WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:01.320 Nah, not quite. 2 00:00:01.720 --> 00:00:04.480 What's up? Uh sell my car in Carvana. It's just 3 00:00:04.519 --> 00:00:05.599 not quite the right time. 4 00:00:05.919 --> 00:00:06.960 Crazy coincidence. 5 00:00:07.040 --> 00:00:08.839 I just sold my car to Carvana. 6 00:00:08.560 --> 00:00:10.560 But I told you about it two days ago. 7 00:00:10.679 --> 00:00:13.480 When you know, you know, you know, I'm even dropping 8 00:00:13.480 --> 00:00:15.880 it off at one of those sweet car vending machines 9 00:00:15.919 --> 00:00:17.000 and getting paid today. 10 00:00:17.120 --> 00:00:20.120 That's a good deal. Great deal. Come on, what's your 11 00:00:20.120 --> 00:00:23.320 heart saying? You're right? When you know you know sold? 12 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:25.480 Whether you're looking to sell your car right now or 13 00:00:25.519 --> 00:00:27.600 just whenever feels right, go to carvana dot com and 14 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:28.920 sell your car the convenient way. 15 00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:29.920 Terms and conditions apply. 16 00:00:30.559 --> 00:00:34.079 Nico Moreno joining us for the handoff. As we've been 17 00:00:34.119 --> 00:00:38.920 discussing what's been going on with Cono ball qualifying? All right, 18 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:43.039 so Nino, sir, I will let you have the question 19 00:00:43.159 --> 00:00:45.399 for the handoff and what is on your mind with 20 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:48.240 Nico Moreno. Could be Conno Ball, could be Major League Soccer, 21 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:50.759 could be messy and friends, what's on your mind as 22 00:00:50.759 --> 00:00:53.359 we hand off to Nico Moreno in the final half hour? 23 00:00:55.159 --> 00:00:58.920 Nico, your your team, your your Colombia and you beloved 24 00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:02.640 Colombia national team is one of the best teams in 25 00:01:02.759 --> 00:01:06.640 coming orl right now what what what are the chances 26 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:11.040 coming into Montevideo to to play the mighty celestic? 27 00:01:11.439 --> 00:01:14.599 You know why, I think they're good. 28 00:01:14.840 --> 00:01:18.760 U Uruguay is definitely a top team and they have 29 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:21.920 a lot of talent and they are very well managed. 30 00:01:23.719 --> 00:01:29.319 But Colombia coming from when they need it against Chile, 31 00:01:29.480 --> 00:01:32.480 that for zero win was important against the Chile team 32 00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:34.959 that obviously is just the shell of what it used 33 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:38.400 to be years ago, uh and in no where, no 34 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:41.400 shapeway or form. Am I saying that is a parameter 35 00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:44.760 for for Colombia. But they needed that boost because they 36 00:01:44.799 --> 00:01:54.159 did have a rather unpleasant reality check against Bolivia UH 37 00:01:54.200 --> 00:01:56.239 and they lost that game, and I feel like they 38 00:01:56.359 --> 00:02:00.920 needed to regain that confidence. So because of their inertia, 39 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:05.239 there are a couple of new faces there for Colombia, 40 00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:07.599 but I feel like the starting eleven is going to 41 00:02:07.680 --> 00:02:11.120 be pretty much the same as it has been. I 42 00:02:11.120 --> 00:02:13.360 think that had to do anything great form. I think 43 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:15.280 that is in great form. 44 00:02:15.800 --> 00:02:19.039 Uh. Therefore, I think Colombia will get a result. 45 00:02:19.400 --> 00:02:21.240 And I'm not saying they're gonna go out there and 46 00:02:21.280 --> 00:02:25.840 just dominate a very good Uruo White team. There's probably 47 00:02:26.520 --> 00:02:30.680 some revenge feelings from that Uru White team. After what 48 00:02:30.759 --> 00:02:34.960 happened in Copo America, some of those protagonists won't be 49 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:38.759 part of this one, which is always nice. But I 50 00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:41.800 think Colombia will get a good result in Monteville. 51 00:02:42.759 --> 00:02:45.680 Give me numbers, Give me a prediction, brother, I want 52 00:02:45.719 --> 00:02:46.759 to hear some numbers. 53 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:48.280 I want one one to you. 54 00:02:48.719 --> 00:02:53.800 Give me give me a number, brother, that's tough. I'll 55 00:02:53.840 --> 00:03:00.400 go ahead and say that Colombia gets it done. Uh, 56 00:03:01.199 --> 00:03:02.599 two to one out of the way. 57 00:03:03.599 --> 00:03:07.599 So so then this means that you are taking that 58 00:03:07.759 --> 00:03:10.960 plus fifty in the juice boxes outright? 59 00:03:12.759 --> 00:03:13.719 What the numbers are? 60 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:16.919 Yeah, plus two fifty in the juice boxes for the 61 00:03:16.960 --> 00:03:21.000 Columbia win ninety minute draw plus two hundred Uruguay home 62 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:23.759 favored at a plus one thirty one. 63 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:27.719 Yeah. Yeah, I definitely put some money out there. Yeah 64 00:03:27.759 --> 00:03:32.319 why not? Why not? I feel like, again, what do 65 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:33.960 I have a hard time against Equador? 66 00:03:35.520 --> 00:03:39.280 And you know, Ecuador also a very good defensive team. 67 00:03:39.520 --> 00:03:42.879 Uh in overall they have a lot of quality midfielders. 68 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:47.120 I think Columbia can match that same intensity and I 69 00:03:47.159 --> 00:03:49.000 think that they can make it difficult for auduway. 70 00:03:49.319 --> 00:03:51.479 So yeah, man, I'm definitely confident on that. 71 00:03:51.599 --> 00:03:52.520 Yeah, all right. 72 00:03:52.560 --> 00:03:54.800 So Colombia also follows it up at a minus one 73 00:03:54.879 --> 00:03:57.280 sixty one as they take on Ecuador and host Ecuador 74 00:03:57.360 --> 00:04:00.759 on Tuesday. Uh, Nino, my friend is always great to 75 00:04:00.759 --> 00:04:03.000 see you, Great to hear your voice and find out 76 00:04:03.039 --> 00:04:05.360 what's going on, especially when you peel back the curtain 77 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:07.479 and we get to do some solid journalism. Be safe, 78 00:04:07.479 --> 00:04:10.280 my friend in calling the Uruguayan matches this weekend on 79 00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:13.000 Goal TV. Be coming back and we'll talk about this 80 00:04:13.080 --> 00:04:15.000 next week and we will talk about whatever else is 81 00:04:15.039 --> 00:04:15.479 on your mind. 82 00:04:15.479 --> 00:04:16.720 Be safe, my friend. Good to see it. 83 00:04:17.160 --> 00:04:18.439 Well, Thank you guys, appreciate it. 84 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:22.160 Nino toatis as always, I love it. 85 00:04:22.199 --> 00:04:24.279 I love it when we can sit there and bring Atlanta, 86 00:04:24.399 --> 00:04:25.959 Peru and Seattle together. 87 00:04:26.399 --> 00:04:27.120 To me, that's. 88 00:04:28.319 --> 00:04:30.879 Literally it's like, oh wow, it's like Okay's dial up 89 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:32.360 South America and we have. 90 00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:35.879 I love it. It's fantastic. 91 00:04:36.920 --> 00:04:40.680 I know that we got to talk about MLS postseason 92 00:04:41.439 --> 00:04:46.120 because the main topic this week here, By the way, 93 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:47.160 what cup of coffee are you on? 94 00:04:48.480 --> 00:04:49.040 Number two? 95 00:04:49.319 --> 00:04:53.279 Halfway through number two has been a pretty moving type 96 00:04:53.279 --> 00:04:56.399 of morning. There is no soccer bar today, so I 97 00:04:56.480 --> 00:05:00.519 get a little bit of time off after your show. 98 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:05.319 So I'm nice, chill, collected. So yeah, good Thursday. 99 00:05:05.720 --> 00:05:11.680 Okay, so Messy and Friends are no more the the 100 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:16.079 the Gulf Stream Galacticos are out the door, and it's 101 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:19.600 been the big topic obviously here on SDH most of 102 00:05:19.639 --> 00:05:26.759 the week, where Enter Miami got reinforced for being top heavy. 103 00:05:26.839 --> 00:05:28.199 You know, it's like you want you want to you 104 00:05:28.199 --> 00:05:30.680 want to be a team that launches all the threes 105 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:32.879 and has all the offense. You know, when you're you're 106 00:05:33.000 --> 00:05:36.040 stepping back behind the twenty foot line, you're launching threes, 107 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:37.800 that's great. But if you're not, you know, if you're 108 00:05:37.800 --> 00:05:41.160 not hitting your threes and the other team is being 109 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:43.959 solid and hitting buckets and playing solid defense, in a 110 00:05:44.040 --> 00:05:46.560 best of three series, you get found out. And the 111 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:50.639 Gulf Stream Galacticos got found out when you've got to 112 00:05:50.720 --> 00:05:52.879 line up, but then you got injuries and you got 113 00:05:52.879 --> 00:05:54.959 to figure out how you're gonna do things, playing dudes 114 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:57.680 out of position, making sure that Okay, I've got eleven 115 00:05:57.720 --> 00:05:59.560 guys that can actually be out there, and they've got 116 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:01.720 to do things that they may not be accustomed to doing. 117 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:04.879 What did you think about the the intern Miami Atlanta 118 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:06.720 United match Day number three? 119 00:06:08.279 --> 00:06:10.959 I thought it was a fantastic match. I thought that 120 00:06:12.800 --> 00:06:18.480 Tato Martino and in Miami sinned on over confidence and 121 00:06:18.600 --> 00:06:23.639 lack of adjustments to what they had done, if not wrong, 122 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:29.439 the cracks in their game plan and game module going 123 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:33.639 against this same Atlanta team. I thought that. 124 00:06:35.319 --> 00:06:38.759 Both at then I did a good job at minimizing 125 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:43.240 and limiting Messy and Messi also did not have the 126 00:06:43.240 --> 00:06:46.720 best series. I thought he had one very good game 127 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:50.240 that Gussan ended up stopping him everywhere. In the first one, 128 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:54.800 I thought he was very poor and looked at a 129 00:06:54.879 --> 00:06:58.639 sink and was imprecise. In the second one, and then 130 00:06:58.639 --> 00:07:00.360 in the third one. It was a little bit between 131 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:02.720 those two games, but at the end of the day, 132 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:07.399 Atlanta wanted it more. Atlanta and Rob Valentino, credit to him, 133 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:10.160 knew exactly how to expose. 134 00:07:09.920 --> 00:07:11.720 That in the Miami back line. 135 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:15.680 You signed every single time that Atlanta would get on 136 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:22.680 the ball and would either force a turnover or there 137 00:07:22.759 --> 00:07:26.399 was a mispass on Atlanta's side. On in the Miami side, 138 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:29.720 they were immediately looking forward, looking to the long ball. 139 00:07:29.959 --> 00:07:36.800 Whether it was marn Chuk or Theoret or Saba, there 140 00:07:36.879 --> 00:07:39.920 was always someone running into space getting ready to go 141 00:07:40.040 --> 00:07:43.399 behind that back line, and Tata Martino was never able 142 00:07:43.439 --> 00:07:48.560 to figure out the solution, which was a liability on defense. 143 00:07:48.879 --> 00:07:51.600 All serious, Loan, you had a guy like Julian Gresseol 144 00:07:51.839 --> 00:07:53.680 that could have played that position. You could have done 145 00:07:54.759 --> 00:07:57.480 a variety of things to make sure that you were 146 00:07:58.600 --> 00:08:04.120 more poised and ready to stop counter moments, and he didn't. 147 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:07.959 I thought that Busquetes was a huge miss and they 148 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:11.279 needed to in some way replace what he did in 149 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:15.959 distribution in game management, and I don't think that there 150 00:08:16.040 --> 00:08:18.959 was enough put on there by Tata Martine to figure 151 00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:19.319 that out. 152 00:08:20.439 --> 00:08:23.000 Dere Londo had a very average series. 153 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:27.319 So all in all, I just give one hue hundred 154 00:08:27.279 --> 00:08:29.920 and ten percent of the credit to Robylan, you know, 155 00:08:30.040 --> 00:08:31.279 to Atlanta. 156 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:33.879 And the way they approached the game. 157 00:08:35.360 --> 00:08:38.600 Every single time that I saw in Miami lose a 158 00:08:38.639 --> 00:08:44.320 significant game this year, there's a level of and and 159 00:08:44.639 --> 00:08:46.960 don't get caught up on the word I'm talking about 160 00:08:47.039 --> 00:08:53.000 within the game of this respect towards Messi Suarez and 161 00:08:53.039 --> 00:08:55.279 all those guys, meaning not that you're going to be 162 00:08:55.279 --> 00:08:56.159 disrespectful to them. 163 00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:59.679 It's just that you're not allowing him to get away 164 00:08:59.720 --> 00:09:00.320 with it. Everything. 165 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:03.480 Oh I'm not gonna shove Messy. I'm not gonna, you know, 166 00:09:03.720 --> 00:09:05.960 force him out. I'm not gonna pull his jersey. I'm 167 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:08.360 not gonna get in his head. And I thought Dax McCarty, 168 00:09:08.919 --> 00:09:11.559 Uh Madumba and the rest of that midfield, they did 169 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:17.679 that very well. Usan wasn't just great by stopping everything 170 00:09:17.720 --> 00:09:20.360 that went his way, but his attitude, the way he 171 00:09:20.440 --> 00:09:24.360 came up and approached He's getting in in Uh's face. Well, 172 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:27.519 let me rephrase that. Suarez is getting in his face 173 00:09:27.799 --> 00:09:31.960 and he's laughing. He's, you know, this big, huge broad guy. 174 00:09:32.200 --> 00:09:35.440 Just man, I don't care what you're talking about. Get 175 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:41.159 off my face. That type of mentality and character really 176 00:09:42.039 --> 00:09:44.120 affects that in a Miami team that a lot of 177 00:09:44.159 --> 00:09:48.440 times wants to win just because they are who they are. 178 00:09:48.759 --> 00:09:51.840 I am Messi, I am Jordi Alba, I am Busquets, 179 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:56.039 I am Luis Suarez. Monterey did not care at all. 180 00:09:56.360 --> 00:10:00.440 They dominated that that series in Leak's Cup. In this one, 181 00:10:00.480 --> 00:10:04.399 I thought Atlanta was very very about It's about us. 182 00:10:04.440 --> 00:10:07.399 It's not about you guys. I don't care who you are. 183 00:10:07.480 --> 00:10:09.919 Tax McCarty and Leton know Messi. We're going at it 184 00:10:10.159 --> 00:10:13.639 the entire series. I think that's important and I think 185 00:10:13.679 --> 00:10:16.919 that they deserve that win, and credit to absolutely everybody 186 00:10:16.919 --> 00:10:18.679 in Atlanta were making it happen. 187 00:10:18.720 --> 00:10:19.879 I was happy. I was excited. 188 00:10:19.919 --> 00:10:24.440 I told you here, I put on that Atlanta United jersey. 189 00:10:25.279 --> 00:10:27.159 I thought it in Miami was gonna win, as I 190 00:10:28.159 --> 00:10:29.200 think most people did. 191 00:10:29.559 --> 00:10:32.039 But I was very happy, very excited in the manner 192 00:10:32.080 --> 00:10:33.159 that they handled that win. 193 00:10:34.559 --> 00:10:38.039 And I think that this is key and it doesn't 194 00:10:38.080 --> 00:10:41.240 happen a lot of the time when people are going 195 00:10:41.320 --> 00:10:44.799 up against Messi and friends. They get bogged down and 196 00:10:44.840 --> 00:10:46.840 looking at the name on the back of the jersey 197 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:49.240 instead of focusing on the crest that's on the front 198 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:52.840 of the jersey. And what you saw defensively from Atlanta 199 00:10:52.919 --> 00:10:57.759 United was they packed the middle and they also made 200 00:10:57.840 --> 00:11:00.679 sure that the cutback cross was not going to be 201 00:11:00.799 --> 00:11:03.200 part of that playbook that you always see where you 202 00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:05.519 see the deep run and then the cutback and then 203 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:08.279 Messi gets the slam dunk or somebody gets the slam dunk, 204 00:11:08.480 --> 00:11:13.279 because the penalty spot isn't occupied with anything but space. 205 00:11:14.000 --> 00:11:17.559 And you saw it defensively, the back line step up 206 00:11:17.559 --> 00:11:20.279 to the penalty spot to take away that cutback cross. 207 00:11:20.559 --> 00:11:22.919 You saw the folks in the middle of the field 208 00:11:23.120 --> 00:11:24.600 sit there, and it's like, all right, if you're gonna 209 00:11:24.600 --> 00:11:26.320 beat us, you're gonna beat us out here, You're not 210 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:29.000 gonna beat us in here. And we're gonna take everything 211 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:31.440 from say the six to the top of the arc, 212 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:34.519 and we're gonna lock that down. And good luck on 213 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:36.399 you if you want to come into that space and 214 00:11:36.440 --> 00:11:39.320 try to challenge us there. And I think that I 215 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:41.559 think that Atlanta United looked at that playbook and they 216 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:44.399 locked it down. There were times in substitution patterns where 217 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:46.480 it took a little bit of time to remind and adjust. 218 00:11:46.519 --> 00:11:48.480 It's like, oh, yeah, I've got to do this, And 219 00:11:48.519 --> 00:11:51.000 then when everybody came back in under the same umbrella, 220 00:11:51.039 --> 00:11:51.840 everything was cool. 221 00:11:52.559 --> 00:11:52.840 Yeah. 222 00:11:53.039 --> 00:11:56.840 And look, credit to again, Rob, but credit to the players. 223 00:11:56.879 --> 00:11:59.879 I mean Saba play in a position that Heat had 224 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:03.639 ever played, the sacrifice, the back and forth, everything he 225 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:05.279 did on that right side. 226 00:12:07.080 --> 00:12:08.279 Please correct me if I'm wrong. 227 00:12:08.399 --> 00:12:12.639 But Ronald Hernandez and Louisa Brown were not necessarily starters 228 00:12:12.679 --> 00:12:15.679 this season, and they played great. 229 00:12:16.200 --> 00:12:19.159 They played like protagonists. They did not miss a beat. 230 00:12:19.840 --> 00:12:21.919 They were great in the three man back line, and 231 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:26.039 on the other side, Amador such. 232 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:31.720 A good player defensively but also offensively, mainly offensively. 233 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:36.519 Forresis in the four last games, he was unbelievable. This 234 00:12:36.679 --> 00:12:40.039 goes back to the guy I always give credit to 235 00:12:40.200 --> 00:12:44.039 and is. These are the type of Garth Lagerway's signings, 236 00:12:44.120 --> 00:12:48.840 right Sava Sandy, who was also important in this series. 237 00:12:49.559 --> 00:12:53.360 Amador. These are guys that are in that age group 238 00:12:53.480 --> 00:12:54.399 that is not the. 239 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:57.639 Young guy, not the guy that we're gonna maybe worry 240 00:12:57.679 --> 00:13:04.399 about selling later or whatever. Was the prior thought process 241 00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:12.039 and getting players like Amada and getting players that you 242 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:14.840 might be able to resell. So these these players that 243 00:13:14.879 --> 00:13:18.000 are coming ready to get off the plane and make 244 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:20.519 a difference. That's the guard logger with type of players 245 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:21.159 that made a. 246 00:13:21.080 --> 00:13:22.759 Difference in these games. 247 00:13:22.799 --> 00:13:26.159 So credit to him as well, because it was that 248 00:13:26.279 --> 00:13:33.399 defensive composure and that collective play that ultimately hit into 249 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:35.600 Miami on top of the head and they were unable 250 00:13:35.759 --> 00:13:38.039 to get it right because even in the moment when 251 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:41.519 it would break down and Messi would put a beautiful 252 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:43.480 ball into Jordie Alva and Jordia Alba hit it right 253 00:13:43.559 --> 00:13:47.120 in the middle. And Guzan was the big monster with 254 00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:52.639 the huge pause getting those balls away from his goal. 255 00:13:53.399 --> 00:13:56.240 The team would never lose composure, The team would never 256 00:13:56.320 --> 00:13:59.159 lose that that character, that intensity, and they did it 257 00:13:59.200 --> 00:14:02.080 throughout the whole game. Whether in Miami would punch you 258 00:14:02.200 --> 00:14:06.919 right back because they did that. Atlanta United always had 259 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:11.799 that resiliency to stay in the game. And they earned it. 260 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:14.399 They earned it, and that's what really broke down a 261 00:14:14.440 --> 00:14:17.399 lot of those big time players. They're not huston you 262 00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:20.559 pushing back and forth in MLS. They think you're gonna 263 00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:22.080 settle down, You're gonna just be done. 264 00:14:22.120 --> 00:14:22.480 All right. 265 00:14:22.559 --> 00:14:25.919 That was a fantastic play. Uh messy, just court on 266 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:29.240 us again. We're we're gonna be fine. No, no, no, Atlanta 267 00:14:29.440 --> 00:14:31.000 United never lost a beat. 268 00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:38.279 And by that win, the one, the two, and the 269 00:14:38.399 --> 00:14:44.159 three in the East are out the door. So the 270 00:14:44.200 --> 00:14:50.279 East has embraced the chaos. The West is more chalky. 271 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:54.720 It's I think one two four in Minnesota when you 272 00:14:54.759 --> 00:14:57.320 look at the East. Now, you've got Hudson River coming 273 00:14:57.399 --> 00:14:58.600 up in a week and a half, and we'll talk 274 00:14:58.600 --> 00:15:01.000 about it again as we get closer. But from thirty 275 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:03.840 thousand feet you've got a rivalry in one, you've got 276 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:07.519 a rivalry in another, and then coming out the other side, 277 00:15:07.559 --> 00:15:11.360 you've got LAFC taking care of business. Vancouver is always 278 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:13.200 going to be a pain in the butt, but unfortunately 279 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:14.639 match number three was on the road. 280 00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:17.080 Lag put up big numbers and they were waiting. 281 00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:20.799 Everybody else was waiting for LAFC and Vancouver to figure 282 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:21.919 it out. 283 00:15:21.440 --> 00:15:24.080 The West has just been kind of chilling, man. 284 00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:29.240 Yeah, the West has been a little bit more predictable, 285 00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:32.320 if you will, in a certain sense. With the exception 286 00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:35.879 of those who thought that RSL were going to come 287 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:40.840 out of that matchup against Minnesota, I here told you 288 00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:47.399 guys that I really believe that Minnesota was in great form, 289 00:15:47.600 --> 00:15:49.080 that they were compact him, they were going to make 290 00:15:49.080 --> 00:15:53.000 it difficult. So, yeah, the West has been a little 291 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:55.559 bit more predictable in certain sense. I think you get 292 00:15:55.559 --> 00:16:00.559 some really good matchups. They still consider LAFC and Seattle game. 293 00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:02.559 So I think that three out of the four matchups 294 00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:07.559 that we have for the semi finals, if you will, 295 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:15.879 of each conference, you do get some pretty good rivalry games. Right, So, 296 00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:19.279 speaking of the West, per se Seattle makes that will 297 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:22.399 make the trip to l a f C. L AFC 298 00:16:22.559 --> 00:16:25.200 has bid them four times this season. L a C 299 00:16:25.399 --> 00:16:29.799 has outscored Seattle nine goals to one. They completely shut 300 00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:33.360 down this Sounders thing that has had issues scoring goals 301 00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:36.840 all season, but specifically against l a f C. Jordan 302 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:40.519 Morris has been put on a box, put on a 303 00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:44.679 jail cell in between those three monsters in the back, Murdo, 304 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:47.080 Chau and Aaron Long. 305 00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:51.000 How do they try to figure that out? I asked Jordan. 306 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:53.399 He said, I gotta start generating more space for those 307 00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:53.879 around me. 308 00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:55.679 I think Jordan is very. 309 00:16:58.200 --> 00:17:03.720 He understands and he's very aware of how inefficient he's 310 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:04.799 been against LAFC. 311 00:17:05.079 --> 00:17:07.079 So I do expect Seattle to. 312 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:13.799 Use a little bit of that blueprint that Vancouver left you. 313 00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:17.200 They were using the inside channels. They were playing from 314 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:20.759 the outside in FAFA Picoke, cutting from the outside in 315 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:25.000 the way that you were connecting with Brian White the 316 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:27.359 moments you were finding him. I feel a lot of 317 00:17:27.400 --> 00:17:31.680 it was centralizing your gains and not necessarily you do 318 00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:35.519 get him wide right, but you come back inside against 319 00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:38.200 this LAFC team, and I think that Seattle could do 320 00:17:38.319 --> 00:17:42.720 that if their players play. 321 00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:45.000 The their max potential. I want to see Pedro de 322 00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:45.480 la Vega. 323 00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:48.279 I would like to see him on the left wing, 324 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:51.480 so he can come inside and use that right foot 325 00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:52.480 to maybe get. 326 00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:55.519 You some balls in. Be a little bit more dangerous, be. 327 00:17:55.519 --> 00:17:57.680 A little bit more comfortable on the left side, and 328 00:17:57.759 --> 00:18:00.279 maybe you leave Paul Rothrock on the right side to 329 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:03.039 give you two things. Right, is that ability to maybe 330 00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:06.359 get behind on that end, but specifically that back and 331 00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:13.039 forth against Dinny Buwanga against Hall. Instead, LAFC likes to 332 00:18:13.079 --> 00:18:15.200 attack on the left side. So I think if Seattle 333 00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:19.680 can make some adjustments, they can give LAFC some issues. 334 00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:24.000 But at the end of the day, I really don't 335 00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:27.599 think that Seattle matches up well and I think that 336 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:31.279 they will play their hearts out, but they won't get 337 00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:33.920 the results. I just think the LAFC has a little 338 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:37.440 bit too much talent. I feel like Steve Cherundolo got 339 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:41.880 a whole series of games against Vancouver to mess up 340 00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:45.519 his lineup in game two and in Game three, and 341 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:47.799 then he finally adjusted back to that four to three 342 00:18:47.839 --> 00:18:49.680 to three and put it Ilia Sanchez in. 343 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:52.640 So I think that he made the mistakes he was 344 00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:53.640 going to make in the. 345 00:18:53.680 --> 00:18:57.720 Previous series and now he's going to come in completely 346 00:18:58.640 --> 00:19:03.799 clicked in and ready to give Seattle a tough matchup 347 00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:05.279 in Antenna, they'll win it at home. 348 00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:10.000 What I want to do now is I want to 349 00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:16.160 ask you about Garth Loggerway, the executive, because of what 350 00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:17.119 has been going on. 351 00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:21.720 Here with Atlanta United, and. 352 00:19:20.640 --> 00:19:27.000 There's been some discussions about this particular Atlanta United side 353 00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:30.160 and what they have gone through this season and the 354 00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:34.119 head coaching situation and the parallels where Brian Schmetzer was 355 00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:37.799 named to replace Siggy Schmidt when you had the run 356 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:40.440 that Seattle was on, and there are some parallels here. 357 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:41.519 But I also wanted. 358 00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:45.759 To see if you could let us in on the 359 00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:50.359 individual that you know as Garth Loggerway. And there was 360 00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:54.440 an interview that Garth did on local radio on the 361 00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:59.599 flagship station for Atlanta United, and he was asked about 362 00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:03.799 everything that had gone on this year, and here's what 363 00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:06.279 he said. And I wanted to get your feedback on 364 00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:09.319 the Garth loger Way that you know and the Garth 365 00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:10.240 Locker way that we're. 366 00:20:10.119 --> 00:20:13.920 Seeing here in Atlanta United. So here's the quote. 367 00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:18.599 Look, we were not going to win anything with that group, 368 00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:22.400 with the personalities in that locker room and the mentality 369 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:24.319 that we had, we were not going to win any titles. 370 00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:26.880 And we knew it, and so we wanted to maximize 371 00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:29.200 the resources that we could take out of that group, 372 00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:32.000 and that's when we moved on from some players. 373 00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:34.160 At the end of the day, we got in. 374 00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:36.640 We have a chance, and now we're taking advantage of 375 00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:39.880 it with a group that believes in itself and is 376 00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:42.839 much better put together. And that's a real credit to 377 00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:46.599 Rob Valentino and his staff and the players. Paragraph We 378 00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:49.799 had some folks who weren't committed to being in Atlanta 379 00:20:49.880 --> 00:20:51.920 long term. It's as simple as that, and they were 380 00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:54.680 looking for their next move and there's nothing wrong with that. 381 00:20:54.680 --> 00:20:57.960 That's part of pro sports. There's no emotion behind that. 382 00:20:58.079 --> 00:21:00.480 But they didn't want to be here long term. So 383 00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:03.319 we needed to get guys here who were committed. 384 00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:10.839 And so, okay, that. 385 00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:13.519 Is the guard loggoay that I knew the guard laggerway, 386 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:16.039 and I did speak to him briefly. Obviously he had 387 00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:18.400 a lot more things to do, but I just spoke 388 00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:21.000 to him briefly, and as always, he gave nothing but 389 00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:23.880 all of the credit to the group around him and 390 00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:27.559 the coaching staff and the players and the team and 391 00:21:27.599 --> 00:21:34.480 how they bought in into what the organization had played 392 00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:37.839 out and put out and what Rob had done. But 393 00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:44.920 with that quote, it basically highlights what I think is, 394 00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:51.519 in my opinion, the best attribute that Guard Laggerway has 395 00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:56.799 as a JAM CEO front office manager. 396 00:21:56.839 --> 00:22:00.200 I mean, the. 397 00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:08.480 Understand people and understand that beyond your talent, that intangibles 398 00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:12.640 are so important, and tangibles is a word that gets 399 00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:17.279 It's very underrated. Sometimes it uses a cliche, but if 400 00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:20.559 you find a way to really understand what it means, 401 00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:24.680