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<v Speaker 1>Ah, here we go, Here we go, Dame Johns along

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<v Speaker 1>with Bruce Marrity. It is another episode of First eleven

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<v Speaker 1>eleven minutes or less. Will you give you the soccer world?

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<v Speaker 1>the United States into the final of the Gold Cup

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<v Speaker 1>the win over Guatemala. First of all, your thoughts, Bruce Marity,

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<v Speaker 1>what you're seeing from this team there will be different

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<v Speaker 1>from the World Cup team next year, but yet they

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<v Speaker 1>are into the final.

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<v Speaker 2>I saw a little grit last night.

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<v Speaker 3>I saw players playing with passion, and you know, I

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<v Speaker 3>don't know if it's because they're closer to a final

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<v Speaker 3>or whatnot, but I saw a much I didn't see

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<v Speaker 3>a great performance, but I saw a performance necessary to

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<v Speaker 3>close the game out, and for that I was grateful.

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<v Speaker 1>And again, the breakout of this Gold Cup is Diego Luna.

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<v Speaker 2>Fair to say, yeah, I mean Diego Luna.

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<v Speaker 3>Everyone knows about him in the league he's no secret,

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<v Speaker 3>but he is that guy the passion. When you see

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<v Speaker 3>him speak, when you see him play, he chases every

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<v Speaker 3>lost cause you know, you know he's not going to

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<v Speaker 3>get it, but he's going to go in there and

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<v Speaker 3>take a swing at it.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's the kind of guy you need right now

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<v Speaker 2>to get this team on track.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, you granted determination though, that's part of that is

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<v Speaker 1>coming from him. He seemed to me in this Gold

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<v Speaker 1>Cup playing like a guy that I'm showing you. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>showing you I need to be a part of next year.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what That's what the national team is all about, Dave.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, if you want to make it on the

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<v Speaker 3>national team, you get your shot and then you shoot right.

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<v Speaker 3>And I tell people all the time there was a

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<v Speaker 3>thousand players better than me, but somehow when I got

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<v Speaker 3>on the team, I would score a goal in a

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<v Speaker 3>big game and then, you know, keep my place on

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<v Speaker 3>the squad.

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<v Speaker 2>Lots of competitionors always competition on the national team.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't care if it was when I played or

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<v Speaker 3>when they're playing right now, but competition, that is what

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<v Speaker 3>you need to get better.

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<v Speaker 1>Interesting, you mentioned that you've been on the national team

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<v Speaker 1>obviously to start one time the all time leading goalstrun

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<v Speaker 1>on the national team. The team dynamic. You're close friends

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<v Speaker 1>still with a lot of your teammates, but the environment

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<v Speaker 1>a supportive environment because you've got to mix competition with

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<v Speaker 1>your working with somebody that's going off your job.

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<v Speaker 3>There is there is a supportive environment, but there's also

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<v Speaker 3>a very standoffish environment. And I always I have nightmares

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<v Speaker 3>wake up at night. You know, was I was I

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<v Speaker 3>a good enough guy off the field? Was I? It

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<v Speaker 3>was hard for me to get close to players and

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<v Speaker 3>be really good friends with them because, you know, we

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<v Speaker 3>were all after what the other guy wanted, and we

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<v Speaker 3>all wanted the same thing starting. We wanted to get paid,

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<v Speaker 3>we wanted to be a national team player. So it's

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<v Speaker 3>a very it's a it's a very uh, I guess

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<v Speaker 3>uh dichotomy of things that come together, confluence of the vests.

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<v Speaker 2>You just can't not it's hard to make really good friends.

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<v Speaker 3>Now saying that, thirty years on, we all tell the

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<v Speaker 3>stories and talk and laugh and it's.

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<v Speaker 2>A different, different world.

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<v Speaker 3>But when you're in that world right now, there's a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of anxiety and a lot of competition.

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<v Speaker 1>And another player I want to get to Sebastian Berholter.

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<v Speaker 1>Obviously he's got the name, but he's also got the game.

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<v Speaker 1>And to me, he's we're finding more about him from

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<v Speaker 1>this World Cup. Fair statement, And what are you finding out?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm finding a guy who's just like his dad.

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<v Speaker 3>He's you know, Greg was just an absolute, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>grinder and and you know Sebastian Bulletthalter. Whenever you see

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<v Speaker 3>a fight or a tackle, you will see him. That

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<v Speaker 3>is you know, that is the DNA he has. And

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<v Speaker 3>I think that's what the team needs right now. Is

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<v Speaker 3>he silky smooth on the ball. No, I mean that's

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<v Speaker 3>not That's not what he's being asked to do. So

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<v Speaker 3>I think I think Pochaccino's got him in a good spot,

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<v Speaker 3>you know. And it's it's absolutely remarkable to me to

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<v Speaker 3>have the former coaches I'm starting for the new coach.

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<v Speaker 3>It's it's the weirdest things I've ever seen.

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<v Speaker 1>All Right, who else anybody else we need to mention?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>I think mentioned Elik Tillman uh and and his big

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<v Speaker 3>transfer that to uh where was it labor cusin thirty

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<v Speaker 3>five to forty million?

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<v Speaker 2>Is that what they were saying?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean that just goes to show you that, uh,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, the American player is not you know, now

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<v Speaker 3>getting the respect.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, and again we we started it.

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<v Speaker 3>But but now these players, you know, every you know,

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<v Speaker 3>Tilman has been playing great and you know he should

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<v Speaker 3>he you know that that's a big move, by the way,

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<v Speaker 3>and uh, that's gonna that's gonna really open up the

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<v Speaker 3>floodgates for some other players.

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<v Speaker 1>Now the assign in Mexico.

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<v Speaker 3>Your thoughts, Yeah, I think we're we're we're looking at

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<v Speaker 3>a Mexican team that's that's not on you know, they're

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<v Speaker 3>they're in third gear. I don't I don't see them

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<v Speaker 3>playing the way you would see a typical Mexican team playing.

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<v Speaker 3>I think the United States has an excellent chance of

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<v Speaker 3>of winning the final. You know, this is not the

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<v Speaker 3>Mexican team of the past. This is a different group

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<v Speaker 3>of players. It's a different philosophy. They're playing differently. What

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<v Speaker 3>we can't do though, what we can't do And Mexico

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<v Speaker 3>does this all the time. They bait you into try

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<v Speaker 3>and put to try playing out of the back. And

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<v Speaker 3>when we play out of the back, that's not our

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<v Speaker 3>strong suit. Right, So for me, right, let's go with

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<v Speaker 3>the old Partic Thistle Scottish League. We're gonna go a

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<v Speaker 3>little route one because I don't think because we have

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<v Speaker 3>you know why, because we got a guy who can

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<v Speaker 3>hold the ball up now, big man up top al Jemmy.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay and yeah, he continues to Augimoni continues to you

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<v Speaker 1>were closed though, that was good speaking of a big

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<v Speaker 1>man up top. Let's talk about DC nited now shifting gears. Look,

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<v Speaker 1>we're at the point now, we're almost running out of

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<v Speaker 1>time to say. There's still time a Saturday home game

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<v Speaker 1>against Atlanta. And by the way, we're.

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<v Speaker 2>Having a covering four.

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<v Speaker 1>iHeart begetting at seven fifteen on the iHeartRadio app and

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<v Speaker 1>you can sink with Apple TV. What do you want

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<v Speaker 1>to see from this team? It cannot be the same

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<v Speaker 1>as we've seen the past two weeks.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, what I want to see, Dave, is I want

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<v Speaker 3>to see us pick up three points off a team

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<v Speaker 3>who's below us. You know, it doesn't right now, it

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't seem to matter whoever comes into out, He's going

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<v Speaker 3>to beat us. And I you know that that somehow

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<v Speaker 3>that attitude has got to change, that that that that

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<v Speaker 3>narrative is horrible, and we you know, you know we

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<v Speaker 3>cannot allow this to happen. So if we are going

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<v Speaker 3>to make that run, and we talk about all the time,

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<v Speaker 3>you know there is time, there is points on the table,

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<v Speaker 3>then it has to happen this weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's Atlanta.

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<v Speaker 3>They're having the worst season historically, and you know we're

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<v Speaker 3>lucky that it's Atlanta to come in here.

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<v Speaker 2>But let's go out and win this game. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>and especially you know our fans are starved for a victory.

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<v Speaker 3>I know the players want the victory, but they have

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<v Speaker 3>got to go out and they have to, like the

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<v Speaker 3>hag Luna man, just chase every lost cause what.

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<v Speaker 1>Would you do to create more chances? Should they do

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<v Speaker 1>something dramatically? Play and I don't know if it's dramatic,

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<v Speaker 1>but play with two up tops, somebody who support Ben

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<v Speaker 1>Techy and out when he's back.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I definitely think so. Especially when you're an injured

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<v Speaker 3>player coming back. It's not like you jump right in

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<v Speaker 3>and all of a sudden everything's great again. It takes

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<v Speaker 3>a while to get to get acclimated. So I'd love

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<v Speaker 3>to see Boggy partnered up there. Two veterans, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>give it kind of a double pivot. If you want,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, you'll have Bogi, You'll come to the ball bench,

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<v Speaker 3>and Techy will come to the ball. Let Ben Techy

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<v Speaker 3>play the game, not just you know, flick on headers

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<v Speaker 3>and all that.

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<v Speaker 2>Right.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, I would love to see two up top.

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<v Speaker 3>I'd love to see our wingers get in the game.

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<v Speaker 3>And the one thing I would like, and I haven't

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<v Speaker 3>seen this a lot, we need to get the ball

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<v Speaker 3>cross earlier and often. And the reason I say that

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<v Speaker 3>is is it's so easy to defend the guy in

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<v Speaker 3>front of you, but once the cross comes in, now

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<v Speaker 3>you've got to defend two things, the cross and the guy.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's that's what we need to work.

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<v Speaker 1>Look for that. On Saturday, DC Atlanta noted again the

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<v Speaker 1>There it is as we promised, in eleven minutes or less.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, under ten minutes, we got it done. He's

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<v Speaker 1>Bruce Brody, I'm Dave Johnson. Thanks for listening.