Welcome to the Sounders FC pre match Show presented by Provident Swedish. Tonight,
your Seattle Sounders FC faced Sporting Kansas City. The Provident Swedish premat show starts
now. Well, the busy month of May is over and after a five
to one in three stretch in their last nine games, your Seattle Sounders have
moved on to the month of June, which begins with a road match tonight
against Sporting Kansas City, a team that has lost seven consecutive games. They
are not on a good note, but look to get on the right one
here tonight against your Seattle Sounders. So welcome in to the Sounders FC pre
match Show presented by Provident Swedish official healthcare partner of Seattle Sounders FC. Jackson
felt alongside Pete viewing for the next half hour as we count you down to
kick off and then it'll be Danny Jackson and Steve Zachawani on the call for
Sounders and Sporting Kansas City from Children's Mercy Park. Pete. As we begin
the broadcast, I mean the Sounders had a little bit of a mini break.
They played basically every two games a week for the last I don't know,
five six weeks, it feels like, and then now finally they get
a little time off. The game against Columbus was rescheduled to September because Columbus
had to go lose the Conker CAF Champions Cup Final. Thank you to Columbus
by the way. But you know, I think this mini break for the
Sounders has been interesting. Some guys did different things. Some guys went down
to California, some guys stayed here with their families. It was a nice
refreshing, it seems mental break for a lot of guys on this roster.
Yeah, and what that translates to is I expect ninety minutes of hard work
that they're going to come out and perform. Yes, that was a thirty
plus day ten game window that was really tough. You could feel it tired
in the legs, the traveling and all that. But now they've got a
fresh group and they've got there pretty much the lineup that they would like to
have for sure, maybe without new who, but it's a good lineup and
you're going against a team I always remember Brian saying when he was an assistant
coach, he doesn't like playing against desperate teams. This is a desperate,
desperate Kansas City team. They're fourteenth in the table and as you said,
they've just been one of the zero eight and two zero eight and two in
the last ten and I haven't one in five, so and that's tough.
And that's Peter Vermes you know, he's the coach and he's the GM.
So I can imagine that they're getting pretty tight around that organization. And those
are the teams Brian doesn't like to play. But to your point, this
is a well rested team. They got a few days, they got four
days off, and now they should come out flying. I know there's a
lot of things to get to but since you brought it up and we're talking
about it interestingly, Peter Vermeiz, who you're right is, basically, you
know, he kind of runs everything out there in Sporting Kansas City, all
but ownership. And there was an interview with the owner of Sporting Kansas City
and Peter Remy signed an extension last year because what happened was Casey, just
like this year, had a terrible start of the season. They had a
lot of injuries, they stormed back, made the playoffs, got a huge
first round upset win over Saint Louis and it looked like, okay, Case
is back, but Peter Vermeis gets a big extension and this year now they're
you know, falling apart again and Peter Vermis has signed through twenty twenty eight.
So they asked the owner, is he on the hot seat at all?
No, Peter Remiz is not on a hot seat. But it makes
you wonder. I mean, two consecutive seasons, you know, yes,
one because of injuries, but this is a just terrible start, and it's
interesting that the owner would say there's no hot seat whatsoever. I know,
Peter Vermis has done amazing things in Sporting Kansas City. But you know,
just regardless of the points over the years, you look at the trophies there,
there hasn't been a lot recently. And then now two consecutive years with
two consecutive very bad starts. Well, and they've got an aging team right
now. Yes, And your point about last year they got healthy and then
they went on a tear is right. Well, they've been healthy pretty much
all for the most part this year, but the players maybe six months too
long with with the clubs. So and that's been a comment you know,
we've we've heard that. So and Peter Vermis You know, I I like
Peter quite a bit. Actually he's a competitive guy. And uh, he
and Brian they go, you know, to fistic cuffs, right and they
go after each other. And and no, people, he did not just
give you inside information that a fight did not happen. You continue, good
for you to think you're the pro. Uh and and so but he's he's
a competitor and uh uh, but it wouldn't surprise me in this situation at
some point where maybe he doesn't lose his coaching jumb but maybe they bring in
more help for him in building the team. And because again they've got an
aging group right now. So but all that aside, I'm fired up for
this game because Seattle, we're in tenth place right now. A win maybe
can push us into ninth place, can't get us into eight. But we've
got to get going and we've just had ten days off. So it's going
to be interesting to see what kind of energy we get out of the squad.
We need to get good energy. We're not playing it at you know,
high altitude. We're not playing in freezing cold weather. It's warm there
in Kansas City tonight. But it should be a good game for the guys
and they should feel you know, we flew with the team on one of
the last games and you could just tell that guys getting on and off the
plane were banged up, right, And so now hopefully we're not banged up
and we'll get a great performance from the sco. No, it's a great
chance to just get mentally right after such a brutal stretch where there were eight
games in the month of May, so many midweek matches, and now you
get a week and a half to kind of just refresh the brains, especially
coming off of a game against Reality saw Lake at home, which listen,
you know, if you're a Sounder fan, you're listening, you remember what
happened. You know, you're leading one nothing think we it was two,
and then bout being about forty seconds later it's one to one. That's just
it's as frustrating as you're gonna get. Got to stop exactly exactly, so,
oh geez, don't even get me started on that one. But you
know, that's that's the worry. We're sixteen games into the season and you
say, okay, what's the DNA of this team. We've had Sounder teams
that have scored late. The crowd knows it, the players know it,
the opponents know it. This DNA right now is that you know, you
play till the end of stoppage time. If you're playing against the Sounders,
because of late, they begin giving up a goal. So they've got to
get away from that. And that's why I would love for the Sounders to
go into the ninetieth minute leading to nothing this time, because that would be
much better on my heart health for sure. But you talk about, you
know the conditions, it's not at elevation Kansas City currently eighty four degrees.
By the way, there is a special deal and I'm going to emphasize the
word deal going on in Kansas City today at Children's Mercy Park where this game
is. And this is quite the deal. I really got to hand it
to Kansas City. And I'm trying to lay on as much sarcasm as I
can here. Their concessions deal of the match at Children's Mercy Park. Enjoy
a Dasani water tonight for five dollars. Five dollars is their deal of the
match for water. I don't know, maybe if it's eighty four degrees out.
Your deal should not cost five dollars for a bottle of water, just
a tip Children's Mersey Park, Sporting Kansas City. Maybe your deal should be,
like, I don't know something that's necessary to live, two dollars three
dollars an odd choice there for your deal of the match. I don't think
that's very much of a deal, Kansas City. But alas, the Sounders
have as much water as they need tonight at Children's Mercy Park for the match
Agains Kansas City kickoff just about twenty minutes away here on Sports Radio nine to
fifty am. Let's get to the action on the field. Let's get to
what we're gonna watch here today. Pete Fewing, let's jump in and let's
get to Brian Schmescher's Delta starting eleven. Well, it's a good lineup for
this squad. For Brian, it's Stephen frying Goal as your captain. You're
right back is Alex rolled On. Gomez Andrade and Reagan are your center backs.
Read Baker Whiting gets his first start in the middle of the park Obed
Vargas and JP and the right hand side, it's Christian rolled On Jordan Morris
on the left. Albert Rusnik will sit under Raoul ruy Diaz. Yeah,
about the strongest lineup you could ask for from from Brian Schmetzer. Quickly,
we'll get into the Providence Swedish team health report. Nathan out with the upper
quad injury, Jonathan Bell out with the hamstring. Two players questionable brod Diler
Rodriguez upgraded to just questionable for the Sounders, so that's good news. And
then also Pedro de la Vega. He didn't make the trip, but Pedro
de Levega is still questionable. He's day to day per Brian Schmitzer. So
we're still waiting on Pedro de la Vega. We hope he can be back
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you know you mentioned really quickly off the top that knew who is out today,
as is Stuart Hawkins, both of them on international duty. Hawkins with
the USA U nineteens. He appeared I believe in a win for the US
on Thursday Friday. And then also should you mentioned knew who he played with
Cameroon today and a big congratulations to new Who who scored a goal in a
four to one Cameroon win today. Knew Who got a header goal, so
congratulations to him. I can only imagine how high on life he's riding right
now. You just awesome for new Who to get that goal there for Cameroon.
But because he's with Cameroon, Pete, this is a massive opportunity here
for Reed Baker Whiting, who is now healthy. He's looked good. He
had that great run in what could have been the second goal for the Sounders
against RSL. Great to see RBW back in the starting lineup. Yeah,
he's got a real high sight. And it's interesting because it could have been
Cody Baker, right, Cody Becker's put some time in there. But what
that tells me is that Brian sees more than we see. We all understand
that for sure, but that they like him. And we know you and
I were talking before we came on that Wolves was in town a year ago
looking at him. I don't know if we can say that. Can we
say that, sure we can, Yeah, But clubs from around the world
have been looking at him, Yes, right, A few clubs, and
so it's a great opportunity for him. And his run against RSL was great
and he had one like that last year as well. So he tight rope
down the sideline right, and so it's interesting to see what he's going to
do tonight. I hope he gets himself forward. I hope he gets crosses
in. I hope he gets on the end of crosses. But he like
Cody Baker, these young kids man, they're confident, right, and they
want to make and Brian Schmitzer, if he does a good job right,
he will get to He might. I'm not going to say he will.
He might get a chance to stay on that field, and that's what they're
looking for. Little competition on the out back. Outside backspots important absolutely,
And we'll talk more about Kansas City in a little bit, but you look
at it attacking unit in case and yes, again seven straight losses eight and
two in their last ten not good. But they still have talent in there.
Mamo Rodriguez, who's been an MLS it feels like for twenty years,
is starting for them today. Eric Tommy who leads them with four goals,
Johnny Russell, the always dangerous, the Captain, Johnny Russell, Alan Palito,
Daniel Shallowy. I mean you think back to to read Baker Whiting when
he started, and remember when we went to Nashville, Tennessee, and he
had the start against Nashville facing you know, a really good attack in Nashville
that day and just shut it down and looked excellent. And it's not only
what Reid can do on the offensive end, because we know he can get
up, we know he has very good pace, but he has become a
very good defender as well. And to your point about competition, if he
starts to show that he can, you know, be a good to great
good defender at least and then a great attacker, that's got to push New
because we know New is elite in one category and not as good in the
other. Yeah, no question. And you know he's he's not afraid to
get stuck in. He's a lot. He's got a bit of a longer
stride than Cody Baker, so he can when he gets going and gets some
forward. And again the confidence piece for me is what I like. He's
not afraid to play a good entry ball, to try something, not afraid
to shoot, not afraid to get and is crossing I think is pretty darn
good for as young as he is. There's a couple of other topics about
what Seattle is doing offensively that I want to get to here a little bit
later in the pre mat show, but we got to take a break and
talk about Kansas City is We are just under twenty minutes away from kickoff at
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Welcome back Providence, Swedish premach show, Jackson feltsp fewing here count you
down to kickoff before Danny Jackson Steve Zach one. We have the call Sounders
Sporting Kansas City from Children's Mercy Park again where you can get a water for
five dollars. It's the deal of the day. I'm not sure how water
is five dollars and a deal at the same time, but Kansas City seems
to have figured it out, so I guess writing it down in my notes
right now. We continue on here and we talk about. Listen, the
team that's on the field and case we talked about a little bit last segment.
Pete is one that is not good right now. Seven straight losses.
They're eight and two in their last ten. Yes, they've moved forward and
in US Open Cups, so you know, factoring that in okay, But
really right now, it's been rough eleven points right now in the Western Conference.
They're tied for the bottom. Their last win was on March thirtieth,
so more than a couple months ago, March thirtieth against Toronto. Pete.
This is a team we brought it up in the first segment. We can
bring it up again. That is desperate right now. They're hungry right now
and they need to do something to turn around their stretch. They did it
last year in Seattle in a similar situation. They came here in a similar
stretch and beat the Sounders. So Seattle needs to make sure what happened here
last year doesn't happen there tonight. Yeah, those all those comments make me
nervous, right because every team is looking to reboot and get started somewhere.
There is an intense rivalry between this group. I'd almost give this group top
three of rivalries with against Seattle at Portland. I don't know who would be
number two. Good conversation, actually, I'd say Kansas City's right up there
as far as the competitive spirit between these two teams, And so Peter Vermes
and company would love nothing more than to turn it around at home against these
Seattle Sounders. And you're right, you know Palito and Russell Tommy, they've
got goals, right, So Russell can always score. He's a little low
this year two goals. Pallito's got three. But you know we only have
two guys with more than one goal, right, Raoul and Jordan Morris.
So when you're saying all those things, I get it. But this league
we've heard for since two thousand and nine. This is a league that on
any day, any team could beat any other team, and it can ignite
a team to climb up the table. So Seattle can't look past this,
I know, and and Brian did a good job of making sure everybody knows
the history of late and to not look past this game. When we were
talking to him this morning, that's one of the things I asked him was
last year they were in a similar bad stretch, and what we just mentioned
they came here and changed the whole thing, you know, and ignited the
run that got them to the playoffs. And I asked, you know,
have you brought that up with the players, and he said, absolutely,
we have a lot. And I love that because, you know, for
most of the guys who were here on this team last year played in that
game, you know, here against Kansas City. You gotta remember that.
You got to know the faces across from you in Shallowy and Polito in Maymo
or Johnny Russell Eric. I mean, you got to know that these guys
are the same guys that took it to you and got that win last year
at your house. So you can't let that happen again. But you're absolutely
right that this is a unit overall. That the numbers individually aren't high,
but if Kansas City can do something well, they can score from a lot
of different places. Roll has most of the goals for the Sounders. Casey
has a lot of guys that have a few goals, but it shows that
they can hit you from anywhere. Yeah, from the left side with Tommy
and there are four to three three, So they want to go on attack.
They want to keep guys home. But they've got a group, a
core group that are that are proven finishers in the league. So and you
know, as I said in the last segment that you know we've been giving
up late goals and you don't want that to be a part of your DNA.
This Kansas City team and that game from last year when they were struggling,
is going to be top of mind for the players, especially the veteran
guys that say, hey, we turned it around last year with this team,
let's do it again. Now we'll do it again at home. So
Seattle has got to they're going to have their hands full. I love the
fact that we've had ten days off and this is coming into this game is
the right time for Seattle to get their confidence. A shoutout today, A
couple of goals would be a tremendous boost for the squad. That'd be huge
for Fry and huge for that defending. While we're on the topic of defending,
you and we're talking about how Casey is dangerous, you're probably wondering,
well, then, if they're so dangerous, why have they lost seven straight
games? And how bad are they defensively? They're very bad. They've been
just shipping goals like no other. Thirty one goals given up this year in
sixteen games. That's nearly two per game to Seattle's nineteen. Comparatively, Jake
Davis, Andrew Fontas, Tim Leibold, Tim Melia in goal. I mean,
these are guys who've played the entire season and they're starting again today.
They've had a very very rough twenty twenty four. So for Sounders offensively,
I mean, listen, we were hoping that things can keep going. You
know, Roosknack's been I think good lately. You know, we need to
get you know, Jordan in transition obviously had that against Saint Louis. Roll
can hit a wonder goal. Got to make this poor defensive unit in Kansas
City pay again. So that is what we're seeing oudams board in Kansas City.
We'll take a break, We'll come back and give you our Sounders FC
players to watch and come. More discussion points ahead of Sounders sporting case at
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FC Seattle's Sports Radio nine fifty kJ R. Welcome back to the Providence of
premat show counting you down to kickoff here now just about fifteen minutes away.
Talked all about sporting Kansas City there and that was our opponent outlook presented by
Sharp Vision Modern lescon Lens, the official Lasik provider of Sounders FC peele let's
dig into our players to watch tonight for Seattle. Who are you going for?
Well, I'm gonna go with Albert and the reason is he got a
really nice goal in the last one. I want to see him, you
know, get going and really take control of that spot. We you mentioned
it earlier. This is a team that gives up a lot of goals,
so I'd like to see Albert be very productive and you know, if you
can get a goal and an assist, I'd like to see him really give
a lot of offense of threat to us today, so and see what he
can do with Raoul. But I'm hoping that the momentum from the goal against
RSL is old team carries on to this one. I got to go with
Read Baker and Whiting for my player to watch, and both of these players,
I think go into the same discussion point here, which is when I
wanted to hit in the first segment, we didn't have time for it,
which is the element of how Seattle is going to come out and start this
game, you know. He Brian Schenzer joined myself and Dave Softy Maller on
a ninety three point three KJRFM on Tuesday for his weekly visit at five forty
five, and and what we talked about was the element of how Kansas City
is desperate and they're having such a run right now seven and straight losses.
You want to kind of just get rid of their hope early, and you
want to kind of maybe play a certain way. And we asked him about
that, and you know, then we kind of formulated that question into talking
about his left back options with knew Who with Cameroon, and he said,
you know, we think we can play more offensive. We think we can
maybe, you know, and he emphasized, you know, get rid of
that hope early. And I look at the way that this game can function
with with knowing that Reid Baker Whiting is a very offensive player and can help
if that indeed goes that way. But if Kansas City does come out on
the front foot, if they do put the Sounders back, then Rusnak has
been much better in transition. Pete, we saw it against Saint Louis,
and I think either way, you know, one of our players will kind
of just stand be able to stand out regard or which whichever way this game
goes, if Seahattle does get on the front foot, or if they have
to withstand some pressure early from Kansas City. Yeah, I like your I
like your player to watch. He's gonna have to face Russell Russell is a
cunning player in Rodriguez right behind him, so he's gonna have his hands fill.
And Russell's also a guy who's physical right and he can use his body
well read a little taller, so he's going to have to make sure his
position is good and not get lost in on a restart where if he's man
marking anyone, he's got to make sure he's sharp in that regard. So
that's a good player to watch. And I would love to see Raoul.
He's got seven goals. He's a guy that's streaky. Get him going again
as well, that'd be great. And you know, you kind of functionally
look at how it's gonna run, where if if Reid gets way up the
field, then Kansas City can of course counter on you. And then you
look at that center back pairing. And we haven't even mentioned Jackson Reagan yet.
I think this deserves a minute to talk about another topic that I wanted
to get to earlier, where in that first five minutes of the RSL game,
Reagan had three giveaways, and we need to see a little bit more
sharpness from Jackson Reagan. We saw him have such an amazing season last year
Pete and then I feel like this season we aren't seeing the same Jackson Reagan
and that last game against RSL, hopefully that is a wake up call that
you know, kind of serves him to take another step and kind of,
you know, hopefully get back to the twenty twenty three level. Yeah,
we're sixteen games in this today's number seventeen, and we're in tenth place.
And I think there's a reason why we're in tenth place. We have not
got this train out of the station and going down the track at eighty miles
an hour, and right now it's a little it's not as cohesive as it
was last year, and we're not getting the production as much. And you
know, last year you could say gomaz Androtti and Jackson were maybe one of
the top three pairings of center backs in the league. Yep, the goals
against show a different tell a different story for this year. So, yeah,
he's got to be and he's gonna have it. Polito's another veteran player
I'd give Jackson. Jackson's been around now a long time, so he's not
going to get caught like he did his rookie year diving in as much his
positioning will be better, but you're right, we need more from him,
right, and and Goma's Androtti as well. I think those two. Again,
we haven't had a shutout in six games, so this would be a
great night to get a shutout for the team. And everybody's got to do
their job. You're again, you're playing against a team it's the bottom of
the table that does not matter in Major League Soccer. No no dumb giveaways,
no bad passes that go right to the other team, none of that.
Got to be on point today to keep Kansas City down and hopefully end
their hope early as they look to get right from their seven straight losses.
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just about seven minutes away from kickoff at Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City.
Sounders playing Sporting KC today on the road. These Tier two teams they've
faced off twenty seven times in MLS regular season play since Seattle joined MLS in
two thousand and nine. Sounders will lead the season's lead the all time series
in the regular season, but not by much. It's twelve wins, eleven
lost and four draws. So Casey can get even today and that would break
a big streak. So Sounders right now trying to extend their record and keep
Casey down. They split the two games in twenty twenty three last year in
the trip here in Seattle, we talked about it earlier that Casey took they
broke a winless streak and they got a big win. But we hadn't even
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It was a four to one win at the legendary game where Leo Chu had
four assists and Jordan Morris had four goals, both club records. What an
amazing game that was. Jordan Morris starts again today. Leo Chu is on
the bench for your Sounders, but we'll see what can be created to follow
up on that four to one game last year. With that said, p
Feeling, let's get to your keyst of this match. Well, I'm fired
up. I've been wanting to say that the entire time. I'm excited to
watch this game. I really am, you know, I would say my
palms are just in a little bit, but I'm excited to see the team
go out and perform well. The right side, the rolled On Brothers they've
got to be effective the left side, Morris and Baker Whiting, they've got
to be effective. So I want to see I want to see each of
them get on the other ends crosses right the middle of the park. We've
got to own the middle of the park. JP, Obed have got to
solidify the middle of the park. And you talked about our center backs.
They've got to do their job today. So no unnecessary fowls, right,
get your crosses in, get numbers in the box. Brian was talking about
that quite a bit. And then I would love to see that when we're
going forward, we don't put our foot on the ball and come back.
There is a time to keep possession of it and try to shift your opponents
side to side. But when we get opportunities, i'd like to take them,
and i'd like to see that from Albert Ruidiaz Morris a couple of balls
over the top. I love it when JP finds Jordan Morris on a ball
over the top. He scored that terrific goal. That a typical Jordan Morris
goal is fast goal where he gets in and it's one on one he slots
it. So we need a complete performance and again I'd love to see a
shutout. Friday deserves shut out. You deserve to not be stuck in tough,
tough positions. So nope, they're got to place ninety minutes. They're
coming up ten days. I think maybe that's why I'm fired up. I
want to see what we've got. Well, I don't got any tactical analysis,
but I will say from the mental side, just end their hope.
Early goal in the first fifteen minutes, make them believe. Though. Here
we go again, eight straight losses. Let's get two, Let's get let's
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Good evening and welcome to Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, where your Sounders
face Western Conference rival Sporting KC. It's been another difficult start to a season
for Sporting KC. Winless in their last ten and having lost their last seven
straight games, KC are desperate for some light in the endless gloom, and
they only need to look to last season. The game is Luminfield, on
an equally challenging ten game winless streak and founder win that ignited their season.
For your Sounders, the RSL game was a blow that continues to pain in
the squad, but a ten day break between games has given a depleted group
of players a much needed boost. With only one loss in their last nine
games and with three points in their grasp against the Western Conference leaders. The
Sounders are in confident mood to earn their fourth win in their last five away
games. Sporting Case called the Sounders the most unlikable team in MLS this week,
where we all hope the Sounders can play the part of villain again and
get a needed three points. I'm Danny Jackson alongside former Sounders winger Steve zach
Quarany for the call tonight. Before we get to Steve for his initial thoughts,
let's get you the delta starting eleven for your Sounders and a strong lineup.
It is for Brian Schmetz, Stephan Fryan Gol about four of Alex Roldan,
Jemar Reagan and then Weed Baker Whitings lots in on the left hand side
and replace of Nuho who's out for international duty. Obert Vargas plays alongside JP.
Middle of the park, Christian rolled On on the right, Albert Russneck,
the goal scorer last week against RSL in the ten, Jordan Morris,
who scored four goals against Kansas City on their last visit here. He plays
on the left, and then Ral Rudiez upfront as your number nine for Peter
Verme He's going to play a traditional four to three to three is as he
has always done. Timeliaring goal and a strong lineup for Vermes as well,
Jake Davis, Castellanos, Fontas and Leibould on the back line. Eric Tommy
back in the lineup after missing the last two games due to a hamstring injury.
He plays alongside Rodoya and Memo Rodriguez in the middle of the park and
an attacking lineup of Selawi Poledo and then Johnny Russell so Steve. The team's
going to be a little bit pained from that last minute equalizer for RSL,
but boy at Moo tonight looking to try and get that awake form, keep
it going and certainly put the real hammer on a sporting kseat. Yeah.
I think it's two teams badly in need of a win, in search of
a win. I think what's good for the sound is is there's recent experience
in this kind of game and getting a win on the road. The Philadelphia
game is a good example those sort of sent to this game. I think
a similar type of performance and approach is exactly what the team needs today.
But definitely two massive franchises in dy in need of a win as a game
gets kicking off sounders in their anniversary quick kid green shirts with blue pinstripes,
blue shorts and white socks. As this rolledn gets clattered into by shallow we
gets pulled across which is live bold that gets steps in as strong challenge as
Christian Roldan is slow to get off the deck sounds a shooting to the goal
to our right and then sporting kse back at home or it's a difficult place
to play. They're playing an all Navy tonight, dark blue shirts, shorts
and socks. See a quick replay on our monitor of live ball crashing into
roll Don and Steve. You know, Peter Vermes is a fiery character.
I heard it in your podcast. Both Kellen and Brad talked about it as
well. I think Brad even said if he reverses the car in he's in
a decent mood, go straight heading. Who knows he's in a bad mood
for practice, but he's a fiery character. He and Bran Schmetzho have been
at it for years and two of the longest tenured coaches in MLS. Yeah,
I feel there's a lot of respect there between the two. And the
thing about Peter VMI says he has a lot of power there right because he
makes all the decisions and he kind of can build that team in his image,
and they've been very successful for a very long time, and so it's
kind of surprising to see the way they've struggled. The sounds of struggled,
because on paper, both teams are really really good, just haven't been able
to make it happen. But Petermes is definitely the kind of coult who's not
going to settle for what he's seen his team do right now, and he's
gonna light a fire under them. Actually benched some of his key players for
a few games, a couple of games, and of course today they back
in the lineup. Jackson Reagan, as the guys talked about in pregame,
Jackson Reagan, he needs to really step up his game. Had a great
breakout year last year. One of the top defenders in MLS, needs to
find his form. Alongside Yama, Sounders cross into their attack in half of
the field, is rolled on on the right hand side, tries to play
a squirrel on the eighteen to Ruy Diaz closed down quickly by Vargas. It
shifts into this near side left clear by Liebold. Little combination with Eric Tommy
tries to wriggle free of Obed Vargas, picked up by Christian Roldan, pinching
him from his right hand side into JP's available. As Christian rolled on down
the line eventually gets it from his brother little back heel to Alex on the
right hand side, just flicks it towards the end line closed down by Lebold.
Slide and tackle goes out for a Sounders throw. A good positive start
in these first two minutes Steve by the Sounders, and I'm very happy to
see Alex Rodan get that high up the pitch. I think it's been missing
from the Sounders game this year since he's coming into the league and playing got
a right back. His final third delivery has been such a huge component of
what the Sounders do in an attacking sense, and we have not seen enough
of that this season. But I think as Christian Rodan's from continue to improve
he's on the right hand side, their understanding is second to none. You're
seeing the best of Alex fan to come back as well. Christian Roaldancher has
a regal free inside the eighteen yard box cleared by Kansas City, and as
much of the Sounders want to get off to a fast start, I think
Peter Vermes has talked about his team just being solid. They've again seven game
windless streak all comes out actually seven straight games having lost ten game windless streak.
For Peter vermeis his team and certainly the last couple of seasons, it's
been a really poor start. But listening to some of the guys at Sporting
KC was injuries last year that caused it this year not so much more poor
play as Rudiaz right hand side whip sent it in toowards the back post,
tries to find Morris, cleared reader Baker White and gets his first involvement bundles
over Johnny Russell. Peter Fewings talked about there'll be a real good challenge for
him, a young kid, obviously stuffered from some injuries after kind of going
through the end of last season into preseason, but now back on the field,
gets his start tonight with you knew who being gone for international duty and
no better place to play than an environment like this against a play like Russell.
It's a massive test, you know, Johnny Russell at his best is
still one of the standout wingers in all of Major League soccer. Is a
player who's hurt the Sounders in the past, probably the most important player for
football in Kansasite in the past few seasons. And so for Rebaker White and
you were very high on and he's been playing very well and extremely aggressive defender
offers you a lot attacking wise as well. You're gonna have to be on
your game to watch Johnny Russell, and it's for ninety minutes and you cannot
switch off even once. Is an international level player. So for Redbaker White
in who continues to make a stake and a claim that he deserves more minutes,
this is probably the kind of game where you really have to show your
stuff. Paul goes into that man top of the box, brings it down
clear by this sound is up to the foot of Rudias. Good little play
between Ruydiez and Rouzneck just into the sporting case defense half of the field on
the right hand side, this near side with Alex Roldar comes back to Yama
with Stuart Hawkins and knew who on international duty. So Brian Schwetz has very
strong line up tonight, consistent lineup. I'm just starting to see players come
back coming fit. Petro de la Vega continues to work towards that fitness form.
Of course, towards the endline is shallow We just flicks it into the
six yard box. Good header by Jackson. Reagan clear's his lines picked up
again by Shallowy. This near side the left comes back to Eric, Tommy
riggles free of Jao. Paolo just shoulder to shoulder find Shallowy. Good save
by Stephan Fry and the second attempt he jumps on it, but good play
by Kansas City on this near side eventually finds Shallowy. Low shot, eventually
saved by Stephan Fry. And that's the danger that Kansas City does possess.
They have individual match winners all over that attacking Ara de Pulido, Russell,
and on this occasion shallow he's the one causing the problems Indian. It's a
comfortable save for Stephan Fry, but the warning signs are then. I do
expect a very open game thing. I think neither of these teams are gonna
want to sit back. They're gonna want to give as good as they've got
and you're seen already that's boy in Kansas City. When they do get in
the final third, they're one of the teams that do have the quality to
unlock you individually. And Shallowy's one of the key guys for that. Well.
Six of the last seven games in which they've lost only been by one
goal. Last game was a three to one loss in Minnesota. Johnny Russell
scored that lone goal towards the end of the game coming off the bench.
Steve zach Corni mentioned Peter Vermes has made some changes, maybe potentially to rest
guys for this really really important game. As much as these two teams are
struggling this year, they have fought it out for many years between these two
coaches. Peter Vermies, of course, have been taken over the role back
in nine His only MLS gig has been here at Kansas City. He seems
to have a clenched fist around this club, managing both on the field and
off the field work with the players. But he's under some pressure, Steve,
and he has to be, and I think that's when you want to
be a big club. Just like here in Seattle, the stands are so
high, splated are so high from the fans you it demands success. So
having a off year, yes, two off years, questions have to be
asked, and that's the pressure you embrace if you want to be a big
club with sport in Kansas City. Has to be said. In the last
decade or so have been one of the two teams in MLS, but definitely
going through a very rough stretch of a past eighteen months or so. Eric
Tommy drives forward on this near side. The left gets bundled over by JP.
Quick start by SHALLOWI finds Eric Tommy inside the box. Strike will deflection
off Alex rolled on. Unnecessary foul by JP on this near side, but
instead of swinging the ball in Kansas City got the game going quickly. I
think Eric Tommy has been spoken about by Vermese as the player that can connect
the back line to the front line and nobody else can do that in the
team. And he's a welcome return back to this starting lineup having missed the
last two games. As we mentioned, as Or goes into Christian Rolled on
this near side, the right just ricochets off Liebold Shallow. We tries to
pick it up goes out of bound, it's going to be throwing for the
Sounders with Alex rolled on well. Sound as FC Socker is presented by Provident,
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minute, Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, nil nil between these old rivals
into Jordan Morris called for a handball again. Kansas City try to get the
game going quickly. It feels like Steve. They're playing on the front foot,
trying to get that fast style like the Sounders have, and they're up
for this one for sure. That's clearly a coaching instruction that everything's been taken
quickly, even free kicks in the final third, they want to put the
hand on the ball trying to catch the Sounders off. So you'll have to
be very very alert for that. And I think it's when Kansas City is
at their best. It's when they're trying to play on the front foot,
trying to take the game to the opponent, and it's a team of the
bats against the wall. I mean, seven straight losses doesn't make for pretty
reading. And so at home on a Saturday night here, I think for
them it's a case of look, we're going to come out early, really
take it to the Sounders, try and get up a goal, and so
the sound is going to know they're in the four game and have to withstand
that pressure early on. At the same time, because of how aggressive sporting
Kansas City will be, there will be chances and gaps in transition for the
Sounders to exploit. Well, you mentioned they are dangerous going forward, but
vulnerable at the back. Conceded thirty one goals already this year over sixteen games,
almost two goals a game, So they can button things up at the
back. They have the higher power up front. But as we discussed with
Brian Schmetzer asking the question about the players coming back in the lineup, the
shallowies of the world Poldo, they've got a lot of miles on their legs
as well. So Kansas City is up for a reboot potentially in the coming
years. Where Rudy has picks it up in the Sounders half of the field,
gets shrugged off by Rodriguez, called for a foul, felt like Raoul
got away with one there rost the ball and a free kid given for the
Sounders. Yeah, there may have been an initial tug, but the longer
roll kept the ball, there was taking a risk and in the end I
think Kansa can feel a little bit aggrieved by that, but Rudy has getting
away with it. But you also seen Raoul dropping a bit deep into the
midfield trying to get his touches going early on today, which means going to
be even more important for someone to stretch the game. And that's probably Jordan
Morris and on the right hand side, Christian Road done at times, but
probably Alex rod done as well getting past that backlane, because you cannot have
the whole game in front of the Kansas City backline, especially if your number
nine rowl keeps dropping deep. Will We talked to Brian Schmittzer the weeks about
how the Sounds need to play on the front foot in possession, especially when
they go up a goal. I talked to Albert Russneck this week. He
said the same thing, and here's that man on the ball right now,
just riggles free tress, play a little combination. Albert goes over the top
goal kid, what a chance eight yards from the angle, tight angle,
But should have done better with the quality that Albert Rosnick has. It should
be one nil, and was just gonna say he's the man informed. He's
starting to get assists. He's got a great goal recently as well, and
for a player of these quality, he works that really well with Ruy Diaz
the lovely given goal. Once you're six yards out in the box, you
can see what he's trying to do. Card that bend into the far post,
but leans back a little too much, gets way too much purchase underneath
it and the board flies way over the crossbar. That is a massive chance.
You don't get many of those away from home, and it should be
one nil to the Sounders. Albert rousnet working that very well. First goal
for the season he scored last week. It's his old club Rsel and here
comes Russell towards the end line, marshaled well by re Get Baker White and
goes over the end line. First corner kick Kansas City. I think Russell's
just putting his shrugging his shoulders, wondering if it was a pull and a
tug. But it is going to be a corner kick for Casey. Raucous
rowdy crowd as they always are here at Children's Mercy Park. Moved here just
over ten years ago, continue to fill it to the rafters. Talks about
the success the women's teams having in Kansas City as well as the ball gets
whipped in right on top of step fran Fry. It likes to punch instead
of catch, clears his lines well, finds the foot of Tommy far side
the right is the left foot of Russell. Goes back to Tommy with those
orange boots as he comes inside. Retains possession. Liebold just tucked in off
that left hand side. Finds Tommy again, just trying to dictate play.
Tries to flack it between the legs of Christian roll down. He's going to
drive forward. Cuts the ball into the middle of the park to Ruy Diaz.
Retains possession but given away cheaply by rolled down. Referee calls a free
kick on Rodoi came off his arm. Sounders get it going quickly, good
pace to this game in these early minutes. Twelve minutes gone here neil no,
here's Jordan Morris one on one. There's he got a chance and he
puts it in there, looks across to the assistant referee. No flag and
that's the Sounders first goal. And Jordan Morris's fifth goal in Kansas City in
the last two games. Sporting case Neil Sounders one, Well, there's something
about Jordan Morrison playing in this stadium because he always seems to find a way
to score. And that's a really good finish. But got to make mention
of the pass. I mean, this is an absolutely brilliant lofted ball over
the top from Joe Polow. Jordan's definitely on side by my look down the
replay, and I love the composure here. One VW one, no rush,
no panic, freezing, the goalkeeper momentarily has a head up, has
a look Pixie spot puts it right into the corner there. But that pass,
that is some pass from Joe Polo, I mean, completely takes out
the entire sport in Kansas City back line. Great run from Jordan Morris.
We just talk about the importance of him making runs in behind him. That's
why you can't be caught once he's there, and once you get there,
you have to have composure, which he did very good. Finished Sounders up
on No, Well, it was Saint Louis when he's similar roll ball over
the top that was from Rossnick. This time it's from JP. Two big
players in the middle of the park connecting with Jordan Morris. We haven't seen
too much of that this season, but Jordan Morris is really finding his feet
in these last couple of weeks. He and Rosneck really connecting well. This
time it was JP as a VRS having a little listen. We'll see if
the angle's right. I think it may be for a potential foul, and
I don't know that it was a foul. It was JP who clashed into
Polito who ended up staying down and so they're looking was that a foul?
I do not see that as being a foul. Goal given by the referee.
No foul. He saw it from the replay on the monitor. Didn't
look like anything. The referee agreed. Sounders go up one goal to nil,
and for Jordan Morris it's muscle memory from last year. Four goals last
year against Sporting Case in a four to one drubbing. It was a garter
who got actually Sporting Kse off the mark. But then it was four unanswered
goals by the Sounders, four assists by Leo Chu, who sits on the
bench tonight should all be licking his lips as well. Try to get back
on the field and do some magic as well. But for the Sounders now
it's the next five minutes really important. We seeing the Sounders be vulnerable at
times giving up cheap goals. Now it's a matter of just being strong,
being disciplined. When it was sporting case will come and look for an earlier
response. But Steve zac Quanti, that is exactly the start that Brian Schmitzer
would have wanted, and not the start that Peter Vermese would have asked for
his team. No, absolutely not. But also it comes with no surprise.
This is the kinds of Sea team that is leaking goals. That's the
thirty second goal already conceded the season. So yes, I think their front
three definitely can install a little bit of fin to you. But if you
look at that backline, the amount of space they give you, the amount
of goals to concede, very disorganized, don't play as a union. You
probably felt you were going to get chances for the Sounders and had to go.
One's already albut Russna got in behind, couldn't quite finish. Jordan did
get behind, didn't make a mistake. So as good as they can be
going forward, they leave a lot to be desired. Defensively, Russell with
the ball hustled well by read Baker Whiting on the far side the Sounders left.
Casey retained possession with Fontest with left foot rolls it out to this near
side to shallow Wie who's dropping deep to find the ball. Light ball touched
inside now sorts of shift to this near side the left finds the foot of
Tommy who's hustled by Alex Rolldan referee calls the foul on the Sounders number sixteen.
Not about foul to give just a few yards inside the Sounders defensive half
of the field. Casey get the ball going quickly in the center circle Castellanos
and we'll see Steve what the crowd's responses. They continue to support their team.
Peter Vermese has been positive about the efforts that his team's put in.
Last week, he talked about that, even going down three goals to one
against Minnesota, very kin to what Brian Schmitzer likes to do in terms of
propping up his team. But at the end of the day, it's about
getting results. You have to and you know you spoke about a ten game
win the Street seven straight defeats at some point, no matter how confident you
are, no matter how low your fan base is, they want results.
The one performances and Pioremi just tried to shake it up as we mentioned these
benchal big players like Russell and Poldo and trying to get a response from his
team. It hasn't worked so far. This Kansas City team, who would
have come into this game and the last thing they have wanted is to give
the sound as the lead and something to play for, and they've done that.
So now we'll see if you can get response on the whole team.
Far side the right, Here comes Russell, ball at his feet, just
chops it, toys left foot, clips it down the line to Davis playing
on that right hand side, traditional midfield player having to drop back to that
right hand side. After the retirements of Graham Zuzi Espinosa last year, long
serving players for Sporting Kansas City, they're out of the club as of last
year. He Defermes haven't made too many changes in the off season, really
relying on banking on these players that have done so well from over the years.
As Russell's gonna whip it in on a corner kick hooked into the six
yard box. Good tearing header by Jackson Reagan. Good flick by Ruy Dias
to the foot of Rosneck as a Sounders try to break clear. Tommy brings
it down, almost loses the ball, but collected well by Castellanos and the
team in navy blue. We're gonna build us again. Farst side the right
is Russell likes to come in on his preferred left foot, clips it towards
the fast stick to Tommy just outside the box, collects it on his foot.
Lord step Over tries to go towards the end line, well marshaled by
Christian Roldan flicks it over the end line. It's going to be a corner
kick for Kansas City. It's a good sustained pressure. Good response by Peter
Vermes his team here in the eighteenth minute sporting case nil Sounders one nine point
fifty am. Wherever you're listening to us, so we appreciate you joining us.
Long term rivalry between these two clubs, it's not been the start that
needs either team has wanted from this season, but Sounders leading now bor gets
whipped into the fast stick. Terrible delivery by Rodriguez, goes all over the
top, bounces twice over the far end line. It's gonna be a goalkick
for the Sounders, and it has been a good response for Sporting Kansas City.
But I think you know since the opening whistle, they've tried to play
on the front foot, so there's no surprise there. It's at the other
end of the pitch where they have issues. And in this game, the
way they can be so open, it's gonna be too or free big chances
for the Sounders. It's a game with something can take their chances. Stay
sort of defensively knowing you're gonna get one or two, maybe three more big
chances. This is a game the Sounders really really should be feeling that they
can win. Christian roll Dance sliced off his right foot. He saw Jordan
Murray's slashing on that back post. He was open, couldn't connect. This's
is a real good test for the Sounders, Steve about how they play a
goal up and play on the front foot and just don't retract in a shell.
Yeah, it's too early for them. We've seen in recent weeks for
the Sounders Lado to Rodriguez inside the box, to Russ with his left foot
strikes it back of the net, Stephan and Fry a chance to make the
save. It look like a routine save and unfortunately fans the back of the
net and sporting casey tied up here. One one. Yeah, we would
be very curious to see a replay of it here because it does look that
Stephan Fry gets his hand to it. I'm not sure how much in the
corner this was. It comes from Russell's left foot. Dangerous player, and
it came from a lot of buddies, So I want to see exactly what's
in front of Stephan and Fry. So we're gonna look at the replay.
Is Kansas City again in the white channels where they've been successful so far.
Poluto does a good job trying to get the ball going forward into the box,
Sound has failed to clear it and as it drops for Johnny uss With.
I think it's one that Steph's gonna went back for as many big says
the steps have made over the years, and you'd expect him to save this
one here. But that's the curse of being a goalkeeper. You make one
mistake balls in the back of the net. But I think it's one that
Steph gets enough on it there that you probably should be pushing it around the
post. But for Spaking Kansas City, they won't care. They've had a
good response in the back. On level terms, third goal for Johnny Russell
continues to add to his score tally against the Sounders. The player since twenty
and eighty score the most goals against the Sounders is Johnny Russell. It needs
to be a thorn. It's called a hat trick, of course, here
against the Sounders in a three to two win. I think it was twenty
nineteen. Or gets ripped into the foot of Polita. Too much time and
space to turn to shallowy down the left hand side. Jackson Rigan comes across,
enters the eighteen yard box towards the end line, cuts along the six
clear well by read Baker Whiting. Too easy for Sporting KC to slash through
the Sounders back line. Steve, it feels like they're getting too much space
to turn in the middle of the park back forty to press a little higher.
Yeah, the Sounds need to get a bit more controlled. There's too
much of a gap between the midfield and the back line that needs to be
compressed a little bit whether the Sounds want to drop the land of confrontation back
a little bit just to prevent that space. There's too much space in between
for the team to play. Now. We know we say the league table
doesn't lie, and that's true, but there's a reason why we're also prior
seeing Sporting Kansas City as low as they are, because they're very good in
the attack. They've been getting out of the sound its opening twenty minutes,
say it's five six times they've got into the box already causing problems. They've
got the one goal from it only so far. But for the sounder,
you've got to change something because right now Sporting Kansasity in the wide channels left
and right, they're getting in behind it little too easily. Well, even
the goal Steve and those Brian Schmidtz will often talk about, yes, seven
fry maybe he should have made this, say with his experience and quality,
but he'll talk about where was Pleido's press. He received the ball in the
eighteen yard box, no pressure was able to turn lay it off and then
there was no real press on Johnny Russell's shot either from all of twenty yards
out. Yeah, and that was one example of many in this game,
where Sporting Kansas City seemed to just be playing through the lines for the sound
is easy to get into Jackson and Yama a lot at will, almost with
very little cover. So between Joe Parlow orbit Vargas, maybe they dropped the
line just a little bit more. Bring Rould back a bit started, confrontation
a bit deeper, be a bit more compact. Having space between your lines
is the recipe for disaster. Leader whips it in towards the back stick,
who's given away by Jackson Reagan. Sloppy ball from Yemar to Reagan forced him
back clear the lines only to find the foot of Rodoya. But here come
the sounders. Now foot of JP. We're going to need all his experience
just to dictate tempo in the middle of the park. Was giving away cheaply
by Vargas. Retains the ball in the middle of the field. He's gonna
shift it from center far side of the left to read Baker White and can
he get involved down that left hand side. See some more balance on that
left Typically he knew who's staying home, but he's been given license in the
last couple of weeks to move forward. Here is read Baker White in skips
by Well finds the foot of Jordan Morris left corner of the box, just
clips it into Ruy Diaz top of the box. Tries to turn away from
Fontess read Baker White and wins the ball. Driving forward is obed. Vargas
tries to cut it back to Russneck, blocked and eventually cleared by Shallow.
We finds the foot of Yeamar good press a good response from the men in
green. Remains one to one. Here in Kansas City, sounds in possessed
twenty five yards from gold foot of Russnik goes square to this near sight.
Christian rolled on, goes down by labeled and was given away by Christian,
picked up by Russnik. Fouled by Rodrigue's unnecessarily right channel twenty yards or so
from the end line. Good chance for the Sounders to whip a good ball
in from this set piece. It's a silly foul because now you're giving the
sound as a chance to really get the big lads up into the box.
You have the quality of Russnek, maybe Joe Polo to whip the ball into
this box and put that backland under pressure. We'll see what the Sounders can
make of this here, but it's a good response. Also, the Sounders
given up that lead, didn't hold onto it for very long, but immediately
coming back on the front Foor had a couple of good attacks and now with
the first real chance from a set piece to get the ball into a dangerous
area. Seven goals conceded by Kansas City from set pieces this year, so
they're not very very strong in these positions. Can the Sounders take advantage?
But we know the Sounders also not been to forthright in their execution ball because
the far post Jackson Reagan knocks it down, comes off the back of the
shirt of Russell finds his foot again far side Kansas City's right cushion ball by
Alex Roldan. Sounders retained possession and they're attacking half for the field. Sounders
shooting to the goal to our right, green shirts, blue shorts, white
socks. They lead for a few minutes here in Kansas City. Great goal
by Jordan Morris, second goal in three games, very akin to that goal
he scored against Saint Louis, where balling over the top, Jordan Morris found
his space in behind and then slotted it a home very very well as Christian
roll Don tries to find his brother cut out and here comes Sporting Casey given
away but sloppy by Reid Baker. Whiting goes over the far touch line for
a throwing for Kansas City. This copyrighted audio casts of Major League Soccer may
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League Soccer. Twenty five minute here remains one one between Sporting Kansas City and
the Sounders in the shop by Rawridiez. Just why do you hear it crash
off the advertising holdings? Speculative in some ways, but we've seen Raoul shoot
from distance. This time is all of twenty seven twenty eight yards out,
almost catches Tamilia goal kick, but good chance by Roridiaz. Just not scared
of taking those shots, see Zacquanni. No. And he gave a little
apology there to Jordan Rosen Christian Rodan, who had made good runs. But
I think Raoul's earned the right to take that with what he's done over the
years that he hasn't had many looks yet so far this afternoon, and he's
about twenty five yards out there, and it never quite was on target,
but he hit it very well. Millia was a little bit at least concerned
enough to dive across Indian he had it covered. But you're not surprised to
see that from Ruy Diaz. I mean he had an audacious one in the
last Sounders game from halfway land left foot, turned blind and almost caught the
goalkeeper. So you can you can forgive Raoul for going for gold there if,
even if maybe the pass could have been a better option. Casey slowly
getting themselves back into the game here having conceded that the eighth time in the
last ten games they conceded first. So it's not been a strong suit of
the team in Navy blue. Starting the game off strong. But here comes
Russell far side the right. Can he flick it to his left foot to
Rodriguez goes out to Davis far side the right, whips it in towards the
back stick, headed up and away by Alex Roldan gets clattered Into's taking a
moment it looked like he got a knock in the head by Yamar, who
was moving back. Seemar just stands over Alex Roldan Johnny Ross asking questions,
yeah and I think there may have been a push. It could be shallow
as well. Did he push Alex Rodan into Jamar here, There's definitely was
hands in the back of Alex Rowdan there, Yes, And that's that's the
right decision. As a push the into Alex Rowdan's back pushes in him into
Jaime Wine And I think anyone comes comes into collision with Yaar is gonna come
worse off. So Alex definitely got the brunt of it. Alex back on
his feet, games back underway as Jackson Reagan launches it long cushion headed by
Reed Baker Whiting as Obody goes to the deck, wins the ball sounds retained
possession far side well good lord flick by Rosnet well played, give it away
by Vargas, read well by Tommy, rolls it into shallowy good step by
Yemar led m molescent interceptions o the last two years. There's another really good
job or goes back to Stephan Fried decked out in all fluorescent yellow Tonight plays
the ball into Alex rolled on Brian Schmetz. You can hear him asking the
referee for some kind of decision like rolled on got clattered into there should have
been a foul. Second time in as many minutes. Alex Roldan hits the
deck slow to get up. You guys mention it about Rolldn's ability to play
out with the ball and the sounder do you like to build in possession and
Alex Rolldon is the player really with the technique to do that. Yeah,
he's the key, you know. On a recent podcast, Brad Evans made
that point that in that back line, he's probably the best on the ball,
more comfortable. Obviously, spend a long time playing in midfield under the
tutelage of our own colch Pete, So obviously Alex Rodane is very comfortable on
the ball, and I think at times for the sound as they do try
and maybe overplay, but knowing how good he can be on the ball,
you can understand why they'll go to him. We've just seen a recent week
of team begin to find a better balance between building from the back and also
sometimes bypassing the press and going a bit more direct to put back lines under
pressure. Sounders need to get their foot back on the ball, setting in
forty six percent possession. So far as Kansas City start to control things,
we know that Brian Schmidtz is looking to try and hit that fifty five percent
mark, and that's both at home and away. There's a combination of how
do you play long and how do you play short? Sometimes you gotta put
your foot behind it, as Stephen Fry just did. But the Sounders give
up possession middle of the park. Johnny Russell fastside the right now could have
slashed by Reed Baker whiteing he goes down, good tackle. Referee gives give
us a goal kick. Who was a sliding tackle by Reid Baker White.
It came off the shin of Russell over the end line. Good play by
the young left back, and it's good because that's exactly what Johnny Russell loves
to do, is just push the ball into space and really put you under
pressure. And when you go to ground in the box, you're taking the
ricks by Reid Baker White and got his timing spot on there. It's the
right decision. He knocks that back off of Johnny Russell, ricochets off the
Kansas City players ankle when it goes in behind for a goal kick. So
the first real one on one match up there between Russell and Read Baker White
and Reed comes out on top Yep Russell goalscorer Tonight already seven goals in the
last twelve games against the Sounders, does Johnny Russell And again, as you
mentioned, Albert Rossnick discussed the desire need for the Sounders to retain possession even
when they go ahead. That Sounds gonna have to fight a bit of momentum
going against them. As Johnny Russell tries to head, the ball comes off
the hand of Read Baker Whiting advantage initially given by the referee, then pulls
it back. It's going to be a free kick on the far side the
right, twenty five yards yards or so off the end line, just tucked
in from the near touchline. Good chance for the left foot Johnny Russell to
put a ball in to the eighteen yard box. And he's had a couple
of corner kicks from the right hand side, but he's put it right on
top of Stephan Fry. So this is probably even a better angle because from
this angle, just trying to frame it on the goal and if no one
touches it and the bullshould fry into the net. So you're trying to get
runners across the eye sight of Stephan Friday. Sounder's got a whole dead line.
I've got a comp got a challenge here, but it's a very good
position for sport in Kansas City and Johnny Russell twenty goals giving up by the
Sounders this season. Johnny Russell's gonna whip it in with his left foot,
middle of the six yard box, headed up and away by Jackson Reagan.
Cushion ball by light ball to Tommy left corner of the box. That's a
Lee Bold who's gonna whip it in towards a fast stick. There's a chance.
I think it was shallow We on the back stick puts it over the
top goal kick Sounders remains one bond, what one but great chance for Kansas
City and the sound has escape here because I think I think shallow We looks
across that. I think he's going for goal. If he's simply has to
play this across. Polito has a tapping at the back post. Pallido would
be there for a tapping. I think shadow he's trying to redirect that towards
goal. It's not an easy one. It was a fantastic board, really
hard to defend in behind the back line. Probably a bit too far for
Stephan Fright to come and get. So give credit for the ball served in
there, but I think shallow we probably should have and could have done better,
shall we One of the dps for a Sporting k C one goal in
his year so far. It's a little the kneemick from one of their main
men, the main stay in this squad, and Peter Vermes is eleven for
many years, fourth generation in his family to play professional soccer from Hungary before
he came into MLS. Soundeds to habit fast side the left with goalscorer Jordan
Morris goes down by Jake Davis had to read Baker Whiting and we'll see how
often read gets forward. We saw when he was in full fitness last year
Dallas as an example towards the end of the year, his ability to get
further forward and be dangerous. And you can certainly tell here how comfortable he
is with his weaker left foot, and that's a real benefit for the sounder
is to have a player who is right footed but can still play confidently with
his left. Yeah, and we've seen him do it just once so far
today. But I think the advantage he gives you over New York Times is
the way he joins attack. You know you actually do on the overlap off
the board. Reed doesn't mind taking you off the dribble, and I think
that as a different dimension for the Sounders, where not all the pressure for
the attack to come on the left hand side is on Jordan Morris, you
actually have another player you can get into the final third and doesn't mind taking
players on. So I want to see Read be a bit free, be
a bit aggressive getting forward. I think you know his job today will be
listened keep Johnny Russell from hurting us. So he's got to be very locked
in defensively, but he can add a different dimension to the Sounders attacks or
be confident take risk in the final third because I think Red does have that
quality. Tommy tries to flick it towards Castillana, someone gets cut out by
ruy ds to get here. In the thirty third minute one one between Kansas
City and your Sounders, Jordan Morris got the Sounders on the board early.
A quick response by Kansas City and one of their main men, Johnny Russell,
from all twenty yards out casey come again with that man. Russell with
his left foot pinched in now middle of the park, finds Tommy left corner
of the box, goes short to lie Bold pressed by Christian Roldon needs to
go back to Rodoya. Another one of those dps sitting holding player in the
middle of the park Peter Vermes. Other than one or two players, a
guard is sitting on the bench. He got the first goal last year in
the four to one loss against the Sounders. He sits on the bench.
He's an attacking threat to come off for Peter Vermese. The ball gets flicked
forward to Poldo or played by Yemas sees the danger comes across, takes it
off his chest, but the slices the ball out with his left foot far
side. It's gonna be a throw in for Sporting case. But June's Pride
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We talk about Brian Schmitzer and kind of going through these cycles of wins
losses. Yes, the Sounders we've only lost one game in nine in nine,
but it's the level of performance and uncharacteristic mistakes from the Sounders giving up
golds late. It's been two times already this season past the ninety minute mark
where they've conceded. Yeah, those really hurt. And I think if you're
looking at the it was Vancouver at home and Salt Lake at home. I
mean these are home games where the sound is Over the years it's been a
fortress and the inability to see out games. That's four points shropped and when
it comes push comes to shoft. Toward the end of the season, that
redline is normally decided just by a couple of points or gets flicked in.
Tries to find Palido off the foot left foot of Johnny Russell on this near
side. Stephan Fry reads it well, collects it, rolls it out to
yem Our top of the box high press now by Kansas City. The Sounder,
trying to build good play by Vargas just wriggles free shifts it from enter
to the far side the left, then giving away cheaply picked up by Davis,
finds the foot of Rodriguez. Former La Houston man came in last season
and had a good start to his campaign for his new club. He plays
the ball short of Rodoya, comfortable in possession of case right now is get
here in the thirty sixth minute, remains one one nine fifty KGr am.
Don't leave us at halftime, Jackson felt Pete fewing, We'll be back to
break it all down and don't forget our big fiftieth anniversary celebration next week at
home against Minnesota. Are flying in the Western Conference under new coach Eric Ramsey.
Ball goes over the top, almost deflects into the path of Rovalry Diz,
picked up by Tommy case you gotta come again. Sounders just feeling a
little bit off the pace and off the press right now, as Casey able
to shift it from this near side to the far side, shallow We and
Rossel now switch sides. As shallow We picks it up far side the right,
gives it away cheaply. Davison's support picks it up. Rawl just drops
back. Eleven men behind the ball for the Sounders as Jordan Morris staying a
bit more central. Now Casey build it this near side the left. Eric
Tommy, who has been roaming all the way across from left to center to
right and very involved so far. As Eric Tommy or get shifted to the
far side. Jake Davis can't bring it down. Unnecessary giveaway by sporting case
Sounders are going to have it in the hands of Ruidas throwing the halfway line
goes short to Vargas. Great start to his campaign. As much as we
think the season has been going on and on already already halfway through, it
feels like you blink and b the seventeenth game and Sounders really needs to start
kind of kicking into gear, right, you know. Yes, they've had
a decent run, solid performance in the last month or two. It's been
a heavy workload in May, and now the next month or so it's gonna
be important games to get some points on the board. Yeah, you don't
have all the time in the world. The end of the season, you
know, it does go by quite quickly. The games do come thick and
fast about this time of the year. And I think the sound is Yes,
it's been a good it was a good month of made the last nime
games have been good. But I think we're still waiting for them to really
kick on, to really get into that form where you're going into games and
you think it's going to be two or three goals per game, and the
attack is flying and chances are flying. We haven't quite seen that. I
think it sounds have been solid without being spectacular, and it still is another
gear or two that this team can reach, just because of the potential that
we know that seeing the group, it's starting to come there, but hasn't
quite clicked all the way yet. It's interesting when you see some of the
stats as we pick it up. Here is Rusnak try to find the foot
of Rudz picked up by Fontast clears the ball out fart side the right to
shallow. We stands up read Baker, Whiting comes back, good defending by
the young left back slots in on the left hand side for New who is
on international duty for Cameroon World Cup qualifiers already if you can believe it.
For twenty twenty six for New who Leebold has it drives forward on this near
side the left tries to slot it in between Alex Roldan and Yima runs through
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slash tickets. In the thirty ninth minute, I means sporting case one Sounders
one Sounds coming off ten day rest. As we mentioned here, was ten
games in thirty two days for the Sounders going back from DC United all the
way through to RSL. Bran Schmetzer gave his players a few days off and
then back to work this week. Jordan Morris has it drops it back to
Rosneck. The early chance, of course, in the beginning of the first
half, could have put the Sounders on the board. Early put it over
the bar. Jordan Morris managed get the Sounders on the board and then Kansas
City responded with their talisman Johnny Russell for his seventh goal in twelve games against
the Sounders. Ridoya tries to regle three dukshauldn comes clatters into the back of
Roderigue. It's not a bad place to give up a foul deep in Kansas
City's half. For the field, we've seen both teams. Steve put some
high press as the teams build out the back, and you and I have
talked about it. Maybe traditionalists in some ways, sometimes you've got to play
a little longer to then open up space in the field, Whereas sometimes you
feel teams are forcing that build out of the back they get them in trouble.
Absolutely, and I think both teams have been guilty of little simple giveaways
in the backland and the midfield today, just unnecessarily little giveaways technical errors,
and it gives your pony just the incentive to come forward, and you're giving
them extra chances as well. So I think it's just being smart. It's
not about playing long boards, about listen, being smart and saying we're really
under pressure here. Can we play the board in behind this line that's pressing
with us, get a bit further up the field into the guys who want
to have the board, Our midfielders an attacking players to be the ones on
the wall. I think it's just a smart way to play the game.
At times, a little bit of Vargas moving down this right hand side goes
into Christian Roldan who's slotted into the center as Vargas advances a lot further forward,
so that those two players have made a lot of shift. What goes
out to this near side the right to JP Whipsel on the six headed up
and away by Fontest finds the foot of Rouznak twenty five yards out, strikes
it over the top. Goalkick here in the forty first minute Children's Mercy Park
in Kansas City, Sporting case one, Sounders one, and that's a good
attack by the Sounders. We've not seen enough of that interchange because in the
end there it was Christian Rodan who was inside. It was Joe Parlow who
made the run out on the right hand side. And you won't see that
too often, but two or three times a half, just to confuse the
opponent. I think it really does open up and expands the way the Sounders
can attack. It really gives them a veried attack and Joe Parlo gets into
the right hand channel. But it's on a very good board that was well
defended by Sporting Kansas City in India, and Albert Russnak shot from all of
twenty five thirty yards was never really troubling media, but it was good sustained
pressure from the Sounders. I'm Steve. We've seen the Sounders trying to kind
of pass the ball in the back of the net, but when you take
strikes from distance, we've seen it with Rudy as already now with rossneck.
It does then open up different spaces to play around the top of the eating
yard box because it forces you back for it has to step up. Yet
if they have the fear and the threat that you could strike from distance,
they've got to step up. Then that allows for the little slip balls in
behind, little runs around the corner from the likes of Raoul and even Christian
Rodan Jordan Morris can make those runs. But I think for the sounds at
times it's trying to score a perfect goal. It's the combinations that given goals
and when it comes off it looks fantastic for a couple of those this season.
But at times Russnik, jar Parlow, Raoul, those guys have a
good strike on them. Twenty five thirty yards up, put your head up,
strike it and see what happens well. Discount Tire get thirty percent short
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Get here. In the final minutes of this first half started off quick,
slowed down somewhat. You know it could be hot, sticky, muggy and
can the City's board goes down the left hand side Vargas does collect at top
of the box, challenged by Russell, tries to go square to Rosnek,
cleared by the KC back four. Sounders have ninety games away from home that
they've won since two thousand and nine, leading MLS by eleven the Lake Galaxy
Trail. The Sounders have had good success not just this year but over the
course of time. In their MLS tenure mentioned three wins at last four away
from home difficult places Portland, Philadelphia, Saint Louis. It's home forms Steve
that's been the real trouble for the Sounders. Only one win at home so
far this year, and that goes beyond this season. It's been that way
for a couple of years and it really really is something that makes me scratch
my head because it's always been a fortress playing at Lumanfield for the Sounders.
I think it's the way teams have come to play as the Sounders. They'll
really set up prevent the Sounders from playing their possession based game and catching them
out in transition. And when there's been a serious lack of goals from the
Sounders, once you fall behind one nil, if you're not a team that's
used to scoring two three goals a game. A lot of these games are
ending one to one or one nil loss or two to one loss because the
Sounders simply aren't able at the moment to break teams down consistently and score multiple
goals. So it's still away from when teams actually do open up and the
Sounders can play a bit more tall to toll and have their own moments in
transition seeing a little bit more success. But I think at some point to
be successful in this league, you've got to be a very good home team,
and that's been lacking for the past couple of seasons. We talk about
how difficult it is to win away from home in MLS, Sounders are flipping
that upside down winning away from home, struggling it at home. Hopefully starting
next week and our fiftieth anniversary celebration, we can turn the tides so to
make looming field of fortress again, which is what Brian Schmidtzer talked about last
season when the Sounders got off to a flying start, dominant performances and wins
versus Colorado and RSL, and the first part of the twenty twenty three campaign
kind of built up towards that game in Kansas City last year where the Sounders
won four goals to one. So Eric Tommy has it this near side the
left, rolls it out to lie Bold, comes back Fontest has it sound
as eleven men behind the ball deep in their half of the field, or
goes down the left hand side to the left back for Sporting case comes off
the shins of Alex rold On over the end line. Corner kick four k
c remains one one Steve zac Corni, Yeah, and very important for the
Sounder to see this out. You probably won't get him any more chances before
the halftime whistles up, but the worst time to concede will be right before
halftime. You're gonna have to defend and survive this corner kick from Sporting Kansas
City. For the Sounders, you have to try and get into halftime at
one to one, regroup and then give yourself forty five minutes to come out
and try to win the game. But this is not what you want to
be at this point of game. Also be whipped in with the right figures
all the way to the back stick again finds the chest of Johnny Russell back
to Eric Tommy has some time and space knocks it over the top goalkick Sounders
remains one to one, and this score up date is pretented by provident Swedish
can't imagine there's too much time to be added on the clock. We'll see
if Jordan Morris can try and find a way to get the Sounders in front
before they go into the locker room. Has the ball in possession, almost
tries, almost finds Rudiez cleared by KC flipped up in the air. Good
play by shall Power. Two minutes of added time here in Kansas City is
kse pick it up middle of the park. Rodoya has been quiet in this
first half but effective sitting in front of that back for just making things tick.
Tommy has it far side the right, goes to Jake Davis and support
down that right hand side. It's got a great goal just a couple of
weeks ago against Austin in their three to two win. Real cracking shot from
all of twenty five yards. As you mentioned, Johnny Russell three goals in
his campaign. Those three goals are coming in the last five games. One
of those tonight it's Fontess has it. He's got the rolling clock in the
stadium just over a minute to go here for Brian Schmetz, that can get
in to the locker room and give his words of wisdom and then hopefully get
a response from his team coming out the second half. Steve, Yeah,
and I think you'll be a good good half time locker room, good team
talk. I mean it's one one you would you want to keep your lead
a little bit longer? Possibly? Yes, but spot Canda see as the
half has gone on, become a little less dangerous. In the final third,
Sounders have sort of his shallowy support by Libel left backs clips it in
is the clear by Read Baker. Whiting has been effective in his first start
for the Sounders this year. JP tries to wriggle three one by fontast picked
up by shallow Wey this left hand side tries to strike it speculatively from thirty
five yards, clatters off. Sounders defended. Jordan Mourris picks it up fast
side the left is read Baker Whiting. Is he gonna get one more fry
into the attacking half of the field. He does. He slides forward,
gets dragged down by Jake David. It's going to be a yellow card.
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think we want to see a bit more of that as the second half progresses,
because those chances and spaces will be there. As Kansas commits forward,
they'll be spacing behind. I think as the half has gone under the sound
has done a much better job of preventing space in the wide the areas where
almost in the first twenty twenty five minutes sporting kind of city will gain in
behind at will. And it's improved a lot. So I think half time
for branch of mensa it's probably only attacking sense. Can we get Albert Russknak,
Jordan Morris, Alex Rodan, Christian Rodan, ral Udias those guys a
bit more involved because putting this back on under pressure, they're not the best
back line and we've not tested them enough. Bor goes down line to Christian
Roll done bundle owed by Rodriguez. There's a referee. We're sort of thought
the Sounders might be able to put the ball in the box from that free
kick, but they didn't and the referees whistle goes to bring this half to
a close. It was an early goal by Jordan Morris after a nice pass
over the top by JP. They've got the Sounders on the board and then
a quick fire response from their main man, Johnny russell Is seventh goal in
twelve games against the Sounders ties it up here in Kansas City. Steve your
final thoughts, well, I think it's a game that's well balanced, even
he poised right now, and both teams will fill they can go on to
win this game. I think for the sound Is, the one letdown has
been not testing that back line enough. But you have a whole half to
do it. I think the sound Is really have three points that if they
want it, just want to see a bit more emplement attacking sense. Take
a short break, Jackson and Pete. We'll be back to break it all
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Jackson felt some fewing here for the halftime show. PTE. What I want
to do is is kind of just really quickly go through both goals and let's
talk about the process with both of them, because in the twelfth minute it
was just seconds after a big mischance by Albert Rusnak, but Jordan Morris from
Jual Paulo. It was a thing of beauty. It was, and it's
what we talk about Jordan Morris. That was a clinical, clinical finish and
what we see from him going right down the middle of the park and he
you know, he didn't even hesitate right and he looked like he was going
to the left side of the goalkeeper and then really hit it well to the
right side and it was a really good finish from probably sixteen yards out.
Great ball from JP. We need more of that, and that's how Jordan's
last goal that he got where he just was played through and so terrific finish.
We have to replicate that over and over and again. I think it
was just a clinical finish from Jordans. I'm sure everybody's relieved to see that
because that's what he is, that's his specialty right now. It was a
clinical finish and a smart play by him because he knew Casey is playing that
high line, knew he can get right right behind him, so he understood
his positioning right there really really well, look right away exactly and he was
on side just by a hair. But Joal Paula, you mentioned it just
a sensational ball over the top to get it to Jordan and for one nothing.
Now, unfortunately that lead only lasted seven minutes because then in a nineteenth
minute a ball fell to Johnny Russell just on the edge of the box.
He hits it from distance, and you know, we all said, they
said it on the broadcast, and I think we all agree Stephen Fry is
gonna want that one back. Yeah, no question. It wasn't that it
came through a crowd. I think Steph just didn't have a strong right hand
on it. And you're right, he's gonna want that back. I think
one thing that Brian Schitzer will talk about is they've got a step to the
ball so that that shot is blocked. Kansas City, interesting stack. They
have the most goals in MLS from outside the box. They've got seven LA's
behind him. What I thought it would have been us No, yeah,
yeah, and so he But we've got a step to that ball. That
ball should be blocked in it and there was one in that sequence of plays
we should have gotten to the ball quicker. So a good finish from Johnny
Russell. But if you give a guy like that a chance, just like
if they give Jordan Morris a chance. Chances are they're going to put those
shots away, but it would have been great for one to block that get
out in front of it. And that's what we saw last year a lot
with Jackson, Reagan and goldmez Andrade. They blocked a lot of shots.
We don't get it, we get punished for it. Well. Also,
I just feel like step and Fry has made those saves in the past,
So it's just the added frustration from there. But it goes in and it
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Welcome back Sounders fans to Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City. As the
players get ready to kick off this second half, Sounders in their anniversary green
shirts, blue shorts and white sox, they'll be kicking to the goal to
our left, and then Kansas City in their all navy blue kit tonight attacking
the goal to our right. And it was Jordan Morris who got the game
going with their first goal for the Sounders. Good quick start by the men
in green, and then Johnny Russell, his seventh goal in twelve games against
the Sounders, ties it up well. Steve you've been in the locker room
many many times with Brian Schmetze. Feels like it's more kind of just guiding
the team to do a few different things, improving a few different areas.
But hey, ought to play for in this second half. I think that's
exactly. I think we just saw stat here on Askkreen, Jordan Morris had
eleven touches in the first half. It's nowhere near enough. So I think
for branch Metz says, how do we get Jordan Morris, Christian Rodan,
I would include Alex Rodn you know group read Baker White and Albert Rossna Grudias,
the attacking guys who we depend on to make our offense, and a
few more touches in the dangerous eras because this Kansasity backland is therefore the taken,
and we've simply not made enough of that or put him under enough pressure
to expose how much they lacking and how deficient they are. Jordan Morris has
it drops about to read Baker Whiting in the starting eleven tonight for his first
time this year, as Jacks Reagan just clips it for a good ball into
the foot of Christian rolled On brings it down well, giving away cheaply.
Johnny Russell inside attacking third of the field, finds Polito top of the box,
back to Russell, quick boy to shallow we good play by Yema.
Good defending cleaned up by Vargas far side the right, has rolled on,
clips it into his brother. Christian rolls it out to Obed Vargas far side
the right. Good play by the Sounders getting out of trouble building out the
back. Got trouble of that at times this year, eliminating lines. What
goes this near side the left? Jordan Morris see mentioned short and touches the
first half. We need to get him more involved. But you're the most
important touch of the first half of the sound is that goal. Read Baker
Whitan to get gone from an offside position, try to get back on side
when they received the ball, didn't It's gonna be a free kick for Sporting
Case deep in their half of the field. What do you make it?
Read Baker Whiting's performance so fast? Yeah, I think he's been good defensively
because we have not seen Johnny Russell getting by him a bunch of times,
to getting too the edd line a few times. But thin of conversation he'd
have got there was I don't think he has to go forward there when Jordan's
one view one to stay out of the space. You don't need to bring
extra defenders with the overlap in that situation. So as a young player that
still thinks is going to learn the timing of went over lap went to stay
a bit behind the support from behind, I think on that occasion he took
away the space from Jordan Morris. So I think read Baker White and for
what the X factor is what he can give him the attack. I think
he's a very good defender, but he actually can carry the ball and drib
ball and get into the tack and combine a few more into the pressure of
Jordan Morris not seeing enough of that, and I think he can do that
today because the space is there. Well, it's fascinating you forget how young
some of these players are at times. Obt Vargas of course still a teenager,
but he's really building out and getting stronger. His lower body just seems
so much stronger, maybe even from eighteen months ago of course to now say
with Rebaker, Whiting just seems to have really developed and evolved in his body
less gangling now than he once was, and now certainly more forceful in his
size. Yeah, and I don't think the physicality is the era where Read's
going to struggle. I think Ready's built for the physicality. It's just the
technical and tentical sound of the game is Jordan Marrik's left hand side is going
to drive past the backline across the six yard box, cleared up and away
by Lie Bold and then picked up by Johnny Russell, dropped it to Memo
Rodriguez going to clip it to Tommy far Side. His first start after missing
the last two games through a hamstring injury. He was questionable during the week,
gets his start, We'll see how long he lasts out there. No
changes at halftime will get you those lineups. Momentarily, as Polido shifts it,
as she Shallowy shifts it, there's near sight to Johnny Russell back to
his left foot, no real pressure on the ball, he is able to
flick. The ball comes off the back of Read Baker. Whiting eventually finds
the foot of Alex Rolldan deep on the right hand side, just clips it
up towards his brother Chris in off his chest. Pressure from Libold knocks it
down the line as to find Ruy Diaz collected by the back line of Sporting
KC. So let's get your line up for Brian Schmetzz eleven coming out in
the second half. Stepan Frying Gold back four, Alex rolled on, Jeamar
Reagan, Read Baker, Whiting, Vargas and Joe Paolo in the middle of
the field. Roll done on the right, Rosneck and the ten Morris on
the left and Ruy Diaz as you're number nine for Sporting KC. Four three
three for Peter Vermese's squad. Timilia in goal, about four of Davis Castellanos,
Fontess, Liibold, Tommy Rodoya and Rodriguez in the middle of the field,
and then Shallowy Poldo and goalscorer Johnny Russell up front Tommy Fines. The
balltop of the box is shallow way stripe by Polino over with the top goal
kick Sounders here in the fiftieth minute, Sporting case one sounders one Steve zac
Quani and he's been very quiet. Polido has to be said. But I
also think for Sporting Kansas City, you've seen this opening five minutes, they're
gonna go for it. It's a team that feels they need to put an
end to this seven game losing streak, and so they're gonna come in the
front foot. Theyve had a couple of opportunities already, which is gonna open
up them on the backland For the Sounders. We're seeing a replay hill of
Jordan Morris on the last attack and it's what you want to see. One
v one B direct B directs. If you lose the ball up there,
it doesn't matter and take the right back on. He did a good job
put a dagsboard into the box. It was only rolled in the box and
it eluded him and Sporting Kandas City survived. But I think as this game
goes on, it's gonna be very open. I don't think or get the
sense that either of these teams want to settle for the draw. Sounders have
the ball with Jordan Morris. This near started the left back to Rosnek almost
scored in the first few minutes of this game, went in on goal eight
yards out. Tight ang, yes, but it's quality. Blaze it over
the crossbar could have got the Sounders on the board very early. We talked
about how important it was for Ryan Schmittzer's team to get off to a good
start, especially against a team that is struggling like Sporting KCR lost this last
seven games straight, winless in their last ten, Sounders coming in off a
streak of one loss in their last nine. Rosneck goes back, tries to
win the header. Vargas did pick it up, but an advertent collision from
Rosneck on the foot of Rodriguez middle of the park. It's going to be
a free kick for Sporting KC talked about Peter Vermese and his influence on this
squad. Of course, that they're set up to be successful. The stadium,
the training complex, of course, one of the original teams in MLS,
the Wizards. Of course, if we remember that those incredible jerseys from
the mid nineties, blazoned in a bunch of different colors. Yeah, it
was a massive but I've feed him both. But before they still were in
that sort of baseball stadium where the pitch was that built almost diagonally and it
was so hard to actually know where the out of bounds nine was. All
of that. So I was one of the happy guys when they moved into
this new state. It was much better. It comes spawning case of the
chest of Tommy just to flick it over the top. Yema and Stephan Fry
read the danger well. Stephan Fry dicked out all fluorescent yellow Tonight rolls it
out to Alex Roldan. She'd give away to shallowy sloppy by Alex Roldan whips
it in towards Pallido finds the foot of Red Baker Whiting cleared not able to
be controlled by Rosnek. Strike by Tommy ricocheted off. Obed Vargas comes out
to light bold far side the Kansas City left. They're attacking the goal to
our right. Fontest is going to roll it all the way back to Timmelia,
who's been It's made some mistakes this year, giving away some sloppy goals.
Clears his lines this time as rolled on, makes no mistake, steps
in, wins. The header goes over the far touch line. It's gonna
be a throw in for Sporting KC. I think that's the first time I've
seen Peter for me smile. I don't think I can't remember ever seeing him
actually smile. So we just got a shot of it. Especially during the
game. He's usually so so intense, so I don't think I would have
seen that before. He always looks so well dressed as well. Though.
It comes Johnny Russell ball into the foot of Rodriguez, strike blocked by Jackson
Reagan, clip back in eventually cleared off the shin of Alex rolled on,
good old shinner clearance finds JP Christian Rolldon slashing down the right hand side.
He's got the legs on. Label tries to push him in. Lebel uses
all his experience, just steps in between, rolled on and the ball goes
over. It's gonna be a free kick for Sporting KC deep in their defensive
half of the field remains one one, and I don't think the Sounds will
stay this way for long. Just starting to see the pan of the second
half. It's boy in Kansasity on the attack. Sound is trying to get
out, but Raul Rudiaz is very isolated and took Christian or Done trying to
make a sixty yard run from very deep in his own half to offer some
kind of support and outlet. Otherwise it's only roll up there. So for
the Sounders, either you get more numbers around Rowl, or you make a
change or you bring on some guys fresh legs off the bench, you can
cover a bit more ground, or goes into Poledo bounced around Sounders eventually clear.
Their lines will sloppy in this start. The second half of the Sounders
aren't able to get a foothold of this game. Ruy Diaz rochesa wriggle free
one by Laybold that goes over the far side. It's gonna be a Sounders
throwing the steve. Sounders need three points, of course, I need to
start getting up the table. They're in tenth position right now, only four
games in MLS today. If they win, their leap frog Portland into ninth
place, into a playoff position, which will feel really good and drive Portland
back down. Pauland have been prolific this year, scoring goals thirty two goals
scored, but they've also given up a bunch of goals thirty two goals against
Sounders coming to this game tonight, nineteen goals scored, nineteen goals against.
Both teams have gold differential of zero that retains right now. Sounders, having
conceded one tonight, scored one tonight. Jordan Morris bundles over Pallito middle of
the park free kick for Sporting KC. Well Sounders FC soccer is presented by
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Hopefully it's here to stay. Readbaker, what just bundles the ball over
on this near side. It's going to be a throwing deep in Sounders defensive
half of the field for Sporting KC. Well go short finds Jake Davis being
right back today, flicks in to Polito, backs into Jackson Rega, ricochets
off, goes over of the Sounders over the end line. It's gonna be
a corner kick for Sporting KC. And it's not quite an onslaught, but
it definitely is a steady building off pressure that's going one way right now.
It's one way traffic in a Sporting Kansas City. Asking the questions of the
Sounder is they begin to find ways into the box and getting the board into
the key. Guys Plios had a few more touching and involvement in the second
half. So for the Sound, it just you want to keep dropping too
deep and eventually allow Hamsporting Kansas City the chance to get in around you eighteen
yard box as much as they have been. Sixth corner kick for Sporting KC
whipped in, headed up and away by Red Baker. Whiting finds the foot
Johnny Russell with no pressure again and Steve go back to the goal that Johnny
Russell scored. It was Palito got the ball in the box, no pressure,
ball was laid off Johnny Russell from with his left foot. His experience
at Pete Feugh mentioned at halftime, no pressing on the b all feels like
the Sounders need to play a little tighter. Yeah, especially in the defensive
third of the field. I think the backland at times when Sporting Kansas City
is getting into the final third, it's a bit too deep right almost right
on top of Stephan Fry and it's allowing Palito to receive board back to go
inside the six yard box. You know that can't be happening. So I
think for the Sound is engaged a little bit higher, be a bit aggressive,
leave space and behind. I don't think Plito's running away from Jackson Reagan
or from Yemar and Read Baker White and show and you can go talk to
Tall with Johnny Russell, so that throat of him behind isn't as strong as
it could be. I think therefore the Sounders can engage a little bit higher
Read Baker Whiting drops it off. A little flick by JP down the line
collected by Read Baker Whiting right in front of the Sounders substitutes here on this
left hand side. A little step up by Read Baker. Whiting does well
with his left foot towards the front corner of the six yard box couldn't be
collected by ral Ridiez, cleared by Sporting KC, but finds the foot of
Rosneck there's near side the left, just in front of the Sounder's bench goes
back to Jackson Reagan. We mentioned it in pregame. Jackson and Knew,
who both at fault for giving the ball away cheaply at times early in the
game against RSL sounds weren't punished here they come far side. The right driving
forward is Vargas just sliding password, Rodriguez back to Ruy Diaz, goes down.
Challenge by Sporting Casey brought down Ruy Diaz. We'll see if they take
a listen in his air piece. Game goes on Tommy this near side,
rolls it out to Johnny Russell, picks it up one v one versus read
Baker White and decides to drive forward inside the box. Good defending by Reid,
goes down, goes over the end line. It's gonna be a seventh
corner kick for Sporting case But we'll see if the referee takes another look at
this one. Yeah, and it's got it's got to be checked. It
was a good attack by the Sounders. An or but does very well here,
just lets the backband collapse, picks up Rudiaz who gets to touch first.
We're gonna just see another angle here. And now that's a good tackle.
I think that'd be again. So the criteria is a clear and obvious
error, and I don't think that is a clear and obvious era of what's
going to be checked. But I do think Castavanos does do a good job
of just porking it just in front of roll dead. It wasn't a dive
there was contact, but definitely got the board first. Yep, referee push.
It keeps the game going at a little listener's earpiece. Nothing given.
Corner. Kitt comes in punch with the left hand of Stephan Frye and then
on the second attempt collects it easily, demanding his players move up the field.
I'll give you a little geer because Sep and fryget little shoulder barge into
the back of it was shallow Wei, but there come the sounders. JP
cross of the half way line far side the right shore ball into rosneck pressure
from that man. Castellanoso made that strong challenge on Ruy Diaz, that fair
challenge. It comes. Vargas really established himself this season. Felt like it
was going to be a competition between a Tensio and Vargas, and the combination
of Vargas is strong play. Tensio picking up an injury at the wrong time
for him. He's really allowed Vangets to establish himself both in the center of
the park alongside JP, but also in a higher position on the right.
And it's nice to see these young players who look at the bench tonight filled
with young players. It's just a factor of can these young players now impact
the game when they come off the bench. I think that's the key.
I think as a young player you come into a team, the first thing
is you just don't want to miss anything up. They want to make mistakes.
You want to be competent. The next phase is can you actually impact
the game? Can you make a difference? Can you be a reason why
the team is winning? And I think the field the sound as players,
it's a very young bench. They've done the first part where they can come
in. They're adequate, they're competent, but you're now looking for what Vargas
has done read bake Away in to an extent where they actually go beyond just
not making mistakes and actually impacting the game as well. Let's get the bench
for the sounds. Andrew Thomas the goalkeeper Leo two four assists in the game
last year here in Sporting KC, Josh Atensio, Tevez, Rothrock and Tino
Lopez gets a chance on the bench. Baker Labor Massovski fell given by the
referee and a yellow car to read Baker white and got little tie Onto Russell
clattered into the back of the spawning KC number seven clear and obvious. Just
rake those studs down the back of the calf. I don't mind that he's
been aggressive with Johnny Russell. When I think the two times Johnny tried to
take him on, Read Baker White Sewan, he can say, step for
step is defended very very well. Now again the advantage we have as offensive
players is Russell, and he has to get it right once and reconn't afford
to get it wrong even once. And so as well as he's defended,
he's going to do. Johnny Russell has the magic, just needs one moment,
a bit of space. So Read has to stay locked in. And
now it's going to be difficult to do it with having to be extra cautious
on the yellow. Johnny Russell fifty nine goals on his Sporting KC career,
second all time. And guess who's number one. Certain precky nine seasons KC
wasn't a bad player goals and assists seventy one goals, ninety eight assists in
his time here in Kansas City. I remember playing with Preky when I was
in Sporting KC for a preseason, and you could just see things and nobody
else could to just felt like you could get the ball off him. He's
not super fast, but then you could. The ball gets ripped it towards
the six, flapped up by mely A top of the boxes. Vargas strikes
it over the top. He had an option to his right, decided to
shoot gold kick remains one one. I think if Vargas' first touch is good,
to take the shot. But it was not a good first touch.
I think at that point slipped the board out wide to Christian Road done.
But in the second off more than the first half we've seen really bakeaway and
getting forward. It's been a difference. It sounds look a lot more dangerous
with the youngster get into the final third. As it came back to Vargas
there the first touch is not good enough to set himself up for the shot.
What you've got to do there is later bought out to Christian Rodan and
keep your tag going. Good played by Yemark takes it off the foot of
shallow Wi broughts it all the way back to Stephan Fry. Yeah. It
was Christian Rolldan sitting on that right hand side, just standing there waiting for
the ball never came comes Jordan Morris just strength and powered blazes past Davis outside
the foot ricochets of Castellanos where Doya just cushions it back, but sloppy pass
forces Davis Beck slides it into the foot of Rodriguez. Well played by Davis
and Rodriguez as Russell shifts it from center to the far side, the left
to Lee Bold who finds the foot of Tommy again, time and space for
Tommy to pick his head up. Switched the point of attack center to this
near side, the right to Rodriguez to Russell, who's starting to get more
involved. What's support in case he certainly had one of the oldest starting elevens
in MLS. Johnny Russell started to feel that age as he tries to blaze
past Red Baker. Whiting isn't able to do it many times this evening,
but gots the all important touch. As we mentioned about Jordan Morris Lowis,
Sounders play with touches in this game, but the really important touch was the
goal that he scored in the first half. Remains one to one here.
That ball down line to the Pallido, isn't he able to control it?
Goes over the far touch line. We are throwing for the Sounders. We'll
see they've had ten days off. Yeah, you'd expect them. At the
point in the season we are, these players should be ninety minutes fit.
Read Baker, Whiting maybe less so he might be kind of managed. And
Cody Baker, of course sitting in the wings. That can come on as
a like for like switch. But you expect the experienced players tonight to see
this game out as best they can. I think so. I think branch
Mensol only makes a change here if he has to in terms of taking off
these key guys, and that'll be a tactical reason there, or if someone
does run up of Gus. But the team you again to take you the
season where you've got to push through. You need the results you mentioned earlier.
You just got to find a way to get the three points here.
It's a very tight MLS table already and it's only going to get title.
Russell Gison comes back on his left foot, doesn't try to take on Read
Baker. Whiting slots on the line towards the inline. Shallowy comes off the
chest of Jackson Reagan. Another corner kick for Sporting KC eighth corner kick on
the game. Sounders have yet to get a corner kick, so starts to
show what Sporting Casey have done since going down a goal. It's gonna be
on this near side. Sporting Case is right with the left foot of Johnny
Russell's gonna whip this ball in packed six yard box. He's driven in,
flicks on well at the front post, headed clear by Alex, rolled down
the far side. Ninth corner kick now for Sporting Case coming up. A
good delivery by Russell, but eventually good defending by the Sounders. Yeah,
and he's putting a lot of good boards on their left hand on the right
hand side with his left foot. Johnny Russell the sound a soul far I
have stood tall and not bent, but you're giving up a lot of corner
sea. At some point you've got Phil Kansas. Do you get one?
Rodriguez shifts it to the far side, Caslanos knocks it across, headed up
and away by Jackson. Reagan fans the foot of Rodriguez again. This siding
clips it into the middle of the park, up in the air, bounces
through. Tommy is able to pull it down. Good defending by Rudie is
coming back to do some of that dirty work as if Jordan Morris challenges Tommy,
a little step over by Tommy, challenged by JP comes across. He's
talking about a shoulder and the shoulder felt like it was a put out of
control free kick given dangerous position, possibly unnecessary on JP's part. We saw
him in the first half do something similar com barreling across. Yeah, it's
the force with which he comes across. Then, I think, you know,
Tommy does well to buy the foul. They did well, told onto
the board, have pressure from Rudias, had pressure from Jordan. Morris kept
going twisted turn in India and JP sort of bils him out and again it's
a free kick in a very dangerous spot here. So far Kansas haven't been
able to get their head first or too many by again the sounding if you
keep giving a team these these these kinds of opportunities, the odds begin to
go into their favor. Remains one one here Johnny Ross is gonna whip him.
His left foot goes on top of se my friend Fry able to be
collected by the Sounders goalkeeper aventually quite comfortably. I don't think JP was going
to get away with that one. The assistant referee was a yard or two
away. They could probably see the eyes of JP coming towards him. He
had his flag probably up before he even made contact. Jps an was shoulder
and it was showed up. But the only issue was shoulder into chest.
He pointed to his shoulder, didn't point to the air of the body that
he clattered into. Eric Tommy, that comes Jackson. Reagan had a conversation
with Jackson a month or so ago. We talked about his plans for this
year and how he wanted to evolve his game. I think he was just
again be consistent, continue to be strong when his aerial duels, use his
power and body, and we'd love to see Jackson get a few more goals
from set pieces with the size that he has. Johnny Russell's strides across the
eighteen yard box, nobody eventually challenges, eventually gets turns by who's still in
the deck, slow to get to his feet, whipped him by Davis of
the chest of Polido, down to Rodriguez, clipped away by Shao Paolo because
you're headed by Jordan Morris. Think it was fantastic. Came in, came
off the shin. Maybe if JP goes out in this near side the right
for a throw in for Sporting KC five or six yards from the corner flag.
It feels like Russell times can just kind of motion his way across.
It was not until he got to the very top of the eighteen yard box
that the EMR came in made the challenge. But seems to glide past four
or five six Sounders players. Yeah, he did, and he's asking for
a free kick there. He felt he was fouled by Yma. We haven't
seen a good look at the reaper. That would have been a freaking a
very dangerous position. But Johnny Russell's influences growing. And you've got to say
of the two right now, yes, the sound has had moments, but
it's Port in Kansas City City who looked the more likely of the two really
asking the questions. And I do wonder just depending on how fit he is
when we'll see or two seem I guess the game built for him as you're
absorbing pressure and you want to get out in transition. Seems that a perfect
player to really play balls in behind four and added dimension to you attack,
especially against a player at Jake Davis. By design, he's a central midfield
player, but has been asked to play right back this season. Fourteen of
his first fifteen games played it right back. It comes that man, Johnny
Russell again just able to strike forward? Is that any pressure? Easy ball
into Shallowy strike by Paulina good saved by Stepan Frye, top of the box.
Good play by Sporting Kansas City referee allowed the player to go on.
Then she saved by Stephan Frye. Shallowy still on the deck. Heavy challenge
on the top of the box remains here in Sporting KC one one nine to
fifty KGr am again it's Russell, Steve is able just to kind of motion
forward, not real pressure. He's able to carry at twenty thirty yards,
simple ball into Shallowy with checks and Ray who came clattering into the Sporting KC
number ten. Yeah, and he's growing in influence on Russell. He hasn't
got much change out of read Bicker Whitting on the right hand side here,
and so he's beginning to roam and go inside at times. And on that
occasion there and again a little bit of extras from Yama and Johnny Russell here,
I'm not I would love to know what language they're talking, but it's
definitely not a friendly conversation at all. Well, I can't imagine Johnny Russell's
going to back down fiery Scott that he is from Darby County. Derby County
back in twenty eighteen and they'll often see Yamar that enemy get to that level.
Yeah, so we really wondering what it was. I think John Russell
still going back to the earlier drid but when he thought he was fouled and
that was Yemo would a challenge and he still hasn't let that goal. You
really believes he was fouls. I think Yam was pleading his case and saying
it wasn't a foul. So I think that's what that little conversation there is
about. I think Amo was a little slow to get up on his feet
and maybe they're followed through by Johnny Russell that Yemo didn't like either. So
see a couple of changes for Sporting case and Shelton one of those players about
to come on the field. It's more of a missed time challenge. We
see the replay on our monitor by Jackson Reagan. The referee gave the advantage
and Shallowe is going to be is that potentially stretched off the field. Here
the cleats of Jackson Reagan goes into shallowy referees got a yellow card in his
hand. Let's get you some of the scores around the league. New England
get an elusive win one nil against New York Red Bulls in the seventieth minute.
Saint Louis City nil, Portland Timbers nil, Minnesota one, Dallas one,
Minnesota United. Of course, the next team that Sounds will face at
home next week in our fiftieth anniversary celebration. Please come out support the team,
support all those alumni that are going to be coming onto the field,
and of course here at Sporting Case supporting Case one Sounders one. In the
seventy second minute, Jake Davis comes off the field. It's gonna be Kyrie
Shelton. He's gonna slide in. He's been playing some time at right back,
typical, a more offensive minded player. Rodriguez is gonna come off the
field. Nandez comes on the field, so Peter Verme is making his changes.
See just down on the monitor. Hear Russell and the Yema getting into
a little bit pushing a shove. Yellow card for both players. Jema and
Johnny Russell. And that is an SGB yellow card. When a foul is
called, SGB trial lawyers are here to help, is it SGB dash law
dot com. Jordan Morris has at this near sight the left picked up by
the substitute Shelton. It's back to Castellanos. He's gonna slice it up and
away. And there's the other substitute of Vargas that came on the field for
shallow we who hobbled off with the assistance of the medical staff. No two
minutes needed for any of the players coming on the field play got injured,
was a little card and of course went off the field for a substitution as
well. So you're in the seventy third minute. Sounders continue to absorb pressure.
I'm talking about bending, not breaking, Steve. It feels like the
sounders at times do kind of bring it on themselves. They drop back into
kind of a deeper position and that's waiting exactly. A second yellow is like
Livia red, He's off. That's what that first shollow was. Yeah,
that's why it became dangerous because when you do that, you're now walking a
tight rope. And on this occasion, the youngster I mean, leads referee
with no choice, leads refree with absolutely no choice. There is tough,
nothing malicious, nothing intentional there. But when you pull a player back like
that, you're asking for an early barth. And that's exactly what read Baker
Waitne' getting here with Baker Whiting is a really good game. It won't be
one versus Johnny Russell. It was a ball that got popped around him,
a little pull of the shirt if you look down on the monitor and the
replay, easy decision for the referee. It was a one two punch,
two quick yellow cards for Baker Whiting. And these are the type of lessons
of young kids gonna learn. Yeah, And we saw Jackson reg and go
through it a couple of years back. I think it was when against Portland
Timbers and he got a red card there with a poor challenge at the half
foy Land. He's learned from that, and I think read Baker wai and
once you're under yellow, how you defend has to change. I mean,
at that point you take a chance that the winger beats you, you let
him be you, and then trust that your center backs will do some covering.
But that second yellow red card also signals the n for Rudiaz who's now
been sacrificed as Sounds down to ten men and Cody Baker comes in to give
cover. Defensively, it's not been a good season so far for the Sounders
and red Cards. We'll go short to and then it brought it back to
Johnny Russell. It's gonna clip it towards the back post. Sound is gonna
have to defend. Well, now fifteen minutes or so of regular time plus
whatever stop it. The ball goes in to Polito headed clear, top of
the box finds Shelton try to riggle free Good defended by Morris. Was it
back clear by Cody Baker who came on the field just a minute or so
ago for ral Rudi has quick change by Brian Schmetzer trying to show up that
back line. So Cody Baker's gonna slot in that left back spot. We
talked about read Baker White potentially being on a minute's count. I would imagine
Steve he was right there at that point where he could have got changed out.
And I wonder, when you've got a yellow card, if that'd be
a subday'd make because if you're thinking of play against Johnny Russell when some of
the you're you're gonna be put institute, Well, you're gonna have to defend
you. We're gonna have to make challenges. It just was a tighter up
that's really hard to walk as a young player. And I'm surprised maybe that
we didn't see him just subbed off after that yellow card and pot Cody Baker,
who also is more than capable from that left back position. Sporting case
he have it ten men now for the Sounders behind the ball. Red card
by Read Baker White get here in the seventy fifth minute, remains one to
one. Early goal by Jordan Morris got the Sounders on the board, quick
response by Johnny Russell and Casey and here we are fifteen minutes or so of
regular time remaining. Whatever the referee will add. It's been some stoppages,
shallow, we went off the field injured. God the medical staff came on
and of course the red card as well. So it sounds gonna have to
defend. Now I have to defend strong Bargas picks it up. He was
the man that shifted the ball around Read Baker, Whiting and sometimes see if
it's not just your legs to go when you're tied in. It's his first
start, of course, his first meaningful minutes back in the thirty in MLS
action as Russell triest to skip by, Yemark drives it in top of the
box, slice blocked by GP. Top of the box. Shelton's gonna pick
it up this near side the right, challenged by a Roznak comes back to
help, headed clear by Jackson Reagan, bounce in the mid the field where
Dyer knocks it back. There's gonna be much of this now in these final
minutes of the game. Sounder is defending and they find something in transition.
Jordan Morris now playing a little higher up the field. We've seen this before
when red cards have happened, of course, Vancouver two red cards, where
it was Alex Roldan and Jackson. Reagan attends you of course, two quick
yellows, it's Colorado. It comes. Hernandez rolls out to Shelton, back
to Hernandez, Sounders defending top of their box, back into a four four
one formation, ball guts rolled back to Stephan Fry launches it long, bounces
through to Castellana center of the field. Did it roll its out to the
far side the left, drives forward, slips it by toward Johnny Russ a
little back. He'll finds Yam ask for a handball, asked for something cleared
not very well for the Sounders. Here comes Sporting Casey Hernandre's this near side
the right to Vargas the substitute little step over. Cody Baker closes down,
comes back to Shelton, Dyer and Support decides to go back to Vargas.
This near sight the right ten yards from the end line, back to Shelton,
top of the box, twenty five yards out the further Tommy slices it
just over the top, skips on top of the net. Goal kick for
the Sounders remains one one here and Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, nine
fifty kid am Steve zac Quani. Yeah, and I think it's a tall
task for the Sounds. Now you're gonna be a lot of holding on,
a lot of defending sporting Kansas City. Have the momentum, have the impetus
to go and seek that way in for the Sounders, you're really hoping that
you can maybe catch them on Transition is the one we'll run for Jordan Morris.
At some point, do you still bring on LEO two where your best
bet is going to be to absorb pressure and try and get on in transition
by absorbing pressure. Won't be easy because sport in Kansas City are showing that
they're going for this right now, and the sound is really under the cushier.
Let's copyrighted audio cast have made League Soccer may not be retransmitted, reproduced,
or rebroadcast without the express written consent of Major League Soccer. Seventy ninth
minute, here remains one one sounders down a man roll Don rolls it down
the line ten yards from the end line is Jordan Morris. No players in
green inside the box. Now they come Vargas inside the box, little double
touched back to Morris, to Christian roll. Dan runs the lone player in
the box, Vargas in support. The triangle of players turned the roll down,
Brothers and Vargas. It's gonna be Christian Roland's and whip it in headed
clear by Shelton, Cody Baker picks it up, comes all the way back
to Jackson Reagan. But we talked about it. It's not just a physical
fatigue you can get. It's also the mental fatigue at that part of the
game for Redbaker White, the mental SIGND because again that's the thing is is
it defend that you have to be good all the time. It's NonStop,
and then you can he made two three really good plays, but every play
has to be good. You're not allowed to have one mental lapse. And
in the end there, once he got that first shotw card, You're not
playing on a tight rope. It's gonna be very hardcore to be engaged,
have to make challenges, have to get your time right. Veteran players gonna
have to struggle with that as well. And so I think in the end
there for readbak away and we've experienced we let the player goal and trust that
your center backs recovered Vargas down the line to Hernandez. Back to Vargas who
is going to play at square, to Tommy top of the box, just
dances around, get some space. Challenge by Cody Baker, back to Hernandez.
Good defending by JP, just smashes it out in a way. We're
throwing on this near side ten yards from the end line, right in front
of the system. Referee goes back to Vargas, picks it up. He
was able to turn fine Hernandez twenty five yards from goal, goes to Fontest
now involved and the attacking third of the field is the case center back all
into the foot of Polido, just looking to Peter potentially get dragged down.
There's a couple of hands on the back by Yama, Yama pulling up his
shirt pointing some of the claw marks from Polido. Someone is able to sound
as able to build again. Eric Tommy missed the last two games. We'll
see out this game. I think Peter verme is, just like Brian Schmittz,
is going to try and lean on these experienced players to get them out
of this mess that they're in right now. In Sporting Casey dead bottom in
the Western Conference standings, eleven points on their season right now, sixteen games
played, we said thirty two goals conceded, twenty five goals scored. His
JP is going to make his move off the field. It's going to be
substituted for a tencio shrug in his shoulders. I know there's that ten second
count now for subs just to kind of expedite the game as JP comes off.
It's not been I think since DC United he's played a full ninety so
JP feels like seems that JP puts that eighty eighty five minutes. Last time,
it was like ninety one minutes he came off the field. That was
surprising when I for today, he's covered a lot of ground. We just
saw in the last Kandasity attack. He was the one who came across to
make that clear inside it was really gassed, and I think it's just fresh
leaned ten ten men, yeah, ten men, you're gonna cover a lot
of ground. Oftensial you know, has has a long stride. It could
really get about the picture. You just need his physical presence maybe here and
JP just that the tank is empty at this point. Challenge by Vargas a
little dragged by Jordan Morris. Refrigue is a free kids to Sporting KC.
And maybe it's atential has the legs to get up and support in the attacking
third. Can he be a potential player to get on the end of something.
The ball gets riched and towards the front of the six, cleared by
Curdie Baker over the end line. It's just gonna be another corner kick for
Sporting kc the precious building, and it's been this way the whole second half,
even before the sound is going to ten men, you felt that Kansas
had more of the momentum. The Sounds attacks were few and far between,
had a couple of moments, but especially going down to ten men. Now
it's gonna be a lot of this absorb absorbed. And I've just mentioned bend
and trying not to break left hand side outswing on the foot of Johnny Russell.
Tenth cornerkick for Sporting Casey. Sounders defend well again, that's this near
sight to Tommy Cut towards his weaker left foot, but he whips a good
balling towards the back post, headed up and away by Alex Rol darn Can
Vargas save it. Could do nothing more than just launch it down the line,
does a good job, so just a referee puts his flag up,
went out and then back in. Sounders live to see another attack remains one
one here eighty third minute. Sounders need to hold strong and this should be
a good solid point for the Sounders and it yes, Sporting Casey on a
tough run of this last ten games or so. It's a tough place to
come is sporting kcs. Vargas just challenges it. Coddy Baker knocks it over
the end line. It's actually gonna be a goal kick given by the referee.
Coddy Bacon needs to be a little bit careful. It was Vargas.
It went one v one again. It came off the heel of Vargas,
goodws by the referee, came off the toe of Cody Baker, off the
shin of Vargas over the end line. Goal kick remains one one. Yeah,
in the end, the young Sounder does a good job defending that.
But that's what Vargus would do. We've aready saw him get Rid Baker en
into trouble. He's very direct. He's gonna drive out you cause you problems.
A bit of what we see at times of leal true from the Sounders
where it's a bit unorphuldo space, just very unpredictable and just direct. And
Cody Baker, you have to get your timing absolutely right well, sound As
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com slash laser focus. So let me let me ask you this. Stephen
Grenadad was at a center back, So one v one, your left back
looks like he's stranded on an island somewhat. The center back, in my
opinion, needs to slide across and almost create that protection. So when Vargas
gets his head up, he doesn't see space behind Cody Baker, but he
sees Jackson Reagan. That would maybe change his mind in terms of what he
does. I think absolutely, as a winger, if I see that,
then I'm thinking twice about going And I think if you're playing two v one
at center backs, you're defending Pallido and he's alone. It's not too straight.
It's not the old school days where you see a four four too often
and you're both occupied. I think this one setback can release and come across.
Yama comes across, alex O'donald's comes across. You leave the far guy
completely open. I think that's the way you kind of nullify that and give
support to your left back, because leaving them one v one you can be
the best one one defender. It just takes one time to get your time
in wrong as we saw Readbaker, why in and you could be in trouble.
Masovski comes on the field for Raw Ruydiez like for like switch and then
Antino Lopez comes on the field for his debut. Bor goes into Vargas towards
the end, light strikes it and it's fumbled in by Stepan Fry on the
front post. In the back of that it goes and that Sporting Casey goes
up here. Two goals to one, and that man's been dangerous. Vargas
is come and he's been dangerous. We just we's just mentioned him. He
caused the red card and now he gets the go ahead goal. Here.
We're gonna see a replay, but again it's one that you're gonna have to
think that Stephen Fry is going to one back. He squeezes in at the
near post. But Varga's very very direct. He changed again for Sporting Kansas
City because he's been very very dynamic direct, receives the board from Shelton.
It's in behind the blindside of Cody Baker. You can't allow that inside run
and I think when Vargas strike this Jackson Rager is coming across. It may
take a deflecsh of the Sound a center back and Vargas is kind of a
cross shot and it ends up squeezing in between Stephen Fry's legs gets a hand
to it. Not enough yet again and the Sound is now two to one,
and I will say defensively, that's a very poor goal to give up
if you're the Sound is there just because the run behind Cody Baker. You
can't allow that inside run. And then Stephan Fry at the near post threw
his legs although he gets a hand to it. Sporting Kansas City up to
one and the Sounders are just shifted to a five at the back. Lopez
for his Sounders MLS debut, So can to the young man, the former
Duke University product defiance player came on the field for his MLS DEBI for the
Sounders. Sounders went into a three of the back dropped into a five.
Now the Sounds is gonna go chase this game. Don't need to put the
ball out. There's a play on the deck for a sporting case. It's
libold. Sounders don't need to put it out. That's not going to help
their whole Tager being the most unlike team in MLS, especially if they score
right now, all into a tent yos key drive, it comes off Fontas
is gonna be a corner kick, the first corner kick for the Sounders.
A few booze ring out. But let's remind everybody the Sounders are not obliged
to have to kick the ball out. Looks like it's more of a bit
of cramp for Libel, there's he stretches on the deck. So Sounders did
the right thing. They kept going. Shot by a tenier, goes over
the end line, block by sporting case to be a first corner kick for
the Sounders. You know, I think sometimes as a team you can accept
when the opponent is just really crafted in the attack, a couple of given
goals, clever plays and they break you down a score. But that sort
of goal you train for that. You do so many attack versus defense drills.
Where can the back for stay compact? So I think, for holy
bake, I have a look over your shoulder when Vargas takes off to make
that that Passcorse on your inside shoulder. You got forced everything to the outside
in that part of the pitch. And that was disappointing. And once Vargas
gets into that end there, the angle should not be able to find the
back of the net, but somehow he does so. I think just for
the sound is a poor goal to concede because Kansas City did not have to
do anything special as ordinary to get their go ahead goal. It's like it's
going to be a lightful like switch, the light bulb's gonna go off with
a little bit of tramp. It's gonna be the song that's gonna come on
the field to play on our left hand side to start the last game.
Coming off the bench tonight, you certainly feel like Brian Schwetz will be seething
right now. It was this time last year when in Sporting KC had gone
ten games without a win. They came into Lumenfield got that elusive win that
kick started their season. In that same spot today, ten winless, lost
the last seven straight games, Sounders down to ten men. Now they're down
a goal. Can they find something from this set piece? Sporting Casey vulnerable
at times from set pieces. Ball whipped him by Christian Walldog, ball down,
headed down and away by Jackson. Reagan's asking for a little pushing the
back, nothing given by the referee. It comes Lopez this near sight the
left to a tensio back to Lopez ball his Feet's got a nice strong right
foot, does Lopez. Ball whipped him by a tensio headed up and away
by Castellanos. Nick comes Vargas right in front of Brian Schmitz and the Sounders
bench. Good defending by varg the other Vargas Obed Vargas. Referee calls a
free kit. Looked like a very clean tackle by Obed. It's gonna be
a free kick given by the referee. Yeah, we'll seen one more time
to replay it. It does a gap that opens up between ob Vargas and
Cody Baker, Kansas City. Vargas exploits and there was no no deflection.
It was a straight straight shot. And again Steph thriving for both goals today,
you know. And that's the thing Steph Fris made so many big says
over the years, but as a goalkeeper, any mistake there, the risk
is so high it ends up in the back of and there. So those
are definitely two that he won back a lot of next for your Seattle Sounders
that are at home for their fiftieth anniversary match against Minnesota United FC on Saturday,
June fifteenth to seven thirty pm Pacific. Watch the match via the MLS
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trailing two goals to one. Here to get towards the end of regular time,
see what the referee is going to add as sport in case he have
the ball and they're attacking half of the field as near side the right goes
into Poldo challenged world by Lopez, slight cleared by Cody Bacon. Not what
the Sounders need right now. Seven minutes have added time, so to be
expected with the type of decisions that happened in terms of foul on shallow we
it took him a little while to get off the deck. Sounders have some
time. And let's not forget it was deep into the last game when RSL
picked up their equalizer. The Sounders have seen it happen to them, and
certainly the statistics are in the Sounders favor. It'sport in case you have done
often well in the first sixty five minutes of the game outscoring teams nineteen to
fourteen, but thereafter it've conceded seventeen and only scored five coming into today's match.
So Russell goes into the corner early to do that with six minutes remaining
running clock here in the stadium, Russell just in the corner. It's challenged
by Yama. There's two men coming together again or a free I think it's
called a foul, yes, pointing to the deck. So it's gonna be
a foul and a free kick for the Sounders. Very deep and they're half
of the field. But Steve we mentioned that Brian Schmetz is just probably sitting
there just boiling up right now because they started off well, they got their
goal, and then they gave up goals. It feels like the story of
the season so far, where just goals that you wouldn't see typically be conceded
of being conceded. Yeah, it is, and I think for Brian Schmetz
that the game plan was correct. The Sounders started a game well, you
get the goal in the way you'd have drawn it up, with Jordan Morris
making runs in behind. You get all of that, and I think since
then they haven't really kicked on, you know, have not troubled this Kansas
City, this questionable Kansas City back line, have not been putt nearly under
enough pressure this afternoon. We've hardly called Meali's name, hasn't really been called
into action. So I think it's been adequate for the Sounders. But for
what this game was, for how poor defensively supporting Kansas City are, I
think you could have put a bit more pressure on them. And then at
this point now for the sound of give up a bad goal and they're chasing
it comes Cody Baker left hand side, drives forward inside the box towards the
end like cuts it back, almost finds a tensio seemed like a symbol board
that Cody Baker couldn't find the Sounder's number eight. The Sounders retain possession with
oh Bed right hand side towards the top of the box, just clips it
around the song. The substitute wins the ball, well clears his lines,
rolls into Polido, tries to flick it around the corner. Good defending by
Yamar just stamps on the back of the Sounders center back. Seemed to be
a little bit of retribution on behalf on the part of Polido potentially stick it
up for his captain Russell will free kick for the sound as far side there
right right on the halfway line and could play by the Sounder Steve as Coddy
Baker got the outside just wasn't able to connect with that cutback to a tensia.
Yeah, that's a big, big chance. You don't get too many
of those down to ten men this stage of the game. If the pass
was just a bit more accurate or to run from a tensial have to tell
which the Sounders would have had a really big chance to get away, to
steal a point and turn this what's looking now like a miserable evening into a
decent one. Alex Holdonald was about to ye marm because all the way back
to Stephan Frye, it's available on the far side the right. A gonna
do is go launch it long, Oh, pull down ball. Bouncers in
the box. Referee gives a foul. It was maybe on a tensil top
of the box by Shelton yellow card and that's an SGB yellow card or a
foul is called SGB. Troyal lawyers are here to help visit SGB dashload dot
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one and this score up date is presented by Provident Swedish. Three minutes of
added time to go. Nerves jangling for Sporting KC. Can the Sounders find
a bit of magic here? Got a chance for maybe twenty two yards out
just left of center, a little bit further out. Actually it looked like
it was challenged a little bit closer to the top of the box. Maybe
the initial challenge was further out. It's godbe they roll darn brothers will see
who's got the seniority here. It's decent way out twenty five twenty seven yards
or so, ten yards outside the eighteen yard box. There's no way that
war is ten yards back, and I think Ristian rod does making that point.
That's a short ten yards. They'll start to kind of nudge forward Alex
Roodan over the top, wastive free kick. It's gonna remain here, sport
in case two Sounders one. As we get here in the final two plus
minutes of added time, the fans here at Children's Mercy Park on their feet.
He's a guard gets some final instructions from Peter Vermese. He's gonna come
on the field scoring. Of course, last year on this fixture the opening
goal before Jordan Morris got four unanswered. He comes on the field. Paulido
has put a good shift in up front. He's going to come and take
a break and sit on the bench. Well, don't forget. Sounders do
come home. They've got four of their next five games are at home,
winnable games Chicago, New England away at Houston, Minnesota United. Of course
next week, Boll bounces through. Goda tries to pick it up. Good
challenge by Cody Baker, sounds a little slow to retrieve it. Middle of
the park. Tommy gets it driving forward on his left hand side. Is
Russell cuts it back. Stephan fry is able to collect it, save the
corner kick. The Sounder's going to get one more chance here and clear their
lines. Move up the field. Stephan Fryer drops on the deck, launches
it long towards Christian of Roldan gets nudging the bat by basson foul. Silly
foul by the substitute on the left downside. It's gonna be a chance for
the Sounders now, to put in some real quality and get that big men
in the box. And this is it. We're into the final thirty seconds
or soul here to sound. Is that what you'd want? A free kick
with a chance to get the ball into the box, get your big lats
forward, try and put as much pressure on media as you can deliver.
You must be good. Or comes in. It is not even ten yards
away. As a referee, let that go or gets blocked. They're knocked
in and here come Sporting KC. It's gonna be alex Ordan collects it,
trying to get some support down the line. Ball stays in play. Nothing
given by the referee of assistant a referee Johnny Russell's gonna clip it from this
near side to the far side to a Garda Cody Baker asking for the flag
to go up for an offside. Nothing given. Sounds need to press and
push get here in the final seconds, but song far side the left have
it. Sounders now looks like they're accepting the fact that they're gonna go down
here in Sporting KC's a Garda has He's gonna run into the corner one on
one versus Vargas decides not to do that comes inside heavy touch? Is that
gonna come back and hurt them? But he doesn't. They retrieve it.
That's near side with Vargas comes back. Referee still not got the whistle in
his mouth and the inside the way is Johnny Russell flicks it down the line
to Vargas to Johnny Russell challenged by Jackson Reagan. This near corner. He
needs to clear his lines. He does, He finds with Yema when the
Sounders get it up the field referee still not giving anything worth. Forty five
seconds past the seven minute mark, the only player forward is Danny Massovski.
Can he try and collect it? No foul and it comes off Massovski's shin
and there's a referees whistle in Kansas City. You're gonna celebrate. Fireworks go
off and that's their first win in eleven for Sporting Case As a goal by
Jordan Morrison the first half they got the Sounders on the board, and then
two goals by Sporting Case, one in the first half by Johnny Russell from
distance, and then Vargas in the eighty fifth minute gets the winner for Peter
Vermes's team. Final Steve, your final thoughts, Yeah, I think that's
when they got away for the Sounder. If you look at the totality of
the game, you know you're going to take the record aside. This was
gonna be a tough game. This will never even be an easy place to
play. But once you get your noses in front, I don't think from
that point on the Sounders particularly manage the game well. And then the nature
of the two goals, there's two goals that you don't want to get beaten
in the game by those types of goals. If a team really works well,
when scores outstanding goals and breaks you down, you can accept it.
But I think the nature of the goals could have been prevented both times,
and the pressure was not good enough on the Sounders on either occasion, and
then the timing of the defensive compactness was not there for the second goal,
and so I think you kind of gay that to support in Kansas City,
we spoke about a team that conceded thirty goals already and we're not put under
enough pressure. So definitely disappointing when I've got away for the Sounders. Well,
thanks to everyone involved in today's broadcast. Mitchell Bli here on the board,
Keeley Dunning, Kevin Ka and of course the Sounders legend Steve zach Kuani.
It was a tough game for the Sounders to go down, but congratulations
to Tino Lopez for his MLSWT for the Sounders. We'll see you back here
on June fifteenth when the Sounders take on Minnesota United on our fiftieth anniversary celebration
night. Hope that you can all join us for that. We'll take short
break Jackson Felt Pete Few and will be back to break it all down from
Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City. It finishes Sporting Case two Sounders one.
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The Sounders FC Postsmat Show starts now. So final from Kansas City.
Your Sounders have fallen tonight by a final score of two to one. This
game went into halftime with a score of one point one goals in the twelve
minute from Jordan Morris, the nineteenth minute from Johnny Russell, and then the
second half was not good. We saw a red card from read Baker Whiting,
we saw consistent pressure from Sporting Kansas City, and then in the eighty
fifth minute we saw a massive mistake from Stephen fry As. A shot from
Vargas of Kansas City somehow gets through our goalkeeper and somehow gets through our captain
and your Sounders despite a couple of chances late good chance on the left side
for Josh Atensio from Obed Vargas, Cody Baker, excuse me, and unfortunately
not able to find the winner. As your Sounders have fallen tonight. They
now go to five, two and three in their last ten games. And
maybe the hardest part to swallow is the fact that Sporting Kansas City, with
the win, get their first win since March thirtieth, their first win in
eleven MLS games. Pete Fewing Jackson Feltzer for the postgame show. Pete,
I since final whistle, I might have said about five words before we took
the air. I mean, I really don't know what to say. There's
a lot of converse we have to have on this postgame show, one very
very difficult one. We'll get to here in a little bit, but let's
just start right now with your opening thoughts on this very very disappointing loss.
Oh, the game can be cruel. It can be cruel, Seattle,
It's unfortunate, you know. I think either Danny said it or Stevie said
it that when Baker got his second yellow card, that you learn right.
We saw Jackson Reagan go through that. The young man who was taken down,
I think it was Vargas was taken down. He was so elated that
they got the second yellow, and that at that moment, Kansas City was
putting Seattle under a lot of pressure. But then when we went to ten
men, they're momentum even kicked up even more. So, Yeah, it's
a tough one. And you know, I know that locker room is going
to be dead silent because I thought, I thought Seattle honestly, once the
yellow, the red card in the seventy fourth minute came, I thought,
okay, hold on for sixteen minutes. You get one point out of this.
You can keep your head up. But that's it's a tough loss.
And it is interesting. We said it in the pregame show. In MLS,
any team can beat any team on any day, and well, but
sure, but like this isn't This isn't top of the leagu versus the bottom
of the league team. Yes, Kansas City's at the bottom, but Seattle
right now is not even playing like a playoff team. That's just the reality
of it. We're not in a playoff spot. We don't hold the playoff
spot. We're not playing like a playoff team. And frankly, yes we're
five to one and three in the last nine. That was good points wise.
I mean, you average that out over the course of a season,
you're looking at near sixty points. That's great. But at the same time
we talk about the form of this team, right not holding onto late leads,
and today, I mean this wasn't anybody can beat anybody. This was
a home team at home I think against at one one and a half.
You know what, we didn't say it, but I thought this, you
know, very clear in my mind, this feels fair. This feels like
it's gonna be a point of piece and two teams that are right neck and
neck fighting for a playoff spot. It really comes down to that red card
and a couple of mistakes in this match that costs two I think very even
teams when they're at eleven on eleven. Yeah, and that, and again
that's why the game is so cruel. It does come down to one play
here or one play there, a little bit of luck on one side.
We were lucky at Saint Louis when Christian Roldan hits the cross and it deflects
and goes in over the goalkeeper. And I think even Brian Schmitzer said that,
you know, maybe that was the beginning of it, you know,
and then you get unfortunate. I have never seen Stephan Fry have a ball
go through his legs like that. And I remember Casey Keller against this Sporting
Kansas City team in whatever year twenty ten. Maybe ball goes past him and
he goes to scoop it out of bounds and he scoops it into his own
net, right, And I think everybody was shocked by that. That was
something you'll never see. I've never you know. And he hit it well,
it was a knuckle and it went through and it's unfortunate, you know.
And I think I think Steph, Steph will raise his hand. You
mentioned he's the captain of course. Uh, he's gonna raise his hand in
the locker room and and uh you know, and and you'll have the backing
of Tommy du Trenhill, the black backing of his teammates. It was a
rare one tonight, right. And but think how many times we missed.
Albert Rusnik has a good opportunity skies it over the crossbar, has another good
opportunity skies it over the crossbar. The dilemma when you're the last guy is
that is that if you're the last guy back the goalkeeper with the using using
your hands and it gets through. Then it feels like a lot of pressure.
But I know Brian will say you can't throw that all on Steph because
we miss chances. So it's unfortunate it is. And and the young kid
getting the second yellow for our red, yeah, you know that's a that's
a teachable moment, as they say, but gosh daring it, it's cruel
game. The conversation between Brian Schmitzer and and Peter Urmes after the game,
you could tell Peter was like, look, I know we're both in tough
spots right now as far as where our teams are aut on the table,
and sorry, we got we got the better half of it tonight. So
a tough one. And now we're coming back home for what four games at
home in five and we got to regroup, so that is a tough one.
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back to the postgame show Sounders falling tonight at Sporting Kansas City by a final
score of two to one. Jackson Feltz and Pete viewing here. Pete,
after a night like tonight, I like to have dessert before any veggies.
I just want to dig into the chocolate cake. I want to get to
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more. Has he got a chance and he puts it in there, looks
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here a the great ball from dual Polo, the fantastic timing by both of
those guys, and be the fact that you know, listen, a few
games ago we talked about listen, Jordan Morris, we need more from you.
Over the last few games we are seeing it from him. Yeah,
I think you just told me three goals in four games. And it was
a It was a clinical finish. It was efficient. He didn't take an
extra touch, he didn't get too close to Mila, you know, taking
away his angle. He looked to Mela's left and then he and then he
really he didn't tuck it away. He punched it into the back of the
net to his right and so that was a great goal. Great pass from
That's what we get. JP does two things really well. One he unlocks
defenses. That was a great ball that unlocked the defense. And two on
the defensive side, he picks off a lot of passes. That was the
first note I wrote about three minutes in JP picking off a pass. So
and Jordan and he have a good connection together, and it was a terrific
finish. Again. You know it's interesting, it's right down the middle of
the park. Yeah, the wing. We need him on the wing to
get our best eleven in there. But when he can float inside and get
into that spot, he's money. That was a great goal. He burned
Saint Louis the same way, and it burns Kansas City to night. One
was from Rusnak. Tonight was from JP. Just great and we need to
see a lot more of that from Jordan and from everybody else offensively. So
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time to get to a difficult conversation because you know, you look at social
medi you know it's funny. I'm I'm I'm on vacation the next few days
with KJR. I'm taking next Monday through Friday off. I'll be back for
the Saturday Minnesota broadcast the fiftieth anniversary match. We'll talk about that in a
little bit. But I decided just a few minutes ago, I think I'm
just gonna delete Twitter for the next six days. I'm just I'm getting out
of town. I'm just gonna delete it. But I'm not deleting it yet
because it does help, you know, just understanding what the fans are thinking,
what people are saying right now. And Pete, the conversation right now
is about Stephen Fry because the reality is is that in the nineteenth minute,
Johnny Russell shot from distance and we all set it halftime and we all agreed
that's one Fry's gonna want back. That's a tough one for Fry. He
you know, he should have made the play there and that's one he made
a few years ago. So that was already in the nineteenth minute goal and
in the eighty fifth minute, you know, yes, and we'll were talking
about it right after the final whistle about how Jackson Reagan could have helped and
done more to not allow that goal. But also when the shots taken there
from Vargas, that's a ball that Stephan Fry needs to get. He's at
the near post there, it goes right at him and somehow skips by his
chest. No matter how the shot, it didn't skip or anything, it
just got right by him. And the conversation is becoming with Stephan Fry having
an increasing number of these moments where you go, oh, steph oh,
you gosh, you should have made that play. There's been increasing number of
that this year, and with Andrew Thomas on the rise and with him making
big plays and making statements, the questions are starting to be asked and people
are starting to say, start Andrew Thomas, bench to bench in the captain.
Yet he's done too much for us, you think about it. I've
seen a replay of that goal several times now, probably six or seven times,
and I've seen other goalkeepers around the World make that same kind of non
safe right gets through the wickets. It's a well hit balls from a tough
angle and Fry I went through. But I'm not ready to say he's not
the guy. And I think about my coaching hat, and I think about
what he's done, and I don't know that there's been too many of those
moments. I can't think of other ones that he's had this LA Galaxy fourth
minute against Gabrielle Peck, who slides it past him in a similar way.
Okay, okay, so yeah, I don't recall that one, but I
trust you on that for sure. So I'm not quite ready for that yet.
And I don't think the coaches are, and I don't I think the
player still. Well, I'm trying to put my player hat on if I'm
Christian Roldan or alex Or or Gomez Androtti. And we talked about this before
the game too. He needs a little more help from the guys in front.
I think the the second goal, even though it went through his legs,
was a tougher save than the first one, and I think Fry would
say you should have made that first save. So I'm not ready for it
yet. I don't think the coaches are ready for it. I don't think
the players are ready for it yet. But I understand the question. Yeah,
I totally do. And that's good insight to you know, to get
into the minds because obviously you're tight with guys like Tommy and Brian, you
know them very personally, so getting into their heads, you know, understanding
where they're coming from in these situations as well, and obviously knowing these players
very you know, close as well. Let me let me play the other
side. Let me play this side that says Andrew Thomas should be starting,
and and I listen, we're a few minutes out of this game. I'm
not sure you know of I needed to take a few minutes to actually think
if that's what I truly believe. But let me play the other side,
because it's it's conceivable that driving home tonight, my long drive to Tacoma,
I think to myself, you know what, I think it's time for a
change. So let me play this side here, because you use the reasoning
here. He's done too much for us and he's the captain. Yeah,
and my rebutt debate right now, My rebuttal would be just because a player
has done so much for us in the past, why does that mean that
he must start for us in the future. My second thing is we've seen
Christian rolled on have the captain's arm band a number of times. We've seen
his impact and frankly others impact Roul Jordan, et cetera. Why is it
not conceivable that a field player like like a Christian could take the captain's arm
band if Andrew Thomas was to slide in, yeah, and I would be
fine if Christian was the captain as well, and I think had he been
healthy all season and last season, he probably would be. So it's not
so much just that he's the captain and he's got the arm band. You're
right, there's other capable people that could take that, yeah, and do
a good job with it. And frankly, I think coaches would prefer not
to have a captain as a goalkeeper because you're not in the middle of the
park. Correct. So, but I think I look at the the whole
season and again I go back to we haven't been playing well in front of
him. I thought the Johnny Russell shot should have been blocked or cleared,
and and then we've dilly dalied early in the season and given up some goals
where all we had to do was kick it out and and then I gets
shoved right down the right down, you know, the middle of the eighteen
yard box. So I look at it. I'm not quite ready yet,
and I totally understand why you're saying it. I'm not on the social media
listening to it right now. Idea good idea, and I feel for stuff.
He's he's he's a very, very capableie. That's why they signed him
for another two years. Andrew Thomas is proven in the US Open Cup in
some of the games, he's really good. Yeap, yep. And I
like him as well. And but I think right now you I would say,
I personally would stick with Fry another game, see where we are.
That's what I would do. I think I think that's fair. I think
that's that's a fair take, especially since the next game is the fiftieth anniversary
game, you know, when you're celebrating the fifty years of the club.
I don't think you bench you're, you know, one of the greatest sounders
of all time for your fiftieth anniversary match. I think that's completely out of
the question. I think this is more of a general thing of you know,
if Fry continues to have these moments over the next few games, do
you have to make the switch at some point. I think you're right for
for Minnesota coming up in a week. I don't think you can possibly make
a change there past, you know, just because of because of what the
game means. And I know some fans will be like, but it's just
another game. It's not. It's a fiftieth anniversary game. It's a big
deal. It's a big celebration. You can't do that to Stephan Fry.
But let's just see how that goes. Yeah, And and because we've consistently
seen great things out of Andrew Thomas. Last year in Tacoma, he was
exceptional. This year obviously, we've seen in the Open Cup exceptional. Right.
So it's it's these things that that are making you know, I'm not
sure if it's the closest Maybe it is the closest competition at any one spot
on the team right now. There's there's a few guys in there. Read
Baker Whiting. We thought he could have taken a step towards knew who Maybe
he did, but the red card's tough to ignore after this one, but
that I think, and let me see, we'll wrap it up with this.
Would you say that goalkeeper A should be or B is a full on
competition right now? It always is, Yeah, it always is. Yeah,
it has to be is more more now than before though, Well,
I think Steph would be the first to say, hey that I got to
do better. I should have say both those. Yeah, and he knows.
I mean we talked to Brian sometimes He's like, hey, we got
to win, you know. He says, this is a competitive league.
We got to win. I'm the head coach. We got to win.
And the prize says, hey, I got to get shutouts. Right,
So it's always going to be a competition, and you're always looking for answers.
I mean, right now, record wise, what are we four seven
and three? Is that what it is? It's we are now? We
are four to seven. I can't I can't see my own hand ready.
I saw it a few minutes ago on the graphic and I've immediately forgot it.
We are four seven and six, yeah, four seven six, Yeah.
You always have to ask questions when you're in that situation. Right,
Winning covers a multitude of sins, right and uh, but right now they're
they're going to hop on a plane and get back and and that will be
the discussion that coaches are having. But it's everywhere across the field, right
He had chances to put shots away and we didn't do it. The dilemma
for Fry is he's the last line so when it goes in. But I
I respect him too much as a goalkeeper and a leader and that I wouldn't
pull that trigger yet. But but he would be saying. Fry would be
saying, I understand people saying what they're saying. Yeah, I think,
and he's and he'll and he'll raise his hands in the locker room say absolutely,
I gotta save those and yeah, he'll be he'll be sick about oh
yeah. And and I listen, I I no matter, no matter my
take on the situation, I think we can all agree Fry right now.
We got to feel for him because he right now is in a very tough
spot flying back from Kansas City. After those two goals go in the back
of the net and it's a two to one win for Sporting Kansas City.
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Sounders. It is the fiftieth anniversary match against Minnesota. We've talked about the
goalkeeper spots. You know, is there anything else the Sounders can do to
get some muster under them and get three points out of next Saturday's match.
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the home of Sounders FC Seattle's Sports Radio nine fifty KJI. Welcome back to
the Postmatt Show. Following at Sounders two to one loss at Sporting Kansas City.
The team now is overall across all competitions of five to two and three
in their last ten. That's three two and three in their last eight in
MLS action, but we kind of open cup there for those two extra wins.
Well, let's take a look at what's ahead for your Sounders. It's
going to be the fiftieth anniversary match against Minnesota United FC out at Luminfield next
Saturday, June fifteenth. We will have kickoff at six thirty and at Provident
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That will be a ton of fun out there at Looming, a bunch of
cool fan things going on, and Pete for the product on the field.
We had that great debate. I really do think it was a great debate
over the goalkeeping position here for the Sounders, but across the rest of the
team right now, I think you know, we're seeing a team that has
flashes of moments. If you say, oh yeah, they can do more,
that that's going to be a team that you know can go far in
the Western Conference. I'm wondering if if you can continue to roll out this
same lineup that we saw tonight, no added injuries, knew who will be
back from international duty, so he'll slide in at left back, or if
there's any other changes Brian Scheitzer and his staff could make to get more out
of this team and get three points next Saturday. It's a great question,
but I'm looking at the starting eleven, I'm looking at the bench, and
I think that lineup tonight was the best lineup we can put out with the
players that we have agreed. I think it's tough to I think Chew could
be a spark for us, you know, but I don't feel like anybody
in particular is that's on the bench is hot right now. We don't have
a guy who's come off. You know, we're hitting the fiftieth anniversary of
the Sounders. We used to have a guy named Dave Butler, Davy Butler,
and he was a starter and then he became the super sub is what
the fans called him, and it was great. I mean he'd be on
the bench and the Kingdom would be channing Davy Butler and he'd have his arms
on either end of the bench and he'd be he'd be conducting right. He'd
get him started and you know he'd come off. But I don't, we
don't have Masovski's had a couple of good chances, but hasn't put him away.
So you don't say, okay, he should be in that starting eleven
because if you were to get Leo in the field, he'd play on the
left, Jordan would flip to the right, Christian would slide back and obit
has to come off the field. And it was an Obed Vargas played his
way in it. I thought he was good to yeah exactly. He played
his way into the game. And I thought he had a good second half.
You know, one of the few guys that had I think a good
second half, especially when they went down to ten men. We saw good
moments. He led a couple of charges to maybe get it back to two
to two. I thought, you know, I don't all of it is
that I don't think you can take off Obed Vargas to put on Leo Chu.
I don't think that there's and we talked about Stephan Fry the previous segment
being the fiftieth anniversary. I don't think there's a change to make for this
next match. I would agree, I would agree, and I think it's
again We've said this a number of times this season. They got to come
together as a group, yes, and say we have to own this.
And all those guys know that. I mean, if if I was coaching
the team, I would be saying, and I'm sure Brian saying, hey,
come on, you guys. You are better than what you're performing and
we have got to find a way and we need some leadership and we need
some guys to step up when we need some guys to to com finish a
chance, make something special happen. The goal you said it at the beginning
of this segment. That goal was if we can do more of that,
right, yeah, right, If we can do more of that, create
more chances for Jordan to be getting one on ones, whether it's a diagonal
run, whether he's cutting inside. You know, he cut inside from the
left and had a good opportunity as well, and we had the good one
from Baker, Cody Baker. He just missed, Yeah, he missed Josh
Atencio in like the eighty six minute, and if he puts it on Josh's
foot, Josh has a good clean look. He's in open space six yards
out. So they've got to they've got to take the good that they're doing
and create more of it, and then they've got to eliminate any of the
mistakes. I think you're absolutely right. That's about leaders stepping up. It's
about players stepping up, veterans and and taking charge and saying we're not going
to take it and we're gonna, you know, step up, and you
come together have a big performance. And listen, Stephen Freser captain. Yeah,
he's your captain. And if he's gonna wear that armband, he step
up and be a captain right now in this moment. Now that's not only
you know, you know, raising his hand for the two goals, it's
it's it's stepping up and bringing this team together however that's needed. And you
turn to your roles and Christians and your veteran leaders JP and and get this
team together and get this team on the right track, because you know,
again, we can see these moments, but the moments are not consistent this
year. So you know, final final thought here as we look ahead to
Minnesota next week, well, Minnesota's third in the league right now, it's
a chance to go up the table. And I don't necessarily like celebrating things
at LUMEN because the last time we celebrated Champions League, we got thumped by
Portland. Forget about what happened after the banner. So I think it's most
important that we put that we go and yeah, maybe they do that after
the game, but it'll be a fun celebration. I said to Stevie zach
Wani before the game. I said I could, I could sit down with
a pen and paper and name one hundred NASL Seattle Sounders. That was what
it meant to me. I tell people this a lot. The NASL Memorial
Stadium, you know, in its current configuration, holds eleven eleven thousand,
five hundred. The Sounders packed eighteen thousand people into those games. Wow,
we used to go. My dad smoked and I'd use the game program to
get the smoke out of the way. And you know it was really peppy
Fernend his wife was one of the cheerleaders got rest her souls. She passed
away, And but those guys were our heroes and they came into the town.
And Frank McDonald's done a good job of some storyboards that are going to
be fun in the stadium. Yes, I was reading some of his stuff.
And those guys came into town and they did appearances, They went to
birthday parties. Jeff Wall who's fire chief, Jeff's retiring, and he played
for the Sounders, and when he was nine, a bunch of starting Seattle
Sounders came to his house for a birthday party. Jeff's d Jeff Senior,
English Right, a new bunch of the guys, and as a matter of
fact, Jeff's little brother Rabbit. They John Roland would go and get Rabbit
and bring him down for the warm up on the field. I mean,
there was just this love fest and it was Woodstock. It was if you
were there, you knew what it was. And if you weren't there,
you're like, oh, I've heard about it. But so I'm excited about
that fiftieth anniversary. Those guys were my heroes on up, and I got
to end up playing with some of them and playing for some of them,
And I said earlier, I coached a bunch of Sounders kids, which one
year we went undefeated, never lost, and I had to face Jeff stock
Senior, Jimmy McAllister, Tony Chersky, and Tommy Jenkins after most games and
explained why we did what we did. And finally, at the end of
the season, Stocksy, god bless him, just said, hey, they're
undefeated. We end up winning the national championship and none of those guys did.
If you're listening to you guys, none of you guys have national championship
ranks. So there, so I'm excited about that. Minnesota's gonna be good.
Yeah, they've really rebounded with their new coach and Sanni, a local
kid got a goal today, the Oregon State product from Federal Way, and
they're won one tie with Dallas. So that'll be a good It's an important
game because we got to get on track. We do. We have to
get on track for the Sounders. That'll be a fun fiftieth anniversary match once
again seven o'clock Providence, Swedis prematch shows seven to thirty kickoff ninety three point
three Kids You are FM Luminfield Soundersnesoda United. By the way, if I
can just say, really really quick, the decision a couple of years ago
to raise the CONCACAFT Champions League banner when Portland was in town. I don't
care how much heat done I'm gonna get for this because I'm gonna delete Twitter
for the next six days right after I say this. I thought that was
a fantastic decision to raise that banner in front of their faces. I don't.
Yes, you can say Portland got all the you know, the feelings
and whatever, and you know they were clearly wanting to take it to us
after we raised the banner and so much, you know whatever. I love
that decision because guess what, Portland, you don't have a concor CAT title.
Ah no, you don't, and you had to watch us raised in
front of your fat faces, So you know, I love the decision.
I love the decision that that banner went out before that Portland game, regardless
of what happened afterwards. And again I completely forget what happened afterwards. Love
that decision. I just get that off my chest here. I know I'm
gonna take a kep of that. I do feel better. I love that
I've always loved that anyway. Regardless, that's one of the great moments in
our club's history. There have been so many amazing moments and amazing players and
coaches and everybody else in our club's history. We're excited to celebrate it next
Saturday. Minnesota United in Town. Look forward to seeing you all at Luminfield
next week. Have a good rest of your weekend, Have a good rest
of your week. Anders Hurst will have Sounders weekly on Wednesday on ninety at
ninety three point three KJERFM at seven pm. So anders should have some interesting
things to say about this one, but that will do it for our broadcast
tonight. Thanks to Danny Jackson and Steve Zachwani, great call, our producers
Mitchell Bly and Keiley Dunning, Pete Fewing as always, fantastic job by name
is Jackson Felts. We thank you all for listening one more time down in
Sporting Kansas City. The final score at KC two Sounders one to have a
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