WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:02.359 For that, we go to the man in his studio 2 00:00:02.480 --> 00:00:05.160 space and find out what's going on in the land 3 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:06.080 of Nico Moreno. 4 00:00:06.839 --> 00:00:07.519 Look at you? 5 00:00:10.439 --> 00:00:11.480 What's going on? John? 6 00:00:11.839 --> 00:00:13.119 Is a late night for you, brother? 7 00:00:13.160 --> 00:00:19.399 Wasn't it extremely late? Got here about twelve thirty? 8 00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:20.000 Uh? 9 00:00:20.440 --> 00:00:24.440 You know, I had to upload some videos rewatch a 10 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:27.600 little bit of the end of that Portland game. So yeah, man, 11 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:31.079 I was up for quite some time. Is this my 12 00:00:31.199 --> 00:00:36.799 third cup of coffee? Hoping that it's gonna do me something? Well, something, 13 00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:39.200 do something, any I need to load something else. But 14 00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:40.200 that's all we have, Rightmond. 15 00:00:40.359 --> 00:00:42.439 Well, I mean you can always crack open that window 16 00:00:42.479 --> 00:00:44.960 off your left shoulder and sit there and let the 17 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:48.439 sun shine in and sit there and go, well, you know, it's. 18 00:00:48.240 --> 00:00:52.280 Like, what's what's what's up with that? You mentioned Portland before? 19 00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:55.520 We kind of get into League's Cup and Seattle is 20 00:00:55.560 --> 00:00:57.920 the top seed and everything else? 21 00:00:58.679 --> 00:01:00.479 What in the wide world of sports going on with 22 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:01.240 Santi Moreno? 23 00:01:01.320 --> 00:01:05.079 Basically he wants to go to Flu and he just 24 00:01:05.159 --> 00:01:08.200 like he jetted. He's like, I'm out, I'm done, I'm 25 00:01:08.200 --> 00:01:10.519 out the door and didn't play last night. 26 00:01:11.079 --> 00:01:14.159 Didn't tell anybody apparently that he was leaving and so. 27 00:01:14.200 --> 00:01:16.719 He's like, I'm leaving and I'm playing at this joint 28 00:01:16.959 --> 00:01:20.359 and y'all can't catch me. You know, it's like, you know, 29 00:01:20.560 --> 00:01:23.239 he's the equivalent of the gingerbread man. Right now, you 30 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:26.760 can't catch me. I'm the gingerbread man. Santy Moreno has 31 00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:29.640 like flown the coop. What is going on with that? 32 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:33.640 Uh yeah, I look, that was reported. Unfortunately I didn't 33 00:01:33.680 --> 00:01:37.000 catch on to it before that. But this is something 34 00:01:37.040 --> 00:01:40.120 that doesn't Tago Moreno. You know, he's dealt with issues like 35 00:01:40.159 --> 00:01:43.079 this with his clubs in the past, and you know, 36 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:50.319 he is definitely a very talented player that unfortunately, and 37 00:01:50.359 --> 00:01:54.000 this is my opinion, he doesn't have the right circle 38 00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:58.239 around him. And I think that his agents and the 39 00:01:58.280 --> 00:02:02.079 people who you know, handle that sort of situation for him, 40 00:02:02.159 --> 00:02:06.079 don't necessarily have him take the best decisions. He has 41 00:02:06.079 --> 00:02:10.199 some issues with Americaya Kayli prior to coming to Portland, 42 00:02:11.080 --> 00:02:12.919 where you know, there was a whole bunch of issues 43 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:17.319 with people who had like rights to his you know, 44 00:02:17.400 --> 00:02:19.560 player card and his move and a whole bunch of 45 00:02:19.599 --> 00:02:25.199 things that just happened. Whenever you're a young talented player 46 00:02:25.199 --> 00:02:29.360 that unfortunately has people around you that are probably looking 47 00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:32.479 for their own benefit rather than yours. So look, he 48 00:02:32.599 --> 00:02:36.719 clearly wants a move to a top team in South America, 49 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:41.080 a team that you know right now has all eyes 50 00:02:41.120 --> 00:02:44.400 on them, right They are a team that just have 51 00:02:44.520 --> 00:02:50.000 recently moved a guy like John Arius down to the Premiere. 52 00:02:50.599 --> 00:02:53.400 You know, They're definitely a team that can be a 53 00:02:53.439 --> 00:02:57.919 stepstone to Europe, or it could just be a team 54 00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:01.840 that you are a powerhouse in his South America. So, uh, 55 00:03:01.879 --> 00:03:05.000 there's always ways around to get your way that way, 56 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:09.680 but what he is doing right now is just unexcusable. 57 00:03:10.280 --> 00:03:12.240 It is unprofessional. 58 00:03:12.719 --> 00:03:12.800 Uh. 59 00:03:13.080 --> 00:03:16.479 And more importantly, you know, when you have a team 60 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:21.319 like Portland where there's a leader like Diego Chara, who 61 00:03:21.400 --> 00:03:24.479 I know, you know, has taken and had you know, 62 00:03:24.840 --> 00:03:29.639 had a lot to do with Santi Moreno's initial adaptation 63 00:03:29.759 --> 00:03:32.120 into Portland, Like that's a slap in the face for 64 00:03:32.319 --> 00:03:35.400 you know, someone like that. I will get a little 65 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:38.360 bit more into this. I will reach out to some 66 00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:41.840 contexts that at Portland to figure out one, what is 67 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:44.039 the group think about it? What are the players? You know, 68 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:46.680 what's the feel of you know, your teammate just kind 69 00:03:46.680 --> 00:03:51.039 of leaving you, you know, high and dry like that 70 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:53.479 in the middle of a tournament where now Lasstor is 71 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:57.360 the one that's taken over that position and what's going 72 00:03:57.400 --> 00:04:00.520 on with him. But it is an unfortunate situation. I 73 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:02.280 don't think that's the right way to go about it, 74 00:04:02.879 --> 00:04:05.039 and I don't know if even that's the right way 75 00:04:05.039 --> 00:04:08.319 to go against Portland. Portland might be willing to just say, hey, look, 76 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:10.000 we don't want to trade you now. You're doing all 77 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:13.879 these things and we're just gonna, you know, file something 78 00:04:13.879 --> 00:04:16.519 with FIFA or do whatever you want, but you're under contract. 79 00:04:16.519 --> 00:04:16.920 That's it. 80 00:04:17.319 --> 00:04:19.360 Yeah, And so he's just added just to go a 81 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:23.160 wall unexcused absence, ned grab a voice saying as much, 82 00:04:23.399 --> 00:04:25.560 and it's like, go, we don't want to sell him. 83 00:04:25.920 --> 00:04:28.519 He said that he's leaving. He left, and so it's 84 00:04:28.519 --> 00:04:31.399 an unexcused absence. I just saw that come across my 85 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:33.279 bottle last night and I'm like, oh, we got to 86 00:04:33.279 --> 00:04:37.439 file that one away. Your late night which has necessitated 87 00:04:37.439 --> 00:04:41.800 your third cup of coffee. Gave Seattle the top seed 88 00:04:42.319 --> 00:04:46.319 number one in the standings in the MLS side, and 89 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:50.000 it is coming down to the last match day. More 90 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:53.279 on the MLS side than the League AMECHI side. If 91 00:04:53.279 --> 00:04:57.720 I did the math correctly, I think basically Warez just 92 00:04:57.759 --> 00:05:01.800 needs not to lose and they become team number four 93 00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:05.600 and they would be the one to advance with just 94 00:05:05.639 --> 00:05:09.519 the extra point. Seattle takes care of business late last 95 00:05:09.639 --> 00:05:13.279 night and it's all good on that end, and so 96 00:05:13.319 --> 00:05:15.959 it's a two to one win and you end up 97 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:21.639 with running the table highest goal differential, and it was 98 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:24.399 a late red didn't necessarily make a whole lot of difference, 99 00:05:24.439 --> 00:05:26.360 as Massofski scored in the eighty seventh to make it 100 00:05:26.360 --> 00:05:29.120 to to one three for three and now you just 101 00:05:29.160 --> 00:05:31.560 wait for everybody else before you get back into playing 102 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:33.439 mid week and weekend all over again. 103 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:36.639 Yeah. Look, I mean Seattle was the most dominant team 104 00:05:37.079 --> 00:05:41.480 across both sides, both League AMEX and MLS win all 105 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:46.959 their game's highest goal differential. They did it with rotating 106 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:49.160 a lot of players, seeing a lot of new faces 107 00:05:49.199 --> 00:05:52.879 and trying to figure out what's next. And I think 108 00:05:52.879 --> 00:05:56.199 that's credit to Brian Smetzer. I think it's credit to 109 00:05:56.279 --> 00:06:04.959 this group of talented players. Yesterday, Brian Semester decides to 110 00:06:05.160 --> 00:06:08.600 give Osase his very first start, and he pays off 111 00:06:08.920 --> 00:06:10.759 the kid I thought played very well, I thought that 112 00:06:10.839 --> 00:06:13.680 he was good on the ball. He was good in 113 00:06:13.759 --> 00:06:17.279 hold up play. He initially was having a little bit 114 00:06:17.319 --> 00:06:20.319 of trouble getting on the ball, but eventually when he did, 115 00:06:20.439 --> 00:06:23.040 I thought he made a count a couple of nice 116 00:06:23.079 --> 00:06:27.279 little finesse plays that you know, are always good to 117 00:06:27.319 --> 00:06:31.439 see from a young player, well youngish right, youngish player, 118 00:06:32.199 --> 00:06:36.040 and they are all positive signs. Not to mention the 119 00:06:36.079 --> 00:06:41.759 fact that ultimately his biggest attribute, what Brian called was 120 00:06:41.800 --> 00:06:44.040 going to keep him in this league, is that tenacity, 121 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:48.439 that ability to go and get the ball. He is 122 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:51.720 just phenomenal when it comes to with an aerial duels 123 00:06:51.759 --> 00:06:54.399 and he does it consistently. He has great technique for it. 124 00:06:54.920 --> 00:06:57.560 He's shown it both at the Tacoma Defiance level as 125 00:06:57.600 --> 00:07:00.319 well as with the Seattle Sounders, and he pay off 126 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:05.319 here today. I thought that Seattle, despite conceding first and 127 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:09.519 get in a gut punch right before the end of 128 00:07:09.519 --> 00:07:13.439 the first half because they get a PK it's awarded 129 00:07:13.480 --> 00:07:17.079 to Seattle. Alber Rusnak gets on the ball and the 130 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:21.279 penalty marker puts it on the left post. That was 131 00:07:21.319 --> 00:07:24.560 a big missed opportunity. And a minute after, right after 132 00:07:24.639 --> 00:07:31.319 that shows goes across and has a phenomenal shot on 133 00:07:31.399 --> 00:07:35.240 top of the eighteen that puts Tijuana with a one 134 00:07:35.360 --> 00:07:39.920 zero lead right before half. So it takes a confident team. 135 00:07:40.120 --> 00:07:44.959 He takes a team that can get to a situation 136 00:07:45.160 --> 00:07:49.079 like that, trust the system, make the adjustments in the 137 00:07:49.160 --> 00:07:52.160 second half, because they do think that the Seattle Saunders 138 00:07:52.240 --> 00:07:54.199 had a bit of a slower start than they wanted, 139 00:07:54.800 --> 00:07:58.480 and they're able to come in and have the right 140 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:01.560 intensity to start off the second have they push all 141 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:05.639 those back even farther than they already works. To be honest, 142 00:08:05.800 --> 00:08:11.360 I Loko Abreu was very comfortable just assuming pressure, holding 143 00:08:11.399 --> 00:08:14.600 through pressure, bunkering down and playing off of the counter. 144 00:08:15.079 --> 00:08:17.680 But Seato did right to break them down and started 145 00:08:17.680 --> 00:08:23.040 with alsace goal. Then later Danimasovski comes off the bench 146 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:26.519 puts a second one away. You know, there is also 147 00:08:27.160 --> 00:08:30.120 another goal that gets taken off because of an offset position. 148 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:34.519 So Seattle, just in my opinion, continues to generate a 149 00:08:34.600 --> 00:08:38.399 whole lot of offense. For those of you that love stats, 150 00:08:38.440 --> 00:08:42.080 they had a XG of four point four. You know, 151 00:08:42.200 --> 00:08:45.919 they shot I believe twenty six times overall in this game. 152 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:51.200 I thought that they dominated statistically this game and in 153 00:08:51.279 --> 00:08:55.080 the moments where maybe things looked a little dicey and 154 00:08:55.399 --> 00:08:58.399 shotos was a very physical team. Although I will say 155 00:08:58.399 --> 00:09:00.919 they also rotated. I mean they knew they were out. 156 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:04.840 Uh Selah Stana bro knew that he had a game. 157 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:08.840 Uh that is important for him in the domestic play, 158 00:09:09.080 --> 00:09:12.080 and therefore he rotated. No Hilbert tomorrow. You know a 159 00:09:12.159 --> 00:09:15.279 lot of changes there for that shows team. But Seattle 160 00:09:15.320 --> 00:09:17.879 takes care of business and that's what really matters here. 161 00:09:18.360 --> 00:09:20.600 I will say this to just conclude, I think that 162 00:09:20.639 --> 00:09:23.720 Seattle did a great job at finding out what they 163 00:09:23.799 --> 00:09:26.360 could use. Reed gets a start. I thought he was 164 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:28.799 very good. Coloney got a start. I thought he was 165 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:33.279 very good. Ryan Kent I thought it was okay, he's 166 00:09:33.320 --> 00:09:35.279 a guy that's still trying to find his feet. I 167 00:09:35.320 --> 00:09:37.559 thought that initially in the first half wasn't very effective. 168 00:09:37.960 --> 00:09:43.039 But another greedy performance by Ryan Kent gets the assist 169 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:46.679 in the Osacea goal. So you know that that is 170 00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:50.000 credit to Ryan Kent. So Brian Smetzer moving the right 171 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:53.000 levers now they move on, Uh, don't play the galaxy 172 00:09:53.039 --> 00:09:54.879 with some rest of a LECs as well. So I 173 00:09:54.960 --> 00:09:57.879 just think that Seattle and Brian Smetzer did a very 174 00:09:57.879 --> 00:10:02.000 good job at these group's h in league's play, and 175 00:10:02.080 --> 00:10:06.720 they are now the top team, and they'll figure out 176 00:10:06.720 --> 00:10:09.399 who they played next to the way you started the show. 177 00:10:09.399 --> 00:10:12.879 I will also say that if Juarez wings and they 178 00:10:12.919 --> 00:10:17.200 bid Red Bulls, they would become the thirteam and Seattle 179 00:10:17.279 --> 00:10:20.279 would be forced to play Tigris, Which that's kind of 180 00:10:20.279 --> 00:10:23.360 a bummer if you are the number one team in 181 00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:25.679 the Group States and you have to play Tigris. It's 182 00:10:25.679 --> 00:10:29.039 not the way you probably saw that going. So hopefully 183 00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:33.799 for Seattle's interest, you're probably rooting for Red Bulls. 184 00:10:34.879 --> 00:10:36.919 Yes, yeah, right now. 185 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:40.919 Lega Mcki says, it is once again Juarez five points 186 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:43.799 if like I said, if they end up with if 187 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:47.320 they end up with the draw and losing the shootout, 188 00:10:47.399 --> 00:10:50.639 you finish with six and you're gonna keep that plus three, 189 00:10:50.960 --> 00:10:54.159 So that would put them ahead of Puebla and knock 190 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:57.720 them in is the four if they if they win 191 00:10:58.039 --> 00:11:02.720 in PKS, two points still knocks Puebla out. Tea Grace 192 00:11:02.840 --> 00:11:06.080 is the four. Seattle would play on the crossover, and 193 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:08.840 then if they win, it would be eight, and you 194 00:11:08.840 --> 00:11:11.519 would imagine greater than and so tea Grace once again 195 00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:14.039 drops and so you're staring at all these things and 196 00:11:14.080 --> 00:11:16.360 you're sitting there going, man, can things just stay the 197 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:17.120 way that they are? 198 00:11:17.200 --> 00:11:18.240 Can Juarez lose? 199 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:21.559 You are rooting for Red Bulls massively if you are 200 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:24.039 Seattle coming into tonight, absolutely. 201 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:28.240 I mean, Tigre's is a quality team. They are clearly 202 00:11:28.279 --> 00:11:31.600 the more talented team, and they're a club that is 203 00:11:31.679 --> 00:11:34.440 used to winning this sort of tournament. So I definitely 204 00:11:34.480 --> 00:11:36.200 would not want to face them. Not to mention the 205 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:39.639 fact that, for all things accounted last night, as we 206 00:11:39.720 --> 00:11:43.960 talked with other media members, if it's Puebla, Seattle would host, 207 00:11:44.080 --> 00:11:47.799 but if it's Tigres would choose the location of that 208 00:11:48.039 --> 00:11:51.600 particular game. So that's yet again another thing that Seattle 209 00:11:51.639 --> 00:11:55.279 would go and have a disadvantage of. I'll add two 210 00:11:55.320 --> 00:12:01.000 things about yesterday's game. Both coaches had some pretty thirsting quotes. 211 00:12:01.360 --> 00:12:05.480 On the side of Bryan's Metzter, he called Dannymusovski the 212 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:11.480 moosia that moose saya, and my job almost hits the 213 00:12:11.960 --> 00:12:14.440 floor where he said that. Obviously he said it jokingly, 214 00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:16.840 but he said, you know, he saved the team one 215 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:20.600 more time and Sevastana brew Man. He went all in 216 00:12:20.960 --> 00:12:25.120 on He understands that the rules were said prior to 217 00:12:25.159 --> 00:12:28.480 this tournament, and that's why he's not making an excuse, 218 00:12:29.360 --> 00:12:31.960 but he said that Mexican teams are in a clear 219 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:34.320 disadvantage and his team was in a clear disadvantage going 220 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:39.120 into this game because the Seattle team players can't paraphrasing here, 221 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:41.240 but they got to be home, They got to eat 222 00:12:41.279 --> 00:12:45.519 some pasta, some chickens, some nice salad, slipping their own beds, 223 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:47.919 and then just kind of roll up here and just 224 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:50.720 play this game while his team has been having to travel, 225 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:53.440 be having to stay out, and he definitely thinks that 226 00:12:55.840 --> 00:12:58.000 with some meaner words, he said that, you know, they're 227 00:12:58.039 --> 00:13:01.679 kind of treated like a team that has to do whatever, 228 00:13:01.759 --> 00:13:04.759 while Seattle and the other MLS teams get to have 229 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:08.519 all of the privileges and things like that. So interesting point. 230 00:13:08.639 --> 00:13:10.960 You know, I've said in the past, the League's Cup 231 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:13.360 at some point is gonna have to make some adjustments 232 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:16.080 and make it a little bit more of a two way, 233 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:19.840 at least in the later stages. But as you and 234 00:13:19.879 --> 00:13:24.320 I both know, John, the money's here. LEAGUEX knows that 235 00:13:24.399 --> 00:13:27.480 they want those ticket sales here rather than in Mexico, 236 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:32.120 so you know, sometimes it's it could be a double 237 00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:33.639 edged swort there for Legax. 238 00:13:33.960 --> 00:13:37.080 Yes, and that's one of the things that I'm hoping 239 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:40.240 gets addressed at some point, with travel issues and trying 240 00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:42.720 to cross borders and things like that, where you can 241 00:13:42.799 --> 00:13:45.960 have those home matches in the group stay in sorry 242 00:13:46.080 --> 00:13:48.960 phase one, in the Phase one stage where you can 243 00:13:49.039 --> 00:13:52.840 be at some of those fantastic venues, whether it's the 244 00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:56.840 Estadio Akron, the Messio Diaz, the you know, the home 245 00:13:56.879 --> 00:13:59.159 of the crack in at Mazatlan, a lot of cool 246 00:13:59.320 --> 00:14:03.120 venues that I hope eventually get brought into this process 247 00:14:03.159 --> 00:14:06.320 when things can be a lot easier when you look 248 00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:07.360 at Phase. 249 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:08.240 One in general. 250 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:12.639 Now that we're wrapping up Phase one, what have been 251 00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:15.080 some of the surprises for you and what have been 252 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:16.840 some of the disappointments for you? 253 00:14:19.039 --> 00:14:22.600 Yeah, I mean the surprises are mainly on the Liga 254 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:23.399 m X side. 255 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:24.960 Shoot. 256 00:14:25.000 --> 00:14:27.480 I would even say maybe Portland was a surprise, although 257 00:14:27.480 --> 00:14:30.639 they got a pretty easy draw. I would say, with 258 00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:35.440 the exception of obviously the last game, I thought that 259 00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:39.679 you know, s Louis, you know, it's a pretty easy 260 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:42.320 there game that you can kind of manage. So I 261 00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:47.000 think that Portland has played probably above their weight class 262 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:50.799 a little bit, especially with all of the injuries and 263 00:14:51.080 --> 00:14:53.879 some of the things that Nevels had to face there 264 00:14:53.879 --> 00:14:56.039 in Portland. So maybe they've been a bit of a 265 00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:59.559 surprise there in this tournament. But it's mainly on the 266 00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:01.879 side of got an X right. I mean, you got Puebla, 267 00:15:02.240 --> 00:15:04.879 a team that's in the bottom of the standings. You 268 00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:07.440 got jua Is another team that's at the bottom of 269 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:11.799 the standings and they are kind of pushing, while the 270 00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:17.000 Grandes like Chievas, cruz Asou, Monterey all those are you 271 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:21.320 know there and gone. So uh. In terms of disappointments 272 00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:24.720 on the side of MLS, I would say San Diego, 273 00:15:25.360 --> 00:15:28.679 you know, they fought hard, but they just seem to 274 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:31.519 be a dollar short every single time in those things. 275 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:33.919 To get doesn't need to get a red and lose 276 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:34.679 his head either. 277 00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:38.360 Absolutely, Yeah, you don't have to kick the players. I mean, 278 00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:40.879 you know, keep your head, you know, cool man, I 279 00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:43.720 mean you're an important player. What what what are we 280 00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:44.320 doing here? 281 00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:44.799 Uh? 282 00:15:44.840 --> 00:15:49.039 They are clearly a team that also lost a striker 283 00:15:49.080 --> 00:15:53.759 that they certainly need, and they felt that without a doubt. 284 00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:57.919 But you know Orlando too. Orlando is a team that 285 00:15:58.799 --> 00:16:01.320 even now there's still they're on the outside looking in 286 00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:04.720 despite putting you know a show one ni cosa, right, 287 00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:07.279 I mean, which Moodiel gets a hat trick, A guy 288 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:11.080 that has his course since May a brace for Martino 289 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:13.360 Hada that you know is one of the best camps 290 00:16:13.399 --> 00:16:16.000 in MLS right now. Uh So they're a team that 291 00:16:16.080 --> 00:16:19.919 was also interesting because I had them going through and 292 00:16:20.159 --> 00:16:22.720 they kind of struggle in their own way and now 293 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:26.840 they're hoping to get some results or they would have 294 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:30.320 had a very good last game, but with nothing to 295 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:31.440 kind of show for it. 296 00:16:32.679 --> 00:16:32.799 All. 297 00:16:32.919 --> 00:16:38.000 Right, now that's do you have Leagues Cup Phase one done? 298 00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:40.120 We get to go to the knockouts and the quarters 299 00:16:40.120 --> 00:16:42.840 and go midwek weekend, midweek weekend. Guess what we still 300 00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:45.960 have matches now for the back to getting to normal 301 00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:50.080 in MLS. So nothing like having to do two things 302 00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:55.919 at once all over again. And this weekend time for 303 00:16:55.919 --> 00:17:00.000 Cliffhanger as it always is, and everybody's playing once again 304 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:02.039 on Saturday Sunday. The folks that got to play later 305 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:04.440 in the week because of League's Cup, they got the 306 00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:08.480 special dispensation to play on Sunday, and as you look 307 00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:13.039 at a couple of matchups, you've got some folks that 308 00:17:13.079 --> 00:17:15.920 are now in Thomas Mueller is now official up in Vancouver, 309 00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:21.839 so that's big news there. And it looks like Luccio 310 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:24.799 Alcasta is out in FCD and it looks like he's 311 00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:28.480 heading to Flu I believe as a part of this 312 00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:31.839 transfer window that's got about another two weeks attached to it. 313 00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:37.000 I'm staring at matchups. NYC is an early favorite against 314 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:41.160 NYC is at home. Crewe is a dog at a 315 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:46.640 plus one seventy Toronto, with Georgia Mihailovich being traded over 316 00:17:46.680 --> 00:17:50.680 there to take over for you're hoping in senior and Bernardeski. 317 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:54.440 It's like, we'd like some offense please, and Georgia Mahilovitch 318 00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:58.200 hopefully is part of that. Colorado's reeling and trying to 319 00:17:58.200 --> 00:18:01.119 figure out I guess what to do now? Yeah, with 320 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:03.119 the with the eight million that they're gonna be getting, 321 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:04.759 but then how do they invest in? I think that's 322 00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:08.000 the biggest question for Rapids fans is, Okay, you're getting 323 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:10.440 all this money, what are you gonna do with it? 324 00:18:10.960 --> 00:18:13.079 And that's gonna be a big question. I think for 325 00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:14.359 everybody in Colorado. 326 00:18:15.160 --> 00:18:18.200 What a gut punch for Colorado man, that that's that's tough. 327 00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:18.400 Man. 328 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:21.400 He kind of felt like Jordia was gonna be their 329 00:18:21.599 --> 00:18:26.519 their pillar to their offense, to uh, you know, bring 330 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:29.480 in a little bit of stability, right. He was going 331 00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:31.279 to be the guy that's gonna be behind a guy 332 00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:34.079 like Navarro that you know you you can because he's 333 00:18:34.119 --> 00:18:38.279 such a very good finisher. But without having some of 334 00:18:38.279 --> 00:18:42.559 his components that get the ball to a guy like Navarro, man, 335 00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:46.480 it's it's difficult. I don't know if getting a guy 336 00:18:46.680 --> 00:18:50.319 for you know, X amounts, it doesn't matter. There's gonna 337 00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:53.680 be an adaptation, there's gonna be a learning curb. So yeah, 338 00:18:53.720 --> 00:18:56.200 that's tough for Colorado and Toronto. It's not like they're 339 00:18:56.200 --> 00:18:59.119 gonna go anywhere this season, but I guess they get 340 00:18:59.160 --> 00:19:04.039 their guy to help them rebuild the house on fire 341 00:19:04.160 --> 00:19:07.319 that that club and organization has been for the last 342 00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:13.319 five years. But I do like the the Columbus numbers. 343 00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:16.440 I would definitely take Columbus. I would take Columbus. I 344 00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:18.279 would take the goals on this one. The three and 345 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:24.160 a half New York City look for all accounts. They 346 00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:26.079 are a team that you know. In this Leaks Cup 347 00:19:26.119 --> 00:19:29.480 they showed us once again how inconsistent they can be, 348 00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:33.240 how erratic they can be at times, how they can 349 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:37.039 lose their heads a little bit, and probably the only 350 00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:43.920 sense of stability offensively it has been just their attacking points. 351 00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:46.799 But other than that, man, it's been you know, a 352 00:19:46.839 --> 00:19:49.000 longso is a one man's show up there. But other 353 00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:52.599 than that, man, I think that Columbus, especially coming off 354 00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:56.319 of a disappointing tournament here in Links Cup, I think 355 00:19:56.319 --> 00:20:00.400 they're gonna go all all in on just starting off 356 00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:03.880 to just change and turn that page. So I like Columbus, 357 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:05.960 and I like the three and a half in that one. 358 00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:08.319 Plus one forty one. So it's a decent it's a 359 00:20:08.359 --> 00:20:10.839 decent number at the three. Yeah, So I mean to 360 00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:12.920 think it that's something that you can play with a 361 00:20:12.920 --> 00:20:15.519 little bit and sit there and get an early start 362 00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:17.000 on all the activity. 363 00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:18.160 I mean, most of. 364 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:21.920 The matchups on Saturday are kind of haves and have 365 00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:26.440 have not Philly, Toronto, Austin, Houston, in Cope, Tejas, Chicago 366 00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:28.960 and lafc oh I forget to ask about Young Men's 367 00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:32.839 son for you and Sonny coming for twenty to twenty 368 00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:34.279 six by the time it's done. 369 00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:34.920 What'd you think. 370 00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:40.559 I think it's a phenomenal move for MLS. It brings 371 00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:46.160 an entire are their fan base, a fan base that 372 00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:51.720 has shown that they are soccer folks. You know, if 373 00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:54.000 you sign anything in a club World Cup, is some 374 00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:56.079 of that Asian influence. At think that there's a lot 375 00:20:56.119 --> 00:20:59.440 of Asian influence in the United States, and you know, 376 00:20:59.559 --> 00:21:05.599 Son is the most talented and popular Asian player that 377 00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:10.079 I can think of at this at least the last decade, 378 00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:14.160 and that part is phenomenal. So I think that he's 379 00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:20.880 a top five influence, influential move for MLS. I don't 380 00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:23.640 like to hear that, you know, he's the top five 381 00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:26.839 signing of all time and all these things, because there's 382 00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:30.039 just so many more components to it. Obviously, in terms 383 00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:34.240 of success and name recognition, you still have to go 384 00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:41.319 with Beckham, Messi, Ibrahimovich, David Villa, Terry Henry. I mean, 385 00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:44.200 there's been just so many of those high caliber guys 386 00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:47.559 that have won World Cups, have won champions leagues. But 387 00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:50.240 Son is a guy that's gonna come in and be 388 00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:53.839 a difference maker for LAFC. I think that he's still 389 00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:56.240 a guy that has at least three more years of 390 00:21:56.440 --> 00:22:00.880 very good, very high level soccer. He's one of the 391 00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:05.039 best finishers in Premier League with Tottenham, with a very 392 00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:07.799 poor Tottenham team that if I'm not mistaken, they were 393 00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:10.759 like seventeenth or something last season. 394 00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:14.279 And they but they did win Europa League though they. 395 00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:16.759 Did with your Roppa League. And is at the hands 396 00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:20.400 of a guy like like sonis and not to mention 397 00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:22.839 the fact that he has all the intangibles, and that's 398 00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:26.599 something that you see sometimes doesn't go for right. They 399 00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:30.200 like the big name, they like the showmanship, they like 400 00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:33.920 the things that go in the field. But Son's a 401 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:38.279