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<v Speaker 1>Here we go, Here we go. It's another edition of

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<v Speaker 1>First eleven eleven minutes or less with the Hall of

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<v Speaker 1>Famer US Soccer Hall of Famer Bruce Murray. It is

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<v Speaker 1>DC not on the road against the New York Red Bulls.

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<v Speaker 1>Also news today d C and I will be taking

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<v Speaker 1>on the Charleston Battery May sixth, US Open Cup action

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<v Speaker 1>important to support the team. Remember last year when the

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<v Speaker 1>Open Cup controversy about the MLS teams were not going

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<v Speaker 1>to be in the Open Cup and they talked about

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<v Speaker 1>while not getting the crowds. So I think it's important

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<v Speaker 1>for soccer supporters to show up May six because we

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<v Speaker 1>want this tournament. We love this tournament. Bruce Murray, your

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<v Speaker 1>experience with the with a tournament.

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<v Speaker 2>We actually won the Amateur Cup with an amateur team

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<v Speaker 2>here in town called the Spartans the Greeks. The Greek

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<v Speaker 2>teams had had you know, representatives. We crashed out of

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<v Speaker 2>the Open Cup, but in the in the Amateur Cup

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<v Speaker 2>we did quite well. But you know the other thing

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<v Speaker 2>about this particular event is it's like the Fake Cup.

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<v Speaker 2>Anything's possible, right, Anything's possible. And I think if you

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<v Speaker 2>if you look at you know, right down our bench

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<v Speaker 2>and go to the very prominent person on the bench.

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<v Speaker 2>His name is Troy Last, our head coach, and the

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<v Speaker 2>Charleston battery coming. That is uh, you know, that's going

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<v Speaker 2>to be mixed emotions for him because that's really where

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<v Speaker 2>where his professional career was.

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<v Speaker 1>Great point, But again, I think it's important because it

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<v Speaker 1>became such a controversy. Wait a minute, MLS side should

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<v Speaker 1>be a US Open Cup. But I did understand Commission

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<v Speaker 1>Garber's counter argument noting that there were a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>you know, small crowds and because of that, you're playing

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<v Speaker 1>at alternative, alternate venues. So I think if we want

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<v Speaker 1>to make the US Open Cup continue to be a

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<v Speaker 1>thriving competition, it's important for the supporters of the game

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<v Speaker 1>to get out. So that's May six at Autifield.

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<v Speaker 2>You're absolutely right, Dave, that that is that is a

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<v Speaker 2>great point because if you if you want it, then

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<v Speaker 2>you've got to go out and you got to put

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<v Speaker 2>your money where mouth is and that's that's the bottom line.

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<v Speaker 1>Well no, and that's just it. And if you don't

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<v Speaker 1>want it, if you don't want to pay for it,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't want to show up, then I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>you can complain when Commissioner Garber says, you know, we

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<v Speaker 1>don't need to be in that competition because it does

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<v Speaker 1>come down to it, it's not worth it if only

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<v Speaker 1>a thousand people are showing up. So we look forward

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<v Speaker 1>to May six against the Charleston Battery and the US

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<v Speaker 1>Open Cup. All right, d C United, New York Red Bulls.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a loss last week def C Cincinnati, but

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<v Speaker 1>a recovery what would you describe? And as this DC

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<v Speaker 1>United team transitions from losing six to one, are we

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<v Speaker 1>getting closer to getting should we say back on track?

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<v Speaker 1>Or how does doctor Bruce Murray diagnose the situations?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, we broke our leg and then it was

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<v Speaker 2>a compound fracture when it was six to one, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and San Jose and now all of a sudden in

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<v Speaker 2>the second half. We found our footing the other day

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<v Speaker 2>and we were playing some wonderful football for thirty minutes.

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<v Speaker 2>We were we were, you know, foot on the gas,

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't quite put it away. So if you look at

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<v Speaker 2>things like I do, in thirds, you know, eight games in,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, if you can steal a couple of points

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<v Speaker 2>in that that first third of games, uh, then and

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<v Speaker 2>your team is now right where you need it to be.

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<v Speaker 2>You're playing good football, and now you're learning how to

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<v Speaker 2>win points versus performances, like even if the performances aren't

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<v Speaker 2>as good, then you're a team that's got You know,

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<v Speaker 2>you really can't hit panic buttons until you're done with

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<v Speaker 2>the second third and you're and you're not putting something

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<v Speaker 2>together on the field. What I saw in the second

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<v Speaker 2>half was really good football.

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<v Speaker 1>Panic is a good thing to point out because it's

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<v Speaker 1>hard not to get a little squeamish if there's a

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<v Speaker 1>four to one loss, a six to one loss. But

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<v Speaker 1>when we're talking as we talk here in April, you

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<v Speaker 1>start panicking. And you know this is if you if

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<v Speaker 1>you're a player in the locker room and senses that

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<v Speaker 1>the coaches is panicky, that that suddenly it's all changed.

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<v Speaker 1>Often that doesn't end well. Then it becomes a scrambled there.

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<v Speaker 1>You do have to adjust things, but there has to

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<v Speaker 1>be belief in what you were doing, in what you

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<v Speaker 1>sold to the players at the start of the season.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right, Dave. And you know, you know I becked

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<v Speaker 2>Troy li saying, I just love the way he goes

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<v Speaker 2>about his business. You know, he never talks about like

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<v Speaker 2>laying into the players, and we know, you know that

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<v Speaker 2>Troy's he's the kind of guy that's will He's so

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<v Speaker 2>honest to me as a coach that he you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I know he gives it to people if he has to.

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<v Speaker 2>And as a group, he wants to hear from the

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<v Speaker 2>group what's more, what's better than a player? And everyone

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<v Speaker 2>can talk about the old school days and Alex Ferguson

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<v Speaker 2>and the hair dryer speeches. Don't think that doesn't happen occasionally,

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<v Speaker 2>because it does. No coach survives without the ability to

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<v Speaker 2>have that in his arsenal. Okay, but this coach also

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<v Speaker 2>lets players have a little bit of say and that

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<v Speaker 2>makes players feel good, and players that feel good play good.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, But finishing scoring goals? DC United needs more

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<v Speaker 1>than ben Teke. So that was your specialty? Scoring goals?

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<v Speaker 1>How does that happen?

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<v Speaker 2>When Leo Messi goes in, Liono Messi goes in to

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<v Speaker 2>a dribble and just starts spreading up people with the ball,

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<v Speaker 2>you can ask him. He doesn't know what he's going

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<v Speaker 2>to do. He just works off the situation. If you

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<v Speaker 2>watch Pirani the other day, he ran at people again,

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<v Speaker 2>like he did last year and he hasn't been doing

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<v Speaker 2>that this year. And so we had we had Peglo

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<v Speaker 2>Piranib guys just running at people with the ball and

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<v Speaker 2>what that does is it completely unbounces his defenses. It

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<v Speaker 2>allows them to get off of ben Teke right as

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<v Speaker 2>the primary mark and Ben tech becomes mobile. Ben Techy

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<v Speaker 2>can't do anything in this league if he's not mobile,

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<v Speaker 2>because he's he's just a target.

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<v Speaker 1>Right. So the individual brilliance is then important when you're

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<v Speaker 1>talking about what a Peglo, what a Prowny can can

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<v Speaker 1>bring because if if the player as he's dribbling doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>know what he's going to do, the defender doesn't.

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<v Speaker 2>Know absolutely, And that's the key, that's the key to it,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, is just to make sure that you're willing

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<v Speaker 2>to go and take on that risk. And it's almost

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<v Speaker 2>like somebody from the bench or or somebody hit a

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<v Speaker 2>switch and said, hey, guys, you know what, just go

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<v Speaker 2>just go pretend you're eleven years old again and you're

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<v Speaker 2>you're in your your club team and you're the best

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<v Speaker 2>player on the field. Go for it. And that's what

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<v Speaker 2>it looked like, Dave. It really did for thirty five minutes.

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<v Speaker 1>And that has to be repeated against the Red Bulls.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it does, it does. But at the same time, defensively,

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<v Speaker 2>I said it the other day, we still have to

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<v Speaker 2>squeeze in. We have to bring one, you know that

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<v Speaker 2>that second center midfielder back. We have to bring the

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<v Speaker 2>off the weak sided midfielder in so that we end

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<v Speaker 2>up with that three man middle becomes a six man

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<v Speaker 2>middle and slows them down. Because again Red Bulls probably

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<v Speaker 2>one of the better teams on the fast break. We've

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<v Speaker 2>got our league as a fast break league, there's no

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<v Speaker 2>question about it.

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<v Speaker 1>The prescription of doctor Bruce Murray, we just elevated you

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<v Speaker 1>to doctor status. It is first the level. We appreciate

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<v Speaker 1>the time. We know your time is valuable, so that's

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<v Speaker 1>why we like to do it in eleven minutes or less.

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<v Speaker 1>D C ed New York Red Bulls Saturday. We started

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<v Speaker 1>seven point fifteen on iHeartRadio, iHeart app. It's free, please

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<v Speaker 1>download it and we look forward to Saturday again. For

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<v Speaker 1>Bruce Murray, I'm Dave Johnson. Yeah, thanks for the time.

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<v Speaker 1>Eleven minutes or less,