WEBVTT 00:00:05.259 --> 00:00:12.240 You're listening to Raising Anchor on 990 WBOB. 00:00:18.800 --> 00:00:21.179 Welcome to the Raising Anchor Soccer Show with 00:00:21.179 --> 00:00:24.260 Matt Entrekin and Jason Carey. Your home for 00:00:24.260 --> 00:00:26.899 news, analysis, and everything Rhode Island FC. 00:00:27.719 --> 00:00:30.019 Each week they take you inside the locker room, 00:00:30.399 --> 00:00:32.600 inside the tactics, and inside the storyline 00:00:32.600 --> 00:00:39.200 shaping RIFC. Here's Matt and Jason. Rhode Island 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:42.100 FC take a point against Louisville City drawing 00:00:42.100 --> 00:00:45.579 1 -1 at home thanks to our newest addition continuing 00:00:45.579 --> 00:00:49.159 the trend of finding goals and debuts. Is this 00:00:49.159 --> 00:00:52.000 a result that RIFC needs to keep them in the 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:54.689 playoff hunt especially that home playoff berth, 00:00:54.990 --> 00:00:56.609 and what does this mean for the remainder of 00:00:56.609 --> 00:00:59.530 games looking ahead to the season looming at 00:00:59.530 --> 00:01:02.350 the end here in October? We're gonna unpack the 00:01:02.350 --> 00:01:04.689 game, we're gonna unpack the roster decisions 00:01:04.689 --> 00:01:07.290 on the night, the controversial calls, Coach 00:01:07.290 --> 00:01:09.969 Cano's own thoughts, and of course the mailbag 00:01:09.969 --> 00:01:12.769 a little later on the show. But Jason, Kerry, 00:01:12.950 --> 00:01:14.909 co -hosts with the most, it's a Tuesday show, 00:01:15.189 --> 00:01:17.030 we only do these when there's a Wednesday game, 00:01:17.109 --> 00:01:19.750 and while there is USL action going on right 00:01:19.750 --> 00:01:22.609 now as we're on the show, This is a bit of uncharted 00:01:22.609 --> 00:01:26.989 territory for us. Yeah, busy week in the sense 00:01:26.989 --> 00:01:30.810 that we had a long holiday here, so we gave ourselves 00:01:30.810 --> 00:01:33.950 the day off like everyone else. And now back 00:01:33.950 --> 00:01:37.310 to it here on the most Monday, Tuesday of the 00:01:37.310 --> 00:01:40.450 year, I think so far. It does feel that way. 00:01:40.750 --> 00:01:42.469 It's like you're already a little bit behind 00:01:42.469 --> 00:01:45.310 in your work week. And but you're also closer 00:01:45.310 --> 00:01:47.390 to the end of that week at the same time. So 00:01:47.390 --> 00:01:50.129 a little little pro, a little con. I want to 00:01:50.129 --> 00:01:52.409 ask, did you have any fun this Labor Day weekend, 00:01:52.730 --> 00:01:55.310 including watching this 1 -1 draw between Louisville 00:01:55.310 --> 00:01:57.969 City and Rhode Island? Yeah, I mean, always a 00:01:57.969 --> 00:01:59.969 great time at Centerville Bank Stadium. Glad 00:01:59.969 --> 00:02:02.250 to see that we came away with a point. We'll 00:02:02.250 --> 00:02:04.450 kind of break down our feelings on the game there 00:02:04.450 --> 00:02:07.629 again. But hey, I mean, spoiler alert, we didn't 00:02:07.629 --> 00:02:12.479 lose. So. can always be worse. That's true. Updates. 00:02:12.520 --> 00:02:14.680 If you're watching this show and also paying 00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:17.919 attention around prinks, tires, cup action, Hartford 00:02:17.919 --> 00:02:20.780 athletic in the driver's seat right now, a two, 00:02:20.860 --> 00:02:24.560 one lead over Colorado spring switchbacks in 00:02:24.560 --> 00:02:27.500 extra time right now, San Antonio and Louisville 00:02:27.500 --> 00:02:30.199 at nil nil away at San Antonio right now for 00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:33.020 Lou. Uh, we're going to try to hope that Colorado 00:02:33.020 --> 00:02:34.979 can do something incredible in these dying minutes, 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:37.139 but For now, we're going to focus on us and that's 00:02:37.139 --> 00:02:38.960 what matters and we got to start somewhere. So 00:02:38.960 --> 00:02:40.539 why not start with the current league standings 00:02:40.539 --> 00:02:42.699 and league play? Yeah. So just getting right 00:02:42.699 --> 00:02:46.780 into it here. Uh, RFC are now unbeaten in seven 00:02:46.780 --> 00:02:49.659 matches in a row at home after their one, one 00:02:49.659 --> 00:02:52.120 draw. Are you, are you going glass half full 00:02:52.120 --> 00:02:54.340 right here? Is that what, is this a new Jason 00:02:54.340 --> 00:02:56.500 Labor Day just turns you into a positive guy? 00:02:57.340 --> 00:03:00.180 It's it's is it fall y 'all yet or I don't know 00:03:00.180 --> 00:03:02.240 how that works. I mean, it was like 80 degrees 00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:04.240 today. How many pumpkin spice lattes have you 00:03:04.240 --> 00:03:06.500 had already? This is what the power of your positivity 00:03:06.500 --> 00:03:09.520 is. No, none yet. Maybe it's just like be thinking, 00:03:09.520 --> 00:03:13.979 looking forward to them, you know. Me being as 00:03:13.979 --> 00:03:19.219 basic as I am. But hey, it turns out also that 00:03:19.219 --> 00:03:21.439 maybe not the worst result as we kind of look 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:23.800 at the teams above our FC, with the exception 00:03:23.800 --> 00:03:27.840 of Tampa Bay. Spoiler, they all drew. so the 00:03:27.840 --> 00:03:30.159 pack really didn't separate too much there so 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:33.580 can't say that we're falling too far behind but 00:03:33.580 --> 00:03:35.879 with that result it still means that RISC are 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:38.139 in eighth place on an eight five and eight record 00:03:38.139 --> 00:03:40.770 yeah it's kind of crazy when you do look at the 00:03:40.770 --> 00:03:43.370 oddity of this type of situation happening in 00:03:43.370 --> 00:03:45.550 the league you know we talked about how all of 00:03:45.550 --> 00:03:48.250 these games can be make or breaks to start pulling 00:03:48.250 --> 00:03:50.990 away from or closing the gap on that next opponent 00:03:50.990 --> 00:03:53.330 in front of you on that table climb games in 00:03:53.330 --> 00:03:55.169 hand or something like that well in games and 00:03:55.169 --> 00:03:57.909 we will pray to in a second but the fact that 00:03:57.909 --> 00:04:00.530 the next seven trailing eastern leading teams 00:04:00.969 --> 00:04:04.129 With the exception of Tampa Bay, all drew on 00:04:04.129 --> 00:04:06.550 the weekend. It kind of turns this almost into 00:04:06.550 --> 00:04:09.349 like a scratch week, right? Like games are played, 00:04:09.389 --> 00:04:12.469 things happen, but the table is so far ahead 00:04:12.469 --> 00:04:14.509 that it's like no one's going to catch them anyway. 00:04:14.509 --> 00:04:16.490 So who cares? Right. But then we talk about, 00:04:16.490 --> 00:04:18.230 like, where's the noticeable change that even 00:04:18.230 --> 00:04:20.209 happens behind us on the table, right? Miami 00:04:20.209 --> 00:04:24.170 FC also in their last match a draw. So, you know, 00:04:24.449 --> 00:04:26.569 there's a really weird position where either 00:04:26.569 --> 00:04:29.579 of season right now. With Miami getting the draw, 00:04:29.740 --> 00:04:31.420 I would have loved if they had had a loss because 00:04:31.420 --> 00:04:33.800 that would have put them at at least seven points, 00:04:33.839 --> 00:04:36.680 which means you needed three games to either 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:39.259 equalize and catch up or potentially overlap 00:04:39.259 --> 00:04:42.899 and jump ahead with just six points. Now it's 00:04:42.899 --> 00:04:44.980 still just those two games. And, you know, we've 00:04:44.980 --> 00:04:47.279 been talking at length about these two games 00:04:47.279 --> 00:04:50.160 in hand. They we want them to help us and propel 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:52.959 us up the table. These also could do the heavy 00:04:52.959 --> 00:04:56.170 lifting of keeping Miami. uh squarely in our 00:04:56.170 --> 00:04:58.649 rear view mirror jason it's six points behind 00:04:58.649 --> 00:05:01.170 us is miami and it's six points in front of us 00:05:01.170 --> 00:05:03.430 is a home playoff berth right now these games 00:05:03.430 --> 00:05:05.490 in hand might be the most important games of 00:05:05.490 --> 00:05:07.449 our life yeah these games in hands are starting 00:05:07.449 --> 00:05:11.209 to feel like uh some sort of gotcha game or we're 00:05:11.209 --> 00:05:14.509 gonna open it up and have a oh get really disappointed 00:05:14.509 --> 00:05:17.240 it could be problematic I don't know where this 00:05:17.240 --> 00:05:19.519 will happen. I mean outside of the fact that 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:22.600 it'll be the Sporting Jacks game on that Wednesday. 00:05:22.740 --> 00:05:24.319 Excuse me, not Sporting Jacks. The Loudon. The 00:05:24.319 --> 00:05:26.759 India 11 and the Loudon games are those two midweek 00:05:26.759 --> 00:05:30.000 games. But speaking of Sporting Jacks, let's 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:32.079 dive right into our overall impressions, kind 00:05:32.079 --> 00:05:35.339 of moving here into the recap of the game itself. 00:05:35.720 --> 00:05:37.620 You know, I say Sporting Jacks because this game 00:05:37.620 --> 00:05:39.980 kind of felt like Sporting Jacks in a lot of 00:05:39.980 --> 00:05:42.740 different ways. You know, first off, Louisville 00:05:42.740 --> 00:05:44.500 felt like they were coming in with the mindset 00:05:44.500 --> 00:05:47.259 of wanting to play play in a draw for the entirety 00:05:47.259 --> 00:05:50.139 of the match. The only change here is the good 00:05:50.139 --> 00:05:51.959 luck fortune they have, because of course they 00:05:51.959 --> 00:05:54.360 always get this weird good luck when they come 00:05:54.360 --> 00:05:56.579 and play at Centerville Bank Stadium. These freak 00:05:56.579 --> 00:05:59.579 situations that happen for them. Should we only 00:05:59.579 --> 00:06:02.279 play them a burn or something? Maybe. But at 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:05.579 burn it was a nil -nil. We're only good away. 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:08.639 We only find lots of goals when we go to Kentucky 00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:11.740 and score there But like I look at this match 00:06:11.740 --> 00:06:13.920 and in honesty, you know It felt like they were 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:16.139 playing with the drop minus the penalty kick 00:06:16.139 --> 00:06:19.579 gift, you know If you and I said Sporting Jacks 00:06:19.579 --> 00:06:21.959 earlier, if you look at it, similarities, Sporting 00:06:21.959 --> 00:06:24.600 Jacks was just happy to get a point out of that 00:06:24.600 --> 00:06:26.180 game, especially where we knew the trajectory 00:06:26.180 --> 00:06:28.139 of their season went. But then you look at the 00:06:28.139 --> 00:06:30.060 goal scored, Rhode Island of Sea gets a fluke 00:06:30.060 --> 00:06:32.939 goal and a deflection for Logan Dorsey. Kind 00:06:32.939 --> 00:06:36.300 of a bit of a fluke goal here with Stas Korsanowski. 00:06:36.839 --> 00:06:39.040 There's just a lot of parallels and similarities 00:06:39.040 --> 00:06:42.620 there. I don't want to say that Lew didn't try 00:06:42.620 --> 00:06:45.040 to play this game. They absolutely did. But it 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:46.699 came to my attention later because we didn't 00:06:46.699 --> 00:06:49.750 really cover it. Lou had to play this match that 00:06:49.750 --> 00:06:51.930 they're playing right now while we're live, and 00:06:51.930 --> 00:06:54.370 they had a lot of schedule congestion and fixture 00:06:54.370 --> 00:06:56.529 kind of balancing that they had to go into this 00:06:56.529 --> 00:06:58.670 game. Didn't realize that Lou City might not 00:06:58.670 --> 00:07:00.529 be bringing their A game into this game over 00:07:00.529 --> 00:07:03.170 the weekend. Yeah, I kind of didn't. I missed 00:07:03.170 --> 00:07:05.329 that too when we were doing our research on Lou, 00:07:05.470 --> 00:07:07.689 not realizing how like I knew they were in this 00:07:07.689 --> 00:07:09.310 tournament. I just didn't realize how quick it 00:07:09.310 --> 00:07:12.889 was coming up. I mean, look at the game. I think 00:07:12.889 --> 00:07:14.970 that both teams kind of had some luck go your 00:07:14.970 --> 00:07:17.519 way. Like you mentioned stars. stars gold will 00:07:17.519 --> 00:07:19.579 talk about that in a little bit but there was 00:07:19.579 --> 00:07:21.500 a little bit of luck involved there are you some 00:07:21.500 --> 00:07:24.879 skills well too. I'm also simultaneously think 00:07:24.879 --> 00:07:27.720 that both teams are unlucky. I think that rfc 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:31.420 created quite a lot of chances. Probably could 00:07:31.420 --> 00:07:33.079 have gotten another one but there was also a 00:07:33.079 --> 00:07:36.480 few opportunities where. You know, we know that 00:07:36.480 --> 00:07:38.160 Louisville is dangerous and that there are a 00:07:38.160 --> 00:07:40.300 few moments there that were a little tense when 00:07:40.300 --> 00:07:42.899 they Got to the other side as well. I don't I 00:07:42.899 --> 00:07:45.279 don't disagree too much I think a lot of the 00:07:45.279 --> 00:07:47.160 conversation at least I know I saw it on the 00:07:47.160 --> 00:07:50.300 discord I saw it online and the in the middle 00:07:50.300 --> 00:07:52.420 of the game as that penalty was awarded We'll 00:07:52.420 --> 00:07:54.639 talk about that later in the show, but I also 00:07:54.639 --> 00:07:57.180 think sometimes too like Rhode Island I think 00:07:57.180 --> 00:07:59.939 there was a lot of and I hate to do it but talking 00:07:59.939 --> 00:08:02.019 about the ref as a central figure in this game 00:08:02.459 --> 00:08:05.540 it went from a position of you know where this 00:08:05.540 --> 00:08:07.560 ref I thought was going one direction with things 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:11.100 and then it did not seem to acquiesce where everyone 00:08:11.100 --> 00:08:13.060 was getting the right kind of treatment and then 00:08:13.060 --> 00:08:14.779 it felt like he was over correcting for some 00:08:14.779 --> 00:08:17.680 missed calls I mean Kano Smith gets a yellow 00:08:17.680 --> 00:08:20.139 card again in this game for descent so looking 00:08:20.139 --> 00:08:23.399 at the at the tracker here Kano Smith now up 00:08:23.399 --> 00:08:26.720 to five yellows and one red card remember if 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:29.040 he gets to 10 cards of any kind by the end of 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:31.740 the season We will do a donation to a charity 00:08:31.740 --> 00:08:36.000 of our listeners' choice. So make sure Kano keeps 00:08:36.000 --> 00:08:38.220 lippin' off by the end of the season. We'll see 00:08:38.220 --> 00:08:42.019 what can happen there. And we can go into Kano's 00:08:42.019 --> 00:08:43.399 words there if you want to jump straight to it, 00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:46.179 but did you feel... that Louisville was ever 00:08:46.179 --> 00:08:48.080 actually serious about getting a win and getting 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:50.039 all three points other than the period of time 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:54.080 in the 18th to the second half when Stas equalized. 00:08:54.340 --> 00:08:55.940 Did it feel like Lou was really there to try 00:08:55.940 --> 00:08:57.840 to win the game outright? I don't think Lou came 00:08:57.840 --> 00:09:00.259 here to dominate the game in that sense. I think 00:09:00.259 --> 00:09:03.960 that they were trying to set up and be compact 00:09:03.960 --> 00:09:06.179 and try and see if they can kind of nick something 00:09:06.179 --> 00:09:09.059 off like a counter, if you will. And then like 00:09:09.059 --> 00:09:11.620 you said, there was a bit of rotation in their 00:09:11.620 --> 00:09:15.759 squad due to like The travel and the the fixture 00:09:15.759 --> 00:09:19.379 congestion that they had. So yeah, I think to 00:09:19.379 --> 00:09:22.740 a certain extent they were. Not going out right 00:09:22.740 --> 00:09:24.820 for the wind, but just kind of seeing what they 00:09:24.820 --> 00:09:27.779 what they can get hard for athletic have now 00:09:27.779 --> 00:09:31.700 officially won their match in USL Prinks tires 00:09:31.700 --> 00:09:34.600 gross. I hate it. And especially with the US 00:09:34.600 --> 00:09:37.240 Open Cup birth now it as an additional reward 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:40.279 it this is this is the disgusting timeline, but 00:09:40.279 --> 00:09:43.559 we continue on and Let's hear what Kano Smith 00:09:43.559 --> 00:09:46.139 head coach and general manager had to say about 00:09:46.139 --> 00:09:50.120 the game in his own words front of performance 00:09:50.120 --> 00:09:54.879 obviously disappointed not to win Thought we'd 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:57.360 only team really trying to push in and go for 00:09:57.360 --> 00:09:59.679 the win But they defend really well in the difficult 00:09:59.679 --> 00:10:03.960 difficult to break down didn't have many clear 00:10:03.960 --> 00:10:07.480 -cut opportunities, but certainly some half ones, 00:10:07.779 --> 00:10:12.779 but yeah, just unfortunate on a PK. I mean, again, 00:10:13.019 --> 00:10:15.100 some of the calls we don't get and some of the 00:10:15.100 --> 00:10:17.480 calls the opposition gets, I will never understand, 00:10:18.779 --> 00:10:24.769 but hopefully one day we get that lucky. So Kano 00:10:24.769 --> 00:10:27.129 Smith saying hopefully one day we'll get that 00:10:27.129 --> 00:10:29.649 lucky we we've talked at length about this right 00:10:29.649 --> 00:10:32.889 like we've talked about in one aspect it does 00:10:32.889 --> 00:10:34.830 feel like sometimes Rhode Island does not get 00:10:34.830 --> 00:10:38.070 the calls going their way and other times I think 00:10:38.070 --> 00:10:40.169 everyone I think even Kano said you have to create 00:10:40.169 --> 00:10:42.769 your own luck You know you said it a second ago 00:10:42.769 --> 00:10:45.269 that both teams you might have said were unlucky 00:10:45.269 --> 00:10:48.269 was this really coming down to one decision which 00:10:48.269 --> 00:10:50.779 was the differentiation because I look at shots 00:10:50.779 --> 00:10:53.519 on target. I look at everything in this game. 00:10:54.259 --> 00:10:56.500 And if, if we're going to talk about, you know, 00:10:56.659 --> 00:10:59.500 two shots on target and what, you know, and then 00:10:59.500 --> 00:11:01.919 a penalty converted, I don't know that coach 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:06.019 Conno's wrong about that. Yeah. In some of that 00:11:06.019 --> 00:11:08.220 luck I was, I would argue too, there was a few 00:11:08.220 --> 00:11:11.159 shots from both sides that were off target that 00:11:11.159 --> 00:11:13.259 were very close where you could argue maybe on 00:11:13.259 --> 00:11:16.779 another day. You know if they they laced up the 00:11:16.779 --> 00:11:18.879 right shooting boots Which I so I don't know 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:21.399 if you heard this but that open net sitter when 00:11:21.399 --> 00:11:24.759 it was passed back through the left side of of 00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:27.460 lose attack and There I don't remember the attacker 00:11:27.460 --> 00:11:30.460 but he came in and just shanked it on an open 00:11:30.460 --> 00:11:33.159 net Someone in the fans of the area. I was sitting 00:11:33.159 --> 00:11:36.500 was like, oh they have their own Should do we 00:11:36.500 --> 00:11:41.000 do we say Prince Sadie on this team and it was 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:43.659 I mean that was that cost them the game but then 00:11:43.659 --> 00:11:45.740 like you could also argue like that was the luck 00:11:45.740 --> 00:11:48.019 the ball not lying and restoring the balance 00:11:48.019 --> 00:11:51.039 to the game but definitely a herring moment so 00:11:51.039 --> 00:11:53.200 you're going to stand on the ground of that this 00:11:53.200 --> 00:11:55.179 was just luck on both sides and it is what it 00:11:55.179 --> 00:11:59.019 is to to a certain extent i i think that maybe 00:11:59.019 --> 00:12:01.500 our afc would like considering the amount of 00:12:01.500 --> 00:12:05.000 chances they created i argue that they were the 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:08.179 team that were more likely trying to go and create 00:12:08.179 --> 00:12:10.460 that win so with a little more luck on their 00:12:10.460 --> 00:12:13.409 side Things go to went their way, but sometimes 00:12:13.409 --> 00:12:15.870 the football gods they you know They kind of 00:12:15.870 --> 00:12:18.269 do what they want and creating a lot of chances 00:12:18.269 --> 00:12:19.870 doesn't mean you're gonna actually score any 00:12:19.870 --> 00:12:23.529 goals Listen if watching the imax 70 millimeter 00:12:23.529 --> 00:12:25.509 odyssey film over the weekend has taught me one 00:12:25.509 --> 00:12:28.970 thing You do not want the wrath of the gods when 00:12:28.970 --> 00:12:30.669 it comes to your fortune ahead. But we've got 00:12:30.669 --> 00:12:32.529 to go to break and when we return, we're going 00:12:32.529 --> 00:12:34.350 to break down the game. We're going to talk about 00:12:34.350 --> 00:12:37.370 what Conno did to get this lineup right and maybe 00:12:37.370 --> 00:12:39.990 a little questionable ahead. So don't go anywhere. 00:12:40.149 --> 00:12:44.929 It's the Raising Acres Soccer Show. Thank you 00:12:44.929 --> 00:12:46.909 for listening to tonight's broadcast powered 00:12:46.909 --> 00:12:49.649 by Sprout Coworking. For all your business needs, 00:12:50.049 --> 00:12:53.870 large or small, visit sproutcoworking .com. Powering 00:12:53.870 --> 00:12:58.570 990 WBOB, that's sproutcoworking .com. Now, let's 00:12:58.570 --> 00:13:00.950 get back to the raising anchor soccer ship on 00:13:00.950 --> 00:13:05.070 990 WBOB with Matt Entrickett and Jason Carey. 00:13:05.930 --> 00:13:08.690 Nate ski in the chat saying when it rains, we 00:13:08.690 --> 00:13:11.269 don't lose. But I remember a very distinct one 00:13:11.269 --> 00:13:14.549 of when it rains, we would win. So it's always 00:13:14.549 --> 00:13:16.750 fun how you have to start. In fact, I heard someone 00:13:16.750 --> 00:13:19.809 say at the game when it rains, we score like 00:13:19.809 --> 00:13:22.690 we can't be changing the goalpost. We're trying 00:13:22.690 --> 00:13:26.149 to take what we can get from here. Or maybe our 00:13:26.149 --> 00:13:29.330 AFC fans are just, you know, the big believers 00:13:29.330 --> 00:13:32.269 in science. So we're still kind of testing our 00:13:32.269 --> 00:13:35.649 theories out, you know, making amendments. As 00:13:35.649 --> 00:13:39.429 we see fit so yeah, well, let's get into this 00:13:39.429 --> 00:13:41.190 game break down here starting with the players 00:13:41.190 --> 00:13:44.309 unavailable John and Peter's still not available 00:13:44.309 --> 00:13:47.450 gogo is a no -no and then Zach caribou You know, 00:13:47.470 --> 00:13:49.309 we told you that we had seen him at training, 00:13:49.309 --> 00:13:51.110 but that did not mean he was going to be match 00:13:51.110 --> 00:13:54.029 fit and ready for the match ahead. And the club 00:13:54.029 --> 00:13:56.190 still listed him as unavailable, so that means 00:13:56.190 --> 00:13:58.350 maybe his timeline is still at least another 00:13:58.350 --> 00:14:01.850 week or two. The exaggerations of my return, 00:14:02.070 --> 00:14:03.870 you know, or whatever, have been greatly exaggerated. 00:14:04.269 --> 00:14:06.070 So then let's talk about the actual starting 00:14:06.070 --> 00:14:07.649 11 here, because I think there's some questions 00:14:07.649 --> 00:14:09.549 that we can definitely talk about when I'm packing 00:14:09.549 --> 00:14:12.210 this match. Yeah, it's like you said, a few changes 00:14:12.210 --> 00:14:15.649 here. In net we have Koke Vegas, a back four 00:14:15.649 --> 00:14:18.789 here of Nick Scardina, Kareepa Yow, Grant Stoneman, 00:14:18.929 --> 00:14:21.570 and Frank Nadarse. You're holding midfielders 00:14:21.570 --> 00:14:25.370 of Ugo Baccarac and Amos Shapiro Thompson. Attacking 00:14:25.370 --> 00:14:28.909 midfielders on the night, Joje Quisera, Leo Alfonso, 00:14:29.309 --> 00:14:33.330 and Yutaro Tsukada with Stas Koronzowski as the 00:14:33.330 --> 00:14:37.830 lone striker up top. Yeah. Are we surprised at 00:14:37.830 --> 00:14:41.590 all to see that, um, so Kareefa returns and that 00:14:41.590 --> 00:14:44.769 means Aldair's out and we, we put Frank in. Was 00:14:44.769 --> 00:14:48.259 this Something between those two in regards to 00:14:48.259 --> 00:14:51.980 like game management. Do we want the? Because 00:14:51.980 --> 00:14:54.139 there's two kind of different players, right? 00:14:54.220 --> 00:14:56.679 I think with all day here you're gonna get more 00:14:56.679 --> 00:14:59.480 overlapping runs more crosses Which you would 00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:02.279 think with the big man we'd want up top but then 00:15:02.279 --> 00:15:05.899 maybe with Frank Nadar say you get the Added 00:15:05.899 --> 00:15:08.100 height incentive for the maybe a little bit more 00:15:08.100 --> 00:15:12.059 physicality there. He he's willing to take people 00:15:12.059 --> 00:15:14.889 on but he's like They're two different molds. 00:15:15.169 --> 00:15:16.789 Well, I mean, I don't think it's the question 00:15:16.789 --> 00:15:20.049 of Aldair versus Frank D 'Arcy. I think it's 00:15:20.049 --> 00:15:22.850 the do you want Aldair Sanchez on the pitch versus 00:15:22.850 --> 00:15:27.190 Grant Stoneman because Frank D 'Arcy can basically 00:15:27.190 --> 00:15:29.529 be a chameleon and play in any position on that 00:15:29.529 --> 00:15:31.970 back line. We know he can be a center back. We've 00:15:31.970 --> 00:15:34.190 seen him as a center back. But we also know that 00:15:34.190 --> 00:15:37.690 Kano appreciates that Brazilian like style of 00:15:37.690 --> 00:15:40.309 ball where he can take on the back line. He can 00:15:40.309 --> 00:15:43.399 dribble a little bit. Yeah. So When you're comparing 00:15:43.399 --> 00:15:46.860 just the profile of Frank to Aldair, you're getting 00:15:46.860 --> 00:15:49.639 the additional height advantage in set tactics, 00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:53.080 peace tactics. I can talk tonight. But then you 00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:55.700 have to ask yourself, with Grant Stoneman in 00:15:55.700 --> 00:15:57.399 the lineup, and this was the interesting thing. 00:15:57.690 --> 00:16:01.450 We didn't have a backup center back in the rotation, 00:16:01.570 --> 00:16:04.070 including the 18 man roster of everyone riding 00:16:04.070 --> 00:16:06.289 pine there. And, you know, getting into that 00:16:06.289 --> 00:16:08.610 a little bit more specifically, Crefa Yao makes 00:16:08.610 --> 00:16:11.850 his first start since July 18th after a six game 00:16:11.850 --> 00:16:14.710 injury absence, and he didn't even play the longest 00:16:14.710 --> 00:16:16.710 since he's been with us. It is the longest. So 00:16:16.710 --> 00:16:18.590 we'll have an interview with him in a week or 00:16:18.590 --> 00:16:21.110 so. We've already done the interview and he'll 00:16:21.110 --> 00:16:23.620 talk about kind of going through. that time period, 00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:26.080 it's the longest stretch of injury time he's 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:29.080 ever had as a professional player. So to me, 00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:31.059 it was like, I don't know if they knew Yale was 00:16:31.059 --> 00:16:34.039 going to need to come out at the halftime marker 00:16:34.039 --> 00:16:36.320 because of like just game management and fitness, 00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:38.539 but we didn't ride with an additional center 00:16:38.539 --> 00:16:41.759 back. CJ Williams nowhere to be found. We know 00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:43.940 how many joke has gone from this team. So now 00:16:43.940 --> 00:16:46.960 you're asking yourself. not necessarily frank 00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:49.460 for all that year but where is the where's that 00:16:49.460 --> 00:16:51.379 extra defender that we need to have to come in 00:16:51.379 --> 00:16:54.440 i won't even make the the joke jason of grant 00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:55.980 stoneman kind of being the catalyst for some 00:16:55.980 --> 00:16:57.940 of our problems on the night i feel like grant 00:16:57.940 --> 00:16:59.899 stoneman either has an amazing game we call him 00:16:59.899 --> 00:17:02.879 general grant or he has some unfortunate luck 00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:04.559 oh his way of thinking back to like the cocaine 00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:07.299 miss pass uh it's just like sometimes grant stoneman 00:17:07.299 --> 00:17:09.900 wrong time wrong place but that's the more interesting 00:17:09.900 --> 00:17:12.180 thing to me so i'll bounce it back to you frank 00:17:12.180 --> 00:17:15.400 new darcy Instead of Grant Stoneman, would that 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:17.839 have been a better move or you needed that much 00:17:17.839 --> 00:17:19.579 height and all the air was always the guy that 00:17:19.579 --> 00:17:25.059 had to go out? Um, I mean, I, you know, we're 00:17:25.059 --> 00:17:27.559 one of the things that like, I'm curious about 00:17:27.559 --> 00:17:31.960 this as regards to like the physicality, which, 00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:34.900 you know, one of our art or one or maybe discussions 00:17:34.900 --> 00:17:36.960 a little bit later on. But I think that maybe 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:38.460 it had to do with that, but I don't think it 00:17:38.460 --> 00:17:40.799 worked out for us in the night. And so I wonder 00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:44.259 if chance creation. You know hindsight obviously 00:17:44.259 --> 00:17:46.940 being 2020 could have benefited us on the night 00:17:46.940 --> 00:17:50.200 and with you know Having a big man stars up top 00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:53.140 there. Could we have maybe had a few more crosses 00:17:53.140 --> 00:17:55.640 in the box then? Especially with the amount of 00:17:55.640 --> 00:17:58.119 possession that this team had on the night. I 00:17:58.119 --> 00:18:00.380 mean, it's a fair It's a we we have a lot of 00:18:00.380 --> 00:18:02.980 tall guys even foyo riding the bench. He's six 00:18:02.980 --> 00:18:05.599 four himself So it's not like there's other places 00:18:05.599 --> 00:18:08.140 you can you're not going to find height whether 00:18:08.140 --> 00:18:10.140 it's defensively or offensively I don't know 00:18:10.140 --> 00:18:12.720 personally You know how I feel about Grant Stoneman. 00:18:13.180 --> 00:18:16.220 I just think that Frank is, I think we have enough 00:18:16.220 --> 00:18:18.700 quality talent on the wings in terms of our full 00:18:18.700 --> 00:18:21.740 backs that if you're going to upgrade, like is 00:18:21.740 --> 00:18:23.740 Frank a better upgrade at left back or is he 00:18:23.740 --> 00:18:26.839 a better upgrade at CB number two? And I think 00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:29.119 in me personally, Frank should always be CB number 00:18:29.119 --> 00:18:31.619 two instead, but Connor doesn't see it that way. 00:18:31.619 --> 00:18:35.380 Yeah. And Conno coaches this team. Yeah. And, 00:18:35.380 --> 00:18:38.069 and you know, with his track record, like We 00:18:38.069 --> 00:18:40.009 can't really question it until we get to the 00:18:40.009 --> 00:18:42.029 end of the season here. We've got to two consecutive 00:18:42.029 --> 00:18:45.950 Eastern Conference Championships. So but I just 00:18:45.950 --> 00:18:47.569 look at that and think, you know, obviously, 00:18:47.589 --> 00:18:50.849 like I said, hindsight being 2020. You know, 00:18:50.990 --> 00:18:52.789 another goal could have benefited us as we're 00:18:52.789 --> 00:18:55.509 trying to kind of fight for that playoff contention. 00:18:55.710 --> 00:18:57.670 But the argument is Frank D 'Arcy should absolutely 00:18:57.670 --> 00:18:59.490 be a starter on the scene. Oh, absolutely. I 00:18:59.490 --> 00:19:01.990 think he's he's proven himself time and time 00:19:01.990 --> 00:19:04.329 again. And like that's the other concern I have, 00:19:04.390 --> 00:19:06.190 though, is like we look we can just jump into 00:19:06.190 --> 00:19:09.200 this, you know. the emphasis on management here, 00:19:09.299 --> 00:19:14.259 like when you watched Kano's game piece movement 00:19:14.259 --> 00:19:16.859 here as he had to start putting his subs in, 00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:20.059 you know, you see Krifa go out, so then suddenly 00:19:20.059 --> 00:19:23.380 you have Frank Nodarse tuck back in, but then 00:19:23.380 --> 00:19:26.819 it's not Aldair Sanchez coming in for the left 00:19:26.819 --> 00:19:30.119 back, it's Jojea Quisera dropping out to the 00:19:30.119 --> 00:19:32.680 left back, resuming a role he hasn't played since 00:19:32.680 --> 00:19:35.930 2024. And then that's to bring Foyo in at the 00:19:35.930 --> 00:19:37.710 front line. And then when we have to do even 00:19:37.710 --> 00:19:39.690 more rotation because Grant Stoneman is it was 00:19:39.690 --> 00:19:41.210 just cooked. I don't know if he picked up a knock. 00:19:41.250 --> 00:19:43.369 By the way, he looked like he looked like he 00:19:43.369 --> 00:19:45.190 was struggling. A lot of players actually kept 00:19:45.190 --> 00:19:47.950 getting like those pickle shots and like hydration 00:19:47.950 --> 00:19:50.569 things like the trainer was just throwing stuff 00:19:50.569 --> 00:19:52.549 in multiple times. I've never actually seen that 00:19:52.549 --> 00:19:56.339 much. hydration go on in a game like this. So 00:19:56.339 --> 00:19:58.720 then you go from Grant Stoneman out. Well, then 00:19:58.720 --> 00:20:01.019 Hugo Baccarac has to drop back and fill in for 00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:03.059 the center back. Dwayne Atkinson, who's already 00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:05.400 in the game as a left winger, drops back to CDM 00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:08.920 number six. So we got the Atkinson defender experience 00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:11.480 all over again. And then finally, Al Dyer comes 00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:15.440 in when Quisera is gassed. And so there's like, 00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:18.440 there's just a lot of questions on like, it worked 00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:20.859 because of card management. There wasn't any 00:20:20.859 --> 00:20:24.079 disciplinary issues. But on another night, Hugo 00:20:24.079 --> 00:20:26.779 backwreck is our leading card offender on this 00:20:26.779 --> 00:20:29.700 team. If he's on a yellow and you're forced to 00:20:29.700 --> 00:20:32.900 put him back to CB2, you're not doing much to 00:20:32.900 --> 00:20:35.140 reset the back line versus having a sub alternate 00:20:35.140 --> 00:20:37.920 off the, especially if he has to make a, like 00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:41.819 a split second decision where he's, you know, 00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:43.680 we're, we're getting counter attacked and you 00:20:43.680 --> 00:20:45.160 don't want to be putting him in that position 00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:47.579 where he could get sent off. It's almost like 00:20:47.579 --> 00:20:50.900 as great as the flexibility is at times on this 00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:53.819 team. Sometimes it almost feels like a double 00:20:53.819 --> 00:20:55.839 -edged sword in it or it hurts us because we 00:20:55.839 --> 00:20:58.559 put ourselves in this position where we're like 00:20:58.559 --> 00:21:00.640 Shifting all these pieces around and then you 00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:04.079 end up with some sort of You know weird Cronenberg 00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:06.920 of a team at the end That's just like who is 00:21:06.920 --> 00:21:09.119 in what the what like what is going on here? 00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:11.740 I agree So we got to move on though for the sake 00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:13.960 of time want to talk about a very noticeable 00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:16.519 player not on the bench at all Not making the 00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:20.019 game day. No if you saw on A bit of a surprising 00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:22.400 thing to not see the Centurion make the roster. 00:21:22.619 --> 00:21:25.759 Is this a sign of alarm? Should fans of Fusson 00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:28.019 start to be panicking a little bit here? It is 00:21:28.019 --> 00:21:30.500 interesting for him to not even be on the bench, 00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:34.039 because if you look at compared to Lou, we didn't 00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:36.380 feel the full bench. I mean, also noticeably 00:21:36.380 --> 00:21:38.460 you mentioned with no centerbacks. There is no 00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:41.000 CJ Williams. Neither of them were listed as any 00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:45.119 sort of concern. You know, I mean, when we're 00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:47.059 healthy, there's just going to be players that 00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:49.500 don't make the cut. Like we would never be surprised 00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:51.539 when everyone's healthy if Kevin Vang, no disrespect, 00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:54.759 isn't in that 18 man roster. And that makes sense. 00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:58.700 But for two, you know, C .J. Williams generally 00:21:58.700 --> 00:22:01.359 make can make the bench quite often just to have 00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:04.619 him there as that kind of last last reserve, 00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:07.279 if you will. And then Noah being the Centurion 00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:10.420 that he is like he's the way he got to that is 00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:13.059 because he he's always there. He doesn't always 00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:15.750 start. But he's always there and for him not 00:22:15.750 --> 00:22:19.769 to be there. I wonder if there's you think his 00:22:19.769 --> 00:22:22.769 stock is falling with Conno that like he sees 00:22:22.769 --> 00:22:28.049 players like Atkinson as a better opportunity 00:22:28.049 --> 00:22:32.309 going into the back half of matches. But I would 00:22:32.309 --> 00:22:34.950 argue that Atkinson hasn't covered himself in 00:22:34.950 --> 00:22:38.470 glory either and really put up numbers. I would 00:22:38.470 --> 00:22:41.509 wonder if there's just a bit of a health concern 00:22:41.509 --> 00:22:44.509 then that would be Kind of an issue is we're 00:22:44.509 --> 00:22:47.589 going into the final stretch of the season, but 00:22:47.589 --> 00:22:49.910 Kano keeps those cards close to his chest, so 00:22:49.910 --> 00:22:51.890 we'll kind of have to just wait and see if we 00:22:51.890 --> 00:22:54.190 don't see him this weekend. Then I think we know 00:22:54.190 --> 00:22:57.009 that there's something bigger play if if if he 00:22:57.009 --> 00:22:59.369 returns, then it's probably just. You know a 00:22:59.369 --> 00:23:01.470 nothing burger to just yeah getting into the 00:23:01.470 --> 00:23:03.410 lightning round of this so to speak Going through 00:23:03.410 --> 00:23:05.210 some of these other player performances. Give 00:23:05.210 --> 00:23:08.049 me your quickest piece here Did afonso have a 00:23:08.049 --> 00:23:10.990 good game getting a debut kind of start at the 00:23:10.990 --> 00:23:13.349 10? I don't think he's had a start there. He's 00:23:13.349 --> 00:23:15.490 been a he's been a wide forward He's been a winger 00:23:15.490 --> 00:23:17.069 on each side. I don't know that he's actually 00:23:17.069 --> 00:23:19.690 had a true 10 start Was this a good reflection 00:23:19.690 --> 00:23:22.349 for him, especially with no noah and augustine 00:23:22.349 --> 00:23:24.809 coming in as the sub later in the game I mean 00:23:24.809 --> 00:23:29.890 so he did win 71 of his duels found success two 00:23:29.890 --> 00:23:33.710 out of three times dribbling I'm hesitant to 00:23:33.710 --> 00:23:37.890 say that he had a bad night but it's those singular 00:23:37.890 --> 00:23:41.670 moments where we want him to like create something 00:23:41.670 --> 00:23:45.130 where it feels like he car kind of falls flat 00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:47.119 Yeah, there was a couple transition moments where 00:23:47.119 --> 00:23:49.599 he needed to take the ball and redirect like 00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:52.940 he needed to grab that ball and move it along. 00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:56.240 Or he needed to like find the right pass and 00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:58.960 his passes were off or his just his touch was 00:23:58.960 --> 00:24:01.579 kind of it felt like he had cement block shoes 00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:03.099 on for the night and everything was just going 00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:05.220 the wrong way for him in those critical moments. 00:24:05.380 --> 00:24:07.680 I know he had 82 percent pass completion with 00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:10.440 almost 80 with almost 30 passes. And I know he 00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:12.359 had he had one of the few chances created, but 00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:15.619 like You see the stats, but then you see those 00:24:15.619 --> 00:24:18.720 moments of that matter and it's like it kind 00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:20.940 of felt like oh Can Leo get the job done on the 00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:24.119 night? Yeah, the one thing I would say is a caveat 00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:27.220 is that he I don't ever I don't see him as a 00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:29.980 ten I don't think that is his game. He is kind 00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:34.099 of a wide and or second forward The fact that 00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:37.000 we're playing him there I think proves the point 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:40.960 that we haven't really found the creativity that 00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:43.880 we really need i i think that in kind of maybe 00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:46.619 you know tying into like maybe the next segue 00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:48.740 here like what did you think about utaro on the 00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:51.819 night i feel like he's showing glimpses of that 00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:53.880 creativity that we need we're not maybe getting 00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:57.319 the results just yet I think guitar was like 00:24:57.319 --> 00:25:00.880 an inverse of a Fonzo. I would say he was a true 00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:02.980 chance creator. I saw multiple back heel attempts, 00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:05.500 some cheeky nutmegs. It was like he had the five 00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:08.259 star skill moves, but he had bronze shooting 00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:11.299 and crossing on the night. Three shots, two entries 00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:14.480 into the box, 78 % pass accuracy. His crossing 00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:16.720 was so bad that Kano took him off the job at 00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:20.400 one point, not his good part. Did Utah have a 00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:22.880 good game by the stats? No, but did he have the 00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:25.319 best highlight reel of the night showing off 00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:27.920 some, you know, chicanery when it came to the 00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:30.480 the ball at his feet? He looked good. He looked 00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:34.819 fun. I don't hate that he has weak dribble stats 00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:38.000 or weak dual stats if he's taking it to the defenders. 00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:40.559 Most of the time he lost the possession of the 00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:43.559 ball was dispossessed. The ball was going. You 00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:46.099 know, it left the pitch that it wasn't like it 00:25:46.099 --> 00:25:48.119 put us into a defensive recovery situation where 00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:50.759 we had to scramble the way he takes on players 00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:53.099 is intelligent. So even if he loses the ball, 00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:55.279 it doesn't jeopardize the rest of the tactics. 00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:58.579 I I feel like it's though like you taro looks 00:25:58.579 --> 00:26:01.180 good in those moments, but then is he doing enough 00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:03.160 on the pitch? He was one of the first subs of 00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:05.900 the night after yow. Like where does that look 00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:07.460 at? Where does that make it then at the same 00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:10.160 time? I'm not quite sure again what this is game 00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:13.529 number four for him versus a Fonz's had. Uh almost 00:26:13.529 --> 00:26:15.750 the entire season that he's had the entire season 00:26:15.750 --> 00:26:18.769 hard to say Are we getting the right comparisons 00:26:18.769 --> 00:26:21.769 or is this apples to oranges? Yeah, uh moving 00:26:21.769 --> 00:26:25.190 on to uh, the goal scorer of the night staz koransowski 00:26:25.190 --> 00:26:29.029 Um, it's funny that this is a story that just 00:26:29.029 --> 00:26:32.269 keeps happening again and again, uh, he so guess 00:26:32.269 --> 00:26:34.769 what he made his first career start for rafc 00:26:34.769 --> 00:26:39.029 and he uh, you know scored on his debut at centerville 00:26:39.029 --> 00:26:44.220 bank stadium as Did um logan dorsey utaro sukhada 00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:48.059 and wayne atkinson So, uh, you know, we we talked 00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:50.960 a little bit about his goal there earlier I I 00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:53.500 think that there was a slight deflection there, 00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:57.880 but I think he also Did well to kind of as he 00:26:57.880 --> 00:27:00.539 was kind of stumbling there get his foot under 00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:02.759 it. Oh, yeah No, he right over it didn't look 00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:05.460 pretty it looked very clumsy But he did everything 00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:07.779 he needed to stay in front of it make himself 00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:10.720 big and do everything he can to just kind of 00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:12.799 get that ball right where it needed to be to 00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:15.940 sail over Louisville's keeper. I don't hate it. 00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:17.700 And you know, Kwazara picks up his third assist 00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:20.539 of the season. He's third all time now, 11 career 00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:22.539 assists for Rhode Island FC. He's one of just 00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:25.660 three that has double figure assists for the 00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:29.420 club. I liked the goal. It was fun. It just felt 00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:31.819 very perfect for like welcome to the league, 00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:34.819 welcome to the championship. I until that goal 00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:36.779 happened though I was watching him and again 00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:38.839 this is like the eyeball test versus the stat 00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:42.099 line Kano said that he thought sauce had an incredible 00:27:42.099 --> 00:27:44.440 game he thought it was a great kind of debut 00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:48.059 for in front of fans And I agree, like 91 % pass 00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:50.640 completion, two chances created, he had the highest 00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:53.859 of the night, six recoveries as an attacker on 00:27:53.859 --> 00:27:56.099 the front line, he won almost 50 % of his duels 00:27:56.099 --> 00:27:58.779 on the ground. Where I struggled, and I think 00:27:58.779 --> 00:28:01.180 I'm not being fair to him in comparison to JJ 00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:04.240 Williams, because let's be honest, that's the 00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:06.920 test right now, that's the mere test, is I just 00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:09.099 felt like he was getting bodied off the ball. 00:28:09.289 --> 00:28:12.710 all night it felt like every chance he tried 00:28:12.710 --> 00:28:15.849 to play he just he just would get fouled he'd 00:28:15.849 --> 00:28:18.789 get hacked he'd get slashed uh it felt like he 00:28:18.789 --> 00:28:21.150 couldn't hold up the ball against any of the 00:28:21.150 --> 00:28:24.029 back line of louisville or he'd um he'd kind 00:28:24.029 --> 00:28:25.950 of get put into a position where the only outlet 00:28:25.950 --> 00:28:28.490 he had was to recycle the ball back through the 00:28:28.490 --> 00:28:30.920 central channel and i think that probably is 00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:33.940 some of the adjustment that he'll need to get 00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:35.819 into this league. Welcome to the championship. 00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:38.359 Yeah. When, when you guys talked to Jose recently 00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:41.220 while I was out, he'd mentioned that, you know, 00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:43.980 playing in the championship against men compared 00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:47.619 to playing against boys in MLS next pro. So he, 00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:51.180 he's going to have to find that balance for Kano 00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:53.900 to gas him up here on his first, like it, it 00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:55.559 makes sense that he's not going to start cutting 00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:58.019 them down right away. Like give him some more 00:28:58.019 --> 00:29:01.660 time to kind of adjust to that i think ultimately 00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:05.000 it's one of those things where he got the goal 00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:08.299 and it can only hopefully get better from here 00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:10.579 yeah so we talked to him in the post game we 00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:11.980 asked him about the goal he said it felt good 00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:13.940 to be able to score in front of this many people 00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:17.319 he recognized the physicality of the league he 00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:20.099 recognized what this was going to do for him 00:29:20.099 --> 00:29:22.859 personally We did also ask, though, what was 00:29:22.859 --> 00:29:26.339 that comparison of him entering into the shoes 00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:28.940 of JJ Williams? He went on to say, there's obviously 00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:31.920 a void with the departure of Williams. I know 00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:33.779 he was a big figure for this club. I think I 00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:35.839 recognize that. And I'm still not going to fill 00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:38.480 his shoes in the way that he did. I have my own 00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:41.259 style. And that way I can contribute with the 00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:44.099 quality I can will reflect on the field. In many 00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:47.309 ways, our profiles do overlap. I feel really 00:29:47.309 --> 00:29:49.630 confident when I'm out there. I feel really at 00:29:49.630 --> 00:29:52.910 ease. I've just purely enjoyed myself. The messaging 00:29:52.910 --> 00:29:55.150 is not different from just go out there and do 00:29:55.150 --> 00:29:57.809 what I can. I will always do my best, even if 00:29:57.809 --> 00:29:59.930 that's just a different version than what JJ 00:29:59.930 --> 00:30:02.789 Williams had to offer. So he understands it, 00:30:02.809 --> 00:30:05.450 too. I'll be really curious to see where this 00:30:05.450 --> 00:30:07.089 goes. You know, we talked about Foyo starting 00:30:07.089 --> 00:30:11.859 over over Korsanowski. I think. I think Korzenowski 00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:14.619 is the right one because Foyo just looks more 00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:17.519 and more dangerous coming in, fresh legs with 00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:19.740 his technical abilities. Maybe a little too technical 00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:22.339 at times, but I like what I see. There's another 00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:23.619 problem with that. I feel like we'll have to 00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:26.299 talk about maybe in another show, but we've got 00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:27.720 to go to break and when we return, we're going 00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:29.759 to talk about some of the biggest storylines 00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:31.819 out of this match. Don't go anywhere. It's the 00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:37.490 Raising Anchor soccer show. 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How topsy 00:31:15.230 --> 00:31:18.529 -turvy, how lopsided was this, actually? Yeah, 00:31:19.190 --> 00:31:21.769 there's one kind of stat here that I want to 00:31:21.769 --> 00:31:23.470 bring up, and we've brought this up a bunch of 00:31:23.470 --> 00:31:27.440 times. It's the possession. um so we dominated 00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:30.819 most of the key stats ended up with 60 possession 00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:34.140 compared to Louisville's 40 uh just to throw 00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:37.140 a few other things in there 15 shots to 10 22 00:31:37.140 --> 00:31:40.440 touches in the opposition box 15 shots but only 00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:44.619 two on targets which you know could have been 00:31:44.619 --> 00:31:47.759 better um six shots but none on target in the 00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:49.460 first half but i really want to focus on that 00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:52.920 possession there um looking at our most recent 00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:56.509 games versus Tulsa You know, we dominate possession. 00:31:56.930 --> 00:32:00.490 We lost versus Monterey Bay. They had the lion's 00:32:00.490 --> 00:32:02.410 share of possession. You're going to say this 00:32:02.410 --> 00:32:04.950 out loud. The thing Cono never had the lion's 00:32:04.950 --> 00:32:08.250 share of possession. We lost versus Colorado 00:32:08.250 --> 00:32:11.430 Springs. They had the lion's share of possession 00:32:11.430 --> 00:32:15.009 in our FC one. When we played Birmingham, who 00:32:15.009 --> 00:32:16.910 do you think had the lion's share of possession 00:32:16.910 --> 00:32:19.710 in my game? I'm going to say it was us because 00:32:19.710 --> 00:32:21.910 Jay heaps doesn't have because also we lost. 00:32:22.470 --> 00:32:25.670 So we lost. I'd say that this game was a bit 00:32:25.670 --> 00:32:31.750 of an outlier of our FC getting the like the 00:32:31.750 --> 00:32:35.130 draw if you will especially considering a very 00:32:35.130 --> 00:32:37.369 damning stat of how many points we've actually 00:32:37.369 --> 00:32:43.670 picked up from losing position and Like tie this 00:32:43.670 --> 00:32:48.450 into one of our new players foyo Looking at how 00:32:48.450 --> 00:32:50.730 like what he did on the night. I don't think 00:32:50.730 --> 00:32:54.019 he did anything bad but he was constantly forced 00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:57.319 out wide because there's very few opportunities 00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:59.480 for him to get the ball behind and run at the 00:32:59.480 --> 00:33:01.480 there was nothing in the center of the pitch 00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:04.259 and I didn't know if that was a Fonzo being in 00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:07.559 an uncomfortable role and like having a natural 00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:13.319 desire to drift wide but we passed maybe one 00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:16.400 eighth of all of our traffic through the center 00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:18.720 everything was wide on the night and there was 00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:23.059 a just alarming gap of where a 10 or an eight 00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:24.579 that was a little bit more higher range could 00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:27.259 be. And so you're right, everything went wide 00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:29.480 and you'd see Foyo and Louisville responded really 00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:32.359 quickly. Foyo burned them a couple times just 00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:35.039 with like dribbling and dueling. And then suddenly 00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:38.079 it was Foyo versus two or Foyo versus three, 00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:41.140 especially after Utaro left where like, I think 00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:44.119 if Foyo and Utaro on the pitch at the same time, 00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:46.359 like any defensive line is going to be a little 00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:48.990 bit more pragmatic about how they. Apply their 00:33:48.990 --> 00:33:52.130 defensive press But when you only have one side 00:33:52.130 --> 00:33:54.130 being that strong side at that particular moment 00:33:54.130 --> 00:33:57.289 in time like you just saw You just saw overloads 00:33:57.289 --> 00:33:59.289 from the defensive line. They had no problem 00:33:59.289 --> 00:34:01.130 smothering those attacks And if it wasn't at 00:34:01.130 --> 00:34:03.170 speed at transition, which folio looked really 00:34:03.170 --> 00:34:06.230 good at we had no answers up the center We had 00:34:06.230 --> 00:34:10.150 no connection to the box to Stoss via the central 00:34:10.150 --> 00:34:12.429 column. Yeah, and obviously there's more to it 00:34:12.429 --> 00:34:15.610 than just possession But this trend like if you 00:34:15.610 --> 00:34:18.929 go throughout our FC's history the majority of 00:34:18.929 --> 00:34:22.250 the time, they don't always do as well when they 00:34:22.250 --> 00:34:25.070 have the bottom and they even said that they 00:34:25.070 --> 00:34:27.510 specifically gave Hartford the ball earlier this 00:34:27.510 --> 00:34:28.909 year because they knew they couldn't do anything 00:34:28.909 --> 00:34:32.269 with it. It's almost like sometimes this team 00:34:32.269 --> 00:34:34.250 just does better when they have less possession 00:34:34.250 --> 00:34:37.269 and they're more direct, especially with the 00:34:37.269 --> 00:34:39.989 kind of tricky type direct wingers that we have. 00:34:40.349 --> 00:34:44.190 It just feels odd to just always dominate possessions 00:34:44.190 --> 00:34:47.019 in these game. have a lot of chances, but not 00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:49.719 actually be able to really kind of get to where 00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:51.579 they need to go. Well, I can't wait for you to 00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:54.860 ask that question to Kano on the next post game. 00:34:55.659 --> 00:34:58.460 Talking about like the overall stats, like the 00:34:58.460 --> 00:35:02.179 way this team set up Louisville, 20 fouls, four 00:35:02.179 --> 00:35:05.880 cards, RFC, 11 fouls, two cards, one of them 00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:09.900 being for Coach Kano Smith. Both managers very 00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:14.230 frustrated at this referee. It's very surprising 00:35:14.230 --> 00:35:18.070 to see Rhode Island get out Bodied out fouled 00:35:18.070 --> 00:35:20.949 out carded it felt like that's very much been 00:35:20.949 --> 00:35:24.650 our DNA How does this set a precedent if you're 00:35:24.650 --> 00:35:26.949 if you're the manager of sporting Jack's going 00:35:26.949 --> 00:35:28.849 to this weekend? Or or you're just looking at 00:35:28.849 --> 00:35:31.230 the potential alignment of who Rhode Island could 00:35:31.230 --> 00:35:33.690 be in the playoffs And you're like well hey like 00:35:33.690 --> 00:35:36.050 some of these teams when they body Rhode Island 00:35:36.050 --> 00:35:39.090 like they're getting away with murder What do 00:35:39.090 --> 00:35:40.469 you what do you what do you look at that right 00:35:40.469 --> 00:35:41.949 now because I think it's happened a couple of 00:35:41.949 --> 00:35:43.849 times now where we've been out fouled and then 00:35:43.849 --> 00:35:46.590 we lose those matches. I mean that does that 00:35:46.590 --> 00:35:49.989 seem like the the kind of game plan to take on 00:35:49.989 --> 00:35:52.989 RFC is try and beat them on physical game and 00:35:52.989 --> 00:35:54.849 then make sure that they have the possession 00:35:54.849 --> 00:35:56.250 of the ball and then just try and hit them on 00:35:56.250 --> 00:35:59.469 the counter. I don't I don't here's the way to 00:35:59.469 --> 00:36:02.590 break you down in a low block. I mean Louisville 00:36:02.590 --> 00:36:05.820 was playing pretty pretty. like I don't say dirty 00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:08.340 it's the game but like lots of shirt grabbing 00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:11.420 lots of like again that hack and slash where 00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:12.880 I thought the cards actually came out a little 00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:16.019 too late we talked last week about this ref you 00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:18.199 know keeping his cards like I said earlier I 00:36:18.199 --> 00:36:20.460 felt like Louisville knew the assignment was 00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:22.960 like hey this ref is not giving out cards until 00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:26.059 you're at four or five fouls like go at it there 00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:28.139 was several times where it was just like what's 00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:31.079 going on here I don't think I've yet seen this 00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:33.219 entire season where both the head coach of Rhode 00:36:33.219 --> 00:36:35.019 Island OC and the head coach of the away team 00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:40.139 go and give the head ref a verbal berating before 00:36:40.139 --> 00:36:41.900 they go into the locker room. Usually it's just 00:36:41.900 --> 00:36:43.880 Kano frustrated with something that's going on 00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:46.260 in the game. This ref definitely lost control 00:36:46.260 --> 00:36:49.980 of it. And that leads me into the PK. We talked 00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:52.420 to coach Kano Smith. He said no way, no how that 00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:54.880 that was a penalty kick. He felt that that was 00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:58.099 the most frustrating part of the evening. I asked 00:36:58.099 --> 00:37:00.829 him, and his time as both a coach in the usl 00:37:00.829 --> 00:37:02.349 and all the other leagues he's coached as well 00:37:02.349 --> 00:37:04.789 as a professional player has he ever seen an 00:37:04.789 --> 00:37:06.929 instance of this and he said not in his life 00:37:06.929 --> 00:37:08.949 he said he's seen another thing but he couldn't 00:37:08.949 --> 00:37:10.969 say it out loud because he would get fined for 00:37:10.969 --> 00:37:14.530 it um it's a handball in the 17th minute i don't 00:37:14.530 --> 00:37:17.110 know what kano's saying i think it's very much 00:37:17.110 --> 00:37:20.210 a penalty kick what are your thoughts on this 00:37:20.210 --> 00:37:25.889 it is weird because i feel like you know In the 00:37:25.889 --> 00:37:27.949 20 so years, but watching soccer, I don't think 00:37:27.949 --> 00:37:30.650 I've ever seen like a handball called like that. 00:37:30.650 --> 00:37:34.730 It it just Like barely grazes the end of an arm. 00:37:34.730 --> 00:37:38.150 It's such weird Like, you know, they the ref 00:37:38.150 --> 00:37:40.690 noted to Kano that it was an unnatural position 00:37:40.690 --> 00:37:43.929 Therefore made his body bigger where I guess 00:37:43.929 --> 00:37:46.510 you you have to argue that I guess that is the 00:37:46.510 --> 00:37:50.329 law of the game It just doesn't feel like it's 00:37:50.329 --> 00:37:54.000 within the spirit of the game. It feels Kind 00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:57.260 of there are times when you move that like Sometimes 00:37:57.260 --> 00:37:59.340 your arms just like you can't you know have them 00:37:59.340 --> 00:38:01.420 tied behind your back at all times like sometimes 00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:05.000 you move them for balance I'm I It just seems 00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:07.239 it seems silly. I I'm not gonna argue that it's 00:38:07.239 --> 00:38:11.440 not a penalty. It's just Dumb I just I just you 00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:13.139 know how we talked last year about that cross 00:38:13.139 --> 00:38:14.920 from Louisville that went in as the goal and 00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:17.400 like nobody believes that that was a shot on 00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:19.860 target I kind of feel like this is the same thing 00:38:19.860 --> 00:38:23.150 where He's running into the box and he's just 00:38:23.150 --> 00:38:24.889 trying to control. He's trying to control the 00:38:24.889 --> 00:38:27.710 ball. It's come at him at speed. He's basically 00:38:27.710 --> 00:38:31.409 he's he's kind of like volleying it to a certain. 00:38:31.510 --> 00:38:33.469 He's like he's trying to dribble it while it's 00:38:33.469 --> 00:38:34.989 still in the air. It never touches the ground 00:38:34.989 --> 00:38:37.550 and he flicks it on and like I know that it doesn't 00:38:37.550 --> 00:38:39.530 matter if it's shot on target or not, but like 00:38:39.530 --> 00:38:42.449 that doesn't look like a ball under control that 00:38:42.449 --> 00:38:45.210 is going towards the goal. That looks like a 00:38:45.210 --> 00:38:47.489 player trying to do like if anything he's trying 00:38:47.489 --> 00:38:50.059 to flick it back up and over. You're saying like 00:38:50.059 --> 00:38:52.179 you think that's going to go to Rose Ed basically. 00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:53.980 Yeah, I don't. I don't think I think it's going 00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:56.559 actually like off the other direction like he 00:38:56.559 --> 00:38:59.599 at no point did I see that that that player had 00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:02.019 control of the ball in that way. Now granted 00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:04.360 will never know. And the other part that I struggled 00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:06.820 and I watched it a million times I wanted to 00:39:06.820 --> 00:39:08.500 see because it goes through his armpit and there 00:39:08.500 --> 00:39:11.840 is no daylight left as that ball goes through 00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:14.840 his armpit. And I was trying to see if it deflected 00:39:14.840 --> 00:39:18.190 off of his body. like his chest area and then 00:39:18.190 --> 00:39:20.949 went into his arm. It does clearly hit the underside 00:39:20.949 --> 00:39:23.769 of his arm but like you can't see that and I 00:39:23.769 --> 00:39:26.349 know this ref blew that whistle so quickly. I 00:39:26.349 --> 00:39:29.210 don't even think VAR and MLS would have overturned 00:39:29.210 --> 00:39:31.409 this because it's not clear and obvious. I was 00:39:31.409 --> 00:39:34.070 just surprised at the speed at which this happened. 00:39:34.869 --> 00:39:37.650 By the law it's technically a penalty. We're 00:39:37.650 --> 00:39:39.849 not gonna say anything other than in fact Joe 00:39:39.849 --> 00:39:42.530 Burns said it's a plain simple handball watched 00:39:42.530 --> 00:39:45.289 it 10 times. You know, he's the expert on this. 00:39:45.349 --> 00:39:47.389 I'm not going to argue with him, but like if 00:39:47.389 --> 00:39:49.630 that's where we're at in the game, like, you 00:39:49.630 --> 00:39:50.949 know, I don't know, I don't know what else grant 00:39:50.949 --> 00:39:52.690 someone can do. Cause there's no way anybody 00:39:52.690 --> 00:39:54.150 thought that that was going to be a shot at that 00:39:54.150 --> 00:39:55.349 point. And I don't even think the Louisville 00:39:55.349 --> 00:39:57.170 player did either. Yeah. And tying something 00:39:57.170 --> 00:39:59.250 back to what I said about luck earlier, there 00:39:59.250 --> 00:40:03.670 was made a call that are no call, I should say 00:40:03.670 --> 00:40:07.730 where on, on review, Frank and the 43rd minute 00:40:07.730 --> 00:40:10.030 of the game goes to kick the ball in the box 00:40:10.030 --> 00:40:12.269 to clear it and kind of takes out the Louisville 00:40:12.269 --> 00:40:15.940 player. in our own box and that looked incredibly 00:40:15.940 --> 00:40:19.460 much more like a penalty than this handball situation 00:40:19.460 --> 00:40:22.219 that you know maybe there's a bit of balance 00:40:22.219 --> 00:40:25.260 there or you know maybe we kind of got away with 00:40:25.260 --> 00:40:27.699 one if you will but there's a couple of things 00:40:27.699 --> 00:40:29.300 that i'm gonna save it for the mailbag question 00:40:29.300 --> 00:40:31.280 here want to talk about the final big storyline 00:40:31.280 --> 00:40:34.800 of the night we equalize in this game jason but 00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:37.760 we still end up playing from behind and we don't 00:40:37.760 --> 00:40:40.559 end up a way of finding all three points. It's 00:40:40.559 --> 00:40:42.539 the third time this season we've come back to 00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:45.519 earn a result at home. All three results coming 00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:47.820 against top five teams in their respective conferences 00:40:47.820 --> 00:40:50.739 with two coming against then conference leaders. 00:40:51.760 --> 00:40:54.179 Three points all year long from losing positions 00:40:54.179 --> 00:40:56.440 in these types of moments ties us with some of 00:40:56.440 --> 00:40:58.619 the worst teams in the league when it comes to 00:40:58.619 --> 00:41:01.280 being able to claw back these victories. It's 00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:04.000 the first time since May 9th where we've seen 00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:06.929 it. The other thing too is this team's becoming 00:41:06.929 --> 00:41:09.650 very predictable, 17 of 30 goals in the second 00:41:09.650 --> 00:41:11.869 half of that kind of way. I guess you could say 00:41:11.869 --> 00:41:14.409 that's well, it's almost half and half, but like 00:41:14.409 --> 00:41:16.909 we just can't seem to really ever get out there 00:41:16.909 --> 00:41:19.750 and get the lead early and we have to chase and 00:41:19.750 --> 00:41:21.389 we have to defend. And we already know teams 00:41:21.389 --> 00:41:23.929 know that when they set into a low block, it's 00:41:23.929 --> 00:41:27.329 very difficult for us to find solutions to it. 00:41:27.369 --> 00:41:30.230 Gifting a goal in the 18th minute does not do 00:41:30.230 --> 00:41:32.710 us any favors when we want to talk about this. 00:41:32.730 --> 00:41:35.719 And I just, I'm... Can we just not find a way 00:41:35.719 --> 00:41:37.820 to get a comeback victory this year? I don't 00:41:37.820 --> 00:41:40.500 know It's it's like our FC is like an old -school 00:41:40.500 --> 00:41:42.480 car like we don't have the the auto start We 00:41:42.480 --> 00:41:44.699 can't warm up but like it right by the game We've 00:41:44.699 --> 00:41:47.219 got we got to get out there early and turn the 00:41:47.219 --> 00:41:50.139 engine on or something I I mean, it's great to 00:41:50.139 --> 00:41:52.420 see them pick up a point from losing position 00:41:52.420 --> 00:41:56.219 because they've Not gotten as I think we have 00:41:56.219 --> 00:41:58.519 like what one or two this whole year outside 00:41:58.519 --> 00:42:01.889 of this match. Yeah So no, we have not had any 00:42:01.889 --> 00:42:04.849 wins from from a so yeah, no no wins from behind 00:42:04.849 --> 00:42:07.530 But I think we've got one other draw this season 00:42:07.530 --> 00:42:11.150 And we're tied to the worst in the league with 00:42:11.150 --> 00:42:14.269 Brooklyn Yeah, and that so it's definitely something 00:42:14.269 --> 00:42:16.789 that this team really seems to struggle with 00:42:16.789 --> 00:42:21.150 I I'd like to see more fight from them to kind 00:42:21.150 --> 00:42:24.090 of really go for that full three points and almost 00:42:24.090 --> 00:42:27.349 feels like they're too Like this team is so worried 00:42:27.349 --> 00:42:29.750 about giving up a goal at times that they're 00:42:29.690 --> 00:42:32.530 almost afraid to like take the handbrake off, 00:42:32.530 --> 00:42:34.230 if you will. Do you think it's compounded by 00:42:34.230 --> 00:42:36.289 the fact right now we have questions in the offense? 00:42:36.469 --> 00:42:39.050 Obviously we see Stoss open up his account, but 00:42:39.050 --> 00:42:42.110 like we're not they all still need time, right? 00:42:42.170 --> 00:42:44.130 They all they're all baking still in the oven. 00:42:44.449 --> 00:42:45.889 They need a little bit more time before they're 00:42:45.889 --> 00:42:48.269 fully prepared. Yeah, and that's why I'm not 00:42:48.269 --> 00:42:51.750 like too upset with this result. I think they're 00:42:51.750 --> 00:42:54.349 they're still the the attack needs a little bit 00:42:54.349 --> 00:42:58.030 more time to gel. And to kind of like take a 00:42:58.030 --> 00:43:01.409 glass half full kind of view like didn't lose. 00:43:01.409 --> 00:43:02.929 I think that's the important part, especially 00:43:02.929 --> 00:43:06.110 after going back and forth of like win loss, 00:43:06.250 --> 00:43:08.449 win loss, win loss to actually get. Hey, we're 00:43:08.449 --> 00:43:11.449 building a streak now. We have not lost in two 00:43:11.449 --> 00:43:14.670 games. I think that's kind of the important part. 00:43:14.860 --> 00:43:17.460 as we head into the final stretch of the season 00:43:17.460 --> 00:43:20.420 here. It's going to be a long stretch here as 00:43:20.420 --> 00:43:22.659 those games in hand again doing the heavy lifting. 00:43:22.920 --> 00:43:24.960 I don't think I hate the fact that we drew against 00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:27.699 this team, but it will be a question of is this 00:43:27.699 --> 00:43:31.420 draw a replacement of a loss or is it in replacement 00:43:31.420 --> 00:43:33.019 of a win that we need on the table? One point 00:43:33.019 --> 00:43:35.099 gain or two points loss kind of thing? Everyone's 00:43:35.099 --> 00:43:36.739 going to start remembering draw kings and how 00:43:36.739 --> 00:43:40.039 that took forever for us to find our place in 00:43:40.039 --> 00:43:42.440 it. But don't go anywhere. We've got to go to 00:43:42.440 --> 00:43:44.679 break and when we return We're going to talk 00:43:44.679 --> 00:43:47.280 all things mailbag. It's the Raising Anchor Soccer 00:43:47.280 --> 00:43:49.739 Show. Now let's get back to the Raising Anchor 00:43:49.739 --> 00:43:53.719 Soccer Show on 990 WBOB with Matt Entrickett 00:43:53.719 --> 00:43:57.469 and Jason Carey. All right. Back here on the 00:43:57.469 --> 00:43:59.849 raising anchor soccer show. Going to start things 00:43:59.849 --> 00:44:02.730 off with a question from Joe P. It's always more 00:44:02.730 --> 00:44:04.510 of a statement with Joe, but he's been such a 00:44:04.510 --> 00:44:06.829 regular. You can't stop now. This match had a 00:44:06.829 --> 00:44:09.110 quasi playoff field to it with the physicality 00:44:09.110 --> 00:44:11.269 intention. As far as our tree of new players, 00:44:11.389 --> 00:44:13.050 I believe they are meshing with their teammates. 00:44:13.230 --> 00:44:16.260 Every game star shows resilience to take that 00:44:16.260 --> 00:44:19.219 will take what Stoch and Adams were giving him 00:44:19.219 --> 00:44:21.519 to leading into that goal. Sukada continues to 00:44:21.519 --> 00:44:24.099 impress with the skills by getting past defenders. 00:44:24.579 --> 00:44:27.460 Foyo seems to look better in his Kano role going 00:44:27.460 --> 00:44:31.840 down the wing. Yeah, I think with the ability 00:44:31.840 --> 00:44:36.539 of, you know, Foyo to take players on and run 00:44:36.539 --> 00:44:38.880 into space, I think that he's more likely to 00:44:38.880 --> 00:44:40.800 find some more time on the wing, especially now 00:44:40.800 --> 00:44:44.500 with Stas joining us. But time will tell on how 00:44:44.500 --> 00:44:47.909 that pans out here. Next one here. John Q says 00:44:47.909 --> 00:44:50.550 when Osmond gets his full match fitness, would 00:44:50.550 --> 00:44:53.650 you start him along with Stoss? And how does 00:44:53.650 --> 00:44:55.570 that affect the lineup? For instance, where would 00:44:55.570 --> 00:44:58.110 you play Joe Jaya? Is there a world now when 00:44:58.110 --> 00:45:02.110 you've seen the technicality of what? Oh, yo 00:45:02.110 --> 00:45:05.409 can offer that. Maybe he's the Afonso experiment 00:45:05.409 --> 00:45:08.349 of a 10 in the center because then he can kind 00:45:08.349 --> 00:45:10.730 of be the false 9 he can. I know he's got speed, 00:45:10.730 --> 00:45:13.829 but he also has some incredible dribbling skills 00:45:13.829 --> 00:45:16.659 and some gifts there. Is there a world where 00:45:16.659 --> 00:45:20.880 Foyo can both masquerade as a false 9, be a 10, 00:45:21.159 --> 00:45:22.940 and then sometimes just play that free j... We're 00:45:22.940 --> 00:45:24.679 not playing a true midfielder in that center 00:45:24.679 --> 00:45:27.340 area anyways, so if he's not in that space, like, 00:45:27.340 --> 00:45:29.400 what's the harm? Let him drift and float around 00:45:29.400 --> 00:45:32.340 wherever he sees fit. Yeah, so I think what you 00:45:32.340 --> 00:45:34.559 would have to do is we would almost have to play 00:45:34.559 --> 00:45:38.099 like a 4 -4 -2 in that sense, but, you know, 00:45:38.099 --> 00:45:41.880 we would need some more... I think the problem 00:45:41.880 --> 00:45:44.360 that we would find is the midfield battle. And 00:45:44.360 --> 00:45:47.619 I think as we push forward the team could maybe 00:45:47.619 --> 00:45:51.119 have a bit help from the like our because well 00:45:51.119 --> 00:45:53.860 We play we line up in a four back line to a certain 00:45:53.860 --> 00:45:56.519 extent, but we don't always Attack that way, 00:45:56.519 --> 00:45:58.880 right? We are full backs are usually overlapping 00:45:58.880 --> 00:46:01.699 or pushing far up So I think we'd need someone 00:46:01.699 --> 00:46:05.539 to step into midfield to help out with that I'd 00:46:05.539 --> 00:46:08.639 be down to see it. I really loved that three 00:46:08.639 --> 00:46:11.380 five two from the first year, you know throwback 00:46:11.380 --> 00:46:15.510 to that I wouldn't mind seeing a second striker 00:46:15.510 --> 00:46:18.449 system again, but I mean the other point to John's 00:46:18.449 --> 00:46:21.650 point he's playing on the right side and We've 00:46:21.650 --> 00:46:23.630 we feel like that's been a pretty good lock from 00:46:23.630 --> 00:46:26.010 Joe J Quasar I haven't seen a lot out of it in 00:46:26.010 --> 00:46:29.309 the last few games But I I don't think I love 00:46:29.309 --> 00:46:32.269 the idea that foyo is relegated to a 30 -minute 00:46:32.269 --> 00:46:35.130 performance after Quasar burns himself out like 00:46:35.130 --> 00:46:37.489 as much as I want strength on the right side 00:46:37.489 --> 00:46:40.449 I also kind of would say like I'd rather have 00:46:40.449 --> 00:46:43.429 foyo in than a Fonzo at this point Potentially, 00:46:43.550 --> 00:46:45.469 I got I don't know that I love the idea that 00:46:45.469 --> 00:46:48.130 we have this great talented player that is gonna 00:46:48.130 --> 00:46:51.869 ride shotgun in a lot of these matches Yeah, 00:46:51.869 --> 00:46:55.570 it's tough. Um, but Kano does love to experiment 00:46:55.570 --> 00:46:59.670 and rotate and with the injury OCDM any day now 00:46:59.670 --> 00:47:01.809 well with the injury luck that this team has 00:47:01.809 --> 00:47:05.030 to You know and who know we you know, we don't 00:47:05.030 --> 00:47:07.659 we we never really got an answer yet because 00:47:07.659 --> 00:47:09.659 we need more time to determine what's going on 00:47:09.659 --> 00:47:12.039 with Noah, right, is that he's just falling down 00:47:12.039 --> 00:47:15.539 the pecking order maybe. We haven't got what 00:47:15.539 --> 00:47:20.380 we want from players like Pitti just yet. I think 00:47:20.380 --> 00:47:22.980 there's, it might take some finangling, but I 00:47:22.980 --> 00:47:25.659 think there's probably a way we can get most 00:47:25.659 --> 00:47:28.239 of them on the pitch. Speaking of Noah, the next 00:47:28.239 --> 00:47:30.780 question from Eric and know if you saw on with 00:47:30.780 --> 00:47:33.960 the new attackers, have we seen the last of him? 00:47:34.079 --> 00:47:36.179 There's actually an add on. I forgot to copy 00:47:36.179 --> 00:47:38.639 into it, so I'm looking at the notes here. And 00:47:38.639 --> 00:47:41.019 also, if there was a player that you had to let 00:47:41.019 --> 00:47:44.119 go today, who would it be? The answer is none. 00:47:44.119 --> 00:47:46.559 We can't afford to let any of the players go. 00:47:46.860 --> 00:47:49.079 But but know if you saw on. Have we seen the 00:47:49.079 --> 00:47:53.519 last of them then? I don't think so. I he's too 00:47:53.519 --> 00:47:57.360 hard of a worker. I think that. You know, we 00:47:57.360 --> 00:48:00.360 will still see him. Could this be his last year 00:48:00.360 --> 00:48:03.460 potentially? I mean, especially with all of the 00:48:03.460 --> 00:48:06.659 new attacking talent that Kano has brought in 00:48:06.659 --> 00:48:09.239 And then I mean also like who would we let go? 00:48:09.239 --> 00:48:11.239 I mean, there's a lot of players on this unfortunately 00:48:11.239 --> 00:48:14.239 this team that are currently on loan right now 00:48:14.239 --> 00:48:17.599 So I really don't think we can afford to lose 00:48:17.599 --> 00:48:19.280 anything because I don't could you imagine letting 00:48:19.280 --> 00:48:22.219 go fuson and then the next day for recalls happen 00:48:22.219 --> 00:48:25.219 Yeah, and and so that that's the tough part with 00:48:25.219 --> 00:48:28.670 this is I don't want to give anyone the axe per 00:48:28.670 --> 00:48:33.090 se. I think if I, if you're making me make a 00:48:33.090 --> 00:48:35.650 decision, I would say maybe like, do we not? 00:48:36.389 --> 00:48:39.949 Um, cause I, um, pity is alone, right? So I mean, 00:48:40.010 --> 00:48:42.750 maybe that's one where we question whether or 00:48:42.750 --> 00:48:45.030 not that has really worked out in terms of, do 00:48:45.030 --> 00:48:47.750 we want to try and renew that? As of right now, 00:48:47.750 --> 00:48:51.369 I'd say maybe not. I mean, we heard from the 00:48:51.369 --> 00:48:54.369 defiance meeting that pity was a target all the 00:48:54.369 --> 00:48:57.860 way back in year one. So whether what that means 00:48:57.860 --> 00:48:59.719 for this club and like what that could have done 00:48:59.719 --> 00:49:02.599 or or hurt this club I don't know which way you 00:49:02.599 --> 00:49:05.000 could see it right now. It's it's questions. 00:49:05.000 --> 00:49:07.380 Never Yeah, the jury the jury's still out on 00:49:07.380 --> 00:49:12.579 him Next one up here Ben S says with clay most 00:49:12.579 --> 00:49:15.280 likely getting bought at the end of the season 00:49:15.280 --> 00:49:18.219 JJ Williams off to the Scottish Prem a total 00:49:18.219 --> 00:49:21.280 of four lone players pity stars of Sukata and 00:49:21.280 --> 00:49:24.460 Klein and multiple smaller pieces of the team 00:49:24.460 --> 00:49:27.860 on one -year contracts, are we in for the biggest 00:49:27.860 --> 00:49:30.940 roster revamp we've had since year one during 00:49:30.940 --> 00:49:34.619 this upcoming off -season? Ben S is just basically 00:49:34.619 --> 00:49:38.460 trying to find out how many players he's not 00:49:38.460 --> 00:49:40.920 going to be able to root for here in the upcoming 00:49:40.920 --> 00:49:45.380 time. I mean, here's the thing. It goes beyond 00:49:45.380 --> 00:49:48.079 just... those four players right like you have 00:49:48.079 --> 00:49:51.159 to look at the contracts right now the only three 00:49:51.159 --> 00:49:55.500 players i think that have been confirmed are 00:49:55.500 --> 00:49:58.619 Koke Amish Shapiro Thompson and Hugo Baccarac 00:49:58.619 --> 00:50:00.900 when you look at the deals for the other players 00:50:00.900 --> 00:50:04.599 in the squad like is Krifia Yao in a plus one 00:50:04.599 --> 00:50:07.840 extension year, right? Like there is always the 00:50:07.840 --> 00:50:11.300 opportunity for this team to have a massive overhaul. 00:50:11.539 --> 00:50:13.360 A lot of these players are just getting like 00:50:13.360 --> 00:50:15.579 one additional years at this point. I'm not sure 00:50:15.579 --> 00:50:17.380 if that's because the Premier League is coming 00:50:17.380 --> 00:50:19.980 and they have to be very tactical on who they 00:50:19.980 --> 00:50:22.619 have go into that contract season. That's also 00:50:22.619 --> 00:50:25.860 the unfortunate reality of USL is that they don't 00:50:25.860 --> 00:50:30.000 have the money to be willing to, you know, sink. 00:50:30.280 --> 00:50:33.000 Three -year contract into a player who spends 00:50:33.000 --> 00:50:35.440 half the time on the the you know injured list 00:50:35.440 --> 00:50:38.039 or something So you really have to take things? 00:50:38.199 --> 00:50:40.099 Unfortunately year by year, especially as they 00:50:40.099 --> 00:50:42.559 get up there in age, right? And so like I go 00:50:42.559 --> 00:50:45.920 back and think about you know who wasn't around 00:50:45.920 --> 00:50:48.659 Comparatively like with a player like Dwayne 00:50:48.659 --> 00:50:51.920 Atkinson be here next year. I don't know that 00:50:51.920 --> 00:50:54.719 being said will it be a revamp? I think Kano 00:50:54.719 --> 00:50:58.210 if he doesn't get a Title out of this year like 00:50:58.210 --> 00:51:00.289 at some point the players aren't getting you 00:51:00.289 --> 00:51:02.849 there. It's not about when they click at that 00:51:02.849 --> 00:51:04.429 point It's about like well who's going to get 00:51:04.429 --> 00:51:06.989 me across the finish line Is it the addition 00:51:06.989 --> 00:51:09.889 of one or two players or are there bigger question 00:51:09.889 --> 00:51:12.670 marks that exist at that point? I think unfortunately 00:51:12.670 --> 00:51:14.590 a lot of that becomes wait and see until we find 00:51:14.590 --> 00:51:17.230 out how far in the playoffs we go Because if 00:51:17.230 --> 00:51:19.389 we win the whole thing while Connor will still 00:51:19.389 --> 00:51:21.389 end up saying goodbye to some of these people 00:51:21.389 --> 00:51:24.809 at the same time a lot of them then might like 00:51:24.809 --> 00:51:27.170 earn, there might be contract activations, right? 00:51:27.190 --> 00:51:29.170 We're like, hey, if I win you a cup, I get to 00:51:29.170 --> 00:51:30.789 stay for two more years, right? And then even 00:51:30.789 --> 00:51:32.969 if they don't stay, then you can sell them on 00:51:32.969 --> 00:51:35.090 and make a profit. Right, right. Now what I will 00:51:35.090 --> 00:51:37.050 say though, to Ben's question, I don't like the 00:51:37.050 --> 00:51:39.349 idea that he's saying most likely Clay Holstead 00:51:39.349 --> 00:51:41.610 is gone. I don't know about you, Jason, but I 00:51:41.610 --> 00:51:43.110 went and looked, I've been keeping track of him. 00:51:43.389 --> 00:51:45.429 We've been on the JJ tracker lately, but the 00:51:45.429 --> 00:51:49.059 Clay tracker, he's been on the bench. since he 00:51:49.059 --> 00:51:51.800 started with Dallas and his little journey there. 00:51:52.139 --> 00:51:54.059 Um, but he hasn't been selected in the last four 00:51:54.059 --> 00:51:57.159 league matches. So I don't know if this is like 00:51:57.159 --> 00:51:59.380 a player that they keep on at a salary minimum 00:51:59.380 --> 00:52:01.440 and still say, Hey, like we see your contributions, 00:52:02.099 --> 00:52:04.860 but Clay Holstead is not exactly lighting up 00:52:04.860 --> 00:52:07.019 the league at this moment in time. Like Elijah 00:52:07.019 --> 00:52:09.599 Winder was when he moved to the MLS and immediately 00:52:09.599 --> 00:52:12.219 getting started for Diego Luna. And it's not 00:52:12.219 --> 00:52:13.960 fair to compare them to those players necessarily, 00:52:14.019 --> 00:52:17.150 but you'd expect for what i think we thought 00:52:17.150 --> 00:52:19.130 we'd be giving clay up for that he'd be getting 00:52:19.130 --> 00:52:22.369 15 minutes a game 11 minutes a game hasn't seen 00:52:22.369 --> 00:52:25.550 uh action since i think august 19th so i don't 00:52:25.550 --> 00:52:27.409 i don't know what that does for a player like 00:52:27.409 --> 00:52:30.269 in dallas's mind like hey we got a player that 00:52:30.269 --> 00:52:33.070 helped service the locker room in terms of personality 00:52:33.070 --> 00:52:36.210 helped contribute to the training pitch and was 00:52:36.210 --> 00:52:38.329 you know a dependable but we just didn't need 00:52:38.329 --> 00:52:40.969 him execution off the bench so here you go what 00:52:40.969 --> 00:52:43.530 i don't see you can have him back i hope he goes 00:52:43.869 --> 00:52:46.489 but i don't know man only like he's got like 00:52:46.489 --> 00:52:50.050 maybe 55 total minutes across leagues cup and 00:52:50.050 --> 00:52:52.369 league play is that enough to say for sure like 00:52:52.369 --> 00:52:54.909 clay holsted staying with alice i'd say he's 00:52:54.909 --> 00:52:58.829 gonna need uh definitely some more minutes to 00:52:58.829 --> 00:53:02.809 do one of two things either to you know have 00:53:02.809 --> 00:53:04.630 dallas decide hey we actually do want to buy 00:53:04.630 --> 00:53:07.590 him or if not the other like second best option 00:53:07.590 --> 00:53:09.730 for him if he can get himself some minutes get 00:53:09.730 --> 00:53:12.530 onto the field He can at least use that as a 00:53:12.530 --> 00:53:16.210 CV to sell himself as a budget option to another 00:53:16.210 --> 00:53:19.710 MLS team who says, hey, we maybe need even still 00:53:19.710 --> 00:53:22.030 rotation player, but still giving him a full 00:53:22.030 --> 00:53:24.949 season, maybe to prove himself and maybe fight 00:53:24.949 --> 00:53:28.130 his way into a first team. So Montreal impacted 00:53:28.130 --> 00:53:31.650 is got another question for you. This one comes 00:53:31.650 --> 00:53:35.170 from Kevin M. Do you guys envision the possibility 00:53:35.170 --> 00:53:38.559 of a USL team ever winning? The treble, the Prinks 00:53:38.559 --> 00:53:41.960 Cup, the USL League title, and the US Open Cup. 00:53:42.239 --> 00:53:44.400 Now, I'm going to take Kevin's question. You 00:53:44.400 --> 00:53:47.460 can answer it to that particular set of conditions, 00:53:47.679 --> 00:53:49.960 but I would also say that the treble could be 00:53:49.960 --> 00:53:52.239 the Prinks Tire, could be the player's shield, 00:53:52.280 --> 00:53:54.880 and it could also then be the USL Championship 00:53:54.880 --> 00:53:58.239 Cup, because those are not necessarily give -me's, 00:53:58.320 --> 00:54:00.500 right? We don't always see the player's shield 00:54:00.500 --> 00:54:03.059 winner be the actual USL Championship Cup. Look 00:54:03.059 --> 00:54:04.940 at Louisville, for instance, they dominate the 00:54:04.940 --> 00:54:07.059 league every year, but they haven't won a title 00:54:07.059 --> 00:54:10.159 in a little while. I think the second option 00:54:10.159 --> 00:54:12.880 that you offered is a lot more likely where you 00:54:12.880 --> 00:54:15.980 could have a team who maybe has a generational 00:54:15.980 --> 00:54:18.960 talent, but they're probably going to need something 00:54:18.960 --> 00:54:22.139 like that. That is at the end of the year going 00:54:22.139 --> 00:54:25.380 to get sold on for Boatloads of money to some 00:54:25.380 --> 00:54:28.320 European. I was at Fido Barajas. You could just 00:54:28.320 --> 00:54:30.340 say it out loud. Yeah. Well, I mean, he's already 00:54:30.340 --> 00:54:32.559 he's already back in the USA now with some MLS 00:54:32.559 --> 00:54:34.719 team. So he wasn't as generational as we thought 00:54:34.719 --> 00:54:38.679 he was. But some someone like that who can just 00:54:38.679 --> 00:54:41.079 kind of take the game by the scruff of the neck 00:54:41.079 --> 00:54:44.219 and just win the game. Because most of these 00:54:44.219 --> 00:54:46.000 teams realistically don't have a lot of players 00:54:46.000 --> 00:54:48.539 like that. Right. A lot of them are more systems 00:54:48.539 --> 00:54:51.239 type teams that have really good role players. 00:54:51.500 --> 00:54:53.599 But there's very few players in this league who 00:54:53.599 --> 00:54:55.960 you could say you would bet on to say, oh yeah, 00:54:55.960 --> 00:54:58.460 he can just make something happen in in kind 00:54:58.460 --> 00:55:02.539 of flip the game on its head. The first option 00:55:02.539 --> 00:55:06.380 would be you would need. It's just it's the US 00:55:06.380 --> 00:55:08.000 Open Cup, so you're going to have to go through 00:55:08.000 --> 00:55:09.699 MLS teams to get it. Yeah, you're going to have 00:55:09.699 --> 00:55:11.719 to go through MLS teams. You're going to need. 00:55:12.420 --> 00:55:14.900 the luck of the gods, I think, at that point. 00:55:14.900 --> 00:55:16.619 So here's the question, then. Let's just assume, 00:55:16.780 --> 00:55:18.960 let's play devil's advocate. You can win the 00:55:18.960 --> 00:55:21.800 treble, because you have such generational talent, 00:55:21.980 --> 00:55:24.920 you have such a roster, and maybe one day it 00:55:24.920 --> 00:55:26.340 will come, because again, to Kevin's question, 00:55:26.500 --> 00:55:29.059 it's also once we're in the premier, right? So 00:55:29.059 --> 00:55:31.139 at that point, you might think, well, hey, someone's 00:55:31.139 --> 00:55:33.360 going to start spending the kind of money that 00:55:33.360 --> 00:55:36.300 Division I clubs can compete with other Division 00:55:36.300 --> 00:55:40.329 I clubs, like the MLS. if we start closing the 00:55:40.329 --> 00:55:43.309 gap on the level of competition in US Open Cup, 00:55:44.230 --> 00:55:47.030 is the first year where that treble becomes likely, 00:55:47.489 --> 00:55:49.750 does it almost automatically also, could you 00:55:49.750 --> 00:55:52.090 almost like skew it and say, well, then maybe 00:55:52.090 --> 00:55:55.789 the quadruple is just as easy? Because if you're 00:55:55.789 --> 00:55:57.389 going to be able to win the championship, you 00:55:57.389 --> 00:55:58.949 probably have a really good team. You might be 00:55:58.949 --> 00:56:01.369 a contender for player shield already, right? 00:56:01.489 --> 00:56:03.030 So like, because that's the one that, you know, 00:56:03.070 --> 00:56:05.809 we're not talking about there. I almost feel 00:56:05.809 --> 00:56:08.369 like you if you if you actually have the US Open 00:56:08.369 --> 00:56:10.329 Cup in your pocket you could actually pull that 00:56:10.329 --> 00:56:13.230 off and You're already doing good enough to win 00:56:13.230 --> 00:56:15.889 like the USL championship I think that's almost 00:56:15.889 --> 00:56:18.329 easier just to get the whole quadruple Then it 00:56:18.329 --> 00:56:20.710 is the treble with the open cup by itself like 00:56:20.710 --> 00:56:22.869 it feels more right to say that than just those 00:56:22.869 --> 00:56:26.030 three cups Yeah, I would say though in like current 00:56:26.030 --> 00:56:29.090 day US soccer folklore I mean even for if the 00:56:29.090 --> 00:56:31.929 USL team wins the open cup. I mean that is gonna 00:56:32.269 --> 00:56:35.010 That is gonna rent you listen. It's gonna happen 00:56:35.010 --> 00:56:38.010 in our lifetime. Okay, put put a stamp on it 00:56:38.010 --> 00:56:40.489 everyone We will see a US as long as the league 00:56:40.489 --> 00:56:44.510 still exists We will see a USL club at some point 00:56:44.510 --> 00:56:47.329 in our lifetimes When the US Open Cup it may 00:56:47.329 --> 00:56:48.969 be because Don Garver pulls his whole team or 00:56:48.969 --> 00:56:51.389 the next Don Garver pulls all of MLS back out 00:56:51.389 --> 00:56:55.210 But one day we'll see a USL team win the US Open 00:56:55.210 --> 00:57:00.469 Cup. I Hope so. Um Rich W says surprise surprise 00:57:00.469 --> 00:57:03.579 another terrible ref Makes it so tough to go 00:57:03.579 --> 00:57:05.940 to these games. We've already talked about the 00:57:05.940 --> 00:57:08.139 the ref and the cards and all that but I will 00:57:08.139 --> 00:57:12.380 say that I was surprised about one particular 00:57:12.380 --> 00:57:14.179 play So I want to ask you because I haven't talked 00:57:14.179 --> 00:57:16.659 to you about it yet the there's two actually 00:57:16.659 --> 00:57:19.539 there's two plays So first there's a play where 00:57:19.539 --> 00:57:25.460 I think it was That it was there forward It was 00:57:25.460 --> 00:57:30.460 not shown to me. It was It was Davila I think 00:57:30.460 --> 00:57:32.480 it was Davila went no it was sorry it wasn't 00:57:32.480 --> 00:57:34.559 it was Kevin Lambert went down Kevin Lambert 00:57:34.559 --> 00:57:38.400 goes down in the box and they had numbers forward 00:57:38.400 --> 00:57:40.840 for a throw in and they were trying to you know 00:57:40.840 --> 00:57:43.639 get into the mixer he goes down ref doesn't call 00:57:43.639 --> 00:57:45.980 anything initially Rhode Islander C explodes 00:57:45.980 --> 00:57:47.960 because they've got numbers positioned deeper 00:57:47.960 --> 00:57:51.239 out and it's a clean ball and cocaine but cocaine 00:57:51.239 --> 00:57:54.400 kicks it and then the ref finally calls it back 00:57:54.400 --> 00:57:58.539 but I swear Almost every player was 18 yards 00:57:58.539 --> 00:58:02.960 past the 18 yard box and Rhode Island side Earlier 00:58:02.960 --> 00:58:04.739 in the game those calls were not getting called 00:58:04.739 --> 00:58:06.460 for like Leo Alfonso was down the ground for 00:58:06.460 --> 00:58:08.659 like four minutes at one point They didn't go 00:58:08.659 --> 00:58:11.639 our way Everyone in the stadium was furious because 00:58:11.639 --> 00:58:14.300 it killed the potential of a very dangerous attack 00:58:14.300 --> 00:58:17.340 Obviously, it's the ref's discretion to do that. 00:58:17.400 --> 00:58:20.380 But when a play like that happens What goes through 00:58:20.380 --> 00:58:22.460 your mind about how a ref is managing a game 00:58:22.460 --> 00:58:26.429 in that circumstance? It's tough to say like 00:58:26.429 --> 00:58:30.449 it was it the foul was called Like 40 seconds 00:58:30.449 --> 00:58:33.250 after he went down, which is like an eternity 00:58:33.250 --> 00:58:36.070 and attacking. Yeah It's tough to say in the 00:58:36.070 --> 00:58:37.969 sense of like I don't know what's going through 00:58:37.969 --> 00:58:40.750 their head Because if you would have stopped 00:58:40.750 --> 00:58:44.909 it 25 seconds earlier you'd say okay fine, right 00:58:44.909 --> 00:58:47.170 you you played advantage it didn't work out near 00:58:47.170 --> 00:58:50.150 you're calling it back but with the amount of 00:58:50.150 --> 00:58:53.139 time they let go on it's just like What are you 00:58:53.139 --> 00:58:56.280 what are you doing? Like that's not So that was 00:58:56.280 --> 00:58:58.239 my first issue my second issue and I would I 00:58:58.239 --> 00:58:59.840 want to ask if you're a ref Would you go back 00:58:59.840 --> 00:59:02.280 retroactively and do this? Danny Fonda is the 00:59:02.280 --> 00:59:04.599 goalkeeper for Louisville gets hurt in this game 00:59:04.599 --> 00:59:07.699 he goes to he pulls a mat freeze kicks the ground 00:59:07.699 --> 00:59:11.440 and Ends up hurting himself. He goes down medical 00:59:11.440 --> 00:59:13.739 treatment is applied. Maybe three minutes of 00:59:13.739 --> 00:59:15.599 time Wait, maybe actually maybe closer like four 00:59:15.599 --> 00:59:19.320 or five He gets back up. Everyone claps. He gets 00:59:19.320 --> 00:59:21.699 set up again to go do it. He lines up on it. 00:59:21.719 --> 00:59:23.519 We've wasted another minute and a half getting 00:59:23.519 --> 00:59:25.900 back into position. He goes to line up on it 00:59:25.900 --> 00:59:28.219 and walks through the ball and then cycles for 00:59:28.219 --> 00:59:31.679 the actual substitution. You cannot tell me that 00:59:31.679 --> 00:59:35.739 that was intentional game wasting and time wasting. 00:59:36.059 --> 00:59:37.559 Like that was a delay. That was an intentional 00:59:37.559 --> 00:59:40.280 delay. He was never going to come back and that 00:59:40.280 --> 00:59:42.780 they knew it. He knew it. They knew it. And they 00:59:42.780 --> 00:59:45.420 got an extra three to four minutes. Off of the 00:59:45.420 --> 00:59:47.960 clock you go back and give a yellow card retroactively 00:59:47.960 --> 00:59:51.039 Or do you do like a a fine for because obviously 00:59:51.039 --> 00:59:53.500 all lu has to do is say hey, I was injured You 00:59:53.500 --> 00:59:55.500 know, i'm and i'm really hurt. I won't be playing 00:59:55.500 --> 00:59:58.380 in these next games Or do you say hey that is 00:59:58.380 --> 01:00:02.019 that is tom foolery at too high of a level? And 01:00:02.019 --> 01:00:04.079 like some sort of administrative punishment has 01:00:04.079 --> 01:00:06.739 to be delivered as a result That one's really 01:00:06.739 --> 01:00:10.960 tough because You know that they subbed him out 01:00:10.960 --> 01:00:15.599 And it did look like he injured himself So assuming 01:00:15.599 --> 01:00:18.780 that's true It's a slippery slope when players 01:00:18.780 --> 01:00:23.800 are injured. I think that if you go after actual 01:00:23.800 --> 01:00:28.480 time wasting and Like punish that You would have 01:00:28.480 --> 01:00:30.239 situations like this where there's an injury 01:00:30.239 --> 01:00:32.579 involved where they say like I don't want to 01:00:32.579 --> 01:00:35.619 get accused of also time wasting So I'm just 01:00:35.619 --> 01:00:37.760 gonna do the right thing and get myself subbed 01:00:37.760 --> 01:00:40.920 off So go go for the the actual because in this 01:00:40.920 --> 01:00:43.139 case you could say well, I thought I was good 01:00:43.139 --> 01:00:45.980 to continue I took a few more steps on it and 01:00:45.980 --> 01:00:49.880 it's not we know Realistically that he probably 01:00:49.880 --> 01:00:52.579 was wasting time but because he's legitimately 01:00:52.579 --> 01:00:54.380 injured you you kind of have to give him the 01:00:54.380 --> 01:00:56.989 benefit of doubt there He's up there with Paul 01:00:56.989 --> 01:00:59.170 Blanchard at this point for me. All right, final 01:00:59.170 --> 01:01:00.769 question of the night. Rachel M. Wright, should 01:01:00.769 --> 01:01:03.070 we be happy with just a point from this result 01:01:03.070 --> 01:01:07.010 and against this team? I mean, it's better than 01:01:07.010 --> 01:01:11.030 a loss. You know, we broke the trend of win -loss, 01:01:11.110 --> 01:01:14.829 win -loss, win -loss. So I'm happy to build upon 01:01:14.829 --> 01:01:17.489 this and continue a... What if it just draws 01:01:17.489 --> 01:01:20.630 for the rest of the season then? I mean... Is 01:01:20.630 --> 01:01:23.730 that the new tradition you want? Not necessarily. 01:01:23.929 --> 01:01:26.309 But I, you know, I'm going to remain glass half 01:01:26.309 --> 01:01:29.510 full here and hope that as we go on to the next 01:01:29.510 --> 01:01:32.849 match this season or this weekend, sorry, that 01:01:32.849 --> 01:01:35.869 we can, uh, not necessarily get some revenge 01:01:35.869 --> 01:01:38.530 per se. Cause I don't think, you know, they did 01:01:38.530 --> 01:01:41.269 anything wrong. It was more of a, maybe we need 01:01:41.269 --> 01:01:43.610 to prove something to ourselves that we can actually 01:01:43.610 --> 01:01:46.019 beat some of the worst teams in the league. Well, 01:01:46.019 --> 01:01:47.800 we definitely need to prove to ourselves that 01:01:47.800 --> 01:01:50.900 we can get more than one point out of Sporting 01:01:50.900 --> 01:01:52.820 Jacksonville. We'll find out what that looks 01:01:52.820 --> 01:01:55.219 like when we do our preview show in just two 01:01:55.219 --> 01:01:57.340 days It's a short turnaround now with this vacation 01:01:57.340 --> 01:01:59.579 holiday. We had but it's always great to talk 01:01:59.579 --> 01:02:01.179 to you It's always great to talk to listeners 01:02:01.179 --> 01:02:03.719 and answer their questions and we shall see which 01:02:03.719 --> 01:02:05.420 Direction we're not enough see heads into next 01:02:05.420 --> 01:02:07.920 as they start to prepare for their away trip 01:02:07.920 --> 01:02:10.980 down to Jacksonville Jason I can't wait to do 01:02:10.980 --> 01:02:14.820 this all again in what 48 hours. Yeah Thanks 01:02:14.820 --> 01:02:16.880 for joining us, y 'all. We'll catch you next 01:02:16.880 --> 01:02:21.920 time. Anchor's up. Anchor's up. You've been listening 01:02:21.920 --> 01:02:24.659 to the Raising Anchor Soccer Show. 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