Speaker 1: Welcome to sdh's coverage of everything going on MLS Next Pro.
Speaker 1: We're down to the final matchup of the season. No Dilly,
Speaker 1: no Dela zone. We got highlights from the two matches.
Speaker 1: A lot of goals scored by the winners and they
Speaker 1: were both shoot shutouts and shootouts. Philadelphia Columbus Crew from
Speaker 1: Subaru Park. An offensive display by Union two out of
Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference. Here's your highlights, courtesy of our friends
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Speaker 2: A very trusty four one two one two shape for Marlin,
Speaker 2: LeBlanc and Sol on the top of that diamond always
Speaker 2: attracts attention from the strict round makes way. Coming in
Speaker 2: his place is going to be Owen Crescas in that
Speaker 2: left wing back position.
Speaker 3: Very versatile player.
Speaker 2: Eric Tattersall is our head official for our match this evening.
Speaker 2: Left side of your screen, and the all blue kids
Speaker 2: are Philadelphia. You ensue they're heading from left to right,
Speaker 2: right to left. In those yellows are Columbus Crews. Here,
Speaker 2: Jack Edwards, who with you in the broadcast booth? Fast guess,
Speaker 2: great touch from only after a solid pass.
Speaker 4: Squeaks through point blank one. Neil Philadelphia Marcus Anderson pounces
Speaker 4: on the loose ball and gets the opening goal for
Speaker 4: the hosts.
Speaker 2: Or is it the main subject of the halftime talk
Speaker 2: from Kelvin Jones.
Speaker 3: Piano flabber ball Sullivan and a lot of space from
Speaker 3: distance deflect it and in.
Speaker 4: Cavin Sullivan doubles the advantage for Philadelphia.
Speaker 3: Now bringing the long throw flicked up biocycle kit clearance.
Speaker 4: We've had the two minutes we've had the first half,
Speaker 4: and it's all Philadelphia.
Speaker 3: Union two.
Speaker 2: We're back underway Philadelphia heading from right to left and
Speaker 2: they're all blue kits in the all yellows Columbia. Besquez
Speaker 2: fires into the area off the crossbar. Second look for Davis,
Speaker 2: it's blocked point Blanka coming together there.
Speaker 3: It's out now for a goalkick on to the left
Speaker 3: foot has Sullivan.
Speaker 2: He has only Westfield overlapping cj One trying the chip
Speaker 2: Goodness Lapkiz backing up, got his hands to it. Cariano
Speaker 2: moves it out wide to Cavin Sullivan, Sullivan driving on
Speaker 2: to the left foot, low strike saved by Stoslapkez sield
Speaker 2: one back to Westfields curling ball in returns to the
Speaker 2: sender from.
Speaker 4: Distance, low shot into the bottom corner. Frankie Westfield makes
Speaker 4: it three and Nilo with an outstanding right footed strike.
Speaker 3: His ball into the box blocked his shots.
Speaker 4: Vazquez in your posts click towards gold, Lap gives parries it.
Speaker 5: Away only onto the right foot, clipped into the box.
Speaker 3: What an effort.
Speaker 4: Anderson on the rebound has his brace has four for Philadelphia.
Speaker 3: What a night it's turning out to be.
Speaker 6: Only What an effort from Vasquez, How close he came.
Speaker 6: What a pass and effort catches that one sweetly off
Speaker 6: the post, and Anderson does well in two touches to
Speaker 6: get that one out of his feet.
Speaker 3: Nothing stopslat.
Speaker 4: Cut back, Riasco saved by Lapcis Westfield gets under it
Speaker 4: and it's over. Ninety Is enough Philadelphia for the first
Speaker 4: time ever, our Eastern at Conference champions in emphatic fashion
Speaker 4: four goals.
Speaker 3: To nil over Columbus Crew two.
Speaker 1: Then on the Western Conference side of things, North Texas
Speaker 1: SC would take on at chuckdaw Stadium in suburban Dallas
Speaker 1: Fort Worth Saint Louis City SC two. Here's your highlights,
Speaker 1: and it would take a while for the goals to
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Speaker 7: Michelle Garbini, the man who stepped in the middle of
Speaker 7: the season, still in charge. One change from their lineup
Speaker 7: from last week, and it's a necessitated one. Are no
Speaker 7: changes from their lineup last week against the Town, and
Speaker 7: that was an extra time thriller.
Speaker 3: Ninety to one hundred and twenty minutes.
Speaker 7: The whistle blows and we are underway here from the
Speaker 7: Western Conference Final, the top two performing teams in the league.
Speaker 3: Joey battle here.
Speaker 7: That could be a limb to the head to the
Speaker 7: torso sometimes it's about how you land.
Speaker 3: Joiner heads.
Speaker 7: This a long goal and that's well done there by
Speaker 7: a Colode. Here it comes headed along goal, a fantastic stop,
Speaker 7: a springing save from Keloding. Here come the visitors once again,
Speaker 7: Kajima still going with it. Kajima threads it through, well
Speaker 7: stuffed once again by Keloone cuts inside, read service in,
Speaker 7: nodded away, another effort folly deflected away, and there's the
Speaker 7: halftime whistle. An exciting first half of action, but it's
Speaker 7: still scoreless here at Chockchaw Stadium. Hoover to start out
Speaker 7: in the playoffs for North Texas, and then they did
Speaker 7: technically have to come from behind in that four to
Speaker 7: one victory against Tacoma last weekend. Of course, by the
Speaker 7: time that final whistle had blown, it was already a
Speaker 7: four gone conclusion.
Speaker 3: Who was winning that game?
Speaker 7: And he's really stepped up and had those captain moments
Speaker 7: these past two playoff games.
Speaker 3: Talking about number.
Speaker 7: Fifty, here's the service deflected upward falls through vencil shit
Speaker 7: boots and Calode once again making a twitch reaction stop.
Speaker 7: This has one option to pass forward, finds mc sorely
Speaker 7: trying to buy time as more White Jerseys get ahead,
Speaker 7: Kline winds up to shoot and that's another stop for Calode.
Speaker 7: So the first tactical changes or the home side as
Speaker 7: Sally comes out end of regulation whistle. I can't call
Speaker 7: it the final whistle given the score line.
Speaker 3: And there it is.
Speaker 7: Nothing to separate these two sides after ninety minutes scoreless
Speaker 7: between the top two teams. As far as the regular
Speaker 7: season is concerned, I'm sure all the boxes are checked.
Speaker 7: There's the whistle, and here we go bonus soccer. Here
Speaker 7: in the Western Conference final, how about that intervention Malik
Speaker 7: Henry Scott winning it back for his team pon Decca
Speaker 7: gets it return to him. Ponteca shoots, saved by Oli
Speaker 7: of Arris.
Speaker 3: Here's an opportunity. Pushing forward.
Speaker 7: Endally squares it across still on the fray, top back.
Speaker 3: Here's the shot. It hits the back of the net.
Speaker 7: Anthony Ramirez answer, there is that whistle.
Speaker 3: And now.
Speaker 7: A little break, fifteen more minutes to go. Well North
Speaker 7: Texas hang on to this lead, or will Saint Louis
Speaker 7: find a response? Dally taking it forward. He really made
Speaker 7: that goal scoring opportunity to happen. Handally still going, goes
Speaker 7: to the ground and a penalty has been awarded. Put
Speaker 7: them up to now North Texas by two. Petrino confident
Speaker 7: in his finish, and then went eleven zero to five
Speaker 7: at home this year. Is this one slips through? Is
Speaker 7: this the icing on the cake? Yes it is. Maleek
Speaker 7: Henry Scott makes it three now for North Texas. Maleek
Speaker 7: Henry Scott these thirty seventh homegrown contract for FC Dallas.
Speaker 1: So it's Philadelphia and it's North Texas. They're going to
Speaker 1: be playing at Toyota Stadium, not chalk taf. You get
Speaker 1: a chalktaw, you'll be the only one there. It's at
Speaker 1: Toyota Stadium in at Frisco, Texas on Saturday night to
Speaker 1: determine the winner in MLS Next Pro Most Valuable Player
Speaker 1: we mentioned last time out. David Paraba for MLS Next
Speaker 1: Pro in twenty twenty four, also won the Golden Boot
Speaker 1: named of the Best eleven in twenty twenty four as
Speaker 1: well at Chicago Fire FC two best ever record MLS
Speaker 1: Next Pro in twenty twenty four, finishing fourth in the
Speaker 1: Eastern Conference playoff qualifiers for the second straight year. Paraba
Speaker 1: led the league in goals with eighteen so a big
Speaker 1: award for David Paraba. Fantastic season for him in the
Speaker 1: Golden Boot chase and was a part of the Best
Speaker 1: eleven in MLS Next Pro for the twenty twenty four season.
Speaker 1: So Coach of the Year went to Tyrone Marshall for
Speaker 1: SC since two best record, number one seed in the
Speaker 1: Eastern Conference. They went from twenty seven points in twenty
Speaker 1: three and seventeen points in twenty two to fifty four
Speaker 1: points in a record of sixteen, eight and four in
Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, as well as getting the Northeast Division
Speaker 1: title Keeper of the Year Michael Colodi no real surprise
Speaker 1: for third record of thirteen four and six led all
Speaker 1: MLS next Pro keepers and wins with thirteen, type for
Speaker 1: first in clean sheets with six ranked second, and save
Speaker 1: percentage at seventy three point one twenty three matches twenty
Speaker 1: three starts, nineteen hundred ninety one minutes, conceding only twenty
Speaker 1: eight goals in the year, at least out by a
Speaker 1: keeper with nineteen or more games played in twenty twenty
Speaker 1: four Pro Keeper of the Month for the month of May,
Speaker 1: coming from Columbia University and spending four years there nineteen
Speaker 1: to twenty three over five thousand minutes logged. Native of Plano, Texas,
Speaker 1: so for him it was a chance to come home.
Speaker 1: All IVY League Honorable mention, second team All IVY Senior
Speaker 1: year youth level. Played for FC Dallas's academy from fifteen
Speaker 1: to nineteen. Called up to the youth national team training
Speaker 1: camps at the U fourteenth and U sixteen levels. Other
Speaker 1: finalists for Keeper of the Year Stoslopkis from Crew two,
Speaker 1: Manuel Ochoa from the town Philadelphia Union Two's Andrew Rick
Speaker 1: keepers In Best eleven it went to Colode Honorable mentioned
Speaker 1: Brady Scott from Ventura County defenders Nico Gordon from North Texas,
Speaker 1: Michael Winzel from Saint Louis City two, and Francis Westfield
Speaker 1: from Union two. Honorable mention went to Brian Schaeffer from
Speaker 1: FC Cincinnati two. Midfielders Diego Gonzalez from Dynamo Dos, Aaron
Speaker 1: john from Crown Legacy, cj Only from Union two, Paraba
Speaker 1: from Chicago Fire To and Focuna Connette from Carolina cor
Speaker 1: got honorable mention. Taylor Calera from NYCFC two, Mackay Joyner
Speaker 1: from Saint Louis City Too, and Meddi Womray where You're forwards,
Speaker 1: Honorable mention went to Utarosukata from Orlando City B. Referee
Speaker 1: of the Year in MLS next Pro Joshua and Carnassion,
Speaker 1: Jackson Krauser your Ar of the Year, fourth official Braden
Speaker 1: Fry and now the final awards of the regular season
Speaker 1: MVP and Executive of the Year will be announced in
Speaker 1: coming weeks. So very very cool stuff. They're very very busy.
Speaker 1: Paraba was your MVP. Jack Lynn was the MVP in
Speaker 1: twenty three for Orlando City B. Jason Russell Rowe was
Speaker 1: your MVP in twenty two for Columbus Crew two. So
Speaker 1: that is your rundown of everything that was happening in
Speaker 1: MLS Next Pro. As always, you can follow along here
Speaker 1: every single week and we'll let you know what's going
Speaker 1: on in MLS Next Pro. And if you can make
Speaker 1: it too Toyota Stadium in the final to watch North
Speaker 1: Texas and Philadelphia Union, please do. If you can't, follow
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Speaker 1: So as always, thanks for dropping by here to get
Speaker 1: the low down of everything going on in MLS Next Pro.
Speaker 1: One more time we'll come back to and if you
Speaker 1: missed the interview with the Matt Denny, the GM at
Speaker 1: North Texas SC, you can go on the network and
Speaker 1: you can listen to it on the SDCH app through
Speaker 1: our friends at Speaker find out what the season has
Speaker 1: been like there in North Texas for the Western Conference Champs.
Speaker 1: For everybody here at SDH, I'm just John. Thanks for
Speaker 1: dropping by. That is your rundown of MLS Next Pro.
Speaker 1: Enjoy the last match of the year. We'll follow it
Speaker 1: up with a breakdown of what happened and who's your
Speaker 1: champ in twenty four next week,