WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:01.960 And now Nino's gonna go into the green room. What 2 00:00:02.080 --> 00:00:05.639 Nino does when we sign off after the handoff, he 3 00:00:05.839 --> 00:00:08.439 listens in the green room. He doesn't just hang up. 4 00:00:08.519 --> 00:00:11.400 I mean what he'll do. He'll sit there and he'll 5 00:00:11.439 --> 00:00:15.039 listen to us talk about Major League Soccer. Ah, he's 6 00:00:15.039 --> 00:00:17.559 got the rave greenout. Which Cup two or three? 7 00:00:18.559 --> 00:00:22.280 This is two baby two absolutely. 8 00:00:22.640 --> 00:00:24.839 So he'll he'll kind of hang out in the green 9 00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:26.879 room and he'll react to what you and I are 10 00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:29.399 talking about. Literally, there'll be times where he'll fall out 11 00:00:29.399 --> 00:00:31.079 of his chair and I can see it in the 12 00:00:31.079 --> 00:00:34.719 green room. So we we have our South American live 13 00:00:34.759 --> 00:00:37.640 audience falling out of their chairs as we go through things. 14 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:41.359 We started to show off this morning talking about the 15 00:00:41.359 --> 00:00:45.960 three championship games that happened last night, with what happened 16 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:49.479 in Campeona's Cup, with what happened in the can champ 17 00:00:49.759 --> 00:00:53.560 and with what happened in Open Cup. Where do you 18 00:00:53.640 --> 00:00:55.840 want to start when it comes to those three? 19 00:00:56.759 --> 00:00:59.240 Well, I watched two of the three, so I would 20 00:00:59.240 --> 00:01:02.399 love to start with Open Cup and theybe we can 21 00:01:02.439 --> 00:01:04.920 put into move into Compelling His Cup after that. 22 00:01:05.879 --> 00:01:09.400 All right, So it was three to one. Kai Kamara 23 00:01:09.439 --> 00:01:12.319 obviously with the quote of the day. After the match 24 00:01:12.439 --> 00:01:16.280 was over, he said Don was here, meaning Don Garber. 25 00:01:16.719 --> 00:01:18.400 I saw him, he was on the podium. He gave 26 00:01:18.439 --> 00:01:20.200 me a medal. So just get him in here and 27 00:01:20.239 --> 00:01:22.239 make sure they don't take MLS away from this. This 28 00:01:22.280 --> 00:01:24.599 is amazing. You know, this is American soccer right here. 29 00:01:24.959 --> 00:01:28.959 Don't take away from our history. End quote. So Kai 30 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:31.799 Kamara scores. Kai who is I think seventy two years 31 00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:37.879 old and still is incredibly productive from cal State University. 32 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:42.599 He knows what the American soccer footprint is. He knows 33 00:01:42.640 --> 00:01:44.879 what it means to be in all these different competitions 34 00:01:44.879 --> 00:01:48.640 and all these different locations. He gets a an oh, 35 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:52.480 he gets an Open Cup medal. It's something that LAFC, 36 00:01:52.719 --> 00:01:55.920 despite their negative nature of playing these days, they fight 37 00:01:55.959 --> 00:01:58.280 through it and still end up winning titles. Olivier Jerroux 38 00:01:58.400 --> 00:02:00.599 was all happy and everything, most handsome and major league 39 00:02:00.599 --> 00:02:04.920 soccer scored last night. I don't see I see this 40 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:08.199 as adding hardware. But I don't see this for LAFC 41 00:02:08.360 --> 00:02:12.400 as something where they will open up things offensively. I 42 00:02:12.439 --> 00:02:14.960 still think that they're going to be defensive first and 43 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:19.000 frustrate everybody except for Steve Charundelo, who I will maintain 44 00:02:19.360 --> 00:02:21.719 Ever since they got bumped out of Concky Cap Champions 45 00:02:21.800 --> 00:02:24.319 League when they were all offensive and they had Carlos 46 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:28.080 Vela and all the stars. Ever since then, Steve Charundelo 47 00:02:28.199 --> 00:02:32.120 has pulled back offensively. He's wanted to make sure that 48 00:02:32.159 --> 00:02:35.400 the that the golf team is in the golf cart 49 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:37.360 and he's got the governor on it, and I think 50 00:02:37.400 --> 00:02:41.080 that he's restricting the talent that's there. It's almost like 51 00:02:41.360 --> 00:02:45.199 pounce and create instead of create and pounce. Does that 52 00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:45.759 make sense? 53 00:02:46.479 --> 00:02:47.919 It does? It does? 54 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:56.439 However, I feel like if he's built a team that 55 00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:01.159 can't benefit from that sort of play, then I think 56 00:03:01.159 --> 00:03:02.280 it's all good and well right. 57 00:03:02.280 --> 00:03:06.319 I mean, I've always been like you, right, kind of this. 58 00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:11.159 Purist of beautiful soccer, and I want to see you 59 00:03:11.240 --> 00:03:13.479 hold the ball, and I want to see you use 60 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:15.319 the width of the field, and I want to see 61 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:17.879 a little bit of flair in some connection, some link 62 00:03:17.960 --> 00:03:19.039 up play. 63 00:03:20.439 --> 00:03:24.280 But Steve, yeah, I think he saw himself in some situations. 64 00:03:24.280 --> 00:03:28.360 I mean, you don't lose four finals and don't try 65 00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:32.039 to change things up. And throughout that time he has 66 00:03:32.120 --> 00:03:37.800 been a coach that would rather play counter soccer and 67 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:41.080 rather give you the ball and like you said, not create, 68 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:44.840 but maybe just leive off your mistakes. We're gonna press 69 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:47.919 the ball, We're gonna go and transition, and I think 70 00:03:47.919 --> 00:03:49.879 he's built a team for it, right, I mean, the 71 00:03:49.919 --> 00:03:54.240 wing play is elite is uh, it doesn't matter. 72 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:55.960 Which way you go, you go bwanga, you go both 73 00:03:56.039 --> 00:03:56.560 with you go kick. 74 00:03:57.439 --> 00:04:01.599 You got guys that can run perfage when he comes 75 00:04:01.639 --> 00:04:05.759 to a transition moment. You have a holding mid field 76 00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:09.360 that is quick distributing the ball, that is going to 77 00:04:09.439 --> 00:04:15.120 try as much as they can at delivering that switch 78 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:18.519 of player or switching the point of attack whenever it's necessary, 79 00:04:18.519 --> 00:04:20.639 whenever you see the space on the other side. 80 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:22.600 So because of that, I don't hate it. 81 00:04:22.639 --> 00:04:27.199 And I thought that in this particular final they struggled 82 00:04:27.199 --> 00:04:32.000 a little bit because Peter Vermis, in a very Peter 83 00:04:32.360 --> 00:04:36.040 Vermes type of situation. He gave LAFC the ball and 84 00:04:36.079 --> 00:04:38.399 he was very cautious. And yes, a lot of people 85 00:04:38.439 --> 00:04:44.839 were criticizing Peter for looking a freight in the first half, 86 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:46.600 and I think that's outrageous, man. 87 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:48.120 I mean, you're playing la f C. 88 00:04:48.240 --> 00:04:50.800 If I'm going to go play you open, and I'm 89 00:04:50.839 --> 00:04:53.079 going to try to just beat you out what you're 90 00:04:53.160 --> 00:04:53.560 good at. 91 00:04:54.399 --> 00:04:57.000 I'm not gonna go anywhere. And I thought that that's why. 92 00:04:56.879 --> 00:05:00.120 This game was as even as it was through with 93 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:04.680 the first ninety. I thought that, uh, Peter did some 94 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:07.240 some some great things, right, I mean he really limited 95 00:05:07.959 --> 00:05:12.199 situations even with Denis Banga did look like Denis Blanca 96 00:05:12.319 --> 00:05:13.160 votes I'll tell you that. 97 00:05:13.199 --> 00:05:15.199 He mean, he was all over. He was a handful 98 00:05:15.720 --> 00:05:16.319 uh speed. 99 00:05:16.360 --> 00:05:19.720 I'm gonna come right at you, clearly taking advantage of Shelton, 100 00:05:20.279 --> 00:05:22.839 a non defensive minded player. 101 00:05:22.839 --> 00:05:23.879 Has a right back. 102 00:05:24.439 --> 00:05:28.399 And you saw Kai later on do the same. Uh, 103 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:32.279 but uh, Dennis Banga was on point. I thought, Jeru 104 00:05:32.680 --> 00:05:34.920 has this was the best game I've seen him play, 105 00:05:35.439 --> 00:05:39.120 uh since he started with l A f C. Obviously 106 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:41.720 with l A f C and MLS. Please don't come 107 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:44.199 at me. The best game I've ever seen him play, 108 00:05:44.360 --> 00:05:47.959 I mean with this particular team. And I thought that 109 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:53.839 the speed that Peter wanted to see out of that 110 00:05:53.839 --> 00:05:57.959 that midfield, out of their senate defensive midfielders, I thought 111 00:05:58.199 --> 00:06:03.639 created some problems at times for LAFC. So it was 112 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:08.279 a great game, and Kai Kamara, you gotta just applaud 113 00:06:08.319 --> 00:06:08.600 the man. 114 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:13.199 It's so effortless for him that that that third goal. 115 00:06:13.720 --> 00:06:20.800 Is the final punch that completely knocked out Sporting together City. 116 00:06:21.560 --> 00:06:23.519 It was two to one. He could have still been 117 00:06:23.720 --> 00:06:25.800 tied up, it could have been equaled at some point. 118 00:06:26.319 --> 00:06:27.480 But Kai Kamara, the. 119 00:06:27.439 --> 00:06:32.720 Way he literally jogs to the eighteen, He's looking at 120 00:06:32.759 --> 00:06:35.480 Denny's Wangat the entire time Denny Wang is doing his 121 00:06:35.560 --> 00:06:38.439 thing on the side, he continues to just lightly jog. 122 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:41.879 He sees that Shelton has no idea he is right 123 00:06:41.879 --> 00:06:44.399 behind him, and when then he. 124 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:49.639 Puts that ball inside with good pace at the right spot, 125 00:06:50.199 --> 00:06:53.120 he just runs right in front of Shelton and puts 126 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:54.959 the ball away effortless. 127 00:06:55.199 --> 00:06:57.759 And that's what he's been doing for this team. 128 00:06:57.800 --> 00:07:01.040 And that's credit to Charondolo for being able to use 129 00:07:01.720 --> 00:07:04.680 a guy like him with his experience with his IQ, 130 00:07:05.319 --> 00:07:07.920 and they deservingly won that Open Cup. 131 00:07:08.040 --> 00:07:10.079 But I do want to credit. 132 00:07:10.240 --> 00:07:13.120 Sporting Kansas City for making it hard, for taking it 133 00:07:13.160 --> 00:07:17.360 to ot for not allowing themselves to just get beat 134 00:07:17.439 --> 00:07:22.439 down by l AFC. Tommy is a guy that he's 135 00:07:22.519 --> 00:07:25.920 always been productive. He's done it all for Sporting Kindness City. 136 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:30.959 He's been in the back line, he's been on a 137 00:07:31.079 --> 00:07:33.600 plane out wide, he's played middle. In this one he 138 00:07:33.639 --> 00:07:36.759 played as a cam and I thought he did it well. 139 00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:39.639 It was nice to see him in shallowy uh put 140 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:44.040 that goal for Sporting Kansas City. But LAOC was just 141 00:07:44.079 --> 00:07:47.079 too much. At the end of the day, LFC wanted it. 142 00:07:47.560 --> 00:07:50.360 They you said in their faces. You saw it in 143 00:07:50.399 --> 00:07:53.600 the celebration. They wanted to get that rusted off being 144 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:59.560 or that stigma of being the best, second best after 145 00:08:00.040 --> 00:08:01.839 and say you give lost finals. 146 00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:06.439 That's never the best, never to win until two more 147 00:08:06.600 --> 00:08:10.279 questions about LAFC, and to your point about Sporting. If 148 00:08:10.279 --> 00:08:13.519 I'm Peter Vermes in that matchup, you're on the road, 149 00:08:13.839 --> 00:08:15.959 You're going up against the team that is better than you. 150 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:18.680 Why not let him have the ball? Why not let 151 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:21.399 them It's almost like Vermes wants to rope adope you 152 00:08:22.279 --> 00:08:25.879 and literally it's like, all right, you can have the ball. 153 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:30.040 You you expand, you expend, you spend all of your energy. 154 00:08:30.079 --> 00:08:33.080 I'm gonna sit here and I'm gonna wait. I saw 155 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:36.120 I mean, for a philosophy on a road game against 156 00:08:36.159 --> 00:08:38.240 a team that is better than you, I could definitely 157 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:41.480 see look, I'm gonna rop adope your ball. You go ahead, 158 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:43.840 and you tire yourself out and I'll take advantage of it. Late. 159 00:08:43.879 --> 00:08:46.320 I can understand why Peter would do something like this 160 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:49.120 for the first hour many minutes. I get that completely. 161 00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:50.559 Yeah, And he said it. 162 00:08:50.840 --> 00:08:52.639 I don't know if it was after the game, but 163 00:08:52.679 --> 00:08:54.639 he said, I knew they were gonna come at us 164 00:08:54.840 --> 00:08:57.360 with everything they have within the first twenty minutes, so 165 00:08:57.399 --> 00:08:59.200 he had to hold on. He had to do certain 166 00:08:59.279 --> 00:09:02.320 things and did that. Holding on, Polito gets a great 167 00:09:02.360 --> 00:09:03.960 chance in front of goal. And now Polito is a 168 00:09:04.000 --> 00:09:07.159 guy that he needs to put those type of goals away. 169 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:09.600 And we're talking about a whole different ballgame, right, And 170 00:09:09.679 --> 00:09:11.320 that's been Sporting. 171 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:14.840 Kansas City's season in a nutshell, right. 172 00:09:14.879 --> 00:09:17.320 It's just the fact that their top players are not 173 00:09:17.399 --> 00:09:21.039 a top form right now, and guys like shallow Wie 174 00:09:21.120 --> 00:09:25.679 and and Pledo, even even Russell, who obviously is at 175 00:09:25.720 --> 00:09:27.720 the end of his career already, or at least not 176 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:30.799 in his prime, they're starting to see a little bit 177 00:09:30.840 --> 00:09:31.360 of problems. 178 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:34.399 But I thought that the strategy was put on right. 179 00:09:34.519 --> 00:09:37.360 I thought that they played the game that they that 180 00:09:37.480 --> 00:09:39.159 was going to give him the best chance to win. 181 00:09:39.559 --> 00:09:43.960 And again, anytime that you take LAOC to overtime with 182 00:09:44.159 --> 00:09:46.759 the limitations and problems you've had all season, I mean 183 00:09:47.000 --> 00:09:47.879 that's created to Peter. 184 00:09:49.679 --> 00:09:53.120 How did Carlos? How does Carlos Vela fit under the salary? 185 00:09:53.159 --> 00:09:55.320 Capt Did they just give him like an Albertson's gift 186 00:09:55.360 --> 00:09:59.519 card or something for I mean literally, is it like 187 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:04.320 Marko and Albertson's gift cards and you know, maybe a 188 00:10:04.360 --> 00:10:07.320 lifetime a lifetime gift card to in and out Burger? 189 00:10:07.320 --> 00:10:09.200 How did this come down? How did this fit? 190 00:10:11.919 --> 00:10:15.639 That's a great question. I know that they have room. 191 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:18.720 It wasn't much, okay, and that and that was my 192 00:10:18.759 --> 00:10:22.320 biggest thing. It's like, you know, how creative are they? 193 00:10:22.360 --> 00:10:25.399 Did they actually have room? Was it a gift cards 194 00:10:25.480 --> 00:10:28.600 kind of a thing? What is what was working with here? All? 195 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:30.440 I know that they they did have room both in 196 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:34.159 roster and in salary. And that number, I'm unaware of 197 00:10:34.159 --> 00:10:36.399 what that is because I've read a couple of different 198 00:10:36.440 --> 00:10:39.240 reports and I don't want to give you a wrong number. 199 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:40.360 But there was room for it. 200 00:10:40.960 --> 00:10:45.240 Whether whether that number is the same number that you 201 00:10:45.240 --> 00:10:45.960 know they. 202 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:49.320 Told us they gave Gary Bale at one. 203 00:10:49.200 --> 00:10:52.279 Point, and what they're saying that they're giving Louise, I'm 204 00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:55.200 not sure what's behind the scenes. Did they do get 205 00:10:55.759 --> 00:10:58.840 that in and out lifetime warranty, you know, if they 206 00:10:58.919 --> 00:11:02.200 get a free pass for the entire family to hit 207 00:11:02.279 --> 00:11:04.840 up Disneyland, I don't know. But at the end of 208 00:11:04.879 --> 00:11:09.200 the day, there's gotta be something else in line. But 209 00:11:09.399 --> 00:11:10.440 you know, look the cumins Bille. 210 00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:13.960 I think it is interesting. Man, it's more. 211 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:17.720 Of a celebration to him. I think it's just like 212 00:11:18.279 --> 00:11:23.799 a farewell tour. I love the way Carlos kind of 213 00:11:23.960 --> 00:11:26.279 tamed all expectations. Man, I'm not ready to play in 214 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:27.840 any team. 215 00:11:27.440 --> 00:11:29.120 I'm just here. 216 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:32.200 Just to help the squad right probably later down the road, 217 00:11:32.759 --> 00:11:34.519 and I think that's what it's gonna be. He's gonna 218 00:11:34.519 --> 00:11:37.240 be training, he's gonna be with the guys. He's gonna 219 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:43.279 enjoy of whatever run LAFC makes this season, and whenever 220 00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:46.120 his number is called, he'll be ready to play fifteen 221 00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:48.679 twenty minutes. Maybe I don't know if he'll get a star, 222 00:11:48.759 --> 00:11:51.679 but if he does, he's gonna have to get used 223 00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:55.000 to all the changes that happened with his offense. He's 224 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:57.200 gonna have to get his body right, and he lets 225 00:11:57.200 --> 00:12:00.279 you know already that he his buty's not right start 226 00:12:00.399 --> 00:12:02.679 or to play any minutes at this point in time. 227 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:05.039 So I think it's more of a celebration to a 228 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:09.279 player that was great. Look, I kind of envy them. 229 00:12:09.559 --> 00:12:13.639 I would love to see a Nicoletodero final tour in 230 00:12:14.039 --> 00:12:16.639 the Club World Cup next year, but she's not gonna happen. 231 00:12:17.200 --> 00:12:20.440 But I thought that it was a cool, interesting thing. 232 00:12:22.200 --> 00:12:26.120 I love that Torrenton ended up even answering some questions 233 00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:30.159 in Spanish about the decision to bring back a player 234 00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:32.840 as important as Carlos Bella. But in terms of the 235 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:37.440 salary cap, I'm sure they did some some magic tricks 236 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:39.720 because I don't know how he fits. 237 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:47.039 Yeah, Kilany bail Reese jeru Vela, there's some creative financing 238 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:48.039 going on here with. 239 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:51.240 But it was weird. If this was going to be 240 00:12:51.279 --> 00:12:55.200 the end game, why didn't Carlos just accept whatever it 241 00:12:55.279 --> 00:12:58.960 is that was negotiated before. 242 00:12:59.000 --> 00:13:00.720 I mean, it's it's a little bit odd. I'm not 243 00:13:00.759 --> 00:13:03.919 gonna lie to you that part. I like to see 244 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:07.519 the best of the novel of the series of the Gesture, 245 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:11.159 but it is a bit of a headscratcher of why 246 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:13.960 you would you decide to sit for six months and 247 00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:16.799 then come back and take pennies underd dollar. 248 00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:19.759 At the end of the day, YEP can Champ. Vancouver 249 00:13:19.840 --> 00:13:22.519 won in PKS and they win the can Champs, so 250 00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:25.840 they get their way into the CONCA CAF Hemispheric Extravaganza. 251 00:13:26.200 --> 00:13:31.960 Columbus and Cluba Medica go to PKS tied after ninety 252 00:13:32.000 --> 00:13:34.440 go to PKS cluobe America wins at five to four. 253 00:13:35.720 --> 00:13:39.960 We were talking about it with Nino to begin this hour, 254 00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:43.039 and he thinks that it might be one more year 255 00:13:43.159 --> 00:13:47.600 after this one before Wilfrid Nanci and Columbus crew and 256 00:13:47.639 --> 00:13:50.639 Jimmy Haslam are given the offer that they count refuse 257 00:13:51.000 --> 00:13:54.720 to have Wilfrid Nanci go overseas and manage someplace and 258 00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:57.799 have the chance to go home. Do you get the 259 00:13:57.840 --> 00:14:01.639 sense that Wilfred is happy with the resources he's getting 260 00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:04.559 with the Haslums in Columbus and would stay longer than that, 261 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:07.639 or is he looking for larger frontiers. 262 00:14:09.159 --> 00:14:13.600 I think he's happy there, and I don't know will 263 00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:16.039 Fred like this, but if I was to paint a 264 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:20.840 picture of what I think goes on in that big 265 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:21.440 brain of his. 266 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:25.000 I think that he likes what he has right now. 267 00:14:25.039 --> 00:14:25.840 He has the. 268 00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:29.759 Ability to mold young players, he has old the resources 269 00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:34.720 that he can. He has a team of brilliant players 270 00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:36.559 and you saw it in the play. We'll get into 271 00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:39.320 that in a little bit that he can work with. 272 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:42.360 So it's all good right now. But in soccer things 273 00:14:42.399 --> 00:14:46.000 tend to change day to day. So I'm looking at Kucho, 274 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:47.840 I'm looking at how much he's making. 275 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:49.799 I know he's looking around the league. 276 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:52.440 I know he has still time on his contract, but 277 00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:53.879 there's going to be a point where he's going to 278 00:14:53.919 --> 00:14:56.720 be like, hey man, I'm over here dominating in MLS 279 00:14:56.720 --> 00:14:59.320 and I'm not getting dominated money. I look around the 280 00:14:59.360 --> 00:15:02.120 league and even and you know, this current contract over 281 00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:05.039 all redeas is still above mine. And I think Evander 282 00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:07.360 makes more than I do. And I think, you know, 283 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:09.679 all these players that are not Coocho or making more 284 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:10.039 than I do. 285 00:15:10.559 --> 00:15:12.440 I need to get a race. So how does. 286 00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:16.159 Management make sure that a guy that is important as 287 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:21.440 Coucher stays and that keeps Wilfrid happy? There We'll see. 288 00:15:21.639 --> 00:15:26.080 But I feel like the infrastructure of Columbus and what 289 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:30.240 they've been able to do even moving on from certain 290 00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:34.240 front of his personalities, and they've been able to keep 291 00:15:34.279 --> 00:15:40.759 that theory and that soccer module. I think Wilfrid is fine, 292 00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:44.360 and I don't think he's dying to get to Europe. 293 00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:47.279 I'm not sure that's what I see when he when 294 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:50.759 he talks, So I think he's happy there as long 295 00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:53.519 as things continue to be the same. I feel like 296 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:58.240 Wilfrid is smart enough that he's not in any type 297 00:15:58.240 --> 00:16:02.720 of rush to put himself in a situation that might 298 00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:05.600 not just be advantageous to him but to his career. 299 00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:09.559 I mean, at this point, continue to win, continue to 300 00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:12.879 get the benefit of being the top team in MLS, 301 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:16.799 and continue to be that guy that everybody looks up 302 00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:19.759 to when he comes to the way you play, uh, 303 00:16:20.240 --> 00:16:23.080 the way they've managed the locker room, all of these things. 304 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:25.279 And then later on under road, then you could go 305 00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:26.240 ahead and make that pussure. 306 00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:29.159 So if I have to say whether he wants to 307 00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:31.759 stay or not, I think for right now and at 308 00:16:31.840 --> 00:16:33.559 least for a couple of years, he'd want to stay 309 00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:34.399 in MLS. 310 00:16:34.799 --> 00:16:37.759 Kucho to your point, and I found the salary figures 311 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:41.120 courtesy of our friends at the MLSPA. Kucho's base is 312 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:45.480 two point six guaranteed comp just under two point nine. 313 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:50.440 Some of the other heavy hitters in Columbus Nagby one 314 00:16:50.440 --> 00:16:55.000 point four base one point five four guaranteed, Rossi two 315 00:16:55.080 --> 00:17:01.080 point six seven five base guaranteed three point three. He's million, 316 00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:04.640 three hundred and seventy six twenty seven dollars. That's Rossi guaranteed. 317 00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:08.440 And those are the only ones that are into seventh 318 00:17:08.640 --> 00:17:14.160 those seven figure players on Columbus. It's just those three 319 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:17.079 that are making more than a million dollars a season, 320 00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:19.440 those three guys, and Kuco right now is second at 321 00:17:19.440 --> 00:17:22.000 two point six and two point eight eighty six behind 322 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:23.319 Diego Rossi on that roster. 323 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:28.640 Yeah, no, absolutely, And compared to what Wilfrid was coming from, 324 00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:31.720 I mean that that's gonna feel pretty good. And I 325 00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:35.079 do expect this team to go and get more people. 326 00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:38.519 And when I saw guys like Juwan Jones come in 327 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:41.920 for whatever money they did, that looked like a move. 328 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:44.920 Dad Wilfrid said, I need that guy. I want that guy, 329 00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:47.480 and they got him that guy, So I'm not really 330 00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:55.039 of the thought that he needs a big wallet in 331 00:17:55.240 --> 00:18:00.200 just ones undeniable money like Atlanta or Miami. I just 332 00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:02.119 think that he wants the guys he wants, and as 333 00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:04.119 long as you provide him those players, he's going to 334 00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:06.039 be fine. And again, as long as you give him 335 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:09.599 the guys that have made a difference on the field 336 00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:13.400 and off the field, Rossi all those big, those big 337 00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:17.519 name players na be and keep them with those sort 338 00:18:17.559 --> 00:18:20.960 of resources, I think he's gonna be fine. 339 00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:23.480 Right now, Patrick Shelty, who's probably going to be getting 340 00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:26.920 a big, big raise. His comp right now full is 341 00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:30.240 one hundred and eighty thousand dollars, so that is going 342 00:18:30.319 --> 00:18:33.599 to be going that direction with a Shelty at the 343 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:34.240 very least. 344 00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:36.319 How much is Farsi making Mo. 345 00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:40.599 Farsi According to the MLS players salary grouping, he's three 346 00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:42.680 point fifty base three eighty guaranteed. 347 00:18:43.559 --> 00:18:45.079 They've just done such a good job with that. 348 00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:47.559 I mean, when you look at those players and you 349 00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:52.319 look at the talent level at some point and maybe 350 00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:55.759 this is one of those situations where it's the perfect 351 00:18:56.359 --> 00:18:58.319 moment for the team because you got all of these 352 00:18:58.559 --> 00:19:02.720 upcoming players that haven't reach top salaries. But when you 353 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:08.240 look at Farsi morera, when you look at Christian Ramirez 354 00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:11.480 and what he's making. Again, even Kucho Kutcha could be 355 00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:14.200 asking for double what he's making, but he came in 356 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:17.960 at this specific price in time. Would you look at 357 00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:20.680 duwe Jones, would you look at Matan? I mean, these 358 00:19:20.680 --> 00:19:24.160 are quality players that have been consistent for this team, 359 00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:27.920 and yet they're at a very low salary. So just 360 00:19:28.079 --> 00:19:30.240 credit to that front office and what they've been able 361 00:19:30.319 --> 00:19:32.400 to do the way they've been able to do it. 362 00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:36.799 They're all making mid six figures to answer the names 363 00:19:36.799 --> 00:19:41.880 that you mentioned. Christian Ramirez full compensation just under five 364 00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:45.240 hundred thousand. We mentioned Chelte right now he's at one 365 00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:47.759 sixty six oh three. He's going to get a big 366 00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:51.160 raise and then a big ass raise is what he's 367 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:54.559 going to be getting. Let's see Morera's at eight hundred 368 00:19:54.559 --> 00:19:58.200 thousand base eight eighty two guaranteed, Maton coming in from 369 00:19:58.240 --> 00:20:02.000 his time with CFC in other places, four to fifty 370 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:05.839 base for eighty three and a quarter is guaranteed, and 371 00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:09.079 we mentioned Farsi Shaberco is at five point fifty three 372 00:20:09.119 --> 00:20:12.519 and a quarter guaranteed, Rudy Camacho five point fifty one 373 00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:17.279 total guaranteed, and Multi Aminsen just under four hundred thousand guaranteed. 374 00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:19.519 So there's a lot of six figure dudes there, but 375 00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:22.799 they're all mid six figure dudes. And so there's a 376 00:20:22.839 --> 00:20:26.160 good massaging that's been going on with salaries. In the 377 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:27.440 salary cap, you know what time it. 378 00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:30.880 Is, Oh, it is Cliffhanger time. 379 00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:33.480 It is Cliffhanger time. So we're gonna run through the 380 00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:35.240 games and if there's a game you want to talk 381 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:40.880 about total number, we'll do it. Uh, seven thirty starts 382 00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:43.839 seven forty actually, so seven thirty in the book seven 383 00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:47.880 forty on Apple TV CF Montreal San Jose CF Montreal 384 00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:51.200 favored at Stott Suputo to minus one nineteen DC and 385 00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:54.680 Crewe Crue is a road favorite. Even after last night, 386 00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:56.880 there are still a road favorite at a plus one 387 00:20:57.000 --> 00:21:00.559 thirty three. DC United a plus one seventy five. The 388 00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:04.599 draw is a plus two to seventy seven. Interesting there, 389 00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:08.799 coming off a midweek game with Crew having to go 390 00:21:08.839 --> 00:21:12.680 to DC. I thought that was intriguing. What's the draw 391 00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:14.079 to seventy seven? 392 00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:18.880 Yeah, yeah, I'd probably go with a draw there. Maybe 393 00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:21.039 Columbus goes and just manages this game. 394 00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:22.319 DC United. 395 00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:25.440 If anything, they can create some problems for that three 396 00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:28.799 man back line, specifically with their crosses. 397 00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:31.359 I thought that. 398 00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:37.000 Yesterday they put themselves in some bad situations. I mean 399 00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:41.960 that goal by Davila that there is a new signing 400 00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:44.720 for Club America from Chile. 401 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:46.119