Speaker 1: Here we go, Here we go. It's another edition of
Speaker 1: first eleven Your Connection with DC, And I had Dave Johnson,
Speaker 1: along with Bruce Murray a lot to talk about DC.
Speaker 1: And I did it with those two stoppage time goals
Speaker 1: and the winner the Colorado Rapids and just days after
Speaker 1: that the two nothing, hard fought win over the Charleston Battery.
Speaker 1: And we'll start with that, Bruce. As we get going,
Speaker 1: people buzzing about Jacob Murle's goal. Not only did it
Speaker 1: break the zero zero tie and extra time by the way,
Speaker 1: but also just just it was just a beautiful goal.
Speaker 1: But having said that, when we talk about a beautiful goal, yes,
Speaker 1: but he deserved that based on all the hard hat
Speaker 1: work he put in through ninety plus minutes.
Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, nobody on the field was running as
Speaker 2: much as Jacob Murle and the dirty work he did
Speaker 2: reminds me of you know, Bogy when he puts his
Speaker 2: shifts in and he holds it up for the team. Uh.
Speaker 2: And Jacob, Jacob did that. And right before that gold Dave,
Speaker 2: he had a toe hope that he just couldn't quite
Speaker 2: get to and you like, it just wasn't going to
Speaker 2: be his day. But The goal itself was just pure brilliance.
Speaker 1: DC it wins possession. Leal left the center circle mad
Speaker 1: for Jacob Merle and it came off the back of Merle.
Speaker 1: But Merle, now just outside the box, cuts to his left.
Speaker 3: It's a shot and said that, And he said to that,
Speaker 3: Jacob Marle on what their goal right at the top
Speaker 3: of the day with the left foot. Fireworks go off
Speaker 3: and out the build and finally finally DC and on
Speaker 3: and has broken through.
Speaker 2: It hit the back of him and then he had
Speaker 2: to stop, and then he had to take on two players.
Speaker 2: But what he did was he he did a chop
Speaker 2: krouch about twenty five yards out, took a look and said,
Speaker 2: why don't I just hit it left footed? He's not
Speaker 2: left footed, and he smokes it into the upper corner.
Speaker 2: It was exactly the same goal as our US national
Speaker 2: team player Jack McGlenn scored against Paraguay. It was a bomb.
Speaker 1: And again that's a good point. He's not left footed.
Speaker 1: But boy, it was all right, that's for sure. Now
Speaker 1: we talk about of course, Jacob Merlin and fans are
Speaker 1: saying this, and all of your supporters and as you
Speaker 1: connect with us on iHeartRadio, He's an example because of
Speaker 1: his hard work. If he give him the time, he
Speaker 1: will produce.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he will produce Dave. And not only that. If
Speaker 2: our listeners can remember back to the Chicago game, he
Speaker 2: bailed us out with a bicycle kick. He's scoring spectacular goals.
Speaker 2: What if he gets just more time, more time, and
Speaker 2: is he going to become and develop that off striker
Speaker 2: off ben Techy, that one guy who can score ten
Speaker 2: to twelve goals and your golden boot guy scores twenty
Speaker 2: two goals. If we can develop that striker, anything's possible.
Speaker 1: And Benechi certainly seems to have relationship with him. Also
Speaker 1: significant when you think about this period of time for
Speaker 1: DC and they got down against of Colorado Rapids, but
Speaker 1: again their heads did not get down and the way
Speaker 1: they forgot the Sakes responded in stoppage time in the
Speaker 1: first half with two goals. The goals say a lot
Speaker 1: about the character actually of this team.
Speaker 2: It does. I mean, look even me in the booth,
Speaker 2: I'm like, oh my gosh, what are we doing? What
Speaker 2: you know, how did that happen? And then they didn't
Speaker 2: give up and they kept going. And that's what I
Speaker 2: said after the second goal.
Speaker 1: Of mal Herrera. Horrera goes central with the left foot,
Speaker 1: His cross ricochets, bounces on the shot.
Speaker 3: Jose Jiva, Jose ko Jiva, just saizard at home these
Speaker 3: he not at leads two to one.
Speaker 2: Hey, Kajima scored off that deflection that you called so brilliantly.
Speaker 2: I thought it was all side, but it wasn't. Uh.
Speaker 2: You cannot give up in this game. You have to
Speaker 2: keep fighting. There is a way through and DC United
Speaker 2: has proven that two games in a row. Now, So
Speaker 2: do they have that, you know, in the toolbox going forward?
Speaker 2: I think they do. Got a great opportunity going up
Speaker 2: to struggling struggling f C Toronto. You know, anything's possible.
Speaker 2: But Dave, looking at the stands, the stats, I don't
Speaker 2: know if our fans are following it really closely, but man,
Speaker 2: we're in a playoff position if we get three points
Speaker 2: this weekend.
Speaker 1: Ozake Kajima, as he described that goal, he talked about
Speaker 1: thinking about a goal two weeks prior by Dennis Bolonga. Uh,
Speaker 1: he's as we've talked to him, he's always thinking, always
Speaker 1: visualizing the game. How much of that did you do
Speaker 1: as a player, and just talk about the way he
Speaker 1: studies the game while he's playing the game.
Speaker 2: Well, I I didn't study the game as much, kind
Speaker 2: of played by the seat of my pants. But I
Speaker 2: also understand and that he is writing letters to famous
Speaker 2: players and almost a pen pal type situation, and they're
Speaker 2: writing him back, and so he is trying to assemble
Speaker 2: this this this Trevor you know, treasure trove of information
Speaker 2: both both on cards and up in his head, so
Speaker 2: that he knows he's a true student of the game.
Speaker 2: I wasn't that I was. I was, man, you know,
Speaker 2: let me figure out what to do when I get
Speaker 2: into the situation. Kajima seems to think his way through.
Speaker 2: A very cerebral player.
Speaker 1: And as we look ahead with Toronto FC and look
Speaker 1: ahead now into the round of sixteen, this is the
Speaker 1: busiest month of the season for d C. And I
Speaker 1: a takeaway I had from the Open Cup game the
Speaker 1: other night, Fidel Brahas and some guys getting some playing time.
Speaker 1: I thought he was a difference maker of the game.
Speaker 1: That depth is going to be important if DC not
Speaker 1: is to not only survive but thrive in this month.
Speaker 2: Uh yeah, it is. Depth is going to be huge.
Speaker 2: Look how many center backs have been out already this year,
Speaker 2: and we have a rotation of guys that we can trust.
Speaker 2: You know, you know, Lucas Bartlett's out, you know, incomes McNaughton.
Speaker 2: McNaughton's out, Tubbs. I mean we can continue to Maddy
Speaker 2: Petla jumps in. I mean we can we can kind
Speaker 2: of convey or belt our center backs because they all
Speaker 2: understand what we're doing. There's a philosophy and it's three
Speaker 2: at the back, one comes over weak side, and one
Speaker 2: comes back the off forward. So we're always playing with
Speaker 2: five now in the middle. And that's what we figured
Speaker 2: out after we got hammered by San Jose, that poor
Speaker 2: result out in San Jose.
Speaker 1: All right, d C and I Torontoc. That's the next assignment.
Speaker 1: It is coming up on Saturday. We will have it
Speaker 1: for you on iHeartRadio beginning at four fifteen. That's first
Speaker 1: eleven elevenut or less. Your connection with DC and I
Speaker 1: did for Bruce Forrey. I'm Dave Johnson. Thanks for the time.