Speaker 1: Bass dropped. I think, hang on, there we go bass
Speaker 1: is dropped here for SDH and you know, I am
Speaker 1: learning as we go here. When it comes to our
Speaker 1: new software, you know, you sit there and you look
Speaker 1: at something and you're kind of like, okay, this is cool,
Speaker 1: this will work, this and this kind of works. That's great.
Speaker 1: You know, Okay, you hit a button. Something happened. I
Speaker 1: actually got the countdown clock to work this morning. So
Speaker 1: you know, it's like small things. So Hi, John, hear
Speaker 1: you there. It's a Friday, and what we want to
Speaker 1: do today since things are a little weird with the calendar.
Speaker 1: We had New Year's even New Year's Day like on
Speaker 1: a Wednesday, so all of our sleep schedules and all
Speaker 1: of our work schedules are messed up. And so it
Speaker 1: was one of those things where it's like, okay, so
Speaker 1: what do we do when it comes to year enders
Speaker 1: and getting you ready for twenty twenty five? And so
Speaker 1: I just kind of decided to push it to the
Speaker 1: end of the week. So this is the end of
Speaker 1: the week. So today, in addition to all the news
Speaker 1: that's going on, and there's some transfers and things and
Speaker 1: new franchises and new leagues and things. I reached out
Speaker 1: to as many friends as I could think of, and
Speaker 1: I wanted to bring them all in to talk about
Speaker 1: twenty twenty four and to talk about twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1: And let's see how clairvoyant people are. And so we're
Speaker 1: gonna be drifting in and out of conversations and things
Speaker 1: like that as we go here this morning, so wasting
Speaker 1: no time. Someone who has mastered restream a lot faster
Speaker 1: than I have. It's our buddy, Matt Webb, the Marshall
Speaker 1: Island Soccer Federation. Good morning or actually sorry, good afternoon, Matt.
Speaker 1: J're in Lucky and Joe thanks having me as always. Oh,
Speaker 1: it's great, great to see my friend Matt. For those
Speaker 1: that may not know, official title Director of Marketing and
Speaker 1: Sponsorship for the Marshall Island Soccer Federation. And it's been
Speaker 1: really cool for us to be a part of this
Speaker 1: walk with you and with Technical Director Lloyd Hours and
Speaker 1: all of our friends there at the Marshall Island Soccer Federation.
Speaker 1: And you are wearing you are wearing the new, the
Speaker 1: new twenty thirty, the no Home Home jersey. I have mine.
Speaker 1: It is in the wash and I'm trying to be
Speaker 1: gentle about it, and that was why I'm not wearing
Speaker 1: it this morning, is because it is getting ready to
Speaker 1: be worn consistently and displayed and shown. When I talk
Speaker 1: to you about twenty twenty four and how big of
Speaker 1: a year it has been on multiple rants there for
Speaker 1: the Marshall Island Soccer Federation, what has it been like
Speaker 1: to look back at twenty twenty four and go, damn,
Speaker 1: we did a lot this year.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 3: I think collectively over the past few weeks, in the
Speaker 3: past month, we have been doing exactly that. I don't
Speaker 3: want to say we've been giving ourselves a pat on
Speaker 3: the back, but we've definitely been really thankful for kind
Speaker 3: of what we've achieved and actually a little bit in
Speaker 3: awe as well. I can't remember exactly obviously last time
Speaker 3: it was we spoke, but I think we outlaid some
Speaker 3: quite like modest outcomes that we wanted to her. We
Speaker 3: hosted our foot Stale tournament. In the end, yeah, I
Speaker 3: mean what we kind of achieved something about Footstale tourment
Speaker 3: back in July, the women's national team camp in February.
Speaker 3: Even further back, which feels like more than a couple
Speaker 3: of years ago, now.
Speaker 2: Less than a year.
Speaker 3: And then some of the smaller stuff. I mean that's
Speaker 3: quite like showcase stuff. Hosting and playing international fixtures sounds great.
Speaker 3: Actually fundamentally some of the grassroots activities, so we've hosted
Speaker 3: kind of grassroots special Olympics partnerships, so getting disabled players
Speaker 3: playing in Madro. We've kind of gone outside of the
Speaker 3: main island in the Martial Arts for the first time
Speaker 3: and started to reach out to islands and running weekly
Speaker 3: sessions there and also doing kind of fundamental stuff in
Speaker 3: Arkansas as well for the Marshal's community. So some of
Speaker 3: that will go under the radar, but it's equally important
Speaker 3: to the headline stuff. So yeah, I don't think I'm
Speaker 3: trying to wrap my brain from when we spoke last,
Speaker 3: and like some of the objectives we outlined, we probably
Speaker 3: more than surpassed that. And obviously it's not just myself
Speaker 3: on this project even I'm just talking to you. Obviously,
Speaker 3: Lloyd and Justin and some other team of volunteers both
Speaker 3: in the US and in the Martial Arms have been, yeah,
Speaker 3: really working hard.
Speaker 1: And we get the chance to catch up with Katie
Speaker 1: and find out what it's like for her to be
Speaker 1: a part of building things on the women's side as well,
Speaker 1: and it's I don't think we can express just how
Speaker 1: important it is to grow the game on multiple fronts,
Speaker 1: and you guys are are doing it with just a lot,
Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of elbow grease. It's a
Speaker 1: it's a couple of folks doing a lot of hard
Speaker 1: work and having it rub off and rub off and
Speaker 1: rub off. I mean, when you look back, how many
Speaker 1: days this year were you interested or involved specifically in
Speaker 1: doing something attached to the Marshall Island Soccer Federation.
Speaker 3: I think i'd probably say, in some way shape or
Speaker 3: form three hundred and sixty five. I don't know if
Speaker 3: it's a leapier or not, but yeah, yeah, it's a
Speaker 3: conservative estimate.
Speaker 1: How many how many days were you actually there in
Speaker 1: the in the chain in the Island show.
Speaker 3: So I've only been there myself on one visit and
Speaker 3: I think that total maybe fourteen days, if that may
Speaker 3: be a little bit less. I mean another is one
Speaker 3: of those where we were there, but we've felt like
Speaker 3: we were working on stop. So obviously it's hugely enjoyable,
Speaker 3: so not ensuring anyway, but time went very very quickly.
Speaker 3: But I've only set foot on the Marshall was in
Speaker 3: one instance. Lloyd has been there a couple of times
Speaker 3: and he'll be going back again in February.
Speaker 1: What about what's going on here in the United States?
Speaker 1: Obviously with the Four Corners, we've made a point to
Speaker 1: impress upon folks what's going on in Arkansas and Oklahoma
Speaker 1: with the Marshallese population that's there. There was some work
Speaker 1: that was done in the Upper Midwest up in Minnesota
Speaker 1: with some work there as well. What about what you
Speaker 1: guys have been able to do here in the United
Speaker 1: States itself?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean the ultimate objective of the Federation is
Speaker 3: an organization for marshal Lease people wherever they are in
Speaker 3: the world, bevat the islands. Obviously, with every passing day,
Speaker 3: more people migrate to the US, so the work we
Speaker 3: do there becomes more and more important. So as you mentioned, yeah,
Speaker 3: we were up in Minnesota in Yatqua in July. We
Speaker 3: want to do a lot more in the US this
Speaker 3: coming year, so BEVAP running kind of weekly sessions for
Speaker 3: the marsh Lease population. It'll probably start in Springdale. If
Speaker 3: we can extend out into other kind of population hotspots
Speaker 3: around the country, that'd be great as well, but yeah,
Speaker 3: that's a definite goal for this year.
Speaker 1: You mentioned goals for twenty twenty five. What else is
Speaker 1: on the dry Ey sport for twenty twenty five?
Speaker 3: You have got some real big picture stuff. I'll maybe
Speaker 3: allude to that in a set. I don't know how
Speaker 3: feasible that is, but actually fundamentally so I mentioned Lloyd's
Speaker 3: going back to the islands in February. So we're doing
Speaker 3: an inter island foot stale competition. So as you know,
Speaker 3: foot sale has been huge for us, that kind of
Speaker 3: five e five small space, less people, cheaper costs as well,
Speaker 3: So we're going to do a Magiro versus as Quadline
Speaker 3: and eBay which of a kind of two secondary islands.
Speaker 3: So we'll be having a mini inter round and competition,
Speaker 3: which again is a huge land like milestone for us
Speaker 3: as well. So we've got that to look forward to.
Speaker 3: The question people keep asking us is when's your first
Speaker 3: eleven v eleven game going to be? I think we'd
Speaker 3: love to say that's going to be this year. So
Speaker 3: we're gonna see how feasible that is. Obviously you only
Speaker 3: get one first time, so yeah, we'll see what we
Speaker 3: can do with that and whether it is feasible for
Speaker 3: this year. But I know that's a question people keep
Speaker 3: asking of us, and probably going to be the biggest
Speaker 3: opportunity we have.
Speaker 1: Does it seem like just yesterday that you and Lloyd
Speaker 1: and everybody had picked up this project or does it
Speaker 1: actually seem like it's been you know, it's been a
Speaker 1: couple of years. Does it seem like it was yesterday
Speaker 1: or does it seem like it was a couple of
Speaker 1: years ago?
Speaker 3: A little bit of both, to be honest, Because you're
Speaker 3: involved in every single day, we don't really kind of
Speaker 3: switch off from a project. So with that, you don't
Speaker 3: tend to kind of really often look around and realize
Speaker 3: how far you've come. And then recent more recently we
Speaker 3: have taken stop and go wow, like can you believe
Speaker 3: two years ago that absolutely zero is in place? So
Speaker 3: we've only kind of recently just begun to look back
Speaker 3: and go, Wow, what has been achieved?
Speaker 1: How can folks continue to help? What are some of
Speaker 1: the best ways folks can continue to help to build
Speaker 1: what's going on?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I should probably plant and say everything
Speaker 3: we've done so far wouldn't have been possible without the
Speaker 3: kind of crowdfunding the support for people and especially yourself,
Speaker 3: John as well. Obviously you've helped us with merchandise we've
Speaker 3: got out there, so first and foremost, because we're not
Speaker 3: part of FIFA, we don't receive any external funding, so
Speaker 3: everything we do is through donations through merchandise sales such
Speaker 3: as the first jersey and hopefully this one too.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and also.
Speaker 3: Kind of yeah, any even just if people can't donate
Speaker 3: in a monetary way or support us, just sharing our
Speaker 3: story helps as well.
Speaker 1: We're always going to.
Speaker 3: Look out for get more people following us, engaged and
Speaker 3: learning about the Marsh Islands.
Speaker 1: All right, so how was how was New Year's would
Speaker 1: you do? Was it quiet? Did you actually you know,
Speaker 1: take some time to yourself and sit there and then go, man,
Speaker 1: I'm going to take a breath or was it just
Speaker 1: pretty much putting the pedal down in the car and
Speaker 1: there is no rest for folks like you.
Speaker 3: Yeah, no rest, to be honest, I mean it was
Speaker 3: already martial Lines are one of the first countries to
Speaker 3: see in twenty twenty five, so off to a head start,
Speaker 3: so yeah, we need to use that advantage.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yes, absolutely true. So Matt as always great to
Speaker 1: see my friend on the two hundred and eighty character
Speaker 1: app this it is world wide, but the but the
Speaker 1: e and worldwide is a three, so it is world
Speaker 1: wid three web and that's where Matt is. And then
Speaker 1: obviously with misf and everything there with the Marshall Island
Speaker 1: Soccer Federation. Great to see, my friend. I'm glad we
Speaker 1: could catch up here as we start twenty twenty five
Speaker 1: and can't wait to see things continue to grow and
Speaker 1: evolve there with the Marshall Islands. And we want everybody.
Speaker 1: We want everybody to wear the gear, we want everybody
Speaker 1: to have the scarves, we want everybody to wear the
Speaker 1: bucket hats, all the stuff. So that way we can
Speaker 1: show support for a greater story and a larger story
Speaker 1: that is far more important than a lot of folks
Speaker 1: may realize. Matt is always great to see, my friend.
Speaker 1: Pass along our best to Lloyd and Justin and everybody
Speaker 1: will catch up with you soon.
Speaker 3: See thanks having me Joon.
Speaker 1: There you go. That's Matt and Matt is. Matt puts
Speaker 1: up with us a lot, guarantee it. Matt puts up
Speaker 1: with us like you would not believe. And the fact
Speaker 1: that we were able to grab the comet by the
Speaker 1: tail that is the Marshall Island Soccer Federation and what's
Speaker 1: going on there. It's great to catch up with excuse me,
Speaker 1: great to catch up with Matt for a couple of
Speaker 1: minutes because Matt was overseas as we are Matt. Matt
Speaker 1: was over in at the home base in England, and
Speaker 1: so it was great to catch up with Matt and
Speaker 1: find out what's going on there and see what's going
Speaker 1: on with the Marshall Island Soccer Federation. So if you
Speaker 1: have not purchased the gear, purchased the gear bottom line
Speaker 1: because it tells a greater story. And if you have
Speaker 1: not had the chance to be a part of what
Speaker 1: the Marshall Islands or even read up on what's going
Speaker 1: on with the Marshall Islands, it's really it's been an
Speaker 1: education for us. It has been very it's been you know,
Speaker 1: it's been fulfilling to be able to continue to tell
Speaker 1: the story because it is about more than just soccer
Speaker 1: and more than just the growth of the game. And
Speaker 1: so to be able to let everybody know what's what's
Speaker 1: going on there in the Marshall Islands and find out
Speaker 1: what needs to continue there. It's about global warming, it's
Speaker 1: about the environment, it's about not having a you know,
Speaker 1: about wanting to grow the game of soccer through footsol
Speaker 1: and education and all these different aspects of what's going
Speaker 1: on there in the Marshall Islands. But the fact that
Speaker 1: we've been able to help in our very small way
Speaker 1: to tell the story of the last nation here on
Speaker 1: this planet to try and have a national soccer program.
Speaker 1: And I would recommend following Matt, following Lloyd hours following
Speaker 1: the soccer fed soccer fed am I I believe is
Speaker 1: what it is on the two hundred and eighty character
Speaker 1: app and continue to learn about their story, to continue
Speaker 1: to see what's going on there in the Marshall Islands.
Speaker 1: And yeah, and they with Player Layer, they've done great work.
Speaker 1: And the fact that you saw Matt bust out the
Speaker 1: new twenty thirty Jersey, the no Home Home Jersey, and
Speaker 1: that's because if things continue environmentally, there may not be
Speaker 1: a Marshall Islands to go home too. So it was
Speaker 1: very very it was eye opening for us and those
Speaker 1: of us who have political science backgrounds kind of kind
Speaker 1: of know what's going on, but for us to be
Speaker 1: able to tell that story, to continue to tell the
Speaker 1: story in our very small way, be a part of
Speaker 1: what's going on, and grow the game there and grow
Speaker 1: the story from there. It's just been very, very cool.
Speaker 1: So once again thanks to Matt for dropping by, especially
Speaker 1: bat and lead off this morning here on a Friday.
Speaker 1: What I wanted to do today. Obviously, this is where
Speaker 1: you guys come in as a part, because you know,
Speaker 1: drifting in and out, and we're gonna have guests. They
Speaker 1: won't be here for their full time, they won't be
Speaker 1: here for the full time slots and everything, but I
Speaker 1: just kind of wanted to catch up with all of
Speaker 1: our friends and see what's going on. If they want
Speaker 1: to hang out for the entire time, they can, But
Speaker 1: I wanted to see if many folks could come by
Speaker 1: just to kind of share their stories for twenty twenty four,
Speaker 1: what their highlights are, and what they're looking forward to
Speaker 1: for twenty twenty five. So Twitch Pitch, I come to you,
Speaker 1: what were some of your top stories and top top
Speaker 1: things that you've got to be a part of in
Speaker 1: twenty twenty four? What are you looking forward to the
Speaker 1: most in twenty twenty five, And we'll drift those thoughts
Speaker 1: in as well, because, like I said, there is news
Speaker 1: to talk about this morning. There's big news out of
Speaker 1: the nwso there's more transfer news out of Major League
Speaker 1: Soccer and transfer reports out of Major League Soccer, where
Speaker 1: we were discussing individuals possibly coming back into Major League
Speaker 1: Soccer from different clubs where they were in the past,
Speaker 1: and folks who have exited Major League Soccer and are
Speaker 1: going to go play overseas. Young talent that we've seen
Speaker 1: here on the SDH Network as a matter of fact,
Speaker 1: heading out to Europe to apply their wares and continue
Speaker 1: to gain experience. So what I wanted to do today,
Speaker 1: in addition to drifting the news in and out, top
Speaker 1: ideas and top stories and top stuff that you guys
Speaker 1: were a part of in twenty twenty four. Then it
Speaker 1: doesn't have to be just specifically tied to your favorite club.
Speaker 1: What were some of your top stories in twenty twenty four.
Speaker 1: What were some of the top things that you followed
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four. What are you looking forward to
Speaker 1: story wise in twenty twenty five. What plots are you
Speaker 1: looking forward to seeing evolve in twenty twenty five? And,
Speaker 1: like I said, since the end of the year was
Speaker 1: not at the end of a week. We came back
Speaker 1: on Thursday, and so I wanted to kind of apply
Speaker 1: it to Friday. So that's where we are here when
Speaker 1: it comes to all the things and all the stuff.
Speaker 1: So that's where we are. So I wanted to I
Speaker 1: wanted to catch up with all of you guys and
Speaker 1: let you know what's going on here. So I broke
Speaker 1: up my San Marino jersey this morning San Marino, or
Speaker 1: my sweatshirt this morning. San Marino obviously one of the
Speaker 1: top stories in Europe because they won games for the
Speaker 1: first time in decades, and they are only a couple
Speaker 1: of wins away from being a part of the World
Speaker 1: Cup in twenty twenty six. Here in this hemisphere, I
Speaker 1: know they're in Group F, but still the fact that
Speaker 1: they won matches for the first time in twenty years.
Speaker 1: They were the worst ranked team in FIFA, but no
Speaker 1: longer the least they shouldn't be after knocking off Moldova
Speaker 1: and being able to catch up with press officers in
Speaker 1: Moldova and in San Marino after big wins, those kinds
Speaker 1: of things. So what are your top stories from twenty
Speaker 1: four What are you looking forward to in twenty five?
Speaker 1: That's what I'm hunting for from you guys this morning
Speaker 1: as all the guests drift in and out, and all
Speaker 1: the news that we have drifts in and out as well.
Speaker 1: So morning Pars, Morning Tom, Morning Alex. And so that's
Speaker 1: once again storylines and stuff that's on your mind this morning.
Speaker 1: Here we go, all right, so this morning in dealing
Speaker 1: with all of the stuff that's going on, so I
Speaker 1: want to let everybody know what's going on. There were
Speaker 1: a couple of things and Tom Bogert, by the way,
Speaker 1: Tom Bogert and Ben Jacobs, that's what I was trying
Speaker 1: to think of. Ben Jacobs have been very very busy
Speaker 1: this morning when it comes to all of the storylines
Speaker 1: that are going on overseas. So just to kind of
Speaker 1: give you an idea as to what's going on, let's see.
Speaker 1: So and this is kind of European based. Ipswich do
Speaker 1: not wish to sell Liam to Lap in January, but
Speaker 1: the twenty one year old striker's drawing interest for twenty
Speaker 1: five the Lap firmly on Chelsea's radar. Manchester ut at
Speaker 1: another club to watch City do have a buyback, but
Speaker 1: have yet to seriously discuss triggering it. Ruben Amerin confirms
Speaker 1: Marcus Rashford likely to miss the Liverpool game through sickness.
Speaker 1: He is ill and not in training. I think he's
Speaker 1: going to be out. Omrim also confirms a long term
Speaker 1: contract extension for Ama Diallo is near. The one year
Speaker 1: option on Harry McGuire contract will be triggered. Nzo Maresca
Speaker 1: confirms that Aaron Enselmino will be assessed before decision taken
Speaker 1: on a potential loan heading to Cobbham to train with
Speaker 1: Chelsea from January. Chelsea always planned to bring an Ensolmino
Speaker 1: back to in January to assess him another loan within
Speaker 1: Europe as possible. Also confirms at Wesley Fofana could miss
Speaker 1: the rest of the season. Quote. Unfortunately, he could be
Speaker 1: out for the entire season. We don't know exactly yet,
Speaker 1: but it's a huge loss. Serious hamstring injury for Fofauna
Speaker 1: hasn't undergone surgery to date, but he could miss much
Speaker 1: or all of the season. So on the board this morning.
Speaker 1: Ignacio on Aguilo on Rubina Marine quote, Manchester United one
Speaker 1: of the biggest jobs in the world. He's a very
Speaker 1: brave manager and loves a good challenge. He's up for it.
Speaker 1: Things are going to take time, but he's super excited.
Speaker 1: We're very confident Ruben's going to show what he's got.
Speaker 1: Luis Enrique wants more of a central attacker in January,
Speaker 1: Jacob says keeping on possible profiles like Christopher and Kunku.
Speaker 1: If he asks to leave Chelsea, then Marcus Rashford and
Speaker 1: Rique would prefer a profile like in Cuckou than Rashford.
Speaker 1: Celtic exploring a loan move in January for Kieran Tierney
Speaker 1: that will likely lead to a permanent move in the summer. Also,
Speaker 1: once again there is some substance to Napolese interest in
Speaker 1: Marcus Rashford. Manchester United still waiting for concrete approach. Is
Speaker 1: also unclear whether United might make a wage contribution if
Speaker 1: alone is sanctioned. Rashford has already said no to Saudi
Speaker 1: Arabia and Ashley Barnes has rejoined the club has rejoined
Speaker 1: Burnley from Norwich City News out of the NWSL and
Speaker 1: we have to get into this. Yesterday it came clear
Speaker 1: that the new sixteenth team in the NWSL is going
Speaker 1: to be Denver Ebanovie Williams was the one who broke
Speaker 1: this over at Sportico Denver has secured the sixteenth franchise
Speaker 1: an expansion fee of one hundred and ten million dollars,
Speaker 1: according to multiple people familiar with the matter. Backers of
Speaker 1: the Denver bid, principally I am A Financial Group CEO
Speaker 1: Robert Cohen, submitted their first payment to the league on Tuesday,
Speaker 1: said the folks that were in touch with Novie Williams
Speaker 1: granted anonymity because the details are private. I guess they're
Speaker 1: not private anymore. The one hundred and ten million dollar
Speaker 1: expansion fee more than double the previous NWSL record for
Speaker 1: new teams. That is also the biggest expansion fee ever
Speaker 1: paid in US women's sports. In addition to the top
Speaker 1: line price, the timeline of payments upfront versus over a
Speaker 1: longer period it's often a critical piece expansion negotiations. Unclear
Speaker 1: exactly how much was paid this week. NWSL declined to comment.
Speaker 1: Cohen didn't immediately respond to a phone call in an
Speaker 1: email seeking comment, and representative for Inner Circle Sports didn't
Speaker 1: immediately return a phone call either. Sportico previously reported Denver
Speaker 1: was in exclusive talks with the league, but the NWSL
Speaker 1: has yet too publicly comment. The group will likely commit
Speaker 1: to spending a certain amount of dollars launching. Sixth Street
Speaker 1: owned BAFC pledged one hundred and twenty five million commitment
Speaker 1: at launch, which included a fifty three million dollar expansion fee.
Speaker 1: So you have the timeline being what it is for
Speaker 1: Boston and Denver. We'll get into Boston in just a second.
Speaker 1: Denver's NWSL bid led by Cohen, who is supplying a
Speaker 1: significant portion of the financing and would be the team's
Speaker 1: controlling owner. Former Obama administration official Ben Hubbard, who is
Speaker 1: the CEO of Denver based insurance company Parcel, Sports business
Speaker 1: executive Tom Dunmore CEO Nicole Glaros, and former NWSL player
Speaker 1: and currently gamealist Jordan Angeli are also part of the group.
Speaker 1: Other investors still coming on board. Group has said it
Speaker 1: plans to build its own soccer specific stadium, but will
Speaker 1: play in a temporary venue until that is ready. What
Speaker 1: temporary means we don't know. Are they building something modular
Speaker 1: or are they going to play in someplace like Commerce
Speaker 1: City and pay rent to Kronky Sports and Entertainment and
Speaker 1: play out at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. We don't know.
Speaker 1: But the wording by Novi Williams and Sportico playing in
Speaker 1: a temporary venue. Don't know. Once again, if temporary means
Speaker 1: they're doing something themselves. They're gonna play at the University
Speaker 1: at Denver, They're gonna play someplace like that, or they're
Speaker 1: going to play in Commerce city, don't know. Denver was
Speaker 1: one of the three finalists, alongside groups from Cleveland and Cincinnati.
Speaker 1: Remember Cleveland Soccer Group and Cincinnati and FC Cincinnati were
Speaker 1: the two groups that were tip to those particular cities.
Speaker 1: Rest of the expansion fee will be paid in sections.
Speaker 1: According to Sportico, NWSL added two teams this past year,
Speaker 1: Utah and BAFC. The Boston based club, like I said,
Speaker 1: we'll get into that in just a second, we'll join
Speaker 1: the league in twenty twenty six, agreed to pay the
Speaker 1: same fifty three million dollar expansion fee as BAFC. Utah
Speaker 1: had previously an NWSL franchise and owned an expansion option.
Speaker 1: Angel City, San Diego and Utah each paid the two
Speaker 1: million dollars ISSH to get into the league. In twenty
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one and twenty two, Bay and Boston paid
Speaker 1: fifty three denvers, paying one ten recent WNBA expansion teams
Speaker 1: in Toronto and the Bay Area agreed to pay fifty million,
Speaker 1: with the group in Portland paying a slightly higher fee.
Speaker 1: The value of NWSL teams has grown in recent years,
Speaker 1: recent sales valuing Angel City at two hundred and fifty
Speaker 1: million remember that was the Bob Eiger Willow Bay purchase,
Speaker 1: and San Diego Wave at one hundred and thirteen million.
Speaker 1: The average club is worth one hundred and four According
Speaker 1: to Sportico's September team valuations up fifty seven percent from
Speaker 1: the prior year. So looking at the valuation rankings, once again,
Speaker 1: Angel City top valuation at two hundred and fifty million
Speaker 1: on revenue of thirty five point four thirty nine percent
Speaker 1: increase year to year. Kansas City current coming online as
Speaker 1: an expansion team, their valuation was second at one point
Speaker 1: eighty two on even more revenue just over thirty six
Speaker 1: million one year valuation change of plus one hundred and
Speaker 1: forty one percent. San Diego Wave up forty seven percent
Speaker 1: in value up to one thirty two in valuation on
Speaker 1: revenue of just under twenty four million. Bay at one
Speaker 1: twenty one had revenue of twenty two million. Remember when
Speaker 1: they had their franchise opener, They were out the door.
Speaker 1: You could not get a seat, something that was I'm
Speaker 1: sure looked at by San Jose earthquakes and going. Man,
Speaker 1: I wish we could figure out how to do that.
Speaker 1: Hopefully Bruce Arena will have those lines reinstated. When it
Speaker 1: comes to fans, you've also got to win games. Washington
Speaker 1: Spirit right now number five invaluation at ninety five million
Speaker 1: on revenue just under twelve. Their increase valuation is seventy
Speaker 1: four percent. Portland Thorns at ninety two, Courage at ninety one,
Speaker 1: Gotham at eighty, Rein at seventy eight, Houston at seventy four. Houston,
Speaker 1: by the way, named Patris ga Trow, their new head coach.
Speaker 1: Racing Louisville at seventy three million valuation, Utah at seventy,
Speaker 1: Orlando at sixty eight, in Chicago Stars at fifty three million.
Speaker 1: Everyone's valuation is up at least a third, except for
Speaker 1: the expansion teams. And that is because once again, you've
Speaker 1: only you've been in business less than twelve months. You
Speaker 1: don't have a year to year value change. Spirit up
Speaker 1: seventy four percent, Thorns up forty, Courage up seventy five,
Speaker 1: got them up two thirds, Seattle ran up fifty nine percent,
Speaker 1: Houston forty six, Racing Louisville fifty four, Orlando fifty two.
Speaker 1: Red Stars then Stars now the least increase in value
Speaker 1: change year to year thirty four percent on revenue of
Speaker 1: six and a half million dollars. Think about Chicago's they've
Speaker 1: got to figure out their venue, they've got to stay
Speaker 1: in their venue, and they've got to get butts in seats.
Speaker 1: But the mere fact that in the NWSL, the fourteenth
Speaker 1: club has a valuation of fifty three million dollars on
Speaker 1: revenue of six and a half everyone's value increased by
Speaker 1: at least a third year to year TV deal has
Speaker 1: a lot to do with that. Now it's up to
Speaker 1: the NWSL to continue to invest in players, invest in talent,
Speaker 1: invest in long term growth. And you'll have Boston and
Speaker 1: Denver as your sixteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth franchises coming into
Speaker 1: the league. So it will be interesting once again to
Speaker 1: see how the league continues to grow. Now, we were
Speaker 1: discussing what was going on with Boss Nation. Yeah, they
Speaker 1: haven't changed it yet. From our friends at the Blazing
Speaker 1: Musket and Jackie Contrera's they provided an update. Boss Nation
Speaker 1: did after collecting fan feedback over the past month. The
Speaker 1: team requested the public's opinion after receiving criticism over its
Speaker 1: rollout campaign, and has since held meetings with supporters, athletes,
Speaker 1: advocacy organizations, and other committee community members. This is one
Speaker 1: of the stories of twenty twenty four, but for not
Speaker 1: the right reason commentary taken into account as the club
Speaker 1: builds their identity. They've also arranged a listening session with
Speaker 1: Boston and New England women's professional teams in an effort
Speaker 1: to develop collaboration within the community. You'll remember the too
Speaker 1: Many Balls campaign and fans continuing to push for a
Speaker 1: name change. Boss Nation lacked creativity, according to fans, reminded
Speaker 1: them of bro culture. Others said the name is not
Speaker 1: meaningful and doesn't reflect women's sports or Boston's history or diversity.
Speaker 1: One comment said quote, a professional women's soccer team should
Speaker 1: have have a name that celebrates women and reflects their values,
Speaker 1: not something that panders to man or feels disconnected from
Speaker 1: the sport. Many of the responses express disappointment combined with
Speaker 1: a desire to support the club and urge the team
Speaker 1: to reconsider the branding. Inclusivity, boldness, and integrity were among
Speaker 1: the values fans believe the teams should Embody supporters also
Speaker 1: emphasize the importance of transparency and more community involvement as
Speaker 1: the Boss Nation identity develops, how not to launch a brand?
Speaker 1: Boss Nation one of the stories of twenty twenty four,
Speaker 1: So we'll see how they rebound in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1: Speaking of twenty twenty five, Tom is in. He says, man,
Speaker 1: I really don't want Mickey going to Charlotte. Don't understand
Speaker 1: folks saying they'd be happy for him. Right now the
Speaker 1: number that is being attached is still in that sixteen
Speaker 1: million range, and it is you know, is it going
Speaker 1: to continue to slide? According to PA Sport, Charlotte, still
Speaker 1: hopeful of striking a deal, was a target during the summer.
Speaker 1: Seven of his ten appearances this season have come from
Speaker 1: the bench as he has slipped down the pecking order
Speaker 1: for Eddie Howe. Reports from the States have suggested a
Speaker 1: deal has been agreed, with Charlotte's assistant manager Christian Fuchs
Speaker 1: confirming an interest. However, the PA News Agency understands that
Speaker 1: while initial talks have been held, no agreement is yet
Speaker 1: in place. Remember that Newcastle paid twenty one million pounds
Speaker 1: back in twenty nineteen for the switch for Mickey to
Speaker 1: go from Atlanta to Newcastle. He's also been linked to Santos,
Speaker 1: both the Fogo and Olympiacos. So is this sixteen million?
Speaker 1: Is it just a number? Is it going to continue
Speaker 1: to move? And where does Migi want to go? Does
Speaker 1: Miggi want to come back to the United States? Botafogo
Speaker 1: would give him a chance at chasing after a title.
Speaker 1: It would be pairing him. He would continue to follow
Speaker 1: the Eagle Holdings track involving Thiagu Almada. Almada goes to
Speaker 1: Eagle Holdings, goes to Botafogo and then goes to Leon,
Speaker 1: which is right now where the track is. Does Migi
Speaker 1: find a way back into the Premier League at Crystal
Speaker 1: Palace if John Texter continues to own Palace at that point,
Speaker 1: or does Miggi go both the Fogo and then league
Speaker 1: uh Santo's Botafogo Olympiacos. Eddie Howe is indicated the club
Speaker 1: are unlikely to be busy during the winter transfer Windo
Speaker 1: as they try to make sure that they can get
Speaker 1: things done in the summer. Sales of fringe players, according
Speaker 1: to PA Media, would ease the pressure to comply with
Speaker 1: profit and sustain ability rules and perhaps create a measure
Speaker 1: of flexibility should the right deal be available to strengthen
Speaker 1: the squad. So Tom's follow up, if what if Miggy
Speaker 1: says no, would only come back here to Charlotte, lose
Speaker 1: his rights, wants an offer is made? No, I mean
Speaker 1: it's right now, I mean he is, he is. Are
Speaker 1: you saying, Tom, let me ask you this, Tom. Are
Speaker 1: you saying that Charlotte agrees the deal is signed, then
Speaker 1: Miggi says no? Or are you just saying Miggy says no,
Speaker 1: I don't want to go to Charlotte. Newcastle has to
Speaker 1: do something else and he just sits on the bench.
Speaker 1: What do you what's your what's your order of thought
Speaker 1: pattern here? When it comes to uh, when it comes
Speaker 1: to Miguel Almeron, what do you? I mean, Miggy could
Speaker 1: say no, then then Meggi just sits, Charlotte doesn't spend
Speaker 1: any money and it ends up being just what it is.
Speaker 1: So are you saying that what if Miggy? What if
Speaker 1: Newcastle agrees with Charlotte and MIGGI says no? Or are
Speaker 1: you just saying what if Miggy says no. If Miggy
Speaker 1: says no, then he just sits. If Charlotte and Newcastle
Speaker 1: agree and Migi says no, then Miggi's not going anywhere.
Speaker 1: Charlotte's not spending any money, and Miggy says it's just
Speaker 1: one extra step. I would think in this whole process,
Speaker 1: I think it's more likely that Miggi ends up going
Speaker 1: to both the Fogo or Olympiacos, because I think they
Speaker 1: would be the Ones or Santo's Santo's both the Fogo Olympiacos.
Speaker 1: I think those international clubs. I think those international clubs
Speaker 1: are more likely because once again, you are early in
Speaker 1: a window. You're early in a window so well, and
Speaker 1: the main question is Charlotte retaining the rights. Tom's question
Speaker 1: is I mean, first off, he'd have to be purchased,
Speaker 1: but if Miggy doesn't want to go, it doesn't benefit
Speaker 1: Charlotte and it doesn't benefit Newcastle if Miggy just sits,
Speaker 1: So if he doesn't want to go, he's like, no,
Speaker 1: I'm not interested, then my guess is the deal becomes
Speaker 1: null and void. He goes back to Newcastle and he
Speaker 1: goes back to sitting and Newcastle goes back to the
Speaker 1: drawing board when it comes to finding a dance partner.
Speaker 1: Can they can Charlotte block him? I assume Charlotte is
Speaker 1: the day. Can can Charlotte block him from coming back
Speaker 1: here except to them in perpetuity? I could? I would
Speaker 1: imagine no, because then you get into restraint of trade
Speaker 1: and things like that. I mean, if you can go
Speaker 1: to the court of arbitration for sport. But the thing is,
Speaker 1: if Charlotte and Newcastle were to agree, then, like I said,
Speaker 1: this is just me extrapolating all of this information. If
Speaker 1: Charlotte and Newcastle were to agree to terms and Miggie says,
Speaker 1: I'm not going I'm not interested. First off, the agent
Speaker 1: for Miggy would have to negotiate with Charlotte for personal terms.
Speaker 1: So it would be the teams talk, okay, Charlotte. Charlotte says, okay,
Speaker 1: we'll give Newcastle, We'll give you sixteen million dollars pounds
Speaker 1: or whatever. Then the player would have to agree to
Speaker 1: personal terms. And remember this was the stumbling block the
Speaker 1: first time that Charlotte and mcggy's agent did not agree
Speaker 1: to personal terms and that's why the deal fell apart.
Speaker 1: So if it even gets to that point again. And
Speaker 1: this is what this is what gets you know, this
Speaker 1: is what gets to me. Here is the idea of okay, well,
Speaker 1: if you didn't like going the first time, then what
Speaker 1: would change your mind in the second term? If you
Speaker 1: if you if you were mad and didn't want to
Speaker 1: go in the first place, what's gonna change your mind?
Speaker 1: More money? I mean, what what's gonna What's gonna change
Speaker 1: your mind the second time you get more money? Is
Speaker 1: is that? Was that what the ultimate stumbling block is
Speaker 1: for the the agent and for Miggy to come to
Speaker 1: and for Miggy to go to Charlotte. So team agree.
Speaker 1: Next stage, agent and team discuss personal terms. So it
Speaker 1: would have to be an improvement in the personal terms
Speaker 1: from the first time that this deal was having its
Speaker 1: tires kicked. And then if you don't agree, then there
Speaker 1: is no deal. So it's not I don't think it's
Speaker 1: a thing with blocking Migey or anything. He's still Newcastle's,
Speaker 1: He's still Newcastles. So to me, I don't know if
Speaker 1: Charlotte has the the financial wherewithal to do something like this.
Speaker 1: So here's here's the let me get a salary totals
Speaker 1: roster summaries U twenty two's right now, they only have
Speaker 1: Nikola Petkovich as at U twenty two and Schwaderski as
Speaker 1: a DP, and they're looking to get rid of Schwaderski.
Speaker 1: Swaderski wants to go back to Europe. So you have
Speaker 1: six that are twenty twenty five non actives, you have
Speaker 1: eight that are supplementals, and you have Abada as a
Speaker 1: young DP, Schwaderski as a DP, You've got Westwood, urinin
Speaker 1: Kalina as Tams Brandon Cambridge as a homegrown. Petkovich is
Speaker 1: a U twenty two. That doesn't sound like a whole
Speaker 1: lot of money is being spent. So let's go to
Speaker 1: the MLS player's website and just look at the Charlotte figures.
Speaker 1: Bart by the way, feels like Charlotte's just doing it
Speaker 1: to get a dig at Atlanta. Remember's resolution about them.
Speaker 1: Stop worrying about Atlanta, worry about you, So salary guide Charlotte.
Speaker 1: So let's go to the MLSPA. Let's go to the
Speaker 1: MLSPA website and check and see what was being spent
Speaker 1: on Charlotte players. And this is and all I'm doing
Speaker 1: because you know that this is going to be stuff
Speaker 1: that's going to be more than seven figures. Like I said,
Speaker 1: let's walk down this road. But what if Mickey says
Speaker 1: he'd only come back to us in Major League Soccer? Obviously, yes, correct,
Speaker 1: Then Atlanta would have to agree to a deal with Newcastle,
Speaker 1: and then Atlanta would have to agree to a deal
Speaker 1: with Mickey's agent, same process. Charlotte had almost two and
Speaker 1: a half million spent total on Leaola Bada pet bl
Speaker 1: had two point two north of that spent, and they're
Speaker 1: looking to see if they can bring bl back. Then
Speaker 1: Schwiderski at two and a quarter two point two five eight,
Speaker 1: and that's it. You had three players north of two
Speaker 1: million dollars. Everybody else is under seven figures last year
Speaker 1: according to the MLSPA. That doesn't sound to me at
Speaker 1: face value like a club that will be spending a
Speaker 1: whole lot of money. They're gonna want to bring bel
Speaker 1: back if they can try to get him in that
Speaker 1: two million range. I would imagine Schwiderski, is he gonna
Speaker 1: be here? Is he not? At the end of the day,
Speaker 1: it's gonna come down to Zorn Karnetta, David Tepper and
Speaker 1: the desire to spend money I don't think that Charlotte
Speaker 1: unless there's unless they're breaking the bank in a way
Speaker 1: that we don't know. I don't know if Charlotte can
Speaker 1: match what Miggy's agent wants to have Miggy paid to
Speaker 1: come back to Major League Soccer. I just don't. I mean,
Speaker 1: I'm thinking out loud here as a part of this,
Speaker 1: but there are a lot of other teams spending a
Speaker 1: lot more money that might be interested in a player
Speaker 1: like a Miguel Almron. But the three players that you
Speaker 1: spent money on Schwederski looking to go back Biel not
Speaker 1: under contract, and who is my third leel Abada? Three
Speaker 1: players making north of one million dollars, everybody else making
Speaker 1: less than a million bucks, and those three are from
Speaker 1: two to two and a half. Eh, I don't see it.
Speaker 1: I still think that both the Fogo and Santos and Olympiakos,
Speaker 1: I think that the the international angle and all of this,
Speaker 1: that's to me what makes more sense, because those teams
Speaker 1: are going to want to drop more than the anticipated
Speaker 1: sixteen million. I think if it gets to twenty somewhere
Speaker 1: in there, don't be surprised if an Olympiakos wants to
Speaker 1: make this kind of a deal, because then what it
Speaker 1: does if if I remember correctly, I think that's what
Speaker 1: I thought. Evangelinas Marinacus owns Olympiacos, so that would give
Speaker 1: Miggie an end to come back into the Premier League
Speaker 1: with possibly more of a an active role at Nottingham Forest. So,
Speaker 1: like I said, if you look at it this way,
Speaker 1: with Almroon and Botafogo, that's Eagle Holdings. If you look
Speaker 1: at al Maroon and Olympiacos, that's Evangelinas Marinacus. So those
Speaker 1: are ways to get back into the Premier League. Currently
Speaker 1: getting more minutes elsewhere, getting back into a playing rhythm
Speaker 1: and a playing rouge, and then getting back into the
Speaker 1: Premier League. Well, like I said, I'm looking more at
Speaker 1: the Santos Botafogo Olympiacos angle than I am the Major
Speaker 1: League Soccer angle when it comes to Miguel Almo. Speaking
Speaker 1: of former Atlanta United players, it appears Brandon Vasquez is
Speaker 1: getting closer and closer and closer to returning to Major
Speaker 1: League Soccer very very quickly. It has to do with
Speaker 1: the uh folks of Austin FC. So Austin FC would
Speaker 1: be the possible new place for Brandon Vasquez to come
Speaker 1: back in and keep an eye on that. And Austin
Speaker 1: FC has been a very very busy in the off season.
Speaker 1: Remember they picked up Eli A Sanchez and it was, uh,
Speaker 1: you're seeing a bit of a rebuild with with you know,
Speaker 1: new front office, new coaches, this kind of a thing.
Speaker 1: Although uh Niko Estevez is still intriguing as ah as
Speaker 1: a thought for a new head coach. So you're you're
Speaker 1: senior roster right now in Austin Bukari, Desler, Dreusi club
Speaker 1: option for twenty six. Gallaher Brendan, heinzeit Zan, Colemanic, Jeter, Obrion, Diego, Rubio,
Speaker 1: Brad Steuver, Savatok, Weissonan Micah, Burton, far Carlin, Dominion, Loss Bureau,
Speaker 1: Cosconte Cleveland, uh Daniel, Daniel, heel ili A and Owen Woolf.
Speaker 1: Your dp's Buchari and Dreusi, Colemanic jesu U twenty two.
Speaker 1: So there's some there's some wiggle room in there and
Speaker 1: we'll see what we'll see what we're staring at. O. G.
Speaker 1: Don't see Miggi coming back to MLS this soon. It
Speaker 1: would be like a step backward. Well and at the
Speaker 1: same time, O G what does MIGGI want at thirty?
Speaker 1: Does he want to continue? He wants I think from
Speaker 1: what we've been able to glean and what we've been
Speaker 1: able to read that Miggie has been wanting to prove
Speaker 1: his place at Newcastle. So what does Miggie want to do?
Speaker 1: Does Miggie want to stick it out at Newcastle? Does
Speaker 1: Migi want a new opportunity. Does Migi want a new
Speaker 1: opportunity to tie him continually to England? Does he want
Speaker 1: to uproot his family again go someplace else? Does he
Speaker 1: want to stay in England? What does he want to do?
Speaker 1: Myll indications he wants to try to stick it out
Speaker 1: at Newcastle and earn a spot. But obviously you get
Speaker 1: to a point to where I don't know if you
Speaker 1: know we're gonna let you earn your spot. So we'll
Speaker 1: see bark Keeler joining us at the top of the hour.
Speaker 1: So we can talk about twenty twenty four from a
Speaker 1: soccer for USPOD perspective and look at twenty five. Another
Speaker 1: move that happened yesterday announced officially by the revs es
Speaker 1: Mair Birek Terovitch, who is a certifiable pain in the
Speaker 1: butt byreck Terovitch. We got the chance to see him
Speaker 1: in MLS next pro and with a New England Revolution
Speaker 1: two and so he has been moved to PSB Eindhoven
Speaker 1: for the next stage of his career. I'm intrigued to
Speaker 1: see how well a bireck Terovitch does it Eindhoven. But
Speaker 1: you're continuing to see Kurdinolfo and Caleb Porter try to
Speaker 1: put their stamp on what they want New England to be.
Speaker 1: Four players have been moved from New England to San
Speaker 1: Jose because of Bruce Arena wanting them, and so now
Speaker 1: brek Terovitch has moved on, which is intriguing in and
Speaker 1: of itself because now senior roster for New England you've
Speaker 1: got twenty two players. You also have four dp's Campana, Shankolai,
Speaker 1: Carlos Heel and jakamov Rioni Chankalai coming off an injury.
Speaker 1: Leo Campana, I'm you know, obviously he is going to
Speaker 1: be one of the new focal points there in New England.
Speaker 1: But you've got some dping that you've got to You've
Speaker 1: got to figure out senior roster spots. Only eight boatanng
Speaker 1: Bay Campana, Chonkolai heel Ivachich Panayo two and Matt Polster.
Speaker 1: Four forwards, a keeper, two defenders and a midfielder. Supplemental
Speaker 1: spots to Peyton millerworld sands in, Santi Suarez, all defenders
Speaker 1: non active, No Buck Sabalos, Luis Diaz who was brought in,
Speaker 1: Andrew Ferrell, Mama du Fofanam, Malcolm Fry, Luca Langoni to
Speaker 1: Mario McIntosh, Rioni Jackson, Yule and Al has Son Yusuf
Speaker 1: So Langoni's you're you twenty two? You got some dps
Speaker 1: that you've got to sort out and uh I you know,
Speaker 1: New England for me is going to be one of
Speaker 1: the storylines of twenty twenty five England. Sir? What do
Speaker 1: you plan on doing with yourself? Sir? You've traded away
Speaker 1: I was about to say half, but you've traded away
Speaker 1: four players to San Jose in and of itself and
Speaker 1: you brought back in Jackson Nuwell, you no longer have
Speaker 1: one of your young stars in Esmir Birek Terovich. What
Speaker 1: are you gonna do? How are you? What are you
Speaker 1: formulating here in New England? What are you putting together
Speaker 1: what are you piecing together in New England? Just asking,
Speaker 1: Like I said, I'm just I'm just asking because I
Speaker 1: am intrigued to I'm intrigued. I am truly intrigued by
Speaker 1: New England and what we are looking at in twenty
Speaker 1: twenty five. See now, I'm still trying to figure out
Speaker 1: what damn year it is. I'm still trying to figure
Speaker 1: that out. I don't know if I don't know if
Speaker 1: that means that that I'm you know that I'm trying
Speaker 1: to figure things out still. By the way, CR thirty
Speaker 1: nine was had a sit down interview his contract I
Speaker 1: believe is running out. In Saudi Arabia, Christiano Ronaldo says,
Speaker 1: I'm happy, my family's happy, started a new life in
Speaker 1: this beautiful country. Life is good, football is good. Most
Speaker 1: important thing is to be professional, to push hard, respect
Speaker 1: the club, respect your contract and believe that things will
Speaker 1: change for Al Nasser to try to win more titles.
Speaker 1: The AFC Champions League is something I want to win
Speaker 1: for the club. But the most important is to keep
Speaker 1: pushing and be professional. I will continue to push and
Speaker 1: help Al Nasa to win titles. I believe that this
Speaker 1: year will be a good year for al Nasser. Okay,
Speaker 1: sure you go right ahead, sir, you go right ahead. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I am how do we say? I am not all
Speaker 1: that optimistic. I think he's in the last year of
Speaker 1: his contract and literally I'm like you, what have you done?
Speaker 1: Oh it's almost like it's almost like there's a lot
Speaker 1: of time I've conquered the Saudi Pro League. Sure you
Speaker 1: have you go right ahead, all right, gossip Ruber and
Speaker 1: inn window to get us into the weekend. Like I said,
Speaker 1: Bart Keeler coming in a couple of minutes, we can
Speaker 1: talk about things on a national team level and twenty
Speaker 1: twenty four and getting you ready for twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1: Once again, this is from the four Letter Paper. Rashford
Speaker 1: rejected three bids from clubs in the league that we
Speaker 1: neither condon't endorse, no or promote worth up to thirty
Speaker 1: five million pounds a year favors of moved to Barsa. Okay,
Speaker 1: all right, this is making my head hurt when you
Speaker 1: have players who say they favor moves to team X,
Speaker 1: yet Team X has financial issues that are worse then
Speaker 1: some dude. Now, this would be a conversation if Barcelona's
Speaker 1: if like Florentino Perez say, if somebody in the Barcelona
Speaker 1: front office called Dave Ramsey, what do you think that
Speaker 1: conversation would be like? Legitimately, what do you think that
Speaker 1: conversation would be like if Barcelona called Dave Ramsey, if
Speaker 1: Barcelona called doctor Laura and explained their situation. You know, Dave,
Speaker 1: I run a business, Doctor Laura, I run a business.
Speaker 1: And we have you know, okay, so how much what's
Speaker 1: your income? And you say, well, this, this, this, this
Speaker 1: and this, so all right, so what's wrong? Well, we're
Speaker 1: in debt because of this, this, this, this and this,
Speaker 1: and we have like a billion dollars in debt, and
Speaker 1: we've sold off half of our TV rights. We've sold
Speaker 1: off our TV studio. We put the Spotify logo on
Speaker 1: our jersey just so we could try to, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: get a big name attached to our stadium. We put
Speaker 1: the big name on the stadium as well. We put
Speaker 1: the logo on our jersey. So what's the problem. Well,
Speaker 1: we're broke, and a Marcus Rashford say, is interested in
Speaker 1: not playing for his current club, but he's interested in
Speaker 1: going to play for this team that is broken, that
Speaker 1: cannot afford him do people not knock on players' doors
Speaker 1: or like text them or what's appam or whatever folks
Speaker 1: do these days and explain the current situation to these players. So,
Speaker 1: Marcus Rashford, I get you want to play for Barcelona,
Speaker 1: but Barcelona called up Dave Ramsey, called up doctor Laura
Speaker 1: and said, we have a situation. We can't afford to
Speaker 1: pay our bills or we have to leverage everything so
Speaker 1: we can pay our bills. Do players around the planet
Speaker 1: not quite understand that this is an issue? You can't
Speaker 1: go to Barca because of X, Well, I want to
Speaker 1: go to Barcelona. Well, I want to win the damn
Speaker 1: Mega millions. That doesn't mean that I you know that
Speaker 1: if I don't, if I don't buy a ticket to
Speaker 1: the lottery or to the Mega millions, that's the first
Speaker 1: stage in me going well, I can't win either of those.
Speaker 1: Barcelona has to, like, oh, I don't know, be solvent
Speaker 1: first and foremost for something like this to happen. I'm
Speaker 1: just saying, if you can't pay your bills and you
Speaker 1: are a player on the world stage, do you not
Speaker 1: realize this, Marcus Rashford, Well, I want to go to Barcelona.
Speaker 1: They can't pay you unless they get rid of like
Speaker 1: eighteen players or something. They can't even have Danny Olmo
Speaker 1: under contract. And you want to go to Barcelona. What
Speaker 1: makes you think that you would be going to the
Speaker 1: front of the line in a situation like this, that
Speaker 1: all of the common sense that is attached to all
Speaker 1: this stuff will just be put by the wayside. We're
Speaker 1: gonna put common sense over here again, and we're gonna
Speaker 1: sign Marcus Rashford with what money while we'll come up
Speaker 1: with something. But you can't register Danny Omo right now,
Speaker 1: Marcus Rashford will I want to go to Barsa. That's
Speaker 1: not how this works. At least that's not how this
Speaker 1: should work. Dave Ramsey and doctor Laura would tell you
Speaker 1: to get over yourself and pay your bills. Barcelona is
Speaker 1: like the wimpy character from from Popeye. Oh, gladly pay
Speaker 1: you tuesday for a hamburger today? Yeah, well, well, gladly
Speaker 1: pay you if you take you know, if you give
Speaker 1: us money up front, we'll take care of the situation later.
Speaker 1: Does Marcus Rashford and his representation not quite understand? Are
Speaker 1: you not looking at the headlines? I know that you're
Speaker 1: an incredible footballer, and I know that your team right
Speaker 1: now is fourteenth in the Premier League. And I know
Speaker 1: that we talked about relegation the other day, which is
Speaker 1: not gonna happen because here there are teams in the
Speaker 1: Premier League that are worse than Manchester United. But does
Speaker 1: Marcus Rashford not realize that, sir? There's a problem here.
Speaker 1: Barcelona can't pay who they have currently, they can't register
Speaker 1: who they want currently. Marcus Rashford, Well, I want to
Speaker 1: go to Barcelona. That's not how this works. It's not
Speaker 1: how this works. I'm gonna put a bookmark in Marcus
Speaker 1: Rashford for a minute. Okay, it's after the top of
Speaker 1: the hour, so Bart's coming in. So Bart I was slightly, oh,
Speaker 1: what's the mug this morning?
Speaker 2: By the way, we got Arsenal on the this morning.
Speaker 1: Okay, Well, considering that I was yelling and randing about
Speaker 1: Marcus Rashford saying that he wants to go to Barcelona,
Speaker 1: and I was just anticipating the conversation that Barcelona would
Speaker 1: have with Dave Ramsey or with doctor Laura. Yeah, it's like,
Speaker 1: you know, what do you pay your bills? Well, no,
Speaker 1: the no, you can't sign Marcus Rashford, you cannot go
Speaker 1: to Barcelona.
Speaker 2: John, I think Barcla's gonna have to. This is gonna
Speaker 2: sound really bad and it's not my club, So apologies
Speaker 2: sending out there who this is, whose club this is?
Speaker 2: But maybe they're gonna need to, you know, for like
Speaker 2: a season or two. Except the fact that they need
Speaker 2: to control their spending.
Speaker 1: No, we can't have that, you know, No, sir, we
Speaker 1: can't control our spending. We can't even register Danny Omo
Speaker 1: right now, I know. And Marcus Rashford's like, well, I
Speaker 1: want to go to Barsa. No that's not how this works.
Speaker 2: No, No, they need they need help. They need help, John,
Speaker 2: You know, they need they need the advice of a
Speaker 2: certified financial planner, they need the advice of a certified
Speaker 2: public accountant. They need the side of the advice of
Speaker 2: name any venture capitalists in the United States, and they
Speaker 2: probably need their help.
Speaker 1: Oh oh god, oh, like I said, I just I
Speaker 1: was going through the headlines and all the GOSP promer
Speaker 1: and INUA and I saw that Marcus Rasher and he's
Speaker 1: not interested in going to this place, but he said,
Speaker 1: but he must go to Barsa. No, No, that's not
Speaker 1: how this works. Uh, Okay, sorry, I yield the bookmark
Speaker 1: there from twenty twenty four and this is what I
Speaker 1: wanted to do today was kind of since happy new year,
Speaker 1: by the way, muscletop.
Speaker 2: Welcome to twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1: Yes, and to new technology and to new places where
Speaker 1: we can do new things and you know, try to
Speaker 1: broadcast and crash systems that I'm trying to get adjusted to.
Speaker 1: From a twenty twenty four perspective, what are some of
Speaker 1: the stories and storylines that stuck with you at soccer
Speaker 1: for USPOD From a national team perspective and an international
Speaker 1: perspective involving US.
Speaker 2: Soccer, I think twenty twenty four was the year of
Speaker 2: the coaches in US soccer. We waited a long time
Speaker 2: to get Emma Hayes in and it paid off greatly.
Speaker 2: We saw her impact on both individual players and the
Speaker 2: team as a whole. And on the flip side, you
Speaker 2: had a year that was mired by a coach that
Speaker 2: probably shouldn't have been retained, certainly shouldn't have been rehired,
Speaker 2: and we saw what happens when you settle for not
Speaker 2: pushing forward, and unfortunately for the US men, that culminated
Speaker 2: and getting bounced getting grouped in Copa America. Now that said,
Speaker 2: it does bring in Mauricio Pochettino, who likely would not
Speaker 2: have been available the first time around when we were
Speaker 2: looking for a new coach for the twenty twenty six cycle.
Speaker 2: So now that we do get him, it's pretty exciting
Speaker 2: and fun. But yeah, I feel like the coaches kind
Speaker 2: of dominated the headlines for this year because, you know,
Speaker 2: a lot of the conversation was about them. Fortunately for
Speaker 2: the US women, Emma's arrival allowed the individual talent to
Speaker 2: shine and we saw a triple Espresso make a name
Speaker 2: for themselves a summer, probably a summer too late, probably
Speaker 2: a summer you know. You just think about what would
Speaker 2: have happened if you had a little bit better structure
Speaker 2: around this team heading into the twenty twenty three World Cup,
Speaker 2: and what they could have done. And that's something that
Speaker 2: I think I felt vindicated about when I look back
Speaker 2: at twenty twenty three. So we're going real back in
Speaker 2: time here, John, And the analysis that I had after
Speaker 2: the World Cup was we still got the talent. I
Speaker 2: watched these women play for their club, I watched them
Speaker 2: play on the national team, and they're still very talented.
Speaker 2: The problem was you weren't using the talented players the
Speaker 2: way that they should be used, and now you feel
Speaker 2: like you have a much better idea of the strengths
Speaker 2: and weaknesses of this team going into twenty twenty five
Speaker 2: and how they can possibly be fixed or supported even greater,
Speaker 2: specifically talking about that midfield and how you know a
Speaker 2: new one named Lily Johannes might help out. So that
Speaker 2: was kind of the fun final headline of twenty twenty
Speaker 2: four and I think is the for me, the story
Speaker 2: is going forward. It's the players for both the men's
Speaker 2: women's national teams and how they can truly shine under
Speaker 2: much better coaching.
Speaker 1: What about someone like an Alissannaire who, basically, in very
Speaker 1: Narian fashion to create an adjective, was just kind of like,
Speaker 1: you know, I'm out and it was just one of
Speaker 1: those things where you're like, oh, well that that fits.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, she's very stealthy when it can
Speaker 1: when it comes to her presence, you sit there and
Speaker 1: I think that there there might even have been times
Speaker 1: where we took a listen there as a talent, for granted,
Speaker 1: because you always under she was going to be there.
Speaker 1: And then in Narian fashion, you know, team's overseas and
Speaker 1: she's like, you know what, I'm done, and it hits
Speaker 1: you like a sledgehammer. But once again, I think that's
Speaker 1: what a listen there did on the field, is it's
Speaker 1: like she's there and then she has her moments where
Speaker 1: she hits you with a sledgehammer and you're like, damn,
Speaker 1: this is what we got, and now it's damn, this
Speaker 1: is what we don't got. Going into twenty twenty.
Speaker 2: Five, yeah, it's gonna be again when you look at
Speaker 2: what I said about players going forward, the individuals, this
Speaker 2: is going to be one of those areas where a
Speaker 2: lot of individuals are gonna hopefully hopefully John They're going
Speaker 2: to have opportunities to x, you know, show us what
Speaker 2: they have, exhibit their talents and leadership. Because I don't
Speaker 2: think a listener ever got the true love she does
Speaker 2: until this past year, right. I think in twenty nineteen specifically,
Speaker 2: you kind of didn't know if you could trust her
Speaker 2: the way that we had trusted Hope Solo. And because
Speaker 2: you know, personalities, Hope Solo demanded attention, Yeah, demanded respect.
Speaker 2: I don't know if she was always due respect for
Speaker 2: certain things, but certainly on the field, she was. You know,
Speaker 2: she and Nadine Andre are arguably the two best women
Speaker 2: goalkeepers to ever do it, you know, and between the
Speaker 2: two of those they have three World Cups. And there's
Speaker 2: a reason, you know, I think a Lissenaire it took
Speaker 2: a while for her to convince the women's national team
Speaker 2: fan base that she truly is worthy of the discussion
Speaker 2: of greatest women's national team goalkeeper of all time. She
Speaker 2: has now equalled one of the former greats of Brown Scurry,
Speaker 2: who had a gold medal and a World Cup championship.
Speaker 2: She now has a gold medal and a World Cup championship,
Speaker 2: and she's been a part of the team for a
Speaker 2: long time. But I think a listener retiring is kind
Speaker 2: of what we've all been wanting. Is an official end,
Speaker 2: if you will, to a generation of greats that unfortunately
Speaker 2: just overstayed their welcome a little bit. And not Melyssa necessarily,
Speaker 2: but that generation as a whole, we saw a lot
Speaker 2: of them. In twenty twenty four, call it quits, Say hey,
Speaker 2: I'm tired, I want to praise a family. I want
Speaker 2: to have knees that work. In twenty years, they decided
Speaker 2: it was time for them to end it again, maybe
Speaker 2: a little too late, but they did, and some of
Speaker 2: them still continuing to play club ball, which is great.
Speaker 2: I think a listener is a great example for that, John,
Speaker 2: that we haven't seen a whole lot of in the
Speaker 2: women's national team and hopefully a new journey into the
Speaker 2: future of the women's national team not having to just
Speaker 2: be your job. It can be the thing that you
Speaker 2: do outside of your club realm. But yeah, it's when
Speaker 2: you look at twenty twenty five that is the biggest,
Speaker 2: most fun hopefully fun John, Hopefully fine position battle you're
Speaker 2: going to see on the one's national team is who's
Speaker 2: going to play goalkeeper? You know, and hopefully we don't
Speaker 2: have that on the men's side. Hopefully that might be
Speaker 2: a resolution is goalkeepers goal actually places goalkeeping for the
Speaker 2: men's national team. But you know, that'll be fun for
Speaker 2: the women's national team. And you look at twenty twenty five,
Speaker 2: is who's gonna seize that number one jersey?
Speaker 1: Soho, who are you looking at that should that should
Speaker 1: seize it? And is the should seizing going to be
Speaker 1: different from the individual that will see Well, I.
Speaker 2: Don't I don't know, John, because I think if you
Speaker 2: were to say, the odds on favorite is Casey Murphy,
Speaker 2: who's kind of been seen as the heir apparent since
Speaker 2: the twenty twenty three cycle really started to get going.
Speaker 2: She played a lot under blat Co, which I do
Speaker 2: think is something that I hope Emma takes from Blackco,
Speaker 2: as he wasn't just playing a listenaire to play it
Speaker 2: like I mean Hope Solo. The reason that that transition
Speaker 2: that handover was so nerve wracking for fans is because
Speaker 2: Hope Solo played every minute of every game for the
Speaker 2: women's national team, a near played a couple a handful
Speaker 2: of friendlies. I think because you know, Solo is either
Speaker 2: getting married or like you know, had an injury of
Speaker 2: some sort. And so when you look at that transition,
Speaker 2: Casey Murphy comes into this with several many games under
Speaker 2: her belt. Now, the last one we saw her wasn't great.
Speaker 2: That goal against that she conceded against Iceland was a
Speaker 2: little sketchy, yeah, and certainly all on her. But she's
Speaker 2: the eyes on favorite. Now, there are tons of others.
Speaker 2: You've got Fallentellis Joyce, who I think made a smart
Speaker 2: move in the long run, maybe not in the short term,
Speaker 2: but in the long run of going to Manchester United.
Speaker 2: She's now they're number one over up in Northwest England.
Speaker 2: You've got, you know, from from NWSL. The problem that
Speaker 2: I have is there's a lot of actually really good goalkeepers.
Speaker 2: I've always advocated for Katie Lund. You saw Mandy Howt
Speaker 2: get some shouts at the end of the at the year.
Speaker 2: There are good goalkeepers in NWSL. Jane Campbell, the hometown
Speaker 2: girl probably in that discussion still is she's you know,
Speaker 2: she is always been seen as a third choice option
Speaker 2: in the past recent well recent history, So there are
Speaker 2: legitimate contenders. But I do think that right now the
Speaker 2: person in the driver's seat is still Casey Murphy. But
Speaker 2: she hasn't looked great for club or country over the
Speaker 2: past year, so she's got to figure that out on
Speaker 2: her own, all right.
Speaker 1: Since you mentioned, since you mentioned keeper, what other position
Speaker 1: groups are are and change slash flux going into twenty
Speaker 1: five after what we saw in twenty four.
Speaker 2: Well, I think the other one I talked about early
Speaker 2: was midfield, and I don't know, I don't necessarily know
Speaker 2: if it's a personnel issue as much as EMA needs
Speaker 2: to figure out exactly the balance of the midfield which
Speaker 2: does include some personnel, but I think the personnel we've seen,
Speaker 2: we know Rose level, Lindsay Horranner and insanely talented. How
Speaker 2: do they fit in. You've got Sam Coffee, You've got
Speaker 2: haw hirsch Felt, You've got corporate Albert, You've got Lily Johannes.
Speaker 2: You know, you've got some other young players in NWSL
Speaker 2: that you know you have two years to the World Cup.
Speaker 2: How do they progress? Claire Hutton from the youth national teams.
Speaker 2: Jalen Howell just got a new move that maybe can
Speaker 2: help her get on an actually competent soccer team for
Speaker 2: the first time in her young career. You know, you've
Speaker 2: got Jaden Shaw, who didn't have a great twenty twenty four,
Speaker 2: hopefully coming back into twenty twenty five can recapture that
Speaker 2: that brilliance. And then you got Corey Befoun, another one
Speaker 2: with some local ties, who got hurt at the end
Speaker 2: of the year. Phone the first pitch, John, I don't
Speaker 2: know how you do that, you know, and she has
Speaker 2: an injury recovery to deal with. What does she look like?
Speaker 2: She's John, She's still set the league. She still led
Speaker 2: the league and assists despite missing like three months.
Speaker 1: Of play after the war.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you no, two months, So there are a lot
Speaker 2: of to me, again, it's not necessarily names, but how
Speaker 2: you put those names together in the midfield, that's going
Speaker 2: to be the difficult thing for Emma to figure out
Speaker 2: because the back line to me, feels solid. Now there
Speaker 2: needs to be some fullback discussion. In the left back situation,
Speaker 2: I think it's Casey Krueger's, but we've talked about it.
Speaker 2: She's on the wrong side of thirty as well as
Speaker 2: you know Crystal Dunn, who no one's seen or heard of,
Speaker 2: and we're just assuming she's pregnant, and congratulations to her
Speaker 2: and her you know, it's probably good for her. We're
Speaker 2: not expecting Crystal back in the women's actual team picture
Speaker 2: anytime soon. So you got Casey Krueger, who I think
Speaker 2: can hold down the left back spot. You've got Emily
Speaker 2: Fox on the right side, and then obviously, you know
Speaker 2: center back is going to be a position battle John,
Speaker 2: but it's not a concern. You got Namy Germa, and
Speaker 2: then who who's who's a really good center back who's
Speaker 2: going to be next to Naomi? You know that's that's
Speaker 2: not a battle of like, oh my gosh, I was
Speaker 2: just going to work out. You know, it's going to
Speaker 2: be Davidson, it might be Emily Sam's you know, a
Speaker 2: lot of cook might come back into the midfield or
Speaker 2: the picture. Who you know. I think we feel comfortable
Speaker 2: the options. I mean, even Emily's Sonnet has proven herself
Speaker 2: pretty darn capable. You know, like there are names that
Speaker 2: you go, Okay, I feel comfortable enough because they're next
Speaker 2: to the greatest player of the sport that we currently
Speaker 2: have men's women's I don't care. Put her up there,
Speaker 2: she's the greatest right.
Speaker 1: Now, Naomi Gearma and whoever's playing next to Naimi Gearma.
Speaker 2: Yeah exactly.
Speaker 1: It's just that's how you fell out. That's how you
Speaker 1: fill out your lineup. Car It's like now mic Germma
Speaker 1: and you.
Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly, put Jarrett next to her. So you just
Speaker 2: have a tall body and there you go.
Speaker 1: You know, well, just make sure that Jarrett has two
Speaker 1: functioning cleats first and almost. I think that that's what
Speaker 1: we got to stare at there. I mentioned in our
Speaker 1: number one since we're on women's soccer, that it is
Speaker 1: going to be Denver that is going to be team
Speaker 1: number sixteen in the NWSL to the tune of one
Speaker 1: hundred and ten million, And I don't know, like I said,
Speaker 1: and this is from Ebanov Williams at Sportico. Don't know
Speaker 1: where they're playing. The word that he used was temporary,
Speaker 1: and that's nebulous to me because I don't know if
Speaker 1: that means modular temporary or if that means prairie dogs
Speaker 1: rabbit prairie dogs. In Commerce City, Colorado at Dixfording Goods Park,
Speaker 1: I imagine that's what it means, but it was nebulously worded.
Speaker 1: So Denver turns into number sixteen.
Speaker 2: My inference, John is a means stick sporting good park.
Speaker 2: But I think that ownership group unlike the ownership group
Speaker 2: that owns Colorado Rapids. Yeah, as I hold up my
Speaker 2: arsenal mug can't see, yes, you know, I think they didn't.
Speaker 2: They picked a cheap spot, not a good spot. Now,
Speaker 2: I will give them this. In last decade, as Denver
Speaker 2: has expanded and grown and tried to make itself a
Speaker 2: more legitimate place for people to move to, Commerce City
Speaker 2: seems like it's built up. When I was there last,
Speaker 2: I didn't go to Commerce City, but you know, you
Speaker 2: go on to stop by the train station and there
Speaker 2: are things there now, John, which is a grand improvement.
Speaker 2: Oh it's a shopping mall type of deal, but you know,
Speaker 2: it's not quite the battery. But the problem is that
Speaker 2: the park is still about a mile north of that,
Speaker 2: so it is a problem. But the positives are John,
Speaker 2: you have a group of owners with the money, right, yeah,
Speaker 2: in millions a lot. But more importantly, as we're seeing
Speaker 2: with the other expansion team, John, and I heard you
Speaker 2: talk about them, and they're I hate to call them
Speaker 2: stumbling blocks when you do it to yourself, but whatever
Speaker 2: you want to call it, stumbling blocks.
Speaker 1: It's literally like when when you're having a fight with
Speaker 1: your older brother and your older brothers are grabbing you
Speaker 1: and it's like, stop hitting yourself. Stop hitting.
Speaker 2: It's very they're all self inflicted there the New England State.
Speaker 2: But unlike them, they have soccer. Maybe not soccer, they
Speaker 2: have sports people in this group, and they have a
Speaker 2: soccer person and Jordan Angelie. You know, I don't know
Speaker 2: what her level of I'm hoping they use her as
Speaker 2: a knowledge source because obviously I don't know. No offense
Speaker 2: to Jordan. I don't think she has the capital to
Speaker 2: make an influence. But the fact that she's listed, Yeah,
Speaker 2: the fact that she's listed, she's putting obviously some money
Speaker 2: into it. I do hope that she is kind of
Speaker 2: the she gets some sort of actual position in soccering there,
Speaker 2: because the rest of the group looks pretty solid. And
Speaker 2: again they have a former sports executive there as well,
Speaker 2: So hopefully from that perspective, John Way more prepared to
Speaker 2: take the field in twenty twenty six and whatever that
Speaker 2: you've already blonded whatever the hell is going on up
Speaker 2: in Boston, because Boston Nation has done nothing but bad
Speaker 2: since they got it, And you know, I would just say, John,
Speaker 2: if I'm looking at them and you bought your franchise
Speaker 2: rights for fifty three million, sure, and someone else just
Speaker 2: bought a franchise for one hundred and ten million, why
Speaker 2: don't you sell it?
Speaker 1: I sell it?
Speaker 2: Cash in now, you're you're all venture capitalists. Cash in
Speaker 2: and take your money and go home. It's one hundred
Speaker 2: and seven percent increase.
Speaker 1: Yeah, And I went over the franchise valuation increases in
Speaker 1: the from year to year. Sporty code had also brought
Speaker 1: in and even for Chicago, go don't call us red
Speaker 1: Stars are on revenue in Bridgeview of six and a
Speaker 1: half million dollars, you still increased the value of your
Speaker 1: franchise by a third.
Speaker 2: Can I Can I get my hot take about Chicago?
Speaker 1: Absolutely?
Speaker 2: Sure, Well this has been my hot take with the
Speaker 2: Chicago soccer ring for a while. Yes, bridge View is
Speaker 2: actually a decent stadium. I think the stadium itself is
Speaker 2: pretty dark.
Speaker 1: Not in dispute. Yeah, I think the.
Speaker 2: Stadium is fine. The location is absolutely horrendous, and we
Speaker 2: all agree. And this is someone who has been to
Speaker 2: that stadium multiple times. The only reason I was able
Speaker 2: to get to that stadium is because I have cousins
Speaker 2: who live in the area who can drive. You know,
Speaker 2: you can't get there without that as very turner Field esque,
Speaker 2: but turner Field was still closer to things. Yeah, I
Speaker 2: think Chicago needs to just lean into Bridgeview. Okay, for
Speaker 2: the time being, we don't know what's going to happen
Speaker 2: with Soldier Field. I think your hope is the city
Speaker 2: realizes that a thirty five ish thousand seat soccer stadium,
Speaker 2: maybe forty thousand, who knows, rectangular sports stadium, let's put
Speaker 2: it that way, is a legitimate use of public land
Speaker 2: for the future because I think it is very clear
Speaker 2: that Bears aren't going to stay there much longer for
Speaker 2: you know, they dropped the Spaceship on Soldier Field and
Speaker 2: now they want to leave. I hope that Chicago leans
Speaker 2: into Bridgeview just it's our home, this is where we are.
Speaker 2: Because if you do that and you give people the illusion,
Speaker 2: to give them the illusion of stability of permanence, I
Speaker 2: think more people are going to be willing to buy
Speaker 2: in now. You also, John, and this is where teams
Speaker 2: who rebrand always get it wrong. You then have to
Speaker 2: be good on the field. Yeah, and they had a
Speaker 2: decent season last year, made playoffs. How do you build
Speaker 2: on that with your new little logo that is terrible
Speaker 2: and you had a perfect logo and name before that.
Speaker 1: Oh boy, yeah yeah, I mean fire to plate bridge View.
Speaker 1: And because you're not getting an mls next protein that's
Speaker 1: going to you know, be worthy of an attendance, worthy
Speaker 1: of paying the rent on the spaceship, which is an
Speaker 1: u I mean full disclosure the Boston I went up
Speaker 1: to Chicago, when was it two weeks ago, and to
Speaker 1: drive by that entire complex where it's the planetarium and
Speaker 1: it's the aquarium and it's the spaceship. You're going, that's
Speaker 1: just that's just ugly. Yeah, and you thought that was
Speaker 1: worthy of, you know, of putting a you know, keeping
Speaker 1: the facade and then building all the fancy stuff and
Speaker 1: creating what you've created there in that hub of activity
Speaker 1: on the lake front. And I mean there had been
Speaker 1: talk when USL Championship was going, it was debating going
Speaker 1: into the Chicago area, and it was going to be
Speaker 1: in the suburbs south of Kemiski Park where they were
Speaker 1: going to do something that was going to be I
Speaker 1: want to say twenty to twenty five, and it was
Speaker 1: going to be something manageable. And then that talk went away,
Speaker 1: and that franchise has not been discussed over the last
Speaker 1: handful of years. But to go bridge Views what an
Speaker 1: hour south west of downtown.
Speaker 2: So it is right, this is the conundrum bridge View.
Speaker 2: It's it's right close to Midway. Okay, so yeah, southwest
Speaker 2: of the city. Okay, it's still fully in Chicago like
Speaker 2: that that most people consider that Chicago.
Speaker 1: Right.
Speaker 2: It's like saying the cater is not Atlanta. It's sorry,
Speaker 2: it's Atlanta.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, but it is.
Speaker 2: I don't know how you get that close to a
Speaker 2: public to you know, a large airport and you're not
Speaker 2: accessible via public transportation, you know. And John, I know
Speaker 2: you were there when they built Soldier Field, but yes,
Speaker 2: I was it. It is sad because you do have
Speaker 2: Soldier Field was one of the great stadiums I think
Speaker 2: of the country. Obviously it had to be modernized. We
Speaker 2: all understand that for a couple of reasons. But what
Speaker 2: they did to it was sacrilegious, you know. And I
Speaker 2: understand there are legitimate hurdles to that because Soldier Field
Speaker 2: is such an as literally an historic site. But yeah,
Speaker 2: the bridge, the stadium itself is fine. You can make
Speaker 2: it very cool. I mean from just saying from the
Speaker 2: person who was there when it opened, you are so
Speaker 2: close to the field. It is really cool. That is
Speaker 2: one of the things that it got absolutely bang on right.
Speaker 2: It has a very intimate setting. You know, there are
Speaker 2: ways that you could improve the around the stadium infrastructure
Speaker 2: with a little minor things. Bring in food trucks, bring
Speaker 2: in you know, a shipping container, merchandiser, stuff like that.
Speaker 2: You know, make it it'll still feel a little temporary,
Speaker 2: but make it a little bit better than what they
Speaker 2: do down in Miami and you'll be You'll be fine.
Speaker 2: Just find a way to commit to it.
Speaker 1: Yes, commit, damn you men's side. Obviously the big story
Speaker 1: was mercya Pochettino. But yeah, you got him. Now. It's
Speaker 1: like it's like when you's It's like the old Coyote
Speaker 1: and Roadrunner cartoon. It's like when you now that so
Speaker 1: wiley coyote finally caught the road runner. Now what are
Speaker 1: you gonna do?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 1: So what are you going to do now that you
Speaker 1: caught the road runner finally?
Speaker 2: Well, the biggest thing for Pach is you have and
Speaker 2: I mean this sincerely, March comes and of March you're
Speaker 2: doing this. You know, you got to play another CONCA
Speaker 2: calf tournament because CONCACAFF has to have a tournament every
Speaker 2: six months otherwise it apparently is can't operate. I don't
Speaker 2: know how this happens. Nice, You've got a chance to
Speaker 2: win your fourth Nations League title of the four times
Speaker 2: you've played it, John, we played this damn thing forty
Speaker 2: times since two thousand and one, Like, can we just stop?
Speaker 2: I like it in general. I'm sorry, this is gonna
Speaker 2: be a tangent. It's Friday.
Speaker 1: Whatever.
Speaker 2: I don't know how you feel John, But like I
Speaker 2: don't think the Nation's League does any itself any favors
Speaker 2: when it's played every damn year. It just because it
Speaker 2: does lose some of the fun of allowing teams to
Speaker 2: build up to it. And I'm glad that from a
Speaker 2: cockatcap perspective, they've allowed the US and some other teams
Speaker 2: to not have to get seriously, you know, stuck in
Speaker 2: the quagmire of playing teams like Saint Kitts and Nevas,
Speaker 2: which doesn't really help the program grow outside of hosting
Speaker 2: a match that they can make money off of, and
Speaker 2: even then they barely sell those games out because no
Speaker 2: one cares. Right, I'm glad they've allowed us to use
Speaker 2: some of those early match windows as friendlies. But anyway,
Speaker 2: back to Pachettino, I win that, John, you have to
Speaker 2: because look, Burholter did it, Burhlter can do it. You
Speaker 2: got to be able to do it. You're lucky, a
Speaker 2: little bit lucky. Panama is still good. Not arguing that,
Speaker 2: but you play Panama in the semi final, then you
Speaker 2: played the winner of Canada Mexico. You know, I think
Speaker 2: playing Mexico with a full strength squad not in Mexico
Speaker 2: honoring one of their greatest players that ever played. I
Speaker 2: like your chances also, I like your chances against Canada
Speaker 2: because you know, run hard is not a tactic and
Speaker 2: you know, I think Jesse Marsh while he talked big game, uh,
Speaker 2: you know, I would I would like to see our
Speaker 2: team try to figure out a way to to beat that,
Speaker 2: and I think we can. Obviously, the last time we played,
Speaker 2: we had substitute teacher in charge, and that is a
Speaker 2: that is the biggest task for Plochettino.
Speaker 1: Now.
Speaker 2: The second one, John is obviously Gold Cup. These are
Speaker 2: two tournaments that I think again you have to win
Speaker 2: because you have to assert that you are the best
Speaker 2: team in this region. You lost that last summer. You
Speaker 2: can't be the worst performing team at Copoa America from
Speaker 2: this region and go, yeah, we're still on top. Maybe
Speaker 2: not the worst, but you know what I mean. And
Speaker 2: especially when you're looking at teams like Canada and Mexico,
Speaker 2: especially Canada, which you know they're pump in their chests
Speaker 2: about the semi final appearance. You know, despite scoring like
Speaker 2: two goals the whole damn tournament. It you have to
Speaker 2: assert your dominance. Now. I don't know if Gold Cup
Speaker 2: necessarily does that, because who knows how you're going to
Speaker 2: get players to be available, what players are going to
Speaker 2: be available, what level those players are. We are lucky
Speaker 2: enough that we have a great dearth of talent now,
Speaker 2: both domestically and abroad, that you might be able to
Speaker 2: get you know, a lot of guys. I mean, you
Speaker 2: still got Richie Ledesma PSV, who's playing a whole lot
Speaker 2: that you could call in, you know, I mean that
Speaker 2: we we do have those types of players.
Speaker 1: Well, I would call in Birac Terovitch from PSB before.
Speaker 2: That's on my list of things that I do want
Speaker 2: to talk about, because there's some stuff going around on
Speaker 2: Twitter that I just don't agree with. But byak Terovich,
Speaker 2: I think he is with Bosnie now, I want to
Speaker 2: say he played a friendly with them. I think he
Speaker 2: is technically a Bosnian international, but I don't think that's
Speaker 2: necessarily a Yeah, I'm pretty sure he's a Bosnian international now,
Speaker 2: so slightly fortunate there. But yeah, win your CONCA, CAFT
Speaker 2: tournaments because you have to prove that you're the best
Speaker 2: now nationsly, I think is the one you absolutely have
Speaker 2: to win, because we all know that that is the
Speaker 2: a squad for everyone who's participating. We know that Gold
Speaker 2: Cup is a little iffy. Again. They have to play
Speaker 2: this every two years because if they don't, conca capill
Speaker 2: cease to exist for some reason. This is what we've
Speaker 2: been sold. If you don't win gold Cup, but you
Speaker 2: make the final, okay, fine, depending on who you have.
Speaker 2: But this is where Wachtina is gonna have to do
Speaker 2: a little bit of a bit of coaching. You know
Speaker 2: that thing that Kirby Smart couldn't do yesterday. You're gonna
Speaker 2: have to do a little bit of coaching and he's
Speaker 2: going to have to figure out how to probably win
Speaker 2: a tournament without his best players available. Yeah, there's my
Speaker 2: dick at Georgia.
Speaker 1: Sorry, well, I mean I kind of anticipated something like that.
Speaker 1: But uh, position groups, What position group concerns you the
Speaker 1: most coming out of twenty four and which one do
Speaker 1: you have the most hope in going into twenty five. Well,
Speaker 1: because this isn't Naoma Geerma and whoever put up next
Speaker 1: to Nomens.
Speaker 2: It has center back though John is the issue because
Speaker 2: the thing about twenty twenty five is you are in
Speaker 2: theory getting Sugenio Desk back. So that's a good thing. Right.
Speaker 2: He should be recovering from injury, and you may not.
Speaker 2: You're not going to get himack for a Nations League,
Speaker 2: may not necessarily get him back for Gold Cup. But
Speaker 2: I think we know that the right back position is
Speaker 2: okay enough. Joe Scalley can do an okay enough job.
Speaker 2: Now do you bring in Omarlon Fosse. Maybe you bring
Speaker 2: in a guy like Richie Ledesma, who has Excuse me,
Speaker 2: I think he's going by Richard. I don't want to
Speaker 2: Rid think he's going by Richard.
Speaker 1: If he's gonna go by Richard, you've got to go Esquire.
Speaker 2: You can't Richard Ledesma Esquire. Yes, you know you have
Speaker 2: options who could back up Scaley, I mean those that
Speaker 2: is an option, But we didn't see that in the
Speaker 2: last window, which was a little weird. We just had.
Speaker 2: We just had Joe Scaley and I don't know one
Speaker 2: of Wes to make any use of you Know's moves
Speaker 2: or maybe Tyler Adams, who knows. I don't know if
Speaker 2: I love that, but sure, fullbacks are okay. Midfield is
Speaker 2: is okay? John. I think the thing with the midfield
Speaker 2: is you've gotta pray, hope, expect that eventually Johnny Cardoso
Speaker 2: is going to actually be the Johnny Cardoso that he
Speaker 2: shows you week in and week out in Spain. You know,
Speaker 2: That's kind of how I feel with Milik Tillman as well,
Speaker 2: where eventually the dude's gonna have to like, eventually he's
Speaker 2: going to finally play a good game for the US
Speaker 2: national team. Right. The real problem for this team going
Speaker 2: forward is center back. I mean, we don't have Naomi Garma.
Speaker 1: She can't both the national team.
Speaker 2: I don't think she can. I think her her hamstrings
Speaker 2: would give out. You know, Chris Richards has established himself
Speaker 2: at Palace. You know, I think the only game he's
Speaker 2: really missed recently is because he had to welcome in
Speaker 2: a new child, which congrats to him. But you know
Speaker 2: CCV is playing at Celtic. Well they just got whipped
Speaker 2: by Rangers, so who knows what that means. And Austin
Speaker 2: trust is also at Celtic. You know Mark McKenzie at
Speaker 2: oh crap? Where is he now? TI one of the
Speaker 2: French teams that I can't pronounce toulu, sorry not to
Speaker 2: the There are options out there, but none of them
Speaker 2: give you confidence. And even Chris Richards doesn't give you
Speaker 2: that much confidence. There's a reason tim Reen continues to
Speaker 2: get called up. John, And so when you're looking as
Speaker 2: a US national men's national team fan, you have to
Speaker 2: be concerned about that center back position because it is
Speaker 2: so unsettled both who is playing and how you feel
Speaker 2: about when they do play. So you know, we know
Speaker 2: a cop to come good in about a month and
Speaker 2: a half.
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm looking forward to it. You you said
Speaker 1: you had a you said you had a rant that
Speaker 1: you were going on. Did you already go on the
Speaker 1: rant or did you have another rant that you had
Speaker 1: in your hip pocket? No?
Speaker 2: I went on that rant about Coca calf and all
Speaker 2: their okay coolishness, John, do we I you know what shot?
Speaker 2: I want your take on this because I understand Coca
Speaker 2: CAF has issues. Sure with the type of federation. It
Speaker 2: is a very top heavy federation. It's a mix of
Speaker 2: to me, it's a mix of Oceania, m H and Asia.
Speaker 2: Sure where Asia has one or two really good pros. Yeah,
Speaker 2: not great, but like good. You see them in a
Speaker 2: World Cup, You're like, I don't want to have to
Speaker 2: play them? Right, you don't want to play Japan? You
Speaker 2: don't want to play the USA, right, you know you
Speaker 2: don't want to have to play Korea. You don't want
Speaker 2: to have to play Mexico. Sure, you know you don't
Speaker 2: want to have to play Iran. You don't want to
Speaker 2: have to you don't want to have to face Canada
Speaker 2: in a World Cup type thing. Okay, but a lot
Speaker 2: of the teams below them just aren't up.
Speaker 1: To sneth well. I mean, Jamaica comes up and bite
Speaker 1: you in the butt occasionally, especially if you've got a
Speaker 1: keeper who's you know, if if Andre Blake is one hundred.
Speaker 2: You have not listened to me. Never trust the Jamaicans.
Speaker 2: You're you're not listening to me. I keep coming out
Speaker 2: here and telling you this. I don't trust Jamaa. But no,
Speaker 2: I mean that's the same thing about like you know,
Speaker 2: in Asia. Sure you might get a.
Speaker 1: H I don't know you got a South Korea.
Speaker 2: As South Korea, a Saudi Arabia you know who could
Speaker 2: come up and be good. But you know, you also
Speaker 2: have the Oceania problem where a lot of these countries
Speaker 2: are island nations and don't have the money to support
Speaker 2: a football team. I mean, we're over here in the
Speaker 2: US trying to support a football team in Oceania. You know,
Speaker 2: we're the network right here is trying to prop.
Speaker 1: We're growing the game, damn it, right.
Speaker 2: And so you know, you have a lot of countries
Speaker 2: that are dependent on another country for just existing. They
Speaker 2: barely can fund their own international football team, and it
Speaker 2: is hard for Concha cups. You have to manufacture ways
Speaker 2: to get revenue outside of norms. But the problem continues
Speaker 2: to be as a spoiled US fan, as the entitled
Speaker 2: US fan, I'll say that it's we don't want to
Speaker 2: play Jamaica every other time. We don't want to have
Speaker 2: to play Panama or Coast. We want to play Germany.
Speaker 2: We want to play Brazil, we want to play Chile,
Speaker 2: we want to play England, we want to play France,
Speaker 2: we want to play even teams like Sweden and nor Like.
Speaker 2: We want to play teams that feel like just bigger competition.
Speaker 2: You know, have better players we watch week in a
Speaker 2: week out in the top leagues of the world, and
Speaker 2: we're not gonna get better. It's just facts actual Conca
Speaker 2: calf the bottom may get better, but that's not functionally
Speaker 2: helping USA, Canada, Mexico, even teams like Costa Rica Panama
Speaker 2: to get actually better, because even if Saint KITT's Antigua
Speaker 2: Curros out get better, their ceiling is still below our floor.
Speaker 2: And that sounds really arrogant. I'm sorry, it's just the reality.
Speaker 2: The US and Mexico have.
Speaker 1: The resources that they have available.
Speaker 2: Correct the USA, Mexico and Canada when they get help
Speaker 2: from people who aren't Canada Soccer, they have resources from
Speaker 2: both a from capital, you know, financial capital and human
Speaker 2: capital that are just gonna outnumber I mean, you know,
Speaker 2: and so CONCA CAF forcing us to play Nations League
Speaker 2: every year is not good for us. And you're seeing
Speaker 2: the attendance dwindle too. John. Last time around, you didn't
Speaker 2: have sellouts, you know, in a in Arlington where you
Speaker 2: expect to sell out because it's basically North Mexico. You know,
Speaker 2: you're gonna be in LA this time. Maybe that helps.
Speaker 2: You're gonna plan on a field that's too narrow because again,
Speaker 2: ownership of that stadium doesn't realize that soccer is a
Speaker 2: real sport. And maybe that'll help. Because you're in LA,
Speaker 2: it's a slightly different venue. You hadn't played there yet.
Speaker 2: But I I just cannot get down with this vision.
Speaker 2: Of constantly hosting. I mean, because yes, I get it.
Speaker 2: You sell out forty thousand seats or sell forty thousand seats,
Speaker 2: that's still a lot of money. Is the Jews actually
Speaker 2: worth the squeeze though? And that's what I just keep asking,
Speaker 2: because you've got again a summer where you have a
Speaker 2: Nations League followed by a tournament and the world of
Speaker 2: soccer is still not sold on the Nation's League concept yet.
Speaker 2: I don't think the Europeans are fully sold on. I
Speaker 2: think they like it. They enjoy having some competitive stakes
Speaker 2: to the you know, maybe not England because they can't
Speaker 2: do anything in the Nation's League, but you know, I think,
Speaker 2: you know, teams enjoy the competitive stakes. But I'm sorry
Speaker 2: England being in League B and still playing you know,
Speaker 2: oh who are they playing earlier this year? I mean,
Speaker 2: Ireland even is a better competition than the US. Happened
Speaker 2: to go and play Trinidad or l Salvador. I'm really sorry.
Speaker 2: It just is.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's that's.
Speaker 2: Yeah. England played Greece, Finland and Ireland right in their
Speaker 2: Nations League B groupe.
Speaker 1: Mm hmm.
Speaker 2: You know that's better than Cursau, Saint KITT's and even
Speaker 2: Jamaica to an extent. I'm sorry, it just is. Yeah,
Speaker 2: and it does come down to resources. I'm sorry it does.
Speaker 2: But it just is hard for us, for the US
Speaker 2: to actually functionally improve. And you saw that last World Cup. Yes,
Speaker 2: cocka CAF had a really bad World Cup, but the USA,
Speaker 2: Mexico and Canada all fell flat in that World Cup
Speaker 2: when it came time to actually do something.
Speaker 1: You know, yes, we got out of the group.
Speaker 2: Sure, but like.
Speaker 1: I don't know, Yeah, I don't.
Speaker 2: It's not helping us and therefore I'm allowed to not
Speaker 2: like it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, So to save things for Monday when
Speaker 1: you come back in your normal time slot.
Speaker 2: My last question, I'm sure we'll have some roughing down
Speaker 2: here to talk about the Premier League action.
Speaker 1: Absolutely, my last question for you on this Friday is
Speaker 1: what do you think happens to John Hurdman.
Speaker 2: I think he has to go coach like I don't know,
Speaker 2: Kiribati or something like. I Actually I think he'll probably
Speaker 2: find a job, I truly do. I think it just
Speaker 2: depends on what the how much the investigation will actually
Speaker 2: investigate him. Yeah, because that priestman isn't going to be
Speaker 2: able to work in soccer anytime soon from like both
Speaker 2: you know, legally and then if someone will will hire
Speaker 2: her because she's going to have to prove that she
Speaker 2: actually can get the job done without drones. And to
Speaker 2: be fair to herdman, not fair, well, no fair, To
Speaker 2: be fair to herdman, he hasn't proven he can manage
Speaker 2: team without the help of drones either. It's not like
Speaker 2: Toronto had a season to write home about. They didn't
Speaker 2: make the playoffs. We beat them to the playoffs. Like,
Speaker 2: are you Atlanta United beating you to the playoffs? Toronto?
Speaker 2: The miny Toronto of sea all up there in Toronto
Speaker 2: trying to tell us how good you are with all
Speaker 2: these star players, couldn't beat us out for the playoffs?
Speaker 2: Are you kidding me?
Speaker 1: Will terrible?
Speaker 2: This year is one of our worst years in club history,
Speaker 2: if not the worst of a full season. And y'all
Speaker 2: couldn't beat us out to the playoffs.
Speaker 1: Come on, now, now, what do you think happens to
Speaker 1: beb priestman.
Speaker 2: I think Bev will have a little bit more of
Speaker 2: a I think she'll eventually get an assistant job with
Speaker 2: some national team again, and that will help her kind
Speaker 2: of work her way back in I think, because I
Speaker 2: think that's what the report will end up saying. John
Speaker 2: Herdman started all this, Bev Friesman just kind of continued it,
Speaker 2: and I think from that standpoint, they'll they'll be more
Speaker 2: the world of soccer will be more willing to forgive.
Speaker 2: Bev Priestman.
Speaker 1: So beb Priestsman is Bobby Collins from SMU, where John
Speaker 1: Herdman is Ron Meyer.
Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly, you know, I think, and again, if she's
Speaker 2: an assistant at I don't know, go back to England
Speaker 2: and be an assistant for the next coach there. When
Speaker 2: when Serena Piegman finally steps away because she makes a
Speaker 2: final that doesn't win again, Yeah, that's my production for
Speaker 2: twenty twenty five is England makes the Euro twenty twenty
Speaker 2: five finals.
Speaker 1: But doesn't win, So it's not coming home.
Speaker 2: Well, no, it came home last time. John Okay came
Speaker 2: home last time. And Serena Vingman can do one thing,
Speaker 2: and one thing very well. She can win a damn
Speaker 2: home tournament. That woman can do that with the Netherlands,
Speaker 2: she did it with England. I think Priestsmen will find
Speaker 2: her way into an international coaching staff of some sort.
Speaker 2: I really do I think you'll look at like USA
Speaker 2: maybe picks her up. Maybe, I don't know, England probably could.
Speaker 2: Obviously she's British. I think she's English. I think she's English.
Speaker 2: I don't want to offend anyone who's British and not
Speaker 2: English by calling her English and she ends up being
Speaker 2: like Welsh or something I forget. I think that could happen.
Speaker 2: I could her possibly taking over a team like Ireland,
Speaker 2: a team of that stature, where they'll be okay with
Speaker 2: hiring her because they say, well, we still think she's
Speaker 2: a good coach, even without the drums, because she I mean, look,
Speaker 2: there's cheating and then there's applying the cheating.
Speaker 1: Right.
Speaker 2: We see this as a NASCAR all the time, the
Speaker 2: joke if you ain't if you ain't cheating, you ain't trying. Yes, well,
Speaker 2: you still got to execute once you cheat. Yeah, I
Speaker 2: mean Bill Belichick was a great cheater. You still got
Speaker 2: to execute once you cheat.
Speaker 1: Born in Concert England, so bev priestman is English? Okay?
Speaker 2: Cool?
Speaker 1: Straight up I knew she was British.
Speaker 2: I couldn't remember she was English or.
Speaker 1: Not, because straight up English, born in Concert England wherever
Speaker 1: Concert England is okay, so at soccer for uspud at
Speaker 1: Bartamus Prime nineteen. Bart'll be back on Monday to discuss
Speaker 1: roughing down here and anything else going on with his
Speaker 1: beloved Arsenal and anything else that sticks in our sticks
Speaker 1: in our collective craw over the first competitive weekend here
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty five. As always, friend, so great to
Speaker 1: see you. Thanks for everything that you are when it
Speaker 1: comes to the SDH network and all of our growth
Speaker 1: and being our being, our national and international voice when
Speaker 1: it comes to everything M and T and WNT Sir,
Speaker 1: it's alway some.
Speaker 2: One's got to talk about something other than England. Although
Speaker 2: I did a lot because you know, we gotta throw
Speaker 2: shit at him.
Speaker 1: But yes, yeah, I appreciate it.
Speaker 2: John, Thanks for all you do to make this network run.
Speaker 2: Thanks for the new the new.
Speaker 1: Digs I gotta well this is this is just as
Speaker 1: Jason with the new digs man.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and well you're making it run, which I think
Speaker 2: is the impressive thing.
Speaker 1: Ah, that's very loosely said that I'm making it run.
Speaker 1: So learning as we go. But as always, my friend,
Speaker 1: enjoy your weekend, be safe. We'll catch up with you
Speaker 1: Monday at ten o'clock.
Speaker 2: I'll be good and I hope your twenty twenty five's
Speaker 2: are full of success, abundance and happy feelings about at
Speaker 2: Lanting United.
Speaker 1: Yes, success abundance and happy feelings. As always be safe,
Speaker 1: my friend, And there goes Bart all right, So morning Harry,
Speaker 1: and great to have you here as well, a couple
Speaker 1: of other notes from our buddy, says O Luis Merlow.
Speaker 1: Type a source. Remember this time of year, check your sources,
Speaker 1: Check your sources, check your sources when it comes to
Speaker 1: information and people moving in and people moving on, people
Speaker 1: moving around. So a couple of notes from says oh
Speaker 1: Luis Merlow, involving a player transfers. It appears that Messi
Speaker 1: and Friends may be chasing after today O Allende, the
Speaker 1: former Good Toy Cruise striker will arrive on loan for
Speaker 1: a year from Celta Divigo. So today, O Allende, now
Speaker 1: you get to send people scurrying to YouTube to try
Speaker 1: to find out what's going on with today O Allende
Speaker 1: going from Celta Divigo for a year on loan to
Speaker 1: and previously from Good Toy Cruise, but Celta Divigo to
Speaker 1: Messi and Friends today O Allende on loan for a year.
Speaker 1: According to Seso Luis Merrilow, so keep an eye on
Speaker 1: that particular announcement. Also Matias Rojas formerly of Messy and Friends,
Speaker 1: looks like it's a three year deal for him going
Speaker 1: to river Plate, so keep an eye on that one
Speaker 1: as well. And then the other move that was posted
Speaker 1: fourth in the in the ether has to do with
Speaker 1: Emiliano Rigoni Ragoni formerly of Austin FC. It looks like
Speaker 1: he may be headed to Leone. He is it looks like,
Speaker 1: according to Saeso Luis Marillo a one year deal to
Speaker 1: go to Leone new signing for Leon signing a one
Speaker 1: year contract. So Allende from Celta Divigo on loan for
Speaker 1: a year to enter Miami, Matias Rojas to river Plate,
Speaker 1: and Ragoni formerly of Austin FC to Laone for a year.
Speaker 1: So that's that's what you're staring at when it comes
Speaker 1: to those particular transactions. All right, So picking up gossip
Speaker 1: bermeran innuendo where we were going over the whole idea
Speaker 1: of folks in Barcelona and no you can't go there. Literally,
Speaker 1: it's like what's your face from the freaking uh willy
Speaker 1: wonka Aruka salt and I want it now? You stomp
Speaker 1: your feet. I want to go to Barsona now. Well
Speaker 1: you can't, but I want to go now. Everyone and
Speaker 1: their mother who wants to go to Barcelona. They can't
Speaker 1: pay you. They can't pay the club. What you want
Speaker 1: to extricate the player from his current status. They can't
Speaker 1: pay you. They can't pay your club. But I want
Speaker 1: to go now. Ah. However, United could use Rashford attempt
Speaker 1: monopoly into a swap for Victor Osiman three letter paper,
Speaker 1: take the information at your own peril, dortmun and PSG.
Speaker 1: You're showing redwed interest in Rashford. That's from Team Talk.
Speaker 1: United could sanction three loan deals in January to free
Speaker 1: up funds in their eighty million pound pursuit of Victor
Speaker 1: jokoresh from Sporting Remember we talked to our buddy Nino
Speaker 1: Torres about that. United could activate the twenty five million
Speaker 1: pound buy back clause in the contract of Benfica wingback
Speaker 1: Alvaro Carreras, who they sold in May. That's from The Star,
Speaker 1: which is a step below the three. In the four
Speaker 1: letter paper, Manchester City's Kyle Walker is wanted by three
Speaker 1: clubs in the league that we neither condone endorse nor
Speaker 1: promote according to the Three Letter Paper, so it would fit.
Speaker 1: Villa are in talks with Rushia Dortmund over remove for
Speaker 1: Donielle Mallen. We talked about that yesterday. The Bundesliga club
Speaker 1: values him at twenty five million pounds. Liverpool and Manchester
Speaker 1: City considering January bids for Danny Omo after Barcelona. Remember,
Speaker 1: Barcelona failed to register Danny Olmo. Failed to register means
Speaker 1: didn't sign him, not once but twice, and players still
Speaker 1: want to go to Barcelona. Kind of hard to do.
Speaker 1: Failed to register Danny Omo not once but twice, but
Speaker 1: Marcus Rashford I want to go to Barcelona. No. Liverpool
Speaker 1: and Manchester City considering bids for Danny Omo. Liverpool have
Speaker 1: had no contact with ac Milan over a move for
Speaker 1: Darwin Nunez, despite reports in Italy claiming a six month
Speaker 1: loan with a forty one and a half million pounds
Speaker 1: obligation to buy deal possibly taking place. Four Letter Paper
Speaker 1: take the information at your own peril. I'm on Diallo
Speaker 1: on the brink of signing a contract extension with Manchester United.
Speaker 1: Arsenal eyeing a deal for Evan Ferguson from Brighton but
Speaker 1: face competition from Fulham and west Ham Athletic. Bill bal
Speaker 1: forward Nico Williams also a target for Arsenal, and the
Speaker 1: Premier League club could trigger the forty eight million pound
Speaker 1: release clause. Spurs and Wolves are interested in England defender
Speaker 1: Ben Godfrey after falling out of favor with Atalanta. Everton
Speaker 1: will not entertain offers for defender Jcobrien in January. Real
Speaker 1: Madrid are watching Born with center back Dean Houston as
Speaker 1: they ponder a January move three letter paper. The Mattai
Speaker 1: Akimboni deal apparently has gone completely thumbs up because the
Speaker 1: pictures are now out on social media with Akimboni holding
Speaker 1: up the jersey. Youve could pursue a loan deal for
Speaker 1: Manchester United's left back Till Malassia until the end of
Speaker 1: the year. That's from Tuto Marcato ip switch in Everton
Speaker 1: eyeing a loan move for Villa winger Jaden Philo Jeen,
Speaker 1: Spurs stepping up their interest in Sam Johnston from Wolves.
Speaker 1: Spurs could also miss out on Denmark left back Patrick Dorgu,
Speaker 1: with Leche increasing their transfer demands to more than thirty
Speaker 1: million pounds. Fiorentina trying to reach an agreement with Liverpool
Speaker 1: to sign Federico Kiyasa for five point eight million pounds.
Speaker 1: Players Repsil hold talks with Liverpool bosses this month. VI
Speaker 1: Kyle Tamori wants to stay at AC Milan despite interest
Speaker 1: from Juve. That's from Gazeta Della Sport. Manchester United are
Speaker 1: looking for ways to offload Antony in January. Rale Betty's
Speaker 1: showing interest in a loan move, Spurs Lester Bayer lever
Speaker 1: Cusen competing for the signing of Udenesse Danish defender Thomas Christiansen.
Speaker 1: Lester among several clubs considering a move from Manchester United
Speaker 1: left back Harry Amas, who is only seventeen four letter
Speaker 1: paper take the information at your own peril. Sheffield United
Speaker 1: considering re signing a forward either Southampton's Ben Brereton Diaz
Speaker 1: or Los Palmis's Ali McBurney in a bid to boost
Speaker 1: their promotion hopes. Either would be a good pickup in
Speaker 1: Mike in my guestimation, I don't think you could go
Speaker 1: wrong with either one. So keep an eye on those,
Speaker 1: especially for the clubs that are looking to try and
Speaker 1: find ways to boost their work and their worth heading
Speaker 1: into the January window. Andy Hunter at The Guardian. Everton
Speaker 1: have confirmed the date of the first game at the
Speaker 1: new Bramley Moor DOC three Test events during the current
Speaker 1: season due to stage full capacity matches in August. Three
Speaker 1: Test events first on Monday seventeen February, when the U
Speaker 1: eight teams will play a friendly in front of ten
Speaker 1: thousand opponent TBA. Everton's U twenty one is are going
Speaker 1: to play a friendly before a twenty five thousand seat
Speaker 1: crowd available late March early April, depending on the successful
Speaker 1: completion of the first test event, and a third game
Speaker 1: at close to or full fifty two eight eighty eight
Speaker 1: will be held later in the year. No competitive matches
Speaker 1: can be held at this stage. The ten thousand crowd
Speaker 1: for the first event housed in the south stand of
Speaker 1: the eight hundred million pound development, including the rail seating
Speaker 1: Club hopes to open the entire stadium for the second
Speaker 1: test event reduce capacities in each stand. Tickets for the
Speaker 1: first two matches, priced at five and five pounds for
Speaker 1: adults two pounds fifty for concessions, will be allocated via
Speaker 1: a ballot that opens today. Everton manager Sean Diysh has
Speaker 1: said that there have been no inquiries for dominant Calvert
Speaker 1: Lewin in this transfer window, despite the striker approaching the
Speaker 1: end of his deal. Calvert Lewin's deal expires at the
Speaker 1: end of the season, and Atlanta reportedly are interested. There's
Speaker 1: been no contact from anyone. Bound to be rumor and conjecture.
Speaker 1: That's the nature of it. End quote. And Daish also
Speaker 1: said that Everton unlikely to take disciplinary action against Neil
Speaker 1: Mopey for his comments on social media. Unconcerned about the
Speaker 1: comments from Neil Mopey. Apparently, Plymouth Argyle scrapped a film
Speaker 1: about Wayne Rooney after Wayne Rooney left, so they were
Speaker 1: they were building they were doing a film about Rooney
Speaker 1: being in charge there Plymouth Argyle. Now that he's no
Speaker 1: longer in charge, they're like, yeah, we probably don't need
Speaker 1: to run that, probably don't need to to continue to
Speaker 1: to build that particular to build that particular film. It's
Speaker 1: probably not a good idea. So if you were looking
Speaker 1: for the Wayne Rooney to Plymouth Argyle film, it's not
Speaker 1: gonna happen. Uh. Apparently spurs injury crisis for this weekend.
Speaker 1: We'll get into gossip, We'll get into a juice boxes
Speaker 1: in a sect. Spurs injury crisis compounded by an illness
Speaker 1: running through the squad before their game with Newcastle on Saturday.
Speaker 1: Spurs already without nine players for the match at home
Speaker 1: to Newcastle, including first choice keeper and three of therefore
Speaker 1: central defenders who are all injured. Tom Allman at the Times,
Speaker 1: Pasta Coglu gave players Monday and Tuesday off after the
Speaker 1: draw with Wolves on Sunday to help them recover and
Speaker 1: so now he says, there's a bit of an illness
Speaker 1: bug running through the squad. We'll be okay, he says.
Speaker 1: We mentioned what Spurs are up to in the window,
Speaker 1: what everybody's up to in the window where you're playing
Speaker 1: seven matches probably in three weeks across multiple competitions for
Speaker 1: Charles and Mikey. Moore could be back next week. Pasta
Speaker 1: Coglo said Van deven, Romero and Davis not expected to
Speaker 1: return until the back end of January. Udogi out for
Speaker 1: six weeks with a hamstring injury suffered against Wolves. Viaccari
Speaker 1: and Odebar are even further behind, the Italian keeper likely
Speaker 1: to be out until the end of February. Betank Car
Speaker 1: suspended for the match against Newcastle after he was booked
Speaker 1: with Wolves on the weekend. Holy ish. So if if
Speaker 1: you're in fantasy, maybe you should go chasing after Newcastle,
Speaker 1: find a way, find a way to get Alexander Esach
Speaker 1: on your roster, legitimately, find a way to get Esock
Speaker 1: on your roster for this weekend and going forward. And
Speaker 1: if you are in the juice boxes, like I said,
Speaker 1: we'll get into juice boxes in a second, but you
Speaker 1: probably could take the over. We'll get into the over
Speaker 1: in the juice boxes and see what it looks like
Speaker 1: here coming up in a sec. Let's see Manu managers.
Speaker 1: Plymouth got a point in their first game with after
Speaker 1: Rooney's exit. All right, so let's get into juice boxes
Speaker 1: for the Premier League as we go here on the weekend,
Speaker 1: and we'll go over the standings and let you know
Speaker 1: where everything is. This weekend is normal. Next weekend is
Speaker 1: FA Cup, so keep an eye out for all of that.
Speaker 1: So Premier League juice boxes. Seven matches tomorrow, by the way,
Speaker 1: Spurs and Newcastle is the early match. Spurs get this.
Speaker 1: Spurs a dog at home and a plus one eighty
Speaker 1: four Newcastle favored at home, are favorite on the road
Speaker 1: of the plus one twenty four in the composite courtesy
Speaker 1: of our friends at Odds Portal ten o'clock. You've got
Speaker 1: five matches. Villa big favorite at home against Leicester to
Speaker 1: minus three twenty three born With favored at home. Big
Speaker 1: favorite at home at the Vitality to minus one thirty
Speaker 1: seven hosting Everton a plus three seventy six. Leicester by
Speaker 1: the Way North of plus eight eight fifteen Crystal Palace
Speaker 1: home dog to Chelsea. Chelsea's a minus one a eight
Speaker 1: Crystal Palace a plus two sixty six. Manchester City big
Speaker 1: favorite at home to west Ham at a minus three
Speaker 1: thirty three. Southampton a home dog to Brentford. Brentford to
Speaker 1: plus one thirty nine at Saint Mary Southampton is a
Speaker 1: plus one eighty seven. Brighton is the late game, hosting
Speaker 1: Arsenal at the Amex at twelve thirty Eastern time. Brighton
Speaker 1: is a plus three thirty eight Arsenal of minus one
Speaker 1: twenty five. Sunday two matches one at nine Fulham and
Speaker 1: Ipswitch Fulhams of minus one seventy two Ipswitch on the
Speaker 1: road to plus four fifty at Craven Cottage, Liverpool Manchester United.
Speaker 1: Liverpool can hold Manchester United down for yet another weekend.
Speaker 1: Heading into FA Cup play Liverpool of minus three thirty
Speaker 1: three at home hosting Manchester United, who's almost a plus
Speaker 1: eight hundred Monday Night Football Wolves and Nottingham Forest Forest
Speaker 1: favored at the Molenu on the road at a plus
Speaker 1: one twenty seven, Wolves a plus two twenty seven. And
Speaker 1: that is that's what you're looking at when it comes
Speaker 1: to Wolves and Nottingham. For it is once again staggered
Speaker 1: schedule four to four and two on the fourteenth and
Speaker 1: fifteenth and the sixteenth, but once again seven matches tomorrow
Speaker 1: in the Premier League. Your standings Liverpool match in hand
Speaker 1: six points clear of Arsenal fourteen to three and one.
Speaker 1: Liverpool's lost only once in the Premier League at the
Speaker 1: halfway point of the season. Close to the halfway point
Speaker 1: of the season, six points clear Arsenal at thirty nine
Speaker 1: points Forrest at thirty seven. Chelsea's lost to in a row.
Speaker 1: They're at thirty five, Newcastle fifth at thirty two. They've
Speaker 1: won four in a row. Manchester City is sixth. They've
Speaker 1: surrendered twelve points from winning positions this year. Those twelve
Speaker 1: points would have them at forty three points behind by
Speaker 1: two of the match in hand. Instead, they're at thirty
Speaker 1: one points in sixth Bournemouth unbeaten in five. They're at
Speaker 1: thirty Fulham ahead of Aston Villa on goal difference at
Speaker 1: twenty nine points, Brightness tenth at twenty seven. Spurs have
Speaker 1: lost three of five. They've only won once in their
Speaker 1: last five. Spurs are at twenty four points, well ahead
Speaker 1: of Brentford on goal difference. West Ham at twenty three.
Speaker 1: Manchester United fourteenth place. They've lost three in a row
Speaker 1: four of five at twenty two points. Crystal Palace is
Speaker 1: at twenty Everton's at seventeen. They only have one win
Speaker 1: in their last five. They only have one point in
Speaker 1: their last fourth. Sorry, they only have three points in
Speaker 1: their last four. Wolves at sixteen points, just out of
Speaker 1: the relegation zone. Ipswich has won two of four. They're
Speaker 1: at fifteen Ipswich Leicester Southampton. Southampton's won only once at
Speaker 1: the halfway point of the season one three and fifteen.
Speaker 1: They've only scored twelve goals. They've given up thirty nine
Speaker 1: goals in nineteen matches, so that's why they are at
Speaker 1: six points right now in the Premier League. What to watch,
Speaker 1: Where to watch it, how to watch it yesterday if
Speaker 1: you had the chance to watch Old Firm long day,
Speaker 1: three nil win on the board yesterday crazy so three
Speaker 1: nil win on the board yesterday, so Old Firm definitely
Speaker 1: a stunner. Super Copa Italiano semifinals in Saudi Arabia, but
Speaker 1: because of course right now today league only three o'clock
Speaker 1: Nis and wren being in being an Espanol. If you
Speaker 1: don't have the b NS, you don't have new Western
Speaker 1: La cdo for the fans. Lega one max, Lega one
Speaker 1: max pro tay say our buddy Nino Torres and Gold TV.
Speaker 1: You can get all that at Finanates FNTZ dot co
Speaker 1: slash soccer down here helps us out, helps out our
Speaker 1: friends at Finates, helps you out. Being a true degenerate
Speaker 1: Liga on Legua one max sorry ligan in Espanola, being
Speaker 1: a being an Espaniol. Three o'clock Valencia and Real Madrid
Speaker 1: ESPN Deportis at three just starting Golf Cup Nations the
Speaker 1: final on the Plus Oman and Bahrain. Copa del Rey
Speaker 1: has three matches on the Plus at one o'clock. Racing
Speaker 1: Federal Riya Vayacano, Granada, Hitafe, Pontevedra, Majorca Valencia Real Madrid
Speaker 1: three o'clock. A League was up early this morning and
Speaker 1: they're going to be around late tonight, five point forty
Speaker 1: five Perth Glory in Western United BAM will be pleased
Speaker 1: about all of this. A League Women ten o'clock tonight,
Speaker 1: Wellington and Perth, and then two o'clock once again, you've
Speaker 1: A and AC Milan in the super Copa Italiana semifinals,
Speaker 1: which will not be in Italy, They'll be in Saudi Arabia,
Speaker 1: by the way, on the weekend. If you want to
Speaker 1: keep track of what is going on involving our friend
Speaker 1: Caleb Wiley and what's going on in League unh uh.
Speaker 1: Legun's got some They got a lot of a lot
Speaker 1: of ground to cover, and Strasbourg is not up and running,
Speaker 1: which is strange. So hang on just a second now
Speaker 1: that my now that my interest is peaked, it's like,
Speaker 1: where's Strasburg? Where is Strasburg? Come on now, all right,
Speaker 1: So France League unh uh. Strasbourg is nine o'clock on
Speaker 1: Sunday morning, and they're playing all Share and they're slightly
Speaker 1: favored at home of minus one fourteen. All Share is
Speaker 1: a plus three hundred on the board highlights from what
Speaker 1: to watch on the weekend, uh being Triple Header on Saturday,
Speaker 1: League due at eight o'clock in the morning, Syria nine
Speaker 1: o'clock in the morning, CBS Sports Network. All the matchups
Speaker 1: in the Premier League either on NBC USA or on Peacock,
Speaker 1: Fox Deporte says Siria Universo, simul Casting Telemundo simul casting.
Speaker 1: A League is on ESPN. The Plus has the Copa
Speaker 1: del Ray all day Saturday. Paramount Plus has Syria English
Speaker 1: Championship all day on Saturday morning, seven thirty and ten.
Speaker 1: Two matches at seven thirty three at ten o'clock. League
Speaker 1: One Wrexham and Peterborough United's also at ten o'clock in
Speaker 1: the morning on Saturday. That gets you into Sunday. More League,
Speaker 1: more Super Cup, more Premier League at being being an Espanol, USA, Peacock,
Speaker 1: all those places, Gold TV, Santa Clada Ferense and don't
Speaker 1: forget our buddy, need not Torre's calling the heavyweights on
Speaker 1: Gold TV in the Portuguese Permira on the weekend as well.
Speaker 1: Check your juice boxes and check your times. Copa del
Speaker 1: Ray's on ESPN Plus. English Championship Sunderland and Portsmouth is
Speaker 1: Sunday morning, Syria Quadruple Header six thirty nine and two
Speaker 1: forty five Scottish Championship. Heabernian Rangers at seven Motherwell in
Speaker 1: Aberdeen at nine thirty on the Sunday morning, and that
Speaker 1: gets us to Monday, all right. So that's another go
Speaker 1: round of another week here on the SDH network. Thanks
Speaker 1: for dropping by, and we'll do it again on Monday morning.
Speaker 1: So thanks for all of your thoughts about twenty twenty four.
Speaker 1: We're getting into twenty twenty five. Should be Abe and
Speaker 1: Bart joining us on Monday morning and we're back into
Speaker 1: the normal routine of everything going on on your Monday.
Speaker 1: So thanks for hanging out with us on the new
Speaker 1: software in the new studio space and everything. And I've
Speaker 1: got to tell Bart that he can reverse his image
Speaker 1: next time he's on, so he can flip it so
Speaker 1: we're not reading everything backwards kind of because I learned
Speaker 1: that yesterday thanks to y'all, Thanks to Jason about flipping everything.
Speaker 1: So that is it for another go round of SDH
Speaker 1: bunch of platy. I'll played safe and since it's the
Speaker 1: end of the show, that means I get to do
Speaker 1: this one more time today. Back at it again on
Speaker 1: Monday morning, nine oh five NPSL interview that's going to
Speaker 1: be posted to the audio portion of the network. One
Speaker 1: of the new franchises based in Brooklyn, New York. Osner's FC.
Speaker 1: Great conversation that we had with them yesterday. It gives
Speaker 1: you a little something to listen to on the weekend.
Speaker 1: So for everybody here at SDH, plate safe. Everybody mots plots,
Speaker 1: y'all since the end of the show. That means they
Speaker 1: can do this mm hmm.