Speaker 1: Welcome to asdh's coverage of everything going on MLS Next Pro.
Speaker 1: It's time for the conference finals. No w no Dalley Zone.
Speaker 1: As we always are, we'll find out how we got
Speaker 1: to this particular moment in time, some of the news.
Speaker 1: We have a Golden Boot and some other awards to
Speaker 1: hand out here coming up a little bit later on
Speaker 1: in the show. But to get you to where we
Speaker 1: are in the schedule, only four teams remain. That means
Speaker 1: we have to go back to how we had more
Speaker 1: than four teams remaining last weekend, had a couple of
Speaker 1: matches on each side, Philadelphia and Crown Legacy in the East.
Speaker 1: In conference. It was one of the shocks of the
Speaker 1: opening weekend of the playoffs. Here's what happened and it
Speaker 1: won a while once again your highlights courtesy of our
Speaker 1: friends at MLS Next Pro and Apple TV.
Speaker 2: It's a typical four four to two diamond shape of
Speaker 2: very good midfield four no changes to the side as well,
Speaker 2: both teams going unchanged after wins last league end. With
Speaker 2: the corner kick and it's gonna find the back of
Speaker 2: the net over the hand of o'doonsay and it's knocked
Speaker 2: home by old Wethuma Kanya attacking the back posts.
Speaker 3: At a time for a Crown Legacy substitution, Cameron Duke
Speaker 3: making way, Dylan Sing coming on in his place, Low
Speaker 3: delivery the equalizer.
Speaker 2: Dylan Sing and Crown Legacy can they do it again
Speaker 2: and he has the ball twelve yards away from advancing
Speaker 2: to the Eastern Conference Finals.
Speaker 4: He does it.
Speaker 2: Back to back games. Ciejay Only Junior is the hero
Speaker 2: for Philadelphia Union two and they are headed to the
Speaker 2: Eastern Conference Finals. The winning penalty from cij Only Junior.
Speaker 2: It was a fantastic penalty. Chiituu Odoonze had a great
Speaker 2: performance after making the mistake for the first goal.
Speaker 1: Philly wins for to three in p KS and then
Speaker 1: the non surprise of Saturday, North Texas wins over Tacoma
Speaker 1: Defiance by the final four to one at Chucktaws Stadium.
Speaker 1: So the top seed in the Western Conference makes its
Speaker 1: way through Anthony Ramirez scoring in the seventy seventh, Carl
Speaker 1: sat scoring in the sixty sixth, Logan Farrington scoring in
Speaker 1: the forty eighth, and Paedrino scoring in the twentieth minute.
Speaker 1: And that was after Chris Akino scored for Tacoma to
Speaker 1: give them a one goal lead. So North Texas ends
Speaker 1: up scoring four to a row to advance four to
Speaker 1: one winners over Tacoma Defiance. That was last Saturday, the
Speaker 1: twenty sixth, and then you had the two games on
Speaker 1: Sunday after the two games on Saturday, and once again
Speaker 1: five goal thriller with the Chicago Fire two Columbus Crew
Speaker 1: two back and forth won no real surprise. It had
Speaker 1: a lot of scoring early and then hanging on late
Speaker 1: and ended up with a Gibron Ryo scoring in the
Speaker 1: thirtieth to give Crew two the early lead. Luca Purpo
Speaker 1: scored to tie it at one, Jayden Das scored so
Speaker 1: Columbus would take the lead all over again. David Paraba
Speaker 1: more news on him coming up in a bit scored
Speaker 1: in the fifty third to make it two two, and
Speaker 1: then Sibiyer Zenge scored in the fifty eighth minute, so
Speaker 1: Crew two had to hang on for the final thirty
Speaker 1: and they would final score Columbus Crew two three, Chicago
Speaker 1: Fire two two. Then the one out West. It's our
Speaker 1: other match of the week. It was Saint Louis City
Speaker 1: SC two and Town FC from City Park here's your
Speaker 1: highlights once again courtesy of our friends at MLS Next
Speaker 1: Pro and Apple TV head.
Speaker 5: Coach Bobby Murphy. His side will come out in a
Speaker 5: four to two three one. Richmond has not scored this
Speaker 5: season in eleven appearances, but he did have a goal
Speaker 5: in this playoff matchup last year Town FC. Going from
Speaker 5: left right quickly, Ricketts.
Speaker 4: Flicks it that outs off the bar. Second effort to
Speaker 4: the right. Oh, how quickly that could have started for
Speaker 4: Town FC.
Speaker 5: Out here for Saint Louis. Another look. Watch Ricketts off
Speaker 5: the volley, sending it central and that not go in.
Speaker 5: Wonderful opportunity for Will Richmond. Here's Jayden Reed, the left
Speaker 5: back playing forward since it's central shot.
Speaker 4: Ripped that scored Saint Louis on the board. It's Brenton
Speaker 4: Mick Sorely less than seven minutes into the match. First
Speaker 4: goal last week, first goal.
Speaker 5: This well, that got called back off the corner. That's
Speaker 5: a nice touch from Will Richmond. Here Richmond into the box,
Speaker 5: has Ricketts central Richmond to the in line.
Speaker 4: Deflected Rickets scores. There's the level town MC right back
Speaker 4: in it. Jamar Ricketts able to get the slightest.
Speaker 1: Of touches.
Speaker 5: Show will let everybody walk out towards midfield, but the
Speaker 5: halftime whistle will blow first, entertaining first forty five minutes
Speaker 5: SERI at City Park. So withholding Trent's in our minds
Speaker 5: and hearts, we can need to play the sport he
Speaker 5: loves today here in this park, this venue. She signed
Speaker 5: a homegrown contract with him. This is taken away here
Speaker 5: by the town options and said, heed, oh, how about this?
Speaker 4: Riley Lynch and the town have stunned to Saint Louis
Speaker 4: here in the second half, taking the lead on the road.
Speaker 4: It is two to one after the takeaway. Riley Lynch
Speaker 4: look at the physicality there, takes it away from Jay
Speaker 4: Reid and decidns, I'm gonna finish this myself. What an
Speaker 4: individual effort Lynch coming in off the bench, Town FC two.
Speaker 5: Saint Louis won, Joe. It looks to be all right.
Speaker 5: Free kick Saint Louis join our Clipsida.
Speaker 4: And headed Saint Louis goores. It's Makida in City two
Speaker 4: is still alive.
Speaker 5: Pierce's service in his off target whistle blows to extra time.
Speaker 5: We go in Saint Louis. Ninety minutes not enough to
Speaker 5: decide this too. Fifteen minute periods to come. Players are
Speaker 5: ready to go, just getting the green light from the official,
Speaker 5: and now we play extra time in City Park. Wellover
Speaker 5: got it right back on the restart.
Speaker 2: Joiner.
Speaker 1: My o Madame.
Speaker 2: Saint Louis has the lead.
Speaker 5: How'd you go? Paul being harassed by Joiner. That's the
Speaker 5: end of the first extra period. Fifteen minutes to go
Speaker 5: for City two whistleblows. McSorley restarts. Here we go. Another
Speaker 5: yellow is gonna be issued here. I think that's the second.
Speaker 1: Old Town f C is.
Speaker 5: Gonna go a man down after that collision. Ibarra back
Speaker 5: towards his own corner. McSorley took it away.
Speaker 4: Oh, Joiner's just outside the six looking for the exclamation point.
Speaker 4: Saint Louis is moving on a pair of goals in
Speaker 4: extra time from Mackay Jointer. Saint Louis is on to
Speaker 4: the Western Conference Final.
Speaker 1: So that's how we ended up with the Conference finals
Speaker 1: being what they are. On Saturday night, six o'clock, Philadelphia
Speaker 1: Union two, Columbus Crew two, two of the Stalwarts, and
Speaker 1: MLS next Pro squaring off to be the Eastern Conference champ.
Speaker 1: Then North Texas SC and Saint Louis City two one
Speaker 1: versus two in the West, Philadelphia Columbus in the East.
Speaker 1: That'll get us to the MLS Next Pro Finals. That'll
Speaker 1: be happening next weekend. But that is how we came
Speaker 1: to this particular moment in time news in and around
Speaker 1: MLS Next Pro before we go. Most Valuable Player went
Speaker 1: to Chicago Fire two's David Paraba. The twenty one year
Speaker 1: old midfielder also won the Golden Boot named the Best
Speaker 1: eleven and twenty twenty four. So it was a very
Speaker 1: busy season for Paraba and Chicago Fire two got to
Speaker 1: the playoffs for the second year in a row, leading
Speaker 1: the league with goals in eighteen, so it was a
Speaker 1: very very busy season for Praba. The MVP Award is
Speaker 1: the league wide recognition for Paraba once again Golden Boot
Speaker 1: Best eleven and now gets MVP twenty eight games played
Speaker 1: and started, tied for the highest goal contributions in the
Speaker 1: league at twenty at eighteen plus two. They improved, meaning
Speaker 1: the Fire to once again looking at last year nine
Speaker 1: eight and eleven number six in the Eastern Conference, and
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two they were thirty one points eight
Speaker 1: eleven and five, so they go from number eight to
Speaker 1: number six to where they are now in the conference,
Speaker 1: in the in the conference, making a deep run in
Speaker 1: the conference playoffs, and so continued production. The farthest that
Speaker 1: the Fire have ever advanced in the postseason twenty twenty
Speaker 1: four in the conference semifinals, once again getting in to
Speaker 1: that particular deep run. Congratulations to David Paraba from a
Speaker 1: Chicago Fire. Two finalists for the MLS Next Pro MVP,
Speaker 1: presented by Adidas Word nycfc's Taylor Cholera and North Texas
Speaker 1: SC's Diego Garcia, Dynamo Doses Diego Gonzalez and Saint Louis
Speaker 1: City two's Mackay Joyner and regular season awards voted on
Speaker 1: by the head coaches and the chief soccer officers at
Speaker 1: MLS Next Pro clubs, as well as league content and
Speaker 1: broadcast teams. Jack Lynn won it in twenty three, Jason
Speaker 1: Russell Row won it in twenty two. So that is
Speaker 1: your rundown of David Parrab is very very busy season.
Speaker 1: The best eleven list in MLS Next Pro for twenty
Speaker 1: twenty four Coach of the Year went to Tyron Marshall,
Speaker 1: leading his team FC Cincinnati two to their best record,
Speaker 1: number one seed in the Eastern Conference at fifty four
Speaker 1: points in sixteen eight and four, plus the Northeast Division title,
Speaker 1: first MLS Next Pro playoff birth for FC Cincinnati two,
Speaker 1: the big turnaround from twenty three to twenty four, twenty
Speaker 1: seven points last year, seven seventeen and four, seventeen points,
Speaker 1: four to seventeen and three and twenty two, and so
Speaker 1: you end up with f C Cincinnati two men top
Speaker 1: the ladder at the end of the regular season in
Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference as the number one seed. Next Pro
Speaker 1: Goalkeeper of the Year Michael Colodi thirteen four and six,
Speaker 1: integral to his team's success, led all MLS Next Pro
Speaker 1: keepers with wins in thirteen first and clean sheets tied
Speaker 1: there with six second, and save percentage just over seventy
Speaker 1: three percent third in games played and games started and
Speaker 1: minutes twenty three starts twenty three matches just under two
Speaker 1: thousand minutes literally nine minutes under two thousand for Coloda
Speaker 1: only gave up twenty eight goals in the year, leased
Speaker 1: them out by a keeper with nineteen or more matches
Speaker 1: played in twenty twenty four. So Colode, coming from Columbia
Speaker 1: University to now North Texas as seat the best eleven
Speaker 1: for twenty twenty four. Colode was your keeper. Brady Scott
Speaker 1: from Ventura County gets honorable mention. Your defenders Nico Gordon
Speaker 1: from North Texas, Michael Winzel from Saint Louis City two,
Speaker 1: Francis Westfield from Philadelphia Union Too. Honorable mention went to
Speaker 1: Brian Schaefer of FC Cincinnati two. Four midfielders Diego Gonsalez
Speaker 1: from Dynamo Dos, Aaron John from Crown Legacy, CJ Only
Speaker 1: from Union two and Paraba from Chicago Fire To. Honorable
Speaker 1: mention went to Facundo Tete Cannete from the Carolina Corps.
Speaker 1: Your three fords up top, Kolera Joiner and Meddi Wamri
Speaker 1: from Chattanooga FC. Honorable mention went to Utarosukata from Orlando
Speaker 1: City B. Match Officials of the Year in MLS next
Speaker 1: Pro for twenty twenty four, Joshua Incarnacion is your Referee
Speaker 1: of the Year, Jackson Krauser, your ar and your fourth
Speaker 1: of the Year Braden Fry. They were determined by the
Speaker 1: top fair Whistle rankings. The first time MLS next Pro
Speaker 1: has honored officials with a year end award. Mentioning what
Speaker 1: we saw with Golden Boot Final awards of the regular
Speaker 1: season MLS next Pro MVP presented by Adidas and that
Speaker 1: was announced with David parab So other piece of news.
Speaker 1: MLS and the French Football Federation of announcedate twenty twenty
Speaker 1: four Elite Formation Coaching Licensed recipients and these are coaches
Speaker 1: that have earned the honor after the eighteen month course
Speaker 1: from February twenty three to August of twenty four and
Speaker 1: it's one of the most highly regarded and rigorous soccer
Speaker 1: coaching courses in the world, culminating at the Famed in
Speaker 1: f Clairefontaine outside of Paris in August. And of the
Speaker 1: below of the twenty two coaches receiving their Elite Formation
Speaker 1: Coaching License, Aaron Ridley became the first woman from MLS
Speaker 1: to complete the program. LA Galaxy's som Albasith will complete
Speaker 1: his final certification in December, so will Bates from Atlanta United,
Speaker 1: Patrick Daca from Charlotte Chicago Fire gets Salim Talby, Tyrone
Speaker 1: Marshall from FC Cincinnati, Elliott Cross from Colorado, Matt Errington
Speaker 1: from DC, Adam Wells from FC Dallas, Jeremy Hurdle, from
Speaker 1: Houston Dynamo, Luis Pacheco Sporting Kansas City, Andrew May from
Speaker 1: LAFC nationhal s c's Jason Box, the Revs Rob Bessara,
Speaker 1: William Connors, Michael Dalpra from NYCFC, Jonathan Rhodes from Red Bulls,
Speaker 1: Eric Dutt from the Ohio Premier Soccer Club. Philadelphia Union
Speaker 1: had Pedro Cavalcanti and Peter McDonald. San Jose had Aaron
Speaker 1: Ridley and Steven Sosa. Seattle had Breton napp in Vancouver's
Speaker 1: Dan Fairhurst of the East. The EFCL platform, it's played
Speaker 1: a pivotal role in MLS homegrown development and the growth
Speaker 1: of several coaches, including tailand Marshall. As we just mentioned,
Speaker 1: Chicago Fire Academy coach Salim Talby helped the Fires You
Speaker 1: fifteen side win an MLS Next Cup championship in June
Speaker 1: before completing the program, and coaches in front office members
Speaker 1: who had previously received their EFCL their Elite Formation Coaching license.
Speaker 1: You have notable grads including Nico Estevez, Wilford Nanci and
Speaker 1: Greg Vanny and Ulyss is currently working with the French
Speaker 1: Football Federation on the sixth iteration of the EFCL the
Speaker 1: Elite Formation Coaching License program, which would begin in the
Speaker 1: spring of twenty twenty five. So that's a big news
Speaker 1: for coaching across the board. When it comes to MLS
Speaker 1: Next Pro, very very cool stuff there, and we cannot
Speaker 1: wrap up the show this week without sending our love
Speaker 1: to everyone attached to the High Point University and Philadelphia
Speaker 1: Union programs over the shocking loss of Keeper Holding Trent
Speaker 1: who's passed away at the age of twenty five. All
Speaker 1: of our love from SDH to everyone who is in
Speaker 1: Holding Trench universe, fans, supporters, those that know him from
Speaker 1: every level that he was at, Holding Trent leaving as
Speaker 1: far too soon at the age of twenty five. So
Speaker 1: once again getting into your schedule and you can catch
Speaker 1: it up on the MLS Season Pass Saturday night, six o'clock, Philadelphia, Columbus.
Speaker 1: That one's at Subaru Park Conference Final in the West
Speaker 1: North Texas Saint Louis City s he two at Chalktaw
Speaker 1: Stadium at eight thirty. That is your rundown of everything
Speaker 1: going on in MLS Next Pro. If you are in Philadelphia,
Speaker 1: Chester and if you are in if you are in
Speaker 1: the area of the Metroplex, and Dallas Fort Worth and
Speaker 1: can visit Chalktaw Stadium in the Arlington area. Go check
Speaker 1: out these two matchups as we get you one match
Speaker 1: closer to determining who's going to be the champ and
Speaker 1: MLS Next Pro in twenty twenty four. For everybody here
Speaker 1: at SDH, I'm just John. Thanks for dropping by and
Speaker 1: being a part of everything here on the SDCH network.
Speaker 1: That's your preview, gets you ready for the conference finals.
Speaker 1: Played safe, everybody. We'll get you ready for the final
Speaker 1: coming up next week.