Speaker 1: The welcome in for another edition of the Morning Espresso
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Speaker 1: your Morning Espresso all the soccer news you need to
Speaker 1: know for Thursday, February sixth. Let's start in MLS. Christian
Speaker 1: Ramirez is reportedly heading from the Columbus Crew to the
Speaker 1: La Galaxy America. De KLi in Colombia reportedly pushed very
Speaker 1: hard to sign Ramirez. There's been some other clubs I
Speaker 1: believe linked to signing Ramirez in the off season, but
Speaker 1: he's going to stay in MLS. He's going to go
Speaker 1: to the Galaxy. So he will be the replacement for
Speaker 1: Dayan Jovilch who went to Kansas City, who's going to
Speaker 1: replace now Ramirez and Kucho Ornandez and Columbus because I
Speaker 1: thought Ramirez would replace Kuco and now he's not. Brianna
Speaker 1: McKay and Columbus says. Sources confirmed that it will be
Speaker 1: up to five hundred thousand dollars in GAM two hundred
Speaker 1: and fifty thousand guaranteed from the Galaxy to the Crew
Speaker 1: for Christian Ramirez. Orlando City. They signed a designated player
Speaker 1: yesterday morning, Marco Pashlich, twenty four year old winger from Croatia.
Speaker 1: Designated player Croatian international. He's got five caps. He joins
Speaker 1: the team through twenty seven with a team option for
Speaker 1: twenty eight, and he replaces Facundo Dores as the designated
Speaker 1: player there to go alongside Luis Mouriel and Martin o'heeda.
Speaker 1: They're going to need more from Murreel in twenty twenty
Speaker 1: five for sure. I mentioned previously on The Espresso that
Speaker 1: ben Fico were interested in selling Argentine central midfielder Benjamin Rolheiser.
Speaker 1: Well Tom Bogert reported that Dallas was one of the
Speaker 1: clubs that was interested. They had talks about him, but
Speaker 1: it didn't progress. Dallas is still looking for designated player
Speaker 1: number ten. Other MLS clubs have some serious interest in
Speaker 1: Rollheiser and it's probably going to take around ten million
Speaker 1: dollars to get that kind of a deal done. First
Speaker 1: round pairings for the twenty twenty five US Open Cup
Speaker 1: have been sent thirty two matchups. Pro teams versus amateur teams.
Speaker 1: Twenty six teams are making their Open Cup debuts. A
Speaker 1: few games to watch some of the ones nearby US,
Speaker 1: but a couple of Darby's as well. Enter Miami CF two,
Speaker 1: the MLS next pro side, playing Miami United FC. Miami
Speaker 1: United has been in three straight Open Cups. Now Tulsa
Speaker 1: Athletic and FC Tulsa. Tulsa Athletic won this derby in
Speaker 1: twenty twenty three. Ashville City they will host Greenville Triumph.
Speaker 1: That's going to be a great one. On Tuesday, March eighteenth,
Speaker 1: Chattanooga FC hosting Corpus Christy FC. Appalachian FC hosting one
Speaker 1: Knoxville SC. That'll be a really good one. Little Rock
Speaker 1: Rangers hosting the Birmingham Legion. South Georgia Tormenta hosting Harbor
Speaker 1: City FC of the UPSL and the UPSL back to
Speaker 1: back champions Soda City. They have to go on the
Speaker 1: road from Columbia, South Carolina to high Point, North Carolina
Speaker 1: to face the Carolina core That should be a really
Speaker 1: fun match. The National Women's Soccer League, the NWSL has
Speaker 1: agreed to pay a five million dollars restitution fund to
Speaker 1: compensate current or former players who have suffered from abuse
Speaker 1: while playing in the league. Now it's not immediately clear
Speaker 1: how the funds will be distributed. That process will be
Speaker 1: worked through, but the settlement it follows extensive investigations that
Speaker 1: started in twenty twenty one widespread allegations of verbal emotional
Speaker 1: sexual abuse across multiple NWSL clubs that there was a
Speaker 1: many head coaches who were dismissed or resigned. The NWSL
Speaker 1: commissioner at the time resigned, so in addition to financial compensation,
Speaker 1: the settlement includes a list of requirements for the NWA
Speaker 1: to continue protecting players. The league's leadership is required to
Speaker 1: report to the attorney generals who led this investigation every
Speaker 1: six months for the next three years, and the report
Speaker 1: also does acknowledge that the league has already worked to
Speaker 1: implement safeguards outlined in a previous report. This is a
Speaker 1: big deal and there could be more fallout from this.
Speaker 1: Stay tuned when it comes to the NWSL and this
Speaker 1: aspect of their safeguarding processes that they have made progress on,
Speaker 1: but there's still some things from the pass that they
Speaker 1: have to deal with. The Argentine Premier DIVISIONE match between
Speaker 1: Goodoy Cruz and Taschers was suspended late yesterday late Tuesday
Speaker 1: after an assistant referee was struck by an object from
Speaker 1: the crowd. The main referee picked up something that looked
Speaker 1: like a thin tube from the field after he called
Speaker 1: for medical assistance. The linesman Diego Martin was bleeding from
Speaker 1: his forehead. The game had been halted for a lengthy
Speaker 1: review on a var situation. A goal would have put
Speaker 1: Goodoy Cruise ahead in the thirty seventh a minute. It
Speaker 1: was disallowed due to an off side call by the
Speaker 1: video assistant referee. And then this happens. As we've talked
Speaker 1: about when we get into fan behavior, and we talked
Speaker 1: about it last time on the Espresso with disgusting messages
Speaker 1: that were sent to Bunny Shaw of Manchester City. This
Speaker 1: should be a lifetime banning thing. I mean, there shouldn't
Speaker 1: even be a question about it. I believe most stadiums
Speaker 1: now in Argentina. I'm not one hundred percent sure. I
Speaker 1: know here, Yes, most stadiums have cameras pretty much all
Speaker 1: over in terms of the crowd and people doing things
Speaker 1: like this. Get the guy on camera, get the guy
Speaker 1: identified or woman could be get it identified and get
Speaker 1: that person banned for life, no question, no way around it.
Speaker 1: It should not be able to attend a match in
Speaker 1: Argentina if you're going to be throwing things from the
Speaker 1: crowd and striking referees and anybody who ever thinks about
Speaker 1: throwing something from the crowd at the field. Don't. Don't.
Speaker 1: We've seen it happen in Atlanta. We've seen it happen
Speaker 1: most places. Don't do it. Just don't. You never know
Speaker 1: what can happen with it. Don't do it. If you do,
Speaker 1: you should be banned and you shouldn't be back. That's
Speaker 1: just flat out. US Soccer Federation has updated its referee
Speaker 1: abuse Prevention policy after ninety percent of referees reported that
Speaker 1: abuse has increased over the last five years. Sixty percent
Speaker 1: of referees chose not to recertify due to harassment and threats.
Speaker 1: The updated policy it includes stronger sanctions for any form
Speaker 1: of physical or non physical abuse towards referees. If you
Speaker 1: are a player, if you are a coach, if you
Speaker 1: are an administrator, and you're involved in the game at
Speaker 1: the youth level the adult level, you might want to
Speaker 1: go read this so you know where the lines are now,
Speaker 1: so you can avoid penalties and more importantly, so you
Speaker 1: can create a better culture around this. Ninety percent of
Speaker 1: referees reporting that abuse has increased, that doesn't surprise me.
Speaker 1: That makes me sad. X two percent of referees choosing
Speaker 1: not to recertify due to harassment and threats. That's a
Speaker 1: mind blowing statistic that everybody has to look at and say,
Speaker 1: how can we change this. I've served on disciplined and
Speaker 1: protest committees before, with adult and with youth in the
Speaker 1: State of Georgia, and this was a while back, and
Speaker 1: the situations were definitely increasing at that time. But I
Speaker 1: think the list of sanctions was a little too open
Speaker 1: ended at that time, and there were two often easier
Speaker 1: routes to not severely punishing people who had done this,
Speaker 1: especially on the referee abuse side, the more verbal side.
Speaker 1: Now it is much more in writing of this is
Speaker 1: what has to happen to these individuals who do these
Speaker 1: sorts of things. So I really like the policy for
Speaker 1: US Soccer. I think they could have went further, to
Speaker 1: be honest, but it is a very good start to
Speaker 1: helping protect referees better and it's something that if we
Speaker 1: want the game to grow, you got to have the
Speaker 1: referees in well some other topics today. Damien Downs and
Speaker 1: Amy might need to know. His first sport was American football.
Speaker 1: He moved from Texas back to his native Germany and
Speaker 1: took up the other ball. And now he is starring
Speaker 1: for f Sign who is trying to get back to
Speaker 1: the top flight in the Bundesliga. Twenty year old striker.
Speaker 1: He had a goal, end and assist in Wednesday's three
Speaker 1: to German Cup loss to Bayer Leverkusen. Nine goals, five
Speaker 1: assists twenty one games for the top team in the
Speaker 1: second division. Right now, he's eligible to be called up
Speaker 1: by the US men's national team, and the US men's
Speaker 1: national team has a whole lot of injuries at forward.
Speaker 1: So just saying you might want to get to know
Speaker 1: Damien Downs. John Doran is going to get to know
Speaker 1: air travel. Reportedly, he is going to travel over five
Speaker 1: hundred kilometers a day to train with his new club
Speaker 1: Al Nasser, an eighty minute flight to training every day.
Speaker 1: He has chosen reportedly to live with his girlfriend in Bahrain.
Speaker 1: I guess if you have the money, sure that works. Wow.
Speaker 1: Yesterday's results Clube Leon they take the top spot in
Speaker 1: League MX two one win over Pachuca Steven Mendoza with
Speaker 1: the winner in the second half. Monterrey no surprise, they
Speaker 1: win two nil in Canada against Forge FC in the
Speaker 1: Conca CAFF Champions Cup first leg. The upset of the
Speaker 1: day was in Conca calf Real Estelli in Nicaragua. They
Speaker 1: defeated De Grace one nil on a late goal from
Speaker 1: Francisco Gral in the last ten minutes of regulation time.
Speaker 1: Now they've got to go to Monterrey do it again
Speaker 1: against De Grace in the second leg. It's not likely,
Speaker 1: but it'll be a game you'll want to keep an
Speaker 1: eye on. In that second leg. Newcastle United they took
Speaker 1: care of a second leg yesterday. They are into the
Speaker 1: Carabell Cup Final trying to win their first trophy in
Speaker 1: fifty six years. Arsenal couldn't get it done. Newcastle had
Speaker 1: a two nil lead in the first leg. They extended
Speaker 1: that to win two nil with goals from Jacob Murphy
Speaker 1: and Anthony And they'll find out who they play today
Speaker 1: Liverpool and Tottenham. That is the second leg of the
Speaker 1: Caravell Cup semi final. Tottenham has the one nil lead.
Speaker 1: Liverpool are unbeaten in fifteen home matches since September, They've
Speaker 1: scored at least two goals in each of those. Spurs
Speaker 1: do have that aggregate lead. They have kept four clean
Speaker 1: sheets in their last eight games. In all competitions. They
Speaker 1: have not won at anfield since twenty eleven. They don't
Speaker 1: have to win. They need to get a draw. At
Speaker 1: least they do that, they will go through. If they
Speaker 1: lose one nil, then we see what happens. If they
Speaker 1: lose by more than that, then no, can Spurs do it.
Speaker 1: It would be a very big upset if they can
Speaker 1: do it, and what a final that would be Newcastle
Speaker 1: and Tottenham in the Caravello Cup, Liverpool trying to get
Speaker 1: this done. If an supposed to conglu doesn't get this done,
Speaker 1: does that change the narrative a little bit? Although I
Speaker 1: think he's on steadier ground now than he was before.
Speaker 1: The League's Cup has been a big thing for him.
Speaker 1: The League Cup has been a big thing for him
Speaker 1: to help get going. I mixed up my league in
Speaker 1: League's cups, their Carabout Cup, the Gummy Bear Cup. You
Speaker 1: can watch that this afternoon and you can come back
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