally

00:41:02.869 --> 00:41:05.949
last season and the fact that what 16 of our

00:41:05.949 --> 00:41:08.369
players have been here since year one like at

00:41:08.369 --> 00:41:11.050
one point you almost it's unavoidable to not

00:41:11.050 --> 00:41:14.750
get bit by the the rivalry bug on this i do expect

00:41:14.750 --> 00:41:17.070
this team to stop saying we're just professional

00:41:17.070 --> 00:41:19.449
players and we take this one game at a time and

00:41:19.449 --> 00:41:21.449
we don't let them get under our skin no don't

00:41:21.449 --> 00:41:23.820
let them like literally mess up your game plan

00:41:23.820 --> 00:41:26.239
or your game style, but no, get mad, get played.

00:41:26.579 --> 00:41:28.900
Like when you score a goal, slap this crest as

00:41:28.900 --> 00:41:31.739
hard as you can. Like, you know, like, well,

00:41:31.739 --> 00:41:34.920
like just piss them off. Like I do want to see

00:41:34.920 --> 00:41:38.400
some resilient motion by a little bit more fire

00:41:38.400 --> 00:41:40.079
from our team. Yeah. I know. I want to see them

00:41:40.079 --> 00:41:41.840
score or celebrate their goals more. You know,

00:41:41.840 --> 00:41:43.280
I just want to see them celebrate their goal

00:41:43.280 --> 00:41:47.420
scoring. I mean, in the sense of like, don't

00:41:47.420 --> 00:41:49.320
let it get personal that you lose your cool.

00:41:49.800 --> 00:41:52.789
Right. You, you play Play for the badge, play

00:41:52.789 --> 00:41:55.510
for the crest, play aggressive, but don't lose

00:41:55.510 --> 00:41:58.210
your head. I will say this. I think that one

00:41:58.210 --> 00:42:00.010
thing fans have to be prepared for is I don't

00:42:00.010 --> 00:42:01.789
think this is going to be beautiful soccer. We're

00:42:01.789 --> 00:42:04.030
all coming off of World Cup action. We're going

00:42:04.030 --> 00:42:07.349
to go see a final the next day. This game is

00:42:07.349 --> 00:42:10.630
going to be cagey. Like forget, you know, pass

00:42:10.630 --> 00:42:12.710
accuracy. They're going to have to go for it.

00:42:12.789 --> 00:42:15.349
Forget possession numbers. Forget, you know,

00:42:15.469 --> 00:42:17.789
anything other than just grit, determination.

00:42:18.860 --> 00:42:20.780
physicality, fighting for every second ball,

00:42:21.099 --> 00:42:22.900
fighting for every tackle, fighting for every

00:42:22.900 --> 00:42:25.860
header, ugly goals, stupid goals that are deflecting

00:42:25.860 --> 00:42:28.800
off of his proper football, proper football for

00:42:28.800 --> 00:42:31.699
a proper rivalry. I don't expect this to be anything

00:42:31.699 --> 00:42:34.219
tiki -taka or anything where we see some sort

00:42:34.219 --> 00:42:36.659
of finesse and I mean, we may see a golazo taken

00:42:36.659 --> 00:42:38.719
at range because there's some bravery, but I

00:42:38.719 --> 00:42:40.460
just don't see this anything other than a grind

00:42:40.460 --> 00:42:43.480
and a slug fest. But I mean, do you just do you

00:42:43.480 --> 00:42:45.239
disagree? Do we think we're going to see grace

00:42:45.239 --> 00:42:47.860
and poise on the pitch? Not exactly, but at the

00:42:47.860 --> 00:42:51.900
same time, like our FC's advantage would be their

00:42:51.900 --> 00:42:54.800
ability to play. Right. Hartford wants us to

00:42:54.800 --> 00:42:57.980
play that match. And I think if we're able to

00:42:57.980 --> 00:43:00.639
kind of maintain our identity, don't bring ourselves

00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:03.940
down to their level, they're going to be able

00:43:03.940 --> 00:43:05.440
to put themselves in a good position to win.

00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:07.539
I think if they let it turn into one of these

00:43:07.539 --> 00:43:10.360
battles, we're going to, they're going to either

00:43:10.360 --> 00:43:13.239
sneak something away or suck us into a nil nil

00:43:13.239 --> 00:43:15.579
draw. I agree. Well, we've got to go to break.

00:43:15.659 --> 00:43:17.840
And when we return, it's the mailbag with your

00:43:17.840 --> 00:43:20.000
burning questions and comments. Don't go anywhere.

00:43:20.179 --> 00:43:22.539
It's the Raising Anchor Soccer Show. Now let's

00:43:22.539 --> 00:43:24.960
get back to the Raising Anchor Soccer Show on

00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:30.199
990 WBOB with Matt Entrickett and Jason Carey.

00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:33.820
Sam S. here is curious what you both think about

00:43:33.820 --> 00:43:35.920
one of our biggest matchups being right before

00:43:35.920 --> 00:43:39.000
the World Cup final. Do you think that was intentional

00:43:39.000 --> 00:43:42.119
to show new fans? the best our league has to

00:43:42.119 --> 00:43:44.159
offer or random luck you know it's funny we mentioned

00:43:44.159 --> 00:43:47.239
this a second ago did the hundreds game was that

00:43:47.239 --> 00:43:49.860
random luck and that probably was but this one

00:43:49.860 --> 00:43:51.500
feels a little bit more intentional like the

00:43:51.500 --> 00:43:53.320
world cup schedule had already been out we at

00:43:53.320 --> 00:43:55.000
least knew the final you know we i don't know

00:43:55.000 --> 00:43:56.960
if we necessarily knew the stadium or the location

00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:59.260
we knew the final we knew how the club was working

00:43:59.260 --> 00:44:02.079
around those games and those sequences why not

00:44:02.079 --> 00:44:06.199
like mls is putting galaxy lafc on friday Why

00:44:06.199 --> 00:44:08.320
not have one of the league's best, you know,

00:44:08.460 --> 00:44:11.460
blossoming, you know, fights that can take place

00:44:11.460 --> 00:44:13.320
on the pitch? Yeah, I think this might have been

00:44:13.320 --> 00:44:15.139
intentional. We can definitely ask. We can ask

00:44:15.139 --> 00:44:17.340
the technical team if they had any influence

00:44:17.340 --> 00:44:19.380
on this. But sometimes it also just works out

00:44:19.380 --> 00:44:21.280
that way, too. I won't call it dumb luck. Maybe

00:44:21.280 --> 00:44:23.219
it's divine providence that that's what's happening.

00:44:23.380 --> 00:44:26.300
What are your thoughts? I think there's definitely

00:44:26.300 --> 00:44:30.579
some intention behind this. But. You know, maybe

00:44:30.579 --> 00:44:32.619
Divine Providence sounds kind of funny, too.

00:44:32.639 --> 00:44:35.239
We had to sacrifice a Sacramento midweek to get

00:44:35.239 --> 00:44:37.519
this game right before the World Cup. Kano didn't

00:44:37.519 --> 00:44:40.099
like it, but that's the way it went. Ben S asks

00:44:40.099 --> 00:44:43.019
a question, and this one's a tough one. Which

00:44:43.019 --> 00:44:45.960
do you think fans care about more, this derby?

00:44:46.280 --> 00:44:49.900
Watching RFC win or hate watching Hartford lose?

00:44:50.949 --> 00:44:53.230
Zia has not made a lot of fans. So there are

00:44:53.230 --> 00:44:55.110
people that just may generally want to see him

00:44:55.110 --> 00:44:57.809
fail. And then it comes at the behest of Rhode

00:44:57.809 --> 00:45:00.530
Island FC when what do you think the fans, especially

00:45:00.530 --> 00:45:03.070
the super fans are gearing up for to hate Hartford

00:45:03.070 --> 00:45:06.469
or to love our FC? I want to say that there are

00:45:06.469 --> 00:45:08.789
two sides of the same coin. They are, but you

00:45:08.789 --> 00:45:11.659
have to pick one for this. this question. Well,

00:45:11.880 --> 00:45:13.960
so I think it depends on the person I am. Everyone

00:45:13.960 --> 00:45:15.860
in the chat right now, I need you guys to say,

00:45:16.199 --> 00:45:18.320
do you do you care more about watching what RFC

00:45:18.320 --> 00:45:21.719
win this particular game or Hartford losing completely?

00:45:22.079 --> 00:45:24.500
I mean, the Welches are probably hate watching.

00:45:24.900 --> 00:45:27.639
Absolutely. Absolutely. And like, sure, I don't

00:45:27.639 --> 00:45:31.059
like Sia, but I think I want more of an RFC win

00:45:31.059 --> 00:45:34.159
than my actual hatred for Hartford. So I think

00:45:34.159 --> 00:45:36.630
it's very, it's very much a personal thing. and

00:45:36.630 --> 00:45:39.630
everyone is on like one side of that fence, but

00:45:39.630 --> 00:45:43.429
we're all together in the sense of that, you

00:45:43.429 --> 00:45:46.869
know, beat Hartford. So far only watching RFC

00:45:46.869 --> 00:45:49.769
win, RFC win. So maybe there's not a bunch of

00:45:49.769 --> 00:45:51.989
salty New Englanders out there who care more

00:45:51.989 --> 00:45:55.010
about tearing down their opponents. Matt M says

00:45:55.010 --> 00:45:57.849
here, we were terrible at PKs. You asked the

00:45:57.849 --> 00:46:01.369
question, do we even practice PKs? And now we're

00:46:01.369 --> 00:46:04.309
good at PKs rather than there being egg on your

00:46:04.309 --> 00:46:06.550
face when we nail them. You should be taking

00:46:06.550 --> 00:46:08.269
credit for reminding the team that they need

00:46:08.269 --> 00:46:11.429
to practice. Matt, thank you for writing that

00:46:11.429 --> 00:46:14.829
in on the Discord. If I start taking credit for

00:46:14.829 --> 00:46:17.409
things though, it will reverse the curse back.

00:46:17.710 --> 00:46:21.030
So I just have to be the anti -hero, just as

00:46:21.030 --> 00:46:24.809
club deserves. I have to do the dirty work so

00:46:24.809 --> 00:46:27.070
that they can be lifted up and above. I even

00:46:27.070 --> 00:46:29.210
told you in Discord, do I just need to ask Kano,

00:46:29.289 --> 00:46:32.250
are you capable of winning the entire USL Championship

00:46:32.250 --> 00:46:34.269
this season? And then he'll get mad at you and

00:46:34.269 --> 00:46:35.829
then he'll do it. He'll do the dang thing, right?

00:46:36.010 --> 00:46:38.489
So I don't hate it, but I can't ever take credit.

00:46:38.650 --> 00:46:40.409
The second I start doing that, my head will explode.

00:46:40.610 --> 00:46:42.409
These headphones will not be able to contain

00:46:42.409 --> 00:46:45.380
it. Liz K writes in. Do you think the parking

00:46:45.380 --> 00:46:47.840
problems are going to kill momentum for people

00:46:47.840 --> 00:46:50.500
to support this club? It's hard to say because

00:46:50.500 --> 00:46:53.219
there are a lot of people online who love to

00:46:53.219 --> 00:46:56.000
complain. There's a certain group. I don't want

00:46:56.000 --> 00:46:59.239
to give them any sort of acknowledgement to do

00:46:59.239 --> 00:47:02.000
nothing but try and bash this club, which is

00:47:02.000 --> 00:47:05.380
just insane to me. Like who has this much bandwidth

00:47:05.380 --> 00:47:07.860
in their life to just go online and be like,

00:47:07.960 --> 00:47:10.559
I hate this thing that other people are enjoying.

00:47:11.880 --> 00:47:14.159
I like I did see some of the people complain

00:47:14.159 --> 00:47:18.139
online. There is a lot of like, guys, guys, guys,

00:47:18.179 --> 00:47:20.139
guys, guys, everyone. Yeah, everyone look at

00:47:20.139 --> 00:47:21.840
me. Everyone right now. Everyone look at me.

00:47:21.880 --> 00:47:24.099
If you know someone that is complaining about

00:47:24.099 --> 00:47:26.820
parking, it is your responsibility to teach them

00:47:26.820 --> 00:47:29.019
the tips, the tips and tricks on how to not pay

00:47:29.019 --> 00:47:31.900
for parking. OK. we all know about the train

00:47:31.900 --> 00:47:33.480
we all know about the train parking lot and the

00:47:33.480 --> 00:47:35.699
free shuttle we all know the other places around

00:47:35.699 --> 00:47:38.480
the city we all have our spots that we park in

00:47:38.480 --> 00:47:41.039
when we need to that we don't pay anything whether

00:47:41.039 --> 00:47:43.280
they're legal illegal or something in between

00:47:43.280 --> 00:47:45.940
like get honest with yourselves and if you see

00:47:45.940 --> 00:47:48.360
a fan and duress help them guide them but don't

00:47:48.360 --> 00:47:49.880
burn out your spots because then everyone will

00:47:49.880 --> 00:47:52.480
be parking in them so just fyi on that but like

00:47:52.480 --> 00:47:55.079
i don't i think the problem is more optics i

00:47:55.079 --> 00:47:56.699
think the club doesn't do a good job of getting

00:47:56.699 --> 00:47:59.409
out in front of it to where they can ease that

00:47:59.409 --> 00:48:01.650
burden, especially when it gains traction online.

00:48:02.130 --> 00:48:03.829
I don't think we have a parking problem. I think

00:48:03.829 --> 00:48:07.690
we have just an optics problem. I know that the

00:48:07.690 --> 00:48:10.130
was it Tidewater is not good for it being completely

00:48:10.130 --> 00:48:13.150
shut down under the bridge because that is a

00:48:13.150 --> 00:48:14.989
narrow like that's a conduit to help alleviate

00:48:14.989 --> 00:48:16.809
some of the navigation and then finding other

00:48:16.809 --> 00:48:20.010
parking opportunities. But if you're relying

00:48:20.010 --> 00:48:22.510
strictly on stadium instructions on how to park

00:48:22.510 --> 00:48:25.199
in the city. Be a better Rhode Islander and figure

00:48:25.199 --> 00:48:27.800
it out. Ask a friend, bribe a politician, whatever

00:48:27.800 --> 00:48:30.260
you got to do. I'm telling you, your life will

00:48:30.260 --> 00:48:31.940
be immediately easier when you stop relying on

00:48:31.940 --> 00:48:34.739
LAZ and RFC to help you figure out where to park

00:48:34.739 --> 00:48:38.639
your car. Yeah. Mike S says, Brett Johnson was

00:48:38.639 --> 00:48:42.139
on WJAR and said he wanted to sign the next young

00:48:42.139 --> 00:48:45.519
and upcoming Cape Verdean or Colombian. Two questions.

00:48:45.659 --> 00:48:48.119
Was he pandering because of the populations here

00:48:48.119 --> 00:48:50.619
in Pawtucket? And who would you guys tell him

00:48:50.619 --> 00:48:54.639
to go sign if we could? One, I don't like using

00:48:54.639 --> 00:48:58.260
the word pandering because I think that he just

00:48:58.260 --> 00:49:01.340
understands the population and if he wants to

00:49:01.340 --> 00:49:03.619
have locals represented by those populations

00:49:03.619 --> 00:49:06.000
reflected on it, I just think that's good for

00:49:06.000 --> 00:49:07.440
business. I think it'll make them feel seen.

00:49:07.610 --> 00:49:11.050
Our defined 1636 president is Guatemalan and

00:49:11.050 --> 00:49:13.050
he keeps complaining every time we don't sign

00:49:13.050 --> 00:49:16.090
any Guatemalan players. So like there's a there's

00:49:16.090 --> 00:49:17.889
a link. There's a connection that brings people

00:49:17.889 --> 00:49:20.650
closer when they have their their representations

00:49:20.650 --> 00:49:23.289
of their countries and their immigration reflected

00:49:23.289 --> 00:49:24.809
in the team in front of them. I mean, we saw

00:49:24.809 --> 00:49:27.590
that with the Puerto Rican when team when they

00:49:27.590 --> 00:49:29.690
traveled in to play that friendly. We saw the

00:49:29.690 --> 00:49:31.610
impact that Isaac Anking had on that. We've seen

00:49:31.610 --> 00:49:34.769
Zach Haribo as a Haitian relationship. So like,

00:49:34.769 --> 00:49:36.860
no, you. when you're represented by your community,

00:49:36.960 --> 00:49:39.179
that's a big thing. So I don't think he's pandering.

00:49:39.360 --> 00:49:41.599
I think he's just understanding that would do

00:49:41.599 --> 00:49:43.139
well for all parties involved. Smart business

00:49:43.139 --> 00:49:45.920
there. Yes, he's a smart business boy. That being

00:49:45.920 --> 00:49:48.400
said, when you ask who would we sign as a young

00:49:48.400 --> 00:49:52.360
up -and -coming starter for Cape Verde or for

00:49:52.360 --> 00:49:56.170
Columbia, I don't know. the U -20 system. I barely

00:49:56.170 --> 00:49:59.429
know USL championship and a sprinkling of MLS.

00:49:59.869 --> 00:50:02.469
My international and my my other league game

00:50:02.469 --> 00:50:04.590
isn't even that strong. So if you ask me to like

00:50:04.590 --> 00:50:06.710
find two players, I'm going to say Vezina. He's

00:50:06.710 --> 00:50:09.110
pretty young, right? Like, yeah, like what? Forty

00:50:09.110 --> 00:50:12.409
one. Like that's super young or played out 50

00:50:12.409 --> 00:50:15.449
these days, right? Or or what was it? It was

00:50:15.449 --> 00:50:21.349
the two strikers for Cabo to put Dupuy and like

00:50:21.349 --> 00:50:23.940
two names. yeah yeah like but but then i went

00:50:23.940 --> 00:50:25.559
and go look at their like leagues they're playing

00:50:25.559 --> 00:50:27.219
and one's playing in like the bolivian premier

00:50:27.219 --> 00:50:30.420
league and then the other one's playing uh i

00:50:30.420 --> 00:50:32.519
think they're on loan from benfica and and so

00:50:32.519 --> 00:50:34.239
that's the thing i do know that's the bigger

00:50:34.239 --> 00:50:36.340
problem at least for a cape birdian perspective

00:50:36.340 --> 00:50:38.920
remember how in the world cup we found out that

00:50:38.920 --> 00:50:41.039
like only one player for the cape bird squad

00:50:41.039 --> 00:50:44.659
like lived in cape bird and everyone else was

00:50:44.659 --> 00:50:47.760
a product of like a Portuguese soccer system

00:50:47.760 --> 00:50:50.460
that like wasn't good enough for Portugal. So

00:50:50.460 --> 00:50:52.400
then they went and played for Cape Verde instead.

00:50:52.679 --> 00:50:54.420
And that's not to say that they don't have Cape

00:50:54.420 --> 00:50:56.900
Verdean heritage, but they're coming from different

00:50:56.900 --> 00:50:59.079
places. Or they do have Cape Verdean heritage

00:50:59.079 --> 00:51:01.440
or immigration, but then they go to academies

00:51:01.440 --> 00:51:04.219
like Benfica and Porto to try. And then those

00:51:04.219 --> 00:51:06.360
players get loaned off to like, you know, the

00:51:06.360 --> 00:51:09.980
Turkish Super League, like they don't ever come

00:51:09.980 --> 00:51:12.940
this direction. So like Cabo Verde is actually

00:51:12.940 --> 00:51:14.940
really hard because Portugal's already got their

00:51:14.940 --> 00:51:17.099
fingers in the cookie jar. They're stealing all

00:51:17.099 --> 00:51:19.460
the talent that could even be connected. So what

00:51:19.460 --> 00:51:21.000
you're really need to ask yourself, if we want

00:51:21.000 --> 00:51:22.860
to Cape Verdean, we got to figure out how to

00:51:22.860 --> 00:51:25.360
crack the code into the Portugal youth system,

00:51:25.360 --> 00:51:26.579
because that's where we're going to go and be

00:51:26.579 --> 00:51:28.400
able to poach that talent and get them started

00:51:28.400 --> 00:51:30.699
in a USL squad. So I'm not saying it's impossible,

00:51:31.000 --> 00:51:33.199
but that one piece of the pie, I do understand

00:51:33.199 --> 00:51:35.739
very well. So we got to we got to get really

00:51:35.739 --> 00:51:38.300
comfortable with the Portugal Federation and

00:51:38.300 --> 00:51:41.280
see what can happen from there. Lisa V asked

00:51:41.280 --> 00:51:44.239
the question, how do we make sure our FC never

00:51:44.239 --> 00:51:47.800
does fireworks at half Friday's legacy experience

00:51:47.800 --> 00:51:51.079
was dumb. I heard about this. This is insane.

00:51:51.199 --> 00:51:54.780
They did a fireworks show during halftime. Like

00:51:54.780 --> 00:51:58.000
I was it rain. Maybe it was that's the eye. I

00:51:58.000 --> 00:52:00.280
don't know. Because I remember that the last

00:52:00.280 --> 00:52:03.480
one, the second the game was over, they immediately

00:52:03.480 --> 00:52:06.050
just started fireworks because it was also Kind

00:52:06.050 --> 00:52:08.750
of raining so maybe they knew that like boston

00:52:08.750 --> 00:52:10.989
legacy fans travel all the way from boston and

00:52:10.989 --> 00:52:12.909
they want to get home early So they leave halfway

00:52:12.909 --> 00:52:15.690
through the match You know, they're like classic

00:52:15.690 --> 00:52:17.889
la fans classic boston fans. There's too much

00:52:17.889 --> 00:52:20.510
traffic Public transportation is not as good

00:52:20.510 --> 00:52:23.610
as it could be gotta go. I mean I I do not foresee

00:52:23.610 --> 00:52:26.329
the club doing this But hey, there are channels

00:52:26.329 --> 00:52:28.210
to reach out to them and let them know and say

00:52:28.210 --> 00:52:31.940
hey I saw this at a boston legacy game I do not

00:52:31.940 --> 00:52:34.920
like this. Please do not do that. Irvin is in

00:52:34.920 --> 00:52:37.739
the chat. Bring me a Guatemalan. James disagreeing

00:52:37.739 --> 00:52:39.380
saying we do have a parking lot problem. The

00:52:39.380 --> 00:52:42.179
loose stone in the t -lots is an issue. I don't

00:52:42.179 --> 00:52:43.820
like the gravel in the t -lots. I completely

00:52:43.820 --> 00:52:45.820
agree with you on that. I think some people have

00:52:45.820 --> 00:52:47.719
gotten flat tires, but that's been taken care

00:52:47.719 --> 00:52:50.960
of. Mike has a comment here that an academy system

00:52:50.960 --> 00:52:53.360
of our own would help. I don't disagree with

00:52:53.360 --> 00:52:55.500
that, but that then becomes a 10 year project,

00:52:55.619 --> 00:52:57.840
right? You've got to wait 10 years for that to

00:52:57.840 --> 00:52:59.900
bear fruit. Most times, especially considering

00:52:59.900 --> 00:53:02.480
you're competing with not just the Bay sides

00:53:02.480 --> 00:53:04.539
and surf of Rhode Island, but then you're competing

00:53:04.539 --> 00:53:06.539
with New England Revolutions Academy programming,

00:53:07.059 --> 00:53:09.760
Seacoast United, Vermont Green. I think our club

00:53:09.760 --> 00:53:12.639
also has to hit certain milestones for that to

00:53:12.639 --> 00:53:14.739
make sense too. Well, I know that they're still

00:53:14.739 --> 00:53:16.380
looking to work on a training center. That's

00:53:16.380 --> 00:53:18.599
off -site closed and indoors I think once you

00:53:18.599 --> 00:53:21.219
get that on then you can start having Academy

00:53:21.219 --> 00:53:24.480
players like working 21 or 24 7 that would be

00:53:24.480 --> 00:53:26.539
really bad for children But you get my point

00:53:26.539 --> 00:53:30.000
and then Nate ski riding in Virginia is Miami

00:53:30.000 --> 00:53:32.420
bound. He is not going into Miami That is a big

00:53:32.420 --> 00:53:34.659
rumor. I don't see a world where they sign a

00:53:34.659 --> 00:53:36.820
41 year old keeper on that squad considering

00:53:36.820 --> 00:53:40.340
how tight they are on payroll but there is a

00:53:40.340 --> 00:53:42.119
question we have to go back to Jason is there

00:53:42.119 --> 00:53:45.460
any Jeff Hughes asks is there any chance of a

00:53:45.460 --> 00:53:49.480
decent ref on the weekend yeah so speaking of

00:53:49.480 --> 00:53:51.719
refs then let's get right into the ref assignment

00:53:51.719 --> 00:53:55.460
here we have a head ref Gerald Flores assistant

00:53:55.460 --> 00:53:58.699
refs Zeno Cho and Douglas Clayton with the fourth

00:53:58.699 --> 00:54:02.599
official Justin Lopez after being caught a little

00:54:02.599 --> 00:54:06.519
surprised about you know Guido. We did some research.

00:54:06.519 --> 00:54:08.340
We got guido'd pretty hard, guys. Yeah, we got

00:54:08.340 --> 00:54:10.980
guido'd pretty hard. So we did some research

00:54:10.980 --> 00:54:13.139
into Jaro Flores to kind of just take a look

00:54:13.139 --> 00:54:16.159
at what's going on with them. Nothing controversial

00:54:16.159 --> 00:54:18.860
here. Has been reffing in the championship since

00:54:18.860 --> 00:54:23.780
2020. Average is about 5 .1 cards per game. We

00:54:23.780 --> 00:54:25.940
actually have some experience with him. He reffed

00:54:25.940 --> 00:54:28.599
our first match back against North Carolina in

00:54:28.599 --> 00:54:35.320
2024. RIP. Yeah, RIP. 32 fouls call on it. So

00:54:35.320 --> 00:54:38.320
keep that in mind. I wonder if he is ready for

00:54:38.320 --> 00:54:42.000
a match of this. Gravitude, but you know, so

00:54:42.000 --> 00:54:44.239
far nothing to suggest that it's going to be

00:54:44.239 --> 00:54:48.119
bad per se. I do hope that either there is a

00:54:48.119 --> 00:54:52.159
symposium for the USL pro ref people that they

00:54:52.159 --> 00:54:54.659
need to learn to let things go at some point.

00:54:54.659 --> 00:54:57.320
It may not happen in this year, but it's gotta

00:54:57.320 --> 00:55:00.199
be talked about going into like. USL Premier

00:55:00.199 --> 00:55:03.480
in the next two years. But that being said, I'm

00:55:03.480 --> 00:55:06.320
still really curious how would IFC gets out of

00:55:06.320 --> 00:55:08.039
this foul aggression that they've suddenly been

00:55:08.039 --> 00:55:09.860
in. Again, earlier in the season, 12th, they

00:55:09.860 --> 00:55:11.760
were middle of the road. But these last five

00:55:11.760 --> 00:55:13.760
or six games, they've gone to second place in

00:55:13.760 --> 00:55:15.880
terms of fouls committed. Don't know if they're

00:55:15.880 --> 00:55:17.679
just getting bad calls with bad refs. I mean,

00:55:17.699 --> 00:55:20.179
we know how bad Guido was, but interestingly

00:55:20.179 --> 00:55:21.739
enough, I don't know that there's enough here

00:55:21.739 --> 00:55:24.920
to be concerned. But the second we don't talk

00:55:24.920 --> 00:55:27.269
about it, everything's fine and the second or

00:55:27.269 --> 00:55:28.949
sorry the second we do talk about it nothing

00:55:28.949 --> 00:55:31.170
happens the second we don't everything falls

00:55:31.170 --> 00:55:33.710
apart so uh let's get into watch information

00:55:33.710 --> 00:55:35.829
for the weekend looking ahead for the saturday's

00:55:35.829 --> 00:55:38.130
game against heart for the athletic it's not

00:55:38.130 --> 00:55:40.369
looking good from a forecast perspective everyone

00:55:40.369 --> 00:55:44.489
76 degrees yes rain expecting to start at 6 p

00:55:44.489 --> 00:55:47.349
.m with possible thunderstorms in the area no

00:55:47.349 --> 00:55:50.010
so we've got that we get to deal with i i guess

00:55:50.010 --> 00:55:52.369
at this point you know we just have to lean into

00:55:52.369 --> 00:55:55.250
it we shouldn't have it any other way Stadium

00:55:55.250 --> 00:55:57.449
staff if you're listening if we win you just

00:55:57.449 --> 00:55:59.690
need to play garbage. I'm only happy when it's

00:55:59.690 --> 00:56:02.349
rains Only if we win though, obviously great

00:56:02.349 --> 00:56:05.409
choice just just lean into it great choice tailgating

00:56:05.409 --> 00:56:08.090
does open at 430 with the rest of parking opening

00:56:08.090 --> 00:56:12.610
at 530 gates at 634 that 730 p .m. Kickoff you

00:56:12.610 --> 00:56:14.889
will want to get there early people for this

00:56:14.889 --> 00:56:17.289
one and I don't mean 630 you may be wanting to

00:56:17.289 --> 00:56:20.510
wait in line in the rain as This will be the

00:56:20.510 --> 00:56:23.340
coca Vegas bobblehead giveaway night this game

00:56:23.340 --> 00:56:26.380
is expected to sell out and I mean well tickets

00:56:26.380 --> 00:56:28.460
distributed so who knows about attendance at

00:56:28.460 --> 00:56:31.360
this point but there are only 3500 bobbleheads

00:56:31.360 --> 00:56:33.980
so make sure you are in line to secure yours

00:56:33.980 --> 00:56:36.639
if you can't catch this game or you just want

00:56:36.639 --> 00:56:39.159
to stay dry you can watch all of the alclamico

00:56:39.159 --> 00:56:44.059
action on myri tv or wpri 12 plus espn select

00:56:44.059 --> 00:56:48.000
or of course listen to the radio with 790 the

00:56:48.000 --> 00:56:50.760
score with our guys nick and tom on the call

00:56:51.380 --> 00:56:53.719
Uh, this has been a fun, this has been a fun

00:56:53.719 --> 00:56:55.760
show. El Climaco has always seemed to bring out

00:56:55.760 --> 00:56:58.280
the worst and best in us. I can't wait to see

00:56:58.280 --> 00:57:00.780
the chaos here on Saturday. Yeah. And just a

00:57:00.780 --> 00:57:02.880
quick programming note, uh, Matt will be out

00:57:02.880 --> 00:57:06.000
on special assignment next week. So back by popular

00:57:06.000 --> 00:57:09.159
demand, fan favorite, Torrin Kelly will be stepping

00:57:09.159 --> 00:57:12.019
in to help me recap the match as well as preview

00:57:12.019 --> 00:57:14.480
the match against Pittsburgh next week. I can't

00:57:14.480 --> 00:57:16.300
believe we brought him back. Who would have ever

00:57:16.300 --> 00:57:19.179
seen that? Thanks y 'all for joining us. Can't

00:57:19.179 --> 00:57:21.860
wait to see you at the Hartford match. Anchors

00:57:21.860 --> 00:57:48.650
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00:57:48.650 --> 00:57:52.510
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00:57:52.510 --> 00:57:56.070
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00:57:56.070 --> 00:57:57.849
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00:58:02.849 --> 00:58:05.349
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00:58:05.349 --> 00:58:08.030
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00:58:08.030 --> 00:58:10.929
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