WEBVTT 1 00:00:27.320 --> 00:00:30.039 Time to catch up with all of you folks. Power 2 00:00:30.079 --> 00:00:33.320 Hour this afternoon here on the Station Network. John hear 3 00:00:33.359 --> 00:00:36.520 you there once again, thanks for dropping by, and as always, 4 00:00:36.560 --> 00:00:39.520 thanks for your forbearance about the morning. Let's see if 5 00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:42.600 I can remember who was there. It was me, it 6 00:00:42.719 --> 00:00:46.039 was Jason, it was Nick, it was Sophia, and it 7 00:00:46.159 --> 00:00:49.799 was Maddie. We were all down at the National Training Center, 8 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:53.600 the Arthur and blank US National Training Center and US 9 00:00:53.679 --> 00:00:55.799 Soccer National Training Center, and it was a big day 10 00:00:55.840 --> 00:00:59.200 for them. And we'll have some content coming out on 11 00:00:59.240 --> 00:01:01.880 all of our various platforms. I have the right up 12 00:01:01.880 --> 00:01:03.960 coming up at Soccer down here dot net. That'll be 13 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:06.280 out after the Power Hour when I can piece it 14 00:01:06.319 --> 00:01:08.280 together and get some quotes and let's just see what's 15 00:01:08.359 --> 00:01:11.920 going on. But big day for US Soccer on the whole, 16 00:01:11.959 --> 00:01:16.879 for all twenty seven programs, not just what we would 17 00:01:16.879 --> 00:01:20.480 associate what's going on, but big day the Home Depot. 18 00:01:21.079 --> 00:01:22.519 And I know that we all kind of look at 19 00:01:22.560 --> 00:01:24.599 things and we sit there and we go the Home 20 00:01:24.640 --> 00:01:28.799 Depot what we're shocked, I know. But still big day 21 00:01:28.799 --> 00:01:31.519 for the Home Depot to become a part of things 22 00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:38.040 involving the training Center down in Fayetable. So big day 23 00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:42.159 for them, expansive partnership once again all twenty seven national 24 00:01:42.159 --> 00:01:46.400 soccer teams and as a supporting level partner for the 25 00:01:46.719 --> 00:01:50.519 Arthur and Blank US Soccer National Training Center. And we 26 00:01:50.599 --> 00:01:53.239 got to catch up with Chief Commercial Officer David Wright, 27 00:01:53.319 --> 00:01:56.560 Home Depot Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer Molly Batton. 28 00:01:57.120 --> 00:02:00.280 We got to sign the ceremonial beam and I think 29 00:02:00.319 --> 00:02:02.359 that since that's got to be covered, I think there's 30 00:02:02.400 --> 00:02:05.079 going to be a replica put out but to US 31 00:02:05.079 --> 00:02:08.919 Soccer and the Home Depot Expansive Partnership today. So we 32 00:02:08.919 --> 00:02:12.199 were down there for that as a part of the 33 00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:14.719 infrastructure to see how things are growing for US Soccer. 34 00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:18.360 So and we hadn't been down there since the groundbreaking, 35 00:02:19.400 --> 00:02:21.240 and I guess this is opening Kickoff brought to us 36 00:02:21.240 --> 00:02:24.319 by our friends at Kickoff Coffee and Kickoff Coffeeco dot Com. 37 00:02:24.719 --> 00:02:27.439 But we hadn't been down there since the groundbreaking, and 38 00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:31.599 they have done a lot of work. Two hundred thousand 39 00:02:31.639 --> 00:02:35.120 square foot facility. There's going to be twelve fields available, 40 00:02:36.120 --> 00:02:38.520 state of the art stuff. Maddie and Sophia took the 41 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:41.879 tour inside. You'll see Nick Nick has some video that 42 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:45.000 you'll see with us and with ninety two nine in 43 00:02:45.039 --> 00:02:49.360 the game where you just see just really how expansive 44 00:02:49.439 --> 00:02:51.960 this thing is. And so a lot of us down 45 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:55.639 there taking advantage of the opportunity granted by US Soccer 46 00:02:55.680 --> 00:02:57.840 once again, thanks to Tracy Messa and everybody down there 47 00:02:57.879 --> 00:03:00.159 at US Soccer for letting us come and crash two 48 00:03:00.240 --> 00:03:05.240 hundred thousand square feet and get this. Until we were 49 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:09.639 there and you know, getting all of the notes that 50 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:13.280 were attached, I didn't realize that we were because everything 51 00:03:13.360 --> 00:03:16.479 is happening so quickly. I didn't realize that we were 52 00:03:16.479 --> 00:03:21.599 at four hundred ninety nine days under five hundred days 53 00:03:21.639 --> 00:03:24.319 before the World Cup comes to this hemisphere in twenty 54 00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:28.520 twenty six, so four hundred and ninety nine days. So 55 00:03:28.599 --> 00:03:31.159 it's going to be fun. It's going to be a sprint, 56 00:03:31.159 --> 00:03:34.599 and they've done a lot of work and going from 57 00:03:35.800 --> 00:03:38.199 where it was at the groundbreaking to where it is now. 58 00:03:38.599 --> 00:03:43.120 We no longer come in from the front entrance and 59 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:46.159 the driveway that we came in last time. They've now 60 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:48.159 cleared out a lot of space. It's a divided two 61 00:03:48.240 --> 00:03:50.800 lane road. You go in, you go park a lot 62 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:54.199 of parking and there's a lot of stuff that's there, 63 00:03:54.879 --> 00:03:59.240 So kudos to US Soccer and the Home Depot for 64 00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:03.479 being a part of everything now involving all twenty seven 65 00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:06.639 national teams with US Soccer there at the Arthur and 66 00:04:06.639 --> 00:04:08.800 Blank National Training Center, so that's where we were. There's 67 00:04:08.800 --> 00:04:11.599 gonna be a lot of stuff coming out, so once again, 68 00:04:11.639 --> 00:04:15.360 set your notifications and if you're not a part of 69 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:19.680 our social media, the social meds, I think is my 70 00:04:20.720 --> 00:04:23.680 GPB tag team partner, Hannah Goodin says, the social meds, 71 00:04:24.319 --> 00:04:26.399 so be a part of all of that, whether it's 72 00:04:26.560 --> 00:04:29.240 letting us know on Facebook, letting us be a subscribe 73 00:04:29.240 --> 00:04:31.959 to our YouTube channel, go to the Twitch, go to 74 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:34.399 the two hundred and eighty character app, go to the ig. 75 00:04:34.600 --> 00:04:38.519 We're on threads and we're on Blue Sky, so we're 76 00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:42.480 on all of that stuff. So that's where we are. 77 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:44.560 But all of that info is coming up and it's 78 00:04:44.560 --> 00:04:46.720 going to be coming up real soon. So once again, 79 00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:49.560 thanks to all of our friends down at US Soccer 80 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:53.240 for letting us come and hang out. You know, they 81 00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:55.360 let us let us come and hang out and watch 82 00:04:55.360 --> 00:04:59.319 all that stuff. So that's the big thing that we 83 00:04:59.439 --> 00:05:02.399 didn't have an sam so now we're here today, so 84 00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:05.600 it's Power hour. Whatever's on your mind whenever you drop by, 85 00:05:05.600 --> 00:05:07.000 We're going to go over the news of the day 86 00:05:07.680 --> 00:05:11.439 and go over all of the transfer news. What to 87 00:05:11.480 --> 00:05:14.120 look at if you are staring at things involving a 88 00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:16.680 particular player with Atlanta United. We'll go to our friends 89 00:05:16.680 --> 00:05:20.319 at Teesside Live and get the last piece of information 90 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:22.600 that with the latest piece of information that we have there, 91 00:05:23.319 --> 00:05:26.319 and we'll go over the article in and of itself, 92 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:30.879 but the article kind of buries the lead specifically where 93 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:34.920 Emmanuel lante loth is concerned. No updates on cabral and Benfica. 94 00:05:35.600 --> 00:05:40.639 Definitely nothing updated out of Turkey and we'll keep an 95 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:43.920 eye on all of that, but once again later in 96 00:05:43.959 --> 00:05:47.519 the week. So we are in the next week from 97 00:05:47.560 --> 00:05:52.040 what Garth Logerway said, so doing Newcastle solid, like our 98 00:05:52.040 --> 00:05:54.920 friend Ben Jacobs told us a week ago, with all 99 00:05:54.959 --> 00:05:57.720 of the stuff that Newcastle has going on, Miggy can 100 00:05:57.759 --> 00:06:00.879 have part of his medical done over there. Come over here. 101 00:06:01.319 --> 00:06:05.160 When Newcastle's like, yeah, okay, we think we're okay, then 102 00:06:05.199 --> 00:06:07.920 Miguel Almeron makes the big presentation and we'll let you 103 00:06:07.959 --> 00:06:11.360 know obviously when that is and probably the notification and 104 00:06:11.439 --> 00:06:15.839 the video will probably come after SDH is off the air, 105 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:19.600 you know, like I'm saying, so just just what I'm saying, 106 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:24.040 So that's my thought. Anyway, it'll always happen. It always 107 00:06:24.079 --> 00:06:28.439 happens when we're off the air. But anyway, keeping on Miguel. 108 00:06:28.680 --> 00:06:30.360 Later in the week, we'll give you the Latte Loth 109 00:06:30.399 --> 00:06:32.800 update coming up in just a little bit. We'll go 110 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:36.920 over all the transfer stuff. We will go through Ropes. 111 00:06:37.000 --> 00:06:41.480 All right, So Ropes is in and full disclosure, he's on. 112 00:06:41.759 --> 00:06:48.480 He's watching Paramount Plus and they have the Wrexham Stevenage 113 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:51.199 match on because it was a two forty five and 114 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:54.480 they're getting close to the end. So I was watching 115 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:57.879 it Ropes and you know, I was just trying to 116 00:06:57.920 --> 00:06:59.480 have something on in the room while I was getting 117 00:06:59.480 --> 00:07:04.120 ready for or you know, the Power Hour, and it 118 00:07:04.519 --> 00:07:10.319 was part of, yeah, the noise in the room. It 119 00:07:10.439 --> 00:07:13.879 got to three to one Stevenage and I'm like, I'm 120 00:07:13.879 --> 00:07:18.639 gonna jinx, I'm gonna turn it off. So apparently, apparently, apparently, 121 00:07:18.680 --> 00:07:26.399 apparently things have gotten cuckoo involving Wrexham and Stevenage. So 122 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:31.199 let me go and check really quickly and see where 123 00:07:31.240 --> 00:07:32.879 things are, because it was three to one and I 124 00:07:32.920 --> 00:07:36.079 was like, yeah, I think I'm out, So all right, 125 00:07:36.240 --> 00:07:40.279 so Clayworth into the top corner ninety plus So it's 126 00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:44.160 three two in the ninetieth minute. So there's there's there's 127 00:07:44.279 --> 00:07:47.279 chaos apparently. So it was three to one, now it's 128 00:07:47.279 --> 00:07:49.600 three two. I mean Wrexham had had most of the 129 00:07:49.600 --> 00:07:51.600 field tilt their way, they just hadn't been able to 130 00:07:51.639 --> 00:07:53.879 get a shot on target. And I imagine that if 131 00:07:53.920 --> 00:07:56.319 you are Stevenage, You're sitting there and you're going, you 132 00:07:56.319 --> 00:07:58.600 know what, we gotta lead. We're gonna camp out. We're 133 00:07:58.600 --> 00:08:00.800 gonna let them do all the work. So right now 134 00:08:00.839 --> 00:08:02.800 it's steven Age at three to two was the last 135 00:08:02.839 --> 00:08:07.040 thing I saw. So yes, Christopher, Christopher abeles in this afternoon, 136 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:10.680 we are going to go over the guidelines and what 137 00:08:11.160 --> 00:08:13.480 and who is going where, because that was the other 138 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:16.240 piece of news that came out this afternoon. Who is 139 00:08:16.279 --> 00:08:20.240 going where when it comes to competitions, and who's an 140 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:23.360 open open cup, who's in League's cup, who qualifies what leagues? 141 00:08:23.399 --> 00:08:25.959 What people? All those kinds of things Morning unk are 142 00:08:25.959 --> 00:08:29.519 actually afternoon unk. You see old habits die hard. They 143 00:08:29.560 --> 00:08:33.519 really do. So we'll go over who is where and 144 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:38.120 what with what MLS Soccer put out this afternoon involving 145 00:08:38.919 --> 00:08:43.159 the tournaments and who is where? So let's let's get 146 00:08:43.159 --> 00:08:46.240 into that this afternoon. I do want to get into 147 00:08:46.639 --> 00:08:50.960 what's going on with Messi and friends because apparently it's 148 00:08:50.960 --> 00:08:54.600 somewhat chaotic. All right, So you've got the Triple C, 149 00:08:55.159 --> 00:08:58.600 you have the Conka CAF Hemispheric Extravaganza coming up very 150 00:08:58.679 --> 00:09:00.519 very soon. We know who's in that. But once again 151 00:09:00.559 --> 00:09:03.039 we'll go over at All League's Cup, Open Cup and 152 00:09:03.080 --> 00:09:07.200 the can Champ. Now those are the four competitions. Here 153 00:09:07.279 --> 00:09:12.279 is what qualifications were and Christopher, let us know, not 154 00:09:12.360 --> 00:09:17.759 a fan of the qualification process. All domestic teams should 155 00:09:17.799 --> 00:09:21.840 compete in the domestic cup competition. So here's what's going on. 156 00:09:22.679 --> 00:09:26.120 Uh yeah, yeah, Tom, we're gonna we're gonna they they. 157 00:09:26.279 --> 00:09:28.120 I don't know if he was I don't know if 158 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:31.720 he was fired. I think he was reassigned. I think 159 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:33.799 he was reassigned. We'll get into that coming up in 160 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:37.679 a bit. But but yeah, so here's here's the layout 161 00:09:37.840 --> 00:09:41.039 for the MLS Soccer team the clubs, and like I said, 162 00:09:41.080 --> 00:09:43.720 we'll update you on who is going where, because we 163 00:09:43.759 --> 00:09:46.320 do have teams making transfers and all this kind of stuff. 164 00:09:46.360 --> 00:09:49.679 So here's here's who's going where, and this is this afternoon. 165 00:09:49.679 --> 00:09:52.759 So you got the four tournaments that were attached. So 166 00:09:53.440 --> 00:09:56.080 Seattle and Messi and friends once again, they're also playing 167 00:09:56.080 --> 00:10:01.159 in the Club World Cup. So here here's how everything 168 00:10:01.240 --> 00:10:05.960 lays out. So you have this is in structure for 169 00:10:06.039 --> 00:10:10.440 this season and next providing the guideline according to parameters 170 00:10:10.480 --> 00:10:14.440 for leagues for World Cup, Club World Cup. World Cup 171 00:10:14.919 --> 00:10:20.519 reevaluated for twenty seven. So once again, triple C. That's 172 00:10:20.519 --> 00:10:23.279 all Conker Calf. We know who's in. You won, you 173 00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:28.080 got close. You're in. So League's Cup. Eighteen clubs for 174 00:10:28.200 --> 00:10:32.679 Major League Soccer qualified to match the eighteen League MX teams, 175 00:10:32.720 --> 00:10:34.240 so they wanted it to be thirty six and you 176 00:10:34.360 --> 00:10:40.000 probably have what we might be nin nine by four, 177 00:10:40.080 --> 00:10:44.440 So we'll see what happens. Top nine teams in each 178 00:10:44.759 --> 00:10:50.399 conference from the prior season qualify. Due to Vancouver being 179 00:10:50.399 --> 00:10:53.120 in the can champ and having to defend their title, 180 00:10:53.840 --> 00:11:00.679 San Diego FC goes into League's Cup Open Cup. From 181 00:11:00.799 --> 00:11:05.000 last year, number of MLS teams participating increases from eight 182 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:10.080 to sixteen. In addition, ten MLS Next Pro teams compete 183 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:14.559 in the tournament. The sixteen participating MLS teams are determined 184 00:11:14.720 --> 00:11:16.480 this way, And this is like I said, this comes 185 00:11:16.519 --> 00:11:20.679 from Major League Soccer. Only US based clubs are eligible 186 00:11:20.679 --> 00:11:24.480 to participate in the Open Cup. MILLIONA MLS teams not 187 00:11:24.519 --> 00:11:30.000 competing in League's Cup or the Triple C the CONCACAFF 188 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:34.559 Hemispheric Extravaganza automatically qualify for Open Cup for the twenty 189 00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:38.480 five tournament. This accounts for nine of the sixteen MLS squads. 190 00:11:38.919 --> 00:11:44.159 The remaining teams are determined by supporter shield standings, excluding 191 00:11:44.200 --> 00:11:48.440 competing in the CONCACAFF Hemispheric Extravaganza. For the twenty five tournament, 192 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:52.720 this accounts for seven can champ that's the three Canadian 193 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:58.399 based clubs they're competing, So ten clubs get to compete 194 00:11:58.440 --> 00:12:02.000 in the CONCACAFF Hemispheric extras Rabagans in twenty five. That 195 00:12:02.200 --> 00:12:07.759 starts literally in a week February fourth, Hang on how 196 00:12:07.799 --> 00:12:12.879 many days? February fourth? February fourth, so January today is 197 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:19.320 the twenty eighth Tuesday. So going in the book, yeah, 198 00:12:19.360 --> 00:12:22.360 week from today, So week from today is when the 199 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:27.759 CONKA cab hemis Rick Extravaganza starts. LA Galaxy and Crew 200 00:12:28.679 --> 00:12:33.080 enter in the round of sixteen. Eight play in round one. 201 00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:37.600 League's Cup. Eighteen MLS teams face off against the eighteen 202 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:40.639 Liga MX. That goes from July twenty nine to August 203 00:12:40.720 --> 00:12:42.799 thirty first, that's that month that's blocked out of the 204 00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:47.559 year Open Cup. Sixteen competing MLS teams enter the Open 205 00:12:47.600 --> 00:12:49.759 Cup in the round of thirty two. Eight of those 206 00:12:49.960 --> 00:12:53.639 host their opening matches. The ten MLS next pro sides 207 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:58.120 enter the tournament in round number one. Like I said, 208 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:00.440 we'll lay out who's where coming up in a bit, 209 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:04.600 but this is the qualifying order. Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, all 210 00:13:04.600 --> 00:13:09.720 in the can champ So now in the CONCA calf 211 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:17.279 Hemispheric Extravaganza. Here's where we are. Cincinnati, Colorado, Columbus, l 212 00:13:17.320 --> 00:13:23.320 A G L, A L A, FC, Messian Friends, RSL, Seattle, 213 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:28.039 Sporting Kansas City, and Vancouver. That's the that's the CONCA 214 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:38.799 CAF Hemispheric Extravaganza. Leagues Cup Atlanta, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Colorado, Columbus, Houston, 215 00:13:39.519 --> 00:13:43.159 l A G L, A FC, Messian Friends, Minnesota, Montreal, 216 00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:50.919 NYCFC Red Bulls, Purple Team, Portland, RSL, San Diego and Seattle, 217 00:13:51.000 --> 00:14:02.480 Open Cup, Austin, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, d C, Houston, Loon, Nashville, Revs, NYCFC, 218 00:14:02.679 --> 00:14:10.840 Red Bulls, OCB Philadelphia, Portland, San Jose, All Caps, Next 219 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:21.759 Pro Corps, Chattanooga FC, FC, Cincinnati two Crew two, LA 220 00:14:21.919 --> 00:14:28.759 f C two, Messian Friends, Real Monarchs, Sporting Kansas City 221 00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:32.240 two to come a defiance in Ventura County and then 222 00:14:32.279 --> 00:14:34.399 in the CAN Champions those three. So that's where we 223 00:14:34.440 --> 00:14:38.519 are with the breakdown of all of those. So Atlanta 224 00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:43.200 United is in Leagues Cup, League Cup only, Charlotte leaguees Cup, 225 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:47.720 Open Cup, Fire Open Cup, Cincinnati's in two, Columbus is 226 00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:50.639 in two, d C is in Open Cup, Messi and 227 00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:56.360 Friends in two CF, Montreal's in two. Nashville, New England 228 00:14:56.440 --> 00:15:00.240 in Open Cup, NYC, Red Bulls Purple Team, Leagues Cup, Up, 229 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:04.480 Open Cup, Union Open Cup, Toronto Can Champ. That's Eastern Conference, 230 00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:09.840 Western Conference. Austin's in the Open Cup, Colorado's in two, FC, 231 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:13.679 Dallas and the Open Cup, Dynamo Leagues Cup, Open Cup, 232 00:15:14.159 --> 00:15:19.240 Galaxy and LAFC, CONCA CAFF and Leagues Cup, Minnesota, Portland, 233 00:15:19.320 --> 00:15:24.639 Leagues Cup, Open Cup, RSL Conca CAFF, Leagues Cup, San Diego, 234 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:27.840 Welcome to Major League Soccer. You're in Leagues Cup. San 235 00:15:27.919 --> 00:15:32.200 Jose's in the Open Cup, Seattle Conca CAFF in Leagues 236 00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:37.200 Sporting Conca CALF, all Caps Open Cup, Vancouver Conca CAFF 237 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:42.320 and the Can Champ so ten in the Can ten 238 00:15:42.480 --> 00:15:46.120 in Conca CALF, eighteen in Leagues Cup. That's where Land 239 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:53.399 United comes in, sixteen in Open Cup, ten MLS pros Carolina, 240 00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:56.919 Chattanooga Crew two FC Cincinnati two Messi and friends to 241 00:15:57.200 --> 00:16:00.799 LAFC two Monarchs, Sporting Tacoma and in Sure County which 242 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:04.480 used to be lowst dose LA Galaxy too, and then 243 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:08.799 the three in the Can Champs. So that is your 244 00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:15.399 layout of who is where. JT. Batson came out with 245 00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:19.840 a quote. Let me see if I can find it. 246 00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:26.279 Let's see, Uh, where's the JT. Batson quote? Let me 247 00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:29.960 see if it exists someplace where it's a paywall. You 248 00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:34.200 silly people, all right, So hang on efforting thought I 249 00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:36.279 had it, and then it clicked and then it clicked away. 250 00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:42.320 So JT. Batson from US Soccer on his two hundred 251 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:45.600 and eighty character account open Cup is a crucial connection 252 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:48.279 point for all levels of soccer in the United States, 253 00:16:48.440 --> 00:16:50.519 and this historic tournament allows us to lift up the 254 00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:53.879 people working in service to soccer in their communities. Pleased 255 00:16:54.039 --> 00:16:57.879 to continue collaborating with all US Soccer members to maximize 256 00:16:57.919 --> 00:17:02.879 the tournament's impact on soccer at all level in this country. 257 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:06.000 And then you had the formats, dates, and teams for 258 00:17:06.160 --> 00:17:08.599 the one hundred and tenth edition of the US Open 259 00:17:08.640 --> 00:17:14.440 Cup in its forms, so once again things get loaded. 260 00:17:15.119 --> 00:17:19.200 Open Cup kicks off March eighteen through twenty thirty two 261 00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:23.000 game first round ninety sixteen tournament for the one hundred 262 00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:27.799 and tenth edition, second year running. Thirty two games of 263 00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:30.720 the first round played exclusively between amateur teams from the 264 00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:37.079 Open Division and professional sides. Returning amateur powers include Miami 265 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:40.359 United four to roh el Fa Delito des Moines, Menez 266 00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:46.079 sixty four Pro clubs fourteen from League One, ten sides 267 00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:49.160 from MLS Next Pro. Tournament will include the twenty four 268 00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:53.720 teams in USL Championship. Eighth lowest seated teams in the 269 00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:56.559 USL Championship enter in the first round along with League 270 00:17:56.599 --> 00:17:59.480 one and MLS Next Pro sixteen. There will be a 271 00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:02.039 test later on. By the way, sixteen higher seated at 272 00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:06.279 USL Championship clubs enter in the third. Sixteen MLS teams 273 00:18:06.359 --> 00:18:10.880 enter in the round of thirty two, so March eighteen 274 00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:14.240 through twenty April one to two April fifteen through sixteen, 275 00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:15.960 and then you get the month and the month and 276 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:17.960 the month and the will actually know you don't May 277 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:20.680 six through seven, round to thirty two, Round of sixteen, 278 00:18:20.720 --> 00:18:25.400 May twenty through twenty one. They skip six weeks July 279 00:18:25.599 --> 00:18:33.400 eight nine, pass Club World Cup late May to June 280 00:18:34.079 --> 00:18:37.039 through June July eight nine, and then the summer is 281 00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:41.839 Major League Soccer Semifinal September sixteen, seventeen finals on October first, 282 00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:43.559 which is a lot sooner than it has been in 283 00:18:43.559 --> 00:18:47.440 the past. All right, so mentioned the professional teams from 284 00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:51.920 Major League Soccer USL Championship. Eight teams enter in the 285 00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:57.000 first round. Sixteen enter in the third seated to host Charleston, 286 00:18:57.319 --> 00:19:02.559 Colorado Springs, Detroit City, India, Vegas, lou City, New Mexico United, 287 00:19:02.599 --> 00:19:06.799 and Sacramento. They are seated to host in the third round. 288 00:19:08.119 --> 00:19:11.119 So League one entering in the first round. All fourteen 289 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:15.440 teams and molests next pro we mentioned them. Thirty two 290 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:17.759 teams in the amateur in the Open division they enter 291 00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:21.960 in round number one, including Soda Cities. We should be 292 00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:25.400 catching up with them soon. Then you have some teams 293 00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:27.759 in Florida. I'm trying to check the names and see 294 00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:34.039 if there's anybody that's familiar. Miami United, Tulsa Athletic, Virginia Dream. 295 00:19:35.119 --> 00:19:38.000 NPSL has seven teams based on league play in twenty 296 00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:42.319 four Appalachian FC, DULUTHEFC, So our buddy John Schuster gets 297 00:19:42.319 --> 00:19:46.200 an Open Cup bid, Fatalito FC, Arizona, Motown Naples, and 298 00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:49.960 New York Shakers. League two nine teams based on twenty 299 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:52.599 twenty four league play Asheville City, So we should be 300 00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:55.400 catching up with our friends up there. Ballard jumps in 301 00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:59.960 Corpus Christi, Menace, Flat Irons out of Colorado, Little Rock Rangers, 302 00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:03.759 Long Island Rough Riders, Sarasota Paradise, and Venture County Fusion. 303 00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:10.400 So that is the rundown of everything League's Cup or 304 00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:15.880 everything Open Cup. Sorry, so everything Open Cup. You look 305 00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:19.599 at Tom's response in the comments and he is not happy. 306 00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:24.039 You're not the only one, trust me. But Tom did 307 00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:29.319 it almost in all caps. So that is where we are. 308 00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:33.000 It's one of the biggest things that happened today that 309 00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:36.960 came out this afternoon. Ninety six teams through all of 310 00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:40.480 the league's USL Championship League one, some in League two, 311 00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:43.000 some of the NPSL Major League Soccer. They figured out 312 00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:45.640 how that's going to be integrated. And it's ninety six 313 00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:50.519 teams coming forward. So that's where we are with that. Now. 314 00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:54.599 The other thing that I wanted to discuss involving one 315 00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:59.319 of those clubs that has been mentioned in multiple tournaments, 316 00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:07.279 and it has to do with with Messi and Friends, 317 00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:16.519 and it was how do we say this interesting to 318 00:21:16.599 --> 00:21:21.440 find out what's going on? So here's there's a shakeup 319 00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:24.480 in the front office. I don't know, I don't know 320 00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:32.839 if you if you saw this, and so here's apparently 321 00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:37.759 what has happened. What happened was this, so and this 322 00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:41.759 is from our friends at GMS. Now shake up in 323 00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:45.720 the Messi and Friends front office. And we'll get into Manuel, 324 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:50.200 Manuel Latte Lot and everything going going on in UH 325 00:21:51.119 --> 00:21:55.400 transfers down here coming up in a bit Messy and 326 00:21:55.480 --> 00:22:00.680 Friends front office. Remember Roll Sun Lahy and and the 327 00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:04.119 stories that were published by our friends at gimme Sport, 328 00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:11.039 where apparently, according to published reports, at one point when 329 00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:14.079 sunlay He came in to be president of football Operations 330 00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:18.519 to get Chris Henderson out of his office. It's like, ooh, 331 00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:25.359 I like that mine. So now sunlay He has been 332 00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:32.559 reassigned to oversea matters pertaining to institutional relations. I have 333 00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:36.759 no idea what that means. But let's see if we 334 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:43.200 can find out. Let's see if in a particular if 335 00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:46.759 in a release. Now, let's see if we can Let's 336 00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:49.599 see if we can find out if it was in 337 00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:55.400 fact posts, if it was in fact published. Now, all right, 338 00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:58.960 so I'm clicking on the thing and I'm trying to 339 00:22:59.000 --> 00:23:06.599 see applications, interviews, media availability. No, okay, so they did 340 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:12.920 not have that inter Miami has not published an official 341 00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:20.839 communicay on anything involving what apparently has happened within the 342 00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:25.200 front office. So our friends of Giving Sport, Tommy scoops 343 00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:28.680 at all, I don't know on this is me still 344 00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:32.000 Now sunlay He has been reassigned to overseas matters pertaining 345 00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:35.720 to institutional relations. Like I said, I don't know what 346 00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:44.359 that means. You know, here, help us, you know, be 347 00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:50.480 this in the community. Institutional relations be this worldwide. Mister 348 00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:53.279 sunlay He, sir, we need you to go here. We 349 00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:55.400 need you to go We need you to go here. 350 00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:58.160 We need you to go to Lexington, Kentucky and catch 351 00:23:58.240 --> 00:24:00.400 up with our friends at Lexington s C. Since they're 352 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:02.359 going to be playing us this weekend. We need to 353 00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:04.720 find out what's going on there. I don't like I said, 354 00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:08.680 I don't know what this means. So guiermo Oyos is 355 00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:13.160 now in charge of first team sporting decisions, sources tell 356 00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:19.599 GMS so sunlay He has been reassigned to the club's 357 00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:23.599 office in Coral Gables and not the first team facility. 358 00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:30.319 An Inter Miami spokesperson provided the following statement to Gimme Sport. Quote. 359 00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:33.400 Rall's move was pre planned in coordination with the closing 360 00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:35.039 of the window at the end of January and the 361 00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:37.319 many activities that the team has with the club, World Cup, 362 00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:42.240 World Cup, in other matters pertaining to institutional relations. So 363 00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:47.440 I'm guessing he's pushing paper with players and tournaments. I 364 00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:52.599 don't know. So here's where Bogert continues. Sources say while 365 00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:56.319 the club were in Las Vegas for a preseason match 366 00:24:56.359 --> 00:25:01.599 against Klubamedica, sunlay He entered the Player and Coaches Only 367 00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:06.440 Players and Coaches only in quotation marks bus, which prompted 368 00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:12.240 an exchange of words with Lionel Messi. That really is 369 00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:14.839 not a sentence. I would think that you would want 370 00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:24.240 to have attached to your name Players and Coaches. You 371 00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:29.839 enter the Players and Coaches Only bus. I would hope 372 00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:32.799 you know that you knew what your transportation plans were 373 00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:34.400 and now, and I could. I could see. It's like 374 00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:36.680 they all look the same, you know. You walk up 375 00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:41.160 and you're like, oh sorry, you know and wrong bus. 376 00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:43.240 And then you go and you do your thing. You 377 00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:45.319 find you find your bus with all the other folks 378 00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:50.920 from the front office. So he enters the Player and 379 00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:57.200 Coaches Only bus prompts an exchange of words with Lionel Messi. 380 00:25:59.359 --> 00:26:04.119 Being there we are at inter Miami. One of the 381 00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:07.240 things I don't think you ever want to have is 382 00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:12.519 an exchange of words with Leonel Messi. I don't think 383 00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:17.400 you want that ever. I mean literally, you go walking 384 00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:20.720 up the steps and you realize, oh crap, you know, 385 00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:26.079 wrong bus. No, sorry, right, my bad, we can find 386 00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:30.119 my bus. You know, they all look the same. Oyos. 387 00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:33.759 Joan joined Miami as the club's Academy director of methodology. 388 00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:36.680 After Messi arrived, Oyos first worked with Messi as a 389 00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:41.359 Barcelona Academy coach and they've been tied ever since. Messi 390 00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:43.920 said back in twenty ten, quote, he was my footballing dad. 391 00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:46.039 Helped me a lot since I came to Barsa. He 392 00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:47.880 was always with me, showing me things and has brought 393 00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:49.480 me to where I am today, the First Division. I'm 394 00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:56.119 grateful he is my footballing godfather. End quote. Remember sun 395 00:26:56.200 --> 00:27:00.799 Lay he joined last summer. Chris Henry and Director of 396 00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:03.559 Scouting Mark Presant among the front office staff to depart 397 00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:08.000 the club present assistant GM with San Diego Sunday. He 398 00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:10.000 was CEO of r he Al saw or Gosa best 399 00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:12.279 time for his known at Arsenal as head of football 400 00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:16.759 and director of Football at Barcelona. Jorge Moss also owns 401 00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:20.880