Speaker 1: Ah, here we go, here we go. Thanks for finding us.
Speaker 1: This is your home for everything Black and Red. First eleven,
Speaker 1: your DC and IED podcast. I'm Dave john Sall with
Speaker 1: the Hall of Famer Bruce Murray and DC and I
Speaker 1: we're still buzzing. I know a draw one of three points,
Speaker 1: but certainly we'll take one point on the road against
Speaker 1: the Chicago Fire. The way it happened two to two
Speaker 1: on Saturday, as heard on iHeartRadio, iHeart Sports.
Speaker 2: DC.
Speaker 1: Brendan Hartlove with the call, this time with Bruce Murray,
Speaker 1: and it was a dream start.
Speaker 3: Early balling behind for Parani enters the box into ben
Speaker 3: Tech in the center and DC's on the board through
Speaker 3: Christian Benech. Not even four minutes gone in the Black
Speaker 3: and Red capitalize miscommunications at the back and the veteran
Speaker 3: forward tucks it behind Brady and.
Speaker 4: DC leads one nil. Just a fantastic build up. Rolls
Speaker 4: with the ball out why de Schneck. Schneck pings it
Speaker 4: into the corner. Parani makes the on Bentech just slides
Speaker 4: in across and there's terrible defending. Miscommunication is an understatement.
Speaker 4: There is just no communication whatsoever between the two fullbacks.
Speaker 4: Ventekey right between him, and all he has to do
Speaker 4: is slot it past Brady.
Speaker 2: Brady didn't have a chance.
Speaker 1: Christian ben Techy doing what Christian Benzech does, but then
Speaker 1: deep in stoppage time, Herrera sends.
Speaker 3: It in again.
Speaker 5: The bicycle can absolutely unreal from Jacob Merrow, the load
Speaker 5: that's big, gromatic, the equalizer, Oh my gosh. In the
Speaker 5: ninety sixth minute of play, Jacob Burrow knocks it out
Speaker 5: of the park, DC too, Chicago too.
Speaker 2: Oh.
Speaker 1: It was so exciting to call it with you and
Speaker 1: Brendan heart love and unbelievable because not easy to make
Speaker 1: that call because you have to stay with the broadcast.
Speaker 1: Yet you're probably in a state of shock. But that's
Speaker 1: that's Jacob Murrale. And I'm going to start by giving
Speaker 1: a shout out to my team, the Annapolis Blues. I
Speaker 1: believe his experience not only at Georgetown, not only in
Speaker 1: his youth soccer, but playing in front of eight thousand
Speaker 1: fans and pressure situations with the Annapolis Blues made him
Speaker 1: ready for that moment. That's part of the story.
Speaker 2: There is no doubt, Dave that the competition that he
Speaker 2: faced playing with Annapolis Blues, playing with the other college
Speaker 2: players of you know, high pedigree in the summer. It's
Speaker 2: like summer ball in baseball, right, guys get better the
Speaker 2: big train in Maryland, right for example, they they produced
Speaker 2: twenty one major league players by this summer league. And
Speaker 2: so yeah, there's no question about it. And you know,
Speaker 2: so incredibly happy for Jacob Murle. We both know him personally,
Speaker 2: we both know what kind of care, what a kid
Speaker 2: he is, what a great you know, he's a man.
Speaker 2: He's not a kid, buttass, he's a kid. And just
Speaker 2: so happy for him. He's just such a great guy.
Speaker 1: Forest Till Maryland shout out to forest Till Maryland has
Speaker 1: produced Jacob Murle. And you mentioned that competition. He played
Speaker 1: two summers ago with Annapolis Blues in twenty twenty three
Speaker 1: last season the transition to pro soccer with DC, and
Speaker 1: I was seamless. But I also want to give a
Speaker 1: shout out. I think the confidence maybe a Christian BENTECHI
Speaker 1: speak to this because you were once a young player
Speaker 1: and needed confidence infused in you. You are already a
Speaker 1: confident guy. I've never known you not to be, but
Speaker 1: you still, no matter how good you are, you need
Speaker 1: that supportive veterans.
Speaker 2: Well, I remember, you know my national team days, the
Speaker 2: very early days. You know, guys like Ricky Davis and
Speaker 2: Kevin throw from San Diego and just some of the
Speaker 2: old NASL guys took me under their wing. Ernhardt Cap
Speaker 2: the Cosmos player, and gave me confidence. I mean he
Speaker 2: told me, look, they say, you're you're a really good player.
Speaker 2: You know, don't worry about mistakes. You're gonna make mistakes
Speaker 2: and things like that. And I see that same relationship
Speaker 2: with Christian Benteke, not just with Jacob Murle, but with
Speaker 2: with all the young players. I mean, you're playing with
Speaker 2: a a iconic player and it's almost like you've got
Speaker 2: your autograph book on one in one pocket, you know,
Speaker 2: and on the other pocket, you know, you know a
Speaker 2: guy played at Liverpool. And then you know the other
Speaker 2: side of it is you you know Christian and you
Speaker 2: have to form a relationship in order to get the
Speaker 2: best out of it. And you know, and just in
Speaker 2: that first goal in the first week, when when Jacob
Speaker 2: just chipped up to the back post, that is a
Speaker 2: guaranteed conversation that's been had many times.
Speaker 1: Well that's Jacob Merle assisting on that. Christian Benechy's first
Speaker 1: goal of the season against Toronto. All right, you get
Speaker 1: the one point in Chicago and close to not getting
Speaker 1: the one point. What did you like about Saturday night?
Speaker 2: I love the fact that we came out on fire.
Speaker 2: We literally, you know, push the game as hard as
Speaker 2: we could. And you know, again I talk about beat
Speaker 2: it to death. Is our is our full back play,
Speaker 2: is forcing our wingers inside where now we've got What
Speaker 2: I like, Dave is is we have so many options.
Speaker 2: Every time a player has the ball, he's got three
Speaker 2: or four players he can pick out right as opposed
Speaker 2: to before when it was hit long to Christian. Now
Speaker 2: everyone's got to try and get up the field and
Speaker 2: there is none of that. So I think, I think, well,
Speaker 2: for me, I love the fact that DC United is playing.
Speaker 2: It is a totally different game than last year.
Speaker 1: Well and also again we talked about this with Troy
Speaker 1: Lasain and Jacob Merles. Certainly is part of that. Depth
Speaker 1: is so key. George Stroud returns to the lineup. But
Speaker 1: for DC and I to have success this season, bench
Speaker 1: play will be critical.
Speaker 2: You know, we have players that can come in, you know,
Speaker 2: Maddy Ultila, you know he comes in at the end
Speaker 2: of the game. That you know last week you have
Speaker 2: You've got a lot of guys, you know who can
Speaker 2: come into the game. And here's the thing about the bench,
Speaker 2: and people have to realize this. Everyone's like, oh, the
Speaker 2: bench and the bench in this play. Substitutes have to
Speaker 2: come in and improve the game. That is the definition
Speaker 2: of a substitute. Come in and improve the game. Who
Speaker 2: cares if you have bodies on the bench, right, that
Speaker 2: doesn't help you. What these people when they come in
Speaker 2: they are difference makers, which I think is fantastic.
Speaker 1: All right, what does DC and I need to clean
Speaker 1: up there? And certainly you point to Chicago's goals and
Speaker 1: he wins a bit.
Speaker 2: They have got to figure out communication wise, you know
Speaker 2: what needs to happen on set pieces and soft goals.
Speaker 2: I mean we have given in the first two games.
Speaker 2: We're right back where we were last year in terms
Speaker 2: of what we said we weren't going to do right.
Speaker 2: The first goal against Chicago with the ball bounced right
Speaker 2: through the box the center forward for Chicago, I think
Speaker 2: maybe it was Kellen Anacosta to Kim into the net.
Speaker 2: Ki Kim got pushed into his own net. That can't happen.
Speaker 2: Second goal Coipers on the backside. Matty Peltela is running
Speaker 2: with him and he just stops as if he had
Speaker 2: help on the back post. And you know that was
Speaker 2: a miscommunication. Nobody leaves a player in the box to
Speaker 2: run unless you know that you have somebody in that position,
Speaker 2: and so Peltala and there was a communication issue with
Speaker 2: I don't know who was on the other side, but
Speaker 2: that other player was not there. So when Koiper stopped,
Speaker 2: just stopped and went in behind Peltela, Peltala kept going
Speaker 2: and he was marking nobody. And then all of a sudden,
Speaker 2: Coipers is wide open on the back post. That cannot happen.
Speaker 1: All right to two weeks, two points for DC, and
Speaker 1: I'm looking for more. Looking to clean things up Saturday
Speaker 1: against Sporting Kansas City. Of course, it's a home game.
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Speaker 1: DC beginning at seven fifteen. Once again, Brendan hard Love
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Speaker 2: Can I just say real quick, Dave the goal that
Speaker 2: obviously Jacob Merle scored is one of the best goals
Speaker 2: you're ever going to see. And he had to come
Speaker 2: backwards seven yards and then he had to have the
Speaker 2: idea in his head where the goal was and any
Speaker 2: kind of bicycle kick which would be hit really hard
Speaker 2: and down there was too many bodies. The bicycle kick
Speaker 2: he hit was looped into the far post, which means
Speaker 2: Jacob Murle was thinking his way through every piece of
Speaker 2: that bicycle kick. So that was an act of pure
Speaker 2: brilliance and I think it may be up for a
Speaker 2: goal of the Year if we don't see anything bigger
Speaker 2: than that.
Speaker 1: And that's this addition to first leven. We'll check in
Speaker 1: later in the week.