WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.520 You're really rocket and rolling this morning. You're all business. 2 00:00:02.560 --> 00:00:04.280 You don't have the lid on or nothing. 3 00:00:04.960 --> 00:00:07.799 That's right, there's red world business today. We even got 4 00:00:07.799 --> 00:00:11.519 a new cup here with the Wazoo logo and. 5 00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:13.720 Whoa what is it? 6 00:00:15.439 --> 00:00:19.320 Credit to my my son for his efforts and commitment 7 00:00:19.359 --> 00:00:22.399 to the university. So new cup here as well. 8 00:00:22.800 --> 00:00:25.120 So so so wait, we we had it. We had 9 00:00:25.160 --> 00:00:29.399 a commitment, so we had a declaration of going through 10 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:31.960 the transfer portal and we have a the son of 11 00:00:32.560 --> 00:00:35.399 Niko Moreno going to the police. Is is that what 12 00:00:35.439 --> 00:00:36.399 we have going on here? 13 00:00:37.159 --> 00:00:39.600 That is right? That's right. He's committed to the uh 14 00:00:40.439 --> 00:00:45.479 Murrow communication program down there at Wazoo. Uh so you 15 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:51.520 know he definitely hid the transfer portal and uh first 16 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:54.719 year in college. But yes, he definitely has committed to Wazoo. 17 00:00:54.759 --> 00:00:57.320 So we're very excited for him. And therefore, you know, 18 00:00:57.439 --> 00:01:00.840 chose a board that I got a nice little cup 19 00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:01.759 with the cougar on it. 20 00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:04.760 Absolutely the way that it should be. All right, So 21 00:01:04.840 --> 00:01:08.400 we started our conversation this morning talking about Messi and 22 00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:13.719 friends and talking about Vancouver and how you know, for 23 00:01:13.799 --> 00:01:16.319 those of you that have been faithful to Vancouver through 24 00:01:16.359 --> 00:01:18.959 the juice boxes. Through this entire tournament, you have really 25 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:22.680 made a killing. And for those of us who are 26 00:01:22.680 --> 00:01:27.680 looking at Messi and Friends and going bruh, what did 27 00:01:27.719 --> 00:01:30.519 you think about what happened last night with Vancouver basically 28 00:01:31.480 --> 00:01:34.560 grabbing Messi and Friends and we played we played the 29 00:01:34.879 --> 00:01:37.959 play by play call of in the sixtieth minute when 30 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:42.239 Pedro Vite basically sent Jordi Alba into the nether world 31 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:46.840 with the with the gate that he gave him there. 32 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:49.400 What'd you think about Vancouver advancing? Eh? 33 00:01:49.599 --> 00:01:51.079 Hey, I thought I was a thing of beauty, and 34 00:01:51.120 --> 00:01:54.560 not just because it was economically great for me, but 35 00:01:55.400 --> 00:01:59.920 just the fact that, look, we talked about this here. 36 00:02:00.040 --> 00:02:02.560 I talked about it on Monday morning a loving courtuers. 37 00:02:03.040 --> 00:02:07.040 I thought that a lot of people have been really 38 00:02:08.280 --> 00:02:14.319 I don't know, timid about giving Vancouver their credit and 39 00:02:14.439 --> 00:02:18.599 realizing that when you are a team that in MLS 40 00:02:18.680 --> 00:02:22.120 is dominating, that they have the best goal differential, that 41 00:02:22.199 --> 00:02:25.400 they are tied for most goals at winning goals this 42 00:02:25.599 --> 00:02:32.159 season with Portland, that they have a unit the worst 43 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:36.840 collectively as well as they do. Would look a jasper 44 00:02:36.879 --> 00:02:40.719 source that has a new fan right here, because it 45 00:02:40.759 --> 00:02:46.280 wasn't just about getting the guys ready physically, tactically, but 46 00:02:46.360 --> 00:02:49.520 also mentally. And I saw a team that had believed 47 00:02:49.800 --> 00:02:52.280 that even after going down a goal early in the 48 00:02:52.360 --> 00:02:56.479 eighth minute, they had composure. They knew what the game 49 00:02:56.520 --> 00:03:00.919 plan was. I thought it was interested in the conference, 50 00:03:01.479 --> 00:03:03.840 for instance, said, look, I enjoyed and I think we 51 00:03:03.879 --> 00:03:07.479 did a better job at executing our game plan today 52 00:03:07.520 --> 00:03:10.719 that we did in Vancouver. He said, we were too 53 00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:14.280 rushed in this one. We held the ball even though 54 00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:16.319 we went down a goal. We knew what the game 55 00:03:16.319 --> 00:03:19.039 plan was, and man, that's all credit to the coach. 56 00:03:19.080 --> 00:03:21.719 I thought he did a fantastic job at eliminating busquetes, 57 00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:26.479 eliminating the half spaces for messy Lou Roman. I thought 58 00:03:26.520 --> 00:03:31.520 that he understood exactly what that two lead meant coming 59 00:03:31.560 --> 00:03:35.400 into this game, and he took advantage of it. Miami 60 00:03:35.479 --> 00:03:38.919 had twelve good minutes and after that it was mainly 61 00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:41.960 Vancouver for the rest of the game. I mean, in 62 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:45.400 the majority, in an average, they were more effective with 63 00:03:45.439 --> 00:03:48.759 the ball. I thought that, you know, this game could 64 00:03:48.759 --> 00:03:51.520 have been even broader than the three one. It could 65 00:03:51.520 --> 00:03:53.560 have been four or five to one. I thought Brian 66 00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:56.639 White was stellar and it wasn't just the goal. It's 67 00:03:56.680 --> 00:03:59.520 his position in his runs, the way he sets up 68 00:03:59.560 --> 00:04:02.759 Sabbi for a potential goal in the first half that 69 00:04:02.879 --> 00:04:05.400 doesn't happen because sab just wasn't able to put it 70 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:08.080 in the back of the net. Pedro Vite I've been 71 00:04:08.680 --> 00:04:10.840 praising this guy, talking about he should be in the 72 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:15.680 VP conversation, and he showed up again. It's the way 73 00:04:15.719 --> 00:04:19.839 he handles the ball, is his commitment defensively. Cuba's commitment 74 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:23.120 defensively is bur Halter. Which was probably the only bad 75 00:04:23.120 --> 00:04:25.160 thing out of this game is that because of the 76 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:29.480 yellow he won't be available for the final in this competition. 77 00:04:29.959 --> 00:04:33.079 But I thought burt Halter was very good. I just 78 00:04:33.600 --> 00:04:37.480 see a team that with their identity and with their 79 00:04:37.519 --> 00:04:41.439 ability to believe in themselves and using the chip on 80 00:04:41.480 --> 00:04:45.160 the shoulder of nobody believed in us, they're going long 81 00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:47.879 waist man. So all I got to say is that 82 00:04:47.959 --> 00:04:51.360 the coach is pushing all the right buttons, moving all 83 00:04:51.399 --> 00:04:56.079 the right levers and with the team that is this unified. 84 00:04:56.160 --> 00:04:59.000 This cemented Sky's the limit. I said that on Monday, 85 00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:00.079 I'll say it today. 86 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:04.879 And this is a team in Vancouver, and I went 87 00:05:04.920 --> 00:05:07.240 through the schedule where you played three, you played seven, 88 00:05:07.279 --> 00:05:10.879 you're playing eight and yeah that's February, March, and April, 89 00:05:11.480 --> 00:05:13.759 and you're gonna be doing the same thing in May 90 00:05:14.519 --> 00:05:18.920 where Yes, for Sorenson isn't resting, folks, literally, it is 91 00:05:19.000 --> 00:05:21.839 trotting out the same eleven. You're going with rhythm. I 92 00:05:21.879 --> 00:05:24.560 guess you're making sure that your physios they're right there 93 00:05:24.600 --> 00:05:27.279 and that they're taking care of business. And anybody's got 94 00:05:27.399 --> 00:05:29.120 a niggle or a nock, you're like, you take care 95 00:05:29.160 --> 00:05:31.279 of it immediately, so they're back out there. This is 96 00:05:31.319 --> 00:05:35.040 a team that trots out the same dudes, regardless of competition, 97 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:38.160 regardless of how many days off. And he's just rolling 98 00:05:38.199 --> 00:05:40.160 with it. And right now he's coming up with sevens 99 00:05:40.160 --> 00:05:41.720 and eleven's at the craps table. Man. 100 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:44.480 Well, I'll push back a little one that just because 101 00:05:44.519 --> 00:05:47.759 he did rotate completely for Minnesota, he brought in the 102 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:49.959 big guns there in the second half. He really did, 103 00:05:50.399 --> 00:05:53.240 because Vite comes in in the second half, he has 104 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:55.959 a brace, should have had Hatcher to be quit Frank 105 00:05:56.000 --> 00:06:00.360 against Minnesota, but he know he tattled compos Bryan White. 106 00:06:01.160 --> 00:06:04.560 You know he's Sadberhalter. Obviously they came in as well 107 00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:07.920 late in the second half. But all in all, I 108 00:06:08.040 --> 00:06:11.279 just think that this team being able to do what 109 00:06:11.319 --> 00:06:14.800 they're doing is unprecedented. Right, they are the best team 110 00:06:14.839 --> 00:06:17.920 in MLS in the regular season and they are in 111 00:06:17.959 --> 00:06:21.959 the final of the concac CAF Champions Cup. It's never 112 00:06:22.000 --> 00:06:25.639 happened the Sounders have been in this position. Were I 113 00:06:25.839 --> 00:06:27.800 think almost last. I think they were third to last 114 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:33.079 when they were in the final. Vancouver know the impact 115 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:36.160 were there in the final Legics Club America. They were 116 00:06:36.199 --> 00:06:38.519 the worst team in MLS. I mean, we've seen it 117 00:06:38.560 --> 00:06:41.519 time and time again, and they're doing something completely unpresident 118 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:45.120 and I think he goes back to the coaching. He 119 00:06:45.240 --> 00:06:48.639 goes as well, we got a credit certainty for what 120 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:52.879 he built in terms of those foundations and a guy 121 00:06:53.040 --> 00:06:56.639 in Jasper Sorensen that hazard guys believe in and completely flying. 122 00:06:56.720 --> 00:07:00.279 I mean, these guys understand the task, they get it tother. 123 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:03.759 I thought it was cool. And again he goes back 124 00:07:03.759 --> 00:07:06.720 to the mentality of the coach that he was asked about, 125 00:07:06.720 --> 00:07:10.199 you know, playing against Alba and Messi and how that 126 00:07:10.279 --> 00:07:13.439 can getting players has had and he just humanized the 127 00:07:13.560 --> 00:07:15.360 entire thing and he was like, look, my own son 128 00:07:15.439 --> 00:07:18.720 has posters of Messi, right, But it's about getting these 129 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:22.160 guys playing to our strengths. We knew that we had 130 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:25.439 more capability to run. We knew that we could affect 131 00:07:25.480 --> 00:07:28.319 certain points of the game, and he could focus on that, right, 132 00:07:28.439 --> 00:07:31.800 and then everything else just falls together. Man, I am 133 00:07:31.800 --> 00:07:37.079 a fan, Vancouver To me will win CONKAFT Champions Cup. 134 00:07:37.399 --> 00:07:40.480 To me, they will be either Kuzusoul or Tigers. I 135 00:07:40.600 --> 00:07:45.480 do not care. They have the tools, they have the personality, 136 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:49.759 the character, the ability, the tools. Man, I'm just I'm 137 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:52.040 all in. When it comes to the girl White opps. 138 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:55.199 It's that like Winston Zenemar from Ghostbusters. There for a second, 139 00:07:55.240 --> 00:07:58.240 we got the tools, we got the talent, I mean literally, 140 00:08:00.360 --> 00:08:04.720 and then you look at uh Messi and friends. Over 141 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:08.759 the last four days, the book is out. I mean, 142 00:08:09.079 --> 00:08:12.680 you go up three to one against Dallas and then 143 00:08:12.879 --> 00:08:15.360 you get the one moment where the ball is shot, 144 00:08:15.480 --> 00:08:17.959 goes off of falcone, it takes a weird spin, gets 145 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:21.360 past calendar, and that gets everything rolling. Dallas comes back 146 00:08:21.399 --> 00:08:23.439 to beat you four to three, and then you had 147 00:08:23.480 --> 00:08:26.519 a one Nilli last night and everybody's thinking, oh okay, 148 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:29.920 here they come here they come and Vancouver took care 149 00:08:29.959 --> 00:08:33.320 of business. So two times in a week, Messi and 150 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:36.480 Friends have been found out and the tape is out 151 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:39.799 about how to get after him. I mean, I said 152 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:41.440 an hour number one, I said, I know what the 153 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:43.440 solution is gonna be. They're just gonna throw more money 154 00:08:43.480 --> 00:08:45.440 at the problem and they're gonna bring in you know, 155 00:08:45.519 --> 00:08:47.840 they're gonna bring into Bruno with Garber Bucks and take 156 00:08:47.879 --> 00:08:49.799 a and figure out a deal later since they've got 157 00:08:49.840 --> 00:08:53.200 DIBs on him. When you see Messi and Friends, now 158 00:08:53.320 --> 00:08:53.960 what do you see? 159 00:08:55.360 --> 00:08:59.080 I see a team that is a year older, and 160 00:08:59.399 --> 00:09:02.679 there's just something that we had commented on and we 161 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:04.200 thought that it was going to be an issue right 162 00:09:04.240 --> 00:09:07.919 off the bad Luis Suarez looks as old as he 163 00:09:08.080 --> 00:09:10.120 is and as the old as those knees are. Not 164 00:09:10.320 --> 00:09:18.360 having that creative finisher, kind of deadly striker. It's a 165 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:21.840 huge issue for this team. You saw it against Dallas. 166 00:09:22.480 --> 00:09:25.440 Defensively though, I think that's their biggest problem. You cannot 167 00:09:25.519 --> 00:09:29.360 emergency defense every single game and expect results. And I 168 00:09:29.440 --> 00:09:32.080 think that's what's been happening with Matrano is that he 169 00:09:32.200 --> 00:09:35.240 was able to get so many results despite playing poorly 170 00:09:35.639 --> 00:09:38.559 that he kind of got overconfidence in a false sense 171 00:09:38.600 --> 00:09:40.840 of security is the worst thing that could happen to 172 00:09:40.919 --> 00:09:43.000 a team and they got found out. Like you said, 173 00:09:43.200 --> 00:09:46.080 it's simply about Look, I hate to say it, but 174 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:49.919 Cello we got is a good attacking fullback, not good 175 00:09:49.960 --> 00:09:54.320 both ways. He cannot defend Jordi Albo. He's an older 176 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:56.840 type of fullback, so he is not going to have 177 00:09:56.919 --> 00:10:00.440 the tracking methods against Dallas I and Fraig. Great guy 178 00:10:00.519 --> 00:10:04.240 going forward, not so defensively. Martinez more of a center 179 00:10:04.320 --> 00:10:07.600 back than a fullback. I thought that his instincts and 180 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:11.320 positioning was off. So it's all about defensively, not being 181 00:10:11.360 --> 00:10:14.679 able to do what you have to do and feeling 182 00:10:14.840 --> 00:10:18.360 like because you have Messi and you have Leo and 183 00:10:18.480 --> 00:10:23.080 you got busquets, they're just going to magically individually change 184 00:10:23.120 --> 00:10:25.600 the game for you. And when you don't have a 185 00:10:25.720 --> 00:10:28.840 design system, that's when you start to struggle as a team. 186 00:10:29.720 --> 00:10:31.919 Yeah, basically it's like, oh, we're going to give up 187 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:34.159 four of but all score five. You get that kind 188 00:10:34.200 --> 00:10:36.720 of mentality exactly, go ahead and do that, all right? 189 00:10:36.919 --> 00:10:39.799 I want to turn to Seattle. What's this about Jordan Morrison? 190 00:10:39.840 --> 00:10:40.440 Another MRI. 191 00:10:42.440 --> 00:10:45.639 Yeah, that was interesting, and to me, it's never good. 192 00:10:45.879 --> 00:10:50.919 But long story short. On Tuesday, Brian Smetter said that 193 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:55.080 after the MRIs were taken, they didn't like him. They 194 00:10:55.120 --> 00:10:58.600 were blurry, they were not consistent, they weren't able to 195 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:01.360 see what was going on, so he had to get 196 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:04.200 a new set of MRIs done. Bryan Spster mentioned that 197 00:11:04.320 --> 00:11:06.080 we're going to send those MRIs to England as a 198 00:11:06.200 --> 00:11:10.399 specialist to just take a look. So all we know 199 00:11:10.519 --> 00:11:13.919 is that he won't be available this weekend. If I 200 00:11:14.080 --> 00:11:17.879 have to go off of my spidy senses, I'm gonna 201 00:11:17.879 --> 00:11:20.240 say that Jordan Morris is out at least three weeks 202 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:23.120 at the very least. He's had some issues. He's had 203 00:11:23.159 --> 00:11:27.600 some tightness. The way he just sat after you know, 204 00:11:27.720 --> 00:11:29.720 he makes this huge run there at the end of 205 00:11:29.799 --> 00:11:34.720 that game against Colorado was just a bad look. And 206 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:38.759 regardless of whether he is maybe it's not a severe injury, 207 00:11:39.120 --> 00:11:41.720 you got to treat it like a severe injury because 208 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:45.799 the last thing you want is a reoccurring, reaggravated injury 209 00:11:45.879 --> 00:11:48.279 for the rest of the season. So get him right, 210 00:11:48.639 --> 00:11:50.759 put him on ice, put him on the freezer. I 211 00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:54.320 don't care. Just get him to the best of his abilities. 212 00:11:54.639 --> 00:11:57.360 While you have a guy like Massovski that all of 213 00:11:57.440 --> 00:12:01.120 a sudden has turned into Luis Sarre of MLS and 214 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:05.919 just three goals consecutive times. He's confident, he's committed. Maybe 215 00:12:05.960 --> 00:12:07.840 he's the fact that he just got engaged by the 216 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:12.639 dude's just feeling himself. And he talked to us a 217 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:15.120 couple of days ago and he mentioned that, look, he's 218 00:12:15.159 --> 00:12:17.360 been working hard, he's getting more used to the team. 219 00:12:17.840 --> 00:12:20.759 Him and Kloney have built a really good report. So 220 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:23.000 klan is the one that puts that both the one 221 00:12:23.080 --> 00:12:26.279 one both for the one zero lead in Colorado, And 222 00:12:27.919 --> 00:12:29.879 if that's what's going on right now, maybe you just 223 00:12:29.960 --> 00:12:33.159 let that ride. In the meantime you figure out what's 224 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:35.759 going to be playing to beat osased Rosario is a 225 00:12:35.840 --> 00:12:40.360 Takoma Defiance player that has turned every head possible at 226 00:12:40.440 --> 00:12:44.840 the next MLS pro level into Koma Defiance. He is 227 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:49.159 the golf courp. I think he has nine goals in 228 00:12:49.240 --> 00:12:53.120 five games or something of that capability or of that sense. 229 00:12:53.159 --> 00:12:56.320 He's just killing it right. He was at practice yesterually 230 00:12:56.360 --> 00:13:00.519 he looked very good, scored a couple of goals, pressing 231 00:13:00.679 --> 00:13:02.960 was good. So I think that you will see him 232 00:13:03.039 --> 00:13:06.639 this weekend, as you know, a temporary player. I don't 233 00:13:06.679 --> 00:13:09.519 think he's the solution moving forward, but for right now seat, 234 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:11.480 I'm gonna have to figure out a way to play 235 00:13:11.559 --> 00:13:14.240 without Jordan Morris while he gets completely better. 236 00:13:14.840 --> 00:13:18.279 And you look at the younger players that are active, 237 00:13:18.320 --> 00:13:22.000 whether they're coming up through defiance. Because you mentioned Coosa Rienzi, 238 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:24.440 you know we've been looking at Paul Rothrock for the 239 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:26.720 last couple of seasons, and now you bring in a 240 00:13:26.759 --> 00:13:29.879 player like Musoski and you give him a chance to 241 00:13:30.080 --> 00:13:32.879 show what the promise has been in other places. It's like, okay, 242 00:13:32.960 --> 00:13:34.720 so we've seen him down in LA. We know what 243 00:13:34.799 --> 00:13:37.600 Mussoski can do. When you look at the younger players, 244 00:13:38.200 --> 00:13:41.679 who who is are they? Are they integrating at the 245 00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:44.360 right speed right now with what Brian Schmitzer wants him 246 00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:46.399 to do through match week ten. With the younger guys, 247 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:49.080 are they are they where you would anticipate they would 248 00:13:49.120 --> 00:13:50.759 be when it comes to learning the system and being 249 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:51.360 a part of things. 250 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:54.440 I think that they're behind it. I honestly team that 251 00:13:55.679 --> 00:14:00.960 Akr as they call him, Koloni Kosa Rians. I think 252 00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:03.600 he's pushing Alex for a starting spot, and I'm glad 253 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:05.919 you brought it up because we asked Brian about this. 254 00:14:05.960 --> 00:14:09.159 If we talked to Alex, Alex, although he sattled the 255 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:11.960 right things, I see something different in his face. He's 256 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:14.039 got to be annoyed at the fact that he got 257 00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:15.639 injured and now he's got to figure out if he's 258 00:14:15.639 --> 00:14:18.080 going to get his position back. Because Klane has been 259 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:20.639 lights out. He understands the game. He's got a couple 260 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:24.360 of assists, and physically he's so dominant. I mean, the 261 00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:28.000 dude looks like he benches through fifty. I mean, he's written, 262 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:31.519 and he has an engine, and he's hungry, and he 263 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:35.840 gets up and down dad flank like no one's business. 264 00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:39.840 So he's been great. Paul Rothrock has up his game. 265 00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:45.399 He's elevated what used to be just vibes and effort 266 00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:49.320 and runs. Now he is polished a little more. He 267 00:14:49.559 --> 00:14:52.080 has been able to find what he needs to do better. 268 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:56.120 When he pinches inside looking for that next pass, not 269 00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:59.399 rushing just going end line and just putting across through. 270 00:14:59.679 --> 00:15:02.279 He's cutting inside, he's looking for the he's looking to 271 00:15:02.559 --> 00:15:04.480 where he's going to be able to link up and 272 00:15:04.600 --> 00:15:07.279 maybe commit, maybe push back a little. I mean, he 273 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:09.960 has found the game, in my opinion, to be a 274 00:15:10.039 --> 00:15:12.159 lot easier. Even he said it a little bit. He 275 00:15:12.279 --> 00:15:15.320 talked about some of the improvements he's had on that 276 00:15:15.600 --> 00:15:20.399 part of the field. A guy like Ovid Bargains. We 277 00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:22.559 talked to him as well, because at nineteen years old, 278 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:28.440 he just hit his one hundredth professional game, right his appearance. 279 00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:33.720 That a huge momentum in milestone for a kid of 280 00:15:34.600 --> 00:15:38.480 his age, and he's another player that have been consistently 281 00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:41.960 good and it's way beyond where he should be for 282 00:15:42.200 --> 00:15:45.120 his age, for the way he came up through Tacoma 283 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:48.960 Defiance and the academy and everything. So when he comes 284 00:15:49.000 --> 00:15:51.440 to the young guys, that's where Seattle, I think, is 285 00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:56.440 getting most buck for their money, or most pushed for 286 00:15:56.559 --> 00:15:59.919 their money, because they're able to have a sustainable system 287 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:02.480 that is bringing all these kids that are providing you 288 00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:05.720 debt and now not just dept but they're providing you 289 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:10.240 playmakers and starters and starters that are pushing other starters 290 00:16:10.559 --> 00:16:12.960 to realize that, hey, man, if you're not out here, 291 00:16:13.039 --> 00:16:14.639 if you're not put in one hundred and ten percent, 292 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:16.440 you're going to see us open event. 293 00:16:16.559 --> 00:16:18.759 All right, and so since we are on our role 294 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:21.519 talking about Seattle. Seattle is one of the three late 295 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:26.000 games on Saturday, all Caps come to town otherwise known 296 00:16:26.039 --> 00:16:30.279 as Saint Louis City SC. You're a minus one ninety two. 297 00:16:30.559 --> 00:16:33.600 Ninety minute draws a plus three thirteen, and Saint Louis 298 00:16:33.639 --> 00:16:35.639 on the road is a plus five point fifteen. What 299 00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:36.120 do you think? 300 00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:40.480 I love that draw. Love that draw. I'll tell you 301 00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:42.919 that look Saint Louising the team that's hard to be 302 00:16:44.480 --> 00:16:49.000 hard to break down, not necessarily in display against LAFC 303 00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:52.240 because they had a couple of a lot of bad moments. 304 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:55.159 Actually in that game, LAFC should have won that one, 305 00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:57.279 to be honest, and they were unable to do so. 306 00:16:57.840 --> 00:17:01.080 But this is a team that likes to play deep, 307 00:17:01.360 --> 00:17:06.200 deep blocked. They're gonna overpopulate the prime assistant zones for 308 00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:08.079 the opposition. They're not going to allow you to get 309 00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:12.319 to those positions. They are the I believe, second team 310 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:15.359 with the least amount of possessions, so they're gonna concede 311 00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:19.240 completely the ball to Seattle and allow them to move 312 00:17:19.319 --> 00:17:23.160 it horizontally but not vertically. So how do you break 313 00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:26.079 that down? I think that Seattle is gonna have to 314 00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:28.039 take a lot of mid range shots. I think that 315 00:17:28.079 --> 00:17:31.319 they're gonna have to be really quick in their triangles 316 00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:37.039 and when they get to the flanks, maybe internalizing a 317 00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:40.480 little bit of those moments and not just putting crosses 318 00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:43.039 into the eighteen, because that's where Saint Lewis I think 319 00:17:43.160 --> 00:17:48.039 is gonna benefit from. However, however, got to make sure 320 00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:52.960 that you're careful with when they're occasionally pressed. They don't 321 00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:57.440 do it often, but Seattle, if anything that was evident 322 00:17:57.759 --> 00:18:01.240 against Colorado is that without Jackson Reagan, there's some real 323 00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:03.960 issues coming out of the back. K We talked about 324 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:06.519 how good he's done, but he is a player there. 325 00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:08.759 I don't want to call him limited, that's unfair, but 326 00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:11.440 he's a different, old school type of center back, so 327 00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:15.240 he wasn't coming out easy. Yammergaz Anderda had probably the 328 00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:17.759 worst game of his I don't want to say his 329 00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:20.599 career with MLS in MLS with the Sounders, but let's 330 00:18:20.640 --> 00:18:23.039 just call it the worst game he's had this season. 331 00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:26.319 I thought new wasn't particularly great coming out of the back, 332 00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:29.920 so you have some issues. Make sure that you don't 333 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:32.880 allow it and Lewis to get an easy goal and 334 00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:35.480 then they're just going to park the bus. They might 335 00:18:35.599 --> 00:18:37.880 park a semi back there and not let you through. 336 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:40.359 So Seattle's gonna be mindful of. We got to control 337 00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:42.920 the tempo of the game. We gotta control possession, but 338 00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:45.599 we got to be effective when we do get those 339 00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:49.079 chances and not allow Saint Louis to get even a 340 00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:51.759 goal or even get any confidence in this one. 341 00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:55.279 Because however, I do like the drum. I do like 342 00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:58.680 the drum plus three thirteen because yes, I would imagine 343 00:18:58.720 --> 00:19:01.079 if if all Caps up with the early lead, they're 344 00:19:01.079 --> 00:19:03.720 gonna go and find those Princess Cruise liners that are 345 00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:06.759 out there im Puget Sound doing the Alaska tours, and 346 00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:08.839 it'll be like, yo, fam, we need you over here, 347 00:19:08.880 --> 00:19:10.599 and they just sit there and be like, you know, 348 00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:13.759 be like the Love Book camping out all right, our 349 00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:16.480 buddy Nico Moreno, as we always do, we play Cliffhanger 350 00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:18.960 like the old Price Is Right Matt Price Is Right 351 00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:21.319 game where I roll through a lot of the games 352 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:24.160 and if Niko wants to say something about him, then 353 00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:26.319 he says something about him, and then we keep going. 354 00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:29.680 I'm gonna save Atlanta National to the end. Four thirty, 355 00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:34.359 so translates into four forty. Toronto hosting the revs. You 356 00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:37.240 probably could do a lot better with your time looking 357 00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:40.720 at something in another country or another matchup. Entirely, Toronto 358 00:19:40.839 --> 00:19:43.599 is favored at a plus one twenty five. Also, you 359 00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:47.200 have four early starts. C F Montreal at home at 360 00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:49.640 Stad Saputo, traditionally a tough place to play. That's a 361 00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:52.960 dollar in the jar. C F Montreal plus fifty eight 362 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:55.920 hosting Philadelphia Union. I like the draw in that one, 363 00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:58.240 just because Union is a far better team. But you're 364 00:19:58.240 --> 00:20:03.519 going to Stott Suputo, Columbus and Charlotte. Columbus at home 365 00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:06.880 is a minus one fifty two draws a plus two 366 00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:11.559 ninety two. Charlotte is a plus three ninety six. And 367 00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:15.480 all we heard out of Charlotte this week was wolf 368 00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:20.200 Zaha on Snapchat basically saying get off my back and 369 00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:23.880 head coach Dean Smith sitting there and yelling at the 370 00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:27.920 officials in Major League Soccer. Well, Dean Smith and Wilf Saha, 371 00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:31.240 welcome to the pressures that are associated with being a 372 00:20:31.359 --> 00:20:34.519 club that has high expectations in Major League Soccer. What 373 00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:35.440 do you think about this one? 374 00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:38.279 I don't like one I don't like Dad one little 375 00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:40.920 bit by the way. I feel like a guy with 376 00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:44.880 the trajectory of Saha should know how to deal better 377 00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:47.880 with this sort of situation. He's got a lot of pressure. 378 00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:51.920 They tired of his career. Why is he over there, 379 00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:54.519 you know, going back and forth with a fan in 380 00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:57.799 the middle of a game, like, just center yourself, do 381 00:20:57.960 --> 00:21:01.440 your thing, and stop talking about yourself. Third person saha, this, 382 00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:04.839 Saha that. Come on, man, let's get it together. Let's 383 00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:07.359 play some soccer. I don't like this at all. I 384 00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:13.400 feel like kid is a unnecessary interruption and something that 385 00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:16.759 the team doesn't need lingering above it. I like Columbus 386 00:21:16.839 --> 00:21:20.720 in this one. Don't like the numbers and entirely, but 387 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:23.519 I do want to look at the goal compass because 388 00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:27.000 I do feel like this might be a battle there 389 00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:29.599 that might go three to two for Columbus. 390 00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:33.799 Okay, so we go to the totals, and we started 391 00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:35.400 four and a half. Four and a half is a 392 00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:38.839 plus three seventy five and a half is a plus 393 00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:42.039 seven seventy five. So if you're thinking shootout, probably that 394 00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:44.240 four and a half number, the plus three seventy would 395 00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:45.079 be where you might want to go. 396 00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:47.240 Give me Columbus in the four and a half. We 397 00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:49.920 did really well with the with the goals last week, 398 00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:51.519 I got to tell you that it was a good one. 399 00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:54.759 That Portland game really set me up nicely. So yes, 400 00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:57.440 let me get the goals and let me get Columbus. Yeah. 401 00:21:57.559 --> 00:21:59.599