WEBVTT 1 00:00:28.600 --> 00:00:31.120 Time for an oddman rush here on the SDH network 2 00:00:31.160 --> 00:00:33.439 and we catch up with one of the new franchises 3 00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:35.920 in the NPSL for twenty twenty five. Time to catch 4 00:00:35.960 --> 00:00:38.320 up with our friends at Ozner's FC and hanging out 5 00:00:38.359 --> 00:00:42.880 with us. It is Grand Exalted Poohbah. We's got like 6 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:46.560 nineteen different names on the business card. Jay Ronald is 7 00:00:46.600 --> 00:00:49.359 there and then the director of operations, Jony Somviille. Guys, 8 00:00:49.359 --> 00:00:51.200 thanks for dropping by for a two v one. 9 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:53.960 Thanks for everything else, thanks for having me. 10 00:00:54.159 --> 00:00:57.679 All right, so let me start with you Ronald and 11 00:00:59.039 --> 00:01:04.680 get into the why of the NPSL for Osners FC, 12 00:01:05.120 --> 00:01:06.920 Why why do this? 13 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:09.359 And go into the NPSL. 14 00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:14.519 Well, n PSL was the dreams. It's a it's a summer. 15 00:01:14.519 --> 00:01:19.040 It's a league that's able to elevate our games. Because obviously, 16 00:01:19.040 --> 00:01:20.840 when I do the research, I've seen a lot of 17 00:01:21.040 --> 00:01:25.680 leagues out there. Yes, I could have joined UPSL, I 18 00:01:25.680 --> 00:01:30.480 could have joined uh USL too. I've also going to 19 00:01:30.599 --> 00:01:34.000 join eed P, which is at local leagues here in 20 00:01:34.120 --> 00:01:40.599 New York. But the platform n PSL bring, the reputation 21 00:01:40.920 --> 00:01:43.959 in PSL has those other leagues do not have it. 22 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:45.840 So this is why we made the decision to go 23 00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:49.599 to NPSL as a pro am team. So basically, we 24 00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:52.640 want to affiliate ourselves with a platform that's also going 25 00:01:52.719 --> 00:01:54.719 to give us a national coverage. 26 00:01:54.959 --> 00:01:58.840 And Johnny, this is something that was created a decade 27 00:01:58.879 --> 00:02:03.120 ago and it's met as a pathway for less fortunate 28 00:02:03.120 --> 00:02:06.359 youth in the community and particularly those of Haitian descent. 29 00:02:06.439 --> 00:02:09.840 What's it been like to see things continue to grow 30 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:12.960 over the last decade to where Osner's is making the 31 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:14.599 impacts that it's making to this day. 32 00:02:15.039 --> 00:02:17.960 No, it's been it's been a great Like we're really 33 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:22.520 happy that this project is you know, working now because 34 00:02:22.599 --> 00:02:26.439 the youth the community, they really rely on us because 35 00:02:26.439 --> 00:02:28.879 we have a lot of talented kids that's around and 36 00:02:29.599 --> 00:02:31.919 you know, they just waiting for the team to stop 37 00:02:31.960 --> 00:02:34.120 playing so other people could see them and they could 38 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:38.479 have better opportunity. And also they you know, they could 39 00:02:38.479 --> 00:02:40.719 tell all their kids that lives in the country about it, 40 00:02:40.759 --> 00:02:42.199 and this way we could find a way to bring 41 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:44.080 them so they could play with us too. So it's 42 00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:47.000 been the community is really happy that the project is, 43 00:02:47.039 --> 00:02:48.000 you know, moving. 44 00:02:48.599 --> 00:02:52.719 Brooklyn for those I mean, and we've talked about Ronald, 45 00:02:52.719 --> 00:02:55.240 We've talked to a lot of different franchises that are 46 00:02:55.240 --> 00:02:57.520 there in the tri State and they have their own 47 00:02:57.520 --> 00:03:00.439 little sections and all this kind of stuff. So those 48 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:05.080 that don't know about Osner's and Brooklyn and the footprint 49 00:03:05.199 --> 00:03:09.000 and what it means, what does what does the sport 50 00:03:09.240 --> 00:03:13.719 mean to the Haitian community and to Brooklyn and to both. 51 00:03:14.240 --> 00:03:18.039 Well, when you look at soccer, soccer is in the 52 00:03:18.199 --> 00:03:23.680 heart of our nation. Obviously, back home from Haiti, you 53 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:26.599 could be two neighbors fighting, You could be two neighbors 54 00:03:26.719 --> 00:03:30.319 fighting having disagreement. If a game is playing on the television, 55 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:32.639 the two of us were sitting together watching the game. 56 00:03:32.919 --> 00:03:37.759 So soccer brings people together. And soccer is really the 57 00:03:37.879 --> 00:03:41.280 very first sport in Haiti. While it's the first sport 58 00:03:41.319 --> 00:03:43.439 in Haiti, that's the very first part I learned how 59 00:03:43.479 --> 00:03:46.479 to play in Haiti, and this is my favorite pastime. 60 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:49.719 Although sometimes my older brother used to chase me to 61 00:03:49.759 --> 00:03:52.080 play soccer to go do my homework, but it was 62 00:03:52.159 --> 00:03:56.960 always fun. Now coming here to Brooklyn, as diverse as 63 00:03:57.039 --> 00:04:00.520 Brooklyn is, where we find a lot of other culture 64 00:04:00.639 --> 00:04:03.280 each and we find a lot of them that express 65 00:04:03.439 --> 00:04:06.599 love for the game. So when we are playing together, 66 00:04:06.919 --> 00:04:10.479 it doesn't matter if he's from Ecuador, if it's from Columbia, 67 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:11.680 if it's from Jamaica. 68 00:04:11.960 --> 00:04:13.159 We just focus on one thing. 69 00:04:13.199 --> 00:04:16.600 We're just focusing on winning the game, winning and playing 70 00:04:16.680 --> 00:04:19.000 with each other, so we put make demonstrate the talent 71 00:04:19.199 --> 00:04:19.600 that they have. 72 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:23.120 So that's why is all about with me and Johnny. 73 00:04:23.120 --> 00:04:26.959 When you look at how things are with the with 74 00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:31.199 the NPSL, this is a club that, while you do 75 00:04:31.319 --> 00:04:34.240 have the history that you have, you're starting in the 76 00:04:34.360 --> 00:04:37.920 NPSL this year and a lot of folks are gonna 77 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:40.319 sit there and go, well, yeah, yeah, twenty yeah, the spring, 78 00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:42.639 the summer, it's over there, and you know, it's halfway 79 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:46.399 through the calendar, but it's really not I mean literally 80 00:04:46.519 --> 00:04:49.079 is coming up just around the corner. What are some 81 00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:51.920 of the early challenges that you're sitting are going, Man, 82 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:53.680 we got a boogie on this kind of stuff. If 83 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:55.439 we're gonna get ready for twenty five. 84 00:04:55.680 --> 00:04:59.920 Right, oh, well, we we really really waiting for the challenge. 85 00:05:00.439 --> 00:05:02.639 We really we're trying to surprise everybody. 86 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:04.839 We know. This is a league that's been going on 87 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:05.839 and there's. 88 00:05:05.639 --> 00:05:08.720 A lot of talented players that's taking part of the league. 89 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:12.839 But we really, really, really waiting to make a big impact. 90 00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:16.720 And the early challenge are, you know, doing the tryouts, 91 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:19.720 finding the best players possible and everything. 92 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:22.399 But we I think we we up to the challenge. 93 00:05:22.480 --> 00:05:25.800 I think we're gonna surprise people, and you're gonna keep 94 00:05:25.839 --> 00:05:27.959 hearing the name, and I hope we're gonna come back 95 00:05:27.959 --> 00:05:30.519 here and tell you we told you so. 96 00:05:30.519 --> 00:05:33.079 So Ronald, where is the to do list? 97 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:36.439 I mean you and you know the audio is the 98 00:05:36.480 --> 00:05:38.839 only part that folks are getting to listen to here. 99 00:05:38.839 --> 00:05:41.319 But I'm looking at you as we're recording this. 100 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:42.399 Muh. 101 00:05:43.720 --> 00:05:46.160 There are folks that have to do lists, and they 102 00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:48.319 could be in a bunch of different forms. I mean 103 00:05:48.319 --> 00:05:50.040 it could be in your phone. You sit there in 104 00:05:50.079 --> 00:05:52.319 the old days and your palm pilot, you write something down, 105 00:05:52.360 --> 00:05:54.079 you pull out the stylist, you write something down, you 106 00:05:54.160 --> 00:05:56.199 jamm the stylist back in, you file it away, and 107 00:05:56.240 --> 00:05:58.959 you go, uh. It could be on a you know, 108 00:05:58.959 --> 00:06:01.439 it could be on legal pay, could be on a notebook, 109 00:06:01.519 --> 00:06:03.879 could be on the refrigerator with a magnet. And you 110 00:06:03.879 --> 00:06:05.680 sit there and you got an idea at two o'clock 111 00:06:05.720 --> 00:06:07.680 in the morning and it's like, oh, yeah, I've got 112 00:06:07.720 --> 00:06:09.279 to write this down. You go down, you get the 113 00:06:09.279 --> 00:06:11.680 glass of water, you write the idea down, you go 114 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:13.480 back to bed. You look at the idea in the 115 00:06:13.480 --> 00:06:15.519 morning on the refrigerator and you say, what did I 116 00:06:15.639 --> 00:06:19.439 just write down? Where is that work? Could be, you know, 117 00:06:19.480 --> 00:06:21.519 as you and I are talking, it could be on 118 00:06:21.560 --> 00:06:24.759 these one of these big white dry erase boards. It's 119 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:27.079 like six feet by eight feet long, and it's just 120 00:06:27.160 --> 00:06:28.959 out of camera range and it's got a lot of 121 00:06:29.079 --> 00:06:32.800 arrows and you know, things going in different directions. Where 122 00:06:32.920 --> 00:06:35.680 is the to do list for osners to get ready 123 00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:38.519 for the NPSL And what do you think the next 124 00:06:38.639 --> 00:06:41.680 thing you can cross off of that list is as 125 00:06:41.720 --> 00:06:42.959 you get ready for this season? 126 00:06:43.600 --> 00:06:46.000 Well, though I'll an't say the last part, the next 127 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:48.879 thing I'm going to cross off that list is promotion 128 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:51.240 communicating with you because that was a might to do 129 00:06:51.360 --> 00:06:54.879 list and I am somewhat organized. My to do list 130 00:06:54.959 --> 00:06:57.600 is an iPad, so which I always walk around with me. 131 00:06:57.680 --> 00:06:59.759 I have it in my reminders. So the fact that 132 00:06:59.800 --> 00:07:01.240 he's constantly with me. 133 00:07:01.879 --> 00:07:06.240 My uh my wife is say, hey, Ronald, if you 134 00:07:06.360 --> 00:07:09.319 lose that iPad, you you lose your entire life because 135 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:12.879 everything is in my iPad. The reminder, I put reminders, 136 00:07:12.920 --> 00:07:15.319 I put noes, weights constantly beeping. 137 00:07:15.639 --> 00:07:16.800 Again, I don't like noise. 138 00:07:17.600 --> 00:07:21.839 My phone or iPad is vibration, so it's constantly vibrating 139 00:07:21.920 --> 00:07:22.920 of my reminders. 140 00:07:23.279 --> 00:07:25.759 So yes, it's it's in my iPad. 141 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:29.360 So, Johnny, where is your to do list? Or is 142 00:07:29.399 --> 00:07:33.199 it coordinated with Ronald's to do list on his iPad 143 00:07:33.519 --> 00:07:37.160 on vibrate That I imagine is what I don't see 144 00:07:37.279 --> 00:07:40.800 is probably like a set of handcuffs that one handcuff 145 00:07:40.879 --> 00:07:43.399 is around his wrist and the other handcuff is around 146 00:07:43.439 --> 00:07:45.920 the loop and the fastener for the iPad. 147 00:07:45.959 --> 00:07:47.199 Where's your to do list? 148 00:07:47.839 --> 00:07:50.439 I have half of my to do list and president 149 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:52.680 on iPad and I have the other half in my 150 00:07:53.920 --> 00:07:58.120 And you know, because it's a big project and he's 151 00:07:58.199 --> 00:08:00.720 the main character in the project, so most of those 152 00:08:00.759 --> 00:08:03.519 to do lists come from him, even though I challenge 153 00:08:03.560 --> 00:08:04.720 him a lot to change. 154 00:08:04.439 --> 00:08:05.160 Some of them. 155 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:09.000 You know, you know, he's really reluctant to do those 156 00:08:09.040 --> 00:08:14.199 things sometimes. But you know, since send some director of operation, 157 00:08:14.959 --> 00:08:16.319 a lot of things gotta go my way. 158 00:08:16.399 --> 00:08:17.639 So my twoto list is on. 159 00:08:17.639 --> 00:08:20.639 My iPad and the other half is on his, and 160 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:22.759 we're working together to make things happen. 161 00:08:23.759 --> 00:08:27.040 What he's trying to say something. 162 00:08:27.079 --> 00:08:29.839 Yeah, what what? What? What's what's going on? Ronald? 163 00:08:31.519 --> 00:08:33.279 One of the things that I do also right and 164 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:37.720 my on my reminder because most of the team members 165 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:40.799 they have an iPad to walk around, I will do 166 00:08:40.799 --> 00:08:42.480 the to do list and my iPad and I would 167 00:08:42.480 --> 00:08:44.759 share with them. So by sharing with them, whenever I 168 00:08:44.840 --> 00:08:48.200 do something I completed across it out, it's putomatic cross 169 00:08:48.240 --> 00:08:50.759 out from their iPad as well, and vice versa. So 170 00:08:50.840 --> 00:08:53.559 this is why he's saying he's to do list partially 171 00:08:53.639 --> 00:08:56.600 my iPad because I tend to add a lot of 172 00:08:56.600 --> 00:08:58.399 those things from my appad to his listen. 173 00:08:59.720 --> 00:09:03.720 So what kind of Ronald, what kind of individual are 174 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:08.480 you looking for to be a part of Osner's going forward, 175 00:09:08.559 --> 00:09:12.159 whether you're talking about on the field or off the field, 176 00:09:12.240 --> 00:09:15.120 to make sure that your message is getting out the 177 00:09:15.200 --> 00:09:18.159 right way, that you're being represented the way that you 178 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:21.000 want there in Brooklyn, in the community and in the 179 00:09:21.159 --> 00:09:23.480 in the NPSL. What kind of individuals are you looking 180 00:09:23.519 --> 00:09:25.000 for to join forces with the. 181 00:09:25.960 --> 00:09:27.480 Right now, we're looking for everyone. 182 00:09:27.879 --> 00:09:30.919 But while I'm looking for everyone to join forces with me, 183 00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:33.879 but one thing that they must have we must have 184 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:37.200 in common is the love for the game. As long 185 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:41.879 as the person love sports, love soccer particularly, I want 186 00:09:42.039 --> 00:09:45.720 I want them to join me, whether administrative work that 187 00:09:45.799 --> 00:09:49.120 they have not done it previously or before, I'll be 188 00:09:49.240 --> 00:09:51.120 more than happy to teach them. 189 00:09:51.519 --> 00:09:52.759 Fortunately, I do have. 190 00:09:52.720 --> 00:09:57.799 A crew guy like Johnny Woie or Sammy, all of 191 00:09:57.799 --> 00:10:00.559 these guys, they're willing to teach people as long as 192 00:10:00.559 --> 00:10:04.200 the person want to join this journey that we're doing 193 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:06.759 with ashnar FC through NPSL. 194 00:10:08.039 --> 00:10:11.440 When you know, Johnny, when you're looking at folks on 195 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:14.759 the field, I know that you're probably looking to have 196 00:10:14.919 --> 00:10:17.759 a specific kind of play and a specific kind of 197 00:10:17.799 --> 00:10:22.240 presentation of what kind of soccer are you looking to 198 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:24.639 have out there on the field in Brooklyn come twenty 199 00:10:24.679 --> 00:10:27.279 twenty five. To bring folks in the door. And when 200 00:10:27.279 --> 00:10:29.279 they come in the door the first time, they keep 201 00:10:29.320 --> 00:10:30.200 coming in the door. 202 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:34.360 After that, Oh, you know, we're we're living in the 203 00:10:34.399 --> 00:10:38.480 messy era, in the Pep Guardiola era, So we were 204 00:10:38.559 --> 00:10:42.200 trying to imitate the tikitaka, and that's what we're trying 205 00:10:42.200 --> 00:10:46.759 to to bring and most likely all coaching staff it's 206 00:10:46.799 --> 00:10:49.720 gonna be Colombian. So we try to bring South American 207 00:10:49.759 --> 00:10:52.519 football to the field. As soon as they come, they 208 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:56.039 gonna you know, people are gonna they're gonna keep coming 209 00:10:56.200 --> 00:10:58.960 because what we're bringing, what we're bringing in the field, 210 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:01.360 they're gonna love and they're gonna keep coming, most likely 211 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:04.399 tik taka. And you know, I don't want to I 212 00:11:04.440 --> 00:11:07.080 don't want to put the coaches plan out there, but 213 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:12.639 but we we coming. 214 00:11:12.840 --> 00:11:16.080 We coming with something nice that people are gonna love well. 215 00:11:16.159 --> 00:11:20.159 And in the North Atlantic, Ronald, you're looking at Balleo, Syracuse, 216 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:25.799 New York, Shockers, New Jersey United, Kingston Stockade, Hartford City ASC, 217 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:27.759 New York, who we've had the chance to catch up 218 00:11:27.799 --> 00:11:30.879 with as well. I mean, this is some heavyweights that 219 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:33.559 you're getting into. And I don't know if they've told 220 00:11:33.600 --> 00:11:35.600 you that you're going to be in the North Atlantic, 221 00:11:35.639 --> 00:11:38.360 but at least in the North Atlantic as it stands, 222 00:11:38.639 --> 00:11:40.720 those are the folks that are in your footprint. 223 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:43.879 This is some heavy competition that you're diving into out 224 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:44.320 of the block. 225 00:11:45.200 --> 00:11:46.159 I am ready. 226 00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:49.240 I am ready for all of them, and I'm particularly 227 00:11:49.279 --> 00:11:53.279 ready for American Soccer Club, which is obviously right now 228 00:11:53.360 --> 00:11:56.159 here in Long Island. I live in Long Island, I 229 00:11:56.320 --> 00:11:59.679 work not too far from them, and I'm particularly ready 230 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:01.399 for them because I want to make sure that there 231 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:03.600 is a competition, whether it fits in Long Island or 232 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:07.080 people in Brooklyn. When we are playing. They enjoyed himself. 233 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:10.399 They enjoyed himself because one of the things that I 234 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:11.720 have done. 235 00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:13.200 I guess I've read about the team. 236 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:16.919 I see exactly his history and also the coach's history, and. 237 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:20.360 To some extent, the coaches of the two teams happened 238 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:22.360 to work together in the past. 239 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:24.759 They happen to work together in the past through New 240 00:12:24.840 --> 00:12:25.679 York Cosmos. 241 00:12:25.799 --> 00:12:28.240 So I welcome the challenge, and I think it's gonna 242 00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:29.879 be a very good one because you know, they have 243 00:12:30.120 --> 00:12:32.679 a lot of history in football, and so do we. 244 00:12:33.200 --> 00:12:36.360 So I welcome that so so so, Johnny, what I'm 245 00:12:36.399 --> 00:12:40.879 hearing from the Grand Exalted to box in it is 246 00:12:40.919 --> 00:12:44.639 that there's going to be some good natured rivalry with 247 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:47.279 your friends over at asc New York. 248 00:12:47.960 --> 00:12:52.000 I'm anticipated that there's gonna be some some darby action 249 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:55.559 going on, might be some might be some trophy stuff 250 00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:58.879 going on, might be some competition looking for players and 251 00:12:58.919 --> 00:13:01.519 trying to figure out, okay, you know you want to 252 00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:02.840 come over here and play you don't. 253 00:13:02.879 --> 00:13:04.519 You don't want to go hang out with our friends 254 00:13:04.519 --> 00:13:05.159 over at a s C. 255 00:13:05.279 --> 00:13:08.720 You want to hang out in Brooklyn instead of Long Island? 256 00:13:08.799 --> 00:13:10.399 What what? What are you am? I am on the 257 00:13:10.480 --> 00:13:11.879 right page here when it comes to wrong. 258 00:13:12.519 --> 00:13:14.960 Before before I answer the question, before I go to 259 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:17.559 the to the question, my wife wanted me to do 260 00:13:17.639 --> 00:13:19.960 some show off and she said, I gotta turn on 261 00:13:19.960 --> 00:13:23.039 the camera and show you my OSNA gear. 262 00:13:23.360 --> 00:13:25.799 Oh there, you know there it is? 263 00:13:29.159 --> 00:13:29.399 Yeah. 264 00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:29.919 Yeah. 265 00:13:29.960 --> 00:13:32.279 And so for those who are who are just getting 266 00:13:32.279 --> 00:13:35.559 a chance to listen, Johnny is sporting. As much as 267 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:39.279 I'm a Florida State University alum, I cannot recognize. 268 00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:42.840 I cannot mention those colors typically. 269 00:13:42.399 --> 00:13:46.480 Are on the jersey that have to do with the 270 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:48.840 folks that are involved in in Gainesville. 271 00:13:48.919 --> 00:13:51.080 I can't quite mention the gaithers. 272 00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:53.879 The gaithers, well. 273 00:13:53.720 --> 00:13:55.320 Yeah, well you'll say it for you. 274 00:13:55.399 --> 00:13:59.879 I can't fighting words, but those are the colors that 275 00:14:00.519 --> 00:14:04.320 are breaking out here in twenty twenty five. And uh, 276 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:09.120 I you know, I'm I'm looking forward to the rivalry, 277 00:14:09.200 --> 00:14:13.039 the good natured nos So Johnny first season, what are 278 00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:15.000 your expectations. 279 00:14:15.960 --> 00:14:16.000 You? 280 00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:19.360 As you asked the president the question earlier. As far 281 00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:22.879 as he comes to the challenge, let me give you 282 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:26.960 a little gossip. F Motown they won the league two 283 00:14:27.039 --> 00:14:29.559 years ago and they mostly Haitian that plays there. So 284 00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:33.639 the guys we used to and we might have a 285 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:36.879 few of them with us too. So we're going for 286 00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:38.440 all of it. We're going for it all. 287 00:14:39.200 --> 00:14:39.759 Wow. 288 00:14:40.039 --> 00:14:42.799 As far as the derby, I think ASC gotta earn 289 00:14:42.919 --> 00:14:48.399 that first, Okay, because the trip it's gonna work, the 290 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:51.279 trip to Brooklyn. You know, everybody's gonna want to come 291 00:14:51.320 --> 00:14:54.159 here to play. They're all gonna want to come here 292 00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:57.000 to play. So as far as what they should expect 293 00:14:57.000 --> 00:14:59.320 from us, it's gonna be playoff and more. 294 00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:01.080 Wow. 295 00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:02.519 I mean that that. 296 00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:05.240 That is already some good natured smack going on here 297 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:08.000 from from our friends at Ozer's f C as they 298 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:10.440 get ready for season number one, along with our friends 299 00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:13.039 of American Soccer Club Johnny Sounvel, director of ops, and 300 00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:16.759 Jay Ronald is their grand exalted Poohbah of everything going 301 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:18.759 on there at Ozler's FC, dropping by for a two 302 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:21.960 v one here on the Stage Network. So Ronald, let 303 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:25.159 me let me let me ask you this, what is have? 304 00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:30.120 How how much has your phone blown up since the 305 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:34.039 the announcement happened about Johnny shaking his head, He's like. 306 00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:39.159 Everything has happened, how so then it's so fine. I'll 307 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:39.960 ask both of you. 308 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:43.159 Phony is in understate on the under like then it's 309 00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:45.399 not enough. It's phone email and everything. 310 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:47.639 Phone email, what's app the whole Yeah. 311 00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:50.519 Yeah, M everything, DM everything. We get a lot. 312 00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:56.039 We're getting players from you know, the West side, east side, everywhere, calling. 313 00:15:56.279 --> 00:15:58.320 From from Nigeria. And you said you want to be 314 00:15:58.480 --> 00:16:00.000 with us Massachusetts. 315 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:02.200 Everybody's saying they want to play with the team, they 316 00:16:02.200 --> 00:16:03.120 want to to try out. 317 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:04.200 So that's that's very good. 318 00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:06.639 What's it like having your phone blow up like that? 319 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:10.200 It's a great feeling. It's a great feeling. 320 00:16:10.720 --> 00:16:14.399 See, I'm an account then during tax season, my phone 321 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:19.519 is constantly buzzing. Clients tend to prefer to call me 322 00:16:19.559 --> 00:16:22.000 and my cell phone instead of calling the office. And 323 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:24.720 it's a great feeling where my phone now is buzzing, 324 00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:29.799 it's buzzing for something different and it's something that a 325 00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:33.120 love for, something that I love from from early age. 326 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:35.639 So I'm looking forward to it. And every time my 327 00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:37.679 phone rings I pick it up. It's as if like 328 00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:39.679 you know it's somebody that I was speaking with that 329 00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:43.759 years before, so I look forward to it. On my side, 330 00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:47.679 it's not as great as a feeling as for the press, 331 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:49.480 because usually I'm a player. 332 00:16:49.559 --> 00:16:50.240 I still play. 333 00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:53.159 I'm in an L I sf L, I still play, 334 00:16:53.240 --> 00:16:56.799 and usually I'm a player, and I'm not usually on 335 00:16:56.840 --> 00:17:00.759 the other side, like fixing things and you know, putting 336 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:01.320 things together. 337 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:05.160 And it seems like this this is a hard job. 338 00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:06.759 I get the president. 339 00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:10.440 It's like a twenty four hour job, and you know 340 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:14.440 it's I love the challenge and I'm happy the way 341 00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:16.799 we're going because we never had a team like that 342 00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:20.240 in a community. Everybody's happy, but that job is really hard. 343 00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:24.200 But it's it's really satisfying having people call saying that 344 00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:27.119 they want to be part of something that we're putting together. 345 00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:28.279 That that's a great feeling. 346 00:17:28.640 --> 00:17:29.000 It is. 347 00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:35.000 It is Facebook, Instagram, the two hundred and eighty character app. 348 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:35.759 It's really easy. 349 00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:39.200 It's at Osner's O, s N E R, SFC on 350 00:17:39.359 --> 00:17:41.960 all of the social media's, it's really easy to track 351 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:42.920 down what's going on. 352 00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:46.559 Correct. So, and Ronald, let me ask you this. 353 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:50.839 What was the biggest wake up call that you've had 354 00:17:50.920 --> 00:17:54.839 so far about this whole thing is you know, it's like, oh, 355 00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:57.599 you know, oh, you know what, this is real? 356 00:17:57.680 --> 00:17:59.640 Now, what's the biggest wake up call you've had? 357 00:18:01.079 --> 00:18:04.359 The biggest call, really, I would say, like, you know, 358 00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:09.279 it's the number of people in the community that can 359 00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:12.359 come to us for the past after the press release 360 00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:15.920 to say, hey, listen, I am thrilled. How thrilled they 361 00:18:15.960 --> 00:18:18.240 are that we are able to go into this league 362 00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:21.240 because they know there were people prior to years prior 363 00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:24.319 to us coming in that tried to join it, that 364 00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:28.000 tried to do what we're doing, and they have not 365 00:18:28.119 --> 00:18:31.079 been able to achieve it. And twenty twenty four, twenty 366 00:18:31.119 --> 00:18:33.160 twenty five, we will be achieving it. So that's a 367 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:39.039 great achievement for us. And the number of goals that 368 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:41.200 we're getting, the number of guals. 369 00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:47.359 Johnny, I imagine that you have unlimited international minutes and 370 00:18:47.400 --> 00:18:50.920 WhatsApp and all these kinds of things that you know 371 00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:54.160 that you are able to accept all of this information 372 00:18:54.400 --> 00:18:57.279 without being charged like nine thousand dollars at the end 373 00:18:57.279 --> 00:18:57.680 of the month. 374 00:18:58.319 --> 00:19:01.119 That's that's a good thing. That's what's up round and 375 00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:04.920 that's really, really, really a good thing. Really, and I 376 00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:06.880 know you didn't ask me, but the big wakeup call 377 00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:10.519 for me. I know we weren't. We weren't allowed to 378 00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:14.359 mention NPSL for the past month and every every time 379 00:19:14.440 --> 00:19:17.359 we weren't allowed because before they accept you, you cannot 380 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:21.400 mention NPSL in anything. And I remember Pres told me 381 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:23.640 we got to work hard we go into the NPSL. 382 00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:26.240 I'm like, no, we not because they didn't announced us yet. 383 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:29.640 And that was that Friday at three pm when they 384 00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:31.920 announced us and I was waiting in front of the 385 00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:35.039 computer when I be fresh and I see welcome Osner 386 00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:37.640 to the NPSL, and that was scary. 387 00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:41.599 Well, I mean, you've now got to get ready for 388 00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:44.319 the twenty twenty five season, and it's out there on 389 00:19:44.599 --> 00:19:47.160 social media and on the world Wide Web with websites 390 00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:52.200 and everything. Gentlemen, two weeks in and the holidays are done, 391 00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:56.160 the presents have been unwrapped, and now now you've got 392 00:19:56.200 --> 00:19:58.000 to make sure that you know how to assemble the 393 00:19:58.039 --> 00:19:59.920 fire truck and make sure that you can put the 394 00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:02.640 like together and make sure that it doesn't fall apart. 395 00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:04.880 By the time you get to the twenty twenty five season, 396 00:20:05.319 --> 00:20:08.720 it is jay ron On is there great exalted Poobah 397 00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:12.480 Johnny Soanville, director of operations for Oscar's FC, And you know, 398 00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:15.680 I'm and like I said, and Johnny, I'm I'm putting 399 00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:19.599 my hand up above the colors of the jersey there. 400 00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:21.960 We gotta make a red one just for you. Reserve 401 00:20:22.039 --> 00:20:22.480