WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:02.200 Last half hour of the show, which means one thing 2 00:00:02.279 --> 00:00:05.599 means we go from Lima, Peru to Seattle, Washington and 3 00:00:05.679 --> 00:00:07.719 find out what's going on in Major League Soccer from 4 00:00:07.719 --> 00:00:10.240 the Pacific perspective. We bringing a buddy Nico Modano from 5 00:00:10.240 --> 00:00:13.359 Polso Sports and Sunder at Hart where he's lobbing water 6 00:00:13.359 --> 00:00:15.800 balloons on a weekly basis. How are you, my friend? 7 00:00:15.800 --> 00:00:17.879 Good morning? What cup of coffee do you want? 8 00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:21.679 Good morning, my man, John, as the h Family did 9 00:00:21.679 --> 00:00:24.039 this cup number one? Actually you could hear my voice. 10 00:00:24.280 --> 00:00:27.879 I'm just trying to get those juices flowing. I'm gonna 11 00:00:27.879 --> 00:00:32.560 get dad coffee into my blood stream. But here, I 12 00:00:32.600 --> 00:00:35.039 am ready to go. It was a little bit of 13 00:00:35.039 --> 00:00:36.439 a late night going over a little bit of the 14 00:00:36.439 --> 00:00:40.240 Conker Calf games last night, but it's been it's been 15 00:00:40.240 --> 00:00:42.840 a great week. Man. It's been a lot of information 16 00:00:43.119 --> 00:00:45.679 going at one time, a lot of content put through. 17 00:00:45.759 --> 00:00:49.679 Like you mentioned, Sandra Hartpool Sports got to finally meet 18 00:00:49.719 --> 00:00:54.439 and talk to mister Ryan Kant, and man, it's it's 19 00:00:54.439 --> 00:00:57.840 a guy that definitely radiates some confidence. So here to 20 00:00:57.880 --> 00:01:00.280 talk about whatever you want, John, I'm all you. 21 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:03.159 All right, So let's start with that late night and 22 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:08.400 what went down in the Conka Cab Hemispheric extravaganza. I 23 00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:11.840 mentioned it in the open of the show that apparently 24 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:14.480 somebody in social media for Messi and Friends thought it 25 00:01:14.480 --> 00:01:17.480 would be a great idea to hang a pink jersey 26 00:01:17.480 --> 00:01:20.719 from the Kobe Bryant statue in Los Angeles, like literally 27 00:01:20.959 --> 00:01:25.200 on the Kobe Bryant statue. You're messing with all kinds 28 00:01:25.239 --> 00:01:28.879 of juju when you do that, And as it turned out, 29 00:01:29.239 --> 00:01:32.159 LAFC got the one Ny'll win. You do not. You 30 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:34.719 don't step on Superman's cape, you don't spit in the wind, 31 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:36.680 you don't pull the mask off of the Lone Ranger, 32 00:01:36.719 --> 00:01:38.959 and you don't hang an Enter Miami jersey on the 33 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:40.319 Kobe Bryant statue. 34 00:01:41.799 --> 00:01:47.239 Well I missed that. I don't know what lost mine 35 00:01:47.239 --> 00:01:50.599 decided to do that sort of prank. But oh mind, 36 00:01:51.000 --> 00:01:53.719 that is, like you mentioned, and you put very well, 37 00:01:54.959 --> 00:01:57.879 that's just the wrong type of energy you want to 38 00:01:58.480 --> 00:02:01.840 put on your team. You know, someone has beloved as 39 00:02:01.959 --> 00:02:06.480 Kobe Bryant, who obviously because of the circumstances of his passing. 40 00:02:06.519 --> 00:02:09.439 I mean, come on, let's let's really get it together. 41 00:02:09.599 --> 00:02:15.319 Beyond the Man, beyond the legend, the point scorer that 42 00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:18.840 he was just everything about the way of his passing. 43 00:02:18.879 --> 00:02:22.879 Should never ever be involved in something like that. My goodness, 44 00:02:22.919 --> 00:02:24.360 people just have no sense. 45 00:02:25.159 --> 00:02:28.599 And so of course the karma gods came and they 46 00:02:28.599 --> 00:02:30.879 whacked their finger at Messi and friends. One nail win 47 00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:33.800 them that way, and Vancouver and pumas the one one 48 00:02:33.879 --> 00:02:35.439 draw in the first leg of these quarters. 49 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:38.120 Well maybe that's why. Maybe that's why or Dust didn't 50 00:02:38.159 --> 00:02:39.960 get a red card. I mean, I don't know, but 51 00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:45.639 either way, I mean, you are absolutely right, man, although 52 00:02:45.680 --> 00:02:48.000 I missed that. Maybe that makes a little bit of 53 00:02:48.039 --> 00:02:53.840 sense on why Messi was so limited what he seemed 54 00:02:53.879 --> 00:02:58.800 so mortal in this game. He was not the magician, 55 00:02:58.960 --> 00:03:02.080 He was not the messy that was going to take over. 56 00:03:02.120 --> 00:03:06.680 He had a couple of moments, but man, helauc rightfully 57 00:03:06.719 --> 00:03:07.719 won that game. 58 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:11.319 All right. So let's get into the fun that you're 59 00:03:11.319 --> 00:03:14.879 having up there at Providence in Swedish bouncy house and 60 00:03:15.280 --> 00:03:19.000 daycare center, Ryan Kent in the door. It was something 61 00:03:19.039 --> 00:03:21.840 that you had been discussing last week. It is now 62 00:03:21.879 --> 00:03:26.039 officially official. Early returns, early vibes, early thoughts about him 63 00:03:26.080 --> 00:03:28.759 being now a part of what's going on since Seattle 64 00:03:29.000 --> 00:03:30.240 needed help. 65 00:03:31.520 --> 00:03:37.360 Look, let's start by highlighting the fact that Ryan Kent 66 00:03:37.560 --> 00:03:45.719 was more open, more engaged about everything surrounding his situation 67 00:03:45.919 --> 00:03:48.879 than I expect it. This is a guy that has 68 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:52.759 dealt with I'm sure plenty of pressure, a lot more 69 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:56.560 media members that there were at Providence that specific day, 70 00:03:56.639 --> 00:04:02.759 Providence in Swedish, and yet he was very open about 71 00:04:02.759 --> 00:04:05.759 everything and answer every question and took the time to 72 00:04:05.800 --> 00:04:09.599 answer every question, even some questions that he didn't really understand. 73 00:04:09.639 --> 00:04:11.639 And I'll get to that here in a second. But 74 00:04:14.039 --> 00:04:16.120 if there were a couple of things to point out, 75 00:04:16.360 --> 00:04:21.399 was one he mentioned and was very clear about why 76 00:04:21.439 --> 00:04:24.600 he wanted to come to Seattle. He said that MLS 77 00:04:24.639 --> 00:04:27.519 is a place that he sees growing, that he's getting better, 78 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:31.439 and it felt like the right move for him. He 79 00:04:31.560 --> 00:04:35.480 mentioned that he declined several offers from other leagues and 80 00:04:35.519 --> 00:04:39.959 other teams prior to come in to MLS. That might 81 00:04:40.040 --> 00:04:44.160 sound like a little bit of chalk or maybe not. 82 00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:46.399 I don't know. I'm not sure if that's what it is, 83 00:04:46.439 --> 00:04:50.519 but going and doing a little bit more research. Apparently 84 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:54.959 there were some European teams that reached out to Ryan Kenton. 85 00:04:55.639 --> 00:04:57.879 He decided to come to MLS, so I thought that 86 00:04:58.000 --> 00:05:01.199 was interest. And then number three, he mentioned that this 87 00:05:01.319 --> 00:05:06.160 is the easiest transition he's ever had because the group 88 00:05:06.360 --> 00:05:09.040 has no egos. He mentioned he said, this group is 89 00:05:09.079 --> 00:05:12.879 so inviting. There are no egos in here. It's all 90 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:16.240 about just the group. So it seems like a guy 91 00:05:16.279 --> 00:05:22.439 that wants to come and perform wants to obviously reignite 92 00:05:22.519 --> 00:05:28.360 his career. Greg Wibo mentioned reviving the love for the game, 93 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:31.720 and after you go through the things that he went 94 00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:37.000 through at Fernabacci, where you are blacklisted, you're put into 95 00:05:37.079 --> 00:05:41.319 this individual bubble and you're kept away from the group 96 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:44.959 and you have to end up getting released from a club, 97 00:05:45.319 --> 00:05:48.959 I could understand why you have to revive that reignite 98 00:05:49.000 --> 00:05:52.560 that love for the game. So it's very frank, very honest. 99 00:05:53.759 --> 00:05:55.600 The other thing that I want to say before I 100 00:05:55.639 --> 00:05:57.279 move on to what we've seen out of him in 101 00:05:57.360 --> 00:06:01.560 training is that he did clarify that the issues were 102 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:05.399 not with Jossem Mourinho, the issues were with those running 103 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:09.920 the Turkish club. He actually mentioned that Jose Morio was 104 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:13.720 very good with him and he saw the opportunity to 105 00:06:13.759 --> 00:06:16.519 work with him as a as a great deal. So 106 00:06:17.959 --> 00:06:20.279 I just love what he what he said in all 107 00:06:20.319 --> 00:06:25.639 general senses. The one question he didn't understand, because apparently 108 00:06:25.720 --> 00:06:28.680 Ted Lasso is not as popular as you may think 109 00:06:28.759 --> 00:06:33.279 in the UK or in England was the Roy Kent reference. 110 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:36.519 Jada Evans for The Shadow Times asked him about the 111 00:06:37.000 --> 00:06:40.319 He's here, He's there, he's everywhere chance and he had 112 00:06:40.360 --> 00:06:44.160 no idea what they were talking about. So he said, 113 00:06:44.160 --> 00:06:46.680 that's new for me, is what he mentioned. So clearly 114 00:06:46.759 --> 00:06:48.680 tell Lasso it's not his show. 115 00:06:49.079 --> 00:06:55.519 Okay. Do you think with him now? In how different 116 00:06:55.639 --> 00:07:01.240 do you envision things offensively for Seattle, for meationally approach? 117 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:04.439 Is it going to be different? Is it just going 118 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:07.279 to be putting Ryan Kent in plug and play? How 119 00:07:07.279 --> 00:07:08.519 are you envisioning this now? 120 00:07:09.079 --> 00:07:10.519 I think it's going to be a plug and play 121 00:07:10.680 --> 00:07:14.199 simply because of the way Brian operates. I think one 122 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:20.480 of my criticisms towards Brian and the Perreira situation was 123 00:07:20.600 --> 00:07:23.600 that that they wanted to just bring in Ferrara and 124 00:07:23.720 --> 00:07:27.639 plug him. He's got to play to our rhythm. He's 125 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:30.680 got to do Jordan Moorish esque stuff, because that's what's 126 00:07:30.720 --> 00:07:35.439 been working, rather than kind of creating a game system 127 00:07:35.480 --> 00:07:38.680 around for Era. I think with Ryan Kent is going 128 00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:42.519 to be similar. He is an all out winger, That's 129 00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:45.120 what he does. He's a pacy winger. You want him 130 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:47.800 out wide, you want him taking on guys. He's a 131 00:07:47.879 --> 00:07:51.319 creative player that is going to have a hard time 132 00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:56.399 staying in one pocket or doing certain things. So to me, 133 00:07:56.639 --> 00:08:01.560 winger is the best position for him. But Brian has 134 00:08:01.600 --> 00:08:06.279 been very animate and he's kind of dying on the 135 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:10.040 hill of I'm playing with wingbags and I'm playing with 136 00:08:10.079 --> 00:08:14.240 a three center back system in the back. That would 137 00:08:14.240 --> 00:08:20.160 put Ryan in those inside channels behind the nine. I 138 00:08:20.199 --> 00:08:22.600 think he could do that function because, like I said, 139 00:08:22.600 --> 00:08:25.199 he's very creative. He can use some of that pace. 140 00:08:25.279 --> 00:08:29.399 There could be some underlaps from Paul rob Rock where 141 00:08:29.560 --> 00:08:34.000 that would leave Ryan Kent out wide. So could it work, Yeah, 142 00:08:34.039 --> 00:08:36.440 But I think it is going to be a plug 143 00:08:36.480 --> 00:08:41.000 and play or Ryan Kent. Now. Seeing him on the 144 00:08:41.120 --> 00:08:45.240 training field, the dude is different. I mean, the guy 145 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:48.559 is good. And I'm telling you that as soon as 146 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:51.120 a guy that first ball hits his foot, you can 147 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:53.720 tell a lot about a soccer player and the guys 148 00:08:53.840 --> 00:08:56.960 just quality. He scored a great goal with his left 149 00:08:57.440 --> 00:09:01.879 maybe I don't know, a ten yards out, twenty yards out. 150 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:05.200 Then he had one with his right foot, so he's ambidestrious. 151 00:09:05.240 --> 00:09:07.360 He can hit it just as well with his right 152 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:10.120 as he can with his left. The guy is just 153 00:09:10.159 --> 00:09:14.840 taking players on his first touch. He's so clean. So 154 00:09:14.919 --> 00:09:20.320 spot on Seattle's gonna have some competition with this guy 155 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:25.600 if he can continue to stay healthy. Apparently he passed 156 00:09:25.600 --> 00:09:28.919 all the fitness exams with flying colors, but now we're 157 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:31.919 talking about game rhythm game fitness, which is different. How 158 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:34.480 quickly can he get there? But if this guy is 159 00:09:34.519 --> 00:09:38.000 one hundred percent ready to go, it's gonna be some 160 00:09:38.039 --> 00:09:40.919 competition up there. I would say that Ferreira right now 161 00:09:41.399 --> 00:09:46.320 could be the guy looking outside in because of his 162 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:49.559 lack of productivity and the fact that he hasn't really 163 00:09:49.600 --> 00:09:52.919 cemented himself as a nine. And Bryan Smetzer kind of 164 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:55.320 mentioned after the San Jose game that he kind of 165 00:09:55.360 --> 00:09:58.240 wanted to give Dani Musavski another go at the nine. 166 00:09:58.559 --> 00:10:00.960 So if you're thinking of a are more at a 167 00:10:02.480 --> 00:10:06.200 cam if you will, or at another attacking, creative midfielder, 168 00:10:06.960 --> 00:10:12.320 then he kind of he might be behind Ryan. If what 169 00:10:12.440 --> 00:10:15.440 we've seen in training is any indication of how he 170 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:17.720 will perform on the field. So it's gonna be a 171 00:10:17.759 --> 00:10:19.039 lot of competition for sure. 172 00:10:19.799 --> 00:10:22.039 Other big news, and we talked to Daniel Sperry from 173 00:10:22.080 --> 00:10:24.960 the Kansas City Star in our number one, was the 174 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:29.360 dismissal of Peter Urmes finally happening in Kansas City, the 175 00:10:29.440 --> 00:10:32.360 lost to FC Dallas. I mean, there seem to be 176 00:10:32.399 --> 00:10:34.399 a lot of stops and starts in this notion for 177 00:10:34.399 --> 00:10:36.240 the last handful of years. You get off to a 178 00:10:36.240 --> 00:10:38.639 bad start, Kansas City comes storming back. You get off 179 00:10:38.639 --> 00:10:41.039 to a bad start, you have some injuries, you find 180 00:10:41.039 --> 00:10:43.840 some folks in the summer, you bring in three new pickups. 181 00:10:44.080 --> 00:10:45.600 Then you come in into the playoffs, and then you 182 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:47.360 make a run. You do well an Open Cup, even 183 00:10:47.399 --> 00:10:49.879 though it hurts you in Major League Soccer, and everybody 184 00:10:49.879 --> 00:10:52.159 sits there and looks as you chase after an Open Cup, 185 00:10:52.559 --> 00:10:55.480 an Open Cup title. This year, I know that a 186 00:10:55.519 --> 00:10:57.039 lot of folks were kicking dirt on them when they 187 00:10:57.039 --> 00:10:59.159 were down one match, three nil to LAFC and then 188 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:02.960 the bish Dejoon yovol it starts three goals in twelve minutes. 189 00:11:03.000 --> 00:11:04.399 You come back to get a three three draw and 190 00:11:04.440 --> 00:11:07.960 you're sitting there going, oh, there's something there. Then with 191 00:11:08.120 --> 00:11:11.720 Luco and FC Dallas, FC Dallas gets the win to one, 192 00:11:11.799 --> 00:11:15.480 and now Kansas City is looking Sporting Kansas City is 193 00:11:15.480 --> 00:11:19.759 looking for a new manager. What has been the idea 194 00:11:19.840 --> 00:11:21.919 out on the West coast, with you and everybody out 195 00:11:21.919 --> 00:11:24.440 there in the Pacific time zone about Peter romy now 196 00:11:24.600 --> 00:11:27.639 being sent packing mutually parting of ways from Kansas City. 197 00:11:27.639 --> 00:11:29.039 What's the vibe been like out west. 198 00:11:29.919 --> 00:11:33.159 I think there's two schools of thought here. One is 199 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:40.399 a little bit of that more purist MLS fan base 200 00:11:40.559 --> 00:11:46.360 that was surprised that Peter and then I'm finally getting sacked, 201 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:51.759 if you will, and knowing what he meant for that franchise, 202 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:55.039 you can't say Sporting Kansas City without saying Peter Bermys. 203 00:11:55.080 --> 00:11:59.360 He literally created built this thing from the very star, 204 00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:03.360 very beginning, and you probably wouldn't have them as a 205 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:07.919 men's national team host Sin City if he wasn't for 206 00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:12.200 Peter Burmese. That said the other and I find myself 207 00:12:12.279 --> 00:12:15.240 more on the thought process of it was about time 208 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:18.960 and it was maybe too late, and it honestly talks 209 00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:25.759 about the lack of decision making and the issues that 210 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:30.279 are and will remain in Sporting Kansas City, which is ownership. 211 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:33.879 If you were going to make this move, why extend 212 00:12:34.000 --> 00:12:37.360 him just recently? Why not make that move before. The 213 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:40.440 issues that we've seen this year are no different than 214 00:12:40.480 --> 00:12:42.519 the issue we've seen with Kansas City over the last 215 00:12:42.519 --> 00:12:45.399 four years. Me and you and I have both sad 216 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:48.039 on this exact same show and talked about is it 217 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:52.320 time for Peter vermiss to go? And we were both surprised. 218 00:12:52.360 --> 00:12:54.480 I think, maybe I'm speaking for myself, I think you 219 00:12:54.519 --> 00:12:57.559 were surprised as well that he got extended with Sporting 220 00:12:57.639 --> 00:13:00.799 Kansas City. So why not make that move early enough 221 00:13:01.279 --> 00:13:03.120 where in the off season you could bring in a 222 00:13:03.159 --> 00:13:08.559 guy that could have a whole new idea finally break 223 00:13:08.600 --> 00:13:12.120 down that operation into a GM and a head coach. 224 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:17.440 But the timing of it all just seems so lazy, 225 00:13:17.879 --> 00:13:21.480 and he seems so reactive. And that's the part where 226 00:13:21.960 --> 00:13:24.759 I feel like Peter Vermuis gives the short of this 227 00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:28.399 of the stick because had that decision being made at 228 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:30.559 the right time, even himself would have had more time 229 00:13:30.600 --> 00:13:33.720 to do other things. So I just think he speaks 230 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:37.759 to Sporting Kansas City's issues that are internally still there. 231 00:13:38.399 --> 00:13:41.480 But you know, honestly, I am in honestly, I am 232 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:45.039 glad that Peter Remis gets to move on and now 233 00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:47.559 we get to think about not right now, not at 234 00:13:47.559 --> 00:13:51.159 this specific time, but we will just think about the 235 00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:55.080 Peter Vermese that was. He is a legacy, what he created, 236 00:13:55.320 --> 00:14:01.039 and we're no longer judging him on the poor performances 237 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:03.720 that Sporting Kansas City has had as of the last 238 00:14:03.720 --> 00:14:04.360 four years. 239 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:08.159 In your mind, what is his legacy? Because I asked 240 00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:12.080 Daniel if he was underappreciated, as you know, as manager 241 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:14.440 or whatever you wanted to classify him there at Sporting 242 00:14:14.600 --> 00:14:18.200 is he is he underappreciated? And Daniel said, yes, I 243 00:14:18.200 --> 00:14:19.759 think a lot of that has to do with the 244 00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:23.279 market that he's in. Yeah, and you know those of us, 245 00:14:23.360 --> 00:14:25.840 you know, you on the left coast and me on 246 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:29.679 the east coast and all of the points in between. 247 00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:32.360 It's like you kind of skip over the Midwest, and 248 00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:35.120 so Peter Vermes in conversation only comes up when you're 249 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:37.600 in the extremes of Oh Sporting is doing really well. 250 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:39.600 Oh they've made a great acquisition. Oh they're off to 251 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:42.519 a really bad start. Instead of looking at the larger picture. 252 00:14:42.519 --> 00:14:44.679 What do you think his legacy either is or should 253 00:14:44.679 --> 00:14:45.240 be or both. 254 00:14:45.960 --> 00:14:50.279 I think the legacy is what the trophy case in 255 00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:55.480 Sporting Kansas City says today, the players that he developed 256 00:14:55.519 --> 00:14:59.480 and brought in like Boussio in that specific club, and 257 00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:03.399 what he was able to do to elevate, as you mentioned, 258 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:08.240 a small market team into one of at a particular 259 00:15:08.279 --> 00:15:11.399 moment in time, one of the elite teams in West 260 00:15:11.519 --> 00:15:14.799 the Western Conference, that you would think every single year 261 00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:17.840 Sporting in the City was going to be a contender 262 00:15:17.919 --> 00:15:21.919 for a title. And the fact that in the US 263 00:15:21.960 --> 00:15:27.879 soccer scale and in the US soccer parameter, it became 264 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:32.559 a hub, It became a community, a city that lived 265 00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:36.879 off soccer. So Peter Remis was able to gather all 266 00:15:36.919 --> 00:15:40.240 of the essence that was there in Sporting Kansas City 267 00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:46.279 and created into this monument and created into this team, 268 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:50.600 this club that would have not been as successful and 269 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:54.320 as important in general skills without him. 270 00:15:55.480 --> 00:16:00.000 Other matchups last week Toronto and Vancouver played for ninety minutes. 271 00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:02.799 If you watch it, you probably can't get that back 272 00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:07.320 in your lifetime. Colorado shout out, Charlotte, Columbus beat DC, 273 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:12.720 Messi and Friends beat Philadelphia. Chicago only scored one against 274 00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:16.200 CF Montreal, which I thought was you know, substandard from them. 275 00:16:16.480 --> 00:16:20.080 Minnesota over RSL since he beat Nashville Purple Team beat 276 00:16:20.200 --> 00:16:24.279 lag Paints Paintsial was on the bench, so he's getting 277 00:16:24.320 --> 00:16:27.240 back to full song. San Diego and l AFC had 278 00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:29.000 the five goal thriller, and I think all five of 279 00:16:29.039 --> 00:16:31.879 those were in the first half, and Santose beat and 280 00:16:31.919 --> 00:16:34.200 Santase and Seattle a one to one draw. First off, 281 00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:37.279 Santase and Seattle a one one draw. Your takeaways from. 282 00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:44.799 That one, yes, uh, the same issues remain, and I 283 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:49.000 was relieved to see Brian Smetster at least make a 284 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:53.000 change for the sake of the result of the match, 285 00:16:53.559 --> 00:16:58.840 meaning Hasus Freira was a dot at the nine in 286 00:16:58.919 --> 00:17:03.000 this one. The first half was hard to watch for 287 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:06.319 any Sounder fan at all. I thought that San Jose 288 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:10.440 created more chances they get ahead on the score. They 289 00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:13.839 honestly could have had ended up getting a two zero 290 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:19.400 lead in this one because there was such a stagnant 291 00:17:19.440 --> 00:17:23.440 offense from a Sounders team that could not hit. In 292 00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:28.799 transition that Ferrarasin, who occupied the same spaces that others 293 00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:31.039 did that you were not able to stretch out a 294 00:17:31.319 --> 00:17:37.720 poor quite honestly San Jose defense. But Brian makes a change, 295 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:41.039 puts Mussovski up top, brings back for a little bit, 296 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:45.240 and Mussovski, despite his own limitations and an ability to 297 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:48.079 score because he had a couple of clear chances in 298 00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:52.000 front of goal. To give him credit for the high 299 00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:56.720 rate of work, for the effort or the pushing the 300 00:17:56.759 --> 00:18:00.759 dirty work, if you will, I thought he did pretty decent. 301 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:02.680 And Seattle all of a sudden in the second half 302 00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:06.880 became alive. They created twenty shots on twenty shots of 303 00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:09.960 those that think was eight on target. They were able 304 00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:15.039 to at least up their volume of opportunities. But it's 305 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:17.160 still not good enough. And it feels like with Seattle 306 00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:20.680 that's been the phrase that I most commonly used is 307 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:23.680 just not good enough. So a one to one job, 308 00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:28.359 it's okay, eh, it's on the road, so you add 309 00:18:28.440 --> 00:18:32.519 what you can. But to me, the performance for Shadow 310 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:34.519 was just not good enough one more time. And in 311 00:18:34.640 --> 00:18:38.200 terms of San Jose, I feel like this is a 312 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:41.720 team that needs one more piece, one more component to 313 00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:46.400 be a better, more balanced team, and specifically at midfield, 314 00:18:46.839 --> 00:18:50.200 I like a I like what he does, but I 315 00:18:50.200 --> 00:18:54.279 feel like there has to be a more functional midfielder 316 00:18:54.599 --> 00:18:57.160 that can provide a little bit more of an eight 317 00:18:58.920 --> 00:19:03.200 functionality for that San Jose team to do better. But 318 00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:08.960 in all sense, I think Seattle, at least with that 319 00:19:09.079 --> 00:19:12.000 second half, might be able to carry some of the 320 00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:16.400 momentum against this San Diego challenge that is going to 321 00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:19.720 be a lot harder than the San Jose game. But 322 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:23.240 all in all, I wasn't surprised with the draw. I 323 00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:27.200 mentioned that here San Jose has always been difficult for Seattle, 324 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:29.759 and that's exactly what you got out of those ninety minutes. 325 00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:32.480 All right, So since you mentioned San Diego, does there 326 00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:36.319 one o our LAFC say more about them or LAFC No. 327 00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:38.640 I think this is more about them. Look, they took 328 00:19:38.640 --> 00:19:42.119 that game to LAC and I thought that from the 329 00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:45.880 very beginning. They dominated tempo, the dominated possession. They're the 330 00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:50.240 best possession team in the league. Dryer can do so 331 00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:54.720 many different things for you. They're so dangerous on set pieces. 332 00:19:55.000 --> 00:20:01.440 Every set piece is designed, every set piece is mid it. 333 00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:03.640 It just seems like they work on their set pieces 334 00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:07.599 the restarts so well that they really put LAFC against 335 00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:10.440 the ropes. Those five goals were all in the first half, 336 00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:14.000 but San Diego starts with all three. Then LAFC gets 337 00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:16.519 a little bit of a response and they're able to 338 00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:18.960 kind of get back into this game. But to me, 339 00:20:19.119 --> 00:20:26.039 san Diego dominated those ninety minutes, if not seventy five. Obviously, 340 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:28.720 Igor Jesus gets a red card and that gives San 341 00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:32.319 Diego the opportunity to get even higher a field and 342 00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:40.440 endback even farther a very deep blocked LAFC team. But 343 00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:45.039 I just really like what I see from this team. 344 00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:47.400 They know what, they know how they want to play. 345 00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:51.440 They have experienced midfield. I thought that Godoy the Electoria 346 00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:59.039 were both sensational. Travor Verskov I always chop up his name, 347 00:20:59.119 --> 00:21:04.640 but Verse just slamming the Danish midfielder. He's so good. 348 00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:08.880 He does so many things right. Simplicity in his game 349 00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:14.079 is the best attribute for this team, and they just 350 00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:16.920 seem to have it all together. Even Tu Kilosano came 351 00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:19.440 in lane because he finally got on the bench, and 352 00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:22.240 he should have had at least two goals. So this 353 00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:28.799 team just has so many weapons, but their biggest edge 354 00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:32.920 on any team is how well they execute the game. 355 00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:36.240 Plan that's worked through the entirety of the week. You 356 00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:39.079 could just see it. What Miki Tavarus wants is when 357 00:21:39.119 --> 00:21:44.640 Mickey Tavarus gets consistently and that puts your floor so 358 00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:47.720 much higher. So this is a difficult team. Seattle's going 359 00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:50.640 to have their hands for sure. But in this LAFC 360 00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:53.359 game San Diego, I think he says more about how 361 00:21:53.400 --> 00:21:56.680 good San Diego is rather than the struggles that LAFC 362 00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.480 is having. 363 00:21:57.759 --> 00:22:02.079 All right, so we'll hang on to uh San Diego, Seattle. Uh. 364 00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:05.200 By the way, in a rainstorm, Austin beat all Caps 365 00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:08.960 and Portland beat Houston. Getting into this week's activity will 366 00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:11.720 save San Diego and Seattle will save Atlanta and Dallas. 367 00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:13.160 We'll go through all the others and if there's something 368 00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:16.039 you want to talk about, will stop Charlotte and Nashville. 369 00:22:16.119 --> 00:22:19.079 Charlott's at home and to minus one o three RSL 370 00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:23.519 at home against lag coming off of the midweek performances, 371 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:27.319 RSL's a plus one ten favored understandably so Crew and 372 00:22:27.400 --> 00:22:29.799 Montreal Crewe. And I've said this on the air and 373 00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:32.519 I will continue to reinforce this to tell you if 374 00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:36.039 Montreal beats Crewe at a plus five sixty nine. I 375 00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:41.720 will drink diet mountain dew on the air Monday Monday. 376 00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:45.079 If Montreal beats Crewe, I'm drinking diet mountain dew, that is, 377 00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:46.519 and you'll see it. It's not just going to be 378 00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:47.839 in a cup where you sit there and go, is 379 00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:49.880 he really drinking it? No, it'll be it'll be completely 380 00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:53.720 and totally advertised. Cruise of minus two thirty eight Cincinnati 381 00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:57.039 minus one eighty two hosting the revs Red Bulls in Chicago. 382 00:22:57.240 --> 00:23:00.160 This one is actually interesting. Red Bulls of minus one 383 00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:03.880 thirty seven Chicago threw up that clunker last week. There 384 00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:06.240 are a plus three sixty six on the road, plus 385 00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:11.319 two more for the draw in that one. What's the 386 00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:13.319 draw plus two six'? 387 00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:17.720 Four oh, MAN i would love to take that win By. 388 00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:22.039 Chicago but if there's anything The Red bulls does is 389 00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:24.480 give them some of the chance in every. Game And 390 00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:27.440 courtnell has been, fantastic the defense has been really. Good 391 00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:33.039 chicago was not at their best last, week and you 392 00:23:33.079 --> 00:23:37.559 could see Where Red bulls could have a floor plan 393 00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:40.039 on how to work this. Game that's why to, me 394 00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:44.440 this is going to be a, clear not very high scoring, 395 00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:47.920 game maybe a one one maybe a zero, zero but to, 396 00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:49.960 me that's for sure going to be a. Draw, however 397 00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:52.920 it will be interesting How reg Deel halter kind of 398 00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:56.599 figures out coming from a bit of a plunker the 399 00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:59.039 way you put, it and then maybe trying to figure 400 00:23:59.079 --> 00:24:03.680 some things out in innuisance of this game against The Red. 401 00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:07.839