Speaker 1: Let's go ahead, bring the man in and we can
Speaker 1: discuss what's going on in San Diego and all points
Speaker 1: in between. So uh, Nico as always great to see you, sir,
Speaker 1: and we have had a a It's been a busy
Speaker 1: couple days really where it Land United is concerned. It
Speaker 1: looks like that Miggy is close to returning the prodigal
Speaker 1: son returns, and I imagine that for the first home
Speaker 1: match for Atlanta.
Speaker 2: United, they're just gonna go ahead and open up the root.
Speaker 1: They're gonna open up the building and just go everybody
Speaker 1: come on in. That's gonna be crazy. And it looks like,
Speaker 1: according to Tom Bogert and Ben Jacobs over at Gimme
Speaker 1: Sport that right now they've reached a verbal agreement with
Speaker 1: Middlesbrough on Emmanuel late loth in the neighborhood of twenty
Speaker 1: million US. So it Landy United, very busy. But what
Speaker 1: I wanted to start with you is what you talked
Speaker 1: about yesterday in your reporting about raw Ruy Diaz, and
Speaker 1: we had, uh, we had our Buddyno Torres on before
Speaker 1: you to discuss the Peruvian angle in all of this.
Speaker 1: But you have San Diego now, Tyler heaps dialing up
Speaker 1: raw Ruy Diaz and his reps on the phone. What
Speaker 1: happened there?
Speaker 3: Yeah? Well, first of all, always get to be here
Speaker 3: cup number one of coffee. Uh. I'll let you know
Speaker 3: that I'm a little bit behind today. I was trying
Speaker 3: to get nice and pretty, did not look at the
Speaker 3: time and what are now? Failed on the pretty failed
Speaker 3: on the time, but ready to be ready to hop on. Uh. Yeah,
Speaker 3: that rowdy think I'd been working on for about a week.
Speaker 3: It is something that I was trying to confirm. I
Speaker 3: wanted to make sure that it was indeed reliable sources, uh,
Speaker 3: and they are. This is definitely one of the many
Speaker 3: options that Roldredias is taking in Uh. He was very
Speaker 3: edamant about wanting to take some time off when of
Speaker 3: the when of the break, when it disconnect, you don't
Speaker 3: want to hear offers. Wanted to go to Peru, enjoy
Speaker 3: his family, enjoy his time, and then when it was
Speaker 3: due time take the options that were out there. I
Speaker 3: am told that San Diego of c is one of
Speaker 3: two contenders for a landing spot to Raoul Ridiez. He's
Speaker 3: clearly prioritizing MLS as I've been saying since last year,
Speaker 3: forever and ever, there's also a possibility in Mexico. So
Speaker 3: he's you know, taking it very serious about where he
Speaker 3: wants to go for the right reasons, that it matches
Speaker 3: his home life, that you know, if his family is
Speaker 3: going to be okay with probably a lot of traveling
Speaker 3: since he hasn't really left the area of Seattle just yet.
Speaker 3: So it's going to be a real difficult decision. But
Speaker 3: the interest is out there, and if you really think
Speaker 3: about it, he would fit in San Diego. Why not
Speaker 3: bring in an experienced striker that can help you win,
Speaker 3: that would be willing to come in in a rotational role.
Speaker 3: That again, I think every single expansion team that we've
Speaker 3: seen has had some sort of veteran leader out there
Speaker 3: for those attacking positions. And he can definitely provide that
Speaker 3: he's been staying very fit, making sure that his body
Speaker 3: is right. So whatever club does decide to take a
Speaker 3: chance on Roll Radios will not be disappointed on his
Speaker 3: form and conditioning going into twenty twenty.
Speaker 1: Five, all right, And so with obviously our focus has
Speaker 1: been on at Land United and how busy Chris and
Speaker 1: Garth have been in trying.
Speaker 3: And I should have had that by the way. I mean,
Speaker 3: Boger literally beat me on the Megate thing by the
Speaker 3: slightest margin. I just I was to get everything he
Speaker 3: put out at the end. But you know, props to
Speaker 3: him that that's why he does what he does. But
Speaker 3: I had the day before source number one, which I
Speaker 3: always like to have too. This is a really good source.
Speaker 3: But still I wanted to make sure to get a
Speaker 3: second one before I threw it out there. I wanted
Speaker 3: a little bit more details. But Source number one was like,
Speaker 3: this is Garth written all over it. I mean, if
Speaker 3: you think about it, if you dissect it, bringing Meggi
Speaker 3: to Atlanta, is it garth move If there's one not
Speaker 3: to mention Chris Henderson obviously the guy that I'm not
Speaker 3: sure if you guys are aware, but the Sounders when
Speaker 3: they brought Nicholas Sadero, Chris Henderson always doing a fantastic
Speaker 3: job with his brother Sean Henderson, they had the option
Speaker 3: Miguel Almiron, Nicolas Ldero, sell Astean Blanco. Those were the
Speaker 3: three options that they were looking at. See ended up
Speaker 3: going with Nico. Did not miss there obviously for different reasons.
Speaker 3: Right they knew that Miki was a guy that was
Speaker 3: gonna hit hard and bounce to Europe. And they knew
Speaker 3: that Nico was going to create a legacy, be a
Speaker 3: pillar to your franchise. So Chris Henderson very happily was
Speaker 3: looking at Miguel Almoneroon because it's a full en circle
Speaker 3: of when he came into the league and now he's
Speaker 3: bringing him back into the league.
Speaker 1: And this has been one of the craziest weeks just
Speaker 1: with information and folks going places. I know that at
Speaker 1: the beginning of training camp you can sit there and
Speaker 1: make make the connections here, but I have I have
Speaker 1: here in my hand a list of everything.
Speaker 2: And so let's see today being the sixteenth, so today,
Speaker 2: so if we go back, just say two days. Let's
Speaker 2: go back two days.
Speaker 1: Eric Williamson traded to Charlotte from Portland for one hundred
Speaker 1: thousand and game two hundred and fifty thousand conditional game
Speaker 1: on a on percentage. Mattias Jorgensen signs with lag then
Speaker 1: a transfer from Anderlecht. Kyle Rowls comes from a two
Speaker 1: year deal from Hearts, which includes a twenty seven option.
Speaker 1: Nashville signs Chris Applewhite. They finally signed yet another homegrown
Speaker 1: Yesper Sorenson signs a contract to be the new head
Speaker 1: coach in Vancouver, and I do want to talk about
Speaker 1: the Vancouver ownership situation with you, because we promised that
Speaker 1: last week. Nokvithotisen signs on a transfer to All Caps
Speaker 1: from Sparta Rotterden. Today O Agende a one year contract
Speaker 1: with Messi and Friends on loan from Celta Devigo through
Speaker 1: twenty five. Tayo corbian Who signs a one year deal
Speaker 1: on loan to TFC from Granada through twenty five. Eric
Speaker 1: Duanea signs a one year deal with Houston. We know
Speaker 1: him from being an original at LAFC that includes options
Speaker 1: twenty six to seven and eight. Alejandro Alvarado a two
Speaker 1: year deal with San Diego transfer from FC Vezela, which
Speaker 1: includes options for twenty seven and eight. Leonardo Barosso four
Speaker 1: year deal with Chicago Iago via U twenty two via
Speaker 1: transfers from Sporting with including an option for twenty nine.
Speaker 1: Randa Lao claimed off waivers by DC United from Nashville
Speaker 1: wyat Almsburg to the Revs. Chiciago Andrage signed by transfer
Speaker 1: from Toronto from Jezero Osaka Owen Chiago home to LAFC,
Speaker 1: Joseph to San Jose, on I Vadacati to San Diego,
Speaker 1: Mason Toy to Sporting Kansas City, Todd Ryan Anonga of
Speaker 1: FC Cincinnati, Lucco Acasta, Lucoregiano not interested anymore, Maxi Morales
Speaker 1: nights within IFC. Kobe Henry signs with RSL, Sam Rodgers
Speaker 1: to Chicago, Jason Pelasios to Nashville, Ariola and pet bl
Speaker 1: Good lord.
Speaker 2: Man, what's going on in Major League soccer?
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's been it's been craziness, right. I mean, I
Speaker 3: think my favorite so far has been in down south
Speaker 3: from US here with San Jose. They've been the surprise
Speaker 3: team for me. I thought that chich Orango was great business.
Speaker 3: I think that they pounds on an opportunity that Kurt
Speaker 3: Schmith said did not take him by surprise. That it
Speaker 3: was Christine and Angel who approached our sell and said
Speaker 3: he wanted a fresh start, and that's what apparently seem
Speaker 3: to happen there. So Bruce Rita definitely like his proven
Speaker 3: attackers and in Christian that's what you get. And Chico,
Speaker 3: if anything, has shown you that in his first year
Speaker 3: that's what he punts you hard and he punts you twice,
Speaker 3: so it's gonna be a good stetup down there. I
Speaker 3: like the Joseph Martinez move. They already have some pieces
Speaker 3: there in the Pinosa and Hernandez. I mean, I'm looking
Speaker 3: at San Jose and once they really tied up a
Speaker 3: few things on the defensive end, I think that's gonna
Speaker 3: be an interesting one. But look between the new rules, between.
Speaker 2: Some of the.
Speaker 3: Dynamics that we've seen over the last couple of weeks.
Speaker 3: I appreciate the fact that everyone's trying to just get
Speaker 3: ready to battle, and I understand that the sense of
Speaker 3: equity and balance and parody tends to at times, especially
Speaker 3: in today, someone less be more of a mirage because
Speaker 3: if you have the cash, if you had the money,
Speaker 3: you do have a bit of an edge. And you
Speaker 3: can tell by some of the top teams in the league.
Speaker 3: They're putting in the most money. But all of these
Speaker 3: new rules, and if you're able to use your resources correctly,
Speaker 3: it gives you a fighting chance. It gives you an
Speaker 3: opportunity to surprise some people the way the Sounders did
Speaker 3: last season by getting as far as they did. So
Speaker 3: it's going to be to me exciting how this continues
Speaker 3: to develop, and how some of this new cash options
Speaker 3: within the league work out, and how some trades with
Speaker 3: the piece could happen, and what does happen with Luchua
Speaker 3: Costa and what does happen with Evander. I mean, you know,
Speaker 3: there are just a lot of situations that man, it's
Speaker 3: a great time to follow MLS now You've got to
Speaker 3: be familiar otherwise you're going to be completely lost. But
Speaker 3: if you are a follower of MLS, it's been fun.
Speaker 2: No doubt.
Speaker 1: And you're seeing other names being linked in. You're seeing
Speaker 1: Wilf Zahan now being linked to a move to Charlotte.
Speaker 1: You're seeing Naymar being linked to MLS clubs. Naymar Is
Speaker 1: getting paid the proverbial ish ton of money to be
Speaker 1: playing in the Saudi League.
Speaker 3: That one I don't love. That's one that I'm not
Speaker 3: That's one I don't love. It just seems like and look,
Speaker 3: I've never been in for bringing in players like that,
Speaker 3: and obviously little Messy being the exception. But if you
Speaker 3: even compare there Messis and Suarez's minutes and productivity over
Speaker 3: the couple of years prior to moving to MLS, it
Speaker 3: makes sense. But you look at Aymar Man and he
Speaker 3: hasn't had a thousand minute season for I think three,
Speaker 3: if not four seasons. So it's one that I don't
Speaker 3: is one that I don't love. I understand that it's
Speaker 3: tempting and he tends to be one that's going to
Speaker 3: put butts in the seats and fans in the stands,
Speaker 3: but when he comes to soccer man, I'm just not
Speaker 3: sold on it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and right now, the one named team is Chicago,
Speaker 1: and Chicago needs to put butts in seats in the spaceship.
Speaker 1: They really do, because when you watch games involving the
Speaker 1: Chicago Fire, you got a lot of empty seats masquerading
Speaker 1: a season ticket holders.
Speaker 2: I mean, it is a time.
Speaker 1: It can be a hard watch and that's why you'll
Speaker 1: see a lot of tight shots involving Chicago home matches
Speaker 1: because lack of folks that are there. There were two
Speaker 1: other clubs that are allegedly linked to conversations with Naymar's
Speaker 1: agent parenthesis, his dad close parenthesis, and I am I'm intrigued.
Speaker 1: I don't and look you said it. It's a fun
Speaker 1: time to be following Major League soccer. You have clubs
Speaker 1: who are not afraid to invest and we're also going
Speaker 1: to be learning. Okay, there's a difference between investing wisely
Speaker 1: and investing for the sake of just throwing money at
Speaker 1: a problem.
Speaker 2: And I think that and that.
Speaker 1: Will be the that will be what I think the
Speaker 1: next stage here in Major League Soccer is who is
Speaker 1: investing to invest long term, who is investing wisely, and
Speaker 1: who is investing to throw money at a problem? That
Speaker 1: I think will be something to monitor going forward.
Speaker 2: It comes to this.
Speaker 1: Season, who comes in, how they fit, how they don't fit,
Speaker 1: and what we're staring at in the twenty five years.
Speaker 3: Especially for me, the team that I'm looking at in
Speaker 3: that sense to figure out what category I'm going to
Speaker 3: put him on tends to be Austin. Look, I'm going
Speaker 3: to be frank with him, be frank with your audience.
Speaker 3: I am not a fan of Rodolfo. I think that
Speaker 3: he is an impulsive and overbearing sort of GM that
Speaker 3: wants to be the protagonist and to hold the Rusie situation.
Speaker 3: And before that, we can go on and on about
Speaker 3: the swings that missus. They've had a dpiece. They're really
Speaker 3: doing a disk service to one of the most fun
Speaker 3: and creative and supportive fan bases in MLS. The stadium
Speaker 3: is great. I love that Birthday. I mean everything about Birthday.
Speaker 3: I love about I love everything about Austin except for
Speaker 3: the front office. And look, I love Matthew mcgannaughey and
Speaker 3: all the movies or whatever. But obviously not soccer is
Speaker 3: not what he is known for. So I'm gonna blame
Speaker 3: the soccer heads and not necessarily the ownership there, because obviously,
Speaker 3: if you're gonna go pay ten for Basquez, the money's
Speaker 3: coming in, So that's not the issue. But it's the
Speaker 3: lack of an idea and a roster built that has
Speaker 3: been missing for three years. Me and you have discussed coaches,
Speaker 3: Me and you have this cused moves or either lack
Speaker 3: thereof or wrong moves. So Austin is one team that
Speaker 3: I feel like they don't have the wallet that maybe
Speaker 3: Atlanta and Miami d but they have a decent budget
Speaker 3: and they just haven't used it correctly. Chicago for me
Speaker 3: is another one because they've been another disappointment for so long,
Speaker 3: so long, one of the originals, one of the teams
Speaker 3: that man, I love the city at Chicago, but you
Speaker 3: could tell that the fire it's like the stepchild that
Speaker 3: no one really cares about in that city. I mean,
Speaker 3: I would go to a gift shop and maybe there
Speaker 3: might be a couple of key chains, but there's nothing.
Speaker 3: I mean, there's cubs, there's White Sox, there's you know,
Speaker 3: bull stuff, I mean, whatever you want, but Chicago fire
Speaker 3: is just not a thing in Chicago, their own city.
Speaker 3: And that is a result also a bad managing of
Speaker 3: money and a lack of a real good soccer module
Speaker 3: and an identity in a academy system. So many things
Speaker 3: a wrong in Chicago. So those are the two to
Speaker 3: me that if we go one West Coast team, one
Speaker 3: East coast team, those are the ones that I'm going
Speaker 3: to be looking at.
Speaker 1: You mentioned Austin. Austin looks like it is going to
Speaker 1: be River and Drew uc and not a Studiante's in
Speaker 1: dreuc de Deonte's at points looked like they might come
Speaker 1: to the table with more money, a little bit more,
Speaker 1: but Dreusi wants to go to River. Right now, it
Speaker 1: looks like Drusi and River and the deal for about
Speaker 1: ten million. And so then this morning it's reported that
Speaker 1: Austin has agreed to a deal to sign mirto Is
Speaker 1: Uzuni from Granada, an international, an Albanian international forward. Austin
Speaker 1: is going to trigger the twelve million euro release clause.
Speaker 1: The deal isn't done. This is from the last hour,
Speaker 1: pending final details in a medical. Third new club, third
Speaker 1: new club, record transfer in the last six months for Austin.
Speaker 1: So Austin's stepping up to the table when it comes
Speaker 1: to trying to bring in players. You bring in Vasquez,
Speaker 1: you might be bringing in the Albanian striker from Granada,
Speaker 1: then the other DP that you signed as well. So
Speaker 1: not afraid to spend money. I still wish the stadium
Speaker 1: was bigger. It's such a small stadium that cannot agree
Speaker 1: it can't be expanded, and I think that's going to
Speaker 1: hamstring the revenue from Austin FC. But to your point,
Speaker 1: I like Chicago. I like the idea of looking at
Speaker 1: Chicago spending money to just spend money to try and
Speaker 1: solve a problem. I'm intrigued by everybody else so far Seattle.
Speaker 1: I wanted to break down this discussion with you about Seattle.
Speaker 1: The latest from the time that you've been able to
Speaker 1: spend and talk to folks in Ariola coming in. I
Speaker 1: know that there was a discussion on your timeline about
Speaker 1: formations and how things may look one way or the other.
Speaker 1: What are you anticipating now that training camp is up
Speaker 1: and running with Seattle, and what you're seeing from everybody
Speaker 1: who's now in place and who's left over from last year.
Speaker 3: Yeah, look, big report of week one of Sounders training
Speaker 3: has been positive. I said it right off the bad
Speaker 3: My impression right now is that the teams in high spirits.
Speaker 3: You could tell the positivity from the big smile and
Speaker 3: Ryan's face as soon as he faced the first round
Speaker 3: of questions at the press conference. He's excited about this team.
Speaker 3: Paul A Riola, it's a player that, look, I didn't
Speaker 3: really know if he was a necessity for this club,
Speaker 3: but man, is he just a good dude. I mean,
Speaker 3: he's just as likable as it gets, and when he
Speaker 3: comes to the eye test, immediately passed it. I did
Speaker 3: not expect anything less from a player that has fifty
Speaker 3: caps with the usbn's national team, that has been on
Speaker 3: a ton of teams, that has played in Mexico. So
Speaker 3: he's one of those guys that he looks sharp, he
Speaker 3: looks like he's playing at a different speed, and that's good, right,
Speaker 3: off the bat, because you have a player that barely
Speaker 3: needs a preseason to be, if not at his top level,
Speaker 3: at a good level of his performance and potential. So
Speaker 3: he's been out standing. Uh. He's been playing as a
Speaker 3: wing back, mainly on the right side. Did see him
Speaker 3: play on the left side here today? Obviously not as
Speaker 3: sharp with not his favorite foot, if you will, but
Speaker 3: has the ability to cut inside. Had a beautiful banger
Speaker 3: on the right side after a pass from Danny Lava.
Speaker 3: So he's exciting. Uh, he's passed the eye test. I again,
Speaker 3: I wasn't in love with the move, but he is
Speaker 3: growing on me extremely quickly. Three days. I have been
Speaker 3: there from the start of practice to the end of practice,
Speaker 3: and he gets my check mark for I get a
Speaker 3: couple of standouts. Georgie Manongu that the young guy that
Speaker 3: was so exciting last season looked like that man has
Speaker 3: been working on his finishing back to back goals and
Speaker 3: scrimmage a couple of days ago. Uh, just looks gold dangerous,
Speaker 3: extremely fit. Uh, low body mass and a lot of muscle,
Speaker 3: which seems to be a trending topic because job looks
Speaker 3: five years younger. I mean the guy, he says is
Speaker 3: because he trimmed the beard. But it's not that, baby,
Speaker 3: there's not that much weight on your beard. He looks good,
Speaker 3: he looks quick, the verticality, the horizontal movement. I see
Speaker 3: those hips shifting. That had been an issue for him.
Speaker 3: He talked to us and was very frank about how
Speaker 3: slow his rehab process was and how he didn't really
Speaker 3: have a chance to get back to top form. He
Speaker 3: looks good though. It looks top form. Probably the best
Speaker 3: pre season condition I've seen from JP since his MVP
Speaker 3: season or finalist MVP and MLS. So those things are
Speaker 3: very interesting. Josh Atensio at center back. You talked about formations.
Speaker 3: There's been a whole lot, a whole lot a three
Speaker 3: in the back when he comes to scrimmages, when he
Speaker 3: comes to just short sighted gains, no doubt. Di's a
Speaker 3: point of emphasis. Not that's what the team is going
Speaker 3: to go and start with in twenty twenty five, because
Speaker 3: I feel like the default formation is still for two
Speaker 3: three one, in my opinion, is the formation that gets
Speaker 3: the most talented players on the field at one time.
Speaker 3: But it's interesting to see them work so much. In
Speaker 3: his stream information, Oh bet the game has released slow
Speaker 3: down for this young man. You can tell that he
Speaker 3: is seeing the game at a different speed. The way
Speaker 3: he cuts, the way he gets out of pressure, his
Speaker 3: ability to break lines with the ball. He has not
Speaker 3: lost The beat was exactly my tweet on Ovid Vargas.
Speaker 3: Looks fantastic. So all in all, Seattle's interesting. The only
Speaker 3: bad moment so far is Jackson Reagan talking to us
Speaker 3: yesterday extremely disappointed that he's not going to get to
Speaker 3: go and be in the January camp Fortino. I understand
Speaker 3: he's been working so hard for this opportunity, but honestly,
Speaker 3: I blame you with soccer, John, I blame you with soccer.
Speaker 3: This is not the first time that is all or nothing.
Speaker 3: Look it's January, kim Man, I mean, see the guy.
Speaker 3: As far as we know so far, Jeremashan reported at first,
Speaker 3: we confirmed later as a club, the Sounders told us Soccer, Yes,
Speaker 3: you can have Jackson Reagan. He can go work with you.
Speaker 3: We just need him back by the nineteenth. The team
Speaker 3: travels to Spain this Saturday to Marbella. They play Konkakov
Speaker 3: Cup in Guatemala like the twenty something of this month,
Speaker 3: so they need their team ready they need their starting
Speaker 3: center back to figure out whether they're gonna play three
Speaker 3: in the back in that one two what's gonna be
Speaker 3: the formation, right? I mean for in the back, I mean,
Speaker 3: is it gonna be two standard backs? Is there going
Speaker 3: to have to be some chemistry things that he's got
Speaker 3: to figure out for one? For two, the injury bug, right,
Speaker 3: We've already heard about Ferreira being released by US men's
Speaker 3: national team because of a fitness issue. So you know,
Speaker 3: those are the things that in the past, Jackson has
Speaker 3: got injuries in this sort of camp. So those are
Speaker 3: the things that make teams apprehensive. But again I blame
Speaker 3: US Soccer because they had every sense to say, hey,
Speaker 3: we got one of the best American center backs in
Speaker 3: MLS come into camp, let's check him out for eighteen
Speaker 3: or a couple of weeks, and we're going to figure
Speaker 3: it out. We're going to send them back or less
Speaker 3: work with the Seattle Sounders. But when you has soccer
Speaker 3: and MLS are not working together and it's more of
Speaker 3: a power struggle, that's when I blame the US Soccer
Speaker 3: Federation because you're supposed to be the one that wants
Speaker 3: the best for the soccer in your country and in
Speaker 3: your federation, and this is not helping out anyone. So
Speaker 3: so I understand the frustration by Jackson Reagan. We don't
Speaker 3: know if he's upset at the club or add the federation.
Speaker 3: All he said was, you know, I came out disappointed
Speaker 3: and I was told I was going to go, and
Speaker 3: then I was enabled to go. But then he said,
Speaker 3: I'm not taking any more questions on it. I want
Speaker 3: to talk about it. So we didn't pry him on it.
Speaker 3: Maybe in the future we'll get a little bit more
Speaker 3: insight on the situation. But that's probably the only negative
Speaker 3: out of three days that I've been at Providence in
Speaker 3: Swedish Performance Center and clubhouse.
Speaker 1: Yes, the Providence in Swedish clubhouse. So so yeah, we'll
Speaker 1: just call it the Providence in Swedish Clubhouse going forward.
Speaker 1: I like that one other thing before you get out
Speaker 1: of here, on my list and whatever else is on
Speaker 1: your list before before we go, I wanted to discuss
Speaker 1: we mentioned, yes we're Sodensen is the new head coach
Speaker 1: for Vancouver White Cats, and there is a there's a
Speaker 1: for sale sign on Vancouver's front lawn right now because
Speaker 1: the family that is the main owner is concerned about
Speaker 1: estate taxes down the line for a franchise that they
Speaker 1: have invested in, and they have invested well, considering what
Speaker 1: they did when they paid and what it's worth now
Speaker 1: and what Vancouver has done as a franchise.
Speaker 2: When it comes to.
Speaker 1: The time that I spend this full disclosure, I spend
Speaker 1: time as a talking head on Canadian programming occasion. There
Speaker 1: is a direct concern among the Canadians on the shows
Speaker 1: that I'm on up there that Vancouver will not exist
Speaker 1: as the white Caps and it will not be a
Speaker 1: home for a major league soccer franchise when the new
Speaker 1: owners come in, whomever they are, after you know, a
Speaker 1: couple of years and being displeased with BC plays, what
Speaker 1: is your look at the Vancouver situation as they now
Speaker 1: have a coach, but they're looking for somebody else to
Speaker 1: be the new owners.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's sad because the uncertainty of this team is
Speaker 3: not unfounded, and I believe that there are markets where
Speaker 3: a new ownership could say it is more profitable to
Speaker 3: move this team X or Y or z, And that
Speaker 3: makes the probability that a fan base that has been
Speaker 3: as patient as any that has been year after year
Speaker 3: been disappointed even when the team has looked like they
Speaker 3: could make a run, whether it's at an international tournament
Speaker 3: or the domestic or the Canadian Championship. So it's just
Speaker 3: one of those situations where I get it just the
Speaker 3: jasper source. Since contract that's two years was odd to me.
Speaker 3: You're bringing in a guy is a two year contract?
Speaker 3: I don't understand. How can there be three? How do
Speaker 3: you not trust this guy? Do you think that it's
Speaker 3: maybe just like a learning type of situation, we'll figure
Speaker 3: it out, or are you thinking, look, in a couple
Speaker 3: of years, we're don't even ever going to be here,
Speaker 3: so it's going to be fire cell elsewhere. I mean,
Speaker 3: I don't know just everything about this situation, the coaching,
Speaker 3: the information that we know about the reason of the sale,
Speaker 3: just gives me the feeling that Vancouver white Caps or
Speaker 3: white Caps in Vancouver is at risk. And I feel
Speaker 3: for that fan base because they do show up and
Speaker 3: they have a team that to me could win now.
Speaker 3: They have a good roster, but they've never been able
Speaker 3: to really put it together. So whether it's the I
Speaker 3: didn't understand Vinie Artini firing either way, So let's start there,
Speaker 3: and that's exactly what makes me believe that there's something
Speaker 3: behind the scenes that we're kind of reading in between
Speaker 3: the lines, and by the time that we realize what
Speaker 3: it is, it might be that Vancouver is no longer
Speaker 3: going to be a whole city for m LS.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and obviously we'll keep an eye on that going forward.
Speaker 1: But yeah, your point about only a two year deal
Speaker 1: for Sodensen being the new head coach, getting Vanny Sartini,
Speaker 1: who really needed to be protected at all costs because
Speaker 1: of how beloved he was as a coach in Vancouver,
Speaker 1: and just the situation surrounding his dismissal or disagreement or
Speaker 1: not coming to whatever you want to however you want
Speaker 1: to classify it. It's just there's a lot here that
Speaker 1: doesn't quite add up and trying to figure out, Okay,
Speaker 1: where are things here? I think you might be on this,
Speaker 1: say so, we'll keep an eye on that going forward.
Speaker 1: What else is on your rundown of topics? Before we
Speaker 1: let you go and have breakfast and get you ready
Speaker 1: for the rest of your Thursday out on the West Coast.
Speaker 3: No excited for the Sounders to go to Marbella talk
Speaker 3: to the whole squad and everyone is excited to, you know,
Speaker 3: play European competition, to be out of the country, to
Speaker 3: have the camaraderie that can be so important for a group.
Speaker 3: I thought it was interesting that Stephen Fry, a player
Speaker 3: that has been impressive in this first three days. By
Speaker 3: the way, at his age, he seems like he's really
Speaker 3: working on that explosiveness, that reaction time, does, ability to
Speaker 3: manage high balls. I mean, everything that makes a goalkeeper
Speaker 3: has looked fantastic. But as a captain for the second year,
Speaker 3: that was my question to him, and he's like, did
Speaker 3: you learn anything? What is it that maybe you're taking
Speaker 3: into this year? And I love the fact that he's
Speaker 3: look I wanted to do a lot of things. It
Speaker 3: was my first year as a captain, so I went
Speaker 3: to the right channels asking for permission to take my
Speaker 3: guys out to do things. This year, I might just
Speaker 3: do I might just do things after forgive it later.
Speaker 3: I mean, I thought it was really cool that he's
Speaker 3: embodying that captain role because it is something that Seattle
Speaker 3: needs more of. So that's one of the things that
Speaker 3: was interesting for me. Additionally, Seattle has some really interesting
Speaker 3: young guys, so I did not want to leave your
Speaker 3: show without naming some Stu Hawkins man. That kid looks
Speaker 3: like the real deal, very young, but he promising. He's
Speaker 3: a guy that look I forget the name of the
Speaker 3: kid that it is United ended up being sold to.
Speaker 3: I think it was Dor Mud or a German team
Speaker 3: for a lot of money. I think that Stu Hawkins
Speaker 3: has that same profile, if not better. He's so good
Speaker 3: on the ball, man, I mean he gets flourwarled with
Speaker 3: such ease. He glides on the ball. His IQ is high,
Speaker 3: not afraid to put his body. He needs to, you know,
Speaker 3: maybe hit that protein, you know that the little bit
Speaker 3: of get some rebuy on his you know diet, you know,
Speaker 3: get a little muscle. But other than that, man, the
Speaker 3: kid looks really really good. Leo Burnley is a guy
Speaker 3: that was also brought in. He is a big he's strong,
Speaker 3: he looks the part. The Seattle is always doing the
Speaker 3: right things to keep that Costellar group together. And they
Speaker 3: might not have had the splashy signings this season, but
Speaker 3: I think this is going to be a group that's
Speaker 3: going to be interesting. I am more excited and more
Speaker 3: I have more high hopes of this specific roster than
Speaker 3: I had of the twenty twenty four roster in that
Speaker 3: preseason camp. So I'm excited for It's going to be
Speaker 3: interesting and we'll see what happens so here on out.
Speaker 3: When it comes to Raaldridiez, I'm gonna be on the
Speaker 3: ball Atlanta, I mean you guys again. I want you
Speaker 3: all to know that. I literally said that when we
Speaker 3: talked about Takashi. There's gonna be a lot of money
Speaker 3: in two players. Right, you already know the two players. Now,
Speaker 3: now does it get through the line? Does it push up?
Speaker 3: I'm excited for Atlanta United this season. I think they're
Speaker 3: gonna have a really good year. So hey, just thank
Speaker 3: you for having me on. We are not gonna be
Speaker 3: doing a stalker bar where we might not be doing
Speaker 3: it at all because one of our guys is actually
Speaker 3: leaving the country for a better opportunity and I'm happy
Speaker 3: for him. So now I'm gonna be looking for a
Speaker 3: new new venture. We're gonna be doing something with Jeremiah
Speaker 3: Shan I think on a weekly basis through Sounder Hard podcast,
Speaker 3: So check that out. We're really gonna be getting together
Speaker 3: with him this Friday to iron some things out. But
Speaker 3: I'm excited always good to have that podcast with Jeremiah
Speaker 3: Shann He's fantastic. So if you don't follow him mature,
Speaker 3: you follow him now, and uh thanks man. Obviously I'm
Speaker 3: gonna be on SDH all year long. Baby, right here,
Speaker 3: trying to bring it to you. I wanted to hold
Speaker 3: off that role Ridius for you, and I had just
Speaker 3: lost Mega. I want you to know that I'm gonna
Speaker 3: go ahead and say I was gonna hold the road radius,
Speaker 3: but I lost the Miga for not shooting quick enough.
Speaker 3: So I just went in and put that out there.
Speaker 3: But I'm gonna get you one. I'm gonna get you one.
Speaker 2: Well, you know, you've always got a home here, brother.
Speaker 2: It doesn't just have to be on Thursdays.
Speaker 1: If there's ever a if there is ever anything on
Speaker 1: your mind, sir, you know that you have golden ticket.
Speaker 1: You can drop in anytime you want and it's like, bruh,
Speaker 1: I got something I gotta talk about and then we'll
Speaker 1: hit the sirens and we'll find Well, you know, I'm
Speaker 1: looking forward to the report from Marbea.
Speaker 2: You're I'm looking.
Speaker 1: Forward to seeing you in Spain, Spain behind you next
Speaker 1: week when you're talking about everything at training camp and not,
Speaker 1: but no, seriously, with everything going on out there in
Speaker 1: the West, you got a home.
Speaker 2: You know you've got a home, so just come on
Speaker 2: in whenever. We know that. This is the main time
Speaker 2: that we want to catch up with you on a
Speaker 2: weekly basis.
Speaker 3: But I'm gonna use that that's important. I'm gonna hit
Speaker 3: you up and say, hey, let's drop this now.
Speaker 2: I like that, dude. That's what we are here for.
Speaker 1: It is all about making sure that loth Amelia has
Speaker 1: the platform where we can discuss things. And if it's
Speaker 1: not just Providence in Swedish Clubhouse, anything else on your mind,
Speaker 1: you know you've got a home and it's always here
Speaker 1: for you, my friend.
Speaker 2: You know that.
Speaker 3: Appreciate it, John, thank you as always. Thank you to
Speaker 3: your fan base. Let's have a good twenty twenty five.
Speaker 3: I appreciate it. Have a good one. I'm i enjoying
Speaker 3: my coffee. Thank you, John,