WEBVTT

00:00:04.780 --> 00:00:13.140
You're listening to Raising Anchor on 990 WBOB.

00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:20.679
Welcome to the Raising Anchor Soccer Show with

00:00:20.679 --> 00:00:23.780
Matt Entrickett and Jason Carey. Your home for

00:00:23.780 --> 00:00:26.440
news, analysis, and everything Rhode Island FC.

00:00:27.280 --> 00:00:29.539
Each week they take you inside the locker room,

00:00:29.899 --> 00:00:32.119
inside the tactics, and inside the storyline

00:00:32.119 --> 00:00:38.350
shaping RISC. Here's Matt and Jason. Rhode Island

00:00:38.350 --> 00:00:41.289
FC defeat Sporting Jacks 3 -0 in a game that

00:00:41.289 --> 00:00:44.130
had everything from bikes to penalties and of

00:00:44.130 --> 00:00:47.659
course RAFC winning in dominant fashion. Was

00:00:47.659 --> 00:00:50.479
this match a sign of the potential ahead for

00:00:50.479 --> 00:00:53.140
the amber and blue? Or was this a case of getting

00:00:53.140 --> 00:00:56.020
the job done on the night against opponents at

00:00:56.020 --> 00:00:57.619
the bottom of the table? We're going to talk

00:00:57.619 --> 00:00:59.439
about all of that and so much more. We're going

00:00:59.439 --> 00:01:00.520
to go over the goals. We're going to go over

00:01:00.520 --> 00:01:02.539
some of the formation. We're going to talk about

00:01:02.539 --> 00:01:04.640
the mailbag. Of course, first and foremost, got

00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:06.620
to check in with the cohost with the most Mr

00:01:06.620 --> 00:01:08.980
Jason Carey. Jason, how are you doing my friend?

00:01:09.620 --> 00:01:11.980
Doing fantastic. Do you think at the Sporting

00:01:11.980 --> 00:01:14.920
Jacks Stadium they sell like Sporting Jacks branded

00:01:14.920 --> 00:01:19.090
Cracker Jacks? Do I well so I where are you going

00:01:19.090 --> 00:01:21.209
with this? I don't know just curious shower thought

00:01:21.209 --> 00:01:24.189
I I don't even think it's called cracker Jack's

00:01:24.189 --> 00:01:25.870
by the way. I'm pretty sure it's called cracker

00:01:25.870 --> 00:01:29.109
Jack It's a it's like the Mandela effect of how

00:01:29.109 --> 00:01:31.870
old person food that like who knows really what

00:01:31.870 --> 00:01:34.329
that yeah baseball baseball stadiums been saying

00:01:34.329 --> 00:01:37.030
it wrong for like decades so that's neither here

00:01:37.030 --> 00:01:39.370
nor there plural if you buy multiple the question

00:01:39.370 --> 00:01:41.650
is is how many fans would have enjoyed that said

00:01:41.650 --> 00:01:44.469
treat because Did I when you can hear the treat

00:01:44.469 --> 00:01:47.959
is a negative goal difference I'm just gonna

00:01:47.959 --> 00:01:50.340
say when you can hear that many of the technical

00:01:50.340 --> 00:01:52.859
staff, the players talking over the broadcast

00:01:52.859 --> 00:01:55.579
and there's no other noise going on, you know,

00:01:56.180 --> 00:01:58.560
supporting Jax has a lot to work on. Didn't pool

00:01:58.560 --> 00:02:01.189
party say that there was like... almost more

00:02:01.189 --> 00:02:03.329
RAFC fans there than there were. We kind of saw

00:02:03.329 --> 00:02:05.349
that in person for the Miami FC. I wouldn't be

00:02:05.349 --> 00:02:07.709
surprised if right now we know how good the women's

00:02:07.709 --> 00:02:10.189
game is for Sporting Jacks. Men's game has a

00:02:10.189 --> 00:02:12.870
lot to catch up on, but we will talk about that

00:02:12.870 --> 00:02:15.289
and everything that happened down at Hodges Stadium.

00:02:15.729 --> 00:02:18.129
But we gotta start some news, some quick hits

00:02:18.129 --> 00:02:20.930
before we get into the game recap itself. We

00:02:20.930 --> 00:02:22.689
didn't have the ability last week because there

00:02:22.689 --> 00:02:25.150
was so much news. We were like, is this important?

00:02:25.270 --> 00:02:27.409
Is this groundbreaking? It wasn't at the time,

00:02:27.650 --> 00:02:29.699
but it is still in New England and it does. need

00:02:29.699 --> 00:02:32.180
to be recognized because Jason a new team is

00:02:32.180 --> 00:02:33.860
in town and they have an anchor in their logo

00:02:33.860 --> 00:02:36.879
yeah so like you like you said we kind of cut

00:02:36.879 --> 00:02:38.740
this off the chopping block last week because

00:02:38.740 --> 00:02:40.300
we just have way too much to talk to you but

00:02:40.300 --> 00:02:45.439
there was a new usl team mass rising that that

00:02:45.439 --> 00:02:49.280
charlatan that's I'm going to say it now because

00:02:49.280 --> 00:02:50.860
I don't care. But when people were like, you're

00:02:50.860 --> 00:02:52.580
not sure if he's going to build a team, that

00:02:52.580 --> 00:02:54.280
guy that said he was going to build a Massachusetts

00:02:54.280 --> 00:02:57.500
professional team in Boston has ran off to Portugal.

00:02:57.580 --> 00:02:59.520
He's bought a division six team in Portugal and

00:02:59.520 --> 00:03:02.439
apparently he's buying a division five team in

00:03:02.439 --> 00:03:05.879
Italy now. And the fact that he got people so

00:03:05.879 --> 00:03:08.560
hyped about bringing professional soccer at that

00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:11.000
level still still boils my blood. The website

00:03:11.000 --> 00:03:13.129
is still up. and so what you're telling me this

00:03:13.129 --> 00:03:15.330
isn't mass rising that's coming to uh to the

00:03:15.330 --> 00:03:18.689
soccer landscape no so uh the new england force

00:03:18.689 --> 00:03:22.050
is going to be joining the usl league two northeast

00:03:22.050 --> 00:03:26.550
division in the 2027 season of revs fame they

00:03:26.550 --> 00:03:29.129
have charlie davies is going to be their technical

00:03:29.129 --> 00:03:31.810
director so how much time do you think charlie

00:03:31.810 --> 00:03:34.330
davies has to because he's still a pundit for

00:03:34.430 --> 00:03:37.870
the Apple side of MLS programming. I saw him

00:03:37.870 --> 00:03:39.830
at a game earlier this year. He was doing some

00:03:39.830 --> 00:03:42.530
of the sideline report. Obviously, he's a beloved

00:03:42.530 --> 00:03:45.069
fan favorite of the team. His time put there.

00:03:45.430 --> 00:03:47.430
But how much how much time do you have to put

00:03:47.430 --> 00:03:49.569
into a USL two team? Because remember, it's a

00:03:49.569 --> 00:03:51.610
summer program. Yeah. How much work you think

00:03:51.610 --> 00:03:54.169
Charlie Davis is putting in a week in this? I

00:03:54.169 --> 00:03:55.930
don't know. Like that. That's a good question.

00:03:56.009 --> 00:03:57.729
I mean, considering they are mostly a summer

00:03:57.729 --> 00:04:00.310
league and then but you got to do all the work

00:04:00.310 --> 00:04:02.770
ahead of time. Unless pod, they're they're switching

00:04:02.770 --> 00:04:06.300
to a different. calendar so like they might not

00:04:06.300 --> 00:04:09.020
even get in the way of each other that much oh

00:04:09.020 --> 00:04:11.300
it's irrelevant there's no there's no usl2 team

00:04:11.300 --> 00:04:14.280
that is going to be fighting over an mls seasoned

00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:16.120
veteran i mean that that's all i think but like

00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:17.660
seriously how much time do you think charlie

00:04:17.660 --> 00:04:18.959
davis is going to have to put into this job that

00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:23.000
he just got I don't know all of what that entails.

00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:25.720
I mean, maybe we can ask Sean Kerry. We'll have

00:04:25.720 --> 00:04:27.100
to talk to Mike Parkhurst about that, because

00:04:27.100 --> 00:04:28.860
we know how much time he puts into. We've heard

00:04:28.860 --> 00:04:31.079
recently at length that like he's on the phone

00:04:31.079 --> 00:04:34.519
with, you know, Kano and Sean three to six times

00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:37.100
a day. So I can only imagine what that would

00:04:37.100 --> 00:04:39.980
look like. But nevertheless, a new team is in

00:04:39.980 --> 00:04:42.660
town for USL to do the Vermont Green have to

00:04:42.660 --> 00:04:44.899
be worried at all about this? I don't know. I

00:04:44.899 --> 00:04:48.529
mean, Vermont Green are. Probably like the shining

00:04:48.529 --> 00:04:51.970
star of USL 2, right? And you could say Seacoast

00:04:51.970 --> 00:04:53.529
United has like a really good setup. They're

00:04:53.529 --> 00:04:55.610
just not popular. Like if you're talking popularity,

00:04:56.129 --> 00:04:57.769
yes, Vermont Green or the Darlings. But if you

00:04:57.769 --> 00:04:59.850
talk Academy and development, I think there's

00:04:59.850 --> 00:05:01.269
a I think there's a couple of clubs that could

00:05:01.269 --> 00:05:03.829
give green the run for their money. Yeah, I'm

00:05:03.829 --> 00:05:06.970
just curious as we continue to build like the

00:05:06.970 --> 00:05:09.610
soccer landscape continues to expand in the Northeast.

00:05:09.709 --> 00:05:14.819
Do we? See maybe more additions into like. Like

00:05:14.819 --> 00:05:16.920
what is the future of the Yeager Cup look like?

00:05:17.019 --> 00:05:20.180
Can we see a circumstance where maybe USL teams,

00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:22.519
USL two teams join in, right? Like that could

00:05:22.519 --> 00:05:24.759
be fun. I would hope. And then especially with

00:05:24.759 --> 00:05:26.519
pro rel, as far as I understand it, right? It's

00:05:26.519 --> 00:05:29.060
going to be premier championship and league one.

00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:31.300
I don't think USL two is going to be included

00:05:31.300 --> 00:05:34.560
at all, but that doesn't mean that can't be open

00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:37.180
for the future, right? If these teams can find

00:05:37.180 --> 00:05:40.120
some sort of stability. And if USL grows, obviously,

00:05:40.259 --> 00:05:42.920
I'm talking about like decades in the future.

00:05:43.100 --> 00:05:45.639
We'll both be long gone before we see USL teams

00:05:45.639 --> 00:05:48.860
make it. This could be is another kind of like

00:05:48.860 --> 00:05:52.199
addition to the soccer landscape. I don't disagree.

00:05:52.319 --> 00:05:54.339
I mean, I've said it at length when it comes

00:05:54.339 --> 00:05:56.319
to the pro -rail side of things. Everyone take

00:05:56.319 --> 00:05:58.399
a drink, of course. You know, I've I've said

00:05:58.399 --> 00:06:01.120
that I would want every team starting at USL

00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:03.660
one earning their way regionally, building a

00:06:03.660 --> 00:06:05.759
fan base around it. If you're that good and you're

00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:08.480
putting that level of money into it. Teams want

00:06:08.480 --> 00:06:11.500
your rate up fans want communities right like

00:06:11.500 --> 00:06:13.660
that's the way that you promote yourself straight

00:06:13.660 --> 00:06:16.259
through it the idea that a team can just try

00:06:16.259 --> 00:06:17.740
to buy because you're not just buying a club

00:06:17.740 --> 00:06:20.160
you're buying an audience you're buying a community

00:06:20.160 --> 00:06:22.300
you're buying a fandom and then to create that

00:06:22.300 --> 00:06:25.519
so quickly and so so Almost artificially like

00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:27.879
there's a reason Rhode Island of Sea has had

00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:29.980
to fight tooth and nail to build this community

00:06:29.980 --> 00:06:32.100
Whereas you know because there's there's that

00:06:32.100 --> 00:06:34.079
we we may not we may be the only professional

00:06:34.079 --> 00:06:37.300
sport team in town that's not attached to a farm

00:06:37.300 --> 00:06:39.420
system of any kind but like there are options

00:06:39.420 --> 00:06:42.160
right you can go to boston for team sports you

00:06:42.160 --> 00:06:43.660
could go to new york i don't know why you would

00:06:43.660 --> 00:06:46.600
but you could like there's competition regionally

00:06:46.600 --> 00:06:48.699
in that space but you go to like idaho and you

00:06:48.699 --> 00:06:51.339
go to boise like There's nothing in Boise like

00:06:51.339 --> 00:06:53.379
it makes sense for someone to rally towards that

00:06:53.379 --> 00:06:55.259
I would like to see that and I think it could

00:06:55.259 --> 00:06:57.420
start from USL to that could be a beautiful thing

00:06:57.420 --> 00:06:59.680
I think the Detroit City FC origin story is something

00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:01.860
like that where it was an amateur team They kept

00:07:01.860 --> 00:07:03.699
playing they kept getting like their wives and

00:07:03.699 --> 00:07:05.360
their family members to show up and then they

00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:07.220
built upon it on that and then they went to like

00:07:07.220 --> 00:07:10.639
the NAPSL league and then that you like worked

00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:12.060
out for them a little bit there and then they

00:07:12.060 --> 00:07:13.860
eventually got to where they're like that could

00:07:13.860 --> 00:07:16.319
be a fun story, but I don't know if we'll ever

00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:18.540
see the likes of New England force that being

00:07:18.540 --> 00:07:21.000
said Do we think the force will make it into

00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:23.959
the US Open Cup trial? Because I don't know their

00:07:23.959 --> 00:07:27.300
their competition start now and they have to

00:07:27.300 --> 00:07:28.579
qualify before the end of the year. I think that

00:07:28.579 --> 00:07:33.399
they'll be going into the fall of 2027 for the

00:07:33.399 --> 00:07:36.240
2028 Open Cup. We'll have to see if we ever see

00:07:36.240 --> 00:07:38.759
them in the most important tournament in the

00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:41.949
US, but we got to move on. Let's talk about Goal

00:07:41.949 --> 00:07:43.430
of the Week because we're gonna talk a lot about

00:07:43.430 --> 00:07:45.269
that bike tonight a little later in the programming,

00:07:45.990 --> 00:07:49.490
but the one and only Yutaro Sakata gets the nomination.

00:07:50.089 --> 00:07:53.170
Jason, is it a crime against humanity if Yutaro

00:07:53.170 --> 00:07:55.769
does not get this? I mean, bikes automatically

00:07:55.769 --> 00:07:58.970
are top shelf votes, right? Even Hartford fans

00:07:58.970 --> 00:08:00.810
have to be voting for Sakata at this point, right?

00:08:01.490 --> 00:08:04.170
I watched the other three. They're not bad goals.

00:08:04.430 --> 00:08:07.149
They're kind of all just very the same. They're

00:08:07.149 --> 00:08:11.010
long range shots, but they're not bikes. So,

00:08:11.010 --> 00:08:14.470
get out there and vote. And then switch your

00:08:14.470 --> 00:08:17.790
VPN, switch your IP, use your browser, use your

00:08:17.790 --> 00:08:20.949
iPad, go to the library, yeah, go to the library,

00:08:21.329 --> 00:08:24.189
log in on every computer, take a phone out of

00:08:24.189 --> 00:08:25.790
someone's hand and quickly vote in. Yeah, all

00:08:25.790 --> 00:08:28.009
of the things. If we don't see you, Taro Tsukada,

00:08:28.209 --> 00:08:30.029
get this. Like, there has been a crime committed.

00:08:30.370 --> 00:08:33.769
Yeah, clearly if it is, it's like other fan bases

00:08:33.769 --> 00:08:37.120
rallying against us or something. I know we got

00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:38.799
to move on. I know I know Coach Kono doesn't

00:08:38.799 --> 00:08:40.539
want to talk about JJ Williams anymore because

00:08:40.539 --> 00:08:42.179
he's made it very clear in the post games, but

00:08:42.179 --> 00:08:44.620
we got to talk about JJ Williams. Yeah. And a

00:08:44.620 --> 00:08:46.919
lot of the fans are kind of keeping an eye on

00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:49.379
to see what he does. And I think it's also important

00:08:49.379 --> 00:08:53.019
for the future of this club as they develop talent

00:08:53.019 --> 00:08:55.200
and look to move them on. And it can also bring

00:08:55.200 --> 00:08:57.299
more opportunities for players to come to us

00:08:57.299 --> 00:09:05.659
on Friday. I'm not Scottish, so it is what I

00:09:05.659 --> 00:09:08.600
am Scottish and I'd said Glenhouse mirror. I

00:09:08.600 --> 00:09:12.740
think Stenhouse mirror. Good enough, yeah, close

00:09:12.740 --> 00:09:15.360
enough, so they played them on Friday. Actually

00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:20.360
in the Scottish League Cup, JJ gotta start opened

00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:23.779
up his goal scoring account 35 minutes in also

00:09:23.779 --> 00:09:27.320
picked up two assists as well. Heart win 3 nil.

00:09:27.450 --> 00:09:30.549
Uh, that takes them on to the next round of the

00:09:30.549 --> 00:09:34.570
cup on the 31st of October against Hibbs. So

00:09:34.570 --> 00:09:37.509
exciting for them. I was inside some of the hearts

00:09:37.509 --> 00:09:41.029
channels, uh, mostly in Reddit and everyone's

00:09:41.029 --> 00:09:43.009
saying, Oh, an American striker punching down

00:09:43.009 --> 00:09:45.509
on a lesser team. How American can you get? And

00:09:45.509 --> 00:09:48.350
it's like, You you guys gotta pump up your boy

00:09:48.350 --> 00:09:50.250
a little bit more here like be happy that he's

00:09:50.250 --> 00:09:52.889
already finding success whether it's down the

00:09:52.889 --> 00:09:55.649
table up the table like be happy because that's

00:09:55.649 --> 00:09:58.090
going like they just don't know it yet Jason

00:09:58.090 --> 00:10:00.669
but when JJ Williams starts getting consistency

00:10:00.669 --> 00:10:02.889
that's when he's at his most his most lethal

00:10:02.889 --> 00:10:05.409
so the fact that he's doing this now already

00:10:05.409 --> 00:10:08.789
should be a great foot stop in his journey through

00:10:08.789 --> 00:10:11.529
this but man it was weird you just gotta remember

00:10:11.529 --> 00:10:14.679
the cynicism of european football they a lot

00:10:14.679 --> 00:10:16.240
of people were not impressed yet like they were

00:10:16.240 --> 00:10:18.519
happy for him but like this isn't yet this isn't

00:10:18.519 --> 00:10:20.480
anything yet mate prove it prove it on the next

00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:23.019
game yeah no i i think it's important for him

00:10:23.019 --> 00:10:26.460
uh so that he can kind of build that up on his

00:10:26.460 --> 00:10:29.840
cv and hopefully uh maybe get some more minutes

00:10:29.840 --> 00:10:32.679
in the league and uh you know hopefully help

00:10:32.679 --> 00:10:35.960
them uh on to win a win a title there Yeah, we'll

00:10:35.960 --> 00:10:37.580
have to do a clay holster check in in a little

00:10:37.580 --> 00:10:39.159
bit too. It will keep our alumni watch I know

00:10:39.159 --> 00:10:40.700
it's going a little bit of a different direction

00:10:40.700 --> 00:10:43.120
for clay right now But you uh, nevertheless love

00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:44.679
to see it. Let's talk league standings before

00:10:44.679 --> 00:10:46.299
we go to break and then we'll drop into this

00:10:46.299 --> 00:10:50.059
recap uh Jason a win like this. We're going to

00:10:50.059 --> 00:10:51.259
talk about the importance and the significance

00:10:51.259 --> 00:10:52.980
But we're clearly in fourth place now by the

00:10:52.980 --> 00:10:55.000
end of this result, right? Oh, yeah We actually

00:10:55.000 --> 00:10:58.059
when you score a bike you get an extra like three

00:10:58.059 --> 00:11:00.440
points So we jumped all the way to four because

00:11:00.440 --> 00:11:05.159
that that was a six point match No. So our FC,

00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:08.120
we move one spot now up to seventh after their

00:11:08.120 --> 00:11:12.179
three nil victory over sporting Jacks. I don't

00:11:12.179 --> 00:11:14.519
get too comfortable here. Indy does have a midweek

00:11:14.519 --> 00:11:18.100
match though tomorrow against Brooklyn and Brooklyn

00:11:18.100 --> 00:11:20.240
is a team that I don't have much faith in here

00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:24.419
to do anything. I mean, who knows? Maybe a draw,

00:11:24.940 --> 00:11:27.019
but either way, there is first game in hand.

00:11:27.649 --> 00:11:29.909
Right. So this is we talk about the importance

00:11:29.909 --> 00:11:32.250
of the games in hand for us one of them being

00:11:32.250 --> 00:11:34.370
against India I guess now realizing how important

00:11:34.370 --> 00:11:36.730
that game will be in terms of the games in hand

00:11:36.730 --> 00:11:39.730
Indy is spending their first one before we do

00:11:39.730 --> 00:11:43.850
So if this result does not go their way this

00:11:43.850 --> 00:11:45.809
actually starts to like say, okay we can start

00:11:45.809 --> 00:11:48.330
putting the gas on and we can start separating

00:11:48.330 --> 00:11:50.070
ourselves and distancing ourselves from that

00:11:50.070 --> 00:11:52.110
team and Actually, maybe do some so you need

00:11:52.110 --> 00:11:54.470
like a Gabby Alves masterclass is what you're

00:11:54.470 --> 00:11:56.629
Gabby Elvis. I know you still listen to the show

00:11:56.700 --> 00:12:00.720
I'm gonna need a Hattie. All right So either

00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:03.320
way that brings our FC now to a nine five and

00:12:03.320 --> 00:12:05.460
eight record with a plus ten goal difference

00:12:05.460 --> 00:12:07.419
Those are three goals in the clean sheet help

00:12:07.419 --> 00:12:09.759
there quite a bit. I want to talk about that

00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:11.940
plus ten by the way I don't know where you think

00:12:11.940 --> 00:12:13.879
we are in the league in terms of goal differential.

00:12:14.039 --> 00:12:17.440
So I will ask I'm not even gonna do just the

00:12:17.440 --> 00:12:19.879
Eastern Conference. I'm going to do the entire

00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:24.340
league with a plus ten Where do you think we

00:12:24.340 --> 00:12:27.360
are? In terms of ranking from a top position

00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:29.320
and it's like Charleston's got to be the best

00:12:29.320 --> 00:12:31.980
then is maybe Tampa and then probably someone

00:12:31.980 --> 00:12:33.700
else I'm not forgetting about so I'm gonna say

00:12:33.700 --> 00:12:36.580
fourth or fifth. So we are in fourth place in

00:12:36.580 --> 00:12:37.980
goal difference. There's actually several teams

00:12:37.980 --> 00:12:40.759
in with a 10 a plus 10 So we're tied right now

00:12:40.759 --> 00:12:43.259
with New Mexico United Sacramento Republic all

00:12:43.259 --> 00:12:45.299
teams that we expect to be getting home playoff

00:12:45.299 --> 00:12:48.179
berths in the Western Conference And then we're

00:12:48.179 --> 00:12:50.139
sitting there you're right though Tampa Bay Charleston

00:12:50.139 --> 00:12:51.860
with the highest they're tied right now at a

00:12:51.860 --> 00:12:54.820
plus 18 The only other team El Paso locomotive,

00:12:54.860 --> 00:12:57.059
okay? That's not what I was thinking about but

00:12:57.059 --> 00:12:59.080
it's like am I thinking about last season, but

00:12:59.080 --> 00:13:01.080
it's crazy You know you talk about these these

00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:04.080
goal differences and El Paso New Mexico the top

00:13:03.980 --> 00:13:07.200
of their table Charleston Tampa Bay the top of

00:13:07.200 --> 00:13:10.039
our table you know Sacramento in fifth they're

00:13:10.039 --> 00:13:11.980
just on I mean they're tied on points for fourth

00:13:11.980 --> 00:13:14.700
place with FC Tulsa right now it's so weird to

00:13:14.700 --> 00:13:17.240
see a team as good as Rhode Island with this

00:13:17.240 --> 00:13:19.480
goal differential with these defensive performances

00:13:19.480 --> 00:13:22.679
in addition to in seventh possibly eighth and

00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:26.129
the end of tomorrow like it like It's just really

00:13:26.129 --> 00:13:29.230
something something game in hands It's just really

00:13:29.230 --> 00:13:31.690
frustrating at times. Um, but yeah, so that's

00:13:31.690 --> 00:13:33.350
where we're at on this Do you think that there's

00:13:33.350 --> 00:13:35.269
anything else we need to prepare for with this

00:13:35.269 --> 00:13:36.669
Miami game ahead? Is there any other teams that

00:13:36.669 --> 00:13:39.090
we need to watch? Obviously Miami the gap widens

00:13:39.090 --> 00:13:41.750
in this table setting now They drop well past

00:13:41.750 --> 00:13:43.509
that six points now They need at least three

00:13:43.509 --> 00:13:46.090
games to catch the eighth place team at this

00:13:46.090 --> 00:13:48.070
point But then you look at these other matches

00:13:48.070 --> 00:13:50.029
is there anything that we should be anticipating

00:13:50.029 --> 00:13:52.629
moving up the table if we get a win this week

00:13:52.629 --> 00:13:56.600
because Don't know Louisville plays loud in on

00:13:56.600 --> 00:13:59.820
their next match Hartford plays sporting Jacks

00:13:59.820 --> 00:14:02.100
and then Detroit goes against Pittsburgh So there's

00:14:02.100 --> 00:14:03.720
gonna be kind of a battle for that third fourth

00:14:03.720 --> 00:14:07.200
place Could we anticipate any kind of climb in

00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:08.980
this week with a game against Miami on the weekend?

00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:13.879
It's it's tough to say I'm starting to feel like

00:14:13.879 --> 00:14:17.649
the eight spots on the Eastern Conference are

00:14:17.649 --> 00:14:19.690
solidified in the terms of those are the eight

00:14:19.690 --> 00:14:21.190
teams that are going to make the playoffs. I

00:14:21.190 --> 00:14:23.350
don't have much faith in any of the teams below

00:14:23.350 --> 00:14:27.950
them. If Indy somehow has a major collapse and

00:14:27.950 --> 00:14:31.529
somehow Miami regains some early season form,

00:14:32.529 --> 00:14:35.110
maybe you could see that. But you look at Birmingham

00:14:35.110 --> 00:14:37.929
has not been able to be consistent. Sporting

00:14:37.929 --> 00:14:41.730
Jacks is long gone and buried. I have no idea

00:14:41.730 --> 00:14:43.909
what's going over in Birmingham Legion. Like

00:14:43.909 --> 00:14:46.169
they're just they're doing their things and then

00:14:46.169 --> 00:14:49.590
Loudon is not the same without Ryan Martin. So

00:14:49.590 --> 00:14:51.549
I just don't have any faith in any of those teams.

00:14:51.830 --> 00:14:53.049
I mean, you can say Oakland's not the same with

00:14:53.049 --> 00:14:55.090
Ryan Martin either. They're in second to last.

00:14:55.269 --> 00:14:57.230
Loudon's technically in a better position in

00:14:57.230 --> 00:14:59.789
the Eastern Conference with more teams than Oakland

00:14:59.789 --> 00:15:01.450
right now out of the way. Obviously, I'll be

00:15:01.450 --> 00:15:03.149
curious to see if it takes a while for them to

00:15:03.149 --> 00:15:06.529
appreciate Ryan Martin's kind of drip. I know

00:15:06.529 --> 00:15:08.090
we're all over the place tonight when we're not

00:15:08.090 --> 00:15:10.909
focusing on Rhode Island, but to be Completely

00:15:10.909 --> 00:15:12.929
open and transparent about the Western Conference

00:15:12.929 --> 00:15:14.669
because we will have to run into them possibly

00:15:14.669 --> 00:15:18.169
at one point Oakland is a team historically that

00:15:18.169 --> 00:15:20.070
fires coaches very quickly Benny Fell Harbor

00:15:20.070 --> 00:15:22.549
was there for all of like six days, right? So

00:15:22.549 --> 00:15:24.990
like if it's not working, they will pull the

00:15:24.990 --> 00:15:27.690
trigger I'm curious the length that they went

00:15:27.690 --> 00:15:30.169
to to go get Ryan Martin how long they let the

00:15:30.169 --> 00:15:34.320
Ryan Martin projects actually go. Yeah this is,

00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:36.779
you know, hashtag now Western Conference, USL

00:15:36.779 --> 00:15:40.580
show apparently. I think they have some stadium

00:15:40.580 --> 00:15:42.840
kind of issues that they need to figure out.

00:15:43.019 --> 00:15:45.480
Like they clearly have like some of the best

00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:47.879
jerseys in the league. You're not blaming this

00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:49.740
on Ryan Martin's elbow patches. You're blaming

00:15:49.740 --> 00:15:53.440
this on the Coliseum. Maybe. I mean, there's,

00:15:53.539 --> 00:15:55.779
I think there's some logistics there. Like you,

00:15:56.240 --> 00:15:59.539
if I've not been to the Coliseum, but like, I

00:15:59.539 --> 00:16:02.669
don't know how easy it is to get there. The reality

00:16:02.669 --> 00:16:05.370
is it's better to have a smaller stadium that,

00:16:05.370 --> 00:16:08.669
you know, can fit X amount of people that you

00:16:08.669 --> 00:16:11.529
can kind of fill as opposed to playing in a giant

00:16:11.529 --> 00:16:13.929
empty cathedral. It doesn't look good for advertising

00:16:13.929 --> 00:16:15.889
purposes. You know, when you look at the standings,

00:16:16.149 --> 00:16:18.409
most of these teams that are in the top or upper

00:16:18.409 --> 00:16:21.009
side of the table have really good attendance.

00:16:21.730 --> 00:16:23.429
You look at the bottom ones and they all have

00:16:23.429 --> 00:16:26.769
very poor attendance. The only like Outlier is

00:16:26.769 --> 00:16:28.309
hard for athletic because we know they have poor

00:16:28.309 --> 00:16:30.009
attendance and they are much higher up the table

00:16:30.009 --> 00:16:32.070
than they should be so that's the only outlier

00:16:32.070 --> 00:16:34.690
but I've heard though to be fair to them that

00:16:34.690 --> 00:16:37.269
they like the summer months is when they do their

00:16:37.269 --> 00:16:40.870
best But did you see that they also make AI posters

00:16:40.870 --> 00:16:43.669
against playing against Jacksonville FC? They

00:16:43.669 --> 00:16:46.950
had a corporate -sponsored bot TFO year one like

00:16:46.950 --> 00:16:49.629
we don't need to go over the Hartford Athletic

00:16:49.629 --> 00:16:51.470
tragedy that they are like I'm just saying like

00:16:51.470 --> 00:16:54.210
a lot of these teams All have excellent attendance

00:16:54.210 --> 00:16:56.909
i wonder if there is a little bit of you know

00:16:56.909 --> 00:16:58.990
playing that extra time playing that extra ten

00:16:58.990 --> 00:17:01.889
percent when there's a lot of fans in front of

00:17:01.889 --> 00:17:04.509
in front of players so could be it was definitely

00:17:04.509 --> 00:17:07.450
a correlation there but i think part of it too

00:17:07.450 --> 00:17:10.589
though is that. You can create a good atmosphere

00:17:10.589 --> 00:17:14.950
and sell a product that's maybe on the field

00:17:14.950 --> 00:17:18.130
not great but if the whole package as a whole

00:17:18.130 --> 00:17:21.289
is good with people will show up. I don't know,

00:17:21.289 --> 00:17:22.509
it's great, but we've got to go to break and

00:17:22.509 --> 00:17:24.809
when we return, we're going to talk all things

00:17:24.809 --> 00:17:26.730
Rhode Island FC in this match. Don't go anywhere.

00:17:26.829 --> 00:17:31.589
It's The Raising Anchor Soccer Show. Thank you

00:17:31.589 --> 00:17:33.589
for listening to tonight's broadcast powered

00:17:33.589 --> 00:17:36.349
by Sprout Coworking. For all your business needs,

00:17:36.589 --> 00:17:40.529
large or small, visit sproutcoworking .com. Powering

00:17:40.529 --> 00:17:45.250
990 WBOB, that's sproutcoworking .com. Now, let's

00:17:45.250 --> 00:17:47.589
get back to The Raising Anchor Soccer Show. on

00:17:47.589 --> 00:17:52.390
990 WBOB with Matt Entrickett and Jason Carey.

00:17:52.769 --> 00:17:54.569
Back here on the Raising Anchor Soccer Show,

00:17:54.750 --> 00:17:57.829
getting into this matchup and talking about how

00:17:57.829 --> 00:18:00.250
Kano set this team up. I don't know if this is

00:18:00.250 --> 00:18:03.569
an unusual departure from some of what we expected,

00:18:04.029 --> 00:18:06.230
a little bit of kind of turn and burn and churn,

00:18:06.410 --> 00:18:08.369
if you will. I rhymed there a little bit. But

00:18:08.369 --> 00:18:09.930
getting through the players unavailable, some

00:18:09.930 --> 00:18:12.859
panic. From fans Jason as that card came out

00:18:12.859 --> 00:18:15.099
at the beginning ahead of the match. Of course,

00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:17.839
gogo is a no no and John and Peters just not

00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:21.740
being available, but Hugo baccarac also not going

00:18:21.740 --> 00:18:24.319
to be available and then also pity Rodriguez

00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:27.359
unavailable in this match. It was an interesting

00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:29.180
thing where we talk about the fact that we look

00:18:29.180 --> 00:18:31.509
at. You know, Hugo being one of those things

00:18:31.509 --> 00:18:33.650
where we talk about the importance of him. We

00:18:33.650 --> 00:18:37.150
talk about what he's been as a six on this team.

00:18:37.450 --> 00:18:40.569
And then suddenly we don't have him in this game.

00:18:40.869 --> 00:18:42.829
Lots of questions, lots of concerns. We still

00:18:42.829 --> 00:18:44.769
don't know what the status of Hugo is. You know,

00:18:44.829 --> 00:18:47.210
we had him for, it took him so long to get online

00:18:47.210 --> 00:18:49.369
last season. You know, I always wonder about

00:18:49.369 --> 00:18:51.069
a player like that when he's gone through a couple

00:18:51.069 --> 00:18:53.170
injuries, like, well, it better have been like

00:18:53.170 --> 00:18:54.670
he needed to go home to Spain for a birthday

00:18:54.670 --> 00:18:56.289
and like Connor was just being gracious about

00:18:56.289 --> 00:18:58.109
it because it was sporting Jacks. But I don't

00:18:58.109 --> 00:19:00.019
know if I can live in a world. where we've given

00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:01.940
Clay Hulse the way to Dallas, and now Hugo might

00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:03.779
be on the mend in the most important stretch

00:19:03.779 --> 00:19:06.140
of the season. Yeah, and before we get into some

00:19:06.140 --> 00:19:08.160
of the storylines here, let's give the listeners

00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:10.900
a quick rundown of through what the lineup looked

00:19:10.900 --> 00:19:13.539
like on the night. So we had Koke Vegas and Nett

00:19:13.539 --> 00:19:17.819
here as usual. Back four here of Nick Scardina,

00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:22.579
Kareefa Yow, Frank Nodarse, and Jokes Quisera,

00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:26.539
or Joe Jaya, as you know his... Did you do that

00:19:26.539 --> 00:19:30.109
or did the spelling... Auto break does that and

00:19:30.109 --> 00:19:32.509
I totally didn't notice that and I love every

00:19:32.509 --> 00:19:36.309
time it happens We have holding midfielder Grant

00:19:36.309 --> 00:19:38.450
Stoneman, obviously where you expect out of place.

00:19:38.450 --> 00:19:42.049
Yeah, right next to Amish Shapiro Thompson with

00:19:42.049 --> 00:19:46.809
Osman Foyo Leo Alfonso, you TARS kata And Stas

00:19:46.809 --> 00:19:50.009
Kornowski up top. Oh, he messed up the Korsanowski

00:19:50.009 --> 00:19:52.609
again. That's a that's a that's a quarter into

00:19:52.609 --> 00:19:54.490
the charity bucket. We're gonna have to. Yeah,

00:19:54.549 --> 00:19:56.690
we have to start the Korsanowski charity bucket.

00:19:56.809 --> 00:19:58.529
Maybe it's a dollar for each time we get the

00:19:58.529 --> 00:20:00.920
name wrong. tripped over jokes there is like

00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:03.000
I'm just gonna I'm just gonna keep falling over

00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:05.000
this here. I mean okay so yeah Grant Stoneman

00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:06.799
first off Grant Stoneman good to see him being

00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:08.859
in the starting level we were concerned with

00:20:08.859 --> 00:20:11.619
his departure in last week's match that maybe

00:20:11.619 --> 00:20:14.099
he was going to need some extra recovery time

00:20:14.099 --> 00:20:16.680
the old general that he is but he's a general

00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:19.119
nevertheless sitting in that that holding six.

00:20:19.819 --> 00:20:21.480
He's done that role before and he's done that

00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:23.880
role for us actually from time to time, but he

00:20:23.880 --> 00:20:25.960
was very lethal in it with his time in the loyal

00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:28.180
and they needed to move him up into certain roles

00:20:28.180 --> 00:20:31.200
and responsibilities. I didn't hate Grant in

00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:32.799
that and I thought Amish Shapiro Thompson did

00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:36.200
an excellent job of kind of working off of him.

00:20:36.259 --> 00:20:39.420
It felt really natural to see him there. I don't

00:20:39.420 --> 00:20:41.599
want to see him there in the future, but I didn't

00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:44.380
hate Stoneman there. Yeah, I didn't either. I

00:20:44.380 --> 00:20:46.619
guess the, the one thing that comes to mind there

00:20:46.619 --> 00:20:48.440
when like talking about some of the lineup then

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:53.920
is was Eric Klein brought in to be a holding

00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:56.980
midfielder and if not, has he not impressed enough

00:20:56.980 --> 00:21:00.039
to get that? Like obviously he's a lone player,

00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:03.359
right? I, but usually with loans, there's a certain

00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:06.059
kind of stipulation that you, you bring them

00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:07.660
in because you want to play them, right? Not

00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:09.640
because you're like, Hey, you are for the future

00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:12.160
because I get you next year so I can develop

00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:15.630
you. It's more you brought them in for very much

00:21:15.630 --> 00:21:19.589
right now till the end of the season and we're

00:21:19.589 --> 00:21:23.170
out of holding midfield there and I I think it's

00:21:23.170 --> 00:21:26.410
more trust that Kano knows what he gets out of

00:21:26.410 --> 00:21:29.349
Grant Stoneman like we talk about him and his

00:21:29.349 --> 00:21:31.250
players like Grant Stoneman is a Kano player.

00:21:31.589 --> 00:21:35.630
I think also Stoneman has already seen sporting

00:21:35.630 --> 00:21:38.390
Jacks this season, whereas Klein doesn't have

00:21:38.390 --> 00:21:41.849
that in his library. So I could see that but

00:21:41.849 --> 00:21:44.430
it brings up an excellent question of asking

00:21:44.430 --> 00:21:46.970
ourselves what is the role of Klein on this team?

00:21:47.289 --> 00:21:50.210
I think he got the start against what Tampa of

00:21:50.210 --> 00:21:53.109
all places was it Tampa or was it You got to

00:21:53.109 --> 00:21:54.730
start where we just weren't ready. And there

00:21:54.730 --> 00:21:57.009
were other players available that could have

00:21:57.009 --> 00:21:59.609
been positioned strategically in the six or in

00:21:59.609 --> 00:22:01.589
like some sort of midfielder triangle. And so

00:22:01.589 --> 00:22:03.049
we kind of thought in that moment, like, okay,

00:22:03.210 --> 00:22:05.730
Klein's the real deal. Klein's going to be a

00:22:05.730 --> 00:22:08.130
Matthew Corcoran -esque type player for Kano

00:22:08.130 --> 00:22:11.430
in this stretch. And then back to being relegated

00:22:11.430 --> 00:22:14.369
as a sub, now in a moment where you need a six

00:22:14.369 --> 00:22:17.109
and Klein and, you know, I know, I know Harvo

00:22:17.109 --> 00:22:19.690
makes the return into the lineup in this game,

00:22:19.730 --> 00:22:23.480
but like, Klein is the healthiest defending midfielder

00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:27.140
you have and instead we go back to Grant Stoneman

00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:30.359
Being the the start and then in addition to we

00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:31.700
go back to the whole thing We've talked about

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:35.299
all season where there's no CV on this back this

00:22:35.299 --> 00:22:38.019
on this depth piece So if one of them gets card

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:40.279
trouble, then you have nothing to rely on if

00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:42.279
one of them gets injured You have no center back.

00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:44.200
You could say Zack Haribo because he comes back

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:47.319
in this game But then also Eric Klein has masqueraded

00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:50.319
or moonlighted as a CB himself. It's just a lot

00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:52.720
of questions on where does Connor Smith see Eric

00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:55.779
Klein in his role for Rhode Island FC? Yeah,

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:59.200
and it's. I think he hasn't racked up enough

00:22:59.200 --> 00:23:01.960
minutes to really like have a like he's just

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:04.359
kind of like sure he feels like a role player.

00:23:04.660 --> 00:23:08.019
I'm not. Like in love with what he's doing, but

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:10.440
also I can't really complain much. He's a market

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:11.940
bar. We talked about it. He's a garbage man.

00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:14.259
He's very he's very simple and straightforward.

00:23:14.569 --> 00:23:17.490
And speaking of Zach Haravout, he made his first

00:23:17.490 --> 00:23:20.430
appearance since July 4th coming in here as a

00:23:20.430 --> 00:23:23.250
second half sub. I didn't realize how long he's

00:23:23.250 --> 00:23:26.230
gone. It's been 11 game injury absence. Well,

00:23:26.589 --> 00:23:29.230
well, wait, so before you before you even say

00:23:29.230 --> 00:23:32.009
that, you're absolutely right. Eleven games.

00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:35.059
But remember, he also missed games at the beginning

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:37.619
of the season because he went down in the very

00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:40.259
first game against Sporting Jacks and started

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:43.039
having time where he couldn't play first in March

00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:45.680
14th. He didn't come back until the Charleston

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:47.940
battery game, and that was only for 16 minutes.

00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:49.859
And then he played, you know, he never got back

00:23:49.859 --> 00:23:51.740
up to full strength, only playing like 15, 20

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:53.799
minutes here and there. You start to think, OK,

00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:56.259
he's going to be getting primed to get back into

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:58.599
a starting role and then goes back out in June.

00:23:58.940 --> 00:24:02.160
Zach Harrevo has missed a lot of time this season,

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:05.900
like a he's only played 231 minutes in the season,

00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:09.000
just seven matches with two starts. That is not

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:11.420
what we expected out of a guy that we saw last

00:24:11.420 --> 00:24:14.000
season and how how critical he was in his role

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:16.019
in that midfield. Do you think he had a good

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:19.700
game for the for the time? I mean, for for the

00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:21.559
short amount of minutes, I mean, he did what

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:25.000
was needed to. I'll be curious to see as we come

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:28.599
down on this like stretch. He's been an important

00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:31.220
player for us for the last few years So I would

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:34.059
expect him and especially with we don't know

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:36.059
what's going on with some of these potential

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:38.740
injuries here He could have some crucial minutes

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:42.259
for the for the club coming up and and so speaking

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:46.759
of then so we see Hugo in pity both listed as

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:49.569
sidelined is that Were they given the day off

00:24:49.569 --> 00:24:51.109
because we know sometimes that happens, right?

00:24:51.109 --> 00:24:52.410
I told you I hope you I hope he went and had

00:24:52.410 --> 00:24:54.549
a birthday in Madrid and had to go and like celebrate

00:24:54.549 --> 00:24:57.349
his You know his family's and ever had their

00:24:57.349 --> 00:24:58.910
wedding anniversary or something really sweet.

00:24:58.910 --> 00:25:00.869
Maybe a wedding. Who knows? Maybe he proposed

00:25:00.869 --> 00:25:02.990
to someone I don't I think he's very much single

00:25:02.990 --> 00:25:05.109
I've seen him out and about and I've never seen

00:25:05.109 --> 00:25:07.250
anyone with him So maybe he fell in love and

00:25:07.250 --> 00:25:11.009
just needed to go elope in in in Barcelona before

00:25:11.009 --> 00:25:13.990
anything went down. I don't know. So if Worst

00:25:13.990 --> 00:25:15.809
-case scenario then he's gone for the rest of

00:25:15.809 --> 00:25:18.369
the season or worst -case scenario I'm not even

00:25:18.369 --> 00:25:19.890
going that far. I'm just saying let's just say

00:25:19.890 --> 00:25:21.869
they're injured potentially a few games out.

00:25:21.869 --> 00:25:25.950
Are we Are we too thin or do you think I mean?

00:25:25.950 --> 00:25:28.130
Yeah I think we are too thin and we asked Kano

00:25:28.130 --> 00:25:30.549
in the last home game if Reinforcements were

00:25:30.549 --> 00:25:32.329
coming before the transfer window closed which

00:25:32.329 --> 00:25:34.730
it has now closed it closed back on September

00:25:34.730 --> 00:25:37.410
8th So now we can only bring in domestic players

00:25:37.410 --> 00:25:40.210
that are not signed out of contract and out of

00:25:40.210 --> 00:25:42.890
contract So, you know you can get loans again,

00:25:42.910 --> 00:25:44.910
but how much of this team do you want loaned

00:25:44.910 --> 00:25:48.390
out from other organizations? We won't know until

00:25:48.390 --> 00:25:53.369
we find out the reasons behind Baccarat's absence.

00:25:53.809 --> 00:25:55.710
Unfortunately, I hate to tell it to fans, but

00:25:55.710 --> 00:25:58.609
we will not be able to provide any answers because

00:25:58.609 --> 00:26:01.170
we're going on vacation. So everyone will be

00:26:01.170 --> 00:26:03.269
in the dark until the Miami game. And then if

00:26:03.269 --> 00:26:04.670
we still not there, someone's going to have to

00:26:04.670 --> 00:26:08.890
ask at the post game. So I don't know. The scary

00:26:08.890 --> 00:26:11.690
part is that I'm concerned with the comfortability

00:26:11.690 --> 00:26:15.109
fans have of we get this result against Sporting

00:26:15.109 --> 00:26:16.950
Jackson, like everyone's like, it's, it's a perfect

00:26:16.950 --> 00:26:19.450
weekend. It's a perfect back end, but we beat

00:26:19.450 --> 00:26:21.589
a team that, yeah, you should be able to beat

00:26:21.589 --> 00:26:23.789
without a player like Hugo Baccarat. You could

00:26:23.789 --> 00:26:26.029
have put Dwayne Atkinson in the six from the

00:26:26.029 --> 00:26:28.170
start. That's, that's how comfortable I felt

00:26:28.170 --> 00:26:30.029
about that win. And we'll, we'll impact that

00:26:30.029 --> 00:26:33.390
in the next half of the segment, but I don't

00:26:33.390 --> 00:26:35.710
know where we go because if Hugo's gone, I do

00:26:35.710 --> 00:26:38.410
have very big concerns. And I don't think Klein's

00:26:38.410 --> 00:26:40.730
the guy cause we've just talked to Kano doesn't

00:26:40.730 --> 00:26:43.890
seem to. Not have faith I Connor has faith in

00:26:43.890 --> 00:26:46.230
and Klein is a completely reliable like completely

00:26:46.230 --> 00:26:48.250
serviceable player Yeah, but I just don't know

00:26:48.250 --> 00:26:50.369
if he offers enough going forward There's so

00:26:50.369 --> 00:26:52.390
much dimension of what Baccarat brings to this

00:26:52.390 --> 00:26:54.849
game and you know, you talk about injuries as

00:26:54.849 --> 00:26:56.970
well Let's move on and talk about Aldair subbed

00:26:56.970 --> 00:26:59.829
on in the second half then removed Cuz there

00:26:59.829 --> 00:27:01.849
is gonna be gone and we don't know if it's this

00:27:01.849 --> 00:27:05.200
Miami game or if it'll be after but We won't

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:07.579
have a left back and then if we and we're not

00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:09.680
sure similar similar situation here We don't

00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:11.640
know exactly what happened here with all day

00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:14.180
or if he's gonna be able for the weekend or if

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:18.460
this is just precautionary like it's You know,

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:21.259
it's it's tough because we're getting to a situation

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:23.019
where we're gonna be really hamstrung here and

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:25.740
we're gonna have to like You know is Kano gonna

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:28.019
be putting players in all weird positions because

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:30.559
like this is all that I have I listen we have

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:32.380
been fans of this sport for a long time I've

00:27:32.380 --> 00:27:35.240
told you time and time again But the most important

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:38.180
thing isn't form, it's health. Because when you

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:40.319
start losing players to anything of any kind,

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:42.720
your season is completely shot. When we were

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:45.480
watching MLS religiously, I would go into like

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:47.759
the deep stats of like, how many minutes are

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:50.160
the DPs playing on each of these teams? And you'd

00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:51.940
find out some of these teams out of the aging

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:56.019
EuroStars would have like 42 % of available minutes

00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:58.079
played by their three highest players for the

00:27:58.079 --> 00:28:00.019
season. And we had no wonder you're not winning

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:02.500
games. You put all of your pieces into this,

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:04.880
you know, one particular person and they're not

00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:06.279
they're not producing anything for you because

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:08.420
they're not even playing games. Right now, we

00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:11.259
can't afford to see injuries pile up on the squad.

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:14.160
We are in too important of the business stretch

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:16.640
of the season to be seeing players go down. So

00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:18.299
I hope we get all the way back and I hope we

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:20.240
have Hugo back. And if we don't, there's going

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:22.000
to be some conversations that Kano is going to

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:24.539
have to, you know, there's some decisions, I

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:26.000
guess I should say that Kano is going to be forced

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:27.720
to be making here really quickly. Don't know

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:29.000
if that's other players coming to the squad.

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:31.799
Yeah, and I mean, at least maybe it's only the

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:35.799
Miami FC. We'll talk. We'll save that for the

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:37.319
end of the show. Yeah. Final part. I want to

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:39.440
talk about this lineup, though. Osman Foyo gets

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:42.119
his first career start with Rhode Island FC in

00:28:42.119 --> 00:28:44.039
his fourth appearance for the club. Jason, I

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:47.599
want to ask, is it hindsight to say he got this

00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:49.779
start because of the need to drop to Jay back

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:52.599
to left back? And that's just the circumstance

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:55.539
behind it. Or is there a reason to say Foya was

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:57.440
always going to maybe get a start because he

00:28:57.440 --> 00:29:00.220
was ready or because it was supporting Jackson?

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:02.160
What a great place to start building your ego.

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:05.079
I think a little bit of a few different things

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:08.220
here. I think that he want kind of always talks

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:10.880
about how he has a difficult decision of like,

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:13.079
how do I get all of these talented players on

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:15.859
the pitch? Right. And I think that could even

00:29:15.859 --> 00:29:18.920
have been maybe another reason. why maybe he

00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:21.319
preferred and went with Grant Stoneman as a six

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:23.779
as opposed to an Eric Klein, because the one

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:25.900
thing that we do know that Grant does have in

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:28.140
his locker, even for a center back, he occasionally

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:31.160
can make some key passes into the third. He likes

00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:33.099
to step up, he's good on the ball, he's comfortable,

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:36.180
he's composed. So throw that in with the attacking

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:39.460
talent of Osmond Foyo, you know, take the leash

00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:41.740
off to a certain extent of Quasar, let him get

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:44.279
forward. And then even like, you know, you can,

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:46.180
you have the ability is if you take them out,

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:49.400
you can still push Quasarra up. So it gives him

00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:51.680
a lot of flexibility in terms of the attack.

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:54.400
The only thing I will say here though, for is

00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:57.680
this is now his fourth appearance. And while

00:29:57.680 --> 00:30:02.619
he's been exciting, I feel like maybe now temperatures

00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:05.019
have cooled down a little bit. I'm still hoping

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:08.359
maybe for a little more from him. I mean, he

00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:10.640
had the worst rating on the night. I saw him

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:12.779
continuously lose duels. I think he only won

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:15.220
like 25 % of his duels. I think when I went into

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:18.579
his player stats as well, he had like a low 80s

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:21.400
percentage of pass completion. I don't know if

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:23.619
it was his best game. I also don't know if it

00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:26.440
was, uh, good Dino on the left side for sporting

00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:28.599
Jack's just kind of know that he's come off from

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:30.640
a time of not playing, right? So you may need

00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:33.039
a little bit more time to kind of get back into

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:34.920
the swing. Sure. But when you have a three nail

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:37.500
complete drugging of a team and you're in the

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:39.839
sixth range for player ratings and every other

00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:43.390
starters at like 7 .2 or higher. it does make

00:30:43.390 --> 00:30:45.769
you wonder like did he do enough again the things

00:30:45.769 --> 00:30:48.910
i saw from watching the game on replay was again

00:30:48.910 --> 00:30:51.769
some dribbles and some duels that i was surprised

00:30:51.769 --> 00:30:53.549
not to see because we've seen where his skills

00:30:53.549 --> 00:30:56.309
seems to be set at in terms of not ceiling but

00:30:56.309 --> 00:30:58.710
just like his baseline so i don't know if he

00:30:58.710 --> 00:31:00.970
had the best showing hopefully he'll get another

00:31:00.970 --> 00:31:03.589
crack at it this georgia quasar experience and

00:31:03.589 --> 00:31:05.529
is going to be really the dictating of terms

00:31:05.529 --> 00:31:08.470
because quasar gets player of the match And it's

00:31:08.470 --> 00:31:10.970
not just because of the penalty. I mean he was

00:31:10.970 --> 00:31:13.750
just a beast out there on the pitch I don't know

00:31:13.750 --> 00:31:16.390
if if he's playing harder and with more ferocity

00:31:16.390 --> 00:31:19.069
because suddenly he's not playing in that right

00:31:19.069 --> 00:31:21.170
wing spot You know, we we haven't really seen

00:31:21.170 --> 00:31:23.089
a lot from Jajik was there in the right wing

00:31:23.089 --> 00:31:27.109
since what June like think about how great he

00:31:27.109 --> 00:31:29.670
started the season and Some of it has started

00:31:29.670 --> 00:31:32.130
to drop off not not in a bad way But not in the

00:31:32.130 --> 00:31:35.150
numbers he was putting up in those earlier instances

00:31:35.150 --> 00:31:38.240
in the season Still very vital, but like if Foyo

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:40.799
can come in there and offer pressure, like it's

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:43.059
not a surefire lock on spot form any longer.

00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:45.039
I don't I don't know what that says. I mean,

00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:47.160
we could see again. We could see. Was there a

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:49.539
lock back in on the left back roll for the remainder

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:51.220
of the season? I don't know. Right now it just

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:53.460
comes down to player health and a couple of Kano

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:56.339
esque decisions. And so speaking of, you know,

00:31:56.420 --> 00:31:59.339
maybe players moving in lineup, I don't know

00:31:59.339 --> 00:32:01.240
if this is the most changes of all time, but

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:03.119
it feels like this is the most changes we've

00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:06.480
seen in the lineup. In quite some time, not just

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:10.240
in like. Personnel, but in position. Yeah, I

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:12.319
mean players you think about it. Osmond Foyo,

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:15.220
Grant Stoneman, Georgina Quasera, and then technically

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:17.819
Frank D 'Arcy has to tuck back in because last

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:20.099
week it was Creefer Yao and Grant Stoneman in

00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:22.980
the center. So yeah, I mean. How spoiled have

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:25.920
we been that we haven't had to experience four

00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:28.920
or five player changes in a starting rotation?

00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:31.599
But then to your point, too, within the substitutions,

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:33.599
you know, it's that whole thing again, all the

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:35.480
year comes and you move players around. Dwayne

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:37.720
Atkinson comes and he starts and he drops. Zach

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:40.039
Haribo comes in and he has to move around. Noah

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:41.880
Foussane, basically the only one that really

00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:44.240
kind of like stayed on the the upper line. We

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:46.119
haven't seen the Noah Foussane right wing back

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:49.890
experiment come to play yet. It's an interesting

00:32:49.890 --> 00:32:53.150
time. I think in one hand you can say look at

00:32:53.150 --> 00:32:57.349
the ambidextrous fluidness of this team that

00:32:57.349 --> 00:32:59.490
they can move around the pitch like that and

00:32:59.490 --> 00:33:04.150
still maintain shape and maintain our IFC's identity,

00:33:04.150 --> 00:33:06.369
but at the same time it feels like it's a lot

00:33:06.369 --> 00:33:08.789
to ask of these players in all of these different

00:33:08.789 --> 00:33:10.210
roles. I mean they're professional players. Don't

00:33:10.210 --> 00:33:11.849
get me wrong. You do what you're told and you

00:33:11.849 --> 00:33:13.569
have you go out and you do the best version of

00:33:13.569 --> 00:33:16.359
it, but like. Where are we that these players

00:33:16.359 --> 00:33:18.240
can't get a natural you can get away with this

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:20.819
playing a sporting Jax who's given up You know,

00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:22.900
you couldn't do this in Detroit City FC. Yeah,

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:25.619
they would they would they would live. Yeah.

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:29.779
I Mean another game with a rain delay. I mean

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:33.000
that this team does seem to be happy when it

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:36.940
rains I was really shocked. So I was down. I

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:38.920
won't tell her where I was because people will

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:41.930
stop listening to the show but People will kind

00:33:41.930 --> 00:33:44.910
of know what state that is. It was very very

00:33:44.910 --> 00:33:48.349
confused in the Fact that I got back into my

00:33:48.349 --> 00:33:50.349
car. I assumed the game was already over So I

00:33:50.349 --> 00:33:52.029
was just gonna watch the replay and listen so

00:33:52.029 --> 00:33:53.630
I could start thinking about things and then

00:33:53.630 --> 00:33:55.410
watch the game when I got home And I wasn't driving

00:33:55.410 --> 00:33:57.869
and the game was still on live I'm like what

00:33:57.869 --> 00:34:00.269
in the world didn't realize that the you know,

00:34:00.470 --> 00:34:03.630
Florida it also rains who knew and rain delays

00:34:03.630 --> 00:34:05.529
causing problems But hey, we all and there's

00:34:05.529 --> 00:34:07.569
a question in the mailbag about do we just need

00:34:07.569 --> 00:34:09.909
every game to be rainy? I think that's the answer

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:12.500
whatever Western Conference team in the final

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:14.500
where it rains the most, if we have to play away,

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:16.320
that's where we need to go for a Western Conference

00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:19.920
final in the winter time. Yeah. And so we also

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:24.039
got a Joe Brito signing the OG Super Sub making

00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:27.860
an appearance here. Unfortunately, he could not

00:34:27.860 --> 00:34:31.900
come off the bench to give us a late goal, but

00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:33.739
the boys in amber and blue were still able to

00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:36.800
get it done without him. Were you surprised?

00:34:37.349 --> 00:34:40.429
Cause I heard that the first time too. And I

00:34:40.429 --> 00:34:42.690
was like, what are you telling me? Joe Brito

00:34:42.690 --> 00:34:45.469
is playing for, for sporting Jacksonville right

00:34:45.469 --> 00:34:48.429
now. And I was like, Joe Brito is retired. And

00:34:48.429 --> 00:34:51.869
then I heard it again and I, I swear the, the

00:34:51.869 --> 00:34:54.630
Cole pepper, he's a friend of the show. I, I

00:34:54.630 --> 00:34:56.949
just, I kept hearing Joe Brito all night for

00:34:56.949 --> 00:34:59.110
that right back out of sporting Jackson's side

00:34:59.110 --> 00:35:02.659
there. Yeah i know i kept like it because i knew

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:04.460
that he was spotted at the match same thing when

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:06.679
i cuz i was out somewhere else like when i went

00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:08.579
back and was watching the match i'm like why

00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:12.559
do they keep bringing up. He's not playing too

00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:14.880
good, but hey, I know he's doing well down in

00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:16.920
Florida. It was great to have him out there and

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:18.940
you know, maybe he can't make the sub like you

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:20.960
said, but his appearance clearly gets three points

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:23.079
across the line. We've got to go to break and

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:24.440
when we return, we're going to talk about the

00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:26.519
biggest store lines out of this match. Don't

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:28.440
go anywhere folks. It's the raising anchor soccer

00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:34.079
show. Fans, as the weather becomes more and more

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:37.500
unpredictable, be sure to check out 990 WBOB's

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:39.780
weather page for all your temperature, storm,

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:42.820
and travel info. Stay prepared for whatever Mother

00:35:42.820 --> 00:35:46.440
Nature has in store with the 990 WBOB weather

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:49.800
page. Now, let's get back to the raising anchor

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:53.760
soccer ship on 990 WBOB with Matt Entrickett

00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:57.690
and Jason Carey. Back here on the raising anchor

00:35:57.690 --> 00:35:59.409
soccer show getting into the storylines want

00:35:59.409 --> 00:36:01.369
to talk a couple things. Obviously, there's the

00:36:01.369 --> 00:36:03.829
bike There's the goals but want to start with

00:36:03.829 --> 00:36:07.650
the more subtle one here Jason Leo Alfonso Continuing

00:36:07.650 --> 00:36:10.829
in this 10 roll. Is this the right? Is this the

00:36:10.829 --> 00:36:12.469
right thing for it? I'm gonna see right now Is

00:36:12.469 --> 00:36:14.750
this the right thing for Leo Alfonso and should

00:36:14.750 --> 00:36:17.570
we expect more of this down the stretch? I mean

00:36:17.570 --> 00:36:21.940
so far he he's like Having a pretty decent run

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:25.480
at it compared to pity. I mean, if we look at,

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:27.679
you know, his overall goal contributions now,

00:36:27.679 --> 00:36:29.980
cause he did record an assist and honestly, you

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:32.840
know, we'll get to that, that bike here in a

00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:35.699
few moments, but like the pass that he made was

00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:38.300
fantastic. That was practically a Trevella there

00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:41.380
outside of the outside of the boot kind of bit

00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:45.079
of curl in there. He's up to seven with a four

00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:48.869
goals, three assists. I mean, there's. few more

00:36:48.869 --> 00:36:51.050
matches left here i mean he could get to double

00:36:51.050 --> 00:36:52.869
digits there and i mean do we think he'll be

00:36:52.869 --> 00:36:54.650
a double digit goal contributor by the end of

00:36:54.650 --> 00:36:57.250
the season i think it's possible i mean he's

00:36:57.250 --> 00:37:00.269
this is what his second came in a row with a

00:37:00.269 --> 00:37:04.269
goal contribution here and i mean if we've got

00:37:04.269 --> 00:37:06.570
you know a handful of matches here left he only

00:37:06.570 --> 00:37:09.309
needs three more i think there's a good chance

00:37:09.309 --> 00:37:11.849
that he can stay healthy especially with some

00:37:11.849 --> 00:37:14.150
kind of concerns about you know the health of

00:37:14.150 --> 00:37:16.570
some of our other forwards i mean leo afonso

00:37:16.570 --> 00:37:20.099
now second In the team right now in goal contributions,

00:37:20.119 --> 00:37:21.780
because remember, we have to kind of kill JJ

00:37:21.780 --> 00:37:24.159
Williams stats at this point. They're active,

00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:26.960
but he's not an active player that puts Georgia

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:29.780
Quasera. as our leading goal scorer in terms

00:37:29.780 --> 00:37:32.619
of active status on the team. It also puts Quasera

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:34.900
as our leading in goal contributions as well

00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:37.579
at a total of eight, with those six goals now

00:37:37.579 --> 00:37:41.019
from that penalty. Is it any surprise that Georgia

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:43.920
Quasera suddenly becomes the man in terms of

00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:47.019
the face of the attack? Obviously Stoss quickly

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:49.840
taking that mantle as fast as he can from Georgia.

00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:52.519
but from a stats line perspective alone and the

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:54.739
fact he got the conversion on the penalty for

00:37:54.739 --> 00:37:56.900
the night. Is that the reason we think that Kano

00:37:56.900 --> 00:38:00.360
went to Quisera for the shot? Possibly. He's

00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:04.179
now tied his highest record. That was back in

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:07.519
2024. He's got nine goal contributions this season,

00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:10.659
six goals and three assists. He actually flipped

00:38:10.659 --> 00:38:13.659
it. He was more of an assist man back in 2024,

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:17.260
coming off that wing there. He had six assists,

00:38:17.300 --> 00:38:19.969
three goals. He's still got a few same thing.

00:38:19.969 --> 00:38:23.489
He's still got a few matches left here. And he

00:38:23.489 --> 00:38:26.050
has a certain consistency to him. I know you

00:38:26.050 --> 00:38:28.170
said it feels like there's maybe been a slight

00:38:28.170 --> 00:38:31.329
drop off in terms of his contributions. Well,

00:38:31.329 --> 00:38:33.869
there was a drop off 2025. He was non -existent.

00:38:33.989 --> 00:38:36.250
Well, yeah, I meant more like this year. There

00:38:36.250 --> 00:38:38.469
was absolutely a drop off. I think he's I think

00:38:38.469 --> 00:38:40.849
he's cooled off a little bit. Yeah, but he's

00:38:40.849 --> 00:38:45.400
still red hot. Yeah. And so, you know. Sure,

00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:47.219
we're gonna lose him to international break here,

00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:50.039
but I think that there's enough games here where

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:51.980
he can at least get one more goal or one more

00:38:51.980 --> 00:38:53.880
assist and that'll take him to double digits

00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:56.139
and that'll be the highest return that he's had

00:38:56.139 --> 00:39:00.079
in his career I Wouldn't be surprised like, you

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:03.039
know, we we think about okay, so we've lost JJ

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:05.320
We've lost clay like who could be the next play

00:39:05.320 --> 00:39:07.940
I mean Quisera could be the next player that

00:39:07.940 --> 00:39:10.380
like people take a look at and see like can I

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:13.630
add this to my attack somehow? I am concerned

00:39:13.630 --> 00:39:15.510
about the international break here, taking him

00:39:15.510 --> 00:39:18.690
away. He has done well in the past in his AFKON

00:39:18.690 --> 00:39:21.889
qualifiers. It never translates, though, in the

00:39:21.889 --> 00:39:23.949
immediate game following. Like, he doesn't get

00:39:23.949 --> 00:39:26.610
an international boost. It usually takes him

00:39:26.610 --> 00:39:29.010
one or two games to find his next goal or assist.

00:39:29.230 --> 00:39:30.869
And I'm kind of just playing around with his

00:39:30.869 --> 00:39:33.369
stats, Collins here. So when I look at, you know,

00:39:33.570 --> 00:39:35.269
when we talk about this team and we talk about

00:39:35.269 --> 00:39:36.909
what's going on and the importance for Rhode

00:39:36.909 --> 00:39:39.070
Island right now, we start to look and go, OK,

00:39:39.110 --> 00:39:42.280
well, what game would be that second game? If

00:39:42.280 --> 00:39:44.179
you're a little stitious right if you just like

00:39:44.179 --> 00:39:47.219
see what those fixtures could be like so he's

00:39:47.219 --> 00:39:49.539
gonna miss again We know he'll miss through the

00:39:49.539 --> 00:39:52.380
in the 11 game most likely at least so then he

00:39:52.380 --> 00:39:54.460
wouldn't be playing the Brooklyn He wouldn't

00:39:54.460 --> 00:39:56.340
get the goal or the assist in the Brooklyn game,

00:39:56.719 --> 00:39:59.099
but he would in the Detroit City FC game I'd

00:39:59.099 --> 00:40:00.960
take that any day of the week getting a Joe J

00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:03.659
coz era on fire again if you're a little stitious

00:40:03.659 --> 00:40:06.280
like I am and looking at his track record performance

00:40:06.280 --> 00:40:08.940
of the lift he gets from his his playing with

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:11.860
Rwanda. I don't hate it. I really, I truly don't

00:40:11.860 --> 00:40:13.800
hate it. I think Quasera is the right player

00:40:13.800 --> 00:40:15.340
and the fact that he's putting this work in and

00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:17.780
now having to go back to this left wing back

00:40:17.780 --> 00:40:20.400
role and responsibility from the occasional time

00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:23.780
here now. Multi -dimensional player, multi -faceted

00:40:23.780 --> 00:40:26.559
player. Just give us multi -goals and multi -assists

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:28.500
now as well and I will be continuing to sing

00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:31.619
your praises. That being said, Stas Korsanowski.

00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:35.019
Jason, we said it last week. This guy may score

00:40:35.019 --> 00:40:37.219
a goal every game for the rest of his life. Only

00:40:37.219 --> 00:40:40.320
one goal, only one game in his time with Philly

00:40:40.320 --> 00:40:42.900
Union too, that he didn't score. He's already

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:44.659
had his one game that he didn't score in Rhode

00:40:44.659 --> 00:40:47.440
Island FC. He could go on to score in every single

00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:50.000
game and win us a USL Cup final. I mean, yeah,

00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:51.320
it's going to happen. He's never going to stop

00:40:51.320 --> 00:40:53.059
scoring. How many do we have left in the season

00:40:53.059 --> 00:40:56.019
now? Eight in terms of fixtures. Yeah, we have

00:40:56.019 --> 00:40:57.719
eight games left. Okay. So he's going to get

00:40:57.719 --> 00:40:59.619
eight more goals. So I have 10 goals by then.

00:40:59.619 --> 00:41:02.239
Perfect. We said we said, could you get to double

00:41:02.239 --> 00:41:05.519
digits by the end? I'm not discounting that at

00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:08.099
all. Talking about sauce, you know, I think last

00:41:08.099 --> 00:41:10.400
week we also said I don't want to be unfair to

00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:13.179
him. His stats were amazing. He got the goal.

00:41:13.320 --> 00:41:15.360
I felt like it was still like a welcome to the

00:41:15.360 --> 00:41:17.760
championship playing against the bigger, older

00:41:17.760 --> 00:41:19.860
veterans like Sean Tosh from Louisville City.

00:41:20.400 --> 00:41:23.260
This week I didn't see that I saw him fully comfortable,

00:41:23.679 --> 00:41:26.340
so I'm completely in control. He gets the perfect.

00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:28.099
Perfect password. No, if you don't know if you

00:41:28.099 --> 00:41:30.519
saw welcome back to the game, by the way. Yeah,

00:41:30.539 --> 00:41:33.340
so glad to see you in this. He gets the the original

00:41:33.340 --> 00:41:35.880
Golden Playmaker gets an assist here, but Stas

00:41:35.880 --> 00:41:38.099
just slots that like he's going. He's punching

00:41:38.099 --> 00:41:40.099
his ticket to go to work for the day like it

00:41:40.099 --> 00:41:42.199
was. It was beautiful and the way he celebrated

00:41:42.199 --> 00:41:44.960
that goal like he is so bought into this that

00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:47.440
we need to. We need to figure out how to rip

00:41:47.440 --> 00:41:49.780
up his contract in Philadelphia. We may need

00:41:49.780 --> 00:41:52.519
to take a little trip down to Philadelphia, sneak

00:41:52.519 --> 00:41:54.699
into some buildings and destroy that because

00:41:54.699 --> 00:41:56.639
they keep it all on paper, right? These are digital

00:41:56.639 --> 00:41:58.699
records like we can just burn a contract and

00:41:58.699 --> 00:42:00.320
we can steal them away. That's how it works.

00:42:00.380 --> 00:42:02.800
Yeah, you just got to sneak in there then kind

00:42:02.800 --> 00:42:05.739
of like replace it with something else and they'll

00:42:05.739 --> 00:42:07.539
never know. And also, too, you know, you talk

00:42:07.539 --> 00:42:09.679
about not just the goal. He earns the penalty.

00:42:09.679 --> 00:42:12.940
He draws the foul in the box like it's kind of

00:42:12.940 --> 00:42:16.159
like I'm so glad he's here. What hurts the most

00:42:16.159 --> 00:42:17.820
is you know, he won't be here at the end of the

00:42:17.820 --> 00:42:20.880
season. There's no like uterus I really believe

00:42:20.880 --> 00:42:23.440
there's a world where we we can keep uterus Akata

00:42:23.440 --> 00:42:26.159
I really believe that unless he says so well

00:42:26.159 --> 00:42:28.980
that he's been he can be sold off I don't see

00:42:28.980 --> 00:42:31.119
I just don't see Orlando keeping him like that

00:42:31.119 --> 00:42:33.340
But they could say look what we did to hit like

00:42:33.340 --> 00:42:34.800
look what we did to build him up Thanks Rhode

00:42:34.800 --> 00:42:36.900
Island and then sell him off for like five hundred

00:42:36.900 --> 00:42:39.500
thousand to another team another league Think

00:42:39.500 --> 00:42:41.159
you Tara can be bought. I don't think Stoss.

00:42:41.320 --> 00:42:43.900
I don't think we could afford a Stoss Korsanowski

00:42:43.900 --> 00:42:45.900
in this league Oh, absolutely, especially if

00:42:45.900 --> 00:42:48.679
he continues scoring the way he does and so speaking

00:42:48.679 --> 00:42:51.800
of Sukada I mean, we've got to talk about gotta

00:42:51.800 --> 00:42:56.179
talk about this goal. I mean Is this the best

00:42:56.179 --> 00:43:00.099
goal scored by an RFC player ever? I mean like

00:43:00.099 --> 00:43:02.159
others that come to mind is the indirect free

00:43:02.159 --> 00:43:04.000
kick from whole stat is definitely one of my

00:43:04.000 --> 00:43:07.480
favorites That's just like Tom, foolery, chicanery.

00:43:07.679 --> 00:43:09.860
That's just, that's magic. It's still, there's

00:43:09.860 --> 00:43:11.820
still a lot of talent though, cause there's not

00:43:11.820 --> 00:43:14.139
a lot of room for him to place it and he, he

00:43:14.139 --> 00:43:17.579
bends it perfectly into that top corner. Like,

00:43:17.760 --> 00:43:20.280
you know, and it's very close to, I mean, he's

00:43:20.280 --> 00:43:23.829
also scored some worldies from, from far. I mean,

00:43:23.909 --> 00:43:25.929
is there anything else that comes to mind for

00:43:25.929 --> 00:43:28.849
you? Not this season. I've been impressed with

00:43:28.849 --> 00:43:32.550
some of the longer range JJ Williams shots he

00:43:32.550 --> 00:43:34.769
took this season. He was getting comfortable

00:43:34.769 --> 00:43:38.570
further and further away from goal. I don't think

00:43:38.570 --> 00:43:41.929
there's... Maybe the first Quasarra bend against

00:43:41.929 --> 00:43:44.789
Louisville. That was a good shot too. That was

00:43:44.789 --> 00:43:46.969
a great goal, but we didn't get anything out

00:43:46.969 --> 00:43:49.150
of it in that game. We didn't get a single point.

00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:51.619
So the fact that we got to see our first bike

00:43:51.619 --> 00:43:53.659
and that was the first bike in club history.

00:43:54.260 --> 00:43:55.960
Someone was trying to say that they had scored

00:43:55.960 --> 00:43:59.699
a bike in one of the preseason matches, but nobody

00:43:59.699 --> 00:44:01.500
knows. I didn't see it. I didn't hear about it.

00:44:01.559 --> 00:44:04.260
So unless there's video evidence of it, which

00:44:04.260 --> 00:44:06.760
Rhode Island FC has gone and put that bike out

00:44:06.760 --> 00:44:08.760
in like six different angles, slowed it down,

00:44:08.940 --> 00:44:11.119
sped it up. That was the most beautiful goal

00:44:11.119 --> 00:44:14.320
ever in my opinion. Do you think that there's

00:44:14.320 --> 00:44:18.130
another goal out there or? Has you Taro Sakata

00:44:18.130 --> 00:44:19.969
cemented himself at least for the time being

00:44:19.969 --> 00:44:22.030
with best goal? Michael brings up a good point

00:44:22.030 --> 00:44:23.889
here in the chat. I mean the Joe Brito volley

00:44:23.889 --> 00:44:26.389
from last year was really good. That was a good

00:44:26.389 --> 00:44:29.530
goal. Yeah, I mean that was a great goal. Do

00:44:29.530 --> 00:44:31.369
you think Joe Brito was sitting there as like?

00:44:31.500 --> 00:44:33.380
Thanks, kid. Thanks for stealing the one thing

00:44:33.380 --> 00:44:36.159
I had out of this. Is that his contribution to

00:44:36.159 --> 00:44:38.139
this match? I mean, he kind of willed that into

00:44:38.139 --> 00:44:39.840
existence, you know? It would have been great.

00:44:40.079 --> 00:44:43.219
Cicada gave his kit to a kid in attendance. It

00:44:43.219 --> 00:44:44.440
would have been even better if he gave it to

00:44:44.440 --> 00:44:47.179
Joe Brito and said, thanks for being a fan. No,

00:44:47.380 --> 00:44:50.500
yeah. I mean, yeah. Joe Brito's up there, yeah.

00:44:50.940 --> 00:44:52.179
But I'm going to give it to Cicada just because

00:44:52.179 --> 00:44:54.139
it's a bike. It's a bike, Jason. You have to

00:44:54.139 --> 00:44:56.579
give it to a bike. Yeah. Man went upside down

00:44:56.579 --> 00:44:58.880
to kick a ball, okay? I can't even go upside

00:44:58.880 --> 00:45:00.980
down to jump into my bed. So we're not, we're

00:45:00.980 --> 00:45:04.260
not playing this game. You tire. Cicada at first

00:45:04.260 --> 00:45:06.239
tattoo for Jason, Carrie, his first ride of C

00:45:06.239 --> 00:45:08.980
tattoo is going to be the, the Utah Cicada bicycle.

00:45:09.440 --> 00:45:12.119
That's perfect. Let's do it, Jason. I'll schedule

00:45:12.119 --> 00:45:15.679
the appointment. And I mean that with that goal,

00:45:15.860 --> 00:45:17.300
I mean, you know, I mean, it was the, it was

00:45:17.300 --> 00:45:19.159
the opening goal there, but you know, it secures

00:45:19.159 --> 00:45:22.219
us all three points. And so what have we talked

00:45:22.219 --> 00:45:24.179
about when we score first, what happens, Jason?

00:45:24.409 --> 00:45:27.789
Guess what? We win. And so this win over sporting

00:45:27.789 --> 00:45:30.610
Jacks, it actually snapped a three game winless

00:45:30.610 --> 00:45:33.889
streak on the road with the last time being July

00:45:33.889 --> 00:45:36.989
25th and the one nil victory over the Pittsburgh

00:45:36.989 --> 00:45:40.769
River hounds. Looking here away to the rest of

00:45:40.769 --> 00:45:43.210
our schedule for road matches. We still have

00:45:43.210 --> 00:45:46.909
to go to Charleston Brooklyn. Well, we've done

00:45:46.909 --> 00:45:49.400
well on the road in Charleston. Yeah. Haven't

00:45:49.400 --> 00:45:51.300
been to Brooklyn yet, but we'll be fine. We played

00:45:51.300 --> 00:45:54.059
them way too many times this year for some reason

00:45:54.059 --> 00:45:58.659
Detroit which we'll see and unfortunately, I

00:45:58.659 --> 00:46:01.860
hate saying this word but a red -hot Hartford,

00:46:02.099 --> 00:46:05.860
which is Awful, they're not red -hot. Okay, they're

00:46:05.860 --> 00:46:11.219
unbeaten in eight matches man They are absolutely

00:46:11.219 --> 00:46:13.960
red -hot it is it is disgusting that I had to

00:46:13.960 --> 00:46:16.340
say that but like it's one of those things It's

00:46:16.340 --> 00:46:19.920
just factually correct We're going to lose so

00:46:19.920 --> 00:46:23.300
many listeners over that statement. I mean, the

00:46:23.300 --> 00:46:26.280
stats don't lie, but back to Rhode Island here.

00:46:26.420 --> 00:46:29.739
I mean. Do you think this help can kind of this

00:46:29.739 --> 00:46:32.380
road win can kind of help their confidence going

00:46:32.380 --> 00:46:35.199
forward? We're still. You know, like I said,

00:46:35.199 --> 00:46:37.300
I think when we look at the Eastern Conference,

00:46:37.340 --> 00:46:39.579
the teams that are in the playoff contender right

00:46:39.579 --> 00:46:42.969
now are going to stay there. but those some of

00:46:42.969 --> 00:46:44.789
those positions with the exception of obviously

00:46:44.789 --> 00:46:47.449
like no one's catching Tampa like here's the

00:46:47.449 --> 00:46:49.690
reality okay the fact of the matter is is that

00:46:49.690 --> 00:46:51.809
it's less about the road performances and it's

00:46:51.809 --> 00:46:53.789
more about beating the teams they should be beating

00:46:53.789 --> 00:46:56.789
because when we get to the playoffs and we are

00:46:56.789 --> 00:46:59.070
getting to the playoffs everyone the fact of

00:46:59.070 --> 00:47:01.250
the matter is this team is full of veterans who

00:47:01.250 --> 00:47:04.829
have done this two seasons in a row and i'm not

00:47:04.829 --> 00:47:07.980
saying that like It's an automatic Eastern Conference

00:47:07.980 --> 00:47:11.500
qualification to get to the final, but they know

00:47:11.500 --> 00:47:14.460
what it takes to be road warriors in those moments.

00:47:14.840 --> 00:47:19.139
What matters now is wherever this consistency

00:47:19.139 --> 00:47:22.619
can start being built and then not having demoralizing

00:47:22.619 --> 00:47:24.619
results against teams that you know you're better

00:47:24.619 --> 00:47:27.559
than. And right now, Sporting Jacks is a team

00:47:27.559 --> 00:47:29.760
that you're better than. Sure, they have really

00:47:29.760 --> 00:47:31.559
good offensive production, but we talked about

00:47:31.559 --> 00:47:33.760
they were going to lead goals and they did that.

00:47:34.000 --> 00:47:36.579
Koke Vegas was to absolutely tested in this game.

00:47:36.719 --> 00:47:38.920
Let's not pretend that what was it five saves

00:47:38.920 --> 00:47:41.420
in this match? Like Koke Vegas had to put in

00:47:41.420 --> 00:47:43.860
work. This was not a give me game, but it was

00:47:43.860 --> 00:47:46.260
a complete game. And that's the thing for Rhode

00:47:46.260 --> 00:47:48.219
Island FC to take away from this is that they

00:47:48.219 --> 00:47:50.099
went and bested an opponent that they were supposed

00:47:50.099 --> 00:47:53.559
to beat. And they did it with the right mechanics

00:47:53.559 --> 00:47:56.000
in place, scoring multiple goals for multiple

00:47:56.000 --> 00:47:59.239
players and having a clean sheet. Complete performances

00:47:59.239 --> 00:48:01.800
like this is what you actually build your your

00:48:01.800 --> 00:48:06.000
your getting hot, you know, your your kind of

00:48:06.000 --> 00:48:08.980
form of being ready for the playoffs. So I don't

00:48:08.980 --> 00:48:11.360
think it's really much about the away part. I

00:48:11.360 --> 00:48:13.440
think that we're still going to see drop points

00:48:13.440 --> 00:48:15.880
on the road. I think it's about sending a message

00:48:15.880 --> 00:48:17.960
to that locker room of saying we will beat the

00:48:17.960 --> 00:48:20.719
teams that we need to beat and we won't be intimidated

00:48:20.719 --> 00:48:23.019
just because it's on the road. They're going

00:48:23.019 --> 00:48:24.820
to have to go and do the same thing when in the

00:48:24.820 --> 00:48:27.199
eleven come to town. It'll be the same kind of.

00:48:27.920 --> 00:48:30.280
importance of how does this locker room respond

00:48:30.280 --> 00:48:32.719
to teams that come in and they need to get results

00:48:32.719 --> 00:48:35.739
against. So I'm glad that we snapped that win

00:48:35.739 --> 00:48:39.059
this streak. I know that we were talking in the

00:48:39.059 --> 00:48:40.619
discord that like, Oh, well Rhode Island has

00:48:40.619 --> 00:48:43.579
the same amount of wins on the road as they do.

00:48:43.800 --> 00:48:46.280
Uh, or we have one more win at home because of

00:48:46.280 --> 00:48:48.119
all the draws at center of a bank city in the

00:48:48.119 --> 00:48:51.280
season. But the reality is at this point with

00:48:51.280 --> 00:48:53.019
eight games left, you just got to beat opponents

00:48:53.019 --> 00:48:57.090
that you're supposed to beat. Absolutely. And

00:48:57.090 --> 00:49:01.530
so we need to take our final break here. But

00:49:01.530 --> 00:49:04.929
when we return, it'll be the mail bag here on

00:49:04.929 --> 00:49:07.889
the Raising Anchor Soccer Show. Now, let's get

00:49:07.889 --> 00:49:10.590
back to the Raising Anchor Soccer Show on 990

00:49:10.590 --> 00:49:15.469
WBOB with Matt Entrickett and Jason Carey. All

00:49:15.469 --> 00:49:17.230
right, back here on the Raising Anchor Soccer

00:49:17.230 --> 00:49:20.230
Show and starting off with a PSA friendly reminder

00:49:20.230 --> 00:49:22.730
that the Defiance Player of the Year nominations

00:49:22.730 --> 00:49:25.619
are either already due Or they are already past

00:49:25.619 --> 00:49:28.179
due. I think it's Miami is a game that you have

00:49:28.179 --> 00:49:30.139
to get them in by. Yeah. But if you have a voter

00:49:30.139 --> 00:49:32.519
for Hugo Baccarat, this is a perfect chance to

00:49:32.519 --> 00:49:34.519
go do that right now. I mean, also, I think we

00:49:34.519 --> 00:49:36.659
made a pretty good case here for Joe J. Quisera

00:49:36.659 --> 00:49:38.219
with the season that he's having, especially

00:49:38.219 --> 00:49:40.340
when you take J .J. Williams out of the mix.

00:49:40.400 --> 00:49:42.099
It's amazing how you just automatically promote

00:49:42.099 --> 00:49:45.019
to excellence when one of the players gone. And

00:49:45.019 --> 00:49:47.460
Torn would not let me not say this and remind

00:49:47.460 --> 00:49:49.849
everyone that Nick Scardina. has been having

00:49:49.849 --> 00:49:53.409
a quite amazing season as a defender. But of

00:49:53.409 --> 00:49:55.250
course, this is a player of the year. And so

00:49:55.250 --> 00:49:57.449
Nick Scardina could also make a case of having

00:49:57.449 --> 00:50:00.210
been a very important cog in this machine. But

00:50:00.210 --> 00:50:02.269
the right answer is Hugo Bacharach. And we know

00:50:02.269 --> 00:50:04.769
that getting into these questions from the mailbag,

00:50:04.949 --> 00:50:09.530
Andrew M. He felt he felt like he wasn't allowed

00:50:09.530 --> 00:50:12.170
to ask questions because they're on repeat in

00:50:12.170 --> 00:50:14.690
his mind. But Andrew, you are always allowed

00:50:14.690 --> 00:50:17.510
to ask questions. Welcome. He asked three after

00:50:17.510 --> 00:50:19.010
as a result of it, and that's great too, because

00:50:19.010 --> 00:50:21.150
the mailbag a little light Jason. I don't like

00:50:21.150 --> 00:50:23.010
when we win like this because people are happy

00:50:23.010 --> 00:50:25.250
and they have no questions concerned. They're

00:50:25.250 --> 00:50:28.949
not angry and they don't. So Andrew M writes

00:50:28.949 --> 00:50:31.170
in home playoff game. How are we feeling at this

00:50:31.170 --> 00:50:34.989
point? I think there's still a good opportunity.

00:50:35.369 --> 00:50:38.969
I hate to say it again, but I think we look at

00:50:38.969 --> 00:50:41.289
Hartford's form and that's just another kind

00:50:41.289 --> 00:50:44.369
of wrench in the mix right now because we look

00:50:44.369 --> 00:50:47.659
at. No one is replacing like I'd say the top

00:50:47.659 --> 00:50:50.619
two are pretty much locked on right? Okay, so

00:50:50.619 --> 00:50:52.739
then what does that leave us that leave us Detroit

00:50:52.739 --> 00:50:55.420
Pittsburgh Hartford and Louisville that we have

00:50:55.420 --> 00:51:00.300
to get ahead of and I mean all of those teams,

00:51:00.800 --> 00:51:03.860
you know Louisville is maybe suspect Hartford

00:51:03.860 --> 00:51:07.239
is unfortunately finding form at a terrible time

00:51:07.239 --> 00:51:12.849
for us, but then that means Pittsburgh And maybe

00:51:12.849 --> 00:51:15.170
needs to start dropping like there's still a

00:51:15.170 --> 00:51:17.489
lot of work to do. And I mean, the good thing

00:51:17.489 --> 00:51:19.750
is that we have games against these teams, so

00:51:19.750 --> 00:51:22.789
they're going to be huge six pointers. I think

00:51:22.789 --> 00:51:26.030
I'm feeling a little bit warmer on it, but it's

00:51:26.030 --> 00:51:29.099
still very much a like. This this team needs

00:51:29.099 --> 00:51:31.460
to get it into the next gear and stay in that

00:51:31.460 --> 00:51:33.139
gear I think we're gonna have to look take a

00:51:33.139 --> 00:51:35.599
look beyond the six pointers and find out who

00:51:35.599 --> 00:51:39.420
has the toughest schedule congestion or competition

00:51:39.420 --> 00:51:41.059
left and this because everyone's gonna start

00:51:41.059 --> 00:51:43.460
talking magic numbers But you also have to then

00:51:43.460 --> 00:51:44.980
look at like well, who are the opponents down

00:51:44.980 --> 00:51:47.480
this final stretch? Yeah, like who banked points

00:51:47.480 --> 00:51:50.400
early on and maybe has a rough end to the season

00:51:50.400 --> 00:51:52.280
Yeah, I think we'll have to put that up on the

00:51:52.280 --> 00:51:54.639
next show. We do is just to really analyze like

00:51:54.760 --> 00:51:57.780
Where is that at from a schedule fixture competitive

00:51:57.780 --> 00:52:01.360
level and then go from there? Part two here from

00:52:01.360 --> 00:52:04.199
Andrew M says so many loans. I'm loving watching

00:52:04.199 --> 00:52:07.440
Sukada and Stoss, but I'm bummed out every time

00:52:07.440 --> 00:52:10.000
I remember their loans. Any insights you have

00:52:10.000 --> 00:52:12.340
that could make me feel better about them not

00:52:12.340 --> 00:52:15.199
being permanent? Unfortunately, I mean you look

00:52:15.199 --> 00:52:18.559
at a MLS. player, even if they're baseline salary,

00:52:18.760 --> 00:52:20.960
that's still one of the most expensive players

00:52:20.960 --> 00:52:23.679
to pay in the USL championship. Then at this

00:52:23.679 --> 00:52:25.619
point, you know, I think the minimum floor now

00:52:25.619 --> 00:52:30.099
for MLS is a hundred and 35 ,000 something around

00:52:30.099 --> 00:52:33.199
something like that. And we just saw the USLPA

00:52:33.199 --> 00:52:36.880
for next season, certify that 45 ,000 is going

00:52:36.880 --> 00:52:40.119
to be roughly the new base for division two.

00:52:40.820 --> 00:52:43.739
Can a player say I'm having the time of my life

00:52:43.739 --> 00:52:45.760
and I'm happy playing where I am. I love Rhode

00:52:45.760 --> 00:52:48.940
Island. I love coffee milk. Sure, but they would

00:52:48.940 --> 00:52:51.840
rather go and not. I just don't see a world where

00:52:51.840 --> 00:52:54.420
the one thing I would say and I have no knowledge

00:52:54.420 --> 00:52:56.599
of the contracts, but I'm just going to take

00:52:56.599 --> 00:52:58.880
a guess that JJ was probably one of our better

00:52:58.880 --> 00:53:01.300
played players. JJ was one of the top played

00:53:01.300 --> 00:53:04.300
players on this team. Yes. So that opens up a

00:53:04.300 --> 00:53:09.190
spot for let's just say one. Player that we can

00:53:09.190 --> 00:53:12.090
pay better than the rest so you could look at

00:53:12.090 --> 00:53:14.389
this and say okay if we can you talk about this

00:53:14.389 --> 00:53:16.909
a little earlier in the show like could we if

00:53:16.909 --> 00:53:20.889
he has a good enough season to Warrant the move,

00:53:20.889 --> 00:53:23.469
but not enough to maybe sell himself to MLS like

00:53:23.469 --> 00:53:27.590
could you bring Sukata back? Give him a higher

00:53:27.590 --> 00:53:30.969
tier contract Like that's something that could

00:53:30.969 --> 00:53:33.250
happen you could and you could also argue if

00:53:33.250 --> 00:53:36.510
with the with the sale of JJ in addition consumer

00:53:36.510 --> 00:53:38.989
It was kind of like a double hit in a good way

00:53:38.989 --> 00:53:43.269
of we we unloaded the salary Spend even though

00:53:43.269 --> 00:53:45.929
we were towards the you know back half of the

00:53:45.929 --> 00:53:49.289
season But we also got the sale of the the money

00:53:49.289 --> 00:53:51.369
from the sale transfer right the transfer fee

00:53:51.369 --> 00:53:53.590
Same thing could happen with Clay Olstead. We're

00:53:53.590 --> 00:53:56.639
no longer paying his wage in its entirety, at

00:53:56.639 --> 00:53:58.320
least that's what I've been told. Dallas has

00:53:58.320 --> 00:54:00.780
picked up some of his contract to have him play

00:54:00.780 --> 00:54:04.179
there. And then if he gets bought, then that

00:54:04.179 --> 00:54:07.139
will be a future sale as well. There's expanded

00:54:07.139 --> 00:54:09.760
monies that could go into buying a player. The

00:54:09.760 --> 00:54:12.820
problem just becomes, look at Kano Smith's track

00:54:12.820 --> 00:54:14.280
record. And some people, this is where they start

00:54:14.280 --> 00:54:16.239
getting questionable about Kano Smith, the general

00:54:16.239 --> 00:54:18.679
manager. Kano Smith goes out and finds players

00:54:18.679 --> 00:54:20.480
like this. Like he's able to find really good

00:54:20.480 --> 00:54:23.400
players. From what I know of Kano and the conversations

00:54:23.400 --> 00:54:26.000
we've had, I think he's a little more frugal,

00:54:26.559 --> 00:54:29.139
and I could see him not necessarily putting money

00:54:29.139 --> 00:54:31.880
into any of these low knees, but instead running

00:54:31.880 --> 00:54:34.000
the clock out on if they're all in their last

00:54:34.000 --> 00:54:36.820
year of contracts, what happens to them? Eric

00:54:36.820 --> 00:54:38.940
Klein is probably the one that since he's MLS

00:54:38.940 --> 00:54:40.619
Next Pro, I think he's got some length into it.

00:54:40.619 --> 00:54:42.920
I don't have the numbers in front of me. Yutaro,

00:54:42.920 --> 00:54:45.219
whether he's at the end of his contract or not.

00:54:45.320 --> 00:54:48.000
I think he is, so. But could you see just Kano

00:54:48.000 --> 00:54:49.960
letting him go to free agency before he tries

00:54:49.960 --> 00:54:52.559
to make the buy and then say, hey, we will pick

00:54:52.559 --> 00:54:54.820
you up if you can't go out and find something

00:54:54.820 --> 00:54:57.380
better. But I don't have the, I don't have the

00:54:57.380 --> 00:55:00.500
wallet to compete with San Jose earthquakes.

00:55:00.579 --> 00:55:03.380
So go find your bag. And if you can't, there

00:55:03.380 --> 00:55:05.119
will be a home. That would make sense. Cause

00:55:05.119 --> 00:55:07.780
we know that Conno is, is, is like a, a player's

00:55:07.780 --> 00:55:09.500
coach in that sense that he's always going to

00:55:09.500 --> 00:55:12.320
push for them first. So I, I could see a world

00:55:12.320 --> 00:55:15.739
where things that if he does good enough to warrant

00:55:15.739 --> 00:55:18.179
coming back, but maybe not enough to sell himself

00:55:18.179 --> 00:55:23.510
off to you know, an MLS team. I mean, USL Championship

00:55:23.510 --> 00:55:26.309
is better than MLSX Pro. Yeah, and now here's

00:55:26.309 --> 00:55:28.889
a Utaro thing I would say. He's very happy playing

00:55:28.889 --> 00:55:31.250
for Kano. He's very happy with this club. If

00:55:31.250 --> 00:55:35.010
another USL Championship team came in and offered

00:55:35.010 --> 00:55:38.329
10 ,000 or 20 ,000 more, I see a world where

00:55:38.329 --> 00:55:40.690
Utaro stays. Utaro then goes, no, I'm in it.

00:55:41.110 --> 00:55:43.289
My allegiance is to Rhode Island. I already understand

00:55:43.289 --> 00:55:44.929
the system there. I'm very comfortable with the

00:55:44.929 --> 00:55:47.010
facilities there. I love the community there.

00:55:47.849 --> 00:55:50.610
I could see him taking less money there, but

00:55:50.610 --> 00:55:53.510
that's where you're arguing over peanuts versus

00:55:53.510 --> 00:55:57.030
like a $400 ,000 contract at the MLS level, which

00:55:57.030 --> 00:55:59.030
is what I think Utah could probably command,

00:55:59.489 --> 00:56:03.289
and a lower market that we're not always thinking

00:56:03.289 --> 00:56:06.809
about actively when it comes to MLS signings.

00:56:07.329 --> 00:56:08.909
Moving on though, we're talking about the other

00:56:08.909 --> 00:56:11.389
player, speaking of Clay Holstead. Dallas is

00:56:11.389 --> 00:56:13.389
not showing Holstead the love he deserves. When

00:56:13.389 --> 00:56:16.440
can we get him back in Rhode Island? There is

00:56:16.440 --> 00:56:18.679
from what I understand and I'm not saying this

00:56:18.679 --> 00:56:20.179
is the Rhode Island side of things Jason But

00:56:20.179 --> 00:56:22.780
before you answer the question I have been told

00:56:22.780 --> 00:56:25.260
that the way these loan mechanics work is that

00:56:25.260 --> 00:56:28.360
because it's loan up That some of that portion

00:56:28.360 --> 00:56:31.380
is paid one of the conditions is you can recall

00:56:31.380 --> 00:56:34.920
But then maybe that that bill gets paid back

00:56:34.920 --> 00:56:37.320
because you're taking him out of their season

00:56:37.320 --> 00:56:39.739
unlike the other way when you're loaning down

00:56:39.980 --> 00:56:41.800
we're taking you back at any time because we're

00:56:41.800 --> 00:56:44.219
not paying you to play. We're not having you

00:56:44.219 --> 00:56:46.440
pay our player while he's down with you. That's

00:56:46.440 --> 00:56:48.179
why we get to bring them back to our team at

00:56:48.179 --> 00:56:51.099
any time. There could be some money exchange

00:56:51.099 --> 00:56:52.920
going the other way if we brought back Holstead

00:56:52.920 --> 00:56:56.300
before his time was up. Yeah, I think this is

00:56:56.300 --> 00:57:00.019
for a situation where Holstead will see out the

00:57:00.019 --> 00:57:02.480
remainder of his loan. From there, it's really

00:57:02.480 --> 00:57:05.900
going to be dependent upon if he gets the opportunity

00:57:05.900 --> 00:57:10.309
to get enough minutes to Really build a CV to

00:57:10.309 --> 00:57:13.769
kind of sell himself upwards Wouldn't it be fun

00:57:13.769 --> 00:57:19.349
if we look at the season and MLS ends their postseason

00:57:19.349 --> 00:57:23.750
starts in October and If Dallas which I'm gonna

00:57:23.750 --> 00:57:26.849
try to pull up and stall while we do this Oh,

00:57:26.949 --> 00:57:28.670
I'd like it could be a situation where he could

00:57:28.670 --> 00:57:31.489
come back to us if Dallas doesn't make the playoffs

00:57:31.489 --> 00:57:36.050
Yeah, like so Dallas right now FC Dallas is in

00:57:36.050 --> 00:57:39.289
Where are they? I can read. Oh, never mind. They're

00:57:39.289 --> 00:57:40.829
in third place. They're making the playoffs.

00:57:40.849 --> 00:57:43.789
So that could be. Yeah. But if they get knocked

00:57:43.789 --> 00:57:48.010
out early and we go late, wouldn't that be fun?

00:57:48.449 --> 00:57:52.289
Bringing Clay Holstead, MLS primed into the playoffs

00:57:52.289 --> 00:57:54.989
to go take on, you know, Tampa Bay and the Eastern

00:57:54.989 --> 00:57:58.170
Conference final. Sign me up. Sign me up. Could

00:57:58.170 --> 00:58:00.869
be a fun storyline. But then again, also hashtag

00:58:00.869 --> 00:58:03.869
not MLS podcast. Don't they have like 13 rounds

00:58:03.869 --> 00:58:07.619
for playoffs? Oh, yeah. I don't know if that

00:58:07.619 --> 00:58:11.519
ever ends um next one still in the playoffs now

00:58:11.519 --> 00:58:15.099
John q here says Stoss has looked great in a

00:58:15.099 --> 00:58:17.599
short time here He has real intensity, but it

00:58:17.599 --> 00:58:19.639
looks like with all the abuse he gets as did

00:58:19.639 --> 00:58:23.099
JJ He is pretty confrontational even after the

00:58:23.099 --> 00:58:25.579
match ends the question is do you get concerned?

00:58:25.619 --> 00:58:28.340
He becomes too intense and is a prime candidate

00:58:28.340 --> 00:58:31.659
for red card retaliation he did get a yellow

00:58:31.659 --> 00:58:33.659
in the 80th minutes I don't think so I think

00:58:33.659 --> 00:58:37.079
Stoss knows that he can't foul out by the end

00:58:37.079 --> 00:58:39.559
of the season in terms of yellow card accumulation

00:58:39.559 --> 00:58:42.539
and he wants to match that intensity and make

00:58:42.539 --> 00:58:45.239
sure he sets a standard for himself he's a he's

00:58:45.239 --> 00:58:47.199
a passionate guy you guys are gonna all enjoy

00:58:47.199 --> 00:58:49.980
his interview that we had coming up next week

00:58:49.980 --> 00:58:53.340
while we're out and he's super intelligent he

00:58:53.340 --> 00:58:57.599
is super Super understanding of the game and

00:58:57.599 --> 00:58:59.119
I think this is just him setting a precedent

00:58:59.119 --> 00:59:01.519
that he won't get bullied or bodied in those

00:59:01.519 --> 00:59:03.380
kinds of ways without something coming back and

00:59:03.380 --> 00:59:05.559
I mean he's got something to prove to that he's

00:59:05.559 --> 00:59:08.659
coming up from from a lower division to prove

00:59:08.659 --> 00:59:12.250
that he's ready to. either at least move up to

00:59:12.250 --> 00:59:14.130
this division permanently or at least if not

00:59:14.130 --> 00:59:16.989
then make the jump to MLS. Yeah I want to see

00:59:16.989 --> 00:59:19.630
that intensity continue. Rachel M writes in rain

00:59:19.630 --> 00:59:21.929
delays make watching the game on time tough but

00:59:21.929 --> 00:59:24.389
I guess it's true we never lose when it rains.

00:59:24.909 --> 00:59:27.750
Yeah I love that we've moved the goal post here

00:59:27.750 --> 00:59:30.570
a little bit because we last time it was a draw

00:59:30.570 --> 00:59:33.110
and not a not a win but I mean you know what

00:59:33.110 --> 00:59:35.969
honestly I'll take it you know undefeated when

00:59:35.969 --> 00:59:39.440
it rains. Love it. Just don't wear the RFC ponchos

00:59:39.440 --> 00:59:42.920
anymore everyone Next question here. Yeah, rich

00:59:42.920 --> 00:59:46.599
W says how do we feel about the foyo start? Should

00:59:46.599 --> 00:59:48.900
we be expecting more of that based on what you

00:59:48.900 --> 00:59:51.679
guys saw? You kind of touched based on foyo earlier.

00:59:51.820 --> 00:59:54.360
I I do think there's a world where he starts

00:59:54.360 --> 00:59:57.960
I still think he would be great as a wide forward

00:59:57.960 --> 01:00:02.179
not a winger and I think we could see him excel

01:00:02.179 --> 01:00:06.289
playing off a double striker partnership up front,

01:00:06.289 --> 01:00:08.170
but we're not going to get that in this season.

01:00:08.530 --> 01:00:10.369
Like right now, we're very much in the mode of

01:00:10.369 --> 01:00:12.690
if it's not broke, don't fix it. Just move all

01:00:12.690 --> 01:00:14.369
the pieces around the chessboard so it still

01:00:14.369 --> 01:00:17.329
looks the same on paper. And so I think that's

01:00:17.329 --> 01:00:19.269
a question for next year. I just don't know.

01:00:19.670 --> 01:00:21.710
I don't know. I mean, we also we need to see

01:00:21.710 --> 01:00:24.530
Foyo get a goal or an assist like that is his

01:00:24.530 --> 01:00:27.070
next mission at this point is to show what he

01:00:27.070 --> 01:00:29.840
contribute in the time he has. he's putting in

01:00:29.840 --> 01:00:31.880
the work it just hasn't come together yet so

01:00:31.880 --> 01:00:33.599
i don't think we'll see him start again next

01:00:33.599 --> 01:00:35.960
game unless we continue to see player injury

01:00:35.960 --> 01:00:40.619
issues or or but also with if joj is out like

01:00:40.619 --> 01:00:43.059
oh actually i'm sorry yeah i've totally see i'm

01:00:43.059 --> 01:00:45.400
already forgotten about it if he's not available

01:00:45.400 --> 01:00:47.019
for the miami game because he's already started

01:00:47.019 --> 01:00:49.519
his travels but yeah we'll see folio and we probably

01:00:49.519 --> 01:00:51.260
will see folio through his international break

01:00:51.260 --> 01:00:53.300
but i don't think he did enough in this game

01:00:53.300 --> 01:00:55.659
to have earned another start without those absences

01:00:55.659 --> 01:01:00.719
being planned yeah Alan P writes in. We are so

01:01:00.719 --> 01:01:03.239
getting a home playoff position, I believe. Jason,

01:01:03.239 --> 01:01:05.699
do you believe I? I love it. I'm a little bit

01:01:05.699 --> 01:01:07.820
too much of a realist. Unfortunately, at times

01:01:07.820 --> 01:01:10.440
I think that there's a good opportunity and I

01:01:10.440 --> 01:01:15.300
want to have that blind faith. But you know what?

01:01:15.300 --> 01:01:18.460
I hope that everyone's faith is willing it into

01:01:18.460 --> 01:01:22.320
existence and. You know, I will appreciate you

01:01:22.320 --> 01:01:27.829
guys for making it happen. Joe P here. Always

01:01:27.829 --> 01:01:29.929
insightful as business like win for the boys

01:01:29.929 --> 01:01:32.989
as our two loners continue to carry us to a playoff

01:01:32.989 --> 01:01:35.769
position Let's hope that they are not recalled

01:01:35.769 --> 01:01:39.630
anytime soon. Don't say that out loud Joe P Also,

01:01:39.829 --> 01:01:42.429
hope that Hugo is back for the Miami and the

01:01:42.429 --> 01:01:44.750
remaining key games I don't know Hugo did get

01:01:44.750 --> 01:01:48.590
that red card in Miami against Miami. So we shall

01:01:48.590 --> 01:01:51.769
see but speaking about Miami No, you're gonna

01:01:51.769 --> 01:01:55.019
look at ya Is Indongo going to be the guy? He

01:01:55.019 --> 01:01:57.699
scored against us in the first leg of this matchup

01:01:57.699 --> 01:02:01.139
earlier this season. Are all hopes and prayers

01:02:01.139 --> 01:02:03.780
for Miami FC to not only beat us, but make the

01:02:03.780 --> 01:02:06.059
playoffs on the former RFC alumni of Matthew

01:02:06.059 --> 01:02:10.300
Indongo? I mean, if I was playing against a team

01:02:10.300 --> 01:02:12.219
like that, that's what I would try and use to

01:02:12.219 --> 01:02:14.980
see if like, hey, can one of the ex -players

01:02:14.980 --> 01:02:19.719
do the job for them? They've really kind of fallen

01:02:19.719 --> 01:02:21.599
off though. And I mean, like you said, this is

01:02:21.599 --> 01:02:23.739
a really important game for them to try and get

01:02:23.739 --> 01:02:25.880
into playoff contention. This is a huge six pointer.

01:02:26.079 --> 01:02:28.519
They are windless in their last five, Jason.

01:02:28.960 --> 01:02:30.920
That's not a good stat coming into fortress center

01:02:30.920 --> 01:02:33.960
of Obanxanam right now. Yeah. And, and so their

01:02:33.960 --> 01:02:37.820
last one is actually July 15th versus India 11.

01:02:38.019 --> 01:02:40.880
Um, since then they, they, you know, the last

01:02:40.880 --> 01:02:43.099
one was a lot longer than that, aren't they?

01:02:44.079 --> 01:02:47.119
How many, that would be one, two, three. Four

01:02:47.119 --> 01:02:49.239
five six seven eight nine ten. They're winless

01:02:49.239 --> 01:02:52.079
and ten right now. Yeah, and the last five Miami

01:02:52.079 --> 01:02:55.099
two draws and three losses in their last five

01:02:55.099 --> 01:02:58.199
matches So they're not in good form. They're

01:02:58.199 --> 01:03:00.679
back to the 2024 version of themselves bottom.

01:03:00.679 --> 01:03:03.940
Oh, man Yeah, I know they they they did get one

01:03:03.940 --> 01:03:06.639
over on us last year when they were basically

01:03:06.639 --> 01:03:11.000
Portland Timbers 2014 But they as in classic

01:03:11.000 --> 01:03:12.960
Miami FC fashion, they kind of blew up their

01:03:12.960 --> 01:03:14.940
team I mean they also got one over us earlier

01:03:14.940 --> 01:03:17.969
this season, too Yeah, but I'm speaking here

01:03:17.969 --> 01:03:20.269
from a perspective of previewing previous game

01:03:20.269 --> 01:03:23.090
at home right because we know that our away record

01:03:23.090 --> 01:03:27.610
is a little suspect we've been Better at home.

01:03:27.610 --> 01:03:30.550
Well some of it in result in a draw. There's

01:03:30.550 --> 01:03:34.789
really only been that one loss against The Birmingham

01:03:34.789 --> 01:03:37.170
Legion back and you know way back in Star Wars

01:03:37.170 --> 01:03:40.650
day So it's been it's been a minute since that's

01:03:40.650 --> 01:03:42.510
happened. And so I think to a certain extent

01:03:43.179 --> 01:03:46.079
We're not going to necessarily guarantee a win,

01:03:46.139 --> 01:03:47.800
but I think we should be able to comfortably

01:03:47.800 --> 01:03:50.320
beat Miami C. We're not going to at least lose

01:03:50.320 --> 01:03:53.179
to them. And so this is actually this will be

01:03:53.179 --> 01:03:58.519
the the final match of the kind of, I don't know,

01:03:58.639 --> 01:04:00.519
Snowbird classic, if you will, because that means

01:04:00.519 --> 01:04:03.519
we've played against all of the Florida Florida

01:04:03.519 --> 01:04:09.760
teams. Right. So. I like that you're just making

01:04:09.760 --> 01:04:11.519
it. Hey, listen, this is how things get named.

01:04:11.519 --> 01:04:14.800
I mean, they're trying to make the Indy 11 Arizona

01:04:14.800 --> 01:04:17.340
Derby, the John Morrissey Derby, because those

01:04:17.340 --> 01:04:18.900
are the two teams he supports and they don't

01:04:18.900 --> 01:04:21.320
play each other that often. So I love it. Personally,

01:04:21.639 --> 01:04:23.920
personally, I'm not a fan, but we know lots of

01:04:23.920 --> 01:04:26.559
Rhode Islanders love Florida. We should we should

01:04:26.559 --> 01:04:30.219
actually make a Snowbird Cup and every team from

01:04:30.219 --> 01:04:33.699
New York up that's in the championship. It plays

01:04:33.699 --> 01:04:36.219
on one side of it regionally and every team.

01:04:36.429 --> 01:04:39.110
That can only be against Florida, right? So it's

01:04:39.110 --> 01:04:41.070
good. It's New York. So it'd be it'd be Brooklyn.

01:04:41.550 --> 01:04:45.269
It'd be Hartford. It'd be us Against the four

01:04:45.269 --> 01:04:47.969
teams in Florida and whoever has the best head

01:04:47.969 --> 01:04:50.710
best like numbers Yeah, let's we're gonna make

01:04:50.710 --> 01:04:52.750
the Snowbird Cup. Let's make this a thing, you

01:04:52.750 --> 01:04:55.349
know, we just got to reach out to What's -his

01:04:55.349 --> 01:05:01.110
-face at? USL HQ not not Brett. I can't Nicholas

01:05:01.110 --> 01:05:02.989
Murray. We'll get Nicholas Murray on the case.

01:05:02.989 --> 01:05:05.420
We'll make the Snowbird Cup happen We don't need

01:05:05.420 --> 01:05:07.920
no Copas Tejas. We've got the Snowbird Cup right

01:05:07.920 --> 01:05:11.199
here. And so this will be the last match up here

01:05:11.199 --> 01:05:15.380
of the Snowbird Cup for RFC. And so, like, I

01:05:15.380 --> 01:05:18.360
think that, you know, they didn't really get

01:05:18.360 --> 01:05:20.940
the World Cup bump that we thought they would

01:05:20.940 --> 01:05:24.239
have. I mean, we'll hear talking about Eloy Room.

01:05:24.400 --> 01:05:29.300
And I know that he had a respectable World Cup.

01:05:29.460 --> 01:05:32.510
I mean, he was Novozhinia, but like he Yeah,

01:05:32.510 --> 01:05:34.449
I think he made his team in his country proud,

01:05:34.469 --> 01:05:36.849
but I just don't think that there's enough in

01:05:36.849 --> 01:05:40.989
that team to really give us too much of a problem

01:05:40.989 --> 01:05:43.090
here. Well, I mean, at this point, you know,

01:05:43.150 --> 01:05:45.989
you look at the Curacao national footprint of

01:05:45.989 --> 01:05:50.230
this with Locadia gone, like, is it, is the magic

01:05:50.230 --> 01:05:52.969
broken? Is the connection there? Yeah, it's one

01:05:52.969 --> 01:05:55.130
of their infinity stones and it's just, they're

01:05:55.130 --> 01:05:58.829
not, not as powerful. I mean, if anything, that's

01:05:58.829 --> 01:06:00.469
really the only thing that's going to keep them

01:06:00.469 --> 01:06:04.360
in the match. is room kind of having having you

01:06:04.360 --> 01:06:07.079
know one of those type of matches yeah we shall

01:06:07.079 --> 01:06:08.860
see and you're probably asking why are you talking

01:06:08.860 --> 01:06:11.559
about Miami tonight but that's because Jason

01:06:11.559 --> 01:06:14.880
and I for the first time in Rhode Island FC raising

01:06:14.880 --> 01:06:18.880
anchor history will both be unavailable for a

01:06:18.880 --> 01:06:21.519
regular season match as we are going off to do

01:06:21.519 --> 01:06:25.119
fun things so uh fear not we know that you all

01:06:25.119 --> 01:06:27.500
listen and expect us to do this for you guys

01:06:27.710 --> 01:06:30.710
Twice a week and so we've got you guys set up

01:06:30.710 --> 01:06:32.829
with some wonderful interviews first with Cree

01:06:32.829 --> 01:06:34.730
for y 'all We'll be hearing from him on Thursday

01:06:34.730 --> 01:06:37.610
instead of a Miami preview and then Stas Korsanowski

01:06:37.610 --> 01:06:40.530
on the Monday show instead of a recap of those

01:06:40.530 --> 01:06:43.190
games We'll be driving back from our vacation.

01:06:43.230 --> 01:06:46.329
So maybe we'll do like spaces on on X formerly

01:06:46.329 --> 01:06:49.300
known as Twitter Don't hold us to it, but we've

01:06:49.300 --> 01:06:51.019
got a long drive to get back from where we're

01:06:51.019 --> 01:06:54.000
coming from so but enjoy those interviews and

01:06:54.000 --> 01:06:55.840
please make sure to share them and give them

01:06:55.840 --> 01:06:59.139
some love because the club graciously gives them

01:06:59.139 --> 01:07:02.239
the players their time to us to have a conversation

01:07:02.239 --> 01:07:04.300
with and we love being able to give those to

01:07:04.300 --> 01:07:07.500
you guys as fans so Jason it's been fun. I can't

01:07:07.500 --> 01:07:10.039
wait to take a break You know two shows a week.

01:07:10.079 --> 01:07:11.639
I know I guess technically I did four then if

01:07:11.639 --> 01:07:13.159
you think about all the pre recordings I did

01:07:13.369 --> 01:07:16.150
But I am ready for a well -earned vacation and

01:07:16.150 --> 01:07:18.550
not have to worry about the show for seven days.

01:07:18.869 --> 01:07:21.130
You ready to get out here, my friend? Absolutely.

01:07:21.250 --> 01:07:22.969
Thanks y 'all for joining us. We'll catch you

01:07:22.969 --> 01:07:43.119
next time. Anchor's up. Anchor's up. or wherever

01:07:43.119 --> 01:07:46.300
you listen by searching for Raising Anchor. Make

01:07:46.300 --> 01:07:48.340
sure to check out all of our coverage over at

01:07:48.340 --> 01:07:50.719
The Blazing Musket for all your New England soccer

01:07:50.719 --> 01:07:54.559
coverage, including RAFC news at theblazingmusket

01:07:54.559 --> 01:07:58.179
.com. Fans, we thank you for listening. We ask

01:07:58.179 --> 01:07:59.960
you to be kind and courteous to your neighbors

01:07:59.960 --> 01:08:02.340
as you leave the show. We thank you for joining

01:08:02.340 --> 01:08:04.960
us and look forward to seeing you again. Until

01:08:04.960 --> 01:08:07.219
then, I'm your main man, Juju. And on behalf

01:08:07.219 --> 01:08:09.559
of the Raising Anchor crew, goodbye for now.

01:08:09.920 --> 01:08:13.019
And as always, we are. Rhode Island FC!