WEBVTT 1 00:00:12.679 --> 00:00:15.759 Welcome in for another edition of the Morning Espresso on 2 00:00:15.839 --> 00:00:19.640 the SDCH Network, brought to you by Oglethorpe University, Atlanta's 3 00:00:19.679 --> 00:00:25.800 premier undergraduate learning experience and soccer powerhouse. I'm Jason Longshore. 4 00:00:26.399 --> 00:00:30.600 A really busy weekend. We're going to try to get 5 00:00:30.640 --> 00:00:32.679 you caught up on all the big news that you 6 00:00:32.799 --> 00:00:36.719 need to know for Monday, August twenty fifth. Let's start 7 00:00:36.759 --> 00:00:40.479 in Major League Soccer Charlotte. They extended their winning streak 8 00:00:40.520 --> 00:00:44.759 to seven matches, the longest in MLS this season, one 9 00:00:44.880 --> 00:00:47.759 nil win over the New York Red Bulls, Carolyn Vargas 10 00:00:47.759 --> 00:00:50.840 with the goal for the Crown, and they're closer to 11 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:52.880 first place in the East than they are to the 12 00:00:52.880 --> 00:00:57.159 playoff line, now seven points behind Philadelphia, who leads the East, 13 00:00:57.479 --> 00:01:00.439 eight points ahead of Chicago, who is the last team 14 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:04.319 in the playoff spots. Seattle last night five to two 15 00:01:04.359 --> 00:01:07.879 winners over Sporting Kansas City, even though they rotated their 16 00:01:08.040 --> 00:01:11.840 lineup heavily ahead of a League's Cup semi final match, 17 00:01:12.079 --> 00:01:16.000 didn't really matter against Sporting Kansas City. Danny Mussofski, he's 18 00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:19.439 suspended for the league's Cup semifinal at the Galaxy. He 19 00:01:19.519 --> 00:01:22.799 had his first MLS hat trick fifteen goals across all 20 00:01:22.799 --> 00:01:27.840 competitions in twenty twenty five for Musofski, Colonia, Cosa, Rienzi 21 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:31.840 and Snyder. Brunel also scored. Danny Lava had three assists 22 00:01:31.959 --> 00:01:35.439 for the Sounders. Earlier in the weekend, Sam Surage he 23 00:01:35.480 --> 00:01:38.879 has retaken the Golden Boot race lead with two goals 24 00:01:38.959 --> 00:01:42.599 in Nashville's five to one demolition job of Orlando City 25 00:01:43.120 --> 00:01:44.799 and New York City. They're now four to zero to 26 00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:48.159 one in their last five games. They won in Cincinnati 27 00:01:48.319 --> 00:01:52.319 one nil. They've also added wins at Orlando and at 28 00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:56.760 home against Nashville in that five game stretch. Maybe the 29 00:01:56.799 --> 00:02:00.280 Pigeons are for real, Maybe Cincinnati. They're going to host 30 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:03.439 Philadelphia next week in a big match with supporters shield 31 00:02:03.519 --> 00:02:08.520 and top seed in the East implications. Yesterday, Atlanta United 32 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:14.240 scoreless straw not a very pretty match in the one 33 00:02:14.280 --> 00:02:18.000 against Toronto at the Benz. Only six shots for Atlanta, 34 00:02:18.599 --> 00:02:23.639 no big chances created. It was a not a fun match. 35 00:02:23.919 --> 00:02:26.960 It was not one of the better performances that we've seen. 36 00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:30.120 I talked about it a lot leading into the full 37 00:02:30.159 --> 00:02:34.680 time report. I want to see more inspiration from this group, 38 00:02:34.759 --> 00:02:38.439 right now because yeah, I mean, the reality is you're 39 00:02:38.439 --> 00:02:41.400 not gonna make the playoffs. It's not official yet, but 40 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:46.360 it's the reality you're staring at. However, there's gotta be 41 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:53.520 a better performance, take chances, try things, go for things, 42 00:02:54.680 --> 00:03:00.639 be more expansive in these moments, and they they were not. 43 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:05.120 And it just felt and I felt better after talking 44 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:07.400 about it. During the game, Ronnie Dila talked about it. 45 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:10.960 He said that it felt too safe. The decisions were 46 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:13.280 too safe from too many of the players in a 47 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:16.879 game where look, if you lose, you lose. You can 48 00:03:16.919 --> 00:03:20.439 at least try to entertain and inspire, like going for 49 00:03:20.560 --> 00:03:24.319 it and being more risk taking. And it just didn't happen. 50 00:03:24.560 --> 00:03:28.240 Very frustrating. Let's move around the world now, we're gonna 51 00:03:28.240 --> 00:03:31.919 go to Italy first, Sarah ah Us. Midfielder Weston McKenny 52 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:35.840 was subjected to racist abuse after Juventus completed their two 53 00:03:35.960 --> 00:03:40.719 zero win over Parma. Juventus said this on Sunday. They 54 00:03:40.719 --> 00:03:43.319 posted a statement on social media saying McKenny was the 55 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:48.080 target of quote discriminatory racist remarks by individuals in the 56 00:03:48.120 --> 00:03:51.639 away section he was warming up or warming down with 57 00:03:51.680 --> 00:03:55.120 teammates on the pitch. This is after the game. The 58 00:03:55.120 --> 00:03:58.599 statement continued, Juventus strongly condemns this incident in any form 59 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:02.280 of racism and will ensure full cooperation with the sporting 60 00:04:02.439 --> 00:04:09.039 justice authorities to identify those responsible. McKenny was a substitute 61 00:04:09.039 --> 00:04:12.680 in the match. Jonathan David from Canada scored in his 62 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:16.480 Syria debut for Juventus, a two zero win. In twenty 63 00:04:16.519 --> 00:04:20.120 twenty three, Fiorentina was hit with a suspended partial stadium 64 00:04:20.160 --> 00:04:24.040 ban after fans directed racist and discriminatory chance at McKenny 65 00:04:24.079 --> 00:04:28.360 and other Juventus players. What I will continue to say 66 00:04:28.360 --> 00:04:31.079 in these situations is okay, if this is Parma fans, 67 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:34.800 it's at Juventus. Parma fans traveled here. If Parma has 68 00:04:35.639 --> 00:04:39.480 the ability to determine who was involved in this, and 69 00:04:39.519 --> 00:04:44.279 if they have the ability to definitively identify these people. 70 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:48.279 If they have season tickets, cancel them. If they don't, 71 00:04:48.399 --> 00:04:52.240 then don't let them buy tickets anymore. These things got 72 00:04:52.279 --> 00:04:54.600 to be cracked down on hard. It's just getting to 73 00:04:54.680 --> 00:04:57.199 a point where, you know, it happens all the time 74 00:04:57.680 --> 00:05:02.839 and there's not these stro long punishment being given to 75 00:05:02.920 --> 00:05:06.319 the individuals. You know, it's not Parma can only do 76 00:05:06.360 --> 00:05:08.639 so much. These fans are there on their own accord. 77 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:11.600 Ban them, don't let them come back. Ban them from 78 00:05:11.639 --> 00:05:14.120 stadium sara A, you can identify them. Ban them from 79 00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:18.319 stadiums all across the country. It's ridiculous. Let's go to Spain. 80 00:05:19.000 --> 00:05:22.560 Real Madrid coach Shabi Alonso. He started with Venetius Junior 81 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:25.759 on the bench for the La Liga match at Oviedo, 82 00:05:26.120 --> 00:05:28.040 but he still played a decisive role. Came on in 83 00:05:28.079 --> 00:05:30.560 the second half, created a goal, scored another three nil 84 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:33.519 win for Real Madrid, killing Himbape scored the other two. 85 00:05:34.120 --> 00:05:36.600 Madrid is one of three clubs so far with a 86 00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:40.199 one hundred percent perfect record after two games, but via 87 00:05:40.360 --> 00:05:42.519 Reale is in the top spot in La Liga. They 88 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:46.680 scored five without reply in a crushing win over Girona. 89 00:05:47.199 --> 00:05:50.360 Oh so soon. They beat Valencia one nil Orel Sosiadad 90 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:53.800 came from two goals down to draw with Espanol to 91 00:05:53.800 --> 00:05:57.560 two at Letti. It's not a good start for Diego Simoni, 92 00:05:57.600 --> 00:05:59.480 and he said that supporters have every right to feel 93 00:05:59.519 --> 00:06:01.399 frustrated with the team. They were held to a one 94 00:06:01.399 --> 00:06:05.279 to one draw by promoted side Eltche in their match 95 00:06:05.319 --> 00:06:09.439 on Saturday. At Leti took the lead and then couldn't 96 00:06:09.560 --> 00:06:12.759 hold off Elche, who just came up from the second division. 97 00:06:13.720 --> 00:06:17.079 At Leti's winless in league, thirteenth in the standings. Marcus 98 00:06:17.160 --> 00:06:19.560 Rashford he got his first start for Barcelona, but they 99 00:06:19.560 --> 00:06:22.360 were in the process of being stunned by Levante, trailing 100 00:06:22.399 --> 00:06:25.879 two nil when he was substituted second half the blow. 101 00:06:25.920 --> 00:06:28.040 Grana came all the way back to win the match. 102 00:06:28.160 --> 00:06:30.040 They leveled it early in the second half with two 103 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:35.040 goals in six minutes and then found a deflected winner late. Now, 104 00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:37.920 of course it's Barcelona, so there's still drama off the field. 105 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:40.439 They don't know where they're going to have their first 106 00:06:40.480 --> 00:06:44.639 La Lega home match. This is still unknown. It's gonna 107 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:47.920 be the weekend of September fourteenth against Valencia, we know 108 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:52.199 that much. It could be at the Estada Johan Kreuz, 109 00:06:52.279 --> 00:06:54.199 but I don't think that meets La Liga rules. That's 110 00:06:54.199 --> 00:06:58.720 been talked about already. It could be at the Olympic Stadium. However, 111 00:06:58.800 --> 00:07:01.600 Post Malone is playing concert there a couple days before, 112 00:07:01.720 --> 00:07:04.160 so they don't expect that the stadium would be available. 113 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:07.240 They could play behind closed doors, but that is not 114 00:07:07.319 --> 00:07:10.759 looking all that likely now. They had tried to request 115 00:07:10.839 --> 00:07:13.240 La Liga to switch the game and make it an 116 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:16.600 away match and then playing Valencia at home later in 117 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:19.800 the season, but Kadena Cope, the radio station, reports that 118 00:07:19.879 --> 00:07:22.360 La Liga have said no, They're not going to let 119 00:07:22.399 --> 00:07:24.759 Barcelona have a fourth straight game away from home to 120 00:07:24.800 --> 00:07:26.720 start the season. They say it's against the rules to 121 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:29.720 change the order of the games in the calendar. If 122 00:07:29.759 --> 00:07:32.439 they had made this request before, then maybe it could 123 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:36.199 have been nailed down before the schedule was done. They 124 00:07:36.240 --> 00:07:40.279 haven't given an alternative to La Liga right now. It 125 00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:43.120 could be at Girona, which is about an hour north 126 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:47.480 of Barcelona, and it could host under fifteen thousand fans there. Now. 127 00:07:47.560 --> 00:07:51.360 Marca is reporting that Barcelona had targeted today as the 128 00:07:51.480 --> 00:07:54.519 date they wanted to send the certificate of completion to 129 00:07:54.600 --> 00:07:57.360 the city council as they could get start to the 130 00:07:57.439 --> 00:08:00.560 process of getting the opening license for the camp new 131 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:04.120 to get it to the twenty seven thousand seats to 132 00:08:04.160 --> 00:08:06.480 be able to at least open it and do something there. 133 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:11.079 No certificate of completion has been submitted to the city 134 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:14.000 council yet there's no clarity on when that's gonna happen. 135 00:08:14.160 --> 00:08:17.680 Barcelona loves their deadlines, and loves just flying right past them. 136 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:21.279 They also have another deadline that they can't fly past. 137 00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:24.680 It's Thursday, where they have to explain to UEFA where 138 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:27.120 they are going to play the league phase of the 139 00:08:27.199 --> 00:08:29.639 Champions League. You have to be in one stadium for 140 00:08:29.680 --> 00:08:33.519 the entire league phase. YUEFA have allowed Barcelona to begin 141 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:35.799 away from home to give them a little extra time 142 00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:40.159 that whatever stadium they choose will be ready, but right 143 00:08:40.200 --> 00:08:42.399 now looks like there's no way they're going to be 144 00:08:42.440 --> 00:08:45.960 able to secure Camp New in time for that. So 145 00:08:46.279 --> 00:08:49.360 Barcelona have secured the use of the Olympic Stadium through 146 00:08:49.440 --> 00:08:54.799 February if needed. Again, this is Barcelona, so of course 147 00:08:54.840 --> 00:08:57.840 there's drama off the field, and there's more. They're locked 148 00:08:57.879 --> 00:09:00.600 in a race to register players with Laaligas. Still. They 149 00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:02.799 did get Joe on Garcia, he's in gold. They did 150 00:09:02.840 --> 00:09:05.840 get Marcus Rashford, he started on the weekend. They have 151 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:09.000 not been able to register will Chock, Chesney, Gered Martin 152 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:14.639 and Rooney Bargde. So can they get these done right now? 153 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:19.080 You need you need the goalkeeper as a backup to 154 00:09:19.200 --> 00:09:23.000 Joe on Garcia. They're trying to get Martin's contract updated. 155 00:09:23.000 --> 00:09:26.559 That's their first priority. Then Chesney and then bart Ghee, 156 00:09:27.039 --> 00:09:30.879 who was added the summer from f C Copenhagen. Hansei 157 00:09:30.960 --> 00:09:33.200 Flick likes him. He's nineteen years old. He wants them 158 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:36.320 to stay with the first team, but Barcelona can't guarantee 159 00:09:36.360 --> 00:09:39.759 his registration and they can't register him as a Barcelona 160 00:09:39.840 --> 00:09:43.840 B team player. That's not going to be allowed. So 161 00:09:44.600 --> 00:09:47.120 how do they get this done? Who knows? And it's 162 00:09:47.159 --> 00:09:50.039 to the point now that Bargee's like, don't loan me out. 163 00:09:50.120 --> 00:09:52.559 I don't want to go anywhere else. Just have me 164 00:09:53.440 --> 00:09:55.600 be with the reserve team. And I guess he can 165 00:09:55.639 --> 00:09:57.679 play with the reserve team, but he can't be a 166 00:09:57.720 --> 00:09:59.639 reserve team player and move up to play with the 167 00:09:59.639 --> 00:10:02.679 first team. The legal rules are crazy and this whole 168 00:10:02.679 --> 00:10:05.440 situation's crazy. We'll see if it gets any more clarification 169 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:08.039 as we get closer to the end of the transfer window. 170 00:10:08.799 --> 00:10:12.240 Let's go to the Premier League Arsenal, big weekend for them. 171 00:10:12.679 --> 00:10:16.879 Eberecci Es was introduced to the crowd Arsenal hammered Leeds 172 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:21.360 United five nil. Victor Yolkaris scored his first two goals 173 00:10:21.399 --> 00:10:24.919 as a gunner. Almost saw the youngest goal scorer in 174 00:10:24.919 --> 00:10:29.080 Premier League history as Max Dowman, fifteen years old physic 175 00:10:29.159 --> 00:10:33.519 shot just wide. Now they're also chasing sixteen year old 176 00:10:33.559 --> 00:10:39.519 Shamrock Rovers midfielder Victor os Hian Vuna. We'll see if 177 00:10:39.519 --> 00:10:41.639 they can get that one done. He's a veteran compared 178 00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:45.360 to Dalmon and their squad depth. It could be added 179 00:10:45.399 --> 00:10:48.279 even more because now they are chasing Bayer levercues and 180 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:52.759 defender and Ecuador international Piero in Kopier. That one could 181 00:10:52.799 --> 00:10:56.080 go for another fifty million euro or so. That deal 182 00:10:56.200 --> 00:10:59.159 is advancing, according to reports, as in Kapyer wants to 183 00:10:59.159 --> 00:11:04.120 go to Arsenal than Tottenham Hotspur. Manchester United not great 184 00:11:04.200 --> 00:11:07.080 for them. One one draw with Fulham. Bruno fernanj sent 185 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:10.120 a penalty into space. He runs hot and cold. He's 186 00:11:10.159 --> 00:11:14.200 their best player. But Tottenham Hotspur they're doing okay. They 187 00:11:14.240 --> 00:11:17.919 stunned Manchester City. They beat Pepside to nil with some 188 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:21.879 ease on Saturday. They are chasing quite a few players. 189 00:11:21.879 --> 00:11:24.440 Will get into that as we go. This morning. Everton 190 00:11:24.480 --> 00:11:27.080 they christened their new Hill Dickinson Stadium with a two 191 00:11:27.159 --> 00:11:30.679 nine win over Brighton. Really loud, one hundred and six 192 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:35.960 decibels The crazy thing about this one so Ilimaninjai. He 193 00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:39.759 scored the last goal at Goodison Park last season and 194 00:11:39.799 --> 00:11:42.840 now he scored the first goal at Hill Dickinson Stadium. 195 00:11:42.960 --> 00:11:45.759 Kind of crazy bookends right there. Jack Grealish on loan 196 00:11:45.799 --> 00:11:49.200 from Manchester City. He assisted on both Everton goals. Now 197 00:11:49.279 --> 00:11:52.279 today in the Premier League, Newcastle will host Liverpool. This 198 00:11:52.399 --> 00:11:55.840 match has all the subplots. Alexander isak. He's going to 199 00:11:55.840 --> 00:11:58.480 be the focus of much of the conversation, even though 200 00:11:58.480 --> 00:12:02.480 he's not going to play broken friendships between Eddie Howe 201 00:12:02.480 --> 00:12:05.639 and Liverpool leadership those date back decades. That's going to 202 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:08.840 be part of the background. Richard Hughes, the sporting director 203 00:12:08.879 --> 00:12:11.919 for Liverpool. He was a teammate of Eddie Howe's at Portsmouth, 204 00:12:12.200 --> 00:12:15.039 played under him at Bournemouth, then joined the club's recruitment 205 00:12:15.080 --> 00:12:17.919 team and rose to the role of sporting director at Bournemouth, 206 00:12:17.919 --> 00:12:23.720 working alongside Howe. Not just colleagues, they were very very close, 207 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:27.159 according to people who have worked with them. Mike Edwards, 208 00:12:27.159 --> 00:12:30.559 the chief exec of football for Liverpool. He was at 209 00:12:30.600 --> 00:12:33.639 Portsmouth in the early two thousands. His work as an 210 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:38.080 analyst attracted interest from how and Hughes. A bond developed 211 00:12:38.120 --> 00:12:41.279 at Portsmouth between the trio along with many other people 212 00:12:41.320 --> 00:12:44.519 who are at Liverpool now and some of the folks 213 00:12:44.559 --> 00:12:47.080 close to Eddie Howe suggests that he has felt more 214 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:50.240 aggrieved than he's been willing to let on publicly about 215 00:12:50.240 --> 00:12:54.679 how everything has gone down as of late, specifically around 216 00:12:54.720 --> 00:13:00.120 Alexander Esach, but also at catequ and other possible transfer 217 00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:05.559 and he's felt kind of disrespected according to some around Newcastle. 218 00:13:06.759 --> 00:13:10.759 It's a weird situation. I mean, Liverpool is doing business, 219 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:16.039 Newcastle's trying to do business, but personal relationships are part 220 00:13:16.120 --> 00:13:19.080 of this conversation. There's just no way to avoid that. 221 00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:23.799 Very complicated the match itself, Let's talk about the on 222 00:13:23.840 --> 00:13:27.279 the field. Liverpool are unbeaten in the previous seventeen league 223 00:13:27.320 --> 00:13:30.320 meetings between these two teams, although Newcastle did defeat them 224 00:13:30.320 --> 00:13:33.440 in the EFL Cup Final last year. The Reds have 225 00:13:33.480 --> 00:13:37.840 scored ninety goals in thirty nine games under Arnestlatt, giving 226 00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:40.159 them an average of two point three goals per match, 227 00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:43.480 best ratio by any Liverpool manager in the top flight. 228 00:13:43.919 --> 00:13:47.240 Newcastle have not scored in any of their last four 229 00:13:47.320 --> 00:13:51.519 Premier League matches without Alexander Esach in the team Let's 230 00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:53.840 go to the Bundesliga. In Germany, it was opening weekend. 231 00:13:53.919 --> 00:13:56.759 Harry Kane scored a second half hat trick, Michael Elise 232 00:13:57.000 --> 00:14:02.120 bag two goals Byron obliterated RBI sig six nil. Caine 233 00:14:02.159 --> 00:14:04.679 opened his account in the sixty fourth minute, two more 234 00:14:04.720 --> 00:14:07.200 goals in the seventy fourth and seventy seventh, so a 235 00:14:07.240 --> 00:14:11.279 thirteen minute hat trick. Not too shabby, Levercus and they lost. 236 00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:15.679 Eric Tenhagg lost his first Bundesliga match. They had the lead, 237 00:14:15.799 --> 00:14:19.320 they ended up losing two to one to Hoffenheim. Meanwhile, 238 00:14:19.320 --> 00:14:23.039 Brusia Dortmund drew their league opener away at Saint Paul 239 00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:25.720 Lee in a six goal thriller. But it was what 240 00:14:25.799 --> 00:14:29.399 happened after the game that has gotten some headlines. Rollin 241 00:14:30.080 --> 00:14:33.720 reports state that job Bellingham's parents have now been banned 242 00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:37.240 from Dortmun's dressing room. They were angry after seeing their 243 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:40.320 son substituted at halftime and they were trying to confront 244 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:44.039 the manager in the tunnel. According to Sky Sports Germany, 245 00:14:44.559 --> 00:14:47.679 Mark Bellingham, who also acts as his son's advisor, had 246 00:14:47.679 --> 00:14:52.600 an emotional discussion with dortmunds Sporting director Sebastian Kel. The 247 00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:56.799 report states that Bellingham's father voiced his frustration over both 248 00:14:56.799 --> 00:15:02.159 the substitution and the team's overall performance. Okay. Build reported 249 00:15:02.279 --> 00:15:05.120 that Mark Bellingham saw a man a meeting with manager 250 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:10.080 Niko Kovac directly and quote made no secret of his opinion. Unquote. 251 00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:15.120 Dortmund's managing director Lars Ricken tried to downplay everything on 252 00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:19.960 Sunday evening. He said the nature of the chat was okay. 253 00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:22.679 He said it wasn't a problem, but he did confirm 254 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:24.960 that an incident like this will not happen in the 255 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:28.279 future with family members now banned from that area, all 256 00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:35.120 family members, not just the Bellinghams. But wow, that's some Yeah. 257 00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:39.840 If you ever wondered about Jude's behavior, Thomas Tookele's mother 258 00:15:40.080 --> 00:15:43.519 worries about Jude's behavior, I don't know, maybe this is 259 00:15:43.559 --> 00:15:47.120 where it comes from. Let's go to the NWSL records 260 00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:50.240 were set over the weekend on the attendance side BAYFC. 261 00:15:50.919 --> 00:15:53.080 They lost three two to the Washington Spirit. They were 262 00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:55.039 down three nil and tried to come back and this 263 00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:57.240 one couldn't quite get all the way back. But they 264 00:15:57.279 --> 00:16:01.519 had forty ninety one fans at Sanford Cisco's Oracle Park, 265 00:16:01.960 --> 00:16:08.200 new NWSL record, new women's professional sports attendance record in 266 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:12.200 the United States. The Kansas City for the club side, 267 00:16:12.200 --> 00:16:15.039 not for national team stuff. The Kansas City Current, their 268 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:17.559 dominant form at the top of the league, continued to 269 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:21.600 nil win away at Portland on Saturday, fourteen to two 270 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:24.159 and one overall nine oh to one in their last ten, 271 00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:28.360 twelve points ahead of second place Washington with nine games left, 272 00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:32.120 five straight clean sheets, as well four hundred and fifty 273 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:35.799 two minutes without conceding a goal. World Cup draw. The 274 00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:39.360 announcement came on Friday. There had been early news links 275 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:41.480 saying it would be in Las Vegas. It will actually 276 00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:45.279 be in Washington, d C. At the Kennedy Center on Friday, 277 00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:49.960 December fifth. Groundbreaking initiative that FIFA is doing for this draw, 278 00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:54.159 Fans from each of the sixteen host cities will be 279 00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:57.679 able to participate in a special lottery for the chance 280 00:16:57.759 --> 00:17:01.799 to win complimentary admission to the draw saw VIP experience. 281 00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:04.680 A select number of admissions will be allocated to each 282 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:08.039 host city, with the lottery procedures to be announced shortly. 283 00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:12.079 Draw will be at noon on that Friday, December fifth. 284 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:16.000 Further details including broadcast information the full procedures that's going 285 00:17:16.079 --> 00:17:18.359 to come out at FIFA dot Com in due course. 286 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:21.799 The teams representing the host countries will be assigned to 287 00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:25.680 positions A one for Mexico, B one for Canada and 288 00:17:25.799 --> 00:17:29.720 D one for the US. That's per the match schedule 289 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:33.319 that was released last year, as well as the final 290 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:36.920 draw for the tournament being staged in Washington in December. 291 00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:41.000 The FIFA Playoff Tournament a new event that will see 292 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:44.920 six nations from five of the six confederations. UAPHA is 293 00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:47.640 going to have their own separate playoff for the final 294 00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:51.559 four European spots, so everybody else they're going to compete 295 00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:54.160 for two spots at the World Cup that's going to 296 00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:57.279 be hosted in North America in March of twenty twenty six. 297 00:17:58.559 --> 00:18:02.480 The FIFA Congress be held on April thirtieth in Vancouver 298 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:05.720 and in the tournament will kick off on June eleventh 299 00:18:05.759 --> 00:18:09.000 at the Estadio a Steca in Mexico City. So, in 300 00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:19.400 addition to Mexico, Canada, US ten nations have already qualified Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Ecuador, Iran, Japan, Jordan, 301 00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:24.640 South Korea, New Zealand and Uzbekistan. By the time the 302 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:27.920 draw happens in December, forty two of the forty eight 303 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:30.839 teams will be known. The final six spots will be 304 00:18:30.880 --> 00:18:33.359 in the playoffs that will be determined in March of 305 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:38.960 next year. More FIFA news, FIFA's told the continental confederations 306 00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:41.240 that the next Club World Cup will take place in 307 00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:44.680 the summer of twenty twenty nine, which kind of leaves 308 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:46.480 katar out of it. They're not going to have it 309 00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:50.400 there in the summer. In another significant development, FIFA has 310 00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:54.559 told the confederations that the twenty twenty nine Club World 311 00:18:54.599 --> 00:18:58.839 Cup will likely feature more than thirty two teams now. 312 00:18:58.839 --> 00:19:01.519 The Guardian reported back in June, it was funny how 313 00:19:01.559 --> 00:19:04.640 everybody was trashing this tournament before it started, and I 314 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:07.559 tried to tell you, tried to tell you everybody wanted 315 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:10.279 to trash it. A lot of US media, for some reason, 316 00:19:10.359 --> 00:19:13.559 wanted to downplay this tournament. And it's extremely frustrating when 317 00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:17.880 we do this because alongside that happening, a lot of 318 00:19:17.920 --> 00:19:21.519 major clubs in the world were saying, hey, we went in, 319 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:24.319 Hey expand it, hey make it bigger, we want some 320 00:19:24.359 --> 00:19:28.720 of that cash. Well, the lobbying has intensified since the 321 00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:33.720 tournament ended. Chelsea received eighty five million pounds from the 322 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:38.119 seven hundred and fifty million pound prize and participation fund. 323 00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:41.400 FIFA are gonna expand it. They don't know if they're 324 00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:43.079 going to go all the way to forty eight teams 325 00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:46.240 though that's not guaranteed, but it will be more than 326 00:19:46.480 --> 00:19:52.240 what we saw this past summer. Interesting. The Women's World 327 00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:54.400 Cup also do to expand to forty eight teams in 328 00:19:54.440 --> 00:19:57.440 twenty thirty one, which will be held in the United 329 00:19:57.480 --> 00:20:01.960 States and Mexico. Two edition thirty two teams. Obviously, it 330 00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:04.440 shows that FIFA is going to look to continue to 331 00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:07.799 expand these tournaments, and it also shows that the demand 332 00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:12.160 for expansion of these tournaments is there. FIFA is considering 333 00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:15.680 a different structure for the twenty twenty nine Club World Cup. 334 00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:19.240 They could have a series of qualifying playoffs the week 335 00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:22.680 before the main tournament. They got lucky with the multi 336 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:26.240 club ownership situation with Leone getting kicked out of this 337 00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:29.400 year's tournament and then having that playoff game with LAFC 338 00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:32.599 and Club America, and it went pretty well. It was 339 00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:35.200 a great match, a lot of drama. So now FIFA 340 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:38.400 might have more of those in the week before the 341 00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:41.720 actual tournament starts. Let's get caught up on some silly 342 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:45.039 season updates. Gior Reina. He has completed his move from 343 00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:49.920 Barusha Dortmund to Barusha Munchen Gladbach was announced on Friday. 344 00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:52.759 He's out of contract at Dortmund in the summer, so 345 00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:55.599 they felt like, we're not going to sign him to 346 00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:57.319 a new deal, let's go ahead and move him now. 347 00:20:58.119 --> 00:21:01.559 John Luigi Donna Ruma at PSA. He has reportedly agreed 348 00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:04.359 to personal terms with Manchester City. Looked like he said 349 00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:07.720 as goodbyes on Friday night at the Park de Prince. 350 00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:12.279 He has, according to Fabrizio Romano, agreed to the move. 351 00:21:12.640 --> 00:21:16.319 PSG and City are in talks. The initial the fee 352 00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:20.519 is expected to be under the fifty million euro request 353 00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:23.599 that PSG put out there. It also kind of depends 354 00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:27.599 on Ederson, who is attracting interest from Galatasarai. He was 355 00:21:27.640 --> 00:21:31.400 on the bench for Saturday's two zero loss to Tottenham Hotspur. 356 00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:35.079 Manchester United kind of thought they might get into the sweepstakes, 357 00:21:35.119 --> 00:21:37.400 but they have not. They are advancing in talks with 358 00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:42.559 Royal Antwerp for goalkeeper Sene Lamans. They weren't I mean 359 00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:44.720 they've been linked with Emiliano Martinez at one point too. 360 00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:46.559 In the summer, they had kind of pushed that to 361 00:21:46.599 --> 00:21:50.160 the back burner unless Andrea Anana was sold. But now 362 00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:53.880 after the week opening weekend loss to Arsenal, they're back 363 00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:57.519 in the goalkeeper sweepstakes. Antwerp they're looking for a fee 364 00:21:57.559 --> 00:22:02.680 for around twenty million euro for Lamans. Negotiations progressing. He's 365 00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:05.440 six foot four, He's played fifty two games in the 366 00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:09.880 Belgian Pro League and it would be competition for Onana 367 00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:15.000 rather than Onana definitely being on the way out Savinho, 368 00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:19.079 he remains at the top of Tottenham Hotspurs wanted list. 369 00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:23.440 Thomas Frank wants to sign him. Tottenham have indicated to 370 00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:27.519 Manchester City they're willing to pay over sixty million pounds 371 00:22:27.640 --> 00:22:30.759 for Savignho, who wants to make the move. We'll see 372 00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:33.960 if that one can get done. Spurs are also chasing 373 00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:39.880 Nico Paz, the twenty year old attacker at Como and Argentina. 374 00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:47.680 This one's complicated because Fabricio Romano reported that Tottenham made 375 00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:51.519 an a bid of fifty million euro that was turned down. 376 00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:54.960 Then Como came back and said we want seventy million 377 00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:58.160 euro and Tottenham Hotspurs said, okay, we'll give you seventy 378 00:22:58.200 --> 00:23:01.799 million euro plus add ons, let's go, and Como still 379 00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:05.559 rejected that after saying that's what they wanted. Interesting, why 380 00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:09.920 would this happen? Well, Nico Pause is formally a Como player, 381 00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:13.200 but as former club Real Madrid, they have an option 382 00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:16.079 to re sign him in twenty twenty six or twenty 383 00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:22.000 twenty seven for a fee of up to ten million euro. Well, 384 00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:24.359 maybe Madrid putting a little bit of pressure on Como 385 00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:28.359 and according to some of the reports, the Merengus will 386 00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:32.400 compensate Como according to Fabrizio Romano if they don't sell 387 00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:35.400 Nico pods elsewhere, so they'll pay a whole lot more 388 00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:38.960 than the ten million euro if they bring him back 389 00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:42.079 in the future. So maybe a little bit of cash here, 390 00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:45.160 a little bit of pressure here, because this isn't just 391 00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:48.119 a one time thing with Madrid players going to Como 392 00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:54.119 in favorable deals very intriguing. So Spurs might get kind 393 00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:59.359 of trumped here by Real Madrid in this situation. Crystal Palace, 394 00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:03.359 they have tired to Atletti about a loan for Connor Gallagher. 395 00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:06.440 Bobby Mansey with the reporting on that might be tough 396 00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:08.160 to pull off in the final week of the window, 397 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:12.240 strong chance that he stays in Madrid. Alex Crook is 398 00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:16.359 reporting that Napoli are in advanced talks with Manchester United 399 00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:21.880 over rosmus Hoyland loan with conditional obligation to buy worth 400 00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:26.480 around forty pounds is being talked about plus the loan fee. 401 00:24:26.599 --> 00:24:29.680