WEBVTT 00:00:05.070 --> 00:00:10.929 You're listening to Raising Anchor on 990 WBOB. 00:00:18.250 --> 00:00:20.989 Welcome to the Raising Anchor Soccer Show with 00:00:20.989 --> 00:00:24.070 Matt Entrickett and Jason Carey. Your home for 00:00:24.070 --> 00:00:26.710 news, analysis, and everything Rhode Island FC. 00:00:27.550 --> 00:00:29.870 Each week they take you inside the locker room, 00:00:30.210 --> 00:00:32.409 inside the tactics, and inside the storyline 00:00:32.409 --> 00:00:38.969 shaping RIFC. Here's Matt and Jason. Rhode Island 00:00:38.969 --> 00:00:42.909 FC defeat Monterey Bay FC 3 -1 in front of a 00:00:42.909 --> 00:00:45.950 sellout crowd getting the job done and answering 00:00:45.950 --> 00:00:48.250 the question of where the goals are going to 00:00:48.250 --> 00:00:51.829 come from in this now post -JJ Williams era. 00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:54.439 We're going to talk about the game itself, the 00:00:54.439 --> 00:00:56.560 players who made the most impact in this match, 00:00:56.560 --> 00:00:59.859 as well as the biggest takeaways from another 00:00:59.859 --> 00:01:02.079 three important points. We're also going to share 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:04.420 some of the goals for this team ahead in this 00:01:04.420 --> 00:01:07.439 back stretch of the season, and is another player 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:09.680 departing this club. We're going to talk about 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:11.920 that at the end of the episode, so spoiler alert, 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:13.939 you're going to have to hang on to the rest of 00:01:13.939 --> 00:01:16.739 the show to hear the juicy goss, but... First 00:01:16.739 --> 00:01:18.739 and foremost, I'm your host, Matt Entrickin. 00:01:18.780 --> 00:01:21.400 Joining me is co -host Jason Carey. Mr. Carey, 00:01:21.680 --> 00:01:23.739 how are you doing, my friend? Doing great, doing 00:01:23.739 --> 00:01:27.040 great. Not looking forward to DJ Khalid striking 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:29.200 again, taking another one of our players, but 00:01:29.200 --> 00:01:32.680 you know, it does happen. I guess you just will 00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:34.579 have to, we'll have to move on and see where 00:01:34.579 --> 00:01:37.040 you go from there. But it's so crazy that we 00:01:37.040 --> 00:01:39.879 had a sellout during a Maroon 5 concert. Like, 00:01:39.939 --> 00:01:42.980 wow. We are going to talk about that, but no 00:01:42.980 --> 00:01:45.359 obituary. There's been a death in the USL today. 00:01:45.420 --> 00:01:47.280 You didn't want to talk about the Super League's 00:01:47.280 --> 00:01:51.620 president moving on. I was busy at work. I absolutely 00:01:51.620 --> 00:01:54.180 did not see that. Straight to the Maroon 5 news 00:01:54.180 --> 00:01:55.980 then. And yeah, that's right. I mean, listen, 00:01:56.200 --> 00:01:58.319 you know, there's only one artist that's going 00:01:58.319 --> 00:02:02.980 to beat Maroon 5 in Rhode Island on some philanthropists, 00:02:02.980 --> 00:02:05.219 you know. birthday bash and of course that's 00:02:05.219 --> 00:02:07.920 gonna be Taylor Swift even if she's not there 00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:11.240 herself the folklore night being the first sellout 00:02:11.240 --> 00:02:13.599 of the season I had to go back and check I thought 00:02:13.599 --> 00:02:16.000 we had already had one at this point but this 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:18.360 is the first official one there's two that come 00:02:18.360 --> 00:02:21.020 very close at knocking on the door of a sellout 00:02:21.020 --> 00:02:23.620 but this is the first one of the season so far 00:02:23.620 --> 00:02:26.939 yeah and so it's great to finally get us to see 00:02:26.939 --> 00:02:29.099 a sellout especially you know we had quite a 00:02:29.099 --> 00:02:32.360 few last year um it's kind of sad that it did 00:02:32.360 --> 00:02:35.210 take T swizzle night to get us past the line 00:02:35.210 --> 00:02:38.750 though um of course it was another gloomy day 00:02:38.750 --> 00:02:41.889 it didn't rain during the game it rained during 00:02:41.889 --> 00:02:44.310 the tailgate so some fans are saying that if 00:02:44.310 --> 00:02:47.229 rain at any part of their rfc experience that 00:02:47.229 --> 00:02:51.400 it constitutes as rain others are very like Let 00:02:51.400 --> 00:02:53.840 line in the sand. It has to be in the 90 minutes. 00:02:53.979 --> 00:02:55.840 Which way do we go? Because it was a win. Which 00:02:55.840 --> 00:02:57.960 way do we go with this result? OK, and then what 00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:00.340 if it tech? What if it only range during halftime 00:03:00.340 --> 00:03:02.199 and not during the game? Does that count? We're 00:03:02.199 --> 00:03:04.939 adding too many layers to this. Listen, if you 00:03:04.939 --> 00:03:07.860 believe that it only is when we win when it rains 00:03:07.860 --> 00:03:09.960 and you feel like the rain can be accounted for 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:12.539 in this match, more power to you. If you're a 00:03:12.539 --> 00:03:16.159 diehard and now this breaks the statistical likeliness, 00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:18.830 then that's fine too. The point was is we won. 00:03:19.069 --> 00:03:21.509 We went against this team, Jason, and we did 00:03:21.509 --> 00:03:23.629 it in front of a sellout crowd. That's what's 00:03:23.629 --> 00:03:25.669 the most important part. What's important, too, 00:03:25.669 --> 00:03:29.550 is RSC actually won on a theme night and actually 00:03:29.550 --> 00:03:31.569 second consecutive theme night, right? Because 00:03:31.569 --> 00:03:34.810 we also won on that bunny night when we had Star 00:03:34.810 --> 00:03:36.819 Wars night earlier this year. That was not. We're 00:03:36.819 --> 00:03:39.099 talking about Star Wars. I mean, you cut me off. 00:03:39.240 --> 00:03:41.300 We were unsuccessful last year, I think, on Theme 00:03:41.300 --> 00:03:43.419 Nights. Yeah, well, you cut me off at the end 00:03:43.419 --> 00:03:45.439 of last show because I brought that up very last 00:03:45.439 --> 00:03:46.520 minute. You're like, nope, we're just going to 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:48.719 end it right here and there. We do pull off the 00:03:48.719 --> 00:03:50.560 win. We pull off the win in front of fireworks, 00:03:50.719 --> 00:03:54.340 no less. I guess I'm just kind of curious, just 00:03:54.340 --> 00:03:55.960 taking it away from the performance for a second, 00:03:55.979 --> 00:03:59.080 looking at the optics. Should we be concerned? 00:03:59.199 --> 00:04:01.199 I mean, again, we get called being homers all 00:04:01.199 --> 00:04:03.020 the time on this show. So let's look at this 00:04:03.020 --> 00:04:04.699 analytically. If we were big business people 00:04:04.699 --> 00:04:07.770 for a second, Do you ever get worried now seeing 00:04:07.770 --> 00:04:10.789 how we're in year three, year two in our forever 00:04:10.789 --> 00:04:14.330 home and attendance is not it is down. We'll 00:04:14.330 --> 00:04:16.610 talk about that in a second. But we also are 00:04:16.610 --> 00:04:19.529 just shy of getting some sellout games. Should 00:04:19.529 --> 00:04:22.629 we start to worry that we need fans need to do 00:04:22.629 --> 00:04:24.009 something different? The club needs to do something 00:04:24.009 --> 00:04:26.670 different to continue to attract talent? Or has 00:04:26.670 --> 00:04:28.290 it been just this rain has just been getting 00:04:28.290 --> 00:04:30.990 in the way of a lot of delivery of fan experience? 00:04:31.430 --> 00:04:34.430 I think there's a few factors here. We we look 00:04:34.430 --> 00:04:39.259 at. you know there being every single game this 00:04:39.259 --> 00:04:42.000 season with the exception of what won at 7 30 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:45.860 so i i don't think that's helping i think a variety 00:04:45.860 --> 00:04:47.879 could have helped especially there were a few 00:04:47.879 --> 00:04:51.740 days where it was kind of nice at 4 pm Then some 00:04:51.740 --> 00:04:53.680 clouds kind of rolled in like, you know, maybe 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:55.939 we could have had a few additional sellouts I 00:04:55.939 --> 00:04:58.199 went to the Red Sox game yesterday got there 00:04:58.199 --> 00:05:00.639 at 12 o 'clock in the afternoon Pouring rain 00:05:00.639 --> 00:05:02.939 did not have an umbrella did not have a jacket 00:05:02.939 --> 00:05:04.839 because I was told the weather would be perfect 00:05:04.839 --> 00:05:06.980 I just didn't realize that we had to get through 00:05:06.980 --> 00:05:09.819 bad weather. I'm not even joking first pitch 00:05:09.819 --> 00:05:12.699 The skies opened up the sunshine came dried everything 00:05:12.699 --> 00:05:14.779 up and it was perfect weather for a baseball. 00:05:14.779 --> 00:05:17.519 It's like it's like How can, how can the Red 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:19.480 Sox get that lucky when they have to do this 00:05:19.480 --> 00:05:23.199 170 times a season and we're asking for 12, you 00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:25.660 know, to 16 home appearances in Rhode Island 00:05:25.660 --> 00:05:27.560 and it seems like we strike out left and right. 00:05:27.660 --> 00:05:30.160 No pun intended on the baseball. Yeah. And like, 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:32.899 I think there's just a few other factors this 00:05:32.899 --> 00:05:35.740 season. I wouldn't be too concerned if we get 00:05:35.740 --> 00:05:39.779 to years four and five and we're maybe struggling 00:05:39.779 --> 00:05:41.500 and we start to see the numbers go down, then 00:05:41.500 --> 00:05:43.560 we might have to start asking some more difficult 00:05:43.560 --> 00:05:46.620 questions about like, What does this team need 00:05:46.620 --> 00:05:50.079 to do from a business perspective to like get 00:05:50.079 --> 00:05:53.500 butts into seats? But right now I'm I'm gonna 00:05:53.500 --> 00:05:56.019 kind of just put a pin in it circle back. So 00:05:56.019 --> 00:05:59.560 the club didn't announce the Westchester Prinks 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:02.279 Tires Cup game as a sellout, but when you look 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:05.160 at the attendance tracking stats, it was at like 00:06:05.160 --> 00:06:08.199 ten thousand six hundred our Official capacity 00:06:08.199 --> 00:06:10.459 is ten thousand five hundred and then we have 00:06:10.459 --> 00:06:12.500 like the five hundred standing room only tickets 00:06:12.920 --> 00:06:16.019 That should at least qualify us as two sellouts 00:06:16.019 --> 00:06:18.360 for the season, but when you pull up the attendance 00:06:18.360 --> 00:06:21.720 tracking stats from John Morrissey at backheeled 00:06:21.720 --> 00:06:24.660 now, Rhode Island still in fifth place in total 00:06:24.660 --> 00:06:28.560 attendance in the league, averaging 8 ,078 tickets 00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:31.019 distributed because we know that's not turnstile. 00:06:31.319 --> 00:06:33.279 However, so far year over year in that change, 00:06:33.459 --> 00:06:39.600 they're down 2 .3 % so far in season. The only 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:41.740 the only silver lining is every club in the top 00:06:41.740 --> 00:06:44.480 five is down by about two to as much as four 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:47.639 percent With only Sacramento and Louisville in 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:50.079 just decimals of change there, but every team 00:06:50.079 --> 00:06:52.800 is down Where's that World Cup bump that we all 00:06:52.800 --> 00:06:54.759 thought was coming Jason? Is this it now because 00:06:54.759 --> 00:06:57.000 this is you know a couple weeks removed from 00:06:57.000 --> 00:06:59.180 the World Cup as weird as this to say it's been 00:06:59.180 --> 00:07:03.120 about a month since the final I mean Maybe there 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:05.540 just isn't going to be one. It's hard to say 00:07:05.540 --> 00:07:08.769 maybe when we look at this cup maybe advertisement 00:07:08.769 --> 00:07:12.790 wise, you know, did the leagues do enough to 00:07:12.790 --> 00:07:16.509 get their name out there? Do people who got their 00:07:16.509 --> 00:07:19.589 like, you know, their, their soccer hook in them, 00:07:20.230 --> 00:07:22.810 do they know the us all exists? Right? Like I, 00:07:22.829 --> 00:07:25.470 it, it's tough to say, I think we got to give 00:07:25.470 --> 00:07:28.129 this a little more time. I think there's like 00:07:28.129 --> 00:07:30.449 extraneous factors to that to kind of factor 00:07:30.449 --> 00:07:34.709 in with, with people, you know, being broke. 00:07:35.280 --> 00:07:37.779 Like there's just it's hence why everyone was 00:07:37.779 --> 00:07:39.699 at the free Maroon 5 show I mean everyone in 00:07:39.699 --> 00:07:42.100 the chat right now is talking about how they 00:07:42.100 --> 00:07:43.680 should have been there instead not because they 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:46.399 missed it on soccer But this guy only has a birthday 00:07:46.399 --> 00:07:49.000 bash, you know, and he's a Healy by the way There's 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:50.899 a there's a Healy that's a part of Rhode Island 00:07:50.899 --> 00:07:52.939 of Sea. I'm curious about the connection. I'm 00:07:52.939 --> 00:07:54.980 sorry Yeah, I mean, but every ten years how do 00:07:54.980 --> 00:07:57.899 how does Rhode Island in ten years? coordinate 00:07:57.899 --> 00:08:01.529 Joe Healy's celebration at Centerville Bank Stadium. 00:08:01.730 --> 00:08:04.509 Put that as a long -term strategy and a long 00:08:04.509 --> 00:08:07.490 -term plan. But listen, we gotta move on. Really 00:08:07.490 --> 00:08:09.730 quickly, gotta talk about J .J. Williams. There's 00:08:09.730 --> 00:08:12.610 no post -game interview to use because, and I'm 00:08:12.610 --> 00:08:15.589 firmly of the belief that this is my fault, I 00:08:15.589 --> 00:08:19.220 asked players about J .J. Williams. and they 00:08:19.220 --> 00:08:22.019 were not appropriately set up to answer that 00:08:22.019 --> 00:08:24.120 question in an official capacity. So I've now 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:26.600 noticed that the video and the audio has been 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:29.139 strategically cut. So I won't comment on what 00:08:29.139 --> 00:08:33.019 they said out of reverence to the communications 00:08:33.019 --> 00:08:34.740 team and the efforts that they went about, but 00:08:34.740 --> 00:08:38.419 because of that, we can't pull any of the conversation. 00:08:39.159 --> 00:08:43.750 But like the club is still on their... soapbox 00:08:43.750 --> 00:08:46.870 of saying that there is no conversation at this 00:08:46.870 --> 00:08:50.129 time. There is no dialogue that J .J. Williams 00:08:50.129 --> 00:08:53.330 is simply not available for selection on that 00:08:53.330 --> 00:08:55.769 Monterey Bay game. And yet then we see pictures 00:08:55.769 --> 00:08:59.269 from fans of him signing autographs in Scotland. 00:09:00.610 --> 00:09:02.690 So, Jason, I don't know, like people people ask 00:09:02.690 --> 00:09:04.690 me at the game, like, well, no one said anything 00:09:04.690 --> 00:09:08.269 at why our hearts and what I see waiting so long. 00:09:08.490 --> 00:09:11.289 to announce this. I have some theories, but they're 00:09:11.289 --> 00:09:14.190 just theories. We may be talking to some hearts 00:09:14.190 --> 00:09:18.309 podcasts this week about it if the deal goes 00:09:18.309 --> 00:09:20.809 through. Do you have any speculation or any insight? 00:09:20.950 --> 00:09:23.190 You've been a fan of the game long enough. Why 00:09:23.190 --> 00:09:25.830 has this trade not been announced yet? There's 00:09:25.830 --> 00:09:28.809 probably some sort of difficulties because it's, 00:09:28.809 --> 00:09:32.090 you know, between two different countries, visa 00:09:32.090 --> 00:09:37.690 issues, weird things like that. I mean, you I 00:09:37.690 --> 00:09:41.190 think it's interesting too. If maybe there's 00:09:41.190 --> 00:09:45.070 like US soccer media is not prepared to handle 00:09:45.070 --> 00:09:49.309 some of the transfers the way like it gets crazy. 00:09:49.309 --> 00:09:52.309 If you you've kind of follow European soccer, 00:09:52.429 --> 00:09:54.590 like the transfer rumors and all the movement 00:09:54.590 --> 00:09:57.750 and a lot of that stuff also can happen very 00:09:57.750 --> 00:10:00.570 quickly. Like maybe some of it's so much of it 00:10:00.570 --> 00:10:03.230 happens behind doors that by the time people 00:10:03.230 --> 00:10:06.250 start to get wind of it, a lot of times it's 00:10:06.250 --> 00:10:10.460 just done. Right. There are plenty of long drawn 00:10:10.460 --> 00:10:15.500 out sagas that happen from time to time. But 00:10:15.500 --> 00:10:18.899 I think it's just a weirdness with US soccer 00:10:18.899 --> 00:10:21.899 media that, and the club maybe too, being very 00:10:21.899 --> 00:10:23.860 new, not knowing how to approach some of this 00:10:23.860 --> 00:10:26.580 stuff. And I think also at the end of it too, 00:10:26.700 --> 00:10:29.639 we've got to remember that hearts are not going 00:10:29.639 --> 00:10:32.059 to want to have egg on their face. If there's 00:10:32.059 --> 00:10:35.220 something wrong with JJ from a medical standpoint 00:10:35.220 --> 00:10:37.240 where he's been hiding an injury or something 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:40.039 that we don't know about or that his ITC doesn't 00:10:40.039 --> 00:10:41.940 clear for some reason from an immigration status 00:10:41.940 --> 00:10:44.200 like why announce a player to then only find 00:10:44.200 --> 00:10:46.379 out because you couldn't wait an extra couple 00:10:46.379 --> 00:10:49.019 of days oh well he was never available to begin 00:10:49.019 --> 00:10:51.039 with so then the trade is rejected and then you 00:10:51.039 --> 00:10:54.120 know JJ in all theory could come back to us I'm 00:10:54.120 --> 00:10:56.269 not saying any of that is the case but there's 00:10:56.269 --> 00:10:58.590 no reason to do it some people asking because 00:10:58.590 --> 00:11:01.070 we talked about well the league deadline to get 00:11:01.070 --> 00:11:04.190 him in for certain performances for certain matchups 00:11:04.190 --> 00:11:08.360 was last wednesday at at 11 o 'clock you know, 00:11:08.500 --> 00:11:10.580 UK time. Well, that was specifically for the 00:11:10.580 --> 00:11:12.600 Conference League, right? Right. But in addition 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:14.259 to that, though, they could have already submitted 00:11:14.259 --> 00:11:17.440 the paperwork. It's just getting it under the 00:11:17.440 --> 00:11:19.759 approval can come after the submission. That's 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:21.340 what the most important part is. So some people 00:11:21.340 --> 00:11:22.879 saying, hey, we didn't hear the announcement, 00:11:22.960 --> 00:11:25.179 so this must not be happening or now J .J. is 00:11:25.179 --> 00:11:27.419 going to miss out on something. We don't know 00:11:27.419 --> 00:11:30.080 when that that paperwork was finally signed. 00:11:30.100 --> 00:11:32.120 It could have been by that date. It may have 00:11:32.120 --> 00:11:34.919 been later. But if it had been made by that date. 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:38.539 that would not hold JJ Williams back. We just 00:11:38.539 --> 00:11:40.059 have to now wait and see what that will look 00:11:40.059 --> 00:11:42.919 like. So I am still very much from the answer 00:11:42.919 --> 00:11:44.720 that JJ Williams is gone. And if you haven't 00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:46.399 seen the photos of him in Scotland, I don't know 00:11:46.399 --> 00:11:48.960 what to tell you. JJ Williams is no longer a 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:51.500 player forward either, even if the team can't 00:11:51.500 --> 00:11:53.940 come out and say that yet. So I still anticipate 00:11:53.940 --> 00:11:56.679 hearing from hearts any day now. that our former 00:11:56.679 --> 00:12:00.100 forward is now living his best life in the Scottish 00:12:00.100 --> 00:12:04.100 Grey Highlands of the Northern, I can't even 00:12:04.100 --> 00:12:06.320 say UK, because if you ask a Scottish person, 00:12:06.460 --> 00:12:08.460 they do not want to be associated with that at 00:12:08.460 --> 00:12:10.639 all. So nevertheless, it's good to see him on 00:12:10.639 --> 00:12:13.100 his way. And listen, this game did not feel like 00:12:13.100 --> 00:12:15.559 it suffered from J .J. Williams's presence not 00:12:15.559 --> 00:12:17.440 being there. We're going to talk a lot about 00:12:17.440 --> 00:12:20.259 that tonight. Want to really quickly dive into 00:12:20.259 --> 00:12:23.799 what Kano had to say before we go to break, you 00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:26.549 know, The first questions we asked him, he talked 00:12:26.549 --> 00:12:29.509 about the quality of Rhode Island FC, making 00:12:29.509 --> 00:12:31.610 sure that they didn't let a team like Monterey 00:12:31.610 --> 00:12:34.090 Bay get the best of them, and then most importantly, 00:12:34.850 --> 00:12:37.330 capitalizing, excuse me, when they would see 00:12:37.330 --> 00:12:40.610 Monterey fatigue. I think that first half and 00:12:40.610 --> 00:12:44.629 that second half are different examples of where 00:12:44.629 --> 00:12:47.549 Kano was going in this night. I think the first 00:12:47.549 --> 00:12:50.960 half, we kind of get... a surprise you know gift 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:53.620 of a goal and then maybe to a certain extent 00:12:53.620 --> 00:12:55.840 hand that right back to them even the playing 00:12:55.840 --> 00:12:58.840 field if you will and getting reset for the more 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:01.179 important round of the fight which was that second 00:13:01.179 --> 00:13:03.519 half as Rhode Island FC really started to get 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:05.500 in the swing of things you know Connor went on 00:13:05.500 --> 00:13:08.240 to talk about again the importance and the vitality 00:13:08.240 --> 00:13:11.320 of the set piece offense going on with this Rhode 00:13:11.320 --> 00:13:14.360 Island side now I mean it is so weird to go from 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:18.450 2024 Jason where we were feasting famine in 2025. 00:13:18.789 --> 00:13:21.250 I mean, famine. And it's like we're back at the 00:13:21.250 --> 00:13:23.590 all you can eat buffet table, just getting goal 00:13:23.590 --> 00:13:27.529 after goal from set piece wizardry. Yeah, it 00:13:27.529 --> 00:13:30.789 is interesting to see that kind of change and 00:13:30.789 --> 00:13:33.549 in the way that we've gotten a lot better at 00:13:33.549 --> 00:13:35.669 set pieces. I think that's definitely been an 00:13:35.669 --> 00:13:38.789 emphasis from the team this year about kind of 00:13:38.789 --> 00:13:42.070 making sure that they attack those moments. and 00:13:42.070 --> 00:13:44.889 talking about the quality of the team, capitalizing 00:13:44.889 --> 00:13:49.350 with Monterey Bay, FC, Fatigue, Drake. They closed 00:13:49.350 --> 00:13:51.830 out the game well. They started strong, even 00:13:51.830 --> 00:13:53.950 if you want to argue that maybe it was somewhat 00:13:53.950 --> 00:13:56.570 of a give -me. I mean, 11 shots in the first 00:13:56.570 --> 00:14:00.029 half, 13 shots in the second half. Meanwhile, 00:14:00.210 --> 00:14:02.409 Monterey Bay limited to three in the first half 00:14:02.409 --> 00:14:04.549 and four in the second half. This was definitely 00:14:04.549 --> 00:14:06.769 a team that didn't have answers in the fact. 00:14:07.070 --> 00:14:09.370 that they got one goal I think that speaks to 00:14:09.370 --> 00:14:11.690 something about maybe this was a gimme from both 00:14:11.690 --> 00:14:15.750 sides there on that opening half yeah absolutely 00:14:15.750 --> 00:14:18.269 well we got to go to break and when we return 00:14:18.269 --> 00:14:20.529 we're going to talk more about this game the 00:14:20.529 --> 00:14:23.690 stats there within and break down how Kano approached 00:14:23.690 --> 00:14:26.110 setting up this game don't go anywhere it's the 00:14:26.110 --> 00:14:30.769 raising anchor soccer show thank you for listening 00:14:30.769 --> 00:14:33.549 to tonight's broadcast powered by sprout co -working 00:14:33.659 --> 00:14:35.980 For all your business needs, large or small, 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:39.820 visit sprout coworking .com powering nine 90 00:14:39.820 --> 00:14:43.899 WBOB. That's sprout coworking .com. Now let's 00:14:43.899 --> 00:14:46.320 get back to the raising anchor soccer ship on 00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:51.940 nine 90 WBOB with Matt and Jason. All right. 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:55.419 After the past weekend here, our FC still sitting 00:14:55.419 --> 00:14:58.419 in seventh place. How, how is this still thing? 00:14:58.539 --> 00:15:00.539 I mean, we're neck and neck there with Indy. 00:15:00.580 --> 00:15:03.120 So they, you know, They just keep kind of matching 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:05.700 us here at this point. So they have the tiebreaker 00:15:05.700 --> 00:15:09.440 Now on an eight four in seven record, you know 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:12.539 It's so interesting seeing indy get a win against 00:15:12.539 --> 00:15:15.879 lou like that Like I talked last week about how 00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:18.480 most of the teams in the upper echelon of the 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:21.120 conference kind of had gimme games I may have 00:15:21.120 --> 00:15:23.500 put too much disrespect on indy's name in that 00:15:23.500 --> 00:15:25.940 regard because I didn't see this as an opportunity 00:15:25.940 --> 00:15:29.580 for lou To let go but then in that same conversation 00:15:29.580 --> 00:15:32.259 that same breath if you will jason I also talked 00:15:32.259 --> 00:15:34.340 about how important it was for us to win this 00:15:34.340 --> 00:15:37.200 game so that we could continue to bank those 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:40.139 games in hand and not chase down the stretch. 00:15:40.500 --> 00:15:42.679 Didn't even realize looking at the stats here 00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:45.419 of the league standings, India 11 is in an exact 00:15:45.419 --> 00:15:48.059 same position with two games in hand on the rest 00:15:48.059 --> 00:15:50.519 of the conference alongside of us. This is an 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:54.259 exactly mirrored situation. We just have a better 00:15:54.259 --> 00:15:56.019 goal difference. So you could say we have a better 00:15:56.019 --> 00:15:58.899 defense or a better offense or both. But Indy 00:15:58.899 --> 00:16:01.440 11 quickly being our mirror opponent that as 00:16:01.440 --> 00:16:03.940 we fight up the Mortal Kombat table, we have 00:16:03.940 --> 00:16:06.019 to do that mirror match before we fight the end 00:16:06.019 --> 00:16:08.879 game boss. Indy 11 is going to be probably someone 00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:10.179 we're going to have to take a second look at, 00:16:10.259 --> 00:16:12.539 especially with our run in later in the conference. 00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:15.960 Absolutely. They have given us problems in the 00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:18.200 past, but at the same time, they're also one 00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:21.460 of those teams that in the few seasons that we 00:16:21.460 --> 00:16:24.519 have been paying attention to the USL now, they 00:16:24.519 --> 00:16:28.159 tend to kind of fade away second half. So You 00:16:28.159 --> 00:16:30.039 know, we'll talk about a little bit later on 00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:32.600 in the show about like, you know, our hopes for 00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:35.120 playoffs, but they're not one of those teams 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:37.639 that concerns me as much. I feel like they're 00:16:37.639 --> 00:16:39.860 going to kind of fade away a little bit. I mean, 00:16:39.980 --> 00:16:43.080 lots of conversation for that midweek game. Obviously 00:16:43.080 --> 00:16:44.960 we won't beat them though, you know, but that's 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:46.519 the thing though, right? It's a midweek game 00:16:46.519 --> 00:16:50.220 against them at home September 30th. Now I. I 00:16:50.220 --> 00:16:52.360 kind of had teased that that was one of the last 00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:55.039 set of period of time where we didn't exactly 00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:57.200 have as tough of a schedule. I may need to rethink 00:16:57.200 --> 00:17:00.440 that now because then it's Charleston, it's Indy, 00:17:00.460 --> 00:17:03.600 we get a fun... I'm not going to disrespect Brooklyn 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:05.980 because Kano made it really clear in the post 00:17:05.980 --> 00:17:08.480 game that any team is beatable on any given day. 00:17:08.819 --> 00:17:10.799 So let's just say Brooklyn is going to be a very 00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:14.059 fun away trip for fans in Defiant 1636, but then 00:17:14.059 --> 00:17:17.099 it's right back into Detroit City, loud in which, 00:17:17.220 --> 00:17:19.200 okay, they're imploding. Then it's Pittsburgh 00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:21.599 and Hartford. So like not a lot of wiggle room 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:25.339 into these final games of the season. I didn't 00:17:25.339 --> 00:17:26.940 realize how much emphasis on the midweek game 00:17:26.940 --> 00:17:28.279 that we're really going to have with that in 00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:30.839 the 11 match now. Best news though, Nicholas 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:33.339 Murray bumps us right back up to single digits 00:17:33.339 --> 00:17:36.200 9th in the power rankings and we all know that 00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:38.039 power ranks and power rankings is where you live 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:41.279 and die, right? You love to see it. It's the 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:43.240 only thing important. So let's get into this 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:45.339 game itself. Let's talk about how Kano prepared 00:17:45.339 --> 00:17:47.779 for the match. And specifically, we had lots 00:17:47.779 --> 00:17:50.819 of questions about what forward or what attacker 00:17:50.819 --> 00:17:53.220 we'd see at the top of the pile. Let's talk about 00:17:53.220 --> 00:17:56.740 this. Yeah. So mostly a very similar lineup to 00:17:56.740 --> 00:17:58.480 what we've seen now here for a little bit. Koke 00:17:58.480 --> 00:18:01.339 Vegas and Net here with a back four of Nick Scardina, 00:18:01.700 --> 00:18:04.799 Grant Stoneman, Frank Nodarse and Alvear Sanchez 00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:08.200 with Amos Shapiro Thompson and Hugo Baccarac 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:11.519 as your holding midfielders. Jose Quisera, Petit 00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:15.680 Rodriguez, Yutaro Tsukada, and Leo Alfonso up 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:18.960 top. Like I said, pretty close to what we've 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:22.940 expected here. It's generally difficult in our 00:18:22.940 --> 00:18:25.400 history of doing the show about guessing Kano's 00:18:25.400 --> 00:18:27.079 lineup, right? We used to always do the wrong 00:18:27.079 --> 00:18:29.859 Wednesday. Yeah, but that was fun because we 00:18:29.859 --> 00:18:32.099 thought we knew better than Kano, or at least 00:18:32.099 --> 00:18:34.700 we thought we knew. what Connor would do. This 00:18:34.700 --> 00:18:36.740 was probably the first time ever where there 00:18:36.740 --> 00:18:39.700 was too much choice and not enough to I had someone 00:18:39.700 --> 00:18:43.220 and they listen to the show and they are a important 00:18:43.220 --> 00:18:46.039 contributor to the larger Rhode Island FC ecosystem. 00:18:46.559 --> 00:18:49.279 Challenge me and say why would Dwayne Atkinson 00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:51.380 not be considered when we were talking about 00:18:51.380 --> 00:18:54.579 an option at the front and I hadn't even thought 00:18:54.579 --> 00:18:56.619 about that. So that was something that was even 00:18:56.619 --> 00:18:59.559 an expansion beyond the players available. Yeah. 00:18:59.690 --> 00:19:02.130 I would argue that Dwayne Atkinson has not proven 00:19:02.130 --> 00:19:03.789 to us that he deserves that, though. I don't 00:19:03.789 --> 00:19:08.150 disagree. But the point was valid, even if he 00:19:08.150 --> 00:19:10.630 could still his hat still be thrown in the ring 00:19:10.630 --> 00:19:13.630 there. I think Leo Alfonso is the closest of 00:19:13.630 --> 00:19:16.950 our forwards to an actual striker. So it kind 00:19:16.950 --> 00:19:20.609 of makes logical sense. But back to Conno selections, 00:19:20.690 --> 00:19:23.549 I think to a certain extent, he's been hamstrung 00:19:23.549 --> 00:19:27.630 this year with injuries and us losing players 00:19:27.630 --> 00:19:30.349 left and right. So I think that makes it seem 00:19:30.349 --> 00:19:32.990 like his choices are becoming a little bit more 00:19:32.990 --> 00:19:36.289 predictable but I also think that he's solidified 00:19:36.289 --> 00:19:39.349 his kind of tactics if you will maybe a little 00:19:39.349 --> 00:19:42.150 bit earlier in the year and in past years we've 00:19:42.150 --> 00:19:44.190 felt like we're still tinkering kind of later 00:19:44.190 --> 00:19:46.230 on in the year we've seen a lot less from that. 00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:48.680 from him this year so talking about the man of 00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:51.420 the hour in that front spot leo afonso scoring 00:19:51.420 --> 00:19:54.440 his fourth goal of the regular season his fifth 00:19:54.440 --> 00:19:57.099 across all competitions uh it puts him right 00:19:57.099 --> 00:19:59.500 neck and neck with georgia kuzera as the second 00:19:59.500 --> 00:20:02.980 place uh goal contributor if you will from a 00:20:02.980 --> 00:20:06.019 goal perspective on this team afonso now gets 00:20:06.019 --> 00:20:09.940 the honor of having the fastest goal of the season 00:20:09.940 --> 00:20:12.519 and the fastest goal ever in Centerville Bank 00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:15.319 Stadium history for Rhode Island. You know the 00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:16.900 fastest goal of all time is still going to be 00:20:16.900 --> 00:20:18.599 Chico. I don't know how you beat under a minute 00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:22.440 for a while to come. I know we need to talk about 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:26.359 the goal itself. Is it too soon to be elevating 00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:28.460 Afonso? Do we need to break down that sequence 00:20:28.460 --> 00:20:31.299 of play first before we just say Afonso is the 00:20:31.299 --> 00:20:34.500 answer to all our hopes and prayers? I mean I 00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:37.940 don't think we need to you know start like having 00:20:37.940 --> 00:20:40.220 like statue building plans for him or anything. 00:20:40.500 --> 00:20:42.680 Like it's, you know, you got to play at least 00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:44.700 two seasons before you even consider the statue. 00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:46.380 You've got to give him credit for finishing that 00:20:46.380 --> 00:20:49.799 chance, right? Like we've seen, you know, greater 00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:52.819 players miss open nets. Don't call out Prince 00:20:52.819 --> 00:20:56.299 Sadie like that to this group. You know, it's 00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:59.430 not, it's not always easy. So But at the same 00:20:59.430 --> 00:21:02.130 time, if we do want to be maybe a little critical 00:21:02.130 --> 00:21:04.589 or a little analytical of the actual play there, 00:21:04.690 --> 00:21:07.369 I mean, we saw Monterey Bay trying to play out 00:21:07.369 --> 00:21:10.990 from the back. They missed past it. RAFC were 00:21:10.990 --> 00:21:14.009 doing well to press high. And Leofanzo picked 00:21:14.009 --> 00:21:17.710 the ball up and capitalize. And so you've got 00:21:17.710 --> 00:21:20.049 to give them credit for that. But like we said 00:21:20.049 --> 00:21:22.990 a little earlier, sometimes those feel almost 00:21:22.990 --> 00:21:25.150 like a gimme, as if... You know, Monterey Bay 00:21:25.150 --> 00:21:27.029 kind of shot themselves in the foot there. You 00:21:27.029 --> 00:21:30.349 know, last show we talked about how and even 00:21:30.349 --> 00:21:33.670 Kano said about having the ability to finish. 00:21:33.930 --> 00:21:37.890 He talked about having the capacity to match 00:21:37.890 --> 00:21:40.009 Monterey Bay and capitalize when they fatigued. 00:21:40.109 --> 00:21:42.109 I don't think the fatigue came in the fifth minute 00:21:42.109 --> 00:21:44.089 of this match. I think this was just a mistake. 00:21:44.549 --> 00:21:47.509 But we said that Monterey Bay's biggest Achilles 00:21:47.509 --> 00:21:51.619 heel is there. inability to play tightly well 00:21:51.619 --> 00:21:53.559 -organized game. They were going to have a leak. 00:21:53.819 --> 00:21:55.799 They were going to make a mistake. There was 00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:58.460 going to be a defensive lap in judgment. We just 00:21:58.460 --> 00:22:00.440 thought this would be something to Kano's point 00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:03.200 where the fatigue kicked in in like the 60th 00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:05.539 minute and beyond. I don't think anybody expected 00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:08.160 that to be kind of such a blunder in the fifth 00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:10.900 minute of this match. It's great for it. And 00:22:10.900 --> 00:22:14.369 to your point, It's like, yeah, Afonso is expected 00:22:14.369 --> 00:22:16.650 to score that. We can talk about the XG of that. 00:22:16.869 --> 00:22:19.329 But at the same time, if Afonso gets that wrong, 00:22:19.769 --> 00:22:21.829 we don't even talk about Afonso getting a start 00:22:21.829 --> 00:22:24.349 next week because that's like one of those ones. 00:22:24.410 --> 00:22:26.869 Regardless of having 24 shots on target, you 00:22:26.869 --> 00:22:29.230 got to put those away. Yeah. Well, that's kind 00:22:29.230 --> 00:22:33.269 of the life of a striker. You live and die by 00:22:33.269 --> 00:22:35.450 whether or not you can convert chances. And sometimes 00:22:35.450 --> 00:22:38.289 you only get one or two a game and you got to 00:22:38.289 --> 00:22:39.869 make sure you put them away. So I think this 00:22:39.869 --> 00:22:43.900 will give him Kind of that potential nod. But 00:22:43.900 --> 00:22:45.799 I mean, there's another player that kind of made 00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:48.079 it to be will will get to here in a moment to 00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:50.819 who looks pretty exciting as well to real fast. 00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:53.559 If Afonso now with that goal scored, does that 00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:55.779 lock him in as kind of a guaranteed start? We've 00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:58.180 seen Kano ride the hot hand. We've also seen 00:22:58.180 --> 00:23:02.019 Kano reward success. Do we expect that Kano or 00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:04.380 that Afonso needs to be a part of the starting 00:23:04.380 --> 00:23:06.980 DNA for this next match? I think like you said 00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:10.609 with with Kano riding the hot hand. I think that 00:23:10.609 --> 00:23:12.809 there's a good chance that he will start again, 00:23:13.410 --> 00:23:16.309 especially that, you know, Foyo only got 10 minutes. 00:23:16.930 --> 00:23:19.349 I think if he got a larger number, we could expect 00:23:19.349 --> 00:23:22.170 him to maybe kind of come in a little quicker, 00:23:22.170 --> 00:23:25.029 but I kind of expect to see that build for like 00:23:25.029 --> 00:23:27.829 next time 30, maybe then a full half before we 00:23:27.829 --> 00:23:31.240 actually get to see him do like a full 90. Fair 00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:33.500 enough. Moving on to the other players that contributed 00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:36.259 in this game have to recognize you Taro here 00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:38.759 and his contribution on the night. You know Jason, 00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:41.559 he goes from 15 minutes in his debut. Then he 00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:45.839 gets a goal. He almost gets another assist. Now 00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:47.839 he gets his first official assist with Rhode 00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:50.859 Island. One goal, one assist, four appearances. 00:23:51.140 --> 00:23:54.160 Is this kid the real deal? I mean that that's 00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:56.440 a goal contribution every other game. Those are 00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:58.700 pretty pretty good numbers in a very small sample 00:23:58.700 --> 00:24:02.720 size here. Um, you know, I, it's hard to put 00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:05.299 a verdict out just yet. I'm happy with what I'm 00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:07.519 seeing from him. He he's very direct. He's a 00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:10.839 very skillful player. I'm curious to what his 00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:13.599 ceiling is because with a small sample size, 00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:15.900 it feels like there's, there's a real talent 00:24:15.900 --> 00:24:19.019 here. Like a player we may lose in a season or 00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:22.180 two to another move that he just might. Well, 00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:24.000 we have to buy him first to lose them. I mean, 00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:26.700 Orlando's probably salivating. Yeah. Chomping 00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:28.380 at the big going, oh, we'll take him back. I 00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:30.319 mean, even with loans, we lose them too. So who 00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:33.339 knows how, you know, we need to do good, but 00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:36.099 not too good. And then everyone talking in the 00:24:36.099 --> 00:24:37.500 chat and I think kind of what you're hinting 00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:40.799 at, Osmond Foyo making his debut here for Rhode 00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:43.480 Island FC coming in as a second half substitute 00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:46.480 in the 80th minute. It was a brief stint, but 00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:51.660 man, did he give us a a teaser? of maybe what 00:24:51.660 --> 00:24:54.380 could really be in store of bringing that type 00:24:54.380 --> 00:24:57.539 of electricity to the attack here for Rhode Island 00:24:57.539 --> 00:25:01.079 FC. Does the future look good with Foyo at the 00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:02.660 at the front of this? Oh yeah, like you said, 00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:05.440 it was literally 10 minutes of play, but like 00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:07.519 he kind of looks like he's the real deal from 00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:10.559 that 10 minutes. He the goal that Stoneman scored, 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:13.400 he nearly could have scored that himself. There 00:25:13.400 --> 00:25:16.480 was another opportunity with he was in front 00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:19.299 of net. And then, like, at the very last dying 00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:22.799 end of the game, he kind of flicked the ball 00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:25.059 forward and tried to, like, chip the keeper in 00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:26.279 the top corner. I mean, he could have had two 00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:29.819 or three goals, like, right off the bat. Not 00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:31.960 just Foglio, but now if you really look at our 00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:34.779 front three, all three of those players are ballers. 00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:37.279 I don't think we've ever had ballers in the... 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:39.700 across the entirety, the width of our attack. 00:25:40.029 --> 00:25:42.450 You're now looking at Jojea who can, and maybe 00:25:42.450 --> 00:25:44.589 he hasn't done it as much as we'd like to see, 00:25:44.950 --> 00:25:47.970 but we know Jojea can take on defenders one -on 00:25:47.970 --> 00:25:51.009 -one. We have seen now in four games, Utaro being 00:25:51.009 --> 00:25:53.539 very comfortable. at taking on the back line. 00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:56.500 And now in just 10 minutes, Foyo has shown a 00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:59.579 side of what we like. It's like Kano's vision. 00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:01.680 It took him three years to get there, but this 00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:04.160 player profile, it feels like this is the next 00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:06.299 evolution we saw. We talked about it. Is this 00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:09.140 attack evolving right before our very eyes? I 00:26:09.140 --> 00:26:11.920 think that's it. And like I'm starting to wonder 00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:16.660 if the departure of Williams is one of those 00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:19.420 things where you have addition via subtraction 00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:22.960 because Will never call Williams not an important 00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:27.079 part of this team, but he was a He was a he was 00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:30.000 a striker striker, right? He was a get the ball 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:33.980 to him hold up the play Take a rip win his aerial 00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:38.579 duels He had technical ability but it came more 00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:41.779 like the physicality of it Foyo just seems fluid 00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:44.700 out there like he he seems like the ball is just 00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:46.960 an extension of where his mind wants it to go 00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:50.460 and Don't know that I don't think I've seen that 00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:53.599 around the USL like not even Cal Jennings had 00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:56.920 has that in his wheelhouse I I don't know of 00:26:56.920 --> 00:27:00.700 a striker. I've seen play with Elegance, maybe 00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:02.819 is the right word. I don't know but I want to 00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:05.640 see more of it. I'm curious where that goes We 00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:08.279 do have foyo's audio from it and this is just 00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:10.799 kind of as his debut What he had to say about 00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:13.400 his first game his thoughts on Rhode Island and 00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:15.380 the championship overall. So here's Osmond foyo 00:27:16.269 --> 00:27:18.190 before coming here I didn't know what to expect 00:27:18.190 --> 00:27:21.369 you know you know coming to US everyone's always 00:27:21.369 --> 00:27:24.369 had this perception about American football you 00:27:24.369 --> 00:27:26.710 know and I wanted to be one of the first ones 00:27:26.710 --> 00:27:29.430 to say you know what is actually good over here 00:27:29.430 --> 00:27:33.420 and I think coming here is exceeded my expectations, 00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:36.160 definitely, you know. My first trip being in 00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:38.559 Florida, Tampa, you know, I wasn't featured but 00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:40.700 I got to be around the squad and I enjoyed my 00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:43.240 time. From the minute I've got here to now I've 00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:46.259 enjoyed it, so I'm just looking forward to the 00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:49.420 coming years. It's always been heard that it's 00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:52.829 not that technical, but I can say... over here 00:27:52.829 --> 00:27:55.289 is very physical you know I've just played about 00:27:55.289 --> 00:27:57.569 15 minutes and I can tell you it's very physical 00:27:57.569 --> 00:28:00.529 and I like that I'm a physical player so it's 00:28:00.529 --> 00:28:04.390 definitely you know definitely changed my perception. 00:28:05.529 --> 00:28:09.230 You know what speaking to the manager I only 00:28:09.230 --> 00:28:12.990 had one goal and to come here and do well for 00:28:12.990 --> 00:28:14.950 the club you know I want to score goals I like 00:28:14.950 --> 00:28:17.680 scoring goals. and I just think it's a great 00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:20.359 time to do that, you know, step up. I'm 21, I'm 00:28:20.359 --> 00:28:22.660 going to be 22 soon, and I want to make a name 00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:24.839 for myself over here. Obviously, I can say I 00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:26.619 want to score goals, I want to do well for the 00:28:26.619 --> 00:28:28.640 team, and I think that's never going to change, 00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:30.779 but it's also to get that happiness back, you 00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:34.839 know. I think being out for, like, this probably 00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:37.819 season's been inconsistent for me, so it's just 00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:40.299 ending the season on a high and then getting 00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:44.380 ready for next season to hopefully win the championship 00:28:44.380 --> 00:28:46.700 again, so. I'm looking forward to that. Do you 00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:49.059 feel like you're match fit? Are you ready? Because 00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:51.180 you're kind of in a pre -season right now, right? 00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:56.079 Yeah, yeah. So obviously with the fitness coaches, 00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:58.279 you know, we're working hard. I'm working hard 00:28:58.279 --> 00:29:03.380 to, you know, it's not easy to get match fitness 00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:06.160 straight away. And I know that I have to be honest 00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:08.859 with myself, but I'm someone who works hard and 00:29:08.859 --> 00:29:12.440 I think a week or two, I know I can be a dog. 00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:18.240 I know I can be a dog, Jason. You've got to love 00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:21.140 his answers. I think the interesting thing, and 00:29:21.140 --> 00:29:22.799 I don't know if it's connected to all the other 00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:24.819 things that was attached to his name before the 00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:27.559 transfer, but I just want to find the happiness 00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:31.160 again in my football. I mean, he's playing down 00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:32.880 in the National League for a period of time being 00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:36.079 loaned. He was with Wimbledon. He started at 00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:38.980 Chelsea Academy. I don't know if he's gone through 00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:41.119 the grinder a lot as he's just moved leagues, 00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:45.079 moved teams, and hasn't found that home or if 00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:46.660 it's the other stuff that's just kind of maybe 00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:49.160 taking the joy out. So hearing that and hoping 00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:51.819 that we can get a good, you know, 18 months out 00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:55.880 of it, I don't see if this is a small sample 00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:57.599 size of what we're going to get out of this guy. 00:29:57.839 --> 00:30:00.299 I don't know how we hold on to him for more than, 00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:02.700 you know, 18 months at that point. Like, and 00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:04.500 you know, hey, that's the cost of doing business. 00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:06.720 We've talked about now, Clay Holstead, J .J. 00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:08.339 Williams, and maybe this other player that we're 00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:10.740 going to talk about at the end of the show. It's 00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:12.339 great to see, it's a great problem to have, but 00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:16.779 at the same time, man, was it fun to see Foyo 00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:20.180 out there? We do need the Froyo Foyo t -shirts. 00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:23.519 We need it all now. I am totally a fan. I mean, 00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:26.140 can Greenline do some sort of collab there? Can 00:30:26.140 --> 00:30:31.700 they make a Foyo Froyo? I don't know. But speaking 00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:33.720 to Foyo, speaking of what we saw from Afonso, 00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:35.480 speaking of what were the production, we're kind 00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:38.160 of getting out of the wings now. Is this the 00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:40.839 future of our attack? Do you think that Are you 00:30:40.839 --> 00:30:43.539 seeing the dots that Kano is trying to connect 00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:45.519 at this point or is there more to come? I mean, 00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:47.579 people are questioning, you know, do we even 00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:50.859 need another attacker at this point? We do. We 00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:52.640 do need another attacker and that will come. 00:30:53.099 --> 00:30:55.900 But, you know, is this are we going in the right 00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:58.279 direction or is this not enough evidence yet 00:30:58.279 --> 00:31:01.000 to say this is this is the new RFC? It's a very 00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:03.480 small sample size, so I don't want to like get 00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:07.700 carried away. But I think that it's still from 00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:10.109 what I saw looks good. Obviously, we're going 00:31:10.109 --> 00:31:12.950 to need to maybe test it against a better opponent 00:31:12.950 --> 00:31:17.470 than Monterey Bay. So in that regards, we're 00:31:17.470 --> 00:31:19.910 going to have to see how the attack evolves. 00:31:21.109 --> 00:31:23.950 Boyo is a tall guy and he said that he likes 00:31:23.950 --> 00:31:25.910 to play physical. So are we going to still try 00:31:25.910 --> 00:31:28.670 some of that style where we're lobbying it up 00:31:28.670 --> 00:31:31.730 to him or with all the skill that he has, are 00:31:31.730 --> 00:31:33.710 we going to try and keep the ball on the ground 00:31:33.710 --> 00:31:36.690 a little more? I mean, with only 10 minutes, 00:31:36.829 --> 00:31:40.180 it's hard to Really extrapolate that into like 00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:41.880 what are our tactics for the rest of the season? 00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:45.079 So I'll be paying attention that was would continue 00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:49.039 really quickly though. We saw Eric Klein for 00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:53.680 ten minutes He's a lone player He looks tidy, 00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:58.019 but it also is like This is not a cocar in is 00:31:58.019 --> 00:32:00.380 this this is just a role player on the squad 00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:03.579 Or do you see him breaking his way into the actual 00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:06.839 team? i mean that's tough if you look i i don't 00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:09.119 i don't know enough about division three you 00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:11.339 know i'd have to lean on like josh and i kayla 00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:13.440 pong rats from the from the revolution side of 00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:16.660 things on this but uh what i do know is you know 00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:18.539 looking at his stats and kind of and i did talk 00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:20.579 to the club you know hey like this guy has predominantly 00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:23.220 been playing as a center back in the next pro 00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:26.400 system and they've said no We we see him as a 00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:28.920 CDM. I feel like it's very akin to the you go 00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:30.779 back a rack of everyone thought we were getting 00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:32.660 a center back out of him. He I think he even 00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:35.160 started as a center back for his first three 00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:37.980 games because we were so light on back line defenders 00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:40.359 and then you see him transitioning like, OK, 00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:43.500 cool, I'm fine with this. I think Eric Klein 00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:46.519 is a little bit, you know, is he team you go 00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:49.619 back? Correct? I don't know. I don't see enough 00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:54.119 that it bothers me and I see him playing. the 00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:57.700 positions that he's Like I went back just a little 00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:59.200 corporate to answer your question Yeah, he's 00:32:59.200 --> 00:33:01.680 no corker and to watch specifically just him 00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:05.000 to his last ten minutes and He actually was playing 00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:07.299 a little bit further forward and then you go 00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:10.619 he was you know, comfortable on the ball I don't 00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:12.980 remember him losing it. It just it's like okay, 00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:15.019 but at the same time I'm like, I don't know if 00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:19.039 I see enough here to know What his role is in 00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:21.829 this team? Well, I mean, Eric Klein doesn't benefit 00:33:21.829 --> 00:33:24.170 from Corcoran's dad being the vice president 00:33:24.170 --> 00:33:26.589 of, like, U .S. soccer. So I'm not sure if you 00:33:26.589 --> 00:33:29.230 can even make that comparison. Having said that, 00:33:29.230 --> 00:33:33.130 I think that he could be just one of those important 00:33:33.130 --> 00:33:36.309 substitution Marky Barra -esque players. Just 00:33:36.309 --> 00:33:39.349 get out there. Don't make, like, I think a good 00:33:39.349 --> 00:33:40.710 night for Eric Klein is when we don't even know 00:33:40.710 --> 00:33:43.319 he's on the pitch. Is that fair? That could be 00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:45.319 fair. All right. Well, then we've got to go to 00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:46.940 break. And when we return, we're going to talk 00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:48.920 more about the biggest storylines out of this 00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:51.140 match. Don't go anywhere. 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Back here on the Raising Anchor 00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:22.920 Soccer Show, getting into some of these storylines, 00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:26.099 want to talk more about some of the goals, but 00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:29.179 kind of also... tying this all together to a 00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:31.159 larger storyline we've talked about, where Jason, 00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:34.019 when this team is flying, you see the attackers 00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:36.639 getting the flowers, you see the goals, but we 00:34:36.639 --> 00:34:39.079 always then talk about what the defensive performance 00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:41.980 has to do to put in the work to get that game 00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:44.860 across the finish line. When we win, the defenders 00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:47.519 are also elevated, but now... Defenders coming 00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:50.420 in with some huge goals on the night as well 00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:53.019 You go back Iraq scoring his third goal of the 00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:55.380 season across all competitions the fourth It 00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:58.000 was Rhode Island FC career while Grant Stoneman 00:34:58.000 --> 00:35:04.099 scores his first goal Since 2024 I had to crack 00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:08.619 and make sure like we talk about grant as this 00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:12.630 legacy thing in USL, not just Rhode Island OC, 00:35:12.989 --> 00:35:16.650 his time with the loyal and the importance of 00:35:16.650 --> 00:35:18.590 that relationship from day one when he got brought 00:35:18.590 --> 00:35:23.510 on alongside Koke Vegas. We know that the defenders 00:35:23.510 --> 00:35:25.210 aren't always exactly goal machines. We know 00:35:25.210 --> 00:35:27.750 that Frank had an incredible first -year season, 00:35:28.309 --> 00:35:31.030 but Krifia not putting up a lot, Ahmed Mubica 00:35:31.030 --> 00:35:33.409 not putting up a lot, unless it's closing down 00:35:33.409 --> 00:35:36.369 playoff games with penalty kicks. That's just 00:35:36.369 --> 00:35:39.500 not their role on this team. didn't realize for 00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:42.019 a guy who's been with us for three seasons that 00:35:42.019 --> 00:35:44.500 the last time he scored was almost to the exact 00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:47.739 day, two years prior, in an El Clamaco game, 00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:49.539 nevertheless, where I think Joe Brito kind of 00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:51.539 steals all the thunder from that game, because 00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:53.219 everyone remembers where they were sitting at 00:35:53.219 --> 00:35:56.599 Burns Stadium at the time. Where do you want 00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:58.420 to go with this? Do we want to talk about the 00:35:58.420 --> 00:36:01.380 defense and keeping Monterey Bay contained, except 00:36:01.380 --> 00:36:03.920 for that goal? or do we want to start with the 00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:06.440 flowers of giving hey we now have defenders stepping 00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:08.380 up in those roles that Kano was asking where 00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:10.039 would these goals come from what's going to come 00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:12.119 from our defensive unit yeah i mean it's good 00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:15.039 to see them contributing especially because there 00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:17.739 is that question mark of you know where do the 00:36:17.739 --> 00:36:21.780 goals come from without JJ and sure we could 00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:25.780 say it was a uh poor team but in Kano's eyes 00:36:25.780 --> 00:36:29.650 i mean every team in the league is We should 00:36:29.650 --> 00:36:31.349 just say it right now. I mean, I know it's down 00:36:31.349 --> 00:36:34.489 here somewhere. Kano Smith, I asked him, you 00:36:34.489 --> 00:36:37.190 know, you got to beat teams like this. And he 00:36:37.190 --> 00:36:39.530 said, no, any team there's parody in the league. 00:36:39.530 --> 00:36:41.670 And I agree with that. There is a ton of parody. 00:36:42.070 --> 00:36:44.150 But then we said Monterey Bay is kind of the 00:36:44.150 --> 00:36:46.570 basement of the basement dwellers. And when I 00:36:46.570 --> 00:36:48.210 asked if we were going for a home playoff game 00:36:48.210 --> 00:36:49.869 or not, he said, every team is still looking 00:36:49.869 --> 00:36:52.070 for a playoff game. And I looked him dead in 00:36:52.070 --> 00:36:54.190 the eyes and I said, do we really want to say 00:36:54.190 --> 00:36:56.269 out loud that Monterey Bay and sporting Jacks 00:36:56.269 --> 00:36:58.630 think they're getting a home playoff game? It 00:36:58.630 --> 00:37:02.349 was a telepathic communication, but he knew that 00:37:02.349 --> 00:37:03.989 there are just some teams that are not vying 00:37:03.989 --> 00:37:06.070 for a home playoff game at this point. He doesn't 00:37:06.070 --> 00:37:08.289 want to give you the sound bites. No, the sounds 00:37:08.289 --> 00:37:10.449 are out there, but I'm not getting them into 00:37:10.449 --> 00:37:14.829 that. I don't play them. But yeah, like it's 00:37:14.829 --> 00:37:17.610 good to see us getting goals, especially there 00:37:17.610 --> 00:37:20.070 was a little bit earlier, you know, I think both 00:37:20.070 --> 00:37:23.670 of us may be a little questionable about grants 00:37:23.670 --> 00:37:27.760 like role in this team, but. He's proving that 00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:30.639 he still is a valuable member of this team and 00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:33.039 that he think he still has a spot in the squad, 00:37:33.260 --> 00:37:36.900 especially with. There's no creepy owl, so he's 00:37:36.900 --> 00:37:40.960 coming. I talked to him at the at the game. He's 00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:43.980 he is weak or weeks from getting back out there, 00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:46.340 so we will have a creepy out available to us. 00:37:46.340 --> 00:37:48.739 Maybe he has to earn his spot back. He's probably 00:37:48.739 --> 00:37:50.300 going to go through some match fitness himself. 00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:52.539 But yeah, I think these players have earned it. 00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:54.159 I mean, I want to ask you this question. Do you 00:37:54.159 --> 00:37:56.320 think Hugo Bacharach has ever scored a lower 00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:58.960 goal than that without using his feet? Because 00:37:58.960 --> 00:38:00.980 man, that guy got down to the ground, but I went 00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:04.059 away. It is a diving header, but at the same 00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:06.619 time, it's one where when you're that tall, like 00:38:06.619 --> 00:38:08.260 there's there should be a special award when 00:38:08.260 --> 00:38:11.380 you dive that low. They just normally you think 00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:13.440 of diving as you're running today. It's like 00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:17.769 he just fell to the ground to knock it in. it 00:38:17.769 --> 00:38:19.690 was it was a beautiful goal it was a great assist 00:38:19.690 --> 00:38:21.829 from utaro i really actually want to talk about 00:38:21.829 --> 00:38:25.150 the stoneman goal more it's a it's a rebound 00:38:25.150 --> 00:38:27.309 it kind of was what happened to us the previous 00:38:27.309 --> 00:38:29.349 week where with that goal that ball should have 00:38:29.349 --> 00:38:32.429 gone off or out of pit off gosh i can't talk 00:38:32.429 --> 00:38:34.909 tonight out of the game instead it deflects off 00:38:34.909 --> 00:38:38.409 of revira um russell cicerone picks it up for 00:38:38.409 --> 00:38:40.949 tampa and flicks it on to get the second goal 00:38:40.949 --> 00:38:43.809 in 90 plus in this one it's kind of the same 00:38:43.809 --> 00:38:46.250 thing a ball that doesn't clear gets brought 00:38:46.250 --> 00:38:48.849 back in we're still in a dangerous position in 00:38:48.849 --> 00:38:50.489 their final third with a lot of our players in 00:38:50.489 --> 00:38:53.269 the box. It gets tapped around like a pinball 00:38:53.269 --> 00:38:56.269 a little bit and then Stoneman with the the execution 00:38:56.269 --> 00:38:58.769 you know getting the the goal there in a lot 00:38:58.769 --> 00:39:01.550 of ways like think about how many times that 00:39:01.550 --> 00:39:03.190 Stoneman would have already been retreating back 00:39:03.190 --> 00:39:05.590 to get into defensive shape. The fact that he 00:39:05.590 --> 00:39:08.289 was still there had that nose for goal is not 00:39:08.289 --> 00:39:10.670 something we've seen from a tenacity in this 00:39:10.670 --> 00:39:13.320 team. over the last three seasons. And that's 00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:15.239 kind of what makes me think is the attack evolving. 00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:17.420 Obviously, we're up a goal, but do we get that 00:39:17.420 --> 00:39:19.239 comfortable that it's like, yeah, so get out 00:39:19.239 --> 00:39:20.860 there and see what you can do, cause some extra 00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:22.659 damage. Don't worry about running and getting 00:39:22.659 --> 00:39:24.960 back to the back line. Yeah, no, absolutely. 00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:28.559 We in the past have not seen enough players crash 00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:32.500 that box and really like go for that extra goal. 00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:36.159 Maybe there are times when we didn't feel confident 00:39:36.159 --> 00:39:38.739 enough that we were protected in the back. because 00:39:38.739 --> 00:39:41.099 if if you miss that you know you can set yourself 00:39:41.099 --> 00:39:43.860 up for a counter but so far this season it's 00:39:43.860 --> 00:39:47.880 done really well for us um i i do want to jump 00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:49.920 back here to the first half for a minute though 00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:53.239 i mean we had a very strong start right scoring 00:39:53.239 --> 00:39:55.139 in the first 10 minutes even the first five minutes 00:39:55.139 --> 00:39:58.380 if you will is huge and we know that our afc 00:39:58.380 --> 00:40:02.159 struggle when they go behind do you have any 00:40:02.159 --> 00:40:04.460 concern though that we gave up a goal nearly 00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:09.030 10 minutes later to equalize it We're still, 00:40:09.070 --> 00:40:10.829 if you will, in the driver's seat because they 00:40:10.829 --> 00:40:14.030 scored first, but to have them answer that quickly. 00:40:14.530 --> 00:40:16.889 I mean, we saw this, I think, earlier in the 00:40:16.889 --> 00:40:20.269 season. I'm very reminiscent of the early games 00:40:20.269 --> 00:40:24.190 of 2025 where we would score very early and then 00:40:24.190 --> 00:40:26.409 we couldn't. We couldn't hold on for the next 00:40:26.409 --> 00:40:29.570 five to 10 minutes. A team would equalize. I'm 00:40:29.570 --> 00:40:33.239 thinking like the Phoenix game. the was it oakland 00:40:33.239 --> 00:40:35.119 they got the one and then we put the game to 00:40:35.119 --> 00:40:38.460 bed uh it seems like it's a trademark characteristic 00:40:38.460 --> 00:40:41.880 of this team until like either they chase or 00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:44.460 they get that if they get that early goal it's 00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:47.219 like something hasn't settled in with the team 00:40:47.219 --> 00:40:49.860 and that's when they're at their most at risk 00:40:49.860 --> 00:40:52.219 of their performances in that next five ten minute 00:40:52.219 --> 00:40:54.699 battle um i wish i could remember the game earlier 00:40:54.699 --> 00:40:56.260 this season where it happened it might have oh 00:40:56.260 --> 00:40:58.449 i think it was louisville actually where, yeah, 00:40:58.469 --> 00:41:00.449 because we got the initial goal, then Louisville 00:41:00.449 --> 00:41:02.369 came back, then the next goal happened, and then 00:41:02.369 --> 00:41:04.710 it was still 2 -2, and then red card sent us 00:41:04.710 --> 00:41:08.630 into a completely different stratosphere. Kano 00:41:08.630 --> 00:41:10.010 has always talked about this team needing to 00:41:10.010 --> 00:41:11.710 find patience, but they need to find courage, 00:41:11.989 --> 00:41:14.010 and it's a balancing act. You combine that with 00:41:14.010 --> 00:41:15.789 the physicality of this team and the number of 00:41:15.789 --> 00:41:18.829 fouls and cards that they draw, it's a slippery 00:41:18.829 --> 00:41:21.130 slope for Rhode Island. I think at this point 00:41:21.130 --> 00:41:23.309 in the season, you just got to go with the trust 00:41:23.309 --> 00:41:25.449 in each other and say, hey, like we're going 00:41:25.449 --> 00:41:27.130 to score again. And I think we've been saying 00:41:27.130 --> 00:41:29.550 this all season. Don't worry about the clean 00:41:29.550 --> 00:41:32.090 sheet as much. Try to protect it. But as long 00:41:32.090 --> 00:41:33.909 as we're winning games and it's three to two, 00:41:34.050 --> 00:41:36.409 two to one, like that's getting the goals, I 00:41:36.409 --> 00:41:39.110 think is more important than some of those games 00:41:39.110 --> 00:41:42.429 where we've seen that one nil gritty game where 00:41:42.429 --> 00:41:44.869 they grind it out and they get that goal in the 00:41:44.869 --> 00:41:47.869 80th plus minute. I do think it is an opportunity 00:41:47.869 --> 00:41:50.949 for them to get better. My question to you though, 00:41:51.650 --> 00:41:54.949 the equalizer itself, where was the mistake? 00:41:55.289 --> 00:41:57.869 Because I saw it, I watched it several times, 00:41:58.210 --> 00:42:00.130 and I don't know that I see anything wrong with 00:42:00.130 --> 00:42:02.849 the play. It goes from a 4 -on -2 where you've 00:42:02.849 --> 00:42:05.309 got the back left side of the defense containing 00:42:05.309 --> 00:42:09.510 the winger in Glasgow and the striker in Atoya, 00:42:10.170 --> 00:42:13.730 and then Skardina and Stoneman are closing down 00:42:13.730 --> 00:42:17.019 on Paul on the left side. and then it's just 00:42:17.019 --> 00:42:19.920 an untracked open run at the top of the box. 00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:22.840 Paul distributes it back to LeJet who's screaming 00:42:22.840 --> 00:42:25.179 in unmarked and just puts it away. I mean, LeJet 00:42:25.179 --> 00:42:27.119 was a US men's national team player. He's an 00:42:27.119 --> 00:42:29.179 MLS caliber player. He played in the Premier 00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:33.519 League. It's not like he can't do this. Did they 00:42:33.519 --> 00:42:35.380 do something wrong or is that just a circumstance 00:42:35.380 --> 00:42:37.519 of tactics breaking down and opening up a defense? 00:42:39.099 --> 00:42:41.440 Going back and looking at the goal, I don't think 00:42:41.440 --> 00:42:44.050 that RAFC really did anything wrong there. there 00:42:44.050 --> 00:42:47.730 are times when you speak to the praises of legit 00:42:47.730 --> 00:42:51.210 like he is a very talented player legit or legit 00:42:51.210 --> 00:42:54.070 by the way because talk about having too many 00:42:54.070 --> 00:42:56.150 of the similar letters on the back of a kid it 00:42:56.150 --> 00:43:00.610 is ironic that they have both those but like 00:43:00.610 --> 00:43:04.250 legit is a is a talented player and if you give 00:43:04.250 --> 00:43:06.690 him that kind of that much space at the top of 00:43:06.690 --> 00:43:08.989 the box like he's gonna put one away And there 00:43:08.989 --> 00:43:10.670 really isn't much you can do about that. The 00:43:10.670 --> 00:43:13.909 only concern I have is that is two goals in a 00:43:13.909 --> 00:43:17.309 row with an unmarked runner at the top of the 00:43:17.309 --> 00:43:20.829 box while we are. Crashing on the only thing 00:43:20.829 --> 00:43:23.210 I would say if there was not a mistake, but a 00:43:23.210 --> 00:43:25.449 better way to play it defensively, if you are 00:43:25.449 --> 00:43:27.829 going to put that many numbers to contain and 00:43:27.829 --> 00:43:30.289 push the ball out wide, you've got to intercept, 00:43:30.710 --> 00:43:33.329 especially if it's a low. cross to the feet, 00:43:33.510 --> 00:43:35.429 like a through ball to the feet inside the box 00:43:35.429 --> 00:43:37.510 to a waiting striker, even if his back's to goal, 00:43:37.889 --> 00:43:40.730 that is a dangerous precedent to set. If it's 00:43:40.730 --> 00:43:42.969 in the air, you know, a lot of different things 00:43:42.969 --> 00:43:44.550 can go wrong at that point from just a flick 00:43:44.550 --> 00:43:47.650 on a redistribution or an attack. But I think 00:43:47.650 --> 00:43:50.309 when that ball just finds him right at his feet 00:43:50.309 --> 00:43:51.929 and there's four people trying to lock them down, 00:43:52.289 --> 00:43:54.449 that is a little bit more of like, OK, here we 00:43:54.449 --> 00:43:56.269 buckle up, everyone. Here comes here comes the 00:43:56.269 --> 00:43:59.250 problem. Yeah, absolutely. I think that there 00:43:59.250 --> 00:44:02.429 may be some. Like things they can look at in 00:44:02.429 --> 00:44:04.769 regards to maybe not being so open in the midfield 00:44:04.769 --> 00:44:07.250 But the end of the day they still got the results, 00:44:07.269 --> 00:44:09.769 so I'm not gonna harp on them too much for it 00:44:09.769 --> 00:44:11.750 agreed now the importance to your point though 00:44:11.750 --> 00:44:14.170 is you know it does we end the first half equal 00:44:14.170 --> 00:44:17.679 but make some adjustments, whether it's mentality 00:44:17.679 --> 00:44:20.820 -wise, it's tactically. Kano said in the post 00:44:20.820 --> 00:44:22.500 game that he felt that the team played with more 00:44:22.500 --> 00:44:25.699 courage in the second half, getting the ball 00:44:25.699 --> 00:44:29.460 more into Monterey's defensive third, playing 00:44:29.460 --> 00:44:32.800 with the press more consistently. I think overall, 00:44:33.380 --> 00:44:36.119 Kano's adjustments, I think it all worked. I 00:44:36.119 --> 00:44:37.440 mean, it definitely worked. We saw the scoreline, 00:44:37.460 --> 00:44:39.860 but I think we saw this team come alive in a 00:44:39.860 --> 00:44:42.260 different way that Monterey just wasn't prepared 00:44:42.260 --> 00:44:44.900 for in the second half. Yeah, I think there's 00:44:44.900 --> 00:44:47.000 definitely a better intensity from the team in 00:44:47.000 --> 00:44:50.239 the second half in regards to like some of their 00:44:50.239 --> 00:44:52.659 defensive actions. Funny enough, though, when 00:44:52.659 --> 00:44:55.880 we look at the attack, statistically, our FC 00:44:55.880 --> 00:44:58.880 first and second half are almost identical. It's 00:44:58.880 --> 00:45:02.380 just kind of getting the whole squad to kind 00:45:02.380 --> 00:45:05.480 of work together. If you will, I would argue 00:45:05.480 --> 00:45:08.139 that part of that is maybe just the attrition 00:45:08.139 --> 00:45:11.000 kind of they they wore their opponent down. but 00:45:11.000 --> 00:45:13.679 they really went for it when Monterey was starting 00:45:13.679 --> 00:45:15.679 to fade and that's what's important here. I mean 00:45:15.679 --> 00:45:18.340 in the second half alone 19 touches in the box, 00:45:18.619 --> 00:45:20.440 Monterey really didn't have a count. I looked 00:45:20.440 --> 00:45:23.610 at their activity line. combined with their low, 00:45:23.610 --> 00:45:26.750 low block that they had for the game, only six 00:45:26.750 --> 00:45:28.869 touches into the opposition box with four shots, 00:45:28.989 --> 00:45:31.710 and they were very poor XG shots, definitely 00:45:31.710 --> 00:45:34.849 kind of put Monterey in their place on this game. 00:45:35.150 --> 00:45:37.130 And that's important because, you know, whether 00:45:37.130 --> 00:45:38.710 Kano says it's because there's no such thing 00:45:38.710 --> 00:45:41.690 as a freebie or there's parody, fine, what have 00:45:41.690 --> 00:45:44.389 you, but we needed this win. Kano said one of 00:45:44.389 --> 00:45:47.219 the other things that was his intention... Beyond 00:45:47.219 --> 00:45:49.300 it because he would not admit that we are going 00:45:49.300 --> 00:45:51.699 for a home playoff game He said that we are looking 00:45:51.699 --> 00:45:53.780 to win the next game and the next game and we 00:45:53.780 --> 00:45:56.139 take it one game at a time But he did say that 00:45:56.139 --> 00:45:58.320 one of his intentions is always to send fans 00:45:58.320 --> 00:46:02.619 home happy When you look at this is a home playoff 00:46:02.619 --> 00:46:04.440 berth even possible still I mean, I mean like 00:46:04.440 --> 00:46:06.360 do we do we really believe this is still happening? 00:46:07.340 --> 00:46:10.619 So I think it's absolutely possible. But if we 00:46:10.619 --> 00:46:13.019 take a quick look here Like let's look at the 00:46:13.019 --> 00:46:14.900 table and consider who is ahead of us right now. 00:46:14.980 --> 00:46:18.920 So We're tied with Indy right ahead of us, right? 00:46:19.019 --> 00:46:23.380 Okay, so Indy Like I said, I I don't know enough 00:46:23.380 --> 00:46:26.139 about them, but generally they tend to fall off 00:46:26.139 --> 00:46:30.320 Louisville is one of those teams that is a perennial 00:46:30.320 --> 00:46:33.880 powerhouse, but they aren't the same team Okay, 00:46:33.880 --> 00:46:37.539 so if we argue that if our FC continue their 00:46:37.539 --> 00:46:40.579 form if foyo is the real deal if Sukada still 00:46:40.579 --> 00:46:42.599 continues to play well and our tack does not 00:46:42.599 --> 00:46:45.409 suffer Cool that we can get past them that gets 00:46:45.409 --> 00:46:48.449 us to fit Well in front of us is Pittsburgh Detroit 00:46:48.449 --> 00:46:50.710 and Charleston who are all in good form right 00:46:50.710 --> 00:46:54.469 now And it's just like I don't think that it's 00:46:54.469 --> 00:46:58.489 impossible But I almost wonder does our FC have 00:46:58.489 --> 00:47:01.090 to take it even further to a higher gear that 00:47:01.090 --> 00:47:03.530 maybe we haven't seen them get to Because we 00:47:03.530 --> 00:47:06.989 know in a one -off situation our FC can beat 00:47:06.989 --> 00:47:10.320 any of these teams Then I got it's that it's 00:47:10.320 --> 00:47:12.420 that battle of attrition over that long period 00:47:12.420 --> 00:47:14.599 of time Like you brought up the the schedule 00:47:14.599 --> 00:47:17.380 towards the end of the year there and like that's 00:47:17.380 --> 00:47:20.340 gonna be the true test there Can we go into that 00:47:20.340 --> 00:47:22.579 those last four or five games and can we come 00:47:22.579 --> 00:47:26.119 away with like? 11 12 points from that so then 00:47:26.119 --> 00:47:28.199 is it less about I mean obviously we have to 00:47:28.199 --> 00:47:30.900 do the work But really I mean the fact that Louisville 00:47:30.900 --> 00:47:34.019 is in fifth place an out -of -home playoff contention. 00:47:34.019 --> 00:47:37.989 There's a lot of this fall with the Mental fatigue 00:47:37.989 --> 00:47:39.889 that's going to be taking place like in an organization 00:47:39.889 --> 00:47:42.829 like that There has to be like conversations 00:47:42.829 --> 00:47:46.070 about like who's getting fights to Louisville 00:47:46.070 --> 00:47:48.349 to not make home playoffs That is a fireable 00:47:48.349 --> 00:47:50.030 offense Whereas if you're like loud and like 00:47:50.030 --> 00:47:53.150 we made the playoffs like we get a participation 00:47:53.150 --> 00:47:56.590 trophy for the night That that that can change 00:47:56.590 --> 00:47:59.349 everything I I just it's not so much and the 00:47:59.349 --> 00:48:01.989 reason I keep asking this isn't because of foyo 00:48:01.989 --> 00:48:04.989 or Afonso and the resurgence of this attack I 00:48:04.989 --> 00:48:06.829 just I look at the teams in front of us and while 00:48:06.829 --> 00:48:09.769 I do think we can win every game with the exception 00:48:09.769 --> 00:48:12.710 of maybe one or two left in our season I also 00:48:12.710 --> 00:48:14.190 think I don't see any of these teams dropping 00:48:14.190 --> 00:48:17.590 points except for when we play them and then 00:48:17.590 --> 00:48:19.630 it's not enough to get us in like that six point 00:48:19.630 --> 00:48:21.389 swing won't be enough to get us into a home yeah 00:48:21.389 --> 00:48:24.050 and that's the problem is because this is such 00:48:24.050 --> 00:48:28.230 a marathon we we look back at things like sure 00:48:28.230 --> 00:48:31.940 it was early on in the season but that that you 00:48:31.940 --> 00:48:35.840 know, draw against, uh, um, sporting jacks. Oh 00:48:35.840 --> 00:48:39.179 man. Like that, that's two points there. We could 00:48:39.179 --> 00:48:40.920 have like, you know, like, and you start to go 00:48:40.920 --> 00:48:43.619 back and look at some of these, you know, drops 00:48:43.619 --> 00:48:45.780 points throughout the year. And those are the 00:48:45.780 --> 00:48:48.360 reasons why it is so difficult to get a home 00:48:48.360 --> 00:48:51.019 playoff spot is because you have to maintain 00:48:51.019 --> 00:48:53.800 a certain level of consistency. And that's just 00:48:53.800 --> 00:48:56.739 not really this RFC team is strong point. It's 00:48:56.739 --> 00:48:59.960 very much a, Hey, we are a late season team. 00:49:00.090 --> 00:49:02.550 We kind of get into form at the right time and 00:49:02.550 --> 00:49:05.250 take that form into playoffs and then absolutely 00:49:05.250 --> 00:49:08.409 no one wants to play us. Well, I know we're in 00:49:08.409 --> 00:49:10.650 seventh, even though you could also. for fun 00:49:10.650 --> 00:49:13.210 say that we're in sixth place the good news is 00:49:13.210 --> 00:49:16.309 Jason that of the five teams and points wise 00:49:16.309 --> 00:49:18.030 but let's count Indy as well then let's just 00:49:18.030 --> 00:49:20.070 say of the six teams we got to go through to 00:49:20.070 --> 00:49:22.730 get an advancing opportunity the best news is 00:49:22.730 --> 00:49:24.730 five of those six we all still have a game to 00:49:24.730 --> 00:49:27.010 play against them so that's five games of a six 00:49:27.010 --> 00:49:29.909 point swing not impossible very much still in 00:49:29.909 --> 00:49:31.929 control of our destiny but a lot of these other 00:49:31.929 --> 00:49:34.800 teams we have not put ourselves into the best 00:49:34.800 --> 00:49:37.719 position possible. So it is going to be a tough 00:49:37.719 --> 00:49:40.119 road ahead. But speaking of tough roads ahead, 00:49:40.199 --> 00:49:41.880 we've got to go to our final break. And when 00:49:41.880 --> 00:49:44.400 we return, we've got the big news that everyone's 00:49:44.400 --> 00:49:47.039 been waiting for, as well as the mailbag. So 00:49:47.039 --> 00:49:48.880 if you have questions, get them in and don't 00:49:48.880 --> 00:49:51.019 go anywhere. It's the Raising Anchor Soccer Show. 00:49:51.579 --> 00:49:53.599 Now let's get back to the Raising Anchor Soccer 00:49:53.599 --> 00:49:57.980 Show on 990 WBOB with Matt Entrickett and Jason 00:49:57.980 --> 00:50:04.599 Carey. Another player gone here. Yeah, so it 00:50:04.599 --> 00:50:07.219 hasn't been on the discord. Listen, it hasn't 00:50:07.219 --> 00:50:09.280 been officially announced and this is something 00:50:09.280 --> 00:50:11.719 that I was not going to talk about. But once 00:50:11.719 --> 00:50:14.880 once the discord starts talking, it kind of unleashes 00:50:14.880 --> 00:50:17.139 me or releases me from the things I can and can't 00:50:17.139 --> 00:50:21.199 say. There's a few detectives inside the supporters 00:50:21.199 --> 00:50:24.099 group inside the more hardcore fans of Rhode 00:50:24.099 --> 00:50:26.679 Island FC doing the digital cyber stocking that 00:50:26.679 --> 00:50:29.900 we need on a daily basis. I mean, it's the same 00:50:29.900 --> 00:50:33.219 way they found out. about the most recent departure 00:50:33.219 --> 00:50:36.360 of Clay Holstead. We had known about it for, 00:50:36.360 --> 00:50:39.619 I don't know what, six or seven days, but we're 00:50:39.619 --> 00:50:41.320 asked to not share anything to just make sure 00:50:41.320 --> 00:50:43.119 that we protected the deal and didn't interfere 00:50:43.119 --> 00:50:45.480 with anything. And then this same individual, 00:50:45.619 --> 00:50:47.159 which he will now just be known as Detective 00:50:47.159 --> 00:50:49.739 Jake, finds, you know, Clay Holstead changing 00:50:49.739 --> 00:50:53.130 his profile to FC Dallas. before we can break 00:50:53.130 --> 00:50:55.530 anything. Well, Detective Jake back at it again 00:50:55.530 --> 00:50:58.909 as he went on to discover that Omidy Jope no 00:50:58.909 --> 00:51:02.789 longer following the club on social media. I'm 00:51:02.789 --> 00:51:05.550 not sure, Jason, if Omidy ever put Rhode Island 00:51:05.550 --> 00:51:10.590 FC posts up on his account. It very much stops 00:51:10.590 --> 00:51:13.329 right now at his time in San Diego. Sometimes, 00:51:13.510 --> 00:51:17.119 though, players that have that MLS... experience 00:51:17.119 --> 00:51:19.420 they won't post lower division so that if an 00:51:19.420 --> 00:51:22.440 agent or a team or anyone comes knocking so it's 00:51:22.440 --> 00:51:24.699 a deal player this is the caliber of player that 00:51:24.699 --> 00:51:29.340 we see but yes how many joke very much not engaged 00:51:29.340 --> 00:51:31.840 in any of the socials for Rhode Island now that 00:51:31.840 --> 00:51:34.940 is not indicative of anything of course but I 00:51:34.940 --> 00:51:37.539 can also share that we have not seen Omidy Jope 00:51:37.539 --> 00:51:41.079 at any practice in quite a while. He did not 00:51:41.079 --> 00:51:42.559 make the team sheet. He hasn't made the team 00:51:42.559 --> 00:51:45.179 sheet since Birmingham. So he hasn't been on 00:51:45.179 --> 00:51:48.159 any team sheets for Tampa Bay or now this Monterey 00:51:48.159 --> 00:51:51.139 Bay game. In fact, I asked at the Colorado Springs 00:51:51.139 --> 00:51:53.079 game where he had also not made an appearance, 00:51:53.460 --> 00:51:57.179 where was Omidy Jope? And Kano had said at that 00:51:57.179 --> 00:51:59.880 point that he had not been chosen for the 18 00:51:59.880 --> 00:52:01.739 man roster. Didn't think of it at the time. I 00:52:01.739 --> 00:52:04.260 kind of questioned that too. Like it felt like 00:52:04.190 --> 00:52:07.409 If Kevin Vang is on the 18 and Omni Jope is not, 00:52:07.409 --> 00:52:10.650 what is going on with this, right? Yeah, and 00:52:10.650 --> 00:52:13.110 so we've been without him for a while. There 00:52:13.110 --> 00:52:16.030 was an injury, but we know that he came back. 00:52:16.650 --> 00:52:19.389 But he was still not getting selected, so it 00:52:19.389 --> 00:52:21.869 kind of felt like there was something wrong there. 00:52:22.289 --> 00:52:25.070 Considering that we've done well for the most 00:52:25.070 --> 00:52:27.650 part defensively without him, I wouldn't be too 00:52:27.650 --> 00:52:29.570 concerned. We've seen this in the past throughout 00:52:29.570 --> 00:52:34.219 this team where. I'm just speculating here, but 00:52:34.219 --> 00:52:36.659 maybe burn out or something, if you will. And 00:52:36.659 --> 00:52:40.480 maybe it just something. Let me share what I 00:52:40.480 --> 00:52:43.280 know. I can add to that a little bit, right? 00:52:44.019 --> 00:52:46.440 So there's conversation about, you know, like 00:52:46.440 --> 00:52:48.440 in the chat, who's getting engaged? Obviously, 00:52:48.579 --> 00:52:50.099 Grant Stoneman having the biggest week of his 00:52:50.099 --> 00:52:54.699 life goal win and getting engaged. So some conversation 00:52:54.699 --> 00:52:56.820 about that, you know, getting to joke now with 00:52:56.820 --> 00:52:59.889 this. The big people are asking. Oh, is this 00:52:59.889 --> 00:53:02.289 a transfer? Is this a trade? Is this a release? 00:53:02.429 --> 00:53:05.030 Is there is there problems? You know is something 00:53:05.030 --> 00:53:07.650 rotten in Denmark and or Senegal I guess you 00:53:07.650 --> 00:53:10.010 could say in this case and You know, we don't 00:53:10.010 --> 00:53:11.630 know that that's the one thing we're not quite 00:53:11.630 --> 00:53:13.949 clear on about this What we do know is that he 00:53:13.949 --> 00:53:16.329 hasn't been around for practice He's not been 00:53:16.329 --> 00:53:18.989 discussed as an injury and he's now cut all of 00:53:18.989 --> 00:53:22.389 his relationships on social media That leads 00:53:22.389 --> 00:53:24.289 me to speculate because we haven't heard about 00:53:24.289 --> 00:53:27.809 any trades or deals coming across. Normally, 00:53:27.889 --> 00:53:29.750 and I'm not saying we're that important to this 00:53:29.750 --> 00:53:32.469 organization, Jason, but normally someone gives 00:53:32.469 --> 00:53:36.349 us a scoop. We either hear about it from the 00:53:36.349 --> 00:53:39.250 club itself and they ask us to embargo it, or 00:53:39.250 --> 00:53:42.190 they ask us to just hold off. We hear from the 00:53:42.190 --> 00:53:44.130 outbound team, or excuse me, the inbound team, 00:53:44.210 --> 00:53:45.869 like, hey, we're hearing about this player profile. 00:53:45.949 --> 00:53:47.750 What can you tell us about it? Kind of one of 00:53:47.750 --> 00:53:49.090 the things that's going on with Williams right 00:53:49.090 --> 00:53:52.230 now is we have we have Scottish groups reaching 00:53:52.230 --> 00:53:55.829 out to to confirm things. Very radio silent. 00:53:55.949 --> 00:53:58.050 And the last time I saw this level of radio silence 00:53:58.050 --> 00:54:02.150 was Amima Bika, who just disappeared like fairy 00:54:02.150 --> 00:54:04.130 dust. He was just gone overnight. We didn't we 00:54:04.130 --> 00:54:06.530 saw the it was that five o 'clock or eight o 00:54:06.530 --> 00:54:08.570 'clock at night on a Friday announcer where when 00:54:08.570 --> 00:54:10.469 you announce it like that, you're trying to bury 00:54:10.469 --> 00:54:12.449 it like just forget it. Don't ask me questions 00:54:12.449 --> 00:54:14.570 happen. I'm not going to be available for something. 00:54:15.050 --> 00:54:19.289 And so this feels more akin to that. And so, 00:54:19.289 --> 00:54:21.530 you know, New Mexico United released a player 00:54:21.530 --> 00:54:24.210 today, you're getting into that part of the transfer 00:54:24.210 --> 00:54:26.769 window where if Omni -Jope, whether it's because 00:54:26.769 --> 00:54:29.610 he's choosing to leave the team or Kano Smith 00:54:29.610 --> 00:54:33.409 is telling Omni -Jope, I don't have a position 00:54:33.409 --> 00:54:37.650 for you or I don't have the level of contribution 00:54:37.650 --> 00:54:40.250 that you're expecting from this team is going 00:54:40.250 --> 00:54:43.880 to be made available to you. And if that is the 00:54:43.880 --> 00:54:46.219 case, kudos on Kano for telling him as such, 00:54:46.380 --> 00:54:48.699 because why lie to a player that, you know, hey, 00:54:48.800 --> 00:54:50.420 if you're playing time is going to get diminished 00:54:50.420 --> 00:54:53.719 because Frank Nadarse has earned a way into left 00:54:53.719 --> 00:54:56.820 center back versus left back. And when Kareef 00:54:56.820 --> 00:54:58.820 and Grant start fighting it out, like, you know, 00:54:58.860 --> 00:55:01.519 even though we thought Omidy was CB number two 00:55:01.519 --> 00:55:04.599 behind Kareef, if he suddenly dropped to CB five 00:55:04.599 --> 00:55:07.539 or CB four, maybe Omidy is not that's not where 00:55:07.539 --> 00:55:08.980 he wants to be in his career. Right. So we just 00:55:08.980 --> 00:55:11.179 don't know these things right now. But what we 00:55:11.179 --> 00:55:14.019 do know is, is that This is something where Omni 00:55:14.019 --> 00:55:16.719 hasn't been seen now in almost three weeks, and 00:55:16.719 --> 00:55:20.769 now his digital footprint is matching that. I'm 00:55:20.769 --> 00:55:23.230 confident in saying OmniJope is no longer with 00:55:23.230 --> 00:55:24.610 the club, even though it hasn't been officially 00:55:24.610 --> 00:55:26.889 announced. And if I'm wrong for that, you know, 00:55:26.909 --> 00:55:28.989 fine, so be it. But like, I'm willing to put 00:55:28.989 --> 00:55:32.429 the good name of raising anchor on the concept 00:55:32.429 --> 00:55:34.269 that OmniJope is. You don't go and unfollow your 00:55:34.269 --> 00:55:37.289 boss all of a sudden and somehow expect to walk 00:55:37.289 --> 00:55:39.510 back into work on Monday. You don't follow your 00:55:39.510 --> 00:55:41.170 boss to begin with if that's how you're going 00:55:41.170 --> 00:55:44.130 to play the game. That way there's no ill will 00:55:44.130 --> 00:55:45.630 later. We're talking about soccer players who 00:55:45.630 --> 00:55:47.849 need a social media presence as opposed to a 00:55:47.849 --> 00:55:51.199 normal job. Like this is... I know this is a 00:55:51.199 --> 00:55:53.699 dumb joke, but and given the age that we are 00:55:53.699 --> 00:55:55.219 compared to probably some of our demographic 00:55:55.219 --> 00:55:58.079 But do you think how many people in Rhode Island 00:55:58.079 --> 00:55:59.900 of see do you think would put Connor Smith in 00:55:59.900 --> 00:56:03.980 his top eight for myspace? I Mean all the players 00:56:03.980 --> 00:56:06.739 would have to write. I mean, okay, then flip 00:56:06.739 --> 00:56:10.599 it. Who does Kano have is his topic. I Mean, 00:56:10.619 --> 00:56:13.679 we know it'd be like Zack Aervo JJ Williams, 00:56:14.300 --> 00:56:15.900 maybe not JJ anymore since you know, he's leaving 00:56:15.900 --> 00:56:18.880 but that would be a fun exercise so Rhode Island 00:56:18.880 --> 00:56:21.170 of see admin i know you listen as well we usually 00:56:21.170 --> 00:56:23.630 address the ownership and management but admin 00:56:23.630 --> 00:56:26.309 do a myspace top eight for the players and kano 00:56:26.309 --> 00:56:28.309 and see what happens create the chaos that you 00:56:28.309 --> 00:56:31.090 deserve to have and yes everyone would have tom 00:56:31.090 --> 00:56:32.909 as the number one that's the cop -out answer 00:56:32.909 --> 00:56:35.869 but yeah anyways i jope is gone everyone needs 00:56:35.869 --> 00:56:38.309 to commiserate is this the end of our transfers 00:56:38.309 --> 00:56:40.630 i don't know i mean i'm still hearing rumors 00:56:40.630 --> 00:56:43.590 that we're getting an mls next pro or an mls 00:56:43.590 --> 00:56:45.469 strike i keep hearing the word mls and i don't 00:56:45.469 --> 00:56:49.710 know if that's that like 29th player on the allocation 00:56:49.710 --> 00:56:52.210 roster spot, the supplemental roster spot, or 00:56:52.210 --> 00:56:54.349 if it's an ex pro player, I'm still thinking 00:56:54.349 --> 00:56:56.650 it's that Philadelphia striker. I feel like that's 00:56:56.650 --> 00:56:59.909 right. My bones and my jellies are telling me 00:56:59.909 --> 00:57:01.730 that that's something we're going to get. But 00:57:01.730 --> 00:57:04.190 now do we need a next pro striker or defender 00:57:04.190 --> 00:57:06.449 now? Is Eric Klein going to be our center back? 00:57:06.789 --> 00:57:08.329 Well, and so that's the thing is we have Klein 00:57:08.329 --> 00:57:12.309 and then we go back Iraq. We've seen CJ Williams 00:57:12.309 --> 00:57:14.820 actually get some minutes if And then if Kareefa 00:57:14.820 --> 00:57:16.840 comes back healthy, I think actually we could 00:57:16.840 --> 00:57:19.280 probably get away without grabbing another center 00:57:19.280 --> 00:57:23.119 back. I would still want a backup strike. If 00:57:23.119 --> 00:57:25.400 Foyo is the real deal and he's our starting striker, 00:57:25.820 --> 00:57:30.480 you still want a body to be your backup, like 00:57:30.480 --> 00:57:33.000 worst case scenario, or even just give Foyo a 00:57:33.000 --> 00:57:35.239 rest. Like, Hey, the last 10 minutes we're up 00:57:35.239 --> 00:57:37.940 four nil. Like, here you go, dude, go. try something 00:57:37.940 --> 00:57:40.639 see what happens yeah no i i think i think it 00:57:40.639 --> 00:57:42.599 doesn't hurt to have bodies we're gonna need 00:57:42.599 --> 00:57:44.500 the depth when it comes to playoff time you just 00:57:44.500 --> 00:57:46.480 never know what's going on there so we shall 00:57:46.480 --> 00:57:48.679 see and when the anywhere but the club hasn't 00:57:48.679 --> 00:57:50.039 announced anything yet guys they haven't announced 00:57:50.039 --> 00:57:52.480 jj williams yet so wait for the williams announcement 00:57:52.480 --> 00:57:54.159 and then let's find out if they announce amity 00:57:54.159 --> 00:57:57.000 jope or we see him on the 18 man roster next 00:57:57.000 --> 00:57:58.800 saturday and i've got a lot of explaining to 00:57:58.800 --> 00:58:01.889 do so could you think kano Do you think kano 00:58:01.889 --> 00:58:04.449 hearing this would then just just uh like bite 00:58:04.449 --> 00:58:06.269 us like let's just assume everything had happened 00:58:06.269 --> 00:58:08.070 and like all that's been waiting for is to sign 00:58:08.070 --> 00:58:10.409 like the release clause and Omni's already got 00:58:10.409 --> 00:58:12.309 his bags packed and you know Maybe he's ready 00:58:12.309 --> 00:58:14.170 to catch a flight next sunday after everything's 00:58:14.170 --> 00:58:16.250 official and connor's goes up. Hey listen, there's 00:58:16.250 --> 00:58:18.170 this podcaster You know him you were on his show 00:58:18.170 --> 00:58:20.590 You need to come back just sit on the bench. 00:58:20.590 --> 00:58:24.469 I would love the the amount of like Pettiness 00:58:24.469 --> 00:58:27.750 just to spite us kano's not petty kano and I 00:58:27.750 --> 00:58:30.110 have a good relationship. I I know I joke all 00:58:30.110 --> 00:58:33.400 the time But Kano and I have a very healthy relationship, 00:58:33.480 --> 00:58:35.659 as long as a microphone is not recording, okay? 00:58:35.860 --> 00:58:39.000 That's all that matters. He's very well media 00:58:39.000 --> 00:58:40.679 trained, everyone. He's very well media trained. 00:58:40.780 --> 00:58:42.900 Let's get into these mailbag questions. Not a 00:58:42.900 --> 00:58:45.380 lot tonight. Forgot to post on the socials, but 00:58:45.380 --> 00:58:46.880 shame on all of you. You know it's Mondays, you 00:58:46.880 --> 00:58:48.800 know it's the mailbag. But nevertheless, we do 00:58:48.800 --> 00:58:51.119 have some good ones. It's a quality over quantity 00:58:51.119 --> 00:58:54.019 kind of night. Andrew S. writing in, is legit 00:58:54.019 --> 00:58:56.719 the most accomplished slash decorated player? 00:58:57.000 --> 00:59:00.980 that RFC has ever played against? Possibly. So 00:59:00.980 --> 00:59:04.260 do you remember, was it last year or the first 00:59:04.260 --> 00:59:07.639 year when we played Oakland roots? Was Dom Dwyer 00:59:07.639 --> 00:59:13.119 still on there? Did he play? Has Dom Dwyer more 00:59:13.119 --> 00:59:15.320 accomplished than Sebastian? So we are legit 00:59:15.320 --> 00:59:18.340 homers, but like Dom Dwyer was for a while, like 00:59:18.340 --> 00:59:20.500 the starting striker for the U .S. men's national 00:59:20.500 --> 00:59:24.079 team. So we have to kind of. Did we even play 00:59:24.079 --> 00:59:25.659 him though? He didn't make the trip from Oakland. 00:59:26.000 --> 00:59:30.199 He didn't know that he was on them. I just don't 00:59:30.199 --> 00:59:32.280 remember if he played. I just remember Paul Blanchett 00:59:32.280 --> 00:59:34.940 from that game. I don't remember Dom Dwyer in 00:59:34.940 --> 00:59:37.800 that match. If he didn't, then I'd say probably 00:59:37.800 --> 00:59:40.280 legit. Dom Dwyer is a diva. He probably did not 00:59:40.280 --> 00:59:42.519 travel all the way across the country. He probably 00:59:42.519 --> 00:59:44.400 stayed in Oakland. I mean, thinking about other 00:59:44.400 --> 00:59:46.659 like decorated players that maybe we didn't play 00:59:46.659 --> 00:59:48.920 against, but are in the league. I mean, like, 00:59:49.199 --> 00:59:51.730 you know, you look at Drogba. Well, I mean if 00:59:51.730 --> 00:59:53.809 we're taking it well, he's not he's saying rfc 00:59:53.809 --> 00:59:56.570 is but yeah, yeah league -wise it's drogba If 00:59:56.570 --> 00:59:59.429 it's rfc, I think legit. I think andrew I think 00:59:59.429 --> 01:00:01.690 that is it and that is not because we're stands 01:00:01.690 --> 01:00:04.329 for Sebastian I got to see it. I used my press 01:00:04.329 --> 01:00:06.469 credentials for good for one time went up and 01:00:06.469 --> 01:00:08.269 talked to sebastian after the game I don't think 01:00:08.269 --> 01:00:09.929 i've ever talked to an away team player unless 01:00:09.929 --> 01:00:12.489 they were a former rfc alumni That was a lot 01:00:12.489 --> 01:00:14.449 of fun. But yeah, I think it is sebastian legit, 01:00:14.449 --> 01:00:17.489 uh chat If you've got someone else one agadello 01:00:17.489 --> 01:00:21.360 saying lagardello, that's fair one on I feel 01:00:21.360 --> 01:00:23.800 like water yellow and the jet are in that same 01:00:23.800 --> 01:00:28.260 like what if both of them are players who Had 01:00:28.260 --> 01:00:31.280 pretty good peaks, but I don't think that one. 01:00:31.460 --> 01:00:35.440 I get elo ever reached he probably has more caps 01:00:35.440 --> 01:00:39.980 for the US men's national team and Like I'm not 01:00:39.980 --> 01:00:41.980 a hater against one. I get Ella I just don't 01:00:41.980 --> 01:00:45.280 think he was ever like that actually good. My 01:00:45.280 --> 01:00:49.429 only argument is like Sebastian legit got Just 01:00:49.429 --> 01:00:51.730 absolutely destroyed in a US men's national game 01:00:51.730 --> 01:00:54.590 against Honduras and it never his career just 01:00:54.590 --> 01:00:56.949 never like survived that Yeah, Honduras does 01:00:56.949 --> 01:01:00.010 like knee breaking tight, right, right? Juan 01:01:00.010 --> 01:01:02.949 Agudelo is only 33 right now and he's already 01:01:02.949 --> 01:01:05.849 retired from football He left San Antonio at 01:01:05.849 --> 01:01:07.429 the end of the first season that we were all 01:01:07.429 --> 01:01:10.949 playing together Sebastian still playing so like 01:01:10.949 --> 01:01:16.269 will he get to Agudelo's numbers? No But I mean 01:01:16.269 --> 01:01:19.320 he wasn't a striker either so That's that's a 01:01:19.320 --> 01:01:22.260 hard comparison to say, like, what is the equivalent 01:01:22.260 --> 01:01:25.800 for a midfielder slash winger versus a strikers 01:01:25.800 --> 01:01:27.639 production, right? I don't know. But I think 01:01:27.639 --> 01:01:29.159 Agadillo should be thrown in the mix. I think 01:01:29.159 --> 01:01:32.820 that's a fair assessment. Someone's saying Altador. 01:01:33.039 --> 01:01:38.940 I don't think he did. I did not play against 01:01:38.940 --> 01:01:41.239 him because I. Well, yeah, that would have been 01:01:41.239 --> 01:01:44.179 gosh. Yeah, that would have been. Or maybe he 01:01:44.179 --> 01:01:48.130 maybe did he moonlight in a game? No way. No 01:01:48.130 --> 01:01:52.190 way. No. Chad is, Chad is out of control right 01:01:52.190 --> 01:01:54.010 now. He did not play in the USL championship. 01:01:54.610 --> 01:01:58.250 Ooh, I do like this answer. Bill Hamid. That's 01:01:58.250 --> 01:01:59.570 a good one. And we could even go through the 01:01:59.570 --> 01:02:02.429 rest of Miami FC's Portland Timbers project too. 01:02:02.750 --> 01:02:04.869 There was a lot of players, but Bill Hamid, that's 01:02:04.869 --> 01:02:08.130 like, that's a good one. Yeah. I like that a 01:02:08.130 --> 01:02:11.130 lot. But I also think about like in the thing 01:02:11.130 --> 01:02:14.550 is it's so hard to like compare, you know, apples 01:02:14.550 --> 01:02:17.449 to oranges in regards to positions. Bill Hamid 01:02:17.449 --> 01:02:21.929 is not like. There because the US has such a 01:02:21.929 --> 01:02:25.289 history of good goalkeepers. Bill Hamid is like 01:02:25.289 --> 01:02:28.010 he's down there compared with when you look at 01:02:28.010 --> 01:02:30.250 like Tim Howard. We didn't didn't Tim Howard 01:02:30.250 --> 01:02:34.489 play for Memphis 901, but not against us. Oh 01:02:34.489 --> 01:02:37.269 yeah, yeah, that's yeah. The answer then would 01:02:37.269 --> 01:02:40.190 be either. It would either be Tim Howard if it 01:02:40.190 --> 01:02:43.030 was just all time. It'd be Tim Howard or it would 01:02:43.030 --> 01:02:46.139 be. uh drago those would be like the best of 01:02:46.139 --> 01:02:48.500 best that the leagues ever probably had but against 01:02:48.500 --> 01:02:51.019 us yeah it's probably maybe landon donovan wants 01:02:51.019 --> 01:02:53.500 to suit up in an open cup game and then just 01:02:53.500 --> 01:02:55.860 we can play against him and then him and tim 01:02:55.860 --> 01:02:57.320 howard can come out of retirement then we can 01:02:57.320 --> 01:02:59.059 say that but all right we've put too much time 01:02:59.059 --> 01:03:01.739 into this one uh elroy room is elroy room is 01:03:01.739 --> 01:03:05.070 another good one but Good shout, but I mean very 01:03:05.070 --> 01:03:07.590 very recent. Yeah, but it's also just keepers 01:03:07.590 --> 01:03:11.050 like yeah, you know, all right Yeah, Joe P here 01:03:11.050 --> 01:03:13.349 says this is a good morale boosting when after 01:03:13.349 --> 01:03:16.070 losing JJ It seems that coach Kana was going 01:03:16.070 --> 01:03:18.389 with pressing and playing to feet when Alfonso 01:03:18.389 --> 01:03:21.030 is in there and playing over the top when Foyo 01:03:21.030 --> 01:03:23.710 comes in The only negative was leaving legit 01:03:23.710 --> 01:03:26.030 unmarked for his goal. Otherwise, it was a solid 01:03:26.030 --> 01:03:28.030 performance. It's against a team they should 01:03:28.030 --> 01:03:30.550 beat. Yeah, I mean, I agree with everything Joe 01:03:30.550 --> 01:03:33.130 said on that. Except, you know, it's not a team 01:03:33.130 --> 01:03:35.230 they should be because according to Kano Joe, 01:03:35.610 --> 01:03:38.469 there's no such thing as a give me. So I agree 01:03:38.469 --> 01:03:41.690 with that. I am really curious about is the to 01:03:41.690 --> 01:03:43.090 his point about going over the top and route 01:03:43.090 --> 01:03:45.519 one for Foyo. I don't think it needs to be that 01:03:45.519 --> 01:03:48.380 this video could get to balls so quickly. J .J. 01:03:48.619 --> 01:03:51.519 was never there to do that. He can if it's played 01:03:51.519 --> 01:03:53.840 into the right spot, he can run into it. But 01:03:53.840 --> 01:03:56.059 that's the crazy thing, too, is like we talk 01:03:56.059 --> 01:03:58.079 about tall players always needing like that extra 01:03:58.079 --> 01:04:00.480 mint like second to get like tall players, typically 01:04:00.480 --> 01:04:02.599 not quick. Right, like think about when you saw 01:04:02.599 --> 01:04:04.960 Ami Mavica run like a giraffe. Like he could 01:04:04.960 --> 01:04:06.679 get there in six steps when it would take Kevin 01:04:06.679 --> 01:04:09.480 Vang 37 exceptions like like Holland, right? 01:04:09.719 --> 01:04:11.820 But like like tall does not always inherently 01:04:11.820 --> 01:04:13.420 mean quick. I don't think JJ was that quick, 01:04:13.420 --> 01:04:17.090 right? Foyo is very fast for his height and I 01:04:17.090 --> 01:04:19.289 think that if that's the sign of things to come 01:04:19.289 --> 01:04:21.530 to Joe's point It could be really exciting and 01:04:21.530 --> 01:04:23.369 it gives us just different dimensions to our 01:04:23.369 --> 01:04:26.610 attack So I don't hate it Bob D writes in all 01:04:26.610 --> 01:04:30.070 NFL NHL and MLB teams make trades with their 01:04:30.070 --> 01:04:33.050 prospective opponents Are usl championship teams 01:04:33.050 --> 01:04:35.210 allowed to trade a player from one usl team to 01:04:35.210 --> 01:04:38.130 another all I've ever seen are loans and cash 01:04:38.130 --> 01:04:42.550 transactions Absolutely, but the thing is with 01:04:42.550 --> 01:04:46.880 usl Like they tend to have short con like a lot 01:04:46.880 --> 01:04:49.519 of these players are on one two, maybe three 01:04:49.519 --> 01:04:53.019 or contracts at best Often they end up just doing 01:04:53.019 --> 01:04:55.559 you see a shuffle at the end of the year where 01:04:55.559 --> 01:04:57.880 teams will let go of eight to ten players and 01:04:57.880 --> 01:05:00.199 those players will just get kind of cycled around 01:05:00.199 --> 01:05:05.699 so when we look at Like actually picking up players 01:05:05.699 --> 01:05:08.360 The reason why is because a lot of it does come 01:05:08.360 --> 01:05:10.679 from loans. These teams are not in a position 01:05:10.679 --> 01:05:13.929 to have the capital to go out there and spend 01:05:13.929 --> 01:05:16.690 tons of money to buy out a contract and bring 01:05:16.690 --> 01:05:20.409 players. And the reality is trades are kind of 01:05:20.409 --> 01:05:23.409 not really a thing in soccer. Like you just don't, 01:05:23.510 --> 01:05:27.090 it just doesn't happen. You don't, you let a 01:05:27.090 --> 01:05:28.929 player's contract run out and then you just pick 01:05:28.929 --> 01:05:32.769 them up. That on some rare occasions you see 01:05:33.210 --> 01:05:35.949 that they will happen at the same time, but they'll 01:05:35.949 --> 01:05:38.369 both have, and this is talking more about like 01:05:38.369 --> 01:05:40.449 global soccer, the reality is they'll both have 01:05:40.449 --> 01:05:42.809 numbers attached to them and be like, cool, I 01:05:42.809 --> 01:05:45.469 sell you player X for 50 million and you buy 01:05:45.469 --> 01:05:48.429 player Y for me for this money. And you, you're 01:05:48.429 --> 01:05:50.349 kind of just balancing out the sheets at that 01:05:50.349 --> 01:05:54.550 point. It's not directly a trade in the same 01:05:54.550 --> 01:05:58.289 though, too. And this is maybe something we will 01:05:58.289 --> 01:06:01.559 consider when us all gets a premiere. Is that 01:06:01.559 --> 01:06:05.059 because parity exists in the league, you do not 01:06:05.059 --> 01:06:07.000 want to strengthen your opponents. So you do 01:06:07.000 --> 01:06:09.679 not always trade with them. You look at, okay, 01:06:10.059 --> 01:06:13.000 I don't want to trade with Tampa Bay because 01:06:13.000 --> 01:06:14.960 I don't want to make them stronger because I'm 01:06:14.960 --> 01:06:17.900 going after the title against them. But Loudon 01:06:17.900 --> 01:06:19.900 over here is they're struggling. They're trying 01:06:19.900 --> 01:06:22.199 to stay in the league. They're willing to give 01:06:22.199 --> 01:06:25.750 me X amount of money to buy this player. I they're 01:06:25.750 --> 01:06:27.789 not a threat to me right and all the player to 01:06:27.789 --> 01:06:30.230 them and that's that's the strength of Leagues 01:06:30.230 --> 01:06:32.929 like the MLB all of them that Bob mentioned because 01:06:32.929 --> 01:06:35.030 they all play in divisions And they don't have 01:06:35.030 --> 01:06:38.030 to run into those teams until you're in playoffs 01:06:38.030 --> 01:06:40.170 Maybe there's an inter -conference matchup But 01:06:40.170 --> 01:06:42.789 like for the most part the damage that you could 01:06:42.789 --> 01:06:45.170 do to yourself by giving a player You know whether 01:06:45.170 --> 01:06:47.849 it's for good or bad to an opponent. It doesn't 01:06:47.849 --> 01:06:49.530 have the same ramifications of knowing Oh, no, 01:06:49.550 --> 01:06:51.210 we're gonna have to play this team two times. 01:06:51.550 --> 01:06:53.760 We're gonna have to see that player again And 01:06:53.760 --> 01:06:55.260 have we made them better because we know the 01:06:55.260 --> 01:06:58.480 qualities of what that is. So it's not it's not 01:06:58.480 --> 01:07:01.219 impossible, but it's just really irregular. And 01:07:01.219 --> 01:07:03.840 also, too, like how often when you only have 01:07:03.840 --> 01:07:06.059 twenty three people on your team, can you say, 01:07:06.139 --> 01:07:09.199 hey, we really need a right back and this team 01:07:09.199 --> 01:07:11.179 really wants the center back and we have a third 01:07:11.179 --> 01:07:13.800 one that's really good that like the universe 01:07:13.800 --> 01:07:16.260 just doesn't work like that, considering how 01:07:16.260 --> 01:07:19.460 much of our talent is taken from, you know, collegiate 01:07:19.460 --> 01:07:22.269 division three. washouts from Division 1 and 01:07:22.269 --> 01:07:24.989 then that random scouting network that goes abroad. 01:07:26.010 --> 01:07:28.449 I can't wait to see if that happens more, but 01:07:28.449 --> 01:07:31.289 I don't ever see it being... Even when Premier 01:07:31.289 --> 01:07:33.469 shows up, I see it being like a trade with Premier 01:07:33.469 --> 01:07:35.630 to Championship. Like we have a player that's 01:07:35.630 --> 01:07:37.769 not working out for us, but we see the qualities 01:07:37.769 --> 01:07:40.690 of your Championship player. Do you want to make 01:07:40.690 --> 01:07:42.230 a trade there? And then even then that might 01:07:42.230 --> 01:07:43.570 not answer the question because then it's not 01:07:43.570 --> 01:07:46.570 League to League. It is League to League, but 01:07:46.570 --> 01:07:49.809 it's not within League. It's hard to say. What's 01:07:49.809 --> 01:07:52.869 the next question? Yeah, Stacy D here says I 01:07:52.869 --> 01:07:56.199 heard you get a shout out on USL all access When 01:07:56.199 --> 01:07:59.340 are Mike and Devin on the show? I talk to Devin 01:07:59.340 --> 01:08:01.340 regularly. So he is always welcome back. He's 01:08:01.340 --> 01:08:04.340 just very hard to track down. Normally we ask 01:08:04.340 --> 01:08:07.300 him if he can be on an episode and then it's 01:08:07.300 --> 01:08:09.659 like, Oh, I've got seven very busy and it's like 01:08:09.659 --> 01:08:12.440 a really weird time slot. He's like, I have like 01:08:12.440 --> 01:08:15.559 30 minutes on a random Tuesday. I think he offered 01:08:15.559 --> 01:08:17.920 once to do a prerecording for us at like five 01:08:17.920 --> 01:08:20.340 30 in the morning on a Tuesday. Yeah. So, uh, 01:08:20.340 --> 01:08:22.779 but you know, also as much, I do love Devin and 01:08:22.779 --> 01:08:25.630 he's Always welcome back. I think we got to connect 01:08:25.630 --> 01:08:27.510 more with Mike Mike Watson is young I'm sure 01:08:27.510 --> 01:08:29.529 he's just as busy and he's they both have like 01:08:29.529 --> 01:08:31.470 five kids each so like they're always out walking 01:08:31.470 --> 01:08:34.470 the cat We will get them on Stacy at some point 01:08:34.470 --> 01:08:36.770 It may need to be a playoff when like CBS is 01:08:36.770 --> 01:08:38.510 sponsoring they can tie it into their broadcast 01:08:38.510 --> 01:08:41.010 package So they can use our conversation in the 01:08:41.010 --> 01:08:43.489 in the match But I will work on getting Devin 01:08:43.489 --> 01:08:45.710 or Mike or both on the shore. Maybe they should 01:08:45.710 --> 01:08:47.289 invite us back onto theirs again Yeah, we'll 01:08:47.289 --> 01:08:50.409 go there Rachel M. Wrightson. Do we need another 01:08:50.409 --> 01:08:54.310 player at this point or in Foyo? We trust I mean, 01:08:54.710 --> 01:08:57.149 you know, it's old. Rachel's already sold. I 01:08:57.149 --> 01:08:59.949 mean, I'm kind of sold on what I saw in folio 01:08:59.949 --> 01:09:02.949 too, but I also don't want to like, you know, 01:09:03.149 --> 01:09:05.029 put the cart before the horse. If you will, I 01:09:05.029 --> 01:09:06.449 think we still need to see a little bit more 01:09:06.449 --> 01:09:09.930 of them. Funny enough, going on the rewatch of 01:09:09.930 --> 01:09:11.930 the game, there was an ad to, you know, go buy 01:09:11.930 --> 01:09:13.529 more tickets for our IFC. And it was of course, 01:09:13.590 --> 01:09:16.310 of showing Logan Dorsey. He's still, I think 01:09:16.310 --> 01:09:17.850 he's still on the front page of Rhode Island 01:09:17.850 --> 01:09:21.029 FC .com. I'm not sure that that's what we need. 01:09:21.130 --> 01:09:23.989 We need a backup rotational striker who is not 01:09:23.989 --> 01:09:25.869 going to say, Hey, you're not giving me enough 01:09:25.869 --> 01:09:28.949 minutes. Someone who is looking to prove themselves 01:09:28.949 --> 01:09:31.869 and develop. And that's probably what I'd say 01:09:31.869 --> 01:09:35.109 we need at this point. Uh, Eric N says, was this 01:09:35.109 --> 01:09:37.949 RAFC's most complete performance of the season? 01:09:39.010 --> 01:09:42.869 I don't think so. I think that, uh, I think it 01:09:42.869 --> 01:09:46.850 was like, I think the color speaks game actually. 01:09:47.039 --> 01:09:49.140 was the most complete. It was a hard -fought 01:09:49.140 --> 01:09:51.819 game. We got the goals where we needed. We earned 01:09:51.819 --> 01:09:57.439 our goals in that match. The Charleston game 01:09:57.439 --> 01:09:58.920 just felt like it was like a landslide going 01:09:58.920 --> 01:10:01.479 our direction. That was just a fun game. That 01:10:01.479 --> 01:10:03.199 might have been the goals gore, but I think a 01:10:03.199 --> 01:10:05.699 game that like really we fought tooth and nail. 01:10:06.020 --> 01:10:07.880 Maybe Charleston, but I'm leaning more towards 01:10:07.880 --> 01:10:10.199 Colorado Springs. How about for you? Was this 01:10:10.199 --> 01:10:11.979 the complete performance of the season? I don't 01:10:11.979 --> 01:10:14.319 mean it because it wasn't a clean sheet. I mean 01:10:14.319 --> 01:10:19.960 it more from... I just think I think that Colas 01:10:19.960 --> 01:10:21.960 Biggs is a good shout, especially because they 01:10:21.960 --> 01:10:25.479 are a bit stronger of a team than Monterey Bay. 01:10:25.600 --> 01:10:27.899 Well, I don't know if there's the strongest team 01:10:27.899 --> 01:10:30.420 in the world. I'd say a bit stronger. Do you 01:10:30.420 --> 01:10:32.479 know where they are on the table now? I don't 01:10:32.479 --> 01:10:34.500 know, like ninth. They're in ninth place. They 01:10:34.500 --> 01:10:37.220 have now lost four of their last five league 01:10:37.220 --> 01:10:41.220 matches like bad indicator. Shows you again. 01:10:41.279 --> 01:10:43.399 How much land side will bring you down cheat 01:10:43.399 --> 01:10:47.380 and rely on altitude but um But yeah, I mean 01:10:47.380 --> 01:10:50.239 like from that perspective you're maybe cold 01:10:50.239 --> 01:10:52.199 speaks. It's not the best example, but they fought 01:10:52.199 --> 01:10:54.539 hard in that match I just I saw more out of it 01:10:54.539 --> 01:10:57.699 from Colorado than I did from Monterey who also 01:10:57.699 --> 01:11:00.359 have lost four of their last five so maybe maybe 01:11:00.359 --> 01:11:02.159 neither one of those is a complete performance 01:11:02.159 --> 01:11:04.460 and we just beat teams that at the bottom of 01:11:04.460 --> 01:11:06.039 the table you're supposed to be even though Joe 01:11:06.039 --> 01:11:07.960 and I Can't say that out loud in front of Kano. 01:11:08.260 --> 01:11:10.560 Anyways, I'm rambling. We're running long. We 01:11:10.560 --> 01:11:12.720 got to get out of here, Jason. It's been so much 01:11:12.720 --> 01:11:15.760 fun. I can't wait to talk more soccer later this 01:11:15.760 --> 01:11:19.689 week. We've got a fun. week ahead with the Watch 01:11:19.689 --> 01:11:23.689 Party for Defiance 1636 at the Guild. 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