Speaker 1: And so what that means is that I'm going to
Speaker 1: punch the clock a little early. Well maybe yeah, thirty
Speaker 1: seconds or so, I don't know, but properly hydrated as always,
Speaker 1: and adjusting to life as it is with us here
Speaker 1: with a restream and our and our new platforms and everything.
Speaker 1: A Gordon, ladies and gentlemen. So a busting out the
Speaker 1: us A jersey this morning, out a boy.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Nike had a sale a couple months back, so
Speaker 2: I bought a couple of pieces at severe discounts and
Speaker 2: uh yeah, popped one on today. Why not?
Speaker 1: Nothing nothing wrong with the severe discount. Man right here
Speaker 1: is the king of a severe discount. So I'm right
Speaker 1: there with you. So welcome to twenty twenty five, my friend.
Speaker 1: How was the time away from us?
Speaker 2: It was pretty good, obviously. I spent some time on
Speaker 2: a cruise vacation that was very fun, and then just
Speaker 2: just been taken into new year making sure we're staying
Speaker 2: healthy and happy and really also just counting down the clock.
Speaker 2: I mean, I know I was talking with you over
Speaker 2: the weekend and due to the weather that we just
Speaker 2: had here in Atlanta, United did delay some of the
Speaker 2: things necessary to start their media portions of practice. They
Speaker 2: couldn't do all the physicals essentially, is what happened. And
Speaker 2: so we were hoping to be at United for their
Speaker 2: first training session that got delayed. But like, it is
Speaker 2: crazy that it's here. I mean, we knew it was
Speaker 2: a short offseason when it started. We're like, man, it's
Speaker 2: like seven weeks away, and they had a lot to
Speaker 2: do and they still have a lot to do, right,
Speaker 2: I mean, they hired a new technical director, they hired
Speaker 2: a new manager, they put a couple pieces in place.
Speaker 2: They've made a move here or they're more so on
Speaker 2: the fringe, but there's obviously some rumors heating up that
Speaker 2: could be more central to this team. And so very
Speaker 2: excited to see. And we're counting down right as much
Speaker 2: as we're counting down from everything else. We're what twelve
Speaker 2: days from the opening preseason match against Chattanooga, and the
Speaker 2: preseason gets fast and furious from there. You essentially are
Speaker 2: playing five matches or some sort of competitive environments there
Speaker 2: in essentially thirty days. So really looking forward to covering
Speaker 2: that and then yeah, getting the season going. Man, Like
Speaker 2: it's pretty much here. So very excited.
Speaker 1: Well, and that's the thing. It's like, oh, seven weeks,
Speaker 1: What are we gonna talk about for seven weeks? Trust me,
Speaker 1: there's plenty to talk about in seven weeks, and seven
Speaker 1: weeks turns into like five and a half and you're
Speaker 1: just you know, you're off and running, and it's halfway
Speaker 1: there already, so we haven't had the chance to catch up.
Speaker 1: What have you thought about the pickups of Chris Henderson
Speaker 1: and Ronnie Dila in the front office and being a
Speaker 1: head coach?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, by all accounts, I'm excited, and everyone
Speaker 2: has kind of generally said you should be excited about this.
Speaker 2: I mean, it's a formula that has worked before with
Speaker 2: Loggerway and Henderson, and they're also coming into situation where
Speaker 2: you have a pretty good team right now compiled, you
Speaker 2: have a pretty good amount of money to go, and
Speaker 2: you also have flexibility in your roster with what you
Speaker 2: want to do and openings and designated player and stuff
Speaker 2: like that. So it's not like you're bringing in guys
Speaker 2: to rebuild. You already have a really strong base, but
Speaker 2: now you do have an opportunity to make your stamp
Speaker 2: and to add to that, and I think that's probably
Speaker 2: very exciting. From the Henderson side of things, and then
Speaker 2: with Ronnie Dila, I mean, just very excited to see
Speaker 2: what he's able to do to take again the talent
Speaker 2: that's already here, the talent that Henderson's going to add,
Speaker 2: hopefully in the next week or two, because you want
Speaker 2: to deal with all the issues and visas and make
Speaker 2: sure he's getting with the team and all that stuff
Speaker 2: that always frustrates fans when we have a guy but
Speaker 2: we don't really have that guy for three more months whatever.
Speaker 2: Just very excited to see in action again. You didn't
Speaker 2: win last year, right, I mean, ultimately you did get eliminated,
Speaker 2: but there were some really good things that you did
Speaker 2: at the end of the season, and now just time
Speaker 2: to try and build all that, not not take steps
Speaker 2: back as you rebuild, but continue to move forward. I'm
Speaker 2: excited to see if they can do that.
Speaker 1: And obviously as a part of the show this morning,
Speaker 1: we are going to discuss the names that are being
Speaker 1: floated out there that kind of hit pretty hard.
Speaker 2: On the weekend.
Speaker 1: And once again at Landy United not afraid to sit
Speaker 1: there and say, oh, eighteen to twenty million, sure, all right,
Speaker 1: we'll cut that check, you know.
Speaker 2: So it's the.
Speaker 1: Pursuit is not the issue. It is the desires of
Speaker 1: the agents and the player and the teams that are
Speaker 1: on the inbound that are always going to be a
Speaker 1: part of the discussion. And I think that that's something
Speaker 1: that we always have to remember here, is that, yeah,
Speaker 1: you can chase after all guys in the world, but
Speaker 1: the desires got to be there. The agent's got to
Speaker 1: sit there and look out for what's best for his client.
Speaker 1: All of these different little machinations that we have to
Speaker 1: kind of keep an eye on. That's always going to
Speaker 1: be a part of the discussion.
Speaker 2: Well, and I think the other thing you have to
Speaker 2: understand is the status of the league as a whole.
Speaker 2: And I think you're seeing and not just Atlanta United,
Speaker 2: but in recent years you've seen teams, top tier teams
Speaker 2: in the MLS, but even middle or bottom tier teams
Speaker 2: going after guys that they quite frankly, would have never
Speaker 2: had an opportunity to try and attract in previous years.
Speaker 2: And I think you've seen the shift of and look,
Speaker 2: there was a time where like those were the guys
Speaker 2: who were on their last legs, kind of being retired,
Speaker 2: and they wanted to wrap up in the US, and
Speaker 2: to an extent, Lionel Messi is still that but also
Speaker 2: at the top of his game at the same time somehow,
Speaker 2: not really sure how that happens. My athletic prime was
Speaker 2: years ago and I never recovered. He somehow's kept his prime.
Speaker 2: I do think related to that is you're seeing an
Speaker 2: opportunity to get a different style and level of player
Speaker 2: in terms of drawing from Europe or even from from
Speaker 2: Africa and South America than maybe you would have, and
Speaker 2: you're able to find a couple of guys that you
Speaker 2: you at least feel are a little bit more proven.
Speaker 2: And that excites me when I look at like some
Speaker 2: of the numbers of the guys that they're talking about,
Speaker 2: be it from Asia, be it from from Europe, whatever,
Speaker 2: And you go back and look at like we were
Speaker 2: excited for Yakabacas and like he wasn't in like a
Speaker 2: top top tier necessarily league, but here is his games
Speaker 2: played and here's his goals scored, and you look at
Speaker 2: the guys that they're chasing, and it's very similar, if
Speaker 2: not better, in terms of goals per matches. So and
Speaker 2: it's also like very apparent the type of guy they're
Speaker 2: trying to bring in, Like they're looking for goal scorers,
Speaker 2: and there's no more secret about what are they going
Speaker 2: to do with their DP spots? Could they find it?
Speaker 2: And they're like no, man, like they're they're doing what
Speaker 2: we all want them to do, which is find someone
Speaker 2: to score goals. And so excited for the possibilities of
Speaker 2: the names that are being chattered about. But but again,
Speaker 2: like you said, sometimes we see names get hot and
Speaker 2: then it just kind of goes cold. That's already happened
Speaker 2: once this offseason for United. And and so we'll see
Speaker 2: if the names that are hot right now, the names
Speaker 2: that are trending, if you will ultimately make their way
Speaker 2: here to the four oh four.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and there's always the Starbucks joke that has happened
Speaker 1: with Emmanuel la Teila and his time with the Middlesbrough
Speaker 1: currently and odd soun Edward. Those are the two names
Speaker 1: that are out there, and obviously we'll get into the
Speaker 1: more about those two as we go this morning. But
Speaker 1: you're you're chasing after players that are in the the
Speaker 1: EFL Championship. You're chasing after players that have Premier League experience.
Speaker 1: I mean, shoot, the team up the road that claimed itself,
Speaker 1: that claims itself to be Atlanta United's number one rival
Speaker 1: from Absolute Jump, decided that they want to chase after
Speaker 1: Miguel Almo.
Speaker 2: So no league, No league.
Speaker 1: Is safe from Major League Soccer anymore, Abe Gordon, this
Speaker 1: is how this is. It's like you want to dance,
Speaker 1: let's dance. Look with Major League Soccer. The checks will
Speaker 1: not bounce. That is the biggest thing. You want a player,
Speaker 1: We'll cut you a check. Everything's gonna be fine. Direct
Speaker 1: deposit's gonna work for the player. Direct deposit's gonna work
Speaker 1: for the agent and the league. Check will not bounce.
Speaker 1: One less thing that folks have to worry about these days.
Speaker 2: Yeah, And look like I don't want to sound like
Speaker 2: elitist or anything. I'm not trying to put down other countries,
Speaker 2: but like, I think living in America is a pretty
Speaker 2: cool thing. And you look at some of the countries
Speaker 2: people are from, some of the countries people are currently
Speaker 2: playing in, and like there's also now a JA all
Speaker 2: towards playing in America, and there's just there's just something
Speaker 2: fun about that. In the league, I mean, it's kind
Speaker 2: of crazy. And John, you've been, i mean where the
Speaker 2: league was at the very start, and to see like
Speaker 2: there obviously there were dreams and there were hopes of
Speaker 2: like what this league could eventually become, and look, they're not.
Speaker 2: This isn't the end of the road for the MLS.
Speaker 2: They haven't reached their ultimate goals yet. But to see
Speaker 2: what the league was in the conversations that they've entered
Speaker 2: now in terms of across the world, it's pretty wild.
Speaker 2: It's pretty wild. And just the level of respect that
Speaker 2: this league has gained from players, from fans and then
Speaker 2: from yet from the business makers is pretty impressive. So
Speaker 2: look that there's a reason that these names are being
Speaker 2: bandied about, that these are legitimate targets and legitimate names
Speaker 2: and quite frank, legitimate players. You look at some of
Speaker 2: the numbers on these guys, Uh, it is really impressive,
Speaker 2: and so I'm exc I did to see what they're
Speaker 2: gonna do. But it's nice to know that despite some
Speaker 2: of the seasons that Landing United has had, and I
Speaker 2: think we can all be fair it's been disappointing since
Speaker 2: they won the title, they're they're still working, They're still
Speaker 2: among the highest spenders in MLS, they still are attracting
Speaker 2: some of the biggest names in MLS. They're still viewed
Speaker 2: from outside America as the team in MLS, and I
Speaker 2: think that is really important to have put them in
Speaker 2: this situation where where they can go after some of
Speaker 2: the names that they're they're they're chasing down right now.
Speaker 1: So when it comes to players that have carried them
Speaker 1: year to year from last years at Lanty United to
Speaker 1: this year's at Land United, who are who's in the
Speaker 1: Abe Gordon spot shadow? Who is who? Who are you
Speaker 1: looking forward to seeing the most? When it comes to
Speaker 1: player development, hitting the next stage whatever that entails and
Speaker 1: air quotes and yes I did just use air quotes
Speaker 1: on a Monday as we're getting ready for training camp.
Speaker 1: Who are you looking forward to seeing in the development stage?
Speaker 1: Hit those next strides? When it comes to being a
Speaker 1: part of this roster, well.
Speaker 2: It kind of partlays itself two ways, because you've got
Speaker 2: the players that maybe took some steps last year, or
Speaker 2: maybe even if they underachieved last year and you think
Speaker 2: there's more to them. What can they do in their
Speaker 2: second year or in another year or whatever. But there's
Speaker 2: also the aspect of Ronnie Daila and the impact that
Speaker 2: he's gonna have it maybe if they're asked to do
Speaker 2: something differently or he's asking them to play differently, and
Speaker 2: quite frankly, I'm not gonna pretend to know how he's
Speaker 2: gonna use or what the expectations are for certain players
Speaker 2: in a new system. So I'm gonna speak on the
Speaker 2: pure basis of the question what we saw last year,
Speaker 2: what I'm looking forward to coming up this year, and
Speaker 2: I think I'll just go from the back forward. I
Speaker 2: think you start with Pedro Amador. I think what you
Speaker 2: got from him, especially in the postseason run, but even
Speaker 2: before that, and that just happened to be like a
Speaker 2: link of games where things worked out. Even before that,
Speaker 2: right you could tell like something was going on differently
Speaker 2: for him. I don't know if it was communication with
Speaker 2: the guys up ahead of him or whatever it was,
Speaker 2: but just to me, even with some of the left
Speaker 2: backs at Lanta United has had, it still felt like
Speaker 2: the attack had to come from the right side. With
Speaker 2: Brooks Lennon, I think with Pedro now adding on the
Speaker 2: left side, especially considering the issues you had up top
Speaker 2: on the left side, I'm excited to see maybe a
Speaker 2: full year's worth of can he continue and look, he's
Speaker 2: not gonna have an assist every single game. I think
Speaker 2: we have to. I know, I know it's tough to hear,
Speaker 2: but I mean, look, maybe if a Lani United is
Speaker 2: the highest scoring offense in the MLS, which quite frankly
Speaker 2: was with some of the expectations to open last year,
Speaker 2: and that quickly died down. But i've Paigo is the
Speaker 2: first name you look at, I think you moved to
Speaker 2: the next level. And it continues to be Jay Fortune.
Speaker 2: Just how good is this kid gonna be? And obviously
Speaker 2: he didn't play a ton in the first half of
Speaker 2: the season, a couple us open whatever, but by a
Speaker 2: variety of different factors, he finds himself in the regular rotation.
Speaker 2: But it was up to him to cement himself there
Speaker 2: right like, he was given the opportunity to prove it,
Speaker 2: and he did prove it. And now the next question is,
Speaker 2: as we've had this question with a number of guys
Speaker 2: that have been young and kind of upstarts, and the
Speaker 2: quote next guy at this position, or the next guy
Speaker 2: at that position for the US national team, for Atlanta United,
Speaker 2: for youth squad, whatever it may be, it's now up
Speaker 2: to him to build off of what seems like a
Speaker 2: cemented role for him. Again, Ronnie Diler could come in
Speaker 2: feel differently and he may have to fight again. I
Speaker 2: think everyone's gonna have to fight for the roles. That's
Speaker 2: just how it works with new coaches. But at this
Speaker 2: point you do maybe expect him to be a little
Speaker 2: higher in that consideration. So based on what he saw
Speaker 2: last year, like that wasn't his apex right, Like he's
Speaker 2: still trending upwards, He's still climbing that mountain to reach
Speaker 2: his peak. And so certainly him and then the other
Speaker 2: thing for me again not knowing who is being brought
Speaker 2: in up top, but Saba, it just so much of
Speaker 2: it was on him last year, the idea that he
Speaker 2: might have some help up there. What sort of a
Speaker 2: player does he become? How different does he look when
Speaker 2: he's got help, Maybe when he doesn't feel the need
Speaker 2: to be the primary goal scorer. We can help set
Speaker 2: guys up. You know, hopefully the goal scoring numbers don't
Speaker 2: come down for Saba, but you'd like to see maybe
Speaker 2: the assist numbers go up a little bit and maybe
Speaker 2: just a slightly different type of player for him. And
Speaker 2: then again just you know, just try and figure out
Speaker 2: who the playmakers are and who's gonna be in the
Speaker 2: middle and so just looking forward to that. But again
Speaker 2: it's all gonna be about Dlah and how he wants
Speaker 2: to set things up, who they pulled in to work
Speaker 2: up top. So very interested in that too.
Speaker 1: But yeah, yeah, and I mean you you mentioned Saba,
Speaker 1: and it will be it will be interesting to see
Speaker 1: how Saba is when he is a guy and not
Speaker 1: the guy. And I think that there's there's nothing wrong
Speaker 1: with being a guy, but I think that Saba at
Speaker 1: times looked like he shouldered the burden internally, you know,
Speaker 1: maybe just a little too much. And you know, here's
Speaker 1: a guy who is going to lay it all out
Speaker 1: there for you. I mean, he's gonna run the ninety
Speaker 1: eight miles and not think twice about it. He's gonna
Speaker 1: on a Monday, I apologize, he's gonna run his ass off.
Speaker 1: And there goes the explicit rating already fifteen minutes into
Speaker 1: a new week, five minutes into a new wig. But yeah,
Speaker 1: he's gonna run his ass off. He's gonna give you everything.
Speaker 1: And now to your point, you're anticipating Saba getting help,
Speaker 1: and I think that in whatever form that is at
Speaker 1: the nine mid Anchuk wherever he fits into the midfield,
Speaker 1: if it does do he move Moranchuk to the left.
Speaker 1: These kinds of factors, you now have that opportunity for
Speaker 1: Saba to still be the dude, to be a dude
Speaker 1: and not be the dude, and that's never a bad thing.
Speaker 2: Yeah, And I want to pick up on Moranchuk too,
Speaker 2: because it was such a tough ass for him to
Speaker 2: come in mid season and we're all like, this is
Speaker 2: a guy, uh, you know, that's replacing Almana. It didn't
Speaker 2: really feel comfortable for him. It didn't really feel natural
Speaker 2: for him, and you'd see moments where he kind of
Speaker 2: settle in and look like a lot more in the flow,
Speaker 2: and then other moments where it was kind of disconnected.
Speaker 2: And I'm interested to see if he can get a
Speaker 2: little more connected on both sides, the offense and the
Speaker 2: defense and kind of figure that out, because that would
Speaker 2: also be a huge benefit to Atlanta United, is if
Speaker 2: the guy that they brought in to be one of
Speaker 2: the playmakers can do a little bit more of that.
Speaker 2: And look, again, it's tough to just grade him on
Speaker 2: what last year was. I think you do need to
Speaker 2: give him a little bit of more time to develop
Speaker 2: within the system. And now you have to give everyone
Speaker 2: a little bit of time because you're probably looking at
Speaker 2: a slightly new system, and that's what happened. I mean, look,
Speaker 2: we're not gonna we're not gonna, you know, tear the
Speaker 2: tent down if they get off to a little bit
Speaker 2: of a slow start. You got to understand, as we
Speaker 2: learned last year, it's not how you start to an extent,
Speaker 2: it's how you finish. But you have to give a
Speaker 2: little bit of leeway with the new stuff. But again,
Speaker 2: you have a good enough team here that you would
Speaker 2: hope that there's some stuff you can do. And again,
Speaker 2: I think that's probably why you scheduled as many either
Speaker 2: competitive environments, matches, whatever you want to say there in
Speaker 2: the preseason. What do we say five or six of
Speaker 2: these things in thirty days before you really kick the
Speaker 2: season off, something like that. So I think they're trying
Speaker 2: to get up and run in pretty quickly. But I
Speaker 2: think if Moranchuck can get a little more comfortable and
Speaker 2: a little bit more calm and what he's being asked
Speaker 2: to do, that's gonna help Saba, That's gonna help the
Speaker 2: other midfielders. It's certainly gonna help whoever they pull in
Speaker 2: in strikers, so there's a lot of options for this
Speaker 2: team to move forward and improved. Like as good as
Speaker 2: they finished, there were still things you could look at
Speaker 2: and say, well, Moronchuck could have done better. If he's
Speaker 2: better next year, the team will be better. You didn't
Speaker 2: have the striking, and so there's as pleased as we
Speaker 2: were towards the finish, even though ultimately it ended, there's
Speaker 2: still some steps forward this team can take pretty immediately.
Speaker 2: So I'm excited about that.
Speaker 1: Yeah, because you're looking at games against Chattanooga, FC Birmingham
Speaker 1: Leagie and the two matches at IMG Academy and then
Speaker 1: wrapping up with FC Dallas the week before the kickoff
Speaker 1: of the regular season on February fifteenth, and so yeah,
Speaker 1: next in the next thirty two days. The thirty days
Speaker 1: has September April June and that's ends and all the
Speaker 1: rest of thirty one, so eighteen thirty three days. So
Speaker 1: thirty three days, you got five matches to get you
Speaker 1: ready for the twenty twenty five season before I let
Speaker 1: you go in the Eastern Conference outside of Messi and Friends,
Speaker 1: and you can include Messi and Friends if you want.
Speaker 1: Who else are you looking forward to seeing the most
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2: Uh boy, In general, the Eastern Conferences is not like
Speaker 2: my biggest Like it's just so much more fun. I
Speaker 2: think to watch the West even though they're they're late
Speaker 2: at night. Like I know, like I get the Columbus thing,
Speaker 2: I get the Cincinnati thing, but like I don't know, boring,
Speaker 2: like just boring like whatever. I'm interested to see some
Speaker 2: of the teams that were previously powers and if they
Speaker 2: can get back there. I'm interested in Philly and Nashville
Speaker 2: and what they have left, what sort of step back
Speaker 2: was this past year, because Philly for a while was,
Speaker 2: you know, running third or fourth in the league. They
Speaker 2: just completely fell apart. In Nashville obviously has been among
Speaker 2: the contenders for a long time, and they've taken their
Speaker 2: major steps back as well. So I'm interested to see
Speaker 2: if some of those bottom teams from last year can
Speaker 2: jump back up to the top. And certainly I feel
Speaker 2: like a Lady United is in that possibility as well.
Speaker 1: All right, So what are the plans for ninety two
Speaker 1: nine in the game Off the top of your head,
Speaker 1: to head up to the Children's South Caro Atlanta training ground,
Speaker 1: weather permitting and physicals permitting, you know, off the top
Speaker 1: of your head.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know about that. I do know we're
Speaker 2: gonna be broadcasting the Chattanooga game, and quite frankly, I
Speaker 2: haven't even looked at the schedule beyond that, but you
Speaker 2: will be able to hear the Chattanooga exhibition or preseason,
Speaker 2: whatever you want to call it on ninety two nine.
Speaker 2: So so certainly looking forward to Mike and Jason and
Speaker 2: getting back into booth and and hearing the sweet sounds
Speaker 2: of Atlanta United Soccer back on the airwaves.
Speaker 1: So and do you guys, do you get to go
Speaker 1: up and party for the morning show at any point?
Speaker 2: Do you know?
Speaker 1: Off the top of your head.
Speaker 2: I don't think so. I'm not sure, Uh, broad broadcast restrictions.
Speaker 2: I don't know if we're actually doing pre and post
Speaker 2: on that one, but we'll definitely have the broadcast of
Speaker 2: the game.
Speaker 1: So oh no, I was just talking like going up
Speaker 1: to practice and going to hang out and going.
Speaker 2: It's it's possible. Last week obviously the plan was going
Speaker 2: to be today, uh, and then it got delayed and
Speaker 2: it's probably gonna be a little bit tough to reschedule. Obviously,
Speaker 2: we've got I know, it's a different type of football.
Speaker 2: But but there is a national championship game coming into
Speaker 2: town in a couple of days, and so we've got
Speaker 2: some coverage of that that'll be on site. So I
Speaker 2: try not to be drawn tooth in. I think I.
Speaker 1: Don't know what you're talking about, sir. This that game
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Speaker 2: a matter of let's be on, these are two very
Speaker 2: good soccer schools.
Speaker 1: Yep, it is ACC and B one G heading to
Speaker 1: heading to Mercedes Benz to play American football coming up
Speaker 1: in a week's time. My friend, it's great to see you,
Speaker 1: Glad to have you on this side of twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1: Great to have you back for your weekly Monday visits
Speaker 1: when time and scheduling allow. And hey, look, I'm right
Speaker 1: there with you when it comes to the super discount shopping.
Speaker 1: Look if it's if it's seventy percent off and I
Speaker 1: can get it a year or two behind, I'm right
Speaker 1: there with you, my friend. I'm the absolute same kind
Speaker 1: of shopper that you are.
Speaker 2: If you ever see me buying something at a full
Speaker 2: price anywhere outside of a restaurant, just know that I've
Speaker 2: been replaced with some sort of clone.
Speaker 1: Okay, that's your tell, that's your absolutely no doubt about it.
Speaker 1: It's great to see my friend. We'll catch it Jip soon.
Speaker 1: Stay hydrated and congratulations on working backward in the Peachtree
Speaker 1: road Racer Day.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that had a good one. Appreciate it.