WEBVTT 1 00:00:12.720 --> 00:00:15.880 Welcome in for another edition of the Morning Espresso on 2 00:00:15.919 --> 00:00:19.800 the SDACH Network, brought to you by Oglethorpe University, Atlanta's 3 00:00:19.879 --> 00:00:25.879 premier undergraduate learning experience and soccer powerhouse. I'm Jason Longshore, 4 00:00:25.960 --> 00:00:29.399 and it was a very busy weekend that started for 5 00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:33.399 me in Central Florida and ended up last night with 6 00:00:33.560 --> 00:00:37.039 Atlanta United two here on the SDACH Network. A very 7 00:00:37.079 --> 00:00:42.280 disappointing loss for the two's a very disappointing loss for 8 00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:46.640 the first team in League's Cup. On Saturday. Sandwiched in 9 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:49.600 between the two, you had the Premier League Summer Series 10 00:00:49.640 --> 00:00:52.439 at Mercedes Benz Stadium. Had a chance to see some 11 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:55.439 of that as well. It was a weekend. Let me 12 00:00:55.520 --> 00:00:58.520 try to recap it and give you a little bit 13 00:00:58.600 --> 00:01:01.000 of a glimpse at everything else going on around the 14 00:01:01.039 --> 00:01:04.439 world as well as I try to give you most 15 00:01:04.480 --> 00:01:06.799 of the soccer news that you need to know. For Monday, 16 00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:10.519 August fourth League's Cup, Let's go back to Orlando. On 17 00:01:10.599 --> 00:01:15.400 Saturday night, it was a chaotic loss for Atlanta United, 18 00:01:16.120 --> 00:01:20.840 falling to Pumas three to two. Two soft penalties, both 19 00:01:21.040 --> 00:01:25.319 justifiable from the referee, but both soft against Atlanta, and 20 00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:27.799 that had a huge hand in deciding the match. The 21 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:32.879 second one especially feels extra soft because a huge advantage 22 00:01:32.920 --> 00:01:35.640 was given to a player who had run through a 23 00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:39.439 shirt grab that started well outside of the eighteen and 24 00:01:39.519 --> 00:01:43.640 then almost like they tripped over the eighteen yard box 25 00:01:43.680 --> 00:01:47.280 and fell. Felt like they were looking for the penalty 26 00:01:47.319 --> 00:01:50.319 and they got it. And this is why these things happened, 27 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:53.719 because when it gets given, it is a gigantic advantage. 28 00:01:53.760 --> 00:01:57.799 Brad Gazan makes the save on Coco Karraskiya on the penalty, 29 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:00.840 but then Karaskiya puts home the rebound. That is also 30 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:04.680 something that is being discussed about a potential rule change 31 00:02:04.680 --> 00:02:09.199 of making penalties essentially dead ball situations, because that also 32 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:12.800 feels like it magnifies the advantage there where the player 33 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:15.439 who takes the penalty is going to be the first 34 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:19.039 one to get to a rebound. In most cases, the 35 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:23.120 amount of stoppage time being six minutes was woefully short 36 00:02:23.240 --> 00:02:25.479 of what it should have been, and then even that 37 00:02:25.759 --> 00:02:31.199 wasn't actually played, and that mismanagement is probably what frustrated me. 38 00:02:31.319 --> 00:02:35.719 The most time wasting of at least ninety seconds happened 39 00:02:35.759 --> 00:02:39.400 on a stoppage time substitution. I mean it was recognized 40 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:41.680 it's all yellow card issued to pedro Vite when he 41 00:02:41.719 --> 00:02:44.000 sat down and then wouldn't get on the stretcher that 42 00:02:44.159 --> 00:02:46.080 was brought out for him because he wasn't hurt. It 43 00:02:46.159 --> 00:02:49.319 was egregious, but the management of the kaylor Navis red 44 00:02:49.319 --> 00:02:54.960 card was beyond bad. This was crazy in terms of 45 00:02:55.000 --> 00:02:58.560 the time it took to check it. There's been reporting, 46 00:02:58.759 --> 00:03:01.479 and I believe f Ryan Wrez was questioning the red 47 00:03:01.479 --> 00:03:03.919 Card's been reporting out of Mexico that there were other 48 00:03:03.960 --> 00:03:07.120 players who could have prevented this from being an obvious 49 00:03:07.120 --> 00:03:12.159 goal scoring opportunity. That's false. I'm sorry, that's just not true. 50 00:03:12.680 --> 00:03:15.120 Because Tra is taking a touch to the right. If 51 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:18.840 he's not fouled by Navas, he's able to shoot from 52 00:03:18.879 --> 00:03:22.800 the top of the eighteen. An obvious goal scoring opportunity 53 00:03:22.919 --> 00:03:25.759 is not an obvious goal. It is an obvious goal 54 00:03:25.800 --> 00:03:29.240 scoring opportunity. So he is going to be able to 55 00:03:29.520 --> 00:03:33.800 shoot on goal with the keeper behind him. That is 56 00:03:33.840 --> 00:03:37.199 an obvious goal scoring opportunity. Whether a defender is able 57 00:03:37.280 --> 00:03:40.120 to lunge across and maybe get to it or not. 58 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:42.360 I don't think any defenders are getting to it. I 59 00:03:42.360 --> 00:03:45.800 think Tra is able to shoot red card was upheld. 60 00:03:46.439 --> 00:03:50.159 However Navas wouldn't leave the field. Took forever. Alvarongula was 61 00:03:50.199 --> 00:03:52.000 going to have to step in goal because Pumas had 62 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:55.520 already used all their substitutions. Took forever, and even to 63 00:03:55.560 --> 00:03:59.199 the point that Navas was walking back up the field 64 00:03:59.280 --> 00:04:02.120 and helping align the wall and helping on Goulo get 65 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:06.400 everything set, which is completely and utterly disrespectful to the 66 00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:08.520 rules of the match and the way things should have 67 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:10.439 been handled, and the referee should have had things under 68 00:04:10.479 --> 00:04:14.800 control and completely did not. The foul happened before the 69 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:17.240 clock got to the ninety five minute mark. It was 70 00:04:17.279 --> 00:04:19.800 in the ninety fifth minute, believe it was at about 71 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:23.360 ninety four to thirty or so. So with the injury time, 72 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:27.639 time wasting and the fact that there was still time 73 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:30.360 in the six minutes even when the red card happened, 74 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:32.959 there should have been a decent few minutes for Atlanta 75 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:36.399 to play against ten and against a goalkeeper who was 76 00:04:36.439 --> 00:04:40.000 a field player. However, ball goes out for a goalkick 77 00:04:40.079 --> 00:04:43.800 after the free kick was blocked by a player who 78 00:04:43.879 --> 00:04:46.560 was nowhere near ten yards. The encroachment of the ten 79 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:50.879 yards was another egregious issue in terms of managing the 80 00:04:51.000 --> 00:04:54.600 situation that the referee crew failed to get. Bartoschlish gets 81 00:04:54.600 --> 00:04:57.360 a yellow card for complaining about it. There still should 82 00:04:57.399 --> 00:05:00.519 have been more time after that the goal Ca was 83 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:03.680 then played forward and there wasn't after Pumas wasted more 84 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:05.959 time on the goalkick and then the final whistle was 85 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:10.199 blown and that was horrific match management. Ronnie Diila was 86 00:05:10.199 --> 00:05:13.199 sent off afterwards, just adding to the horrible management of it. 87 00:05:13.879 --> 00:05:16.199 I will stand by what I said after the final 88 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:18.680 whistle and this is not about calls. I don't like 89 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:23.560 that referee crew is just not capable of managing international 90 00:05:23.600 --> 00:05:26.000 matches at this level. They should not work again in 91 00:05:26.079 --> 00:05:30.680 CONCACAF matches until they show development. You can't have all 92 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:34.680 of those things happen to help decide a match, and 93 00:05:34.959 --> 00:05:39.839 it's something that this crew failed. CONCA CAFF needs to 94 00:05:40.279 --> 00:05:44.240 see that they failed. There needs to be a reaction 95 00:05:44.480 --> 00:05:49.519 to this failure and it's extremely frustrating that it has 96 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:54.439 a hand in deciding the match. Atlanta got tired and 97 00:05:54.480 --> 00:05:58.279 I think you saw that with the injuries and lack 98 00:05:58.319 --> 00:06:02.519 of full fitness of the line especially, and that had 99 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:05.560 as big or bigger impact on the final outcome of 100 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:08.319 the match, no way around it. But the way this 101 00:06:08.560 --> 00:06:12.199 was managed made it a farce. And you should not 102 00:06:12.360 --> 00:06:15.439 have a match that ends as a farce because of 103 00:06:16.439 --> 00:06:21.120 time wasting. Red card then Shenanigan's about getting off the field, 104 00:06:21.279 --> 00:06:24.519 the player who's red carded, helping to organize things for 105 00:06:24.639 --> 00:06:27.839 the players that are still in the match, players encroaching 106 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:30.600 on the free kick and not being punished. And then 107 00:06:30.680 --> 00:06:33.199 the proper amount of time that was added on, which 108 00:06:33.240 --> 00:06:35.519 wasn't even the proper amount of time. But I digress, 109 00:06:36.240 --> 00:06:38.720 that amount of time not even getting played because of 110 00:06:38.759 --> 00:06:41.240 the time wasting. It's why I complain so much about 111 00:06:41.279 --> 00:06:45.959 time wasting, because it never gets added on exactly as 112 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:48.879 it should. So let me take never out of that. 113 00:06:49.319 --> 00:06:52.399 Very rarely gets added on properly in the way that 114 00:06:52.439 --> 00:06:54.759 it should. Now this was one where this was a 115 00:06:54.800 --> 00:06:59.040 new one to me. It was actually rewarded and subtracted 116 00:06:59.199 --> 00:07:02.199 the amount of play time that happened in what was 117 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:06.319 given initially a stoppage time. So extremely frustrating. Atlanta's out 118 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:09.240 of the League's Cup, so is Atlas. So Wednesday's match 119 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:13.560 will be something at the Benz on Wednesday night. We'll 120 00:07:13.560 --> 00:07:15.319 have it on ninety two nine in the game pregame 121 00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:18.319 coverage starting at six point thirty. For that one, let's 122 00:07:18.360 --> 00:07:20.720 go into some more League's Cup stuff. Lionel Messi he 123 00:07:20.800 --> 00:07:24.199 was forced to make an early exit from Miami's shootout 124 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:27.720 win over Nikosa on Saturday night. Injury picked up early 125 00:07:27.759 --> 00:07:32.000 on in the match at Chase Stadium. Javier Mascherano said, well, 126 00:07:32.120 --> 00:07:34.240 he felt a discomfort. Will not be able to know 127 00:07:34.319 --> 00:07:37.879 until tomorrow how severe the injury is. There's probably something there, 128 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:40.399 maybe not as important, but he was really not in pain. 129 00:07:40.519 --> 00:07:44.079 He did feel a poll feels a little precautionary, so 130 00:07:44.160 --> 00:07:46.959 we'll stay tuned and see when Lionel Messi gets back 131 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:51.279 on the field for Enter Miami on Thursday. MLS teams 132 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:53.879 won five of six games in the League's Cup. Last night, 133 00:07:54.079 --> 00:07:57.160 those same six teams managed to win just one of 134 00:07:57.199 --> 00:08:00.480 the six games after regular time, and then four of 135 00:08:00.519 --> 00:08:03.079 them went to shootouts, and the MLS teams lost all 136 00:08:03.279 --> 00:08:08.160 four shootouts. When play resumes on Tuesday, the twenty nine 137 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:12.160 of thirty six teams still alive. We'll try to claim 138 00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:15.639 the eight quarter final berths. So there's been a lot 139 00:08:15.680 --> 00:08:18.519 of talk about the format of this tournament, but when 140 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:21.600 you go into the last day and for eight spots, 141 00:08:21.759 --> 00:08:25.680 twenty nine teams have a shot on the last day 142 00:08:25.920 --> 00:08:29.319 of or the last games for them. I think you'll 143 00:08:29.360 --> 00:08:32.080 take that. I think you'll be happy with the format. 144 00:08:32.200 --> 00:08:36.240 I would love to see sixteen teams, so a round 145 00:08:36.320 --> 00:08:39.120 of sixteen, eight teams from each league out of the 146 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:43.600 eighteen getting through. I would like to see that. I'm 147 00:08:43.600 --> 00:08:46.840 okay if they want to eliminate one round of knockouts 148 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:49.639 and just make it this. I think the competition format 149 00:08:49.679 --> 00:08:52.600 has been good. You continue with League's Cup. This is 150 00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:54.440 the way that I would like to see it, the 151 00:08:54.559 --> 00:08:58.000 MLS versus Lega MX format of three games and then 152 00:08:58.720 --> 00:09:00.799 a certain number of teams going to knockouts and you 153 00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:03.200 go from there. I'm very happy with the way this 154 00:09:03.320 --> 00:09:05.799 has gone, even if I'm not very happy with the 155 00:09:05.799 --> 00:09:09.919 way that Atlanta United's League's Cup has gone. Conker Calf 156 00:09:10.039 --> 00:09:13.399 came out this weekend and condemned the death threats that 157 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:19.159 referee Katia Itzl Garcia received after Thursday's match between Cincinnati 158 00:09:19.200 --> 00:09:23.480 and Monterrey. Some Riato's fans blamed Garcia for the outcome 159 00:09:23.519 --> 00:09:25.759 of the match. Cincinnati secured a three to two win 160 00:09:25.919 --> 00:09:29.399 over Monterrey. In that one, Garcia took the social media 161 00:09:29.399 --> 00:09:31.480 to share some of the messages she had received, which 162 00:09:31.480 --> 00:09:35.679 included death threats. The Mexican Federation also released a statement 163 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:38.320 on Saturday saying that it would be filing a complaint 164 00:09:38.360 --> 00:09:42.159 with the relevant authorities. Garcia began her referee career in 165 00:09:42.200 --> 00:09:44.799 twenty fifteen at the amateur level, made the jump as 166 00:09:44.840 --> 00:09:48.000 a pro in twenty sixteen. Last year, she became the 167 00:09:48.039 --> 00:09:51.080 first woman to referee a men's LEGA MX match in 168 00:09:51.240 --> 00:09:56.360 twenty years. You can get frustrated with referees, and referees 169 00:09:56.600 --> 00:09:59.440 are like players, like coaches. They have good games, they 170 00:09:59.440 --> 00:10:01.919 have bad game. Like I said at the top of this, 171 00:10:02.159 --> 00:10:05.919 the referees that were on the job in Orlando on 172 00:10:05.960 --> 00:10:08.840 Saturday night had an extremely bad day and I think 173 00:10:08.919 --> 00:10:13.120 showed not just bad decisions, but bad organization, bad management 174 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:17.039 of the match. There needs to be a reaction to that, 175 00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:20.720 not this kind of stupid reaction. This stuff is ridiculous 176 00:10:20.759 --> 00:10:24.639 and if social media platforms are not going to actually 177 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:28.240 ban users for this kind of statement. And this has 178 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:32.399 come up with the English women's national team, with the 179 00:10:32.519 --> 00:10:35.799 amount of threats and horrible things said about them in 180 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:40.159 a win in the Euro Final. Michelle Augimond has been 181 00:10:41.320 --> 00:10:44.360 the subject of a lot of this, according to reports, 182 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:47.679 If the social media platforms are not going to do 183 00:10:47.720 --> 00:10:50.840 their jobs and actually band users, then when it gets 184 00:10:50.879 --> 00:10:54.480 into the conversation like Garcia has dealt with here with 185 00:10:54.600 --> 00:10:59.200 death threats, the authorities have to take action. They have 186 00:10:59.240 --> 00:11:01.879 to This is ridiculous and it has no place in 187 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:04.720 our game, has no place in the world at large, 188 00:11:04.799 --> 00:11:08.200 and somebody's got to do something about it. And hopefully 189 00:11:08.360 --> 00:11:12.080 that will happen here with the Mexican Federation filing a 190 00:11:12.080 --> 00:11:15.200 complaint to the relevant authorities about death threats being sent 191 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:19.559 to one of their referees. Katia Itsel Garcia based on 192 00:11:19.639 --> 00:11:24.080 the Cincinnati Monterrey match. Let's go to the NWSL Trinity Rodman. 193 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:27.799 She celebrated her return after four months out scored in 194 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:30.200 stoppage time to give the Washington Spirit a two to 195 00:11:30.200 --> 00:11:32.759 one win over Portland. Came off the bench in the 196 00:11:32.799 --> 00:11:37.559 seventy sixth minute, first action since April because of back issues. 197 00:11:38.200 --> 00:11:40.200 She was in a perfect spot to finish off a 198 00:11:40.240 --> 00:11:44.320 pass from Croy Bethune, blasting it past the Portland goalkeeper. 199 00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:48.200 First goal in more than ten months. Trinity said, this 200 00:11:48.440 --> 00:11:50.320 was the hardest thing I've had to go through with 201 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:53.320 the injury and everything, so being back, especially at the 202 00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:55.519 home stadium with the crowd behind me, scoring a goal 203 00:11:55.600 --> 00:11:58.200 like that. You saw I buried it was not going 204 00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:03.039 to miss it. Great scenes, great postgame interview, Really happy 205 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:07.399 Trinity Rodman's back on the field. Tim wschawinga of Kansas 206 00:12:07.399 --> 00:12:10.120 City Current she broke the deadlock in the sixty fifth 207 00:12:10.200 --> 00:12:12.879 minute with her ninth goal of the year. KC beat 208 00:12:12.919 --> 00:12:16.720 Gotham to nil, extended the winning streak to seven games, 209 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:20.240 and KSE is on top of the NWSL standings by 210 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:24.360 ten points. Now big move for Kansas City as well. 211 00:12:24.440 --> 00:12:27.679 Prior to the match, Ali Sentner has moved to Kansas 212 00:12:27.720 --> 00:12:30.919 City from the Utah Royals in a trade six hundred 213 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:34.960 thousand dollars in guaranteed intra league transfer funds since essentially 214 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:38.960 in WSL allocation money. It's a new intra league record 215 00:12:38.960 --> 00:12:43.559 for an NWSL transfer. Kansas City could send Utah up 216 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:46.879 to an additional one hundred thousand in conditional performance add 217 00:12:46.919 --> 00:12:50.960 ons in the future. A source confirmed to ESPN Kansas 218 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:53.600 City will pay Utah over multiple years to spread out 219 00:12:53.600 --> 00:12:57.879 each team's hit on the net transfer threshold. Utah received 220 00:12:57.919 --> 00:13:01.480 three hundred thousand immediately and will receive another two hundred 221 00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:04.600 thousand next year and then one hundred twenty twenty seven. 222 00:13:04.919 --> 00:13:07.360 That's the kind of Shenanigans that get a little silly 223 00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:09.039 with some of these moves, and MLS has to do 224 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:12.039 it as well. I feel like there's a way to 225 00:13:12.080 --> 00:13:14.000 clean that up, but we'll just have to wait and see. 226 00:13:14.480 --> 00:13:18.440 Copa America Feminina. What a final. In this one, Brazil 227 00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:23.279 wins it their ninth Copa America title. For four draw 228 00:13:23.679 --> 00:13:28.440 Brazil won the penalty shootout five to four. Just absolutely insane. 229 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:32.720 Five straight wins in the Copa America for Brazil. Marta 230 00:13:32.840 --> 00:13:36.039 came off the bench. She scored twice as a substitute 231 00:13:36.600 --> 00:13:39.919 and outside of the eighteen volley in stoppage time took 232 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:43.240 the match to extra time. The thirty nine year old 233 00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:48.039 she retired from international football after the silver medal at 234 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:52.159 the Olympics. Last time out in Paris, the manager brought 235 00:13:52.159 --> 00:13:54.440 her back to the squad. She agreed to come back 236 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:58.759 in May before this tournament and was a huge factor 237 00:13:58.919 --> 00:14:02.399 in helping Brazil. I mean, it's a loss to Colombia 238 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:05.799 if she doesn't score in stoppage time to take it 239 00:14:05.840 --> 00:14:09.120 to extra time. It was Colombia who had to score 240 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:12.919 late to send it to penalties, and then Brazil ended 241 00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:16.840 up getting through in penalties. Great crowd for the final, 242 00:14:17.200 --> 00:14:21.480 almost twenty four thousand people in the building. Spectators leaned 243 00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:24.240 heavily in favor of Colombia. The games were played in 244 00:14:24.320 --> 00:14:29.080 Ecuador in this tournament. Colombia led three separate times in 245 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:34.279 the match. Linda Caseedo Maira Ramirez were both outstanding, huge 246 00:14:34.279 --> 00:14:37.639 goals from them, but Brazil ends up getting it done. 247 00:14:38.399 --> 00:14:41.159 Now a lot of media coming out afterwards. We've talked 248 00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:46.720 about this on the Espresso. Very big organizational issues with 249 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:49.320 Conva Ball, and that's nothing new. If you were here 250 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:52.240 during the Copa America last summer in the United States 251 00:14:52.279 --> 00:14:57.399 that Conva Ball organized, not US organizers, conbo Ball. These 252 00:14:57.399 --> 00:15:01.480 were not Ecuadorian organizers for the Copa. This was Conbobaal 253 00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:06.440 and it was poor. You had bad conditions. You had 254 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:09.440 doubleheaders happening in stadiums and then saying well, the players 255 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:10.919 can't warm up on the field because it might do 256 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:14.919 damage to the field. You had no var which is 257 00:15:14.960 --> 00:15:18.720 a joke for an international competition of this magnitude, and 258 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:22.000 you saw that you needed var because that's where the 259 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:23.919 game is now. The game's played at a faster pace 260 00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:27.279 than ever before. Referees need that extra help. Video assistant 261 00:15:27.279 --> 00:15:29.279 referees are there to help. You didn't have it in 262 00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:32.759 this competition. It affected the competition. The level of play 263 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:36.159 in South America has wildly outpaced the level of respect 264 00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:38.440 from the governing body there, and that's on the men's 265 00:15:38.480 --> 00:15:41.720 and the women's side, but especially true on the women's side. 266 00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:45.440 Conboball cannot organize these major events in the way that 267 00:15:45.519 --> 00:15:49.039 they deserve and something has to be done in that regard. 268 00:15:49.480 --> 00:15:54.200 Either Conbobal has to have some humility and go talk 269 00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:59.480 to CONKA, CAF, talk to UEFA, talk to other similar 270 00:15:59.559 --> 00:16:03.799 governing bodies and learn how to better organize these competitions, 271 00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:08.360 or FIFA needs to force help to them. I don't know, 272 00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:15.000 but Kamlo Ball has now had major issues and I 273 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:18.720 think a black eye on the organization because of what 274 00:16:18.919 --> 00:16:23.279 has happened in their national team competitions on the men's 275 00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:25.960 side and on the women's side. And it has to 276 00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:29.039 be better. It has to be better. The game deserves better. 277 00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:33.039 The players and the national teams that are involved deserve better, 278 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:37.960 especially on the women's side. We will see if Kamlo 279 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:41.159 Ball makes any changes going forward. I'm not holding my breath. 280 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:44.399 I just hope that they can drop the ego for 281 00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:47.519 a little bit and actually try to learn, because there's 282 00:16:47.559 --> 00:16:49.679 more money to be made in these competitions. Look at 283 00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:54.480 the Euros. The Copa America Feminina was extremely well played. 284 00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:56.039 There were so many great stories in it, so many 285 00:16:56.039 --> 00:16:58.840 great players in it. There's more money to make in 286 00:16:58.840 --> 00:17:02.960 this competition if it's organized and done right. Kamba Ball's 287 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:04.839 got to get over themselves and do a better job. 288 00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:08.279 Let's go to the Premier League. The summer series concluded 289 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:12.039 yesterday at Mercedes Benz Stadium. Manchester United won the trophy 290 00:17:12.079 --> 00:17:14.200 a two to two draw with Everton in the last 291 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:16.319 game west Ham. They won the first match of the 292 00:17:16.400 --> 00:17:20.920 day two nil over Bournemouth. Bruno Fernanche of Manchester United. 293 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:23.440 He said the team were lazy in the draw. He 294 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:28.039 wants new signings. Rubin Amerin backed Bruno's criticism of the performance, 295 00:17:28.480 --> 00:17:30.319 said he's happy for his players to call it out 296 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:34.200 if they see a drop in standards. Manchester United have 297 00:17:34.359 --> 00:17:38.240 shown maybe a little promise in terms of going into 298 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:42.400 the upcoming Premier League season. I don't know if they're 299 00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:47.480 really fit to compete with the top four, which I 300 00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:50.200 think have kind of separated themselves in terms of Liverpool, 301 00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:53.960 Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal. Can they be in the 302 00:17:53.960 --> 00:17:56.519 next group potentially, but I don't know if that's a 303 00:17:56.559 --> 00:17:59.279 guarantee either. We will see. It's going to be an 304 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:02.960 interesting year for Manchester United. The summer series I think 305 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:04.920 did pretty well here in the US. It was a 306 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:07.559 crowded summer with Club World Cup here as well, with 307 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:11.279 League's Cup going on, with other friendlies going on. It's 308 00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:14.000 a crowded time, which is to be expected. Look, this 309 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:16.880 is going to happen more and more after the World 310 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:20.640 Cup as well next summer. But I think, going back 311 00:18:20.680 --> 00:18:24.160 to kind of being humble, a little bit disappointing that 312 00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:26.440 Everton didn't make any players available after the game. In 313 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:30.640 the mix zone, media were there ready to interview players, 314 00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:33.359 We were part of that, and Everton did not make 315 00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:37.519 any players available. I think Manchester United made one. It 316 00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:39.680 talked about this last summer when Chelsea came and that 317 00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:42.519 was a friendly situation where there absolutely should have been 318 00:18:42.640 --> 00:18:44.400 I mean, this was a friendly too, but it's at 319 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:49.039 least an organized somewhat competition. It's a preseason competition. If 320 00:18:49.079 --> 00:18:51.599 clubs are going to come here and chase the money 321 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:55.200 from the United States, I hope that they will respect 322 00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:59.720 the fans in the United States, maybe better than some do, 323 00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:03.079 I think. You know, west Ham has been a real 324 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:06.799 joy to work with, and they've made players and legends 325 00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:11.119 available and they've had tons of different activations around even 326 00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:14.759 during the summer series where it's a crowded schedule as 327 00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:17.559 they were coming in from Chicago, they made themselves available. 328 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:21.440 They did things in the community. Everton, while not doing 329 00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:24.319 a great job yesterday in terms of making people available, 330 00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:28.400 did some camps and clinics in the community this week, 331 00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:31.640 you know, a combination of work in the community and marketing. 332 00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:35.359 But yes, they did that. Manchester United did very little, 333 00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:38.200 and you know, maybe they don't have to, but they didn't. 334 00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:41.799 Bournemouth didn't do a whole lot either, and I think 335 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:45.039 Bournemouth is a little bit different situation. But I just 336 00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:47.279 I hope that if clubs are going to come here 337 00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:50.559 and want the money out of this country and the 338 00:19:50.640 --> 00:19:55.720 money out of these cities and these fans in the 339 00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:59.119 United States. I hope that they'll start to show maybe 340 00:19:59.119 --> 00:20:01.920 a little more respe I'm glad that some do, and 341 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:04.880 maybe it's different aspects of the clubs, the community side 342 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:09.359 versus the press and the media side, but I'm really 343 00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:11.599 happy to see some clubs like west Ham take it 344 00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:15.519 so seriously on both sides of it. Players available to 345 00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:18.880 speak after matches when they play here, lots of things 346 00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:22.480 in the warm up, and then lots of really interesting 347 00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:25.880 fun reach outs in the community and being heavily involved. 348 00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:27.960 Just really pleased to see that, and I wish more 349 00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:31.559 would take that on because it's a huge opportunity. Obviously, 350 00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:33.519 it's seen as an opportunity because they're coming here to 351 00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:36.599 make money. Do it in the right way, and I 352 00:20:36.599 --> 00:20:38.440 hope that the Premier League starts to do a better 353 00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:40.759 job with that. They're the behemoth, they're the biggest league 354 00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:43.440 in the world. Maybe they feel they don't have to 355 00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:46.519 do those things, but I think if you don't do 356 00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:50.319 those things, ultimately somebody can pass you in your standing. 357 00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:53.240 If you do those things and you're the biggest, you're 358 00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:55.200 going to continue to be the biggest. And I really 359 00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:56.799 hope that they start to do a little bit better 360 00:20:56.880 --> 00:21:00.640 job with us. The Premier League has ruled reducing the 361 00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:02.519 size of the league. This is something that has been 362 00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:06.000 coming up over the years. They've ruled out reducing it 363 00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:09.799 from twenty to eighteen teams. There's some tension between the 364 00:21:09.880 --> 00:21:13.720 league and FIFA about the congested international calendar. Richard Masters, 365 00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:15.920 the chief executive of the Premier League, said that the 366 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:18.279 league will not be forced into that decision to go 367 00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:21.680 to eighteen teams, saying that the growth of global football 368 00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:23.839 should not come at the expense of domestic football and 369 00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:26.640 I agree with that. The Premier League was originally designed 370 00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:29.279 to be reduced from twenty two teams to eighteen when 371 00:21:29.319 --> 00:21:32.079 it was founded three decades ago, but the change stuck 372 00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:35.839 at twenty in nineteen ninety five, nineteen ninety six and 373 00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:38.960 it was agreed to stay there. League of reduced from 374 00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:41.880 twenty to eighteen teams for the twenty twenty three to 375 00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:45.599 twenty twenty four season, partly due to fixture congestion. It's 376 00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:47.640 also thought that reducing the number of clubs in the 377 00:21:47.640 --> 00:21:52.400 top flight increases the broadcast revenue per club. To ease 378 00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:55.039 some of the fixture congestion, the Premier League has stopped 379 00:21:55.079 --> 00:21:59.440 scheduling clubs for Saturday lunchtime kickoffs the seven thirty am 380 00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:03.359 game here in Atlanta in the time zone, they've stopped 381 00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:07.799 scheduling teams for that after playing Wednesday night in Europe. 382 00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:11.960 They've also increased recovery time during the Christmas period, which 383 00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:14.440 is I know it's a tradition, but it's a really 384 00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:17.440 dumb tradition. There's no need to be playing games every 385 00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:21.799 two days during that period. However, the Premier League denied 386 00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:25.400 Manchester City and Chelsea's request to delay the start to 387 00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:29.160 the season following their involvement in the Club World Cup, 388 00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:30.880 so they will play on the first day along with 389 00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:35.119 everybody else. Other news from around the world. PSV Sergenio 390 00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:38.240 dest and Ricardo Peppi they added the Johann Crout shield 391 00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:41.319 to their Dutch trophy collection. PSV two to one winners 392 00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:45.039 over go Ahead Eagles. In that match, dest scored the 393 00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:48.720 game winner. He sparked the build up at the halfway 394 00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:51.200 line finished with a thirteen yard half volley in the 395 00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:54.680 eighty fourth minute, promising signs for Ricardo Peppy as well. 396 00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:56.599 He came off the bench for the first time since 397 00:22:56.720 --> 00:23:01.400 January following a knee injury they drew their first match 398 00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:05.319 of the season in Scotland, won one away at Motherwell. 399 00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:09.759 Silly season updates. Let's go to Tottenham. Spurs will always 400 00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:11.519 be in my heart and I will treat you as 401 00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:14.680