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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 Entrekin 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 Jixit. Rhode

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Island FC build upon momentum scoring their first

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ever goal and earning their first ever win in

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league play against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds

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winning 1 -0. Was this their best performance

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of the season despite an injury depleted roster

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or will RFC have to do one of the things that

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we can't even bear to think about in saying goodbye?

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to one of the team's favorites as they depart

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for MLS. We already know the truth behind that.

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When I wrote that script, Jason, it was still

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a, do we dare to dream the nightmares of nightmares?

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We're going to talk about this historic win.

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We're going to talk about Clay Holstead's departure

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to FC Dallas. And it's just good to be back.

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I'm sick. Florida did something to me. I'm not

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sure what, but I'm here, buddy. And I'm just

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glad to see you as well here in the raising anchor

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soccer show studios. How you been my friend?

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I'm doing great. Glad you survived Florida. I

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know it's a dangerous place. Touch and go, especially

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this summer. Anyone that's ever been to Florida,

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why didn't you warn me? The summertime is just

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not a place or a time to go there. I have thoughts

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and opinions, but we are hashtag not a Florida

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show unless we were going down. I went to all

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of the markets that a USL team is in, by the

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way. I was in Tampa. I was in Jacksonville. I

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was in Miami. Or homestead to I was there. I

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mean like just put a team in Key West I was everywhere

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that needed to be places and then some so I almost

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went to the Orlando game with Griezmann's debut,

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but Hashtag nodded. I'm less hashtag not a little

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soccer show But it started raining and I decided

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not to go because I couldn't bear to go to yet

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another soccer match in the rain So I missed

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out on a 1 -0 win against Nashville, but nevertheless,

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it was a good time Fun was had but I'm back here

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where things matter and we got to get right into

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this What do we want to talk about first, buddy?

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We want to talk about CBS Records setting the

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second highest audience in USL Championship history.

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Do we want to talk Chicharito first? What's near

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and dear to your heart today? I mean, let's just,

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you started with the USL record. Let's just kind

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of knock that out, especially it ties into a

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team we just played here. USL Championship announced

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today that it's July 18th national broadcast

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on the CBS television network delivered the second

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highest viewership in league history. As Pittsburgh

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Riverhounds SC in Louisville City FC drew an

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audience of 453 ,000 viewers. This got announced

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just before the Thursday show. I kind of missed

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it. Didn't get a chance to throw it in the news,

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but honestly pretty impressive. I'm glad to see

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that that CBS deal is working out so far for

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USL. I mean, not only the CBS deal, we've talked

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about what does the consolidation of USL as a

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pyramid look like when we talk about selling

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it as a broadcast. We know when ProRail comes

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live in 28, that the big part that's going to

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have to survive this is the financials of the

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television deals, right? That's what's going

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to help the parachute payments as teams go up

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and down. It's what will help stabilize the league.

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one of the things that has really kind of put

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MLS in the green here with as what they've done.

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But more importantly, do you think that's also

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a part of that World Cup bump we've talked about?

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You know, we're now post cycle. Is this consumers

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wanting more and more from a soccer standpoint

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in America? It's hard to say. I think when we

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look at this World Cup bump, we're going to have

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to take in account the next few months to kind

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of see like, is it gradual? Is it like immediate

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and it dies off right away? But it's good to

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see, I mean, it's only the second best, but it's

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still good numbers for basically a regular season

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game. Agreed, agreed. Moving on, Chicharito now

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signs with Atletico Dallas. It's funny, there

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was too much Dallas news today between FC and

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Atletico. Jason, make this make sense. You know,

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people comparing it right now to the Didier Drogba

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deal that when he went to Phoenix Rising as a

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player slash owner. but he was coming off the

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heels immediately of a CF montreal deal where

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that had ended and was suddenly going now into

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this usl side looking at the sort of chicharito

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side the last time we saw him with anything to

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do with soccer it was as a broadcaster for the

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world cup this feels like it's a completely different

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animal yeah draugma is also i mean i don't know

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all of uh chicharitos like travels but like draugma

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is a world cup winner he's a little bit more

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of a legend nothing against Javier Hernandez,

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but like he kind of tailed off towards the end

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of the career. I mean, when he was at Galaxy,

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it already kind of felt like he was kind of a

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bit washed. And then he went and played for,

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uh, Liga Mechis side for a little bit before

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he kind of hung up his boots there. I remember

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the video when he got the deal for the Galaxy

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and he was crying because he thought he had one

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year left in the tank in La Liga. and that was

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coming to an end and he was like visibly frustrated

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and upset. Meanwhile, LA Galaxy are trying to

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parade this as the ultimate Mexican signing that

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we could possibly ever given fans. I mean, he

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was, I think he still is their all -time scoring

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leader right now, for now, because those records

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are always meant to be broken and then kind of

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ends with Guadalajara down in Mexico. Do we think

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we're going to see action out of a striker of

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this age? Do we think that this is more of a

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publicity and bringing fans into that Tex -Mex

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side of things in Dallas, or do we actually think

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we're going to see playing time out of Chicharito?

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I think a little bit of column A, a little bit

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of column B. At 38 years old, I don't think he's

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going to be a starter. I think if he has been

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able to maintain his fitness, I think that the,

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like riding a bike, give him a little bit of

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time. I think that kind of striker instinct will

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come out and against the USL defenses. I think

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that he'll be able to you know, maybe score a

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few goals. But I don't see them being able to

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rely on him for 90 minutes. I mean, he was having

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knee problems at Galaxy. Well, then the counterpoint

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to that is, is that going to hurt the league?

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Because how many times have we heard an MLS signing

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the aging Euro star comes in, dunks immediately

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on, you know, what the best of the best that

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MLS has to offer? Could we see some of that then

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come as a byproduct where Chicharito hung up

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the boots two seasons ago? gets back on the bike

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so to speak and then scores a bike and it's like

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look how easy it is for world -class athletes

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this league is a joke well i i think in terms

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of like you don't look at it this league is a

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joke you get people into the seats right maybe

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the sickos will be will look at it that way but

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the reality is this is still a growing league

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so if we can get aging stars to get butts in

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seats to sell jerseys to bring more attention

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to the league honestly i think it's worth it

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i don't disagree well that's the fun thing to

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talk that's the fun dallas story to talk about

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there is A very unfortunate Dallas story that

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we do have to talk about. I'm going to let you

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take this because you didn't introduce the conversation

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tonight with a death. Maybe this is kind of like

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a death in the family, or maybe it isn't. I don't

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know. But go ahead and disappoint listeners'

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ears. Yeah. So me and Torrin mentioned last week,

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Paul, that there was a potential move for one

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of the RFC players to make the jump to MLS. And

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well, unfortunately, they did get it announced

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today around noon. Some of our fans who are stocking

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every single player kind of found out earlier

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when they updated their Instagram over the weekend

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and quickly change that back. But it was announced

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today that a Clayhole stat is going on loan to

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FC Dallas. I think it's very interesting that

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this is a loan. We thought that maybe this could

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have been a sale, but it could be. It can be

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a can be. So the particulars of the detail, right?

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It's a loan with the option to buy. When these

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types of deals happen, one of the things that

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gets structured inside them at the moment of

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loan is all of the... the sell -on not necessarily

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beyond Rhode Island of Sea but like what would

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that contract look like if they decide to like

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it's not discussed at the end of the season because

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then if he has a great season then Rhode Island

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of Sea could come back and say see we told you

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we want more so Dallas taking a risk on this

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or like a waiver almost if you will they've locked

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in what that would look like any incentives have

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already been built into that possibility and

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right now it's a risk -free loan for FC Dallas

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to take a chance on, arguably, and I said this

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on Twitter today when one of the FC Dallas fans

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asked, you know, what kind of player is Clay

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Olson? He's arguably probably one of the most

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complete, you know, number eights in the league.

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It's, you know, we've seen him in the pivot,

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right? He can play central defense. He can be

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the holding midfielder, but his range is just

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box to box. He's so versatile in that way. Dallas

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is getting a very good bargain here. I don't

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know, you know, we know the minimum salary cap

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charge for an MLS player now is like $130 ,000

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or something like that. We've never gotten into

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the financials. We usually only find out the

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player length of contract in terms of the deal.

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We know Clay Holstead's deal goes through 2027,

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the end of the season 2027. So he has a year

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and some change left. Dallas whatever they've

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chosen to in setting this deal up if if Clay

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Holstead just does what he does, which is be

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great There's no reason to not think that he's

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going to excel and even if it's as a rotational

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supporting cast member off the bench There's

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no reason to think Dallas won't pick this contract

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up at the end of the season But for the fans

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hoping that they get to see him, you know Clay

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and in the in the Rhode Island of sea kid at

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another time another place There is a chance.

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He does come back to Rhode Island at the end

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of the season. Yeah, there there is a chance

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There's also a chance to where even if Dallas

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doesn't pick him up If he puts on some good performances,

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that's him basically advertising himself to the

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rest of MLS and saying, Hey, we'll actually.

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If you guys aren't gonna grab him like we'll

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take him off your hands We've got the chat is

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alive right now saying Freddy adieu I I don't

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think he ever recovered after selling vacuums

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or whatever that was So I don't think we can

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do that. And also Sam Basanya will not be he's

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probably filming Ted lasso for right now So I

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don't see him making an appearance, you know

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We talked about the financials and you know,

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there's a couple questions in the mailbag. I

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want to try to respect that time So decoupling

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that, let's not talk about financial. Let's talk

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about the impact of what Clay Holstead is on

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the pitch, off the pitch, and also what that

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means for the branding of Rhode Island FC. Everyone

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else was tweeting things. I saw a really good

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tweet from Tyler Hatch saying that Clay was just

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four matches short of being the first Centurion

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from Rhode Island FC, almost got to 100 matches.

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Other players in the... in the club have made

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100 matches in USL, but not many have made it

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within Rhode Island. I see Kareefa Yow, Clay

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Holstead, and Koke Vegas, all the ones that have

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played the most games. It sucks to see him get

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just short of that honor, especially considering

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an injury a couple weeks ago is kind of what

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has kept him out of what could have gotten to

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those matches. But when you think about what

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he leaves, Going now departing to FC Dallas.

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There's a couple things the first and obvious

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one to me is the long throw like rest in peace

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I don't want to see JJ continue to try to do

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that. We need him as a big body inside the box

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inside the mixer So I don't know how Kano's set

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piece strategies and throw ins will look like

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but I imagine that tactic needs to start to shift

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But then you also think about like the fun stuff,

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like all of his engagement with the community.

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He's in just about every single social post,

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whether he's engaging with elementary schools,

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giving speeches at high schools, taking honors

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for like business society awards. I mean, he

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was the second best golfer, I think, maybe third.

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So, like, where does the stack order now? Grant,

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JJ, now who in that order? You can even make

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jokes about, like, who's going to start solving

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all of the riddles for the social media posts.

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It's always been him first. Then Noah kind of

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gets, you know, a little flustered. He always

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comes through. There's a lot. Like, Clay was

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the glue of this team in a lot of ways. And I

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wonder what those effects will look like long

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term, both on the pitch and off. Yeah, I think

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off the pitch like you said, I think he is absolutely

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a fan favorite I think we've seen and like I

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hate to say it but I think we've seen the last

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few weeks with him being out that like While

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we will miss him. I think he's not as big of

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a miss as like if we lost JJ I don't think there's

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certain players right now on our squad that I

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don't think we could replace And i think jj's

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one of them i think was there is one of them

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with the we can't we can replace jj cuz we haven't

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seen foil yet so and i would argue back a rack

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is the only reason we can even say out loud that

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clay holstead. We can live in a world we can

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even think of a possibility yes we have a whole

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set at home it's just a picture of back i mean

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they're they're very similar in profile so i

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think the fact that he's really come into his

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own into this team as. Given us the ability to

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allow him to leave and not feel like we're throwing

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away our season Yeah, Matt Jean, uh, he's saying

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they're retiring the banner So clay holstead's

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personal banner to the rafters of 116 I always

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thought that at one point those were going to

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be given to the players as a farewell gift So

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matt clear that up in the chat and let us know

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and then there's some other questions about you

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know Could we recall him? Could we be the the

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the new england revolution or nashville and recall?

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Historically, yes, but remember this is a loan

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up a league. So even in like our darkest situation

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I can't imagine coach Kano would go and do that

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because again back to it. The more important

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thing here. It's not the financials It's telling

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the world that we are an institution that will

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take talent build it make it better develop it

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and then send it on whether that's the next level

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league in our own domestic pyramid or it's to

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you know seas and channels abroad. That's the

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bigger message here. It's not the financials.

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I mean, these clubs are like, Clay Holstead's

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deal, whatever it was, is not putting Rhode Island

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of Sea in the black on this year, right? Like,

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that's not a real thing. However, now it's maybe

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there's two fringe players who were like, I don't

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know enough about USL. I don't want this to hurt

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my chances or my career. What could that look

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like for me? Well, now this captivates and potentially

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catapults these players into something where

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it's like, hey, Rhode Island of Sea could be

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a destination. We heard this from Brett Johnson

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and we heard this from Kano Smith himself, like

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about a year ago when he started talking about

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academies and like, what would that look like?

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They wanted to mimic places like Louisville City,

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Orange County, even Birmingham Legion, where

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there's this tenacity to move players into bigger

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and. better roles within the soccer world, and

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I think this is that first step. You know, I

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saw someone on Twitter also post, not a lot of

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times do non -goalkeepers get loans. Clubs will

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take chances and buy players outright. Very rarely

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is this a loan. I think this is only the fifth

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loan of the season. Ironically, FC Dallas, I

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think this is their second USL loan out to FC

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Dallas from the USL Championship, and maybe eighth

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overall when you include goalkeepers. So this

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is a rare occasion and it's going to put a spotlight

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on what our FC does in the future. Absolutely.

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I think it's going to be important, like you

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said, to see like, how can this club build a

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relationship in with the like soccer up like

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larger soccer community as a team that like develops

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and sells on talent. Yeah. And if he does come

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back, it's because Clay said, hey, you know,

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mom, dad, I want to come home. I'm not having

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any fun enough. He does. And there's no way I

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believe for a heartbeat that that will happen.

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He messaged me earlier today and said, hey, thanks

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for everything. I hope I honor Rhode Island with

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this move and continue to live up live up to

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all of the fans expectations of me. So good guy

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all around. And I can't wait to follow. I may

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we may need to go to Minneapolis if we can afford

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it after World Cup. We may need to go to Minneapolis

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and see a Morris Dugan Clay Holstead battle.

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If Clay is starting to get into the starting,

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he's cracking. the 18 or the 11. But we've got

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to go to break and we have so much more to talk

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about. We're going to talk about how this game

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went against the Riverhounds and everything else,

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After their win against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds,

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RAFC have not only stayed in playoff contention,

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they've jumped all the way to sixth place, seen

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as both the Miami FC and Indy 11 both lost. Now

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on 22 points with a six, four and five record

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and a plus seven goal difference, and still an

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average of two games on hand against most opponents

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in the Eastern Conference. rfc have actually

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really set themselves up to challenge for the

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fourth spot here i think this is exactly where

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coach kato smith wants this team to be right

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now we talked about the importance of games in

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hand being a elevator up and not something that

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would drag them back down as an anchor into the

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basement. And I think this is a perfect position.

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It gives them some breathing room, especially

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with all of the restructure they may have to

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do to the squad in the secondary transfer window

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now. And it lets them kind of be able to start

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realizing and believing not just in themselves,

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but that the results are coming with the effort

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applied. You know, someone I think while I was

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gone asked, where do we feel the schedule toughness

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is? I still think the final five games of the

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season are probably the hardest. left ahead but

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you gotta be you gotta be feeling good going

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into the snowing you've beaten Hartford now you've

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beaten Pittsburgh you are what three wins one

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draw and one loss in your last five league matches

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like that's a good indicator of form and momentum

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take that into some of these matches coming up

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like colo spigs we talk about redemption this

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year we talk about besting those there's a question

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later on in the mailbag about it we talk about

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beating the teams that have been Outliers for

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us. Maybe this is that time to continue to stack

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bodies on top of it. I don't feel worried at

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all about Birmingham Legion. I think that was

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a moment in time. Granted, it was at home. It

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wasn't great. I don't feel at all uncomfortable

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about that Colorado Springs switchbacks. I want

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them. I've been wanting them for two seasons.

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I want revenge. Let's do it. Tampa Bay, okay,

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you go in there you get another one of these

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cagey draws and then you get Monterey Bay as

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a nice cherry on top. We get to see Sebastian

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LeJet. This could be one of the best four weeks

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of soccer summer that we've ever had for Rhode

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Island FC. Speaking of wanting Colos Biggs, I

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saw during the Pittsburgh game they're advertising

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the rematch of the final when Tulsa was coming

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to visit them and I was like, you know, USL kind

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of dropped the ball. That should be a thing.

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The next year schedule, make sure that there's

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always some sort of final rematch. I mean, I

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think that would always be something kind of

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fun there to have. It's like the community shield

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when like you stack those teams back up so they

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get one last look at themselves. Why not? Right?

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Yeah. You'd mentioned though about kind of coming

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into the summer here, looking at about restructuring.

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I mean, you know, before the, as we start to

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kind of look into this Pittsburgh match before

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they posted an injury update and basically like

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everyone is out of action. No one is healthy.

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I mean, You know, one of these players now we

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know has, is, is, you know, moving on. Uh, but

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they listed Leo Alfonso, Zach Harveau, Clay Holstead,

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Kareefa Yao, Jamin Gogo -Peters and Omni -Jope

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all out. RFC couldn't even field a full bench,

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only six players, two of them being goalkeepers.

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I mean, like, what are we? and one hand we're

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doing great in a foreign but also like are we

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going to be okay do we have more signings on

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the way so one i mean we we do have more signings

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on the way or at least options are being explored

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i don't have all the details i took a week off

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i'm trying to get closer back to it i think the

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real test right now as you look at the schedule

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Do we have midweek matches coming up, which would

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test the endurance of this team? Luckily, we

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do not for a while. Yeah, not until like late

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September where we have to play some of these

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catch up games like the sporting or the loud

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and game that we missed for the open air of the

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season. So the good news is we have enough pacing

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or spacing to survive this. But we are very close.

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We're danger close, if you will, to just another

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injury, completely making this an unfieldable

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squad the way Conno would want to set up tactically.

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Weirdly enough, this isn't even the most injuries

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we've ever had at one time. It feels rough because

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especially with the departure now of Clay Holstead,

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we've had nine injuries on this squad before

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at one given time. And that's when we had to

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go have a 25 day contract in Rio Hope gun. That's

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why we ended up with, you know, eight centerbacks

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by, you know, August of last season. So it'll

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be really careful to see how. Connor retools

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this team going into the second half the secondary

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window now open We need to be we need to be really

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following Where does he feel the biggest immediate

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needs are and what are panic decisions now? Like,

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you know people someone asked in reddit, you

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know was was foyo coming in a product of knowing

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Holstead was going out and no foyo was already

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in the works if anything it was connected to

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Dorsey Leaving the club on his loan recall and

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finding that next striker Maybe they knew Peters

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would already been injured because Peters was

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out for several weeks before we saw that injury

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report But it had nothing to do with clay. So

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now it's like what's the next step now that being

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said remember everyone This is not a team that

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waits to react to these kinds of things They

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have ghost squads built of players that they

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think would fit a certain type of profile a certain

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type of formation a certain athletic ability

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shooting ability what have that be they already

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have a list it's whether they can go out and

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get those players and Does the World Cup cycle

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throw any of that off because now certain players

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are moving in other areas, maybe people are looking

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in new places. They're like, where's Cabo Verde's

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talent? Whether it's the players we saw or just

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in general. So that might skew it a little bit.

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But in no way was Clay Holstead and Foyo connected

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in any kind of meaningful way. So do we have

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a lot of retooling ahead of us? Absolutely. Do

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we know the timelines? OmniJoke should already

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be back. The only transparency we have are on

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Peters and Harvo. And we knew that because we

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went to the club and said, hey, we know these

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things. What's the story? you know, we didn't

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know the extent of it, but we knew there was

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some critical issues going on. Leo Alfonso, not

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sure about that. Kareefa, yeah, we saw him pick

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up the knock in the Hartford match, so we need

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to find out what that looks like, because that'll

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dictate, like, where are we? What's the severity

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of us needing to go out and get players? Do we

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need 25 -day contracts? Do we need to go get

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loans? There's a question about that. Our listeners

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are very smart, Jason. Like, do we need to go

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do those things? How are we going to look, and

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what does that mean for this upcoming game this

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weekend against Birmingham? Who knows what that

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is, but... what we can talk about in the meantime.

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And yes, Matthew Gene, Cal Jennings, fits many

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profiles that the Jedi would never tell you.

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But getting into this game itself, with this

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injury stricken lineup, we had Koke Vegas in

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that, the back four of Nick Scardina, Grant Stoneman,

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Frank Nodarse filling in in that center back

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role with Aldair Sanchez going back out on the

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left. Amos Shapiro, Thompson and you go back,

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wreck that double pivot in the back with Georgia,

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Quasar pity Rodriguez and know if you saw a lot

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of fluidity in that minute, that midfield attack

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on the night, JJ Williams up front, going through

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it, giving the damage, giving the business to

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Pittsburgh here. Jason, you said it a second

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ago, only six players on this bench, two of them

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keepers. One, what was your reaction to this

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lineup? And two, were you disappointed? Will

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Myers did not come in as a substitute defender.

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Oh, I would have loved to see that. But like

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looking at this lineup, I'm glad to see that

00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:45.680
Jose Quisaro got to keep his position out there

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:48.000
on the right. I think that he's been very strong

00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:51.559
out there. We saw Noah Fisan and Petit like swap

00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:53.920
a lot. So it was good to see them, even though

00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:58.000
I think overall, it's hard to say if this was

00:23:58.000 --> 00:24:01.509
like our just the defense, but It was pretty

00:24:01.509 --> 00:24:03.890
it was pretty difficult on the night for our

00:24:03.890 --> 00:24:06.190
our like attacking midfielders to really get

00:24:06.190 --> 00:24:07.890
into the game, especially as Pittsburgh started

00:24:07.890 --> 00:24:10.069
to like kind of wrestle their way into the match.

00:24:10.430 --> 00:24:12.190
But overall, considering what was available,

00:24:12.190 --> 00:24:13.849
I think it was a good lineup. But would you also

00:24:13.849 --> 00:24:16.250
argue that's Pittsburgh's native like ability?

00:24:16.410 --> 00:24:18.289
That's what they do. They they're very much a

00:24:18.289 --> 00:24:22.269
low block, be scrappy, not doing a lot like a

00:24:22.269 --> 00:24:23.990
lot of long balls. Or if they are moving the

00:24:23.990 --> 00:24:26.190
ball up the field, it's it's usually not in numbers.

00:24:26.269 --> 00:24:29.460
They're very, very reserved side like. This game

00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:31.240
was always going to be difficult, no matter the

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:33.420
roster that we put out on the night. Absolutely.

00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:37.059
But they've also slowly, as we've seen, kind

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:40.299
of started to be a bit more adventurous now that

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:43.380
Bob Lilly's gone. It's like they've taken away

00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:47.299
some of the kind of the chain. They've got a

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:48.980
little bit more freedom to kind of go a little

00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:53.000
riskier, a little bit riskier. So. I'm not convinced

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:55.400
by this Pittsburgh Riverhounds team. I think

00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:56.940
that there's still a very good team in there,

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:58.460
but I don't think they're the same team they

00:24:58.460 --> 00:25:00.420
were last year. Agreed. And you know, looking

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:04.490
at this roster and who came on. Talking about

00:25:04.490 --> 00:25:06.809
game management for a second here, you knew that

00:25:06.809 --> 00:25:07.789
some of these players were going to have to go

00:25:07.789 --> 00:25:09.509
the distance because there wasn't really anything

00:25:09.509 --> 00:25:12.230
behind them. Dwayne Atkinson comes on and about

00:25:12.230 --> 00:25:14.470
the normal time we see a substitution of his

00:25:14.470 --> 00:25:17.250
type coming into the game. But the other two,

00:25:17.630 --> 00:25:19.750
surprisingly coming in very late in my opinion,

00:25:20.210 --> 00:25:22.730
you see CJ Williams coming in, Danny Revere getting

00:25:22.730 --> 00:25:25.329
his first career appearance against his former

00:25:25.329 --> 00:25:28.230
team on the night. But you see both of those

00:25:28.230 --> 00:25:30.509
players coming in kind of in garbage time. Is

00:25:30.509 --> 00:25:32.619
that a sign of confidence that that Kano knew

00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:34.619
the team could hold out on it, especially given

00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:37.140
the fact that they were up the goal, or was this

00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:39.400
just not a lot of options and do the best you

00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:42.240
can? It's a bit of confidence there that he and

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:44.259
like, I kind of felt to a certain extent, they're

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:47.480
like watching that game. While Pittsburgh had

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:50.440
a few good opportunities, Koke was able to clean

00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:53.039
them up and it never felt like they were super,

00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:55.220
super threatening until like the last few minutes

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:57.180
and it was kind of a little bit too, too, a little

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:59.579
too late. Agreed, and we're going to talk about

00:25:59.579 --> 00:26:02.539
both the offense and the defense on this match

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:04.380
as we get into the biggest storylines coming

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:07.400
out of the 1 -0 win for Rhode Island FC. Don't

00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:09.880
go anywhere, it's the Raising Anchor Soccer Show.

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:15.579
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00:26:31.490 --> 00:26:35.930
on 990 WBOB with Matt Entrickett and Jason Cameron.

00:26:36.990 --> 00:26:39.369
Welcome back to the Raising Anchor Soccer Show.

00:26:39.670 --> 00:26:42.250
Speaking of the show itself, got a plug in the

00:26:42.250 --> 00:26:45.210
game on the weekend. I was listening to Tom and

00:26:45.210 --> 00:26:47.049
Nick because I was driving through Florida at

00:26:47.049 --> 00:26:49.190
the time, so I was listening to their broadcast

00:26:49.190 --> 00:26:51.390
and then suddenly got a bunch of text all at

00:26:51.390 --> 00:26:53.710
about the same time like, you got a plug, congratulations.

00:26:54.069 --> 00:26:56.589
You just got talked about on the broadcast. Went

00:26:56.589 --> 00:26:58.690
back when I did the rewatch to watch the game

00:26:58.690 --> 00:27:02.289
in person. Always great when USL Championship

00:27:02.289 --> 00:27:04.750
broadcasters just talk about us and give us a

00:27:04.750 --> 00:27:06.710
little bit of clout and it's always a fun. feeling

00:27:06.710 --> 00:27:10.069
nevertheless yeah always good to uh it it kind

00:27:10.069 --> 00:27:12.390
of catches me off guard too they're just all

00:27:12.390 --> 00:27:14.029
of a sudden talking about the flexibility of

00:27:14.029 --> 00:27:16.529
frank nodarse and like oh yeah i'm just listening

00:27:16.529 --> 00:27:18.650
to that on the raising anchor podcast weirdly

00:27:18.650 --> 00:27:20.789
it only comes when i'm not on the show it always

00:27:20.789 --> 00:27:22.849
happens the immediate one after it was ryan davis

00:27:22.849 --> 00:27:25.410
before so maybe it's just when i'm not on people

00:27:25.410 --> 00:27:27.670
start listening to the show but getting into

00:27:27.670 --> 00:27:30.109
this breaking down the goal the lone goal of

00:27:30.109 --> 00:27:33.150
the night uh jj williams scoring in the 62nd

00:27:33.150 --> 00:27:37.400
minute from a sardina, a sardina cross to the

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:40.220
back post. Jason, I rewatched this several times

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:42.539
because there was an important part in this play

00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:45.140
that I wanted to break down specifically. It

00:27:45.140 --> 00:27:47.319
was only nine passes starting from playing out

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:50.240
the back with Koke Vegas. It's an attack that

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:52.960
switches from left to right. Scardina patiently

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:54.740
takes on a defender. We're going to talk about

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:57.299
patience a lot here. Floats one to the back post.

00:27:57.680 --> 00:28:00.440
JJ Williams has four extra feet of air and hang

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:02.920
time over any defender from the Riverhound side

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:06.400
and literally dunks one home with his head into

00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:08.859
the Pittsburgh net. The goal, and I talk about

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:11.059
patience, the goal only took 41 seconds to build

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:15.160
up and score. It didn't look quick, but it looked

00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:17.359
effortless. It looked like Rhode Island was playing

00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:19.500
on easy mode for just a few seconds in that game.

00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:21.920
What does that say for Rhode Island FC's attack?

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:25.319
And that's why I like to call this team a transition

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:27.519
team so much not as a counter -attack team where

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:29.579
like you say 41 seconds. We're not lightning

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:31.759
speed. We're not running down the table, right?

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:35.039
But when the team builds up in possession, they

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:37.720
move the ball, the nine passes instead of doting

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:40.859
on the ball and kind of go for it, we see good

00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:43.019
results. And like talking about that link up

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:45.319
there between Skardina and William, Skardina

00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:48.220
has now tallied his third career assist for Rhode

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:51.039
Island FC. All three of his assists have been

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:53.160
to J .J. Williams. It seems there's that they've

00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:56.460
got that green connection there on FIFA. We're

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:58.700
building the ultimate team. Yeah, the combination

00:28:58.700 --> 00:29:00.579
of these two is kind of reminding me of what

00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:03.160
like Mero Ibarra and Odarse. They just it was

00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:04.819
like they're just passing the ball back and forth

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:07.799
to each other. J .J. Williams scored his team

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:10.859
leading 10th goal of the season across all competitions,

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:13.460
officially reaching double figures for the second

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:15.940
time in three seasons. We talk about the importance

00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:18.400
of a player like this getting there. you know

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:20.819
season one it came very late into the seasons

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:24.279
last year we knew about the goal production problems

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:28.299
and lack thereof uh but looking at this now 10th

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:31.059
goal he's only one goal behind his all -time

00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:34.019
season record within Rhode Island FC and we still

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:37.420
have what 16 matches to play you know a player

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:41.359
like JJ He's not someone that needs service he

00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:43.519
gets better with service But some of the times

00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:45.180
he'll do some of the things on his own We've

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:47.539
seen some excellent goals where he kind of just

00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:50.099
works some magic in there What do we think JJ

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:52.839
Williams real ceiling this season is? Barring

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:54.500
any type of injury or anything that would get

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:56.900
in the way of what's been produced so far from

00:29:56.900 --> 00:30:00.519
a chance creation. I mean we're Just about what

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:03.079
halfway through the season here now. I mean 10

00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:05.440
all comps We're not unfortunately in any other

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:07.579
competitions then maybe that's a blessing right

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:11.019
now with where our roster is I Mean at this point.

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:13.599
I I don't see why he can't get I'm not gonna

00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:16.000
say 20, but I'm gonna say close Let's say maybe

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:19.380
like 17 18 somewhere around there Think he's

00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:21.460
still got quite a few more goals in him, especially

00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:23.039
the way that this team has been scoring this

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:26.000
season This is the longest period of time between

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:28.859
games that he has not scored last time. He scored

00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:32.980
was in in Loudon on June 13th And then there

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:35.200
was the four games of Orange County Sacramento

00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:37.819
Brooklyn and Hartford granted one of them being

00:30:37.819 --> 00:30:41.500
a Prinks Tires Cup match, but we haven't seen

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:44.339
this kind of drought I was starting to get quietly

00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:47.109
worried that what is going on there? How important

00:30:47.109 --> 00:30:49.130
is it for a player to make sure they're consistently

00:30:49.130 --> 00:30:52.470
getting goals into the goal mouth, if you will?

00:30:52.750 --> 00:30:54.869
Oh, it's absolutely huge, especially as we go

00:30:54.869 --> 00:30:56.970
into the second half of the season where we've

00:30:56.970 --> 00:30:59.369
seen in the years past that this is where our

00:30:59.369 --> 00:31:02.470
AFC start to turn it on. This is where they thrive,

00:31:02.730 --> 00:31:05.950
where they're kind of, I don't want to say like

00:31:05.950 --> 00:31:08.509
maybe underrated to a certain extent, but people

00:31:08.509 --> 00:31:10.490
kind of they fly under the radar, right? We're

00:31:10.490 --> 00:31:13.069
kind of cruising there somewhere in 10 people

00:31:13.069 --> 00:31:16.230
don't know what to expect of us and now we're

00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:19.180
jumping all the way to six within two games here.

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:22.200
I mean, he's in perfect position here to to pick

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:23.720
up quite a few more goals towards the end of

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:26.019
the year. Do we think he can still remain a contender

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:29.700
for Golden Boot or has that ship sailed? It's

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:31.819
tough to say. I mean, what what Darren Smith

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:34.579
had five in one game, right? I mean, so Darren

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:37.720
Smith did have five. But right now, JJ is only

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:39.880
four goals behind. Darren Smith said eleven.

00:31:40.170 --> 00:31:43.369
JJ is at seven in league play. Of course, the

00:31:43.369 --> 00:31:45.769
other goals coming from other comps. So where

00:31:45.769 --> 00:31:49.309
do we feel he's at? There's probably I want to

00:31:49.309 --> 00:31:52.069
say seven actual players between him and Darren

00:31:52.069 --> 00:31:54.529
Smith. Do we think he can chase that down? I

00:31:54.529 --> 00:31:56.549
don't see why he can't get top five, at least

00:31:56.549 --> 00:31:59.490
the top three even if that's what JJ sells for

00:31:59.490 --> 00:32:01.990
his top three. Have you ever heard his son? He

00:32:01.990 --> 00:32:04.509
wants four goals a game, four goals every game.

00:32:04.529 --> 00:32:07.410
But no, listen, huge honors for him. It's again

00:32:07.410 --> 00:32:09.269
the first goal in league play that we've ever

00:32:09.269 --> 00:32:12.210
scored. It's the second ever win if you want

00:32:12.210 --> 00:32:14.490
to count all comps. But more importantly, it's

00:32:14.490 --> 00:32:17.950
the first win and it was done at FNB Stadium

00:32:17.950 --> 00:32:19.369
or whatever they're calling Highmark nowadays.

00:32:19.470 --> 00:32:21.930
I forgot the new sponsor. It wants to be Highmark.

00:32:22.769 --> 00:32:25.210
You know, whatever. Let's get into the game itself.

00:32:25.509 --> 00:32:28.069
Beyond the goal, though, kind of felt, I don't

00:32:28.069 --> 00:32:30.710
want to say, I don't want to say boring. It was

00:32:30.710 --> 00:32:33.809
not boring. But like I said a second ago, patience

00:32:33.809 --> 00:32:36.230
being the first word of the night. Rhode Island

00:32:36.230 --> 00:32:40.059
never looked like they needed to do a lot in

00:32:40.059 --> 00:32:42.519
this game and it was more game management maybe

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:45.500
it was the injuries that they had sustained maybe

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:48.400
it was the tactics themselves we didn't see a

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:49.839
higher possession from Rhode Island we didn't

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:52.140
see a higher passing rate they it looked like

00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:54.720
they were more comfortable without the ball they

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:57.180
were choosing route one and going long a lot

00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:59.720
of times to see if they could bypass the midfield

00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:01.900
of Pittsburgh and it didn't look like Pittsburgh

00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:03.940
was ready for this type of Rhode Island to show

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:06.710
up on the day Yeah. It was an interesting game

00:33:06.710 --> 00:33:09.650
in the way that it was, and I don't mean this

00:33:09.650 --> 00:33:11.910
in a bad way, kind of felt like a game of two

00:33:11.910 --> 00:33:14.529
halves. You, if you watch the first half, the

00:33:14.529 --> 00:33:17.589
first 30 so minutes, RFC control possession,

00:33:17.710 --> 00:33:20.049
the ball Pittsburgh had a hard time kind of really

00:33:20.049 --> 00:33:22.849
getting into the game. They were controlling

00:33:22.849 --> 00:33:25.809
possession. And honestly, I was kind of impressed

00:33:25.809 --> 00:33:27.690
with their ability to control the game. And it

00:33:27.690 --> 00:33:32.279
felt better in a way that we're not always You

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:34.299
know, we've been critical of this team at times

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:36.460
for just kind of having possession for possession

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:38.720
sake They had possession they would move the

00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:40.640
ball around and they create some sort of chance

00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:44.680
But as the game started to go on Pittsburgh started

00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:46.539
to kind of claw their way into the game They

00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:49.299
started to take you know control possession and

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:52.720
late led into the second half and you saw a dominant

00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:54.779
performance from them in regards to having the

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:58.000
possession and rfc kind of found themselves in

00:33:58.000 --> 00:34:00.559
that kind of transition slash counter -attack

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:03.220
game where they had to take their chances and

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:05.640
honestly i personally think it suits rfc a lot

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:08.659
better but it was nice to be able to see them

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:11.519
for a decent sustained period of time control

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:14.699
the ball but also look threatening agreed getting

00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:17.280
into the match itself you know we talk about

00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:21.469
the success of jj But didn't see a lot from pittsburgh

00:34:21.469 --> 00:34:23.369
side we were worried i when i was listening to

00:34:23.369 --> 00:34:26.349
the show lots of concern that chico was gonna

00:34:26.349 --> 00:34:28.789
do you know the great chico leo and he was more

00:34:28.789 --> 00:34:32.030
like the great no show leo didn't see much from

00:34:32.030 --> 00:34:34.449
him except for some flopping and some exaggeration.

00:34:34.809 --> 00:34:37.449
Was that Rhode Island FC knowing where to put

00:34:37.449 --> 00:34:39.949
the maximum, you know, silence on a player of

00:34:39.949 --> 00:34:42.050
that type? And why wasn't Trevor Amann in this

00:34:42.050 --> 00:34:44.550
after he had just scored the fastest hat trick

00:34:44.550 --> 00:34:48.710
in USL history? How effective was Rhode Island

00:34:48.710 --> 00:34:50.690
in shutting these players down? Because that's

00:34:50.690 --> 00:34:52.989
where the real concerns were for them. It wasn't

00:34:52.989 --> 00:34:56.309
Robbie Mertz. It wasn't Jackson. It wasn't anything

00:34:56.309 --> 00:34:58.880
on the back line. Where did this actually happen

00:34:58.880 --> 00:35:00.820
then? Why were these players so successful in

00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:02.860
getting shut down? Well, JJ is going to get all

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:04.679
the credit for scoring the goal. But the real

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:08.699
star of this game was Gouke, the back line in

00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:11.519
the midfield. And when I speak of the midfield,

00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:14.500
I'm talking about Amos Shapiro, Thompson and

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:16.480
Hugo Bacharach. Hugo, I think, got player of

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:18.739
the match from a rating perspective on all the

00:35:18.739 --> 00:35:21.260
things I was looking at. They were so organized,

00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:24.360
they were able to shut down any sort of attack

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:26.909
that Pittsburgh was throwing at them. and they

00:35:26.909 --> 00:35:29.230
were able to kind of force those players into

00:35:29.230 --> 00:35:31.489
wide positions where they're uncomfortable, where

00:35:31.489 --> 00:35:34.050
they're not in a good shooting range. And they're

00:35:34.050 --> 00:35:37.130
just very, very organized. And it was something

00:35:37.130 --> 00:35:39.809
really impressive to see. Koke came up with some

00:35:39.809 --> 00:35:42.409
big, like Pataka J saying here, Koke came up

00:35:42.409 --> 00:35:45.409
huge for us in this game, four saves from all

00:35:45.409 --> 00:35:48.590
four shots on target. We kept Chico to only one

00:35:48.590 --> 00:35:52.630
shot and Trevor Mon only got 16 touches the ball

00:35:52.630 --> 00:35:54.510
before he was absent. Yeah, I think he didn't

00:35:54.510 --> 00:35:56.170
get his first touch in the second half until

00:35:56.170 --> 00:35:59.510
something like the 57th minute. It was a standout

00:35:59.510 --> 00:36:01.989
win. And so by that reasoning, you know, it reminds

00:36:01.989 --> 00:36:05.710
me of those low scoring affairs where we were

00:36:05.710 --> 00:36:08.409
accelerating our defense. We were prioritizing

00:36:08.409 --> 00:36:11.289
that shape composition. and then just getting

00:36:11.289 --> 00:36:13.650
a goal out the way. I've told you multiple times

00:36:13.650 --> 00:36:15.530
that when you're on the road, that's exactly

00:36:15.530 --> 00:36:17.269
what you want to see. It doesn't need to be flashy.

00:36:17.690 --> 00:36:19.570
It doesn't need to be beautiful soccer. It needs

00:36:19.570 --> 00:36:22.369
to be just almost criminal in nature. You get

00:36:22.369 --> 00:36:24.710
the job done. It can be scrappy at times, but

00:36:24.710 --> 00:36:27.449
you get either one point or if you can, you smash

00:36:27.449 --> 00:36:30.030
and grab for all three. What does that say about

00:36:30.030 --> 00:36:31.750
a win like this? Is this a statement win? Is

00:36:31.750 --> 00:36:34.510
this the most complete win of the season for

00:36:34.510 --> 00:36:36.780
Rhode Island FC? I think to a certain extent,

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:39.739
this is a pretty big statement from RFC. Like

00:36:39.739 --> 00:36:43.159
you'd mentioned, we're not going to count all

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:45.539
competitions. This is their first win in league

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:51.420
play at Highmark or whatever their corporate

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:54.079
sponsors are. So I think this is a big deal.

00:36:54.300 --> 00:36:56.380
And this is an opponent in the Eastern Conference

00:36:56.380 --> 00:36:59.000
who's kind of always there or about in the playoff

00:36:59.000 --> 00:37:01.409
line. So this is a team that... we may have to

00:37:01.409 --> 00:37:04.309
run through again and to be able to kind of best

00:37:04.309 --> 00:37:06.170
them in their own home and kind of build that

00:37:06.170 --> 00:37:09.110
confidence and, and get that momentum, especially

00:37:09.110 --> 00:37:11.949
after, I don't want to say we've had some away

00:37:11.949 --> 00:37:14.190
troubles. Me and torn kind of talked about our

00:37:14.190 --> 00:37:16.150
away form last year. And I kind of posed the

00:37:16.150 --> 00:37:17.969
question when I rent ran through our losses,

00:37:18.469 --> 00:37:21.590
like were these losses that were expected? But

00:37:21.590 --> 00:37:24.309
the thing that kind of trips me up is that Sacramento

00:37:24.309 --> 00:37:28.829
match was so organized. Like it was like, is

00:37:28.829 --> 00:37:31.280
that just a blip? like we look at this away match

00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:34.760
and those are two completely different teams

00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:37.900
well then you know away troubles aside from that

00:37:37.900 --> 00:37:40.300
and if this is the catalyst just take us into

00:37:40.300 --> 00:37:42.800
a new direction my one fear is one of the things

00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:44.820
that looked very familiar though this is the

00:37:44.820 --> 00:37:47.760
first game where we've had a very minimal shots

00:37:48.369 --> 00:37:50.710
Column in that in terms of that stat we've seen

00:37:50.710 --> 00:37:54.630
this be a Quantity not quality and we've seen

00:37:54.630 --> 00:37:56.989
us I don't think the lowest before this match

00:37:56.989 --> 00:38:00.010
was lower than like 14 shots on a match Just

00:38:00.010 --> 00:38:03.250
six total shots the one on target to score and

00:38:03.250 --> 00:38:05.989
to win What does that say are in that regard?

00:38:06.030 --> 00:38:08.730
We see such again a defensive master class here

00:38:08.730 --> 00:38:11.050
This reminds me of how great this defense was

00:38:11.050 --> 00:38:13.190
last year too is one of the best but we had such

00:38:13.190 --> 00:38:16.380
a poor offensive output is there any reason to

00:38:16.380 --> 00:38:20.280
think that we may be uh you know going back or

00:38:20.280 --> 00:38:21.900
falling back into some bad behaviors that since

00:38:21.900 --> 00:38:23.639
it's hard it's hard to even say that out loud

00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:25.360
because it was such a good win it was such an

00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:27.840
important win the team should feel nothing but

00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:31.119
inspired from it but that's a very big shift

00:38:31.119 --> 00:38:34.679
from going from 14 on average down to six in

00:38:34.679 --> 00:38:37.099
one game is there any concern we should have

00:38:37.099 --> 00:38:40.699
there no i i think this really comes down to

00:38:40.699 --> 00:38:45.059
pittsburgh right they still are a nasty, tough

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:48.199
team to play against. So the fact that we were

00:38:48.199 --> 00:38:52.039
able to capitalize on such a small amount of

00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:54.980
shots and be that efficient is I think is actually

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:57.179
huge because I think we're going to go back and

00:38:57.179 --> 00:38:59.119
see this next game. We're going to see our FC

00:38:59.119 --> 00:39:02.280
attempt double digit shots. I think this is very

00:39:02.280 --> 00:39:05.760
much a kind of time and place. and not so much

00:39:05.760 --> 00:39:07.960
a trend that's going to happen. Well, we shall

00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:10.820
see as we take on Birmingham Legion later in

00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:12.760
the week, but we've got to go to our final break.

00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:15.199
And when we return, it's the mail bag. Don't

00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:17.360
go anywhere. It's the Raising Anchor Soccer Show.

00:39:17.840 --> 00:39:19.800
Now let's get back to the Raising Anchor Soccer

00:39:19.800 --> 00:39:24.139
Show on 990 WBOB with Matt Entrickett and Jason

00:39:24.139 --> 00:39:28.559
Carey. Mike M here. How does a player being bought

00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:31.780
by another club come to pass? Is it RAFC making

00:39:31.780 --> 00:39:33.719
the call to other clubs and chopping the player?

00:39:34.010 --> 00:39:36.929
The buying clubs calling our FC and asking the

00:39:36.929 --> 00:39:39.170
question the players agent trying to get the

00:39:39.170 --> 00:39:41.429
player moved or just a combination of all three.

00:39:41.789 --> 00:39:44.389
It is a combination of all three, but it also

00:39:44.389 --> 00:39:47.090
does come from who is the first interested party.

00:39:47.630 --> 00:39:49.809
Obviously, Clay and a lot of the players know,

00:39:49.969 --> 00:39:52.909
they've all told us, Leo, just most recently

00:39:52.909 --> 00:39:54.710
in the last interview we had with him, they all

00:39:54.710 --> 00:39:57.289
have aspirations to either get to MLS or get

00:39:57.289 --> 00:40:00.250
in back into MLS. So there's no surprise. And

00:40:00.250 --> 00:40:02.429
when I listened to you guys last week, you know,

00:40:02.530 --> 00:40:04.110
speculating about it, you know, I was thinking

00:40:04.110 --> 00:40:05.829
privately, like, oh, it's probably going to be

00:40:05.829 --> 00:40:08.210
this player. And I think you said JJ. I think

00:40:08.210 --> 00:40:10.730
Torrin said Hugo. I was more worried it was Jojaya.

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:12.900
And so it's one of those things where you look

00:40:12.900 --> 00:40:14.659
at it from that perspective. Now, what I do know

00:40:14.659 --> 00:40:17.719
so far from asking is that Dallas were the ones

00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:20.400
that initiated the interest here. So it wasn't

00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:22.900
Clay saying, get me to an MLS team or I'm leaving.

00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:25.420
It wasn't Kano saying, I have no use for you.

00:40:25.639 --> 00:40:27.920
Or like, does any MLS team want to take these

00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:31.000
players? So it was Dallas at least making the

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:33.239
inquiry. And then from there, it comes down to

00:40:33.239 --> 00:40:36.579
how does this transaction make both us whole

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:39.219
as a club in Rhode Island of C? get the player

00:40:39.219 --> 00:40:41.380
where they want to be, but then also protect

00:40:41.380 --> 00:40:44.820
our value. So again, what I don't know yet, and

00:40:44.820 --> 00:40:47.460
we'll find out in the days to come, the structure

00:40:47.460 --> 00:40:50.739
of the deal, right? Was this a, did Dallas want

00:40:50.739 --> 00:40:54.260
to buy him at a bargain basement price? And Kano

00:40:54.260 --> 00:40:56.059
knowing his value say, hey, we're not going to

00:40:56.059 --> 00:40:58.980
do that, but you can try, you can sample Clay

00:40:58.980 --> 00:41:01.869
Holstead before you buy. Take him off our hands

00:41:01.869 --> 00:41:03.429
for a bit and when you love him because we know

00:41:03.429 --> 00:41:05.289
you're gonna love him Then we're gonna come back

00:41:05.289 --> 00:41:07.670
with a better price tag because then really Dallas

00:41:07.670 --> 00:41:10.750
is just paying there You know the the price of

00:41:10.750 --> 00:41:13.429
the player for the rest of the loan I don't know

00:41:13.429 --> 00:41:16.329
what the loan mechanics work if clay wasn't making

00:41:16.329 --> 00:41:18.969
more than the MLS minimums So that's the part

00:41:18.969 --> 00:41:21.090
we do need to figure out like does do they automatically

00:41:21.090 --> 00:41:23.710
have to pay more for that who are like who's

00:41:23.710 --> 00:41:26.340
you know, like so normally the parent club still

00:41:26.340 --> 00:41:28.780
holds the payment of the loan because they're

00:41:28.780 --> 00:41:30.420
getting the minutes somewhere but this is the

00:41:30.420 --> 00:41:32.519
reverse of that there's no guarantee clay will

00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:35.719
get minutes and so in this case also it's the

00:41:35.719 --> 00:41:38.719
opposite right it's like chelsea a club who has

00:41:38.719 --> 00:41:41.400
infinite money loaning to a lesser team is like

00:41:41.400 --> 00:41:43.019
it's fine we'll just pay their wages we don't

00:41:43.019 --> 00:41:44.719
right because we want them to develop and get

00:41:44.719 --> 00:41:47.099
minutes that might not be the case here so for

00:41:47.099 --> 00:41:49.500
all intent i will get this confirmed but if i

00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:52.699
had to make an educated guess right now FC Dallas

00:41:52.699 --> 00:41:54.559
is paying for the loan and the right to play

00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:57.380
this player or there is a caveat to it in the

00:41:57.380 --> 00:41:59.920
deal later that like Rhode Island will get all

00:41:59.920 --> 00:42:01.920
of their sell -on money plus like a sell -on

00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:04.800
clause if if clay gets sold even further and

00:42:04.800 --> 00:42:07.039
They'll pay back the wages that they didn't have

00:42:07.039 --> 00:42:10.059
to pay in that free trial You know set that free

00:42:10.059 --> 00:42:12.900
trial 14 -week trial size. So that's how it works

00:42:12.900 --> 00:42:15.159
for now But in these instances, yes now you can

00:42:15.159 --> 00:42:17.429
have it a couple of different ways But in this

00:42:17.429 --> 00:42:19.230
case, Dallas were the curious body. And we've

00:42:19.230 --> 00:42:21.050
seen that already as they've already requested

00:42:21.050 --> 00:42:23.510
loans and trials from other players around the

00:42:23.510 --> 00:42:26.190
USL championship this season. Joe P writes in

00:42:26.190 --> 00:42:28.130
great defensive team effort and goalkeeping by

00:42:28.130 --> 00:42:30.530
Koke plus converting on their limited chances

00:42:30.530 --> 00:42:33.309
on goal by JJ led to all three points. Let us

00:42:33.309 --> 00:42:36.010
hope that Foyo can add additional strength to

00:42:36.010 --> 00:42:39.070
the roster. Always great insight by Joe. Yeah,

00:42:39.070 --> 00:42:42.730
I'm really excited to to see what he brings to

00:42:42.730 --> 00:42:46.510
the team. Hopefully he gets some more minutes

00:42:46.510 --> 00:42:49.210
than Dorsey did, especially now that we don't

00:42:49.210 --> 00:42:52.110
have any other competitions. Talking to Torm

00:42:52.110 --> 00:42:54.150
about him, he seems like he's a bit of a flexible

00:42:54.150 --> 00:42:56.769
player, although he is primarily a striker. So

00:42:56.769 --> 00:42:58.690
we could maybe see him potentially challenge

00:42:58.690 --> 00:43:02.690
for one of those wing spots. Bob D says, congratulations

00:43:02.690 --> 00:43:05.469
to Clay Holstad. Now that he's moved on, what

00:43:05.469 --> 00:43:07.730
is the story behind his limited minutes in last

00:43:07.730 --> 00:43:10.550
year's Eastern Conference game against Pittsburgh?

00:43:10.769 --> 00:43:13.590
There's no scandal there, Bob. I know that there

00:43:13.590 --> 00:43:15.610
was a lot of questions on why would you pull

00:43:15.610 --> 00:43:18.010
one of your best players. If we've seen anything

00:43:18.010 --> 00:43:21.030
from Kano, he's a tinkerer, and he just saw something

00:43:21.030 --> 00:43:23.090
in Marky Barr as either knowledge of the Pittsburgh

00:43:23.090 --> 00:43:25.909
system or there was something in his defensive

00:43:25.909 --> 00:43:28.250
midfield, you know, his holding midfielder stats

00:43:28.250 --> 00:43:30.630
that he thought would be better than Clay. He

00:43:30.630 --> 00:43:32.389
couldn't plan for the red card. I'm sure we would

00:43:32.389 --> 00:43:34.800
have seen Clay a lot sooner. Had we not had to

00:43:34.800 --> 00:43:36.940
rotate some of the structure there? There's nothing

00:43:36.940 --> 00:43:38.940
to it. Now was Clay Holstead pissed? Absolutely.

00:43:39.340 --> 00:43:40.960
When I talked to him in the offseason, he was

00:43:40.960 --> 00:43:42.340
like, I can't believe I didn't get to start the

00:43:42.340 --> 00:43:44.519
most important game of the season and we didn't

00:43:44.519 --> 00:43:47.519
win. But by no means was he, you know, you know,

00:43:47.519 --> 00:43:49.480
going to say, oh, I'm leaving this team. I'm

00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:51.320
sure he was thinking, like, where is my value?

00:43:51.320 --> 00:43:52.960
Like, that's not the best way to go into the

00:43:52.960 --> 00:43:55.079
offseason ahead of your next season of like going,

00:43:55.119 --> 00:43:57.639
where does Coach Kano see me considering I didn't

00:43:57.639 --> 00:44:00.380
get to start in this game? But there's no scandal

00:44:00.380 --> 00:44:02.760
to it. There's no story. And even if there was,

00:44:02.909 --> 00:44:05.250
Bob, remember, this is a loan, and there's a

00:44:05.250 --> 00:44:07.750
chance that Clay Holstead could come back. So

00:44:07.750 --> 00:44:09.769
I wouldn't tell the story until we knew for sure

00:44:09.769 --> 00:44:12.510
he was gone, gone, boots retired, put it in the

00:44:12.510 --> 00:44:15.449
memoirs. Matt Jay writes in, with the win, we

00:44:15.449 --> 00:44:17.190
are closing in on the opportunity for a home

00:44:17.190 --> 00:44:19.929
playoff game. Do you think as a team is constructed

00:44:19.929 --> 00:44:23.250
now that we can finally make that happen or what

00:44:23.250 --> 00:44:26.869
piece is still needed? Good question. I think

00:44:26.869 --> 00:44:30.670
that we're going to need a midfielder as we are

00:44:30.670 --> 00:44:33.429
losing one here. i also kind of look at this

00:44:33.429 --> 00:44:36.510
team and you know we did bring in a striker but

00:44:36.510 --> 00:44:39.369
i also kind of think that there's maybe some

00:44:39.369 --> 00:44:43.269
value in some sort of versatility player maybe

00:44:43.269 --> 00:44:46.030
someone else who can play in the back line but

00:44:46.030 --> 00:44:49.070
also like maybe another ugo or something because

00:44:49.070 --> 00:44:51.869
with all the injuries that we have and we you

00:44:51.869 --> 00:44:54.170
know let's be honest we're going to have a few

00:44:54.170 --> 00:44:56.469
more injuries this year it's just going to happen

00:44:57.000 --> 00:44:59.739
I would hate to see us get into a position where

00:44:59.739 --> 00:45:02.199
we think, oh, if we just had a healthy squad,

00:45:02.579 --> 00:45:04.559
we could have won this one game that could have

00:45:04.559 --> 00:45:07.139
got us into fourth. And then quickly answer your

00:45:07.139 --> 00:45:09.860
question in the chat there, Matt Jean. I think

00:45:09.860 --> 00:45:14.139
I'm not too concerned about folios, you know,

00:45:14.420 --> 00:45:16.900
suspensions there, especially considering that,

00:45:16.900 --> 00:45:19.440
you know, they were not match fixing. He was

00:45:19.440 --> 00:45:21.340
just betting on other games. He even betting

00:45:21.340 --> 00:45:23.900
on himself to win. So I kind of like impressed

00:45:23.900 --> 00:45:27.769
with the confidence. He's a young man. This sport

00:45:27.769 --> 00:45:31.110
is full of gambling sponsorships. We can have

00:45:31.110 --> 00:45:33.929
futures market predictions. Now you can bet if

00:45:33.929 --> 00:45:36.809
Jason has podcasts will go over an hour and like

00:45:36.809 --> 00:45:38.969
there's a betting world out there for it. Yeah.

00:45:39.449 --> 00:45:42.590
So I, I, I, I'm not too concerned about that.

00:45:42.650 --> 00:45:44.889
Uh, Ben S says here with the departure of clay

00:45:44.889 --> 00:45:47.409
to FC Dallas, as well as some injuries in the

00:45:47.409 --> 00:45:49.750
midfield. Do you guys see us bringing in quality

00:45:49.750 --> 00:45:52.250
mids during the transfer window? Yeah. And I

00:45:52.250 --> 00:45:55.949
think this is where it's going to test. the team

00:45:55.949 --> 00:45:57.349
there's another question here in a second so

00:45:57.349 --> 00:45:59.409
i'm going to try to split this up the short answer

00:45:59.409 --> 00:46:02.409
is yes the question now becomes what can they

00:46:02.409 --> 00:46:05.750
work with in this time uh there there's a real

00:46:05.750 --> 00:46:08.469
curiosity of you know kano has said in press

00:46:08.469 --> 00:46:11.170
conferences kano has talked at training sessions

00:46:11.170 --> 00:46:14.389
that he's never going to get a player just to

00:46:14.389 --> 00:46:16.869
put a body on the roster he could go and get

00:46:16.869 --> 00:46:20.090
half of like the pc graduates that come out and

00:46:20.090 --> 00:46:22.090
like don't find homes than if you needed to do

00:46:22.090 --> 00:46:24.670
that. This has to be a player that improves the

00:46:24.670 --> 00:46:27.090
squad and is better than the player that's already

00:46:27.090 --> 00:46:30.269
in the role in the position right now. So that

00:46:30.269 --> 00:46:31.750
takes a little bit more time. That's a little

00:46:31.750 --> 00:46:35.090
bit more nuance. The real question is, is what

00:46:35.090 --> 00:46:38.010
is Cono's number right now? Like what was it

00:46:38.010 --> 00:46:40.630
before Clay Holstead's departure? Was it one

00:46:40.630 --> 00:46:43.369
midfielder, one defender and one striker? Because

00:46:43.369 --> 00:46:46.090
that would put you in a pretty good place from

00:46:46.090 --> 00:46:48.840
a central defense a central midfield perspective

00:46:48.840 --> 00:46:51.440
and then we already I guess with Foyo that one

00:46:51.440 --> 00:46:53.679
kind of already solved itself what is that new

00:46:53.679 --> 00:46:55.940
number that he feels he needs to go and get and

00:46:55.940 --> 00:46:57.920
how much time does he have to negotiate those

00:46:57.920 --> 00:47:00.739
deals that's the real question I think there's

00:47:00.739 --> 00:47:02.460
going to be at least the need for two additional

00:47:02.460 --> 00:47:04.679
players but I wouldn't be surprised if we see

00:47:04.679 --> 00:47:07.280
three players come in in this window just because

00:47:07.280 --> 00:47:10.909
of the need and the the the diminishing strength

00:47:10.909 --> 00:47:13.150
of our roster in terms of health that we have.

00:47:13.809 --> 00:47:17.250
Next question here is Brad K. Sucks to see Clay

00:47:17.250 --> 00:47:19.610
go, but I get it. Does this free us up to go

00:47:19.610 --> 00:47:22.329
get a big name player or is Kano going to have

00:47:22.329 --> 00:47:24.630
to extract talent from unconventional sources?

00:47:25.070 --> 00:47:27.030
Jason, it sounds like Brad's asking, do we get

00:47:27.030 --> 00:47:29.030
Cal Jennings or do we find another Dwayne Atkinson

00:47:29.030 --> 00:47:33.110
out there? I think something a little bit more

00:47:33.110 --> 00:47:36.849
of the latter, but it's hard to say, right? Does

00:47:36.849 --> 00:47:41.559
Kano see AST? as a six or eight now like is that

00:47:41.559 --> 00:47:43.320
his position because we've also seen him play

00:47:43.320 --> 00:47:45.619
for the forward right he's played for us as an

00:47:45.619 --> 00:47:48.500
attend and he's created quite a few chances for

00:47:48.500 --> 00:47:52.300
us and he's he's looked good there so if connell

00:47:52.300 --> 00:47:55.179
sees him as like a player to just kind of sit

00:47:55.179 --> 00:47:58.179
there next to ugo well does he go out and sign

00:47:58.179 --> 00:48:00.719
a player that's better than one of those two

00:48:00.719 --> 00:48:03.739
to either force them to like do either at that

00:48:03.739 --> 00:48:06.510
point then give AST the freedom to kind of move

00:48:06.510 --> 00:48:09.110
a bit forward? Do we just throw another six there

00:48:09.110 --> 00:48:14.130
next to Ugo? It really depends on how Kano sees

00:48:14.130 --> 00:48:16.489
the depth in this team. Yeah, and we've seen

00:48:16.489 --> 00:48:18.809
him experiment with big name marquee players

00:48:18.809 --> 00:48:21.349
like Maxi Rodriguez, and that not work. So for

00:48:21.349 --> 00:48:24.130
everyone that wants Cal Jennings, I'm not saying

00:48:24.130 --> 00:48:25.809
it wouldn't work. Cal Jennings is an amazing

00:48:25.809 --> 00:48:28.989
player. But at the same time, how would that

00:48:28.989 --> 00:48:31.130
destabilize a two striker system? Like I heard

00:48:31.130 --> 00:48:33.250
you, I was listening last week. If Folio came

00:48:33.250 --> 00:48:35.329
in and actually started, What does that do to

00:48:35.329 --> 00:48:37.610
the success we've seen in this 4 -2 -3 -1 variant

00:48:37.610 --> 00:48:39.570
that we're in right now? Obviously the team needs

00:48:39.570 --> 00:48:41.929
to be flexible in some capacity, but what does

00:48:41.929 --> 00:48:43.610
that do to the dynamic? Do you actually want

00:48:43.610 --> 00:48:46.289
similar player profiles? You know, to me right

00:48:46.289 --> 00:48:48.329
now, I'd rather have Cal Jennings at Rhode Island

00:48:48.329 --> 00:48:50.250
FC than at a place like Hartford Athletic. I

00:48:50.250 --> 00:48:52.750
made that joke in the chat last week. That would

00:48:52.750 --> 00:48:54.250
be the darker timeline, right? That would be

00:48:54.250 --> 00:48:56.530
the thing I don't want. So if we can take talent

00:48:56.530 --> 00:48:58.269
from one of these teams we're competing against

00:48:58.269 --> 00:49:01.130
in the championship, all the more better. What

00:49:01.130 --> 00:49:04.239
we can't do is let those players then go to our

00:49:04.239 --> 00:49:06.820
Eastern Conference rivals or opponents. I just

00:49:06.820 --> 00:49:09.739
don't know Kano. I mean, look at where he's gotten

00:49:09.739 --> 00:49:12.079
team talent from it. A lot of it's the New England's

00:49:12.079 --> 00:49:14.059
connections. And then he gets a player on loan

00:49:14.059 --> 00:49:16.579
from South America. He gets a player out of the

00:49:16.579 --> 00:49:19.679
Jamaican Premier League. He gets a player out

00:49:19.679 --> 00:49:23.300
of, um, I'm running out of things to say right

00:49:23.300 --> 00:49:25.340
now, but you get my point. Like he's versatile

00:49:25.340 --> 00:49:29.059
enough that he can find sources or, or you, uh,

00:49:29.119 --> 00:49:31.119
league what League two? Was that where he was

00:49:31.119 --> 00:49:33.579
in in the English Premier League? Was it was

00:49:33.579 --> 00:49:36.340
it League two or was it League one? I forget

00:49:36.340 --> 00:49:38.619
for Wimbledon is where right now in the pyramid.

00:49:39.380 --> 00:49:41.860
I the pyramid is so I don't know Bob. There it

00:49:41.860 --> 00:49:45.739
is. What's the next question? Justin F says is

00:49:45.739 --> 00:49:48.260
there a loan fee attached to this deal? How much

00:49:48.260 --> 00:49:52.079
do we get in? Who do we go and get? So there's

00:49:52.079 --> 00:49:54.320
probably no loan fee. We kind of said that earlier.

00:49:54.639 --> 00:49:57.440
If anything, that fee is going to be built in

00:49:57.440 --> 00:50:00.559
as a sell on component. If Clay gets acquired

00:50:00.559 --> 00:50:03.500
at the end as like a rental cost for taking him

00:50:03.500 --> 00:50:05.940
from us for the season and proving his worth.

00:50:06.380 --> 00:50:08.960
The real thing is we get the cap space back on

00:50:08.960 --> 00:50:11.639
Sal on Clay's salary for the season. That would

00:50:11.639 --> 00:50:14.079
be that would be where I think this goes. I don't

00:50:14.079 --> 00:50:16.980
see us. paying for it and building it on top.

00:50:17.239 --> 00:50:19.380
I think any attachments from a financial perspective

00:50:19.380 --> 00:50:22.300
come on the sell -on part of it. And if we're

00:50:22.300 --> 00:50:24.380
smart, we have another sell -on addition too.

00:50:24.380 --> 00:50:26.820
So like if he goes from Dallas to San Jose, we

00:50:26.820 --> 00:50:28.840
get like another 10 % sell -on clause there as

00:50:28.840 --> 00:50:32.340
well. Rachel H. Wach writes in, why did the deal

00:50:32.340 --> 00:50:34.440
take so long to get announced? It felt like we

00:50:34.440 --> 00:50:36.659
were sitting on this for a long time. Jason,

00:50:36.719 --> 00:50:38.340
why do deals like this take so long? When we

00:50:38.340 --> 00:50:40.440
knew about it, we couldn't talk about it. And

00:50:40.440 --> 00:50:43.219
then it gets discovered because a fan sees an

00:50:43.219 --> 00:50:44.860
Instagram account and we're just like, well,

00:50:45.000 --> 00:50:48.500
cats out the back. Well, so the thing is there's

00:50:48.500 --> 00:50:50.500
multiple parties here involved, right? You have

00:50:50.500 --> 00:50:54.159
the player, you have their agent, you have the

00:50:54.159 --> 00:50:57.500
selling club, you have the buying club, and it's

00:50:57.500 --> 00:51:00.559
just a lot of back and forth communication here

00:51:00.559 --> 00:51:04.519
of deals being proposed, different clauses, different

00:51:04.519 --> 00:51:09.039
like, you know, do I get a, you know, 5 % incentive

00:51:09.039 --> 00:51:13.150
if I do X amount of appearances and there's a

00:51:13.150 --> 00:51:15.650
lot going on. It's almost like the judicial system

00:51:15.650 --> 00:51:18.329
where there's so many parties involved. There's

00:51:18.329 --> 00:51:21.429
so much back and forth. And it's very much like,

00:51:21.530 --> 00:51:23.670
hey, let's sit down and talk for 30 minutes today.

00:51:23.889 --> 00:51:26.289
We didn't come to an agreement, but we're going

00:51:26.289 --> 00:51:30.630
to meet again tomorrow after we both think on

00:51:30.630 --> 00:51:33.690
it overnight. So I would compare it to that kind

00:51:33.690 --> 00:51:36.269
of situation where these things can take a while.

00:51:36.329 --> 00:51:39.619
They generally don't happen, you know, just overnight.

00:51:40.219 --> 00:51:42.119
Agreed. And the other part to it too, remember,

00:51:42.179 --> 00:51:45.690
MLS They use funny Garber Bucks. So one of the

00:51:45.690 --> 00:51:47.170
things that may need to have happened is they

00:51:47.170 --> 00:51:49.590
needed to be either it was a roster spot on their

00:51:49.590 --> 00:51:51.909
team or they needed a certain amount of game.

00:51:52.590 --> 00:51:54.929
Right. Like the only thing we know, it wasn't

00:51:54.929 --> 00:51:57.090
an international spot because he comes from Alabama.

00:51:57.610 --> 00:52:00.010
So, you know, sometimes those mechanisms take

00:52:00.010 --> 00:52:02.550
a minute to make sure all of their money is in

00:52:02.550 --> 00:52:04.889
an order. I mean, look at the the deal between

00:52:04.889 --> 00:52:08.670
Galaxy and Inter Miami for Casamero, Casamero

00:52:08.670 --> 00:52:10.530
for the discovery rights. It went through and

00:52:10.530 --> 00:52:11.989
then suddenly they started investigating how

00:52:11.989 --> 00:52:14.230
the money Exchange hands because they think there

00:52:14.230 --> 00:52:16.769
was some tomfoolery there So these things take

00:52:16.769 --> 00:52:19.130
time and especially with an entity a single entity

00:52:19.130 --> 00:52:21.510
like MLS Maybe there was a discovery right that

00:52:21.510 --> 00:52:23.349
they had to go through maybe it was just they

00:52:23.349 --> 00:52:25.070
needed ten extra Garber bucks And they had to

00:52:25.070 --> 00:52:27.849
find it in the sofa somewhere, so it's those

00:52:27.849 --> 00:52:31.789
kinds of things Yeah, Lewis R says do you think

00:52:31.789 --> 00:52:34.150
Sean Kerry's interim role is taking away from

00:52:34.150 --> 00:52:36.989
his assistant GM duties and slowing us down from

00:52:36.989 --> 00:52:40.349
getting more players quicker I like this question.

00:52:40.449 --> 00:52:42.980
Yeah, no But I don't think Sean Kerry sleeps.

00:52:43.420 --> 00:52:46.519
So I think he does the interim job during the

00:52:46.519 --> 00:52:48.420
day. And then I think he's talking with Kano

00:52:48.420 --> 00:52:51.119
all night, watching footage, talking to player

00:52:51.119 --> 00:52:53.519
agents. I think he can do both things at the

00:52:53.519 --> 00:52:55.360
same time. We also know from our conversations

00:52:55.360 --> 00:52:57.940
with him that he is planning so far ahead that

00:52:57.940 --> 00:53:00.199
we wouldn't actually know this until next season.

00:53:00.219 --> 00:53:02.639
Right. So when we talked to him last year, he's

00:53:02.639 --> 00:53:05.460
like, I'm already planning the 2026 season. When

00:53:05.460 --> 00:53:07.500
we talked to him this year, he's already already

00:53:07.500 --> 00:53:09.880
thinking about players we can sign in 2027. So

00:53:09.880 --> 00:53:13.409
in that regards, If next year our talent pool

00:53:13.409 --> 00:53:15.809
is dried up and we're struggling, then okay,

00:53:15.949 --> 00:53:18.170
maybe, maybe something happened. But right now

00:53:18.170 --> 00:53:21.630
these are players and like acquisitions and like

00:53:21.630 --> 00:53:23.650
he's thought about this like last year. A great

00:53:23.650 --> 00:53:25.769
example is Matthew Ndongo, right? He went and

00:53:25.769 --> 00:53:29.070
got him in August, September of last or two years

00:53:29.070 --> 00:53:32.969
ago and then slowly waited, slowly waited, slowly

00:53:32.969 --> 00:53:35.309
waited. And then he comes in and then we lose

00:53:35.309 --> 00:53:37.690
him right away. We never got to see him at where

00:53:37.690 --> 00:53:39.829
they wanted him to at one point have value to

00:53:39.829 --> 00:53:42.530
this team. So Sean Kerry is playing 4D chess

00:53:42.530 --> 00:53:44.690
while we're all over here playing tic -tac -toe.

00:53:44.969 --> 00:53:47.369
These are not the same things. I want to quickly

00:53:47.369 --> 00:53:50.610
interrupt Joe into house asks in the chat, is

00:53:50.610 --> 00:53:53.250
there actually CAP in the USL? There is not CAP.

00:53:53.530 --> 00:53:55.710
There are international slot requirements. But

00:53:55.710 --> 00:53:57.929
what I mean by CAP is just getting the money

00:53:57.929 --> 00:54:00.309
back off of the limited budget charge that a

00:54:00.309 --> 00:54:02.929
USL roster has to operate. Brett Johnson, Dan

00:54:02.929 --> 00:54:05.369
Kerber do not have infinite dollars, even though

00:54:05.369 --> 00:54:08.230
we hope they do. So getting even something like

00:54:08.300 --> 00:54:10.239
I'm just going to throw a number out there arbitrarily.

00:54:10.460 --> 00:54:14.340
$100 ,000 back can do a lot for them to get the

00:54:14.340 --> 00:54:16.519
next level of players that they need for the

00:54:16.519 --> 00:54:19.079
remainder of the season. What's the next question

00:54:19.079 --> 00:54:22.579
here? Katie B writes in, do you think we see

00:54:22.579 --> 00:54:26.179
the return of 25 -day contract signings, or even

00:54:26.179 --> 00:54:29.179
worse, loans from MLS? So we're loading a player

00:54:29.179 --> 00:54:31.750
up. Are we going back to the Rebs well? I don't

00:54:31.750 --> 00:54:34.889
see us doing a 25 day contract unless we get

00:54:34.889 --> 00:54:36.969
another injury. That was very much like you brought

00:54:36.969 --> 00:54:38.369
up earlier in the show when we had like eight,

00:54:38.449 --> 00:54:40.550
nine injuries. That was the kind of desperation

00:54:40.550 --> 00:54:43.429
thing where the idea is like, can we just get

00:54:43.429 --> 00:54:45.210
through this month and have our players come

00:54:45.210 --> 00:54:48.989
back and maybe we don't need this guy? Um, I'm

00:54:48.989 --> 00:54:51.650
not like loans could potentially happen. Um,

00:54:51.750 --> 00:54:53.210
that would probably be something though that

00:54:53.210 --> 00:54:55.110
like we just talked about, like Sean Kerry would

00:54:55.110 --> 00:54:58.880
probably already have some potentials. uh with

00:54:58.880 --> 00:55:01.480
their summer window opening up if we see some

00:55:01.480 --> 00:55:04.159
more mls teams making some moves abroad bringing

00:55:04.159 --> 00:55:06.559
some players in there's a potential where some

00:55:06.559 --> 00:55:08.920
of like the they're kind of lower end players

00:55:08.920 --> 00:55:12.780
who are maybe not making the the the You know

00:55:12.780 --> 00:55:15.539
the game day rosters could be available. We could

00:55:15.539 --> 00:55:19.019
potentially see something like that Stacy L says

00:55:19.019 --> 00:55:21.239
we've defeated a lot of our normal tough opponents

00:55:21.239 --> 00:55:24.280
this year loud in Pittsburgh Hartford Who's our

00:55:24.280 --> 00:55:26.699
remaining hurdle to get a singular result against

00:55:26.699 --> 00:55:29.260
to test their medal or have we already accomplished

00:55:29.260 --> 00:55:33.159
that? I mean we did beat Sacramento Okay, so

00:55:33.159 --> 00:55:36.300
Sacramento, but that's West Coast too. So I think

00:55:36.300 --> 00:55:38.719
for the matches that are left I think the big

00:55:38.719 --> 00:55:41.880
test will be FC Tulsa You know, can we take on

00:55:41.880 --> 00:55:43.719
what was the best in the West last season in

00:55:43.719 --> 00:55:46.300
case we run into them again as a fixture going

00:55:46.300 --> 00:55:49.440
into playoffs? Uh, and then I think we, I think

00:55:49.440 --> 00:55:51.659
the road to redemption, if we need to put some

00:55:51.659 --> 00:55:53.639
capstone on it, I think it's Louisville when

00:55:53.639 --> 00:55:55.880
they come to us in September. Mike in the chat

00:55:55.880 --> 00:55:58.320
also says Kola Spigs. I mean, I think, you know,

00:55:58.360 --> 00:56:01.559
we've Kola Spigs is a feel good statement. It's

00:56:01.559 --> 00:56:03.599
a good moment for us. They are third in the table

00:56:03.599 --> 00:56:06.219
in the Western conference. So like, yes, I think

00:56:06.219 --> 00:56:08.340
that that is probably the next team to your point

00:56:08.340 --> 00:56:11.079
in the chat. I think you guys are spot on. But

00:56:11.079 --> 00:56:13.380
I expect to blow through them because this is

00:56:13.380 --> 00:56:15.739
building to, again, this is our revenge era right

00:56:15.739 --> 00:56:18.940
now. I think Eastern wise, if we're really talking

00:56:18.940 --> 00:56:20.699
about it, I think the only real hurdle left,

00:56:21.079 --> 00:56:23.260
maybe Detroit. We floundered against Detroit

00:56:23.260 --> 00:56:25.039
earlier and they remain at the top of the table.

00:56:25.360 --> 00:56:27.380
So yeah, I would say Kolo Spigs, Louisville City

00:56:27.380 --> 00:56:30.880
and Detroit City FC. Shadow Wolf writes in, I

00:56:30.880 --> 00:56:32.139
guess I'm gonna answer my own question here.

00:56:32.219 --> 00:56:34.460
Matt, you were quite mixed on Clay and Grant

00:56:34.460 --> 00:56:36.619
the last couple of months. How are you feeling

00:56:36.619 --> 00:56:39.050
about that now? For the record, I was never mixed

00:56:39.050 --> 00:56:41.369
on Clay. Clay has been my favorite player of

00:56:41.369 --> 00:56:43.829
all time. Sad to see him go. Well, Hugo's technically

00:56:43.829 --> 00:56:45.789
my favorite now because he's just so funny. But

00:56:45.789 --> 00:56:49.650
I have been all on Team Clay for the entirety

00:56:49.650 --> 00:56:52.230
of the season and last season. I think that him

00:56:52.230 --> 00:56:55.510
and I think him, Amos Shapiro -Thompson and Hugo

00:56:55.510 --> 00:56:57.710
Bachreck were the perfect triangle, getting back

00:56:57.710 --> 00:56:59.690
to kind of what those could look like with Amos

00:56:59.690 --> 00:57:01.090
maybe being a little bit more farther forward

00:57:01.090 --> 00:57:02.869
and then they could all kind of rotate around.

00:57:04.219 --> 00:57:06.519
I think it's going to be a damaging loss to see

00:57:06.519 --> 00:57:08.500
Clay gone. I think we don't realize yet. There's

00:57:08.500 --> 00:57:10.460
going to be something, whether it's a locker

00:57:10.460 --> 00:57:13.019
room vibe. We're going to need like a 36 yard

00:57:13.019 --> 00:57:14.699
long shot goal. Yeah. Cause it's the only way

00:57:14.699 --> 00:57:16.599
to score. Who is that now? Is that Hugo? I guess

00:57:16.599 --> 00:57:18.960
it has to be. Uh, and then Grant, but Grant,

00:57:19.119 --> 00:57:20.400
you're right about, I have been a little bit

00:57:20.400 --> 00:57:22.800
sour on him lately. I think he's done a really

00:57:22.800 --> 00:57:24.500
good job of stepping up at a moment of need.

00:57:24.619 --> 00:57:26.599
And we've heard Conno say that like when a, when

00:57:26.599 --> 00:57:29.190
a team gets tested, there's no guarantee. that

00:57:29.190 --> 00:57:30.809
you're not going to play for the season. You

00:57:30.809 --> 00:57:32.289
may get called up in a moment. Look at Daniel

00:57:32.289 --> 00:57:34.289
Revere. David's only 10 minutes, but he's getting

00:57:34.289 --> 00:57:36.989
called up now to be a part of this team in a

00:57:36.989 --> 00:57:39.070
big way. And I think Grant Stoneman, you know,

00:57:39.070 --> 00:57:41.210
is the biggest call up of that right now. And,

00:57:41.269 --> 00:57:43.150
you know, he's rotating backline partners and

00:57:43.150 --> 00:57:45.929
Kareefa, Frank, Ahmadi. So he's had a little

00:57:45.929 --> 00:57:48.369
bit of a different flavor each time and he has

00:57:48.369 --> 00:57:50.210
shown his leadership. He's shown his abilities.

00:57:50.409 --> 00:57:52.630
I still think he's got older legs. I'm not going

00:57:52.630 --> 00:57:55.250
to not say that. I think that he's probably the

00:57:55.250 --> 00:57:57.789
slowest of our back line, but If you play in

00:57:57.789 --> 00:57:59.610
a way that suits your strengths and you have

00:57:59.610 --> 00:58:02.230
a partner in that defensive spine and that column,

00:58:02.369 --> 00:58:04.530
I'm fine with it. Like, I don't hate it. We've

00:58:04.530 --> 00:58:07.170
just seen some missteps and mispositionings when

00:58:07.170 --> 00:58:08.789
Stoneman has been on the field in some prior

00:58:08.789 --> 00:58:10.469
games. But I think he's getting over that now

00:58:10.469 --> 00:58:12.670
with the repetition and the minutes. So I'd say,

00:58:12.670 --> 00:58:14.190
you know, if I see Grant Stoneman and he's like,

00:58:14.190 --> 00:58:15.750
hey, I heard the show and heard you weren't so

00:58:15.750 --> 00:58:18.130
keen on my performance, I'll give him apologies.

00:58:18.289 --> 00:58:19.369
I'll say, hey, here's your flowers, man. You've

00:58:19.369 --> 00:58:21.269
been doing a really good job. Thanks for thanks

00:58:21.269 --> 00:58:24.980
for repping the crest. Yeah, I. I'll have to

00:58:24.980 --> 00:58:26.739
agree. I kind of felt the same way. I think part

00:58:26.739 --> 00:58:29.139
of it came down to we felt that partnership with

00:58:29.139 --> 00:58:31.539
Kareefa and Grant was just not enough speed.

00:58:31.820 --> 00:58:33.380
And then, like you said, maybe he just hadn't

00:58:33.380 --> 00:58:35.500
got enough reps. And I've honestly been impressed

00:58:35.500 --> 00:58:38.500
with his last few performances. So shout out

00:58:38.500 --> 00:58:41.659
to him. Alan P says thoughts on the Oakland Roots

00:58:41.659 --> 00:58:44.400
debacle with their stadium lease. Huge embarrassment

00:58:44.400 --> 00:58:47.639
for the league. Yeah, so I didn't know this when

00:58:47.639 --> 00:58:50.820
Alan P went in again. I was on vacation. So for

00:58:50.820 --> 00:58:53.260
those that don't know, Oakland Roots have gone

00:58:53.260 --> 00:58:56.179
into strong -arm tactics in not paying their

00:58:56.179 --> 00:58:59.039
lease agreement to the Coliseum property owners

00:58:59.039 --> 00:59:03.219
in Oakland, I think they're called JFA, and now

00:59:03.219 --> 00:59:05.519
are in a type of, I don't want to say receivership

00:59:05.519 --> 00:59:07.820
because that's not how it works, but basically

00:59:07.820 --> 00:59:10.039
they did not meet their deadlines to pay what

00:59:10.039 --> 00:59:12.340
was owed to the stadium in terms of personnel

00:59:12.340 --> 00:59:15.099
for concessions, parking, all that stuff, and

00:59:15.099 --> 00:59:17.900
are now in a state of risk to finish their games

00:59:17.900 --> 00:59:21.099
at the Coliseum. It's a bad look because they

00:59:21.099 --> 00:59:22.769
were already planning on exiting the Coliseum

00:59:22.769 --> 00:59:24.530
at the end of the season. I don't know the new

00:59:24.530 --> 00:59:26.489
location of where they were going to go. I know

00:59:26.489 --> 00:59:28.969
that their permanent site is something else that's

00:59:28.969 --> 00:59:31.349
happening like down the road, like possibly 10

00:59:31.349 --> 00:59:34.570
years. For me, this is bad because it looks like

00:59:34.570 --> 00:59:37.449
we are in financial instability. This is supposed

00:59:37.449 --> 00:59:40.289
to be a club that, you know, they did the player

00:59:40.289 --> 00:59:44.909
shares to build their capital. They've had big

00:59:44.909 --> 00:59:46.809
names attached to the project from like celebrities

00:59:46.809 --> 00:59:50.070
and artists. To me, the bigger issue isn't not

00:59:50.070 --> 00:59:52.639
paying their bills on time. It's the fact that

00:59:52.639 --> 00:59:55.199
when the city goes to think how you are as a

00:59:55.199 --> 00:59:57.739
sports franchise and a partner in our city and

00:59:57.739 --> 01:00:00.800
you're screwing over what's already existing,

01:00:00.820 --> 01:00:03.820
whether it's for good reasons or not, that can

01:00:03.820 --> 01:00:06.619
get you in a jam later when you suddenly need

01:00:06.619 --> 01:00:10.400
handouts or back scratches from the local city

01:00:10.400 --> 01:00:12.900
ordinances and governance. So I'm a little concerned

01:00:12.900 --> 01:00:15.400
on what that looks like. It's not great. I've

01:00:15.400 --> 01:00:17.139
heard that they're going to raise the bar, like

01:00:17.139 --> 01:00:19.400
they're going to pay $200 ,000 per game more

01:00:19.400 --> 01:00:22.380
to pay that off in time. I don't know why USL

01:00:22.380 --> 01:00:24.199
hasn't stepped in and like, let's not let these

01:00:24.199 --> 01:00:26.760
optics damage the brand as we're really close

01:00:26.760 --> 01:00:28.480
to putting this ProRail system. We need to look

01:00:28.480 --> 01:00:30.320
stronger than we've ever looked. And I think

01:00:30.320 --> 01:00:31.880
this is a little bit of egg on the face of both

01:00:31.880 --> 01:00:34.179
Oakland and USL right now. And this should be

01:00:34.179 --> 01:00:37.019
cleaned up by tomorrow if they were smart. I

01:00:37.019 --> 01:00:39.000
told you about that whole Lego thing that I was

01:00:39.000 --> 01:00:40.199
really into that documentary where like they

01:00:40.199 --> 01:00:43.099
didn't pay some dude $100 ,000 of missing product.

01:00:43.159 --> 01:00:45.099
And now they're saying it's going to cost this

01:00:45.099 --> 01:00:48.480
company something like $400 million in bad press

01:00:48.480 --> 01:00:50.559
and lost sales because they just didn't do the

01:00:50.559 --> 01:00:53.380
right thing. Oakland roots management, us LHQ

01:00:53.380 --> 01:00:55.119
do the right thing here. I don't know. What,

01:00:55.159 --> 01:00:58.360
what do you think about that? Yeah, it's weird.

01:00:58.519 --> 01:01:01.980
I think they asked that they started. The first

01:01:01.980 --> 01:01:03.639
game in the call scene was like, oh, wow, this

01:01:03.639 --> 01:01:05.539
is great. Tens of people. And then immediately

01:01:05.539 --> 01:01:08.119
plummeted that they were all missing the A's.

01:01:08.119 --> 01:01:10.000
And so it should have been it should have been

01:01:10.000 --> 01:01:13.219
a situation where they really should be playing

01:01:13.219 --> 01:01:14.900
somewhere else. It should have never been there

01:01:14.900 --> 01:01:17.159
to begin with. They should have had one game

01:01:17.159 --> 01:01:19.800
there as an exhibition, like not an exhibition

01:01:19.800 --> 01:01:22.760
match, but an exhibition experience to say, hey,

01:01:22.760 --> 01:01:26.119
you know, athletic fans, we're still here. Now

01:01:26.119 --> 01:01:27.679
come check it. They should have never done like

01:01:27.679 --> 01:01:31.130
that was the dumbest thing ever that that Shame

01:01:31.130 --> 01:01:33.090
on them. As funny as it is to play in baseball

01:01:33.090 --> 01:01:35.809
stadiums, I think USL, as they become trying

01:01:35.809 --> 01:01:38.849
to become a serious league with a D1 tag attached

01:01:38.849 --> 01:01:41.869
to it, they need to get away from those situations

01:01:41.869 --> 01:01:43.929
as much as possible. Lots of talk as new fans

01:01:43.929 --> 01:01:45.710
are coming in from the World Cup cycle about,

01:01:45.909 --> 01:01:48.769
I heard Perot's coming, but like, how do we have

01:01:48.769 --> 01:01:51.690
6 ,000 person stadiums even work? And like, there's

01:01:51.690 --> 01:01:53.929
a lot of legwork that needs to happen. I wish

01:01:53.929 --> 01:01:57.809
people would get less stuck on stadium. requirements

01:01:57.809 --> 01:02:00.090
and more on like how does the actual infrastructure

01:02:00.090 --> 01:02:02.670
of this league work because that's really where

01:02:02.670 --> 01:02:04.769
this will all happen whether we get sanctioned

01:02:04.769 --> 01:02:07.070
or not like we can build our own pyramid how

01:02:07.070 --> 01:02:10.070
that looks i don't know coliseum bad idea oakland

01:02:10.070 --> 01:02:13.809
roots be better do better jason uh fun show fun

01:02:13.809 --> 01:02:16.730
to be back fun fun to get to catch up and learn

01:02:16.730 --> 01:02:18.969
all these things fun to be a listener on the

01:02:18.969 --> 01:02:21.670
show instead of just always talking and i think

01:02:21.670 --> 01:02:24.090
torrance earned a place in being maybe a more

01:02:24.090 --> 01:02:26.539
stable Co -host don't tell him that because he'll

01:02:26.539 --> 01:02:28.420
have to figure that out when he hears it But

01:02:28.420 --> 01:02:30.340
it's been just really good getting back and I

01:02:30.340 --> 01:02:32.920
can't wait to talk all things What is it Birmingham

01:02:32.920 --> 01:02:35.739
Legion this Thursday on our next show? It looks

01:02:35.739 --> 01:02:37.820
like people like the nine o 'clock to like I've

01:02:37.820 --> 01:02:39.940
never seen so many log in at a nine o 'clock

01:02:39.940 --> 01:02:42.019
showing So maybe you may we mean you start thinking

01:02:42.019 --> 01:02:43.480
about pushing our dates back a little bit Yeah,

01:02:43.480 --> 01:02:47.219
well consider that I appreciate all of y 'all

01:02:47.219 --> 01:02:50.019
writing in really good questions always. Thanks

01:02:50.019 --> 01:02:53.579
for interacting with us Great show. Looking forward

01:02:53.579 --> 01:02:56.760
to Thursdays. Uh, we'll catch you next time.

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