WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:02.240 Face has dropped on a new week of soccer. Down here, 2 00:00:02.319 --> 00:00:06.440 John here, you there, Abe over there. Abe is truly 3 00:00:06.519 --> 00:00:08.759 on the Tom Kaflin scale this morning. 4 00:00:08.839 --> 00:00:09.199 He is. 5 00:00:09.279 --> 00:00:13.000 He is in like way before everybody else he was, 6 00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:17.559 look get this okay, So full disclosure, I was putting 7 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:20.199 highlights in and post from Brad and we'll hear that 8 00:00:20.239 --> 00:00:24.559 after Abe departs, you know, in about twenty minutes. But yeah, 9 00:00:24.559 --> 00:00:27.719 I'm dumping highlights in and getting everything ready. Abe pops 10 00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:30.160 up at like nine oh one and he's just like 11 00:00:30.239 --> 00:00:32.759 he's ready to go. He's gassed up, ready to talk 12 00:00:32.799 --> 00:00:34.759 about Atlanta and Philly in a double match week. 13 00:00:34.799 --> 00:00:36.000 So, hi, partner, how you doing. 14 00:00:36.560 --> 00:00:39.520 I'm doing pretty good, a lot better than I thought 15 00:00:39.640 --> 00:00:41.759 I would be doing after a one to one drawl, 16 00:00:42.039 --> 00:00:45.119 let's put it that way. But we've for for once 17 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:46.960 this season at Landay United had had a couple of 18 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:50.200 things maybe slide in their favor. We'll get into it, 19 00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:53.679 but it's it's it's still all the air for him, 20 00:00:53.719 --> 00:00:55.560 which is not what I thought i'd be saying if 21 00:00:55.600 --> 00:00:56.799 they didn't have three points. 22 00:00:57.320 --> 00:01:00.799 Really, I mean, so you you thought that one point 23 00:01:00.799 --> 00:01:03.520 would make even the slightest bit of difference in your opinion, 24 00:01:03.560 --> 00:01:05.480 heading into the stretch run here with a handful of 25 00:01:05.480 --> 00:01:06.200 matches to go. 26 00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:09.640 Well, it's not really in my opinion, But in terms 27 00:01:09.719 --> 00:01:14.680 of what Atlanta United can control, I mean, yeah, I mean, 28 00:01:15.079 --> 00:01:19.280 you got so lucky that Chicago scored a late equalizer 29 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:23.120 against Toronto, and that's the only reason that things are 30 00:01:23.159 --> 00:01:26.560 still in your control, because you've got everyone essentially has 31 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:29.120 a game in hand on Toronto, but they are only 32 00:01:29.159 --> 00:01:32.760 three points away. There was a time late on Saturday 33 00:01:32.840 --> 00:01:35.200 night where they were five points away and it was 34 00:01:35.239 --> 00:01:41.079 pretty much done. But I thought that they were gonna 35 00:01:41.079 --> 00:01:44.799 be needing help. As it stands right now, they do 36 00:01:44.840 --> 00:01:47.879 still control their own destiny, at least by my calculations. 37 00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:51.519 I mean, it's a jumbled mess. You got eight, nine, 38 00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:55.840 and ten all at thirty seven, eleven and twelve all 39 00:01:55.959 --> 00:01:59.239 at thirty four, and then Nashville right behind at thirty three. 40 00:01:59.359 --> 00:02:04.719 So as odd as it seems, depending on results Atlanta 41 00:02:04.760 --> 00:02:07.719 and I, it could actually be in eighth place with 42 00:02:07.799 --> 00:02:11.479 a win on Wednesday, So you'd need some help and 43 00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:15.080 some some other results. But I still think it's right 44 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:17.919 there for the taking. And I did not think I 45 00:02:17.919 --> 00:02:22.800 would be saying that without a win. Uh. I've been 46 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:25.159 using the same term for the past couple of days here, 47 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:28.800 John and I know how much we all love school, 48 00:02:30.120 --> 00:02:37.680 an academy or college or or whatever university what they're 49 00:02:37.759 --> 00:02:39.960 doing now. I was never like this. I was an 50 00:02:39.960 --> 00:02:44.000 outstanding student, obviously, But I think we all know if 51 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:47.280 it wasn't you. We all know someone who waited until 52 00:02:47.479 --> 00:02:50.960 the night before a paper was due to start the paper. 53 00:02:51.960 --> 00:02:54.240 And what do we call that procrastination? 54 00:02:54.479 --> 00:02:56.240 Procrast procrastination. 55 00:02:56.560 --> 00:03:00.000 So I've been calling this point procrastination for the past 56 00:03:00.120 --> 00:03:03.199 couple of days because that's really what it is. And 57 00:03:03.800 --> 00:03:06.719 somehow you're still have the potential to get this thing 58 00:03:06.759 --> 00:03:11.960 in before the deadline, right, But that change is on 59 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:15.800 Wednesday night. I think Wednesday there is no more. Boy, 60 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:17.759 you lucked out with some of the other results, you 61 00:03:17.800 --> 00:03:20.840 still have a chance. I think that goes away on 62 00:03:20.919 --> 00:03:24.159 Wednesday if you don't get three points. And so look 63 00:03:24.199 --> 00:03:26.599 at Lady United played it a little bit smart, a 64 00:03:26.599 --> 00:03:28.599 little bit safe, and they got a little bit of 65 00:03:28.639 --> 00:03:33.240 help on the weekend. Quite frankly, I was disappointed in 66 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:36.759 what we saw on Saturday night. I thought you needed 67 00:03:36.800 --> 00:03:40.479 to be a little bit more reckless in finding a 68 00:03:40.520 --> 00:03:44.280 result as it turns out, like I said, you were 69 00:03:44.360 --> 00:03:48.680 actually okay with the one point, but I did not 70 00:03:48.879 --> 00:03:51.879 think that would be the case. With eight minutes left 71 00:03:51.879 --> 00:03:56.520 in the Toronto Chicago match, that wasn't the case. So 72 00:03:57.080 --> 00:03:58.800 I thought you needed to be a little you know, 73 00:03:58.840 --> 00:04:03.240 I said it in the five Stripes countdown, like there's 74 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:07.360 a very fine line between like being brave and being 75 00:04:07.840 --> 00:04:13.240 reckless stupid. Yeah, yeah, And I thought that Landa United 76 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:16.120 had to go right up to that line to really 77 00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:20.360 push as far all in as you possibly could without 78 00:04:20.399 --> 00:04:23.399 playing dumb, without like giving yourself no chance to win. 79 00:04:23.839 --> 00:04:26.480 I don't think they did that on Saturday. Quite frankly, 80 00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:29.759 it felt way too often at times, especially in the 81 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:32.759 first half, that they would have been comfortable getting a 82 00:04:32.839 --> 00:04:35.800 draw out of that. And I mean I would argue 83 00:04:35.839 --> 00:04:38.279 that I'd rather have zero points than one point. At 84 00:04:38.360 --> 00:04:40.879 least I knew you went for it in that realm, 85 00:04:40.920 --> 00:04:44.040 but they didn't go for it. They do still come 86 00:04:44.079 --> 00:04:46.319 away with a draw, they still come away with one point, 87 00:04:46.399 --> 00:04:49.680 and somehow they are still alive in this thing. But 88 00:04:51.040 --> 00:04:54.839 it's gonna have to be the exact same conversation on Wednesday. 89 00:04:55.439 --> 00:04:58.920 I mean, there's just no way around it you can't 90 00:04:58.959 --> 00:05:02.439 get another draw. I've had three straight draws. Now you 91 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:07.240 cannot get another draw and get into the postseason. It 92 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:11.040 has to be three points. And I'll say it again, 93 00:05:11.199 --> 00:05:14.439 I'd rather see zero points than one point on Wednesday. 94 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:17.360 You have to go for it in a way that 95 00:05:17.439 --> 00:05:21.720 you probably is uncomfortable, in a way that there's probably 96 00:05:21.720 --> 00:05:24.879 a lot of abandon in that in that form, but 97 00:05:25.360 --> 00:05:28.000 you have to go for it, like there's there's no 98 00:05:28.079 --> 00:05:32.160 more time, there's not another night to procrastinate, there's no 99 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:35.920 more asking the teacher for an extension, like you have 100 00:05:36.199 --> 00:05:40.879 three games left, You're you're still in what eleventh place? 101 00:05:42.079 --> 00:05:44.480 The games are there, the opponents are there, the points 102 00:05:44.480 --> 00:05:48.480 are there for you to get in. But uh, you 103 00:05:48.560 --> 00:05:50.680 got to get started on this thing and you can't 104 00:05:50.720 --> 00:05:53.800 put it off any longer. And that starts Wednesday. I 105 00:05:53.839 --> 00:05:56.399 will say this, We did see some really good performances 106 00:05:56.439 --> 00:06:01.600 individually on on Saturday night. I think it starts in 107 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:05.439 the back Brad Guzan his last couple of games, but 108 00:06:05.519 --> 00:06:10.079 really all season long, he has been just just when 109 00:06:10.120 --> 00:06:13.279 you thought like the time had come right and and 110 00:06:13.399 --> 00:06:16.680 we all know that that you know father time, you know, 111 00:06:16.759 --> 00:06:21.720 undefeated thought he was all right, he's coming off the injury. 112 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:24.480 This this is probably what he's gonna be and we'll 113 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:26.959 live with that. But but you could see it. He's 114 00:06:26.959 --> 00:06:31.160 diminished this season, has shown a return to a form 115 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:33.639 that I didn't think he could find, and especially in 116 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:40.959 the last couple of games as well. And I mean it, 117 00:06:41.160 --> 00:06:45.199 it's been imperative for him to have had. I mean, 118 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:49.360 what do you have like one point six goals prevented? Uh, 119 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:52.079 two games ago and like one point one or one 120 00:06:52.079 --> 00:06:56.000 point two? Yeah, this way, like these are crazy numbers. Uh, 121 00:06:56.319 --> 00:06:59.439 these really are. And how many times over the past 122 00:06:59.480 --> 00:07:02.839 like five years, have we just seen some goalie stand 123 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:06.800 on their head against Atlanti United and it just feels 124 00:07:06.839 --> 00:07:08.920 like nothing you can do with the ball is gonna 125 00:07:08.920 --> 00:07:12.079 get past this guy. Yeah, and I know that Brad 126 00:07:12.120 --> 00:07:14.839 has conceded a couple here and there, two last game 127 00:07:15.240 --> 00:07:17.079 or game before this, and then one in this one. 128 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:20.360 But he almost wonder from the perspective of other fans 129 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:23.439 are watching Brad and just be like, what do we 130 00:07:23.519 --> 00:07:26.160 have to do to get a goal past this guy? 131 00:07:26.399 --> 00:07:29.800 It's nice to kind of even in draws, to kind 132 00:07:29.839 --> 00:07:32.160 of be on the other side of this for a moment. 133 00:07:32.240 --> 00:07:35.160 So tip of a cap to Brad, he has been 134 00:07:35.279 --> 00:07:37.319 simply outstanding. 135 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:39.439 Down the stretch numbers from the past match. 136 00:07:39.480 --> 00:07:41.600 According to our friends at the Sofa Score, they graded 137 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:45.639 him out at a seven point six seven saves goals prevented, 138 00:07:45.720 --> 00:07:49.120 one on a quarter, one high claim saves from inside 139 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:51.439 the box. Three and we'll get some of those saves 140 00:07:51.480 --> 00:07:53.399 coming up here in just a little bit. Thirty eight 141 00:07:53.439 --> 00:07:57.000 touches seventeen to twenty four, passing at seventy one percent, 142 00:07:57.439 --> 00:08:01.319 five of twelve on his long balls. So Brad, as 143 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:04.759 you mentioned, bucking a quarter goals prevented last time out 144 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:09.079 against Philly, And literally there are times where and I 145 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:12.720 think to your point, I think that Brad is a 146 00:08:12.879 --> 00:08:17.759 year further away from surgery, a year further away from 147 00:08:17.920 --> 00:08:20.560 the recovery, and so you become more and more confident 148 00:08:20.959 --> 00:08:24.360 about how you're feeling about your body below the waist, 149 00:08:24.439 --> 00:08:26.639 considering the injury that he had with the achilles and 150 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:29.160 then the knee. So I think that the further away 151 00:08:29.199 --> 00:08:31.560 you get from those kinds of things, then you get 152 00:08:31.560 --> 00:08:33.200 to see the Brad g is in that we were 153 00:08:33.240 --> 00:08:33.840 talking about. 154 00:08:34.240 --> 00:08:36.000 Are you suggesting we're gonna have to wait a whole 155 00:08:36.039 --> 00:08:40.679 nother year to watch Kirk Cousins Levy offense, Wow down, is. 156 00:08:40.600 --> 00:08:42.600 That where we're at, Well, it might be that, you know, hey, 157 00:08:42.600 --> 00:08:44.720 we're in the same building, so it might very well 158 00:08:44.759 --> 00:08:47.519 be that. But I think that with Cousins, since it 159 00:08:47.600 --> 00:08:50.399 is a reaction Monday. I think that with Kirk Cousins, 160 00:08:50.759 --> 00:08:53.279 I think that what you're looking at there is someone 161 00:08:53.320 --> 00:08:57.120 who's not one hundred percent yeah, And what you're trying 162 00:08:57.159 --> 00:09:01.240 to do offensively is I think you what skills he 163 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:06.000 may have and work with that, and then you know, 164 00:09:06.320 --> 00:09:08.559 make sure that everybody stays away from him. All of 165 00:09:08.559 --> 00:09:10.840 the targets that you're throwing at, make sure they stay 166 00:09:10.840 --> 00:09:13.799 away from him. Do quick stuff, do handoffs, rely on 167 00:09:13.840 --> 00:09:17.600 Bjean Robinson, those kinds of things. And so it might 168 00:09:17.679 --> 00:09:20.000 be later this year with Kirk Cousins, it might be 169 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:22.360 next season year two as you're getting ready for Michael 170 00:09:22.399 --> 00:09:25.960 Pennix to take over a So I mean, it's uh, 171 00:09:26.519 --> 00:09:27.720 I think you're onto something there. 172 00:09:27.879 --> 00:09:29.360 It might have been a game and a half from 173 00:09:29.440 --> 00:09:31.480 him taken over if you didn't pull that one out yesterday. 174 00:09:31.480 --> 00:09:34.200 But that's neither here to know there. I think I 175 00:09:34.279 --> 00:09:37.679 think the other point is, and yes, it's the injury, 176 00:09:37.720 --> 00:09:41.639 but it's also and look like I'm older, I think 177 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:45.279 than Brad. So like, don't don't take this the wrong way, 178 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:48.919 but like it is in soccer terms, the elevated age 179 00:09:49.480 --> 00:09:52.159 while returning from the injury. Like it's one thing to 180 00:09:52.159 --> 00:09:54.840 be twenty four and come off in Achilles and maybe 181 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:57.440 you can find that form again, right, but to be 182 00:09:57.840 --> 00:09:59.679 what is he thirty six, thirty seven. 183 00:09:59.600 --> 00:10:03.960 Something, Brad? Brad is hey older than that. Brad's a man. 184 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:06.080 Brad is a man. 185 00:10:06.480 --> 00:10:10.159 Oh yeah, he's he's older than me. Good for me. Yeah, 186 00:10:10.200 --> 00:10:12.440 So so I mean that's part of the equation is 187 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:15.240 as to why I'm so surprised that he could return 188 00:10:15.720 --> 00:10:18.679 to form is just even naturally as a thirty nine 189 00:10:18.759 --> 00:10:21.200 year old forty year old goalkeeper, you feel like you 190 00:10:21.279 --> 00:10:24.080 lose a step, maybe you can't cover the distance. When 191 00:10:24.080 --> 00:10:27.279 you add in the Achilles injury to that even more so, 192 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:30.879 but that just doesn't seem to be the case. And like, 193 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:34.879 has he maybe lost a slight step or a little 194 00:10:34.879 --> 00:10:37.879 bit of reaction time. I mean, sure that's always gonna happen, 195 00:10:37.919 --> 00:10:41.720 but you know, obviously his knowledge of the position, his 196 00:10:41.879 --> 00:10:45.320 knowledge of this team, his knowledge of the league has 197 00:10:45.399 --> 00:10:48.639 made up for that, and you just don't feel like 198 00:10:48.720 --> 00:10:52.159 he's not able to get the job done. Especially in 199 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:55.480 recent weeks, he hasn't been. I can't remember a better 200 00:10:55.559 --> 00:11:00.559 two game stretch than he had against Red Bulls and 201 00:11:00.080 --> 00:11:04.120 and against Philly. And you said a goal in a quarter. 202 00:11:04.600 --> 00:11:07.000 It was definitely more than that against Red Bulls. I 203 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:10.120 think it was over a goal and a half. I 204 00:11:10.159 --> 00:11:12.360 think his you know, and obviously a lot of that 205 00:11:12.399 --> 00:11:16.080 goes to the PK save, right, I think his rating 206 00:11:16.240 --> 00:11:19.039 was like eight point one or something like that on 207 00:11:19.120 --> 00:11:22.720 SOFA score, Like the numbers were crazy, but even separate 208 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:24.039 of the PK save, which. 209 00:11:23.919 --> 00:11:26.039 Eight point eight against Red Bulls. 210 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:29.320 Yeah, so one point yeah, so eight saves, one point 211 00:11:29.399 --> 00:11:32.480 seven to one goals prevented, two punches too high claim 212 00:11:32.559 --> 00:11:35.039 seven from inside the box, seven saves inside the box, 213 00:11:35.080 --> 00:11:37.480 a PK save, forty five touches fourteen to twenty eight, 214 00:11:37.519 --> 00:11:41.320 passing twelve twenty six on long balls, is won his 215 00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:42.559 only aerial duell. 216 00:11:42.759 --> 00:11:44.360 So yeah, Brad was a busy man. 217 00:11:44.559 --> 00:11:47.080 Yeah, but you're talking about in a two game stretch 218 00:11:47.159 --> 00:11:51.600 back to back that is over three goals statistically prevented, 219 00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:55.639 Like that's a crazy number. For like the world's best 220 00:11:55.679 --> 00:11:59.240 goalkeepers and to do it as a forty year old 221 00:11:59.360 --> 00:12:04.039 coming off of the injury a while ago, while wearing 222 00:12:04.039 --> 00:12:08.480 the captain's arm band, rightfully, So it's just as impressive 223 00:12:08.519 --> 00:12:13.559 as he's ever been. And so, yeah, I don't know 224 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:15.639 how he keeps doing it. I'm glad he's doing it. 225 00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:18.120 He's probably gonna have to do it another time because 226 00:12:19.519 --> 00:12:21.639 you know, they're they're they're starting a round into form 227 00:12:21.679 --> 00:12:27.039 and the last two games are our good buddy Joseph 228 00:12:27.039 --> 00:12:30.000 Martinez has scored three goals in the last two games, 229 00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:32.639 and so he's starting to heat back up a little bit. 230 00:12:32.720 --> 00:12:36.720 And and yeah, it's it's it's a game, quite frankly, 231 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:39.440 you have to have so that that's there's no more 232 00:12:39.519 --> 00:12:40.879 walking around it this time. 233 00:12:41.360 --> 00:12:44.480 Never heard of this Martinez individual that you're discussing. 234 00:12:44.519 --> 00:12:45.840 Never heard of him, all. 235 00:12:45.799 --> 00:12:48.519 Right, So since we've started at the back, let's take 236 00:12:48.559 --> 00:12:52.240 the next step forward and talk about Pedro Amador. Brad 237 00:12:52.279 --> 00:12:54.720 made a point post match to talk about Pedro and 238 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:59.519 how he's integrating into what they're asking him to do. 239 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:01.559 I think the Brad had mentioned after the match that 240 00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:05.519 he's looking for Pedro to get more offensive minded at times, 241 00:13:05.559 --> 00:13:09.879 because right now you'll see the occasional inside run from Pedro, 242 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:13.519 but defensively you're getting what you were looking at when 243 00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:15.639 you saw him on tape and you asked around and 244 00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:18.600 you kick the tires on folks. Pedro Amador on the 245 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:22.039 left for Atland United has really grown into what they're 246 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:23.519 asking him to do defensively. 247 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:26.799 Well, a couple of things, and I mentioned this. You know, 248 00:13:26.840 --> 00:13:29.840 we get the formation at the same time everyone else 249 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:34.840 does off of social media, and we obviously I don't 250 00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:37.600 know if it's a huge surprise, but we noticed Tyler 251 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:40.480 Wolf in the starting lineup. And I turned to my 252 00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:43.799 co host Garrett Chapman when we're doing this and I say, 253 00:13:44.240 --> 00:13:46.960 I'll tell you what, Like, Tyler's not going to give 254 00:13:46.960 --> 00:13:49.480 you offensively what some of the other guys are gonna do. 255 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:54.039 He's going to be an upgrade defensively up there on 256 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:56.879 the left side. I said, I think you're able to 257 00:13:56.919 --> 00:14:00.399 do this because of Pedro Amador and the cross and 258 00:14:00.440 --> 00:14:03.120 the play that he's had on the left wing, and 259 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:06.919 with all due respect to Ronald Hernandez and Caleb Wiley 260 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:11.320 before him, it previously always felt like it was Brooks 261 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:14.360 Lennon getting up to send in across, and I think 262 00:14:14.440 --> 00:14:16.919 more and more recently we've seen Pedro Amador on the 263 00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:20.120 other side get up to send in across. And I 264 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:24.240 think the elevated offense from that left back position did 265 00:14:24.279 --> 00:14:27.519 allow you to play Tyler Wolf up top. And obviously 266 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:31.120 there's some depth issues and injuries that also factored in. 267 00:14:31.159 --> 00:14:33.440 I'm not gonna pretend it was only because of that, 268 00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:38.639 but yeah, he has been outstanding. And we talked about 269 00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:41.639 Brad Kuzan's two game run. It's now like a five 270 00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:45.200 game run for Pedro Amador where every single game and 271 00:14:45.240 --> 00:14:46.879 I know it only got like I think he's only 272 00:14:46.919 --> 00:14:49.399 got still the one assist a couple of games ago, 273 00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:52.679 but it just feels like every single game, You're like, man, 274 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:57.080 this guy just feels dangerous. He feels in rhythm, in 275 00:14:57.120 --> 00:15:00.879 the flow, the chemistry, and no longer seems to be 276 00:15:00.919 --> 00:15:03.200 an issue. He's had like five or six game run 277 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:06.080 now where like every time he steps off the field. 278 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:08.519 And Jay Fortune, by the way, also kind of in 279 00:15:08.600 --> 00:15:11.039 this group of guys who are like, man, like four 280 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:13.919 or five straight games, this guy has really brought it. 281 00:15:14.879 --> 00:15:17.279 And I think Pedro Amador's is kind of leading to 282 00:15:17.399 --> 00:15:21.919 charge on that, because look, you did send away a 283 00:15:21.960 --> 00:15:25.679 lot of talent, and not that we were forgetting Caleb Wiley, 284 00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:30.879 but so much focus was on on Yakamachus going away 285 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:33.720 and on Thiago Almana going away, he almost forgot. You 286 00:15:33.799 --> 00:15:37.960 also sent a kid in Caleb Wiley that was about 287 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:40.919 as good as any, or certainly has the potential to 288 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:43.799 be as good as any. And you always worry about 289 00:15:43.799 --> 00:15:46.679 what you're losing in those positions. In just the way 290 00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:49.559 that Pedro Amador has picked it up since Romo Hernandez 291 00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:52.039 got hurt, you just don't feel like you've lost that 292 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:54.840 much there, you know. And they play slightly different and 293 00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:59.480 slightly different aspects of it. But yeah, he's been outstanding. 294 00:15:59.639 --> 00:16:03.200 I know, he kind of kind of saved the goal. 295 00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:06.399 I guess a week ago, didn't know much about it, 296 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:08.600 but ball hit him where. 297 00:16:08.279 --> 00:16:10.639 Oh yeah, I mean basically he does like almost like 298 00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:13.519 a blind behind the back, yeah, save with the leg, 299 00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:15.879 and that starts the run going back the other way. 300 00:16:15.919 --> 00:16:17.960 That creates the chance and the goal for atlanda night. 301 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:21.519 At the other he just seems like he's involved, especially 302 00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:25.679 defensively in key moments. It just feels like he's always there. 303 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:29.440 You don't seem to be worried about him getting caught upfield, 304 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:33.799 and with all that, he's also still adding to the offense. 305 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:38.200 It's been a very impressive run of games for Pedro Amador, 306 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:40.679 a guy that, again a lot of us didn't know 307 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:43.399 a ton about. He was brought in maybe with the 308 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:46.200 idea that potentially Caleb was leaving, but we didn't know 309 00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:49.600 how much we'd actually see him. But he's been very 310 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:51.840 solid in these Like I said, these last four or 311 00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:54.519 five games for him, feels like he's gotten more and 312 00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:55.960 more impactful every single one. 313 00:16:56.159 --> 00:16:58.399 Ape Gordon at Abe Gordon at nine two nine the game, 314 00:16:58.440 --> 00:17:00.080 hanging out with us as he always does, back and 315 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:02.639 leadoff as our Ricky Henderson for the week when it 316 00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:05.319 comes to everything going on here in the world of 317 00:17:05.359 --> 00:17:09.799 soccer with it, Landy United Pedro against Philly six point 318 00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:13.319 eight on sofa score. Played the full ninety and had 319 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:18.359 two clearances, one tackle, two for two on his ground duels, 320 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:20.279 one or five in the air, so total three for 321 00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:24.119 seven on his duels. It was fouled once. Seventy eight touches, 322 00:17:24.680 --> 00:17:27.680 sixty seven percent passing at thirty seven to fifty five. 323 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:30.319 One key pass to your point, two for three on 324 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:32.440 his crosses, four for seven on long balls, had the 325 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:34.759 one big chance created one shot off target, So that 326 00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:38.319 was Pedro against Philly. And we're just seeing this kind 327 00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:43.000 of that, this back line one when it's healthy of Amador, 328 00:17:43.079 --> 00:17:46.519 Derek Williamsteon, Gregorson, Brooks, Lennon with the with the help 329 00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:49.000 that you get from the six, whether it's Bart dropping 330 00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:52.400 back or Dax dropping back or Jay dropping back at 331 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:55.799 any given moment, this back line is solidifying itself and 332 00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:58.559 it's no longer you know the hello, my name is 333 00:17:58.640 --> 00:18:00.799 name tag trying to figure out, Okay, who's my partner 334 00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:03.559 this week? When these four are healthy, you're seeing the 335 00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:04.240 results here. 336 00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:07.680 Well, it does you a couple of things. And I 337 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:10.799 think we all got locked in with Almada and Yakamakas 338 00:18:10.880 --> 00:18:13.119 is having to play up the middle, and then kind 339 00:18:13.119 --> 00:18:15.079 of Brooks will send it in when he can, and 340 00:18:15.160 --> 00:18:18.960 I think you now, I mean Saba has been and 341 00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:21.079 it's not been a four or five game run for Saba. 342 00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:23.200 It's been a year long run for Saba. He's been 343 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:27.359 outstanding all season, with the exception of maybe one or 344 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:29.839 two games in which you could tell he was just tired. 345 00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:33.559 He was a little worn down. He is. The fight 346 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:36.759 has been there for Saba all season, but it felt 347 00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:40.119 now like you can really attack from anywhere because of 348 00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:42.839 the addition of Pedro Amador into this offense. You got 349 00:18:42.839 --> 00:18:45.480 Brooks and Saba on one side, and it could come 350 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:47.839 through the middle with Ronchuck, it can come from the wings. 351 00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:50.720 It does feel like you're a little bit more well 352 00:18:50.799 --> 00:18:54.759 rounded in finding the attacks. And you know, I think 353 00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:57.759 that can only come because you're confident in the back line. 354 00:18:57.839 --> 00:19:00.559 And it's different, right, Like, I mean, we all like 355 00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:04.119 Stean gregorson, I don't know if we want to see 356 00:19:04.160 --> 00:19:06.279 him as as many one on ones as we let 357 00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:09.400 Miles Robinson deal with, right, Like the goal is not 358 00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:12.880 to be facing one on ones, but but you're certainly 359 00:19:13.160 --> 00:19:16.519 able to. And I'm surprised that Derek Williams I think 360 00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:19.759 he's had an outstanding season, uh, because I did not 361 00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:22.599 know what exactly we were gonna get from him back there. 362 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:26.680 But it's been a lot of guys stepping up along 363 00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:31.599 the back line. This is a team that can't win 364 00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:35.240 or not can't, but like hasn't won in the same 365 00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:38.079 way all the time, Like like there are teams in 366 00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:42.119 mls that, like you could circle it and if they're 367 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:44.279 able to do this, they're probably gonna win. If they're 368 00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:46.440 able to do that, they're probably gonna lose. They have 369 00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:50.119 to play the exact same style every single game. It 370 00:19:50.319 --> 00:19:53.119 just feels fluid. Like in the all, like we just 371 00:19:53.119 --> 00:19:56.759 talked about the offensive attack, the defense feels fluid as well, 372 00:19:56.799 --> 00:20:00.519 like like the whole squad feels fluid. And but maybe 373 00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:02.680 you don't want that, Maybe you wish you could like 374 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:06.200 enact your will upon your opponent a little bit more. 375 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:10.640 But I actually like being able to kind of go 376 00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:14.079 with it and swing and move with what the opponent 377 00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:16.920 forces you to do. I think it gives you options 378 00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:19.960 in the event, because there are teams that just cannot 379 00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:23.200 win a game if they're not playing their style. And 380 00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:26.519 look at Lady United hadn't been outstanding this year, but 381 00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:30.400 I do think that they can kind of move and 382 00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:32.960 be malleable with what they're forced to do. And I 383 00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:36.319 think that starts with the defense, the confidence there, and 384 00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:39.400 also what you have been getting in the defensive midfield 385 00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:43.440 a little bit too. So it's been interesting to see. 386 00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:45.400 I mean, like mid season there was this huge flip 387 00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:47.960 right where like all right, like, possession's good. If we 388 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:50.359 win possession, that's fine. We're not going to force our 389 00:20:50.400 --> 00:20:53.400 way to win possession if we have to play slightly 390 00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:56.960 different than we will. And look, they've gotten this far 391 00:20:58.000 --> 00:21:00.119 to the point where they still have a season and 392 00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:02.240 in front of them with three games left and opportunity, 393 00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:05.039 they just have to take advantage of it now. 394 00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:08.599 Malleable the word of the morning. M A L L 395 00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:13.880 E A B L E. Malleable. All right, so you've 396 00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:17.799 got a day and a half basically it is film 397 00:21:17.839 --> 00:21:20.279 study and then it's getting ready and then it's all 398 00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:22.480 of a sudden back at you with some dude named 399 00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:27.240 Martinez and Montreal coming to town. What are you anticipating 400 00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:30.359 with Montreal coming to town? Because it once again, as 401 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:33.039